I think I might zonk out while the beef kind-of-daube/stew is in the oven, but it's on timer and the primary recipient of it has been forewarned what to do, at least.
If there's anything to be slightly thankful in the TFG Era, it's that TFG himself is such a worthless, corrupt, and monumentally stupid collection of all the worst attributes of humanity. If he was just slightly less vile and venal, if he had instituted one program that actually benefits ordinary people, he might have successfully bullshitted his way into the history books as a champion of the Common Man, if the Common Man was just as bad as he is. This was a lesson that 77 million voters were too dumb to learn any other way than by harsh experience.
A notable difference from Hitler, who went all in for big popular government projects.
Like the Volkswagen (not his idea, Porsche's) and the Autobahn (also not his idea). Plus the whole country was down for some rah rah nationalism after having struggled through a horrifying war then getting the shit kicked out of them some more once the war was over.
Future note, when imposing reparations, target the people actually responsible, like the rich people.
If we're left with not just the active enablers, but the passive ones too who refuse to put an active stop to what the active enablers are doing (even though too many of the passive ones simultaneously claim to be pro-democracy) ...?
OT: 15 minutes after hanging the feeder, my hummer is on it! I thought I heard one early this morning (31 on the perch), but last year he/she hovered 4 feet from my face saying WTF? I had it up immediately (late February). I'm happy ๐
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently ordered several audits of the cityโs existing sanctuary laws. With an eye on mass ICE deployments elsewhere, he also required training for city employees on how to respond to federal agents.
After President Pedo posted a pic of himself as Orange Jesus healing the sick, I was thinking maybe it was impossible for him and the bozos he has surrounded himself with to get any stupider. And then in quick succession, Hicseth preaching Bible scripture to a crowd of dolts that was actually dialogue written by Quentin Tarantino for Samuel L. Jackson's role in "Pulp Fiction". Then Brainworm Jr.'s fascination with raccoon dicks, and finally learning that Kashyap Patel gets monkey-walking drunk most nights until he passes out in his locked room. I've know maybe two people in my life this inept and pathetically idiotic, but Trump has somehow managed to round up scores and scores of them to piss all over our democracy.
I did a podcast interview a few days ago for an up and coming series called Adrenaline Unscripted. It was a fun conversation. If you have time check it out here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0hXKk9w6r4
The Persians have been negotiating for thousands of years so they clearly have some clue as to what that word means. The Butthole in Chief, however, thinks negotiating is him making demands and the other party complying with all of those demands. And if you're nice about it, Iran, he'll let you join his Board of Peace for $1 Billion.
Somebody charted his corrupt string of grift all the way back through his ownership of 666 Fifth Avenue (yes, really, for those doubting everything put out recently about whether his Orange FIL is the antichrist or not ) when he almost went under
Freddy Andersen has a reputation as a hot-and-cold goalie, but he was definitely hot for the Hurricanes in their opening playoff game, shutting out the Senators. It was close, especially one save where he reached so far behind him to glove a puck that the call on the ice was that he'd held it behind the goal line for an Ottawa score. It was reversed by replay.
I'm kind of mildly rooting for the Sens, just because they've never won a Stanley Cup. But Brady Tkachuk is starting to annoy me the same way his brothers do. He responds to losing by getting pissy and picking fights. Maybe to some people that's being tough; to me it just makes you look like a jerk.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ท ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด 23 ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท, ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ "๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด" ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด.
https://xcancel.com/Megatron_ron/status/2045613440396619832#m
โThe Egyptians were such gigachadsโ -A line that an actual human being spoke behind me at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this morning
*falls down*
Well, yeah.
I think I might zonk out while the beef kind-of-daube/stew is in the oven, but it's on timer and the primary recipient of it has been forewarned what to do, at least.
meow meow yaaawwwnnn meow
If at this late juncture you continue to love trump and take carpet burns on your forehead for Fox, go fuck yourselves you America hating simps.
In 1967 Israel attacked a US Navy ship
And the then President of the United States told survivors never to speak about it
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m59qp-hDK-A
If there's anything to be slightly thankful in the TFG Era, it's that TFG himself is such a worthless, corrupt, and monumentally stupid collection of all the worst attributes of humanity. If he was just slightly less vile and venal, if he had instituted one program that actually benefits ordinary people, he might have successfully bullshitted his way into the history books as a champion of the Common Man, if the Common Man was just as bad as he is. This was a lesson that 77 million voters were too dumb to learn any other way than by harsh experience.
I suggested back in 2011 that Trump would pass himself off as "The Rich Man Who is the Poor Man's Friend," and voters would kiss his designer shoes.
A notable difference from Hitler, who went all in for big popular government projects.
Like the Volkswagen (not his idea, Porsche's) and the Autobahn (also not his idea). Plus the whole country was down for some rah rah nationalism after having struggled through a horrifying war then getting the shit kicked out of them some more once the war was over.
Future note, when imposing reparations, target the people actually responsible, like the rich people.
The great thing is that he's getting stupider every day.
*Is* that really great, though?
If we're left with not just the active enablers, but the passive ones too who refuse to put an active stop to what the active enablers are doing (even though too many of the passive ones simultaneously claim to be pro-democracy) ...?
Yeah, but imagine what kind of hell we'd have if he and his minions were competent and sane.
We have to be careful, though, he may yet cause a stupid singularity.
Imagine what he'll be like this time next year.
OT: 15 minutes after hanging the feeder, my hummer is on it! I thought I heard one early this morning (31 on the perch), but last year he/she hovered 4 feet from my face saying WTF? I had it up immediately (late February). I'm happy ๐
Guitarist Tony Mottola was born on this day in 1918. Here he is with "Prelude To A Kiss":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT5VQxkDsKE
And from 1970, here he is with Toots Theilemans' "Bluesette":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiJAEN5NU-U
https://bsky.app/profile/boltsmag.org/post/3mjsgs4krui2s
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently ordered several audits of the cityโs existing sanctuary laws. With an eye on mass ICE deployments elsewhere, he also required training for city employees on how to respond to federal agents.
This was a good prompt, we're on a roll here gang ;)
After President Pedo posted a pic of himself as Orange Jesus healing the sick, I was thinking maybe it was impossible for him and the bozos he has surrounded himself with to get any stupider. And then in quick succession, Hicseth preaching Bible scripture to a crowd of dolts that was actually dialogue written by Quentin Tarantino for Samuel L. Jackson's role in "Pulp Fiction". Then Brainworm Jr.'s fascination with raccoon dicks, and finally learning that Kashyap Patel gets monkey-walking drunk most nights until he passes out in his locked room. I've know maybe two people in my life this inept and pathetically idiotic, but Trump has somehow managed to round up scores and scores of them to piss all over our democracy.
"Do you have morals or ethics that you won't disregard?" "No, sir!" "You're hired!"
I did a podcast interview a few days ago for an up and coming series called Adrenaline Unscripted. It was a fun conversation. If you have time check it out here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0hXKk9w6r4
Can we just switch the old farts in NYTโs management with the crossword staff?
โTerm in the bedroom, maybe?โ Um โฆ Iโm not done with todayโs crossword, but โsafewordโ apparently.
I wonder if the crossword folks could give the Grey Lady a facelift, mayhaps.
Whoopsie. Looks like the Iranians have had enough of Donnie and the Dipshits popping off at the mouth:
https://apnews.com/article/us-iran-war-israel-hormuz-18-april-2026-ab475cb979825b956a10d60103026b37
Note to Amurkins: the Persians actually invented chess.
The Persians have been negotiating for thousands of years so they clearly have some clue as to what that word means. The Butthole in Chief, however, thinks negotiating is him making demands and the other party complying with all of those demands. And if you're nice about it, Iran, he'll let you join his Board of Peace for $1 Billion.
My prediction: Trump will call off the blockade, prompting Iran to reopen the strait. Trump will then declare victory.
Ka- ching! Again.
Again.
I soLVeD mY 10tH WaR. I cAn haZ GoLD tHINgy NoW?
"prompting Iran to reopen the strait"
Would not be sure of that.
โIran does not trust USโs intentions in negotiationsโ
https://aje.news/4h6pbo?update=4503492
Gee, I wonder why?
I can't imagine why not.
This is why all my supertankers filled with M&Ms.
No brown ones!
No green ones!
Or beardos.
Munitions & mines?
They are not all named Lusitania for nothing!
What does this mean for Jaredโs Lasting Peace in the Middle East?
It means what those of us who were first suspicious when he owned 666 Fifth Avenue thought it meant
https://www.wonkette.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-jr-nowhere-near/comment/245582723
Jared negotiated a cease fire that lasted through market close. Isn't that enough?
Somebody charted his corrupt string of grift all the way back through his ownership of 666 Fifth Avenue (yes, really, for those doubting everything put out recently about whether his Orange FIL is the antichrist or not ) when he almost went under
I have to find it
If they closed positions on Friday. Unless they turned around and went long oil/short everything else, gonna get hammered Monday.
Now he's gonna have to go do it again Monday.
If we work hard and play by (their) the rules they'll allow us to eat.
Jared makes more money in a single lie than do most Americans during an entire lifetime of honest work.
Ain't mathin ..
Tuesday, gotta play the downswing on Monday.
see, this is why I'm not rich.
A blockade's an act of war, so you can expect this response.
Right? This isn't hard.
Um, Trump and Hegseth didnโt expect Iran would close the strait in the first place.
Nor did Israel. They looked at all possible scenarios and Iran closing the Strait wasnโt one of them.
"Trump and Hegseth didn't expect <insert pretty much anything here>"
And anyone with the merest moiety of their marbles could see that it'd be the first retaliatory move Iran would do.
So you see that leaves out The Drunkard and The Homunculus.
They don't seem to be good at WARFIGHTING.
You get what you paid for.
Oh well. Anyway. *popcorn gif*
So much winning.
I don't know about how others feel, but this outages me.
https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-court-interpreter-arrested-ice-south-texas-airport/
It sounds bad, but basically they are phonetically the same language, just written in different alpha . . . oh yeah. As you were.
I read about that yesterday. I was sickened.
They know what they're doing. Interpreters are getting in the way.
caitlin jenner is available....
Kidnapping brown women. Texas Traditions
Gods-damned ICE.
Freddy Andersen has a reputation as a hot-and-cold goalie, but he was definitely hot for the Hurricanes in their opening playoff game, shutting out the Senators. It was close, especially one save where he reached so far behind him to glove a puck that the call on the ice was that he'd held it behind the goal line for an Ottawa score. It was reversed by replay.
I'm kind of mildly rooting for the Sens, just because they've never won a Stanley Cup. But Brady Tkachuk is starting to annoy me the same way his brothers do. He responds to losing by getting pissy and picking fights. Maybe to some people that's being tough; to me it just makes you look like a jerk.
I know, right? Starting a fight at the very start is just stupid. Who does he think he is, the Hanson Brothers?