Madden: Indianapolis Colts vs Green Bay Packers

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/08/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”

Madden: Indianapolis Colts vs Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl-Touchdowns)

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2023/12/baby-baby-all-time-when-do-we-want.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth

and Orwell’s 1984.”

They got that insulating layer of cheese that will keep you safe for days (one of the most expensive disasters for you, personally)

Some tips to keep warm for the folks in Chicago. If you’re really cold, slice open and crawl inside a visiting Packers fan. It works. They got that insulating layer of cheese that will keep you safe for days. --Stephen Colbert

Trump’s SCOTUS nominee is federal judge Neil Gorsuch! No surprise he chose him. He is a strict constitutional originalist. That means he rules only as the Founding Fathers intended in cases like “Marbury v. Electricity Is the Devil’s Magic” and “The People v. Slavery Is Cool, Right?” –Stephen Colbert

At the beginning of the speech, Trump listed some of the natural disasters we've endured this year. [clip of Trump] "We have endured floods and fires and storms." And Stormys! Don't forget her! She was one of the most expensive disasters for you, personally. --Stephen Colbert

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/08/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

I’d love to see what kind of plays a quarterback would think of while they’re on the journey, you know? (speaking of addiction)

August 2022

“In an interview, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said a retreat on the psychedelic drug ayahuasca led to the best season of his career. Wow, OK. Do you understand how big this is, people? Aaron Rodgers just said, ‘Yo, I took drugs, and that’s part of the reason I crush the game.’ That just shows you how much times have changed, because you remember back in the 90s, they’d bring someone like Shaq on TV to be like, ‘Remember kids, I’d rather kill myself than get high on marijuana, don’t do drugs!’” —Trevor Noah

“To be clear, Rodgers wasn’t playing football while tripping on ayahuasca, although I kinda wish he was. I’d love to see what kind of plays a quarterback would think of while they’re on the journey, you know?” —Trevor Noah

“If we had more time, we could talk about how great it is to see people like Aaron Rodgers normalizing conversations around whether we can use psychedelics to improve people’s mental health and cure them from addiction. But unfortunately, we don’t have the time, because speaking of addiction, the Choco Taco is back.” —Trevor Noah

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/03/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

He normally commutes home via parade (Eh, not so much)

January 2022

“Well, guys, this weekend was the divisional round of the N.F.L. playoffs, and after all four games were decided on the final play, people are calling it the greatest playoff weekend of all time. Well, everyone from Buffalo, Green Bay, Tennessee, and Tampa are like not, ‘Eh, not so much.’” —Jimmy Fallon

“That’s right, Tom Brady and the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers were knocked out of the playoffs. Brady is really not used to losing — he normally commutes home via parade.” —Jimmy Fallon

“Yeah, it was a weekend of upsets on Saturday, Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers hosted the San Francisco 49ers and lost in Green Bay. In other words, Aaron Rodgers failed his at-home test.” —Jimmy Fallon

“It was crazy to see Tom Brady — it was like the Coyote finally caught the Road Runner and ate him right there on TV.” —Jimmy Kimmel

“Aaron Rogers, you may recall, was caught in a series of lies about his vaccination status earlier in the season. Before the game, he lashed out at President Biden, said we have a fake White House, a bunch of other stuff befitting a man who has been hit in the head a lot of times.” —Jimmy Kimmel

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

So once again, the NFL's priorities are in perfect order (Pyramid of the Capitalist System)

November 2021

“Yesterday, the N.F.L. fined Rodgers and the Packers for violating Covid-19 protocols. Phew. Now that Covid protocols are being enforced, we can get back to safely enjoying the beautiful game of 300-pound men crushing each other’s spines like a sleeve of Ritz crackers.” — Stephen Colbert on the Green Bay Packers and their quarterback Aaron Rodgers

“Rodgers attended a Halloween party despite being unvaccinated, for which the N.F.L. fined him $14,650. Which sounds like a lot of money, but it’s the equivalent of fining an average American $33.80 — or one beer at a Packers game.” — Stephen Colbert

“Just to put that in perspective, CeeDee Lamb of the Cowboys was fined more than $15,000 for having an untucked jersey. So once again, the league’s priorities are in perfect order.” — Jimmy Kimmel

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night 

of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

They have so much in common: When it gets cold, they both fly south (he was signed by the Green Bay Packers)

November 2021

Ted Cruz claims that Big Bird was spreading ‘government propaganda for your 5-year-old’ about getting your children vaccinated against Covid. I’m surprised Cruz is at odds with Big Bird here. They have so much in common: When it gets cold, they both fly south.” —Stephen Colbert

“Ted Cruz has it in for ‘Sesame Street’ because he’s constantly getting mistaken for the Count.” —James Corden

“I have to admit it’s a tough one. I mean, who are you siding with, the beloved and iconic children’s character widely celebrated over a half a century by people of all ages and backgrounds from all parts of the world, or a widely disliked wannabe werewolf with the charm of a serial killer and the voice of a dying barn owl who was once called ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ by one of his fellow Republicans after another fellow Republican joked he was so unpopular you could murder him and get away with it.” —Seth Meyers

“It’s a big day, actually, for Big Bird because immediately after getting vaccinated, he was signed by the Green Bay Packers.” —Jimmy Fallon

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night 

of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

Yeah, yeah, I’m wearing protection (I’ve decided to cover myself in Manuca honey)

November 2021

“Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers apparently was trying to hide his unvaccinated status, revealed last week that he tested positive for Covid-19 and missed Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs. On a podcast called the Pat McAfee show last Friday, Rodgers defended himself, saying he tested negative 300 times before testing positive, which is the same kind of logic your 95-year-old grandmother uses to justify keeping her driver’s license.” —Jimmy Kimmel

“Aaron Rodgers told reporters in the preseason, when asked directly about his vaccination status, that he’d been ‘immunized’. That was a pretty slippery answer, looking back at it. This is like your girl asking if you’re wearing a condom, and you put on a bike helmet and are like, ‘Yeah, yeah, I’m wearing protection.’” —Trevor Noah

“Rodgers defended his answer on the Pat McAfee podcast, saying ‘I’m not some sort of anti-vax flat-earther. I am somebody who’s a critical thinker.’ You can tell how politics has just infected the entire vaccine debate, because you’ll never see Aaron Rodgers doing this to anything else. He’s never applying independent thinking to the rest of his body. Just once I’d love to see him out there on the field being like ‘forget pads and helmets, I’ve decided to cover myself in Manuca honey.’” —Trevor Noah

“But there are real victims here. And yes, I’m talking about those of us who play fantasy sports. Because it used to be when you drafted players you only had to take into account their injury history or their team’s off-season moves. Now — now you’ve got to be like, ‘OK, what are the chances that this player gets his news from Facebook?’” —Trevor Noah

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night 

of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

I didn’t not, not, not not, not get the shot. Not. (Then again, they are called the Packers)

November 2021

“The Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tested positive for Covid this week, which means he’ll sit out Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs or as the next five State Farm commercials.” —Stephen Colbert

“He’ll be watching it from ‘Mahome.’” — Jimmy Kimmel, referencing Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes

“I find it egregious that Rodgers had vaguely referred to himself as ‘immunized,’ leading some to believe he’d been vaccinated. Instead, according to a report, he received homeopathic treatment. I’m no expert, but I’m guessing it’s a lot easier to just play football with a shot in your arm than a jade egg stuck where the sun don’t shine. Then again, they are called the Packers.” —Stephen Colbert

“That’s not the only confusing statement that Rodgers has made about his vaccine status. For example, in one press conference he said, ‘I’d like to think of myself as vaccine-adjacent.’ In another press conference he said, ‘In a spiritual sense, are any of us truly vaccinated?’ And finally, he cleared things up by saying, ‘I didn’t not, not, not not, not get the shot. Not.’” —Jimmy Fallon

“That’s really vague. He better not talk that way in the huddle.” —Stephen Colbert

“Honestly, the only thing worse than not getting vaccinated when you’re in close contact with other people is letting them think you’re vaccinated when you’re not. It’s basically the Covid equivalent of ‘The condom fell off.’” —Jimmy Kimmel

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night 

of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

Top Ten Ways The United States Postal Service Can Turn Things Around (a stamp that licks back)

September 2011

David Letterman's "Top Ten Ways The United States Postal Service Can Turn Things Around"

10. Change name to UPS

9. Invent a stamp that licks back

8. Add wacky sound effects for mailboxes

7. Alter mail trucks to look like Millennium Falcon from 'Star Wars'

6. If your letter isn't delivered in 30 minutes or less, it's free

5. Bedazzled uniforms

4. New hit reality show: 'Real Mailmen of New Jersey'

3. Customers can now pay with gas or grass

2. Take the Packers and give three and a half tomorrow night

1. Ten cent surcharge to deliver my hate mail — you'll make millions

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hulse-collected-poems-1985-2015.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night On Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

Sitting in a Luxury Box with a War Criminal (poem)

Sitting in a Luxury Box with a War Criminal

22 veterans a day commit suicide.

I can’t help but wonder why some people are so excited

to forgive a man who Lied to the country

and started a war,

in the wrong country, 

(how does that happen, exactly?)

with the help of the newspapers,

and tv news?

His loyal staff, went to every tv camera

and reporter/accomplice and fed them

their lies 24/7. 

The media never questioned a thing.

They could Not print their Lies

fast enough.

The War was a Go-Go!

Full steam ahead with the death and

destruction. 

So, if seeing children burned to death

by Napalm, is your thing,

well you were in for a real treat.

Could they have been stopped?

Our politicians were and are bought and paid for,

many, if not most, if not all, 

benefit from bombs being,

not only made, but actually dropped

on human beings.

Most of those killed would be innocent

of any crime.

Did that matter?

Not to those dropping the bombs...

Tragedy, despair, pain and horror was dished out

to all who were unfortunate enough

to be in their way.

Children going to school, standing in line waiting

for ice cream, or just being held

in their mother’s arms were

torn to pieces in an instant

in one explosion after another,

little arms and legs and heads

falling to the ground on fire.

Screaming so loud it seemed to drown

out the bombs.

Oh, let’s Not forget the torture.

Most were innocent.

It didn’t matter.

The pictures were great though.

Very realistic.

5,000 dead US soldiers.

some from Maine, California, Mississippi,

Nebraska, Texas, Indiana

and every other Mom and apple pie place

in this country.

One father when told of his son’s death in combat,

broke down, and set the agents bringing

the terrible news, car on fire.

It burned for an hour in his driveway.

One hero, a former football star,

gave up fortune and fame to serve

his country

on the battlefield.

When he was accidentally killed

by his own troops,

the government lied again,

not to spare his grieving parents

even more sorrow,

but because they were afraid

it would make them look bad.

This ordinary looking man in the luxury box is the man 

they want to champion?

Why? 

Maybe their shame mechanism is broken?

Maybe for them, the first million dead women and children,

don’t count somehow?

Worthy of a do-over, maybe?

32,000 wounded in every imaginable and unimaginable way.

Pieces of them are missing.

Blood in the sand 7,000 miles away

from home.

For what reason? 

The screaming in my ears won’t go away….

Maybe tomorrow..

103,792 were diagnosed with
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),

still shaking, still remembering,
still not sleeping.

253,330 service members were diagnosed with a

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),

still shaking, still remembering,
still not sleeping.

I will never be right again.

1000 service members received wounds
that required amputations.

Legs, arms, eyes, feet and fingers.

Not there anymore.

They used to be?

I will never be able to hold my wife

in my arms again?

16 years and a Million dead women and children

later….

Hey look! First down! How about them Cowboys!

Green Bay really came to play today!

They are whooping some ass….

They have forgotten the screams of the thousands

of children burned alive by the fire of our bombs…

I wish I could.

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hulse-collected-poems-1985-2015.html

“A magisterial collection. An emotional roller coaster. Soon to be a cult classic.

A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night On Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

Madden 20: Indianapolis Colts vs Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl)

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I have been working on a paper for the Education Market. The paper talks about using video games as a teaching tool for children with learning disabilities. The age demographic would be 8 to 18. Games could be up to the teacher or student to choose. Games might include soccer, football, basketball, etc.

Students could learn about various historical or fictional characters and create them as players for their team. It would allow the student to study history, philosophy, religion, sports, popular culture, etc. and then create the characters to be a part of their team. The students would even be able to play alongside their created characters.

On some of the teams historical figures like Martin Luther King, and Abraham Lincoln will play on the same team with authors like Ernest Hemingway and William Shakespeare, or Elvis Presley and Tupac Shakur. 

The process is meant to be a simple and fun way for kids to learn subjects such as world history, literature, poetry, art, music, science and vocabulary. Maybe PS4/XBOX machines might be donated or discounted to schools for these classes. More on the paper as it is fleshed out. Enjoy the simulations.

Also for sentimental reasons, some fallen friends and family are on this team. Semper Fi. May you rest in peace.

On the Indianapolis Colts

Former Colt players, Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis, Bob Sanders, Andrew Luck, T.Y. Hilton

LT Paul McCartney, musician The Beatles

LT Nelson Mandela, South African leader

LG Jesus Christ, some folks Lord and Savior

LG Ringo Starr, musician The Beatles

C Charles Bukowski, poet

C Muddy Waters, musician

RG God

RG Winston Churchill, English Prime Minister

RT John Lennon, musician The Beatles

RT George Harrison, musician The Beatles

TE/DT Clay Brannon, boy wonder

WR/DE Jeremiah Brewster, wonder boy

DT Army, Jack Renforth (RIP), TE Paul Bantley (RIP), HB/LB G. Hulse, Army, HB J. Purkey, Navy, T.F., Marines, David Wood, Marines, Ian Betts, Navy

More Colts players include Martin Luther King, Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, as well as characters from Star Trek…

Jeanluc Picard, Cmndr Worf, Cmdr Data, James Kirk,  Mr Spock, Jonathan Archer, Cmdr Tuvok, Geordi LaForge, Ben Sisko, etc.