What T-shirts for sale on Ocean City, Md., boardwalk say about U.S. politics

On a recent trip to the Delmarva seashore, I visited the summer carnival that is Ocean City, Md. On the boardwalk, I checked out the T-shirts for sale to see what conservative America on the Atlantic Coast is thinking about national politics.
T-shirts on display portrayed President Joe Biden as a senile idiot and former President Donald Trump as an unrepentant jerk. Vice President Kamala Harris was mostly ignored.
One popular shirt was Trump flipping both middle fingers with the text “One for Joe, One for Kamala.” Others supported Trump’s planned reelection bid with “Trump 2024 – Miss Me Yet?”
The most popular phrase on political T-shirts was “Let’s Go Brandon!”, an anti-Biden chant.
Another turned Biden’s name into an acronym for “Brain-dead Idiot Destroying Entire Nation.”
And one shirt showed a befuddled Biden celebrating the fourth of July on St. Patrick’s Day.
In past years, boardwalk shops promoted a lot of pro-guns, Second Amendment T-shirts. But this year, they were nowhere to be seen. Even conservative America has lost its appetite for promoting guns after the mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24 and the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, Ill.

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News media honeymoon over for President Biden, as seen in magazine covers

President Joe Biden enjoyed fawning media coverage after his election victory a year ago over then-President Donald Trump. But the news media honeymoon is over, judging from magazine covers.
The butt-kissing started in earnest last December with Time magazine naming Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as Persons of the Year, even before they took office. Magazine covers that followed portrayed Biden as a tough foreign negotiator and all-around cool guy.
But after the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, worsening border crisis, budget-busting Build Back Better agenda and unpopular Covid vaccine mandates, his fans in the media have turned on him.
You only need to look at the recent covers of Newsweek, The Economist and New York magazine.
But those Biden covers are respectful compared with President Trump’s magazine covers.

Why are there no porn parodies yet of President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris?

The pornography industry loves to parody politicians in its X-rated movies.
For instance, as a political candidate and U.S. president, Donald Trump, was the subject of at least 14 porn parodies. His wife, First Lady Melania, and daughter/political adviser, Ivanka, also were mocked in porn parodies.
President Barrack Obama was the subject of seven porn parodies. The adult film industry also has mocked George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and more.
Political satires and parodies, even X-rated ones, are protected under the free speech provisions of the First Amendment.
But so far, Trump’s successor, President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris have yet to be lampooned in porn movies.
It’s not for a lack of material. You have “creepy Joe” who’s been known to grope women. Now he’s handing out “stimulus” checks willy-nilly to spur the economy. Then there’s Kamala Harris with her naked political ambitions.
The adult film industry recently discussed the lack of Biden or Harris porn parodies on Xbiz.net.
Some suggested that the industry fears the Biden administration. For instance, adult film actress Cherie DeVille wrote an article for the Daily Beast noting how Harris is anti-sex work. And Harris could be president someday soon.
Others said the left-leaning porn industry is a fan of Biden and doesn’t want to mock him.
At least one person noted that Biden has only been in office three months and production in the porn industry has been choked by the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, such parodies likely will happen eventually.
Some industry players suggested porn actors who could play Biden, Harris and other characters.
They picked Misty Stone for Kamala Harris, one-time Trump mistress Stormy Daniels as First Lady Jill Biden and one of the geriatric porn actors from the Blue Pill Men as Joe Biden.

Related resource:

Porn movies based on real-life events or public figures

Photo: Adult film actress Misty Stone.

The most controversial U.S. magazine covers of 2020

The top news story of 2020 was the Covid-19 pandemic, hands down. So, when it came time to select a person or persons of the year, Time magazine picked frontline health-care workers; vaccine developers or Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, right?
No. For some crazy reason, the editors of Time chose President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The two haven’t done anything yet and won’t take office until Jan. 20, 2021. That’s next year, of course.
Social media blew up in disbelief. Critics savaged Time magazine for its bald-faced political choice. (See articles by Mediaite, Fox News, the Hill, the Star, the Blaze and the Morning Call.)
Therefore, the Dec. 21 issue of Time is Tech-media-tainment’s pick for most controversial U.S. magazine cover of 2020.
What follows are some other controversial magazines covers in the U.S. this year.

Singer Harry Styles sparked conversations about male gender identity when he posed for the cover of Vogue magazine while wearing a dress. His appearance in the December issue made history as Styles became the magazine’s first-ever solo male cover star.
Conservative commentator Candace Owens said Styles’ attire reflected “the steady feminization of our men.” At the end of her commentary, she declared, “Bring back manly men.”
(See articles by NBC News, Metro, Today and the Independent.)

Rapper Cardi B received backlash for cultural appropriation and disrespect when she posed as Hindu goddess Durga for the November cover of Footwear News.
(See articles by Us, E Online, ET Online and Cosmopolitan.)

People criticized Vogue magazine’s August cover story on gymnast Simone Biles for dimly lit photos that seemed to emphasize her blackness. They said Vogue should have used a black photographer instead of Annie Leibovitz.
(See articles by HuffPost, PetaPixel, B&T, Daily Dot and Insider.)

The Vanity Fair magazine July cover photo of black actress Viola Davis by black photographer Dario Calmese also received scorn. Some in the black community felt the photo was too dark and evoked the famous Civil War “Scourged Back” photograph. (See article by The Root.)

The Boston Globe removed its Sunday magazine from the June 7 issue because the cover illustration “bore an unintentional but close resemblance to the way George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.” The image for the cover story “Burnout Nation” was meant to depict the stress many people feel during the Covid-19 pandemic. The illustration showed a large ball pinning a person down by the neck.
(See article by Universal Hub and Twitter post by Dan Kennedy.)

Singer and actress Selena Gomez was accused of “blackfishing” in her cover photo for the spring 2020 issue of Interview magazine.
(See articles by PopBuzz and International Business Times.)

The June cover of Entertainment Weekly sparked criticism in the LGBTQ+ community. The cover illustration for its Pride Month issue included some controversial celebrities, namely RuPaul and Ellen DeGeneres.
RuPaul raised the ire of progressives for leasing the mineral rights on his Wyoming ranch and selling water to oil companies for fracking.
Meanwhile, DeGeneres is in the doghouse after disclosures of the toxic work environment on her talk show.
(See articles by In The Know and Aol.)

Mpls. St. Paul Magazine earned criticism for featuring disgraced radio personality Garrison Keillor on its January cover. Minnesota Public Radio ended its nearly 50-year relationship with Keillor over accusations of sexual harassment.
(See articles by Media Research Center, Star Tribune and City Pages.)

And finally, the Reno-Tahoe International Airport pulled a women’s lifestyle magazine from its advertising racks in January after it ran a glossy cover story about the Mustang Ranch brothel. A group that protests the legal sex industry in Nevada played a role in the removal of the Bliss Life magazine issue.
(See articles by Reno Gazette Journal and the Associated Press.)

The wackiest Donald Trump magazine covers of 2020

The news media is going to miss President Donald Trump.
After stable, boring Joe Biden takes over, magazine covers will get noticeably duller.
With Trump, artists had a great time portraying the buffoonish antics of our mentally challenged president.
What follows is a sampling of some magazine covers this year featuring the loser, one-term commander in chief.

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Gallery of Donald Trump magazine covers.

Celebrities threatening to leave the U.S. if Trump is re-elected

Before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, about two dozen celebrities made empty promises to move out of the country if Donald Trump was elected.
Four years later, with polls firmly showing Trump losing re-election, Hollywood celebrities haven’t been making such promises in the same numbers. But a few have raised the possibility. They include actress Kate Mulgrew, actor Alan Cumming, singer John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen. The list also includes rockers Bruce Springsteen, Tommy Lee and Stevie Nicks.
Mulgrew, star of “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Orange Is the New Black,” promised to move to Ireland if Trump gets re-elected. She has family ties to Ireland. (See articles by Irish Central and RTE.)
Scottish-born Cumming is a dual citizen of the U.S. and U.K. He currently lives in New York. He said he may leave his adopted home if Trump is re-elected. (See article by the Daily Mail.)
Legend said he and Teigen are so “exhausted” and “embarrassed” by Trump’s leadership that they’ve considered leaving the country. (See articles by Cosmopolitan and Inquisitr.)
Springsteen said he might hop on a plane to Australia if Trump wins re-election. (See Fox News article.)
Lee vowed to leave the U.S. if Trump wins a second term in office. He said he might move to Greece if Trump wins. (See articles by the Hill, CNN and Fox News.)
Nicks said she’s leaving the country if Trump wins again. (See articles by Variety and Outsider.)
Meanwhile, President Trump joked that he may flee the country if he loses to Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 election. (See articles by the Daily Mail and Business Insider.)

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Celebrities who vowed to leave the country before a Trump presidency. (Tech-media-tainment; Jan. 20, 2017)

Photo: President Donald Trump from the Trump 2020 campaign website.

2020 presidential race gets its first porn parody

Every four years, the adult entertainment industry lampoons the U.S. presidential election with porn parodies of the key figures. The 2020 race now has its first porn parody with “Scorin’ with Warren,” which depicts a raunchy Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail during her ultimately failed bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden reportedly is considering Warren, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, for the vice president job. She also would be a contender for a possible cabinet post if Biden is elected.
In “Scorin’ With Warren,” Jamie Foster plays Elizabeth Warren as she uses her feminine wiles to attract swing voters. In one scene, she gets dirty with Republican conservative and current Vice President Mike Pence, played by Jay Crew, according to a description of the movie. The “I’ve got a plan for that” policy wonk also gets down with Monica Lewinsky, a campaign manager and a black voter.
“I voted for Liz and am really sorry she’s too smart for America,” Foster said via email. “I am a stand-up comic as well and a lot of fans really like the impression. I do look like her.”
She added, “It was fun and I hope to do more Liz and see more of her, like on Biden’s ticket would be nice.”
No signs of a Biden porn parody yet, despite his creepy, handsy reputation with the ladies.
Also, there haven’t been any new Donald Trump porn parodies lately. They fell off after his election to president in 2016. The boorish Lothario has been featured in 19 porn parodies, including two from his “Celebrity Apprentice” reality-TV show days. Only actor Charlie Sheen has more porn parodies, with 20.

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Hustler parodies Obama administration in new porn movie, ‘White House Orgy’

After screwing America, the Obama administration is now screwing each other, at least in a new porn parody.
Porn studio Hustler Video, run by provocateur and First Amendment supporter Larry Flynt, has just released a new X-rated movie mocking President Barack Obama and his cabinet.
“White House Orgy” marks the fifth porn movie to parody Obama. It is the first since the 2010 release “Barrack’s Presidential Briefs.”
A summary of the plot, if there is any, isn’t readily available. “White House Orgy” is described as a parody movie featuring fantasized versions of the president of the United States, his wife and certain well-known political figures from his administration.
“White House Orgy” was directed by Will Ryder and stars Tyler Knight as President Obama. Mark Wood plays Vice President Joe Biden and Eric John plays Secretary of State John Kerry.
The movie is clearly a “fantasized” version of reality because the women in it are a lot hotter than their real-life counterparts.
Megan Vaughn plays First Lady Michelle Obama. Claudia Valentine plays Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Bonnie Rotten plays Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. Mia Gold plays Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Layton Benton plays National Security Advisor Susan Rice.
Here are photos of those public figures and the women who play them in the movie.

First Lady Michelle Obama.

Actress Megan Vaughn as Michelle Obama.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Actress Claudia Valentine as Sonia Sotomayor.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

Actress Bonnie Rotten as Janet Napolitano.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.

Actress Mia Gold as Kathleen Sebelius.

National Security Advisor Susan Rice.

Actress Layton Benton as Susan Rice.

In May, satirical news website the Onion ran an article titled “Obama Fed Grapes While Urging Press Conference To Enjoy Orgy.” The article may have served as inspiration for Hustler’s porn movie “White House Orgy.” Or it could just be an interesting coincidence.

Do psychics exist? No, based on their way-off predictions for 2013

Self-professed psychics were way off in their 2013 predictions.
Vice President Joe Biden wasn’t diagnosed with senile dementia. He didn’t leave office and wasn’t replaced by a woman.
Prince William and Duchess Kate did not have a daughter last year.
Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson did not get married.
Tom Cruise did not leave the Church of Scientology.
North Korea did not launch a missile at South Korea, igniting fighting between the two countries.
CERN did not announce that time travel was possible.
Those were a few of their misses for last year.
The psychics got a couple of softball predictions right (the death of Nelson Mandela and the breakup of Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber), but they were wrong way more often than right.
Check out last year’s psychic predictions here.
Their 2013 predictions were nearly as bad as those of entertainment and sports reporters.

Photo of Zoltar fortune-teller amusement machine by Flickr user Amboo Who. 

Psychic predictions for 2013: Barack Obama’s life ‘in grave danger,’ Joe Biden diagnosed with senile dementia

Celebrity psychic Michelle Whitedove predicts that President Barack Obama will do good things for the pro-choice movement, same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana in 2013. But he’ll be mostly ineffective when it comes to jobs and the U.S. economy.
Oh, and “his life is in grave danger.”
She just tosses that out there with no explanation.
Three psychics forecast health problems for Vice President Joe Biden.
Mentalist and corporate mind-power expert Sidney Friedman said, “I foresee a medical condition that sidelines Vice President Joe Biden.”
Toronto-based clairvoyant Psychic Nikki says Biden will have a health problem and could be replaced by a woman.
Psychic Blair Robertson is more specific, saying Biden will be treated for senile dementia.

Michelle Whitedove made some other predictions for the new year as well:

• Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, will have a daughter. The second child of Kate and Prince William will be a boy. 
• Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will get married in 2013. “Forget the break-up rumors, I predict that the Twilight stars will be married in 2013 and I see a pregnancy too!” 
• Selena Gomez will split with Justin Bieber. “His next serious romance will be with a blonde starlet.” 

Vicki Monroe, a psychic medium living in Maine, recorded the following predictions for 2013:

• Newly engaged Kelly Clarkson won’t be living happily ever after. (“That marriage, kaput.”) 
• Tom Cruise will leave the Church of Scientology for reasons related to his daughter and recent divorce. 

Judy Hevenly, a Los Angeles psychic, author and international lecturer, divined these predictions:

• An unexpected vacancy on the Supreme Court moves a conservative court to a liberal one. 
• Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist shot by members of the Taliban for arguing for equal education for girls in Pakistan, receives the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for standing up for girls’ education in her country. 
• Universal Studios announces plans for a sequel to “Lord of the Rings.” 
• Dr. Dre, the rap music legend, stars in a Las Vegas stage play, which brings him much acclaim. 
• Tim Tebow gets an offer to play in the Canadian Football League. 
• Amazon will announce it is coming out with its own smartphone. 

Betsey Lewis, an international intuitive, author, talk show host and earth mysteries investigator, made the following guesses, er, predictions:

• South African leader Nelson Mandela will die in 2013. 
• A former U.S. president will die in 2013. She wasn’t more specific. 
• In 2013, many of us will become vegetarians out of necessity as milk products, meat and corn prices soar from a severe drought. 
• Powerful earthquakes (7.0 or greater) hit Southern California, Indonesia, Peru and the South Seas area. 
• A startling revelation on 9-11 comes from someone with inside information on the attack. People will be horrified by the news. 
• North Korea will launch a missile at South Korea which will ignite fighting between to the two countries. 
• NASA makes a stunning statement about Mars in March. 
• Stunning breakthroughs in disease prevention and cures, especially with cancer and MS. 
• CERN on the Swiss/France border will announce in 2013 that time travel is possible and will be used in the next 10 years! 

Photo: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. (Photo from the Blaze.) 

Obama-Biden 2012 website appears to make fun of Biden on error page

The Obama-Biden 2012 website appears to make fun of Vice President Joe Biden on its error page. It features a photo of a befuddled-looking Biden, along with the text, “Oh, no! The website’s down for maintenance.”
I stumbled across this error page today. It’s fun to find a new website error page or 404 message. They’re like Easter eggs on the Web. And some websites are very creative with them, as I’ve noted here and here.

The clash of politics and video games

The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments on the constitutionality of a California law that would ban the sale of violent video games to minors.
The timing is perfect, seeing how it’s also Election Day.
Politicians love to pick on video games, especially those with violent or sexual content. They say these games are corrupting our youth. It’s one of those family values-type issues that they think sells well to voters.
You’d think with high unemployment, a crushing federal debt and other major problems, they’d have more pressing issues to deal with.
Video games already have an industry ratings system in place, just like the movies, and retailers like GameStop and Toys R Us do an excellent job preventing minors from buying Mature video games. Plus, parents have to take responsibility for what their kids are playing on their game consoles and PCs.
During oral arguments today, Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of the California video game law, according to Bloomberg and the New York Times.
So, in honor of Election Day, here are some video games that feature politicians as playable characters.
Up top are President Barack Obama and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as killers in “Mercenaries 2: World In Flames.” (See Vanity Fair article.) The Electronic Arts game is rated T for teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.
Below is a screenshot of Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as basketball players in EA’s “NBA Jam.” The game also features Palin, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, George W. Bush, John McCain and Dick Cheney, among others. (See Huffington Post article.) The game is rated E for everyone.
And finally Obama and other world leaders appear in the PC game “Rulers of Nations: Geopolitical Simulator 2” from Eversim. It’s rated T for teen.