

For those not getting the reference:
Thought to have died of indigestion arising from eating melon, though his opponents alleged he died while being sodomized by a page.
Doesn’t seem far fetched to think the indigestion was an excuse. Though to be fair, I’ve had some rough melons in my day.








It’s partly because there realistically is no substantial left-wing voice remaining in the US. The right and corporations do their best to label centrist positions as far left positions, and the Overton Window continually shifts to the right as a result.
It’s also really, really popular to hate on California at the moment. The facts never matter.
Definitely sad that it’s NPR in this case, though.