2020

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, some s*** the president said during the previous week: “I’m viewing the great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. They’re warriors. We can’t keep our country closed. We have to open our country…Will some people be affected badly? Yes.” 5/5/2020 in Arizona. […]

Mike Kelly: fighting for your rights, or just his?

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA 16th) has joined some businessmen and state-level lawmakers in suing PA Gov. Tom Wolf, arguing that PA’s stay-at-home order should be lifted. In the lawsuit, Kelly and friends argue that some activities should be allowed to continue despite risks to public health – like campaigning for office. The lawsuit also argues […]

THE GEESE ARE CALM – Something good happened in Erie, 5/8/2020

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20200503/erie-researcher-geese-less-honked-off-this-spring Today is Day 51 of life being turned upside down for my family and about 33 million others who find themselves out of work due to the virus. For those of you still working, chances are your daily routine has been flipped on its […]

S*** the President Says – 5/4/2020

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, some s*** the president said during the previous week: “We started off with bad, broken tests and obsolete tests…we had tests that didn’t take care of people.” 4/30/2020 at the White House. In context, this was President Trump blaming the Obama administration very specifically for not providing coronavirus tests – three […]

We have to share pepperoni balls with the world now – Something good happened in Erie, 5/1/2020

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20200428/eries-stanganelli-hits-qvc-motherlode When you’re born in Erie, you get used to a few peculiarities. Stag and Drags are weird and apply only to us. So many of us seem to hate it here while resisting all possible change, for another. We measure snow in feet instead […]