I'm not going to watch or listen to whatever That Man said at the UN. Instead, I will assume it was a jumble of misplaced words delivered with a hateful sneer that expose his stupidity, toxic insecurity and soullessness while rendering us a lesser nation.
I'll bet you surprised yourself with that sudden display of backbone in solidarity with CNN , MsNOW and Politico. The biggest surprise had to be how devastating your action could be in so short a time. Did it finally dawn on you that you have always had a superpower, an asset which could bring him to his knees almost instantly? The ability to mess with him simply by refusing to feed his need for constant attention. Look at him twitching and convulsing as the withdrawal from his drug progresses! That shattered 80 year old hulk of misfiring neurons can't take too much of this. Something has got to give.
You always had the ability and the power. All you had to do was FORM A UNION, ANNOUNCE A PLAN AND STICK TO THE PLAN. All you had to do was go on strike.
I have no doubt that he will announce victory over fake news today, He'll put out a substack announcement that the three banned news sources have been re-instated because he has punished them enough. He will crow about his mercy and love for free press. He will invite you all back for a buffet catered by McDonalds.
And you will elbow each other aside as you stampede back to the trough.
Melania is also trying really hard to secure some sort of legacy.
I have to say, as someone with family from the country she was born in, I am kinda offended by her accent. It's stage-Slav. It's I vant to suck your blood! Slav*.
It's one of those things that she gets very bitter about, how nobody ever gives her lavish TV and magazine profiles like other First Ladies. Fox will always oblige, and I think that she at least is aware enough of the fact that there is literally no bar to them doing so that she is resentful of that too.
I read that thing about the Kennedy Center. Everything Trump touches, dies. It is also occurring to me: in actually democratic countries, you don't have the leader sitting around figuring out what kind of monuments to himself he wants to build on the public dime. Can you imagine Macron doing that? No, that is a hallmark of authoritarians. That's Franco building his Valley of the Fallen, or Hitler planning his mega monuments in Berlin, or the like. We all knew Trump was a massive narcissist, it's been evident his whole adult life. But, as with many other things, what we saw of him in his first term did not really prepare you for what he's become in his second. The narcissism is dialed up even higher, and any brakes on his behavior are gone.
The new season of Bake-Off started last night. I'm currently baking a chocolate fudfe cake for our Bake-Off viewing snack (couldn't watch it last night as Cakes Jf was at college until late).
Got to get myself ready to apply again. Fukui would give me such a telling off if I gave up now.
That'll do. If you went to Italy, you'd just spend most of your time eating cakes and pastries anyway. And pasta. And pizza. And seafood. And gelato. And more pasta (northern vs southern vs Sicilian dishes). And steak (in Florence). And and and. You get the idea.
When I saw the headline I thought "Oh Look! Susie Wiles came back from vacation and found she was going to be thrown under the bus for the WH Press Corps fiasco. That didn't take long."
But I should have known better. It was just another same old-same old story about how Susan Collins sucks.
I'm still struggling to wrap my head around how the Chief of Staff being out because she's getting chemo isn't a major story and isn't being brought up when all this nonsense is happening.
When you said Susan did a bad thing I assumed you meant in a Lauren Boebert kind of way but then it was Susan Collins so just some egregious corruption without any salacious concern.
Does anyone believe that the Susan Collins news will make any difference? I am asking this question seriously as I have zero understanding of how/why Maine voters vote the way they do.
Do you know potoroos? They are sniffing around in your hed gif: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/potoroo-how-are-you
And here is your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/cca70722-565f-453e-8a60-f301140c9a41?utm_source=share
They are adorbs, so there!
You say potoroo, I say dafuq?
Potoroo... Another unlikely name for an unlikely beast...
"What is that, Uncle Tim?"
"That there is...ah...is a 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘰! That's what that is!"
"Uncle Tim? Are you making shit up again?"
Still, better than rat-kangaroo
toodle-oo, potoroo!
Obligatory: https://youtu.be/aD2FCoxmWgA?si=Pujmu81LMRQYqt9-
Such a great tune.
I'm partial to the Ellington OG
https://youtu.be/SVHk_qF8bUU
Tastes like snozzberry!
Huh, Giant Shrew?
It's THE KILLER SHREWS!
https://youtu.be/ZGknrKl5uXo?si=ezKF5iwxVdfUedNK
Clearly dogs with sheep pelts attached.
Awwwww “cronch cronch cronch”.
Cute little critters!
You say potoroos, I say Potahroos
I'm not going to watch or listen to whatever That Man said at the UN. Instead, I will assume it was a jumble of misplaced words delivered with a hateful sneer that expose his stupidity, toxic insecurity and soullessness while rendering us a lesser nation.
So all you Media Outlets, what next?
I'll bet you surprised yourself with that sudden display of backbone in solidarity with CNN , MsNOW and Politico. The biggest surprise had to be how devastating your action could be in so short a time. Did it finally dawn on you that you have always had a superpower, an asset which could bring him to his knees almost instantly? The ability to mess with him simply by refusing to feed his need for constant attention. Look at him twitching and convulsing as the withdrawal from his drug progresses! That shattered 80 year old hulk of misfiring neurons can't take too much of this. Something has got to give.
You always had the ability and the power. All you had to do was FORM A UNION, ANNOUNCE A PLAN AND STICK TO THE PLAN. All you had to do was go on strike.
I have no doubt that he will announce victory over fake news today, He'll put out a substack announcement that the three banned news sources have been re-instated because he has punished them enough. He will crow about his mercy and love for free press. He will invite you all back for a buffet catered by McDonalds.
And you will elbow each other aside as you stampede back to the trough.
I didn't even have to play the video to know what the song is. The headline started an earworm immediately.
Maine papers in an uproar bc Troy Jackson swore online.
And if that Trump Jr isn't in a beautiful, mutual lavender marriage, then I don't know who is.
"Who doesn’t go to the UN to threaten 'annihilation'?"
[Skynet has entered the chat]
Aquaman raises his hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EltlBPLHzYU
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mw6qrk5p5k2o
Melania is also trying really hard to secure some sort of legacy.
I have to say, as someone with family from the country she was born in, I am kinda offended by her accent. It's stage-Slav. It's I vant to suck your blood! Slav*.
*I am aware he was a Magyar.**
**playing a Székely***
***in Romania
Wahn Vife! Two Vife! Tree Vife ah ah ah!
Well, she is rather vampiric...
Is she giving a news interview or a job interview?
It's one of those things that she gets very bitter about, how nobody ever gives her lavish TV and magazine profiles like other First Ladies. Fox will always oblige, and I think that she at least is aware enough of the fact that there is literally no bar to them doing so that she is resentful of that too.
I read that thing about the Kennedy Center. Everything Trump touches, dies. It is also occurring to me: in actually democratic countries, you don't have the leader sitting around figuring out what kind of monuments to himself he wants to build on the public dime. Can you imagine Macron doing that? No, that is a hallmark of authoritarians. That's Franco building his Valley of the Fallen, or Hitler planning his mega monuments in Berlin, or the like. We all knew Trump was a massive narcissist, it's been evident his whole adult life. But, as with many other things, what we saw of him in his first term did not really prepare you for what he's become in his second. The narcissism is dialed up even higher, and any brakes on his behavior are gone.
Good news, though—we’re seeing Robert Plant tonight. Seen him twice and he’s great.
WHAR Widespread Panic?
Singing or just in the pub?
What? Looking through his bedroom window doesn't count?
Is he wistful when he does it? I wonder if he ever thinks back to getting orange chips in West Brom, which he almost certainly did.
I bet the band's gon' be *sick*.
"Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees in 2027"
https://apnews.com/article/refugees-trump-immigration-white-south-africans-3453e6b9c88104d41274d0ab19e79651
Probably Nazis too.
Probably mercenaries with history of 'security contracting' services on their resume.
Probably needed to stiffen the ranks of ICE with some real assholes who can teach the newbies the fine arts of truncheons and bullwhips.
“They’re not sending their best”
They won't like it here...
I guess there are never enough fascists for that orange asshole.
The new season of Bake-Off started last night. I'm currently baking a chocolate fudfe cake for our Bake-Off viewing snack (couldn't watch it last night as Cakes Jf was at college until late).
Got to get myself ready to apply again. Fukui would give me such a telling off if I gave up now.
I can't wait for them to start broadcasting it here!
fudge*
Damn typos and damn lack of an edit button in the mobile app.
I knew what you meant and yum.
Don't want to spill any cofeve on your cookbook.
Thankfully, I never developed a taste for covfefe. Or coffee. Or tea (shh, don't tell the British government or they'll revoke my citizenship).
I didn't touch either until I was past 30. Then a fateful trip to Italy led me to discover cappuccino and chianti. It's all been downhill ever since.
The chande of me ever getting to visit Italy in person is slim. I have to make do with baking Italian cakes and pastries.
That'll do. If you went to Italy, you'd just spend most of your time eating cakes and pastries anyway. And pasta. And pizza. And seafood. And gelato. And more pasta (northern vs southern vs Sicilian dishes). And steak (in Florence). And and and. You get the idea.
It's Fat Bear Time!
https://explore.org/fat-bear-week
When I saw the headline I thought "Oh Look! Susie Wiles came back from vacation and found she was going to be thrown under the bus for the WH Press Corps fiasco. That didn't take long."
But I should have known better. It was just another same old-same old story about how Susan Collins sucks.
I'm still struggling to wrap my head around how the Chief of Staff being out because she's getting chemo isn't a major story and isn't being brought up when all this nonsense is happening.
WTF?
IOKIYAR
When you said Susan did a bad thing I assumed you meant in a Lauren Boebert kind of way but then it was Susan Collins so just some egregious corruption without any salacious concern.
Does anyone believe that the Susan Collins news will make any difference? I am asking this question seriously as I have zero understanding of how/why Maine voters vote the way they do.
Wait, so, it's an imperative, not to throw our trans friends under the bus, with the drivetrain and whatnot. It is our goal, to achieve this.
Can we call it a trans... mission?
Ah, the memories!
https://youtu.be/Dh8RDktOdnc