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“Fuck off. fuck all the way off…fuck all the way to Fuckoffistan-and when you get there, keep fucking off!” hahahah THE BEST use of the F-word EVER!

Kimmel was right on to ask that question…why the hell aren’t journalists doing it?!!

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Now I know where I’m going for my summer vacation--Fuckoffistan!

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In the 1980s I was in Columbus, Ohio on a business trip and while downtown I saw a bus with the destination of "Rich and High" posted in the front. I thought to myself, "That sounds like a place I want to go."

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On one of the Magic busses in the late sixties, the front banner said "Somewhere".

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🤣 🤣 🤣

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Might as well ! This country is now Nowhereland 😵‍💫

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Ditto Tess and Ditto again. "Ezra, fuck off. fuck fuck off to Fuckoffistan & keep fucking off". Amen, Amen Brother, very few writers have so let me down in this never ending slide into oblivion. To. Hell. With. Him. &Them.

And the horse they rode in on too!

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The idiom “and the horse you rode in on”, usually preceded by a far more unfriendly phrase, tends to be directed at someone who's full of himself and unwelcome to boot. It first pops up in the 1950s.

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I actually have nothing against the

horse , but Ezra can GTFO.

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I wish we could post memes here. I have a cute drawing of a smiling, well-groomed 1950's woman talking into a telephone that says, "Yes, that's correct. And the horse you rode in on." Instant classic!

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I really enjoy learning the history of words and phrases. Thank you!😊

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Hey! What the Fuck all the papers are using the 1984 Dictionary why can’t we?

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The horse you got hung off

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Not the horse! The horses are innocent beautiful majestic creatures ! The horse had no choice. Anyway, I’m an animal advocate. And I have a great sense of humor. Nobody has a sense of humor greater than mine. Everybody says so. I know you meant it figuratively and I agree. To hell with them! Here here! Eat Plants Love Animals !!!! ✌️ Peace Out! PS- Damsel was a pretty good movie Resident Alien is a pretty funny show!

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I agree with you antlisa, please leave the beautiful animals out of it. I'm also an animal lover.

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I canceled NYT for good after that one and deleted the app from my devices.

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Me2 months ago

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Dana, It is the only message they care about, "no more $$$$'s to you for your betrayal."

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Fuckoffistan….absolute gold. I’ll be grinning and laughing all day. Thank you!

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I'm sitting in the waiting room of an auto repair shop reading this, and both of these had me laughing to tears. Thank you Jeff (and Jimmy), for the laughter is the best medicine!

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I just knew there had to be more ways to use the fuck word…hahaha!

I love it! THE BEST!!

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Have you been to Bumfuck, Fuckoffistan? They still practice the traditional crafts there, it hasn’t been spoiled by sex tourism yet.

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I like also “if YOU 👉 Could just fuck off 🖕over there 👈 that’d be awesome!👍”

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I played Jimmy kimmels come back line at least 20 plus times.

I can't wait for the day to hear

Trump who?

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Kimmel, like Biden, can actually think on his feet!

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BIDEN HARRIS 2024 + 15 REASONS TO GET EXCITED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e4ruziZBI&t=42s

Be sure to watch this short ad/video all the way through.

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Ha! He has a great sense of humor1

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He is very charismatic

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Love the video, Hoyt. Drumpf can fuck off to fuckoffistan and never the fuck return.

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Shell, that will be our new mantra.

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I'm right there with ya. I hope I live long enough to hear that day!!

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In pure Trump fashion, this dollar store tweet begins with pure projection. Substitute the word "Presidency" for "Oscars" and "Trump" for "Kimmel."

Someone please update my brain: did President Biden add 20 minutes to the speech by <sniffing>, <snorting>, and wasting time by repeating a sentence if it had an idea that he didn't fully understand? Did his (alleged) heavy usage of salt and grease for the last 75 years (at minimum) and more recent abuse of Adderall cause any of his senility like behaviors? Is it merely a by-product of being 77 years old, obese, amoral, greedy and cruel? Did his parents neglect and ignore him so much that he sometimes doubted his own existence? Or was he figuratively pounded into the ground by cruel parental attention?

If you find Trump's irresponsibility, cruelty, crudity, and 30k lies in the 4 years of his presidency preferable to President Biden's intelligence and integrity, then the problem isn't Joe Biden, it's you.

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I said this elsewhere but it bears repeating: Klein’s “sorry, not sorry” non-apology is the sorriest apology I’ve ever been sorry to read

Kimmel’s clapback was one of the best. Mad props. I bet that one keeps making the rounds.

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Hey Ezra, who I used to admire. The Times is doomed! "Don't Let the Door Hit Ya Where the Good Lord Split Ya!"

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I really miss NYT Pitchbot since I x’d out of X(itter)

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You mean the fuckingest non-apology apology.

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We figured Kimmel was riffing and that it was a funny take on that long feud. Jeepers creepers, can't that fat fuck just die on the crapper already? (Apologies to Thomas Crapper.)

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Same. I thought he was doing one is his mean tweet things. Never give the last word to the funny guy hosting an event full of people who do not like you, mostly watched by people who do not like you.

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And Elvis. RIP.

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"Ezra, fuck off. fuck all the way off. fuck off all the way to Fuckoffistan — and when you get there, keep fucking off." 😂😂😂 BRILLIANT. I canceled the NYT and havent missed it one bit. I depend on you guys to keep me updated!

AND-The Jimmy Kimmel bit has set the tone for a great week ahead! ONWARD, Dark Brandon! ✌️

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I wish someone could find out how many readers the Times has lost! And how much $$ the cancelled subscriptions have coast them so far.

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Same. I've seen their slow demise over the years...I'm done!!

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Same!!!

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Abigail, that would be good to know. I hope the loss of readers is very significant

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Did the same 5 months back after seeing them shill for MAGA world.. Fook um.

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I hope thousands did!

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👍👍👍

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Thanks @jefftiedrich. It's an important reminder in the long, recent, and unfortunate history of the NY Times that they have abdicated responsibility as a news organization and are now just trying to convert eyeballs to advertising revenue.

If any former or current member of the Fourth Estate was doing their work, they would be providing guidance about how the President isn't a 24x7 king (in spite of what The Prison Apprentice thinks the job entails). It's about putting together an experienced, highly-qualified team to govern and lead vital parts of US government ranging from the State Department, Treasury, and Defense, to Health & Human Services, Commerce, and the EPA.

If the media was actually adequately fulfilling their vital role in a democracy (pretend or otherwise), they would be comparing the Trump Cabinet (a truly corrupt criminal organization) to the Biden Cabinet.

For example: Commerce:

Trump: Wilbur Ross: Following revelations from the Paradise Papers, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to investigate whether Ross' offshore investments created conflicts of interest. Ross retained a personal stake in a shipping company, Navigator Holdings, which had business ties to a Russian company linked to the Kremlin. Notably, this Russian company had connections to Vladimir Putin.The senators raised concerns about the potential impact of Ross' actions on his offshore investments when those entities had commercial partners with ties to foreign governments. Ross helped negotiate a trade deal that resulted in China increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the U.S. Interestingly, Navigator Holdings stood to benefit from this deal because growth in the LNG sector would also boost the market for liquefied petroleum gas, a product in which the company specialized. The potential for conflicts of interest was evident, especially considering Ross' ties to Navigator Holdings. Ross faced questions about whether he should be excluded from all international shipping matters. His business dealings, including accusations of illicitly siphoning or stealing $120 million, added to the controversy surrounding him.

Biden: Gina Raimondo. After law school, Raimondo co-founded Point Judith Capital, Rhode Island’s first venture capital firm. In 2010, she entered politics and was elected general treasurer of Rhode Island. During her tenure, she prioritized reforming the state’s public employee pension system. In 2014, Raimondo was elected governor of Rhode Island, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She was reelected in 2018 and oversaw the state’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Raimondo also served as co-chair of Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 presidential campaign. In 2021, President Joe Biden chose Raimondo to serve as the 40th United States secretary of commerce. She played a leading role in negotiations for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in the same year.

Interior:

Trump: Ryan Zinke: Zinke and his wife were involved in a real estate deal in his backed by David Lesar, the chairman of Halliburton. While the Interior Department was not directly involved, the connection to Halliburton raised concerns due to the company's interests in federal lands and waters for oil exploration and relaxed drilling standards. Like other Trump officials such as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and former EPA head Scott Pruitt, Zinke faced accusations of abusing taxpayer funds for flights. A U.S. government investigation found that Zinke misused his position to advance a development deal in his Montana hometown and subsequently lied to an ethics official about his involvement in the project. Ryan Zinke's tenure was marked by controversies related to real estate dealings, travel expenses, conservation policies, and ethical lapses.

Biden: Deb Haaland: Haaland served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico’s 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. During her time in Congress, she focused on critical issues such as environmental justice, climate change, missing and murdered indigenous women, and family-friendly policies. In March 2021, Haaland made history by becoming the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary in the United States.As the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior, she oversees matters related to public lands, natural resources, and tribal affairs. Haaland is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe and proudly identifies herself as a 35th-generation New Mexican.

I'm working on publishing role by role comparisons in reasonable detail. To summarize what I've learned...

Trump Cabinet: (Agency) (Appointee) (Person): Shady, corrupt dealings, insider trading, wasting taxpayer money and agency resources on personal travel, ethical lapses, hated the agency they were appointed to lead, and incompetent.

Biden Cabinet: (Agency) (Appointee) (Person): Experienced, years of public service, direct experience in the agency they are managing, and committed to good governance.

It's not about the age. It has little to do with speeches and oratory capability (although, granted that helps inspire). It is about experience, integrity, stability, diplomacy, and consistency.

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Outstanding post💙

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Copied this one for the family table when I visit around Easter. The Easter bunny auntie will be showing up with a dose of reality. 😂

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Please let Easter bunny auntie know I'm working on an article which is a side by side Cabinet comparison that should fill many baskets. :)

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And the audience of all the beautiful people 🍊💩would like adoring him and kissing his feet roared in laughter and gave Kimmel a standing ovation. That must have hurt the most fragile ego in America.

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That “fragile” ego can go to straight to fucking hell.

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OK, this is personal. When I was 80, I took an 8 week class to become a Death Doula. I'm now 81, and have my shingle hung out. OK, no shingles allowed to hang in my apartment complex, but I do have Business Cards. I'm basically the same age as Joe. Yeah, I don't move as well as I used to, my quips aren't quite as fast as Mort Sahl's were, but dammit my brain still works, and like Joe, I know how to get things done. What the hell is it with this country and the obsession on youth? In many countries us old farts and fartesses are sought out for our wisdom, but here, wisdom apparently belongs to the young, the gullible, and the pushers there of. I apologize for the rant, but dammitoltohellanyhow!

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Let’s hope your last line isn’t scripted into the last rights with your customers, LOL.

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I am 61 and teach at a community college and have a lot of experience with “young people.” THEY HAVE NO GIDDY UP. They move slowly and are filled with ennui! My 40 and 50 year old students run rings around them (it is a physical class). I constantly have to remind them as we are wrapping cables: “people! I am 61 and working 3 times faster than you. Let’s go!”

This obsession with youth…ooof. {shaking my head}

And good on ya, death doula. I appreciate you doing that work. You are a giving soul.

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Wow! One would think that by the time they are in community college they would have figured out how to work so they could go partay!! Good on you and your older students! what is the old saw? Something about old age and treachery will overcome youth and inexperience every time? l-)

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Love it Lenora!

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thank you, Charlotte.

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Jimmy Kimmel won the Internet Post of the Day.

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And Kimmel's "I'm surprised you're still up" touches on Trump's age, too. His remark was a pair of darts that both hit the bull's eye. And to think I remember him as a somewhat tubby second-banana on "Win Ben Stein's Money." Maybe there really such a thing as progress.

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I'll even forgive Jimmy for The Man Show

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RIGHT! I (mercifully) forgot.

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He addressed that recently, noting that although he realized the show was a joke, his co-host, Adam Corrolla, didn't.

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I haven’t forgotten but forgiven, yes, as he’s matured and cleaned up. Polished even. And the bit with John Cena was hilarious and unforgettable. Costume!

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Bloomberg, WSJ, NYT will you please stfu if not apologize to whoever knows or doesn’t know you’re full of it? Thank you. Also F off. Sincerely, sane people.

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Patris, 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻You speak for us all! 😀

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"Isn't it past your jail time?". Classic Kimmel!

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Touche. Its been way past his jail time for a while now as his crime spree continues. After the revolting asshole of the century gave a review of the Academy Awards, which also included a description of himself, it's just the same old shit, different day. Hoping that NY will be able to fulfill that well deserved jail time with the first trial.

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How’s about way past his NO BAIL TIME??

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Yeah I dunno. I want a country that can find some excuse to let a criming rapist con man stay off the ballot. If we can't manage that then maybe I don't need to be here.

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Seems like it's human nature, the history books are filled with these kind of men. It's notable when the public fights back.

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Man nature, anyhow. If only we were wise enough to let women rule.

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That’s so true!

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My only fear on that is the old saying: “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. I’ve had 1 boss who was a woman, and she introduced me to the concept of the rotational shit list. Think of a Wheel of Fortune kinda thing, with everyone’s name on it. At random intervals, she would spin it. Whichever name was picked, could look forward to endless nitpicking, fault finding, vicious sarcasm at meetings, or even a run rant in the hall. Then the wheel would spin again, and it would be somebody in accounting, and you were golden again.

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Wth!!

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But I’d hope we were less war-like at least.

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Perhaps the last 8 years of misery was a wake up call for the country,every so often the people need to be whacked right between the friggen eyeballs before they can grasp the fact that our complacency has allowed this shit to happen! We seem to have lost our way in the last few decades !Constant vigilance is the price of democracy,we can never again let our pants down when it comes to our rights , and freedoms,or we will surely get royally fucked by these Fascist pig bastards just waiting for the opportunity to make us less than what our Constitution promised us the right to strive for! Joe is the only thing standing between us and Tyranny!🇺🇸

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You have to be here for your words… at least

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Luckily we developed an international communications network and I can annoy the world from anywhere else in the world. My exes are ecstatic.

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That's our Jeff, just when you think there can't possibly be another version of fuck, he finds a new one.

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You nailed Ezra and Kimmel nailed agent orange. Priceless.

Jeff - you are a gem. I can’t wait for more crap to hit the media and savor your take on it.

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I’m convinced that Trump is the puppet master for the press now. He owns them like he does the GOP. I don’t know how else to explain it. I would say he’s bought them, but then I remembered he’s broke .

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I think you're correct.

He is like the character Billy Flynn from the musical Chicago.

https://youtu.be/z5EZNPUJYXc?si=5t8J-a6fj_AIQpDz

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He might be busted ,but his mentor Vladimir has plenty of rubles to buy some news papers,and more than likely he is doing so !ODJEBI ! Vlad !

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