Friday Stuff

Brittany Page discusses reporting from the independent publication Western Edge (here) about an Amazon employee who died on the job while the assembly line boss told employees who tried to help to get back to work...that’s what happened to someone at a warehouse on April 6th; someone got badly hurt and the manager at the “fulfillment center” told everyone to turn around and make sure the packages kept getting put together and loaded for delivery...sounds like somebody is looking at a criminal prosecution...we knew about the Kimberly-Clark warehouse fire of course, but I didn’t know about what looks like an attempt at the life of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (allegedly of course)...oh, but “look over there” while “The Old Gray Lady” runs some groveling puff piece on Jeff Bezos’s new wife...and oh yeah, as Page says, apparently these Amazon employees weren’t even paid for a full shift when they were so traumatized by what happened that they had to be sent home – but let’s focus instead on the newest pleasure palace for the Bezoses on some trendy island retreat (“billionaire bunker” indeed)...”this is theft” for sure...mildly NSFW/H...



...and on the topic of exploitation, this CBS local news report informs us of the Tangerine Toddler’s decision to cut $11 million from Catholic Charities in Miami because of his snit with Pope Leo (here)...oh, but between #47 and the last “prez” who actually was a practicing Catholic, which one gets the support of the fundie nut jobs? And yes, I know I’ve beaten that talking point to death by now...



...but boy, if there’s something the “party of Lincoln” IS gung ho about, it’s that they sure want more pregnant white teenagers, though OF COURSE they’re not going to spend an extra dime for services to support them such as for expanded maternal health care, early and pre-K development and nutritional funding, etc...leave it to Fix Noise and Dr. Mark Siegel to give their demented spin on this topic...yeah, “Dr. Mark,” kids are in part waiting until they’re financially secure before they have kids, which in this wretched economy likely will NEVER HAPPEN because EVERYONE is dealing with staggering debt of one type or another (or more than one type – John of The Damage Report discusses this with Loren Piretra, who I think also cuts through the BS on this pretty well)...



...and Robert Reich and former Biden CFPB head Rohit Chopra discuss the “buy now, pay later” trend...90 million of us made this type of a purchase last year (mainly during the holidays on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to the tune of about $2 billion, and supported by all kinds of payment providers, and companies like the previously-mentioned Amazon of course), and it can indeed put you on a treadmill of unsustainable debt...having to do this for gas, groceries, and healthcare, among other vital needs, is a sign of an economy doing the “big swirl in the hopper” as far as yours truly is concerned (with consumers getting socked by late fees that, in some cases, are as high as 25 percent, as we learn from Chopra)...we also need regulation on all of the “geo targeting” from these lenders who use our devices to target us for advertising purposes...as noted in the clip, the Biden Administration made “buy now, pay later” lenders comply with the same requirements as loan issuers, but along came Dementia J. Trump and his gang to overturn all of those needed protections...some states are stepping up to fill the void created by our ruling regime on this, it should be noted...

...and by the way, I know about the accusations against this guy...”innocent and proven guilty” and all that, but these charges are truly monstrous...I honestly try to avoid “police blotter” stuff because I don’t want to say anything that could somehow be even remotely prejudicial in a trial, but he should be charged and prosecuted as much as the law allows, and he should serve whatever sentence may be meted out...shocking to think about what people we support can be truly capable of, but it just goes to show how much people in Swalwell’s orbit are removed from the rest of us, and how risky it can be to put our trust in their hands (and this also includes all the sympathy I can muster for the victims in these allegations of course).

...and Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show gives us the latest...yeah, I know “No Malarkey Joe” didn’t exactly have a shining moment at that address, apparently thinking that gentleman was “President Hopey Changey,” but at least he isn’t tweeting or whatever in the middle of the night trying to be “Doctor Jesus,” and #46 is a private citizen now, so as far as I’m concerned, he has “carte blanche”...oh, and here’s “Dr. Crudité” thinking that Bronzer Beelzebub drinks diet soda because it kills cancer cells; about what you can expect from a guy who won’t exercise because he says it runs down his battery, or something (Pumpkin Pol Pot I mean)...and oh yeah, it also looks like Diaper Donnie is going to try a new scam to get Gen Z voters to swing his way (with Couch Boy taking the lead on that)...yeah, “take our country back”...from your own regime? Sounds like a plan to me!...also, is it just me, or did it sound like Vance cranked up the volume on that mic of his to try and drown out hecklers at TPUSA?...I honestly didn’t know about Bronzer Beelzebub’s latest Jesus pic – the guttural trash from that asshat truly never ends (with Grace Kuhlenschmidt and Jordan Klepper)...



...and I think the title of this newer tune is pretty emblematic for our current times (I almost always feel like I’m staggering to the end of a week any more from dealing with this political pestilence, and I don’t think I’m alone on that).

Thursday Stuff

Farron Cousins informs us that #47 just tricked TSA employees into thinking they’re getting paid; hard to believe that these folks have been working basically for free for a couple of months...nope, Combover Caligula can’t just put out a screed on Truth Septic or whatever and these folks will get comped as a result – if Our Treasonous Orange Meat Sack had the foggiest idea of how our government worked, HE WOULD FREAKING KNOW THAT!!! (I mean, assuming he DID know and wasn’t just straight-up lying anyway, which is definitely a possibility)...

...and for more ridiculous nonsense from this trash fire of a presidential administration, Jesse Dollemore reports in SecDef Kegseth reciting the alleged Book of Ezekiel from “Pulp Fiction”...uh, yep...well, for starters, this is YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE of our ruling cabal of grifting liars and idiots violating the separation of church and state documented in our Constitution by proselytizing before our armed services personnel, and since we’re talking about the Trump gang, they have to do so in the most stoo-pid possible way...I mean, really, to utter that quote AND NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAMN MOVIE??!! (NSFW/H)...



...and when it comes to still more criminality from this bunch, JT Cestkowski of Status Coup News tells us that it looks like Apartheid Clyde’s merry band of DOGE incels used an unauthorized server to access our previously secure Social Security data, and they then shared that data with a group looking to overturn elections...this was apparently admitted by the DOJ of Pumpkin Pol Pot, and now a federal appeals court is involved...I’d forgotten about King Elon playing with turning off Starlink when he felt like it, so OF COURSE he’s going to act arbitrarily and in a capricious way when it comes to sensitive data...and it figures that a lower court stopped DOGE from getting to that data, but the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR decided to allow it...sounds like the record of our courts overall, however, is spotty at best when it comes to trying to rein in our cretinous ruling regime...it truly is up to us, people...



...and for still more madness (sorry to do this to you, but we have no choice but to bear witness as far as I’m concerned), Thom Hartmann says that it sounds like the Gropenfuhrer may try to add mifepristone to the contaminant list for monitoring and regulating by the EPA, at least if these Students For Life crazies have their way, claiming that abortion pills and fetal remains are poisoning our groundwater...yep, I know they’re wackadoodles, but unfortunately they have a receptive audience with our ruling bunch of bottom feeders...and I’ll let Thom describe the “catch kit” barbarity in this discussion – not a damn thing to do with women’s health care, but EVERYTHING to do with control and humiliation...oh, but the tiny presence of mifepristone in our water (as opposed to all of the other damn chemicals in our lives) is supposedly the reason for low sperm counts in men according to Bobby Brainworms – trying to break the stoo-pid meter again...oh, and by the way, these dirtbags want to screen also for medications involved in gender affirming care because of course...



...and I haven’t checked in with Trae Crowder for a little while, so here he is on Combover Caligula’s beef with Pope Leo, and I thought this was a pretty good take on the whole “oh, I’m not Jesus – I’m really a doctor, and I JUST HAPPEN to have F-15’s flying in formation in silhouette behind me” mess...Crowder gets more into the whole “MAGA civil war” thing in his extension of the clip, though, in response, I would only point out all of the years of garbage and lies from Our Treasonous Orange Pustule that these people were apparently OK with up until now...and as Crowder says near the end, a lot of these people claiming to be PO’ed now will likely fall in line come November, which is EXACTLY what the “party of Lincoln” is counting on (NSFW/H also)...



...and happy belated 75th bithday to drummer Max Weinberg of the E Street Band.

Wednesday Stuff

Rachel Maddow tells us about a recent surprise inspection of an ICE prison in Mesa, AZ, made to house a max of 157 people, though apparently 274 were crammed in, according to reporting from the Arizona Daily Mirror, and OF COURSE the number of detainees in the facility shrunk when Dem members of the U.S. House were scheduled to visit, and the number of detainees went back up after the inspection...well, that didn’t work out so well because they were BUSTED when Dem congress reps Greg Stanton and Yassamin Ansari returned to the facility for an unscheduled visit and brought Adelita Grijalva along with them and saw what was really going on (Grijalva is interviewed – you may remember that “MAGA Mike” Johnson did everything he could not to seat Grijalva in the House, and I submit that that was because he knew how good she would be at her job)...if this report isn’t one hell of a good argument for totally abolishing private prisons, I don’t know what is..



...and this report from CBC The National gives us a warning from history about a potential Kharg Island invasion by our military...and oh yeah, we have war cheerleader Huckleberry (“Send In The Troops!”) Graham – on the one hand, Graham has a lengthy military record which is better than anything from your humble narrator I know, but by Graham’s own admission, he “never deployed” and served in the Judge Advocate General’s office, rising to the rank of colonel; to act like Graham is somehow some battle-hardened vet is a joke, and I think he’s been getting waaay too much of a pass for years as some kind of military “expert” without that missing context...and oh yeah, saying that since the Marines captured Iwo Jima, they can also invade Kharg Island is cosmically stoo-pid as far as yours truly is concerned (and to call Khe Sanh a horror show during the Vietnam War is speaking euphemistically for sure)...and let’s not forget Fallujah in Iraq either...report is from Terence McKenna; this is exactly the sort of coverage that we SHOULD get from our beyond useless corporate media in this country, but good luck with that I know...personally, I think (and hope and pray) that the lunatics behind this ridiculous war have learned their lesson and will dispense with this “boots on the ground” madness...everyone responsible for starting this war should be brought before a docket in The Hague as far as yours truly is concerned...



...and Belle of the Ranch lets us know that Commander Bone Spurs is going to try and institute automatic selective service registration (barring a court challenge, that is) – OK, so we can automatically register young men in the event that this country tries to bring back a draft as part of the NDAA that the Gopenfuhrer signed into law last December, but we can’t automatically register people to vote as Belle says? And oh yeah, this “blanket draft” includes asylum seekers and undocumented folks, the individuals this wretched administration is trying to deport – sooo, they can fight, get maimed and possibly die for this country, but they can’t live here? Is there a universe in which any of this actually makes sense (interesting observation that the DoD is actually anti-draft now)...



...and David Pakman lets us know that Dems have officially filed H Res 1155, introduced by House Dem John Larson of Connecticut, calling for another impeachment of Spray-Tan Satan...charges include militarizing domestic law enforcement, unlawful detention and deportation, targeting political opponents, abusing the pardon power, etc...I agree with Pakman’s assessment that you need to get as much of #47’s garbage on the record as you can; whatever may or may not happen as a result is another matter entirely...



...and Nick Offerman of The Daily Show discusses the Tangerine Toddler turning the 250th into another grift for himself of course, including his mug on commemorative coins and on passes to our national parks (John Oliver recently had a great bit about the latter)...as far as I'm concerned, the “Arch De Trump” is an automatic excuse for the 25th Amendment (slightly NSFW/H)...



...and I hope you made out OK with your returns for the prior year – we ended up doing all right, so I’ll take it and not complain.

Tuesday Stuff

Jesse Dollemore lets us know that it looks like the Gropenfuhrer is in a snit with Pope Leo based on that typically bonkers rant from our *preznit on Truth Septic; yeah, I’m sure #47 will come out on top in that one...”weak on borders, weak on crime,” yadda yadda; the usual lying horsesh*t from Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence...and what would more madness with Pumpkin Pol Pot be without another utterly insane online meme, this time with you-know-who as Our Lord...and I know Bri-Fi came up with this statement in opposition, which to me is still weak sauce because our wet noodle PA-01 rep HAS SAID AND DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO OPPOSE HIS BOSS UP TO NOW...besides, I’m not aware of ANY REPUBLICAN who criticized the Tangerine Toddler when he referred to the Holy Eucharist as “my little cracker” here...and I’m not going to try and unpackage the utter madness of claiming that religious leaders were arrested for not social distancing during COVID, but I AM going to mention that this orange yutz has NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to tell those in charge of congregations how to manage their duties since our gnat-brain-on-meth chief executive tried to remove sanctuary status from those places of worship as noted here (NSFW/H)...



...and turning to the economy, David Doel informs us that a worker in Ontario, California filmed himself setting fire to the Kimberly-Clark warehouse where he was employed which contained what appears to be toilet paper, complaining about how he was underpaid...I don’t encourage violence or destruction to people and/or property, but I think it’s actually surprising that stuff like this doesn’t happen more often, to be honest...that video by the TikTok guy at about 5:24 should be required viewing for everyone in this country, and that includes every damn politician...oh, and CEOs are making 281 times as much as the average for a salaried worker in that same company (and as Doel says, we’re just talking about income, not wealth)...and for truly dark satire, we also get CNBC’s Sara (“How Does An Investor Process The Potential End Of A Civilization”?) Eisen, one of the dimmer of the dim bulbs in corporate media it appears...by the way, as a side note, Kimberly-Clark is the company where ruthless corporate raider “Chainsaw Al” Dunlap got his start (NSFW/H also)...



...and Richard Ojeda of Rebel HQ tells us about Eric Bolling lamenting how the electoral fortunes are looking for Repugs in November; of course, we can take absolutely nothing for granted and need to keep working to make the “blue wave” happen, but I must tell you that wingnut tears are delicious...and again, the percentage points in favor of Dems in polling is undeniable, particularly in Wisconsin, where the “D” team expanded their majority on the state supreme court (and I would guess that’s part of the reason why that idiot RoJo has been all over the place on Fix Noise lately)...also included is a clip of Rachel Maddow discussing with Dem Senator Mark Warner how the Gropenfuhrer may try declaring another bogus “national emergency,” claiming foreign interference in the ’20 election (how con-vee-nient) as an excuse to try and take over the vote this fall...



...and I try to do my part to get the word out on “Team D” for a lot of reasons, chief of which is because the other side is totally nuts, but that doesn’t mean that we can forget about getting our own political house in order, as it were – this man on X (courtesy of Bill Madden) has some cautionary advice on that subject (NSFW/H as well)...

Every Democrat in congress and every Democrat planning to run for congress needs to listen to this message. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇 pic.twitter.com/RGai7228Ro

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) April 12, 2026

...and Jimmy Kimmel lets us know about the Gropenfuhrer going off on Truth Septic about Bruce Springsteen because of course, and over Pope Leo as previously noted...and oh yeah, #47 also met with that server over his “No Taxes On Tips” deal (kind of sad that that grandma is forced to work to pay for her husband’s health care - here) – the whole “no taxes on tips” thing isn’t bad I’ll admit (something anyway), but what would REALLY make a difference is setting a federal standard for tipped hourly wages...for example, the tipped hourly wage in Wisconsin is $2.33 per hour, and while employers are required to make up the difference between that and the federal wage of $7.25 (which is still too low), what happens if they don’t? How the hell is ANYBODY supposed to exist in this country on $2.33 an hour?...I sincerely hope one day when this treasonous orange yam’s days on this earth come to an end (and I don’t wish to hasten that, I mean to emphasize), I hope someone chisels on his headstone words to the effect that any notion of character or decency concerning this individual is “fake news,” which, as we know, is his go-to insult for any news whatsoever that he doesn’t like...and oh yeah, #47 has time to compliment that MMA fighter and pose with a brainless young woman at one of his golf courses, all while our military deployed to fight his damn war is likely wondering what the hell is going on...also, it looks like Don The Con lost another lawsuit; this time, a judge dismissed the action aimed at the Murdoch Street Journal over the Gropenfuhrer’s birthday message to his best bud Jeffrey Epstein (and I care less than nothing about anything Melania has to say)...



Update 1: This sure figures (for anybody still on X).

Update 2: For non-X folks (here).

...and RIP session guitarist Wayne Perkins, who performed on this number along with many others.

Monday Stuff

This report from the German news service DW gives us the details on Viktor Orban’s recent election loss in Hungary to Peter Magyar, and it looks like Magyar’s party also won big – none of this “oh, divided government will save us” BS like we have in this country; electing a head of a party as *preznit but putting the oppo party in charge of Congress is a recipe for gridlock; we’re all done with the ‘90s and “The West Wing” by Aaron Sorkin (and yes, that comment definitely assumes putting the “D” team in charge, in case that wasn’t obvious...report by correspondents Ferenc Gaal and Fanny Facsar...a lot still to be sorted out in that country, but definitely good news as of this moment...that said, credit to Orban for congratulating Magyar, which Bronzer Beelzebub would NEVER do of course)...

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...and this CBS News story details how a priest in Oakland Park (near Miami) named Father Bob Caudill is facing half a million dollars in fines for feeding the homeless in an area that apparently wasn’t “zoned” for it; didn’t know there was “zoning” involved when it comes to acts of decency and compassion...I know this story is a month old and I’m sorry I’m a little late here, but I didn’t want to let this slip through the cracks (and it sounds like the church isn’t affiliated with the Archdiocese of Miami, though they should reach out to Fr. Bob on that IMO)...



...and I know I said I’d keep these folks on a “short leash,” but I now present this clip of Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian of TYT with some testimony from one of our soldiers who survived the Iranian drone attack on our base in Kuwait...color me (not) shocked, but It looks like SecDef Kegseth has been lying through his teeth, again (taking a break from sneering at reporters)...I don’t see any proof for Cenk’s charge that we were protecting Israel instead of our men and women in the military (though the awful results of the drone attack speak for themselves), but that statement definitely tracks with the wretched policies of our “clown car” of a presidential administration...I honestly don’t have any insight into the so-called “rescue operation” of our personnel in the F-15 that was shot down so I can’t argue with the official story, but it wouldn’t surprise me if that turned out to be yet another lie also...



...and this recent “I Doubt It” podcast with Jesse Dollemore and Brittany Page tells us more on Riley Podleski, who apparently is SecDef Kegseth’s little Trumpette propaganda princess (and typical move by the Gropenfuhrer to have the plane engine roaring in the background while the reporters were asking questions, which was staged as far as I’m concerned – the engine sound I mean...The Sainted Ronnie R used to pretend he couldn’t hear reporters over the whirring of the blades of the helicopter transporting him to Camp David)...and yes, while it’s encouraging that our two downed airmen were rescued inside Iran and those accomplishing this heroic mission should receive all the praise and possibly awards due to them, I don’t want to hear about how we’ve supposedly degraded Iran’s air and defense capability; if we’d done that to the full extent of what is claimed by this regime of liars and cowards, then our two airmen wouldn’t have been shot down in the first place, as Jesse points out...I know I said for the TYT clip that I didn’t automatically believe the official story, and I still don’t, but it’s possible the gang from our ruling cabal may (and I emphasize MAY) be telling the truth (and I’m sure a lot of those comments praising Dementia J. Trump on that propaganda clip were from bots, but my guess is that Jesse and Brittany know that)...mildly NSFW/H...



...well, given these segments on Combover Caligula’s Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran, I think it’s apropos to present the following response from Mr. Newberger...



...and I know I had a tune to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Phil Ochs last Friday, but I’m in the mood for another one (probably with the CBS story in mind here I’ll admit).

Friday Stuff

What's up first is a clip from JT Cestkowski of Status Coup News...it appears that the Charleston Post and Courier is reporting that a young woman who was underage at the time apparently has a corroborating witness to her story of alleged sexual abuse/assault from the Gropenfuhrer...correct to note that a local newspaper is doing the fine work here that our bought-and-paid-for corporate media should ALSO be doing (looks like the Epstein horror show was going on near Hilton Head, which is how South Carolina ended up in this godawful mix)...also appears that summaries of the accuser’s testimony were released by the DOJ, but they were heavily redacted of course (and not the so-called “302 summaries” from the FBI/DOJ)...bottom line is that there are notes of more interactions between #47 and this young woman (an underage girl at the time) that should be made public at a minimum, possibly leading to further legal action (NSFW/H)...



...and San Seder of The Majority Report speaks with Iddo Elam, contributor to a Hebrew news site in Tel Aviv I believe...Israel is now occupying southern Lebanon as noted in the clip, and of course, since we’re talking about the IDF, that means there’s a denial of aid to folks getting attacked...Sam asks where the Israeli public lines up on this, and it sounds like they were pretty on-board with the war in the beginning though not quite as much now, with some protests across the country (along with air raid sirens because the “iron dome” isn’t impenetrable of course, and I’m not surprised to hear that “Bibi” is censoring reporting of missiles getting through and causing damage to people and property)...didn’t know that many Israelis have bomb shelters, but that figures I suppose...probably difficult in that area of the world to parse the conflicts in the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran, though all three to one degree or another are at least in part a product of Israel’s intransigence IMO (sounds like Iran is a more accepted conflict in terms of Israeli public approval than Lebanon)...



...and Tennessee Brando informs us that “Couch Boy” is in Hungary to try and prop up Viktor Orban as his boss falls apart (#47 of course - more here)...I definitely agree with Brando that Vance could potentially be worse than Cantaloupe Capone because Vance is truly beholden to the elites who have put him where he is, notably Peter Thiel, The Heritage Foundation and the other monsters behind Project 2025, whereas #47 feels loyalty towards absolutely no one, which, given the utterly crazed, loathsome state of our politics overall, might actually be preferable (the latter I mean, notwithstanding the horrible geopolitical chaos unfolding, which Vance would also be leading)...I can easily picture Vance supercharging efforts to criminalize women seeking reproductive health services as well as LGBTQ individuals of course along with the poor and minorities merely for existing (and doing everything we can imagine to clamp down on any forms of protest at all), only with Vance being more methodical about it than his boss who focuses on issues like a gnat on meth...and yeah, Mr. “Hillbilly Elegy” is indeed threatening to use nukes on Iran, and I firmly believe he would have done that by now if he had already parked his butt behind the Resolute Desk...and I think Brando is spot-on to say that Vance will try to flip the script on his boss in a heartbeat...and I never imagined The Swanson TV Dinner Heir as a Repug *preznit nominee, but in a “through the looking glass” way, I can envision it, sadly (mildly NSFW/H)...



...and I know this is a long-ass description of the next clip, but I believe it matters...Liz Scheltens of More Perfect Union tells us what those affected don’t want you to know about a wealth tax, focused on the movement to tax stinkin’ billionaires in California, including Sergey ($245 bil) Brin of Google...looks like CA is proposing a one-time 5% tax on their worldwide assets of about $100 billion or more as we learn in the clip...it’s pretty damn plain that Gavin Newsom has his eye on “the big chair” in Washington, and that’s fine (hard to be worse than what we have now), but to be honest, I think he looks weak on this issue as well as LGBTQ rights (just look who his funders are I guess, though at the end of the clip we learn that Newsom is open to the idea of a federal wealth tax)...and I think taxing millionaires in MA by 4% so kids can have two free meals at school (helping parents with food costs and kids with damn near everything else) is a good trade (also including transportation costs)...pretty funny to me that, as opposed to the rich leaving “Tax-a-chusetts” in response to the millionaires tax, the number of ultra-wealthy people grew by 40 percent...so OF COURSE Fix Noise is leading the charge against trying to replicate this in CA, but oh, that trash network is big into “family values,” right? GMAFB!...as we learn, the CA initiative would tax wealth, not income, and it would apply to a smaller group of folks...yep, it definitely tracks that wealth inequality has worsened, to put it mildly, over the last 50 years...also, we’re reminded of the “Big, Beautiful Clusterf*ck” directing billions from Medicaid (patients, hospitals, etc.) to billionaires (and I remember Bri-Fi in PA-01 swearing up and down that Medicaid wouldn’t be touched by that awful giveaway of a bill...he’s either a liar or an idiot, or both)...according to what one health care provider in CA tells us, keeping this awful status quo in place would turn health care into what we experienced during the worst of COVID, but this time it would be permanent...Dave Regan, the president of the SEIU, is interviewed...I know this is a broken record, but I need to keep saying that it used to be illegal for CEOs and people running companies to hold stock shares as part of their compensation, but that changed because of The Sainted Ronnie R, which has a lot to do with the explosion of billionaires (and subsequent decrease in tax payments by these folks)...obviously, I think these billionaire crybabies need to “grow a pair,” especially since we’re talking about a FREAKING ONE-TIME ONLY TAX...I keep hearing about how awful the homeless problem is in San Francisco, for example; well, if you REALLY WANT TO FIX IT, then you need targeted funding from something like this to promote “housing first” or a model of some type to get people into shelter, since they really can’t do much of anything else with their lives without it...and kudos to Jensen Huang of NVIDIA for standing out the right way here...



...and Stephen Colbert on The Late Show gives us his take on our two-week cease fire with Iran, though in that area of the world, it’s hard to tell whether or not the bombing will ever truly stop (I wish it would, but I know better, especially since our “ally” Bibi is also bombing Lebanon as noted...are we ever going to get to the point where we just say that Netanyahu is as freaking nuts as Combover Caligula??!!)...oh, and our alleged geopolitical geniuses have now given Iran yet another victory in that that nation can say, “we’re not reopening the damn Strait of Hormuz unless the bombing in Lebanon stops”...is it just me, or does it look like Iran has gamed out every possible scenario under which they can come out on top in this insane conflict? And yeah, we get Stephen’s take on the Orban/Vance “bromance” as alluded to previously...



...and yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of folksinger Phil Ochs, who took his own life by hanging; he had suffered from bipolar disorder and alcoholism...we all need help from time to time, so please reach out if dealing with everything is too overwhelming, especially now.

Wednesday Stuff

Ayman Mohyeldin sitting in for Chris Hayes reports on Spray-Tan Satan deciding not to end Iranian civilization for another two weeks...so, I guess Cheetoh Hitler has a chapter in “The Art Of The Deal” about giving Iran an excuse to now extort $2 million from every ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz – what a financial genius! No wonder just about all of his businesses have gone bankrupt...kudos to the 70 U.S. House Dems in particular calling for the removal of this genocidal lunatic, as well as Ed Markey in the Senate...good job by Ayman to revisit all of the times TACO Trump bailed on his self-imposed deadlines to inflict global carnage; I mean, yeah, it’s a good thing his threats weren’t realized, but he shouldn’t be in a position to issue those threats in the first place (and I never thought we’d be in a circumstance where we needed to thank Pakistan for preventing Armageddon, but I never thought we’d be in a position for a lot of this insanity)...Ayman speaks with reporter David Rohde, and I would also say that we have a marriage, so to speak, of “infinite immorality with infinite power” as Robert Malley correctly puts it...and by the way, the fact that he called off this threat to extinguish Iran "civilization" doesn't mean that #47 still shouldn't be impeached, because HE FREAKING STILL SHOULD!! (more on trying to remove him is next)...



...and David Pakman lets us know that, indeed, more folks are calling for the 25th Amendment aimed at the Tangerine Toddler, including Illinois guv J.B. Pritzker, along with Ro Khanna (and as Pakman says, there is zero chance that will happen with this cabinet, and about the same possibility that anyone from the “R” team will call for that)...and yeah, I know some of this is political posturing by folks looking for the Dem nomination for prez in ’28...but can you seriously blame them??!! You can also add the NAACP to the folks calling for #47 to toddle off to Mar-a-Lago once and for all so he can stage his hissy fits while watching Fix Noise and chowing down on a happy meal so there’s no chance that he could actually blow up the world...



..and this DW report from Anthony Howard gives us more on this White House using religious references, and how Pope Leo pushes back...clip includes those “whited sepulchers” laying hands on Pumpkin Pol Pot...hearing SecDef Kegseth making religious references makes me want to puke in my mouth...didn’t know His Holiness was a registered Repug at one time, though I’m sure he would reconsider that now (if I may venture a guess here)...the fact that Meth Head Bannon spoke out against the Pope definitely counts favorably towards the latter as far as I’m concerned (Vatican authority Massimo Faggioli is interviewed)...I agree that, given that Leo has come from a strife-torn region in this hemisphere, he’s not likely to back down against the murderous rantings of Mango Mussolini...



Update: And why am I not surprised by this?

...well, seeing as how it appears that Our Orange Lunatic isn’t talking about “the big funny” lately, maybe I can now focus on some domestic stuff...I’ve been meaning to get to this item from Kyle Kulinski where the CEO of Five Guys gave out $1.5 million in bonuses because he didn’t want anyone to go all Luigi Mangione on his ass (allegedly!)...I mean, yeah, good behavior by the Five Guys head but for questionable reasons I guess (and I also think the guy in charge was nodding off a bit if he thought his site wouldn’t get crashed over the free burger promotion)...and no, about Mangione, I don’t condone violence against anybody – GMAFB! (NSFW/H)...



...and Robert Reich tells us about a ballot referendum to end Citizens United in Montana, believe it or not – I’m pretty sure I noted that in the post about the “No Kings” protests on 3/28, but more on that is here...looks like the folks in “big sky country” are trying to curb corporate spending, commendably enough...good point that corporations are indeed created by the states in which they are chartered and can be regulated by the states in which they operate (incorporated usually in Delaware, since laws for that there are relatively easier than elsewhere)...



...and after this recent madness, I’m more in need of another tune this week to mellow out a bit (and posting may get goofed up again, just to let you know).