fun fact: first-draft headline was "does Donny even know what day it is" and now I can't get the tune out of my head. and neither can you. you're welcome
Read an article last year or so about Musk’s promised underground pod wonder he claimed would revolutionize Las Vegas. At the time, it was pretty much all hype and grandiose promises rather than any actual achievement. Just like he himself
it's hard to research if any state has actually bought into Elmo's fantasy because apparently there's at least one other company calling itself 'hyperloop' that has nothing to do with Elmo, I don't think
Yeah, that’s what the Las Vegas article was about. The Boring Company promised an extensive and revolutionary transit solution that at the time of the writing was way behind schedule and had only a very limited segment actually built.
I answered an ad for a Boring Mill Operator. They asked me if I had any experience. I said "That was my whole last job, all day long, just boring, boring, boring. I've been boring for years. My mom says she even found me boring as a kid."
Read that the CA high speed rail project, while being over budget and behind schedule, is being eagerly watched by countries like Japan that have great high speed rail. Apparently, it’s very good.
They started that over ten years ago. High speed rail in U. S. Yeah! Well no longer be behind every first world country in the transits department, after all should there be high speed rails criss crossing America already? Well better get to work but I know I won’t live to see it. You either drive or fly
This ties in with USAID being gone because Musk has a grudge with South Africa, and they get USAID. I really want him deported back there, because they know what to do with Afrikaaners. Or we could deport him back to Canada. They are also not likely to be kindly disposed towards Musk, known as our Acting President, as apposed to Trump who is the "official" president.
it also ties in with Marco Rubio refusing to go to the upcoming G20 meeting in South Africa, because we're now ruled by overgrown grievance-babies who want to hone their decades-old grudges
What?! Is he sending anyone? Some Secretary of State he turned out to be. I will now call him R, although I must say I never thought he would be a good one. I haven't looked this up, but were his parents immigrants? No birthright citizenship for him.
Unanimous consent on Rubio's confirmation. I have told my Senators what I thought of that vote - especially after his USAID lawlessness. Those same senators could do something about it, but they won't because he is a "dear colleague".
His parents are Cuban and immigrated to the US in 1956. He's a fucking communist like Melania. Racists, communists, and just your general scum bag people running the country. Pile the maggots on there and you have one nasty rotting dish.
I live in Vegas and I wouldn't ride in that mess if you paid me. Wait till the first major earthquake hits Vegas. BTW, Nevada is the 3rd highest state in the US for earthquakes. Most are not felt, although I've felt 2 of them since I moved here. Here is a sample of an article about this:
"Meanwhile, Boring has skirted building, environmental and labor regulations, according to records obtained by ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas under public records laws.
In June, a Clark County official documented water spilling onto a public street from a Boring Company worksite near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The county issued a cease-and-desist letter. Credit:Clark County Public Works
It twice installed tunnels without permits to work on county property. State and local environmental regulators documented it dumping untreated water into storm drains and the sewer system. And, as local politicians were approving an extension of the system, Boring workers were filing complaints with the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration about “ankle-deep” water in the tunnels, muck spills and severe chemical burns. After an investigation, Nevada OSHA in 2023 fined the company more than $112,000. Boring disputed the regulators’ allegations and contested the violations.
The complaints have continued." This helps explain why he wants to get rid of OSHA. Never have seen anyone in my lifetime just do whatever he pleases, regardless of rules/laws. Disgusting. Can't believe that there's no one who can stop him.
He's not an engineer, civil or otherwise. Duh. He's just a rich mucky-muck who thinks his money will buy him whatever he wants, laws and regulations be damned. The faster we get him out of our politics and out of our country, the better. He's downright dangerous, in a whole lot of ways.
I’m saddened, shocked and disgusted that this is even possible Deborah! Who voted for this idiotic science fiction nightmare? Must be the same tosspots that voted for Musk’s co-presidency!!
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, (2015) forcing loose a rubber casing on a bridge and leading state officials to close Spaghetti Bowl interchanges for several hours. That's not far from where the tunnel is to the Convention Center. And that's a pretty small earthquake. This tunnel idea is a Titanic disaster just waiting to happen.
Deborah, is the LV tunnel system planned on transporting 2028 Olympics fans & athletes to big stadiums and arenas to handle overflow of events from LA, the official city for 2028? A friend in LV told me of these vague plans six months ago. I thought the tunnels were finished and work was furiously underway to link them up with transportation to and from Olympics venues in LA.
It just Googled it and 7 tunnels are finished. I'll be honest - I haven't paid much attention to it because I never have any intention of riding in one and I rarely go to the Strip. It says proposed link with LA so that could take quite awhile. There is a high speed above ground rail train being built between Vegas and LA. I think the ground's been broken and it's in the median of I-15 South. They are supposed to have 68 tunnels here in all. Wait till disaster strikes. Not only does our ground majorly flood with hardly any rain, there's the earthquake worry I talked about yesterday. I can see disaster written all over this scheme because of how our city is built, earthquake issue, flooding and the total moron behind all of this. I'll take Uber thank you.
Yes, same re California and the likelihood of disturbing a) farmland and b) the plates CA is gingerly set up on and would be better not to disturb. Tunneling in CA sounds stupid.
It's the opening frames of every disaster-porn movie, greedy Millionaire builds inappropriate (whatever) against the advice of the experts, and skimps on construction causing said disaster.
I have a real concern about the integrity of any project he’s come up with on his own. Not only not viable, but certainly liable to explode with resulting death to many. The man is not brilliant.
He still cannot get his driverless cars to stop driving. What he and Trump are doing is stirring up hate around the world. I though the Ayatollah had a 1 mil price on DTs head because I had read that in Spy Talk, but then I looked it up to check, and Al Jazeera said it is 3 mil. Perhaps it went up. Also, this was an Iranian MP, so if we add the money together it is 4 mil. Of course Musk can cough up the protection money by offering would be assassin more money not to kill him. But, I am betting the price went up since DT said that he was going to turn Gaza into the Middle East Mediterranean with luxury beach front properties and other countries have to take the Gazans. After all they could have left on day one, but instead they stayed during the war, because that was the whole point.
There's always a gofundme. The money we would have give the worthless Dem Committee could go to this. I laugh at the comment that he's left instructions AFTER HE DIES. LOL LOL LOL. If this whole thing wasn't so literally deadly serious, it's hilarious and no one would could have made it up. There is no one, literally no one, who will miss this man when the Jesus bus comes.
Poor Melania. She would have fewer grifting opportunities, although she is so set now that might not matter. I would be curious to see if she wore that same hat and outfit at Donald's funeral that she was wearing at his inauguration.
If you haven't read Carl Haaisen's hilarious novel " Squeeze Me", do yourself a favor & buy it as a Valentine gift to yourself. His descriptions of Melania & her tryst with a secret service agent , along with her utter contempt for Trump are pitch perfect.
Remember that movie years ago - Black Sunday? I just looked it up and yikes, that was 48 years ago. I must have been still in diapers lol. Actually, my middle son was born in '77. It's about terrorism at the Super Bowl.
In the meantime, Rep. Al Green of Texas is filing new articles of impeachment against demented Donnie for his proposed takeover of Gaza. It's beyond believe that anyone in the Oval Office would even suggest such a barbaric and disastrous plan that would displace approximately two million Palestinians so he could attempt to further line his slimy pockets. With congressional Republicans still on board with cracker farm candidate Dump and his usual wacky bullshit, this isn't going to go anywhere. However, there are currently 23 lawsuits that have been filed against Elno Smuk and his bought and paid for felonious sidekick is up to 4,095 with more on the horizon.
However, many are suggesting Donnie blurted out his son-in-laws Gaza plan without any support from his staff or Republicans, who are now walking it back, but it was probably a mainly a distraction from what Musk is doing, which it did not succeed in doing here. Perhaps in the rest of the world, which is now permanently angered at the US.
I've been thinking that - Musk does shit to distract us from what trump is doing, and trump says shit to distract us from what Musk is doing. I'd say we're being played.
Idk I heard this nonsense on the radio this am that Rubio was clarifying Palestinians are being rounded up and removed temporarily. Rounded up at all is of course the problem, any rounding up should not be happening but sounded like it is??? Can anyone fact check me please?
It sounds like Rubio is trying to twist the meaning of Trump's words, by pretending that what Trump said was only a plan to temporarily remove them. They had them living in tents, I assume people can live in tents while they rubble is being cleared and their homes rebuilt. Wonder if Trump intends the military to do the clean up work.
Linda, Tesla's are causing death, destruction and injuries too. In a NY or NJ tunnel, a Tesla's suddenly braked hard, causing a major pile up over a holiday weekend. Not the first report of this malfunction. So, no worries at Tesla, Elump has lots of time to play at being POTUS.
So I have been reading about the dangers of Teslas for years. Years ago we made the decision that we would never support a Musk business because he has always been this odious. In fact, I talked a friend of mine here in Germany into getting rid of his. Now, Teslas are so unpopular he sold his and got a Chinese e-car. It would be bad for his business to drive one. I had been sending him Tesla recall emails every time I got them. Wishing Germany would shut his Tesla factory down. Then the German government could call for a boycott on Tesla just like Poland has.
Musk is not an engineer. Surprise. He took control of a company for whom he could not work as an engineer. Haven't his investors, including the US gvmt, ever thought twice about that? It strains credulity.
She went back to her Tiffany's security boyfriend in the Trump Tower, probably. Or maybe she's adding 6 more feet to her hair extensions or more fillers/botox.
$40 millíon isn't a lot when your 1000 pair of heels cost $$10 grand each. Designers probably flood her with free clothes. She's what 50? Poor Mel, the rich old man keeps on living. Using HER money!
I don't think Donny knows who Jesus was or what prayin' is. For one, he probably thinks Jesus is an undocumented person from Mexico, and secondly -- even though Republican'ts are notorious for dispensing "thoughts and prayers" like clockwork, I can't recall Dotard Donny ever having done so.
Chris (the drama queen) Cizzilla just wrote a breathtaking video on his substance about how D could POSSIBLY keep up his breakneck pace of last 2 weeks, ....46 EOs!!!! Speeches!!!! Destroying the Fed. Govt!!!! (he didn't mention that, forgive me)......Chris is a fanboy of Donny. Get on the bandwagon Jeff! 😅🤣😂
Very true...he had a few anti-Donnie months...and his "Sir alerts" were pretty funny. I had subscribed to his Substack...but then he began cranking rightwards like the stupid Trumpist he truly is, so I canceled out.
Can someone please explain what good it does to have a court-ordered DOJ agreement to restrain Musk's DOGE minions from messing with the Treasury records AFTER THE FACT? How about turning over all the info they obtained and reportedly stored on hard drives? How about restricting unvetted, non-federal incels from entering gov't buildings and SCIFS? How about a theft of private information, class action lawsuit?
Right? How about charge them with the crimes they clearly committed? If my federal employee husband did this, he’d go fuckity-bye, never to be seen or heard from again.
THIS!!! They've committed espionage, theft, stealing private information without consent...if it was literally ANYONE else, they'd already be sitting in jail, awaiting trial.
Exactly. And no one has a clue what they're doing (or could be doing) with the information they stole. The republican investigative committee voted against calling Musk in for questioning, too. They don't care about their constituents or our Constitutional rights - only care that they won't get blamed, since it's just Musk running amuck.
Every GOP who’s OK with this thievery needs to sign a binding affidavit attesting that they will accept responsibility should what DOGE-boy and his jamboree are doing tuns out to be criminal. If they are willing to put their necks out for him, then go for it. If not, haul the motherfucker in.
Exactly. This isn’t something that can be undone by the Courts. He has it and can’t un-have it. He’s been blocked from the Treasury Dept which is fine except he will just go do damage elsewhere. Why the hell isn’t Congress doing something? They aren’t even prioritizing his confirmation where they could just refuse to confirm him. They all need to go.
He supposedly has clearance from Bissent, who (I think) was already confirmed by the Senate. Still, there remain security clearances, conflicts of interest with his gov't contracts, privacy invasion, and his hacker incels performing the duties. No one is stopping them from access to the other federal buildings and computer systems, either. They're just showing up and demanding entrance, and it sounds like fed employees are letting them in whenever they threaten to call the U.S. Marshalls! (my info came mostly from Heather Cox Richardson, all cited with references)
Why aren’t federal employees telling THEM that they have no standing and they’re going to call the U. S. Marshalls and the National Guard on them if they don’t piss off?
That's what I'd like to know. I understand Bissent (Treasury Sec'y) cleared their access, but what about the other departments? They got personal permission slips from trump? Whose orders do the U.S. Marshals ultimate follow?
Also, Karla, Musk has been classified as a "special government employee" by trump. Like an appointed interim cabinet member, he doesn't require confirmation (trump trick to avoid scrutiny or delay). That said, he still has to comply with federal conflict-of-interest statutes (enforceable by the DOJ 🙄), and theoretically has to answer to congress.
Why is everybody pointing at this as a fucking legal win when DOGEdicks have already been in there and retrieved all the data they fucking need? And they likely left a whole shit ton of code all over the treasury servers. (of course)
Don't these fucking idiots know how this shit works ?
Part of the problem with all the old pharts in our congress - they don't understand shit about computers, software, or IT. They know how to scroll on their cell phones and post B.S. on social media during legislative sessions, though! We'd be better off electing a bunch of 10-yr olds. 🫤
Jeff, just spitballing here, but if you lay off the employees of the FBI and CIA, counter terrorism specialists.. how does this make our country any safer or just plain safe? IMHO, as a result of these actions I believe we are headed to a 9-11 type attack, especially after Donald talked about Gaza yesterday. Folks just go back in history and find out why bin Laden was so pissed about America, Americans soldiers in Muslim sacred lands. This is not rocket science for people who are able to think logically.. Best to All.
Love your writing! I'm a female much older than the Tangerine Tyrant Toddler. Not even a smidgen befuddled and am totally gobsmacked by his re-election, though I saw the unmistakable signs, even among my own family. I used to grin broadly as I read you but was much too proper to share. I mean, really!, your language young man! Now, I gleefully share because your take on current situations is spot-on. Keep it up, you're keeping us sane.
Me too. Both my parents had dementia. My mother saw a sign advertising $11.00 per hour to work at BK and was stunned. “I only made $1.50 an hour! How can they afford to pay that?!” This was in 2023. So, yeah.
The judge ruled, but who's going to remove Apartheid Clyde and the Incels from the building? What about all the malware those Cyber terrorists put into the system? Where can you rent a guillotine in DC?😈😈😂😂
Dump isnt smart enough to tie his shoes....so who's pulling the strings behind the scenes? I'm not sure it's Musk...the Heritage Foundation assholes????
Well, I've been reading about State Capture. When the oligarchs take over a government by using existing laws to overturn a democracy. It happened in Turkey in 2002, South and Latin American countries, Bulgaria, South Africa(Gupta family), and others. It's complete and total corruption. The constant in these State Captures is Russia. They're involved in every single one. The Russians have followed the yellow brick road and made it to OZ, USA. Hope is luxury.
King Shitpants is the fumbling, drugged up distraction from the corruption happening right now. Project 2025 is the definition of State Capture. It's a 1000x worse than our imagination can handle. Signed, Debbie Downer. 🫣
I go with Putin too. It's hard for me to believe that the rightest of right wing republicans fell in love with a former commie. I can't think that's what Ike had in mind.
Amen, Sharon. Yes! It is time we stopped being afraid! And cynical.
A researcher found cynical people are less open to factual evidence than non-cynics. ( Cynical is not the same as realistic. Anyway, I am willing to believe it.)
Heather Cox Richardson shared practical advice from a long-haul truck driver. When an accident is about to happen, keep your eyes open and hands on the steering wheel. Keep driving! Works as a metaphor now. Keep driving.
As one who knows, Adderall has some serious downsides for anyone who is elderly and has a few risk factors. For Dump, let’s count ‘em. Keep it up with the Adderall, Don-old!
In his ketamine addled brain, Space Nazi must have watched the Jetsons as a kid. Maybe he can build a one way pneumatic tube to Mars & try to colonize it. Regarding the orange menace, my bar is so low that I’m actually grateful he yammered on about $2 aeroplane tickets without mentioning Hannibal Lechter or pet eating.
I wonder if Musk has read Ray Bradbury's novel "The Martian Chronicles"? The first few space flights to Mars don't turn out too well for the astronauts in his book. The Martians keep killing them! Eventually, though, we colonize the place, & of course we send up a bunch of Catholic priests to convert the Martians ( I am not making this up.) So the Martians immediately disappear into thin air.
Thank you Jeff I've been reading your commentary for years even when it was just little snippets on twitter. But yours is just about the only news I can handle the cost of the context you put it in. Thank you.
The orange idiot doesn't probably know where he's at Jeff, it's embarrassing to watch a malignant narsaccist try to dismantle our Nation. His oligarch buddies love the fact that his ineptitude has fostered their grand scheme to profit off of the sweat and toil of the Average Joe.
I've refused to use his name since his first Reign of Chaos, his handling of COVID is responsible for the loss of two people I dearly loved and I fear something similar will happen with the Bird Flu.
It is baffling that Kamala packed her speaking arrangements and had large crowds listening outside cheering her on. The orange idiot had to pay people through Craigslist and his attendance numbers were miniscule in comparison to Kamala's.
Every morning the first thing I do is check to see if he hopefully passed during the night. pElon bought himself a president and he's currently harvesting highly sensitive data to what end?
It's a scary time Jeff. Thank you for your dose's of wit and for NOT pretending like everything is alright, it isn't remotely close to being alright, unfortunately. The despicable Wolf is in the Nations hen house and the Dems make me feel like we have been abandoned. 💙✊🏼
There is a video on You Tube of a conversation between Thom Hartmann and Greg Palast that explains how the election was rigged with voter suppression. It’s worth the time to find it. It’s also on BlueSky on my timeline a few days down. Same handle as here.
I've been calling the buffoon, Commander Crazy Pants since his first reign of ineptitude. Hearing his voice is nauseating, what a hideous mess that's been created.
So many scum balls to choose from who, benefits the most from a moron being our president? We need to closely monitor his every move because with that loser in office, he can be bought with mere flattery. The consequences of his ineptitude are frightful.
Elonald are 2 morbidly rich grievance babies with more money and time on their hands than god. Instead of using all that$ money$ to help make peoples lives better who are not as fortunate as they are,they fuck up shit and spread pain and hatred to everything they touch.smfh
Honestly, even if I COULD buy a plane ticket for $2, I would not risk flying anywhere right now. They - the Mumps - have fired the head of the FAA and disbanded the TSA. The only way I'm flying is if Adam Kinsinger or Rick Wilson is the pilot.
my daughter, on a trip to South America, just rearranged her return flight, losing substantial $ doing do, to get back to Canada w.o. any landings&take-offs in US
fun fact: first-draft headline was "does Donny even know what day it is" and now I can't get the tune out of my head. and neither can you. you're welcome
Read an article last year or so about Musk’s promised underground pod wonder he claimed would revolutionize Las Vegas. At the time, it was pretty much all hype and grandiose promises rather than any actual achievement. Just like he himself
it's hard to research if any state has actually bought into Elmo's fantasy because apparently there's at least one other company calling itself 'hyperloop' that has nothing to do with Elmo, I don't think
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/5-years-later-hyperloop-project-still-moving-forward-in-northeast-ohio
And reflect, if you will, a stone tube underneath the most earthquake-prone state in North America running 400 miles. It is a guaranteed collapse.
The construction of this tube could possibly cause an earthquake.
Remember that big quake in the Bay Area back in the late 80s? I saw pics of land shifts of 6-8’.
Have you done a search on "Boring Company"? It's skuM's tunneling outfit.
Yeah, that’s what the Las Vegas article was about. The Boring Company promised an extensive and revolutionary transit solution that at the time of the writing was way behind schedule and had only a very limited segment actually built.
I answered an ad for a Boring Mill Operator. They asked me if I had any experience. I said "That was my whole last job, all day long, just boring, boring, boring. I've been boring for years. My mom says she even found me boring as a kid."
First (no, second) laugh of the day. Thank you! ;-)
Them: “You’re hired!”
😂😂
Perfect. 👏👏👏👏👏
🤣🤣🤣
Appropriately named🤪
https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/28/the-financial-pickle-facing-elon-musks-las-vegas-loop-system/
Thx for the link. LV authorities fell for his grandiose bullshit
Maybe they can move them onto LDFF’s wall.
I thought it was LoneSkum’s matchmaking biz.
A prominent YouTuber called Thunderf00t has many videos about Musk's failures and the fact that the hyperloop won't ever work, if you're interested.
ProPublica did a nice piece on Elmo's boring company:
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-loop-oversight
Read that the CA high speed rail project, while being over budget and behind schedule, is being eagerly watched by countries like Japan that have great high speed rail. Apparently, it’s very good.
They started that over ten years ago. High speed rail in U. S. Yeah! Well no longer be behind every first world country in the transits department, after all should there be high speed rails criss crossing America already? Well better get to work but I know I won’t live to see it. You either drive or fly
This ties in with USAID being gone because Musk has a grudge with South Africa, and they get USAID. I really want him deported back there, because they know what to do with Afrikaaners. Or we could deport him back to Canada. They are also not likely to be kindly disposed towards Musk, known as our Acting President, as apposed to Trump who is the "official" president.
it also ties in with Marco Rubio refusing to go to the upcoming G20 meeting in South Africa, because we're now ruled by overgrown grievance-babies who want to hone their decades-old grudges
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-top-diplomat-rubio-will-not-attend-g20-meet-south-africa-2025-02-06/
What?! Is he sending anyone? Some Secretary of State he turned out to be. I will now call him R, although I must say I never thought he would be a good one. I haven't looked this up, but were his parents immigrants? No birthright citizenship for him.
Unanimous consent on Rubio's confirmation. I have told my Senators what I thought of that vote - especially after his USAID lawlessness. Those same senators could do something about it, but they won't because he is a "dear colleague".
The senators are not good judges of character.
535 in House. 100 Senate. 635 could fit into GITMO prison with room for 29,365.
More like he's so unpopular they wanted to get rid of him. Big FL AG (sugar, cattle an citrus) own him. Nobody lasts with the Donny Demento.
His parents are Cuban and immigrated to the US in 1956. He's a fucking communist like Melania. Racists, communists, and just your general scum bag people running the country. Pile the maggots on there and you have one nasty rotting dish.
Thank you!!! But if his parents were immigrants, he doesn't have birthright citizenship, does he? Especially in Florida.
No, he's not sending anybody. It's not like his job is supposed to involve talking to anybody from other countries.
Where was leeddle marco born a donde Marco?
Born in Miami, FL.
He has a grudge with USAID because it helped end apartheid. That time.
Exactly!
He's homesick and wants to replicate the apartheid regime here.
USAID was also investigating Starlink and Musk can't have that.
Also boosts China’s influence in the world which is good business for Musk.
Good point Linda…I’m curious which of the two connards has the nuclear codes?
I live in Canada. I don’t want him here.
I live in Vegas and I wouldn't ride in that mess if you paid me. Wait till the first major earthquake hits Vegas. BTW, Nevada is the 3rd highest state in the US for earthquakes. Most are not felt, although I've felt 2 of them since I moved here. Here is a sample of an article about this:
"Meanwhile, Boring has skirted building, environmental and labor regulations, according to records obtained by ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas under public records laws.
In June, a Clark County official documented water spilling onto a public street from a Boring Company worksite near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The county issued a cease-and-desist letter. Credit:Clark County Public Works
It twice installed tunnels without permits to work on county property. State and local environmental regulators documented it dumping untreated water into storm drains and the sewer system. And, as local politicians were approving an extension of the system, Boring workers were filing complaints with the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration about “ankle-deep” water in the tunnels, muck spills and severe chemical burns. After an investigation, Nevada OSHA in 2023 fined the company more than $112,000. Boring disputed the regulators’ allegations and contested the violations.
The complaints have continued." This helps explain why he wants to get rid of OSHA. Never have seen anyone in my lifetime just do whatever he pleases, regardless of rules/laws. Disgusting. Can't believe that there's no one who can stop him.
He's not an engineer, civil or otherwise. Duh. He's just a rich mucky-muck who thinks his money will buy him whatever he wants, laws and regulations be damned. The faster we get him out of our politics and out of our country, the better. He's downright dangerous, in a whole lot of ways.
Muskolini needs to take his Swastikars and disappear.
The toxic chemical dumping in Las Vegas into a water supply.
Like we have so much water to begin with :(
E & D two peas in a pod what with skirting pesky regulations!
I’m saddened, shocked and disgusted that this is even possible Deborah! Who voted for this idiotic science fiction nightmare? Must be the same tosspots that voted for Musk’s co-presidency!!
He’s doing the same to our country. Get him out!!
Sounds almost as bad as the records of SpaceX and Tesla which are (were?) also under investigation for environmental, safety and labor violations.
Not any more. No more pesky investigations to annoy Apartheid Clyde.
I read this and wondered aloud WTAF?
This! Earthquakes!
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, (2015) forcing loose a rubber casing on a bridge and leading state officials to close Spaghetti Bowl interchanges for several hours. That's not far from where the tunnel is to the Convention Center. And that's a pretty small earthquake. This tunnel idea is a Titanic disaster just waiting to happen.
Deborah, is the LV tunnel system planned on transporting 2028 Olympics fans & athletes to big stadiums and arenas to handle overflow of events from LA, the official city for 2028? A friend in LV told me of these vague plans six months ago. I thought the tunnels were finished and work was furiously underway to link them up with transportation to and from Olympics venues in LA.
It just Googled it and 7 tunnels are finished. I'll be honest - I haven't paid much attention to it because I never have any intention of riding in one and I rarely go to the Strip. It says proposed link with LA so that could take quite awhile. There is a high speed above ground rail train being built between Vegas and LA. I think the ground's been broken and it's in the median of I-15 South. They are supposed to have 68 tunnels here in all. Wait till disaster strikes. Not only does our ground majorly flood with hardly any rain, there's the earthquake worry I talked about yesterday. I can see disaster written all over this scheme because of how our city is built, earthquake issue, flooding and the total moron behind all of this. I'll take Uber thank you.
Yes, same re California and the likelihood of disturbing a) farmland and b) the plates CA is gingerly set up on and would be better not to disturb. Tunneling in CA sounds stupid.
It's the opening frames of every disaster-porn movie, greedy Millionaire builds inappropriate (whatever) against the advice of the experts, and skimps on construction causing said disaster.
I have a real concern about the integrity of any project he’s come up with on his own. Not only not viable, but certainly liable to explode with resulting death to many. The man is not brilliant.
He still cannot get his driverless cars to stop driving. What he and Trump are doing is stirring up hate around the world. I though the Ayatollah had a 1 mil price on DTs head because I had read that in Spy Talk, but then I looked it up to check, and Al Jazeera said it is 3 mil. Perhaps it went up. Also, this was an Iranian MP, so if we add the money together it is 4 mil. Of course Musk can cough up the protection money by offering would be assassin more money not to kill him. But, I am betting the price went up since DT said that he was going to turn Gaza into the Middle East Mediterranean with luxury beach front properties and other countries have to take the Gazans. After all they could have left on day one, but instead they stayed during the war, because that was the whole point.
There's always a gofundme. The money we would have give the worthless Dem Committee could go to this. I laugh at the comment that he's left instructions AFTER HE DIES. LOL LOL LOL. If this whole thing wasn't so literally deadly serious, it's hilarious and no one would could have made it up. There is no one, literally no one, who will miss this man when the Jesus bus comes.
Poor Melania. She would have fewer grifting opportunities, although she is so set now that might not matter. I would be curious to see if she wore that same hat and outfit at Donald's funeral that she was wearing at his inauguration.
She's another waste of oxygen. I no longer feel bad for her being with him. She is as bad as him, only in a prettier package.
If you haven't read Carl Haaisen's hilarious novel " Squeeze Me", do yourself a favor & buy it as a Valentine gift to yourself. His descriptions of Melania & her tryst with a secret service agent , along with her utter contempt for Trump are pitch perfect.
Prettier, but not aging well.
Prettier? Botox does not let her smile and much more and she won't even be able to see!
Much surgically altered and enhanced
Maybe she'll wear it with her "I don't care, do you?" jacket.
Third laugh of the day! Thank you!
Do you really think she would go to Donny's funeral? Why would she?
Yeah, high heels don't do well on the golf course.
To spit on his remains?
Someone should inform Iran that Orange is planning to attend the SuperBowl in New Orleans. Just sayin'
Remember that movie years ago - Black Sunday? I just looked it up and yikes, that was 48 years ago. I must have been still in diapers lol. Actually, my middle son was born in '77. It's about terrorism at the Super Bowl.
In the meantime, Rep. Al Green of Texas is filing new articles of impeachment against demented Donnie for his proposed takeover of Gaza. It's beyond believe that anyone in the Oval Office would even suggest such a barbaric and disastrous plan that would displace approximately two million Palestinians so he could attempt to further line his slimy pockets. With congressional Republicans still on board with cracker farm candidate Dump and his usual wacky bullshit, this isn't going to go anywhere. However, there are currently 23 lawsuits that have been filed against Elno Smuk and his bought and paid for felonious sidekick is up to 4,095 with more on the horizon.
However, many are suggesting Donnie blurted out his son-in-laws Gaza plan without any support from his staff or Republicans, who are now walking it back, but it was probably a mainly a distraction from what Musk is doing, which it did not succeed in doing here. Perhaps in the rest of the world, which is now permanently angered at the US.
Yes. He’s dangling a shiny object to distract our attention, and the legacy media is lapping it up
I've been thinking that - Musk does shit to distract us from what trump is doing, and trump says shit to distract us from what Musk is doing. I'd say we're being played.
And I am worried about Musk shutting down both legacy and independent media ala Hungary.
Idk I heard this nonsense on the radio this am that Rubio was clarifying Palestinians are being rounded up and removed temporarily. Rounded up at all is of course the problem, any rounding up should not be happening but sounded like it is??? Can anyone fact check me please?
Anne, which radio station did you hear that on? Here is the PBS discussion.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-rubio-holds-news-briefing-with-dominican-president-luis-abinader
It sounds like Rubio is trying to twist the meaning of Trump's words, by pretending that what Trump said was only a plan to temporarily remove them. They had them living in tents, I assume people can live in tents while they rubble is being cleared and their homes rebuilt. Wonder if Trump intends the military to do the clean up work.
Linda, Tesla's are causing death, destruction and injuries too. In a NY or NJ tunnel, a Tesla's suddenly braked hard, causing a major pile up over a holiday weekend. Not the first report of this malfunction. So, no worries at Tesla, Elump has lots of time to play at being POTUS.
So I have been reading about the dangers of Teslas for years. Years ago we made the decision that we would never support a Musk business because he has always been this odious. In fact, I talked a friend of mine here in Germany into getting rid of his. Now, Teslas are so unpopular he sold his and got a Chinese e-car. It would be bad for his business to drive one. I had been sending him Tesla recall emails every time I got them. Wishing Germany would shut his Tesla factory down. Then the German government could call for a boycott on Tesla just like Poland has.
Arab nation is offering a huge bonus on the 2 for 1 after Trump’s idiotic comments Linda!!
Wasn’t part of the horror the fact that they couldn’t leave Gaza? Only on the southern bridge when it was sometimes opened?
Yes, but countries in region did not accept them as refugees because they knew that it would make it too easy for Israel just to move them all out.
Are they taking contributions?
We can hope, I guess.
Insh Allah (sp?)
He pitched it to Chicago to replace the L between O'Hare and downtown. Took the powers that be about 20 minutes to reject it.
putting the 'hype' in hyperloop
Musk is not an engineer. Surprise. He took control of a company for whom he could not work as an engineer. Haven't his investors, including the US gvmt, ever thought twice about that? It strains credulity.
I was just coming here to say that — really really late, but we Reno folks had a good laugh.
And the"loopy" in "loop"
I never hear anyone in Vegas mention those tunnels. But we live here so we have cars or other forms of transportation.
Love The Who. I can live with it.
Good catch.
Where is Melania these days? Asking for a friend.
I really don’t care. Do U?
Not one little bit.
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She went back to her Tiffany's security boyfriend in the Trump Tower, probably. Or maybe she's adding 6 more feet to her hair extensions or more fillers/botox.
She got $40 million from Bezos, so she don’t need Mango anymore!
$40 millíon isn't a lot when your 1000 pair of heels cost $$10 grand each. Designers probably flood her with free clothes. She's what 50? Poor Mel, the rich old man keeps on living. Using HER money!
I’ll bet her eyes squinch shut another millimeter every time she thinks about that.
I don't think Donny knows who Jesus was or what prayin' is. For one, he probably thinks Jesus is an undocumented person from Mexico, and secondly -- even though Republican'ts are notorious for dispensing "thoughts and prayers" like clockwork, I can't recall Dotard Donny ever having done so.
You suffer for your readers. Chicago ear worms. How dare those horn tooting fux steal a Petula Clark song title? “Color My World” is taken!
Oh, wait, Tommy not “Dies Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?”
My mind went to Chicago, too, and I'm sure it will now be there all day
Thanks for the clarification. NOW I can hear the line in my head - probably for all day! ("Christmas")
Been booked all day, glanced at The Who and Chicago Transit Authority (their original name) references? What was the reference I missed Richard?
The photo caption of today’s illustration
Chris (the drama queen) Cizzilla just wrote a breathtaking video on his substance about how D could POSSIBLY keep up his breakneck pace of last 2 weeks, ....46 EOs!!!! Speeches!!!! Destroying the Fed. Govt!!!! (he didn't mention that, forgive me)......Chris is a fanboy of Donny. Get on the bandwagon Jeff! 😅🤣😂
Chris Cilliza is the opposite of journalism
Very true...he had a few anti-Donnie months...and his "Sir alerts" were pretty funny. I had subscribed to his Substack...but then he began cranking rightwards like the stupid Trumpist he truly is, so I canceled out.
He is a Trump whore, and not even an honest one.
Yes Doug DOES know how to spell Cillizza.....gotta check cells IA.
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Thanks, Jeff. Just what a need...another wormhole in my ADHD brain.
Hahahaha! Does Donny even care? :-D
If so, I can’t imagine why
we've all got time enough to die
I'll be humming that song all day, now!
well, at least it's a good tune!
Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody even care?
(It is, of course, 25 or 6 to 4)
I think you meant to write, "78-year-old man who can NO longer..."
Fukin’ perfect lyrics too…
Can someone please explain what good it does to have a court-ordered DOJ agreement to restrain Musk's DOGE minions from messing with the Treasury records AFTER THE FACT? How about turning over all the info they obtained and reportedly stored on hard drives? How about restricting unvetted, non-federal incels from entering gov't buildings and SCIFS? How about a theft of private information, class action lawsuit?
Right? How about charge them with the crimes they clearly committed? If my federal employee husband did this, he’d go fuckity-bye, never to be seen or heard from again.
THIS!!! They've committed espionage, theft, stealing private information without consent...if it was literally ANYONE else, they'd already be sitting in jail, awaiting trial.
Exactly. And no one has a clue what they're doing (or could be doing) with the information they stole. The republican investigative committee voted against calling Musk in for questioning, too. They don't care about their constituents or our Constitutional rights - only care that they won't get blamed, since it's just Musk running amuck.
Every GOP who’s OK with this thievery needs to sign a binding affidavit attesting that they will accept responsibility should what DOGE-boy and his jamboree are doing tuns out to be criminal. If they are willing to put their necks out for him, then go for it. If not, haul the motherfucker in.
Yep, that data and information could have been exfiltrated to some data store outside the US by now.
Unless the military starts doing drone strikes, the cat is already out of the bag
Yeah, how about they are jailed and never allowed to see the sun again?
Exactly. This isn’t something that can be undone by the Courts. He has it and can’t un-have it. He’s been blocked from the Treasury Dept which is fine except he will just go do damage elsewhere. Why the hell isn’t Congress doing something? They aren’t even prioritizing his confirmation where they could just refuse to confirm him. They all need to go.
He supposedly has clearance from Bissent, who (I think) was already confirmed by the Senate. Still, there remain security clearances, conflicts of interest with his gov't contracts, privacy invasion, and his hacker incels performing the duties. No one is stopping them from access to the other federal buildings and computer systems, either. They're just showing up and demanding entrance, and it sounds like fed employees are letting them in whenever they threaten to call the U.S. Marshalls! (my info came mostly from Heather Cox Richardson, all cited with references)
Why aren’t federal employees telling THEM that they have no standing and they’re going to call the U. S. Marshalls and the National Guard on them if they don’t piss off?
That's what I'd like to know. I understand Bissent (Treasury Sec'y) cleared their access, but what about the other departments? They got personal permission slips from trump? Whose orders do the U.S. Marshals ultimate follow?
Impeach Scott Bessent.
Also, Karla, Musk has been classified as a "special government employee" by trump. Like an appointed interim cabinet member, he doesn't require confirmation (trump trick to avoid scrutiny or delay). That said, he still has to comply with federal conflict-of-interest statutes (enforceable by the DOJ 🙄), and theoretically has to answer to congress.
100% behind you on this!
Yes!
Yes! They already have the information, they can continue the looting!
( ~*-*)~ 𝔹𝕀ℕ𝔾thefuck𝔾𝕆
Why is everybody pointing at this as a fucking legal win when DOGEdicks have already been in there and retrieved all the data they fucking need? And they likely left a whole shit ton of code all over the treasury servers. (of course)
Don't these fucking idiots know how this shit works ?
Part of the problem with all the old pharts in our congress - they don't understand shit about computers, software, or IT. They know how to scroll on their cell phones and post B.S. on social media during legislative sessions, though! We'd be better off electing a bunch of 10-yr olds. 🫤
Jeff, just spitballing here, but if you lay off the employees of the FBI and CIA, counter terrorism specialists.. how does this make our country any safer or just plain safe? IMHO, as a result of these actions I believe we are headed to a 9-11 type attack, especially after Donald talked about Gaza yesterday. Folks just go back in history and find out why bin Laden was so pissed about America, Americans soldiers in Muslim sacred lands. This is not rocket science for people who are able to think logically.. Best to All.
My fear is Trump wants some kind of attack because it will give him an excuse to invoke martial law.
Yup, u hit that one out of the park
Love your writing! I'm a female much older than the Tangerine Tyrant Toddler. Not even a smidgen befuddled and am totally gobsmacked by his re-election, though I saw the unmistakable signs, even among my own family. I used to grin broadly as I read you but was much too proper to share. I mean, really!, your language young man! Now, I gleefully share because your take on current situations is spot-on. Keep it up, you're keeping us sane.
I’m older than the felon too, and I see signs of the dementia my dad suffered when diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Me too. Both my parents had dementia. My mother saw a sign advertising $11.00 per hour to work at BK and was stunned. “I only made $1.50 an hour! How can they afford to pay that?!” This was in 2023. So, yeah.
💔💔💔
Amen!!
Hi Jane, 🤗 welcome
I love everything you write and you are one of the reasons that I can still breathe and remain sane in the midst of this madness….so, thank you.
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DITTO! what Lois wrote.
The judge ruled, but who's going to remove Apartheid Clyde and the Incels from the building? What about all the malware those Cyber terrorists put into the system? Where can you rent a guillotine in DC?😈😈😂😂
We can re-cycle the gibbet that the Jan6 insurrectionists put up for Pence. I see that as perfect Karma
Hadn't heard about Elonia's tube project. 😂😂
Dump isnt smart enough to tie his shoes....so who's pulling the strings behind the scenes? I'm not sure it's Musk...the Heritage Foundation assholes????
Well, I've been reading about State Capture. When the oligarchs take over a government by using existing laws to overturn a democracy. It happened in Turkey in 2002, South and Latin American countries, Bulgaria, South Africa(Gupta family), and others. It's complete and total corruption. The constant in these State Captures is Russia. They're involved in every single one. The Russians have followed the yellow brick road and made it to OZ, USA. Hope is luxury.
King Shitpants is the fumbling, drugged up distraction from the corruption happening right now. Project 2025 is the definition of State Capture. It's a 1000x worse than our imagination can handle. Signed, Debbie Downer. 🫣
It's part of the old KGB playbook.
I go with Putin too. It's hard for me to believe that the rightest of right wing republicans fell in love with a former commie. I can't think that's what Ike had in mind.
Even St. Ronny Raygun didn't like the Russians.
As the demon said in "The Exorcist": "We are many. We are legion!"
Awww crap Charles Austin!! The only horror movie I refuse to watch again because it’s so real!! You pulled the one & only line I can even remember!!
Said it in the New Testament first.
Yes, definitely the Heritage Foundation. Those fuckers have been pulling the strings for 30 years, and none of us were aware…
All of the above,Susan.
Miller gets my vote for ear whisperer.
Excellent. Love it. And does anyone have an idea what those dumbass crackers gonna rebrand theirselves as?
my guess is they'll just keep using Proud Boys until they get sued again. they don't appear to be fast learners
I taught high school for fifteen years and can confirm that this is indeed the most likely answer.
I'm guessing the PB's are doing Donnie's m.o. so "sue me, sue me, what ya gonna do me?"
Ain't gonna get blood out of a crusty rock.
Let alone fast, nonlearners to be sure…
DOGE-bags
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I award you one internet
thanks! I lost mine
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I settle for Brown Shirts, because that is what they are!
The Whiny Toddlers is available
“The Stinky Pinkies”
The Dumbass Juveniles ?
Neal, the KKK?
Venn diagram shows approx. 85% overlap.
1. Elump is a one man grievance machine. We really need to through some sand in his gears.
2. Orange Fuckwit’s gears have rusted clear through.
I just got your reference to that strange 'lump' in elon's lower face!
Lol, I like that too, but it’s actually a mash up of Elon and Trump. Stole it from Alt Media
An adderall addict, a ketamine addict and an alcoholic walk into a bar…
...and fuck up an entire country in two weeks.
And the world
That'll take another couple weeks or so.
It’s truly heartwarming to know he’s on the job.
It'll be even more heartwarming to know he's in prison.
Or dead
And he uses the fentanyl epidemic as a ruse to shred his own free trade agreements with Mexico and Canada. I think it's time we stopped being afraid.
Amen, Sharon. Yes! It is time we stopped being afraid! And cynical.
A researcher found cynical people are less open to factual evidence than non-cynics. ( Cynical is not the same as realistic. Anyway, I am willing to believe it.)
Heather Cox Richardson shared practical advice from a long-haul truck driver. When an accident is about to happen, keep your eyes open and hands on the steering wheel. Keep driving! Works as a metaphor now. Keep driving.
He's a one-man Adderall epidemic
As one who knows, Adderall has some serious downsides for anyone who is elderly and has a few risk factors. For Dump, let’s count ‘em. Keep it up with the Adderall, Don-old!
In his ketamine addled brain, Space Nazi must have watched the Jetsons as a kid. Maybe he can build a one way pneumatic tube to Mars & try to colonize it. Regarding the orange menace, my bar is so low that I’m actually grateful he yammered on about $2 aeroplane tickets without mentioning Hannibal Lechter or pet eating.
I wonder if Musk has read Ray Bradbury's novel "The Martian Chronicles"? The first few space flights to Mars don't turn out too well for the astronauts in his book. The Martians keep killing them! Eventually, though, we colonize the place, & of course we send up a bunch of Catholic priests to convert the Martians ( I am not making this up.) So the Martians immediately disappear into thin air.
There are people who didn't read "The Martian Chronicles" in high school? The ones who are younger than us?
Or Futurama as an adult
And those sharks.
Yeah, that was a blessing. I kinda missed the Swollen Men with Huge Biceps and tears in their eyes. That is a perennial favorite.
Thank you Jeff I've been reading your commentary for years even when it was just little snippets on twitter. But yours is just about the only news I can handle the cost of the context you put it in. Thank you.
The orange idiot doesn't probably know where he's at Jeff, it's embarrassing to watch a malignant narsaccist try to dismantle our Nation. His oligarch buddies love the fact that his ineptitude has fostered their grand scheme to profit off of the sweat and toil of the Average Joe.
I've refused to use his name since his first Reign of Chaos, his handling of COVID is responsible for the loss of two people I dearly loved and I fear something similar will happen with the Bird Flu.
It is baffling that Kamala packed her speaking arrangements and had large crowds listening outside cheering her on. The orange idiot had to pay people through Craigslist and his attendance numbers were miniscule in comparison to Kamala's.
Every morning the first thing I do is check to see if he hopefully passed during the night. pElon bought himself a president and he's currently harvesting highly sensitive data to what end?
It's a scary time Jeff. Thank you for your dose's of wit and for NOT pretending like everything is alright, it isn't remotely close to being alright, unfortunately. The despicable Wolf is in the Nations hen house and the Dems make me feel like we have been abandoned. 💙✊🏼
There is a video on You Tube of a conversation between Thom Hartmann and Greg Palast that explains how the election was rigged with voter suppression. It’s worth the time to find it. It’s also on BlueSky on my timeline a few days down. Same handle as here.
I will never believe that it was an honest election. Do you remember the joy and attendance at all Kamala's appearances?
Highly worth the watch!
I renamed that man to Convicted Felon (CO47) because that is what he is!
I call him Dumb Antichrist
I've been calling the buffoon, Commander Crazy Pants since his first reign of ineptitude. Hearing his voice is nauseating, what a hideous mess that's been created.
So many scum balls to choose from who, benefits the most from a moron being our president? We need to closely monitor his every move because with that loser in office, he can be bought with mere flattery. The consequences of his ineptitude are frightful.
Elonald are 2 morbidly rich grievance babies with more money and time on their hands than god. Instead of using all that$ money$ to help make peoples lives better who are not as fortunate as they are,they fuck up shit and spread pain and hatred to everything they touch.smfh
If they used money for good causes rather than hoarding it, they would be genuine heroes, but they’d rather be villains.
Honestly, even if I COULD buy a plane ticket for $2, I would not risk flying anywhere right now. They - the Mumps - have fired the head of the FAA and disbanded the TSA. The only way I'm flying is if Adam Kinsinger or Rick Wilson is the pilot.
my daughter, on a trip to South America, just rearranged her return flight, losing substantial $ doing do, to get back to Canada w.o. any landings&take-offs in US
Good girl!
Gina, bravo to your DD 💙 New way to #Resist 🇨🇦
Bring Sully out of retirement!
Yes, excuse me, but Sullenberger is the only pilot I believe.
Still the best news agency in the biz! Thanks so much for daily hysterics in this upside down world we all inhabit!