Years ago I'd seen a room full of these babies at the San Diego Zoo., Children's Zoo nursery...Bouncing off the walls literally. Walking on the small lip of the windowsill...boing, boing, boing....playing king of the mountain. Oh, so cute...
Sens. Todd Young (Ind.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) are leading Republican efforts to brand June as “Life Month” during the already celebrated Pride Month, which honors the achievements and culture of the LGBTQ+ community.
“Every human life is worthy of protection, and it is especially incumbent upon Americans and lawmakers to protect the most vulnerable among us. Designating June as Life Month is a recommitment to the American principle that every life has dignity. I call on my colleagues in the Senate to swiftly pass this resolution.”
Toot, this morning: "I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal. The call lasted approximately one and a half hours, and resulted in a very positive conclusion for both Countries. There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products. Our respective teams will be meeting shortly at a location to be determined. We will be represented by Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer. During the conversation, President Xi graciously invited the First Lady and me to visit China, and I reciprocated. As Presidents of two Great Nations, this is something that we both look forward to doing. The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE. Nothing was discussed concerning Russia/Ukraine, or Iran. We will inform the Media as to scheduling and location of the soon to be meeting. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
As I said before, we can solve so many of our current problems with some well-timed wedgies. All these little Musklets Elon left behind are in desperate need of one.
So what I got from the Sam Harris post is that Elon is a petty, petty bitch, and he is now nursing a grudge the size of Jupiter against the Taco administration and any Republicans who voted for the Just Die Already, You Useless Eaters budget bill.
Pass the popcorn, this is going to be a fight for the ages.
What I got out of it was that Sam Harris is an awful person--he's totally down with the GOP line on immigration and "wokeness" for example--but he was not dumb enough to downplay COVID like Musk (and Trump) did.
ICE is still holding Milford High School student, Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, in a cell in Burlington, MA, for the high-crime of going to volleyball practice. Marcelo came to the US with his family from Brazil when he was 5.
So are the DOGE bros ruining NSF scientific research on purpose? Do they think they will drive real scientists into some imaginary Galt's Gulch where they will invent unlimited energy and supersteel and whatnot with paperclips, pluck and badly dug outdoor latrines next to their mud huts?
St. Harlan Ellison once said that the two most common elements in the universe were hydrogen and stupidity. But it was St. Frank Zappa who pointed out that the stupidity has a longer shelf life.
Speaking of COVID, I saw a thing where Meghan McCain is hawking some kind of pill that supposedly reverses all the bad things the vaccine did to you. It's expensive.
I think that got mentioned on Tabs the other day, that she's offering a "detox" for the vaccine. I know I saw it here, anyway, even if I don't remember exactly where.
Anything and everything from the GOP adds to the deficit.
I'm pretty sure that since at least Kennedy, every Democratic president has left office with a lower deficit than they inherited, while the opposite is true for Republican presidents.
The pattern of Republicans raise the deficit, Democrats lower it has held since Reagan. I'm not sure if the deficit went up or not under Carter, though, and a cursory Google search isn't making it easy to tell.
Yeah, I am not seeing near the same results on my Gulf weather searches this year as last. "Surf" predictions for wind and air pressure and what seems to be a travel related site on sea temps come way higher than NWS or NOAA stuff. Actually, the NOAA stuff seems much more limited than before.
Aww, it’s a baby klipspringer! Click to learn more about Xolani: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/klipspringer-calf-mastering-balance
Also, here’s your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/634049e7-cf6a-40b0-a546-76dbb66b5693?utm_source=share
I've heard of rock operas and now I am aware of rock ballets.
Thanks!
Years ago I'd seen a room full of these babies at the San Diego Zoo., Children's Zoo nursery...Bouncing off the walls literally. Walking on the small lip of the windowsill...boing, boing, boing....playing king of the mountain. Oh, so cute...
I was reading the tabs all the while so excited that I might be able to make a Dik-Dik joke! Alas, it is a different adorable sproingy thing.
Mom. MAAAHM! STAAAHP LICKIN'! All the other klipspringers are laughing at me!
Tippy toes antelopes!
Babby Pygmy Gazelle? Looks like mamma broke an antenna.
Weeeeee beastie!
Aww!
Cuteness overload!
safe travels for the wonkmeet! have fun y'all
I'll post it again in the off topic, but here's Foil Arms and Hog for this week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XPOE8sey9k
(It's about Canada.)
FTC:
Sens. Todd Young (Ind.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) are leading Republican efforts to brand June as “Life Month” during the already celebrated Pride Month, which honors the achievements and culture of the LGBTQ+ community.
“Every human life is worthy of protection, and it is especially incumbent upon Americans and lawmakers to protect the most vulnerable among us. Designating June as Life Month is a recommitment to the American principle that every life has dignity. I call on my colleagues in the Senate to swiftly pass this resolution.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-pride-anti-abortion-life-june_n_6841a277e4b04981b63b5f2f
Not gonna work, asshole. You guys already lost the culture wars.
Fuck Ted Cruz.
Trump is for he and Xi!
Toot, this morning: "I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal. The call lasted approximately one and a half hours, and resulted in a very positive conclusion for both Countries. There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products. Our respective teams will be meeting shortly at a location to be determined. We will be represented by Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer. During the conversation, President Xi graciously invited the First Lady and me to visit China, and I reciprocated. As Presidents of two Great Nations, this is something that we both look forward to doing. The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE. Nothing was discussed concerning Russia/Ukraine, or Iran. We will inform the Media as to scheduling and location of the soon to be meeting. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Chad? How many people come here for any purpose at all from CHAD?
Depp v Heard....I just don't think there was a "good" side to this. Just various and sundry villainy from 2 idle rich movie stars.
As I said before, we can solve so many of our current problems with some well-timed wedgies. All these little Musklets Elon left behind are in desperate need of one.
Over-the-head atomic or GTFO.
So what I got from the Sam Harris post is that Elon is a petty, petty bitch, and he is now nursing a grudge the size of Jupiter against the Taco administration and any Republicans who voted for the Just Die Already, You Useless Eaters budget bill.
Pass the popcorn, this is going to be a fight for the ages.
Both of them can fuck right off to the end of the universe and keep going.
What I got out of it was that Sam Harris is an awful person--he's totally down with the GOP line on immigration and "wokeness" for example--but he was not dumb enough to downplay COVID like Musk (and Trump) did.
Sam Harris is trash, no question - but even trash can occasionally provide useful insight.
"YukonArk’s dog had puppies!"
Nicetime!
Oh fuck. Krasnov is in the Oval Office with the Chancellor of Germany and of course he’s talking about his great election win.
He's the thirstiest bitch in American history.
ICE is still holding Milford High School student, Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, in a cell in Burlington, MA, for the high-crime of going to volleyball practice. Marcelo came to the US with his family from Brazil when he was 5.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/us/massachusetts-gomes-da-silva-detained
(Regarding the techdirt tab)
So are the DOGE bros ruining NSF scientific research on purpose? Do they think they will drive real scientists into some imaginary Galt's Gulch where they will invent unlimited energy and supersteel and whatnot with paperclips, pluck and badly dug outdoor latrines next to their mud huts?
St. Harlan Ellison once said that the two most common elements in the universe were hydrogen and stupidity. But it was St. Frank Zappa who pointed out that the stupidity has a longer shelf life.
Speaking of COVID, I saw a thing where Meghan McCain is hawking some kind of pill that supposedly reverses all the bad things the vaccine did to you. It's expensive.
She's Senator John McCain's daughter, you know.
I can’t see her father selling that shit. Even though he’s not my fave.
I think that got mentioned on Tabs the other day, that she's offering a "detox" for the vaccine. I know I saw it here, anyway, even if I don't remember exactly where.
I saw it on Bluesky but certainly could have missed it.
I saw a meme that said Harvard and other colleges can revoke degrees, and that the degrees of many radical right-wing Republicans should be revoked.
Is that true and if so, do it!
I did it
I said it
Let's do it
I have a question. Will the $5000 DOGE (pronounced “douche “) checks add to the deficit?
Anything and everything from the GOP adds to the deficit.
I'm pretty sure that since at least Kennedy, every Democratic president has left office with a lower deficit than they inherited, while the opposite is true for Republican presidents.
The pattern of Republicans raise the deficit, Democrats lower it has held since Reagan. I'm not sure if the deficit went up or not under Carter, though, and a cursory Google search isn't making it easy to tell.
From what I read from someone who worked at Google - that may sadly be due to the search engine
Yeah, I am not seeing near the same results on my Gulf weather searches this year as last. "Surf" predictions for wind and air pressure and what seems to be a travel related site on sea temps come way higher than NWS or NOAA stuff. Actually, the NOAA stuff seems much more limited than before.