Maryland legislator wants to take public assistance from “rioters”

Delegate Patrick McDonough (that’s him, campaigning up above) is a tool, and he has been since 2012, when he first suggested that low-income Maryland residents lose public assistance if they are found running counter to “riot” laws. Here. Listen for yourself. McDonough recently said on his radio show:  “I think that you could make the case that …

A prayer that Pam Geller shuts her pie hole

Two men with guns were shot dead after they opened fire in Garland, Texas, this weekend, at an event sponsored by Pamela Geller [pictured], notorious anti-Muslim whackadoodle who was hosting a contest with a $10,000 prize for  drawing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. A security guard was also wounded in the attack. Geller has been …

WHAT?!?! Can’t hear you.

Check this out, a coast-to-coast picture of noise from the National Park Service. And thanks, Leftover, who dwells where the noise is a deep, deep blue.

Your television is killing you.

Made you look! OK, in fact, binge-watching television shows (which some of us may have indulged in during the recent bad weather) is tied to depression and loneliness, according to a new University of Texas at Austin study. Because binge-watching is such a new phenomenon, this is one of the first studies of its kind. …

So how much does the Super Bowl bring to a host city?

Turns out, not that much — certainly not a half-billion, as some folks like to claim. There’s a bump in the limo business, and strip clubs, but: Imagine, sports economist Victor Matheson posits to SportsOnEarth, that an airplane lands in Phoenix, or any Super Bowl city. Everyone gets out and gives each other a million bucks, then …

Not the most important thing you’ll read today, by a long shot

I live roughly 45 minutes from my various jobs. I live an hour and 15 minutes from the grandbabies. I am in my car a lot, and the backseat and trunk reflect that. I have all sorts of items strewn about the car in case of emergency. You never know when you’ll need new lipstick, …

If you’re trying to email me at susan@datingjesus.net…

…there’s something weird about the connection and my computer won’t let me call up the emails there. WordPress is doing something with email, so maybe this is something that will clear itself up shortly. Try slcampbell417@gmail.com, instead. And onward, to a brighter tomorrow!

First World Problems

I found a new favorite blog. And thanks, Ruth, for the link..

ANOTHer meaningless poll! Don’t you love ’em?

UPDATE: I’m psychic.

How to be offended

How to be offended, Scissors for Hitler