NYT: "Photos show that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, which was adjacent to the East Wing, was stripped away as the East Wing was demolished. It was unclear whether the garden would be restored in the process of constructing the new [Epstein] ballroom."
Wouldn’t be fun if some reporter asked the Mad King whether it would be better for him to just withdraw his (bogus) claims against the U.S. government, thus NOT taking tax dollars from hardworking Americans, instead of his pinky promise suggestion of giving that money to to “charity.” That would be fun.
Remember, TFG's people are now in charge of the bookkeeping. With the size of the federal budget and all the blackbox accounting in the defense and homeland security departments, a few billion here and there is basically written off as a rounding error. We are doomed.
The absurdity has gone full Renaissance. Trump is demanding damages from the country he’s still damaging. America is paying indulgences to its own golden calf.
Blessed be the saints of satire who keep the receipts
People are also going to notice cost-of-living issues when watching movies and TV shows.
I was watching Ghostbusters Afterlife, released in 2021, and there's a scene that takes place in a Walmart that was filmed on location. Big price signs on the shelves. One said $2.99, and my immediate thought was that there was nothing in a Walmart today for $2.99.
Musician who supports her horn habit by working as a liberrian here: WATCH THIS NOW (short documentary about a music librarian who I knew and cherished): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZSstEk_eKk&t=13s
"President Donald Trump’s plan to double the size of ICE by hiring and deploying 10,000 new agents by January has lost a bit of steam because so many of the new recruits showing up at ICE’s training academy in Georgia can’t seem to pass its fitness test. The test requires recruits to do 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes or less — but over one-third of them have failed, officials said.
Those who don’t qualify for other jobs are being assigned administrative tasks while they wait for ICE’s human resources to whip up their pink slips — and it seems to be causing quite the kerfuffle in field offices. A top official told The Atlantic that because the recruits aren’t fully trained, they’re not that helpful in administrative roles. Plus, there aren’t enough parking spaces, cubicles or bathroom facilities to accommodate the influx of, essentially, glorified interns. “It’s a disaster,” one senior ICE official told the outlet."
George Santos, on Xitter: "Sadly it seems that my family and I will be departing the city I’ve called home my entire life. NYC will become a very dangerous place to live in if we elect mayor Mamdani and that is a risk I am unwilling to take now that I want to start growing my family."
I know a fair amount of former astronauts. Now, I haven't asked them about this but I am pretty confident that if they were given the chance to go to the moon on whatever slapdash orbiter wins the moon race "contest", I'm pretty sure they'd all say not only no, but Hell no.
Your same bat time, same bat channel hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/golden-ginna-grabs-some-grub
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/6d8d35a5-2456-4031-8255-519d5a0a134b?utm_source=share
Ah, creatures of the night ... they make such beautiful music! (especially when they're chomping on their cantaloupe.
More bat lore, and why they're associated with Halloween:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Sr747b-FU
I don't care what anyone says, bats are cute.
Of course, I also find spiders beautiful, so I might not be the best opinion source.
How's Eric Trump about bats? Now there's an opinion that really MATTERS. 🤪
Spiders are lovely and fascinating critters. People often loathe creatures that don't look like them, but that's just a stupid human thing.
I won my Mom over on spiders. We had a big garden spider hanging out on the screen door, and she was fine with it. And so we're the dogs.
I love bats!
Anagram of Tabs!
As is "stab", which is how the news makes me feel these days!
We had a smol brown bat decide to take a break from the all-you-can eat mosquito feast in our yard last summer and chill on our screen door for a bit:
https://substack.com/profile/106661048-vorpal/note/c-169000571?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1ri46w
that IS a chonky little fella.
Aww!
Orange bat orange meal.
Nice Orange melon for that snack 😋
Wear the flying fox hat.
Excuse me, NAFO AIR FORCE! Charging up to take on more Putinist cannon fodder. We salute you, brave Fela of the skies!
RAWR!!!!!!!!! AM NAFO AND THERE IS NO CIA!!!!!!!!!
Yummy meal. Such a sweet bat face.
< -- proud member of Bat Conservation International!
https://www.batcon.org/
Yep, we send money to Bat World International every month.
Well done!
Nice!
< -- very pro-bat!
Every so often, I return to this classic.
https://youtu.be/Uuvaos1WHTk
But then they grow up and this happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS6KWNB5NEo
(I'd still hang with them, though...)
Awwww...
Squee!
Why is there Batman Shampoo, but no Conditioner Gordon?
or Rinse Robin?
for Adam West's classic Batman series, Batman Shampoo was tragically shortened to BatPoo for the first season. . .
Groan
Cantaloupe is tasty for a bat.
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
BAT GRUB!
The Little Brown Bat
forages along the edges
of her vegetated habitat
NYT: "Photos show that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, which was adjacent to the East Wing, was stripped away as the East Wing was demolished. It was unclear whether the garden would be restored in the process of constructing the new [Epstein] ballroom."
“ AND DON’T NEED FIXING”
Pardon, but I believe DON’T NEED NO FIXIN’ is proper English
hedline from me news feed this morning: Republicans are ridiculing ‘No Kings.’ A striking new poll shows Americans aren’t laughing
Things are happening at such a clip because Trump is dying.
At this juncture, he could give a shit.
Ketchup thrown to the walls, see what sticks.
Wouldn’t be fun if some reporter asked the Mad King whether it would be better for him to just withdraw his (bogus) claims against the U.S. government, thus NOT taking tax dollars from hardworking Americans, instead of his pinky promise suggestion of giving that money to to “charity.” That would be fun.
Trump is spending money like a drunken sailor. Gotta wonder where all that money is coming from what with the government shut down and all.
Remember, TFG's people are now in charge of the bookkeeping. With the size of the federal budget and all the blackbox accounting in the defense and homeland security departments, a few billion here and there is basically written off as a rounding error. We are doomed.
The absurdity has gone full Renaissance. Trump is demanding damages from the country he’s still damaging. America is paying indulgences to its own golden calf.
Blessed be the saints of satire who keep the receipts
People are also going to notice cost-of-living issues when watching movies and TV shows.
I was watching Ghostbusters Afterlife, released in 2021, and there's a scene that takes place in a Walmart that was filmed on location. Big price signs on the shelves. One said $2.99, and my immediate thought was that there was nothing in a Walmart today for $2.99.
All this talk of Librarians makes me want to visit. I wonder what the beaches are like.
Bo is talented and terrifying.
Musician who supports her horn habit by working as a liberrian here: WATCH THIS NOW (short documentary about a music librarian who I knew and cherished): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZSstEk_eKk&t=13s
"President Donald Trump’s plan to double the size of ICE by hiring and deploying 10,000 new agents by January has lost a bit of steam because so many of the new recruits showing up at ICE’s training academy in Georgia can’t seem to pass its fitness test. The test requires recruits to do 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes or less — but over one-third of them have failed, officials said.
Those who don’t qualify for other jobs are being assigned administrative tasks while they wait for ICE’s human resources to whip up their pink slips — and it seems to be causing quite the kerfuffle in field offices. A top official told The Atlantic that because the recruits aren’t fully trained, they’re not that helpful in administrative roles. Plus, there aren’t enough parking spaces, cubicles or bathroom facilities to accommodate the influx of, essentially, glorified interns. “It’s a disaster,” one senior ICE official told the outlet."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ice-fitness-test_n_68f7d56de4b0dbac45917c23?origin=home-zone-b-unit
Shove it up your bathole!
Sorry, but I could not contain myself. I'm covered with shame.
George Santos, on Xitter: "Sadly it seems that my family and I will be departing the city I’ve called home my entire life. NYC will become a very dangerous place to live in if we elect mayor Mamdani and that is a risk I am unwilling to take now that I want to start growing my family."
Who?
He has a family? And they're growing? Please tell me it's in a petri dish.
"You still here? I thought I told you to go fuck your mother."
- Tommy, GOODFELLAS
I know a fair amount of former astronauts. Now, I haven't asked them about this but I am pretty confident that if they were given the chance to go to the moon on whatever slapdash orbiter wins the moon race "contest", I'm pretty sure they'd all say not only no, but Hell no.