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- It’s nothing but sadism: intentionally telling the victims of a natural disaster that available aid isn’t there to take, lying to them to stoke anger among voters, but actually leading to despair for people already beaten down. America should be better than that.
- Melania can go on a book tour but not a campaign stop, eh? #Priorities
- The other day, I got bitten by a praying mantis and I’m hoping it was radioactive so I develop awesome superpowers.
- When the politician objects to fact-checking, realize he objects to it because he wants to lie to you without repercussions. He needs to lie and he’s angry he can’t anymore.
- So let me get this straight, MAGA: Joe Biden is benefiting from a post-pandemic job “re-creation” bump three years after the pandemic, but the economic impact of Trump’s responsibility for pandemic mismanagement that led to inflation and the continuing supply chain strain actually didn’t last past February 2021.
- JD Vance is the Rand Paul of Joe McCarthys.
- Come to think of it, given that I lived miles away from Three Mile Island during the 1979 accident and didn’t evacuate, maybe I’m the radioactive one in this equation and the praying mantis is developing superpowers like cooking skills and smug self-satisfaction.
- Among other things JD Vance lied about, he falsely claimed Donald Trump peacefully turned over power. That is untrue: Trump abdicated. He literally ran out the back door. He didn’t turn over the keys; he left DC hours before the Inauguration. It’s literally on tape. It was broadcast live on television.
- I was a fan of Pete Rose, the baseball player, not Pete Rose, the person. His over-the-top arrogance was off-putting to me. I did not favor voting him into the Hall of Fame when he was alive; his open contempt for the league and its rules sealed that. But his record should now be inducted.
- Remember Trump is the master of projection. He’s talking about himself when he says Harris is “mentally impaired,” when he called her “Lyin’ Kamala,” when he claims she’s denying aid to Republican regions hit by Helene. If he says someone else did something horrible, like take money from a foreign government, he’s done it.
- Why is that everytime I watch a Trump speech, I want to give him a picture book full of the monthly “Goofus/Gallant” feature from Highlights magazine.
- So for the first time in about eight years, we’ve got a new set of keys for the house for a door we never use, so I was going to put a tag on them and stick them in the cupboard with the two dozen other keys we don’t use. I bought a container of fifty tags from Amazon awhile back suitable for just such a task, and eight years ago, after marking the last set of new keys, I remember putting them someplace thinking, “The next time I need key tags, of course I’ll look here to find them. Here’s so obvious.” The question today is, where was “here” eight years ago?
- Tina Peters needed a longer prison sentence. Rudy Giuliani should get a prison sentence. Every single lawyer or government official who took part in the Big Lie or Fake Electors plot should get at least twelve years–three elections–and never be allowed to vote again.
- Fun fact: if you vote early, within days of casting your ballot, many states will mark that on voter rolls which Parties and candidates use to determine who to call and pester. Voting early cuts down on the flurry of calls we all hate.
- Podcasts mean they’ll never really go away. Social media mean they’ll never go away. Even if–God willing and the creek don’t rise–Kamala wins all the current swing states and crushes him, they won’t disappear. New media means you never get to say buh-bye.
- Certain condiments that can make a pizza tastier. The trinity of the traditional pizza parlor–garlic powder, parmesan, and red pepper flakes–can be used judiciously, as any should on good pizza. Hot sauces depend on the sauce and the topping, and I’m not against it, though I like sliced pepperoncini to a give a bite a bite.
- I seriously don’t know what the fuck to make out of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “control the weather” post. She’s turned “crazy” past 11 to 17.
