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Tuesday Stuff

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:48:35 +0000

Brittany Page presents Baby Goebbels producing what is basically a eugenics memo, trying to institutionalize people with disabilities (I’m going to get to a clip later about something giving us intestinal distress, but watching that disgusting guttural puke laugh about displacing health care workers is enough to give my dry heaves at a minimum...I’m sure it stirs what passes for Miller’s manhood)...I have to admit that I hadn’t heard of the “Olmstead Mandate” before now, which called for the advancement of people with disabilities and which also served as an impetus for disabled folks to find housing...Page would be the first to say that this country not doing whatever we can justly do to improve the lives of those less fortunate is a policy choice, and she’s right...and like with most odious garbage like this, you can count on The Cicero Institute to be right in the middle of it...

...oh, and it looks like ICE killed someone else, this time in Biddeford, Maine (here)...those from the Dem U.S. delegation (and those vying to run for the U.S. Senate) quite rightly spoke out, which is what they should do at a minimum, with “Disappointed” Susan Collins basically saying “I’ve been apprised of the situation and an investigation is ongoing,” which is the exact sort of bland, milquetoast BS you can expect from this utterly soulless cipher...if you’re not yelling for ICE to get the hell out and also calling for an independent investigation, then you’re not doing you f*cking job!...

...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ discusses an increase in explosive diarrhea thanks to Trump budget cuts...yep, the metaphors truly write themselves at times...the issue is a microscopic parasite (cyclosporiasis) that, apparently, the CDC isn’t even bothering to investigate, presumably because Bobby Brainworms is too obsessed with food dyes and swimming with his grandkids in creeks full of sludge...also, no specific grower has been linked to this outbreak so far, though apparently it has been traced to raspberries, lettuce and other produce (and concentrated in Michigan more than anywhere else)...looks like the regime of the Gropenfuhrer will only monitor two of the toxic pathogens that are out there, e coli and salmonella, and we’re on our own I guess for the others – heckuva job, all you numbskulls who made sure we’d be stuck with this in November ’24 (and I think any sentient life form knows what a lying weasel Scott Jennings is)...slightly NSFW/H...

...and in this segment of “Indisputable” with Dr. Rashad Richey, we learn about pastors Loran Livingston and Rob Fuquay (especially the latter going after “Christian” nationalism), speaking the truth about this country and its rather twisted notion of spirituality...I know I’ve dumped on alleged faith leaders plenty of times, so I’m definitely glad to present two individuals doing the right thing...

...and I’m glad to see Mr. Newberger getting to the heart of the controversy involving Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao – heh...

...and today is the 80th anniversary of the publication of “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care” by Dr. Benjamin Spock (here), which revolutionized parenting in this country (essentially in a good way as far as yours truly is concerned)...here is a tune for the occasion.

Monday Stuff

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:14:34 +0000

So it now looks like we are engaged in the ritual courtesy of our political/media/industrial complex of redeeming a controversial individual (he was at least to me anyway) who has recently passed, and this time around, we’re talking about Huckleberry Graham, who has departed after a brief illness (here)...to begin, I’d like to ask if we can please dispense with the fiction that Graham was some kind of a military expert? Yes, he served in the JAG office, and that’s better than I did I admit, but then again, I never passed myself as an elite warmongering Beltway insider either...Graham never met a war he didn’t like, being continuously generous with the blood of other people’s kids...switching topics a bit, in this clip from TMR, Graham tried to get his own anti-abortion bill passed, which pretty much blew up in his face...interesting how quickly a “state’s rights” issue morphed into a “human rights” issue as far as Graham was concerned...as Sam Seder says, it was a typical lie from Graham to claim that 47 of 50 European nations ban abortion at 15 weeks...oh, and did you know that California and Oregon were adopting a “Chinese” abortion policy? Nothing like a little xenophobia from Graham on top of the sexism, is there (Graham segment ends at about 5:25, and then they go to Ronna Romney McDaniel, who’s just as bad, maybe worse)...””due date abortion” isn’t an actual thing, and neither is “gender selection abortion,” at least not in the U.S...and I know the Repugs will be screeching about “DEMS ARE SOFT ON CRIME!!!” heading into the fall, but they’re really going to end up twisting themselves into knots if they try to make this election about Trump’s wretched economy...

...and John and Aida Rodriguez of The Damage Report discuss the killing (in all likelihood) of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE...oh, this man was trying to use his vehicle to hurt an ICE thug (where have we heard this before? And with not a shred of evidence of course)...as we learn, Araujo had picked up some co- workers and was on his way to a job site when the shooting took place... John and Aida’s barely controlled rage and disgust is commendable; would that we all felt that way...

...and as we learn in the following clip, these “Freedom Fuel” gas stations are apparently popping up in PA...the last guy interviewed is nuts IMO, but I thought the other two were pretty clear-headed...I definitely would like to know how the cheaper gas is subsidized also (maybe if, God and the voters willing, we have a Democratic House and/or Congress, then maybe they could investigate with subpoena power)...and the fact that this is happening a few months before the election should tell you just how much of a play for suckers this really is...

...and Farron Cousins informs us that the “party of Lincoln” is collectively freaking out because they don’t have enough money for campaigning, supposedly (barring that sweet, sweet dark dough that always seems to arrive at the last minute courtesy of Hangin’ Judge JR and Citizens United)...however, they could seriously be looking at a money issue this election cycle, and it couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch...those crocodile tears from this Repug strategist are unintentionally hilarious, I have to say (but the “D” team had still better be prepared for the inevitable wingnut BS of, “oh, the Dems are soft on crime and they want open borders and transgender for everyone...and oh yeah, high taxes also”...more here)...

...and Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show gives us an update on what AI is doing to our political campaign ads (I know I had that Sean Astin clip a few days ago, but this is of course a more humorous take)...boy, this Mark Coester sure sounds like a prize, running to replace great Dem U.S. House Rep Becca Balint in “Varmont”...the prize for the stoo-pidest AI slop, though, has to go to Repugs in “the land of the yellow rose” for that James Talarico/”Sound of Music” mess...also, that Julia Letlow flip flop ad, weird as it is, was apparently featured in a Repug primary contest for Letlow’s Louisiana seat in Congress...

...and this great newer number should help us all ease into the week, highlighted by the MLB All-Star Game in these parts tomorrow – wonder if a certain Ochre Abomination will make an appearance? Hopefully not, because that will automatically mean that the NL will lose...we’ll see.

Friday Stuff

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:19:03 +0000

When last we checked with Big Hair Blackburn in Tennessee, it appeared that she was running for governor, which tracks pretty much for that state, unfortunately...sooo, cranking the xenophobia up to 11, she’s trying to present herself as a dedicated ally of Bronzer Beelzebub...I didn’t know fortune cookies were made in this country (but more so Japan as it turns out, and DEFINITELY NOT in China), probably because my brain was hurting too much from viewing this idiocy to take an impartial look at this whole thing – Jesse Dollemore gives us his report (more here)...slightly NSFW/H...

...and Thom Hartmann informs us of our FDA rejecting limits on forever chemicals in food...gee, maybe when Bri-Fi isn’t trying to run scare ads about Bob Harvie as supposedly the subject of an FBI investigation (despite a cease and desist order requested by the Harvie campaign), our wet noodle PA-01 rep could show a bit of a spine and ask his boss why #47 is flipping off this country about doing something about this garbage (the chemicals I mean – more here)...our FDA used to look for PFAS in food since they’re linked to various diseases, and as Thom says, there was a petition in ’23 to get the FDA to look at 30 of these compounds – there are about 16,000 of them apparently, but three guesses what happened to the petition, and the first two don’t count...sewage sludge is apparently used as plant fertilizer, and these garbage chemicals are apparently getting into our food THAT way also...we also get an update on Combover Caligula’s war of choice against Iran with “Bibi,” our “ally” – I didn’t make the connection between SecDef Kegseth and our ruling regime potentially using Grok (from King Elon) to plan that attack that blew up that Iranian girls school, but that tracks also, tragically...I’m sorry I don’t know how to sugarcoat this unbelievable torrent of bad news except to present it and let us all make of it what we will...

...and this More Perfect Union report from Alzo Slade discusses “waste, fraud and abuse,” as in the type associated with school vouchers...this focuses on Arizona, but it could definitely apply elsewhere also as we learn, with vouchers “cannibalizing” the money that should be spent on public schools (including the ones forced to close in that state)...sounds like “other educational expenses” need to be monitored for sure, including $30K on Legos as well as a harp (I realize there could be an educational application for perhaps some of this stuff, but that justification needs to be made for sure)...this Tom Horne character looks like an idiot as far as I’m concerned...”oh, we can’t audit everything” – WHY THE HELL NOT??!!!...oh, and Flori-DUUUH also apparently can’t track $270 million in voucher funds...as with other school districts around the country, tuition rates are getting “jacked up” as the “other educational expenses” from ESAs continue to rise...also, as spending increases for vouchers, special needs students are getting hurt, which is probably part of this insidious plan also, especially since private schools don’t have to take those types of students...and why am I not surprised to see that Milton Friedman figures into this somehow (also, in the economic world, I know Alan Greenspan shed his mortal coil recently, and as far as I’m concerned, he was partly to blame for this whole mentality of “oh, let the ‘magic of the marketplace’ take care of society’s ills” also)...Friedman’s supposedly brilliant idea of school vouchers were used for “segregation academies,” as we learn, though they ended up losing in court, causing the whole voucher idea to get the inevitable rebrand...also, I know Dubya just had his 80th birthday, and I could write multiple posts of his screwups if I had time and if I could control my gag reflex, but I can’t tell you all the times I heard him utter the phrase “failing public schools” – one of the reasons it nauseates me to see that he skated right into the “ex-presidents club” with no problem whatsoever...glad to see this get traced back to the usual wingnut suspects (Chucky Koch, Betsy DeVos, Jeff Yass, etc.)...

...and I know I’m behind on some stuff, and one of those items is this clip timed for a week ago from Robert Reich drawing a parallel between Bronzer Beelzebub and the last king of America, citing how the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence echo our present calamity, which, again, was totally self-inflicted by idiot voters...

...and speaking of Great Britain, Jonathan Pie tells us about wingnut Nigel Farage facing off against a trash can (yes, I’m serious) in a bi-election for the district of Clackton, apparently (here)...so Farage resigned, but he didn’t???....oh, but he’s “against the establishment”...suuuurrre (definitely NSFW/H)...

...and this isn’t the most recent “Daily Show” clip with Ronny Chieng, but I wanted to include it all the same...we learn more on what went down on the 250th and AI apparently is coming for our toilets, which to me is apropos...and of course, leave it to you-know-who to turn the demagoguery up to 11 at least for the holiday...oh, and we’re also reminded of the dustup with the US soccer team, which ended up being all for naught of course...can’t think of a word for the irony of Folarin Balogun, who basically was naturalized by default by being born here, being defended by Cantaloupe Capone, of all people (and nice job by the winning Belgian soccer team to mock Bronzer Beelzebub with that stoo-pid YMCA dance)...mildly NSFW/H also...

...and it only seems like a week or so ago when I wished Bonnie Tyler a happy birthday, but sadly she has now left us (here)...this is definitely “against the grain” I know, but I honestly thought “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” was over the top; personally, I preferred some of her less-over-produced tunes like this one, but that’s just me I know...RIP...

...and here’s a newer tune to help us glide a bit into the weekend – should be nice weather in these parts, and hopefully for you also.

Wednesday Stuff

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:50:42 +0000

David Pakman reports here that, according to his source, Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao has been unconscious for three weeks since he was admitted to the hospital...obviously, this hasn’t been confirmed by anyone so take that for what it’s worth, but it only backs up my suspicion...and I’m sorry (well, not really), but I don’t believe characters like Thune and Barrasso one bit when they say, “Oh, I just had a 20-minute conversation with him”...there’s a REALLY EASY way to confirm that, and that of course is to SIMPLY TELL THE DAMN TRUTH and have McConnell appear onscreen to end all of this speculation...personally, I think we’ve got a “Weekend at Bernie’s” thing going on here because Kentucky Repugs don’t want Dem Governor Andy Beshear to try and appoint a Dem to take McConnell’s place (which I don’t think he can do anyway, since that state passed a law tying Beshear’s hands on this) and want to run out the clock as much as possible to get to a special election where they have an advantage (I’m admittedly neither an expert on Kentucky politics nor am I one on medical practice)...and boy, is Pakman ever right to point out how sketchy this is since the “R” team lost their collective sh*t over Joe Biden’s medical issues (and Laura Loomer is certifiable as far as yours truly is concerned)...

...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ tells us that it looks like actor Patrick Dempsey might (?) declare himself as a candidate to succeed Graham Platner as the Dem U.S. Senate nominee to run against Susan Collins in Maine (and Dempsey is right about men’s health screenings – women’s also...I also wouldn’t blame Dempsey if he stayed away from this, to be honest)...I don’t know exactly what Platner is up to at this moment, but for him to still be hanging on reflects equal parts egomania and masochism – beating Collins was going to be difficult anyway, and unfortunately it will be damn near impossible now with all of this...also, it looks like, though Vlad The Butcher has been dealing lethal blows to the brave people of Ukraine, he’s getting more than a taste of his own deadly medicine – good!...

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...and John of The Damage Report lets us know that guv #DeathSantis in Flori-DUUH! got slapped down by a US Court of Appeals in the effort to ban teaching of race and gender in that state’s public schools (and the “chef’s kiss” is that one of the judges ruling against him was appointed by the Gropenfuhrer)...echoing John’s point a bit, I think #DeathSantis is indeed going to take another shot at the big chair in ’28 and try riding his “anti-woke” hobby horse, so to speak, but I have no doubt that that will lead to the same result as before (though God knows who will get the nod instead – possibly “Couch Boy” I guess, which would also be horrific)...

...next, I give you actor Sean Astin’s wonderful speech before Congress about the NO FAKES Act (more here)..as is so often the case, we plunge forward with technology without having the robust public debate that we need about the costs as well as the benefits...

...and on this day in 1976, Richard Nixon became the first president to be disbarred over his involvement in the Watergate scandal – makes me recall this novelty number from awhile back (and that’s John Denver in the middle before he rose to fame)...

...and here is another seasonal selection.

Tuesday Stuff

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:41:37 +0000

Jen Psaki takes a look at #47’s “sketchy” profiting from his presidency...looks like the Gropenfuhrer made 327 stock purchases after he made the announcement of his tariff “liberation day” and tanked the market (buy low, sell high of course), so OF COURSE he cleaned up when the market rallied...and oh yeah, the “First Family” has made $2.3 billion in crypto while the other investors in World Liberty Financial have been left holding the metaphorical bag by approximately the same amount...Psaki also discusses that scammy crypto business with Uday Jr. and the UAE...nice finish by Psaki here IMO...

...and Kyle Kulinski discusses the most recent allegation against Graham Platner, which does indeed sound bad...he pretty much has to drop out at this point while this claim of sexual assault gets sorted out...I agree with what Kyle says about pearl-clutching Repugs along with Neera Tanden (I also agree with Kyle’s genocide take at the end)... (NSFW/H)...

...and Belle lets us know that the “red scare” rhetoric from the “R” team isn’t really landing with younger voters; everything that bunch does is meant to scare their Fix-Noise-watching core boomer demographic...among other things, it tells you how utterly bereft of any ideas the “party of Lincoln” is for them to think that accusations of “communism” would mean anything to a younger voting demographic...important history here on the “socialism” dog whistle used by the wingnuts ad nauseum...Belle is right of course about the polarization on the part of people who don’t think that the other side are “real Americans,” and as far as I’m concerned, that all got turbocharged after Obama was elected, which of course was an utterly stoo-pid attitude (Lord knows I have plenty of disagreements with the wingnuts, but I wouldn’t say that they’re not “real Americans” unless – possibly – if they’re convicted of doing something illegal, such as Jonathan Ross, who, in a sane world, should stand trial one day for the murder of Renee Good)...I agree with Belle that the Gen Z-ers and millennials should have their say on whatever the next economic system is, because rapacious predatory greed-head capitalism sure isn’t cutting it these days...

...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ lets us know that it looks like Ken Paxton was caught with his mistress or something related, flying out of the U.S. on July 4th presumably to have sexy time in Iceland, since nothing screams “I Love America” like an extramarital affair on our nation’s 250th birthday (as Shuster notes, divorce proceedings are underway, to present more of the whole story)...and man, does James Talarico know what to do with stuff like this!...”a lot of crazy things going on in Texas,” but to be fair, that’s replicated across the country too (if Dems are returned to power from the hard work of people trying to make that happen, voters have to remember who broke everything in the first place and stay the course with the “D” team come hell or high water)...

...and what a shame that the FIFA U.S. men’s soccer team didn’t learn the lesson that Everything That Trump Touches Dies, as noted here (when was the only time the Knicks lost a game during their NBA championship run? When you-know-who attended)...this item from Mr. Newberger includes the usual political suspects intervening in that red card business for the American soccer player (Folarin Balogun) during the tournament...I guess this is the only way that the Gropenfuhrer would give a damn about a person of color who wasn’t a Republican (as far as I know anyway)...

...and here's a mellow newer number to help us cope with the summer humidity settling in once more, which forces everything to slow down a bit (which is a good thing, basically).

Monday Stuff

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:14:46 +0000

CBC News: The National lets us know that Bronzer Beelzebub has refused to extend our CUSMA agreement with Canada and Mexico...it looks like CUSMA will continue for a good while yet, but Our Treasonous Orange Overlord wants to abolish it of course (which Daddy Vlad would like to see also I’m sure), though other members of our regime want to modify CUSMA because it would make business happy, as opposed to everyday Americans who this regime most definitely couldn’t give a fig about...commentary by correspondent Peter Armstrong...

...and apologies for being a little late with this clip timed for July 4th, but I wanted to include it anyway...this CBS Sunday Morning segment features historian and author Douglas Brinkley discussing all of the challenges this country has faced in the past as a bit of an inspiration for dealing with our present misery...

...and this MS NOW clip talks about white nationalists marching in D.C. over the recent holiday; the legacy of this country is indeed in full view, more or less...with Eddie Glaude, Jr., along with Michele Norris...clip discusses that Reuters pic of the black girl on the D.C. metro surrounded by the racist clowns who are too afraid to show their faces...good for Glaude to mention both David Duke and “Uber Alles” Buchanan...also including Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels (don’t know the other correspondent)...good point also by Norris to point out that these racist pukes will go back to their lives, take off their cowardly masks and melt back into our workplaces, our communities, etc...and leave it to Couch Boy to hold up his own mirror of sorts which reflects everyone and everything else but the utterly wretched presidential administration of which he is a HUUUUGE part...also good for Glaude to make the association between Vance’s ridiculous words and the “blood and soil” rhetoric of Dementia J. Trump...I honestly wish they wouldn’t show a second of the latter’s ridiculous blatherings, but I suppose attention must be paid sadly (every f*cking word out of his treasonous orange maw reflects grievance and virtually nothing else...good for Norris for not wanting to give it any credence)...

...and this report from Sean Morrow of More Perfect Union discusses the movement by tech elites to replace governments with corporations (bringing the original intent of the Powell Memo to its truly hideous end result)...that would be ”privatized societies run by CEOs”...we know this is the neocon wet dream courtesy of DOGE and Palantir, but sadly, it may be closer to realization than we realize (and I didn’t know the plans for a “New Gaza” were underway...yeah, let’s just glass everything including the people so we can build another Trump Tower)...this madness dates to 2008 with Peter Thiel as the originator because of course...this is the first I’ve heard of the Seasteading Institute run by Patri Friedman (grandson of neoliberal icon Milton), but I HAVE heard of Joe Lonsdale, FWIW...author Gil Duran (who has also been following this stuff) is interviewed also...and oh look, Ghislaine Maxwell has popped up in all of this also...and I have to admit that I have no desire to visit Sandy Springs, Georgia, especially because I’m sure their municipal services that are fully privatized are awful (though credit to them also for un-privatizing)...it seems that these localities run by corps are popping up all over the country, sadly...”tech instead of politics” are four words that should scare the fertilizer out of everyone...I also had a feeling that we’d get around to The Cicero Institute attacking the homeless and forcing them into hard labor (which Thiel and his ilk should be experiencing instead IMO)...in a related story, I know San Francisco has a homeless problem, but unless you’re talking about Housing First, then you really don’t have a desire to address the issue...looks like the reach of these cretins is indeed global, with Patri Friedman investing in Honduras as we learn, as well as Lonsdale traveling to the Philippines (and it looks like he was responsible for Diaper Donnie’s idiot musings about Greenland)...and again, we can’t forget about Couch Boy’s role in all of this, as much as we’d like to I’m sure...and “privatized foreign aid” with our tax dollars is also part of this wretched scam (slightly NSFW/H for a moment)...

...and Stephanie Ruhle of MS NOW interviews Ben Collins, who is overseeing the transition of Infowars into The Onion, with Alex Jones FINALLY forced to pay some of the dough owed to the Sandy Hook families...not surprised that it’s taken Collins 18 months of wrangling with Jones to get to the point where the families attacked by Jones and his minions will start to get what’s owed to them...

...and here is another seasonal selection.

Friday Stuff

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:47:54 +0000

Brittany Page discusses Apartheid Clyde threatening to sue and jail anyone (including Dem U.S. House rep Ro Khanna) talking about the “many millions of deaths,” particularly kids, because of the beyond-heartless decision of the Ketamine addict to destroy US AID (about 14 million by 2030, as we learn)...oh, and he thinks that MacKenzie Scott giving away $26 billion “makes the world a worse place” – truly a subterranean level of evil here (and not from Scott of course)...of course, it’s apparently beyond the capability of THE WORLD’S FIRST FREAKING TRILLIONAIRE to ACTUALLY GO VISIT THE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY HIS HORRIBLE CUTS if he’s looking for FREAKING EVIDENCE!!! (this too)...and I know I kind of blew off Dubya’s positive impact with PEPFAR in the past, which was definitely my mistake...apologies (slightly NSFW/H)...

...and Jesse Dollemore tells us that, when it comes to Repug greed and stoo-pidity, Troy Nehls definitely deserves a place of infamy, telling voters to shut up and work harder, like Nehls supposedly (for $175K a year on our dime, let’s not forget)...oh, and Nehls may end up handing off his congressional seat to his identical twin brother (from the “land of the yellow rose”)...and once more, for the zillionth time, Iran DIDN’T HAVE A GODDAMN NUCLEAR WEAPON BECAUSE OF THE OBAMA/JOHN KERRY DEAL!!!...oh, and Diaper Donnie is the “second coming”? Wow, that Trumpist Kool-Aid sure has a hell of a kick to it, doesn’t it? (and one day, I hope and pray that we’re all done with the bleeping accordion hands, along with everything else)...oh, and the stock market is up 85 percent? In his slimy, s*xually abusing dreams (the reality perspective is here...NSFW/H also)...

...and Kyle Kulinski informs us that it looks like those MAGA-t sympathizers on CNN are getting a heaping helping of STFU from the lefty panelists on that network...kudos to Charles Blow for “bringing the heat”...I didn’t know 742 hospitals were going to close as a result of the Big Beautiful Clusterf*ck (which this guy supported, let’s not forget...and yes, he cast plenty of YES votes while it worked its way through the House); I knew the health care facility closure situation was bad (including Chandler Hall in Bucks County, PA) but I didn’t know it was THAT bad...I really don’t know anything about “Politics Girl” either, but good on her for naming the “elephant in the room,” which of course is the fact that we should have told “Bibi” and Israel to step the f*ck off decades ago...kudos to Kyle also for this whole clip, and I would ask if IDF snipers targeting journalists and doctors (and kids of course) is considered “tactical” also...better preserve clips like this in case somehow David Ellison gets his grimy hands on the brainchild of Ted Turner and turns it into the same blazing trash fire that is now CBS under Bari Weiss (very NSFW/H also)...

...and the stock of Truth Septic continues to collapse since the invasion of Iran...stock was worth $33 a share when #47 was sworn in, and it’s now worth about a quarter of that as we learn from John Iadarola...the net worth of Cantaloupe Capone’s outfit continues to plummet as he keeps trying to reinvent it, which is typical for a scammy grifter like Our Ochre Abomination...also, the aforementioned King Elon’s Tesla stock is going down also, though not as badly as Dementia J. Trump’s...I also think there’s quite a bit of room for Tesla’s stock to fall – we’ll see...

...and this clip from the German news service DW talks about how the U.S. shapes the world over 250 years of power and policy (commentary by scholar Sidita Kushi on just how “isolationist” the U.S. truly is, as well as political scientist Calvin Thrall)...clip take a look at the total number of U.S. military interventions, which currently stands at about 500...according to data, the only year we DIDN’T have a military intervention was 1974...there could probably be a whole other clip by itself on our LATAM interventions on behalf of United Fruit...to be fair, clip also discusses U.S. diplomatic efforts, though we’ve definitely fallen down on that lately while China has ascended, on that front as well as others...

...and for the upcoming holiday, I’d like to present this clip once more, which is a bit dated by now I know, but I really haven’t seen anything to refute much of what is said here...

...and I hope everyone has a happy, relaxing and fun-filled Fourth, and please be careful in the heat.

Wednesday Stuff

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:13:19 +0000

Farron Cousins lets us know here about Anna Paulina Luna-tic using Claude AI to write an amendment to legislation, presumably because doing the work she was elected to do (along with her staffers) was apparently too much of a hardship...the giveaway was leaving the AI prompt used by Claude in the draft of the legislation – just say “oops” and get out (and I LOVE the completely grown-up explanation of “Oh yeah? Well, EVERYBODY ELSE is doing it,” which I also don’t believe along with Cousins)...oh, and the amendment she either did or didn’t use Claude to draft had to do with sending our military to the southern border, so there’s that level of idiocy also...

...and on that subject, J.T. Cestkowski of Status Coup tells us that Ford was forced to hire back 300 engineers who were fired to make room for AI, which failed to match quality checks (the rehired engineers will “train up” AI and younger workers)...looks like Ford workers were forced to accept the same wage they would get for slinging burgers based on that on-the-ground interview...”AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind,” according to Ford’s CEO, revealing the dirty little secret no one in corporate leadership wants to acknowledge...not surprised to hear that Ford had to issue the most recalls of all carmakers; I once owned a Ford, and I’ll never make that mistake again...

...and I guess these first three clips have a bit of a theme, and in keeping with that, John Iadarola tells us about more and more opposition to data centers, including in Virginia...I could probably include clips on this subject every day if I wanted to...looks like our oh-so-august-in-their-imaginations tech overlords are starting to get a hint on how fed up people are with these monstrosities...part of me wonders what the hell some of these damn Republican voters were thinking when they cast their ballots for Cheetoh Hitler and the “R” team, but on the other hand, it’s more important to find a way to work together with these folks and try to bring an end to this “divide and conquer” BS from the one percent...and I don’t know who this Texas knucklehead is who’s prattling on about “drone warfare,” but if he thinks that’s a plausible reason to sink people’s retirement funds into these damn data centers, then he’s got more than a single screw loose (and “tech extremism” is indeed right out of the idiotic Trumpist playbook, assuming anybody knows what that actually means)...

...also, the “Logical Leftist” Jeff Waldorf gives us an update on Target killing their DEI initiatives to try and placate Combover Caligula, and by at least one measure, it ended up costing the company about $12 billion...also, the NY state pension fund (which held Target shares for its pensioners) issued a no confidence vote against former Target CEO Brian Cornell in response (a boycott by Georgia pastor Jamaal Bryant was the primary push-back against getting rid of the DEI initiatives)...I have to admit that I’ve never heard the term “rainbow capitalism” before...I thought this breakdown was pretty good in talking about how the shareholders treated the DEI matter versus how the customers treated it (mattered to the latter group but not the former, which is why gutting the initiatives blew up in Target’s metaphorical face)...

...and Trae Crowder gives us an update on the madness with the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool – I hadn’t seen that pic of the guy whose job it was to clean the pool, but he does indeed look like he just walked off a soundstage with Mumbles, Flat Top and Tess Trueheart (Dick Tracy refs, BTW)...also, I really could care less about the FIFA World Cup, partly because the head of that org has sucked up to Cheetoh Benito so shamelessly (though I agree with Crowder’s sentiment that the overall World Cup experience has been positive for this country because our *preznit has decided to keep his tiny, ketchup-stained hands out of it, so far)...I’d also heard about the infatuation with ranch dressing by those World Cup fans arriving on our shores, as well as the Scottish fans drinking Boston pubs dry except for Bud Light, which is pretty damn funny IMO (NSFW/H)...

...and I now give you today's regional weather forecast.

Tuesday Stuff

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:37:09 +0000

Steve Harness of Really American tells us that the Great American State Fair is going like gangbusters...actually, no, it really isn’t...oh, but we do have the Confederate rag on display at the North Carolina exhibit of course, because, as Harness says, what would a Trump-sponsored event be without a heaping helping of straight-up racism?...and look at the crowds! Why, I bet there’s actually tens of people there! And oh yeah, there is this too – the sarcasm writes itself, truly (NSFW/H)...

...and Robert Reich lets us know how Cantaloupe Capone’s gerrymandering plot could backfire...Repugs lost 40 U.S. House seats in the ’18 midterms during Combover Caligula’s wretched first term, and are poised to have a result at least that bad in a few months (though the aforementioned gerrymandering might take a chunk out of that)...a bit of a timely IMO history lesson on our disgusting SCOTUS tilting the scales once more for the “R” team by pretty much blowing up all of the VRA...I have tons of respect for Reich, but as far as I’m concerned, the “D” team should be pressing every conceivable advantage; more than “seat for seat,” we should be looking at ways to out-game the “party of Lincoln” to the fullest extent possible...only one political party supports the John Lewis For The People Act, and until that is eventually passed, I don’t care how dirty our side needs to fight when it comes to outsized voter representation...John Oliver had another good segment on this that I’ll try to get to, worth mentioning if for no other reason than for the laughably racist moment with outgoing Flori-DUUUH! guv #DeathSantis (cringingly awful, I mean)...

...and Belle of the Ranch lets us know that the “party of Lincoln” is continuing its attack on Social Security, to the point where funds are drying up faster than anticipated, with a reckoning potentially coming in six years...yep, looks like the usual political suspects are going to do their worst to ensure this vitally important program is privatized by 2032...at this point in our history, well into the beyond-awful second term under Our Treaasonous Orange Pustule that voters, in their dunderheaded stoo-pidity, awarded to #47, I cannot imagine why any sentient life form would trust ANYTHING with the Trump name attached to it (re, Trump Accounts)...Belle is spot-on when she says that you’re not supposed to get stinking rich on Social Security, but it IS supposed to be a safety net against the ups and downs from the Big Casino run by the banksters...being the filthy, unkempt liberal blogger that I am, I’m going to keep pointing out that the main fix here is to get rid of the cap on earnings subject to Social Security withholding, and I’m sure that suggestion will go continue to go nowhere (love to be wrong)...

...and David Pakman presents Dem Sen. Richard Blumenthal stumping another Trumpist judicial nominee, and that would be another Federalist Society flunky named Matthew Byrne...as we can see, Blumenthal is asking if Biden won the ’20 election and if the Capitol was attacked on 1/6/21, which a third grader should be able to answer with a Yes...and oh yeah, #47’s Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran is supposedly winding down or something, but he still wants $87 billion even though millions in this country have lost their health insurance and health care facilities are closing without Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements...oh, and Meta is releasing its own AI-powered prediction market app – just what we all need according to exactly no one, amirite?...

...and ripped from recent headlines, I give you the following from Mr. Newberger (can't think of a word to describe the utterly pathetic behavior from Our Ochre Abomination)...

...and Sir Paul truly is a marvel for continuing to crank out good new music, including this tune.

Monday Stuff

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:24:25 +0000

John Iadarola of The Damage Report discusses the fact that the firing of Stephen Colbert by CBS has apparently blown up in the metaphorical face of “The Tiffany Network”...looks like, according to Nielsen data, two-thirds of Colbert’s audience has evaporated...wow, you mean Byron Allen’s “Comics Unleashed” isn’t a ratings dynamo? Color me (not) shocked...oh, and it looks like they’re trying to revert a Bari Weiss firing involving Draggan Mihailovich, without success apparently, while also trying to keep another producer from resigning...and as noted previously, Nick Bilton is another one of “Bari’s kids” who is in WAAY TOO DEEP here...

...and as a bit of a follow-up, Yasmin Khan of Rebel HQ informs us that it looks like CBS is going to get hit with a fine b/c Stephen Colbert played a song on his final show that he wasn’t supposed to (the “Linus and Lucy” theme) – good job!...looks like the money the network will have to pay for illegal use of the music will go to World Central Kitchen, which I think is a nice touch (as Khan says, it wouldn’t be surprising if Colbert and Lee Mendelson, who owns the copyright for the music, were in on this)...some of this is probably also covered in the “Damage Report” clip I know...

...and Jesse Dollemore gives us Pee Wee German leaning into still more of his unending torrent of utterly racist garbage...yes, I know there’s not much in the way of new stuff here, but I don’t think that means that the architect of the human rights abuses from this cabal of guttural lowlifes should get a pass either...oh, and Will Cain of Fix Noise is indeed a “dipsh*t” as Jesse points out, just sitting there letting Miller’s poison flow uninterrupted...as you listen to Miller’s verbal diarrhea (and I apologize for inflicting this on you), I would ask that you keep in mind that folks in red states (the largest audience for this crap) take in MUCH MORE from the federal government than folks in blue states do, so let’s dispense with this fiction that poor whites are better at service jobs and contributing to our economy than folks emigrating to this country and living in blue states...take a look at who is overwhelmingly employed at hospitals, assisted living and memory care facilities, etc...it’s not Billy Joe Jim Bob or Betty Jean Dupree or their neighbors in the trailer park, but people holding multiple jobs who’ve emigrated from the countries Miller despises...and by the way, pre-colonial Africa was a vast continent of diverse civilizations, characterized by powerful empires, advanced trade networks, and rich cultural traditions; far from isolated, these societies flourished through innovation, complex governance, and bustling trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean commerce centuries before formal European colonization began...more of Miller's garbage is here, and Cain's "Team America" reference is unintentionally hilarious (NSFW/H)...

...and this clip from the New York Times lets us know about Georgia residents who have had their property seized to extend power lines...the official story is that this is happening for both business and residential users, but unofficially, this is happening to build more damn data centers which are going to consume more and more damn energy...personally, I don’t believe that statistic that using eminent domain to seize the land outright is used only 1 percent of the time, as that spokeswoman for a utility tells us...at least one resident was able to negotiate a better deal so that he could possibly move, but anyone else who owns any property at all could be looking at the same fate as these folks, especially if you live in a red state...

...and happy belated 100th (!) birthday to the incomparable Melvin Kaminsky...

...and here is another summer selection.

Friday Stuff

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:41:01 +0000

Alicia Menendez of MSNBC anchors a discussion with Melissa Murray, Andrea Flores, Amanda Carpenter, and Leah Litman on the latest legal atrocity from our bought-and-paid-for SCOTUS, denying legal protections to Haitian and Syrian refugees at our border...and oh yeah, our theocrats in robes also struck down a Hawaii gun law and said that, if you get cancer from Roundup, you can’t sue (more here)...as Murray says about the TPS nightmare, these hideous rulings make our existing statutes “parchment promises”...Murray also mentions this case of the Rastafarian man who had his dreadlocks shaved and sued, but he was told that, because his jailers didn’t consent to the man’s religious practices in advance, the claimant couldn’t bring an action; somehow I think the ruling would have been markedly different if that man had been a Christian...looks like our Philistines on the High Court are intent on whittling away temporary protected status to those coming from every location except a Nordic country and South Africa (if you’re white, that is)...aside from the human cost of revoking TPS, there’s also the economic impact, which no Repug seems to care about either...I think Menendez is right about our gaggle of conservatives Neanderthals “hiding behind judicial review,” and I’m not a lawyer either...”The largest de-legalization effort in the modern era” is sadly apt also...GREAT point about how these people targeted by Cantaloupe Capone and his foul ilk (including Pee Wee German) often hold jobs as caregivers in our communities...also spot-on to note that this ruling will step up harassment against those here with TPS, who likely have been here for awhile...

...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 6/24/14, in which former President Hopey Changey makes high-minded remarks about our beyond-wretched SCOTUS respecting existing precedent, which is almost quaint to consider after all this time (oh, and Repug Sen. Chuck Grasshole stands up for aggrieved white people everywhere to decry our former Kenyan Muslim socialist president – bad joke at this point I know)...I realize Obama was all about taking the high road, and I respect that, but I guess I’m including this to show how far we’ve fallen if for no other reason...also, I know I didn’t say anything about the opening of #44’s presidential library, which looks like an absolutely stunning facility, but that’s only because I wanted to comment on other stuff instead...definitely miss the voice of Ed Schultz, especially these days...

...and this clip from J.T. Cestkowski of Status Coup informs us that companies are reining in their AI spending, according to the Financial Times...yep, our august captains of industry promised AI to be a magical elixir to both raise productivity AND cut costs, but as usual, this mirage is slowly disappearing, with OpenAI and Anthropic facing the proverbial music here...usage caps on AI tokens is the first sign of “trouble in paradise,” with Uber and Amazon beating the retreat...next comes a chip shortage, which is yet another cost multiplier buffeting our economy (and data centers are indeed an ecological plague on this country – if we end up in something similar to the Great Recession of ’08, the collapse of the AI bubble will be a huge factor)...

...and this week also saw the exit of Labour’s Keir Starmer as Britian’s PM, their sixth Prime Minister in 10 years, as noted by Andrew Chang of the CBC (‘the charisma of frozen peas” – gotta love those zany Brits)...naming Peter Mandelson as Britain’s U.S. ambassador was definitely an unforced error on Starmer’s part, given Mandelson’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein...clip discusses Labour getting electorally creamed under Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 and how it at least temporarily revived itself, up to now...Labour never really had what you could call a mandate, dating back to ’24...as I watch this, I can’t help but draw a parallel to former president Biden, who did indeed deliver positive change, but not as quickly as expected (accompanied by the usual utter failure of the “D” team to communicate its accomplishments to the voters)...didn’t know about Our Treasonous Orange Pustule’s idiocy on Truth Septic announcing that Starmer would step down before it happened, but that definitely tracks also...all of this is good news for Andy Burnham, but now, he has to try and deliver also, in a nation still recovering from years of economic pillaging by the Tories...

...and just in time for summer (which is official as of last Sunday), Lewis Black is here for more on the latest exercise trends (wonder what “sword yoga” would be like mixed with ample doses of alcohol? Might lead to misdemeanor charges in a court of law I guess)...and oh yeah, “pistols and Pilates” – can’t wait for the screaming headlines about mass carnage on THAT one either...

...and RIP David Clayton-Thomas of Blood, Sweat & Tears...probably too easy of a call on this selection, I know.

Thursday Stuff

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:13:17 +0000

Chris Hayes brings us the tale of Dementia J. Trump torpedoing the bipartisan Senate housing bill as noted here (with Elizabeth Warren as one of the architects) to try and strongarm senators into passing his garbage SAVE Act, which, once again, is a “solution” in search of a problem – actually, the bill does nothing but screw over core Dem constituencies, which is the true objective of course...also, all 3 congressional candidates endorsed by Mamdani won in New York on Tuesday, leading corpora-Dems into a fit (led by this idiot, Carville I mean)...and oh yeah, Trump’s postmaster general wants to restrict mail-in ballots to blue states unless they hand over the voting rolls to the Gropenfuhrer – so many levels of illegality here that it’s truly hard to count them all...”he would rather cheat than win” indeed...

...and this report from the PBS Newshour discusses the incredibly-over-the-top sentencing of anti-ICE protestors to 30 to 100 years in prison, definitely longer than the sentences of the treasonous 1/6 insurrectionists as noted...I can just about guarantee you that these sentences will be knocked down on appeal, but the point of course is to utterly stifle dissent...and yes, I realize a police officer was shot which makes the protest a hell of a lot more serious of a matter, but these sentences are still ridiculously excessive...with correspondent Ali Rogin and federal prosecutor Paul Butler...big surprise that this prosecution is based in Texas I know...the legal fig leaf here is that the government has labeled Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, even though there is no political organization known as Antifa in this country (here)...and I suppose it fits in a typically demented way that those accused of belonging to Antifa denied it on the witness stand, but only confessed to belonging to a book group (once more, an unbelievable waste of taxpayer dollars from our idiot ruling regime)...we’re reminded once more of Presidential Memo 7 passed after the Charlie Kirk murder aimed basically at any person/organization Our Ochre Abomination doesn’t like, even though lefties had nothing to do with Kirk’s killing (it also fits that our ruling regime wants to punish people for “anti-capitalist views” – what a typical disgrace)...

...and this report from CBC News informs us of AI bots taking over fast-food drive-thrus, which I guess isn’t surprising (with White Castle being first apparently)...looks like “Julia” is taking care of about 90 percent of the orders correctly (a little spooky that that’s a higher average than for a flesh-and-blood human)...great point by the Canadian labor rep that fast food employment is a “stepping stone” job, and if that goes away, what will come in its place, if anything?...

...and speaking of nourishment, Farron Cousins brings us the sorry tale of Our Ochre Abomination and his same-party pals threatening to starve kids and families in this country with SNAP cuts...I know saying Republicans hate children is kind of extreme, but how exactly is Cousins wrong here, especially when we find out about a study looking at SNAP benefit cuts and what that’s doing to this country...1.6 million kicked off that vitally important benefit program, including about 776,000 kids in 12 states (at a cost of about $6 a day, versus our utterly insane Pentagon budget)...Cousins also points out how the latest class warfare from these Trumpist numbskulls is indeed incentivizing states to kick more people off SNAP...and yep, if you guessed that the typical mantra here from Not Your Father’s Republican Party is “oh, we’re cracking down on waste, fraud and abuse,” then you win a commemorative photo of The Sainted Ronnie R giving a speech braying about “welfare queens” (which don’t exist and have NEVER existed, by the way)...NSFW/H...

...and I now give you the following from Mr. Newberger based on today’s headlines...

...and here's a newer tune to try and keep the musical selections here from lapsing into a collection of "moldy oldies," at least for the moment.

Tuesday Stuff

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:34:02 +0000

Kenny Hesse of Really American informs us that, apparently, it looks like the “bromance” between “Bibi” and our thuggish ruling regime (and that includes Couch Boy) has hit the rocks, given that Israel will likely continue to attack Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and God knows where else, alleged “deal” from the Gropenfuhrer be damned...yep, “Diaper Donnie” got played by our “ally” again (and yes, I know “No Malarkey Joe” was guilty on that score too, along with just about every other presidential administration)...and when you’ve lost The Swanson TV Dinner Heir (trying to look rugged without a tie I guess), then you’re truly losing the die-hard mouth breathers in your base on this...actually, VP “Hillbilly Elegy” shockingly makes some sense at around 5:00-5:20 or so; kind of makes me wonder what parallel dimension I fell into...I realize I shouldn’t pay much attention to “Tuckums,” but that remark “that was the story anyway” about 9/11 is typical for this self-serving puke – we lost 17 people from Bucks County based on a “story” as far as Carlson is concerned I guess (NSFW/H)...

...and we now go “across the pond” to Jonathan Pie, discussing “Trump The Peacemaker”...I hadn’t heard anyone drawing a comparison between this alleged deal with Iran and the fiasco with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, but yeah, they’re both peas in the same awful pod, you might say...I’d forgotten about the $2.1 billion in oil trades placed just before the start of hostilities – don’t know how the hell that’s legal, because it probably isn’t...I could tell he was going to go off because he also went without a tie (NSFW/H also)...

...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ gives us more on Repugs revolting over #47’s capitulation in his war of choice against Iran, including Trey Gowdy, who ended up on Fix Noise after a career in the U.S. House as a wingnut lapdog...I don’t know what the hell happened to Mike Pompeo – seriously, I hope he’s not ill, even though I don’t agree with a damn thing he has to say...oh, and “missiles aren’t the problem,” Combover Caligula? Gee, what would happen if a warhead was unleashed in the direction of Flori-DUUH! (which I don’t want to see, I wish to emphasize)...and once more, Thom Tillis and Bill Cassidy are on their way out of the U.S. Senate, so they can actually speak truth to stoo-pid...there’s a lot of “doom and gloom” aimed at Not Your Father’s Republican Party at the moment, and justifiably so, but allow me to be a bit of a contrarian here and add that, likely starting just around Labor Day, there will be such a torrent of attack ad garbage on TV, online and everywhere aimed at the “D” team (who will likely be clueless to respond, if past is prologue) that that will likely cause the polling numbers to tighten up...believe me when I tell you that I want to be wrong about that, but I’ve seen this damn movie too many times before...

...and Thom Hartmann discusses “Tokyo Rose” Gabbard, on her way out as DNI, who apparently is endeavoring to come up with some devious new way to rig the fall midterms...her seat is currently occupied by Bill Pulte, whose Trumpist bona fides includes rifling through mortgage docs on #47’s political enemies as Thom points out...oh, and apparently there’s now a rift between the CIA and Gabbard/Pulte because the former doesn’t trust the latter two assclowns (don’t you feel safer already, my fellow prisoners?)...didn’t know that there was an ordinance in Philly saying that, if you’re in law enforcement and wear a mask and don’t identify yourself, you go to jail for 90 days and pay a fine – nicely done (and yep, the typical Trumpist goons reacted with “lawfare,” as they always do...definitely not the biggest fan of Larry Krasner, but props to him if he had anything to do with this)...didn’t know about that study involving deceased relatives, but I believe it to be honest...

...and by the way, in case anyone was wondering what the world’s first trillionaire was up to, I think this update from America’s Finest News Source answer that question (joke, but barely)...

...and here is today's regional weather forecast.

Monday Stuff

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:27:15 +0000

OK, I’m back and I’m going to get this thing going again...stop me if you’ve heard this before (and I’m sure you have), but the Gropenfuhrer hired a preferred contractor to do some work that got totally screwed up (and who likely won’t get paid anyway), and this time it involves the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial (I realize I’m behind the news cycle on this a bit, but I still think it needs to be pointed out)...this report from the CBC News gives us more background...it looks like we have peeling paint and algae bubbling to the surface, which is a strangely apt metaphor for this regime as far as yours truly is concerned...oh, and someone with a sharp eye pointed out that, in that fifth-grade-looking poster board that Cantaloupe Capone held up in that press gaggle, #47 didn’t include the antenna on top of the Sears Tower (I think that’s what it’s called) in Chicago, probably out of spite to make it look shorter...the whole D.C. landscape, which is pretty much sunk in a basin, makes it extremely difficult to keep various substances from bubbling to the surface; there would have to be layers of probably sandstone and rock to keep the algae out, and I realize that studying the issue to that level of detail is beyond the grasp of the Tangerine Toddler (a completely predictable update is here, and it looks like Jonathan Karl of ABC News got his hand dirty on this issue based on this)...

...and Belle of the Ranch tells us about Dementia J. Trump telling people he’s king...with respect to Belle, I don’t give Roger Wicker credit for a damn thing; saying the supposed deal ending #47’s Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran is contrary to the *preznit’s goals or whatever is slathering perfume on the proverbial pig big time...and of course, Bill Cassidy is on his way out, so that means he can actually tell the truth according to their unwritten Repug rules of subservience I suppose...I don’t know much about this Jay Clayton guy who’s been nominated as the new DNI to take the place of “Tokyo Rose” Gabbard, but I’m sure I’ll find out (typical for this regime to nominate a mediocre white man to replace a woman in this administration)...and “I’m the president, and you’re not”? So what – we’ve got “Chevy Chase” Trump now? I also like Belle’s “Scooby Doo” metaphor here – “I’d have defeated Iran if it weren’t for those meddling kids”...definitely glad to hear Belle draw a line here from those cowardly Repugs acting like they have a spine at last to those same lickspittles having voting for the Big Beautiful Clusterf*ck...”the pushback isn’t out of principle – it’s out of political necessity” indeed...

...oh, and did you know that unemployment funds from the feds distributed to states (especially those with “Democrat” governors) are being fraudulently siphoned off to go to criminal gangs? Well, living in the world of reality, I didn’t know that either, probably because that’s not an actual “thing,” but in the demented musings of Trumpist Labor Secretary pick Keith Sonderling, that is taking place, which is another reason to disqualify this knucklehead (more here)...

...and I honestly try to not fill up this space too much with every stoo-pid thing that Our Ochre Abomination says or does, but I thought this was worthy of mention, with Don The Con blabbing that Italian PM Giorgia Meloni allegedly begged to have a photo taken with him, and #47 went along with it because he felt ”sorry for her” (once more, this supposedly big, strong man talks down to or tries to make fun of a woman)...I also think it needs to be emphasized yet again how Combover Caligula treats our allies versus our enemies (and I know there’s more than a little gray area there), as Meloni pointed out so accurately...and oh yeah, our Pretender-In-Chief abuses our allies with impunity, but yells his spoiled baby head off when they don’t step in to try and fix his mistakes, which are legion (including the mess in the Strait of Hormuz)...I think “total deference – zero accountability” as noted by Brian Tyler Cohen pretty much says it...

...and Seth Meyers gives us “A Closer Look” at the reflecting pool idiocy..Cheetoh Hitler rambles incoherently once more like a brain-added octogenarian (and not all octogenarians are brain-addled, I wish to emphasize)...also, I actually think the term “unbelievable makeover” for the Lincoln Memorial pool is pretty accurate since it sure is unbelievable all right...and what would another screwup by Pumpkin Pol Pot be without the hyenas from Fix Noise cheering him on and ridiculing “the left” and saying “oh, it’s really the fault of the Dem haters who want to see our *preznit fail” – uh, no...our side lives in the world of actual reality, as opposed to you assclowns...and dumping peroxide into the water to kill the algae blooms? Yeah, that will last as a fix for this mess at exactly half past never...

...and RIP Walter Parazaider of Chicago.

Monday Stuff

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:15:32 +0000

Robert Weissman of Public Citizen discovers some conflicts of interest here with the Tangerine Toddler and his stinking ballroom...those who contributed received $50 billion in government contracts, which somehow is NOT illegal on its face, though I can just about guarantee you that the destruction of the East Wing of the White House most definitely is, as Weissman notes...as we also learn, about two-thirds of the companies making donations were facing enforcement actions of some kind, which of course the Gropenfuhrer sh*tcanned as opposed to going after his enemies...in terms of “return on investment,” Weissman also notes that these companies got 100-to-200-times what they shelled out for the damn ballroom in the way of the aforementioned contracts...kind of surprised to see Major Garrett practicing some actual journalism, but credit where it’s due...

...and Robert Reich makes a pretty good case here IMO on why and how we should end the “doom loop” in this country’s politics...among other places, this clip should be played continuously at the DNC headquarters until the message sinks in, assuming it ever does...

...and this video from CBC News: The National takes us into a TPUSA event with Erika Kirk...”Conservative women may not vote for Repugs in the midterms” is apparently the overriding message here, but I’ll believe it when I see it... and oh yeah, ”I don’t want a party that tells my son he can cut off his penis,” huh? Yep, we’re definitely in the epicenter of wingnut BS all right, no doubt full of evangelical nutjobs...just add this Savanna Stone person to the incredibly long list of folks who got utterly played by the Gropenfuhrer and his regime (and she doesn’t think women should vote? Really? I suppose that’s part of her grift too, and apparently for other women also)...it’s really pointless trying to argue with anybody who thinks Dems/liberals/progressives are at fault somehow for not enough “reading, writing and arithmetic” in schools...file this under “keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”...

..and in a bit of a similar vein, David Shuster of Rebel HQ brings us more Trump voters having buyer’s remorse, this time in Ohio, including a woman who voted for Cheetoh Hitler 3 times, and now her factory job is disappearing; apparently, a company called Conn Selmer is moving its operations to China...when the Lyin’ King stood up and said, “I don’t care about you. I just care about your vote,” what the hell else was there to think about? Oh, and it looks like this “deal” emerging over his Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran apparently won’t be worth the paper it’s printed on...and billions in a cash infusion to Iran, while this country continues to struggle with inflation and a cratering economy – are you tired of the winning yet? Is it starting to occur to you, Trumpers, that the guy who came into the world with millions but ended up having to declare bankruptcy six times DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE F*CK HE’S DOING???!! AS PRESIDENT OR AS ANYTHING ELSE???...Oh, and along comes Senator Foghorn Leghorn of Oxford (pretending to be from Louisiana) attacking Graham Platner; if I were the Platner campaign, I would just keep using these clips from Kennedy and other pols as more evidence that the Maine Dem is scaring the hell out of the D.C. establishment...once more, concerning Kennedy, I think you can still Google John Oliver, Song of the Summer, and enjoy the result...

...and speaking of John Oliver, I give you his report from “Last Week Tonight” on the New College of Flori-DUUH! (took a little while for yours truly to get through the whole thing)...looks like On-His-Way-Out Guv #DeathSantis, when he was trying to run for *preznit, chose to use the school for purposes of wingnut demagoguery and decided to sic the even-more-odious Chris Rufo on the place…I have to admit that I don’t think it’s so hot for students to design their own curricula, but then again, you can’t argue with the fact that many of them apparently continued their education upon graduation, so what the school did must have worked somehow (and I’m SOOO GLAD for SOMEBODY to give Stuart Varney the treatment he deserves)…the mascot story is indeed dorky, but a little sweet too IMO; not surprising that that was changed to a “steroid tree” by the incoming regime…yep, Rufo did indeed cherry pick from the consultant’s report on the school and tried to tilt the perception as negatively as possible…and boy, this Richard Corcoran guy brought in to run the school sure was a prize, wasn’t he?...so naturally, the gender studies program was the first casualty of the new regime, in favor of “culture wars bullsh*t,” with “scholars in residence” like Bruce Gilley (a member of this group), along with this Fred Piccolo character, who seems to have a problem with keeping it zipped up, you might say (allegedly!)...and this David Rancourt person is just a straight-up pig (can’t think of a word for the entitlement of someone who can even think what he says, let alone try that crap on “open mic night”)...probably comes as no surprise to find out that the “success” of de- wokifiying (word?) the New College came also from lowering standards and recruiting student athletes...”rebalancing the hormones and the politics on campus” – just no end to the wingnut grievance, is there?...oh, and on top of all of this, now it costs half a mil to earn a degree at New College, dwarfing the cost versus any other public university...also, it looks like Corcoran, the president of the school pulling down a mil a year (and again, for a PUBLIC university) participated in an open mic night also? Well, at least he didn’t say something grossly inappropriate like Rancourt did (maybe these guys ought to stay away from comedy clubs for a little while)...NSFW/H...

...and here is another summer selection...

...and with that, I now take my leave of you for a few days. I’ll plan to rev this thing up again next week.

Friday Stuff

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:59:21 +0000

I give you our “I Love Inflation” *preznit (and I don’t plan to ever let anybody forget that he said that)...

...and Brian Tyler Cohen discusses Cheetoh Hitler saying someone ELSE’s past indiscretions makes him unqualified for office, referring to Graham Platner, which is borderline hilarious coming from Our Ochre Abomination...and if I were Platner, I would use that negative language about him in a campaign ad (calling Platner a “thug,” which is one of the Tangerine Toddler’s go-to insults as we know)...and naaah, the Repugs wouldn’t have Platner I know, because the “R” team would have PEDOS instead...also, I temporarily forget about Ken Paxton in Texas, but it does indeed take more than a little gall to criticize Platner with “multiple scandals” Paxton running for the “R” team, as well as having once supported Matt “Are You Sure You’re Legal?” Gaetz...I LOVE how Cohen points out the double standard of the low bar Repug candidates have to meet versus the purity tests Dem candidates have to take (NSFW/H)...

...oh, and it looks like former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond has departed...in this clip, we learn of JP Morgan Chase bowing to lefty pressure from a group called Majority Action and removing Raymond as an independent director (though, as we also learn, Raymond still had a seat on the board of directors of JP Morgan-Chase)...Raymond did everything he could to ignore the scientific consensus that human activity is causing climate change and instead get these bogus “studies” published intended to ignore the climate crisis to ensure profitability for our dirty energy companies...looks like Majority Action was able to persuade shareholders in order to remove Raymond...I believe that the phrase that matters concerning Raymond at this moment is “rest in piss”...

via GIPHY

...and Sam and Emma of The Majority Report bring us U.S. House Repug numbskull Brian Mast of Flori-DUUH! “mansplaining” to Dem Rep Rashida Tlaib why she was wrong to bring up her war powers resolution intended to keep U.S. troops out of Lebanon...oh, and Mast says dead Palestinians need to prove they were innocent while getting bombed by Israel, or something...oh, and Mast wears his IDF uniform to work? Fine, then – fly over to Israel, live there and run for the Knesset, or something...oh, and Tlaib’s resolution is “unserious”? I think the wanton murder of Palestinians by the IDF (and trying to keep the U.S. out of Lebanon) is as “serious” as it gets...I’m old enough to remember when this country used to do the difficult work of peace negotiations with ALL SIDES in an attempt to stop this, as opposed to just sending more arms to the main perpetrator of this carnage...

...and Seth Meyers gives us “A Closer Look” on the Knicks’ miracle comeback in Game #4 of the NBA Finals, along with other stuff...oh, and Combover Caligula and “Couch Boy” were the “pro peace” ticket, huh? Add that to the unending catalog of utter lies from our ruling regime, especially when contrasted with all of the clips of the Tangerine Toddler saying he’ll keep us out of wars, in addition to everything he would make cheaper (once more, it takes a comedian to “bring the receipts” since our corporate media is otherwise not up to that task)...

...and this musical selection is a bit of a “two-fer,” given that June is Pride Month and today is the 10th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting (here)...once more, let me know if any child is ever “groomed” as a result of a lecture on gender tolerance or exposure to drag queen story hour.

Wednesday Stuff

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:43:27 +0000

Robert Reich discusses The Hidden Danger of America’s Wealth Gap...I know it’s not exactly news to find out how much the assets of the one percent (a fraction of that, actually) have “exploded,” as Reich correctly puts it, but the stats are still damning anyway...wealth appeared to grow fairly evenly until about 2010, led by this as Reich notes...also, after 2018, the wealth for these bastards was higher than the whole GDP of China, for crying out loud...also, daunting to see what kind of campaign spending the “pay no price, bear no burden” bunch can lay out versus the rest of us...glad to hear Reich draw what’s pretty much a straight line from this economic madness to an authoritarian state...also important to point out once more why we need public financing of elections (good luck with that, I know)...

...but it’s always good sport for our corporate overlords to punch down at those less fortunate and encourage all of us to do likewise, as Britany Page notes...it looks like she and other good folks crashed a wingnut policy summit on homelessness in D.C. (as if The Cicero Institute actually cares about the problem)...yep, looks like the previously mentioned one percent and their lackeys want to criminalize homelessness and stick the unhoused into camps, just like Republican Jesus wants...this Joe Lonsdale character behind Cicero also founded Palantir, just to let you know; another case of following the money to see which industries (for-profit prisons and surveillance) stand to gain by Cicero trying to demonize people needing help (I think the phrase “homeless industrial complex” in this context is pretty damn repugnant, which is on the nose for these cretins...”it starts with dehumanization” indeed)...a related item from the execrable Nick Fuentes is here...mildly NSFW/H...

...and I realize I’m “behind the curve” a bit here, but I definitely wanted to get to this...David Doel gives us his take on the NYT “hit piece” on Graham Platner (update here)...I agree with Doel that the time for “purity tests” is the primary, but once you’ve settled on a candidate for the general election, you need to look at who is the best alternative among the whole field and put all that other business about checking every single damn box on the shelf...I just gave Glenn Ivey credit the other day; what a shame that he takes all that AIPAC dough (not surprising that “Disappointed” Susan Collins is #1 on the Repug side, and don’t get me started on Schumer)...and yeah, I think it’s unintentionally funny that the Times has a headline about Platner’s “unsettling behavior” with women when we have a *preznit who was found civilly liable in New York on a charge of sexual abuse, which is basically r*pe without the actual word...this Lyndsey Fifield person criticizing Platner definitely doesn’t sound like an impartial observer anyway, especially on Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk...and Fifield drafted Susan Collins’ remarks when Collins voted to confirm “I Like Beer” Kavanaugh to the SCOTUS, smearing those accusing Kavanaugh in the process...beyond ridiculous that the Times didn’t tell this Fifield woman just to go get lost, as opposed to giving her any credence whatsoever...I think Doel is right to say that the Times is going after Platner in part because he didn’t grovel appropriately at the mention of the state of Israel...NSFW/H also...

...and Logical Leftist Jeff Waldorf tells us about dozens of people getting sick in Idaho (about 45 people that we know of) after Bobby Brainworms promoted drinking un-pasteurized milk and getting stomach cramps, fever and, in some cases, diarrhea...oh, but it’s all about “freedumb” of course to push back against that “big gumint” that, y’know, wants to keep us from FREAKING DYING!!...and 40 raw milk bills introduced across 18 states?? I know drinking the MAGA Kool Aid can be a hell of a drug, but REALLY??...and yeah, Thomas Massie has done some good stuff and he lost his seat for it, but supporting a raw milk bill is definitely a point not in his favor (and that goes for Dem Chellie Pingree also...just goes to show how red Maine truly is, sadly, and I know I just mentioned Graham Platner)...as Waldorf tells us, the CDC has been studying and documenting the danger of raw milk for-freaking-evah; turns out that raw dairy causes 840 times more illness than the pasteurized version, as we learn in the clip...we’re only talking about 15 seconds of applied heat to prevent potential life-threatening paralysis (from Campylobacter), among other awful effects...so many levels of “duuuh” here...

...and Desi Lydic of The Daily Show mentions the Gropenfuhrer taking a snooze during the most recent Knicks-Spurs game... I didn’t see the contest so I can’t judge referee Mark Davis, but apparently Jalen Brunson of the Knicks was getting fouled with regularity with no calls forthcoming...and since the game was in NYC, there were a lot of stars at courtside, which is cool...and oh yeah, a certain Treasonous Orange Egomaniac showed up as noted, saluted, took a nap and then left to a completely justified torrent of boos...oh, and #47’s preferred choice for LA Mayor (and “reality” TV star) Spencer Pratt lost I see...c’est dommage...so OF COURSE “Don Snoreleone” started ranting about a “rigged election”...oh, and MAGA Mike Johnson, being the good little supplicant he is, took a break from watching porn with his son to allege fraud in the LA election also, citing a lack of evidence (God, this nonsense makes my brain hurt)...with Troy Iwata...mildly NSFW/H as well...

...and I thought this was a bit of a catchy newer tune to get us all through the “hump day.”

Tuesday Stuff

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:33:02 +0000

Eric Gardner of More Perfect Union lets us know about Apartheid Clyde privatizing the profit and socializing the risk again in a manner that befits the one percent, this time on the SpaceX IPO...sounds like a massive “pump and dump” scheme leveraging index funds, which are the type of funds designed to EXPLICITLY PREVENT something just like this from happening...clip does a good job of how King Elon just keeps rolling his companies into each other in the hope that he can inject profitability...as we learn, the fact that this initial public offering for SpaceX seems to be top-heavy with what you could call regular investors is indeed a “tell” that something crooked is going on...sooo, it looks like the “banksters” got rid of the “seasoning” required for a company to be listed on the NASDAQ and that’s how Musk is planning to get his company onto it...one driver in this is the competition between the Dow Jones and the NASDAQ vying for the SpaceX IPO and similar offerings, and again, that’s not going to matter to “mom and pop” investors after the stock craters...looks like shares on SpaceX may begin trading this Friday 6/12...mildly NSFW/H...

...and this report from the German news service DW lets us know about anti-Christian attacks on the rise in Jerusalem (report by correspondent Jan-Philipp Scholz)...I seriously think this country needs to tell the “children of David” en masse to f*ck all the way off between their wars without end in Lebanon and Iran (to say nothing of Gaza and the West Bank overall) and also for attacking priests and nuns, but I realistically know what the chance is of that actually happening in this country...we can blame the rise in Jewish nationalism most definitely as a factor here, encouraged by “Bibi” and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, both of whom should be held up to constant ridicule at a minimum...oh, and three guesses who made this problem much worse by announcing that the U.S. recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital (and no, it definitely wasn’t Biden)...with Hana Bendcowsky of the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations...

...and if you’re still wondering how Israel gets away with this garbage, Thom Hartmann gives us an explanation – it seems that dozens of congressional reps and staffers have been gifted with luxurious first-class trips to Israel courtesy of an affiliate of AIPAC (the American-Israel Education Foundation, which is a non-profit that is somehow able to skirt lobbying restrictions) ever since the awful attacks on Israel on October 7th...kind of telling to me that Netanyahu has gotten a pass from our media this whole time over the fact that, like 9/11, 10/7 represented a massive intelligence failure...not surprised that 8 in 10 Dems have an unfavorable view of Israel and 6 in 10 Americans generally...Thom reminds us of AIPAC showering “moderate” Dems with cash while doing their worst to trash progressives, such as Pramila Jayapal’s sister as Thom notes...pathetic that we allow ANY foreign government to mess with our elections, as Thom also points out...with all due respect to Thom, I think his memory is a little fuzzy; Citizens United was decided in January 2010, not October...also, Google requests permission to release 32 million mosquitoes in CA and Flori-DUUH! to try and prevent diseases carried by non-sterile bugs (and I agree with Thom that our government should be doing this and not a for-profit corporation...hopefully it will work)...

...and Tennessee Brando tells us about Our Ochre Abomination creating a watch list for social media influencers (here), and right now the list includes David Pakman and Brian Tyler Cohen...as Brando says, this was probably inevitable after our ruling regime went after media companies, educational institutions, law firms, freaking comedians, other politicians – you name it...probably only a matter of time until everybody who has made a video that I embed here ends up on a Trumpist “watch list” also (and I’m glad to see this Tony Hinchcliffe weasel get dragged again)...NSFW/W but for a great reason...

...and it looks like Dementia J. Trump kept up his perfect streak of ruining everything he touches last night, watching the Knicks lose their first playoff game (and kudos to the MSG fans for giving our *preznit the welcome he deserved)...

...and here is another summer selection.

Monday Stuff

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:45:30 +0000

Brian Tyler Cohen tells us of the latest meltdown from Our Treasonous Orange Man-Baby of a *preznit, this time storming out of an interview with Kristen Welker of NBC’s “Meet The Press” when she called him on his idiotic BS about a wide range of subjects...and oh yeah, he bolts the scene like a spoiled child after he calls her “stupid” (after all this time, it’s still hard for me to comprehend how the Gropenfuhrer gets away with behavior that would likely get any other politician drummed right out of office)...I don’t know who this Katie Zacharia person is, but she’s just another Trumpist lickspittle IMO (and kudos to Cohen for calling out her nonsense)...how anybody could think that Combover Caligula is some kind of a big man for relentlessly berating female reporters is something I cannot possibly imagine...

...and Jesse Dollemore informs us that it looks like Dem U.S. House Rep Glenn Ivey of MD busted the Gropenfuhrer on his “pay to play” pardons, so our course acting AG Todd Blanche is all “YOU FILTHY COMMIE DEM! HOW DARE YOU MAKE AN ALLEGATION LIKE THAT AGAINST DEAR ORANGE LEADER!!”...you’d have to be a stone-cold moron to NOT see the quid pro quo garbage here, and I realize that description applies to much of our ruling regime...I haven’t heard “money hungry goblin” before, but I guess I should add that now to my catalog of insults for #47...NSFW/H...

...and in this clip from Andrew Chang of CBC News, we learn about the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which is the test that Cheetoh Benito keeps taking to measure his diminished brain capacity (and no, as we learn, it definitely IS NOT an IQ test)...by the way, I don’t intend to make fun here of anybody with cognitive difficulty – I’m genuinely sorry about that – but only #47 who keeps bragging about this subject and regularly calls other people “stupid” as pointed out above...gee, maybe the reason nobody has taken the damn cognitive test as many times as Our Ochre Abomination has is that NO ONE HAS NEEDED TO!!...

...and John and Jayar of The Damage Report inform us that we’re up to killing 202 people with up to 60 different boat strikes, and I’ll wager that every single one of them was innocent (additionally, none of those damn boats were heading to this country anyway)...and by the way, the drugs are still getting into the US in case you were wondering about that (with John and Jayar – good point by the latter to mention the murdered Iranian school children, mostly girls, in our ongoing war; should never lose sight of that – more here)...

...and Mr. Newberger gives us a preview of future “restoration projects” from Our Satanic Orange Overlord...

...and by the way, I know I'm going back on my promise last week to not devote so much space to the Tangerine Toddler; I'll try to do better next time...

...and happy 75th birthday to Bonnie Tyler.

Friday Stuff

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:17:31 +0000

Kyle Kulinski discusses the firing of “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley at the behest of Bari Weiss and the Ellisons...I give Pelley so much credit for finally saying “enough is enough,” and of course he ended up paying for it by losing his job...oh, and by the way, this Nick Bilton guy (who I guess is now in charge of the program) is a British former tech reporter for the New York Times and “documentary filmmaker” who is ALSO IN WAAAY OVER HIS HEAD here (and based on the response from former and current employees of “60 Minutes,” it also sounds like Bilton is colossally full of sh*t when it comes to describing Pelley – and termination for cause is an extra layer of dickishness here)...oh, and all of this is making the wingnutosphere absolutely giddy as noted here (and I think Kyle is dead-on when it comes to predicting the type of “stories” we can now look forward to on that program – and why does this not surprise me either?)...NSFW/H...

...and speaking of this country sucking up to Israel as Kyle noted above, it looks like Repug U.S. House Rep Mike Rogers is proposing something called Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act of ’27 which would “expand U.S. and Israel military cooperation with joint research, testing, manufacturing, and sharing technology as well as promoting joint military training, information-sharing, network integration, and data fusion” (oh, and Dem House Rep Adam Smith also signed off on this colossal mistake)...report is from Drop Site News...sounds like the biggest takeaway is that all aspects of our military alliance with Israel would go into the same “black box” as that of our own military spending and development...also important to note that this increased alliance could support Israeli defense factories also, to which I say that Israel’s defense firms should stand or fall on their own without our help...good point toward the end about the industrial espionage carried out by Israel against this country, which I would call strange behavior from an “ally”...more here...

...and this report from PBS Newshour informs us of Our Ochre Abomination dismantling ocean monitoring systems, pulling out more than 900 deep water sensors from our Atlantic and Pacific coasts, with scientists in this country quite rightly expressing alarm...yep, Combover Caligula just wrecked a program to monitor climate change that was “decades in the making”...with correspondent William Brangham (and Hilary Palevsky also, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College)...hope you like our oceans boiling and mass extinction of underwater species, because that’s coming next (and all because Biden looked bad in a debate, I tell myself)...

...and Belle brings us another item tied to the Trumpist destruction of our government, and that has to do with the appearance of the “new world” screwworm in this country...she reminds us of Apartheid Clyde and his merry band of incels wrecking our government through DOGE (a plot hatched by Russell Vought of Project 2025 infamy, among others)...looks like the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service went kaput, and all they did was protect U.S. agriculture from foreign diseases and pests...you know, just dumb “woke” stuff like that...so now, we have the first known case of the “new world” screwworm in this country since the ‘60s, with its parasitic larvae eating the flesh of livestock, so we can just imagine what that will do to the health of herds and prices for food – are we tired of the winning yet?...more on the “Chesterton Fence” is here...

...and Michael Kosta of The Daily Show gives us an update on Dementia J. Trump and his madness having to do with the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, which apparently is SOOO BIG that it needs a chart that looks like it was rejected from a fifth grade science project...oh, and along comes “farmer” and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to unveil the 250-dollar bill with Cantaloupe Capone’s mug plastered on it, as if that’s affordable for much of this country anyway...also, it seems that 97 of the 1/6 rioters freed by the Tangerine Toddler have committed offenses that landed them back behind bars – birds of a disgusting feather flocking together it seems...also, this Bill Pulte character is another Trumpist with apparently no familiarity with intelligence (kind of a “big basket” there I realize)...mildly NSFW/H...

...and I thought I'd give "mellow" the day off - hope it's a good weekend for one and all.

Diaper Donnie Tilts At You-Know-What

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:47:12 +0000

We all know how much our dearly ~~despised~~ ~~abhorred~~ ~~reviled~~ tolerated *preznit hates renewable energy because he can’t game the market and profit from it, and of all the alternative forms of power out there, I think wind is #1 on his hit list, as Desi Lydic pointed out yesterday. Well, with that in mind, I was recently visited by the muse, and I’d like to share the following:

Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Or the grumbling in your stomach when you miss a Happy Meal
Affection for your children that you feel just now and then
Or delusions of Joe Biden when he used an Autopen
As Ivanka Trump lay buried underneath the fairway green
Or those rallies with “the faithful” where you always make a scene
Showing all the gaps they find in the windmills of your mind

Like the wormhole that you follow to delusions in your head
Where a cognitive exam should find some common sense instead
When the bronzer starts to melt, revealing layers of your tan
As you escalate pre-emptive war without end in Iran
As Xi detects our defense posture slowly start to crack
Knowing full well that this century belongs to Asia PAC
It’s a pity just to find only windmills of your mind

Like the growing voice of protest that you’ll never, ever quell
Or your Mar-a-Lago bathroom full of classified “intel”
Or all the ICE detainees fighting bravely to be free
Or musicians that are bailing on “250” in D.C.
Or those who hope our economic hardship does relent
Or Russell Vought’s conniving to protect the one percent
Our integrity's declined from the windmills of your mind

Like the pardons handed out when all the bribery was paid
Like the pain to poor and farmers from destroying US AID
Our infrastructure crumbles, while you act so unaware
As your FLOTUS flouts compassion, showing only a blank stare
Like the swirling lies behind the dark spaces we all find
In the windmills of your mind

With apologies to Michel Legrand, wherever he may be (a parody of a song in a movie about a crook, appropriately enough).

Wednesday Stuff

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:46:30 +0000

David Shuster of Rebel HQ brings us Robert of Cleveland, Ohio apologizing on C-SPAN for voting for #47...I suppose I should ridicule him for wasting his vote two years ago, and this man does deserve a measure of blame, but I’m sorry; I just can’t kick someone who’s trying to mend his ways...oh, but the Gropenfuhrer has yet another meltdown when he’s held to account over the Trumpstein files – how damn predictable...and yes, C-SPAN is indeed a treasure for reporting all of this madness with the deadpan accuracy it deserves...we also learn that the Trumpsters appear to be tiring of the antics of Crazy Eyes Ka$h Patel as FBI head, but don’t expect this regime to name someone who is actually competent if Patel is sacked (clip revisits Patel’s snorkeling excursion at Pearl Harbor, as well as some of the personal trips he took for himself and his girlfriend on a taxpayer-financed jet)...also, kudos to Michael Feinberg for cutting through all of this Patel nonsense...

...and Brittany Page lets us know that Trumpster Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed recently that food stamp recipients can buy a “Lambo” – WHAAA??? Yep, looks like Rollins put her foot in it again, with hunger worse now than at the height of the pandemic...obviously, I trust absolutely nothing from our ruling regime, but as Page points out, if you have the means to own a vehicle like the ones Rollins describes, why the hell would you then go through the trouble of filling out all kinds of paperwork for SNAP benefits?...also as Page says, if our ruling gang of frauds and charlatans could actually find ONE PERSON guilty of this claim, wouldn’t they then parade this person all over wingnut media? I guarantee you, if they found someone, it would be on 150 right-wing web sites, blogs, substacks...whatever...in about 15 minutes...didn’t know about Cantaloupe Capone intervening for a $620 million deal for Uday Trump, Jr. – gee, where’s James Comer screeching about that the same way he did about the “Biden crime family”?...I’d forgotten that our *preznit cancelled the annual hunger survey, which figures; I mean, he can’t talk about hunger if he has no data on it, now can he?...about 363 million people around the world facing acute hunger because of the ruinous policies of our ghoulish federal overlords (slightly NSFW/H)...

...oh, and did you know that, according to Repug U.S. House Rep Randy Fine of FL-06, that "many Democrats hate America"? I realize that that’s wingnut boilerplate for the reddest of red districts, but yeah, I still think it needs to be called out (Fine is the numbskull responsible for this, among his other misdeeds...one response is to click here, and yes, I know the electoral odds are long, but there’s no percentage at all in doing nothing)...

...and Ali Velshi gives us a bit of a history lesson on how we celebrated the Bicentennial, contrasting that with the 250th anniversary...he includes a pretty spot-on accurate lesson of Philadelphia at a time when yours truly was growing up, with Frank Rizzo as perhaps the dominant, and most controversial, figure of that time; one of Velshi’s completely accurate points is that often a celebration like the Bicentennial back then is contrasted by protests of marginalized groups, which is part of our tradition also IMO...I give Velshi credit for saying that a lot of the political carnage going on right now goes back to the “unresolved sin” of slavery, and if anybody out there thinks that’s hyperbole, ask yourself if you SERIOUSLY BELIEVE that Our Ochre Abomination would have ascended politically without the animus generated by whites against our first black president...with Eddie Glaude, Jr...I knew about the VRA of ’65, but I’d forgotten about the Immigration and Nationality Act from that same year and its positive impact; good point by Glaude also that attacks on African American voting AND immigration are part and parcel of the same racist crap platformed and promoted by our ruling gaggle of miscreants and pretenders...”history may not repeat itself, but it damn sure rhymes” indeed...

...and Desi Lydic of The Daily Show gives her take on Pumpkin Pol Pot’s battle against windmills...and yes, they are indeed wind turbines, but since we live in the worst timeline, I guess they’re back to being windmills, or something...

...and happy 87th birthday to Ian Hunter.

Tuesday Stuff

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:21:22 +0000

I’m going to go meta again with some stuff...I’m going to try and open things up a little bit so not every post is full of “what ridiculous, idiotic and possibly illegal thing did our *preznit do over the last day or so” since even that stuff is part of his strategy to crowd out other more important IMO info in the news cycle (there is some Trump-related stuff in this post, but again, I’m trying to rein that in where I can)...also, posting isn’t going to be on a regular cycle, you might say, for a little while still.

And as part of “opening things up,” I give you Don Lemon discussing the Minnesota state GOP, which recently held a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin at their state convention in Duluth (yep, THAT Derek Chauvin)...but not to worry, because Baby Ben Shapiro jumped right into the fray to defend Chauvin (more than a bit of a “tell” that Shapiro says in essence that Chauvin’s conviction set back race relations due to the extent of property damage as a result of the protests against Chauvin, and I would SERIOUSLY doubt that dollar number anyway...this is a typical “law and order” wingnut argument, though, completely and utterly failing to recognize the human suffering of Floyd, his family and friends)...I honestly can’t think of a time when I’ve had an issue with Keith Ellison – he pretty much nails every issue he’s involved with as far as I’m concerned...also, I don’t know what it says about this country that some guttersnipe like Tony Hinchcliffe can be treated as an alleged comedian, but it can’t be anything good...NSFW/H...

...and keeping with legal stuff, Rachel Maddow informs us that the Gropenfuhrer is destroying the DOJ in court...we get an update on former border patrol officer Greg Bovino, who was relieved of his duties after he failed to deport a third of the population of this country, but not to worry again, because Bovino apparently is still able to jet to a white supremacist conference in Portugal...oh, and Bovino also apparently was trying to prosecute someone in Chicago who allegedly threatened him, but oopsie! – looks like we get still more legal nonsense from this regime, and the case collapsed...and apparently, the same thing happened to the case against the “Broadview Six” who protested at an Illinois ICE facility...nice work by the defense attorneys not just rolling along with the charges getting dropped and deciding to try and get to the bottom of this madness instead...not a good idea to try and hide prosecutorial misbehavior from a judge, you Trumpist legal nitwits...Maddow speaks with Chris Parente, a lawyer representing one of the Broadview Six defendants...

...and staying in that locality, Brian Tyler Cohen speaks with Dem nominee for the U.S. Senate from Illinois (and Lieutenant Governor) Juliana Stratton, who apparently would go after the SCOTUS (thank God!), to say nothing of trying to resurrect the John Lewis For The People Act...glad Cohen mentioned health care, since there has been roaring silence from the “D” team on that among other issues as nearly as I can tell (and of course, utterly forget about the “party of Lincoln”), and I have no doubt that Stratton would fight on that issue also – we definitely need to do battle once more for Medicare for All (I think she says a lot of good stuff here generally about a range of topics)...

...and Farron Cousins brings us the tale of HHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin trying to ban flights to sanctuary cities – this is still MORE illegality from this regime, since what Mullin is proposing is in direct violation of the Constitution as Cousins points out...also it would punish Dems, Repugs, businesses, individuals...and all just in time for the 250th and the World Cup...brilliant! (John Fetterman should feel really stoo-pid for voting to confirm this guy...also NSFW/H)...

...and I realize that The Onion News Network gets a little edgy at times, but given this, I think there’s a point to their humor here...

...and the weather is just too nice in these parts to not include a bit of an upbeat seasonal tune, so here goes.

Monday Stuff

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:04:20 +0000

OK, so House Repugs get a bill passed which basically is trying to “disappear” trans people by banning LGBTQ-plus clubs, as well as a knock-off of the “Don’t Say ‘Gay’” law in Flori-DUUUH!, and it also forces teachers to ‘out’ trans students to their parents, opening up this endangered group to possibly verbal and physical abuse (and kudos to Mike Figueredo for courageously telling his story)…”trans refugees” shouldn’t be a thing IMO, but it is in this country, to our shame…I’m sure you have an idea of where this is going, so I’ll just get there – EIGHT F*CKING U.S. HOUSE “DEMOCRATS” voted for this garbage bill along with every Republican – the 8 were Henry Cuellar, Donald Davis, Cleo Fields, Laura Gillen, Vicente Gonzales, Marcy Kaptur, Eugene Vindman (I’ll remember this the next time I get a text from his brother Alex), and the utterly wretched Marie Gluesenkamp Perez…oh, and Gluesenkamp Perez, Gillen and Vindman are members of the Congressional Equality Caucus (truly, you can’t make up this stuff)…fortunately, Dem Rep Mark Takano actually knows what’s going on with this issue…and yeah, I’d like to tell Gluesenkamp Perez what she can do with her “banana bill”; looks like somebody is trying REALLY HARD to appeal to moderates with something of ultimately no consequence while those unicorn “moderates” decide to vote for the Repugs anyway (and as Figueredo points out, Gluesenkamp Perez is even wrong on the state reg she’s criticizing…so many layers of “DUUUH!” here) – I know we’ll need all the “D” seats we can get this fall, but it would almost be worth it if she lost…good for Figueredo to put up that graphic at 10:52 with the phone numbers to call these 8 frauds and tell them to leave Team “D” and join the intolerant fascists who they seem to align with…really deflating to see how odious the influence of AIPAC is on our side with NOT NEARLY ENOUGH politicians opposing those bloodthirsty warmongers…I would add to Figueredo’s observation about purging these centrist Dem election pretenders by saying that progressives are largely the ones going out and doing the “nuts and bolts” stuff to try and win elections (phone banking, texting, canvassing, newspaper Op-Eds, putting up signage, getting folks to the polls), so we should be listened to for that reason if for no other…the lady in that TikTok video also made a lot of sense IMO (NSFW/H)...

...and Belle of the Ranch gives us more on the Gropenfuhrer abandoning promises to our vets...didn’t know about the E.O. on 5/9/25 designating a “center for warrior independence” on the west LA VA campus where homeless vets in that area and around the nation can received the care and benefits that they’re entitled to...so the VA Secretary was supposed to present an “action plan” to Dear Orange Leader within 120 days for a facility to house up to 6K homeless vets to be built by 1/1/28...but oopsie! – there’s exactly nada in the budget for that...oh, and everyone associated with this project had to sign NDAs, just like how an honest and above-board organization is supposed to operate (#joke)...I agree that housing 6K vets in one LA location isn’t such a good idea (should be spread out across the country to make it easier to provide care and assistance); makes it reek of nothing but a PR stunt even more...

...and Corrine Straight of Really American tells us about Deidre Henderson, who is the lieutenant governor of Utah standing up for election security and debunking the nonsense from Great Orange Satan and his flatulent biped followers...that state’s Repug legislature was able to get some “opt in” measure passed for mail-in ballot voting starting in ’29, which creates another obstacle (almost shocking to hear common sense from a Repug, but credit where it’s due, and kudos to Hendeson for doing all of the hard work to find out that 27 people out of 2 million in her state were confirmed non-citizens registered to vote)...

...and Jen Psaki gives us a bit of an overview of the shady deals from Cantaloupe Capone (are there any other kind with him?) just in time for the 250th anniversary, as reported by the NYT, including of course the now-$13 million scam at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool...one firm was involved in the 1/6 insurrection, and another has to do with that stinking ballroom...and oh yeah, there’s also the matter of promoting a video game company behind this beyond-ridiculous steel cage fight on the White House lawn on 6/14 (which is also Flag Day of course)...also, this “250 pardons” scheme from Pumpkin Pol Pot has BAD, TERRIBLE IDEA written all over it (and all to shake down still more suckers)...Psaki speaks with Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders...and of course, it’s not surprising that this regime of guttural lowlifes (at least the DOJ in this case) are pursuing charges against E. Jean Carroll, who apparently is at fault for having the tremendous courage to fight back against Our Sexual Predator-In-Chief (removing my tongue form my cheek on that one)...

...and speaking of the “American State Fair,” or whatever that’s supposed to be, Mr. Newberger gives us a bit of a preview...

...and I liked this newer tune as a bit of a “mellow Monday” selection – no argument with the title whatsoever.

Friday Stuff

Fri, 29 May 2026 14:43:43 +0000

This New York Times report tells us how a SCOTUS ruling could separate this Haitian nurse and mother (Harlaine Dominique) from her son and her mother...the report lets us know that tens of thousands of Haitians work in health care, and while we rightly praised them during COVID, now they’re treated as persona non grata by way too damn many people, including our ruling regime...Dominique has temporary protected status, but our bought and paid for SCOTUS could bring the TPS program to an end at the urging of Combover Caligula and the fascists running our government including Baby Goebbels (and Dog Killer Noem for a time also)...and we also learn that the Trump regime restricted Medicare access to TPS holders, not allowing Dominique’s mother to potentially get the kidney transplant she needs; hard to catalogue all of the barbarities of the connivers and grifters in our executive branch, but that’s another one...

...and in this clip from The Damage Report, we find out more on redistricting efforts to remove African American representation and how those efforts are failing in the courts (for now, and hopefully for good) in Alabama and South Carolina...looks like some Repugs in “the palmetto state” came down with an attack of sanity and joined the Dems to oppose redistricting because they saw that their seats could be imperiled...Tennessee and Louisiana also eliminated black districts, with potentially Georgia and Mississippi trying to do that as well...on top of that, it looks like Flori-DUUUH will join in on this, even though they have a state law prohibiting gerrymandering (yeah, like Repugs care about laws and the will of the voters – too funny)...kudos to the Congressional Black Caucus for keeping up the fight...I think John Iadarola brings a lot to the table in this discussion, and I don’t mean to pick on Sharon Reed quite so much, but I don’t think she has much insight here...

...and Yasmin Khan discusses NJ Repug U.S. House rep Tom Kean Jr., who gets tracked down after having missed a bunch of votes...if Kean has a legitimate health issue and he needs treatment, I hope he gets it and I’m not trying to trivialize that (even though our congressional politicians get health care that WE ALL should be entitled to), but damn, to be missing for 75 DAYS???!! AND MISSING 88 VOTES??!!...oh, but he still could definitely “make bank” in stock trades despite his incommunicado status...and yeah, we know the Gropenfuhrer has been “having his way” in the Repug primaries, but I firmly believe the general election will be another matter, though we need to keep working for Team “D” to achieve the best possible outcome...

...and Tennessee Brando tells us about New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart getting heat for introducing Cantaloupe Capone at one of the latter’s rallies, so OF COURSE along comes someone named Will Cain of Fix Noise to say that only “the left” thinks they can make a political impact, or something, with Brando rightly reminding everyone about Colin Kaepernick and the fallout from him taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality (yeah, I think Dart was wrong also, but most jocks are Republicans, so I’m not going to get worked up over it – yeah, they should see the error of their ways, but they’re not going to join “Team D” because I say so)...Brando also uses comedy as an example here, mentioning the utterly wretched and completely unfunny Tony Hinchcliffe and comparing him somewhat to Redd Foxx and Don Rickles...and oh, it’s the fault of “Washington elites” (according to that nematode Tim Burchett) that the economy is wrecked and our quality of life is lousy; these Repug knuckleheads ARE COMPLETELY IN CHARGE OF OUR DAMN GOVERNMENT!!!...I particularly like what Brando said at the end concerning the Dems; ”the establishment can’t keep taking credit when the progressives win” indeed (NSFW/H)...

...and speaking of sports, Jimmy Kimmel lets us know that, apparently, fans of the New York Knicks are whooping it up over the team’s postseason success, powered in a big way by Villanova alums Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges (the latter was stoo-pidly traded away by the Sixers, who could run a clinic IMO on totally screwing up a franchise rebuild)...also, it looks like Uday Trump Jr. got married again without his father in attendance, who no doubt was hard at work coming up with some new grift at our expense...I hadn’t seen a pic before of that whatever it is (arena, I guess) that they’re constructing on the White House lawn (yet another desecration) in time for that UFC fight for the Gropenfuhrer’s 80th birthday...”Sir, many people don’t know that ‘dumb’ has a ‘b’ in it, or so I was told, and I was indeed the first person to discover that...thank you for your attention to this matter – now excuse me while I have my third annual physical this year”...oh, and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. spotted a pair of black snakes while he was hanging out with “Dr. Crudité,” apparently because neither of them have anything more important to do, so of course he handled them in such a way that he could easily get bitten (truly, what a rocket scientist)...also, it looks like the Trump mobile phone has a flaw that exposes personal security information – can’t imagine how dim a bulb you have to be to buy one of those things, but there are still marks out there waiting to get played I guess...

...and as previously noted, we observed the birthday of one octogenarian rock n’ roller this week with Bob Dylan, and Wednesday marked that of another one, Bruce Cockburn, and with that in mind I offer the following tune...trying to wrap up the week with a bit of a hopeful message (lyrics here - mildly NSFW/H also).

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Apparently, Fascism is Back in Fashion

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 03:17:49 +0000

Think Prissy went feral on Instagram? Nope, its not the original Prissy who owns this blog. No idea who that is...ok, a few ideas. But nope, not this blogs owner. The current 2025 post heading says it all.

Is Impeachment Really Off the Table (Part 2)?

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:21:27 +0000

Is impeachment really off the table?

OpEdNews asks the question, HERE.

Doctor's Orders?

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:40:40 +0000

Republicans claim that the new law says the government will tell physicians what procedures can and can't be performed. It doesn't.

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Syrian president consults with country's leadership on Mideast peace talks and Lebanon

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:13:10 +0000

: President Bashar Assad convened a meeting of Syria's leading Monday to discourse regional developments — Associate in Nursing evident mention to a U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference and the presidential election crisis in neighbour Lebanon.

Syria have repeatedly said it would only go to the conference expected later this calendar month if treatments include the tax return of the Golan Heights, a strategical tableland State Of Israel captured from Syrian Arab Republic in the 1967 Center East war.

Although U.S. functionaries have got said the focusing of the conference will be the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israeli Prime Curate Ehud Olmert said in recent years that he hoped Syrian Arab Republic would take part.

"The part is witnessing in the approaching time period political events," Syria's functionary news federal agency quoted Assad as saying. These issues "could have got sedate impact on the hereafter of the states and peoples if they are not dealt with in a logical manner that fulfills the involvements of the assorted political parties without taking sides," Assad said.

He did not elaborate, but his words were taken to intend the peace conference in the United States and the political crisis in Lebanese Republic — the two major regional events. Today in Africa & Center East

Lebanon's Parliament should pick a president by Friday, but political differences between U.S.-backed government and pro-Syrian opposition have held up understanding on a "consensus" president. Failure to elect a leader could further decline the political crisis.

Assad's convening of the meeting came ahead of a assemblage of Arabian foreign curates in Arab Republic Of Egypt later in the week. The functionaries are expected to come up up with a incorporate base on the peace conference scheduled for later this calendar month in Annapolis, Maryland.

'Low crime rate fuelling migration'

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:14:50 +0000

PUNE: Even as Pune's population is
projected to lift to 6.9 million by 2020, the city's continuing growing as an
infotech, manufacturing, services and educational hub have led to the two
distinct tendencies of migration into the city. Better educational facilities,
better occupation chances in industry and IT and low law-breaking charge per unit have got influenced
the volume of migration to Pune. While previously, Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh, UP, Kerala, Gujerat and Rajasthan defined the order of migration into
Pune, the flowing is now led by Uattr Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Unlike in the past when senior citizens preferred Pune "because it
was unagitated and pleasant, now little people are migrating to Pune driven by
educational demands and occupation opportunities," University of Pune research worker and
reader in geographics department, Vijaya Khairkar, said. According to
his study, 'Migration and Sociable Economics of Pune city, which was recently
released by Diamond Publications, the biggest form of migration into Pune was
during 1961-91 with "in-migration" (from within Maharashtra) accounting for 73
per cent followed by Mysore (6.37%), UP (3.21%), AP (2.58%), Rajasthan
(2.10%) and Kerala (2.07%). In footing of proportionality of migrators to
total population, Pune topped the listing of 12 Indian metropolises in 1981 with migrant
population accounting for 58.43%.

Consumers Of All Ages 'See Rise In Inflation'

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:21:35 +0000

Britons are witnessing a rise in fiscal pressures, a new set of figs have shown.

In research carried out by the Alliance Trust Research Centre, consumers from all age groupings saw an addition in rising prices over the course of study of September. Despite the functionary charge per unit remaining at 1.8 per cent, a rush in pecuniary strain may well see more than people battle to ran into demands for payment in numerous countries of their disbursement such as as public utility bills, loans and rent costs. And although rates of gas and electricity rising terms continued to fall during the month, nutrient prices have got surged by four per cent with this growing intimated as being driven by tramps in the cost of basic merchandises such as as milk, butter and vegetables.

Overall, the over-75s were shown to be secluded to the peak charge per unit of inflation, as they confront rises of 2.2 per cent - about a 5th higher than newspaper headline figures. Meanwhile, the under-30s are revealed as having the second-highest inflation costs as a consequence of increased rent and instruction costs - the latter of which have risen by some 14 per cent over the past 12 months. However, those between the ages of 65 and 74 could also be coming under furthered pressure level to do secured personal loan refunds as they have got seen the biggest addition in rising prices over the course of survey of September.

Commenting on the data, Shona Dobbie, caput of the Alliance Trust Research Centre, said: "Our study goes on to foreground the extent to which rising prices hits different age groups. Throughout the full course of study of our four-year study, the aged have got consistently suffered the peak degrees of inflation. Although the functionary newspaper headline charge per unit of rising prices remained unchanged at 1.8 per cent this month, our survey shows that the charge per unit of rising prices facing the aged have increased to a much higher charge per unit of rising prices of 2.2 per cent.

"More than four old age of higher-than-average inflation have eaten into pensioners' budgets and left them struggling to pay higher bills. We are also becoming concerned about the more than recent tendency of immature grownups also facing rising prices which is significantly higher than the newspaper headline rate, largely owed to higher rents and instruction costs, as well as the costs of basic goods."

She added that the research Centre "would not be surprised" if inflationary pressure levels get to lift in the future. Multiple Sclerosis Dobbie pointed out that as oil terms have got reached a record high, subsequently petrol and conveyance costs could also be put to increase. Meanwhile, the implosion therapy witnessed in United Kingdom and the heat-wave experienced on the continent in recent calendar months was putative to have got an impact on nutrient production levels, as terms are put to rise. It was suggested that such as as a move could have got the "biggest impact" on the over-75s who pass a big proportionality of their budget on such basic goods, which in bend could impinge upon their ability to do loan repayments.

Consequently, those concerned about their capacity to pull off their finances over the approaching calendar months may wish to see taking out a debt consolidation loan. By opting for such as a loan, borrowers could happen themselves with more than disposable income at the end of each calendar month as numerous debts are merged into one single low-rate monthly repayment. And with research conducted by Combined Insurance telling that 56 per cent of grownups faced a negative disbursement surprise in 2006, a figure of consumers were shown to be on a fiscal "edge" as experiencing such as an event may see them develop troubles in other disbursement areas, for case place loans and public utility bills.

There Is A 'Definite Need' For More Education On Finances

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:41:35 +0000

Young people attending higher instruction demand more fiscal education, an industry expert have declared.

Becky Boden-Wilkes, interpreter for the National Debtline, claimed that those going to university for the first clip are becoming evermore used to a civilization of borrowing. With debt now "an expected manner of life" for those from the age of 18 onwards, owing money is something immature Britons are no longer panicky of, but instead see having a loan or overdraft as "acceptable". As a result, she reported that those completing university are put to go forth some 15,000 lbs in the red.

Overall, she claimed that attending higher instruction can be "very expensive" as a consequence of numerous disbursals such as as tuition fees and rent costs. "There are all those set up costs of moving out for the first time. There are tons of grounds why immature people are more than susceptible to debt," the representative commented.

However, she said: "It's not seen as anything to be worried about, because it's student debt and hopefully you're going to increase your earning potentiality in later life, but it acquires you used to being overdrawn." Despite this, Multiple Sclerosis Boden-Wilkes urged of the demand for greater fiscal consciousness to be promoted among students, especially those life away from place for the first time.

She reported that those just starting university may happen themselves under "difficult" pressure levels to pass high amounts of money. During freshers' week, the National Debtline representative claimed that the initial time period of higher instruction is all about going out, making friends and meeting new people. And although this may at first look fun, by consistently not keeping a path on their spending, undergrads could well see themselves struggling with their money direction both during and after university.

Consequently, it was stated that providing fiscal advice as they get higher instruction could help immature people in becoming more than proactive in handling their money. One peculiar method by which this could be done is in the drawing up of a budget which could see consumers set up how much disposable income they have got got at the end of each month, as they can see their degree of regular outgo in improver to what money they have coming in.

Ms Boden-Wilkes asserted: "There definitely necessitates to be more than talking about budgeting and people working out what they necessitate each week. Then you cognize what you can pass rather than disbursement it all in the first few hebdomads and not really having much to dwell on." As a result, it is possible that doing so may assist pupils take a more than responsible mental attitude towards paying back personal loans and service other countries of their finances in later life.

The news come ups after a study carried out by This is Money uncovers that the involvement charged on pupil loans have increased from 2.4 per cent to 4.8 per cent in the 12 calendar months leading up to March this year. Due to facing increased pupil loan costs upon graduation, consumers may see pressure level on their money management, for case paying off personal loans, rising. As a result, those people concerned about their ability to pull off their finances may wish to see taking out a debt consolidation loan as a agency of combining numerous debts into a single low-rate loan repayment.

Overall, some 12.7 million grownups have got opted for a personal loan as a agency of getting to clasps with their finances. However, Tim Moss, caput of loans and debt for the terms comparing website, warned those thought about getting a debt consolidation loan against going additional into debt, as some two-thirds of such as borrowers will eventually travel deeper into the red.

Politico 44 President's Calendar

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:41:25 +0000

Veterans Day Special or "How Many Does it Take to Stop a War?"

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:32:36 +0000

Sorry for the re-run Dearest Readers, Prissy has been so busy assisting soldiers...and it probably won't let up until Jan. Write to Prissy to contribute your own writings. To the Veterans reading today: Prissy thanks each one of you for being the ones willing to literally fight for her First Amendment rights, if it comes down to that...Long live the Constitution and all rights we Americans

Before and After the NeoRepublican Makeover

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:47 +0000

Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) Then:AP Photo (A dirty looking-pp) Norm Coleman protests the Vietnam War as an undergraduate student at Hofstra University, in this 1970's black-and-white file photo. The Republican senator from Minnesota, who also attended the Woodstock music festival, voted in 2007 against spending $1 million for a museum that commemorates Woodstock. (AP Photo/Hofstra Chronicle,file)

the media -W beats Nixon !!!!

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:47 +0000

The "Good Old Days", aye, Dubya? Yesterday afternoon i see on Yahoo that W's approval rating has hit a new low. Only 23% of Americans polled approve of the job George W. Bush is doing as President. (This is down from 31%.) And keep in mind that Prissy and Iron Jawed Angel were not called for this survey or W's numbers would sink even lower!!! I went online a few hours later to email this info

Sept 15th DC Protest Photos...Finally

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:51 +0000

(Click any photo to enlarge) Dearest Readers, Prissy apologizes for being away so long. So long, in fact, a regular Dearest Reader has been blogging to get the message out. Thank you to her. Prissy is pleased to announce a new blogger Iron Jawed Angel to The Prissy PatriotShe teaches government-AMERICAN government. You can feel free to write to us with any questions you may have. Finally

Democracy or Dictatorship? & Do we care?

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:41:37 +0000

Hot Links Bush's Martial Law Plan Is So Shocking, Even Congress Can't See it . member of Homeland Security Committee barred from viewing post-terror attack provisions Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Monday, July 23, 2007 President Bush's post-terror attack martial law plan is so shocking that even sitting members of Congress and Homeland Security officials are barred from viewing it, another

Pelosi slams anti-war protesters

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:00:22 +0000

Poor Nancy Pelosihere is what she said in the washington post 10/10/07."Look," she said, the chicken breast on her plate untouched. "I had, for five months, people sitting outside my home, going into my garden in San Francisco, angering neighbors, hanging their clothes from trees, building all kinds of things -- Buddhas? I don't know what they were -- couches, sofas, chairs, permanent living

What Does Democracy Look Like? This is What Democracy Looks Like!

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:46:24 +0000

Click any photo to enlarge Dearest Readers, so sorry for the re-run from may 2006. Prissy has been on the run...and will be in Washington Sept 15, 2007 for the Noon march. We're bringing our own police, since we don't trust the DC cops. Shame on them for not upholding our Constitutional rights! Those are a Bill of Rights, ladies and gentlemen- not a Bill of Suggestions! Long live the First

Decision Time for GOP: Spit or Swallow

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:53 +0000

If Sen Craig isn't gay, how come he wasn't caught tapping his foot for sex in the ladies room? Hot LinksMaybe the GOP should hand these around the House and Senate Sen Craig's hometown paper, the Idaho Statesmen Sen. Larry Craig's job in doubt amid calls to resign U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's hold on his job is growing increasingly tenuous as he loses the confidence of fellow Republicans, from

Insurgents for Bush

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:54 +0000

They luv Boosh Dearest Readers, Tis the season and the war is the reason...Prissy is hard at work to help with a big push/shove to end the war. We need your protests to register to the bureaucrats in Washington. Call them, write and email if you cannot make it to Washington. Make an appointment with your senators local office and tell them you are fed up with how

The Pear of 'Terrer' Quits!

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:56 +0000

Karl Rove, the "Pear of Terror" Dearest Readers, this will be a short post. But you all know Prissy could not ignore this latest development! August 31st will be Rover's last day. Do you believe, now that his son is grown and going off to college, his Daddy Rover wants to spend more time with him? No? Prissy isn't buying it either... So why is Rover really calling it quits? He and Dubya have

Dubya and Dick Play Whack Iraq

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:57 +0000

Hot Links Cincinnati Enquirer FINALLY THIS IS FRONT PAGE 2004 ballots not preserved Result of presidential vote cannot be verified In a federal civil rights lawsuit, six groups representing mostly African-American, elderly, college-age and homeless voters alleged elections officials allowed fraudulent votes to be cast for Bush, double-counted some absentee ballots, suppressed votes that likely

Are You an Ameri-CAN or Are You an Ameri-CAN'T?

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:58 +0000

For our friends abroad, if we Americans have any left... Dubya and Cheney want more, more more...Prissy is convinced they could regulate our lives like a prison camp of KBR, and it still would not be enough control for them. Get to Washington this September. Call your representative and let them know you support military families opposed to the war. Don't let this be your next bumper sticker If

Living in the Land of Confusion

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:21:59 +0000

Happy Friday Dearest Readers. What is there to say about Arlen Spector? He's done this before-talk tough and then cave on the important issues. Word is that Arlen has a girlfriend-has had for 30 years. Right here in Ohio. (There's something about a gal from the Midwest...isn't that so, Senator Spector?) Ray McGovern told Prissy that he thinks Arlen just gets a "little reminder" from Bushco

The NeoRepublicans Point of No Return

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:22:01 +0000

Gonzo takes his oath before the Senate hearings? (Thanks to Dearest Reader Valerie for the picture) Dearest Readers, Gonzo will soon be gone. Prissy is hearing he will resign by September...either that, or he will certainly be looking at impeachment. Maybe even disbarment. One thing is for sure. He has lost all credibility within his own party. Spector isn't fooled or maybe he just

The Boosh/Chainee Rain of Terra

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:22:03 +0000

Any of you mates still left, have questions or concerns for Commander Crook? Hello Dearest Readers, can you believe all of this? His own party cannot keep him in line. See below: Bush Surprises Senate Aides With Unexpected Interruption of White House Meeting July 17, 2007 by Major Garrett and Trish Turner Fox News WASHINGTON — President Bush shocked Capitol Hill staffers and Republican leaders