"You guys wouldn't believe what that schmuck Trump told me in Alaska."
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"You guys wouldn't believe what that schmuck Trump told me in Alaska."
I know several people who've had shingles and the symptoms are something I want to avoid. The Salk vaccine was a high-profile event because of FDR's polio and my parents' generation being terrified of their kids getting it.
I remember getting the polio vaccine in the 50s in elementary school. I don't remember having the measles or chicken pox, but I got the Shingrix vaccine when it became available. We need a vaccine to protect us from RFK Jr.
". . three decades ago when Republicans strongly pushed a harsh anti-illegal immigration ballot initiative, Proposition 187. It became principally responsible for changing California from a politically competitive state to one where the GOP is essentially irrelevant." www.latimes.com/politics/new...
"California’s GOP apparently still hasn’t learned. Scaring, insulting and angering people is not an effective recruiting tool. It doesn’t draw them to your side. It drives them into the opposition camp." www.latimes.com/politics/new...
"At press time, Burrows introduced a new bill that would permit gun stores to operate inside state forensic psychiatric institutions for those ruled criminally insane." theonion.com/texas-blocks...
It's surfin' bird. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4...
Nobody actually saw him cheating at golf today. He's busy cheating in the midterms by getting all the red state governors to gerrymander their districts.
View of Eaton fire from my street, around midnight on Jan 7, 2025
He hasn't been seen cheating at golf for 5 days.
More POT (Party of Trump) propaganda polluting my postal mailbox. Fellow Californians, vote Yes on election day.
"These raids, Jurado said, “are part of a disturbing pattern across Los Angeles, with ICE repeatedly targeting Home Depot parking lots — common gathering spots for day laborers — without judicial warrants, in clear violation of people’s rights.”" www.latimes.com/california/s...
You don't need to be a psychologist to see that he's inherited his father's dementia. The symptoms have been obvious for some time. His staff can't hide them.
Make America Rake Again
Ding dong, the schmuck is dead Which old schmuck? The orange schmuck! Ding-dong! The orange schmuck is dead Wake up, you sleepy head Rub your eyes, get out of bed Wake up, the orange schmuck is dead www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPId...
"Asked about the C.D.C. meltdown Friday, Trump’s creepy consigliere Stephen Miller told reporters that Kennedy is “a crown jewel of this administration.” Crown crank, more like." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
It's a show of farce, with the National Guard picking up trash in DC.
Charlie Parker, composer, bandleader, sax virtuoso and key figure in the development of bebop (1920-55) was born on this date. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OqS...
There's an impostor running HHS. He's an anti-vax quack pretending to be a health expert. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"We used to be very good at having allies. But Trump has flushed all of that down the golden toilet." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/decline-an...
"Trump’s foreign policy doctrine appears to be Oderint dum metuant — let them hate as long as they fear — supposedly the favorite motto of the Emperor Caligula." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/decline-an...
"The advisory committee is already considering pulling hepatitis B immunizations and the measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine from the standard schedule of shots that nearly all kids receive." Make Measles, Mumps, Rubella & Varicella Great Again. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Make The Confederacy Great Again. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
That schmuck Navarro thinks ending the de minimis exemption is a good idea. Navarro's knowledge of economics is de minimis.
Make COVID Great Again
Cyndi Lauper is making the final stop on her "Grills Just Wanna Have Fun" farewell tour at the Hollywood Bowl tomorrow and Saturday night. cooking.nytimes.com/article/vege...
In Sports Illustrated's annual Football Preview issue, they predict that the Buffalo Bills will beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl. Last year, they predicted that the Detroit Lions would defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl. Neither team made it to the Super Bowl.
"As has been the case with many of Trump’s other assertions about public safety, this one was delivered with a sizable helping of received fantasy but not a smidgen of evidence." www.latimes.com/business/sto...
I found a bio of one of my uncles in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade archives. He fought with them and survived, but was killed in action in WWII in 1944.
". . the absence of a strong reaction to Trump’s assault on the Fed isn’t a sign that everything is OK. We are, in fact, looking at a policy disaster in the making. But markets probably won’t react strongly until the disaster is already upon us." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-arent-...
"In order to expedite Greenland’s receipt of the Epstein Files, he offered Attorney General Pam Bondi the territory’s email address, adding, “We’ll forward them to Canada.”" open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Son lameculos. Sounds better in Spanish, especially when applied to Rubio, who may be the only Spanish speaker in the cabinet. También mamavergas y chupabolas, todos.
I think the original quote specified a ham sandwich. Maybe it was a baloney sandwich that he threw. Baloney is appropriate for Trump's DOJ, since it describes so many of their statements.
Make Fossil Fuels Great Again. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-crazy-...
Remember, "The Art of the Deal" is a work of fiction ghostwritten by Tony Schwartz. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Make America Fellate Again
Happy 65th birthday to Branford Marsalis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3aN...
"Claim: Vote counts are inflated with millions of illegal votes. False: It is not illegal for women to vote yet." "Claim: Voting machines can’t be trusted. True: It’s well known that electricity has a liberal bias." theonion.com/fact-checkin...
Make Mail Deliveries to the USA Great Again
The U.S. Open is using "Back in the New York Groove" as one of its theme songs, but there's a more interesting song that would be appropriate for them to use on the day when its creator has announced her engagement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucvV...
“It was outrageous that Trump and his supporters called ICE on us as we were conducting our redistricting press conference,” Chu said. “It was clearly an attempt to intimidate us and to send a political message. . .” Judy Chu is my congresswoman. www.latimes.com/california/s...
". . the president’s doctors remain focused on far more urgent health issues, including his grossly bloated midsection, complete lack of bowel control, and hunched-over posture suggestive of a decomposing torso." theonion.com/white-house-...
". . the president’s doctors remain focused on far more urgent health issues, including his grossly bloated midsection, complete lack of bowel control, and hunched-over posture suggestive of a decomposing torso.” theonion.com/white-house-...
"What if Trump uses some kind of force — deployment of U.S. Marshals? — to block Cook from continuing to work? Good. That will demonstrate to everyone the grotesqueness of this power grab." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-mat...
I'm a white citizen, born in the USA, who speaks Spanish as a second language and I often do so with Mexican gardeners and other laborers in my neighborhood. Could ICE detain me for "sounding" Mexican?
"At the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed that he would get to the bottom of the bone spurs epidemic by enlisting the nation’s finest medical minds, including Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil." open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
"In an interview, Ms. Murkowski said Republicans’ fear of the president’s wrath apparently overrode their concern for their own constituents, prompting them to oppose her efforts." The POT (Party of Trump) screws their own rural constituents. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Do you have a dark spot on your past? Leave it to my man he'll fix it fast Pepe has a scar from ear to ear He will make your mug shots disappear You zombie Be born again my friend Won't you sign in stranger www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaXg...
Republicans Look to Rename the Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump by Calvin Trillin in The Nation The sycophantic chorus is quick to encourage Rebranding by Trump that's been truly Homeric So sooner or later we may get to see The Statue of Liberty newly named Eric
"Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love." - Woody Allen, "Annie Hall"
"Hello," he lied.
When novice mountain hikers ask about bears on the trail, I tell them that the most dangerous thing they can do is drive their car. Even if you're a careful driver, you're at the mercy of others who aren't. The bears don't drive recklessly. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Make COVID great again.
I'm not a doctor, but the hand thing looks like a symptom of excessive wanking.
"You may imagine that your legal and financial history is so blameless that there’s no way MAGA can come after you. If you believe that, you’re living in a fantasy world. Criticize them or get in their way, and you will become a target." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
The wanker bruised his hand by repeatedly giving himself hand jobs.
"“If Ms. Maxwell were a member of an indigenous people in Papua New Guinea with no access to media, this would be no big deal,” he added. “But in the United States, never witnessing Trump acting inappropriately makes her one in 340 million.”" open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Trump will claim that inflation caused by his tariffs is a hoax. Then he'll blame in someone else: Powell, Biden, Obama. He never takes blame for anything. In a NY Times column years ago, Paul Krugman called it "The Doctrine of Trumpal Infallibility."
And the grift goes on The grift goes on www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lkf...
He should have blasted music at Putin on the tarmac in Alaska instead of rolling out the red carpet.
The only wind power that Trump produces comes out of his anus.
Potato Chip Roy's congressional seat is probably safe for the Repulsive and Repugnant Republicans, especially after Abbott's redistricting gerrymander.
If it was a video instead of audio of the interview, you probably would have seen them both wearing MAGA caps.
Monroe, Louisiana, in MAGA Mike Johnson's district, has one of the highest per-capita crime rates in the country.
Remember, "The Art of the Deal" is a work of fiction ghostwritten by Tony Schwartz. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
I expect to get a lot more of these before election day. To Hell with Munger Jr. I'm voting Yes.
The Winston-Salem Open, the final tennis tournament before the start of the US Open, has closed. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is one of the city's largest companies. If the athletes used their products, their careers and lives would be shortened. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhWD...
Munger Jr. needs a MAGA cap to go with that bow tie. I'm already seeing the results of his millions in my mailbox, with daily propaganda flyers. I don't care how much he donates, I'm voting Yes in November. www.latimes.com/california/s...
"Abe Lincoln, whose top hat and rifles are in the Smithsonian, urged Americans to move past the Civil War “with malice toward none, with charity for all.” Trump has malice for all, charity toward none." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...
She just dropped in To see what condition her sedition was in www.youtube.com/watch?v=AULO...
"Hello," she lied.
Gabbard's job title should be Director of National Stupidity.
"In another stunning reversal of fortune, Trump announced that Bondi would be taking Maxwell’s place in prison, adding, “I wish her well.”" open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
In that case, California governor Newsom should send troops to Ohio to help DeWine and DeCheese with his state's crime problem.
He needs a cap that reveals his true feelings: "Putin is right about everything."
"At press time, Jacobs was reportedly struggling to crop in on the photo to hide the fact that an active member of the U.S. military had just shot him in the chest several times." theonion.com/atrocities-k...
Something else the FBI didn't find in Bolton's home today.
What the FBI didn't find in John Bolton's home today.
This will hurt the tourist business. Along with his tariffs, it's another bonehead move by the genius businessman. apnews.com/article/trum...
"Now we're going to go for a joyride in my limo, where I can fellate you in private."
William James "Count" Basie (1904-84) was born on this date 120 years ago. This is his classic 1955 recording, arranged by organist "Wild" Bill Davis, with Basie telling the band “One more time!” and “One more once” at the end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCmc...
I scanned mine and will email it to everyone I know to make sure they vote, since special elections typically have a lower turnout. We're also going to be seeing a lot of TV commercials on this issue, making TV unwatchable as election day approaches. That's why God created the Mute button.
As a registered Democrat in California, I'm already receiving propaganda by postal mail trying to convince me to vote no in the special election. That means they mailed it before today's bill passed. Fuck them. I'm voting yes and so will all my Democratic friends.
Watch for the photo op of him cosplaying a police or National Guard member. www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/p...
I'm an old Jewish man who doesn't want to meet these extremely online young Christian men who are extremely deluded if they think they can accomplish all that, especially repealing the 19th Amendment. which would require 2/3 of both houses of Congress plus 3/4 of the states.
"Suburban and small-town residents who believe that we have a national crime crisis, not from personal experience but because Fox News says that blue cities are dangerous hellscapes, may well just get angry when presented with contrary evidence." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crime-and-...
"I don’t know about the politics, but the claim about public perceptions is fundamentally wrong. People don’t feel that crime is up; they’ve heard that it’s up, which isn’t the same thing." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crime-and-...
I'm going to this concert tonight. Herbie's 85. The Bowl's advertising tag line is Forever Summer, but there's no Forever Herbie. www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/perfo...
I vote by mail and will continue to do so. Trump can crank out executive orders 24/7 and he can't stop voting by mail. The states control their voting procedures, not the wannabee dictator who thinks he controls everything.
Make PlayStation 5 Great Again.
There will be Democratic primaries that will decide the party's 2028 presidential nominee. The voters will decide. Endorsements, no matter who they come from, are meaningless.
Every time we looked around There he was, that hairy hound From Budapest Never leaving us alone Never have I ever known A ruder pest - "You Did It" from the musical "My Fair Lady," lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
Jeff Drew as a kid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSNy...
". . “artificial intelligence” isn’t a scientific term or an engineering term. It’s a marketing term. And that’s true of all the chatter about AI eventually taking over the world." www.latimes.com/business/sto...
"If the promise of AI turns out to be as much of a mirage as dot-coms did, stock investors may face a painful reckoning." www.latimes.com/business/sto...
"Losing large numbers of workers sounds as if it will be bad for the U.S. economy. In fact, it will be worse than you may think. . . In fact, my guess is that arrests and deportations will eventually do even more economic harm than tariffs." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/iceing-the...
