Reading up on New Fed chair Kevin Warsh. Good Lord, what have we done. They are taking a wrecking ball to everything that once made America a good country. You could not have picked a better and quicker way to destroy us than what this a-hole has done (by a-hole, I mean DJT).
What a disaster.
Read up on Kevin Walsh. Not much good to see, why the GOP certified this guy for the Federal Reserve Chair eludes me.
I could not agree more with the last several posts.
Thank you too all here. Screw you to DJT.
Details of the Memorandum of Understanding are coming to light. We have essentially surrendered to Iran, given them everything they asked for and gotten nothing in return. We freed up $300 Billion in frozen assets, allowed them to return their nuclear program to "status quo" all to get things back to where they were before this a-hole started indiscriminately bombing them with a material percentage of our arsenal. Strategy = nonexistent. But hey, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened before midterms. Short of a coup, he will still lose. (but do not discount his determination to rig this election).
Marc Thiessen wrote, " $300 billion to Iran under and circumstances is a disaster. Like offering the Marshall plan to rebuild Germany while the Nazis were still in power"
Think about how critical this schmuck was on the Obama Iran nuclear deal. What a POS. The greatest geopolitical disaster by any US president in the last 100 years. Wow.. Vote this guy and all his crony clowns out of office. MAGA, what a joke. A sad, evil joke.
Sadly we got despicable grifters and worse because there is always an apatite for authoritarianism. It is always there in every society. Over time it waxes and wanes and evil grifters can exploit it with populism. Caligula for the 250th. How fitting that the reflecting pool has turned green. It is almost biblical. He has betrayed Israel, the people of Iran, the US military, and even his own words. Never has any person been less deserving of the White House than this charlatan. On to Cuba........
if just 1.5 to 2 % of voters in 2024 were not deceived by Trump's economic lies, or deemed themselves too 'manly' to accept ANY woman - let alone one of color - as President, we would ALL not have had to endure: Elon Musk's DOGE ridiculousness, Kristi Noem and the ICE defilements, Kash Patel as drunken and crooked FBI director, spending useless trillions on the Iran "war" plus the tax giveaways to billionaires, the F'ing Ballroom The Arch & the Reflecting Pool, Bondi &/or Todd Blanche re: the Epstein Files cover-up, the never ending ass-kissing of Putin w/BS about pulling out of NATO or abandoning support of Ukraine's defense of its sovereign territory ... Etc.(!!)
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Around 15 million more Americans would have access to healthcare; it would be highly likely most Americans would be better able to afford groceries; gas prices would be lower & we would still have some leverage over Iran's nuke desires; Foreign Aid and diplomatic relations would be much more stable; Environmental laws would still be on the books & we would still have functional Public Health Institutions (CDC, etc.); Workers would not have seen all of their wage gains eaten up by (psychotic) tariff-driven inflation.
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It is, and has been, a flagrantly Corrupt Debacle - a Disaster for the country of Gargantuan proportions - a cattle farm's worth of crap hitting a 787's fan engine sized $#!t Show directed straight at you and me.
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All the Mess - TOTALLY AVOIDABLE - if votes were cast based on competency and character as opposed to mis-information, misogyny and racism.
Your dear leader and his ilk may have re-started this racist, misogynist sh*t 10 years ago with the birther lie but the western world is primed and ready for it. In the UK, Islamophobia is the main avenue for spewing hate but the long-standing racism and misogyny of the 'good old days' underpins it.
"Michelle Obama is a man"
Heavyweight Josh Hokit used his post-match interview to shout the insult after winning a match on the South Lawn of the White House at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) match this weekend.
The claim that she is a man originates from a long-running, baseless, transphobic, and racist conspiracy theory that has been repeatedly debunked by fact-checking organizations, yet this lie has been retold countless times for decades now. And nobody stepped in to say this isn't so. Joe Rogan held the mic, said nothing. Not a single sponsor of the event said this is not ok. Crickets.
Creepy. This is not who we are.
Get up Stand up
Charlatan, Con Man, Idiot, Snake Oil Salesman, Bully, Liar, Sociopath, Narcissist, Racist, Incompetent, Fascist, draft-dodging Cult Leader.
Does this help?
I/we sincerely apologize for the harm this cumstain has caused to you and the rest of the world. We are not great again. We are at an all-time low, and we both know and deserve it.
Again, sincere apologies.
Votes matter folks, let's get it together in November. Vote this guy and his cult followers out of power. They have done so much harm and so little good. They are ruining our democracy to replace it with a series of gold paited false idols, a dangerous autocracy, and expensive vanity projects. The Trump Kennedy Center? Please, massive corruption, the arc d'CombOver, a billion-dollar Marie Antionette stylized, gold leaf accented ballroom? Please.
Vote these clowns out of office. For the love of God, vote these corrupt nincompoops out of office in November. That is all.
Back to your regularly scheduled start to the weekend. Hitting play.. 2/24/1974... Now.
Edit: ahhh... blew all my troubles away.
Bizarre
JD (Joe Dickhead?) Vance comes to Europe and gives a speech that shows how staggeringly ignorant he is about Europe. Of course, the orange one thought it was fantastic. Trust in Amerika as a reliable ally is evaporating fast. I suspect it'll end in trauma sooner rather than later.
It's all just truly unbelievable
I cannot believe people really thought voting for all this bs was a good idea
What the FUCK happened to this country?
Welcome to 1984
Knock knock at your front door
There was an interview with Steve Bannon....
....prior to the election, where he said (paraphrase), "If trump wins, they will go all muzzle velocity. Shooting shit off so fast that the media and the public can't keep up. BREAKING NEWS overload. Distractions from something else."
I tend to believe him.
God damn them all
_l_
Adams
Eric Adams tramps little bitch on a very short leash. As a New Yorker I must say Adam’s must go and go now. I sent our Gov a get him the hell out of there now message. If there are other New Yorkers here send her a message now to remove this Scumbag SOB POS!
There is a bill out there....
....to make his unfortunate birthday a national holiday. It coincides with Flag Day. Time to shelve that holiday it seems.
I mean, all the other days/months of remembrance are shelved as well, correct? Broad paint strokes.
Day of mourning...
....might be more appropriate.
Celebration Days... (Different subject)
Well, the 420 movement/meaning/celebration, in the US or where ever is kind of a holiday. Good so!
Problem with 420 here is, if you announce/intend to celebrate that day, has a very bad taste, based on our history. It was AH birthday.
It's off topic, but I had the feeling to mention.
Heads up - never again.
G.
Not off topic Gerd....
....the fact that AH was born on 4.20 only means one needs to expand one's consciousness even more.
Ein prosit, Gerd
Y'all be cool
Doing what we can
Sheryl Crow donated her Tesla to NPR (national public radio) to be auctioned for public radio funding. NPR and PBS are both likely on the chopping block. I give a modest amount every year to NPR (actually to CPR - Colorado) to keep my classical station going. I listen almost every evening to "Night Music" after 9pm to soothe myself to sleep.
Cheers
Ha! Hegseth flunked out of officer training school, lol.
"don't believe him"
it's just all
muzzle velocity
when enuff shit is thrown
against the wall
something is bound to
(of course it's all just his)
shtick
End of an era?
I wonder how long European governments will cling on to the idea that America is their ally. Now that the orange one has aligned himself with Putin and has dissed most of Europe in as many ways as he can, the belief that he gives a shit about Europe has disappeared. We should have expected it as he made it clear in his first term that he admired authoritarian leaders such as Putin and Kim Jong Un above those of democratic countries. I guess all good things have to come to an end.
Donald called Zelenskyy a dictator....
....and called himself king in the span of a couple of hours.
I'm sure he was "just kidding" though.
Education
So when will whatever’s left of your education system announce the compulsory Russian language classes?
I’d say what I think about your president but I’m concerned I might get prosecuted once he declares himself Emperor of the world.
I hope I am wrong and the future will be bright but I just can’t see it.
Favorite "Protest" Song
Keep faith good folks, beyond anything else right now. It's not easy for me, despite my own eternal optimist label. So, let's try a therapeutic exercise for us music lovers.
What should the new "Song of the Resistance" be?
I humbly suggest "What's So Funny bout Peace Love and Understanding". I wish every band could play this as their encore until the fog lifts. Either the Elvis Costello version or the Nick Lowe version would do, since I love both. So, what song would you all like to see?
What's so funny bout PL&U
That song has been on my mind for almost four months now
I did a top version of it at karaoke a few weeks back
FDT
I'll throw in a really, really good protest song....
....Talkin' About A Revolution - Tracy Chapman.
Hells yes.
trumps "king" comment is being interpreted as "just trolling" by conservatives as 100% expected.
Me? I prefer leaders / public servants that lead and don't "troll" their constituents as a joke. Its not funny and sense very dark clouds ahead.
Politicians shouldn't get in the way
I think of their role as being to serve, not lead.
It's not a protest song, or a song at all in the hands of Jimi Hendrix, but his version of "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock says more than a thousand words.
Inspiring Song Choices Indeed!
Those are all such wonderful songs! Also, as parody goes, James Taylor sang Okie from Muskogee on an bootleg from 1970. He also did Pretty Boy Floyd, so I think that balances it out quite nicely for me.
And the song works so well for drunk karaoke. Maybe not in Oklahoma, for my own safety. But can you imagine a woman singing "Deportee, Plane Wreck at Los Gatos"? There wouldnt be a dry eye in the place. Woody was so ahead of his time, lyrically and emotionally. Music is so often the perfect canvas for protest. Be well, my friends.
Songs
I remember listening to a transistor radio under the bedclothes in 1970 to Radio Geronimo. They had a great segue between CSNY ‘Ohio’ and the Hendrix version of ‘Star Spangled Banner’. Very moving.
For protest songs you can’t go wrong with ‘This land is your land’ by Woody Guthrie or the similar sentiments in ‘Big backyard’ by Molly Tuttle.
It would be wonderful to think that ‘We shall overcome’ might still be true.
Bob
Get Up, Stand up…
Bob
Chimes Of Freedom
Freedom - FZ
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
FZ: Interview Jim Ladd 1977
Google....
....Indiana Governor Dolly Parton books.
Yeah.
Also. Google Vikings punter Huntington Beach to see what the Democrats SHOULD be doing.
It's Alright Ma,
I'm Only Bleeding
I guess CPAC is happening....
....and Steve Bannon doubled down on the nazi salute. Must be a Thursday.
Word online is that donnie is going to sack the USPS, even though they are self funded.
Get ready for more expensive shipping my fellow physical music ordering fans!
DOGE email
Here are the 5 things I did last week:
(not that Elon has the right to know)
1. GD - 10-2-76 DaP 53
2. Eagles - On The Border LP
3. GD - Taper's Section
4. GD - Jam Of The Week
5. GD - Grateful Dead Hour
So get off my back DOGE!
Cheers
Better one from Colbert:
What did I do last week?
1. Your Mom
2. Your Mom
3. Your Mom
4. Your Mom
5. Your Mom
Favorite "Protest" Song
Question?
Who cares about nature?
In Rome, all the countries of the world, with the sole exception of the US, agreed a funding plan to reverse the decline of nature.
Why doesn't the US feel the need to protect nature?
Why doesn't the USA want to protect nature?
Because there is no short term financial gain to be made I would say. Maybe Trump is put off because he doesn't know how to make a deal with a tree.
Nature?
The closest he gets to nature is a golf course which is not exactly a true natural setting (well maybe Scottish links style courses come close). Lest we forget, this is the moron who blamed California for their wildfires because they aren't sweeping the forest floor. And he is reversing us on the Paris accord in favor of fossil fuels. DOH!
Cheers
Unbelievable
I've just seen the orange turd and his sycophantic sidekick berating President Zelensky at the White house. What were they thinking? Finally they show the true nature of this reprehensible administration. This reflects very badly on the United States. How many more former allies will they alienate?
Have you said thank you once ?
Disgusting.
Why don’t you wear a suit?
What sort of clowns are allowed to be reporters in the US these days?
Hand Picked
Only the "approved" get to report from the White House now. I read that Russian State media was at the cabinet meeting that President Musk was running and in this meeting too. A set up to show comrade Putin the livestreamed insult fest.
Lord help us
Musk walks around in a ball cap and blazer....
....and you have the audacity to question Zelensky's attire?
This was not good. The US cannot be trusted anymore.
And Rubio just sitting there like the little spineless bitch that he is.
And there is a pic of the ambassador from Ukraine sitting with her head in her hands.
It is Galling & Sickening
... to be represented in any way by these (lower than whale crap) people - who are so ignorant and deranged as to behave in such an abusive and completely unacceptable manner.
🤮
Room temperature IQ
bullies with microscopic balls treating a visiting foreign leader in need like that?
Unconscionable!
And yet they are followed by their cult until all fall off the cliff (lemmings).
Beyond pathetic!
"the truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step."
ON LIVE TELEVISION...
...the king and the jester
continue to show the "FREE" world
what is marching throughout
this hollowed out land
ashes ashes all fall down
Making Their Voices Heard
Protesters in Vermont to JD Vance on his ski weekend:
"Go ski in Russia!"
Cheers
JD in VT
No wonder that so many protesters showed up, yet another example of performance, stay in the spotlight, by broadly announcing where they were going before hand. After such rude treatment of Z so DJT gets to build his hotel in Russia. So yes, JD had to go somewhere else apparently. Video clips can be seen if desired by searching the local CBS, WCAX.
Ghastly people
Trump and Vance seem truly monstrous. I shudder to think what kind of human being would find that performance last Friday impressive. I suppose Putin may have done. In fact, I'll bet he couldn't believe his luck when Trump got voted back in.
W w w . Project2025 . Observer....
....truckin' right along. A third of the way there people!
Clean site.
Speaker Johnson said Zelenskyy should resign because of his lack of decorum in the Oval Office. Two things. One. It doesn't work that way. And two. Hawking Goya products in the Oval Office last term because the CEO tickled his nutsack is apparently acceptable. Fuck this entire administration.
Back in the day
Russia was theee enemy
1984 the book comes to mind
SNL's Opening Skit Last Night ...
... was Right. On. The. Money.
The sad reality that goofballs DJT & JDV dredged up and put into play was so 'bat-bleep' crazy that the all the absurdities SNL presented basically wrote themselves.
Anyway, check it out - if you haven't already done so ...
the sad state of our country
we are in deep trouble im not sure we get out of this one,... the needle and the damage done
re: SNL
Agreed, this was pretty spot on for a cold open not to mention it was like only 24 hours deep from the news cycle. The real life version was a complete shit show, I mean WTF happened to good ole human decency.
Be Well People
Sixtus
Good Samaritan
I’m not a Christian myself so I may have a poor understanding of the parable. Can anyone tell me where the Samaritan asked for a mineral deal after helping the injured traveller.
Does anybody know...?
What does Pootin have that gives him such a hold over the the orange turd? Does Russia have something that America wants or is there some dirty laundry that the turd wants to keep out of the public domain. There must be something that is responsible for the turd's bizarre decisions regarding Russia.