Tuesday Stuff

Belle of the Ranch gives us her take on Bronzer Beelzebub’s attack on Venezuela...yep, she pretty much sums it up by saying “you were played” into thinking this could somehow be about drug interdiction (spoiler alert: fentanyl comes into this country over land from Mexico)...bringing back the term “banana wars” is sadly spot-on also, as is the possibility of conflict with Iran, which would be a nightmare largely because of the caliber of the military opposition and the difficulty of the country’s landscape (and more is here for Bluesky folks)...



...and Richard Ojeda of Rebel HQ tells us about #47 pissing off his supporters, who most definitely (along with the rest of us) don’t want to see “boots on the ground” in another far off location, this time in Venezuela – I definitely have issues with Seth Moulton, but at least he served our country and he’s right to be speaking out now against this latest madness...also, I don’t know what the hell is up with Marjorie Taylor Greene, but I’m actually a little spooked by how much sense she’s making (though she’ll completely turn on a dime back to MAGA when the moment suits her)...also, don’t expect a sliver of sympathy from yours truly on MAGA disillusionment; how many of us warned last year that WE HAVE A MANIFESTLY DERANGED INDIVIDUAL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN, and we were told to pipe down because Biden looked bad in a debate...NSFW/H...



...and MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera reports on the Venezuelan attack with reporter David Noriega and AF Col. Jack Jacobs (Ret)...have to admit that I didn’t know what the electoral picture was in Colombia, but unfortunately we have to pay attention to that now because of Combover Caligula...didn’t realize how the saber-rattling about Greenland from our foul, fetid ruling regime would impact NATO, but that is indeed horrifying (once more, the “winner” of all of this resides in Moscow as far as yours truly is concerned)...and oh yeah, as Jacobs says, this may be sending a message to Japan (among others) that they’re on their own now (ugh)...



...and David Doel lets us know about MAGA getting caught spreading fake videos in the wake of our seizure of Venezuela, particularly the head of Nazi Xitter (corrected by his own AI, Grok)...good for Doel to capture “Tokyo Rose” Gabbard spreading more bullpucky on behalf of our ruling regime of grifters and frauds, as well as “bringing the receipts” on all of the times Cantaloupe Capone promised NO MOOORR WAAARRS...also, kudos to the Philly folk protesting this rogue action from Our Treasonous Orange Pustule (NSFW/H)...

...also, this took place five years ago today – just a reminder (and here is another related item for Bluesky folks)...



...and I don’t know much about this band except that they’re from New Zealand, but I like the melody and harmonies in this newer number to offset the winter doldrums a bit.

Monday Stuff

Antonia Hylton of MS NOW speaks with John Boyd, Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association and a soybean farmer, about the $12 billion Cantaloupe Capone allegedly steered towards those who grow our food to offset #47’s disastrous tariffs...God almighty, Mr. Boyd went from about $16 a bushel to $8 during Mango Mussolini’s prior wretched reign, and now he can’t even harvest what he has since China isn’t buying and Boyd’s grain elevators are full...and Mr. Boyd couldn’t attend a White House meeting because of “DEI”? I should be surprised, but I’m not...I think Don The Con might have been more honest if he pledged “40 acres and a mule” to Mr. Boyd instead...



...and this clip from CBS This Morning brings us the story of 9 Montana state Repug lawmakers kicked out of their party for voting with Dems (on lower taxes and investing infrastructure...and try telling me again about “the intolerant left”)...looks like Medicaid reauthorization was the sticking point for the Montana white Nazi party GOP...



...and Jesse Dollemore lets us know that bankruptcies have soared to a 15-year high, chiefly because of those stinking tariffs from Pumpkin Pol Pot, with 717 companies filing for Chapter 7 or Chapter 11...one of Jesse’s good points is that businesses stocked up on their inventories to avoid paying higher prices for goods as mandated by those ridiculous tariffs, but now those inventories are running out and they’ll now have to pay higher prices as mandated by the tariffs, which will be yet another drag on this economy...hitting any sector of our economy is bad, but our clueless orange meat sack is doing a number on construction, which will be particularly detrimental, and it sounds like these bankruptcies are hitting small and large business alike – oh, peachy...and once more, we learn that whatever growth we’re getting in this wretched economy is from AI and high net worth people spending their dough...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen speaks with Marc Elias on more Stupid Voting Tricks from the Gropenfuhrer...apparently the USPS is now going to try and make sure any correspondence isn’t postmarked on the day it’s received, all in an effort to try and de-legitimize mail-in voting...Elias digresses a bit here to go after “60 Minutes,” but he’s right...good for Cohen to call this what it is, and that’s straight-up voter suppression, and good for Elias also to call out our wretched SCOTUS for whittling away at the right to vote, which should be sacrosanct...Elias points out that late mail-in ballots skew on the “D” side, which is exactly why Cheetoh Hitler and his minions are pulling this nonsense...



...and Jen Psaki of MS NOW interviews former prosecutor Barbara McQuade on our incursion into Venezuela – of course, we have to have President Nicolas Maduro get “perp walked” in Brooklyn, creating yet another awful precedent that may end up getting used against us one day (just like another country deciding to arbitrarily seize someone else in a similar manner)...one of McQuade’s great points is that stuff like this is SUPPOSED to be handled through an extradition request, in the manner in which we got the guy form Honduras...glad they mention Manuel Noreiga; I had issues with Poppy Bush to be sure, but I thought he pretty much knew what he was doing when it came to foreign matters (and no, I haven’t forgotten about the “Iraqi soldiers leaving babies out of incubators” propaganda use to justify Iraq War I as noted here)...



...and yesterday would have been the 80th birthday of soul singer Arthur Conley; this was his biggest hit.