This es the exact same story as with the orange bag of shit tax cuts. To fund them, we needed 3% growth, which is MASSIVE growth. 2.8% is astounding growth still and NOT happening under tarrifs.
I'm a little disappointed we didn't get a stroy on Friday's presser with that orange bag of shit and Must annoying (typo but it stays) he is "stepping away" from DOGE, especially given that he and that eyelined bag of shit have both said he'll still be consulting on it.
I am truly enjoying all the Must hate, wonder how Sam's handling it. Good on the JN turnpike for saying no to Tesla's charging network. I'm hoping everyone has learned of the dangers of private ownership of public utilities by maniacl, bigoted lunatics. Fuck yeah they'll threaten to shut your service off. Fucking pieces of shit.
Where I am at work currently. I know we gotta do the writing of the shit, but why on earth are we wasting this unseasonable coolness to fuck around in the office when it is going to be hell's sauna by the end of the week?
That one little goon was so bundled up you couldn’t even see the tip of their nose, assuming they had one. It could’ve been 20 sewer rats inside that costume.
Two points worth noting: the license plates were covered on those vans, and the stream of toilet paper fluttering off the passenger side mirror as they drove off into the sunset.
This video, and several others, are instructing people how to resist. These videos are ALSO showing that these supposed ICE agents will back the fuck off when confronted by a small crowd.
small crowd of white people. I am betting you they would act otherwise if they were brown folk :( But they do not want to be on TV shooting blond white women, that would alarm those centrists
When I was a kid, my parents would get these long strings of stamps when they would buy groceries and they would paste it in these little books and get discounts I guess. I would say that there are a lot of us who have been accumulating privilege points that we didn’t even realize were there. Time to cash in the coupons, spend the points.
Flynn and Alex Jones *demand* an investigation to find out who withheld information from Orangini about the Ukraine drone attack. Well, dipshits, that would be UKRAINE, as they do not consider the US an ally and the current US intelligence leadership can't keep a fucking secret.
Even ignoring Trump's hostility to Zelenskyy, our defense and intelligence services are full of leaks right now - sometimes from the very top, Pete. If you don't need American support, why would you trust the US with anything now?
Right up there with David Richardson telling FEMA employees, "Don't get in my way [...] I will run right over you. I will achieve the president's intent."
I went to sleep around 9:30, awake in the night, joining the cats in their crepuscular ways.
Decided it was time to initiate registering for Medicare part B. Ten days left of my work life as I’ve known it for the last quarter century. It’s kind of a scary time to be going into the long vacation, but also I’m approaching this with a sense of catching a train out before they close the border.
Most of my coworkers are pretty conservative people, to put it respectfully. I had a hushed conversation in my office behind a closed door with someone who has worked there longer than I have, and who is also going through the retirement process a few months after I do. She shares my concerns about stepping out into retirement as the world grows feathers and gets more whackado every day. But we also feel like nailing this down now is more likely to grandfather us in to something that could be taken away in the future.
The governor of the state has publicly stated that the reason the state can’t balance its budget is due to the pensions of the public sector employees, and that all that it would take to correct that would be a change in the law. Damn, talk about making you feel appreciated.
OK, on that cheery note, there are things going bump in the night outside. I have to go see what’s going on. If I don’t come back, you guys can have my kazoo.
"Idiocracy" and "Office Space" are both streaming on Disney+ right now. I might have to give them both a rewatch. I haven't seen either in a long time.
In my experience, citations are needed every time a Republican is talking about anything. They are notoriously full of shit on every issue.
So explain it to me again, Moses Mike, about how "growth" will offset the tax cuts for rich fuckwads.
𝗨.𝗦. 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗗 𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸
The OECD sharply cut its U.S. Economic growth forecast to 1.6% for 2025 in its Tuesday report from 2.8% last year, citing tariff impacts.
https://archive.ph/SFkQE [Bloomberg]
It's lies. It's always been lies. It's been lies my entire fucking lifetime.
"Yeah we'll cut taxes and the economy will grow"
Yeah and I've got some expired Liebfraumilch I can sell you for cheap. It's called "Post Hock ergo propter Hock".
Bunch of magical thinking bullshit with no basis in rational economics. Fucking Chicago school, the cult of Milton Friedman, can go fuck itself.
All Of These Fucking Things, TY.
Also: https://substack.com/@morganx/note/c-122478432?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=36ip5l
And make Fred Trump send his son to his draft physical!
It'll trickle down!
Or, y'know, they'll piss on your head and tell you it's raining. Same thing, really.
This es the exact same story as with the orange bag of shit tax cuts. To fund them, we needed 3% growth, which is MASSIVE growth. 2.8% is astounding growth still and NOT happening under tarrifs.
Ah, so, they're gonna totally pay for the tax cut to the rich by growth
Weird that they had to do all that cutting to services
So.....
Our FEMA head does not know what Hurricane Season is
Our education head does not want people to go to college
Our VA head is trying to dismantle the VA
Our treasury head is attempting to sink the treasury in a "currency" known for being fraudulent
Our National Security head is a russian plant who has to make Fox videos of briefings to even get the president's interest
Our military head is a drunk buffoon who is obsessed with eradicating anyone not cis, white and male
Our Speaker of the House is a lying shit weasel who spys on his kid's masturbation
And now Feds will have to write continual Oaths of Loyalty to the EO they love the most.
Best. People.
turds in the zone to help distract from the unconstitutional emoluments and the dickless Congress.
Idk, think this all seems part in parcel to all of that.
But one thing is for sure: I picked a hell of a week to tune out XD
I'm a little disappointed we didn't get a stroy on Friday's presser with that orange bag of shit and Must annoying (typo but it stays) he is "stepping away" from DOGE, especially given that he and that eyelined bag of shit have both said he'll still be consulting on it.
I am truly enjoying all the Must hate, wonder how Sam's handling it. Good on the JN turnpike for saying no to Tesla's charging network. I'm hoping everyone has learned of the dangers of private ownership of public utilities by maniacl, bigoted lunatics. Fuck yeah they'll threaten to shut your service off. Fucking pieces of shit.
Your thought for the day…
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.
Right up there with "I love work. I could stare it all day."
"I pretend to work, and they pretend to pay me"
"he doesn't mind hard work, he can go to sleep right next to it..."
Where I am at work currently. I know we gotta do the writing of the shit, but why on earth are we wasting this unseasonable coolness to fuck around in the office when it is going to be hell's sauna by the end of the week?
Shit planning is shit planning
This is angry citizens showing up
https://bsky.app/profile/slothymcslothface.bsky.social/post/3lqno463jgc2b
That did my soul good.
That one little goon was so bundled up you couldn’t even see the tip of their nose, assuming they had one. It could’ve been 20 sewer rats inside that costume.
Two points worth noting: the license plates were covered on those vans, and the stream of toilet paper fluttering off the passenger side mirror as they drove off into the sunset.
This video, and several others, are instructing people how to resist. These videos are ALSO showing that these supposed ICE agents will back the fuck off when confronted by a small crowd.
small crowd of white people. I am betting you they would act otherwise if they were brown folk :( But they do not want to be on TV shooting blond white women, that would alarm those centrists
When I was a kid, my parents would get these long strings of stamps when they would buy groceries and they would paste it in these little books and get discounts I guess. I would say that there are a lot of us who have been accumulating privilege points that we didn’t even realize were there. Time to cash in the coupons, spend the points.
Nice analogy and easily transferrable, very many thanks.
💪🏽
S&H Green Stamps.
“Say, what’s your name and Badge ##? Because I can buy all that Terror Swag on Amazon Prime.”
Everything they do here, including being there to begin with, ought to be a training vid for What Not To Do.
You know what's funny?
That time PAB hung shit on Zelenskyy and told him he didn't have any cards when in FACT Zelenskyy had the cards and just chose not to show him.
I just learned that Ukraine took down the Kerch Bridge. They freaking did it!
💪♥️🇺🇦
It is a very clear warning to Russia as well. "There is nowhere Ukraine can't get to."
Heh, I borrowed a logo from an NRO launch once for a team. NROL Launch 39.
https://substack.com/profile/155630927-fukuisanyesota/note/c-122453533?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knplb
Ukraine are showing this.
This had to have created a shift in thinking across the country.
Stephanie Ruhle was talking about that on her show last night, that this attack really needs to serve as a wake-up call to how warfare is changing.
Hopefully, ours.
Those drone attacks on long range bombers deep in Siberia were *chef's kiss*. Talk about asymmetric warfare.
That was Bond shit.
They were the military equivalent of box cutters.
I'm still stunned and shocked how efficient and devastating this attack was.
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppp. In Siberia.
Murmansk? Are you fucking kidding me?
That's the Kola peninsula, which is still nuts, but they also hit Irkutsk, thousands of miles from Ukraine.
I was reading about the planning for it. Magnificent piece of work.
Got a link? I wouldn’t mind spying that myself.
Yeah sure, here's the BBC on it
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq69qnvj6nlo
Thx
"we can see your house from here"
Zelenskyy just became the president of the free west for this.
Zelensskyy means “Large Gonads” in Ukrainian.
Flynn and Alex Jones *demand* an investigation to find out who withheld information from Orangini about the Ukraine drone attack. Well, dipshits, that would be UKRAINE, as they do not consider the US an ally and the current US intelligence leadership can't keep a fucking secret.
https://bsky.app/profile/joniaskola.bsky.social/post/3lqotad2g6c2h
As always, when taking a hard blow and facing humiliation from Ukraine, russia activates its assets to spread lies and issue nuclear threats online
(Laughs...)
Fuck it’s gonna be funny when they both off themselves from autoerotic asphyxiation or whatever.
Alex is gonna be found smeared with peanut butter with a gold fish up his ass, after having snorted coke off the center fold of US Man
... which, really, for him, is pretty dignified.
It's the way he'd want to go
So many traitors!
Pearl harbor style!!!!
Except.....aren't they already at war? Indeed, did not the bombees invade the bombers?
So not very pearl harbor style at all
Very Tsushima, very deja vu for Russia!
I demand the Lakers draft me as their point guard, but that isn't going to happen either.
They can pay me league minimum, and never play me. It's a win for everyone.
If I gotta go through practice, I'd like to get a few minutes occasionally.
All Ukraine has to say is that “Donald trump failed to qualify for a Ukrainian Security Clearance.”
Oh I hope he does.
Even ignoring Trump's hostility to Zelenskyy, our defense and intelligence services are full of leaks right now - sometimes from the very top, Pete. If you don't need American support, why would you trust the US with anything now?
I fucking guarantee you that four of the five eyes nations aren't sharing everything right now.
Time for those very reliable lie detectors!
How dare a sovereign nation not tell Trump what they are doing!!!!
Wait.
What?
If you haven't seen this, it's worth a couple of minutes. MA man tells ICE to fuck off, more or less, and counter threatens them.
https://youtu.be/fTKtxCMs1TA?t=75
Apparently, that's a lawyer with excellent martial arts skills, hahaha. 💪🏽
Record all those disgusting racists and put it online everywhere.
I suspect that these people with the masks AREN'T agents of the FBI or ICE.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr knew how to cos-play FBI.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/05/04/arts/Zimbalist-jr-obit-1/Zimbalist-jr-obit-1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp
No doubt.
Who loves Buffalo Tom? Me! And it’s Bill’s born day!
https://youtu.be/sDuKjOmv-X8
A great live version of Taillights Fade with Pearl Jam
WTF?
𝘋𝘦-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘌𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴—𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗘𝗢𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
Trump will continuously monitor all federal workers for "trustworthiness."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/new-federal-employees-must-praise-trump-eos-submit-to-continuous-vetting/
Like real people keep track of that twerp's daily EOs.
The one about pennies. I can get behind that.
Yeah I saw this yesterday. People have to write mini essays about which TACO EOs they love and why.
Shit is way out of control.
Well, that would eliminate a LOT of MAGAs ... an essay? Yeah ... good luck.
I have never heard anything as chilling as Linda McMahon talking about how people need to get on board with the president's agenda.
Or be on the receiving end of a reverse pile driver
Right up there with David Richardson telling FEMA employees, "Don't get in my way [...] I will run right over you. I will achieve the president's intent."
Damn, it's a write-your-own-loyalty-oath.
None of these people care what governance is nor what goverment does.
Are you going to have to do this?
I hope not, I can't see that turning out well.
So you want to be a janitor at the Pentagon.....
"Sorry, I can't do [insert vital job here]; I have to submit another panegyric to Dear Leader."
Jayuz fuck, what a needy little toerag.
Did you see there is a Bluey Lego?
Oh, but hey -- speaking of cartoons and Lego, Lego's released a Krusty Burger set for any Simpsons fans out there.
ETA: Link to set
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-simpsons-krusty-burger-10352
Oh! That’s fun!
I don't know that I'd recognize a Bluey lego if I saw one.
they’re being sold on ebay for triple the price. I could become a hundreddollaraire.
The press: He is REFORMING the government, not at all creating a fed force of lickspittles and toadies
I went to sleep around 9:30, awake in the night, joining the cats in their crepuscular ways.
Decided it was time to initiate registering for Medicare part B. Ten days left of my work life as I’ve known it for the last quarter century. It’s kind of a scary time to be going into the long vacation, but also I’m approaching this with a sense of catching a train out before they close the border.
Most of my coworkers are pretty conservative people, to put it respectfully. I had a hushed conversation in my office behind a closed door with someone who has worked there longer than I have, and who is also going through the retirement process a few months after I do. She shares my concerns about stepping out into retirement as the world grows feathers and gets more whackado every day. But we also feel like nailing this down now is more likely to grandfather us in to something that could be taken away in the future.
The governor of the state has publicly stated that the reason the state can’t balance its budget is due to the pensions of the public sector employees, and that all that it would take to correct that would be a change in the law. Damn, talk about making you feel appreciated.
OK, on that cheery note, there are things going bump in the night outside. I have to go see what’s going on. If I don’t come back, you guys can have my kazoo.
It was nice to listen to the BBC World Service news brief between segments and not hear anything about the US.
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Morning, Diane!
I'm here...I guess.
If you have not yet, Daniel posted a thing about San Diegoians telling Ice to fuck off and making them get back into their truck and run away
It gives one hope!
Yeah, I saw that. Made me wish I'd have moved to San Diego like I planned instead of getting married. -_-
:hugs:
Good morning, Diane!
What bad luck: dropped the espresso scoop thing after tamping down the contents of the portafilter...
... what good luck: caught it on the way down maybe a quarter of a second later...
... what bad luck: punched myself in the balls catching it.
Nice save!
Ooo. Been there, done that. Well, not over an espresso scoop thingie, but snatching at something falling.
That last one.
"Ow! My balls!"
Best show ever. Batin’
"Idiocracy" and "Office Space" are both streaming on Disney+ right now. I might have to give them both a rewatch. I haven't seen either in a long time.
Both of them kinda lose it after the second act. Office Space is the superior of the two, imho, but still worth rewatching both.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/lifestyle/inside-houston-trump-burger-restaurant-160736635.html
"Inside Houston’s Trump Burger restaurant: Where a Tower is 1lb of beef and its owner is a migrant"
Really it's not worth a read, I can give you the precis. The food is bland shit and the place is covered in TACO nonsense. It's a chain now.
I did get this screenshot though, which made me laugh.
In the top left, is that illiterate crap in neon lights?
https://substack.com/profile/155630927-fukuisanyesota/note/c-122445552?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knplb
This feels like the place where a family gets together and then yells at their liberal child for bringing up politics.
I see they have a flag hanging in front of what's probably either the prep area or the grill, so it can get nice and filthy.
That's how you respect the flag.
Oh, it's fine. They've got nine more around the restaurant. Just so you never forget what country you're in.
Seriously, though, there are too many fucking flags in this country. It's ridiculous.
It's just a logo at this point.
There's a commercial for a Real American Flag Made in America and in my head I keep thinking "sure but I bet the material comes from china"
It does appear so, yes. Makes me wonder what ends the sentence.
"Eat My Trump Burger's ______."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDlR_ccnZww
(laughs) Nice to see that South Park's still maintaining their high standards.
I watch it for the songs…
I mean, pretty on brand.
Yup.
I thought about going there but decided that it's probably breakfast & coffee time for the East Coast and wouldn't do it.
edit: although Curtis Yarvin and his cum-drenched Dora the Explorer tea towel did pop in to my head
I just finished my breakfast.
Good. See edit.
Better than what I'm hearing out back here where I work. Literal shit talk.
I used to work with engineers at a truck workshop when I was building some software.
I've heard everything. I'm hesitant to even transcribe some of the stuff which would be standard lunchtime conversation.
LMAO