So Sen. Foghorn Cornpone thinks troops shouldn't be sent in.
That means nothing will change. Iran isn't going to cry uncle from bombing, and that was tried for 40 days earlier this year.
The Vietnamese took more than twice the tonnage of bombs dropped by all combatants during World War II, with the bombing lasting nearly a decade and guess what? They didn't unconditionally surrender.
As usual, this comes down to having the stupidest person on the planet in charge of the country and someone almost as stupid running the war.
PAB was told we're running out of oil soon, so he made a huge deal out of a MOU that he never even read and didn't understand -- not surprising as the list of things he understands could be written with a Sharpie on the back of a postage stamp.
Turns out the MOU was basically Iran's Christmas wish list and basically a surrender by the US, so Presidunce Toddler McShitferbrains had to blow it up.
Meanwhile, things are worse because the other strait is now closed to the Saudis and more US troops have died and more US equipment has been blown to shit.
And sending in troops would be another stupid thing, so guess he'll be doing that soon.
I was just musing about some laws I would pass once I become Benevolent Dictator of the Universe.
No elected official or cabinet member could buy or sell stocks, bonds, diversified funds, crypto and bitcoin, or tangible assets once they took office. They could also not accept ANY gifts of any kind other than being lent clothing from couture houses to wear to formal events. All their existing investments would have to be locked up tight in a trust find and they could only spend their dividends. I haven't decided yet whether their immediate family members should be subject to the same restrictions.
There would have to be a few exceptions of course, such as the elected official getting divorced and having to divide their assets, but that could be hashed out later.
Also, nobody could campaign for any public office until 60 days before the election, and they could only spend $2 million on their campaign. This amount would increase annually by the same % applied to Social Security COLAs.
Also, every eligible citizen would be required to vote or pay a penalty. A LARGE penalty. Also too, all voting would be by mail or secure dropbox.
It's just a fantasy I have. I enjoy mulling over the details when I am trying to fall asleep.
If you do that you have to pay them well as professionals. A congressperson should be able to make a comfortable living doing what they do without having to look for outside income.
Thou shalt sit at my right hand, helenasgarden. I hope you don't like car alarms and loud car stereos, because I want to ban both of those as well, and everyone would have to enroll in a free 9-month-long child rearing class before being allowed to have a baby. I have a very long list.
I would add no TV political commercials. I don't trust them when they are trying to sell me a hamburger, so definitely don't trust any politician telling me jack shit.
I would allow TV political commercials. However, I would also add a law requiring politicians to be both honest and forthright. Lying, dissembling, or attempting to deceive voters in any way would automatically end their campaign if they are campaigning, and end their term if they have already been elected. As a politician, you could be wrong, but if you actively try to deceive voters, or are willfully ignorant of subject matter you should know (yes, I'm speaking to you, Mike Johnson), you get the boot.
They wouldn't have to actually fill in the ballot if they didn't want to, because you are right, they can't be compelled to do that. They would just have to register, receive one, and send it back blank if they chose to.
<If we can stand the pain of the rising cost of energy, we need to stay the course, at least for a few more months.>
Uh, no, Mr. Multi-millionaire, we cannot stand the pain. People are going to be mighty cold this winter if they heat with oil and it stays where it is price wise. Paying $1.00 more per gallon for both traveling and heating fuel over an extended period of time is a serious setback for the average person. This verkakte war is making the wrong people weatlhier and this is money we are never getting back.
Consider: Foghorn represents Louisiana. Louisana, I expect, does hot need much heating fuel. The alternative to Gulf Oil is Venezuela oil. Louisiana is one of the primary refiners of Venezuela oil. So if New England can help out Louisiana by freezing to death, Sen Foghorn would be much obliged.
OT: We're getting severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the Chicago area now. Winds in some places are approaching 90 mph. I bring you this news so that I can tell you that the NWS meteorologist reporting these conditions is named Kevin Doom.
That blackness was a real attention-grabber. Darker than night. It's lightened up a little outside my window now, though rain keeps coming down in fits and starts.
Of these two people? I would take a bullet for Chef Andres because he's just a better man than me and I'm aware enough that he should sure as Hell be able to keep doing what he's doing.
<We Continue To Be Led By Morons>
Moron this later as the story continues to develop.
They are starting to March
So Sen. Foghorn Cornpone thinks troops shouldn't be sent in.
That means nothing will change. Iran isn't going to cry uncle from bombing, and that was tried for 40 days earlier this year.
The Vietnamese took more than twice the tonnage of bombs dropped by all combatants during World War II, with the bombing lasting nearly a decade and guess what? They didn't unconditionally surrender.
As usual, this comes down to having the stupidest person on the planet in charge of the country and someone almost as stupid running the war.
PAB was told we're running out of oil soon, so he made a huge deal out of a MOU that he never even read and didn't understand -- not surprising as the list of things he understands could be written with a Sharpie on the back of a postage stamp.
Turns out the MOU was basically Iran's Christmas wish list and basically a surrender by the US, so Presidunce Toddler McShitferbrains had to blow it up.
Meanwhile, things are worse because the other strait is now closed to the Saudis and more US troops have died and more US equipment has been blown to shit.
And sending in troops would be another stupid thing, so guess he'll be doing that soon.
"consider he has nothing to lose "
Maybe he does...maybe he wants to keep passing the open windows...
Also- Fuck Kennedy...both of 'em...
One is insane and the other has Bad Faith tattooed on his forehead....
Reading this feature I regularly wonder: is anyone actually watching these things except people paid to do so, like Michael?
(… also do all of their insurance plans cover the therapy?)
My ex-hubsand used to watch. I would clean the house.
So he didn't hurl on the floor to mess up your cleaning? Tough guy!
So to be an Orange Oaf Orificial does not require that you be able to recite the alphabet in proper order and count to 100.
Tom Homan looks like the apple you carved before you shrunk it.
The thumb of a shriveled monkey's paw.
I was just musing about some laws I would pass once I become Benevolent Dictator of the Universe.
No elected official or cabinet member could buy or sell stocks, bonds, diversified funds, crypto and bitcoin, or tangible assets once they took office. They could also not accept ANY gifts of any kind other than being lent clothing from couture houses to wear to formal events. All their existing investments would have to be locked up tight in a trust find and they could only spend their dividends. I haven't decided yet whether their immediate family members should be subject to the same restrictions.
There would have to be a few exceptions of course, such as the elected official getting divorced and having to divide their assets, but that could be hashed out later.
Also, nobody could campaign for any public office until 60 days before the election, and they could only spend $2 million on their campaign. This amount would increase annually by the same % applied to Social Security COLAs.
Also, every eligible citizen would be required to vote or pay a penalty. A LARGE penalty. Also too, all voting would be by mail or secure dropbox.
It's just a fantasy I have. I enjoy mulling over the details when I am trying to fall asleep.
Throw in a decent pension to (hopefully) reduce corruption
(pssssttt- don't forget "TAX THE CHURCHES"...please...)
If you do that you have to pay them well as professionals. A congressperson should be able to make a comfortable living doing what they do without having to look for outside income.
Professional what? Schoolteachers? Neurosurgeons? White shoe lawyers?
I agree 100%.
I would vote for you, oh future Benevolent Dictator of the Universe.
Thou shalt sit at my right hand, helenasgarden. I hope you don't like car alarms and loud car stereos, because I want to ban both of those as well, and everyone would have to enroll in a free 9-month-long child rearing class before being allowed to have a baby. I have a very long list.
Can I maintain all your Beach Houses, please??
When can you start? 🥰
I would add no TV political commercials. I don't trust them when they are trying to sell me a hamburger, so definitely don't trust any politician telling me jack shit.
I would allow TV political commercials. However, I would also add a law requiring politicians to be both honest and forthright. Lying, dissembling, or attempting to deceive voters in any way would automatically end their campaign if they are campaigning, and end their term if they have already been elected. As a politician, you could be wrong, but if you actively try to deceive voters, or are willfully ignorant of subject matter you should know (yes, I'm speaking to you, Mike Johnson), you get the boot.
Good idea, thanks.
I don't think 60 days is enough time. 6 months might be. And required voting doesn't sit well with me.
I would consider 90 days, but $2 million is probably not enough to pay for 6 months of campaigning.
That last bit is compelled speech, which is unconstitutional, but the rest is rock solid.
They wouldn't have to actually fill in the ballot if they didn't want to, because you are right, they can't be compelled to do that. They would just have to register, receive one, and send it back blank if they chose to.
If you're the "Boss" just do what you please and the Hell with "Norms", amirite?
<If we can stand the pain of the rising cost of energy, we need to stay the course, at least for a few more months.>
Uh, no, Mr. Multi-millionaire, we cannot stand the pain. People are going to be mighty cold this winter if they heat with oil and it stays where it is price wise. Paying $1.00 more per gallon for both traveling and heating fuel over an extended period of time is a serious setback for the average person. This verkakte war is making the wrong people weatlhier and this is money we are never getting back.
Not to mention every damned thing has to be transported by trucks that USE FUEL, Dumbass Foghorn.
Consider: Foghorn represents Louisiana. Louisana, I expect, does hot need much heating fuel. The alternative to Gulf Oil is Venezuela oil. Louisiana is one of the primary refiners of Venezuela oil. So if New England can help out Louisiana by freezing to death, Sen Foghorn would be much obliged.
I'm still waiting for Lindsey Graham to resume his regular appearances on the Sunday shows. And I realize he recently died.
I'm surprised the Sunday shows didn't have him on like Max Headroom.
“And now, representing the senator from South Carolina, welcome Madame Blavatsky.”
I reach. I keep seeing something and thinking "I'll tell Ana about that." before the dawning realization sets in "No, I won't. She's dead.".
It's been ten years since I lost my daughter and both her sister and I are always finding things Katie would like and then we remember :(
He could be a Holo-Graham.
Lindsey and Holo-Grahams!
Lindsey and the Holo-Grahams
Long cons and grifts and shams
OT: We're getting severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the Chicago area now. Winds in some places are approaching 90 mph. I bring you this news so that I can tell you that the NWS meteorologist reporting these conditions is named Kevin Doom.
Well, no wonder he went into meteorology.
He changed his name to that. He was born Kevin Gloom.
Our local weather guy when I was a kid named his daughter Windy Gale.
no, he's from the Latverian Dooms
i noticed when suddenly outside my windows it was stone black
even now, it is not like day at street level
That blackness was a real attention-grabber. Darker than night. It's lightened up a little outside my window now, though rain keeps coming down in fits and starts.
Right teacher's pet, aren't we?
I don't know what you mean.
Guess he flunked out of medical school?
Stay safe!
There's a chiropractor here in Wichita named Bonebrake, if he's still alive.
EDIT: It appears his clinic is in Olatha Ks, so he may have died.
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3mrmpx7ayvs2w
Of these two people? I would take a bullet for Chef Andres because he's just a better man than me and I'm aware enough that he should sure as Hell be able to keep doing what he's doing.
Elon Musk? Not so much.
hoo boy... Musk calling Andres an asshole.
"Whaaaaa! I'm not a trillionaire anymore! Life is sooo unfair!"
Never has a man who has so much be so lesser.
Elon? That Nazi who doesn't know anything about cars? THAT Elon?
"Wheels go round and round!"
-so called engineer Mole (who only took two fucking years at most of engineering)
The Repunks are in trouble now, but they have a cash advantage that is absolutely galactic. Wait till the ad blitz starts.
The R primary blitz is astounding here in Kansas.
DNC is in a deep hole. People will be asked to resign mid-November or so.
At this point the Press aren’t cowards. They’re collaborators.
As is a good portion of the Democratic members of Congress.
JFC, Cassidy, you're a FUCKING DOCTOR! And you've been unceremoniously un-jobbed by Trump and the MAGAts. Grow a spine, FFS!
He needs that post-Trump grift on Faux News!
It's true
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
@gtconway.bsky.social
The perfect portrait of a sociopath.
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"(Mumble mumble mumble) stealing my thunder. He's fired"
Gettin' rid of democracy ain't anti-democratic in my opinion.