Rant #3,790: Laugh (?)

I went to the Social Security office yesterday, with all my paperwork I was asked to fill out regarding my son's work history.

And yes, the counselor there reiterated to me that my son might lose his financial benefits if he works too many hours, and gets paid too much, each month.

It is truly a mess, because the government wants you to work, but the more you work, the greater the chance that you will lose your financial benefits, even if you are disabled.

Let's see whst happens in the coming weeks.

And that isn't funny.

And then, in a segueway that is very thin, Jimmy Kimmel is back working, with his "indefinite" suspension being little more than a couple of shows.

I assume he has promised to be a "good boy" for now on, toning down his rhetoric against the president and all Republicans.

We will see how long all of this lasts, because his show is not going to be broadcast on many ABC-affiliate stations--Sinclair and Nexstar--and with his contract up by the end of the year, perhaps ABC is simply going to squeeze whatever else they can from him, and then not re-sign him.

Who knows, but he evidently demonstrated no remorse over his initial dimwitted response to the Kirk murder.

His show hasn't been funny in years, but let's be honest about it: comedy does not exist today, because the basic tenets of comedy--making fun of human foibles--is not allowed or permissable anymore.

People are too sensitive, have forgotten how to laugh at themselves, and what "comedy" there is is not funny, it is vicious, negative, and often, filthy.

Being able to say what you want in a society that believes in free speech does not mean you can say whatever you want without consequences, and say what you want about it, but Kimmel learned this first hand, even though what he got was pretty much a slap on the wrist for his completely ridiculous comments.

And that isn't funny.

Nor are all of thise countries who have now proclaimed that they support a Palestinian state.

What these countries simply don't understand is:

1) By showing such support, you are granting an acknowledged terrorist organization a feather in their cap, giving a thumb's up to their activities, in particular on October 7, 2023, when they raped, pillaged, and murdered 1,200 innocent people, both Israelis and non-Israelis.

2) The Palestinians have been offered their own state several times during at least the past 100 years, and they have rejected the offer each and every time--they do not want their own state, they want the entire land, including the land that Israel sits on.

So the countries, which are showing their own anti-Semitism with their twisted actions, somehow claim the two-state solution will also benefit Israel, but how can that be when you are granting kudos to terrorists for their sub-human actions against the Jewish state?

And to liken what the Palestinians are going through with what the Jews went through prior to 1948 is, well, at the very least, bewildering.

All of these things I have described in this Rant are not funny--

And it is difficult to put a smile on your face with the world seemingly off its axis, where right is wrong, and where subhuman actions are being rewarded.

Laugh ...

Not right now.