Thursday Stuff

Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report brings us the sorry tale of wingnuts seething (especially those on Fix Noise) over King Elon getting protested at Tesla dealerships...and I reluctantly have to agree with Figueredo that, since we already have those beyond-ridiculous anti-BDS laws in 38 states criminalizing free speech, as well as laws against peaceful protest generally, I can definitely see that getting extended to save Elmo’s sorry ass here...and yep, it indeed does look like the “f*ck your feelings” crowd were the biggest snowflakes all along...and Figueredo is also correct to point out how “disgustingly corrupt” it is for the POTUS to be hawking autos for his biggest sugar daddy (and yet again, I ask what the reaction would be if a Dem actually did this...that person would be vilified every way possible, and that would be correct)...and I guess Stuart Varney gets a pass he shouldn’t because he’s a Brit? I could never quite figure that out...and no, I definitely don’t encourage violence either, but seriously, what the hell else can you expect when the world’s richest man decides to obliterate our federal government which is relied upon by millions in this country? And spoiler alert for Elmo...undocumented immigrants do pay into Social Security, with little hope of seeing any of that ever returned to them as noted here (NSFW/H)...



...and Farron Cousins chimes in on a similar note, with Elmo wanting to go after Medicare and Social Security...and is it just me, but when these charlatans talk about “waste, fraud and abuse,” they NEVER put it in the context of those stinking tax cuts or, say, PPP loans that were forgiven as noted here...



...and Jesse Dollemore also references the Tesla promotion by Bronzer Beelzebub, but also “Bobby Brainworms” encouraging consuming fried food to Make American Healthy Again with Sean Inanity at some place called Steak n’ Shake I believe (yep, sounds like we’re “through the looking glass” all right)...as much as I’d like to take issue with the Fix Noise talking head here, I really can’t, or at least not much (though the “plastic straw” stuff was typically childish of course); my problem is that WE HAVE THE GODDAMN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ENCOURAGING A DIET THAT WILL ONLY MAKE PEOPLE SICKER!!...for the reality perspective, here is information on the rates of diabetes in this country, affecting about 38 million people as of 2021, which is absolutely no joke (the most recent information I can find)...diabetes is a gateway illness of sorts to all kinds of other bad stuff (NSFW/H also)...



...and as David Pakman reminds us, Cantaloupe Capone has taken our economy from boom to bust in only 35 days, which must be some kind of a record, albeit an infamous one...



...and I thought this was a pretty smart take on what exactly is going on with our economy from YouTuber Vaush, echoing Pakman a bit; the "big casino" is currently still in free fall (heckuva job, all you numbskulls who opposed Harris/Walz last year)...

Trump is destroying the U.S. economy and the oligarchs couldn't be happier. 😳👇 pic.twitter.com/dVwu73V42u

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 11, 2025

...and today is the 100th anniversary of the passing of the so-called “Butler Act” in Tennessee (here), which made it illegal to teach evolution in schools (and which led to the also-infamous “Scopes Monkey Trial” later the same year)...and for anybody out there thinking, “Oh, that’s a relic of the past! We’ve moved beyond that!,” I would only add that anti-science in this country has flourished again, unfortunately, when it comes to overturning Roe, attacking those with gender dysphoria seeking to transition, opposing immunizations/vaccinations, etc., and as far as I’m concerned, it all leads back to opposing evolution (I’ve put up that clip of Spencer Tracy in “Inherit The Wind” railing about fanaticism and ignorance enough times; that great production was based on the Scopes trial of course).