Same here. Donated to WCK. Hosé Andres did such gargantuan work in my Helene hit hometown that it only seemed right to continue his work where it’s desperately needed now and I have nowhere near Mush’s resources. He may as well stay in FL as do this useless mess.
And for some context, here in Hawaii we have around 23,000 undocumented Filipinos who are hard working family oriented people. They send money back to their families in the Philippines to help support them. If they are deported it will hurt them, hurt Hawaii and hurt their families. They are not criminals, they add to the richness of Hawaiiʻs culture.
I realize this is anecdotal, but here goes. I used to be second in command of a catering company that was based at a hotel. One of the guys in the hotel's accounting department was Filipino, and his wife worked in the housekeeping department. They both sent as much money as they could back to their family in the Philippines. The guy picked up extra money with us doing catering gigs after hours, and he was a total delight to be around. VERY hard worker, completely reliable, always available even at the last minute. I threw him all the hours I could. Wish I'd had a dozen like him. All those who come to our country with the same type of ethic should be welcomed!
My regular handyman José is undocumented, I got connected with him bc his undocumented Mom was my housekeeper for months. She returned to Mexico because her father was very ill, so before she left, she introduced me to her 30 yr old son & told me if I needed help with anything, to call him.
He is so nice & he works his ass off. His regular job is home construction, he also has evening & weekend work caring for a ranchers horses, gentling young horses to saddle, & then squeezes in random handyman jobs.
He has 2 children who were born here & I don’t know if his ex-wife is a US citizen or not, I didn’t ask him. He posts videos of him taking his 2 boys to do fun things when he has them on the weekends. That would be really awful for those boys to be deprived of their very loving father. I hope it doesn’t happen.
Undocumented are just as good as any other immigrants. Here they line up at a special block to get picked up for jobs. I never see any other unemployed do this. And the city checks to make sure they get paid.
Yes! They are good people....Our glorious dear leader is so ignorant though and uneducated..he might get the wild idea that he is going to invade Hawaii and take over the Islands and make it the 52nd state LOL......
I know exactly where that cybertruck is parked (because it's the parking lot of a grocery store.) There were two grassroots aid stations set up within 100 feet of that parking spot, not created or funded by billionaires, which had significantly more supplies available for folks coming by. (And doesn't a starlink connection require a deposit, subscription, etc?)
Not including the $400 set-up. A lot of Hurricane Helene survivors in NC got scammed. They were told Starlink was “free.” Nope. It’s just another grift.
Elon’s sending exploding trucks and Pringles while the World Central Kitchen is already on the ground feeding first responders and the public while organizing local food trucks to aid in the relief efforts.
trump has a golf course in Palos Verde. Note how he opened up that land for tents, helicopter landings, using the restaurant at the clubhouse to serve food to firefighters or fire victims. As a billionaire he has lead fund raising efforts with Bezos and Musk. NOT!
Because he wanted to be a movie star, and Hollywood rejected him, for his lack of talent, all of California must pay, and suffer (in his demented mind).
My mom had a Pinto. Luckily she was hit head on in it with her two sisters. A few broken legs and lots of bruises but thankfully no explosions. At least the Pinto had a known weakness, the cybertruck is far more of a wildcard when it comes to explodability.
We could start a rumor that the whole mess started with an exploding cyber truck. Surely MSM will pick it right up as clickworthy without checking whether it’s true.
It was my second thought, too. Even when the cops were saying it was intentional because of all the fireworks and gas cans in the truck, I was posting that it just sounded like a redneck camper, and that the fire probably started in the batteries and set off all that stuff accidentally. It took the suicide posts from the guy to convince me otherwise.
“were you born with, say, a congenital heart defect? sucks to be you, bro. in your next life, make better birth choices.” My granddaughter was born with a congenital heart defect. The bill for surgery was over $200,000. Fortunately, they have insurance. Why is the question of coverage even discussed? Everyone should have it just because they’re living human beings.
Rethugs think that healthcare is to be earned. Wait until they get done axing Medicaid, Medicare, the VA, and ACA. Most docs are conservative people who will vote for lower taxes every time... FAFO!
Yes and Repukes have gold standard,taxpayer funded health insurance.I think I should have the same insurance as my Senators do.They work for me.It is only fair.
My PCP for 12 years was a huge proponent of single-payer health coverage. She was also a liberal and a Black woman, and Black women have been holding up this country with all their might, even though we don't deserve it.
All of my docs have been proponents of universal healthcare. Now all they seem to be able to do is help me navigate the system as best they can. Sometimes they just apologize for this shit.
Oh no the doctors will not have patients. I was as good as dead when my mom begrudgingly took me to the town doctor. I am sure she was worried about the repercussions if she didn’t. He was a young doctor gave me EVERYTHING he had. Knew I should be in the hospital but my mother screamed NO at his suggestion of that. Thanks to him I am alive. Only he and I know how fortunate I was to be in his brief care. I have always wished I could have thanked him.
But no, the medical profession will fall on its butt under this asshole’s regime. Along with all good things in our country. People in like circumstances as I will die.
Thanks to our GOP governor (ex sheriff of Vegas), he vetoed that bill in Nevada last year.
I'm only 30 miles from Cali and I'll go there and set up residency if I become terminally ill. A terminally ill woman with pancreatic cancer begged him to sign the bill. Broke my heart.
Oh my lord, how fucking hard hearted can one be?!?! My ex-husband, whom I still love & care about is dying with Glioblastoma, he’s only 62 & was in excellent health, tall & slim, able to hike miles with his dogs, go skiing, etc.
I know that he doesn’t want to linger in pain now that he can barely even get around inside the house. I would certainly allow him to end it when he’s ready.
I was in the hospital for 3 weeks in Jan. 2021 for COVID. As an employee, they discounted my bill. My bill for Medicare A (hospital only) was $304,000. I was never intubated or in ICU. And that's with a discount??
My son was inpatient for over three months for high dose chemo and stem cell transplants. I had one statement show up for $925,000 and the other for $947,000. A separate statement for $127,000 came much later. None of that includes the $680,000 in other costs he has accumulated from his care. He’s four years old and already accrued nearly $3 million dollars in medical care. Someone explain to me how that is sustainable. Luckily we have great insurance but holy shit seeing those statements is mind blowing.
What Greenland needs are a few hundred long boats, fully-loaded with angry and ill-tempered Vikings, to land at Mar-a-iago and start “negotiating with battleaxes.” I’ll buy the popcorn.
Same same for control of the Panama Canal. As much as I despise Trump and his minions, China does have a vested interest in controlling or at least protecting shipping through the PC. WRT Greenland, global warming has and will continue to alter the flow of trade and military force atop the globe, something we’re woefully prepared to deal with. Canada also applies. How this plays out remains to be seen; I fear how the POTUS will respond. We all should.
The reason Trump and his wealthy friends, like Bezos and Zuckerberg, want Greenland is for the minerals Greenland has control of. They want to drill baby, drill. Its all about the money, but I think that Russia and China also have their eyes on it. It might be a really good fight.
The enemy of my enemy is still a stinky revolting jagoff, but have at it, Steverino. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor. Meanwhile, back at the apocalypse, California produces 15% of the country's GDP. LA County produces 25% of that. If gleeful MAGA zombies think the LA fires won't affect them, they're dumber than I thought and that's saying something.
As these devastating fires continue to burn here in SoCal, the weasels of the Republican Delegation were in Mar a Lardo to worship and praise his assholiness. Glad to see the delegation has their priorities straight as thousands of people have lost everything with no place to live face an uncertain future. Hope the voters remember who these worthless fucks are since it's obvious disaster assistance isn't their thing.
The California Republican delegation is in Florida? Before reading THIS substavk I had heard nothing of this from national media. But I DID hear all the BS about Barbara Lee in Ghana & nonsense about Gavin. The Dems should be making hay out of this....but they are apparently under the bed sucking their thumbs
Rick, just got off the phone with DC & local ofc of GOP Rep. He's in pic of CF worshipping GOP toadies laughing it up at MAL. Our Rep is Paradise CA 's Rep. Our town burned in 2018. Schiff, Ted Lieu, Eric Swallwell & ok ther DC Dems in fire area helping.
Go figure. Laughing it up as the death toll continues to climb and the number of structures burned is well over 5,000. Hoping that many of these MAGAs in Congress will be shown the door after the next election. Kudos to CA Dems showing how it's suppose to be done during a major disaster.
it's the only explanation - in my day learning to tie our shoes was a great brain work-out (I should revisit!), but the shuffling zombies of today have slip-ons
I know many folks will disagree with me, but I just can’t stand a single republican anymore. Even personal friendships have ended because we have completely different values and I don’t want to be anywhere around them. My husband has some relatives that I nod at. None of them are invited into my home. They are persona non grata, and I don’t care if they think I’m a bitch because I just can’t stand to look at their evil, stupid faces anymore. That goes for every single republican in the state government of Texas. They are all traitors as far as I’m concerned and I would not shake any of their hands if they came right up to me. These people are evil, and the ones who aren’t are so fucking stupid and/or greedy, it’s no use to speak to them so I don’t.
I cut off a friend of some years after this last election because I just couldn't bear to be in the presence of a trumper - and, haha, we're in Canada so so what...but dammit all that nonsense south of the border has contaminated our politics and we're busy getting ready to instal our own weenie version of trump (and chuck our EEEEK socialistic health system)
Gayna, I'm with ya. I drive down the street in the neighborhood where they had Dump signs in their yard and I refuse to acknowledge them. And I think I've lost a very very dear friend, who voted for the asshole the first time and who now refuses to discuss ANYTHING related to our countries situation. We live in different states... but when I find out, that'll be the end of it. And it will break my heart. But they are all traitors and our value systems are completely opposite. 😭
Marian did you know where the term “Thugs” came from? I’ll tell you. Some of India’s original Hegseths were a group of brown shirts and we are talking year 1000ce literally roamed India and beat the snot out of poor people they named themselves Thugs. History tells us all kinds of things and this word gets used a hell of use but only you and I know.
If the Muskrat and Dirty Steve start biting each other, it would soon be over. There is something called a 60-minute snake. If bitten, you die within 60 minutes whatever you do. Clearly, Dirty Steve is a 60-minute snake. Might not even be venom— might just be the bacteria in his mouth.
Thanks to Taylor Swift and others who actually care about the people needing help. Damn the billionaires who are only thinking of themselves! Let the maggot fights begin…and let’s pray that his picks for cabinet do NOT get confirmed this month!!!
My wager is that the worst garbage at the top of the heap of cabinet nominees -- Hegseth, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard -- won't get confirmed but Democrats will do their famously self-defeating "meet them halfway" thing and approve RFK Jr. and the rest of the trash.
Yes!!! We’ve allowed our elected Democrats to get away with caving in to Rethuglicons, to not delivering on things they’ve promised during campaigns, & with not getting in front of cameras to debunk the lies from Rs nearly enough as they should.
When they show themselves to be cowards, wimpy, etc then we should no longer donate to their campaigns, nor vote for them. I’m really angry
Based on the way the 1st confirmation is playing out Kennedy is a shoo in. What a bunch of 2-faced cowards who often used their precious 7 minutes to hold his feet to the fire they “thank you for your service” then proceeded to grandstand and talked about Jesus. Total waste of time (and taxpayer money). This country is in deep doo. Is there no way to stop this train wreck? Innocent and good people are going to die.
Patrick - I tried calling my new senator, Bernie Moreno <gag>, and a voicemail system answered. All I could do was leave a callback number, but of course, there's been no return call. Surprise! Not. Don't know yet who our worthless governor will appoint to replace J.usta D.ick Vance.
The took over the communications media and flooded it with lowbrow thinking racist sexist divisionary screed as long as I can remember of my adult life. Especially in radio land of the Bible belt. Democrats need to prioritze communications and bomb the land with creative ravings, flash mobbing demonstrations, and constant muckraking such as these Constantly. Unfortunately the media machine is shutting down its avenues right at the time Dems need to rise to the occasion by the criminals who are now taking over the country because dumb sheep were hypnotized by evil thoughts and lies.
By not paying attention to what was really important. GOP are turtles. Took them 50 years to get Roe vs Wade overturned. They patiently plotted their course. Dems are sprinters. We don't sit back and plot for decades. We want immediate results and we are not a cohesive group like the GOP. We had several times when we could have put laws in place that felons couldn't run, do something about the Electoral College, etc. We had a naive, it'll never happen attitude. And it did happen and here we are. If we ever get control of the government and don't pass every law to prevent this from happening again, then we don't deserve our place in government.
Yes, who knew our government would turn into a protection racket run by a mob Boss who can run his criminal organization and steal the treasury right out in the open and no law in the land can stop him. Ok. Where's that Jewish space laser zapper when you really need it.
Please read historian Heather Cox Richardson's Substack Letters from an American on Substack and other places. She will you this sh%$t is nothing new for the US. We are just having to live through another round of attempts of ultra I wealthy MAGA pseudo religious types to take over. Unclear to me how people managed to get things back under the kind of control we are looking for especially as this time it seems so much more pervasive as we have to live with (hopefully through) it. Other Substack commentators who knows "our" history are also sensibly informative. Just look around.
Kay-El dont you think Bannon is more "capable" than Musk? That may not be the right word....I mean Elon has money, but no sense. I'll bet on Steve, I think. 🥸
Steve's smart and educated (unlike Musk) and he's a street fighter. But he financially can't hold a candle to Musk nor does he have government contracts. I never thought I'd see the day when I agreed with Bannon or Coulter about anything. The enemy of my enemy.....
I never thought I would see the day when I would be cheering for Steve Bannon. Today is that day. And imagine being the richest person in the world and all you can think to donate a kiddee treats. It takes a comedian to keep up with this...
Musk is emotionally frozen at the age of 9 and he views the world (plus Mars) as his personal Pee Wee's Playhouse. Despite his billions, he's no match against adults and can be slapped down by the likes of Count Scrofula. When he stupidly posted on X that looting was legitimate in CA under Newsom, the Governor shot back (paraphrase) "Why are you promoting looting by spreading this lie? Do something helpful." So out come the party favors in Tesla Tonka-Toy Trucks.
Sharon, Newsome has the gloves off. Last night, lots of reports on him/his staff rapidly pushing back on SM lies, blaming, etc. There's a Fire FAQ up -- his office so on top of good reliable info.
Pretty much nobody beats bannon on venom, vitriol, tenacity and endurance. And nobody has more money than musk. Let them battle it out ad nauseam (literally). We all have front row seats to the shit show.
Musk’s net worth has reportedly increased by $200 billion since the election. He could literally donate $200 billion to support LA and have the same approximately $200 billion + net worth he had on Election Day.
and of course five minutes after I published this post, I found something that would have been great to include.
"Filipino fast food chain Jollibee was seen serving free food to people that have been affected by the LA wildfires. Love this."
contrast that to the Space Nazi's stingy fuckery
https://bsky.app/profile/therickydavila.bsky.social/post/3lfltfjzp6c2e
I recently donated to relief efforts. I think I spent more than Elump and I didn’t need to use a dumpster truck to do it.
Same here. Donated to WCK. Hosé Andres did such gargantuan work in my Helene hit hometown that it only seemed right to continue his work where it’s desperately needed now and I have nowhere near Mush’s resources. He may as well stay in FL as do this useless mess.
I donated to WCK as well José Andrés is a living saint.
I have used those same words to describe him.
Good on you Kay-EI!!
And for some context, here in Hawaii we have around 23,000 undocumented Filipinos who are hard working family oriented people. They send money back to their families in the Philippines to help support them. If they are deported it will hurt them, hurt Hawaii and hurt their families. They are not criminals, they add to the richness of Hawaiiʻs culture.
Oh, thank you so much for that! I love the diversity, the colorful heritages, the musical languages! So very tired of the unnecessary WASP cruelty.
I realize this is anecdotal, but here goes. I used to be second in command of a catering company that was based at a hotel. One of the guys in the hotel's accounting department was Filipino, and his wife worked in the housekeeping department. They both sent as much money as they could back to their family in the Philippines. The guy picked up extra money with us doing catering gigs after hours, and he was a total delight to be around. VERY hard worker, completely reliable, always available even at the last minute. I threw him all the hours I could. Wish I'd had a dozen like him. All those who come to our country with the same type of ethic should be welcomed!
My regular handyman José is undocumented, I got connected with him bc his undocumented Mom was my housekeeper for months. She returned to Mexico because her father was very ill, so before she left, she introduced me to her 30 yr old son & told me if I needed help with anything, to call him.
He is so nice & he works his ass off. His regular job is home construction, he also has evening & weekend work caring for a ranchers horses, gentling young horses to saddle, & then squeezes in random handyman jobs.
He has 2 children who were born here & I don’t know if his ex-wife is a US citizen or not, I didn’t ask him. He posts videos of him taking his 2 boys to do fun things when he has them on the weekends. That would be really awful for those boys to be deprived of their very loving father. I hope it doesn’t happen.
Not awful. Sinful, deeply deeply sinful.
Undocumented are just as good as any other immigrants. Here they line up at a special block to get picked up for jobs. I never see any other unemployed do this. And the city checks to make sure they get paid.
They are the best!
Yes! They are good people....Our glorious dear leader is so ignorant though and uneducated..he might get the wild idea that he is going to invade Hawaii and take over the Islands and make it the 52nd state LOL......
That could happen.
Maui, I love your attitude!!!💙
As a resident of the Bay Area, I love immigrants. They work and they have great food. Lumpia forever!
But do you have any Minihune relations?
I know exactly where that cybertruck is parked (because it's the parking lot of a grocery store.) There were two grassroots aid stations set up within 100 feet of that parking spot, not created or funded by billionaires, which had significantly more supplies available for folks coming by. (And doesn't a starlink connection require a deposit, subscription, etc?)
In my part of Missouri that link cost $120.00/month
Not including the $400 set-up. A lot of Hurricane Helene survivors in NC got scammed. They were told Starlink was “free.” Nope. It’s just another grift.
Not much chance that Elon will give anyone anything free....
Yep. That’s what Helene survivors found out after it was too late.
Yup. It's another con. People in NC were told it was free, but the invisible fine print made it very pricey.
Elon’s sending exploding trucks and Pringles while the World Central Kitchen is already on the ground feeding first responders and the public while organizing local food trucks to aid in the relief efforts.
https://wck.org/relief/california-fires-jan25
Tim, thx for World Central Kitchen donate link. Done.
They should get the Medal of Honor! Always doing the right thing better than any other, they are going to heaven if anybody is!
José Andres did get a nice medal award from the President last week. I was so glad to see him honored.
I love a good fact-check.
It wasn’t the Medal of Honor, but it was a nice recognition
He got the Presidents medal of Freedom , highest civilian medal…
I need to send a few hundred to WCK, one of my favorite charitable orgs. That’s who I donated to after Helene
"Behind every great fortune is an equally great crime."--Honore de Balzac.
Perhaps Elon's is being the worst person on the planet, currently.
I didn't even know there was a Filipino fast food chain - of course, I live in South Carolina.
I didn't know there was a Filipino fast food chain. It would do well in our little Central Valley CA town.
Hey! I'm from Easton, or was. Just south of Fresno on hwy 41.
World Central Kitchen is there too, because Chef Andres is a literal saint. If you're looking for a good cause to donate to, they are amazing.
And I'd be able to fill my Jeep with 10 times more stuff than what's in that Cybertruck in about 5 minutes. What an asshat.
My Corolla holds more.
Regarding the Space Nazi's acts of generosity, here's a link to the late lamented Scenes from a Multiverse, circa 2018:
https://amultiverse.com/comic/2018/07/14/the-problem-solver/
which reminds us that he has always been an asshole.
trump has a golf course in Palos Verde. Note how he opened up that land for tents, helicopter landings, using the restaurant at the clubhouse to serve food to firefighters or fire victims. As a billionaire he has lead fund raising efforts with Bezos and Musk. NOT!
Because he wanted to be a movie star, and Hollywood rejected him, for his lack of talent, all of California must pay, and suffer (in his demented mind).
Don’t Musk’s cybertrucks have a tendency to catch on fire? Seems like that’s the last thing the Los Angeles region needs right now.
Tesla Cybertruck: the 21st century version of the Ford Pinto 🔥
They look like they've been badly put together from a kit by 16-year-old boys with lots of pimples.
They’ll all need bumper stickers like the one I saw on a Pinto: “Explodes on Impact.”
My mom had a Pinto. Luckily she was hit head on in it with her two sisters. A few broken legs and lots of bruises but thankfully no explosions. At least the Pinto had a known weakness, the cybertruck is far more of a wildcard when it comes to explodability.
I thought those four-wheel dumpster bombs had multiple silent recalls from Tesla?
I wouldn’t be surprised if he sent the trucks that had been recalled. 🙄
Yup, that would be a Muskrat-like move.
Musk can't give those piece-o-shit faux trucks away.
First thing I thought of.
🤣🤣🤣
😳🤪🤣🤣😎. Department of Snark just called. They have an award for you. That was brilliant. I may have to steal it.
It’s all yours! 😄
Forgot about the fire hazard.
Absofuckinglutely Mango… boom!!
May have been involved in one or more of the initial fires 🔥...
I mean, you gotta wonder…
We could start a rumor that the whole mess started with an exploding cyber truck. Surely MSM will pick it right up as clickworthy without checking whether it’s true.
Haha. That was my first thought-that the Cyberfuck exploded on its own
It’s a monstrosity ! I thought Hummer was ugly, but nah, this one takes the 🏆
A giant rolling prison toilet, what's not to like?
Good one 😂
😂😂😂
The Rivian's not bad.
It was my second thought, too. Even when the cops were saying it was intentional because of all the fireworks and gas cans in the truck, I was posting that it just sounded like a redneck camper, and that the fire probably started in the batteries and set off all that stuff accidentally. It took the suicide posts from the guy to convince me otherwise.
“were you born with, say, a congenital heart defect? sucks to be you, bro. in your next life, make better birth choices.” My granddaughter was born with a congenital heart defect. The bill for surgery was over $200,000. Fortunately, they have insurance. Why is the question of coverage even discussed? Everyone should have it just because they’re living human beings.
EXACTLY
Rethugs think that healthcare is to be earned. Wait until they get done axing Medicaid, Medicare, the VA, and ACA. Most docs are conservative people who will vote for lower taxes every time... FAFO!
Yes and Repukes have gold standard,taxpayer funded health insurance.I think I should have the same insurance as my Senators do.They work for me.It is only fair.
There was a doctor living next door to me. When the battle for the ACA started, my neighbor was having a fit that President Obama was a SOCIALIST! 🙄
My neighbor is a doctor and given the nightmare of dealing with insurance companies, he would just assume go to universal healthcare single payer.
My PCP for 12 years was a huge proponent of single-payer health coverage. She was also a liberal and a Black woman, and Black women have been holding up this country with all their might, even though we don't deserve it.
That’s quite different from the doctors in my neighborhood.
Good for him.
All of my docs have been proponents of universal healthcare. Now all they seem to be able to do is help me navigate the system as best they can. Sometimes they just apologize for this shit.
He was worrying about his reimbursement from the ACA versus private insurance. Always follow the money.
Maybe they'd like to work for HMOs. A lot of doctors in the Bay Area prefer Kaiser.
But will they have any patients? Trust me… they know how play the system.
Oh no the doctors will not have patients. I was as good as dead when my mom begrudgingly took me to the town doctor. I am sure she was worried about the repercussions if she didn’t. He was a young doctor gave me EVERYTHING he had. Knew I should be in the hospital but my mother screamed NO at his suggestion of that. Thanks to him I am alive. Only he and I know how fortunate I was to be in his brief care. I have always wished I could have thanked him.
But no, the medical profession will fall on its butt under this asshole’s regime. Along with all good things in our country. People in like circumstances as I will die.
Yes, I was just thinking about how kindly doctors will take to seeing their Medicare-driven billable hours plunge.
Medicare scamming is their solution to that, and how small fortunes were turned into huge ones by Voldemort and Matt Gaetz's father.
Stephen - I beg to differ. ALL MDs I know personally & professionally are NOT repubs
and in many countries, THEY DO (I have the good fortune to live in one)
Failed in my state, MD, by one vote. I intend to do same as you.
A number of states have Death with Dignity laws as well
Thanks to our GOP governor (ex sheriff of Vegas), he vetoed that bill in Nevada last year.
I'm only 30 miles from Cali and I'll go there and set up residency if I become terminally ill. A terminally ill woman with pancreatic cancer begged him to sign the bill. Broke my heart.
Oh my lord, how fucking hard hearted can one be?!?! My ex-husband, whom I still love & care about is dying with Glioblastoma, he’s only 62 & was in excellent health, tall & slim, able to hike miles with his dogs, go skiing, etc.
I know that he doesn’t want to linger in pain now that he can barely even get around inside the house. I would certainly allow him to end it when he’s ready.
He's GOP. You sadly can answer your own question. Hugs to you and your ex. Glioblastoma is an ugly diagnosis.
Canada right?
As a child I always wondered why I was born to such poor people.
My hip replacement was totally covered by medicare plus add-on insurance. This is why we need to have medicare for ALL.
I was in the hospital for 3 weeks in Jan. 2021 for COVID. As an employee, they discounted my bill. My bill for Medicare A (hospital only) was $304,000. I was never intubated or in ICU. And that's with a discount??
My reverse total shoulder replacement in 2019 didn’t cost me a dime except for gasoline to drive to Taos & back home. I have Medicare & a supplemental
I don’t want to hear you have passed on but if that is what you desire… remember that is the thing the enemies want too. It’s a conundrum.
If I had to sell my house to pay medical bills, I would be homeless, so I got your point.
George Takei: "I told Brad if I'm ever in a coma, just pull the plug. Then plug me back in. Sometimes that works."
I’m going to do a countdown 5,4,3,2,1
you're hilarious!
My son was inpatient for over three months for high dose chemo and stem cell transplants. I had one statement show up for $925,000 and the other for $947,000. A separate statement for $127,000 came much later. None of that includes the $680,000 in other costs he has accumulated from his care. He’s four years old and already accrued nearly $3 million dollars in medical care. Someone explain to me how that is sustainable. Luckily we have great insurance but holy shit seeing those statements is mind blowing.
What Greenland needs are a few hundred long boats, fully-loaded with angry and ill-tempered Vikings, to land at Mar-a-iago and start “negotiating with battleaxes.” I’ll buy the popcorn.
Little known fact: Vikings ate raw onions on sea voyages to prevent scurvy. That will make the beatdown even better!
Now you’re talkin’! I approve this message.
the native Inuit might have a seal-spear or two at the ready as well
This Viking is ready to launch
Same same for control of the Panama Canal. As much as I despise Trump and his minions, China does have a vested interest in controlling or at least protecting shipping through the PC. WRT Greenland, global warming has and will continue to alter the flow of trade and military force atop the globe, something we’re woefully prepared to deal with. Canada also applies. How this plays out remains to be seen; I fear how the POTUS will respond. We all should.
The reason Trump and his wealthy friends, like Bezos and Zuckerberg, want Greenland is for the minerals Greenland has control of. They want to drill baby, drill. Its all about the money, but I think that Russia and China also have their eyes on it. It might be a really good fight.
And the shipping lanes for Vlad.
You forgot slings, arrows and cudgels JR!!
my bad! i figured Alpha males killed up close 🙃
I’m there for it!
Expropriations.
Yes, yes, yes!!!
First of all, I could smell Stevie Three Shirts just by looking at that picture of him. My god. 🤮
And Elonia could rebuild LA with all the money he has...I think he was dropped on his head too many times by Mae.
And really, I think we can all agree that Republicans in general are assholes. Every last one.
Now that I look back at bannon’s picture….I CAN SMELL HIM TOO!!!!!!!!
He's just nasty... in every way!
😂😂. Are you Jeff’s ghost writer 🤣🤣. Love it!!
I worked for unhoused people. They didn't look like him. The skid row look isn't real.
He is just disgusting and yes, I can smell him.
Assholes? My dear, you are too kind.
🤣🤣. I was trying to be nice!? 🤷♀️
Nailed it Susan!!
Avoid at all costs remember “One Man Leper Colony”, we now use that around the house, it’s good for levity and a reminder of exactly who he is.
Yes yes 🙌
The enemy of my enemy is still a stinky revolting jagoff, but have at it, Steverino. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor. Meanwhile, back at the apocalypse, California produces 15% of the country's GDP. LA County produces 25% of that. If gleeful MAGA zombies think the LA fires won't affect them, they're dumber than I thought and that's saying something.
As these devastating fires continue to burn here in SoCal, the weasels of the Republican Delegation were in Mar a Lardo to worship and praise his assholiness. Glad to see the delegation has their priorities straight as thousands of people have lost everything with no place to live face an uncertain future. Hope the voters remember who these worthless fucks are since it's obvious disaster assistance isn't their thing.
assholiness: great (and a note that musk could replace everyone's homes and furnishings if he [hahahahahahahahahaha] had a heart)
The California Republican delegation is in Florida? Before reading THIS substavk I had heard nothing of this from national media. But I DID hear all the BS about Barbara Lee in Ghana & nonsense about Gavin. The Dems should be making hay out of this....but they are apparently under the bed sucking their thumbs
I know! Where are the Dems? Where are Schumer and Jeffries?
Rick, just got off the phone with DC & local ofc of GOP Rep. He's in pic of CF worshipping GOP toadies laughing it up at MAL. Our Rep is Paradise CA 's Rep. Our town burned in 2018. Schiff, Ted Lieu, Eric Swallwell & ok ther DC Dems in fire area helping.
Go figure. Laughing it up as the death toll continues to climb and the number of structures burned is well over 5,000. Hoping that many of these MAGAs in Congress will be shown the door after the next election. Kudos to CA Dems showing how it's suppose to be done during a major disaster.
And a lot of them are registered Republicans! Maybe, just maybe, they’ll awaken once out of the smoke and see the light.
Fire happened on Biden’s watch. He will forever be blamed by RepubliCONS for whatever mess fat ass makes of recovery efforts once he takes office.
Ole, yes. We will be here pushing back on that for years.
Lots of CA magas must be Evac'd or burned out. CF doesn't remember that, or doesn't care.
No they won't.
They will not remember. Republicans vote with rose-colored glasses. It is a special tint that makes the ballot eliminate Democrats.
MAGA = DUMB How do these idiots even tie their own shoes?
Velcro
it's the only explanation - in my day learning to tie our shoes was a great brain work-out (I should revisit!), but the shuffling zombies of today have slip-ons
Designer loafers. Like their King.
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LOL! 👏👏👏👏👏
Like
Bannon, that's a good hill to die on!
Ann, sobering numbers. The ports of Long Beach & LA too.
Poignant Ann!!
I know many folks will disagree with me, but I just can’t stand a single republican anymore. Even personal friendships have ended because we have completely different values and I don’t want to be anywhere around them. My husband has some relatives that I nod at. None of them are invited into my home. They are persona non grata, and I don’t care if they think I’m a bitch because I just can’t stand to look at their evil, stupid faces anymore. That goes for every single republican in the state government of Texas. They are all traitors as far as I’m concerned and I would not shake any of their hands if they came right up to me. These people are evil, and the ones who aren’t are so fucking stupid and/or greedy, it’s no use to speak to them so I don’t.
I cut off a friend of some years after this last election because I just couldn't bear to be in the presence of a trumper - and, haha, we're in Canada so so what...but dammit all that nonsense south of the border has contaminated our politics and we're busy getting ready to instal our own weenie version of trump (and chuck our EEEEK socialistic health system)
Gayna, I'm with ya. I drive down the street in the neighborhood where they had Dump signs in their yard and I refuse to acknowledge them. And I think I've lost a very very dear friend, who voted for the asshole the first time and who now refuses to discuss ANYTHING related to our countries situation. We live in different states... but when I find out, that'll be the end of it. And it will break my heart. But they are all traitors and our value systems are completely opposite. 😭
Can’t change ignorance with knowledge, can one Gayna??
I agree, that’s how I’m handling my life now.
You can’t speak to them there is no co-nveration co meaning two participants but with a moron; how?
I find your point of view entirely reasonable.
"are you ready for some MAGA-on-MAGA warfare?"
The phrase "rooting for injuries" has never been more true.
MAGA on MAGA warfare and FAFO are two of my favorite things. I prefer to wish people the best but I’ll make exceptions for these things.
Karla: agreed, with a possible correction: These “thugs”
Marian did you know where the term “Thugs” came from? I’ll tell you. Some of India’s original Hegseths were a group of brown shirts and we are talking year 1000ce literally roamed India and beat the snot out of poor people they named themselves Thugs. History tells us all kinds of things and this word gets used a hell of use but only you and I know.
You sure do come up with stuff. I read about those Merry Bands in India about a million years ago and totally forgot.
If the Muskrat and Dirty Steve start biting each other, it would soon be over. There is something called a 60-minute snake. If bitten, you die within 60 minutes whatever you do. Clearly, Dirty Steve is a 60-minute snake. Might not even be venom— might just be the bacteria in his mouth.
Steve is the Komodo dragon of MAGAts.
hilarious! stealing
Well played Alison, let’s hope!!
You're on a roll, Alison! 🏆🏆
Thanks to Taylor Swift and others who actually care about the people needing help. Damn the billionaires who are only thinking of themselves! Let the maggot fights begin…and let’s pray that his picks for cabinet do NOT get confirmed this month!!!
Or any month there after!!
My wager is that the worst garbage at the top of the heap of cabinet nominees -- Hegseth, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard -- won't get confirmed but Democrats will do their famously self-defeating "meet them halfway" thing and approve RFK Jr. and the rest of the trash.
We need to keep track of who votes for what and whom and publish their names. All of them. Somehow people must be held accountable.
Absolutely with you!
Yes!!! We’ve allowed our elected Democrats to get away with caving in to Rethuglicons, to not delivering on things they’ve promised during campaigns, & with not getting in front of cameras to debunk the lies from Rs nearly enough as they should.
When they show themselves to be cowards, wimpy, etc then we should no longer donate to their campaigns, nor vote for them. I’m really angry
They're all trash, but not all of them are nuts. RFK Jr fits in the nuts category.
Based on the way the 1st confirmation is playing out Kennedy is a shoo in. What a bunch of 2-faced cowards who often used their precious 7 minutes to hold his feet to the fire they “thank you for your service” then proceeded to grandstand and talked about Jesus. Total waste of time (and taxpayer money). This country is in deep doo. Is there no way to stop this train wreck? Innocent and good people are going to die.
I’d strongly suggest calling your congressman and senators Tess, it’s helpful!!
Patrick - I tried calling my new senator, Bernie Moreno <gag>, and a voicemail system answered. All I could do was leave a callback number, but of course, there's been no return call. Surprise! Not. Don't know yet who our worthless governor will appoint to replace J.usta D.ick Vance.
Email him.
Oh don’t you worry…I have!!!!!
Me, too. Though they are both Dems and have promised not to confirm. It’s good for them to know that we’re watching.
How did America turn into such a clusterfuck??!
About 9 years ago an orangey criminal slithered down an escalator and…here we are!
Reagan, Bush, Bush, Trump Dawna!!
Nixon belongs to that group. "He started it"!!!
Nixon.
The last republikkkan who made any sense was Ike. ONLY because he saw what private industry would do to defense.
It was prez Cheney BTW.
Bingo !
The took over the communications media and flooded it with lowbrow thinking racist sexist divisionary screed as long as I can remember of my adult life. Especially in radio land of the Bible belt. Democrats need to prioritze communications and bomb the land with creative ravings, flash mobbing demonstrations, and constant muckraking such as these Constantly. Unfortunately the media machine is shutting down its avenues right at the time Dems need to rise to the occasion by the criminals who are now taking over the country because dumb sheep were hypnotized by evil thoughts and lies.
Don’t sell Putin short Lynn!!
slowly but surely…..unfortunately
By not paying attention to what was really important. GOP are turtles. Took them 50 years to get Roe vs Wade overturned. They patiently plotted their course. Dems are sprinters. We don't sit back and plot for decades. We want immediate results and we are not a cohesive group like the GOP. We had several times when we could have put laws in place that felons couldn't run, do something about the Electoral College, etc. We had a naive, it'll never happen attitude. And it did happen and here we are. If we ever get control of the government and don't pass every law to prevent this from happening again, then we don't deserve our place in government.
Yes, who knew our government would turn into a protection racket run by a mob Boss who can run his criminal organization and steal the treasury right out in the open and no law in the land can stop him. Ok. Where's that Jewish space laser zapper when you really need it.
Please read historian Heather Cox Richardson's Substack Letters from an American on Substack and other places. She will you this sh%$t is nothing new for the US. We are just having to live through another round of attempts of ultra I wealthy MAGA pseudo religious types to take over. Unclear to me how people managed to get things back under the kind of control we are looking for especially as this time it seems so much more pervasive as we have to live with (hopefully through) it. Other Substack commentators who knows "our" history are also sensibly informative. Just look around.
1. California’s GOP reps pulling a Ted Cruz stunt.
2. Stevie Stink Shirt dissing Elump. I’m here for that three ring circus.
Kay-El dont you think Bannon is more "capable" than Musk? That may not be the right word....I mean Elon has money, but no sense. I'll bet on Steve, I think. 🥸
Lol, isn’t that like betting on Godzilla v. Mothra?
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Simpler times! :)
HA!
😂😂😂
Godzilla versus Magagodzilla
Steve's smart and educated (unlike Musk) and he's a street fighter. But he financially can't hold a candle to Musk nor does he have government contracts. I never thought I'd see the day when I agreed with Bannon or Coulter about anything. The enemy of my enemy.....
Smart???? No, he is just a loud mouth.
I never thought I would see the day when I would be cheering for Steve Bannon. Today is that day. And imagine being the richest person in the world and all you can think to donate a kiddee treats. It takes a comedian to keep up with this...
https://barrygander.substack.com/p/mexico-is-sending-its-best
Musk is emotionally frozen at the age of 9 and he views the world (plus Mars) as his personal Pee Wee's Playhouse. Despite his billions, he's no match against adults and can be slapped down by the likes of Count Scrofula. When he stupidly posted on X that looting was legitimate in CA under Newsom, the Governor shot back (paraphrase) "Why are you promoting looting by spreading this lie? Do something helpful." So out come the party favors in Tesla Tonka-Toy Trucks.
Sharon, Newsome has the gloves off. Last night, lots of reports on him/his staff rapidly pushing back on SM lies, blaming, etc. There's a Fire FAQ up -- his office so on top of good reliable info.
Yes. I think we should all take the gloves off.
*Newsom
It's even worse than I thought...but I can't disagree with your comment!
Pretty much nobody beats bannon on venom, vitriol, tenacity and endurance. And nobody has more money than musk. Let them battle it out ad nauseam (literally). We all have front row seats to the shit show.
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Why was an Italian newspaper interviewing Steve Bannon? Was it because no English-language media want to get anywhere near him?
Italy elected an admirer of Mussolini as its Prime Minister, so the fascism is strong.
Yes and the Italian mafia was just released from prison and they have already gone back to “work”! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/03/families-of-sicilian-mafia-victims-fear-return-of-freed-mobsters?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I would have wondered that too... well I did almost and lost interest.
Musk’s net worth has reportedly increased by $200 billion since the election. He could literally donate $200 billion to support LA and have the same approximately $200 billion + net worth he had on Election Day.
Maybe too busy searching out those minimum wage engineers though?… 🙄
Trump doesn't "shake things up" as the quisling media like to say!
He fucks things up is what he does best IMHO!