Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • Sunday Meme Drop

      The burn is strong in this one. Menards. This week. Gas station.  Yesterday.  Hipster beard seen once he was ‘safely’ in his car. Except in PA, where they have yield and stop signs at the tops of the ramps. Continue reading

  • Saturday Meme Drop

    Southern Comfort.  Still, to this day.   Continue reading

  • Drunk with big clanky balls? Or did Darwin miss his chance?

    Via Not the Bee:    Video of a brave man identified as Mike, confidently herding a huge black #Bear away from a campsite in Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania, USA. pic.twitter.com/CLEozzqUcP — Funny News Hub (@Funnynewshub) September 6, 2023 Continue reading

  • Fun Movie Friday–My Cousin Vinny

    Marissa Tomei, Fred Gwynne, and Joe Pesci.  New York meets rural Alabama.   Plus grits. Continue reading

  • Thursday Meme Drop

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  • And the standards keep on getting lowered

     Even at CalTech–the institution that was in constant competition with MIT for the best of the best budding scientific minds.  I say was because: Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics class requirements if your school doesn’t offer them, allowing you to take Khan Academy instead. The author does make a salient point that CalTech has never… Continue reading

  • Old Norse ideas rewritten in the modern age

     The states of Tennessee and Texas are bringing back the practice of weregild in cases where the parents of minor children are killed by drunk drivers. I think this is a spectacular idea and am sorry that the practice of weregild faded away in the 12th century. It certainly brings the consequences home to an… Continue reading

  • Teachers unions are a stain

     And they think they’re above the law.  Of course, considering the cheek in jowl relationship between the federal teacher’s unions and the feds, they’ve gotten away with a lot, including lockdowns, school closures, and the masking of children. Their latest big push of course has been usurping parents rights, using the transgender social contagion to… Continue reading

  • Sunday Meme Drop

    Following via: Politically Incorrect Humor   Continue reading

  • Saturday Meme Drop

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