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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  • Flocking together??

     I’m sure you’ve all heard about the Oklahoma school district who hired a drag queen (who was arrested on child porn charges back in the day–note: charges were dropped because they couldn’t prove the subjects of the pictures were minors) to be a school principal.   The new principal does still perform in drag at night… Continue reading

  • 22 years later–please read the story at the link I have in this post

    The horror is still there.  The memories are still there.  I will never forget and will never forgive.   I wasn’t sure what to post today that I haven’t said before.   So I want to send you all to read Peter Heck over at ‘Not the Bee‘. His stated mission on this day is to highlight… Continue reading

  • So the clinical trials were rigged? (not covid-related)

    It’s taken fourteen years for the FDA (which should be abolished, IMO) to figure out that not only does phenylephrine NOT work as a decongestant when taken orally, it may possibly be dangerous due to increased heart rates.  Other non-effective drugs are: Guaifenesin as a cough medicine used to clear mucus from the airways. Dextromethorphan as a… Continue reading

  • 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