Dave Barry’s 2017 Year in Review: Did that really happen?

Miami Herald ^ | Dec 29, 2017 | Dave Barry

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Long, sometimes funny article. Click on the link if you are interested.

[abigkahuna]

Funny...He knocks President Trump with humor...knocks Fox, CNN and all the other absurdities of 2017... Finally...humor without visciousness.

[GnuThere]

I used to read him regularly - I think he’s a lib but this is pretty funny.
The best is a new nickname: Mitch “Mojo” McConnell! Hilarious.

[piasa]

And were there really thousands of people marching around Washington with a Palestinian grocery-store-bombing terrorist all wearing vagina hats?

[TTFlyer]

I bailed on this insipid, cynical article at this:

The most exciting Russian angle concerns an alleged “dossier” that allegedly alleges that Trump allegedly paid some alleged Russian prostitutes to allegedly urinate on an alleged bed that had allegedly been used by President Barack Obama during an alleged visit to Moscow.

There appears to be no evidence whatsoever that this allegation is true, but since it involves two U.S. presidents AND prostitutes AND urine, many major news outlets — you know who you are — have no journalistic alternative but to run with it.

The news here, the insanity here Mr. Barry, is that the FBI and the "Justice" Dept. "ran with it."

And that's the REAL news of 2017. A gargantuan Federal Government that willfully runs outside of the "consent of the People" with no oversight or criminal consequences.

A Republic teetering on self-immolation is no laughing matter, Mr. Barry.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

You do realize Dave Barry is a humorist, right? It isn’t meant to be read as if William F. Buckley wrote it. More in line with Scott Adams.

[TTFlyer]

Sophomoric cynicism is not “humor” to me.

[Hot Tabasco]

Sophomoric cynicism is not “humor” to me....he says while looking down his pointy little nose......

[teeman8r]

Ouch.

[TTFlyer]

What’s it to you?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Dave Barry still writing? Really? With what? Is he using a chopstick in his mouth on a keyboard while sitting in a wheel chair mimicking Stephen William Hawking?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

In sports, Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya wins the New York City marathon in a time of 2:10:53, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that he ran the final four miles with a panhandler clinging to his leg.

Now, THAT was funny! Makes me think of Trump working to meet his agenda/promises with CNN's Acosta clinging to one leg and Jorge Ramos to the other.

[elcid1970]

I will remember 2017 as the year of You Can’t Make This S*** UP, because I have uttered that expression at least ten times a day for the last twelve months.

Anyway, it’s a long standing Dave Barry tradition to humorously summarize the year that was. Funny stuff.

[elcid1970]

Dave’s rearranged names are priceless!

Neil Gorsuch becomes “Lunch Orgies”.

His Christmas Gifts video is hilarious.

[morphing libertarian]

Bkmrk

[NonValueAdded]

A must read, ROFLMAO good

[GnuThere]

That column was a ton of work; maybe he writes it month by month.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

I had a strong feeling it was going to be a “WHAT HAPPENED” year end recap!!!!

We should all have selfies with Hill’s book and shocked looks on our faces!!!

Happy New Year!

[cyclotic]

My daughter is a bookseller. She set a goal to sell 100 copies of Peter and the Starcatcher co-written by Dave Barry. It’s her favorite childrens book When she hit 200 copies, I wrote Dave Barry and asks him to thank her.

He sent a nice card. She was blown away. She just sold number 300 this week in about 18 months.

[GnuThere]

How nice!