'So they say 'The Late Show' has lost CBS 40 million. 40 million, that's a huge number! I can believe we've lost 24 million, which means where did the other 16 million go?
My husband is off to his aunt's funeral in Manchester with his brother. He still holds a bit of a grudge against this aunt and her daughter (his cousin)—when my mother-in-law died about 13 years ago, this aunt and cousin called at the last minute and said they couldn't make it because the cousin's car had broken down halfway between Manchester and London; funny enough, we later found out that it hadn't been the case at all because (as another relative tattled) the cousin got in a fender-bender in Manchester about half an hour after she'd called. Served her right. But still, it was like, if you didn't want to come to the funeral, just say so.
ANYWAY, when my husband sees his cousin he's going to say, "Wow, I haven't seen you since my mom's funeral" and we're betting she'll agree, forgetting about that lie.
All this also means I'm HOME ALONE until tomorrow night. 🥳 I can watch whatever I want without having to reach a unanimous agreement, I can stay up as late as I want without hearing "What time did you come to bed last night, anyway?" in the morning, and I can have whatever I want for dinner (I'm thinking popcorn). I feel like a teenager whose parents are gone for the night, only without the desire to party.
I'm glad I'm not the only one, lol! Seriously, if I could get my hands on a good ol' 'Merican bag of Fritos, Cheetos, or even just a family-sized bag of plain Lay's potato chips and a tub of sour cream, THAT would be dinner, lol!
They've a sharp & vocal culture. Observant beyond the daily scrum. I feel like they understand that this is a hostage type situation for many Americans.
I wouldn't. The Scots aren't spoiled, materialistic tossers like we are. We've been bought off, and most of us are content to let the ruling class do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't directly affect our day-to-day lives.
The systematic starving of Gazans, shooting them as they try and get food. In a sane and just world, Bibi wouldn't be allowed in decent countries and criticizing war crimes would not be considered "anti semitic." It's a horror show, and we need real leadership and compassion, not a game show host spending millions promoting his golf properties and threatening black celebrities with arrest because they supported the other candidate.
"On Saturday evening, Israeli forces killed at least 11 people and wounded 120 others when they fired toward crowds who tried to get food from an entering U.N. convoy, Dr. Mohamed Abu Selmiyah, director of Shifa hospital, told the AP."- An absolute horror show.
I think I said this yesterday but if not, here goes. They allow in humanitarian assistance only to congregate people so they can shoot them to finish the process of clearing Gaza quicker. That is the end goal here and they are not hiding it anymore. They’ve flat out stated that.
It's almost like people avoiding jail should not be allowed to run for an office that gives them the power to keep killing people in order to stay in that office.
But, nah, it's not nice to stop people from doing what they want . . .
Considering both party’s histories of aiding and abetting the 80-year-old experiment in colonialist genocide that is the so-called state of Isreal, do you honestly think they would have done anything better? If so, based on what, exactly?
And I say that as someone who voted for both of them, if only to keep MAGA out of power.
That election was more than about Israel/Gaza. I don't think Harris would be making statements like "Finish the job." or making overtures about taking over Gaza.
based on policy for starters. i believe the D's would have worked harder for the Gazans. also, we wouldn't have hit iran for bibi's amusement. we wouldn't have had the current admin officials kissing all the wrong asses.
I mean, really. There was a choice between two and they thought either Assface was going to solve it or Harris was going to escalate it. Insane and fucking stupid.
It’s not one country. If the UN rolls and it’s not sanctioned by the US and Trump is the US’s leader no other country will send their troops, full stop. The US never participates in peacekeeping and the countries that do no longer trust he wouldn’t bomb them. The countries that typically lead peacekeeping are the ones who are also Five Eyes members and WE DON’T TRUST HIM. These are countries that train with the Americans and have strong ties. Canada, UK, France, Australia. We are scared of him. Americans always say oh don’t take him literally and that is bullshit. He literally wants to put a Trump Gaza in the Gaza Riviera just like he wants to annex Greenland and Canada. So none of us want to march our troops into Gaza so we can have them mowed down by Israeli troops aided by US bombers.
The rest of the world knows that the US still remains heavily militarized and is a serious threat to physical wellbeing. It’s also wielding enormous economic power despite the damage he’s done to the world economy. He is the kid from Twilight Zone who can make anything happen by wishing. I agree that the rest of the world should grow a pair here. But no other country will send troops with him in charge and not on board. They would essentially be sending people to come back in coffins.
Peacekeeping missions go sideways if there is no peace to keep, which is the lesson in both Rwanda and Somalia. There’s no peace to keep here, and the risk is too great.
One or two of the songs on GA are live. I think there were like 3 people in the audience and they were all crew. Just looked it up, Cash on the Barrelhead and Hickory Wind. You right.
If this regime is allowed to endure long enough, it will be written in the history books as the supreme project of Trump, that saved the Reich, even greater than his magnificent Wall.
But every time they come up on my playlist they get blasted in my 2024 Rav4 Adventure. XD XD XD
ETA: And that cover to "Get Lucky" was the first time my young (like 11 years old, LMAO) ever regarded a man's ass as a sexual object. Oh, my!!!!! XD XD XD XD
That’s apparently the butt of the prepubescent kid of the manager because nobody else fit into the pants. Some Canuck news agency did a deep dive on whose butt it was a couple years ago.
My friend's dad poked his head into his room when we were hanging out in the early '80s and asked what we were listening to. His son handed him the album cover with the crossed fingers and red leather pants and said "This". You should have seen the look on his dad's face.
Why in the FUCK are they remaking that? Can they not come up with new shit?
No one (NO ONE) is going to do a better job in those movies than Leslie Nielsen. Why not just call it a fucking day and leave those movies alone? Make something new.
This, too. Just wild animals anymore. I think the last movie we saw in the theatres was It. And there were people on phones, talking, etc. It was a waste of money.
There's a remake? I went by our ancient cinema yesterday and same the name on the marquee. I thought it was just a showing of the original, just for fun.
I am SO late to this party, but Ziggy, HOW COULD YOU FORGET BILL MURRAY?
The suits at CBS are getting PISSED at Colbert. Pissed and scared:
https://www.cinemablend.com/television/how-stephen-colbert-allegedly-rubbing-execs-wrong-way-the-late-show-cancellation
Good. I hope Colbert doesn't let up.
my favorite bit from that first monologue:
'So they say 'The Late Show' has lost CBS 40 million. 40 million, that's a huge number! I can believe we've lost 24 million, which means where did the other 16 million go?
Oooooohhhhhhhhhhh...'
how to prove that your "business" decisions are not about your viewers, but about whether your execs will get away with a big enough golden parachute.
Make those motherfuckers CRY.
Fuck them. Trey Parker and Matt Stone made off with a billion, AFTER they skull fucked that waddling diaper.
He won't. He has FUCK YOU money (I don't say this to slam him fyi). He isn't a coward either.
He's likely daring them to fire him outright, whereupon he can make them look even more churlish.
I bet the only thing keeping him from really pushing it is the thought of the crew being thrown out of work sooner.
Although IMO he's shown remarkable class and restraint.
My husband is off to his aunt's funeral in Manchester with his brother. He still holds a bit of a grudge against this aunt and her daughter (his cousin)—when my mother-in-law died about 13 years ago, this aunt and cousin called at the last minute and said they couldn't make it because the cousin's car had broken down halfway between Manchester and London; funny enough, we later found out that it hadn't been the case at all because (as another relative tattled) the cousin got in a fender-bender in Manchester about half an hour after she'd called. Served her right. But still, it was like, if you didn't want to come to the funeral, just say so.
ANYWAY, when my husband sees his cousin he's going to say, "Wow, I haven't seen you since my mom's funeral" and we're betting she'll agree, forgetting about that lie.
All this also means I'm HOME ALONE until tomorrow night. 🥳 I can watch whatever I want without having to reach a unanimous agreement, I can stay up as late as I want without hearing "What time did you come to bed last night, anyway?" in the morning, and I can have whatever I want for dinner (I'm thinking popcorn). I feel like a teenager whose parents are gone for the night, only without the desire to party.
Whenever the hubs goes on a business trip I eat like a teenager! LOL!
I'm glad I'm not the only one, lol! Seriously, if I could get my hands on a good ol' 'Merican bag of Fritos, Cheetos, or even just a family-sized bag of plain Lay's potato chips and a tub of sour cream, THAT would be dinner, lol!
ohhhh, that's a great dinner, and my hips will agree.
Saltines, peanut butter and an apple sometimes. 🤣
Of course if we really wanted to eat like teenagers, we'd be breaking out the 50¢ ramen noodles...
just add salt.
LOL I do that too!!!!
Kitty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GQwVObJVrI
"Thuddenly Theymour"
Upton Sinclair quote updated to account for MAGA willful ignorance:
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his shittiness depends on his not understanding it.'
There must be entire book of quotes on stupidity out there. And people keep adding onto it every single day.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ― George Carlin
I'm thinking MAGA is holding up the left hand side of the intelligence Bell curve if their leaders are any indication.
I think that that bell curve is missing its left half. LOL
"Quotations from Chairman Trump"
https://www.amazon.com/Quotations-Chairman-Trump-Carol-Pogash/dp/0795348215
I found a used copy in Good condition on eBay for $4.15 with free shipping. It'll make a nice gift after I read it. Or I can donate it to the library.
BWAHAHAHAHA! I don't know whether to laugh or cry! Thanks!
If anyone today me a year ago that the fiercely beating heart of American liberty was located in 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, I would have said they were insane.
if 2025 vorpal went back to 2016 vorpal and said he would be siding with Liz Cheney in the future, 2016 vorpal would laugh loud and long in my face...
They've a sharp & vocal culture. Observant beyond the daily scrum. I feel like they understand that this is a hostage type situation for many Americans.
All of the rest of the world gets that because he is also doing the same to us.
Scotland 💕
Autocorrect shit. "If anyone told me a year ago..."
We understood, no worries.
I wouldn't. The Scots aren't spoiled, materialistic tossers like we are. We've been bought off, and most of us are content to let the ruling class do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't directly affect our day-to-day lives.
Clowns, bread prices & you, update at 11.
Behold the power of the superstructure!
𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧
Astute. I never thought of it that way. Thanks.
The sad thing is how cheaply they got us.
You're right. I imagine it's mortifying.
Except that it does or at least soon WILL affect our day-to-day lives
And then we'll allow ourselves to be distracted by something else, and the game will continue.
Goebbels could only dream of having a Fox "news" channel, or internet. I'm not optimistic.
Not "we." Them. The fucking drones.
I have nothing but contempt for the type and won't accept any fucking excuses for them anymore. None.
Agree, but there are alot of indifferent lumpish people in the middle. Those are the bought-off ones, who just can't be bothered.
Ok, I'll stop with my doom and gloom, for now.
I don't really mind your doom and gloom. I share it.
Those are who I'm talking about. Who think none of this affects them. They are fucking us.
New Yorker story. I'm sure it's paywalled, not sure how to send a gift link. But here 'tis:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/ice-agents-invade-a-manhattan-little-league-field
https://archive.ph/ffzLg
If your clear your browser cache, you can always read one article at New Yorker before getting a paywall.
The systematic starving of Gazans, shooting them as they try and get food. In a sane and just world, Bibi wouldn't be allowed in decent countries and criticizing war crimes would not be considered "anti semitic." It's a horror show, and we need real leadership and compassion, not a game show host spending millions promoting his golf properties and threatening black celebrities with arrest because they supported the other candidate.
"On Saturday evening, Israeli forces killed at least 11 people and wounded 120 others when they fired toward crowds who tried to get food from an entering U.N. convoy, Dr. Mohamed Abu Selmiyah, director of Shifa hospital, told the AP."- An absolute horror show.
I fear Israel will never come back from this.
We are doing the war crimes now with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to shoot starving kids holding pots out for gruel.
I think I said this yesterday but if not, here goes. They allow in humanitarian assistance only to congregate people so they can shoot them to finish the process of clearing Gaza quicker. That is the end goal here and they are not hiding it anymore. They’ve flat out stated that.
Every day, another 50+ dead as “collateral reduction of hamas”
It's almost like people avoiding jail should not be allowed to run for an office that gives them the power to keep killing people in order to stay in that office.
But, nah, it's not nice to stop people from doing what they want . . .
He wouldn't. We aren't civilized. Nor is Israel.
Happy now, Abandon Biden/Harris people?
Considering both party’s histories of aiding and abetting the 80-year-old experiment in colonialist genocide that is the so-called state of Isreal, do you honestly think they would have done anything better? If so, based on what, exactly?
And I say that as someone who voted for both of them, if only to keep MAGA out of power.
I'm sorry, Trump wants to literally build a hotel on top on the mass graves of Palestinians and you are both-sides'ing this?
Yo, Mike, who do you think gives them their best weapons and ammunition, Russia? You pay taxes and you are guilty as all of us.
That election was more than about Israel/Gaza. I don't think Harris would be making statements like "Finish the job." or making overtures about taking over Gaza.
No, but she probably still be selling them weapons,
No shit.
based on policy for starters. i believe the D's would have worked harder for the Gazans. also, we wouldn't have hit iran for bibi's amusement. we wouldn't have had the current admin officials kissing all the wrong asses.
Bibi is doing this now because he has permission.
this makes me so very angry.
Right, because they’ve been so good at standing up to the zionist pigs before.
your question required a comparison, not a defense of the D's. i wish we had dealt better all along with zionism too, but that wasn't what you asked.
Which specific American head of state? I don't give a fuck about rat fucking Republicans.
No Shit.
Exactly my thoughts when I see headlines like this.
I mean, really. There was a choice between two and they thought either Assface was going to solve it or Harris was going to escalate it. Insane and fucking stupid.
Considering how the Dems treated the issue during the campaign, what makes you think Harris would do anything better?
We'll never know. But we do know Trump makes everything worse.
Look at the situation on the ground now. Harris look likely to starve children in Gaza? I'm thinking not.
What makes us think that? Oh...just everything. And how exactly do you think the Dems treated the issue...
Oh, just fucking forget it. I have no time to argue with both-siders.
Not a bothsider, just a real fucking leftist opposing the right.
Yes, Virgina, liberals are right-wing.
I will NEVER fucking forgive them. I will also die ANGRY.
I won't forgive them either. I wouldn't stop to piss on a one of them if they were burning and howling in the street.
And what good is the fucking UN when they constantly sit by and let this shit happen? Rwanda also comes to mind.
It's not like they have a choice. Israel isn't letting them do shit.
One country shouldn't be able to stop the UN from intervening. It's ridiculous.
It’s not one country. If the UN rolls and it’s not sanctioned by the US and Trump is the US’s leader no other country will send their troops, full stop. The US never participates in peacekeeping and the countries that do no longer trust he wouldn’t bomb them. The countries that typically lead peacekeeping are the ones who are also Five Eyes members and WE DON’T TRUST HIM. These are countries that train with the Americans and have strong ties. Canada, UK, France, Australia. We are scared of him. Americans always say oh don’t take him literally and that is bullshit. He literally wants to put a Trump Gaza in the Gaza Riviera just like he wants to annex Greenland and Canada. So none of us want to march our troops into Gaza so we can have them mowed down by Israeli troops aided by US bombers.
What a load of bullshit. (Not what you said; it is likely correct, but the entire situation and the people involved).
This is why he should not be welcomed with open arms. Those other countries need to make America a pariah dog until this regime is gone.
And if they don't have the stones for that then they are part of the problem, too.
History is rhyming right the fuck now. Cowards seem to prevail, though.
The rest of the world knows that the US still remains heavily militarized and is a serious threat to physical wellbeing. It’s also wielding enormous economic power despite the damage he’s done to the world economy. He is the kid from Twilight Zone who can make anything happen by wishing. I agree that the rest of the world should grow a pair here. But no other country will send troops with him in charge and not on board. They would essentially be sending people to come back in coffins.
Peacekeeping missions go sideways if there is no peace to keep, which is the lesson in both Rwanda and Somalia. There’s no peace to keep here, and the risk is too great.
Gram and Emmylou with the Fallen Angels. Just because.
"Love Hurts" live at the Bijou Cafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RGu8pWbru0
My version of that is on "Live 1973" and I love that song version.
Is that the same version as the Grievous Angel LP? We have that on vinyl.
No. The version posted and the one I posted about are live versions.
One or two of the songs on GA are live. I think there were like 3 people in the audience and they were all crew. Just looked it up, Cash on the Barrelhead and Hickory Wind. You right.
Hello from several hours into the future. I bring you knowledge that you can bet on. The winner of today's Grand Prix [Pronounced: Grand Pricks] is here: https://xcancel.com/RBR_Daily/status/1949477634007519605#m
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"Alligator Alcatraz" is literally and officially the name of the Florida detention center.
I am waiting for the history book
"The Time Very Unserious People Actually Killed a Lot of People" . . .
Fuck them and their normalization.
If this regime is allowed to endure long enough, it will be written in the history books as the supreme project of Trump, that saved the Reich, even greater than his magnificent Wall.
Deeply caring people, if you are one off them.
This timeline really does suck so fucking much.
Kinda worried someone just reading that title would think it was about Gaza . . .
It's that also too.
And NOW I have to put on some audio from my U2B music vids, because OUR WANDERER committed an act of vicious earworm!!
I like Loverboy! XD XD XD XD XD
They tend to sound better blasting out of a '70s era Camaro.
Georgia Satellites, anyone?
"That Firebird flew like it just grew wings...."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHBQzwqjAfo
Commander Cody?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBUfNxfc2w4
T-tops!
Crager mags, side pipes, and the ever lovin' spoiler. I can see it now.
That Z-28 paint scheme...
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! True! XD XD XD XD XD XD
But every time they come up on my playlist they get blasted in my 2024 Rav4 Adventure. XD XD XD
ETA: And that cover to "Get Lucky" was the first time my young (like 11 years old, LMAO) ever regarded a man's ass as a sexual object. Oh, my!!!!! XD XD XD XD
That’s apparently the butt of the prepubescent kid of the manager because nobody else fit into the pants. Some Canuck news agency did a deep dive on whose butt it was a couple years ago.
My friend's dad poked his head into his room when we were hanging out in the early '80s and asked what we were listening to. His son handed him the album cover with the crossed fingers and red leather pants and said "This". You should have seen the look on his dad's face.
That 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 zipper provoked quite a bit of discussion in the Shocky household...
:0 :0
I have never noticed that, but......Is that a dong?
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD XD XD XD XD XD
LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a product of the times in hickville. I'll tell the Walk on the Wild Side story some other time. That one's even better.
“WE NEED BACK UP”
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(evil giggles) And my work here is done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc3ZrmhDN4
SO THERE!!!
Not gonna look.
Sublime.
"What I Got"
In that case...ok.
The entire Epstein list just dropped.
https://xcancel.com/theliamnissan/status/1949163101040914757#m
Liam huh? Never figured him for a sense of humor. He’s trying to fill some big shoes in the remake of “Naked Gun”.
20 years for man’slaughter is a good start.
He's a parody troll, and a good one. (Nissan.)
Why in the FUCK are they remaking that? Can they not come up with new shit?
No one (NO ONE) is going to do a better job in those movies than Leslie Nielsen. Why not just call it a fucking day and leave those movies alone? Make something new.
I hate capitalism.
I stopped going to the movies because of this. MAKE SOMETHING NEW DAMMIT.
I stopped going because most of the audience devolved into uncouth, yappy knuckledraggers. And yes, most movies suck boulders. Yeesh.
Literally why we can't have nice things, Americans are little shit goblins
Well, it turns out that it's Canadians as well. Bummer. Seems like the ENTIRE WORLD has been taken over by shit goblins.
This, too. Just wild animals anymore. I think the last movie we saw in the theatres was It. And there were people on phones, talking, etc. It was a waste of money.
Right? TURN YOUR FUCKING PHONE OFF also too.
Yep. Me, too.
There's a remake? I went by our ancient cinema yesterday and same the name on the marquee. I thought it was just a showing of the original, just for fun.
I had no idea until Nancy posted that. I just looked it up and yes. It's real.
How fucking stupid. Why can't they come up with new shit? I'm so fucking tired of lousy remakes.
AND live action remakes of animated movies. WTF?
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't stand it.
Fuckin' Eric. I knew it!
Is it DONALD J. TRUMP all the way down?
Tee hee.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗦 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.
https://www.thenational.scot/
The Scots do headlines well...
There's a paywall, but I bet there's journalism inside...
And the Belgian GP is on!
LAP 5/44
The Safety Car peels off into the pit lane…
AND WE ARE RACING!
YAY!
FUCKING rolling start like the wankers from Indy
I liked it when they ran to the cars. Chance for a VW to lead the first lap.
I'm ready for full speed racing
I thought texting and racing at the same time was a bad idea. Stay safe.
Get that safety car off the course!