One day in the mid 90's, while walking along a sidewalk in downtown Albuquerque, I saw a uniformed member of the United States Air Force. This was not unusual in Albuquerque, as there is an Air Force base there. What caused this passing, casual event to remain in my memory was that this officer, a young captain, was a black woman. This was not a sight I would have seen when I was a boy, and it reminded me of the positive changes that have happened in America in my lifetime.
Which would be indistinguishable from our normal grid failures, most likely.
I'm certain Trump supporters will try something, I just don't buy that they'll pull it off, and I expect more to be done after he loses to discredit the result and try to get him in anyway than any attempt to actually win.
You don't need as much as you think you do, but it's okay to treat yourself occasionally.
Being famous isn't as important as being kind. If you can be famous and kind, do it. If you can be famous for being kind, do it. But if you have to choose one, choose to be a kind person. Be the person that if God or aliens showed up and debated about destroying humanity, they would look at your life and see there's something good about us worth preserving.
People will try to get you angry to take advantage of you. Don't let them.
Test everything. Hold on to what is true. And "test everything" doesn't mean watching an Internet video.
Family is the most important thing. Whether it's your birth family or your found family, they're the ones who will stay by your side when everyone else and everything else is gone.
Reading is also the most important thing. Books are the stories and lessons of our collective past. Learn from them and realize that nothing is new. There have always been people who wanted to ban them. They are always wrong.
Play games. Board games. Video games. Sports. Games your future toddler makes up. Games remind us to stay young and an important part of life is play.
No mater how manly you are, if your daughter or son asks you to dance, get up on your tiptoes and twirl.
Most of a relationship is just showing up. If you can't think of something to say, then sit next to your friend or loved one in silence just being there. If they cry, hold them. If they talk, listen. If they want your advice, give it. But showing up is the first and biggest part.
If a job needs doing at home, do it. Do it without complaint. Do it even if it's not your turn. Unless nobody else ever does it, then hide their phones and change the password on the wifi router until it gets done.
Be honest, but don't confuse honesty with cruelty.
Faith can be important. Faith can be the only thing keeping you sane when everything looks bleak in the world. Whether that's faith in god or faith in humanity or faith in reason doesn't matter. But even when it appears that justice and honor are lies, faith will tell you that they're still worth believing in.
The Deposed Despot will NEVER share the spotlight with anyone who might compete with him for attention. He is a vainglorious maniac and will not permit it.
Also long past expiration date: a producer's moral courage, personal integrity and willingness to do the right thing for once in their miserable existence as a worm grubbing around in the dreck of American moral turpitude.
Fuck that guy. He could have had class! He could have been a contender! But instead he stayed silent in 2016 and 2020. He helped fuck up the SCOTUS.
Apprentice was one of those shows where the Television Without Pity snarky recaps were very popular, but none of the TWoP commenters were actually watching it.
Some billionaire has owned the old tapes from the show for years. They obviously have him saying the n-word and all kinds of other slurs on those tapes. They could have released them at any time. They won't.
“Bienstock discovers that we both lived in New York for a time. Knowing what we know about Trump, selling the idea that intelligent people would compete to land a job working for him will be a challenge.”
Everyone involved with the making of this show is never getting into heaven
for him and ALL his followers/sycophants (it seems to be working on Alito and other supreme scums too). Keep the pressure up, let lose with whatever truths you have. Let your hope flag soar & expand. Do what you can without hurting them physically (and maintain rules set out in most traditions), with all the knowledge and care (don't allow for blowback of your actions to the most vurnerable). Beyond those limitation, let's have some fun!
"Pruitt frames the piece as exposing the behavior of a “con man,” which certainly appeals to Slate readers and anyone with an anti-Trump sentiment. But it’s a bit rich coming from a producer of a competitive reality show — a format entirely designed to air misleading artifice through staged conflict and editing that has little to no duty to convey the truth. I know this firsthand as a former director and producer of competitive reality television programming."
only that we're not exactly talking about the show but general patterns of behavior.
OT: I had no idea Charlemagne tha god and the woman who coined “Vibecession” were economic officials.
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Why Are People So Down About the Economy? Theories Abound. We asked economic officials, the woman who coined "vibecession" and Charlamagne Tha God what they think is happening.
As it turns out, ‘The Big Lie’ is that women will not be fulfilled in their own personal and professional pursuits, but only as procreation vessels for men.
I would have liked to see/hear this.
I enjoy listening to her speak.
I love MVP Harris.
Me too.
One day in the mid 90's, while walking along a sidewalk in downtown Albuquerque, I saw a uniformed member of the United States Air Force. This was not unusual in Albuquerque, as there is an Air Force base there. What caused this passing, casual event to remain in my memory was that this officer, a young captain, was a black woman. This was not a sight I would have seen when I was a boy, and it reminded me of the positive changes that have happened in America in my lifetime.
OT: First, Row vs. Wade...
𝗚𝗢𝗣 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿: 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-health-care/
If the jury can't come to a unanimous decision, it will be the first time Trump will be accused of being hung.
(okay, still working on making that statement having more punch)
Even if the jury verdict is unanimous, they'll still be more hung than Trump
OT: Speaking of Turmp's "October Surprise"...
𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲
𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/europe-on-high-alert-after-suspected-moscow-linked-arson-and-sabotage
So hit them back already!
IKR?
A large part of me would like the West to start reciprocating.
Works for me.
October surprises don't work so well in May.
I.e., what to expect here in October.
Which would be indistinguishable from our normal grid failures, most likely.
I'm certain Trump supporters will try something, I just don't buy that they'll pull it off, and I expect more to be done after he loses to discredit the result and try to get him in anyway than any attempt to actually win.
You don't need as much as you think you do, but it's okay to treat yourself occasionally.
Being famous isn't as important as being kind. If you can be famous and kind, do it. If you can be famous for being kind, do it. But if you have to choose one, choose to be a kind person. Be the person that if God or aliens showed up and debated about destroying humanity, they would look at your life and see there's something good about us worth preserving.
People will try to get you angry to take advantage of you. Don't let them.
Test everything. Hold on to what is true. And "test everything" doesn't mean watching an Internet video.
Family is the most important thing. Whether it's your birth family or your found family, they're the ones who will stay by your side when everyone else and everything else is gone.
Reading is also the most important thing. Books are the stories and lessons of our collective past. Learn from them and realize that nothing is new. There have always been people who wanted to ban them. They are always wrong.
Play games. Board games. Video games. Sports. Games your future toddler makes up. Games remind us to stay young and an important part of life is play.
No mater how manly you are, if your daughter or son asks you to dance, get up on your tiptoes and twirl.
Most of a relationship is just showing up. If you can't think of something to say, then sit next to your friend or loved one in silence just being there. If they cry, hold them. If they talk, listen. If they want your advice, give it. But showing up is the first and biggest part.
If a job needs doing at home, do it. Do it without complaint. Do it even if it's not your turn. Unless nobody else ever does it, then hide their phones and change the password on the wifi router until it gets done.
Be honest, but don't confuse honesty with cruelty.
Faith can be important. Faith can be the only thing keeping you sane when everything looks bleak in the world. Whether that's faith in god or faith in humanity or faith in reason doesn't matter. But even when it appears that justice and honor are lies, faith will tell you that they're still worth believing in.
I've rambled enough.
The phone thing works.
One summer I texted my grandson if his mom needed anything.
He never texted back. Ok. People are driving or busy. Fine.
I went over and saw 3 kid's phones in a basket on top of the fridge.
And 3 kids doing chores.
I laughed. Daughter did not ask what I thought was funny.
She is wise.
You have shared a wealth of wisdom.
Ramble on.
[...the time is now to sing our song]
Whether it’s a conviction or a hung jury, Trump could still win the expectations game.
NYT
OT: Because of her many sterling qualifications for the highest office, no doubt...
𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻: 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗼'𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 '𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁' 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽'𝘀 𝗩𝗣
https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-alito-s-wife/
The Republican Party are nothing but trolls. Real life internet trolls.
It's all they've got.
That'll never happen.
The Deposed Despot will NEVER share the spotlight with anyone who might compete with him for attention. He is a vainglorious maniac and will not permit it.
Fucking go to prison already.
Isn't there a prison cell he's supposed to be in?
Bannon has several hours a day of podcast to fill. He's going to spout a lot of nonsense in that time.
"Today, we are all on the shortlist for Trump's VP..."
OT: "The Apprentice" producer's NDA just expired. Let's see what he has to say about Benedict Donald... Oh, 𝘔𝘠!
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗜 𝗦𝗮𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲
𝘍𝘰𝘳 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯.
https://slate.com/culture/2024/05/donald-trump-news-2024-trial-verdict-apprentice.html
Could he have though? Lots of NDAs don't hold up in court.
"...an expansive nondisclosure agreement that promised a fine of $5 million and even jail time if I were to ever divulge..."
Lol. This guy definitely belonged in reality teevee.
Brutal, yet unsurprising.
soooooo,
what's the over/under on a 'health issue' for [former occupant of the White House] this weekend?
Jimmy Carter's still alive!
And if Carter should finally die, expect The Homunculus to immediately petition to stop the trial so he can attend the funeral.
He will not get to sit with the cool kids + W.
Not high enough.
Dunno. Clinton, Bush and Obama are in reasonable health, as far as I know.
(those names are typeable, whereas...)
The Homunculus? Taking as axiomatic that "only the good die young," there's every possibility that the diseased hulk could outlast us all.
*fie!!*
(spits, turns widdershins three times)
Or . . . in the SCOTUS rules in favor of his 'perpetual immunity' arguments, there is a case to be made for [REDACTED].
Also long past expiration date: a producer's moral courage, personal integrity and willingness to do the right thing for once in their miserable existence as a worm grubbing around in the dreck of American moral turpitude.
Fuck that guy. He could have had class! He could have been a contender! But instead he stayed silent in 2016 and 2020. He helped fuck up the SCOTUS.
There are entire law firms dedicated to whistleblower protection, if one truly feared jail time for breaking an NDA.
Apprentice was one of those shows where the Television Without Pity snarky recaps were very popular, but none of the TWoP commenters were actually watching it.
Some billionaire has owned the old tapes from the show for years. They obviously have him saying the n-word and all kinds of other slurs on those tapes. They could have released them at any time. They won't.
it's fair to say "they have not yet,"
but change is the only constant, and we live in the worst timeline
That might depend on the price offered.
You listening, John Oliver?
At the job interview where they ask you to sign a 20 year NDA, you know you're going to see some skeevy shit...
And to also, having waited for 20 years, immediately go on a press tour because the stuff you’ve been holding in is that insane
“Bienstock discovers that we both lived in New York for a time. Knowing what we know about Trump, selling the idea that intelligent people would compete to land a job working for him will be a challenge.”
Everyone involved with the making of this show is never getting into heaven
I can picture St Peter rolling on a cloud laffing his ass off.
Then a black, charred chariot pulls up pulled by 2 flame breathing horses.
Pete gets up and says, "Your ride is here!"
oh no. what a shame.
Bets that The Homunculus immediately sues, declaring that NDAs are in effect until the heat-death of the universe?
𝟱 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘅-𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗿
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/5-craziest-details-from-blockbuster-trump-expose-by-ex-apprentice-producer/
not gonna click, but
come onnnnnnnnn, cholesterol!
he's out there this morning talking about how his potential felony conviction will cost NYC "TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS"
what are the chances that he can't conceptualize 10^12?
Yes, NYC will be shut down! Just like it was yesterday!
At least according to Eric.
yeah, totally looks like a warzone outside the courthouse.
he's just making mouth noises at this point
Farting out his face hole.
we need a filter that turns his mouth noises into Peanuts-adults-trombone-sounds.
That is what I already hear when he talks.
allow me to recommend this fine sativa...
Panic-stricken gibbering.
Let's keep that blood pressure on the boil, America!
for him and ALL his followers/sycophants (it seems to be working on Alito and other supreme scums too). Keep the pressure up, let lose with whatever truths you have. Let your hope flag soar & expand. Do what you can without hurting them physically (and maintain rules set out in most traditions), with all the knowledge and care (don't allow for blowback of your actions to the most vurnerable). Beyond those limitation, let's have some fun!
"Pruitt frames the piece as exposing the behavior of a “con man,” which certainly appeals to Slate readers and anyone with an anti-Trump sentiment. But it’s a bit rich coming from a producer of a competitive reality show — a format entirely designed to air misleading artifice through staged conflict and editing that has little to no duty to convey the truth. I know this firsthand as a former director and producer of competitive reality television programming."
only that we're not exactly talking about the show but general patterns of behavior.
nice try, though.
*koff* bullshit *koff*
I love the implied "tsk tsk, liberals"
Nice try, traitor.
OT: Birb is listening to awful journalism person Andrea Mitchell.
Ma'am, you've had a long career, and I'm sure you've done a lot of work of which you can be proud.
Maybe step down and give somebody else a chance?
I can't understand anything you say.
This is a great time to get interested in gardening.
Is she still around???
I simply cannot listen to Mitchell's grating, grinding voice for an hour. The woman sounds like she gargles with gravel every morning.
She obviously smoked for a very long time.
Sounds like a paving machine.
she's been overstaying her welcome since I was a kid.
I remember when she was fluffing the Reagan administration.
She took her cue from Barbara Walters.
Oh, eww
Mrs. Greenspan, time to GTFO. Oh, wait, that was 20 years ago!
I should take her place. I would drink and swear.
"President Chump is comin' out to say some stupid shit. Let's listen to his sorry ass."
Would watch
OT: I had no idea Charlemagne tha god and the woman who coined “Vibecession” were economic officials.
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Why Are People So Down About the Economy? Theories Abound. We asked economic officials, the woman who coined "vibecession" and Charlamagne Tha God what they think is happening.
https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/1796206341876330959
That pissed me the fuck off.
Janet Yellin might have an idea: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/uss-yellen-expresses-concern-over-044216921.html
"Some schools get better commencement speakers than others."
Some get American heroes, some get Republican traitors.
As it turns out, ‘The Big Lie’ is that women will not be fulfilled in their own personal and professional pursuits, but only as procreation vessels for men.
Should send this to MAGA coworker, Air Force academy grad
And watch his head explode?
Do it in person and use your phone to record the event!