I stopped by a Vietnamese restaurant this afternoon. It’s in a large, crowded strip mall, and while looking for a parking spot, noticed a business called San Diego Bowling Supply. Later, I took a look at its website. Great stuff. Particularly notable were the ball washing products and the “interchangeable thumb” things. Not advertising, just posting it for your perusal: https://www.sandiegobowlingsupply.com/
I've always liked listening to baseball games on the radio. Nostalgia, I suppose. Today, though, someone suggested an even better reason to listen to baseball rather than watch it on TV: no fucking on-line gambling ads. I'm sold.
I've got a subscription to MLB's audio feeds of all games. Way cheaper than the video subscription, and it's easier to multitask if I'm only listening to the games.
My father and grandfather loved listening to baseball on the radio. They could sit on the front porch or in the basement workshop doing so for hours and hours. Grandpa liked to listen to Cardinals games and swear at them when they screwed up, which upset Grandma.
Hubby was watching some sports basketballing thing, because of college basketballing going on, and the sports talking heads were talking about who the "markets" were predicting would win.
Not just accepted it, nor simply embraced it, but are full heartedly endorsing it.
And it goes so lovely with the ad about how college kids are being death threated because of fucking sports gambling.
Leonard Bernstein remains among my MOST lauded musical heroes. "West Side Story" has been one of my favorite performances ever since I was particularly short.
>>In a brief court filing Wednesday, lawyers for both [piece of shit Michael] Flynn and the Justice Department said they reached an agreement to drop the lawsuit and for Flynn to receive “settlement funds.” While the filing did not include the amount of money, or elaborate on any other terms of the settlement, a person familiar with the matter said Flynn would receive more than $1 million in the agreement. <<
Now if that $1 Million came wrapped in a cast-iron NDA that prohibits Flynn from ever making any kind of public appearance or statement, I'd be OK with that, as a taxpayer.
EDIT: Or maybe if it didn't limit his appearances or statements, but required that whenever in public he wear a bag over his head with "I'm a crazy traitor" in Sharpie written on it; that'd be OK too. Whenever in public. Like, going to the grocery store. Stepping out back to sneak a smoke. Any time.
Yeah, the Trumps all voted by mail. But that's okay, because Mike Johnson says that in Florida, they don't allow fraud.
When I think of elections in Florida, the first things I think of are hanging chads and the fact that the Supreme Court stepped in in 2000 and ordered them to stop trying to count the damn ballots and just say Bush won.
They've really got their shit together down there.
When they say they voted "by mail," I think it means they sealed their ballot envelopes and then they had their driver drop off the ballots at the Board of Elections office. I don't see them using the US Postal Service.
You can probably borrow to get a used car there “no credit! no problem!” but the repo man is practically following you out of the car lot with his tow truck.
But don't worry, Republicans, and certainly don't change course! Keep talking about ground troops in Iran and how $5 gas is no big deal. That big white light and the roar you hear is just the light at the end of the tunnel - nothing to worry about.
"The risk of a recession in the United States is rising as persistently high oil prices amid the Middle East conflict threaten economic growth, Wall Street analysts say." --Yahoo Fin.
Wish they knew that no job growth+ wilding inflation +people not spending anything+ no fucking safety net > some stock market assholes making bank off all this.
Also with a birthday today is Elton John, who is now 79 years old. Here's the title cut from his first album Empty Sky, a very good song – surprisingly guitar-heavy – you may have never heard:
Just listened to this podcast from Bloomberg on the dirty "sweet heart" deal which Alex Acosta got for Epstein. So much fucking corruption and 'Epstein class' influence brought to bear in how that went down. And no one ever was or will be held accountable. Acosta had to resign from the TACO administration when it all came to light. Boo hoo . . . and the execrable Alan Dershowitz is still smugging out on Fox News.
"Two decades ago, a federal prosecutor in Florida spent two years investigating Jeffrey Epstein and urged her superiors to charge him. Her frustrations mounted as her boss, US Attorney Alex Acosta, pursued a now-infamous plea deal that allowed Epstein to serve just 13 months, much of it on work release. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg legal reporter David Voreacos joins host Sarah Holder to examine emails and evidence recently released by the Justice Department. They reveal Marie Villafaña’s exhaustive efforts to hold Epstein accountable — and how, despite years of credible evidence, he managed to slip through the cracks."
Yeah, but the prosecutor was a *girl!* Probably a DEI hire, and thinking with her ovaries and not her brain. If that thing in women's heads can even be called that.
</sarcasm> (Just in case there was any misunderstanding.)
My friend has a son in the Air Force. He flies those refueling planes we've all been hearing so much about. He's being sent from Texas to The Azores.
Shit.
tanking B2's then.
Is there a part missing from a complete endorsement that it also has to be total?
Didn't you see Fifty Shades Of Endorsement?
Kinky.
It’s like: oh. Complete? That’s the best you can offer me?
Your competitor offers complete AND total. Why did you even bid?
I stopped by a Vietnamese restaurant this afternoon. It’s in a large, crowded strip mall, and while looking for a parking spot, noticed a business called San Diego Bowling Supply. Later, I took a look at its website. Great stuff. Particularly notable were the ball washing products and the “interchangeable thumb” things. Not advertising, just posting it for your perusal: https://www.sandiegobowlingsupply.com/
I have limited interest in bowling.
How was the Vietnamese food?
JD is in the market for a ball washer.
I've always liked listening to baseball games on the radio. Nostalgia, I suppose. Today, though, someone suggested an even better reason to listen to baseball rather than watch it on TV: no fucking on-line gambling ads. I'm sold.
Sadly, not even listening to baseball on the radio cured my chronic insomnia.
For real. The phrase "powered by FanDuel" can go fuck itself with a chainsaw.
I've got a subscription to MLB's audio feeds of all games. Way cheaper than the video subscription, and it's easier to multitask if I'm only listening to the games.
My father and grandfather loved listening to baseball on the radio. They could sit on the front porch or in the basement workshop doing so for hours and hours. Grandpa liked to listen to Cardinals games and swear at them when they screwed up, which upset Grandma.
Hubby was watching some sports basketballing thing, because of college basketballing going on, and the sports talking heads were talking about who the "markets" were predicting would win.
Not just accepted it, nor simply embraced it, but are full heartedly endorsing it.
And it goes so lovely with the ad about how college kids are being death threated because of fucking sports gambling.
Please game responsibly tho!
I figure a twenty first century Dante would describe an additional level of hell just for anyone even peripherally involved in those.
So I guess it was a briefing about troops on the ground.
𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵: 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨.
https://xcancel.com/NancyMace/status/2036842586288119892
When Nancy and Marge are your most sensible representatives, you have no sensible representation.
I despair for the future of the human race.
But, but gAS iS stILL cheApER thAn undeR bidEN
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/postal-service-to-impose-first-ever-fuel-surcharge-on-packages-73b5e0fd
Postal Service to Impose Its First-Ever Fuel Surcharge on Packages
𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦.
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺; 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴.
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗣 - 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 (𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟭) 𝗛𝗗 https://youtu.be/YhSKk-cvblc
Bernstein's score is still one of the most difficult to perform.
Leonard Bernstein remains among my MOST lauded musical heroes. "West Side Story" has been one of my favorite performances ever since I was particularly short.
.....and glory be to Rita Moreno.
Praise be.
I need some fun music to forget teh stoopid.
https://youtu.be/kMXBJW1PuU8 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 (the original Harry Belafonte)
His "Live at Carnegie" album was a staple of my youth.
He's also one of the most beautiful men to have walked the planet, IMO.
For all my fellow U.S. taxpayers out there:
>>In a brief court filing Wednesday, lawyers for both [piece of shit Michael] Flynn and the Justice Department said they reached an agreement to drop the lawsuit and for Flynn to receive “settlement funds.” While the filing did not include the amount of money, or elaborate on any other terms of the settlement, a person familiar with the matter said Flynn would receive more than $1 million in the agreement. <<
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/michael-flynn-settlement-justice-department
'Scuse me while I go find a random trumpanzee and kick him square in the yarbles.
So if you break the law for Trump, not only will you be pardoned, you might get *paid with taxpayer money* too!
KA-CHING! to quote someone from the first Trump inauguration
It's why they took over, so they could get the grift that they were denied when we elected biden
Try fifty mil. The eventual clawback will be fun to watch.
Now if that $1 Million came wrapped in a cast-iron NDA that prohibits Flynn from ever making any kind of public appearance or statement, I'd be OK with that, as a taxpayer.
EDIT: Or maybe if it didn't limit his appearances or statements, but required that whenever in public he wear a bag over his head with "I'm a crazy traitor" in Sharpie written on it; that'd be OK too. Whenever in public. Like, going to the grocery store. Stepping out back to sneak a smoke. Any time.
THAT would be money well spent. :D
Yeah, the Trumps all voted by mail. But that's okay, because Mike Johnson says that in Florida, they don't allow fraud.
When I think of elections in Florida, the first things I think of are hanging chads and the fact that the Supreme Court stepped in in 2000 and ordered them to stop trying to count the damn ballots and just say Bush won.
They've really got their shit together down there.
That was a Black Day in American History.
And don't forget all the documented voter fraud in the Florida Villages
by republicans.
Remember Katherine Harris (I think her name was)? Phew, what a piece of work.
When they say they voted "by mail," I think it means they sealed their ballot envelopes and then they had their driver drop off the ballots at the Board of Elections office. I don't see them using the US Postal Service.
Voted by "male" . . .
Officer I don't think I should get a speeding ticket - I never speed
When I think of Florida I think of pawn shops, and strip clubs, but maybe that's just me.
I like to think of Palmetto bugs, humidity, lightening storms, and rat snakes
Gun shops, hourly-rate motels, used-car dealerships that only take cash...
You can probably borrow to get a used car there “no credit! no problem!” but the repo man is practically following you out of the car lot with his tow truck.
You know, Pottersville. Except muggy all the time.
I remember them saying if they continued the count it would somehow damage W's presidency.
The Banana Republic of Florida.
But don't worry, Republicans, and certainly don't change course! Keep talking about ground troops in Iran and how $5 gas is no big deal. That big white light and the roar you hear is just the light at the end of the tunnel - nothing to worry about.
I can only conclude that the American voting public is just ungrateful.
"Happy days are here again!
The skies above are clear again,
Let us sing a song of cheer again,
Happy days are here again.
"The risk of a recession in the United States is rising as persistently high oil prices amid the Middle East conflict threaten economic growth, Wall Street analysts say." --Yahoo Fin.
We’re already in a recession. I wish financial reporters still knew things.
Nah, those tent cities on the river bottom are just patriots being fiscally conservative.
I wish they knew that the major stock indices have absolutely nothing to do with The Economy.
Wish they knew that no job growth+ wilding inflation +people not spending anything+ no fucking safety net > some stock market assholes making bank off all this.
But what does James Carville think about all this?
He’s in his coffin until sundown but can go on the talk shows after that.
“Meet Mike Lee and Ted Cruz in the middle!!”
Ew lizardman.
Also with a birthday today is Elton John, who is now 79 years old. Here's the title cut from his first album Empty Sky, a very good song – surprisingly guitar-heavy – you may have never heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLGha4sIBGk
And here's an excellent performance of "Madman Across The Water" from 1971 with Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2LUWFptNCM
Also, "Is the nightmare black or are the windows painted?" is one of the greatest lyrics ever written.
Empty Sky - I had forgotten that song - that was nice
My fav is a well known one TIny Dancer
https://youtu.be/5g4MSYK5d3A?si=H-03evUjA0ayY07S
He played this one on the "Rock the Westies" tour in 75, blew the roof off the arena, I was there, always liked this one, it's a rocker from Elton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhnZEmnuzgM&list=RDAhnZEmnuzgM&start_radio=1
I've always loved this little gem from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjdaH0yaMfg
(Elton John - Grey Seal)
And there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GSPvHu9Krg
Harmony, by Elton John
Great tune.
That version of Madman is sublime. That is one tight trio, excellent dynamics.
Just listened to this podcast from Bloomberg on the dirty "sweet heart" deal which Alex Acosta got for Epstein. So much fucking corruption and 'Epstein class' influence brought to bear in how that went down. And no one ever was or will be held accountable. Acosta had to resign from the TACO administration when it all came to light. Boo hoo . . . and the execrable Alan Dershowitz is still smugging out on Fox News.
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"Big Take: The Prosecutor Who Fought to Indict Epstein"–https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-03-25/big-take-the-prosecutor-who-fought-to-indict-epstein-podcast
"Two decades ago, a federal prosecutor in Florida spent two years investigating Jeffrey Epstein and urged her superiors to charge him. Her frustrations mounted as her boss, US Attorney Alex Acosta, pursued a now-infamous plea deal that allowed Epstein to serve just 13 months, much of it on work release. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg legal reporter David Voreacos joins host Sarah Holder to examine emails and evidence recently released by the Justice Department. They reveal Marie Villafaña’s exhaustive efforts to hold Epstein accountable — and how, despite years of credible evidence, he managed to slip through the cracks."
Yeah, but the prosecutor was a *girl!* Probably a DEI hire, and thinking with her ovaries and not her brain. If that thing in women's heads can even be called that.
</sarcasm> (Just in case there was any misunderstanding.)