Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for September 18, 2023

Right-wing or left-wing?

It’s hard to stomach a lot of what is going on today.

Is the first person to say or write this stuff gurgitating it?

Looked it up. “Gurgitate” is of Latin origin but is now considered rare if not obsolete. It doesn’t seem to mean “to eat”. Looked it up. “Gurgitate” does not necessarily mean to consume by eating or drinking. Dictionary.com has it as a surging rise and fall; ebullient motion, as of water. Similarly, Merriam-Webster: a boiling or surging of a liquid; usually violent ebullition. And ebullition means a sudden violent outburst or display or the act, process, or state of boiling or bubbling up, from Merriam-Webster. I really thought this was going to be easy.

Sometimes what they each regurgitate is a little bit different.

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” – attributed to Mark Twain. Isn’t social media great?

There’s sweet tweets and then there’s the bitter root tweets…

The only thing he won’t regurgitate is Reader’s Digest.

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