Category Archives: Politics

May 2026 Grab Bag o’ Humour

The violin is known as the violin in classical music. However, in country music it is known as a fiddle. I was wondering if the violin should have a third name for the rock music it’s played in. We might … Continue reading

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On a Scale of Toughest to Wimpiest

It is overwhelmingly agreed that motorcyclists are tough as nails. They brave traffic with nothing to protect themselves but helmets and leather jackets. Every car on the road has a weight and hardness advantage over a motorcyclist. We don’t want … Continue reading

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Stupid AI

Q: What’s long and hard on Gemini (Google’s AI)? A: Third Grade. I was curious how Gemini would handle this question so I asked it. It filibustered by not letting me get a word in edgewise while it recounted 6 … Continue reading

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Hospital Ship for Greenland?

Rump recently said he would send a hospital ship to Greenland. This is, of course, an attempt at bribing Greenlanders that falls flat on its face. You see, Greenlanders already have free health care. If Rump sends a hospital ship, … Continue reading

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On Musical Roads

At the link you can read about the musical road in Hungary. If you play the video you can hear it as the car drives over the musical road. Apparently it only plays when the car is moving at the … Continue reading

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President Rump’s Plan

Why does President Rump want Greenland so badly? Why is he so willing to put Greenland and their current owners, Denmark in a bad situation? Well, we at Many Rants have crunched the numbers and have looked at the situation … Continue reading

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November 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour

Kudos to Demi Moore for correcting the pronunciation of her name. It’s not Deh-MEE like we thought many years ago. It’s Duh-MEE as she corrected us. And it does take courage to correct the public. Especially if you know that … Continue reading

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Trumpkin the Pumpkin versus Trump

It’s that time of year, November 1st, when we are overrun by useless Trumpkin the pumpkins (or jack o’ lanterns to some). Trump is much like the Trumpkin the pumpkins in that he, too, is useless on November 1st as … Continue reading

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Money is Time

The idea that money is time was not lost in science fiction. More than once I’ve seen monetary units be credits or person hours. This simple relationship is a sort of skewering of modern capitalist systems. And somehow it feels … Continue reading

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Squeamish About Bitcoin

First of all, Bitcoin is a non fungible token or NFT. Doesn’t that sound kind of icky to you? It does to me. But we can forgive Bitcoin for that. Especially if the NFT keeps rising in value. Which it … Continue reading

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