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Speaking of red carpets, the one Dump rolled out for Putin in Anchorage was in start contrast to his half-hearted greetings for the E.U. leaders who visited in D.C. Dictators of a feather stick together.
Carney said at a presser a few weeks ago that the plan was to forget the USA, ramp up trade with other partners, and rebuild some supply chains entirely within Canada. They're following thru, and I wish 'em the best.
The entire White House is only 55,000 sq ft. So what's left after the demolition will be a massive "ballroom" set against a smaller leftover White House.
"The contradictions keep piling up."
Nah, it's the stupidity of fools who think Fox and the Trump gang aren't lying every minute of every day that keeps piling up.
The ACA was a Republican idea in the first place. And then, after it passed thru Co…
His insane AI videos in response to the 'No Kings' protests really underscored what the protests were all about -- for a so-called 'entertainer' he can't read a room for, dare, I say it, sh*t. (If you saw the video, you'll get the reference).
I th…
Watched this one, first time in months, to see what the guests are saying about credit and duration. JPM's Priya Misra is a longtime, excellent guest, imho; always have liked her take. I think I'll stretch just a hair out in duration, and do a littl…
So a railroad tunnel from no railhead to no railhead. Sure, that makes sense. (Assuming they'd take the shortest route under the Bering Sea, the Trans-Siberian is way south of where the tunnel would come out, and the nearest railhead on the U.S side…
The one that I missed:
“The less booze thing is not working out for me.”
I chose Homer - I couldn't believe that even Hegseth would be stupid enough to say something like that.
That's our SecDefWar!
Ha! How about this quiz: Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?
https://newrepublic.com/article/194639/homer-simpson-pete-hegseth-who-said-it-quiz
Paul K. agrees, saying here on his substack: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-trump-is-making-china-great
There is one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing.
California's attempt to swing 5 districts to the D's and balance the Texas redistricting 5 to the R's is on the state ballot Nov. 4. If it fails, the House will stay R unless there's a blue wave nationally. https://calmatters.org/california-voter-gu…
ICE FISHING. Great stuff!
Just found this: more ICE, DHS, CBP gestapo bullshit, this time at EWR. It's NOT SAFE for foreigners to come here, now.
https://hyperallergic.com/1023753/tourist-denied-us-entry-after-ice-found-jd-vance-meme-on-his-phone/
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Crash: How about those dangerous lefties in frog and dino costumes creating criminal mayhem in Portland? "Dancing In The Streets."
From the NYT:
Outside the ICE building, demonstrators against the Trump administration’s immigration policies have b…
Machado is a right-winger, and a fan of Dump. Maybe the committee is signaling they're not discriminating against the political right when they laugh off the idea of his Dumpness's deserving the peace Nobel.
"Overwhelmingly elected" to poison the water we drink, the air we breathe, atmosphere, oceans ... in one of the closest elections in 100 years. With these a******s, there is no bottom. At least China's taking the problem semi-seriously.
Several months ago, we froze asset transfer in our Fidelity accounts including ACATS transfer. You can unfreeze it temporary to make withdrawal and freeze it immediately. Very convenient to do on Fidelity site.
Thanks for mentioning that, Sven. …
I should have known there was a hook in that "free" link. CNN does the same thing, and also plants about 50 unwanted cookies on your browser.
Same here, recently on a "gift" NYT article. I couldn't get the gift link to work until I shut off DuckDuc…
Well, that someone active in our current state of disrepair is of less than average intelligence (except for extortion and lying, where he lands in the top 0.0001%) and well below the borderline in mental health. So Adolf may compare favorably with …
NCAA Saturday football has been catching my attention.
The only team I really root for, the Ducks, are back with maybe their best team yet, jumping to #2 in the rankings by beating PSU. Their line outplayed a top Big Ten team, O and D, for probab…
Yeah, and if they can get it up to 4 or 5, they could pad it with say 10-15 blank pages in the middle.
It'll never make it to trial unless they get an A. Cannon-style judge. Malice paired with incompetence; what a combo.
Good piece by NYT's David French on the details of what actually happened (no paywall). But the indictment itself?
The indictment is so short and so bereft of detail that it’s hard to determine the factual allegations in the case.
https://www.nyti…
C'mon now- they just got their asses chewed real good for that 80-pager that they filed against... hell, I don't even remember who anymore, they've filed so damned many. Maybe they're just trying to stay out of trouble.
Anyway, it should cost Comey…
A disaster of his own making. Court found the tariffs to be illegal, but granted him ample time to appeal. Feces. It's all of his making, but the rest of us have to pay. Is he dead yet?
When he does go, for whatever reason, the internecine warfare w…
