COP 26 ~ Same As It Ever Was

Crossing the Divide

Barry Blitt, The New Yorker magazine's Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, satirizes Emanuel Leutze's iconic 1851 painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware, on this week's cover.

Blitt says, "I guess having all hell break loose is inspiring to political cartoonists, but I can't help feeling that all hell's been breaking loose pretty much all the time for a while now."

Perhaps it's time for Blitt to draw inspiration from Let's Go Brandon.

Facebook Takes on the Metaverse!

Facebook is planning to rebrand the company to dominate the metaverse!

According to Wikipedia, "The word "Metaverse" is made up of the the prefix "meta" and the stem "verse" (a back-formation from "universe"); the term is typically used to describe the concept of a future iteration of the Internet, made up of persistent, shared, 3D virtual spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe. The metaverse in a broader sense may not only refer to virtual worlds, but the Internet as a whole, including the entire spectrum of augmented reality."

May I suggest Faceborg?

Billionaires in Space

How much carbon do Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and SpaceX rockets release?

Martha's Vineyard Harvest Festival

No Filter?

After performing the 1969 song Brown Sugar 1,136 times in concert, second only to Jumpin' Jack Flash, The Rolling Stones removed the song from the setlist of their current No Filter Tour following complaints about its lyrics about slavery. 

Red Light, Green Light

Whiplash. 

One month it's the sunny, everyman optimism of Ted Lasso; the next it's the murderous class warfare of the Squid Game.

Such is entertainment – and life – in 2021.

Malice's Restaurant

It took me a moment to get Finger Sandwiches. 😏 

Covid Deaths ~ Then and Now

Remember how The New York Times memorialized (and politicized) America's Covid deaths on the front page during the election year?

According to Worldometers, the death total is nearing 720,000, nearly twice the number since President Biden took office just 8 months ago.

The Covid-19 Coronavirus doesn't care which party is in the White House.

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