Kurt Kaletka
trueorbetter.bsky.social
Kurt Kaletka
@trueorbetter.bsky.social
Linguist, writer, amateur historian, etymologist, podcaster, polyglot, terrible poet.
Cripes. It’s all about freedom of speech, unless the right wing disapproves. Has this country really fallen this far?
September 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I remember it well. It was a perfect day, weather-wise. It was my first day back in my lower Manhattan office after vacation. What a day to come back…
September 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I've even heard Canadians say, "I plead the Fifth" in casual conversation. Unlike in the United States, Canadians can be compelled to give testimony. Canadian courts do guarantee protection to the witness when they are. In both Canada and the US, defendants are expected to tell the truth.
September 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Word is that Trump promised to make Adams ambassador to Saudi Arabia if he dropped out. Bribes like this used to be illegal, and both parties used to find them distasteful. Now only one party does. As to what’s legal or not… does that matter anymore?
September 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Josh Fruhlinger is right about many things. Especially Mary Worth, but certainly about old malls, too.
September 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In the panel above, you can see the Sea Hag speaking to Alice using a mixture of English and Goon language. Goon language is represented in the strip by squiggles, and humans generally can't pronounce it. The Sea Hag figured it out, apparently.
September 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
AI death panels? Those are worse than whatever it was that Sarah Palin freaked out about.
September 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Why’d you come in here, cookin’ like that?
With buttery cheddar sauce all over that mac?
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
He was giving away 2,000 year reductions to your Purgatory sentence to four lucky winners. I entered, but no luck. Please pray for me. After I die, I mean.
September 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I don’t know. You should see what one load of breadware did to my dishwasher.
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I vastly prefer bourbon to Canadian whiskies. But if I were living in Canada, I’d happily do without. I’ve consumed quite a bit of alcohol in Canada and Europe, and never has one drop of it been American. Why seek out stuff from your own country when you’re traveling?
August 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM