Here he is as he was on public display in Syracuse, NY, in 1869.
Hoaxes come and hoaxes go. They never stop coming.
Here’s one of the more popular efforts of the 19th century:
True, hoaxes today are bigger and better than ever (think Climbit Change), and the rich and powerful dirt-bags who produce them get even more rich and powerful.
Well, it’s a fallen world, isn’t it?
Keep it up and her pants will be on fire…
PBS–the Public Broadcasting System–funded by our tax dollars… and it’s as filthy as sin (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/watch-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-plays-sick-pbs/).
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green is taking the jawbone of an ass to these PBS Philistines who’ve been using PBS to deliver perverted “drag queen” performances to America’s children.
When she played the drag queen program in the House of Representatives, the PBS CEO lied about it, saying only one such episode ever made it to the air, and that by accident, it was taken down and never shown again, blah-blah-lie-lie. In fact, it was aired several times. On programs meant for 3-year-olds.
What is it about ‘drag queens’ and other mutants that pushes Democrats into spasms of admiration?
And why in heaven’s name do we have to pay for it?
Go get ’em, Marge!
Odds are she won’t win any matches against men.
What are we to do with these people?
Pennsylvania State Senator Lindsay Williams recently voted against a bill to ban male athletes from females’ sports… insisting that men and women are absolutely equal, physically (https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dem-lawmaker-suggests-females-physically-equal-males-while-voting-keep-trans-athletes-girls-sports). She wants to keep the trannies in the girls’ events.
Honk if you honestly believe women are just as strong or just as fast as men. We’re talking wrestling, weight lifting, and most other sports.
My sport in college was judo. One of my teammates was a young woman. Our coach did everything he could to help her, the rest of us did the same, her technique was pretty good–but she never won, not a single match; and by an by she got too discouraged to continue. Nice girl from Nebraska.
Sen. Williams, if she’s honestly stating her opinion, is a blockhead. Has she no sports experience of her own? We’re not on the playground anymore, sunshine. It’s true that there’s much more athletic equality among young children than there is later on in life.
Why do these Democrats want to destroy women’s sports? I mean, sheesh! For the sake of a few transgender wackos? What does that do for them?
In a recent poll, 79% said they were opposed to letting men participate in women’s sports. That included 69% of Democrats.
Has Far Left Crazy picked this as the hill to die on?
This is how a civilization dies.
Far Left Crazy is singing the blues: major corporate sponsors have dropped out of the latest San Francisco “Pride” event (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/anheuser-busch-coors-pull-sponsorship-san-francisco-pride). They are “proud” of their sexual practices.
Anheuser-Busch took a $27 billion (!) hit in 2023… after resorting to transgender fake woman Dylan Mulvaney as the face of Bud Lite (https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2024/07/18/bud-light-boycott-effects-endure-brand-drops-to-third/).
This year’s losses, so far, are up to $300,000.
The Guardian (British newspaper) blames President Donald Trump for “attacking” organized perversion.
Well, we told you, didn’t we, that Far Left Crazy will not go gentle into that good night? They’ll have to be shoved out, kicking and screaming. It won’t be restful.
Dammit! Where’s the Raid when you need it?
Hollywood actors–many of whom I’ve never heard of–have sighed a letter to President Donald Trump, asking him to protect them from AI (“Artificial Intelligence”) infringements on their copyright protections (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/19/they-spent-a-decade-smearing-trump-now-hollywood-celebrities-are-asking-for-his-help-to-protect-them-from-ai/).
Hey, wait a minute! Is this the same Donald Trump they denounce as a fascist, an enemy of Democracy, a villain who doesn’t deserve to live, etc., etc.? Now they’re pleading with him “to help combat AI.”
After all they’ve said and done, after all their fierce hostility… If you were Donald Trump, would you lift a finger to help these schmendricks?
I expect the president will ignore this flock of squawkers and do what he thinks best for the country–including its “entertainment” industry. It’s not worth his time to stomp on Hollywood.
But it might be fun to watch him do it.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were BIG, really BIG on TV when I was a boy, back in the 1050s. And among other things, they sang hymns. And no one tried to stop them!
Hard to imagine… but I was there to see and hear it.
Are you ready for this? Here’s the headline.
Mr. Bean left his wife for a woman twice his age.
The actual text doesn’t follow the headline down the rabbit-hole. Comedian Rowan Atkinson, who plays Mr. Bean, is 62. His new wife is 32, not 124. No one is 124 years old.
The headline, etc., comes from Telegrafi, an Albanian news service.
I used to write headlines, as part of my job as a newspaper editor. Sometimes a mistake would happen–but nothing on the scale of this whopper.
Lately I’ve been wondering, “Doesn’t anyone know how to write news anymore?” Like, they give you a catchy headline and it turns out to have nothing to do with the text. I see that a lot, these days.
Read the news carefully. It might be drivel.
Debating dyed-in-the-wool atheists can be a thankless job.
https://leeduigon.com/2013/11/page/2/
Roy Rogers–“king of the cowboys”–and Dale Evans were major stars when I was a little boy. I watched their TV shows. They also cut records, including the one above: Faith, Hope, and Charity (That’s the Way to Live Successfully). Back then, no one called for them to be silenced–not that Roy would’ve listened.
So here’s a little piece of mainstream popular culture, vintage 1950s. It’s as good an answer as any to a Bible-basher.
Older and wiser: the two go together. Right? If you don’t think so, tell us why.
I know people, my age-group peers, who went to college in their late teens and never grew out of it. They’re in their 70s and still babbling about a socialist utopia full of transgendered philosophers, etc., etc.
But what I don’t know, and have never known, is conservatives who, sometime around turning 40 years old, convert to Far Left liberalism. (I use the labels in the broadest and most popular sense.) It just never seems to happen.
I’ll bet there are a lot of ex-liberals/former Democrats who read this blog. I’d be very interested to know your stories. What changed your minds? Or did your minds stay the same while your political party skipped off the deep end?
(I’m already missing that lost hour, per Daylight Savings Time. Messing around with the clocks is one of those things government does best.)
Greetings, boys ‘n’ gulls! Byron the Quokka here–and willya look at that? They only gave me half a TV Guide sheet. But they wouldn’t like it if I have them only half a review.
Well, that’s not how we do things at Quokka University. We provide you with TV that the other networks are too scared or lazy to broadcast. TV like this.
Friday 7:30 p.m. Ch. 64 PLASTIC BOOBY MEN FROM SCOTCH PLAINS–Science fiction/horror You ain’t seen nothin’ till you’ve seen this! This is the TV show that’ll put Scotch Plains, NJ, on the map. This week: a hard-luck vampire (Bobby Darin) tries to organize a cattle drive from Scotch Plains to Scotland. Ramrod: Shemp Howard. Little Bo Peep: Angie Dickinson.
7:45 p.m. Ch. 16 BLUNDER WOMAN–Incredible adventure
“Incredible” means unbelievable. But when you see Blunder Woman (Charo), get tangled up in TV aerials, you’ll believe it, all right! This week: Blunder Woman gets her undies stolen by super-villain Domgar the Schmendrick (Ingrid Bergman look-alike). Music by Patsy Rimsky-Korsakoff.
8 p.m. Ch. 07 THE COCCYX–True crime, lots of gore
Who is this master criminal only known as “The Coccyx”? The audience knows, but Detective Sergeant Mylanta (Mickey Rivers), investigating the case, doesn’t have a clue! Which is too bad–because he’s the Chief’s top suspect! Chief: Sandy Duncan. Ghoulish private eye: Jackie Gleason look-alike.
Ch. 12 I’VE GOT A HYNIE!–Totally tasteless game show, you should be run over for watching it.
This is it–THE worst, most appalling, TV show ever, in which shameless former celebrities see who has the biggest… er, “cushion.” MC’ed by some idiot who insists he’s Pharaoh Ramses IV (nobody cares). He’s the one with the tape measure. Honestly, I’d rather not talk about this show. Let’s play some Yahtzee and forget about it.
And there you have it: Quokka University TV! I can’t wait to rush home, turn on the tube, and start watching.
I’m ready for massive entertainment!
Byron the Quokka, signing off