Buitenlandse Blogs – 6

When I was 14, I declared, "I'm going to be hip and cool, especially when I'm an adult."Privately, of course. Saying it out loud would have been embarrassing.This was going to be tough because I wasn't hip and cool when I was 14, nor did I realize that at the... Read more »

Ah, Doritos. Is there anything they can't do?They're a fun snack in the middle of the night. You can smash them up and put them on a sandwich. You can even light one with a match and start a campfire. (Seriously.)And they can serve as an emotional gauge to tell... Read more »

Halloween was last week, and you're reading this around the time of my biggest Halloween heartbreak 53 years ago. The time I learned about the Halloween Candy Tax.I was four years old, and my parents had gotten me a Superman costume, complete with a plastic mask with the peripheral vision... Read more »

Hey, Karl, if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?"Huh?" said Karl, looking up from his mobile phone. "What was that?"I said, don't you think it's rude when people are engrossed in their phones when they're spending time with another person?"No, you didn't. You said something... Read more »

Do you know what I wish we had in the United States?No, not universal healthcare. (But, that too.)I wish we had an official institute that set the standards for the English language.France has its L'Académie Française, which was established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635. You may remember him as the... Read more »

(SIOUX CITY, IOWA)—Organizers today announced the dates and location for the eagerly awaited H&W Con, the Holmes & Watson convention based on the hilarious and timeless comedy classic starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.The convention will be held on the weekend of March 1 – 3 in Sioux City,... Read more »

Hurricane prep in Florida can bring out the best and the worst in people. During hurricane prep, Floridians can be summed up like this: "At a pizza party, one type of person will take only one slice of pizza in case there isn’t enough for everyone. Another will take three slices... Read more »

When I was in my teens and twenties, I never worried about my health or safety. I laughed at the notion that I could be injured or killed despite doing some pretty stupid things. But God watches over babies and fools, so I was pretty sure I was protected: I... Read more »

As a writer, I appreciate the English language. I've spent a lifetime studying it, uncovering its history, and learning to appreciate all the things that make it the most rage-inducing, make-me-want-to-set-someone's-hair-on-fire language on the planet.But I'm not that picky about how you use language. I won't correct you for making... Read more »

Suellen Carey, a transgender influencer and Mariah Carey impersonator, is getting a divorce.From herself.She married herself, and now she's divorcing herself after being married for 11 months to herself. I've had mustard in my fridge longer than that.Suellen made headlines last year when she married herself in a commitment to... Read more »

Internet meme culture can be blamed for a lot of things, especially injuries and death. People create weird and sometimes dangerous challenges that other people — mostly teens and 20-somethings — try only to come to some harm.2018's Tide Pod challenge comes to mind when more than 7,000 idiots ingested... Read more »

Q: I keep hearing about this workout method called rucking. What is rucking?A: Have you ever tried walking?Q: What, like regular walking? Yes, I have.A: Rucking is walking while wearing a heavy backpack. It's slightly harder exercise.Q: So, it's like hiking?A: No, it is hiking. But now you're wearing a... Read more »

"Here you go, two turkey clubs," said Kurt, setting two plates in front of Karl and me. We were at First Editions, our favorite literary-themed bar, for a quick lunch before we both returned to the day's writing. We had both ordered the special, turkey club sandwiches with extra bacon... Read more »

Erik is sick this week, and since he's a big fussy baby whenever that happens, we decided to run a reprint of a column from 2004.Imagine disliking someone so much that rather than just breaking up with them, face to face, like an adult, you call in a bomb threat.... Read more »

Days after the revelation of a sexual assault allegation against Trump secretary of defense pick Pete Hegseth, Mediaite obtained a extensive police report on the 2017 encounter. The post NEW: Mediaite Obtains Full Police Report on Pete Hegseth Sexual Assault Allegation first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

CNN host Abby Phillip scolded one of her guests on Wednesday evening after he referred to a fellow panelist as "dear" in a "condescending tone." The post ‘Do Not Do That at My Table’: Abby Phillip Dresses Down Guest Over ‘Condescending Tone’ first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he will likely vote for every appointee President-elect Donald Trump nominates because Trump "is entitled to his cabinet." That is a sentiment the senator has not afforded President Joe Biden. The post Josh Hawley Says Trump ‘Is Entitled to His Cabinet’ After Voting Against Every... Read more »

Bill O'Reilly claimed on Wednesday that Comcast and NBC News were so desperate to shed MSNBC that they were willing to give it away for free. The post Bill O’Reilly Claims Comcast Is Desperately Trying To Shed ‘Hateful’ MSNBC: ‘They’ll Give It to You!’ first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are "petrified" that if Matt Gaetz becomes attorney general, he will use a baseless conspiracy theory to investigate Scarborough, Puck News reported on Wednesday night. The post ‘Morning Joe’ Stars Are Reportedly ‘Petrified’ Of Matt Gaetz Opening Investigation Into Death of Scarborough... Read more »

President-elect Donald Trump announced the release of a series of "limited edition" signed guitars on Wednesday, selling for as much as $10,000. The post Trump Sells ‘Limited Edition’ Signed MAGA Guitars for $10,000 first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

"Speaking of fools, Republican senator and neoconservative Markwayne Mullin..." The post Melber Airs Brutal Montage of Matt Gaetz Attacking Republicans Whose Votes He Now Needs to Become Attorney General first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

"DNI, Department of National Intelligence. This is not a place for a Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese sympathizer." The post Nikki Haley Nukes Tulsi Gabbard As a ‘Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese Sympathizer’ first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

Sen. Lindsey Graham was in no mood to take questions about Matt Gaetz on Wednesday, or perhaps ever. The post ‘Well, That Went Well’: Neil Cavuto Reacts to Lindsey Graham Slamming Door in Fox News Colleague’s Face first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

"We know that Trump is interested in going after whistle-blowers, people who leak. And it's absolutely essential that they are protected" The post Trump Demands Republicans ‘KILL’ Bipartisan Press Freedom Bill first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

"I don’t want to see your botched, cheap hooker-inspired boob job on my television," wrote Nancy Mace's ex-communications director. The post Ex-Nancy Mace Aide Absolutely Loses It on Old Boss for Using Trans Bathroom Fight ‘to Get on Fox News’ first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

These "weaponized DOJ" claims, Abrams concluded, were politicians putting their own interests before the country's. "The legal system has evidence against you, so you try to burn it all down." The post Dan Abrams Calls Out GOP Whining About ‘Politicization’ of DOJ When More Democrats Targeted Than Republicans first appeared... Read more »

Morning Joe notched some of its worst ratings for the year on Tuesday, a day after hosts its co-hosts revealed they had met with Donald Trump The post MSNBC’s Morning Joe Bleeds Viewers After Mika and Joe Revealed Trump Meeting first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

Meghan McCain slammed critics online for attacking Tulsi Gabbard just a few years after calling her an apologist for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The post Meghan McCain Slams Critics of Tulsi Gabbard, Just a Few Years After Calling Her an ‘Assad Apologist’ first appeared on Mediaite.... Read more »

Random Radness is a collection of epic images we have stumbled upon on the internet or have been submitted to us. We think they are both rad and random.... Read more »

In this episode, Blake Cook takes viewers through his journey from a challenging childhood in West Virginia to finding purpose in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, where he was awarded a Purple Heart after surviving an IED explosion in Afghanistan. Upon returning home, Blake entered law enforcement, eventually becoming a... Read more »

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Have you ever thought, “what if I just dug a really really deep hole?” Well, the USSR actually did. The hole they dug is deeper than the deepest part of the ocean. It’s deeper than Mt. Everest is tall! They began digging it in the 1970s as part of a... Read more »

I joined a 48-hour training mission with the French Air and Space Force aboard the Rafale, the supersonic fighter jet!This unique opportunity pushed my physical limits and gave me the chance to feel the extreme sensations of being a fighter pilot. A huge thanks to Canal+ and l’Armée de l’Air... Read more »

Katt Williams goes online to answer the internet’s questions. The American comedian and actor responds to questions on Quora, Reddit and X, as well as fact-checking Wikipedia and replying to YouTube and TikTok comments. Who’s getting exposed next? When are the aliens coming? How does a comedian recover after bombing... Read more »

Gerard Butler (Plane, Has Fallen series) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) return in the sequel to 2018’s action-heist hit Den of Thieves. In DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA, Big Nick (Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (Jackson),... Read more »

Honestly such an epic build. Awesome macca one very smart dude. Big props i think we are all excited af to see this thing done.... Read more »

Bunch of the world’s best take on pumping Pipline and Backdoor.... Read more »

Lonely Island being back is easily one of the best things that’s happened in 2024... Read more »

Random Radness is a collection of epic images we have stumbled upon on the internet or have been submitted to us. We think they are both rad and random.... Read more »

SpaceX was founded to increase access to space and help make life multiplanetary. In just this year, we’ve launched 114 successful Falcon missions and counting for our commercial and government customers, deployed ~1,700 @Starlink satellites to provide high-speed internet for millions of people all around the world, and made extraordinary... Read more »

Ink addicts is a gallery in which we celebrate the art of tattooing. We are sharing images from across the internet that we have stumbled across or that have been submitted via email. We love the tattoo community and our intentions are to shine more light and acceptance on tattoos.... Read more »

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A big thanks to the Global Resilience Partnership for continuing my association with the COP Resilience Hub this year as well! Sharing some cartoons created live during the opening session of the Cop Res Hub (11th November 2024).Cartoons from a session on indigenous and youth activism at the Cop Res... Read more »

Cartoons created for the Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies' gathering of their climate and environment portfolio grantees, which were designed as caption contests for the participants. While the cartoons I am posting here bear my original captions, the cartoons initially displayed to the participants were captionless, inviting them to team up over... Read more »

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to draw cartoons on one of the most desired mammals on my wildlife wishlist- the Mediterranean Monk Seal. The cartoons are meant as commuication resources for SPA/RAC's Mediterranean Monk Seal Project, to unite biologists, conservationists, funders, governments, fishers and citizens in the conservation... Read more »

I recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Birdlife Montenegro over three delightful cartoons on bird ringing, that were used as creatives on communication collateral and merchandise at the bird ringing camp at Ulcinj Salina, an important wetland and migratory bird pathway on the Adriatic Sea. A huge thanks to Ksenija... Read more »

Happy #WorldTurtleDay ! Delighted to share the first of two comics I created for the impact campaign of Gunjan Menon's National Geographic film, 'Looking for Lao Mura', about the critically endangered Black Softshell Turtle. Doubly chuffed that the comics will be up on display in Assamese locally! In collaboration with... Read more »

(Click on the image for a larger view)In one of my lengthiest and most detailed illustration projects yet, I got the honour of working closely with the fabulous team at The Seachange Project (creators of the Oscar winning documentary 'My Octopus Teacher')- to create a vision of hope for the Great... Read more »

Mass hunger strikes and protests are underway in Ladakh for environmental, cultural and governmental safeguards. But Ladakh's wildlife doesn't even need to go on a hunger strike! Comic for The Hindu Sunday Magazine. ... Read more »

If you too have had a long face reading about the decimation of the Saiga Antelope's populations from hunting and disease over the years, there's some news that might bring a smile to your face too! Efforts by the Kazakh government, NGOs and people have paid off enough to bring the... Read more »

Join the endemic Purple Frogs for some underground JOMO this World Frog Day!Comic for my RoundGlass Sustain column.... Read more »

It's Mahua season in Indian forests! Cartoon for The Hindu Sunday Magazine.... Read more »

How carbon credits 'magically' transform the planet! From my GoComics page also available royalty free on CartoonStock.... Read more »

After earning a dubious reputation the world over, carbon credits are coming to India in the form of the Green Credits Programme. After decades of consistently failing to preserve wetlands, grasslands and scrublands, the MoEFCC and the Government of India refuse to even recognize these as crucial ecosystems. Cartoon from... Read more »

New studies have found that hybridization between two of the largest animals on earth- the Blue Whale and the Fin Whale, is far more common than previously thought. What's more, some of these hybrids have also found to be fertile, indicating the occurrence to be beneficial particularly for the endangered... Read more »

(click on the image for a larger view)Every mountaineer dreams of summiting the Himalayas where they are at their mightiest- Nepal. As an illustrator and an orophile, my dream of summiting Nepal's mountains was through drawing them, and this map of our beautiful neighbour's biodiversity, mountains and people, created for... Read more »

He was a Friend of Boz ...and a friend of mine.... Read more »

I Love Little Coincidences. First, this one is about names. Yes, the previous post is about incident over names: another person named Randy Cassingham. That this happened almost immediately after that makes it a bit weird, but really just a coincidence. I have (at least) two Premium subscribers who don’t go... Read more »

Is someone trying to charge a cell phone to my account? Well, WORSE than that! It's actually shocking.... Read more »

I was so floored over the resolution of this story, it took a blog post to explain it.... Read more »

I didn’t just have more to say about a story in this week’s issue, I have a suggestion on how to fix it.... Read more »

Is Everyone in Florida Crazy?! The short answer: no, even if this week’s issue is all-Florida-based stories. The longer answer: read on.... Read more »

This post is about why I think it’s important to cover them, but maybe not for the reasons you think.... Read more »

There was a story this week about a family who saved a woman in grave danger. This isn’t about the story, but about its coverage.... Read more »

Some extra story commentary about a business sector people love to hate. And sometimes, our feelings are fully justified.... Read more »

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