The Morning Rant

My point is, I'm very tired of having to pretend that certain things are perfectly normal that are clearly not normal. One reporter used the wrong pronouns in a press conference with this person and mayor of Pittsburg cancelled a scheduled interview with the radio station the guy is employed by as a reprisal.

The whole thing could be turned into a Monty Python skit:

"Are there any questions?

"Yes, I have -- Hey wait, you're a guy!"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes, you are!"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you ARE! Look, you've got a dork!"

"No I don't"

"Yes you do. I can see that bulge--"
(points)
"--underneath your dress.

(Looks down)
"That's not a dork"

"It is so a dork"

"No it isn't!"

"If it's not a dork, then what is it?"

(Pause)

"It's a very large clitoris."

"Oh, invoking the Rule of Thumb, eh?"

This actually has been going on for a while. I'm old enough to remember back when Michael Jackson was alive, every time he'd appear in public, he looked worse than he did previously, as if whatever plastic surgery he was having done wasn't working. Back in his 'Jackson 5' days, he wasn't a bad looking young man. But he pretty much turned himself into some hideous mutant. And then he started hanging out with the aging actress Elizabeth Taylor, who, at that point in her life, looked like Vampira's grandmother, and we were all supposed to smile and nod and clap like they were all PERFECTLY NORMAL AND NOT AT ALL BIZARRE-LOOKING.

As Rush Limbaugh observed at the time, "I wonder what Michael Jackson thinks is weird?"

(h/t CoolCzech for the Python bit)

Normal:

That's Quite a Bubble She's Living In:

For Jane D'oh:

Well, This Is Infuriating:

NEW: The Broward Sheriff’s Office sergeant who was first to respond to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting lost his job after he hid behind his car as the first shots rang out.

He'll be reinstated, awarded full back pay, the union said Wednesday. https://t.co/T8u9P6xds8

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) May 14, 2020

Who Dis:

For the 'Ettes:

Wednesday's celebs: The Zane siblings, Lisa and Billy, and that was the main connection. They were also in the film Femme Fatale back in 1991. Holy moly, that's almost 30 years ago. I never thought I'd live to see the day when 1991 was 30 years in the *past*.

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posted by OregonMuse at 11:12 AM

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