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rparrish.bsky.social
Retired journalist. Believes in science. Concerned about the future of our country and our planet. Hoping to outlive the First Felon. Also a Cardinals baseball and Mizzou football and basketball fan for 60-plus years.
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Wow, he really is an idiot.

If only he could afford a live-in nanny.

These DOGE cuts are so damn cruel and unnecessary. I enjoy answering National History Day questions from students working on their presentations every spring. You never know whose love of history is going to be ignited by this project.

The king of Opening Day has done it again. For the sixth straight Opening Day, Tyler O’Neill has hit a home run, extending a streak unmatched in MLB history. More: http://dlvr.it/TJnsNc

30 Years Ago: Legendary St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith does his trademark backflip to begin the 1995 season! He was 40 years old at the time! ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #History #STLCards #OpeningDay

In this week's blog post are the latest Bizarro cartoons and some reasons why a couple of books I've read recently make me less anxious about the state of the world. www.bizarro.com/blog/2025/3/...

NEW PODCAST OUT NOW This week we're going behind the scenes on QT's 60s L.A. fairytale, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Tune in for the amazing making of story, with the usual ATRM laughs and opinions. alltherightmovies.com/podcast/once...

Perspectives

Cuts to the VA will make sure American veterans have one more chance to die for their country. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Unsuccessful Reconnaissance

The only two players in history to record 200-or-more hits in eight consecutive seasons are in this picture. Willie Keeler, the Hall of Fame outfielder who set the record before Ichiro Suzuki surpassed it, was born #OTD in 1872.

This is totally going to be the plot of "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."

Is it time to retire Benedict Arnold as the #1 seed in the traitor bracket?

In this week's Bizarro Blog, I explore my reduced skepticism and hopes about universal recycling and reincarnation. There's also the week's cartoons. www.bizarro.com/blog/2025/2/...

BLAZING SADDLES was released 51 years ago this month. Acclaimed as one of the great comedies of the 1970s, and among the most popular of director Mel Brooks, the story of how it was made is a cascading waterfall of creative alternatives... 1/36 #filmsky #movies

Carb Conflict

Happy Birthday to Actor James Hong who turns 96 today.

Ball of Confusion

My weekly blog post awaits your eyes. While slamming the current administration of comic book villains, I also provide some silver linings to the storm they are fomenting. And our week of Bizarro cartoons will give you something to chuckle about. www.bizarro.com/blog/2025/2/16/the-pie-is-falling

Remembering Ricou Browning (February 16, 1930 - February 27, 2023).

Mac McClung has made more money from the dunk contest than from his NBA contracts💰 (via Spotrac)

Happy Birthday to LeVar Burton, who in addition to changing the world with #Roots and #ReadingRainbow, also starred alongside Caitlyn Jenner (nee Bruce) in "Grambling's White Tiger" (1981)

GROUNDHOG DAY was released 33 years ago this week. One of the great fantasy rom-coms, and among the most beloved of Bill Murray’s movies, the story behind the scenes is as magical as the film… 1/43

Before the Americans faced Finland Thursday, the Bell Centre public address announcer urged fans to be respectful of the national anthems to uphold the spirit of competition. Fans booed the U.S. anyway. More: http://dlvr.it/THzdjY

Today in the SABR Games Project’s #BlackHistoryMonth commemoration, we present @thegaryb.bsky.social’s new article on a game from Dick Allen’s rookie year. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

(Bill Murray voice): Now THAT is a nutty White House

Today In 2000: The final original Peanuts comic strip appears in newspapers the day after the death of the great Charles M. Schulz

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

TAXI DRIVER was released 49 years ago this week. One of Hollywood’s great studies of loneliness, and among the of the Martin Scorsese/Robert De Niro collaboration, the making of story is as morally bankrupt as NYC… 1/51

According to two league sources, Sunday’s game between the Chiefs and Eagles will mark the first time since February 2021 that “End Racism” is not included as a message in the back of a Super Bowl end zone. More from @mikesilver.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Nothing to see here. Just THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES signing an order that says only straight white christian males are qualified to work in the aviation industry. Jim Crow would blush at this.

Countries emptying their jails into America? Isn’t that what Trump did with the insurrectionists?

Happy 54, slugger! #Guillermo

Column: if you really think the NFL is fixing postseason games to benefit the Chiefs, well here’s an idea: go have your brain fixed. www.scoopswithdannymac.com/bernie-oh-so...

Mahomes thanking God for the victory... I'd love to see Josh Allen come out and say "why did God do this to us again?"

The Hegseth confirmation shows that Republican lawmakers have put party over country. They should be ashamed, but I doubt if they are.

M*A*S*H was released 55 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great comedies of the 1970s, and the film that made the career of director Robert Altman, the making of story might make you think your head is coming off… 1/46