π§ International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos
π§ Name Your Poison Day
π§ National Best Friends Day
π§ First Day of Team Green Britain Bike Week
πΈπ§ Temotu Province Day (Solomon Islands)
π§ Thomas Paine Day
π§ Upsy Daisy Day
π§ World Brain Tumor Day
π§ World Oceans Day
π§ First Day of Love your Burial Ground Week
π§ First Day of Meet a Mate Week
π§ First Day of National Automotive Service Professional Week
π§ First Day of National Email Week
π§ First Day of National Little League Week
π§ First Day of National Pet Wedding Week
π§ First Day of National Scoot to School Week
π§ First Day of Right of Way Professionals Week
π§ First Day of Vision Rehabilitation Week
π On this day the Moon will be in a Last Quarter phase. This phase occurs roughly 3 weeks after the New Moon when the Moon is three quarters of the way through its orbit around the earth. If you live in the northern hemisphere the Moons left side will be illuminated and the right side will be dark. For those of you in the southern hemisphere it will be the opposite with the right side illuminated. Also called a Third Quarter phase, it will rise around midnight on the eastern horizon and set in the west around noon the next day. In the days following the Third Quarter Phase the Moonβs illumination will decrees each day until the New Moon.
Today in History: Nick Ut Takes Photo of Napalm Attack (1962), First Former US President Indicted (2023), Israel Accidentally Attacks US Navy Ship (1967), "We believe the global war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse itself," Ad Appears (1998), Or.G and Mrs. G Married (2002), Bill of Rights Proposed (1789), First Commercially Produced Ice Cream (1786), Laki Volcano Eruption (1783), Universal Pictures Formed (1912), 1984 Published (1949), First Version of PHP Released (1995)
Today's birthdays: Sonia Braga, Gabby Giffords, Julianna Marguiles, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Bonnie Tyler, Kathy Baker, Boz Scaggs, Nancy Sinatra, Joan Rivers, Jerry Stiller Frank, Lloyd Wright, Eddie Gaedel (Shortest MLB Player), Francis Crick, Rob Pilatus (Half of Milli Vanilli), Nick Rhodes, David Dixon Porter (First Person to Import Camels in the US for Commercial Purposes)
Today's deaths: Satchel Paige, Wade Goodwin (NPR Texas Correspondent), George Leigh-Mallory, Walter Hunt (Inventor of the Safety Pin), Andrew Jackson, Thomas Paine, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, Jack "Jaxon" Jackson, Pauline Tabor Webster (Kentucky's Most Famous Brothel Owner)
I agree with someone belowβI wouldnβt be surprised if there wasβsomething β that happens that will cause trump to get hustled out so he can skip the game and holler about radical left wing nuts taking over βhisβ city.
I also would laugh if we get to see him for a bit of the game so we can watch him not knowing when to clap (or pump his fist, more like).
There are lots of videos on YouTube about Saturday's Royal Wedding - Princess Anne's son married an NHS nurse, and all the Royals turned up in their best duds and sparkly bits. Then the videos have to analyze who was dressed well, and they are all raving about the bride's gown, which I'm sorry to say I think is one of the most unflattering wedding gowns I have ever seen.
It always amazes me how so many filthy rich people have such poor fashion sense. Beatrice and Eugenie have NEVER had any fashion sense and always wear something that looks like it came from Upscale Goodwill and is the wrong size. Queen Camilla occasionally dresses very well, but her face ruins the entire look.
I don't normally watch this kind of thing but I'm on House Arrest and get very bored and I enjoy knowing that I have a better sense of fashion than 90% of filthy rich people. Money really can't buy style.
The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince wasn't there of course, and neither was his accomplice wife, and the videos all had to mention this.
Disclaimer: Quake not compared to the 66-million year-ago Chicxulub asteroid impact at the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately for the dinosaurs, dogs had not yet evolved so to sound the alarm minutes beforehand. Dogs know these things. Then the dinosaurs coulda crowded under the door frame, or hid under the desk. Or ran out of the apartment building in their underwear.
Had one of those happen while I was in college in Florida. Weird AF. Had no idea what was going on, thought someone had blown up the school or something.
I'd have been pissed if I had my day fucked up like this.
We all know if this had been done for Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, Faux News Entertainment and the entire rightwing media human centipede would have shit ALL the bricks.
HuffPost: "Trump lashed out at Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Monday, calling her a "radical left lunatic" after she ruled the SAVE America Act -- a GOP-backed bill to crack down on supposed election fraud -- violated the Byrd Rule, which dictates what can be included in budget reconciliation bills. "We have every right to change her, and should do so, IMMEDIATELY," he wrote. "As long as sheβs there, we will never get our desperately needed, SAVE AMERICA ACT, approved, and put into full force and effect.""
We need to retool our 1A to make the expressions of nazi-ism illegal.
I'm sorry, but it needs to happen. It should have happened after WWII and people saw what that kind of rhetoric led to.
The danger is worse now with social media.
A person should have zero inherent right to incite violence against other humans and dehumanize them. We need human dignity laws like places in Europe have.
I forgot to tell you that the "sheriff's office" in Bucks County, PA was *in touch with the shooter BEFORE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED*
but the It Girls will tell you about it
https://youtu.be/liIXHym8f74?si=gzauXRyAPlszWquZ
#ThingsFallApart
No "the" in front of "hoi polloi". It's already there in the Greek: "hoi polloi" = "the many", i.e. "the [common] people"
We return you now to your regular Wonking.
That's too nuanced for The Hoi Polloi.
I get to go next door for a pasta dinner and to see two cute hooman babbies! I'm bringing lemon sorbet and fresh blueberries for dessert. See ya!
Today is 6/8/2026 (Monday)
π§ Bounty Day
π§ Eat Flexitarian Day
π§ International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos
π§ Name Your Poison Day
π§ National Best Friends Day
π§ First Day of Team Green Britain Bike Week
πΈπ§ Temotu Province Day (Solomon Islands)
π§ Thomas Paine Day
π§ Upsy Daisy Day
π§ World Brain Tumor Day
π§ World Oceans Day
π§ First Day of Love your Burial Ground Week
π§ First Day of Meet a Mate Week
π§ First Day of National Automotive Service Professional Week
π§ First Day of National Email Week
π§ First Day of National Little League Week
π§ First Day of National Pet Wedding Week
π§ First Day of National Scoot to School Week
π§ First Day of Right of Way Professionals Week
π§ First Day of Vision Rehabilitation Week
π On this day the Moon will be in a Last Quarter phase. This phase occurs roughly 3 weeks after the New Moon when the Moon is three quarters of the way through its orbit around the earth. If you live in the northern hemisphere the Moons left side will be illuminated and the right side will be dark. For those of you in the southern hemisphere it will be the opposite with the right side illuminated. Also called a Third Quarter phase, it will rise around midnight on the eastern horizon and set in the west around noon the next day. In the days following the Third Quarter Phase the Moonβs illumination will decrees each day until the New Moon.
Today in History: Nick Ut Takes Photo of Napalm Attack (1962), First Former US President Indicted (2023), Israel Accidentally Attacks US Navy Ship (1967), "We believe the global war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse itself," Ad Appears (1998), Or.G and Mrs. G Married (2002), Bill of Rights Proposed (1789), First Commercially Produced Ice Cream (1786), Laki Volcano Eruption (1783), Universal Pictures Formed (1912), 1984 Published (1949), First Version of PHP Released (1995)
Today's birthdays: Sonia Braga, Gabby Giffords, Julianna Marguiles, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Bonnie Tyler, Kathy Baker, Boz Scaggs, Nancy Sinatra, Joan Rivers, Jerry Stiller Frank, Lloyd Wright, Eddie Gaedel (Shortest MLB Player), Francis Crick, Rob Pilatus (Half of Milli Vanilli), Nick Rhodes, David Dixon Porter (First Person to Import Camels in the US for Commercial Purposes)
Today's deaths: Satchel Paige, Wade Goodwin (NPR Texas Correspondent), George Leigh-Mallory, Walter Hunt (Inventor of the Safety Pin), Andrew Jackson, Thomas Paine, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, Jack "Jaxon" Jackson, Pauline Tabor Webster (Kentucky's Most Famous Brothel Owner)
I love the oceans. They have fish in them.
The inconvenience to New Yorkers is WHY narcissistic baby-man is doing this.
(I'll bet he doesn't even show up.)
Will he send one of his clone doubles?
I was thinking the same thing.
He knows how much they despise him.
Longtime Renaissance vocalist Annie Haslam is 79 years old today. From 1974, here's the band with "Can You Understand?":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A3bb47J3xU
And here they are with probably their best known song, the lovely "Northern Lights":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKBJqHvQvjg
Thanks.
Sent this to Mr. Demme.
He LOVED her back in the day.
I've gotta dust off that solo album Roy Wood produced for her.
I don't think I ever listened to it.
I agree with someone belowβI wouldnβt be surprised if there wasβsomething β that happens that will cause trump to get hustled out so he can skip the game and holler about radical left wing nuts taking over βhisβ city.
I also would laugh if we get to see him for a bit of the game so we can watch him not knowing when to clap (or pump his fist, more like).
There are lots of videos on YouTube about Saturday's Royal Wedding - Princess Anne's son married an NHS nurse, and all the Royals turned up in their best duds and sparkly bits. Then the videos have to analyze who was dressed well, and they are all raving about the bride's gown, which I'm sorry to say I think is one of the most unflattering wedding gowns I have ever seen.
It always amazes me how so many filthy rich people have such poor fashion sense. Beatrice and Eugenie have NEVER had any fashion sense and always wear something that looks like it came from Upscale Goodwill and is the wrong size. Queen Camilla occasionally dresses very well, but her face ruins the entire look.
I don't normally watch this kind of thing but I'm on House Arrest and get very bored and I enjoy knowing that I have a better sense of fashion than 90% of filthy rich people. Money really can't buy style.
The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince wasn't there of course, and neither was his accomplice wife, and the videos all had to mention this.
Eugenie and Beatrice always look like the 2 Ugly Stepsisters in Cinderella with the dresses and hats they usually wear.
I went to look assuming you were being hyperbolic. Oh no.
I was actually being somewhat restrained.
"Well, not only." Capt. Kirk, Star Trek 2009 movie
"βOddβ Gulf of Mexico earthquake rattles Florida and Cuba
This earthquake [6.1] may be among the biggest in the Gulf of Mexicoβs history"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cuba-and-south-florida-rattled-by-6-1-earthquake/
Disclaimer: Quake not compared to the 66-million year-ago Chicxulub asteroid impact at the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately for the dinosaurs, dogs had not yet evolved so to sound the alarm minutes beforehand. Dogs know these things. Then the dinosaurs coulda crowded under the door frame, or hid under the desk. Or ran out of the apartment building in their underwear.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-10.74697,-134.38477&extent=49.32512,-35.94727
it is weird, and no aftershocks.
Had one of those happen while I was in college in Florida. Weird AF. Had no idea what was going on, thought someone had blown up the school or something.
No walking in Midtown Manhattan between 7th & 8th Avenue ? No bags ?
i'm sure they're allowing diaper bags for djt's staff.
And get there two hours early.
Jarring, innit?
I'd have been pissed if I had my day fucked up like this.
We all know if this had been done for Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, Faux News Entertainment and the entire rightwing media human centipede would have shit ALL the bricks.
HuffPost: "Trump lashed out at Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Monday, calling her a "radical left lunatic" after she ruled the SAVE America Act -- a GOP-backed bill to crack down on supposed election fraud -- violated the Byrd Rule, which dictates what can be included in budget reconciliation bills. "We have every right to change her, and should do so, IMMEDIATELY," he wrote. "As long as sheβs there, we will never get our desperately needed, SAVE AMERICA ACT, approved, and put into full force and effect.""
As I recall, there were some things in Biden's original infrastructure bill that she ruled against.
You actually have to be stupid to be a fascist.
"change her" or "charge her"?
Fuck you, little bitch boy. Go cry some more, you fucking overgrown, stinking manlet.
"I will twist every arm, pull every lever, run over anyone in my way, but I WILL get what I want!"
I hope they are putting extra security on 5th Avenue.
Yeah, he may just shoot someone and get away with it!
:( :( :(
I wouldn't put anything past that disgusting beast at this point.
Hegseth kicked out of France with a persona non grata for his disgusting screech in Normandy.
Today, we are all French.
aber *Ich* bin Berliner!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeFhSzoTuc
(Casablanca - La Marseillaise)
Vraiment!
Viva la France!
He wasn't kicked out. He just went home.
I for one wish he'd stay there. Or anywhere else.
Why do these over the ocean flights have to be so damn reliable??
You just know he would have been on the wrong side of that war.
"America First" was the slogan of U.S. Nazi appeasers.
Trump is on the wrong side of *everything*.
Kinda like how the Nazis got kicked out of Normandy
If only we could kick them out of the US.
We need to retool our 1A to make the expressions of nazi-ism illegal.
I'm sorry, but it needs to happen. It should have happened after WWII and people saw what that kind of rhetoric led to.
The danger is worse now with social media.
A person should have zero inherent right to incite violence against other humans and dehumanize them. We need human dignity laws like places in Europe have.
I'd be very excited to see him and Shitgibbon kicked into cells at Leavenworth.
A question for the panel: Is a stroke champagne-worthy, or do you stoically save the bottle for its intended purpose?
Since I don't drink, I have a sushi boat plan. But for a stroke I might go for a Hawaiian Pizza.
I think protocol calls for Cava or Prosecco for strokes and saving the real thing for the real thing, but modern rules say drink it when you like!
How the hell do I open a mini Prosecco? I canβt get a grip on that plastic.
One can only have chamapgne on two occasions. When happy, and when unhappy.
Stroke = beer. Cancer = the *good* whiskey. Death = chilled Champagne.
when he kicks it, I'm getting a bottle of the REALLY good single malt.
You may have just come up with Hooper's next Drinky Column.
Celebrating the death of a malignant dictator is always worthy of some bubbly. That is an intended purpose.
Like my wedding, I need to lay in a supply of fancy sparkling elderflower. Stuff is fab.
Absolutely- he already had one a bit ago, hence the droop so drink away!
You can always get more champagne.
I anticipate a shortage, when 'it' actually happens.
Champagne is usually meant for celebrations. In whatever form they take.
Hi Wonkets. Here is your sort of evening Zelenskyy. He visited the UK and thenβ¦.spoke with these stooges. https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-obgovoriv-zi-stivenom-vitkoffom-i-dzharedom-kushne-104813
The English jeer "boo!" is similar in many languages.
Croatian: buu
Danish: buh
Dutch: boe
Latvian: bΔΔ
Hmong: boo ua
Shona (African): bhoo
Indonesian: uuu
Outliers
Polish: gwizd
Hungarian: lehurrogΓ‘s
Czech: vypΓskat
Spanish: abucheo
Potuguese: vaia
Ukrainian appears to translate to Boo.
Simpsons: boo urns
I like the Estonian "puh"