Also for those keeping track, the House wanted to pass their part of reconciliation before leaving for Memorial Day, which they plan to do on the 22nd (Senate's waiting til 23rd). One of the "rules" Johnson has to follow is 72 hours to read big bills. So effectively they have til the end of next week or Monday the 19th if they don't use the weekend as reading days (yes those can count) to get their shit together and thus far...shit is not getting together.
General combat lines are between ultra deficit hawks who will not accept ANYTHING that adds debt, and Republicans in blue states and swing districts trying not to fuck over their constituents so much they lose their seats. Primary arguments are over Medicaid, SALT taxes, increasing the military budget, and perhaps even letting parts of the tax cuts lapse to lower the price tag.
Part of the issue is people not being able to agree on what has been agreed on. Johnson claimed per capita caps on Medicaid spending and lowering govt. match rates were off the table, but the committee head in charge of Medicaid spending thought it was still up for debate. The SALT caucus claims they have gone backwards in negotiations from halfway there to not even a quarter of the way anymore. And so on. All while Freedumb Caucus rattles their sabers loudly about how willing they are to sink things.
I've been impressed by some reporters' restraint on that front. Also intrigued by how many Republican member seem VERY willing to leak on this. Many with their names on it. And after Mike let them vote on the Gulf Of America, too!
We have a site, and then one of our partners sprung some additions on an earlier project that need to be finished yesterday. They are just additions of like 10 holes here, 5 holes there, something that a single person should handle because 2 would be cross purposes for sure.
So I thought hey, let us split up, coworker supe, I will take the boring additions, you finish the cool site. And it was good.
Mind, the boring assed additions are about 100 holes. About 3 days of work for me, give or take. Supe had about 40 total, but you are slower when you are actually finding stuff (cause the paperwork alone) so I figured she'd be finished yesterday.
But no, she was not finished yesterday. She had 20 something holes yesterday morning, and still had 14 by the end of the day. No big, surely you will finish tomorrow I said. Then she was like This is more important than what you are doing, you need to drop the additions and come help me finish. 14 holes.
I can do 14 holes in 2 hours, even with the added paperwork. BUT FINE, she wants the help, I am helpy. Said I, ok we'll go finish and then hit up those additions (which will be annoying, but ah well) and she is all We got all next week to do those! And I am all...then why at the beginning of this week were you all breathing down my neck about it?
idk, I am generally super easy going (unless technology is not doing what it is supposed to be doing) but the constant we have to do this right now!!!!!!! is starting to irritate.
I guess I'm lucky. My team is laser focused and we often times are so much on the same page, we can finish each other's thoughts. My problem is the pervasively slow response from our subs.
I like her, Diane, I really do. But she is really NOT good at organization and scheduling and to make things worse, tends to get micro managy about stuff XD
It is a terrible combination.
normally I deal with this by saying ok! To everything and then doing what I do anyway. But once in a while, the tension builds up.
Been this way since the jump. But see, the Democrats are not stopping Trump with all that power we did not give them, so therefore they are not doing anything.
These are the professionals. They know what to ask and when, and buy and sell for maximum profit. It's the retail MAGA idiots who are basically giving the scammers their money.
Colbert has decided in honor of world news services staring VERY intently at the Vatican chimney, the Late Show will sometimes check in with the Ed Sullivan Theater's chimney to see what is being cooked next door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzQ1Lk_6IsU
Yeah I watch the monologue on their YouTube channel. And Rescue Dog Rescue if they have a segment (Stephen and a guest get dogs adopted by outrageously lying about their qualities. 100% success rate thus far, tho some senior dogs took extra work).
It's like, oh, you want to talk money? Trump has lost two 60 million dollar jets in the Red Sea i the past week. We've shuttered tons of labs developing new, ground breaking medicines. We're going to fuck DC's streets with tanks in about a month for 90 million or more even tho WE LEARNED NOT TO DO THAT AFTER THE GULF WAR! You wanna talk "do not work"? That motherfucker won't stop golfing!
Yes but as several reporters (actual reporters) have noted, we're in a weird place where the president seems VERY happy to answer "I don't know" to the majority of questions. Firstly, in his first term, he'd NEVER admit he didn't know and would have word-salad-speeched his way out of it. Second, it means we are facing two very dangerous choices:
1) Trump is being informed but is so far gone he doesn't remember even basic policy ideas
2) The agency heads are NOT INFORMING HIM and just doing what they want with no oversight because he's so far gone they can get away with it
"We like pressure on the system. We need pressure on the system. Because that pentesting forces you to ask questions like, 'Does the software work? How does it work? How does it manage ethical concerns? How does it manage data protection? How does it manage output?'" But this is not a software system, dope.
Well, our piece of shit MAGA Governor here in OK vetoed a bill that would allow the OSBI to work with tribal police to address and solve the disproportionate violence against native women because it "favors a race". I don't even know what to say. What a shitty time it has become. How far back will we go?
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) โ Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why โeverybody is mad at me,โ โwhy does everyone hate me, what did I ever doโ and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
As the meeting deteriorated, a staff member moved to end it and ushered the visitors into the hallway, where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers who were themselves rattled by Fettermanโs behavior, according to a second person who was briefed separately on the meeting
Well, that is better return on investment than ScamCoinโข ...
๐๐ป ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ% ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ โ Just 1 in 4 bets paying off so far โ Only a quarter of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment, according to an IBM survey of 2,000 CEOs.
Another business genius ... can only win by cheating.
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ท๐๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐, ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ โ Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ข๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑโ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ 2024 ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑโ๐ด 2016 ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ 2018 ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ-๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐น๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/politics/article/chris-lacivita-paul-manafort-are-among-ex-trump-20316451.php
Hey Albania, do yourself a solid and don't let those fucks in
Really. Albania doesn't play nice.
Let 'em in, put 'em in jail
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด; ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/politics/article/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-20316339.php
That's good news. Seems judiciary finally got the memo about how funding works.
Also for those keeping track, the House wanted to pass their part of reconciliation before leaving for Memorial Day, which they plan to do on the 22nd (Senate's waiting til 23rd). One of the "rules" Johnson has to follow is 72 hours to read big bills. So effectively they have til the end of next week or Monday the 19th if they don't use the weekend as reading days (yes those can count) to get their shit together and thus far...shit is not getting together.
General combat lines are between ultra deficit hawks who will not accept ANYTHING that adds debt, and Republicans in blue states and swing districts trying not to fuck over their constituents so much they lose their seats. Primary arguments are over Medicaid, SALT taxes, increasing the military budget, and perhaps even letting parts of the tax cuts lapse to lower the price tag.
Part of the issue is people not being able to agree on what has been agreed on. Johnson claimed per capita caps on Medicaid spending and lowering govt. match rates were off the table, but the committee head in charge of Medicaid spending thought it was still up for debate. The SALT caucus claims they have gone backwards in negotiations from halfway there to not even a quarter of the way anymore. And so on. All while Freedumb Caucus rattles their sabers loudly about how willing they are to sink things.
and perhaps even letting parts of the tax cuts lapse to lower the price tag
Ah, that would be the parts on anyone not making millions I bet
That was my guess, yes.
So the media is reporting about how the dems can't get their shit together, right?
I've been impressed by some reporters' restraint on that front. Also intrigued by how many Republican member seem VERY willing to leak on this. Many with their names on it. And after Mike let them vote on the Gulf Of America, too!
Why won't the Democrats negotiate with the /majority controlling/ Republicans so things get done hnnggghhhh????
BIGLY Manly Trade Deal announcement! TODAY!!!!111!!!1!!!!
The country will be Africa!
My bet is "Afribania" or some other completely made up place.
Reports indicate the UK. Also indicate Trump's going to cave on most if not all his demands and then declare victory, as expected.
"In exchange for letting me call them 'England' we are removing all the tariffs I imposed on the UK."
Hey, that is precisely what I predicted!
And we will have a worse deal than we did before. But the press will pretend it TOTALLY is worth it
Oh, THAT'S MASSIVE. THANK GOD WE GOT TRADE WITH ALL OF THE UK!
Maybe he thinks it's still the British Empire and controls 1/2 the world or something.
He is still living in the 80's, just not the 1880's.
Likely!
That's good! They have The Rare Earth!
So, kvetch, not doom related:
We have a site, and then one of our partners sprung some additions on an earlier project that need to be finished yesterday. They are just additions of like 10 holes here, 5 holes there, something that a single person should handle because 2 would be cross purposes for sure.
So I thought hey, let us split up, coworker supe, I will take the boring additions, you finish the cool site. And it was good.
Mind, the boring assed additions are about 100 holes. About 3 days of work for me, give or take. Supe had about 40 total, but you are slower when you are actually finding stuff (cause the paperwork alone) so I figured she'd be finished yesterday.
But no, she was not finished yesterday. She had 20 something holes yesterday morning, and still had 14 by the end of the day. No big, surely you will finish tomorrow I said. Then she was like This is more important than what you are doing, you need to drop the additions and come help me finish. 14 holes.
I can do 14 holes in 2 hours, even with the added paperwork. BUT FINE, she wants the help, I am helpy. Said I, ok we'll go finish and then hit up those additions (which will be annoying, but ah well) and she is all We got all next week to do those! And I am all...then why at the beginning of this week were you all breathing down my neck about it?
idk, I am generally super easy going (unless technology is not doing what it is supposed to be doing) but the constant we have to do this right now!!!!!!! is starting to irritate.
I guess I'm lucky. My team is laser focused and we often times are so much on the same page, we can finish each other's thoughts. My problem is the pervasively slow response from our subs.
We're a tiny team of 2 ^.^ I AM the sub.
People like that are so annoying in leadership.
I like her, Diane, I really do. But she is really NOT good at organization and scheduling and to make things worse, tends to get micro managy about stuff XD
It is a terrible combination.
normally I deal with this by saying ok! To everything and then doing what I do anyway. But once in a while, the tension builds up.
Edit: to be fair, she is VERY quick to give credit where it is due. Saving grace perhaps
Now get on every podcast, every YouTube show, and every TV program and SHOUT THIS. Democrats are doing stuff but no one is HEARING ABOUT IT.
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ "๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด."
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/trump-meme-coin-cryptocurrency-murphy-blumenthal-20315075.php
"๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ด."
How could they NOT be?!
Yep. Benn following a lot of it. Jasmine Crockett pretty much took over the DOGE committee hearing yesterday which was fun. XD
Been this way since the jump. But see, the Democrats are not stopping Trump with all that power we did not give them, so therefore they are not doing anything.
When you're tied to the chair and your torturer and executioner is using his tools, it's best to have some decorum.
Scream politely. Wails of pain offend.
Nothing to see here, move along..
๐ด ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ $100 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ค๐.
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฆโ๐ $๐๐ธ๐ฟ๐ด๐๐ผ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐. 19, ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ โ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก. ๐ผ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐คโ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐โ๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ $๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ต๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ค๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐กโ $2.6 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐น๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ 5000 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก โ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ 81 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ๐๐ 12 โ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก.
These are the professionals. They know what to ask and when, and buy and sell for maximum profit. It's the retail MAGA idiots who are basically giving the scammers their money.
Frankly, I think โSmelaniaโ and โStrumpโ are better names for them both.
We should all go back to "Drumpf."
I prefer "ThatmotherfuckingassholefromNewYork."
Seriously, it's a fucked up world when anyone has $2.6 million to drop on melonia coins.
Pyramid scheme with a dash of insider trading
May they all come crashing down.
The ones who sold out fast won't.
The ones who bought in though....
Honestly I do wonder if we're gonna have a rash of very public financial related suicides like we did when the market crashed under W.
Whomp whomp
Colbert has decided in honor of world news services staring VERY intently at the Vatican chimney, the Late Show will sometimes check in with the Ed Sullivan Theater's chimney to see what is being cooked next door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzQ1Lk_6IsU
(sniffs) "Who's cooking fish in the microwave?"
It was me...
You naughty person.
Yeah I watch the monologue on their YouTube channel. And Rescue Dog Rescue if they have a segment (Stephen and a guest get dogs adopted by outrageously lying about their qualities. 100% success rate thus far, tho some senior dogs took extra work).
Some senior dogs are still convinced theyโre puppies. See my nearly eleven year old fella. Plenty of boing in his bounce
Oh great, Measles detected in Sedgwick county, unvaxxed child has likely exposed others.
Another libertarian techo-bro douchenozzle. Of course, not the federal budget that buys his shit.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Data giant backs federal austerity push, saying it's 'the right thing' for US
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/palantir_loves_doge/
"We have way too much spend on things that do not work,"
Frankly, I don't give a SHIT what you think, Palantir guy. It's up to Congress to appropriate spending, not you. You get ONE VOTE.
It's like, oh, you want to talk money? Trump has lost two 60 million dollar jets in the Red Sea i the past week. We've shuttered tons of labs developing new, ground breaking medicines. We're going to fuck DC's streets with tanks in about a month for 90 million or more even tho WE LEARNED NOT TO DO THAT AFTER THE GULF WAR! You wanna talk "do not work"? That motherfucker won't stop golfing!
That Man golfing might actually be keeping America safer ...
Yes but as several reporters (actual reporters) have noted, we're in a weird place where the president seems VERY happy to answer "I don't know" to the majority of questions. Firstly, in his first term, he'd NEVER admit he didn't know and would have word-salad-speeched his way out of it. Second, it means we are facing two very dangerous choices:
1) Trump is being informed but is so far gone he doesn't remember even basic policy ideas
2) The agency heads are NOT INFORMING HIM and just doing what they want with no oversight because he's so far gone they can get away with it
Not to mention, those things all worked. USAID worked. NIOSH worked. FDA worked.
It all worked.
"We like pressure on the system. We need pressure on the system. Because that pentesting forces you to ask questions like, 'Does the software work? How does it work? How does it manage ethical concerns? How does it manage data protection? How does it manage output?'" But this is not a software system, dope.
Weird to mention data penetration when RFK and Elon and DOGE are looking to steal tons of Americans' private info...
Good point. Data protection is exactly what they don't want.
Because austerity worked so well for the British under the Tories.
Austerity for big corps means less government oversight on them
Well, our piece of shit MAGA Governor here in OK vetoed a bill that would allow the OSBI to work with tribal police to address and solve the disproportionate violence against native women because it "favors a race". I don't even know what to say. What a shitty time it has become. How far back will we go?
Are Oklahoma and Missouri in a contest to see who is more "christian" and shitty?
What a asshole.
HE'S NATIVE AMERICAN!
FFS
Quislings continue to exist
Troubles, the Senator's got 'em...
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป. ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) โ Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why โeverybody is mad at me,โ โwhy does everyone hate me, what did I ever doโ and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
As the meeting deteriorated, a staff member moved to end it and ushered the visitors into the hallway, where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers who were themselves rattled by Fettermanโs behavior, according to a second person who was briefed separately on the meeting
https://apnews.com/article/john-fetterman-trump-democrats-senate-pennsylvania-8129e206ed9479ad8534eac3fd128abe
where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers
Jesus. That line right there really says it all
Well, you decided to cooperate with that orange bag of shit.
The teachers having to comfort the staffer. It's a teacher thing.
Oh fucking Christ, he sounds JUST like like Trump.
He sounds like my dad. -_-
That's exactly what I thought
Well, that is better return on investment than ScamCoinโข ...
๐๐ป ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ% ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ โ Just 1 in 4 bets paying off so far โ Only a quarter of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment, according to an IBM survey of 2,000 CEOs.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/ibm_ai_investments/
yeah but it sure beats paying those whining humans
And speaking of ScamCoinโข ...
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐โ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Wave of crypto kidnappings hits Europe.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/we-have-reached-the-severed-fingers-and-abductions-stage-of-the-crypto-revolution/
South Carolina leads the nation in book banning. LOL.
Can we ban South Carolina?
Another business genius ... can only win by cheating.
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ท๐๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐, ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ โ Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/spacexs-starlink-has-become-a-big-benefactor-of-trumps-tariff-trade-war-leaked-memos-show/
Which was one of the two reasons Sunk Mole did what he did:
1. Destroy any investigation into his business practices
2. Line his fucking pockets a bit more.
Yes, that's about right. [Pearls Before Swine]
https://featureassets.gocomics.com/assets/804ab0800752013e9d47005056a9545d
The horrifying bit is someone *will* like it.
"Thank you, sir, may I please have another!"