Laughter is the Best Medicine
February 16, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll fires off PART 3: LIES WE ARE FORCED TO BELIEVE – AND TO REPEAT. She writes: There is no way that we can possibly cover ALL the Orwellian lies and woke absurdities that we are forced to swallow daily AND repeat if we want to sit with the Cool Kids in the Lunchroom. Or have a job or a bank account. Most lies have been addressed by others,
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February 15, 2024 — Scott Johnson
New York Post columnist Miranda Devine literally wrote the book on The Laptop From Hell. Subtitle: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide. Whenever she updates the continuing saga of Hunter Biden, attention must be paid. Today the reader’s attention is rewarded with low comedy: Hunter has been making all of his 16 lawyers in cases across the country go through this charade of
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February 9, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll has a few more LIES WE WERE TOLD – INADVERTENTLY. Part 2 of a Series. She writes: Most of the “lies” we were told as children – often BY children – were not so much lies as hilarious misinformation. No, seriously, worse even than MSNBC or The View. Now our School District had at least two certifiably insane women teachers in grades K-6 whose main qualification appeared to
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February 8, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Miranda Devine devotes her New York Post column to the proposition that President Biden should seize the opportunity to appear on CBS for the traditional interview before the Super Bowl this Sunday. Devine herself seizes the opportunity to highlight Biden’s increasingly obvious fitness for institutionalization of the Memory Care variety (the Post also flags its related editorial — “Joe Biden’s mental decline cannot be ignored”): It is presidential malpractice to
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February 2, 2024 — Scott Johnson
What we have here is/are LIES AND MISINFORMATION, a 3-part Series — Part 1: LIES WE TELL OURSELVES. Ammo Grrrll writes: Where would we pathetic, disappointing human beings be without “the little white lie”? If we honestly answered every inquiry as to whether or not “this dress makes me look fat,” or if we think that hideous haircut is flattering, we might have no friends. With few exceptions, men would
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January 26, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll sees EVERYDAY MIRACLES IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. She writes: Before we begin today, let me just say that EVERY SINGLE TEAM I developed the slightest rooting interest in during the playoffs – LOST! Hoping to monetize this skill, I am offering to root FOR the opponents of your pet team for a price. Say, $100? A girl has to use what meager skills she has.
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January 19, 2024 — Scott Johnson
What’s so funny ’bout peace, love, and A FAILED LIFE COACH? Ammo Grrrll writes: Trigger Warning: the following column COULD possibly be considered “sexist” or “unfairly stereotypical.” If the talking points I raise do NOT apply to you, then why be offended? And if they do, perhaps it will be a classic “teachable moment.” In any event, it is My Truth and therefore unassailable by any form of Logic known
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January 15, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Lloyd Billingsley draws on Woody Allen’s Bananas (1971) to trace the outline of a mania — the mania of Democrat orthodoxy. I was thinking about Bananas over the weekend as I revisited Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936) and reread Kenneth Lynn’s (great) Charlie Chaplin and His Times. Early in Bananas Allen pays tribute to Chaplin and Modern Times. Allen plays Fielding Mellish, a “research tester” for General Equipment. In the
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January 12, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Sign up ahead: WATCH FOR WILD HORSES! Ammo Grrrll writes: What has become of Humanity? Even the last time I was in Maui (2001), which used to be my Happy Place on all the Earth, there were signs in parking lots for parks, beaches and museums: “Lock all your car doors. Do not leave anything visible in cars. We are not responsible for loss.” Maui is a small island. Almost
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January 8, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The Star Tribune represents the mainstream media at work in Minnesota. It is the dominant voice of conventional wisdom that relentlessly peddles the left-wing line on its news pages and its editorial positions. It is, moreover, a profitable business owned by a billionaire. Glen Taylor bought it in 2014 for $100 million. He may have assumed some of the paper’s debt in the process. It reportedly makes a substantial amount
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January 5, 2024 — Scott Johnson
You know what Ammoo Grrrll is talking about: WE LOVE NEW BEGINNINGS! She writes: Almost everybody loves do-overs, second chances, and planning how much better we are going to do THIS time. No, really. THIS time we really mean it! Hahaha. You know those little warnings at the end of ads for financial instruments: “Past performance is no guarantee of future results”? Yeah, well, actually, past performance turns out to
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December 29, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll looks back to count A FEW THINGS I HAVE LEARNED THIS YEAR and throws in some good advice to boot. We look back with gratitude for her weekly contributions over the past 10 years. The grrrll thinks funny. She writes: In past years that have drawn to a close, I have felt compelled to offer a few New Year’s Resolutions. I will forego that this year for a
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December 24, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Tom Elliot has compiled a supercuts video of the 10 most mortifying media moments of 2023. He has posted the video at Grabien News with comments here. One could reverse the order of the top 10 mortifying media moments and still have it right. The competition for number 1 is intense. It’s a good thing these talking heads are incapable of shame or embarrassment. It’s hard to do justice to
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December 22, 2023 — Scott Johnson
In the spirit of the season Ammo Grrrll reflects on VALUES AND HOW WE GET THEM. She writes: I remember the scene in Annie Hall where Woody Allen meets Annie’s parents, who are ridiculous parodies of Jew-hating uptight gentiles, though to the best of my recollection neither of them was a college president. The Woody character imagines their viewing him with payess (sidecurls) and big Ultra-Orthodox headwear. Before the visit,
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December 15, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll offers self-help advice on GETTING AHEAD IN AMERICA. She writes: In general I do not watch television, but the only time I watch CNN inadvertently is when I go next door to pick up my walking partner, The Paranoid Texan. He enjoys a Saturday morning show hosted by a guy named Smerconish. I wish I had a cool name like Smerconish. Susan Smerconish…it’s just fun to say, isn’t
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December 8, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll draws FIVE LESSONS FROM CHANUKAH. She writes: Last night was the first night of Chanukah. We set out all our menorahs and lit the one candle with the “chamash” or helper candle in each one. It looked pretty festive, but I always make my Chanukah Party on the seventh or eighth night when it’s a veritable bonfire – five menorahs with 9 candles apiece! Quite glorious. There is
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December 1, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll advocates LITMUS TESTS BEST FOR ACIDITY VS. ALKALINITY, not HUMAN BEINGS. She writes: This column will definitely not be in my Top 10 Most Humorous. There is something unfunny that I am compelled to discuss. I’ll be funnier next week. I see a tragic mistake being made over and over again in the commentariat. And it’s one which will ultimately cost us the 2024 election and possibly even
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