I would've made it to the Hawaii wonkmeet but the post office was suspicious of the air holes and then refused to the tape the box closed just because I was in it.
So much is going on that these types of incidents are just background noise, like a TV in a barbershop. Funny, it's always the "violent left" responsible with that message blasted at full volume. I haven't heard a peep about how this is another example of right wing violence. I have to go and find coverage myself, that's how terrible all the other stuff that is happening is.
<They left behind a 74-page document — the same length as the one written by Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant. Like Tarrant’s, it cited a range of far-right ideological inspirations, including the notion that white people are being replaced by other populations, and offered self-interviews detailing their motives and goals.
20-time GRAMMY winner Bruce Springsteen returns to The Late Show to perform "Streets of Minneapolis," a song he wrote in the midst of terrifying government-led violence against the people of Minnesota.
Ref the on-their-way-out-the-door five, Cassidy, Tillis, Murkowski, Collins and Cornyn, plus their equivalent House members of which I’m sure there are a number: don’t expect them to go all in on defunding ICE and healthcare for all and taxing billionaires. They may have been fucked over by Grampa Assmouth, but they still have rich donors they have to support, and maybe hope for future state-level grafting or a Faux gig.
No, if Dem leadership is smart, they will woo those people with a few popular initiatives which are the kind of thing that could have passed maybe 10 years ago. A path to citizenship for immigrants? Ending the Iran Excursion? Restoring funding for Head Start? Reforming election funding? These and many more things could be presented in a bipartisan way which could get them on board, and maybe with their support might even convince a few others who are secretly horrified by Assmouth to join in. At the very least having them presented as bipartisan and Assmouth and his remaining bitches shutting them down would be another nail in the MAGA coffin.
"Indeed, mainstream Democrats have drifted away from Galindo as she ramped up her rhetoric."
Might this be the difference between "us" and "them"? Dems drift away from the nutters in our ranks, Repunks embrace theirs. Hey, just asking questions...
It's my goddamn birthday and I think the assholes in Washington and all those fucked up red state state governments need to hold off on the graft and the theft and destruction and wanton assholery. For a goddamn day. Is that too much to ask? How about maybe 15 quiet goddamn minutes this afternoon?
I did a Substack page today. I'm remodeling my kitchen so I have no time to take photos. I did anyway- Some are pretty good and there's a great birthday poem that is a keeper. You should go look!
"They were voting for the craziest son of a bitch in the race" - Massie
Years ago, I read an article by a woman who created a profile on a dating app using a hot picture of another woman. She said she wanted to see how far a guy would go for a hot chick. She tried to get dudes to get a mermaid tattoo for her, and other stuff. She posted some of the conversations. I said, "Lady, it's not just the hot picture, you sound batshit crazy, and some guys can't resist that. They think if you're that crazy, they're in there, and all their wildest fantasies will come true."
When every racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, theocratic, oligarchic, fascist got a load of Trump, they thought, "I'm in there, and all my wildest racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, theocratic, oligarchic, fascist fantasies will come true!" And they're not wrong.
I'll give Massie credit for stating that MAGA is not some coherent movement with a set of principles. A good chunk of MAGA have given up on their own lives and want the rest of to be as miserable as they are.
batshit crazy often makes for an exceptionally good lay. followed by agonal drama and prolonged misery (smacks younger self hard upside the head; regrets (almost) nothing)
for a few years there, everyone knew that the R who won the primary had to be the craziest barker there was, but he couldn’t win the general because everyone who wasn’t an R primary voter didn’t like that
I’ve noticed more and more opposition to Ai data centres. The data centres are being build all over the USA in an obvious connected, grid pattern. Anyone else think this could be the Golden Dome system being built out, integrated into the Ai data centres? If I was an evil mastermind why not piggy back, and kill a bunch of birds with one stone, and do mass surveillance, covert operation under the cover of Ai. I’d be shocked if they hadn’t planned already to do this. This is a horrible thought for the future of the people of USA, stuck inside a Golden Dome, not protected, but imprisoned.
"The data centres are being build all over the USA in an obvious connected, grid pattern."
It sounds like wherever they were built, as soon as there were more than three you'd have "an obvious, connected grid pattern". You just need to join them with a line.
Baby elephant Sam in the hed gif. More swimming action here: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/sam-swims
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/c31fab68-dcf8-4c69-9239-be56ab504920?utm_source=share
Little Sammy looks adorbs swimming with mommy.
So cute! And i just saw the AP report that there is a new baby pygmi hippo at the Berlin zoo! So many baby giant mammals!
I saw that too! He’s adotable!
Adorable, whatever 😝
Joy.
Snorkels? We don't need no stinkin' snorkels!
They were like the poor man's Smurfs right?
When the humans die out I hope that elephants are the next dominant species. It would be a wonderful world.
Elephants are my favorite babbies, I think. Look at him splishing and splashing!
Up periscope!
I assume El e' Phant means "the babby elephant" in French?
Swimin' Sam!
Heffalumps!
And not a woozle in sight!
One of my favorite pictures of our elder daughter is from that spot at Akaka Falls when she was 14.
You probably don't know Baconzgood well. But if you did you would know how much this would mean coming from my mouth regarding Trump...
"YIKES"*
*The last time I said "YIKES" was 10 seconds after the car rolled over and 15 minutes before the they used jaws of life to pry me out of a Buick.
I would've made it to the Hawaii wonkmeet but the post office was suspicious of the air holes and then refused to the tape the box closed just because I was in it.
Hell, making yourself would cost more than a plane ticket at this point.
Tennessee, goddamn.
So much is going on that these types of incidents are just background noise, like a TV in a barbershop. Funny, it's always the "violent left" responsible with that message blasted at full volume. I haven't heard a peep about how this is another example of right wing violence. I have to go and find coverage myself, that's how terrible all the other stuff that is happening is.
<They left behind a 74-page document — the same length as the one written by Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant. Like Tarrant’s, it cited a range of far-right ideological inspirations, including the notion that white people are being replaced by other populations, and offered self-interviews detailing their motives and goals.
And they called themselves “Sons of Tarrant.”
The writings include hateful rhetoric toward Jewish people, Muslims and Islam, as well as the LGBTQ+ community, Black people, women, and the political left and right. They indicated they were trying to accelerate the collapse of society. In his section, Vazquez wrote of having “some mental health issues” and being rejected by women.> https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/the-teens-who-attacked-the-islamic-center-of-san-diego-were-latest-to-cite-prior-atrocities/
Dann @dann1960.bsky.social
youtu.be/rMrNO6VjqiA #stephencolbert #brucespringsteen
20-time GRAMMY winner Bruce Springsteen returns to The Late Show to perform "Streets of Minneapolis," a song he wrote in the midst of terrifying government-led violence against the people of Minnesota.
Stephen Colbert | The Late Show
It seems like this is an appropriate time to post a Hawaiian song by The Turtles.
https://youtu.be/c9BttK9RhVg?si=ZtryHIN26Z4hTmsV
TIL
Thank you for the beautiful photos of the Hawaiian Wonketariat (hi guys!) and the scenery! I appreciate you all!
Ref the on-their-way-out-the-door five, Cassidy, Tillis, Murkowski, Collins and Cornyn, plus their equivalent House members of which I’m sure there are a number: don’t expect them to go all in on defunding ICE and healthcare for all and taxing billionaires. They may have been fucked over by Grampa Assmouth, but they still have rich donors they have to support, and maybe hope for future state-level grafting or a Faux gig.
No, if Dem leadership is smart, they will woo those people with a few popular initiatives which are the kind of thing that could have passed maybe 10 years ago. A path to citizenship for immigrants? Ending the Iran Excursion? Restoring funding for Head Start? Reforming election funding? These and many more things could be presented in a bipartisan way which could get them on board, and maybe with their support might even convince a few others who are secretly horrified by Assmouth to join in. At the very least having them presented as bipartisan and Assmouth and his remaining bitches shutting them down would be another nail in the MAGA coffin.
Aren't we writing off Cornyn too early? Are Texican repunks really THAT stupid? Stay tuned...
Asked and answered…
"Indeed, mainstream Democrats have drifted away from Galindo as she ramped up her rhetoric."
Might this be the difference between "us" and "them"? Dems drift away from the nutters in our ranks, Repunks embrace theirs. Hey, just asking questions...
It's my goddamn birthday and I think the assholes in Washington and all those fucked up red state state governments need to hold off on the graft and the theft and destruction and wanton assholery. For a goddamn day. Is that too much to ask? How about maybe 15 quiet goddamn minutes this afternoon?
I did a Substack page today. I'm remodeling my kitchen so I have no time to take photos. I did anyway- Some are pretty good and there's a great birthday poem that is a keeper. You should go look!
https://brawlatthepoetscafe.substack.com/p/just-past-dawn-the-sun-stands-with?r=insr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Happy Birthday
"They were voting for the craziest son of a bitch in the race" - Massie
Years ago, I read an article by a woman who created a profile on a dating app using a hot picture of another woman. She said she wanted to see how far a guy would go for a hot chick. She tried to get dudes to get a mermaid tattoo for her, and other stuff. She posted some of the conversations. I said, "Lady, it's not just the hot picture, you sound batshit crazy, and some guys can't resist that. They think if you're that crazy, they're in there, and all their wildest fantasies will come true."
When every racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, theocratic, oligarchic, fascist got a load of Trump, they thought, "I'm in there, and all my wildest racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, theocratic, oligarchic, fascist fantasies will come true!" And they're not wrong.
I'll give Massie credit for stating that MAGA is not some coherent movement with a set of principles. A good chunk of MAGA have given up on their own lives and want the rest of to be as miserable as they are.
Better late than never, I guess.
batshit crazy often makes for an exceptionally good lay. followed by agonal drama and prolonged misery (smacks younger self hard upside the head; regrets (almost) nothing)
But it usually doesn't make for a good lei. They'll string on conspiracy theory pamphlets and meth vials and stuff.
took him long enough to figure it out
for a few years there, everyone knew that the R who won the primary had to be the craziest barker there was, but he couldn’t win the general because everyone who wasn’t an R primary voter didn’t like that
Popehat: https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3mmd2gyukdk2s [image]
Molly Jong-Fast too, lol.
Molly liked one of my posts ... made my whole day.
Ooooh, nice!
That's a pretty polite response, to be fair.
"Sorry, my lawyer says you're all going to jail."
Mama is back, and I picked the wrong day to sleep late.
SO much incredbile stuff.
I'mma just watch that hula video on a loop all day.
Funny, my eyeballs are sweating too. I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying.
I’ve noticed more and more opposition to Ai data centres. The data centres are being build all over the USA in an obvious connected, grid pattern. Anyone else think this could be the Golden Dome system being built out, integrated into the Ai data centres? If I was an evil mastermind why not piggy back, and kill a bunch of birds with one stone, and do mass surveillance, covert operation under the cover of Ai. I’d be shocked if they hadn’t planned already to do this. This is a horrible thought for the future of the people of USA, stuck inside a Golden Dome, not protected, but imprisoned.
Nah, this is just morons.
Data centers actually need to be relatively close to population centers as distance means latency and that matters.
That and cheap electricity.
China did a national network like that and it was a total flop as most of them were too far from anything.
My question here is how is this mass surveillance different from the sort they've already been doing for at least the last twenty years?
"The data centres are being build all over the USA in an obvious connected, grid pattern."
It sounds like wherever they were built, as soon as there were more than three you'd have "an obvious, connected grid pattern". You just need to join them with a line.
No.