Marty Merzer
@mmerzer.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather. Mostly retired newspaper reporter. Increasingly woeful drummer. Well-practiced napper. See my Substack https://martymerzer.substack.com/
This is why we always gave our expense accounts directly to you.
August 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is why we always gave our expense accounts directly to you.
Well, yeah. It is ever since he snaked back into town.
August 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Well, yeah. It is ever since he snaked back into town.
Oh, I so know who it was.
May 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Oh, I so know who it was.
Great piece. Thanks for sharing it.
May 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Great piece. Thanks for sharing it.
How many incels can squeeze together in one Oval Office?
March 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How many incels can squeeze together in one Oval Office?
Torpedoed by years of staff cuts and, more recently, by miscreant, cowardly top managers, they can't keep up. And they may not want to. Also, long hours at work cut back on time spent in fancy bars sharing news tips they never act upon.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Torpedoed by years of staff cuts and, more recently, by miscreant, cowardly top managers, they can't keep up. And they may not want to. Also, long hours at work cut back on time spent in fancy bars sharing news tips they never act upon.
To be fair, they just signed up three interns, bringing the remaining newsroom staff to…three.
January 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
To be fair, they just signed up three interns, bringing the remaining newsroom staff to…three.
After this latest provocation, I’m thinking of resubscribing, so I can cancel it again.
January 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
After this latest provocation, I’m thinking of resubscribing, so I can cancel it again.
…at the bottom of a whiskey bottle.
December 4, 2024 at 11:56 PM
…at the bottom of a whiskey bottle.
Also the name of my next band.
December 2, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Also the name of my next band.
Initial results expected not in your lifetime - or his.
November 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Initial results expected not in your lifetime - or his.
Also Gabbard. Yeah, absolute absence of management experience for all four of them is noted in a couple of my Substacks. martymerzer.substack.com
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November 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Also Gabbard. Yeah, absolute absence of management experience for all four of them is noted in a couple of my Substacks. martymerzer.substack.com