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Christopher Smart

Salt Lake City

Writer at Freelance

Freelance journalist. Author of Smart Bomb (https://t.co/3BcdCuQH2W) Former reporter Salt Lake Tribune. Former editor City Weekly. [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Christopher Smart

    Hey Wilson, have you ever heard this word, “schadenfreude?” It means taking pleasure or joy from someone else's misfortune. For example: If your mean boss got a flat tire in the rain and showed up at work soaking wet, you would have to rush to the restroom to laugh your ass off.

  • 2 weeks ago | cityweekly.net | Christopher Smart

    Hold the phone. Stop the music. Don't look now, but Utah Sen. John Curtis—a one-time Democrat turned Republican—said in a floor speech that Congress should start taking responsibility rather than ceding its constitutional authority to the Trump administration. What the hell? Pinch yourself Wilson, you're not dreaming. Listen to this: “When morality is outsourced to either the market or the state, society has no substance, only systems.

  • 3 weeks ago | cityweekly.net | Christopher Smart

    So, agents with the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for trespassing in the parking lot of a detention center. It's true that trespassing usually is not an offense that'll get you arrested—you might get a citation—but this is different. Like, how are you going to scare the hell out of everyone if you don't handcuff some people and haul them off in an unmarked vehicle?

  • 1 month ago | cityweekly.net | Christopher Smart

    So Wilson, listen, the Democrats have a problem—branding. You know what pops to mind when you hear the word “Democrat,” and the pundits say these days it isn't so good. But it's complicated. Remember the old saw: “I don't belong to any organized political party—I'm a Democrat.” They can't just do something like Coca-Cola and say, we're “The Real Thing.” Still, it would be better than their unofficial slogan: “We're Not Them,” referring, of course, to the fascistic Donald Trump Party.

  • 1 month ago | cityweekly.net | Christopher Smart

    She may be the secretary of Homeland Security, but “ICE Barbie” Kristi Noem couldn't keep her $4,000 designer handbag secure while snarfing down a double cheese and fries at a D.C. burger joint. Oh, by the way, there was three grand in cold cash in the designer handbag, along with her passport, driver license, makeup, medication, government ID and check book. It was literally taken right out from under her.

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Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart @CksmartSmart
6 Oct 20

When Erin Mendenhall was sworn in as SLC mayor all hell broke loose: a pandemic, an earthquake, riots, a hurricane. Maybe the stars were aligned in a pretzel. We went to Madame Cassiopeia to read Erin's star chart for answers. Read more at SMART BOMB. https://t.co/GLbrBq2PuT

Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart @CksmartSmart
29 Sep 20

SMART BOMB: Dems hate that we'll replace liberal icon RBG with a woman who loathes birth control and the ACA. It's better than when we replaced civil-rights hero Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas, who scoffs at affirmative action. Read more at https://t.co/GLbrBq2PuT

Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart @CksmartSmart
29 Sep 20

Only little people pay taxes