Thursday Stuff

Rachel Maddow informs us that the Gropenfuhrer has scrapped about three dozen regulations pertaining to guns, because of course..he repealed the rule preventing selling firearms to the mentally ill when he got in the first time in 2017; that’s something he apparently has just restored – ahhh, smell the “free-dumb,” my fellow prisoners...one of the many levels of awfulness here is that it will apparently make it easier for mail-order gun sales without in-person verification of any type prior to purchasing a firearm...Maddow speaks with Mirianna Mitchem, former associate assistant director at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (from an era when our federal government actually operated efficiently on our behalf)...



...and Belle of the Ranch gives us the latest on “Trump accounts”...I wouldn’t trust anything with Our Ochre Abomination’s name on it, but as Belle says, talk to a financial advisor if you’re looking to set up some kind of a savings vehicle for your son/daughter and if you’re in the position to do that of course...Belle mentions 529 accounts, which may be a better option for saving for college...higher contribution limits are attractive, along with potentially rolling over the account into a Roth IRA (I’ve gone back and forth on Roth IRAs myself vs. a traditional IRA, but the up-front taxation feature for Roth could be attractive based on your needs/situation)...as Belle says, it’s projected that, with a Trump account, if you get $1K and do nothing with it, it will be worth $6K by the time the child reaches 18 which 1) Is a guess based on anticipated market performance, and 2) Represents a sum that is truly miniscule against the overall cost for a 2-to4-year college, depending on the major...



...and Kyle Kulinski brings us the tale of Dem congressman Ro Khanna visiting the West Bank and getting detained for about 90 minutes by IDF gangsters, in an experience which I’m sure was pretty damn scary (and once more, to prove Kyle’s point about Israel killing Americans, just Google “Rachel Corrie and the bulldozer” and prepare yourself for some horrific results of your search)...I give Khanna credit for going on Fix Noise – I wouldn’t bother with that trash network – so OF COURSE he gets attacked again on this by some soulless, AIPAC-shilling harpie who criticizes Khanna for saying that this Michael Leiter person (apparently our rep to Israel??) is lying, when in fact LEITER IS F*CKING LYING INDEED!!!!! All this Fix Noise news mannequin has to do is ROLL THE DAMN BODYCAM VIDEO LIKE KHANNA SAYS!!!...I agree that ”boomer slop” is probably a pretty spot-on description for this (and I definitely see parallels to the “People’s Temple” madness also)...if I ruled the world, I would have cut off military aid to Israel long ago not just for their carnage in Gaza, but as an act of protest against a country where hard line Jews routinely kick Christian priests and nuns to the curb, literally, and spit on them (and the congressman referred to by Kyle who was killed for investigating the Guyana/Jim Jones cult was Leo Ryan...also, Section 224 mentioned here is that garbage provision in the NDAA that the pro-Israel hawks in Congress are trying to enshrine into law)...NSFW/H...



...and Steve Harness of Really American discusses #47 getting a new “participation trophy” for his Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran; it just appeared near the MLK exhibit on the mall in D.C...and yes, this is another production courtesy of Secret Handshake...I think encouraging other folks to drop off their trophies also is another spot-on level of absurdity...and oh yeah, what the hell is going on with those columns around the White House? And I think topping those columns with mushroom-type fixtures is probably pretty “on the nose,” you might say...NSFW/H also...



...and Seth Meyers catches up on about three weeks’ worth of madness in this “Closer Look” bit, including #47 telling Jake Tapper what questions he’s supposed to ask, and at this point, we really shouldn’t be surprised by behavior like that...and this is just a reminder that Bronzer Beelzebub made at least $2 billion as *preznit last year...oh, but Uday Jr. is managing all that apparently (as if he could manage anything without daddy), and Cantaloupe Capone supposedly has no involvement...all politicians lie, but some tell white lies with some slight truth shading and some tell lies that are so far beyond belief that the liar believes that you’re a damn idiot, and Our Ochre Abomination is definitely guilty of the latter...



...and today is the 45th anniversary of the loss of Harry Chapin.

Tuesday Stuff

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 me 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!...



Update: More here.

Update 7/17/26: And sadly, this isnn't surprising either.

...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

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 conflict 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...more here...



...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...



Update: More here.

...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

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 (glad to see New York pushing back on this here)...



...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

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!...



Update: Platner's out (and so is Dempsey).

Update 7/9/26: It isn’t often when I feel like I need to pick a fight with folks on our side, but this is one of those occasions.

If you want to criticize ANY politician (including Bernie Sanders), fine. No one is exempt I know. But last I checked, I didn’t see that it was the job of Bernie Sanders to vet political candidates. He gravitates to politicians based on whether or not they profess to be an economic populist, and we have too damn few of those folks as far as I’m concerned. John Fetterman claimed to be that, though he’s totally flipped the script at this point. Platner claimed to be that also (and Daily Kos diarist Emily Singer also mentions former Dem Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum along with “Tokyo Rose” Gabbard).

As far as I know, though, it’s the job of national Democratic party organizations (such as the DNC, DSCC, and the DCCC) to go over these candidates and make sure they’re battle-ready. It isn’t the job of any Dem (or Independent) politician on the local, state or federal level.

Actually, I think it’s kind of bitchy to single our Sanders here (especially since he said that Platner should now step aside). I don’t see where he’s responsible for the failures of political candidates who didn’t see the attack coming at them and ended up betraying the causes they professed to support.

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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

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...actually, the humidity is better than I thought; I guess I need to get out more :-).

Monday Stuff

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.