(overheard in hallway outside closed Cabinet Meeting)
"Why hasn't Santa Claus been arrested yet? I want him out of that place at the North Pole!"
"Please understand, exalted one, that our planes must refuel in Canada and our allies keep switching the jet fuel tankers with tanker trucks filled with syrup. We are told it is a common mistake that has developed all over Canada recently."
"What? Our planes don't use syrup for fuel? I signed an order to switch that a few months ago. I did it because Canada asked me to. I knew they were trying to trick me into something but I fooled them by signing the EO anyway."
"And now those sly bastards are doing exactly what you ordered them to do!"
I’m two-thirds of the way through the third Dune novel, having been informed that only the first three are worth reading. My takeaways at this point? Herbert seemed to view authoritarianism as the only workable and long-lasting model for government. Given how he describes the effects of undiluted spice on one’s psyche and philosophical worldview, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he used LSD. And with respect to David Lynch, it’s strange that the director didn’t grasp that Paul wasn’t intended as a hero.
Lynch's Dune was, in my opinion, really just an homage to Flash Gordon and other early 'space' movies and pulp fiction. I bet he just skimmed the book.
Israeli Spies Evacuate Netanyahu’s Son From Miami Over ‘Significant Threat’
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son Yair has been secretly flown out of the US following a “significant threat” to his life, according to the country’s security agency, Shin Bet.
The revelation comes days after Netanyahu himself claimed in a telephone interview with Israel’s Channel 14 that Iran had “tried to murder” one of his sons, without specifying which one or providing any details about the alleged plot.
“There was a significant threat to harm Yair Netanyahu, and in light of this and after an assessment, a decision was made to urgently extract him along with his security team and return him to Israel,” Shin Bet said in a statement on Saturday, without disclosing the nature of the threat or when exactly the operation took place."
You might have heard that the G20 is in Asheville, NC and Trump and his Treasury Secretary will be trying to use the event to promote Dear Leader's "leadership". Protests are planned by the locals, particularly about the administration's lack of response in disbursing funds for Hurricane Helene relief and rebuilding.
US Treasury blocks certain journalists from G20 meeting in Asheville
"Individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News were not granted credentials to the Group of 20 finance ministers' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, the Times reported.
The Treasury has not explained the decision. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that “it has nothing to do with point of view.”
The reporters who've been denied access include the Times' Alan Rappeport, who has been covering such meetings and the Treasury Department since 2017. However, another reporter for the Times, Berlin bureau chief Jim Tankersley, is allowed to attend.
The Times said in a statement that denying American journalists access to an event in the U.S. is “not just another disturbing effort by the administration to undermine independent journalism, but a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny.”"
The absolutely adorable child like naïveté of believing any of the papers listed actually have an agenda to push beyond protecting the monied interest of the status quo.
Bestiality isn’t a sexually “deviant” act, no matter what CBS News claims, because deviance is not a moral principle. Having sex with an animal is an act of abuse against a creature that isn’t in a position to say no. Being grossed out by it isn’t the same as having a moral objection, and that’s what conservatives refuse to understand. Just as morality is about harm/care and fairness/cheating, sexual morality by extension is about consent. No, conservatives, that doesn’t mean that anything one does is okay as long as one says okay, it means everyone has the right to set boundaries for their bodies.
The look you have when, rather than conduct a decent interview of the president on serious issues, you decide to spend the entire time kissing his ass because you want to be press secretary but you aren’t “central casting.”
I started reading Tabs with a really bad sinus headache and after reading the FBI article my headache is even worse. Just thinking that Kash Patel still runs the place makes my head hurt.
I probably should just go back to bed for an hour or two.
I put some 'aard work into this post, heh, heh, heh: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/aardvark-in-da-yaard-clark
Also, here is a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/a22e55d6-e485-49bd-bc1c-c48984df58f0
Hopefully it doesn't grow up to be like proto-Trump Cyril Sneer.
Ev'ryone here / Has a right and left ear / But nobody here has an aardvark!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecpfMoIf5Vc
‘Aard work and no play makes Jack a fat capitalist pig.
“But in chewing up the fruit, the gnawing teeth of the porcupine crushed and damaged seeds, leaving very few intact after deification”
So the porcupines worship the seeds?
This is not the first time I’ve made this mistake. Stupid spellcheck
Heeeeey ants! Laugh it up! While you can!
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=CAESYwHrOzAVKN_3ZrYVMe9R_fwnjC7I4h5uyopBugOlDanh0w1oNsAxhAlj5wgM9Y78nZxy72_qy0WWWe96kllXyGUr4K2VY4B2loLAJa9ikkXJOkHkolUA-3nx3-YxVqq5MT0u5w&ved=2ahUKEwj9kdCz4sqWAxVIODQIHa_lDBMQwqsBegQIFRAB&sqi=2&uoh=1&usg=AOvVaw2SmUxJ6865uCgrFgOpi0zZ
I loved that cartoon.
couple on topic items:
https://youtu.be/lVXoXlqqxuk?t=37
https://tinyurl.com/53yxfre4
;)
Martini can you do the anteaters stacked three high? And also the lady playing with the giant anteater?
| I put some 'aard work into this post, heh, heh, heh: |
Now go sit in the corner and think about what you've done.
Sniff this!
Cerebus the Earth-pig!
Haha, of course it isn't. Where's the sword? And I bet they're not nearly as cranky as Cerebus is, either.
Dang, beat me to it.
"I put some 'aard work into this post, heh, heh, heh:"
Are you a Dad?
(overheard in hallway outside closed Cabinet Meeting)
"Why hasn't Santa Claus been arrested yet? I want him out of that place at the North Pole!"
"Please understand, exalted one, that our planes must refuel in Canada and our allies keep switching the jet fuel tankers with tanker trucks filled with syrup. We are told it is a common mistake that has developed all over Canada recently."
"What? Our planes don't use syrup for fuel? I signed an order to switch that a few months ago. I did it because Canada asked me to. I knew they were trying to trick me into something but I fooled them by signing the EO anyway."
"And now those sly bastards are doing exactly what you ordered them to do!"
"Those bastards! I'll show them!"
I’m two-thirds of the way through the third Dune novel, having been informed that only the first three are worth reading. My takeaways at this point? Herbert seemed to view authoritarianism as the only workable and long-lasting model for government. Given how he describes the effects of undiluted spice on one’s psyche and philosophical worldview, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he used LSD. And with respect to David Lynch, it’s strange that the director didn’t grasp that Paul wasn’t intended as a hero.
You may want to read the next book to complete the story. I thought God Emperor of Dune was better than the previous two.
It's too bad that Jodorowsky never got to bring his version to fruition. That would have been a cinematic LSD trip.
I highly recommend the second three books! They are less books of ideas and more narrative storytelling, but I always enjoy them.
Lynch's Dune was, in my opinion, really just an homage to Flash Gordon and other early 'space' movies and pulp fiction. I bet he just skimmed the book.
TOTALLY wrong director for Dune. I am a huge Lynch fan, but no.
One passage in the first three novels (I forget which, and the exact wording) remarked that a Hero was an affliction more than a blessing.
The meaning of Millennial Burger Joints
https://substack.com/@presterjohnsrevenge/note/p-212286979?r=1zp6p7&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
"Generals trying to gently explain to Secretary Shitfaced that he can’t just keep doing war like this. [Washington Post]"
Where's our Claus von Stauffenberg?
Our very own raving lunatic motherfucker is awake and Truthing. Will I get banhammered if I say outlook that I hope he drops dead soon? Because I do.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mueuvihk2s2z
So, now he's in favor of war crime trials.
Why won't he make up his mind?
I just get up and when I got the first cup of coffee going...this shows up in my Bluesky feed and it's the ultimate episode of STUPID TREK!
Donald Trump singularly won the American Revolution and freed us from British.
Courtesy
@thegoodliars.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/nothoodlum.bsky.social/post/3mudurs3gp22f
How can anyone be that stupid? Remember she's gonna vote...an you and I better make sure we vote too!
Israeli Spies Evacuate Netanyahu’s Son From Miami Over ‘Significant Threat’
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son Yair has been secretly flown out of the US following a “significant threat” to his life, according to the country’s security agency, Shin Bet.
The revelation comes days after Netanyahu himself claimed in a telephone interview with Israel’s Channel 14 that Iran had “tried to murder” one of his sons, without specifying which one or providing any details about the alleged plot.
“There was a significant threat to harm Yair Netanyahu, and in light of this and after an assessment, a decision was made to urgently extract him along with his security team and return him to Israel,” Shin Bet said in a statement on Saturday, without disclosing the nature of the threat or when exactly the operation took place."
(insert [wanking-motion.gif] here)
Can we storm Washington now? I’m off this week, it would really be convenient for me.
You might have heard that the G20 is in Asheville, NC and Trump and his Treasury Secretary will be trying to use the event to promote Dear Leader's "leadership". Protests are planned by the locals, particularly about the administration's lack of response in disbursing funds for Hurricane Helene relief and rebuilding.
US Treasury blocks certain journalists from G20 meeting in Asheville
"Individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News were not granted credentials to the Group of 20 finance ministers' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, the Times reported.
The Treasury has not explained the decision. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that “it has nothing to do with point of view.”
The reporters who've been denied access include the Times' Alan Rappeport, who has been covering such meetings and the Treasury Department since 2017. However, another reporter for the Times, Berlin bureau chief Jim Tankersley, is allowed to attend.
The Times said in a statement that denying American journalists access to an event in the U.S. is “not just another disturbing effort by the administration to undermine independent journalism, but a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny.”"
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/89e4f-us-treasury-blocks-certain-journalists-from-g20-meeting-in-north-carolina/
The absolutely adorable child like naïveté of believing any of the papers listed actually have an agenda to push beyond protecting the monied interest of the status quo.
Really, the NYT? My stars!
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡 𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 “𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤.”
Scottie's usual alternate reality..
morning, sinners
this again? ugh. i gotta make some changes.
how the hell are we?
I'm the hell better than I was Saturday.
Ch-ch-ch-changes
I hereby rename Canadian bacon to Capitalist Breakfast Ham and Maple syrup will hence forth be dubbed Delicious Freedom Tree Juice
Bestiality isn’t a sexually “deviant” act, no matter what CBS News claims, because deviance is not a moral principle. Having sex with an animal is an act of abuse against a creature that isn’t in a position to say no. Being grossed out by it isn’t the same as having a moral objection, and that’s what conservatives refuse to understand. Just as morality is about harm/care and fairness/cheating, sexual morality by extension is about consent. No, conservatives, that doesn’t mean that anything one does is okay as long as one says okay, it means everyone has the right to set boundaries for their bodies.
Agreed.
Shall I have Mister Hands enter the chat? Posthumously, of course.
They never really understood that consent thing
This really needs to be publicly talked about more. Their whole MO relies on non-consent, it’s actually their main thing.
The look you have when, rather than conduct a decent interview of the president on serious issues, you decide to spend the entire time kissing his ass because you want to be press secretary but you aren’t “central casting.”
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3muequgj3qs2y
Seeing Gowdy Doody raise from the dead makes me...🤮
You can't fool me...that's my great aunt Ruth.
You have my sympathy...
You know? I don't want to be pessimistic or anything, but if this shit keeps up, we could be in 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 trouble!
I started reading Tabs with a really bad sinus headache and after reading the FBI article my headache is even worse. Just thinking that Kash Patel still runs the place makes my head hurt.
I probably should just go back to bed for an hour or two.