Keep in mind, also, that unwinding the tariffs already collected, PARTICULARLY given this maladministration, is a fertile ground to be rife with waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption, and especially will be unable to address those small businesses already destroyed. But no, clearly knowing this would be the case, the bastards on the Supreme Court still couldn't bring themselves to address this issue quickly on the shadow docket. They let it snowball to hundreds of billions of dollars while sticking their fingers up their asses and simultaneously railroading fascist abridgement of individual liberties and democratic principles through the shadow docket in record time.
Rusty garden weasels don't deserve what those "justices" deserve from rusty garden weasels.
The great and powerful New York Times has an opinion(?) piece by Nate Silver, et al, about top picks for the Dem presidential candidate. Given my hate for the NYT and their oligarchs, Iβd rather read about the Kardashians, which I will never do. I called them βunserious β β¦ a big thank you to the Wonketeer who turned me on to this perfect word β¦ and raised concern about the mainstream mediaβs inevitable hit pieces. Aaaand β¦ they allowed it. I kinda feel like I pulled off a Charles Dickens thing. Comment on their silliness, and then twist my own knife:
βAs always, βweβ β¦ Iβm being nice β¦ the mainstream media β¦ are unserious. AOC in the second spot, and Jon Stewart anywhere to be seen, makes the whole list ridiculous. I love her politics, frankly, but she wonβt run and shouldnβt be president any time soon. Sheβs very smart, smart enough to know sheβs too inexperienced still.
These fun thought exercises donβt interest me. What I think about β¦ dread β¦ is how the mainstream media will take the gloves off and start running hit piece after hit piece (162 a month, maybe) attacking the Democrats that their masters would keep in check.
The Republicans fight dirty, anything to win? Mainstream media: βHold my beer.β
End quote. Yeah, my arm hurts from patting myself on the back. But leeeeeetle tiny gains. Leeeeetle, but gains.
Last thing I heard from the Heritage Foundation was that they were debating whether to be Nazi or Notzi, so I gotta hand it to them for reaching out in a new direction.
Not sure what is most remarkable about that Ohio mayor. Is it that his last name is Dingus? Is it that he's sniffing the panties of a girl in his home? Or, is it that he's accused of running someone over? In any case, he's a perfect example of MAGAt.
Since I'm from Ohio, and I've been to Butler, I tried to find more info on this guy. Weird that they drop the "ran over a guy with his car" part at the very end of the article, but I guess if you live there you probably already knew it. The person he ran over was wanted on some kind of warrant - was the mayor trying to like vigilante catch the guy? That's nuts. I didn't find anything really Trumpy about him from the 2023 campaign; he said he wanted to turn an old ski resort into new housing lots, and get a generator for the community center so it could serve as a shelter during weather events. I guess if you give some guys even the tiniest bit of power (mayor is a part time job that pays $600/month) their inner pervert immediately gets unleashed. His official mayor facebook page is still live.
LA Times, today: "An upcoming UCLA lecture featuring CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has been canceled due to apparent security concerns, despite the public university offering to obtain additional security. According to the university, Weissβ team withdrew from the event. Weiss was scheduled to give the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial lecture on Feb. 27 about βThe Future of Journalism.β Several employees at the Burkle Center and the International Institute expressed opposition to Weiss speaking on campus. The university was also expecting a large student protest."
The Pedo Protector, in Georgia yesterday: "βDo you notice, what word have you not heard over the last two weeks? Affordability. Because, Iβve won. Iβve won affordability.β
Fuck those motherfucking conservatives on the Supreme Court. I mean, I'm not upset they found Trump's tariffs unconstitutional. But what their unmistakable long pattern of decisions amounts to is:
"We don't give a shit about individual rights or democratic principles guaranteed in the constitution, have at it fascists. But don't you dare do anything that could slightly lower returns on our investment portfolios."
The rusty garden weasel needs to be getting a workout with those pieces of hammered shit.
"Liu has a frenulum piercing in the tissue that connects her upper lip to her gums, a piece of jewelry that hangs down over her two front teeth and can be spotted whenever she smiles widely. She referred to the piercing as her "smiley" in a video interview with Milwaukee-based NBC affiliate TMJ4 News that was published in January 2026. "I pierced it a little over two years ago now," she said, confessing, "Also, I did it myself.""
it is very early in the morning here in the procrastinator's time zone, and I am back in bed. Got up a little while ago, checked the weather--it's stopped snowing, at least for now, wind is still blowing--went downstairs and put some wood on the coals, greeted two sleepy-but-happy-to-see-me cats, gave scritches, scooped, put some food out for them.
I came upstairs, took the fountain base off the charger and reassembled the fountain in the window, because Serendipity was on the couch and she's fond of that fountain. Then I spent a few minutes with her, and now I'm back in bed, and Daphne came over to hang out and get some affection, and now she's snuggled up next to me, going back to sleep, I think. I am cat-blessed, the roof is holding up under the snow, the fire is keeping the cold at bay, we're a week out from March, and after March comes spring, after a while.
Sometimes the writers can only carry tabs so far, and on such mornings, we need to step into the breach.
Because I feel nostalgia for the apartment therapy tabs from back before the world went mad, here is one for you, with people knitting little tiny sweaters for hot water bottles and now I want one or even two, or one for each cat even. Damn. https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/cheap-hot-water-bottle-trick-india-37539902
We can always use cat pictures. Alice!! Jax!! And that other one!! (Sorry, other one. Your mom has a lot of kittehs and I havenβt memorized all of your names.)
Snowy saunter, your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/strollin-snowy-owl
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/bd33210f-cd35-4a5b-a6b8-59516f5d43f5?utm_source=share
Thank you Martini, for the Morning Owl.
Who knows
Where the Snowy Owl goes
When it snows?
I love the βWhatβs all this, then? Nope!β at the end of her snowy stroll.
Good for Norman. It would be a shame to have shot those birds.
If I ever catch that rascally rabbit!
"Fuck this! My feetes are COLD!"
Owl takes a walk until he remembers that he has wings.
βOh right, I have wings! Fucking Mondays.β *flap*
Terrible cheap cigar
I had forgotten that. I loved the picture of the owl on the packaging. Back in the day when tobacco wasn't locked up.
That's being blunt.
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER.
Kaboom?
That is one sketchy looking pigeon.
/looks closer
Ayup!
He's late to the parliament.
"It still takes 3 licks to get to center of a Tootsie Pop!"
When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna owl you as much as I do?
What a hoot π¦
Thank you, Heritage Foundation, for giving a hand job, not a hand out.
Hey Sammy! Take your buddy Clarence with you when you go.
Alysa Liu, a nonconforming, Gen Z, mixed-race young woman from Oakland winning the gold medal represents the America I want to believe in. β€οΈ
Keep in mind, also, that unwinding the tariffs already collected, PARTICULARLY given this maladministration, is a fertile ground to be rife with waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption, and especially will be unable to address those small businesses already destroyed. But no, clearly knowing this would be the case, the bastards on the Supreme Court still couldn't bring themselves to address this issue quickly on the shadow docket. They let it snowball to hundreds of billions of dollars while sticking their fingers up their asses and simultaneously railroading fascist abridgement of individual liberties and democratic principles through the shadow docket in record time.
Rusty garden weasels don't deserve what those "justices" deserve from rusty garden weasels.
Friday morning for the (tiny) win:
The great and powerful New York Times has an opinion(?) piece by Nate Silver, et al, about top picks for the Dem presidential candidate. Given my hate for the NYT and their oligarchs, Iβd rather read about the Kardashians, which I will never do. I called them βunserious β β¦ a big thank you to the Wonketeer who turned me on to this perfect word β¦ and raised concern about the mainstream mediaβs inevitable hit pieces. Aaaand β¦ they allowed it. I kinda feel like I pulled off a Charles Dickens thing. Comment on their silliness, and then twist my own knife:
βAs always, βweβ β¦ Iβm being nice β¦ the mainstream media β¦ are unserious. AOC in the second spot, and Jon Stewart anywhere to be seen, makes the whole list ridiculous. I love her politics, frankly, but she wonβt run and shouldnβt be president any time soon. Sheβs very smart, smart enough to know sheβs too inexperienced still.
These fun thought exercises donβt interest me. What I think about β¦ dread β¦ is how the mainstream media will take the gloves off and start running hit piece after hit piece (162 a month, maybe) attacking the Democrats that their masters would keep in check.
The Republicans fight dirty, anything to win? Mainstream media: βHold my beer.β
End quote. Yeah, my arm hurts from patting myself on the back. But leeeeeetle tiny gains. Leeeeetle, but gains.
If I had access to a fire truck and several thousand gallons of ketchup⦠the funniest thing could happen.
Last thing I heard from the Heritage Foundation was that they were debating whether to be Nazi or Notzi, so I gotta hand it to them for reaching out in a new direction.
Not sure what is most remarkable about that Ohio mayor. Is it that his last name is Dingus? Is it that he's sniffing the panties of a girl in his home? Or, is it that he's accused of running someone over? In any case, he's a perfect example of MAGAt.
Since I'm from Ohio, and I've been to Butler, I tried to find more info on this guy. Weird that they drop the "ran over a guy with his car" part at the very end of the article, but I guess if you live there you probably already knew it. The person he ran over was wanted on some kind of warrant - was the mayor trying to like vigilante catch the guy? That's nuts. I didn't find anything really Trumpy about him from the 2023 campaign; he said he wanted to turn an old ski resort into new housing lots, and get a generator for the community center so it could serve as a shelter during weather events. I guess if you give some guys even the tiniest bit of power (mayor is a part time job that pays $600/month) their inner pervert immediately gets unleashed. His official mayor facebook page is still live.
LA Times, today: "An upcoming UCLA lecture featuring CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has been canceled due to apparent security concerns, despite the public university offering to obtain additional security. According to the university, Weissβ team withdrew from the event. Weiss was scheduled to give the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial lecture on Feb. 27 about βThe Future of Journalism.β Several employees at the Burkle Center and the International Institute expressed opposition to Weiss speaking on campus. The university was also expecting a large student protest."
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-02-18/cbss-bari-weiss-pulls-out-of-ucla-lecture
the kids are alright!
The Pedo Protector, in Georgia yesterday: "βDo you notice, what word have you not heard over the last two weeks? Affordability. Because, Iβve won. Iβve won affordability.β
I guess my Food Lion total yesterday was my imagination.
Figures the Mayor of Butler is a republican......and from Ohio....
Fuck those motherfucking conservatives on the Supreme Court. I mean, I'm not upset they found Trump's tariffs unconstitutional. But what their unmistakable long pattern of decisions amounts to is:
"We don't give a shit about individual rights or democratic principles guaranteed in the constitution, have at it fascists. But don't you dare do anything that could slightly lower returns on our investment portfolios."
The rusty garden weasel needs to be getting a workout with those pieces of hammered shit.
Thank you for the good news parts, and the funny things, and the lovely skater. Took my breath away.
I'm sure the Pope is shaking in his vestments because of Bribable Bondi's displeasure.
I meant Leavitt.....I'm getting my trumpblondes mixed up.
Thank you, Evan, for being servicey! I have been wanting to watch the Alyssa Liu skate but not enough to go looking for it. That was delightful.
And because one of you hip people will know, is that a piercing in her mouth or the world's hottest-shit retainer?
"Liu has a frenulum piercing in the tissue that connects her upper lip to her gums, a piece of jewelry that hangs down over her two front teeth and can be spotted whenever she smiles widely. She referred to the piercing as her "smiley" in a video interview with Milwaukee-based NBC affiliate TMJ4 News that was published in January 2026. "I pierced it a little over two years ago now," she said, confessing, "Also, I did it myself.""
https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/alysa-liu-explains-smiley-frenulum-piercing-mouth-did-it-herself
When I recover from my full-body cringe I'm going to be impressed as hell. Thank you for the information, that's genuinely fascinating.
Itβs a lip piercing.
it is very early in the morning here in the procrastinator's time zone, and I am back in bed. Got up a little while ago, checked the weather--it's stopped snowing, at least for now, wind is still blowing--went downstairs and put some wood on the coals, greeted two sleepy-but-happy-to-see-me cats, gave scritches, scooped, put some food out for them.
I came upstairs, took the fountain base off the charger and reassembled the fountain in the window, because Serendipity was on the couch and she's fond of that fountain. Then I spent a few minutes with her, and now I'm back in bed, and Daphne came over to hang out and get some affection, and now she's snuggled up next to me, going back to sleep, I think. I am cat-blessed, the roof is holding up under the snow, the fire is keeping the cold at bay, we're a week out from March, and after March comes spring, after a while.
Sometimes the writers can only carry tabs so far, and on such mornings, we need to step into the breach.
Because I feel nostalgia for the apartment therapy tabs from back before the world went mad, here is one for you, with people knitting little tiny sweaters for hot water bottles and now I want one or even two, or one for each cat even. Damn. https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/cheap-hot-water-bottle-trick-india-37539902
Here's an interesting perspective on the ever-fresh question, what the hell is wrong with that guy: https://scienceoveracuppa.com/2016/10/16/the-face-of-donald-j-trump/
And here's some cat pictures, in case you could use some cat pictures: https://substack.com/profile/1687878-1d57a1d5931d/note/c-217204585?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di
Happy Hooperday, everywonk! We made it through another week. We are BEASTS!
We can always use cat pictures. Alice!! Jax!! And that other one!! (Sorry, other one. Your mom has a lot of kittehs and I havenβt memorized all of your names.)
https://substack.com/profile/1687878-1d57a1d5931d/note/c-217220097?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di
Gryffn!!