I've decided that DJT's picks show how much he's one with his followers - he's a TV obsessed fast food junkie, who believes any shilling jackass on TV who claims to be an expert IS an expert, & would do better than any educated expert he never heard of. If they're not famous (or really rich), what good are they?
Trump pretended to be a CEO on the Apprentice. In his version of ‘reality’ that meant having Gary Bussey and Meatloaf fight in a kitchen. So I guess this makes sense.
I hate dr Oz with my whole heart and soul, but I do think you misinterpreted him, Jeff. I think he meant if the kids go back to school there will be a two to 3 per cent increase in total covid mortality. That means, if the kids go back to school, more grandparents will die, not more kids. Kids were so resistant to COVID, that if every child in the United States got it, less than.001 percent would die.
Speaking of dickheads, Trump has nominated Matthew Whitaker as Ambassador to NATO. You remember him - the asshole who was the former acting AG and invented the Big Dick toilet (for "well-endowed men"). This is surreal; on some days I wonder if I'm even awake or if it's all a nightmare. Oh yes - Donnie is now hawking guitars with his face on them. I can't stand it.
I think you're right Kathleen Weber. He probably made those statements at the height of the Texas-Grampa-old-people-should-just-do-everyone-a-favor-and-die-already brouhaha.
EXACTLY. I think the 2-3% was a number Oz pulled out of his tuchus. Even so, I think he meant 2-3% of the entire US population would die if schools reopened prematurely. So that means of the 392.5M Americans in 2020, 2% mortality would be 6.59M people. 3% would be 11.78M fatalities. No worries! EVERYTHING IS FINE.
But let’s me careful here. Kids who have caught Covid, especially those who have had it several times, are also susceptible to long Covid. There are kids who will be chronically ill for the rest of their lives. We have abused our children by not providing proper ventilation in schools, removing all mask mandates, but requiring them to attend.
Kathleen, kids being more resistant to COVID is a new-to-me fact - thanks. But they carry COVID to adults 😱 who are much more likely to become ill or DIE.
It's nice to see clarification of Oz's comments because I was surprised about the callousness, but even if he wasn't talking about the million-plus deaths of children, we're still talking about a lot of deaths of GPs and the like.
I may have been middle-aged during the pandemic, but I liked living and had years ahead of me, too.
I think she has put a lot of people and things out there without proper vetting and because she has such a large following, doing that is very irresponsible.
I’m pretty sure she actually apologized for that. Just like Mark Bernett apologized for turning trump into a pretend successful businessman. A lot of good that did though.
I'd take either one of those intelligent farm animal characters over these despicable douche bags. The fucks of the world bring nothing but hate, control and destruction to that very wobbly table. Rancidswampy wants to cut the VA by $10s of billions and there currently aren't enough resources to help the poor vets who desperately need their services. There also has been infighting reported within the ranks of the Fourth Reich with dipshit Musk wanting to call the shots. Surprise surprise. Is it possible that this cesspool of evil incompetent wackadoddles will implode before they can even get started?
If they implode, our country may implode with them. If they were private citizens I wouldn't care what they do, but bringing together a critical mass of these people hurts a lot of vulnerable people.
So, I’ve always believed that Donnie is too fucking demented to be pushing any agenda so I’m wondering how Stephen Miller and Peter Thiel, these great masterminds of Constitution blasting, are going to get all their hateful shit done with a bunch of bottom feeder numbskulls in these jobs.
"Green Acres" is a comedy from the '60's for our younger folks here. Arnold Ziffle was a pig, and a beloved character on the show. Mr. Ed was a talking horse on a different '60's comedy.
Thanks Teri, I knew Mr. Ed of course, of course, but Green Acres premise and musical opening, being a blues/jazz fan was abhorrent, never watched it! I’m sure I didn’t miss anything, did I?
Green Acres was silly, lots of wacky people like Mr. Haney, who was an old school traveling salesman. Sam, the general store guy. Lived with my sis, who couldn't sleep without the TV on. Green Acres was her cue to hit the hat. I stayed up to watch.
Does that mean the SecWine will be Hannibal Lecter? Actually, old Hannibal could cover the Bean Lobby, Dept. of facial protection, and Friendship Outreach.
He nominates people because they HAVE A LOOK! How America elected this small-minded, felonious, degenerate failed businessman is beyond me. What are the chances that congress won't let this happen? Also, kudos to the hacker that is going to bring down Gaetz.
Have some faith Hazel in the last few days the Senate in it’s current form passed many district judges because they could and will keep at it, Shumer is DOING THE WORK!
I don't think that's going to happen -- the Senate going into recess, I mean. Mitch McConnell has said it's not going to happen, for one thing. I can't remember how long it's been since the last recess, but it may have been before the Obama administration. John Thune seems pretty willing to go along with the administration, but he's not Trump's biggest fan, for what it's worth. The Senate can't be forced to go into recess unless they decide they want to.
Also, by law, the recess has to be 10 days or more in length before the President can make a recess appointment, and the appointment only lasts until the next recess. A shorter recess doesn't count.
Just because Trump has demanded it doesn't mean it's going to happen. I am still concerned about this, but it isn't one of my top-tier freakouts right now lol.
Well, for starters every pick of the bloated orange is an accomplished propagandist, groomed to look good on TV while telling lies with assurance and smiling, toothy sincerity. Who better to reassure the peasants who are beginning to wonder why the price of eggs is STILL going up? They will tap dance, wave their top hats and canes and tell us all to look over there while they sweep all the unsightly stuff under the rug.
I’m outta words. And them’s just the top dogs we’ve heard of. The next level and the level below that… them’s the ones who’ll be salivating at the chance to fuck people over and will enthusiastically wield the axes. And still I repeat, fuck them mooks.
Ok, these shiny objects are the distraction. He's filling the under cabinet positions with Federalists and Heritage players. Leonard Leo is running that show. This is all part of 'look over here, don't look over there." They know half of the country are idiots and don't care. Their shadow government is transitioning to be the bones of this autocratic government.
Exactly Lisa, I see little “we the serfs “ can do about the neofeudalism taking place today, aside from leaving the country and allowing the unctuous derps who put their lives in the hands of a mookish career criminal burn the place to the ground!!
I’m waiting and a resident in another country where I need SS checks it may need to go to ‘REFUGEE’ status. Not a word so far on any of that other than one outspoken SSA boss he is great. He follows all posible outcomes. We’re screwed but it will drip downward until collapse about 2031. I’ll remember his name but on FB everyday Medicare and Medicaid help now too.
Maybe I've just watched too many Ocean's whichever movies, but I do wish the orange menace would go after Elno when he inevitably lines his own pockets from the Treasury. Or that we had a semi-independent AG who would go after him.
Because then, Elno would not want to pay the money back, so he'd have to go find another place to live (perhaps one without an extradition treaty with the US), and he'd never be able to come back until he repaid it (or until Trump let him come back or whatever). We'd be rid of him for at least a little while. It would most certainly fuck with his head, and maybe even get rid of him for good, especially if we ever get another chance at the presidency. A bargain at any price!
Don’t ever forget that sentiment Lynn, it’s something that might happen to be part of the plan, especially considering the Yuan, Ruble and Crypto fascination Trump seems to love!
The reality of Dipshit Donnie has ALWAYS been worse than anything you can ever imagine. As ridiculous and chaotic as his Junk Drawer Cabinet is, everything about it in practice (even if they all don't get confirmed and he picks some other bozos) will be so much worse than we think.
I don't even know the point I'm making...it's just that sometimes I feel as if I should clean out my walk-in closet and just hide there for the next 4 years to save my sanity!!!
We were at a restaurant earlier tonight and our waitress stated loudly how distraught she was over the election. She said she hasn't turned on the news since the election. She can't stomach it. I raised my hand and loudly told her she wasn't alone. I can't watch it anymore. We loudly talked about how stupid, misogynistic and racist this country. Every day I tell myself to engage in radical acceptance. It is what it is. I'm going to find joy in this life if it fucking kills me. Or them. FUCCCCCKKKKK!!!
Hang in there. For now we can come here and be with our people. We have each other. Remember to breathe. I'm going to take a yoga class. My therapist said I have a hard time physically relaxing.🤣 I can't throat punch people, so yoga it is. I hate exercise. 🤨 But, I'll fucking try it.
I can't physically relax either. I hope yoga works for you. I tried it, and I'm sure it's just me, but my mind is😵💫 and I'm saying "fuck, fuck, fuck", and twisted up like a pretzel!
Dear Jeff, I do hope you continue to show up here on Substack as I am not sure I can mentally afford another social media channel. I have to say I fully enjoy your wit and the illustrative names that you offer to these folks. Sometimes, it just sets me to giggling and thus starts my day with a smile. Sort of the reassurance that I am not the only one that sees that the emperor forgot his clothes. Today's column, as my latest enjoyment, has started me off on the right footing to face the rest of it. Thank you!
I'm right there with ya. I refuse to play the libs-to-the-four-corners-of-the-cyberdiaspora game. Jack Dorsey can eat a bag of dicks, and share the best ones with Musk and Zuck. This place eats up enough of my screen time.
Ok, I'm gonna take the sell-out flogs and get 'em overwith right quick. @muellershewrote disclosed that Bluesky is no longer being run by Jack Dorsey, but by the daughter of immigrants. Ok. Alright. I made an account. A placeholder to get my user name. Which I also did on Post and Spoutible, and both were a complete waste of time. So we shall see. Subby is still my go-to tho, especially if I decide to start writing my own.
When can I bid on an ambassadorship ? I’d love to go see Europe before The Great Leader lets his handler Vlad the Mad turn it into a sheet of irradiated nuclear glass !
I think you can check into any Trump rat-infested Hotel. Make sure you ask for the special “Secret Service” rate. You’ll need at least ten nights to qualify for Europe.
Trump is an alpha predator, albeit an extremely gross, intellectually stunted and unattractive predator, and he is loading up his administration with other varying types of predators. Every single one of them.
Thanks to you, Jeff, for providing an outlet for us all to huddle and vent.
I was surprised about the pick of Doctor Oz. I actually had Dr. Jekyll on my bingo card. I also have the CEO of Exxon Mobile to head the EPA (for as long as that agency’s around). But in all seriousness, Is ANYONE going to stop this insanity, or are they just going to sit back and let him dismantle our institutions, brick by brick?
That was funny, Dr, Jekyll (and Jeff's pick, Dr. Pepper). But seriously, with total majorities in all branches of federal government (I'm including the Supreme Court here) and a majority of the states, nothing can really stop this MAGA shitstorm we're about to go through. Best case : we have a better outcome than Germany did with the Nazi dictatorship.
It'd be nice to think that the Senate will see through this garbage and understand that Trump is handing out thank-you notes to his suck-ups, not putting qualified people into positions of power. It'd be nice to think that Senate Republicans will put country over party and refuse to confirm these nominations. It's just as likely that strudel will fly out of my nose and yodel.
(I'm convinced that Donny gets unblinking loyalty from R Congresscritters from some combination of wanting to profit off of his antics plus him having blackmail material on some of them.)
I don't think Trump has to bother with blackmailing most R Congresscritters. He can count on their abject cowardice in the face of a bully like him, along with their greedy grasping for power that they think he represents for them. Do their constitutional duty, like they swore they would?
Not a chance. There is no country in their calculus, just the R party of grifting thieves.
It’s pretty obvious what’s going on. In return for letting Donny pick whomever he what as agency heads, the Heritage Foundation, in return, get to place its agents just below the top and they are to call the shots.
Project 2025 begins, and wait ‘til you see what they’ve wrought in only 4 years….
I keep thinking of the warning my No. 1 Virtual Boyfriend, the oracle/tragic hero Michael Fanone, offered in his election night WaPo interview: “Better fucking arm yourselves.”
ha ha, but man that does happen a lot...especially with kids. Guns are dangerous. We need to have massive online education for non-violent civil disobedience instruction. Flash mobs are great vehicles for demonstrations. Cultural community organizing on grassroots level. Flower power is not dead though fairies are long gone, there are many in the alternate conspiracy world matrix that talk to them (one of my MAGA RFK Tulsi Elon loving brothers, for ex, sigh).
Indeed, there are many people who are "away with the fairies"!
America has a gun-death epidemic. No one outside of the military should have access to assault weapons. By far, most gun deaths are accidental or happen in a "moment of madness". The only reason people need guns for self-defense is because there are too many guns in the wrong people's hands.
Modernism AKA the Enlightenment believed there was such a thing as objective reality, and this philosophical movement gave birth to science. When I was in graduate school, most of my teachers wanted me to believe that we had moved on to postmodernism where we realized that all knowledge is culturally determined. Well, we now have truly arrived in the post-modernist world, and it is just so very wonderful! (Namely, RFK Jr., Dr Oz)
I can only thank God that the hospitals in Houston TX have not made it out of modernism.
Little fairies in the sky belief, is one of the reasons we’re in this mess David. TPTB know full well how sowing division in this country, furthers their power and adds to their pocketbooks!
Donnie isn’t saying fuck it, he’s saying fuck you America.
Let’s strip all safety nets. Oz in charge of Social Security Medicare. RFKjr a country where small pox, rubella,polio etc flourish again. Women dying for nonviable fetuses.
Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem, Hegseth in charge of security.
Championship wrestling our educational goals.
The worst of the worst Matt Gaetz.
It probably did take some effort to find the worst of the worst.
Approximately 95 million eligible voters didn't vote, out of an electorate of 244 million. That makes non-voters the majority by a fairly large margin.
Me either, and I don't understand why there's nothing happening about it. Why do Dems always have to roll over all the time for everything. Couldn't Kamala have waited to concede until more of the votes were counted?
I'm not claiming that there wasn't any vote tampering. Just saying that voters stayed home. Too many of us do not take our civic duty seriously enough, and it's an historical fact easily proven by statistics.
Texas pulls that shit every election. If you live in a mostly-Republiscum area, there are plenty of machines and it doesn't take forever to vote. In an area like Austin, which is liberal enough to have Dems for mayor and our US House rep, it usually takes a LOT longer.
Zero evidence? Are you assuming that tens of millions of people suddenly decided to vote, and some nefarious plan erased all their votes? The Census shows us ages of U.S. citizens. Birth stats show us how many became eligible to vote be for the election. Death stats show how many fell out of the electorate this year. The MATH adds up to approximately 244 million citizens who were eligible to vote. County records show how many actually registered, and how many actually voted. It's also provable that, historically, about 40% of our electorate doesn't cast a ballot... and the majority of those have always been registered Democrats. This sounds a bit like MAGA's after the 2020 election - "NO WAY TRUMP LOST BECAUSE BIDEN WAS IN HIS BASEMENT AND TRUMP HAD BIGGER CROWDS!!!" Doesn't matter what people saw at their polling places, when each of those are but a very minute pixel within a whole picture.
Great choice ! Considering that the entire proposed cabinet is as close to the AAdams family as you’ll ever see …Uncle Fester with the light bulb in his maw would make a perfect Secretary of Energy ! 🤪💡
WTF- It’s bad when you hear the GOP say they’re not betting the farm on whether or not Diaper Don’s nominees get confirmed. What a collection of second rate losers and sycophants! All their faces should be as orange as Spray Tan Man’s ass for all the kissing! There isn’t one adult in the crowd. Talk about a third-world country! We’ll be lucky to be that after the next four years!!
I've decided that DJT's picks show how much he's one with his followers - he's a TV obsessed fast food junkie, who believes any shilling jackass on TV who claims to be an expert IS an expert, & would do better than any educated expert he never heard of. If they're not famous (or really rich), what good are they?
For Donnie, “I play a doctor on TV,” means twice as much as, “I work as a doctor in a hospital.”
Trump pretended to be a CEO on the Apprentice. In his version of ‘reality’ that meant having Gary Bussey and Meatloaf fight in a kitchen. So I guess this makes sense.
I hate dr Oz with my whole heart and soul, but I do think you misinterpreted him, Jeff. I think he meant if the kids go back to school there will be a two to 3 per cent increase in total covid mortality. That means, if the kids go back to school, more grandparents will die, not more kids. Kids were so resistant to COVID, that if every child in the United States got it, less than.001 percent would die.
OZ is also known for marketing penis-enhancing solutions. So we'll have another dickhead in the government....
Speaking of dickheads, Trump has nominated Matthew Whitaker as Ambassador to NATO. You remember him - the asshole who was the former acting AG and invented the Big Dick toilet (for "well-endowed men"). This is surreal; on some days I wonder if I'm even awake or if it's all a nightmare. Oh yes - Donnie is now hawking guitars with his face on them. I can't stand it.
Holy SHIT!! I didn’t hear about Whitaker and HELL NO to that moron!
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I think you're right Kathleen Weber. He probably made those statements at the height of the Texas-Grampa-old-people-should-just-do-everyone-a-favor-and-die-already brouhaha.
EXACTLY. I think the 2-3% was a number Oz pulled out of his tuchus. Even so, I think he meant 2-3% of the entire US population would die if schools reopened prematurely. So that means of the 392.5M Americans in 2020, 2% mortality would be 6.59M people. 3% would be 11.78M fatalities. No worries! EVERYTHING IS FINE.
Got to love seeing tuchus in anyone’s post here W…sayin’!!
But let’s me careful here. Kids who have caught Covid, especially those who have had it several times, are also susceptible to long Covid. There are kids who will be chronically ill for the rest of their lives. We have abused our children by not providing proper ventilation in schools, removing all mask mandates, but requiring them to attend.
Kathleen, kids being more resistant to COVID is a new-to-me fact - thanks. But they carry COVID to adults 😱 who are much more likely to become ill or DIE.
I’m certain you’re right Kathleen, but I haven’t a clue who this OZ connard is, nor any idea of what he’s talking about!
OMG. You need to read up on him if you can stomach it.
He’s a quack brought to us compliments of Oprah when she had her talk show. He then had a spinoff show of his own.
It's nice to see clarification of Oz's comments because I was surprised about the callousness, but even if he wasn't talking about the million-plus deaths of children, we're still talking about a lot of deaths of GPs and the like.
I may have been middle-aged during the pandemic, but I liked living and had years ahead of me, too.
#middleagepersononboard
One of the very few blessings of the pandemic is that child mortality was so low. That is not true for RSV or seasonal flu or measles.
TV personalities like Oz know you shouldn't ever suggest that the death of millions of children is OK.
I think she has put a lot of people and things out there without proper vetting and because she has such a large following, doing that is very irresponsible.
I’m pretty sure she actually apologized for that. Just like Mark Bernett apologized for turning trump into a pretend successful businessman. A lot of good that did though.
😞
I'll remind you and have you know that Sir is a leading Whale Psychologist...
Thanks Hank, so many things in this world are fairy tale like, but this Oz character sounds rather fascinating !!
Well, Oz thinks Oz is pretty fascinating lol
Wizard of Oz
The original was a piker compared to this one.
We have yet to hear the nomination for Secretary of Agriculture. It believe its a toss up between Mr Ed and Arnold from Green Acres.
I'd take either one of those intelligent farm animal characters over these despicable douche bags. The fucks of the world bring nothing but hate, control and destruction to that very wobbly table. Rancidswampy wants to cut the VA by $10s of billions and there currently aren't enough resources to help the poor vets who desperately need their services. There also has been infighting reported within the ranks of the Fourth Reich with dipshit Musk wanting to call the shots. Surprise surprise. Is it possible that this cesspool of evil incompetent wackadoddles will implode before they can even get started?
We can hope.
You forgot greed. The fucks of the world bring insatiable greed to the wobbly table along with hate, a controlling nature, and destruction.
The seven deadly sins are a prerequisite of GOP leadership Lisa!!
Greed is another key component to their playbook. It's never enough for these beyond wealthy assholes.
I honestly don’t understand that mind set. I think it’s endemic to the sociopath community, though.
If they implode, our country may implode with them. If they were private citizens I wouldn't care what they do, but bringing together a critical mass of these people hurts a lot of vulnerable people.
One can hope Rick!!
Now that’s a show I’d pay to see!
I'd feel more comfortable with either of them then the people he's picking.
Both of them are smarter than he is, or any of his minions. By orders of magnitude.
At least Mr Ed would be able to articulate you know, stuff
I vote for Mr. Ed
thx for freedom of choice
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So, I’ve always believed that Donnie is too fucking demented to be pushing any agenda so I’m wondering how Stephen Miller and Peter Thiel, these great masterminds of Constitution blasting, are going to get all their hateful shit done with a bunch of bottom feeder numbskulls in these jobs.
The Federalist Society is steering their rudderless ship, with help from a right leaning SCOTUS!
"Green Acres" is a comedy from the '60's for our younger folks here. Arnold Ziffle was a pig, and a beloved character on the show. Mr. Ed was a talking horse on a different '60's comedy.
https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fcatchycomedy.com%2Fstories%2Farnold-the-pig-almost-had-his-own-show-after-green-acres&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl1%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4
Thanks Teri, I knew Mr. Ed of course, of course, but Green Acres premise and musical opening, being a blues/jazz fan was abhorrent, never watched it! I’m sure I didn’t miss anything, did I?
Green Acres was silly, lots of wacky people like Mr. Haney, who was an old school traveling salesman. Sam, the general store guy. Lived with my sis, who couldn't sleep without the TV on. Green Acres was her cue to hit the hat. I stayed up to watch.
Not a damn thing. Saw it once. Enough.
Green Acres had THE BEST. theme song of any comedy. “The stores…the chores… you are my wife… goodbye city life” .
For drama, nothing could match the theme song from PERRY MASON.
Readers should know by now how to google stuff.
Betsy DeVos. She has as much background in Ag as she did in Ed
Arnold Z 🐷has more on the ball than the entire red tide of cabinet picks , and he tastes yummy on the bar be !
Does that mean the SecWine will be Hannibal Lecter? Actually, old Hannibal could cover the Bean Lobby, Dept. of facial protection, and Friendship Outreach.
Don’t remember Arnold… but know the story of a pig bearing the name P123, was he pig as well?
Perhaps Ammon Bundy would be a "make-'merica-great-agin" candidate.
Jesus christ! Don't give donnie any ideas. Ammon wears a cowboy hat all the time, which I'm sure makes him "manly" and "rugged" to donnie.
😂😂😂😂
He nominates people because they HAVE A LOOK! How America elected this small-minded, felonious, degenerate failed businessman is beyond me. What are the chances that congress won't let this happen? Also, kudos to the hacker that is going to bring down Gaetz.
If the Senate is in forced to recess, every single one of these dimwitted derps will become Trumps cabinet Hazel!
We are doomed.
Have some faith Hazel in the last few days the Senate in it’s current form passed many district judges because they could and will keep at it, Shumer is DOING THE WORK!
I don't think that's going to happen -- the Senate going into recess, I mean. Mitch McConnell has said it's not going to happen, for one thing. I can't remember how long it's been since the last recess, but it may have been before the Obama administration. John Thune seems pretty willing to go along with the administration, but he's not Trump's biggest fan, for what it's worth. The Senate can't be forced to go into recess unless they decide they want to.
Also, by law, the recess has to be 10 days or more in length before the President can make a recess appointment, and the appointment only lasts until the next recess. A shorter recess doesn't count.
Just because Trump has demanded it doesn't mean it's going to happen. I am still concerned about this, but it isn't one of my top-tier freakouts right now lol.
There’s a sucker born every minute. P.T. Barnum
Half the tosspots in this country didn’t know the con, and were certainly the marks!
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Right?? He thinks he's casting for a new season of The Apprentice. "This'll look *great* on TV!"
Sad truths Crone!!
Well, for starters every pick of the bloated orange is an accomplished propagandist, groomed to look good on TV while telling lies with assurance and smiling, toothy sincerity. Who better to reassure the peasants who are beginning to wonder why the price of eggs is STILL going up? They will tap dance, wave their top hats and canes and tell us all to look over there while they sweep all the unsightly stuff under the rug.
Then we'll have to choose between Justa Dick or Elon to be sworn in as president.
I’m outta words. And them’s just the top dogs we’ve heard of. The next level and the level below that… them’s the ones who’ll be salivating at the chance to fuck people over and will enthusiastically wield the axes. And still I repeat, fuck them mooks.
Ok, these shiny objects are the distraction. He's filling the under cabinet positions with Federalists and Heritage players. Leonard Leo is running that show. This is all part of 'look over here, don't look over there." They know half of the country are idiots and don't care. Their shadow government is transitioning to be the bones of this autocratic government.
Please end this nightmare.
Appears you don’t have any of the Van Winkle DNA in you sadly Deb!!
Exactly Lisa, I see little “we the serfs “ can do about the neofeudalism taking place today, aside from leaving the country and allowing the unctuous derps who put their lives in the hands of a mookish career criminal burn the place to the ground!!
I’m waiting and a resident in another country where I need SS checks it may need to go to ‘REFUGEE’ status. Not a word so far on any of that other than one outspoken SSA boss he is great. He follows all posible outcomes. We’re screwed but it will drip downward until collapse about 2031. I’ll remember his name but on FB everyday Medicare and Medicaid help now too.
It is Dr.Ed Weir PhD Former SS Manager he’s not bs.
It’s YouTube.
the treasury will be ripped off within weeks
Maybe I've just watched too many Ocean's whichever movies, but I do wish the orange menace would go after Elno when he inevitably lines his own pockets from the Treasury. Or that we had a semi-independent AG who would go after him.
Because then, Elno would not want to pay the money back, so he'd have to go find another place to live (perhaps one without an extradition treaty with the US), and he'd never be able to come back until he repaid it (or until Trump let him come back or whatever). We'd be rid of him for at least a little while. It would most certainly fuck with his head, and maybe even get rid of him for good, especially if we ever get another chance at the presidency. A bargain at any price!
Don’t ever forget that sentiment Lynn, it’s something that might happen to be part of the plan, especially considering the Yuan, Ruble and Crypto fascination Trump seems to love!
The reality of Dipshit Donnie has ALWAYS been worse than anything you can ever imagine. As ridiculous and chaotic as his Junk Drawer Cabinet is, everything about it in practice (even if they all don't get confirmed and he picks some other bozos) will be so much worse than we think.
I don't even know the point I'm making...it's just that sometimes I feel as if I should clean out my walk-in closet and just hide there for the next 4 years to save my sanity!!!
We were at a restaurant earlier tonight and our waitress stated loudly how distraught she was over the election. She said she hasn't turned on the news since the election. She can't stomach it. I raised my hand and loudly told her she wasn't alone. I can't watch it anymore. We loudly talked about how stupid, misogynistic and racist this country. Every day I tell myself to engage in radical acceptance. It is what it is. I'm going to find joy in this life if it fucking kills me. Or them. FUCCCCCKKKKK!!!
Hang in there. For now we can come here and be with our people. We have each other. Remember to breathe. I'm going to take a yoga class. My therapist said I have a hard time physically relaxing.🤣 I can't throat punch people, so yoga it is. I hate exercise. 🤨 But, I'll fucking try it.
I can't physically relax either. I hope yoga works for you. I tried it, and I'm sure it's just me, but my mind is😵💫 and I'm saying "fuck, fuck, fuck", and twisted up like a pretzel!
I may try interpretive dancing!💃
Precisely.
We have axes too.
You got that right Neal, and they’re all mooks from where I see things!
Dear Jeff, I do hope you continue to show up here on Substack as I am not sure I can mentally afford another social media channel. I have to say I fully enjoy your wit and the illustrative names that you offer to these folks. Sometimes, it just sets me to giggling and thus starts my day with a smile. Sort of the reassurance that I am not the only one that sees that the emperor forgot his clothes. Today's column, as my latest enjoyment, has started me off on the right footing to face the rest of it. Thank you!
I'm right there with ya. I refuse to play the libs-to-the-four-corners-of-the-cyberdiaspora game. Jack Dorsey can eat a bag of dicks, and share the best ones with Musk and Zuck. This place eats up enough of my screen time.
Ditto. Wankers on bended knees.
Ok, I'm gonna take the sell-out flogs and get 'em overwith right quick. @muellershewrote disclosed that Bluesky is no longer being run by Jack Dorsey, but by the daughter of immigrants. Ok. Alright. I made an account. A placeholder to get my user name. Which I also did on Post and Spoutible, and both were a complete waste of time. So we shall see. Subby is still my go-to tho, especially if I decide to start writing my own.
Act fast!
Opportunities to buy a Cabinet seat or Ambassador role are ending soon!
When can I bid on an ambassadorship ? I’d love to go see Europe before The Great Leader lets his handler Vlad the Mad turn it into a sheet of irradiated nuclear glass !
I think you can check into any Trump rat-infested Hotel. Make sure you ask for the special “Secret Service” rate. You’ll need at least ten nights to qualify for Europe.
So he's not just selling classified information...
Oh Deb. He’s got Cabinet posts, sneakers, bibles, watches, Top Secret and Q Clearance badges, intelligence information, whatever anyone needs.
Hurry, while supplies last!
Trump is an alpha predator, albeit an extremely gross, intellectually stunted and unattractive predator, and he is loading up his administration with other varying types of predators. Every single one of them.
Thanks to you, Jeff, for providing an outlet for us all to huddle and vent.
Indeed D!!
I was surprised about the pick of Doctor Oz. I actually had Dr. Jekyll on my bingo card. I also have the CEO of Exxon Mobile to head the EPA (for as long as that agency’s around). But in all seriousness, Is ANYONE going to stop this insanity, or are they just going to sit back and let him dismantle our institutions, brick by brick?
That was funny, Dr, Jekyll (and Jeff's pick, Dr. Pepper). But seriously, with total majorities in all branches of federal government (I'm including the Supreme Court here) and a majority of the states, nothing can really stop this MAGA shitstorm we're about to go through. Best case : we have a better outcome than Germany did with the Nazi dictatorship.
We’re watching this disaster unfold before our eyes, and it’s so horrific that it’s mind-numbing.
The problem is that there are no Allies to rescue us.
Don’t you have a pitchfork handy Linda? There are plenty around here who do… sayin’!
Maybe we can use tiki torches.
have you noticed- the formerly institutionalist republicans have just gone poof!
The writing has been scribbled on all the walls Stephanie, democracy is dead!!
He already had Rex Tillerson, an ex CEO
of Exxon as Sect of State last term.
Tillerson said Drumpf was a moron- he was one of the many who quit their positions.
"Donny’s reached the ‘fuck it, who cares’ stage of the process"
Melania got their years before him—“I don't care, do you?”
It'd be nice to think that the Senate will see through this garbage and understand that Trump is handing out thank-you notes to his suck-ups, not putting qualified people into positions of power. It'd be nice to think that Senate Republicans will put country over party and refuse to confirm these nominations. It's just as likely that strudel will fly out of my nose and yodel.
(I'm convinced that Donny gets unblinking loyalty from R Congresscritters from some combination of wanting to profit off of his antics plus him having blackmail material on some of them.)
I don't think Trump has to bother with blackmailing most R Congresscritters. He can count on their abject cowardice in the face of a bully like him, along with their greedy grasping for power that they think he represents for them. Do their constitutional duty, like they swore they would?
Not a chance. There is no country in their calculus, just the R party of grifting thieves.
Repugs will never do anything good. Never. They are the same as shithead.
It’s pretty obvious what’s going on. In return for letting Donny pick whomever he what as agency heads, the Heritage Foundation, in return, get to place its agents just below the top and they are to call the shots.
Project 2025 begins, and wait ‘til you see what they’ve wrought in only 4 years….
I think it's time to buy a weapon; I've resisted so far, but I don't think I can ignore the imminent danger.
I keep thinking of the warning my No. 1 Virtual Boyfriend, the oracle/tragic hero Michael Fanone, offered in his election night WaPo interview: “Better fucking arm yourselves.”
😞
😐
And remember, they may later institute a Political Registration ID check for purchasing ammo, so be sure you get a good supply when you do that.
I’ve arrived at that decision myself.
If I had a gun, I'd end up shooting myself. Probably immediately.
You and me both. That's the one thing that stops me!!!
ha ha, but man that does happen a lot...especially with kids. Guns are dangerous. We need to have massive online education for non-violent civil disobedience instruction. Flash mobs are great vehicles for demonstrations. Cultural community organizing on grassroots level. Flower power is not dead though fairies are long gone, there are many in the alternate conspiracy world matrix that talk to them (one of my MAGA RFK Tulsi Elon loving brothers, for ex, sigh).
Indeed, there are many people who are "away with the fairies"!
America has a gun-death epidemic. No one outside of the military should have access to assault weapons. By far, most gun deaths are accidental or happen in a "moment of madness". The only reason people need guns for self-defense is because there are too many guns in the wrong people's hands.
Do it! I guarantee you it will make you feel a little better. A little automatic in the sock drawer should be our new mantra.
I keep thinking about it, but so far have decided no.
Modernism AKA the Enlightenment believed there was such a thing as objective reality, and this philosophical movement gave birth to science. When I was in graduate school, most of my teachers wanted me to believe that we had moved on to postmodernism where we realized that all knowledge is culturally determined. Well, we now have truly arrived in the post-modernist world, and it is just so very wonderful! (Namely, RFK Jr., Dr Oz)
I can only thank God that the hospitals in Houston TX have not made it out of modernism.
You lost me with God. Let’s leave her out of this, shall we?
I'm waiting for God to tell me she wants to be left out.
Little fairies in the sky belief, is one of the reasons we’re in this mess David. TPTB know full well how sowing division in this country, furthers their power and adds to their pocketbooks!
Donnie isn’t saying fuck it, he’s saying fuck you America.
Let’s strip all safety nets. Oz in charge of Social Security Medicare. RFKjr a country where small pox, rubella,polio etc flourish again. Women dying for nonviable fetuses.
Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem, Hegseth in charge of security.
Championship wrestling our educational goals.
The worst of the worst Matt Gaetz.
It probably did take some effort to find the worst of the worst.
The Creme de la Crap! This is America's cult of celebrity shoveling its stupidity and insanity over all decency.
Yep. He's not nominating them DESPITE their lack of integrity and qualifications, but BECAUSE of that lack.
Third World Country… here we come!
‼️‼️ 20 million DID NOT SIT THIS ONE OUT.
fuk that noise. there STILL isn’t a verification of all VBMs. i googled it.
if i missed it, pls lmk.
Approximately 95 million eligible voters didn't vote, out of an electorate of 244 million. That makes non-voters the majority by a fairly large margin.
I don’t buy it…🤬
Me either, and I don't understand why there's nothing happening about it. Why do Dems always have to roll over all the time for everything. Couldn't Kamala have waited to concede until more of the votes were counted?
Nope. Not. At. All.
doesnt counter my assertion
Agree, Eddie. Too many inexplicable stats. See:
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151721941
I'm not claiming that there wasn't any vote tampering. Just saying that voters stayed home. Too many of us do not take our civic duty seriously enough, and it's an historical fact easily proven by statistics.
you have zero evidence of that. doesnt explain the extremely long lines throughout the country.
Texas pulls that shit every election. If you live in a mostly-Republiscum area, there are plenty of machines and it doesn't take forever to vote. In an area like Austin, which is liberal enough to have Dems for mayor and our US House rep, it usually takes a LOT longer.
Zero evidence? Are you assuming that tens of millions of people suddenly decided to vote, and some nefarious plan erased all their votes? The Census shows us ages of U.S. citizens. Birth stats show us how many became eligible to vote be for the election. Death stats show how many fell out of the electorate this year. The MATH adds up to approximately 244 million citizens who were eligible to vote. County records show how many actually registered, and how many actually voted. It's also provable that, historically, about 40% of our electorate doesn't cast a ballot... and the majority of those have always been registered Democrats. This sounds a bit like MAGA's after the 2020 election - "NO WAY TRUMP LOST BECAUSE BIDEN WAS IN HIS BASEMENT AND TRUMP HAD BIGGER CROWDS!!!" Doesn't matter what people saw at their polling places, when each of those are but a very minute pixel within a whole picture.
thx Denise
Mid Week's So So Sad post........... Dr Odd of all appointments.
To all my American Friends Thanksgiving is one week away.
Stay Strong. Reconnect.Take a DEEP Breath.
And Love!
Mark it feels better to cuss and hit the ground with a baseball bat 💥🔥☄️⚡️
Lol understood
It's been two weeks? Now.
Time to move on and move forward.
Time to seek , and make improvements in your party, and country.
Time to enjoy Turkey and Football.
( hockey too)
Time to Love your family.
Time to Love Yourself as well.
We're trying so how about give us a break?
Dr. Phil for Surgeon General. You know it's coming.
No, Ronny Jackson for Surgeon General.
I’d take Dr. Bombay over that dolt!
Great choice ! Considering that the entire proposed cabinet is as close to the AAdams family as you’ll ever see …Uncle Fester with the light bulb in his maw would make a perfect Secretary of Energy ! 🤪💡
Lurch would approve
hahahahah!
😂😂😂
WTF- It’s bad when you hear the GOP say they’re not betting the farm on whether or not Diaper Don’s nominees get confirmed. What a collection of second rate losers and sycophants! All their faces should be as orange as Spray Tan Man’s ass for all the kissing! There isn’t one adult in the crowd. Talk about a third-world country! We’ll be lucky to be that after the next four years!!
We're now officially a Shithole Country. Period.
Fourth. World country