OT: I've got a recent vinyl acquisition spinning on my turntable right now. "Louie in London", a concert Louis Armstrong did for BBC television in 1968. It was released in 2024 and sounds great. It's regarded by many as one of Louis's best live recordings.
I hadn't listened to some Louis Armstrong in a while and it's pretty amazing to hear this guy that had been playing Dixieland-style jazz since the 1920s take that same basic formula and make old chestnuts and recent 60s songs sound fresh. Amazing talent.
So after reporting, the stock dropped in after market. But today is a new day, and time to look at those numbers we jotted on the pizza box from last night. See where we wanna go.
See if anyone wants more? Technicians ask more demand? Maybe 2 million more shares will pop it up? That would be against conventional wisdom. But before anyone pushed any button, Musker came in and decided things. In a way. He just talked a lot of crazy stupid shit like he does, and so nobody bought more. Really, most want a good reason to buy. But you know the Musk.
"Musk predicted that SpaceX will build "factories on the Moon," and "robots will be helpful with that." He acknowledged that "sounds like super sci-fi right now," adding it might seem "totally nuts" but "you can probably scale to 1,000 times the economy of Earth."
Wall St would just like to see stuff not scratched or blow up on the launch pad. The stock now is only down about 7 %, still in the ball game believe it or not. Wall St standards. But tomorrow is the Big Day. Should be interesting.
“I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
OT: Republican Rep. Max Miller tries to have a face-saving interview with Jake Tapper and...wow, so this is why people slow down to check out the carnage of a trainwreck.
"Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news."
>>His flat affect and downplaying of the seriousness of the matter reminds me of Scott Peterson. His visitation should be supervised for the foreseeable future.<<
I went to school after Proposition 2 1/2 in Massachusetts before they figured out how to do overrides. People do hate property taxes, its just that resistance to them is now usually built into the law, usually with a high requirement to raise them.
I will say it again folks, Don't ignore KS! Kansas is a quirky state. When we had enough of Brownback and his crew we elected a 2 term Democratic woman as governor. That being said, Kobach managed to weasel his way into the position of Attorney General in the last election. He's also the one responsible for shoving the constitutional amendment onto the midterm ballot. There is now a rematch between him and Chris Mann on the November ballot. There is also one of those Democratic Pastors on the ballot to unseat Roger Marshall's senate seat. KS could turn very purple, which may be surprising to everyone except KS voters.
"HI DON- SORRY, MR... SORRY KING PRESIDENT TRUMP, SIR. IT'S MIKE... YEAH, MIKE LIN... MIKE PILLOW. THE PILLOW GUY, YOU REMEMBER RIGHT?... THAT'S RIGHT, SIR, WITH THE RACOONS... THAT'S RIGHT, THEY GOT MY WHOLE HOUSE, BUT... AND MY CAR, THAT TOO, BUT... YEAH EX-WIFE NOW AND SHE SAYS SHE'S A LOT HAPPIER WITH THE RACOON ACTUALLY, SO THAT'S REAL NICE FOR HER... YEAH, THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY THING REALLY TOOK ME BY SURPRISE TOO I'LL TELL YA... MOSTLY THEY'VE BEEN USING IT TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN SOMEWHERE CALLED THE CAYMAN ISLANDS BUT... NO I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT... MINING ASTEROIDS IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT... BUT SIR I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT... YEAH, THEY SAY IT'S NOT EVEN JUST FOR BUSINESS ANY MORE, THEY'RE MEETING HIM FOR DRINKS AND KETAMINE OR SOMETHING... FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A MONTH, I DON'T KNOW, LOOK, SIR... WELL BETWEEN YOU AND ME I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ONE OVER ON HIM TOO... I DON'T KNOW, HE'S NOT THE KIND OF GUY TO LEAVE HIS CAR KEYS NEAR AN OPEN WINDOW NEXT TO A COOLING PIE... NO SIR, HE'S TOO SMART FOR THAT... I THINK... YEAH, I GUESS I AM A CAUTIONARY TALE, SIR BUT I WANT TO ASK... WELL I'LL ASK BUT THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY... YEAH TAKING MY OLD CAR OUT DOING DONUTS AND SUCH... WELL I'LL LET THEM KNOW YOU WANNA MEET THEM... GREAT CHAT SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME."
He also does a lot of "stimulants" and doesn't sleep much, so he has really long work days. That plus his TACO connection should be more than enough to put him over the top.
I know the primaries aren't until next week, but I am already looking forward to Klobuchar-Lindell debates in the run-up to the general election.
MacArthur somehow has corporal stripes on his arm, which are also upside down. Article correctly points out he was one of the very few 5-star generals.
THIS is the next frontier. We need to figure out a way to make John Q. Clueless understand that when he votes for Jimmy Billy Joe Bob Bigot for the state legislature, he's just enabling the policies he votes against as initiatives. IOW, we have to get people past "I'm a-votin' fer the R 'cause them Ds er all f*ggots and n*gger lovers."
“When you start eating healthy, you don’t need toilet paper. Animals in the wild have no residual stool on their anus… I could have a bowel movement behind a sheet at a dinner party in the corner of the room and nobody would know.”
— Dr. Sean O’Mara, whose dietary recommendations have been embraced by JD Vance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Howard Lutnick and Sean Duffy, quoted by the New York Time Magazine.
FINALLY some good news!! The people have spoken and said fuck you fascists and that warms my cold cold heart.
OT: I've got a recent vinyl acquisition spinning on my turntable right now. "Louie in London", a concert Louis Armstrong did for BBC television in 1968. It was released in 2024 and sounds great. It's regarded by many as one of Louis's best live recordings.
I hadn't listened to some Louis Armstrong in a while and it's pretty amazing to hear this guy that had been playing Dixieland-style jazz since the 1920s take that same basic formula and make old chestnuts and recent 60s songs sound fresh. Amazing talent.
Space Cadets: Chapter XII, The Evil King Speaks.
So after reporting, the stock dropped in after market. But today is a new day, and time to look at those numbers we jotted on the pizza box from last night. See where we wanna go.
See if anyone wants more? Technicians ask more demand? Maybe 2 million more shares will pop it up? That would be against conventional wisdom. But before anyone pushed any button, Musker came in and decided things. In a way. He just talked a lot of crazy stupid shit like he does, and so nobody bought more. Really, most want a good reason to buy. But you know the Musk.
"Musk predicted that SpaceX will build "factories on the Moon," and "robots will be helpful with that." He acknowledged that "sounds like super sci-fi right now," adding it might seem "totally nuts" but "you can probably scale to 1,000 times the economy of Earth."
Wall St would just like to see stuff not scratched or blow up on the launch pad. The stock now is only down about 7 %, still in the ball game believe it or not. Wall St standards. But tomorrow is the Big Day. Should be interesting.
*blinks* I guess I've been conditioned to republican concession speeches ...
https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3msdpkhgwvc2u
A gracious concession:
“I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
Did she say it in her normal voice, or in that weird one she put on during the campaign?
Susan Collins opposes Blanche nomination. Now that she knows he'll be confirmed anyway.
I thought that he was confirmed. You mean not yet?
OT: Republican Rep. Max Miller tries to have a face-saving interview with Jake Tapper and...wow, so this is why people slow down to check out the carnage of a trainwreck.
"Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news."
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3msby65nqwc27
lol @ the comments
>>His flat affect and downplaying of the seriousness of the matter reminds me of Scott Peterson. His visitation should be supervised for the foreseeable future.<<
Literally don’t stare directly into his dead shark eyes.
It’s like peering behind the frames of existence to the chaos gods of destruction. There madness lies.
For some reason, Hard Workin' Amurkins hate them some income taxes, but seem to mind property taxes and sales taxes less. Go figure...
I went to school after Proposition 2 1/2 in Massachusetts before they figured out how to do overrides. People do hate property taxes, its just that resistance to them is now usually built into the law, usually with a high requirement to raise them.
The server outage which my company's IT guy says is probably caused by cloudflare has knocked out Twitter. LOL!
My wife, a former IT guy herself, lols openly at the ever-expanding use of Cloudflare.
That's a shame
... anyway ...
Aww...
I will say it again folks, Don't ignore KS! Kansas is a quirky state. When we had enough of Brownback and his crew we elected a 2 term Democratic woman as governor. That being said, Kobach managed to weasel his way into the position of Attorney General in the last election. He's also the one responsible for shoving the constitutional amendment onto the midterm ballot. There is now a rematch between him and Chris Mann on the November ballot. There is also one of those Democratic Pastors on the ballot to unseat Roger Marshall's senate seat. KS could turn very purple, which may be surprising to everyone except KS voters.
I wrote below ... Kansas has a long history of resistance. Keep it up!
Wow, I had no idea that 4/5 of Kansas and Missouri are American hating communists.
IK,R? Do they all wear badges or something?
O/T @atrupar 13m RE: MN Farm Fest Governor's candidate's panel
Lindell: "I know a guy. I have an advantage over everyone up here. I can call up the president!"
"HI DON- SORRY, MR... SORRY KING PRESIDENT TRUMP, SIR. IT'S MIKE... YEAH, MIKE LIN... MIKE PILLOW. THE PILLOW GUY, YOU REMEMBER RIGHT?... THAT'S RIGHT, SIR, WITH THE RACOONS... THAT'S RIGHT, THEY GOT MY WHOLE HOUSE, BUT... AND MY CAR, THAT TOO, BUT... YEAH EX-WIFE NOW AND SHE SAYS SHE'S A LOT HAPPIER WITH THE RACOON ACTUALLY, SO THAT'S REAL NICE FOR HER... YEAH, THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY THING REALLY TOOK ME BY SURPRISE TOO I'LL TELL YA... MOSTLY THEY'VE BEEN USING IT TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN SOMEWHERE CALLED THE CAYMAN ISLANDS BUT... NO I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT... MINING ASTEROIDS IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT... BUT SIR I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT... YEAH, THEY SAY IT'S NOT EVEN JUST FOR BUSINESS ANY MORE, THEY'RE MEETING HIM FOR DRINKS AND KETAMINE OR SOMETHING... FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A MONTH, I DON'T KNOW, LOOK, SIR... WELL BETWEEN YOU AND ME I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ONE OVER ON HIM TOO... I DON'T KNOW, HE'S NOT THE KIND OF GUY TO LEAVE HIS CAR KEYS NEAR AN OPEN WINDOW NEXT TO A COOLING PIE... NO SIR, HE'S TOO SMART FOR THAT... I THINK... YEAH, I GUESS I AM A CAUTIONARY TALE, SIR BUT I WANT TO ASK... WELL I'LL ASK BUT THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY... YEAH TAKING MY OLD CAR OUT DOING DONUTS AND SUCH... WELL I'LL LET THEM KNOW YOU WANNA MEET THEM... GREAT CHAT SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME."
He also does a lot of "stimulants" and doesn't sleep much, so he has really long work days. That plus his TACO connection should be more than enough to put him over the top.
I know the primaries aren't until next week, but I am already looking forward to Klobuchar-Lindell debates in the run-up to the general election.
You can Klob if you wanna
You can Klob your Klobs behind
Cuz your Klobs don't Klob
And if they don't Klob, they're
No Klobs of mine
Just what nobody asked for.
O/T
Time well spent, that AI prompter
𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘞𝘢𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴
...
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bone-spurs-draft-general-image-b3028032.html
Diaper Don is in his "GI Joe" phase.
MacArthur pictured with his trademark briar pipe.
Add stolen valor to the list. Jesus, that is fucking pathetic.
MacArthur somehow has corporal stripes on his arm, which are also upside down. Article correctly points out he was one of the very few 5-star generals.
They may not be upside down. He may have been in the Southern Hemisphere at the time depicted.
Somebody needs to see his sassy red jacket and raise with loud sportscaster plaid.
(𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 actually like 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘹 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵.)
THIS is the next frontier. We need to figure out a way to make John Q. Clueless understand that when he votes for Jimmy Billy Joe Bob Bigot for the state legislature, he's just enabling the policies he votes against as initiatives. IOW, we have to get people past "I'm a-votin' fer the R 'cause them Ds er all f*ggots and n*gger lovers."
If we ever can.
Don't forget the Democrats are communists and demons, also too!
Well. That’s an image I didn’t need.
“When you start eating healthy, you don’t need toilet paper. Animals in the wild have no residual stool on their anus… I could have a bowel movement behind a sheet at a dinner party in the corner of the room and nobody would know.”
— Dr. Sean O’Mara, whose dietary recommendations have been embraced by JD Vance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Howard Lutnick and Sean Duffy, quoted by the New York Time Magazine.
Tell me you've never had a cat or dog without telling me you've never had a cat or dog.
The tongue toilet paper is not the best part of having a pet.
To quote Tim-
These people are weird.
Does Dr O'Mara eat lettuce? He needs to eat more lettuce.
Many animals lick their assholes clean. Does Sean O'Mara lick his asshole clean too?
I guess scooting across the carpet isn’t just for labradors anymore.
He's licking *something's* asshole, that's fer sure.
they engage in mutual grooming activities.
Don't forget 3-7 seconds!
OT: The Republican Party: When It Absolutely, Positively Has to Be Insanely Corrupt
𝗕𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀, 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝘀, 𝟯𝟬 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺: 𝗥𝗲𝗽. 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-ethics-committee-chuck-edwards-censure-sexual-harrassment