sorry, that was mean, was a story about a documentary on Inside Edition last night, and I had never actually seen the Raygun breakdancing routine from back in the day... it was bad.
Well, it got a little weird there with some of the polar bear pictures.
But you do you Martini. Definitely stay away from polar bears. A friend swam with one at the zoo (he won a contest on the radio) "those things are huge and scary and really good getting on and off ice"
Edit. TECHNICALLY it wasn't my friend. It was my friend's sister's boyfriend. Still a cool story he told us. Never heard the word "petrified" so much in a story.
The story about the guy being arrested for expressing his opinion at a public meeting reminds me of the famous painting by Norman Rockwell called "Freedom of Speech."
“Amanda Marcotte says we dodged a bullet with Francesca Hong not because Hong’s too progressive, but because her whole ‘abolish Thanksgiving’ is the kind of joy-scolding we’re always being accused of.“
Yes, let’s not deal with America’s culture of colonialism and genocide just so the dimwitted proles can have “fun” stuffing their fat faces.
Fuck “joy!” American’s are irredeemably racist, misogynistic, religious, capitalist scum who have done nothing but ruin humanity. They don’t deserve joy. They deserve misery and they deserve a lot worse than just “scolding.” That is their eternal punishment for their innumerable crimes.
She was known as the human printer who followed trump around printing out flattering tweets and articles. I'm sure many people dismissed it as too absurd to be true, even for this guy.
To be fair saying something resembling “abolish Thanksgiving” does sound like a fake slogan I would make up for Democrats that don’t think these things out. Yes, I’m looking at you “Defund the Police”
another prime example of Murc's law, where Republicans have full license to say whatever awful shit pops into their head, and Dems have to be perfect at all times
I remember Marjorie Taylor Greene called for democrats to be executed on social Media. But the Press hand waved it away because she said it “before she ran for office”.
Precisely. If a Republican took the ebenezer approach and said that workers were lazy and that Thanksgiving and Christmas were poor excuses for picking a rich man’s pocket every November and December and called for abolishing holiday pay the media would report on it like it’s a discussion worth having. “Are they right?” 🤔
Yeah, the good news is that I slept from about 1 a.m. until 7 this morning. The bad news is that I woke up four different times and had to go through a delay in getting back to sleep each time. I suspect we'll be napping at some time during the day.
Said it before.... next President on DAY ONE needs to have Trump grabbed and put in Guantanamo. No charges, no due process. Just say it is 'a national emergency', and label him 'a terrorist' and remind everyone that this style of being President came from Trump himself. Also invite congress to quickly pass laws that prevent this kind of abuse by a President forever... and make it crystal clear that he will sign those laws if they are passed....
"Attorney General Todd Blanche let a 92-year federal ban on unregistered gun silencers and short-barreled rifles collapse, days after telling Senators his duty was to defend it. The appeal deadline passed Wednesday without a filing from the DOJ."
“They will be stationed about 15 feet away from the tennis-ball launcher. They have to actually receive this, almost like a punt reception, and they have to do that three times.”
The Chinese government is insisting on new conditions to the preliminary agreement that President Donald Trump reached with China’s leader Xi Jinping to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft — putting the high-profile deal at risk, according to three people familiar with the Trump administration’s thinking on negotiations.
Beijing has surprised the White House with demands for long-term guarantees on the supply of Boeing engine parts, bogging down negotiations, according to the three people. All were granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
Cheeky little Momota on the hed gif. More about him here: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/momota-and-the-traffic-cone
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/675451a6-1c20-4ac8-ba19-f8ae715f033f?utm_source=share
Have a good weekend!
Traffic cones are the new Legos!
Polar bears are terrifying enough without having to contemplate them coming at you across the ice with pylons on their heads thank you very much.
THIS IS MY CONE. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
WITHOUT MY CONE, I AM NOTHING. WITHOUT ME, MY CONE IS NOTHING!
"Ronco Traffic Cones: They're fun, they're great exercise, the kids just LOVE 'em!"
We all know that RFKJ and his friends will now want to kill and eat this adorable cub.
He only eats things AFTER they ferment - naturally, paleo-ly
Polar bear does it's best Raygun impression.
sorry, that was mean, was a story about a documentary on Inside Edition last night, and I had never actually seen the Raygun breakdancing routine from back in the day... it was bad.
Sometimes life's lessons come
From places strange and rare
Here's good example from
A fluffy polar bear.
When cruising down life's highway
If you hit a traffic cone
Don't back off, full speed ahead
And drive that sucker home.
One gif to rule them all.
Is my traffic cone!
No, is mine!
Give it back!
Where's Diane???
He's my baby!
Well, it got a little weird there with some of the polar bear pictures.
But you do you Martini. Definitely stay away from polar bears. A friend swam with one at the zoo (he won a contest on the radio) "those things are huge and scary and really good getting on and off ice"
Edit. TECHNICALLY it wasn't my friend. It was my friend's sister's boyfriend. Still a cool story he told us. Never heard the word "petrified" so much in a story.
but was it your friend's sister's boyfriend from TRINIDAD? :)
I should have a clever snark back. But I just cant...its on the tip of baconz snout.
Edit: Oh I got it. "No, he was from Pompei".
Meh?
Consume mass quantities!
LOL!
Cub with cone!
The poking of the butt and the summarily tossing by Mom is hilarious! I love all the fan art.
Why does this look kinda familiar?! This is one of THE best hed gif's ever!
I posted it!
I’ve seen it too, but I can’t recall where. It was maybe a week ago?
I posted it!
"Your toys stay OUTSIDE!" "But Moooooooom!"
Bye the bye: they're back and better than ever. But here is the "final" show of Mock The Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBSQw5vuXvg
Mock the Week S21 E5 (21 Oct 22). The End.
FWIW, I've got 16 notifications on my comments from Substack. Wank time!!!🤣
The story about the guy being arrested for expressing his opinion at a public meeting reminds me of the famous painting by Norman Rockwell called "Freedom of Speech."
https://substack.com/profile/155713940-queen-meabh/note/c-314642322
“Amanda Marcotte says we dodged a bullet with Francesca Hong not because Hong’s too progressive, but because her whole ‘abolish Thanksgiving’ is the kind of joy-scolding we’re always being accused of.“
Yes, let’s not deal with America’s culture of colonialism and genocide just so the dimwitted proles can have “fun” stuffing their fat faces.
Fuck “joy!” American’s are irredeemably racist, misogynistic, religious, capitalist scum who have done nothing but ruin humanity. They don’t deserve joy. They deserve misery and they deserve a lot worse than just “scolding.” That is their eternal punishment for their innumerable crimes.
Why have i never heard of natalie harp until yesterday?
She was known as the human printer who followed trump around printing out flattering tweets and articles. I'm sure many people dismissed it as too absurd to be true, even for this guy.
When Momota pokes mom in the butt and she lifts up, I die everytime!
To be fair saying something resembling “abolish Thanksgiving” does sound like a fake slogan I would make up for Democrats that don’t think these things out. Yes, I’m looking at you “Defund the Police”
another prime example of Murc's law, where Republicans have full license to say whatever awful shit pops into their head, and Dems have to be perfect at all times
retroactively perfect. She said that stuff back when she was a young(er) before entering politics, no?
I remember Marjorie Taylor Greene called for democrats to be executed on social Media. But the Press hand waved it away because she said it “before she ran for office”.
yes, exactly.
this may shock you, but yer TerseNurse has most likely said stoopid shit he regrets before now.
The irony of course is that Republicans would very much like to abolist thanksgiving, and christmas, and any other federal holiday.
Not the days themselves! Just the federal holiday part
Precisely. If a Republican took the ebenezer approach and said that workers were lazy and that Thanksgiving and Christmas were poor excuses for picking a rich man’s pocket every November and December and called for abolishing holiday pay the media would report on it like it’s a discussion worth having. “Are they right?” 🤔
Defund ICE, defund the police, don’t back down on justice. Sticking to my assault rifle.
That Mike Rogers is jacked!! What a beast in the gym that guy must be. What does he eat? Wow.
apparently he is allergic to shellfish
So that is why his arms and chest "swole" up?
Oh doG...I actually slept until 8.30.
This is news, since that is 8 hours, compared to the 2 hours that has been the norm these days.
Whew.
Yeah, the good news is that I slept from about 1 a.m. until 7 this morning. The bad news is that I woke up four different times and had to go through a delay in getting back to sleep each time. I suspect we'll be napping at some time during the day.
NICE!!! Alarm cat was singing country music this morning at 5:15. I had to get up to shut that OFF.
Yeah, alarm cat would have been in danger with me today. Heh.
I woke up with a bit of a sore throat this morning.
Things are going to get worse before they get better.
Judge, “You absolutely cannot put Trumps name on the Kennedy Center”
Trump team. “We’re going to put his name up there but longer and with different wording”
#NYT - “Creative workaround”
Said it before.... next President on DAY ONE needs to have Trump grabbed and put in Guantanamo. No charges, no due process. Just say it is 'a national emergency', and label him 'a terrorist' and remind everyone that this style of being President came from Trump himself. Also invite congress to quickly pass laws that prevent this kind of abuse by a President forever... and make it crystal clear that he will sign those laws if they are passed....
"Attorney General Todd Blanche let a 92-year federal ban on unregistered gun silencers and short-barreled rifles collapse, days after telling Senators his duty was to defend it. The appeal deadline passed Wednesday without a filing from the DOJ."
https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3mt24ccrlht2h
"How was I supposed to know what would happen in the future?"
- Senator Bill Cassidy
I would chuckle to myself if I read he then suffered a karmic solution to his continued existence.
He's been a busy boi doing horrific things all week. Fuck the GQP for confirming this evil piece of garbage.
EXACTLY why America's enemies made him AG.
Hey cassidy
SUCK MY ENTIRE ASS YOU FUCKWAD. YOU DID THIS
Yup. Proudly.
Too busy doing fuckery!
this IS fuckery
Better sue NOW to block him from etching his name on the Kennedy Center, or he’s just gonna do it (if he hasn’t already).
Etch it is worse than those metal letters. You can't use wood filler to get rid of it.
I think they left the tarps up because they never took his name OFF.
Or to cover how they were carving it instead
👆👆👆
Alexandra Petri covered the Patriot Games too. I don't know if you can regift a link, but here goes: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/08/patriot-games-trump-event/688288/?gift=jQN1t1D1nkO2TQodBiz5KKGkTOqWX0B_6pInuIJ7Sk4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=Iwb21leATr7sVjbGNrBOvukXBkb2YBZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEegNh_2fMvls31zX_zDEe_hdQpbLHfq-BCw5r4qcn-YFrikdRGa7YnXxsLkoY_aem_oYwFWuGeM5fn00wGBlPekQ
“They will be stationed about 15 feet away from the tennis-ball launcher. They have to actually receive this, almost like a punt reception, and they have to do that three times.”
That's hilarious!
Wait, those actually happened? Why no Wonkette report?
They don't make fun of kids.
I wanted one making fun of the administration, not the kids.
The real-life consequences of mindless tariffs
‘Falling apart’: Trump’s Boeing deal hits turbulence with Beijing
China’s demands for parts and service guarantees to avoid the impact of possible future U.S. export restrictions has stymied a purchase agreement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/22/trump-boeing-deal-beijing-turbulence-01008337
The Chinese government is insisting on new conditions to the preliminary agreement that President Donald Trump reached with China’s leader Xi Jinping to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft — putting the high-profile deal at risk, according to three people familiar with the Trump administration’s thinking on negotiations.
Beijing has surprised the White House with demands for long-term guarantees on the supply of Boeing engine parts, bogging down negotiations, according to the three people. All were granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
ART OF THE DEAL!!!!