Friday, July 25, 2025

Friday Stuff


Leeja Miller tells us about U.S. Senate Repugs doing their best to ramrod the nomination of Emil Bove for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, along with the walkout of the Dems on the Judiciary Committee in response (and yes, that’s a lifetime confirmation), all of which would put Bove in the running to replace Almost Silent Clarence Thomas and “Strip Search Sammy” Alito on the SCOTUS (here)...and oh yeah, Bove’s most recent full time job was defending Pumpkin Pol Pot; I realize that, if we lived in an era that was actually sane, the issue of “conflict of interest” would matter...oh, and Bove carried out a vendetta of sorts against prosecutors who went after the 1/6 insurrectionists, among Bove’s other myriad disqualifying factors, including Bove’s involvement in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case and Bove’s attacks on “sanctuary cities,” and oh yeah, there is Bove spiking charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams (who no doubt celebrated with another flight to Turkey)...there’s also the matter of a letter against Bove’s confirmation signed by 900 DOJ attorneys...I’m definitely not in a position to evaluate Bove’s successful prosecution of foreign criminals related to illegal narcotics, but as Miller points out, that’s kind of a curious background to have if you’re angling for a job on the federal bench, which should be heavy on interpreting existing statues and case law as opposed to finding ways to deport people...and yeah, this Whitney Hermandorfer sure sounds like a prize also (here - NSFW/H)...



...and Kyle Kulinski tells us that the war on science waged by Dementia Donnie has hit a disgusting new low...Kyle’s absolutely right about the ”brain drain” on this country, and as we learn here, up next for the “sledgehammer treatment” is the Office of Research and Development at the EPA, because who needs scientific research to maintain and (dare I say it) actually IMPROVE our quality of life... and to echo Kyle’s point, I don’t care what anybody says; when it comes to Bronzer Beelzebub, every...damn...thing...he...does...hurts...us...and...plays...right...into...the...hands...of...Vlad...The...Butcher – I don’t know how the hell else to say it (NSFW/H also)...



...and Thom Hartmann lets us know about Our Ochre Abomination making the CFPB basically non-functional by firing the people who stood up for us and replacing them with the typical toadies doing the bidding of the Gropenfuhrer; this was the only government agency that helped us when we were defrauded by the big banks...Thom talks about the CFPB dropping the case against the Navy Federal Credit Union, which is typical for this bunch...also, a rule that would have lowered bank overdraft fees was just overturned by the Republican congress, because of course...a lawsuit brought by the agency against Capital One bank was also canned, and Thom also mentions other actions brought by the CFPB that Trump dropped as soon as he took over...



...and Farron Cousins informs us that King Elon I’s “America Party”or whatever could mess up the Repugs for the ’26 midterms...interesting, but I seriously don’t think the ketamine addict has the slightest inclination towards doing the work (or, more likely, HIRING people to do the work for him) that it takes to put together a slate of candidates and field them for next year, to say nothing of ’28 (sure would be interesting if he did, though)...and I’d heard about Our Treasonous Orange Pustule trying to gerrymander state maps for Repugs; never a bottom too low for these nematodes...



...and David Pakman tells us that Jeffrey Epstein’s “ex” Stacey Williams has accused Cantaloupe Capone of groping her...and yeah, I think you’d have to be a stone cold moron at this point (and I realize that doesn’t eliminate a lot of the MAGA crowd) NOT to believe that #47 and Epstein were buds, at a minimum...and I didn’t make the connection with Tulsi Gabbard trying to worm her way back into Bronzer Beelzebub’s good graces by floating the Obama treason nonsense, but that seems to fit also...



...and the Onion News Network brings us jarring video of a motorist stopped by police in a completely non-threatening manner and not accosted or intimidated in any way whatsoever; I’m sure this will prompt an immediate congressional investigation (and yeah, this is a joke...I hope)...



...and RIP Chuck Mangione...



...and I’d like to conclude my tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with this number from Black Sabbath.

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Thursday Stuff


Belle of the Ranch talks about the allegation from you-know-who about President Obama and “treason”; good catch noting that the person who approved the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election was none other than the Gropenfuhrer’s Secretary of State, Little Marco Rubio (here)...yep, this is still more insane attempts at diversion from Our Treasonous Orangs Pustule over the Jeffrey Epstein stuff...



...and if Pumpkin Pol Pot’s wish was to teach Stephen Colbert a lesson of sorts by getting Colbert’s show cancelled, I would say that that strategy backfired; #47 created a monster more or less because Colbert has basically nothing to lose at this point...and yeah, leave it to “MAGA Mike” Johnson to basically put up the “We’re Closed” sign when the going gets tough, and ol’ Tim Burchett jumps to the front of the line to make excuses for Dementia Donnie...oh, and Obama was “sedacious”? In what language is that actually a word, because it doesn’t exist in English as Colbert says...



...and Robert Reich tells us about taking the fight to the oligarchy; when it comes to evaluating whether or not a politician is serious about this, we should look at the legislation they’ve supported in the past and intend to support in the future and vote accordingly (not exactly “headline” stuff I realize, but just important to keep in mind, that’s all...and yeah, I think the status quo is pretty putrid also)...



...and Brittany Page tells us about the supposedly critical threat of “food dyes” to our health...I didn’t know much about this Marty Makary character either, but why the hell should I trust ANYONE associated with this regime (especially someone who sucks up to “Bobby Brainworms”)? And yeah, COVID vaccines for kids and pregnant women? Naah...and oh yeah, our HHS Secretary released a report citing “studies” that, y’know, DIDN’T ACTUALLY EXIST!...and “data points from listening to parents,” huh? Are you sure you just didn’t get this stuff on food dyes from an angry Reddit forum post (probably worth about the same thing)? And yeah, let’s just let the housekeeper die because she couldn’t make exorbitant health care premium payments while also trying to provide for her family...sorry to be such a downer, but we need to know about this stuff (the danger of breast cancer is that it metastasizes quickly, so please get checked out)...besides, if our regime wants to focus on science to keep people healthier, how about paying attention to the fact that roughly 38 million people in this country (at least) are living with diabetes (here)...



...and Mr. Newberger gives us the following based on this (have to take humor where we can get it these days)...



...and I’m continuing my mini-tribute of sorts to Ozzy Osbourne with this tune.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Wednesday Stuff


This clip from the CBC (because you have to go outside of this country to get serious reporting on this) takes a look at the Gropenfuhrer’s health and the “chronic venous insufficiency” diagnosis...I’m certainly not a medical professional and I don’t have any inside scoop of course, but when you’re looking at a 79-year-old man who leads a pretty unhealthy life overall (partly by design as *preznit I realize, but also partly for diet and exercise reasons), I think a healthy suspicion is warranted, particularly in response to how President Biden was treated (and if Pumpkin Pol Pot tried to ride a bicycle the way #46 did, I predict our current chief executive would suffer a stroke...interesting stuff on this here and here)...



...and David Pakman informs us that, oh noes! White House econ flak Peter Navarro admits that “president deals” is selling more snake oil, as usual, in an interview with screeching harpie Maria Bartiromo...I didn’t know one party sending a letter to the other party constituted a “deal” (I guess that’s because I’m not a graduate of Trump University)...and “trillions of dollars in tax cuts,” huh? And a $27 billion budget surplus for June from tariff revenue? Well, that’s true, shockingly enough, but more context on that is here – basically, that had more to do with government expenditures paid in May instead of June because June 1st was a non-business day and those expenditures wouldn’t be paid on a Sunday (which was 6/1); if they had been paid in June, it would have been about a $71 billion deficit instead...



...and Jesse Dollemore brings us the Hunter Biden interview with Andrew Callaghan – not familiar with Callaghan to be honest...Nail. Hammer. Head IMO on the first clip from Biden about immigration (as Jesse says)...oh, and along comes Pee Wee Goebbels to spew more lies about #46 and the border (for the reality perspective, I give you this and this)...Jesse doesn’t really get into the stuff Biden the younger said about David Axelrod (claiming that Axelrod pretty much rode Obama’s coattails...may be right) or Rahm Emanuel/James Carville not having won an election in about 30 years (spot-on) or criticizing George Clooney (who, last I checked, was one of the first people to shove 46 out of the way after that admittedly bad debate...I’ll mark that up to Hunter defending his father)...the younger Biden also said something about his dad looking really gone during the debate because the prez was getting over Ambien after travelling overseas; maybe, but the moment was too important to let something like that happen...as always, though, there’s more than a bit of a double standard when it comes to what our media lets Repugs get away with versus the “D” team (NSFW/H)...



...and Tennessee Brando tells us about farmers fighting back against ICE...I don’t know how effective the three-day strike was, but it’s infinitely better than just letting Mush Mouth Tom Homan and company send their jackbooted ICE thugs after these people with no push-back...and great point by Brando that SOMEBODY hired these farmworkers, so if you’re going to pursue an utterly wrong-headed policy, try rounding up the employers too...oh, but those are the “job creators,” so we can’t have that, right? Spare me... ...and in a related item, WAAAY back in the Stone Age when we used to watch documentaries in prime time on TV, this production opened a few eyes to say the least (mildly NSFW/H)...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen lets us know that some wingnut media is currently not “bending the knee” to Cantaloupe Capone (though I'm sure they'll come around at some point)...I wouldn’t say that this Rob Schmitt character is pushing back against Combover Caligula as much as he’s acknowledging actual reality...and I give Dem U.S. House Rep Robert Garcia credit for going after Fix Noise for editing the clip with #47 and the Epstein files, but I think we know what that network is likely to do in response – pretty much nothing, except heap more ridicule on Dems of course...



Update: Way too damn funny...
...and it looks like the ongoing Epstein saga has inspired this little number from Mr. Newberger...



...and speaking of music, apparently Luzerne County in our beloved commonwealth of PA cancelled a show with Low Cut Connie over this song and the desire not to be “political” or something, which may be the weakest excuse for cancelling a performance that I’ve ever heard in my life (here...of course, they were fine with thismake it make sense somehow, if you can)...



...and RIP Ozzy Osbourne...I don’t know the particulars of what happened, but apparently he was suffering from Parkinson’s...I’ve gone back and forth on him to be honest – it’s easy to overlook that there is a spirituality of a sort in some of those Black Sabbath tunes and I think he and the band should be credited for that, but I think he also became a symbol of wretched excess...still, sorry for his family and friends over the loss...I’ll include some Black Sabbath tunes this week as a bit of a tribute (I used to include this tune with footage of Dubya’s Iraq War, but that’s now age restricted by YouTube).

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Tuesday Stuff


Ben Gleib of Rebel HQ tells us about MAGA “Christians” worshiping their demented god-king...and once more, here comes mush mouth Tom Homan threatening to arrest more people indiscriminately...to me, freedom “from” religion is at least as important as freedom “of” religion, maybe more so for these sorry times...and kudos to Dem U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock for putting some of these charlatans in their place, albeit with kid gloves...



...and Jesse Dollemore tells us more on the Gropenfuhrer’s “Distractapalooza 2025” including changing back racist sports team names and the "arresting Obama" clip (definitely some AI slop) – you can tell Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence is indeed trying to change the narrative, as it were, but I seriously don’t think it will work for the Epstein story...once more, heckuva job, all of you numbskulls who could have spared us of this last year but were apparently too afraid of the “DEI brown lady” to cast your ballot for her...



Update 1: And speaking of distractions, there is also this.

Update 2: And my admittedly non-fearless prediciton is that this stunt won't work either.

...and John and Brian Unger of The Damage Report inform us of more lies from Combover Caligula on prices...I haven’t seen gas at $1.99 a gallon since I was carded when I went to New Jersey to buy beer because I wasn’t 21 yet (and I’ll take the trade of NOT having to live in Mississippi with its overall rotten quality of life and pay more at the pump instead)...and oh yeah, inflation is getting worse again, which we all knew (and I haven’t said anything about the “autopen” business because I thought it was yet another idiotic distraction, mainly to take our attention away from this stuff)...



...and this video from More Perfect Union discusses the role of Wall Street in an energy crisis for a Montana town...reporter goes to the “Treasure State” to find out about an energy power plant (from an outfit called NorthWestern Energy) built in the most populated area of the state, and you can imagine what that’s doing for the quality of life (and once more, God forbid something doesn’t turn a profit in this country)...report tells us once more about the pernicious influence of private equity, including BlackRock and Vanguard (and it sounds like the allowed profits for these utility investments are WAAY out of whack, given that they should be around 5-6 percent but are actually around 9 percent as we learn in the report, with customers paying at both ends, if you will)...if we had a government that wasn’t locked up by the one percent, there would be some serious restrictions on investor-owned utilities, assuming they were even allowed at all (NSFW/H)...



...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 7/21/13...as we know, it’s hard to keep up with all of the destruction from our ruling regime of grifters and bottom feeders, but something that may get lost a bit in the midst of everything is that premiums are going to spike next year for anyone getting coverage under the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare of course (and actually, it should be called Romney-care since the model came from the era when “The Mittster” was governor of Massachusetts)...credits for ACA coverage were of course gutted by Republicans in that recently-passed awful bill, so more healthy people will likely opt out of coverage, which means insurers will charge more because the pool of patients remaining will be more “high risk” (here)...the following video takes a commercial from 12 years ago brought to us by Chuckie Koch and his late brother, with an actual physician responding to the BS talking points in the ad...I realize there isn’t a lot we can do about the ACA at the moment, but if nothing else, shoring it up by reinstituting the just-removed credits should be one of the many rallying points for Democrats in the midterms next year (yeah, I know...we’ll see)...and speaking of the ACA, one of the biggest right-wing nut jobs complaining about it was Edwin J. Feulner, a co-founder of The Heritage Foundation, who recently died...I could probably write a humongous post about all the ways that Feulner was an utter liar on this and other issues, but I think it would be another case of not being able to reach anyone on the right drinking the Kool Aid and not needing to explain Feulner to anyone on our side since it’s obviously that Feulner was nothing but a shameless shill and propagandist...



Update 3: More here, and from the usual corporate media suspects.

...and happy belated 77th birthday to the former Cat Stevens.

Monday, July 21, 2025

Monday Stuff


Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report tells us of congressional Repugs (in the dead of night befitting a criminal, of course) passing a bill to defund public broadcasting (using this “recission” garbage again in the Senate – didn’t know the Gropenfuhrer tried that and failed in his last term)...and before anybody decides to give Bri-Fi credit for voting No in the House in defense of public broadcasting (no doubt given cover to do that by MAGA Mike Johnson), it should be noted that Fitzpatrick SPOKE NOT ONE WORD PUBLICLY to discourage this typically wrong-headed move, which will cripple WRTI-FM and WXPN-FM in these parts, to say nothing of WHYY-TV also...and kudos to Patty Murray for getting after Russell Vought of OMB, the main architect of Project 2025...yep, it sounds like Vought is going to violate the plain text of the law when he feels like it – typical for these Trumpist bastards...also, Dem U.S. House Rep Morgan McGarvey speaks on MSNBC about the critical need for public broadcasting in his commonwealth of Kentucky...”voting to immiserate (Repugs) own constituents because of a cult of personality at the top” indeed...also, $8 billion clawed back for foreign aid is worth fighting to protect also (it sounds like PEPFAR was saved, though that’s a tiny blip of funding versus what is going to be destroyed overall)...and yep, all of this recission garbage does indeed go back to Tricky Dick Nixon (and speaking of Trump f'ing over his supporters, there is also this...and also, "why" indeed as noted here)...



...and David Pakman presents a clip of Jessica Tarlov on Fix Noise with polling data pointing out how unpopular #47 is on immigration in particular (which is supposed to be the “go to” issue for Our Ochre Abomination...I won't mention Murphy-Lankford again because I guesss our corporate media has given that the "memory hole" treatment)...and if you want proof that Fix Noise is a propaganda operation as opposed to a “news” organization, pay particular attention to the gonzo chyrons onscreen...good point that Cantaloupe Capone is actually deporting half the number of people Obama deported; our ruling regime instead wants to lock up and punish people they don’t like because the cruelty is a feature, not a bug (another example is here)...



...and Jesse Dollemore brings us his take on CBS deciding to end “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”...I don’t think it takes a genius to point out what has already been said elsewhere, and that is the definite possibility (certainty, really) that Colbert was axed to appease Dear Orange Leader in an effort to get the CBS/Paramount merger approved...that being said, I think there’s merit to the argument that broadcast networks are getting their metaphorical clocks cleaned by the streaming services, mainly because of the quality of programming (with Colbert being a notable exception on the broadcast side)...I’d be shocked if Colbert and his crew don’t end up with some kind of deal with Netflix, Hulu or another service when all of this is done (more here...and once again, kudos to Ground News)...



...and Hunter Avallone of Occupy Democrats includes a clip of Dem U.S. House Rep Dan Goldman pointing out the idiocy of turning over grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case (as if that exonerates Our Treasonous Orange Meat Sack, which it doesn’t for the reasons Goldman explains)...Teresa Helm from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation talks to Amy Goodman of Democracy Now on this also...oh, and it sounds like Scarborough and his crew are after #47 also on this (and Pumpkin Pol Pot will appoint a special prosecutor on the Epstein case when pigs fly)...



...and Lawrence O’Donnell tells us about #47’s lawsuit against the Murdoch Street Journal over the alleged birthday letter Our Sweaty Orange Boy sent to the aformentioned Jeffrey Epstein, and our course our *preznit is backpedaling furiously (and it’s almost funny to hear Couch Boy stir things up again in as clueless a manner as you can guess)...this takes a heavy turn at around 13:30 or so, but for a very important reason; kudos to O’Donnell for putting this awful story in the context it deserves...



...and RIP songwriter Alan Bergman, who co-authored English lyrics with his wife Marilyn (who passed in ’22) on this tune composed by Michel Legrand for the film The Thomas Crown Affair in 1968 (here).

Friday, July 18, 2025

Friday Stuff

Kyle Kulinski brings us the godawful story of Generalissimo Trump deciding to incinerate 500 metric tons of food meant to feed at least 1.5 million malnourished children – oh, but the “party of Lincoln” SOO loves the kids, don’t they?...and just as a reminder, it should be noted (as Kyle adds) that this was contractually agreed to between Biden and Congress more or less, but because US AID was gutted by DOGE, it became impossible to deliver this food to the people who desperately needed it...Kyle is dead-on when he says it’s an indictment on MAGA that, apparently, they were fine with the DOGE garbage including this, but it took the Jeffrey Epstein stuff for them to wake the hell up at last...and Kyle is also correct to point out that China is going to fill the void that we stoo-pidly created with horror shows like this...and if you’re looking for outrage from the “D” team on this, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz “stepped up to the plate” here...more here and here (NSFW/H)...



...and Belle reminds us here that Cantaloupe Capone and his accomplices on the SCOTUS are going to end up pretty much destroying the Department of Education...this latest insanity from our theocrats in robes has to do with letting #47 dismantle the DOE, even though functions of this agency were determined by Congress...and kudos to Sonia Sotomayor for her 19-page dissent on this latest utterly mad ruling (I mean, it’s not like silly little matters like, y’know, precedent and statutes make a difference to the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR)...Belle’s tone is pretty strident here, and she’s absolutely right to be that way; the regime of the Gropenfuhrer has managed to construct so many slow-motion train wrecks in their ruinous term that it’s hard to keep track of all of them (and that’s completely by design), but the consequences will be felt for decades (and I’m glad to hear Belle lay all of this at the feet of the billionaires, where the blame truly belongs...sorry to be relentlessly negative with this stuff, but I don’t know how else to present it)...



...and Brittany Page, sitting in for Jesse Dollemore, tells us about Greg Gutfeld and this Kennedy person on Fix Noise admitting they’re Nazis while making “N”-word jokes...yeah, Gutfeld is another of these loud-mouthed cowards who call for utter misery to be inflicted on people they don’t like even though he personally will never get his hands dirty doing that of course...all this madness begins with the story of the Cal state professor who stood up to ICE during one of their jackbooted raids in which a migrant farm worked died as Page explains...oh, and leave it to this Kennedy person to call the professor who tried to toss aside a tear gas cannister as a “trans Borat,” as if that’s a fair and impartial way to set up this story; I realize that network of cackling hyenas doesn’t care about that, but I thought I should mention it anyway...and when Gutfeld says, “the blacks,” that sure as hell is a “tell” on his racism...clip also provides more important context on “Alligator Alcatraz”...and as I’ve said before, my father and thousands (millions probably) of other men of draft age fought against Nazis for real, which is something that callow assh*les like Gutfeld will never care about or respect...



...and Mike Figueredo brings us the tale of some insufferable New York Times pundit named David Litt (God only knows how our corporate media manages to find these people); Litt thinks he has the right to lecture leftists, saying that it’s time to stop disowning MAGA family members (and all because this Litt guy had a pleasant surfing experience or something)...I won’t kid you; this is a tricky subject for your humble narrator since it does indeed hit close to home, but here is what always gets me about this discussion, namely that Dems/liberals/progressives ALWAYS must assume the burden of trying to move to the right, while the other side NEVER has to do anything in return, which is one of the reasons why I think talking points like the ones espoused by Litt are ridiculous...also, I think the fact that Litt’s column was published by Bari Weiss kind of gives the game away a bit in that Litt is trying to push his contrarian schtick against what you could call verifiable truth and reality (Weiss being a preachy lib who loves talking down to “the rabble” a la Bill Maher, and is looking for related input on that)...and I’ve definitely checked out when it comes to TYT and Cenk Uygur/Ana Kasparian...the payoff for me comes at about 13:56-14:26 (NSFW/H also)...



...and Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show tells us about the latest demented ramblings from Bronzer Beelzebub...sooo, we go from Uncle John Trump (who didn’t have 3 degrees from MIT) who supposedly taught the Unabomber (which never happened) to Jeffrey Epstein again (who was never a factor “in terms of life”...or something...suuuure)...oh, and Bo-Bo Boebert wants Big Stupid Head Matt Gaetz to be the “special counsel” looking into Epstein? Well, I guess Gaetz is a subject matter expert in that area (and speaking of late night comedy shows, I’ll likely have more to say about this ridiculous development later...mildly NSFW/H as well)...



...and I don’t know if it was the intent of Steve Miller to draw attention to the climate crisis by cancelling his outdoor concerts because of extreme weather, but if it was, I give him credit...apparently Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders voiced similar sentiments...maybe if more public figures take a stand like this, we’ll do a better job as a nation of giving this most important issue the serious attention it deserves.


Thursday, July 17, 2025

Thursday Stuff


Rachel Maddow brings us a NEWS FLASH, that is, that FEMA head David Richardson FINALLY showed up at the site of the disastrous flooding in Texas...she uses this moment as an opportunity to take a stroll down memory sewer, as it were, with “heckuva job” Mike Brown as FEMA head under Dubya and the Katrina devastation from 20 years ago, believe it or not (and I know we’ve been over the “fired FEMA call center people” story, but it deserves to be pointed out over and over)...



...and as a bit of a counterpoint to yesterday’s clip with religious huckster Paula White, I present this Rebel HQ segment with Sharon Reed telling us about the Rev. Caleb J. Lines calling out Our Ochre Abomination for his Big Beautiful Atrocity...nice work to contrast what Lines is preaching with these “prosperity gospel” frauds; I believe we’re all going to have to make an accounting for ourselves one day, and while I’ll admit that I need to get my own house in order as it were, I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of people who claim that Jesus wanted them to have a million dollar private jet with all the amenities...



...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 7/17/19, in which Robert Reich brings us the true cost of what you could call “corporate welfare”...so many ways that the “one percent” and their pals game the system as Reich notes, by being able to claim all kinds of deductions that the rest of us can’t, and that lost revenue is often made up by US when we pay more for assistance to people who need food, health care, child care, etc., stuff that the allegedly “greatest nation on earth” is supposed to provide via shared sacrifice from EVERYONE...I realize there’s nothing much that’s new here, but if nothing else, this serves as an important reminder of who wins and who loses in our end-stage capitalist economy...



...and I happened to come across this CBC interview with Finland President Alexander Stubb giving us his take on relations with his nation and Our Demented Toddler-In-Chief (this clip is going to be Canada-centric, which is fine with me)...did Stubb actually say we need to go “the full monty”? That’s kind of hip in a way, even though the Ukraine war is nothing but tragic of course...I have to admit that I didn’t consider the Iran attack as part of the entire global picture – of course, that’s how actual statemen and leaders look at it, as opposed to the bunch in charge on our shores...I didn’t know we’d signed an agreement with Canada and Finland to build ice-breaking ships; kind of sad actually that that seems to be a technological growth area...



...oh, and we have yet another breaking story from the Onion News Network...it looks like the White House “trans alert system” was breached recently, though fortunately the damage was minimal and everyone survived with their heterosexuality in check (better keep an eye on “Couch Boy” though, just to make sure)...



...and here's another seasonal number to enjoy in an effort to preserve our sanity.