America graciously accepts Denmark’s offer to send mental hospital ships

just keep telling yourself it’s all perfectly normal

folks, as I sit here typing this, there’s a blizzard raging outside. the wind is howling, snow is falling, and there’s already at least a foot of the accursed stuff on the ground.

let’s see if I can crank out this post before the power fails.

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hey, remember that thing where the Danish Arctic Command evacuated a sick sailor from a US submarine and sent him to a hospital in Greenland, where he’s getting free medical care? of course you do. we talked about it yesterday.

remember Preznit Fuckwit’s perfectly normal reaction to this news?

the demented old dingleberry completely misunderstood what he’d been told, and hallucinated a fucked-up solution to an nonexistent crisis. and he’s putting Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry in charge — because who better to send than the stumblefuck dipshit whose state ranks dead last in American healthcare.

naturally, Landry was perfectly willing to play along, and pretend that Sundowning Grandpa Befuddlepants’ brain isn’t leaking out of his ears. it’s all so clownfuckingly moronic.

look at Landry, playing a vigorous round of Things That Never Happened The Most™.

“I want to thank all of the doctors, nurses, and medical providers who have reached out interested in donating medical services for this mission. Once we get everything in place, we would love to welcome all those interested in helping! This is what American First Charity looks like! Thank you Mr. President!”

let’s do a quick fact check of Landry’s claim that doctors and nurses immediately reached out to help.

and no, Jeff Landry isn’t getting ‘everything in place’ — both of the US’s only two hospital ships are in dry dock right now, undergoing maintenance. everyone knows this. everyone knows Landry is just flapping his gums in order to mollify that Audience of One.

once again, here is your Republican Party in the year 2026. they’re so Stockholm-syndromed that every time Dear Leader shits his diaper in public, they have to insist it smells like roses.

anyway, I think it’s totally awesome of Denmark to offer to send a mental hospital ship to Donny’s Florida golf motel. it’s an idea whose time has come.

(note: no, sadly, this is not an actual post from the Danish government. it’s from a parody account. but thank you to whoever created it. it’s brilliant, and we’re all in your debt.)

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yesterday, the US hockey team defeated the Canada’s team and took the gold at the Winter Olympics.

yay, us.

so here comes the White House social media team to demonstrate that the only thing worse than a sore loser is a sore winner.

oh look, it’s a bald eagle menacing a Canada goose. get it? get it?

never mind the fact that Canada’s national bird is the Canada jay, and that showing an eagle vanquishing a goose is meaningless. whatever happened to being a gracious victor?

stay classy, White House. and, as the saying goes, blessed are the meme creators, for they shall win the internet.

hey, guess where FBI Director Krazee-Eyes Kash Patel was, during yesterday’s hockey victory. not doing his job, that’s where.

oh look, there he is — in Italy, in the locker room of the US hockey team.

why the fuck was Kash at the Olympics? did he have a hot tip that Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers are fans of figure skating?

tell me, who drank it better?

USA! USA! we’re number one! we’re number one!

by the way, getting pissed in a locker room is Kash’s job, according to his apologists.

“The FBI also has a major role in Olympic security – as we do with the World Cup, F1, and more – so we have a U.S. consulate briefing on Olympic security and current FBI posture, as well as thanking FBI personnel on the ground,” Williamson wrote.

so, who paid for Kash’s junket to Iraly? you and me, that’s who.

Government accounts estimate it costs U.S. taxpayers at least $5,000 per flight hour for the FBI Gulfstream to fly, meaning Patel’s trip to Milan is likely to cost as much as $75,000.

Donny and his flunkies sure love to festoon themselves with medals they didn’t earn.

way cool Four Seasons Total Hockeying prize you got there, Kash.

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here’s another thing that happened yesterday.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Mexico’s most powerful drug kingpin, the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed by Mexican security forces on Sunday, Mexican defense officials said.

what happened next is that members of cartel went completely apeshit in Guadalajara.

The cartel leader’s killing set off a wave of violence in areas controlled by the cartel, with reports of burning cars blocking roads. In Guadalajara, the capital city of the western state of Jalisco and one of the host cities of the upcoming World Cup, businesses were shut down, sirens and helicopters could be heard in the city center, and residents were warned to stay inside.

now here’s Utah Senator Mike Lee’s perfectly reasonable and not-at-all-batshit contribution to the discourse.

logic, how does it work?

I’m not even sure what point Mike Lee’s trying to make. does Lee not realize he’s equating lawless cartel goons in Guadalajara with lawless ICE goons in Minneapolis? it’s a pretty apt comparison, I’d say.

after getting mercilessly dogpiled for posting this abomination to Elon’s Nazi Bar and Child Porn Emporium, Lee deleted it.

Utah, can we talk? why do you keep electing this idiot to office? aren’t you fucking embarrassed by his antics?

Mike Lee’s entire Senate career has been one dumbfuckian gaffe after another. remember when he announced that Jerome Powell had resigned, because he got snookered by AI-generated slop?

if Lee had even bothered to look at the seal, he’s have known there’s no such thing as the ‘Odeo of Govery8s8 of the Eirebal Reserve SielVa.’

ace job, you low-wattage maroon. take a victory lap.

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oh look. I made it though the post — and the winds have died down somewhat, and the snow is starting to taper off. thank you to the Weather Gods for allowing me to finish this thing.

let me leave you with a photo of my patio in its current state.

have a great Monday, everyone.

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here’s your daily reminder that I can be found on Blue Sky at this link.

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this is going to be my closing message for the foreseeable future:

practice self-care. do what you need to do to keep sane. if that means you need to disengage with my daily posts for a while, I get it. this community of ours will still be here when you return.

to all the people who have signed on in the days since the election, welcome aboard. settle in as we all try to deal with the shitfuckery that’s ahead of us.

we are all in this together, and we are all here for each other.