Or he's squeezing out a fart, which is essentially the same thing.
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Or he's squeezing out a fart, which is essentially the same thing.
Right. Until they don't. Then we have perfect funerals.
Yes. And as a shithole they should just go whole hog and rename the state to Trumpama.
Yes. Perfect time for one of my favorite expressions - no shit Sherlock.
Good choices. I'd add Hello It's Me and Ramblin' Man.
More like 'smoke and mirrors'.
More like breaks wind.
The warranty. In very fine print.
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats. Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
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Oh my God
To be fair, I think you, Hart, and MN agree that the Trump DOJ is worthless. I'm with you.
Just think - he's one letter removed from Wilt Chamberlain. One guy was a stud, this one's a dud.
Yes, you can tell by the feigned nonchalance and too easy stride. Killer.
from today's post, on the Mad King’s incoherent blitherings from the roof of White House — please read the whole thing, thanks! link is here: bit.ly/4oq56Fg (and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
![yesterday, the lone surviving member of Sgt. Pedo’s Lonely Hearts Club Band created a commotion when he wandered out onto the roof of the White House Assisted Living Facility and started barking incoherently into the wind. no, seriously. you can’t make this shit up — because who the fuck would believe it? what’s this deteriorating old geezer doing up there? is he looking for the Epstein Files? most of Sundowning Grandpa Befuddlepants’ ranting was lost in the ozone. here’s the intelligible part. “it’s just another way to spend my money for the country. anything I do is financed by me. so you don’t have [unintelligible] contributed. just like my salary is contributed, but nobody ever mentions that.” the official White House story was that Dear Leader went up on the roof to inspect the fugly concrete parking lot that now sits where the Rose Garden used to be, and also to get an eyeful of where he’s going to put that shitawful ginormous ballroom. so, is Donny claiming he’s going to use his own money to pay for the dance hall construction? is that what this ‘anything I do is financed by me’ boast is all about? fact check: bull fucking shit. Donny never pays for anything. the opposite is true. not only is Donny enriching himself from the presidency, we the people are financing his Saudi-prince-wannabe lifestyle. Donny just spent ten million taxpayer dollars so he could spend five days goofing off and cheating at golf in Scotland. he charges the Secret Service obscene amounts of money to stay in the golf motels he visits every weekend. for fuck’s sake, we’re shelling out nearly a billion taxpayer dollars to upgrade that vulgar flying bordello that he gets to take home with him when his nightmarish hellscape presidency finally ends. so I’ll believe Donny’s personally paying for the White House to be turned into the Kremlin West when I see the cancelled checks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i3mhliziy2r37ytl2rof5e3h/bafkreibgkp5ulthextd32fwzcabk7svpbt6xfr7loecilvmvqfbep3hjku@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Ok, I did misunderstand. So actual ballrooms do exist but some rooms called ballrooms aren't really ballrooms. I'd agree with that. And it's doubtful tRump will be doing any dancing in his 'ballroom'. Certainly none that I'd want to see. Glad to hear you're a dancer. It's a lot of fun.
I'm literally in a ballroom every week. That seems more recent than forever. Some people even compete in them. Some people just do it for fun. But they are called ballrooms. There's a whole world out there...
Well, ballroom dancers do, though I doubt that lard ass will be doing that.
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
We, the Bluebird and I, have been there multiple times, including last autumn.
While traveling, my husband and I came across this memorial to Covid-19 victims and their families. We realized that it is the only one we have ever seen. A touching sentiment in Reims, France.
Similar...I just was them to stay away from me and I want nothing to do with them.
Having grown up in the east and then living in KS for 3 years, Oklahoma has always been my ideal for classroom excellence. /s
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Have you ever had patatas bravas? Potatoes, but not dull or bland.
The goat cheese alone was spectacular!
About 10 years ago, on our first trip to Scotland, we weren't expecting the food to be very good. We were stunned at how many great meals we had there.
Agreed. I hope you made it to Park Güell too. The food in Barcelona is fantastic!
This is not normal
Are they 364.4 smoots + one ear long?
this wonderful piece from @profmsinha.bsky.social gets to what was truly great about lincoln — his open mind and great capacity for moral growth www.theunpopulist.net/p/abraham-li...
That's good to hear. Hopefully that one in Queens, if it's still there, has gotten better. There was another market we mostly avoided, down toward the river, that smelled awful, had sawdust on the floor, and occasionally had visible worms in their wrapped fish. I forget the name of that one!
We lived in Long Island City '89-'93. We used to not-so-affectionately call C-Town, Scuzz-Town.
We had a dachshund when I was in elementary school. I used to say she was smarter than half the class.
Is 'wild' code for stupid?
Maybe not, but she learned or figured that out somehow. I'm guessing that listening to you had something to do with it. You should be proud. And yes, glad to live in Massachusetts.
I had one for a boss once. I knew it.
“In the interviews with Matt Wolf that make up Pee-wee as Himself, Reubens comes off as, yes, a total sweetheart and a congenital mischief-maker.” Charlie Fox on Andy Kaufman and Paul Reubens. buff.ly/uPdDIX2
But the best part is the expression on the husky's face!
I say we turn "It was so silent you could hear a pin drop" to "It was so silent you could hear a tank squeak."
I was just about to take a gulp of coffee as I started that. I'm glad I didn't!!!
Sausage, spam, bologna - take your pick. Or better yet, don't!
Absolutely! Spiders and lady bugs get special treatment.
wrote about what the protests say about the strength, or lack thereof, of the trump administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Agreed! I have thousands of songs on my ipod, mostly ripped from CDs I own, but In the Year 2525 is one I bought.
Absolutely, I do that all of the time. This song has a very strong association with being in the car with my mom on the way home from a college visit senior year of high school. That's weird as I didn't go to that school and though it was a multiple hour ride that's the only song I remember.
I agree with you. I think this is wishful thinking on his part.
Wow, that was impressive!
When your hero is Mr. Ed, you go all in.
My stomach just rumbled in response to that.
I think it's tone deaf but in this case your expression works better!
Maybe if she didn't work for the orange menace she wouldn't be so angry, but I don't think there's much she can do about the stupid part.
Student newspapers are really meeting the moment, at this moment. Admiration to 'kids these days' telling the fraught story of univ life on their campus news sites. Including this delicious column from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social , on a way out of Harvard-Trump impasse. By Yona Sperling-Milner
I agree with your first statement but not the rest of what you wrote. He needs to understand that people despise him and think he's a fool.
At least once a year for the past 30 years I get strangers telling me I look like Kevin Bacon. As a joke my Mom used to mix a picture of him in with some family pictures that were displayed in my parent's house.
Good work! On second thought, why?
Fortunately for me I've learned to let most of it out and I don't keep as much to myself as I used to. Fortunately for me, not so much for my wife! 🤪
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-hono...
I lived in Washington Heights and Hell's Kitchen, because they were affordable. Especially in Washington Heights you didn't want to go too many blocks to the east, especially at night. But I get your point.
I've got news for you as a former ballet dancer. Very few of these clowns would be capable of the rigor of ballet. Ballet dancers are some of the leanest but strongest people on the planet. And a well placed kick from one of us, male or female, would have these bozos gargling with their testicles.
This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P. The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice. The dots moving in the background are stars.
I do too. The vest and pants are fantastic. And I like colored hair, or even multi-colored hair.
I'm with Neil Young!
Took the words out of my mouth!
She's trying so hard not to laugh!
I was just saying to my wife that he always looks like he has a bad case of gas. Maybe this explains it.
Yikes! I was excited when I first heard about this biography...a little less so now.
There were libertarians at the last company I worked for (in N.H.) that didn't want to pay for any of that either. When I asked who would plow when it snowed, and how would you get to work, the response was that a private company would do it. 🤪 Our company's biggest customer was the US government.
Sad. Unfortunately, having worked in engineering for 35 years or so, this..."and didn't understand anything we said"...could describe a few of the program managers I worked with. In one case, a job for NASA, that cost the program millions of dollars.
Boise too. www.yahoo.com/news/salt-la...
Until the streetlights came on? Ha! I remember going back outside after dinner, popsicle in hand...until the bugs got the better of us.
Ron Carter is 88 today! Happy Birthday, Sir Ron! (Photo from McCoy Tyner SUPERTRIOS, 1977)
Yeah, I think the check engine light is on.
Fortunately in MA you can be independent and vote in a primary. Years ago that would enroll you in that party and you'd have to switch back to independent. These days you get to stay independent.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/30/a...
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
I'm with you. That last sentence is news to me.
Chocolat We first saw it on Valentine's Day when it came out. Drove to a Godiva store when it ended. We probably watch it at least every other Valentine's Day.
It does have useful stuff though. 🤪 www.publicsquare.com/products/63b...
But who is us? Like I said, I don't have an account and I could read it. Sorry, just trying to understand why it's not working. Maybe a limit on number of articles read?
I was able to read it and I don't have an account - never hit a paywall.
Wait a minute, how spectacular? No nukes I hope!
Haven't been to jazz since last year - the Montreal Jazz Festival. That was fantastic. Next week though we have tickets for Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Marcus Gilmore. And blues this Friday - Robert Cray.
He's already done that. That's how he got the idea for this.
Yes, but don't two overwhelmings make a right? Or am I mixing up my proverbs here? 🤪
It would be nice if it got some of our gutless politicians to stand up for our country.
I saw a few grouped together, but not many. And we had the Dropkick Murphys!
A big thank you to the Dropkick Murphys for all that they do! #HandsOff
The musicians who marched really added to the spirit of the day. #HandsOff
Great energy and turnout in Boston today! #HandsOff
Mine is too. And I'm still pissed that Apple discontinued the Ipod.
Kid Rock with Dumb as a Rock. A match made in heaven.
He's modeling tRump's new PJs for him.
Recommended. June 26 to July 5. The festival is always a blast and Montreal is fantastic. montrealjazzfest.com
