“Safe and effective is now sudden and unexpected”
"Safe and effective is now sudden and unexpected" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The COVID-19 vaccines were touted to be "safe and effective," but many deaths…
"Safe and effective is now sudden and unexpected" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The COVID-19 vaccines were touted to be "safe and effective," but many deaths…
When American politician Bill Clinton was successfully running for president in 1991 and 1992, he famously said that abortions should be "safe, legal and rare." However, that popular term…
"Same shit, different asshole(s)" means that no matter who gets elected, it's still the same bad stuff. A saying in similar form is "same shit, different day." "Same…
"The original point and click interface" (a gun) is a pro-gun saying that has been printed on many images. "Smith & Wesson: the original point-and-click interface" was…
"Octemburary" is a fictional month that was printed in the Rock Island (IL) Argus on March 15, 1932: Single Gent: "What's the best month to get married in?"Married person:…
"Delete the elite" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The "elite" means the ruling class, sometimes called the "Illuminati" or…
Pennies are almost worthless, but are often used to pay the odd amounts after a sales tax is added. "Save up your pennies and the sales tax will take care of them" is a sales tax saying…
"Just Say No (to drugs)" was a public service advertising campaign in the 1980s and 1990s. There have been many jokes about "talking to drugs." "They said 'Say no to…
"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to…
"SCAM ALERT There's an organization going around by the name I R S claiming you owe them money" is a saying that has been printed on an image. "Beware of anyone calling from the…
Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films. "I'm Just a Bill" premiered on March 27, 1976, and showed how a bill becomes law. Many people have pointed…
Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films. "I'm Just a Bill" premiered on March 27, 1976, and showed how a bill becomes law. Many people have pointed…
Victor J. Stenger, an American particle physicist and religious skeptic, wrote in The New Atheism:Taking a Stand for Science and Reason (2009): "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us…
"Screw up, move up" is a bureaucratic joke, cited in print since at least 1981 (then referring to the U.S. Army). The opposite is supposed to be true, where a person moves up because of…
In running for re-election in 1969, New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay admitted that he'd made some mistakes, but that he had "the second hardest job in America," and had done an…
Secrecy (especially government secrecy) has often been condemned. A 1956 book by Bertram David Wolfe, Six keys to the Soviet system, describes Soviet government this way: "Everything is done…
Many home and business security companies advertise that "Security is our middle name." Many federal agencies have security as a middle name, such as the Transportation Security…
"Security without liberty is called prison" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying as usually been credited to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American polymath…
"Security without liberty is called prison" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying as usually been credited to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American polymath…
"St. Wapniacl" was the old mnemonic (since at least 1917) to remember the offices of the President of the United States' Cabinet. It was arranged in order of creation and importance:…