Friday Stuff

David Pakman lets us know that Jessica Tarlov once again brought the reality perspective on the economy to her Fix Noise cohorts...as Pakman says, we need about 100K jobs a month to break even, and that isn’t even close to happening (number is closer to 17K a month), with 700K people in this country out of work, including a youth unemployment rate of 10 percent...I thought this was a pretty solid analysis by Pakman of what’s going on, and not necessarily just because it’s all bad news for the Tangerine Toddler...



...and sticking with money matters and The Roger Ailes BS Factory, I give you Stuart (“The Weakness Is Attractive”) Varney on Fix Noise Business (regarding job creation and consumer sentiment on our wretched economy)...yet another reason to pretty much ignore the stock market if you’re trying to find out what’s really going on with the financial well-being of this country overall...



...and when it comes to financial obligations, Robert Reich explains here that the one percent in particular have a vested interest in keeping our debt high because they make money off interest payments against the debt, as opposed to, y’know, JUST PAYING THEIR DAMN TAXES LIKE THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO...



...and Jesse Dollemore talks about judicial nominees from Our Treasonous Orange Pustule refusing to say that the Capitol was attacked on 1/6/21...and no, they’re not being asked about pending litigation, as Sen. Richard Blumenthal notes, and they’re not even being asked to characterize what happened as an insurrection, which it plainly was...no, these judicial sycophants and lackeys are being asked to acknowledge fundamental reality as to what happened...I wouldn’t trust anyone from this regime of liars and frauds anyway, and especially this bunch (considered for lifetime judicial appointments, as Jesse notes)...Jesse is spot-on to say that NO DEMOCRAT should support ANYONE nominated from our ruling cabal FOR ANY GODDAMN REASON!...as Jesse notes, the Capitol switchboard number (for calling your senator and telling them to vote NO on these three clowns) is 202-224-3121...



...and turning to foreign affairs, Farron Cousins gives us the real reason the Gropenfuhrer wants to invade Venezuela...mainly, because that country is sitting on about $2 trillion in minerals (Our Treasonous Orange Yam is carrying on about Greenland for the same reason...more on that shortly)...and oh yeah, let’s not forget the oil also (sorry to inflict this so soon after the holiday, but it makes total sense unfortunately...link here)...



...and this DW report lets us know that Denmark recently summoned the U.S. ambassador and told this Trumper to respect Greenland’s sovereignty, in light of #47’s appointment of Louisiana guv Jeff Landry’s as a “special envoy” to Greenland for some reason (not hard to guess that it’s all about making off with the minerals, amirite?) – curious to find out if Landry has any actual qualification for such a post, though I suspect he’s in the role because he’s a sycophant for Combover Caligula and that’s about it...and the U.S. is listed as a national security threat by Denmark for the first time (are you tired of all the winning yet?)...



...and RIP Jerry Kasenetz, who co-wrote a bunch of "bubblegum" tunes in the '60s with Jeff Katz; this was their hit from that era...



...and with this tune, I ring down the curtain on the seasonal selections for another year – hope your holiday celebrations are all you ask for.

Merry Christmas 2025

I haven’t seen any updates from The Lincoln Project to this timeless clip from 2021, but if they do that, they’ll no doubt include footage from this year’s great “No Kings” protests – for now, though, this will more than suffice...



...and once more, I give you the holiday light show that I first included here on 12/23/10...



...and this report lets us know about the Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Day in Syracuse, NY...



...and we learn in this clip that 300 military families in Hampton Roads, VA are getting help for the holiday season, not just with toys but with meals (as others have said besides me, poverty in this country is a policy choice, which is inexcusable, and especially for the men and women who serve our country)...



...and all the best of the season from me, Nat and the gang.









Update: Truth!

Wednesday Stuff

Ali Velshi lets us know here that 67% of those polled are unhappy with Don The Con’s mismanagement of the economy (I’m a bit surprised that number isn’t higher, but about 30% of this country is just stone nuts as far as yours truly is concerned)...I also honestly think that Our Treasonous Orange Meat Sack boarded the crazy train long ago and basically checked out from reality; Velshi commendably points that out here with data...the poverty line number tells a lot of the story as far as yours truly is concerned (between about $130 and $150K for a family of 4 sounds about right)...the one trend in common with all of these graphs is how fast the reflected costs have skyrocketed over the past 40-50 years...

...and Tennessee Brando discusses James Talarico in Texas doing a good job once again of pointing out the hypocrisy of how “MAGA Mike” Johnson and other wingnuts in Talarico’s state (and across the nation, really) view Christianity (to me, this is one of those issues where, if you understand the problem, you don’t need much of an explanation, but if you don’t understand it, no explanation really is possible)...and I’m glad to hear Brando mention drag shows – God almighty, just leave the damn gays and trannies alone people, OK? They’re not hurting you (sorry if I’m “preaching to the choir” on this)...very mildly NSFW/H...



...and I know I alluded to that Senate hearing with Trumpian FCC Chair Brendan Carr earlier, and here is more on that from David Shuster of Rebel HQ; Dem Senator Ben Ray Lujan tried to get Carr and the other Trumpers in that hearing to agree that the FCC was an independent agency created by Congress, but of course Carr and company wouldn’t go for that, and they changed the language on the FCC’s website that stated that the agency was independent, but that language is gone now (bending the knee to Dear Leader yet again)...I don’t know why exactly Dem Amy Klobuchar is asking Carr about the Gropenfuhrer’s particularly demented tweet after the murder of Rob and Michele Reiner; I mean, yeah, FCC oversight includes social media, I get it, but does she really think Carr is going to throw his boss under the bus?...and I know I also included the clip earlier about ICE in Minnesota shooting pepper spray when their vehicle is pelted with snowballs...



...and ho, ho, ho – it looks like a certain white bearded individual with a red suit is looking to “get his freak on” before he does the whole thing with the sleigh and reindeer and dropping off gifts for the kids and everyone else 😉...



...and we only have a handful of seasonal selections left, but I think these deserve to be included also.

Tuesday Stuff (update)

Belle of the Ranch tells us about more smoke and mirrors from the Tangerine Toddler on the economy...looks like Kevin (“Human Capital Stock”) Hassett is trying to stick Congress now with this $1776 check business, which (as we likely know) was based on funding already approved for vet housing by our federal legislature (here)...oh, but Tim Burchett thinks we should be allowed to take a tax deduction for those stinking tariffs (which likely wouldn’t be much), and when Rojo The Clown actually makes sense on the numbers, you KNOW we’re “through the looking glass”...and one of the reasons why I don’t think we’ll see a “tariff rebate” is the very reason she states here; namely, because it would be a stimulus, which would be a de facto acknowledgment that our economy is screwed...



...and Brittany Page, sitting in for Jesse Dollemore, reacts to CBS “News” under Bari Weiss deciding to pull the CECOT report from “60 Minutes”... pretty damn plain that this is the new CBS ownership putting its thumb on the scale to make sure the Gropenfuhrer doesn’t look any worse than he does already (here)...Weiss is doing exactly what David Ellison put her in place to do, and that is to trash anything whatsoever that could possibly cast Cheetoh Hitler in a negative light (oh, and isn’t it just too precious that Weiss told the people involved with the CECOT report to call Pee Wee German for approval?)...



Update: Click here if you want to view the CECOT segment.

...and Farron Cousins brings us the story of Larry Bushart, a retired cop in Perry County, TN who was jailed for 37 days over a meme pertaining to the murder of Charlie Kirk – that in and of itself is ridiculous, but the $2 million bond is the cherry on the icing of this sh*t sundae...to be fair, if law enforcement told me to take down a post or not share a meme, I would have been PO’ed but I would have complied, and Bushart didn’t do that (here)...I'm glad Bushart sued, though, because I definitely think he has a case...



...well, despite it all, it isn’t too late to get into the holiday spirit, and hopefully this will help that along...



...and just to make sure, here are more seasonal selections as we wind our way down the list.

Monday Stuff

Katy Tur of MS NOW lets us know that we now have the “Trump/Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,” huh? Along with a $1 coin and a “Trump pass” to our national parks? Gee, I wonder how THAT will help Americans afford the price of food, utilities and durable goods (interview with Susan Glasser and David French...don’t know a lot about Glasser, but French is basically a “Never Trumper” brand of wingnut, though he’s right about our ruling cabal wanting to glorify Dear Leader and troll those who oppose him, and Glaser is right of course about Cantaloupe Capone trying to stick his ugly mug into every damn area of our lives)...



...and Belle of the Ranch tells us that some big names are doubting Trump’s inflation numbers, and I do also of course...#47 says the consumer price index is 2.7%, but those who know what they’re talking about say it’s closer to 3.1%...Michael Hanson at J.P. Morgan believes that the numbers from the BLS will be reversed in the coming months, and not in a good way...the shutdown played into the inability of the BLS to forecast properly, to be fair...the economist at KPMG thinks the data is off also, as well as the econ guy at Barclays...



...and this CTV report informs us of Canadians held in ICE custody, about 200 this year, which is definitely an increase over last year...question for discussion is “is it safe to travel to the U.S.,” and as far as I’m concerned, it’s beyond pathetic that that question even needs to be asked, but sadly, it does (interview with Sharry Aiken of Queen’s University)...previously, Canadians would mainly just be sent back home, but now they’re being detained in greater numbers...to be fair, apparently we’ve detained foreign individuals at a greater rate versus other countries for a little while now, but as Aiken says, we’re seeing way higher numbers than before...I hate saying this, but I cannot possibly imagine why anyone would subject themselves to traveling to this country for the time being...



...OK, now that I’ve bummed everybody out with these clips, how about if I bring back a little Christmas cheer, courtesy of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (and Nick Offerman – nice to see Our Treasonous Orange Maniac get the holiday treatment he deserves)...



...and I've got a few more seasonal selections to go as we get ready for the big day.