Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Back in June of last year, I wrote about the concept of the so-called " alpha male ," also known as an " incel ," or, to...

As I write this, the person who murdered at least 18 people and injured dozens more in a mass murder by gunfire in Lewiston, Maine, is still...

As if there weren't enough rampant stupidity going on nowadays, we now have the rise of the "Alpha Male." The dictionary defin...

The way things have been going lately, it's hard to keep track of the prevailing level of stupidity. I've done my part to help with ...

"Who lost Afghanistan?" is the question on every set of lips in the chattering classes today. Republicans, predictably, blame Pres...

You may recall that last Thursday I introduced my proposal for an official unit of stupidity , which I named the Gohmert (abbreviated ghm )...

As you know, Dear Readers, I have for years maintained the National Stupidity Condition Index (the DUMBCON). It was last revised and reset i...

Well, Dear Readers, it’s finally happened. I have bowed to the inevitable and decided that it’s time once again to modify my DUMBCON scale a...

Yesterday, March 3rd, was "Super Tuesday," the day on which voters cast their ballots in presidential primaries in 16 states. A...

Almost exactly two years ago in this space, Dear Readers, I lied to you in a post titled, The Last Time I'm Going to Write on This Topi...

Well, we've survived another Fourth of July, albeit with diminished hearing from all the ass clowns who insist on sharing their vast ar...

Donald Trump, coming as he does from a business background, believes that a profit-driven business approach will provide better and more re...

In case you've been hiding in a cave in Outer Mongolia for the last few days, here are two tweets from Donald Trump, sent yesterday, se...

Two of my favorite movies are RED and its sequel, RED 2 . They detail the adventures of a group of aging intelligence operatives (Bruce Wi...

The insanity of the 2016 presidential election will be over ... at least, the voting part will be over ... in just a few weeks, but the dra...

Now that I'm retired, I'm faced with all the malarkey that goes along with my status as an increasingly senior citizen. Social Secu...

The ongoing circus of the 2016 presidential campaign is depressing to everyone except, of course, comedians and cartoonists. Here are a few...

I wasn't sure I wanted to write this post, for two reasons. First, it's depressing to think that yet again innocent people have bee...