McDonald’s has prided themselves for value, quality, service and family friendly atmospheres for the duration of their existence. In fact, McDonald’s has made its reputation with the kids. The Play Place, birthday parties, Ronald McDonald, Happy Meals; the Golden Arches beckon the kiddos. The company used to be family friendly. Unfortunately, the advertising has taken a turn in recent times. No longer do you see the Hamburgler, Ronald, Grimace, or the Fry Guys. Instead, now we get to see Cardi B and her partner Offset. If you aren’t aware, Cardi B is the “singer” of the classic kids tune WAP.…
Author: robm
Marilyn Monroe is under attack! Or at least the 26-foot statue in Palm Springs, California is. The statue, called “Forever Marilyn” that stands in front of the Palm Springs Art Museum and is the target of a group of woke nutjobs that call themselves the Committee to Relocate Marilyn. I think a better idea would be to relocate the wokesters, but I don’t get a say. As if Civil War statues weren’t enough, Marilyn is going to get the cancel culture treatment if these people get their way. Check this out. In February, California’s 4th District Court of Appeals overturned…
A white student is suing Howard University, an HBCU, for discrimination after being expelled in September 2022. Michael Newman, a white dude, is suing the university for $2 million dollars for “pain, suffering, emotional anguish and damage to his reputation.” While it seems like a lost cause for a white guy to sue on the grounds of racial discrimination, Newman, also known as the “Mayo King” as he alleges he was labeled while at Howard, might actually have a solid case. Will it matter? Check this out. The lawsuit claims the student suffered from “depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts” as…
In an admission as chilling as the state of the embryos, Paris Hilton recently revealed she has 20 frozen male embryos as her and husband Carter Reum attempt to produce a female, because I suppose the world needs another Paris Hilton? Hilton does not want to physically have a child and has chosen surrogacy. The couple’s first son was born recently, but they have designs of a little Paris Hilton. She wants a girl, so next to the leftovers in the freezer are 20 boy embryos. Obviously that isn’t exactly how it happens, but check this out. Hotel heiress Paris…
Apparently, money can’t buy everything, even if you have more of it than you know what to do with. Jeff Bezos built his fortune with Amazon and used some of it to buy the Washington Post, but his latest attempt to buy a failing business in Washington DC has failed. Bezos’s attempt to purchase the Washington Commanders has been blocked like a field goal after a botched snap. Guess he will have to build another rocket. Check this out. Billionaire Amazon and Washington Post Owner Jeff Bezos has reportedly come up short in his bid to buy the Washington Commanders football team.…
The expression “not your average bear” may apply to more than adorable cartoon bears with fedoras and neckties. It just might apply better to Ben, A 4-year-old Andean bear at the Saint Louis Zoo. Ben has been having quite a month, as he escaped his enclosure and went on an adventure on February 7th before being captured and returned. Apparently, Ben outsmarted zoo officials and went on another adventure on the 23rd. No word on whether there were picnic baskets involved. Check this out. “Around 1 o’clock today, Ben once again got out of his outdoor habitat. The Zoo Animal…
Apparently “made in China” means the same thing on Mars as it does in America. It probably won’t last very long. The Chinese version of the Mars Rover landed on the red planet in 2021 to much chest thumping and fanfare from the CCP. Now less than two years later it appears to have bitten the dust, literally. I hope they got the extended warranty. check this out. China’s Zhurong rover landed on Mars to great local fanfare in May 2021 before it set about exploring the dusty surface. But recent images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have shown…
Country music legend and Nashville bar owner Alan Jackson was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder last year, but in a recent appearance on his daughters podcast he revealed that he is nowhere near ready to pack away his guitar. The “Chattahoochee” and “Where Were You?” singer has been a staple on lower Broadway and on tour since the 1990’s. He has managed to stay relevant despite the shift in country music towards the so-called “bro country”, but the diagnosis caused concern that he would retire. No chance. Check this out. The Country Music Hall of Famer announced that he’s…
South Park, the outrageous animated show on Comedy Central from Matt Stone and Trey Parker has never been afraid of poking fun at societal trends, celebrities and religion among other things. In fact, if it is culturally relevant now, South Park probably took a blow torch to it a decade ago. From the trans fad to Scientology to race issues, South Park shows no mercy, but also accurately reflects what the majority of the sane, grown-up world is thinking. Of course biologic men shouldn’t be competing with women, and biologic males shouldn’t be in the ladies room. Of course Scientology…
Since you clearly can’t please some people, the Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes are catching some heat on social media for catching a buzz during their Super Bowl victory parade last week in Kansas City. Only one team wins the Super Bowl every year, and so many players never even get to taste a playoff win, no less a Super Bowl so it’s understandable that the players that bled, sweated, limped and put their lives on the line on a weekly basis might want to tip a cold Coors Light to celebrate. I mean, I would choose a…
As the left and the crazy climate nerds charge at windmills and insist we eat plants and bugs, McDonalds has decided to jump into the fray and spare chicken their nuggets everywhere. The worldwide burger and fry chain, in a move no one wanted recently announced they will be offering plant based nugs. Check this out. The McPlanet Nuggets will be made from peas, corn and a white/tempura batter, and will hit stores at some point next week. Wow! A healthy, delicious alternative to chicken nuggets! Or is it? The meat substitutes and plant-based craze has portrayed itself as a…
The good book teaches us not to steal. In fact, it’s one of God’s pet peeves. So much so that it’s prominently listed in the Ten Commandments. That should be an easy enough request, yet so many people can’t seem to NOT steal. Stealing is bad regardless of the context or reason, and white collar is as egregious as stealing a kid’s piggy bank, but one particular form of theft stands out. In fact, you’ll probably have a few extra questions to answer in the afterlife. Stealing from the church is disgusting and undermines organized religion in the eyes of…
The sandwich giant Subway is the subject of rumors about a potential sale, and the possible price is enormous. Fans of chewy bread, gray meat, wilted veggies and tasteless condiments may be getting their sandwiches from the same chain with new ownership. Sandwich giant Subway confirmed Tuesday it is exploring a possible sale. A deal could value the chain at more than $10 billion, according to an article last month from The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the company had hired advisors to explore a sale. Subway said Tuesday that JPMorgan is advising the Connecticut-based company and will conduct the sale exploration process.…
It has been a crazy 2023, and its only February. We have had Chinese spy balloons, UFO’s shot down on consecutive days by the United States military, accusations of the NFL being rigged, and an asteroid the size of a truck slipped by our “Planetary Threat Detection System” last week, buzzing the atmosphere at a ‘too close for comfort” range. What’s next? Oh yea, there are five potentially hazardous asteroids set to buzz the planet on Valentines Day. Great! Check this out. Five different “Near Earth Objects” (NEOs) are heading our way Valentine’s Day, according to NASA. NASA’s Center for…
Gotcha! That had to be what Tubi TV, a streaming service owned by Fox was saying after the remote-control hijacking spoof ad they dropped during Sunday nights Super Bowl. Late in a tense, back and forth game that featured numerous momentum swings and drama, the broadcast went to commercial. Instead of the unimaginative, stale Pepsi commercial or another in the endless string of ads pimping electric vehicles, the game appeared to go back to a live shot from the booth. What happened next had America in a collective tizzy. Check this out. In just 15 seconds, Tubi won the award…
Roseanne Barr might have been the first shot fired in the cancel culture war against free speech, comedy and creativity, but she has emerged from the other side and now she is firing back. After losing her own show “Roseanne” for some late-night Tweets while under the influence of the hypnotic sleep drug ambien, Barr is finally recovered, and is set to drop her raunchiest, most politically incorrect special of her career. That is quite a statement considering her history. In an interview Thursday with the Los Angeles Times, Barr laid bare her feelings about cancel culture and her ordeal.…
A three-sport high school star athlete in Iowa wasted no time last week in jumping in a frozen lake and saving an elderly man and his dog from certain death. After a man in a Jeep broke through the ice and started to sink, the 17-year-old called 911 and leaped into action. The Today Show reports: A 17-year-old high school athlete helped pull an 83-year-old man and his dog to safety after the man’s Jeep fell through the ice in a scene caught on video. Joe Salmon, a wrestler, football player and track athlete, jumped into the frigid water in…
The State of the Union address was Tuesday, spoiler alert, it ain’t good, and in a move that is emblematic of the issues America is facing socially and politically, freshman Senator John Fetterman threw on his best (only) suit and brought a convicted murderer with him as his plus-one. You can’t make this up. Check this out. Freshman Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) brought a convicted murderer to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. The convict received a commuted sentence thanks in large part to Pennsylvania’s Board of Pardons, which Fetterman used to oversee. Dennis Horton was found guilty…
College used to be a place young people went away to so they could discover who they are, experience independence, and plot a course for successful adulthood. Money well spent in past years. Now, most colleges are liberal cesspools of communist ideology, racist narratives, and America hating ideas. Sounds like a good time to me! Fact is, you don’t even need a degree from a university anymore to make an excellent living. With trade schools and technical schools, you can easily land a high paying job with a minimum of education. A conventional college education now includes so much unnecessary…
The utopian vision of clean energy, reduced carbon emissions, windmills and solar panels continues to fall apart. That’s not to say all of those things are bad. Quite the contrary in fact. We need to reduce carbon emissions, and using wind and solar as a complement to fossil fuels is a great idea. However scrapping dino-fuel in favor of hoping the wind is blowing and the sun is shining is a bad idea that is no longer waiting to happen. In some parts of the world, it is already happening. Check this out. Scotland’s green-obsessed left-separatist government has been left…
Public school busses can be a very dangerous place for students. With usually only two adults on the bus, and one being the driver, it is difficult to keep order and watch everything and the road as well. Recently a 9-year-old girl in Florida was savagely beaten on the bus by two students as the driver and bus monitor didn’t notice the assault taking place. No other students stepped in either. Now, as video of the attack surfaced on-line, the girl’s parent have pressed charges and one person was arrested and will be charged with assault. Check this out. A…
Florida never fails to deliver. It’s a beautiful paradise full of sun, sand, tanned hotties, and cold drinks. Where else can you wear shorts and flip flops in January? Politically Florida keeps winning as well. Ron Desantis is a rock star, the streets are safe, the children are being protected from Disney, I mean groomers, and the population is exploding as a result. Are there some downsides? Of course, everyplace has downsides. Besides being the lightning strike capital of the world, you have giant cats (panthers), alligators, giant monitor lizards, the occasional meth-head, and pythons. Lots and lots of pythons.…
The word “hero’ is too often used for people that aren’t actually heroes. There’s nothing heroic about being gay or trans, just like there is nothing heroic about being a highly paid professional athlete. There’s nothing heroic about burning down cities under the guise on social justice, and there’s nothing heroic about standing in front of a green-screen and pretending to be a superhero. However, if we look around, we see heroes every day. Cops, firefighters, first responders, military. You know, the people that rush into a crisis situation when the majority of people are wetting their diapers. Those are…
There is an old saying, “pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered”. Apparently chicken wings will get you in prison. Especially if you steal an estimated $1.5 million worth from the Chicago School system. Recently a Chicago School official got busted for a most delicious crime. Vera Liddell, who worked as the director of food services at Harvey School District 152, was charged with felony continuing financial crimes enterprise and theft exceeding $1,000,000, also a felony, according to a proffer filed in Cook County Circuit Court. Cook County prosecutors have charged the former head of food services at a south suburban…
Has anyone seen John Connor and made sure he is safe? As if science fiction hasn’t been rapidly becoming science-fact, scientists have created a tiny liquid metal robot that can melt itself and escape from a cage. Goody! A miniature, shape-shifting robot can liquefy itself and reform, allowing it to complete tasks in hard-to-access places and even escape cages. It could eventually be used as a hands-free soldering machine or a tool for extracting swallowed toxic items. Robots that are soft and malleable enough to work in narrow, delicate spaces like those in the human body already exist, but they can’t make…
You literally can’t please some people. Vegans and vegetarians were clamoring for meat substitutes for years, and companies started popping up offering alternatives to pork, beef, and chicken. Predictably most of the products tasted awful, had weird, chewy consistencies, and were hard to cook with. As always, technology progressed, and some of the products actually started to taste good. Apparently too good, because the stock prices of the biggest fake meat companies have plummeted, and the Washington Post suggests the reason is they taste too much like real meat! No, for real! You just can’t please those fussy vegetarians! Chew…
Fireball, the delicious cinnamon flavored whiskey in the little plastic bottle is catching heat and facing a class action lawsuit because they have been slyly selling a version that actually DOESN’T contain whiskey. Despite the bottles looking almost identical, Fireball has a version with half of the alcohol content! What the heck? Fireball is facing the heat after selling two different types of alcohol in an attempt to allegedly deceive its customers. A new class-action lawsuit claims that Fireball is trying to cash in by duping its customers with two nearly-identical bottles. The alcohol, however, isn’t the same. Anna Marquez filed the…
A&W Root Beer has always promoted that “frosty mug taste”, and their fast-food stores have provided standard American fare of burgers and fries for years. Finally, thankfully they have decided to put a pair of britches on their mascot, Rooty the Great Root Bear. For 60 years Rooty has been dangling his root pantless, delighting kids and satisfying adults all across the country, but no more. Thanks to the woke virus, Rooty will now be sporting a new look that doesn’t include any more “bear” butts. A&W Root Beer is drinking the Kool-Aid. Fearing they’d lose ground in the race…
The NFL playoffs are in full swing, and as usual the Dallas Cowboys have made an early exit. Despite having a treasure trove of talent and an owner willing to spend his fortune on the team, the Cowboys managed again to disappoint their fanbase with a playoff loss. In the meantime, we have been treated to watching a career unravel in real-time, right before our eyes. Not Dak Prescott, the quarterback, not Mike McCarthy, the underachieving coach, not even Zeke Elliot, the aging star running back. Nope, it’s Brett Maher, the hapless place kicker. Perhaps it is unfair to villainize…
Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is perhaps one of the most iconic albums of all time. The band was formed in the 1960’s and Dark Side, which was released in 1973 was their breakout album, spending an incredible 741 weeks on the Billboard Chart from 1973 to 1988. With that in mind, one would think literally EVERYONE would be familiar with the album art. The cover is maybe the most well-known, iconic album cover in history, featuring the light prism passing through a pyramid. I don’t have to describe it, as you should already know what it looks…