bats are not closely related to rodents. Their closest biological relatives are lemurs and dolphins . Rather than seeing the CHildren of the Night when I look at this photo I see lemurs now.
That USA Today article. The poor agent had to walk through clouds of tear gas to get to work in Chicago. Who was shooting off tear gas? They cite the protestors holding signs and yelling things. I ask who is doing the violence here?
I also wish the paragraph of context of all the outrageous ICE and CBP raids included how many arrests, how many citizens detained and how many released. The Blackhawk raid in Chicago resulted in zero cases that held up. How much did it cost? I hope the people in all these cases are suing. They go on and on about fraud waste and abuse. This is exactly fraud waste and abuse in action. We are spending billions and getting terrorized in the bargain, while these high profile actions lead to few actual convictions.
Finally, a government will act as badly as it can get away with. That they treat immigrants like this shows what they would do to every single one of us at the end of the day.
That article about the ICE agents was infuriating. "Why don't people like me now that I work for ICE, I'm the same person I've always been" - no, you chose to join the American Gestapo and terrorize the populace. Also, spare me the statements from the article saying "It's just the law! If you don't like it, change the law! We're only following the law!" Such a craven excuse for causing massive harm to others.
Greene’s fellow Republican US House member Thomas Massie struck a similar chord. The Kentucky representative said: “Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered.”
Massie also said he challenged anyone in his party – including vice-president JD Vance and White House staff – to defend Trump’s commentary.
"Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, as reported by the Financial Times. The contract is part of a $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand and boost the domestic supply of magnets, according to the company. Trump Jr. joined 1789 Capital as a partner in 2024. The firm is said to have invested in Vulcan Elements around three months ago, according to Bloomberg. In August, the company announced a $65 million Series A led by Altimeter Capital. This government contract represents the largest ever made by the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, the FT reported. This year alone, at least four 1789 companies have received government contracts, FT reported. The firm is also a backer of SpaceX and Anduril, two long-time sellers of tech to the government."
"A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!"
People who write such things are usually considered candidates for the mental hospital.
Donald doesn't understand what TDS actually is. It is the disease which he exemplifies: a raging, uncontrollable paranoia found is someone who has already defeated all his "enemies" but is still not satisfied, and has a death wish for everyone who doesn't suck up to him.
"EU voted to indefinitely freeze $246 billion in Russian sovereign assets"
Witkoff and Jared tried their best to get that $$$ back for Putin. Jared was probably the shadow adviser to Witkoff from the beginning. They had one goal, get the money for Putin.
"Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he thinks federal data may be overstating job creation, and the economy is actually losing about 20,000 jobs a month, not gaining jobs."
Baby bats! Why are they in burrito formation? Click to find out! https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/baby-bat-burrito-trio
Also, your meme chat, which honors Rob Reiner, taken too soon: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/33ab2586-92d2-46ca-9984-8bd6055c37c0
bats are not closely related to rodents. Their closest biological relatives are lemurs and dolphins . Rather than seeing the CHildren of the Night when I look at this photo I see lemurs now.
Dolphins? Who would have guessed that?
Well, insofar as they both use echolocation, yes. But in the evolutionary tree, they are not all that close.
I go batty for your gifs Martini.
Snuggles
The Flying Burrito Kittens -
When salesmen pull a fast one
They call it bait and switch
And if one should get taken in
It can be a righteous bitch
But swaddled little fruit bats
Are as cute as hell to watch
Would it wrong of me to say
It's a case of bat and swatch?
Fabulous
[Cary_Grant_Out.gif]
Noooo! It's 15°F out there!
(applauds while groaning at the pun)
Noice!...
KITTIES!
Baby bat burritos! It's an Australian tradition.
https://youtu.be/Uuvaos1WHTk
I love the swaddled baby bats!
They're wrapped like that so they fit in the Batzooka.
Groan
Comfy sabots!
Why not, when Trump is batshit crazy.
D'aww, so cute.
I've often wondered about Taco Bell burrito fillings.
"Taco Bell uses endangered bats in their burritos? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙𝘋𝘚!!!"
The times we live in...
Don’t ask about the Jack in the Box tacos. Just don’t.
I was just reading that on the interwebs!
My sister worked at a Taco Hell when she was in High School, late 80s. She stopped eating there then, too.
I love the BATS gif this morning! A three burritos box, all cute, with chips and a drink.
Babby Foxes what fly!
Batty burrito babies. Yum. (THEY'RE SOOOO CUTE. I CAN'T STAND IT!)
Holy cozies Batman!
A timeline where I agree with Rand Paul about something is a bad timeline.
Randy Rainbow captures the true holiday spirit. (Do I need to make the eggnog or can I just start swigging my way through the liquor cabinet?)
"A father and his three kids work for ICE, dad was surprised to discover Americans don’t think they are heroes. (USA Today)"
Yeah, about that... https://www.instagram.com/p/DSTqyDUkaS1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Wish there weren't so much AI in that music video
That USA Today article. The poor agent had to walk through clouds of tear gas to get to work in Chicago. Who was shooting off tear gas? They cite the protestors holding signs and yelling things. I ask who is doing the violence here?
I also wish the paragraph of context of all the outrageous ICE and CBP raids included how many arrests, how many citizens detained and how many released. The Blackhawk raid in Chicago resulted in zero cases that held up. How much did it cost? I hope the people in all these cases are suing. They go on and on about fraud waste and abuse. This is exactly fraud waste and abuse in action. We are spending billions and getting terrorized in the bargain, while these high profile actions lead to few actual convictions.
Finally, a government will act as badly as it can get away with. That they treat immigrants like this shows what they would do to every single one of us at the end of the day.
Good point.
thanks for the randy rainbow! i needed the lol
That article about the ICE agents was infuriating. "Why don't people like me now that I work for ICE, I'm the same person I've always been" - no, you chose to join the American Gestapo and terrorize the populace. Also, spare me the statements from the article saying "It's just the law! If you don't like it, change the law! We're only following the law!" Such a craven excuse for causing massive harm to others.
Greene’s fellow Republican US House member Thomas Massie struck a similar chord. The Kentucky representative said: “Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered.”
Massie also said he challenged anyone in his party – including vice-president JD Vance and White House staff – to defend Trump’s commentary.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/15/trump-rob-reiner-reaction-truth-social
should we really care about what the 18-29 demographic thinks? they don't vote.
also
The Northern Ghost Bat
will sing a song
when eating her dinner
imagine that
As always, Kyle Clark is an absolute treasure. We genuinely love him here.
"Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, as reported by the Financial Times. The contract is part of a $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand and boost the domestic supply of magnets, according to the company. Trump Jr. joined 1789 Capital as a partner in 2024. The firm is said to have invested in Vulcan Elements around three months ago, according to Bloomberg. In August, the company announced a $65 million Series A led by Altimeter Capital. This government contract represents the largest ever made by the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, the FT reported. This year alone, at least four 1789 companies have received government contracts, FT reported. The firm is also a backer of SpaceX and Anduril, two long-time sellers of tech to the government."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/company-backed-donald-trump-jr-195700353.html
Vulcan Elements is going to be absolutely fucked when Chump kicks it, and Don, Jr. will be absolutely worthless at that point.
and not a single fucking peep out of cbs et. al. if I didn't know better I'd say they were all in on it. let me rephrase that, they're all in on it.
Of course.
This is absolutely insane and disgusting:
@realDonaldTrump:
"A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!"
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115724141568860081
Look at that asshole. Forcing me to agree with Massie.
People who write such things are usually considered candidates for the mental hospital.
Donald doesn't understand what TDS actually is. It is the disease which he exemplifies: a raging, uncontrollable paranoia found is someone who has already defeated all his "enemies" but is still not satisfied, and has a death wish for everyone who doesn't suck up to him.
funny thing is for years I thought TDS was coined by the left to describe MAGATs.
"greatness"
Right
"EU voted to indefinitely freeze $246 billion in Russian sovereign assets"
Witkoff and Jared tried their best to get that $$$ back for Putin. Jared was probably the shadow adviser to Witkoff from the beginning. They had one goal, get the money for Putin.
I woke up to news about Rob Reiner's death. I'm ready to crawl babck into bed and pull the blankets over my head,
Baby Bats in a Bun kind of cheers me up.
"Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he thinks federal data may be overstating job creation, and the economy is actually losing about 20,000 jobs a month, not gaining jobs."
Expect Trump to fire him any time now.
He's delivering interest cuts, though.