Author Archives: M.J. Moye

If political endorsements were the key to getting elected as President of the United States of America, then based on the number of endorsement to the various candidates to date, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are close contenders for the office. Both candidates have more endorsements than all the other candidates combined, and each has at least double (and in most cases more than quintuple) the endorsements of any Republican candidate. But what is the value of these e   READ MORE
The recent antics of celebrity icon Kanye West beg the question of whether the rap mogul has always been batshit crazy and just off his meds, or whether the apparent erosion of his psychological state has evolved due to the pressures of being a celebrity. Kanye had a busy long weekend, what with a performance on Saturday Night Live, promotion of Bill Cosby’s innocence, re-initiation of his feud with Taylor Swift, release of his latest “Yeezy” clothing line, and the p   READ MORE
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and you are no doubt already planning how you will celebrate the venerated love saint’s day with your significant other…. That is unless you’re single. In that case you are likely starting to reflect upon your abject loneliness, or perhaps working the inverse with plans to celebrate your single status because you finally dumped that waste-of-bedspace-sorry-exuse-for-a-girlfriend/boyfriend after 18 months of brain fuckery. Whatever   READ MORE
While Superbowl 50 may have been lacking in offensive excitement, the four-and-a-half-hour spectacle did offer a few “WTF!?” moments that some people may have found awkward, distasteful, or perhaps even downright offensive. Case in point being Peyton Manning playing the shill for Budweiser at the end of the game, not once, but twice. No sooner had the clock expired, giving the Denver Broncos a 24 to 10 victory over the Carolina Panthers, than the Denver QB told CBS Sp   READ MORE
—February 5, 2016 The brilliant minds of the Washington, DC Council have reportedly come up with an innovative crime fighting measure that is sure to stop crime in its tracks before it even happens…. Or not! As written and unanimously approved on first reading earlier this week by the Council, The Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Amendment Act (NEAR) will pay a stipend to District of Columbia residents who are considered at risk of engagin   READ MORE
—February 2, 2016 Well, the deadline for nominations for the 2016 Nobel Peace Price closed last night, and we believe it’s safe to assume that our names weren’t proffered for consideration. Of course, with over 1,000 potential members of the nominating committee, perhaps one of them has become familiar with our strenuous efforts to bring peace to the world—among other things—through civilized and intellectual debate.   READ MORE
—January 29, 2016 Well, the siege at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon is winding down, witimage.adapt.480.low.bundy_1272016h the ringleader and 10 of his followers under arrest, and four hold-outs still rattling their sabres (AR-15s and the like) at the refuge ov   READ MORE
—January 21, 2016 OK, kids, today’s story would appear to be from within the realm of “Are you f—king kidding me!?” But no, we are not kidding you…. A British sex toy company has opened the first “male stress relief booth” in New York City, “designed to give the busy Manhattan man the privacy, and the high-speed Internet connection, he deserves.” Or, to put it in layman’s terms: A British sex toy company has opened the first masturbatio   READ MORE
The release this week of the nominations for the 88th annual Academy Awards stirred an immediate backlash due to the lily-white composition of the best actor and best supporting actor categories. That’s right, for the second year in a row the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 6,000-plus voting members failed to recognize any people of color or ethnic diversity for their acting abilities.   READ MORE
The U.S. Navy this week flexed its muscles in a challenge to China’s efforts to claim most of the South China Sea as sovereign territorial waters. The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen on Tuesday breached the 12-nautical mile zone China claims around the Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago, sparking bellicose reactions from Chinese officials who warned of various responses to the “deliberately provocative actions.” Among the reactions was a statement fr   READ MORE