{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Humour on Marti Abernathey", "icon": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a65647c633168fccd9a98104bb2f2e7b?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png", "home_page_url": "https://martiabernathey.com/", "feed_url": "https://martiabernathey.com/feed.json", "items": [ { "id": "http://marti-abernathey.micro.blog/2026/09/03/thanks-for-that-suggestion-wikipedia.html", "content_html": "

Thanks for that suggestion, Wikipedia

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After the shooting of United Health's CEO, this image has gone viral. Like most people, I saw it, and laughed and moved on. But after seeing a remix today of it, and I was curious about what the underlying context of it was. Alice Thomson is a journalist, as is her husband. A quick google search reveals the journalist's squalid living conditions:

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\"Chevithorne Barton\" was taken by Alison Day and licensed to use under Creative Commons license CC BY-ND 2.0

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Thomson lives in this run down shack (featured in House and Garden) with Edward FitzGerald Heathcoat Amory (of the Baron Heathcoat Amory clan). Thomson explains why hardy, down home folk like themselves are concerned with the coming class war:

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Voters appear to have had enough of distractions and division; the majority, I suspect, just want a pragmatic government that’s going to get on with the job of sorting out education, the NHS, transport and social care rather than stoke any more discord. Most say they hope for a more equal society, but they espouse meritocracy and aspiration rather than Jeremy Corbyn’s politics of envy and redistribution.

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Labour needs to be clear about its motivation. Its policy of putting VAT on private school fees may be a practical measure to find more money for the state sector but they shouldn’t be doing it if it’s also about punishing the rich.

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I’m quite amused at the moderation of my Mastodon instance. I’ve been reported by exactly two different factions: Zionists, and Democrats. That just about tracks. Silencing, for having opinions contrary to the narratives of both factions, is a tactic that’s been disastrous for both Democrats and Zionists. But I guess when it’s all you have, that’s what you go with.

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I recently was watching the new Dokken/Norton Antivirus commercial (DENY version):

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I think they're funny as hell, but they led me to watch this old video:

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Is it just me, or is this video full of homoerotic imagery?

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Lastly, I'd ask about this commercial:

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\n[www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMXeE1EXJPM)\n
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Um, does this mean Dokken is a band of Chicken fucking, hair metal gods?

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Music kept me alive and sane when I was a teen/tween. One of my favorite bands was the Zero Boys. This song crystallizes that moment in time:

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The really fucked up thing about the song is that it could be written today:

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Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun

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Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done

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With the Pope
And the president
And the big rock star who made a lot of money
All got one thing in common
They know it ain't no fun to get shot with a gun

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Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun

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Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done

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Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun

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Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done

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With the Pope, and the president, and the big rock star who made a lot of money
Made a lot of money, made a lot of money, made a lot of money
Yeah!

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Late last Wednesday I started my trek across Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin to Madison for Thanksgiving. About 2 AM on Thanksgiving morning  I stopped at a 7/11 in Huntley, Illinois to take a restroom break and to get a java refill. When I brought my coffee and snacks up to the counter the cashier tried to make small talk, and said: “So did you just come from the Turkey Testicle Festival? "

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I said “excuse me? Are you joking?" He said, “No, tonight was the Huntley Turkey Testicle Festival, right down the road." I started to walk away and turned to him and said, “I’m really sorry I missed that! How unfortunate!" as I walked out the door.

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Who the hell else but me would stop in a town with a Turkey Testicle Festival?  What are the odds? You can read about it here and here. Life can be really amusing sometimes… especially when turkey testicle festivals are involved. The only thing that could of made it more amusing would have been Sarah Palin emceeing the event.

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Anyone hungry?

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Ever been complimented and offended at the same time?

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I hadn't, until today...

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A woman I didn't know asked me:

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\"So when are you due?\"

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As in pregnant!

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:p

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A comment by a fellow Alumni of my high school,

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\n \"after the reunion, i see that we have all changed. apparently not as much as marty abernathy. whatever floats ones boat, or words to that effect....\" \n
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Some things, like sense of humor, just get better with age.

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\"If we tackle these problems the wrong way, then while today there is one bin Laden, after a few years there will be ten bin Ladens. And it is possible that after a few more years, there will be 100 bin Ladens.\" - liberal commie terrorist Dalia Lama in a January 2006 interview with \"The Progressive Magazine.\"

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All those years of watching SNL just paid off.

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When I go to work I can't go in full femme mode so I just go extremely andro. Since I go through some pretty rough neighborhoods I just let everyone think what they will.

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A couple of days ago I lost my battery charger, or so I'd thought. Today on the bus a fellow regular said \"She turned it in, although she referred to you as a woman.\" Following \"Pat's\" lead I simply said \"I get that a lot.\"

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Thanks Pat, you saved my ass!

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If your say you love me, you should be able to show it in your words AND your deeds. Anything less is just flummery.

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I feel like life is a crabwise slamdance.

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crabwise KRAB-wyz, adjective:

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  1. Sideways.
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  2. In a cautiously indirect manner.
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