Because "Americanism" in the 1930s meant "immigrant bashing," and everyone knows that Republicans don't engage in that sort of thing.

Of course not! Why, if that were the case, there'd be hundreds of thousands of outraged people marching in the streets.

t looks outside

Nevermind.

Here I am, sitting in the middle of Downtown LA and I can't hear a peep from the protest.

ION, Why we haven't met any aliens

A radical explanation for a conundrum about extra-terrestrial life, and what it means for the future of humanity

No mention of "The aliens think Loyalty Day is stupid" or "The aliens are afraid of psychic parrots."

ION, Canada is issuing a coin celebrating... a robot arm. No, really. Not just any robot arm, but the Canadarm, a robot arm... in space!

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I think they should put Darth Vader on the penny....

Well, if the holiday was orginally created to oppose May Day (a Communist holiday) so maybe it was mainly "Americanism" as the opposite of "naughty communism.

Precisely. This country has never wanted to join the rest of the world in celebrating May 1 as International Workers Day. So they've renamed it as well as creating a different Labor Day celebration later in the year.

No mention of "The aliens think Loyalty Day is stupid" or "The aliens are afraid of psychic parrots."

Or of armed killer dolphins or marauding killer chimps.

But he does mention Serenity. So it's all good.

Canada is issuing a coin celebrating... a robot arm. No, really. Not just any robot arm, but the Canadarm, a robot arm... in space!

Does this mean Lori might get a money shoutout? Or does she have to move to Canada first?

Does this mean Lori might get a money shoutout? Or does she have to move to Canada first?

It means that she can go to her congressperson and say, "Where's my coin, dammit!?!

Reminds me of TAL. "The American Space Shuttle with its Canadian Arm."

Oh! Possibly cereal. It's also, I had forgotten, Law Day. That Eisenhower was busy. [link]

Is there a Chocolate Day? There totally should be.