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Starbucks online support is weak
I’ve had the Starbucks app on my iPhone for so long, I can’t remember when I even started. Just checked but all I discovered was that I’ve had a physical card since 2010. I know I eventually gave in to … Continue reading
1989: Gas leak kills 23 in Pasadena, TX (Houston area)
Thirty years ago, the miraculous Texas economy demonstrated its awfulness a generation ago through shoddy safety, terrible zoning and being enabled by the Republicans at the Federal level. Obviously, little has changed. The short version… There was a plastics factory run by … Continue reading
A realistic mannequin that resulted in hate mail for writer
Regardless of the store displaying this, I have to applaud them for finally using a model that isn’t the ideal, a fiction with our planet’s majority. I can’t remember the exact story but Tanya Gold from the The Guardian (whoops, The Telegraph, … Continue reading
RIP Cokie Roberts
It is sad when most people die unless they were war criminals (St. Reagan, Bush the Elder) or monsters (Charles Manson, Wayne Gacy) or absolute shitbags (David Koch, Richard Scaife-Mellon) but I also have little pity regarding the demise of … Continue reading
The horrible Robert Mugabe is finally dead
Given this dictator’s murderous reputation, I’m surprised he died of old age, 95. Despite being dead, his inept, corrupt and crony-filled regime remains the shadow looming over the struggling democracy of South Africa. Originally hailed as a liberator when he … Continue reading
Texas continues to lead in stupidity
Nevermind The Onion‘s ongoing dark joke about America, the Laboratory for Bad Ideas (the Texas Legislature) and Gov. Shitbag signed a series of laws to give Ammosexuals boner pills. These will soon go into effect, allowing morons to carry guns into … Continue reading
Whataburger sold to a Chicago interest
Since 1950, the Dobson family has kept their predominantly Texas-based burger chain privately owned. It is something they proudly display on the windows of the restaurants, “Family Owned.” Not any longer. Technically what Harmon Dobson’s offspring have done is sell … Continue reading
1944: D-Day 75th Anniversary
On this day, thousands gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy and the fields of rural France to continue liberating Europe from the Nazis and their allies. I’m glad that NPR mentioned the other three code-named landing sites our … Continue reading
Red-light cameras are now banned in Texas!
As the cliché goes, a broken clock is right twice a day is definitely true with the Texas Legislature (aka, the Laboratory for Bad Ideas), Governor Shitbag (Abbott) and Lt. Governor Red Skull (Patrick). I actually agreed on one law … Continue reading
Poor creature thanks to Austin drivers
Last night I was happily driving home because I got to meet Adam Savage of Mythbusters (more about this eventually) and while I was in the home stretch on Pflugerville’s main drag (aka FM 1825/Pecan Street), a possum was on the road. … Continue reading
1969: Charles DeGaulle resigns
After his referendums were defeated in a public vote, the WWII hero left office unlike many French predecessors (Napoleon, Louis Napoleon III). However, I don’t think DeGaulle walking away was (or is) a surprise in the late 20th Century. Despite … Continue reading
Joe “Foot-in-Mouth” Biden joins the mess
The picture I swiped from Splinter sums up my opinion of the former vice president and his quixotic plans to “rescue” America from the Shitgibbon. I’m confident the failing and rapidly aging leadership of the Democrats has a boner with Bilary … Continue reading
1999: Columbine…and how the US remains paralyzed
The world knows this story all too well. Somebody or somebodies go into a school, shoot up the place and kill a bunch of people. Often the shooter(s) commit suicide or the cops kill them. Sadly, this event happens continuously … Continue reading
First tax refund in years
Hell, I cannot remember the last time got any money back from the IRS since we’ve been on the owing side for a few years in a row. One time it was a painful amount too, in the neighborhood of … Continue reading