Rusty Todd
@rustytodd.bsky.social
Retired journalist and journalism teacher now in Austin. Former resident of Burkburnett, Texas; Washington, D.C.; the Bay Area; Columbia, Missouri; Hong Kong; and New York City.
The Liberian president's English is good because it's the national language. "Such good English" earns President Trump a Shot My Dog Award.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
July 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Liberian president's English is good because it's the national language. "Such good English" earns President Trump a Shot My Dog Award.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
The motto on the old Amarillo Globe building.
July 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The motto on the old Amarillo Globe building.
Rhetoric versus reality.
June 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Rhetoric versus reality.
Here's the latest media-bias map from Ad Fontes. Go here for a closer look at the bullshit content of your news medium of choice. app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...
June 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here's the latest media-bias map from Ad Fontes. Go here for a closer look at the bullshit content of your news medium of choice. app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...
Via the Big Picture blog, how the TACO trades have worked.
June 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Via the Big Picture blog, how the TACO trades have worked.
Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is the latest Shot My Dog Award winner. Way to go, senator.
apnews.com/article/joni...
apnews.com/article/joni...
May 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is the latest Shot My Dog Award winner. Way to go, senator.
apnews.com/article/joni...
apnews.com/article/joni...
Sarah's at her mom's tonight, so I had one of my favorite gluten-free meals. Salad is directly from the garden.
May 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sarah's at her mom's tonight, so I had one of my favorite gluten-free meals. Salad is directly from the garden.
Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem had no idea what habeas corpus means. She wins a Shot My Dog Award. Sec. Noem, you might recall, shot her dog.
apnews.com/article/noem...
apnews.com/article/noem...
May 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem had no idea what habeas corpus means. She wins a Shot My Dog Award. Sec. Noem, you might recall, shot her dog.
apnews.com/article/noem...
apnews.com/article/noem...
A Shot My Dog Award to the Dutch town of Maashorst.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
April 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A Shot My Dog Award to the Dutch town of Maashorst.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth receives the first Shot My Dog Award.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
April 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth receives the first Shot My Dog Award.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Yeah, right: Cutting Medicaid will reduce the budget deficit. (Thanks to the Big Picture blog for this.)
April 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Yeah, right: Cutting Medicaid will reduce the budget deficit. (Thanks to the Big Picture blog for this.)
Thanks to a friend in Hong Kong for the tip on this Easter greeting (or whatever it is) from a British tabloid.
April 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Thanks to a friend in Hong Kong for the tip on this Easter greeting (or whatever it is) from a British tabloid.
A Zippy Award goes out to Education Secretary Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, in behalf of A1 Steak Sauce.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
April 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A Zippy Award goes out to Education Secretary Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, in behalf of A1 Steak Sauce.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Everything's in the ecosystem except patients.
April 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Everything's in the ecosystem except patients.
The tariffs aren't helping U.S. farmers, who don't want the feds' helicopter money. (From investigatemidwest.org.)
April 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The tariffs aren't helping U.S. farmers, who don't want the feds' helicopter money. (From investigatemidwest.org.)
Folks are getting out of U.S. dollars. Dollar down nearly 2% today. (Chart from tradingeconomics.com.)
April 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Folks are getting out of U.S. dollars. Dollar down nearly 2% today. (Chart from tradingeconomics.com.)
A Zippy goes to Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, who wants deportation to work like Amazon Prime, with people as packages.
newrepublic.com/post/193784/...
newrepublic.com/post/193784/...
April 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Zippy goes to Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, who wants deportation to work like Amazon Prime, with people as packages.
newrepublic.com/post/193784/...
newrepublic.com/post/193784/...
It's not immigration. It's robots.
April 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's not immigration. It's robots.
Reality check: U.S. manufacturing output.
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reality check: U.S. manufacturing output.
Congressman Fallon gets my first Zippy the Pinhead Award: “The way we fix Social Security, one of the ways, is to tell young people ‘You’re going to get a different deal.’ So you give them 40 or 50 years notice so they can . . . get a second job."
www.dallasnews.com/.../pat-fall...
www.dallasnews.com/.../pat-fall...
March 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Congressman Fallon gets my first Zippy the Pinhead Award: “The way we fix Social Security, one of the ways, is to tell young people ‘You’re going to get a different deal.’ So you give them 40 or 50 years notice so they can . . . get a second job."
www.dallasnews.com/.../pat-fall...
www.dallasnews.com/.../pat-fall...
Perspective from Oleg Itskhoki via Greg Mankiw's Blog.
March 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Perspective from Oleg Itskhoki via Greg Mankiw's Blog.
GDP minus government spending has been around forever. Excluding government spending from reports would obscure the deficit, which grows ever larger.
www.bea.gov/system/files...
www.bea.gov/system/files...
March 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
GDP minus government spending has been around forever. Excluding government spending from reports would obscure the deficit, which grows ever larger.
www.bea.gov/system/files...
www.bea.gov/system/files...