Ah yes, the overeducated "journalist" or other tainted elitist profession. I enjoy hearing your continued groaning, whining about everything once called essential. It's mostly being dozed in favor of a better nation. I know that when people like you complain about the current political condition that things are going right for the country. So go ahead and toss your juvenile eff bombs every few words. Maybe it's the only thing that makes you feel alive? Who knows...no, I meant to say who cares.
Things are changing, get used to it, it's for our good. The tens of hours you dedicated to "studying" Journalism or another fairly useless Liberal Arts course here in the upper corner of lower Alabama (UCLA) are lost forever. You're going to need a real job. Suggest you start looking soon--only so many restaurant jobs are available.
Journalists such as you appear to be aren't capable of telling the truth. Yep that's the truth, get used to it. If it were then network news outlets would have better ratings.
Maybe it'll help if you scream, cry, and huddle in the corner near people who share your self-centered disease. We're in for a fantastic ride and you're welcome to come along. (If you've got the guts - the governor surely does!)
It's weird that GOPs are committed-unto-death to non-interference in any marketplace that involves money -- but not so keen on a free market when it comes to ideas.
If right-wingers' ideas are superior to all other ideas, then surely people will flock to those ideas in droves. No need to keep tilting the playing field in favor of the reactionary stuff.
My daughter graduated from New College. And I live a few miles from UWF. How much closer is the DeSantis contagion going to get?
I'm spitting mad. And I could swear I'm getting radicalized.
UWF is actually a minor progressive bright spot in this area. It's all relative, of course. I'm not sure Professor Yenor is going to have a warm reception here.
Maybe when you grow up you'll understand why Governor DeSantis has been doing what he does to keep Florida great. (Even at the expense of the western side of the state.)
A colleague (at a nonpartisan publication) from about 2005 thru about 2009 was New College grad; he had flourished there, and he was lucky, as a then-native of FL, to have had an affordable option for obtaining a great liberal-arts education.
I've thought of him every time I've read about de santis's fkkkery, and I've grieved for every not-super-mainstream FL kid (like my former colleague) who no longer has this option.
I don't believe in an afterlife, but I'm willing to start if I could be sure that every rotten GOP would roast for eternity.
Morning spuggers, apologies for being late but I was at circuit training then trying to track pipes through the house. Don't ask. Still, worse things happen at sea and it's very mild here now, probably 7 or 8C.
Thank you. I was getting VERY annoyed yesterday when people were responding to the damned bot I'd just reported and blocked. It makes NO sense to engage them.
Yeah, this seems to be true for sure. Like you said, I have been guilty in the past of leaving my prefab snark response on the bot comment too...now, we just try to slay them.
In other news ... Belgium has been moved down the list of "move to" countries, as friends in the UK tell me Belgians tend to be grumpy all the time. Germany has moved up a notch ...
FWIW, I’ve never found Belgians on the whole any more or less grumpy than any other Western European native. If anything, the French have a reputation for being the least satisfied of all the Europeans based on outlooks, even when things are going ok. Although it looks like lately the Greeks and Spanish have outpaced them as per the latest rankings.
It was all tongue-in-cheek snark. Begium is nice, but they have a language requirement for citizenship: French, Dutch, or German. I think I can work with that.
Agree, show an interest in cycling and beer and you're off and running with them. Are your friends English? There is a lot of lingering resentment with the English over Brexit.
It will simply become a school that people who couldn't get into good schools will go. As long as people have the right to choose what schools they go to,smart people won't go there. I'm not sure if DeSantis understands how universities work.
"get rid of all nonpolitical appointees and career intelligence officials serving on the NSC by Inauguration Day to ensure the council is staffed with those who support Trump’s agenda"
> replacing nonpolitical appointees with political appointees. what could go wrong?
Hilarious. Now that SCOTUS and the lesser courts has come through, the only thing left is grievance and revenge, plus whatever Heritage, Stephen fuckin' Miller, etc want.
This is going to be interesting to see how this plays out in the real world. I'm hoping enough people tell them to fuck off and sue the shit out of the agencies.
ert, so people are aware, this is a Back to the Future ref, cause they crashed into the isolation booth in the middle of the parking lot. On re-read, not sure if that is clear
Sorry for all you libs. The woke agenda is dead
Ron’s the best. Re-Instituting for the greater good
Ah yes, the overeducated "journalist" or other tainted elitist profession. I enjoy hearing your continued groaning, whining about everything once called essential. It's mostly being dozed in favor of a better nation. I know that when people like you complain about the current political condition that things are going right for the country. So go ahead and toss your juvenile eff bombs every few words. Maybe it's the only thing that makes you feel alive? Who knows...no, I meant to say who cares.
Things are changing, get used to it, it's for our good. The tens of hours you dedicated to "studying" Journalism or another fairly useless Liberal Arts course here in the upper corner of lower Alabama (UCLA) are lost forever. You're going to need a real job. Suggest you start looking soon--only so many restaurant jobs are available.
Journalists such as you appear to be aren't capable of telling the truth. Yep that's the truth, get used to it. If it were then network news outlets would have better ratings.
Maybe it'll help if you scream, cry, and huddle in the corner near people who share your self-centered disease. We're in for a fantastic ride and you're welcome to come along. (If you've got the guts - the governor surely does!)
It's weird that GOPs are committed-unto-death to non-interference in any marketplace that involves money -- but not so keen on a free market when it comes to ideas.
If right-wingers' ideas are superior to all other ideas, then surely people will flock to those ideas in droves. No need to keep tilting the playing field in favor of the reactionary stuff.
So darn weird.
to be fair, an umbilical cord is sort of like a stem.
<<ducks>>
My daughter graduated from New College. And I live a few miles from UWF. How much closer is the DeSantis contagion going to get?
I'm spitting mad. And I could swear I'm getting radicalized.
UWF is actually a minor progressive bright spot in this area. It's all relative, of course. I'm not sure Professor Yenor is going to have a warm reception here.
Maybe when you grow up you'll understand why Governor DeSantis has been doing what he does to keep Florida great. (Even at the expense of the western side of the state.)
A colleague (at a nonpartisan publication) from about 2005 thru about 2009 was New College grad; he had flourished there, and he was lucky, as a then-native of FL, to have had an affordable option for obtaining a great liberal-arts education.
I've thought of him every time I've read about de santis's fkkkery, and I've grieved for every not-super-mainstream FL kid (like my former colleague) who no longer has this option.
I don't believe in an afterlife, but I'm willing to start if I could be sure that every rotten GOP would roast for eternity.
When is a degree not a degree? Ask DeSantis.
Well they better at least keep an eye on their endowments or all the money will be…oh it’s gone already. Wow, conservative grifters be fast.
Woke is the word for ANYTHING that upsets conservatives no matter how harmless it really is.
Morning spuggers, apologies for being late but I was at circuit training then trying to track pipes through the house. Don't ask. Still, worse things happen at sea and it's very mild here now, probably 7 or 8C.
Good morning everybody are you ready for another fun filled day full of brain fog bots?
An observation: they’re learning to kinda talk back.
When we engage them, that seems to bring more bots into the Wonkette yard
Could we not feed them please
It also makes it harder for the moderators when we talk back to them and I’m guilty of this as well.
you might get accidentally banned too, if you parody them(because you look like a bot!)
so report but don’t talk to them directly!
Thank you. I was getting VERY annoyed yesterday when people were responding to the damned bot I'd just reported and blocked. It makes NO sense to engage them.
Sometimes peeps really need to blow off some steam and I get it but I started to realize that when we talk to them more bots seem to show up
Yeah, this seems to be true for sure. Like you said, I have been guilty in the past of leaving my prefab snark response on the bot comment too...now, we just try to slay them.
Morning Chicken.
Good Morning!
How is things across the pond?
Fine thanks, a lot milder now and the wind has dropped so I might venture out later. You?
Chili for Phoenix a brisk 39° looking forward to the day
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/project-2025-trump-education-disabled-students/
MoJo has a good article on how Trump and co’s plans to get rid of the department of education screw over kids with disabilities.
I'm glad my ND kid is out of the educational system.
As a former gimpy kid and current gimpy adult I am going to be raising some HELL about this.
The filthy fat fascist who likes to pick on people in wheel chairs is going to be hearing from me.
In other news ... Belgium has been moved down the list of "move to" countries, as friends in the UK tell me Belgians tend to be grumpy all the time. Germany has moved up a notch ...
FWIW, I’ve never found Belgians on the whole any more or less grumpy than any other Western European native. If anything, the French have a reputation for being the least satisfied of all the Europeans based on outlooks, even when things are going ok. Although it looks like lately the Greeks and Spanish have outpaced them as per the latest rankings.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world
It was all tongue-in-cheek snark. Begium is nice, but they have a language requirement for citizenship: French, Dutch, or German. I think I can work with that.
Agree, show an interest in cycling and beer and you're off and running with them. Are your friends English? There is a lot of lingering resentment with the English over Brexit.
A nice German who is a British citizen. Her comment was very tongue-in-cheek.
There's always "Not really Belgium":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Hertog
what about Portugal?
Grumpy I can live with.
They're a bit dour, like us, which might be why we get on.
It will simply become a school that people who couldn't get into good schools will go. As long as people have the right to choose what schools they go to,smart people won't go there. I'm not sure if DeSantis understands how universities work.
Only the right sort of people, at least, if what happened to New College is any indication.
That assumes that the degrees received are recognized as being useful and/or equivalent to non-DeSantisized universities.
The Homunculus' education (hah!) agenda includes changing or doing away with accreditation.
Taking the stigma out of a degree from 𝗝𝗼𝗲'𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹, 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲...
"I have a bachelor's degree in darts, sports betting, and pick up lines!"
Of course it is
more sour grapes from the world's biggest whiner
He's still bullying people because we laughed at his white go-go boots.
Donnie Dipshit isn't smart to come up with this plan. This is the work of Hot Johnny and the Heritage Foundation goons/twits.
𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 — 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘚𝘊 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-nsc-loyalty-waltz-21913da0464f472cb9fef314fed488e5
[𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦] 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘻 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 “𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘵 12:01 𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 20.” 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘚𝘊 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 “100 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢.”
"get rid of all nonpolitical appointees and career intelligence officials serving on the NSC by Inauguration Day to ensure the council is staffed with those who support Trump’s agenda"
> replacing nonpolitical appointees with political appointees. what could go wrong?
What is getting me is how the press is all well, this is totally normal and nothing bad at all.
It is all laid out very clearly in Project 2025.
"... the president's agenda..."
Hilarious. Now that SCOTUS and the lesser courts has come through, the only thing left is grievance and revenge, plus whatever Heritage, Stephen fuckin' Miller, etc want.
This is going to suck.
An administration of yes-men.
As predicted.
No wonder Trump's companies fail so often.
/ffs
Loyalty to the president, not the constitution.
The press "This is fine"
Hot tip to all government workers: They are now allowed to even ask you who you voted for. Do not tell them shit
They are checking voter rolls to see how people are registered. It's public information.
This is going to be interesting to see how this plays out in the real world. I'm hoping enough people tell them to fuck off and sue the shit out of the agencies.
The article specifically mentions they are talking to people and asking them.
They're not allowed to. Make them fire you, and then sue the fuckers for wrongful termination
"Not allowed to" ... yeah ... this will intimidate a lot of people. Hopefully, the Goddess will bless enough of them with some cojones.
I do miss the clickclunck sound my 35 mm made though
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:j6sasqrx7cbjfbzuym23efww/bafkreigm4axvvavpq2a2edfgkqgqedg3webwd7mkm42u6ha5xh7muqsew4@jpeg
And the "ktktktktkt" of advancing filum...
Whar Fotomat?
Ah yes... those little isolation booths in the middle of a parking lot..
Watch out for them Libyans
ert, so people are aware, this is a Back to the Future ref, cause they crashed into the isolation booth in the middle of the parking lot. On re-read, not sure if that is clear
Clear to me!