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After 2020, lots of us hoped this year would end up being a saner, more sedate affair. Surprise!
Yeah, 2021 was just as weird as the year that preceded it. Shit, as evidenced by some of the strange stories the Current covered, maybe it was even weirder. We had mysterious images of Ted Cruz in bondage popping up around town, the zoo selling the right to name cockroaches after icky exes and all manner of lunacy related to COVID, the Jan. 6 insurrection and drugs.
In case anyone needs to look back at the year that was while occasionally laughing, rolling their eyes and screaming “WTF!” loud enough to wake the neighbors, have at it.
Giant sticker of Ted Cruz in bondage gear pops up on San Antonio wall and Twitter goes wildVideo of Houston man skiing on icy highway goes viralTexas Department of Public Safety’s ‘Chucky’ Amber Alert grabs global headlines6. Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio removes Trump figure because people keep punching itSan Antonio Zoo brings back petty AF fundraiser where you can name a cockroach after your exTikTok video of man calling Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a ‘douchebag’ to his face goes viralCops in San Antonio suburb arrest man, say he repeatedly hurled bags of cat poo from his vehicleAfter city of San Antonio citations, men’s club XTC Cabaret keeps operating without power, waterCat lawyer’ in viral Zoom clip led a controversial crusade against a West Texas smoke shop ownerSan Antonio-based grocer H-E-B now selling butter tortilla-scented candlesThe Satanic Temple begins legal maneuver to skirt Texas’ new abortion banThe Satanic Temple begins legal maneuver to skirt Texas’ new abortion banIn what may be his next Cancun moment, Ted Cruz says Big Bird spreads ‘government propaganda’In what may be his next Cancun moment, Ted Cruz says Big Bird spreads ‘government propaganda’San Antonio delivery driver gets fired after being caught on doorbell cam throwing pizzaAnonymous hacks Texas Republican Party website in retaliation for state’s abortion banDuring climate hearing, Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas asks if agencies can ‘change the Earth’s orbit’Around 110 pounds of cocaine wash ashore on the South Texas coastSan Antonio-tied Lone Star Beer introduces hilariously unnecessary bar sign-slash-bug zapperMagazine accidentally refers to San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro as ‘Joaquin Phoenix’Site compiles stories of outspoken anti-vaxxers, including Texans, who died preventable COVID deathsTexas woman said her ‘white skin’ would keep her out of jail, but she gets 60 days for Jan. 6 attackSurvey inexplicably rates San Antonio as the fourth-best taco city in TexasSouth Texas animal shelter shares clip of clever cat’s Mission Impossible-esque escape attemptTed Cruz gets owned on Twitter (again) for trying to make dirty joke about Biden traveling to NantucketSan Antonio-based Pabst Brewing is marketing a 1,776-pack of beer, ‘because 1,777 seemed excessive’After crushing women’s right to choose, Greg Abbott says Texans have ‘right to choose’ not to get vaxxedTed Nugent tested positive for COVID-19 days after performing at ‘anti-mask’ Florida grocery storeGOP official in Seguin faces backlash for saying Mitt Romney should meet ‘Mr. Guillotine’Texas AG Ken Paxton, who spoke at inflammatory rally, claims rioters ‘were not Trump supporters’In tweet defending Cruz, Donald Trump Jr. blasts incompetence of Texas’ ‘Democrat Governor’Cornerstone Church said it ‘does not endorse’ far-right rally it hosted, yet its pastor spoke from the stageGov. Greg Abbott demands criminal investigation of so-called ‘pornography’ in public schoolsTed Cruz blames Chick-fil-A sauce shortage on Biden — and Twitter can’t tell whether he’s kiddingA Texas Republican leader who repeatedly mocked masks and vaccines has died of COVID-19Report names Lone Star, brewed by San Antonio-based Pabst, as Texas’ most popular ‘trashy’ beerSerial fat-shamer Charles Barkley bashes San Antonio women on national television — againSen. John Cornyn says he won’t support legalizing pot because of, get this, opioid overdosesTed Cruz falls asleep during presidential address, and Julián Castro can’t resist jabbing him for itAfter vetoing animal cruelty bill, Texas Gov. Abbott tweeted a July 4 pic of his dog. It didn’t go well.Texas school district finds the perfect loophole for requiring masks in class: its dress codeSen. Ted Cruz blasts Joe Biden for taking a weekend trip, then jokes about his own Cancun vacationTikTok user shares script to troll the shit out of Texas anti-abortion group’s anonymous tip siteJohn Cornyn asks whether Biden is ‘really in charge’ because he isn’t tweeting or going on TV enoughTed Cruz falsely claims in interview that he ‘disagreed’ with Trump’s rhetoric ‘many, many times’
