“P O O K A - Pooka - from old Celtic mythology - a fairy spirit in animal form - always very large. The pooka appears here and there - now and then - to this one and that one - a benign but mischievous creature - very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and Wonkers.” I might have made a small change to that quote. James Stewart as Elwood and a pooka as Harvey. Harvey is a 6-foot-3-and-a-half-inch tall white rabbit pooka and best friend to Elwood P. Dowd. People see Harvey through their own lenses and he may or may not be imaginary. But to Elwood the big bunny is a drinking buddy and a companion ..read more

Gif from the ‘Rollin’ Safari’ video that is somehow 11 years old now. As Yr Editrix pointed out in Tabs Friday morning, there are some really friggin’ unbelievable poll results in the first paragraph — the first three, actually! — of this Vox story by Eric Levitz, pointing to an NBC News poll from last weekend that showed voters think Donald Trump would do a lot better on inflation than Joe Biden has — by a shocking 22 points. This is because people are crazy and don’t know anything about Donald Trump’s proposed economic policies, which, to the surprise of many, actually exist. But voters no ..read more

Go buy yourself a nice original Gutenberg Bible, as shown here in a 2009 photo. This one was probably completed around 1455 and was purchased in 1847 by James Lenox. It lives at the New York Public Library and on Wikipedia. Listen up, fellow nerds: Today is my favorite religious holiday. It is Independent Bookstore Day, which means shopping, but you can feel good about it! You’re supporting a locally owned establishment! You’re a job creator! You can buy books in so many languages, including Braille! You can even buy AUDIOBOOKS through some of your favorite indie bookshops! AAAAAAAAH FUCK ME ..read more

For sale on eBay! Friday, while the courthouse air conditioning waged warfare against Donald J. Trump’s personal Vietnam of beef farts, David Jay Pecker finished on the stand, followed by two other ghosts from Trumpmas past: his long-serving secretary Rhona Graff, and Gary Farro, a banker who opened Michael Cohen’s hushy shushy home equity account. Over the last four days of court, Pecker’s been ‘splaining to the 18 souls sentenced to jury duty about how he, Fixer Mikey C, and Don The Boss CONSPIRACIED to FAKE NEWS ELECTION FRAUD in a jerk-circle-a-roo. Pecker was going to shush sexy-lady ta ..read more

Here is a photo of two very good bois, Dingus and Herbie, courtesy of our friend Fleur de Sel Today is what would have been the 265th birthday of Mary Wollstonecraft, considered by some to be “the first British feminist” or “protofeminist,” depending on your interpretation. Either way, she was a pretty cool lady who managed to live a pretty cool life, despite only living until 38 — dying from complications after giving birth to the other Mary Wollstonecraft, the one who wrote Frankenstein. The author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Wollstonecraft herself was and has been vindicat ..read more

Photo by Ruby Schmank on Unsplash I never really remember how these newsletters are supposed to be constructed, so “format” may look silly. I would add that it’s been a long week and we are all tired, but that has been the status quo since roughly the middle of 2016, has it not? So forget I said that. I know I will. We started the day with Tabs, as ever, and thank heavens it had kittycat pics. Evan wrote a really smart discussion of really stupid decision-making at the New York Times, and why the Grey Lady is such a jerk about Joe Biden’s age. Spoiler: it’s because he hasn’t given the Times ..read more

That cucumber peel was a pain to work with, but it make the drink really pretty. Greetings, Wonketeers! I’m Hooper, your bartender. Spring is really, truly here now, honest. I’ve been a little stir crazy these past few weeks in Ohio. Time to make a completely over the top summer drink, something with all the ingredients that make a gin cocktail good. Let’s make a White Linen. Here’s the recipe:   White Linen 1 ½ oz Vim & Petal Gin ½ oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur  ½ oz lemon juice ½ oz honey syrup 4 English cucumber slices  2 oz sparkling wine Cucumber peel garnis ..read more

Nyuk nyuk nyuk. If you are a school employee who must commit a crime, do not — and we can’t stress this enough — commit a crime that is easily investigated by the principal of your school. But if you do commit a crime easily investigated by the principal of your school, do not — and we also can’t stress this enough — compound your problem by committing more crimes. But if you must commit more crimes — and really, again, don’t do this — do not commit them against said principal in an obvious and blatant act of revenge designed to fuck up his life and derail the investigation of your original ..read more

Wonkette photoshoop. Original pics by Gage Skidmore and Gus Taf, Creative Commons License 2.0 The Biden administration’s ongoing war on “junk fees” and other general pains in the ass for consumers continued this week, with the Transportation Department filing final versions of two new rules aimed at making major airlines straighten up and fly right. The first rule requires airlines to do one seemingly simple thing: Disclose the full price of tickets before people buy them. This price must include whatever dumbass made-up fees will apply, from fees to check luggage to fees for keeping the doo ..read more

Russell Maze holding his son, Alex Maze I understand that we must, to some degree, coddle people who believe in stupid things. It’s better to say “I don’t personally believe in ghosts” than “Ghosts do not exist, you fucking dumbass.” I may not be scared of ghosts, but you can bet your ass I am scared to death of people who believe in ghosts cornering me in conversation and telling me about their ghost encounters and then demanding to know if I still think they are a liar. But there has to be a line. You don’t get to send people to prison based on the testimony of a ghost eyewitness that only ..read more