Philip Rivers, age 44, just led a TD drive in the fourth quarter to bring the Colts within one score.
The guy is practically giving the Gettysburg Address at the line before every snap. I'm impressed that 1) he's mastered the offense in less than two weeks and 2) this is not causing more false-start penalties.
Ah, more of that "We must protect the oppressed white person's feelings" that is now the hallmark of the Mad Lord Yam "Civil Rights" Office.
"The Civil Rights branch of the Department of Justice (DOJ) says it will be looking into a bus driver's firing, after she put up a sign that said 'no speaking Spanish on the bus.'
[...]
Days after CBS 21 aired the story, Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Civil Rights department , Harmeet Dhillon, reposted the story on X, saying:
'This is deeply concerning. I have directed Civil Rights to open an investigation into this situation implicating DEI wokeness.'"
Glad Tate was beaten. Sorry, Team Alpha Rapists. Jake Paul losing to Anthony Joshua wasn’t a surprise, however. Paul knew he wasn’t winning this one. But after Tyson got paid $20 million to do very little and not hurt Paul, Jake needed to change the narrative that his fights are fixed garbage. I believe Tyson needed money, because Tyson always needs money. He had no leverage. He landed like 16 punches the entire 8 round fight. 2 punches per round. Joshua is a legit heavyweight champion who is still in his mid 30s and a contender. He’s also 6’6, 250 and could have destroyed Paul in the first round. I believe they agreed to gently spar for 4 rounds, to let Paul save face, and to give the fans something to watch before the inevitable KO. But Joshua would never end his career with a fixed loss to Jake Paul. I don’t know if he used full power in rounds 5 and 6, but he knocked Paul out and evidently broke his jaw. Paul knew that was coming. It restored some credibility, and he earned $92 million, maybe more. It was well worth it. He’s a troll in the era of the social media troll. He just figured out how to monetize it better than most.
Ta, Marcie. Very satisfying, and I LOVE the pink gloves. Speaking of satisfying, darling husband Meccalopolis served us steaming bowls of vegan dashi ramen with three kinds of mushroom, cabbage, bok choy, and buckwheat soba noodles. Not only was it delicious, it was head clearing and fortifying. Our Monday soup for dinner tradition continues, and I have a little bit left over to eat with my sandwich at lunch tomorrow (yes, of course I made him a sandwich, too; I love and adore him). Good night, beloved Wonketteers. I love and appreciate you all and I bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please, please stay safe.
""Some 15 or more Heritage employees, including the leaders of three prominent policy departments, are jumping to the Advancing American Freedom foundation that the former Vice President established in 2021," wrote the board. "The defectors include the leaders of Heritage’s most important policy shops: The Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, the Center for Data Analysis, and the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies."
Rick Wilson, George Conway, Steve Schmidt, Jennifer Rubin, Thomas Massie, Stuart Stevens, Joe Walsh - how many have really turned a corner, changed their outlooks, can be trusted? I don't know. Massie's a really difficult one - he was such an archetypal fat, sweaty, defiantly ignorant southern bigot but he looks and sounds completely different now, and he's still in government. People do change i guess.
I don't trust much of anyone, not totally. I look instead for areas of commonality, areas of difference, and try to gage how authentically they land in each camp. The ones who switch around while they work their grift/campaign funding/booksales/whatevs are the most worrisome to me. You can't rely on them to act from their own moral principles. Trump, for example, mostly because he apparently doesn't HAVE any moral principles.
People like Conway, Liz Cheney, Stevens, Schmidt, etc. are I think principled in their own way - they are walking their talk. I will inevitably disagree with them on at least some things, perhaps vehemently so. But where we have common ground, it will be a real thing, a part of their outlook I can trust.
Massie is a hard one; MTG, who I dislike and distrust intensely, is I believe walking a middle line on the sexual assault and trafficking survivors (and not just the Epstein ones) - I think she's authentically revolted by the situation, and wants justice for the survivors along with accountability for the perpetrators. But that doesn't stop her from grifting off it at the same time, and compassion and commitment to the humanity of those particular people doesn't map over to other topics.
Update on that Sibelius piano piece ("The Spruce") I'm transcribing for guitar. I just noticed that the piece is *saturated* with tritones (chords with diminished fifths). Guess what other Sibelius music has lots and lots of tritones? The Fourth Symphony. But while the symphony is dark and grim, "The Spruce" is sweet and melancholy. Here's "The Spruce".
Where are people going for actual news and political analysis these days? ETA: hey, thanks for all this, folks; I was sinking into a lazy and haphazard news rut.
In addition to teh Wonkette, we have a monthly donation to The Guardian. The fact that a media outlet in another country covers America better than any of the local mainstream media here actually feels counterintuitive, but here we are.
We also second Mother Jones, who do great investigative journalism more than daily news reporting.
Second comment, here is how real negotiations by a real leader on the Ukraine war would go. Crimea would be allowed to leave Ukraine if:
1. A new referendum is held affirming secession, in which all former residents of Crimea displaced by war are allowed to vote.
2. Crimea and Russi a agree that Crimea is not and will never become a part of Russia.
3. All Russian troops leave Crimea and every other occupied Ukrainian territory, and Russia cedes an area equal to the size of Crimea to Ukraine.
4. Crimea agrees to bar all Russian warship from its ports, and destroys every port facility capable of servicing a military vessel.
5. All bridges connecting Crimea to Russia are destroyed and never rebuilt, as is every bridge anywhere in Crimea capable of supporting the weight of the lightest Russian tank.
And if Russia doesn't like this, then they can... go back to using Crimean ports and paying for them.
My kids are watching Gremlins. I don’t even know why or how (because, seriously) but it’s making me nostalgic for the 1980s.
Got my fancy chickens into the brine. Tomorrow morning I pull them and they sit in the fridge on a rack in a roasting pan, uncovered, until Christmas. Thomas Keller’s roast chicken is better than Julia Child’s. This hurts me. I don’t even like typing that sentence. However… it just is.
Philip Rivers, age 44, just led a TD drive in the fourth quarter to bring the Colts within one score.
The guy is practically giving the Gettysburg Address at the line before every snap. I'm impressed that 1) he's mastered the offense in less than two weeks and 2) this is not causing more false-start penalties.
Ah, more of that "We must protect the oppressed white person's feelings" that is now the hallmark of the Mad Lord Yam "Civil Rights" Office.
"The Civil Rights branch of the Department of Justice (DOJ) says it will be looking into a bus driver's firing, after she put up a sign that said 'no speaking Spanish on the bus.'
[...]
Days after CBS 21 aired the story, Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Civil Rights department , Harmeet Dhillon, reposted the story on X, saying:
'This is deeply concerning. I have directed Civil Rights to open an investigation into this situation implicating DEI wokeness.'"
https://local21news.com/news/local/department-of-justice-investigation-diane-crawford-fired-bus-driver-english-only-no-spanish-sign-civil-rights-dei-wokeness-trump-administration-juniata-county-school-district-rohrer-bus-pennsylvania
OK, here's your antidote for the Sibelius Fourth...
with waterfalls!
https://youtu.be/KbT4g7Op11c?si=CMqktMxdOC0aj-PG
Glad Tate was beaten. Sorry, Team Alpha Rapists. Jake Paul losing to Anthony Joshua wasn’t a surprise, however. Paul knew he wasn’t winning this one. But after Tyson got paid $20 million to do very little and not hurt Paul, Jake needed to change the narrative that his fights are fixed garbage. I believe Tyson needed money, because Tyson always needs money. He had no leverage. He landed like 16 punches the entire 8 round fight. 2 punches per round. Joshua is a legit heavyweight champion who is still in his mid 30s and a contender. He’s also 6’6, 250 and could have destroyed Paul in the first round. I believe they agreed to gently spar for 4 rounds, to let Paul save face, and to give the fans something to watch before the inevitable KO. But Joshua would never end his career with a fixed loss to Jake Paul. I don’t know if he used full power in rounds 5 and 6, but he knocked Paul out and evidently broke his jaw. Paul knew that was coming. It restored some credibility, and he earned $92 million, maybe more. It was well worth it. He’s a troll in the era of the social media troll. He just figured out how to monetize it better than most.
Ta, Marcie. Very satisfying, and I LOVE the pink gloves. Speaking of satisfying, darling husband Meccalopolis served us steaming bowls of vegan dashi ramen with three kinds of mushroom, cabbage, bok choy, and buckwheat soba noodles. Not only was it delicious, it was head clearing and fortifying. Our Monday soup for dinner tradition continues, and I have a little bit left over to eat with my sandwich at lunch tomorrow (yes, of course I made him a sandwich, too; I love and adore him). Good night, beloved Wonketteers. I love and appreciate you all and I bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please, please stay safe.
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
First the NRA and now the Heritage Foundation?
"The Wall Street Journal editorial board weighed in on Monday over the rapidly accelerating collapse of the Heritage Foundation."
https://www.rawstory.com/heritage-foundation-2674823149/
""Some 15 or more Heritage employees, including the leaders of three prominent policy departments, are jumping to the Advancing American Freedom foundation that the former Vice President established in 2021," wrote the board. "The defectors include the leaders of Heritage’s most important policy shops: The Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, the Center for Data Analysis, and the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies."
Same assholes under a different name
Because they know people are readying pitchforks and torches for them.
Out of touch and rotting from the inside.
You had me at 'rapidly accelerating collapse of the Heritage Foundation'.
COLLAPSE
COLLAPSE
You love to see it. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of assholes.
That's hot to be infighting. I'd love to see their Slack Chats.
The NAZIs also expelled some people I'm sure...
I love how Larry David clocked Bari Weiss four years without saying a word.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a12f91be0649a6fc26914ba66c664c178a4d3429852e0d0101113d20b827bfc7.gif?w=800&h=281
Making fun of the Georgia no water in poll lines travesty too.
He slayed Maher the Fuckwad as well...Larry is a Mensch...
When I saw Cheap Trick, he was in the audience and they introduced him and put a spotlight on him.
"Twas The Night Before Christmas" - Frank And Jack - 1956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QseuhTan-t8
They don't make "break in" records like this anymore.
Rick Wilson, George Conway, Steve Schmidt, Jennifer Rubin, Thomas Massie, Stuart Stevens, Joe Walsh - how many have really turned a corner, changed their outlooks, can be trusted? I don't know. Massie's a really difficult one - he was such an archetypal fat, sweaty, defiantly ignorant southern bigot but he looks and sounds completely different now, and he's still in government. People do change i guess.
Massie's no fool. He was a brilliant engineer. Something changed in him, but I still wouldn't trust him.
I don't trust much of anyone, not totally. I look instead for areas of commonality, areas of difference, and try to gage how authentically they land in each camp. The ones who switch around while they work their grift/campaign funding/booksales/whatevs are the most worrisome to me. You can't rely on them to act from their own moral principles. Trump, for example, mostly because he apparently doesn't HAVE any moral principles.
People like Conway, Liz Cheney, Stevens, Schmidt, etc. are I think principled in their own way - they are walking their talk. I will inevitably disagree with them on at least some things, perhaps vehemently so. But where we have common ground, it will be a real thing, a part of their outlook I can trust.
Massie is a hard one; MTG, who I dislike and distrust intensely, is I believe walking a middle line on the sexual assault and trafficking survivors (and not just the Epstein ones) - I think she's authentically revolted by the situation, and wants justice for the survivors along with accountability for the perpetrators. But that doesn't stop her from grifting off it at the same time, and compassion and commitment to the humanity of those particular people doesn't map over to other topics.
It's never simple, is it?
I'm willing to accept their help.
I do not and will not trust any of them.
I think Jen Rubin has really changed and has been an articulate fighter for our side now for a couple of years. The others, not so much.
none of them.
They don't like the insane part of the party.
but they are not our friends.
Update on that Sibelius piano piece ("The Spruce") I'm transcribing for guitar. I just noticed that the piece is *saturated* with tritones (chords with diminished fifths). Guess what other Sibelius music has lots and lots of tritones? The Fourth Symphony. But while the symphony is dark and grim, "The Spruce" is sweet and melancholy. Here's "The Spruce".
https://youtu.be/Ckma1fD_CZ0?si=p-tP43plwF9THmXi
And here's the Fourth Symphony. I warn you, it is a *tough* listen.
https://youtu.be/HjeF99_ocfM?si=BEMhB2IgM0LybpYh
OK, I promise to post something more jolly later on.
I got a CD years ago, at an art museum, where a Nice Lady (I forget her name) played some Sibelius. I have to find that. It's so good.
I LOVE THAT STUFF
Where are people going for actual news and political analysis these days? ETA: hey, thanks for all this, folks; I was sinking into a lazy and haphazard news rut.
The Onion.
Reuters. Al-Jazeera. BBC. Radio Hanoi.
AP news
Popular Information (Judd Legum)
Pro Publica
Joyce Vance and Heather Cox Richardson (substacks)
Democracy Docket (legal news)
The Contrarian
In addition to teh Wonkette, we have a monthly donation to The Guardian. The fact that a media outlet in another country covers America better than any of the local mainstream media here actually feels counterintuitive, but here we are.
We also second Mother Jones, who do great investigative journalism more than daily news reporting.
Wonkette, The Bulwark, The Gene Pool (Gene Weingarten), Aaron Parnas, Steve Schmidt.
Wonkette always links to credible sources, unless they're flagging something stoopid or dishonest.
MSNOW
APnews.com
Reuters.com
The Guardian
Edit:
Also, Dw.com is the German World press site. AFP, Agencie France Presse, is excellent as well.
The BBC news is pretty good.
All of these are pretty strong on the fact pyramid.
Joy Reid
https://www.youtube.com/live/mqj8itIJwzQ?si=x1lxdzsBJwa-VT5F
Wajahat Ali and Allison Gill from Mueller She Wrote
https://youtu.be/y21H1ZOq2z4?si=phpwcCq4Dhu-mGQL
https://youtu.be/X-knpp1evn4?si=gdnkuflLMJqT_fBs
April Ryan and the gang at the Contrarian
https://youtu.be/EHVJHRU0CnQ?si=tQi6eRxtR1RxZlqu
https://youtu.be/4_RKkSoTrnI?si=YEPZFwVyTI6FEaVf
I hadn't been following April Ryan et al yet, will do, thanks
Love them both (follow them both)
or all three rather (I am very dyslexic)
You notice I didn't say a word
We're all under high stress, and that's when the brain tends to blink out
🫂
Wonkette, Mother Jones, Vox.
I like Aaron Parnas and/or The Meidas Brothers—Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas - all on substack - your mileage may vary.
right here.
Here, hear, Meidas Touch, Pakman, The Bulwark
Second comment, here is how real negotiations by a real leader on the Ukraine war would go. Crimea would be allowed to leave Ukraine if:
1. A new referendum is held affirming secession, in which all former residents of Crimea displaced by war are allowed to vote.
2. Crimea and Russi a agree that Crimea is not and will never become a part of Russia.
3. All Russian troops leave Crimea and every other occupied Ukrainian territory, and Russia cedes an area equal to the size of Crimea to Ukraine.
4. Crimea agrees to bar all Russian warship from its ports, and destroys every port facility capable of servicing a military vessel.
5. All bridges connecting Crimea to Russia are destroyed and never rebuilt, as is every bridge anywhere in Crimea capable of supporting the weight of the lightest Russian tank.
And if Russia doesn't like this, then they can... go back to using Crimean ports and paying for them.
Condition #3 should be more specific; it should be on the Black Sea; might I suggest Rostov-on-Don Oblast?
It would be even more fun to suggest Russia gives up some part of Kursk. Picture Trump trading the Alamo back to Mexico for Baja California...
You can un-redact at least some of the Epstein files by copying them and then pasting them onto any word processor like text edit. See for yourself.
https://www.justice.gov/multimedia/Court%20Records/Matter%20of%20the%20Estate%20of%20Jeffrey%20E.%20Epstein,%20Deceased,%20No.%20ST-21-RV-00005%20(V.I.%20Super.%20Ct.%202021)/2022.03.17-1%20Exhibit%201.pdf
Because of course they still can't redact files correctly.
Ta, LoathsomeCowboy. Much appreciated.
I had wondered if that would be the case
Lol. If it weren't for incompetence, they'd have no competence at all
What a clown show...
Thank you, Secretary Pete
https://youtube.com/shorts/3j94DJ_Z-Lk?si=HdE7h56Xwh05C0gz
My kids are watching Gremlins. I don’t even know why or how (because, seriously) but it’s making me nostalgic for the 1980s.
Got my fancy chickens into the brine. Tomorrow morning I pull them and they sit in the fridge on a rack in a roasting pan, uncovered, until Christmas. Thomas Keller’s roast chicken is better than Julia Child’s. This hurts me. I don’t even like typing that sentence. However… it just is.
How’s it going for everyone?
I'll let Tom Waits tell it straight https://youtu.be/a1v7HakNz4E?si=-kHX7XngH3_wEqyM
It's all good enough, considering, so enjoy what you can! Happy All The Days!
Hey there- tell me the MAGA market story sometime, I hear it's a hoot- sadly mom keeps having nose bleeds and it is no fun...
I’m sorry to hear that. I hope the bleeding stops.
Sounds good, although I don't anyone who ever ate Julia Child's cooking, that sounds divine.
I got my braised short ribs started. Freezing them to travel and warm Weds evening.
I will never not laugh when the old lady rockets up the stairs in her chair.
Uncovered?
It dries the skin a bit so it’s crisp when it gets cooked.
This. The skin is delicate and crispy.
Lawrence is dishing the known dirt on Tramp and Epstein, it is very bad.