I swear there is a factory pumping these pasty white soulless automatons out by the dozens.
ps- did you catch the big doofus with his stupid thumbs up sign as America crashes and burns? But it’s a kinda half hearted throw down like he is getting an inkling of just how badly he has Fucked up.
If that’s even possible at his level of narcissism
Yes! One of my 'gritting teeth' bad spellings since there, their and they're are learned SO early on in Elementary School, yet magats rage when called out as if they're the immigrants learning a new and difficult language while working hard to assimilate.
Elizabeth-You just pushed one of my buttons. My hair catches on fire every time home schooling comes up. That it is now acceptable as education, has given magats permission to “teach” their children is beyond me. The three R’s: “Religion, Rifles, Reactionary”.
I do like and admire the ‘Space Nazi’ nick; I just can’t let go of ‘Skippy the Dipshit’ It has such a nice ring to it and I’m gonna keep it in play. But I will throw the occasional Space Nazi in there because it’s a good one.
But when I hear space Nazi my mind immediately turns to
Not only did we will tell the MAGAhats that Dwumpy Twumpy was going to be even more unhinged, for his second term. BUT WE TOLD THEM TARIFFS in term #45 that WE PAY THE TAXES. Were they just not listening 8 years ago? We told them then, we told them now. WTF. What can I say, MAGAhats are in an endless session of Getting Hit On the Head lessons. Stop whining, and take your smack on the head. STFU and take it complaining snowflakes. Yup, you're the snowflakes, you were 10 years ago, and you're still snowflakes. Live it, like it, losers.
Carson City, NV, 7,000+; Reno, NV 1,000+ (the latter was organized in a couple of days.). Even the small rural NV towns made a good per-capita showing)
Exactly Jeff. Eat your shit sandwich and turd soup! I was in the Chicago protest and it was massive, inspiring and proof that we will save our democracy! We must continue to hold rallies until demands are met. Another is scheduled for Apr 19! Being in the middle of a massive group of like-minded friends was utterly amazing!
Colbert had a great quote on his show…on trumper remorse…”They ordered the turd soup, and then said, ‘Waiter, there’s turds in my soup.’ Then came back four years later and asked,’Y'all still have that turd soup?”
Agree - however Jimmy Kimmel has done some excellent taking down of the orange anus-mouth, especially since his son needed extreme medical care and 'they' were very cruel. His Oscar-night 'aren't you past your jail time' hosting comment back TO frump who attacked him DURING the Oscars was pure gold and is now part of Academy Award history. He too is as unafraid as Stephen.
And if Dear Leader told his cult members that dog shit sandwiches were delicious they'd all be headed to the nearest dog park with a loaf of Wonder Bread and declaring that, yes dog shit sandwiches are delicious!
Eating dog turd sandwiches...We hope that they aren't that dumb. There has to be (may be?) a line they won't cross. If and when we find it, we need to share that information with everyone.
I have back/hip issues and of course with the heavy rain we had here, things flared and I literally could not walk, at ALL. I had signed on to attend our protest out here on Long Island (NY) - was very upset by being unable, so it's especially nice to hear I'll have other chances to go. Even hubby is interested (Combat Vet). I'm SO PROUD of all of our peaceful protesters and of Cory Booker, especially.
I helped a gentleman get his mobility scooter out of the trunk of his car. He was determined to be there and I was glad to help. I called two younger fellows in for the heavy lifting. A great feeling of cameradiere was all around. We will double the number next time and it will be a tremendous boost for the soul of all who attend, I promise you
Yes 👏 it is great cameraderie to be among like minded people & it’s been fun & cheerful. I just recruited a young X-Ray tech to join our group here in small town NM. She said she knew others who hate what’s happening, but were “scared” to protest & they weren’t aware that we had a group. I encouraged her to come on out & bring her friends, that it’s FUN.
There’s only one way to end the subjugation we find ourselves in. The Act of War Against its People is treason! Article 3 section 3 of the Constitution provides the people the path forward. The power to remove any elected official whose seizure violates Constitutional law, should be brought up by congress and our courts…sadly they’re complicit! We need a well organized revolution, which will be our greatest threat to our billionaire overlords Abbi!!
One of the 2 best signs I saw yesterday, this one on Blue Sky: “Devour Feculence, Elon.” I was blown away by being part of yesterday, people as far as was visible, including across an entire bridge that wasn’t the one we marched across later. Lots of boomers — we’re not all bad — and lots of positive energy. I’ve read estimates of 2-3 million and have no idea which are accurate.
Here's a sign from St Paul, MN: across the top it said "The Bag Brothers", under that photos of Elon, JD, and Trump. Under their photos respectively, "Douche, Duffle, and Colostomy."
Older ladies come up with great signs. Here is one I saw on Meidas : "I'd call Trump a Cunt, but he lacks depth and warmth." I thought that was a good one.
I am from Chicago and would have been there but instead I was in the Berlin protest. Here is my story about it today. I am so glad that we are getting it out around the world. This is just the beginning. There was also a big Tesla protest in Germany the country in Europe where Tesla sales are tanking the deepest. Except for the Nazi party (AfD) Germans hate Musk and that is bad for Tesla. Try to mess with an election and now we are discussing getting rid of X. Wish we would. Let people have to sneak get on it, like doing illicit drugs.
How massive is massive? I didn't go to a Bay Area rally, but all the numbers I saw from over the country wouldn't together have touched the San Francisco April 1967 anti-Vietnam war march and rally. I know a lot of people my age (75) went, but clearly not even in Berkeley did a lot people show up. Is the population not that young, because I can understand people my age not going.
My Hands Off protest was in The Washington, PA. It’s approximately 20 miles south of Pittsburgh. We had a large group of seniors, more than a few in wheelchairs, veterans, and retirees. Many, many young people, LGBTQ and the Mayor, JoJo Burgess, and retired county commissioners. It was so uplifting! People were so excited to have an event to attend that’s close by. I’ll be watching for the next one. My friends and I felt like we were finally showing up and contributing to stopping this insanity.
There were conservatively 800 in attendance (likely 1,000). I consider it a great success!
If he does that we have to go out anyway. Many protesters are older and it wonʻt look good on TV if Trumpʻs goons are tossing grandma and grandpa down on the pavement. Steve Schmidtʻs The Warning blog has a good thing on this today or yesterday.
I remember that day!! I wasn't in S.F., but at another one in the Bay Area (my parents took us out of school for the day for it). It was the BEST!! I was only 14, just getting into my protesting days, so it was a great start for me with many great memories. :)
Um, it was a Saturday. But, there were bands on flatbed trucks and we marched behind the Dead!!! And when we got to Kezar Stadium, Steve Miller and his original (for SF, anyway) band was playing under a tree in a light rain! It was the first time I saw them.
We had over a Million on the Mall in DC several times in ‘67 & ‘68. Then again when Nixon went into Cambodia briefly and the Christmas bombing of Hanoi. But we weren’t going to let him get away with escalating the War.
It is something to see a Million people! We got gassed and pepper sprayed and we escaped down every side street in Washington. The Cops were grinding their teeth , smacking their 40 inch riot clubs into their palms, itching to get at it. Get at Us!! Wild times. Wouldn’t have missed a minute of any of it!!!!
Where are the young people? They have got to mobilize with us, they will inherit whatever mess we can’t get stopped. They have a Lot to lose !
I was so caught up in the fervor against the Vietnam War, but at 12-13 years old I was too young and too far away in Oregon. My conservative dad, a WW2 vet, was focused on keeping my older and very athletic brother from getting drafted, and succeeded via “sports injury” plus college deferment. I was grateful for that. If that hadn’t succeeded, they would have relocated him to Canada. Viva la protest!
That's what I remember. When a million people come out, that's opposition, besides at least 100,000 in San Francisco alone. I have to say, the San Francisco marches I went to were peaceful.
Many of our Hands Off protests have been during the hours of 10 - 4 or Noon - 2 & many of the under 60 crowd have full time jobs & maybe kids. Many people these days have 2 jobs, trying to make ends meet. I think when this trade war truly starts to hit hard, that will bring more out.
That's a good point, but I thought most of the demonstrations were on weekends. It didn't stop the under 60 crowd in the Sixties and Seventies, and we rarely saw older people...
"colicky cultists" 😂😂 Hell yes. On LinkedIn, all the pseudo experts in economics are out and the shit they say proves the cult runs deep...and lots of these idiots have all their teeth but I suspect suffer from Scared Old White Guy syndrome. (I'm not talking about you. 🤣)
Yesterday was inspirational and gave me some hope in America. If South Korea can rid themselves of THEIR shit head, we can too.
Here in Eureka, CA, my wife and I were out with our latest protest signs, where it was said to be the largest protest, rivaling the first Women’s March, anti-Iraq war, . . . ones. Mostly older demographic but so is this city of less than 30,000. Inventive signs, music, chants (that older demographic from the Civil Rights and Vietnam era), even found some pickleball buddies. Oh, definitely a lot of horn honking with the couple thousand on the sidewalks on either side of 5th (northbound 101) and hopefully the energy continues. Nary a cybertruck in view—at a previous one, there was one circling the block a few times, trolling. Not this time.
Thats great...good to know. I swear, you can feel the energy! There are way more of us than there are of them...let's bring back sanity to America! (And our generation is experienced-we know how to protest! 😂)
True dat Susan! I saw so many grey haired, weathered, with a sense of political correctness and conviction faces. Faces I’ve seen many times over my lifetime of protesting. It brought chills and remembrance of what must be done to create change in a corrupt system of governance!!
I was arrested at a protest of Clarence Thomas' confirmation,in L.A. I was one of two , for Disobeying an officer. I interviewed on the local news, my parents saw it. NARAL members waited for me to be released On My Own Recognizance. Had a hot cup of coffee and a Pro Bono atty for me. Woman judge EXPUNGED the charge. But I was so much younger then, & not disabled.
Sweet Kristy, you’ve still got the same rebellious spirit in you! Yes we're a few ticks older, but still highly motivated, I know I wore a smile all day!!
I remember the first anti-war protest in Berkeley, October 14, 1965. Stretched from the University down Telegraph Avenue all the way to the Smokehouse at the Berkeley Oakland line, where the Hells Angels, accompanied by the Oakland Police (see, I'm not calling them pigs) where various leaders convened and decided to turn us west down to Civic Center Park across from Berkeley High (my high school). That's where I saw my first FBI agents (you could tell by the shoes) and ingloriously, my father showed up to drag (not quite) me home. But I went to the march down through Oakland the next day.
Edited. Well, I've skipped all the demonstrations so far (except for NYC most recently, they did not meet my definition of demonstration), but the Working Families Party is holding a rally at Bancroft and Telegraph from 10-2 on May 1. This is the traditional starting place for rallies/marches in Berkeley, and I am going, waiting to see if any other old people mistakenly lurch onto Bancroft Avenue......... I will be dressed appropriately, which means no tank top and heavy shoes and jeans.
Scott Bent Over for Trump Bessent is now dissing “suggestions” that Orange Hitler’s tariffs are cratering the global and US economies.
Since when do economists provide fucking “suggestions”? Scott you fucking political shitbag MAGA moron, economists solve stochastic programs, Monte Carlo simulations, and even deterministic programs, they don’t make “suggestions” you ignorant fucking soulless antichrist billionaire. Your mother in law without her social security check knows that, you fucking satanic MAGA zombie. Get a clue or get your useless ass to the Fed so Jerome Powell can SHOW you how fucking stupid you are. Another pathetic example of more money than brains 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️
Also signs that said: "They're eating the checks, they're eating the balances," "But it was the Gulf of Mexico at birth!" and "Honk if you've never drunk texted war plans."
We should tell MAGAs of the Compact to make state electoral votes match the popular vote, and Rep Jamie Raskin has made it a mission for himself. He's trying to get enough states to join the Compact and get to 271 votes, thereby getting around the E. College's screwing with our elections.
Unfortunately, some of them are, and simply seem to have some twisted need to suck up to what they think is a rising power star that will bring them imitation power and glory.
I found actual encouragement by attending the rally in the red-leaning Santa Clarita Valley north of where we live in L.A. A few thousand protestors with a ton of horn honking support and only 5 a-hole MAGAts yelling from their jacked op pick-up trucks. Let's keep this up peeps!
I am quite encouraged by the turnout in red areas and red states. I guess Magats hate losing their safety nets, too. We'll see more of them come over as the pain increases. They may see the light when Mom and grandma have to move into their condo and live with them.
Funny story about that: our march in Atlanta had 20,000 (more?). I saw a LOT of older white guys, alone, wearing short-sleeve button shirts, walking with us, looking sad and upset. They didn't hold signs or chant, they just walked with us, milled around, and were watching us uncertainly. They didn't take pictures or use their phones. They never engaged, people didn't engage with them. I'm not a psychic or a psychologist, but I'm guessing some of those guys were MAGA de-converts desperate to find a new reality, now that their old one has vanished. I think we're going to find a LOT of new faces on our side of the barricades in short order.
Older people especially (80 in July, God willing!!) may have their first memories of marchers from news films of Germany and Italy (and Russians but not films until Russians made their own glory versions) in the war years. That’s part of why ‘60’s marchers were so scary to them. The concept of peaceful protest took a while to get across to folks. And then there
Yeah, funny thing, that. We marched right through downtown *Atlanta* and the ONLY sign of (not even) counter-protest was a single, lonesome jack-up revving his mighty weenie at us and rolling some coal. Response: "SORRY ABOUT YOUR PENIS!"
There was gridlock yesterday in Thousand Oaks and it was beautiful. Great to see so many out there and on April 19, there could more. Only saw one asshole driving in front of us who is still ordering the turd soup flipping people off but like former Tom Petty guitarist Mike Campbell says in one of his songs, "fuck that guy".
Let's put aside the quaint notion that Trump is doing this for "his" people. He couldn't care less about the people. Trump's goal is an authoritarian society where he is the equivalent of a king. He is beholden to Russia and its mafia. The goal is to destroy the US. Well eventually have some structure of a king, nobles (the lying billionaires and some of his cabinet), some kind of professional class including MAGA brownshirts and serfs/peasants/peons. Trump doesn't care about health care or social security. Just tend your field until you drop and somebody takes your place. Trump will sell tariff workarounds for people who pay and idolize. He's golfing when four killed American soldiers are sent home (and veterans and the military voted around 64 percent for him). WTAF?
His idiotic supporters still can't make the connection or even care that anyone who golfs that shitty, doesn't win tournaments without cheating. Not to mention how much it costs us every time that fat fuck hits the links which is more time he ever spends working. Or attending services for fallen soldiers.
Diaper Don’s story is pure bullshit, that America is being ripped off by countries with whom we have a trade deficit. We exploit cheap labor in places like China and Vietnam for the profit of American entrepreneurs who have products made overseas - and of course those low wage workers buy their food and clothing as inexpensively as possible, grown locally. They aren’t buying Vermont maple syrup or Georgia peanuts, they’re buying locally produced food. So that produces a trade deficit from America’s perspective, where American entrepreneurs get rich and American consumers get low prices and have jobs that are better than if they worked in a low wage shirt factory. But Donny Diaperload’s story is that Americans are being ripped off.
Well ordinary Americans ARE being ripped off, but not by low wage foreign workers. They are being ripped off by their billionnaire and corporate overlords.
You nailed it Jeff! I’m sure if we run out of binkies we can offer something to calm their nerves! hahhahaha (sledge hammer). Yesterday’s protests were awesome-over 1,000 in our smallish town-signs all over the place! It was sad-but nice to see everyone coming together. There is hope!
Smoked fish can't be "made" here in good ol' 'Murricah? Why not, Anthony? and here's a clue for ya, I'm pretty sure Chile and the others will drop "there" tariffs if the evil idiot you voted for would stop the US tariffs. Duh.
Right!!! Misuses a word to “own” the reader.!? How does that work? An illiterate moron owns the reader because he can’t spell or construct a proper sentence.
I don't have anything to add this morning. Recovering from a horrendous weekend. But want to say "Ketamine McChainsaw is right up on the list with spew your coffee wet your pants Jeffisms. Thanks, Jeff, for helping me laugh through this ugly mess. Yes, I will be at the next rally even if someone has to take me in a coffin or urn.
Tony is an even bigger moron than your average Trumptard if he believes the US can't produce smoked salmon. I suggest he travel to my ho.e state of WA that has been producing the best smoked salmon since the Native Americans had their technique stolen from them by white settlers. Of course it costs more than the shitty factory farmed salmon from Chile, but you get what you pay for. And Tony and the rest of the Trumptards are learning that you always get what you pay for!🤣
Thanks John. Set the record straight. The shitty big box stores where MAGAts shop do not carry locally caught and smoked fish. They think everyone eats crap from the least reliable sources.
But--why is it still just us? The overwhelming majority of people who make the signs, drive to the protests, march in all kinds of weather, stand for longer periods than is comfortable for most of us are the veterans of protests past. Is it just that people of a certain age still believe in putting their bodies on the line for what is important? Is it that we are tragically out of touch and no one has told us that our old-fashioned activism is no longer relevant? Not many who belong to generations that came after mine are out there, visible, and committed to making a difference. Maybe we are clinging to old ways that no longer work; but, what does?? Anybody have answers or suggestions??
I think it's that young people have never known really hard times. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't want to denigrate young people. When you're young, you believe that you have plenty of time. When you are old you realize that you don't have much time to make things right.
I'm approaching retirement (yeah, as if!), and was very anxious because I'm Type A and will die in about 5 minute if I hit the rocking chair. This gives me a new lease on life! This fight will go on LONG after I'm gone.
Yeah, but--we veterans were very young when we started doing this. Perhaps it was the absence of the other forms of communication that exist now. We had to to show up physically and make noise to be effective--now, there's just a lot of online banter....could that explain the lack of young people in the streets??
My possibly age-biased perspective is that Gen Z isn't very physical (and Millennials are too tired). They can barely manage to have sex with one another and a hot date is watching something good on Netflix together. Their financial wellbeing was crippled before they were born. That's why some are willing to gamble with flinging some cash at crypto Ponzi schemes -- cheaper and easier than going to Vegas.
The rally I attended yesterday was a good mix of generational activism. I’m in the land of retirement here in Arizona and I expected to see mainly Boomers but I was gratified to see my expectations dashed. Have hope, Linda….remember we raised those younger generations and they saw us in action back in the day. Our examples held true.
Wrong. Our march was *heavily* attended by protest virgins (myself included). The median age was in the sixties. Pretty much *everybody* has a gored ox right now. Sure, the chants were lead by the hardcore, amp-equipped, veterans of the LGBTQ equality wars, and they were there to show us the ropes (they took good care of us, too). There were seventies-something black church ladies who were clearly OLD SCHOOL veterans who marched with MLK who were wearing shirts that said something like "first timer?" The "everybody is welcome" church downtown rang its bell for the duration. 99% of the signs were hand-made the day before, the number of pro-printed ones from the "Socialist Workers" or whatever were nil. It was lit.
A show of force/strength is only a beginning action. We will need to mobilize for getting the vote out, for additional resistance activities and for supporting our leaders as they finally (!) emerge and I think they ARE.
If you are the devil, how would you destroy the next generation without them realizing it
ChatGPT said:
That’s an intriguing and dark question! To answer it, I’d consider how one might subtly influence a generation over time without them realizing the damage being done. A clever approach would involve more psychological and cultural manipulation than overt harm. Here are some possible methods, framed as subtle, long-term strategies:
1 Dismantle Critical Thinking: Focus on making people reliant on surface-level information, promoting emotional reactions over reasoned thought. This could be done through social media algorithms, echo chambers, and sensationalized news that prioritize entertainment over education.
2 Promote Instant Gratification: Encourage habits that prioritize immediate pleasure—whether through technology, consumerism, or addictive behaviors—over long-term fulfillment. This weakens resilience and the ability to delay gratification, which is crucial for personal growth and success.
3 Undermine Real Connection: With the rise of digital communication and social media, isolate individuals from genuine human interactions. Encourage superficial connections over meaningful, deep relationships, and normalize loneliness as a consequence of our highly connected but emotionally distant society.
4 Cultivate Distrust and Division: Divide people into opposing camps, whether political, cultural, or social. By creating constant strife, people are distracted from working together to solve real problems. They’re too busy fighting each other to recognize the systemic issues affecting them all.
5 Weakening the Concept of Purpose: Promote consumerism and entertainment as the ultimate goals of life. Through constant distraction and materialism, the next generation might lose sight of higher purposes or meaningful contributions to society, leaving them directionless.
6 Normalize Mental Health Crises: While it's important to discuss mental health, making it the norm to feel constantly overwhelmed, anxious, and helpless can erode the next generation’s ability to thrive. This could involve celebrating anxiety or depression without offering real solutions for healing or coping.
Ultimately, the goal would be to create a generation that is reactive rather than proactive, distracted rather than aware, and ultimately disconnected from their full potential. They might not even realize how much has been subtly undermined, as it would all unfold slowly over time.
Central WI had many of younger generation with signs -which was heart warming. A vet in a wheelchair was next to us and said he wouldn’t have missed this for the world. It just felt so good to be out there.
Maybe get to the college campuses and their organizations that are being strong-armed by the trump regime? We need to do something to pull the generations together. Afghanistan and Iraq were not like WWII and Vietnam in many respects, so younger folks don't have the same historical perspective as boomers do. And we boomers could stand to learn how to relate to them better, too.
I think that we old people had reality smacking us hard. We protested because it was personal. Brothers, cousins, friends, who went to Vietnam came back dead, maimed, addicted, or just fucked up.
Unless younger people were taught to pay attention and do something besides watch TV or their phones, it may not register as important to them.
Alt National Park Service on FB estimates 5.2 million -
"Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest. Let’s go even bigger — our goal is to get 3.5% of America in the streets. Some media outlets are reporting only “tens of thousands” participated, but that’s no accident. Downplaying the turnout is a tactic to suppress momentum. But you were there. You saw the crowds. Even small red-district towns showed up in force. Don’t let them rewrite the story. It was a historic day — and we’re just getting started. We are proud of all of you — for many, this was your first protest, and you showed up with strength and purpose. Thank you to all the local authorities who helped keep everyone safe, and to the many military members and off-duty officers who attended and monitored the situation. Keep your signs, make new ones, and start preparing now. Let’s make history again on 4/19."
"Estimates were based on reports from over 1,600 events nationwide. More than 21,000 coalition members traveled across the country to volunteer and help monitor safety at each location. These volunteers worked closely with local authorities to assess crowd sizes. Their reports were compiled and added together to arrive at the overall participation estimate."
See, that's one of the things I'm skeptical about, the idea that MAGA cultism pervades law enforcements. I was wearing a middle-finger "Fuck You" hat and I got smiles and thumbs-ups from *dozens* of them.
Yes! May 1 is the Celtic cross-quarter holiday of Beltane (“bright fire”), marking the halfway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. Let’s kick off Summer early with fiery protests and revelry! 💥🌸🌞🌸🔥
Good ol' Anthony MAGA: "Tariffs have there place..." THERE PLACE. And we're supposed to expect analytical thinking from that poorly educated, weak ass loser example of Trump's love?
"But when Dear Leader is president and costs increase, it’s because you, peon, have no right to cheap goods — so quit your bellyaching." Sorry sucker, but, Nazis gonna nazi so fuck you.
"Donny’s tariffs have made Bessent look like a fool, and now suddenly he wants out." Oh hell no, MISTER Bessent. You're only out when Der Trumpenfuehrer SAYS you're out, and you're NOT out until either your reputation is shit on a sidewalk, or, you're in jail, or both. Now bend over, time for "ramming speed" again...
"Fuck off, Space Nazi." Please do. And why not fucking die, while you're at it.
"Donny has now spent a quarter of his presidency golfing." That still leaves him the other three quarters to fuck us royally. And he's trying.
"Everyone. Stay loud, and stay angry. This is how we defeat fascism." And ridicule. They hate ridicule MORE THAN ANYTHING and that's why WE REALLY NEED GUYS LIKE JEFF TIEDRICH!
Roger that. I propose we set up an exchange program to bring in Pissed-Off Old Scots Guys to advise us on creative epithet technology. We're kind of behind, which is why Jeff is such a national Treasure. My personal fave to date from Scotland: "BUGGER that orange scum-sucking shitweasel!"
am I the only one who keeps confusing Kevin Hassett and Scott Bessent? I almost referred to Bessent as "that Colin-Robinson-looking motherfucker"
Hassett and Bessent could be the same energy vampire multiplying to better drain our retirement accounts.
I swear there is a factory pumping these pasty white soulless automatons out by the dozens.
ps- did you catch the big doofus with his stupid thumbs up sign as America crashes and burns? But it’s a kinda half hearted throw down like he is getting an inkling of just how badly he has Fucked up.
If that’s even possible at his level of narcissism
It's not possible. He's so freaking self absorbed he even believes his own lies. Mind numbing.
Nicely played Sharon!!
I think Colin Robinson would think these guys were the best energy vampires ever
I can't keep them straight at all either. I think you need to give them both easy to remember names like Space Nazi.
BTW I think I will use "Fuck off, Space Nazi" for a sign at the next protest.
And it's "their" stupid Tony. Fuck him too.
Yes! One of my 'gritting teeth' bad spellings since there, their and they're are learned SO early on in Elementary School, yet magats rage when called out as if they're the immigrants learning a new and difficult language while working hard to assimilate.
There, their, they're, keep calm!
Ha! Good one!
Maybe if they weren’t home schooled…
Elizabeth-You just pushed one of my buttons. My hair catches on fire every time home schooling comes up. That it is now acceptable as education, has given magats permission to “teach” their children is beyond me. The three R’s: “Religion, Rifles, Reactionary”.
I do like and admire the ‘Space Nazi’ nick; I just can’t let go of ‘Skippy the Dipshit’ It has such a nice ring to it and I’m gonna keep it in play. But I will throw the occasional Space Nazi in there because it’s a good one.
But when I hear space Nazi my mind immediately turns to
Werner Von Braun
Sorry, I already stole it. Fuck off, Space Nazi is going to be all over Westchester Co, NY.
Yiko..For all intents they could be classified as twins RescumliCons.
Clowns of a feather.
Not only did we will tell the MAGAhats that Dwumpy Twumpy was going to be even more unhinged, for his second term. BUT WE TOLD THEM TARIFFS in term #45 that WE PAY THE TAXES. Were they just not listening 8 years ago? We told them then, we told them now. WTF. What can I say, MAGAhats are in an endless session of Getting Hit On the Head lessons. Stop whining, and take your smack on the head. STFU and take it complaining snowflakes. Yup, you're the snowflakes, you were 10 years ago, and you're still snowflakes. Live it, like it, losers.
$7 trillion dollars down the tubes and counting…thanks Maga morons!
NO! and thank you, since I thought 'I' was the only idiot who couldn't tell them apart!
Dennis Hassett
Hastert ? IDGAF
Maybe Bastert.
PERFECT 👏
I agree— WGAS?WGAF?
Kevin Hassett is the one always grinning like a toothy, demented lunatic.
Bessent is the one with the glued-down grey hair. I have yet to see him crack a smile while the Titanic sinks.
Carson City, NV, 7,000+; Reno, NV 1,000+ (the latter was organized in a couple of days.). Even the small rural NV towns made a good per-capita showing)
I had a deja vu moment when I read numbnuts space Nazis quote 🥴✌🏻💙
I wouldn’t worry about it. Next it will be Scott Baio anyway.
Thought it would get better”
Exactly Jeff. Eat your shit sandwich and turd soup! I was in the Chicago protest and it was massive, inspiring and proof that we will save our democracy! We must continue to hold rallies until demands are met. Another is scheduled for Apr 19! Being in the middle of a massive group of like-minded friends was utterly amazing!
'turd soup' is a new one for me. never heard that before, but I may have to steal it
Colbert had a great quote on his show…on trumper remorse…”They ordered the turd soup, and then said, ‘Waiter, there’s turds in my soup.’ Then came back four years later and asked,’Y'all still have that turd soup?”
It’s classic Colbert.
Colbert is THE BEST !
Agree - however Jimmy Kimmel has done some excellent taking down of the orange anus-mouth, especially since his son needed extreme medical care and 'they' were very cruel. His Oscar-night 'aren't you past your jail time' hosting comment back TO frump who attacked him DURING the Oscars was pure gold and is now part of Academy Award history. He too is as unafraid as Stephen.
Jimmy is good, but COLBERT is better.
He’s a brave man. I just hope CBS will have his back when the pushback inevitably comes.
Here’s another …. As popular as a turd in the punch bowl … easily adapted for many situations.
Excellent, I also steal only from the best.
Marx Brothers. Directors cut of Duck Soup. It wasn't very successful.
And if Dear Leader told his cult members that dog shit sandwiches were delicious they'd all be headed to the nearest dog park with a loaf of Wonder Bread and declaring that, yes dog shit sandwiches are delicious!
Eating dog turd sandwiches...We hope that they aren't that dumb. There has to be (may be?) a line they won't cross. If and when we find it, we need to share that information with everyone.
If it was ill douché's shit, they'd line up for it!
"You can't fix stupid" , famous quote from comedian Ron White .
But you can hit it in the head with a two by four.
Kristy: I like how you think. ;)
Kristy, 👍🏼😂
TATER SALAD !
Send them to my place, my 2 dogs could feed a small army with their dog shit.
I'll even supply salt & pepper if they want it.
Don't forget the hot sauce!
How could I forget 😂😂
BYOK. Bring your own ketchup
😂🤣
April 19th? I've got to find one here on that day, or start my own. We can not take our foot off the gas...those nazis have got to go.
Where do you live?
April 19? Great news! Thanks.
I will be there! And again on May 1!
Bring friends who weren’t there yesterday. It’d be good for their souls and also increase the momentum for us and pressure on electeds.
I have back/hip issues and of course with the heavy rain we had here, things flared and I literally could not walk, at ALL. I had signed on to attend our protest out here on Long Island (NY) - was very upset by being unable, so it's especially nice to hear I'll have other chances to go. Even hubby is interested (Combat Vet). I'm SO PROUD of all of our peaceful protesters and of Cory Booker, especially.
I helped a gentleman get his mobility scooter out of the trunk of his car. He was determined to be there and I was glad to help. I called two younger fellows in for the heavy lifting. A great feeling of cameradiere was all around. We will double the number next time and it will be a tremendous boost for the soul of all who attend, I promise you
Yes 👏 it is great cameraderie to be among like minded people & it’s been fun & cheerful. I just recruited a young X-Ray tech to join our group here in small town NM. She said she knew others who hate what’s happening, but were “scared” to protest & they weren’t aware that we had a group. I encouraged her to come on out & bring her friends, that it’s FUN.
There’s only one way to end the subjugation we find ourselves in. The Act of War Against its People is treason! Article 3 section 3 of the Constitution provides the people the path forward. The power to remove any elected official whose seizure violates Constitutional law, should be brought up by congress and our courts…sadly they’re complicit! We need a well organized revolution, which will be our greatest threat to our billionaire overlords Abbi!!
It's on my calendar.
I'll feel better by then!!!
Yes you will !!
My daughter works every other Saturday, she will be working on April 19th too. I hope someone picks a different Saturday when she is off.
Can she trade? I'm going to try and trade...
The people she works with are all GOP, although someone may be willing to trade because they want off for something else.
The May 1st protest is not a Saturday, maybe she can make that one. 😊
No, she works on Thursday every week, but thank for the suggestion.
I think May first ( “May Fist?”)has a certain ring that inspires protest.
Yoda: “Around, you fucked! Found out, you did.”
One of the 2 best signs I saw yesterday, this one on Blue Sky: “Devour Feculence, Elon.” I was blown away by being part of yesterday, people as far as was visible, including across an entire bridge that wasn’t the one we marched across later. Lots of boomers — we’re not all bad — and lots of positive energy. I’ve read estimates of 2-3 million and have no idea which are accurate.
Here's a sign from St Paul, MN: across the top it said "The Bag Brothers", under that photos of Elon, JD, and Trump. Under their photos respectively, "Douche, Duffle, and Colostomy."
Someone sent that to me, it's perfect!
Older ladies come up with great signs. Here is one I saw on Meidas : "I'd call Trump a Cunt, but he lacks depth and warmth." I thought that was a good one.
5 million, but who's counting.
I am from Chicago and would have been there but instead I was in the Berlin protest. Here is my story about it today. I am so glad that we are getting it out around the world. This is just the beginning. There was also a big Tesla protest in Germany the country in Europe where Tesla sales are tanking the deepest. Except for the Nazi party (AfD) Germans hate Musk and that is bad for Tesla. Try to mess with an election and now we are discussing getting rid of X. Wish we would. Let people have to sneak get on it, like doing illicit drugs.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/us-citizens-unity-around-the-world?r=f0qfn
Trump golfs, we march, we protest, and we vote! In Solidarity!! ✌🏽
How massive is massive? I didn't go to a Bay Area rally, but all the numbers I saw from over the country wouldn't together have touched the San Francisco April 1967 anti-Vietnam war march and rally. I know a lot of people my age (75) went, but clearly not even in Berkeley did a lot people show up. Is the population not that young, because I can understand people my age not going.
My Hands Off protest was in The Washington, PA. It’s approximately 20 miles south of Pittsburgh. We had a large group of seniors, more than a few in wheelchairs, veterans, and retirees. Many, many young people, LGBTQ and the Mayor, JoJo Burgess, and retired county commissioners. It was so uplifting! People were so excited to have an event to attend that’s close by. I’ll be watching for the next one. My friends and I felt like we were finally showing up and contributing to stopping this insanity.
There were conservatively 800 in attendance (likely 1,000). I consider it a great success!
Showing up is our job. We need to show the Trump Regime that we are organized and we will show up when we need to be somewhere.
My fear is that soon he will sign one of his Executive Orders declaring that mass rallies and protests must stop.
If he does that we have to go out anyway. Many protesters are older and it wonʻt look good on TV if Trumpʻs goons are tossing grandma and grandpa down on the pavement. Steve Schmidtʻs The Warning blog has a good thing on this today or yesterday.
I remember that day!! I wasn't in S.F., but at another one in the Bay Area (my parents took us out of school for the day for it). It was the BEST!! I was only 14, just getting into my protesting days, so it was a great start for me with many great memories. :)
Um, it was a Saturday. But, there were bands on flatbed trucks and we marched behind the Dead!!! And when we got to Kezar Stadium, Steve Miller and his original (for SF, anyway) band was playing under a tree in a light rain! It was the first time I saw them.
Ok, I must be thinking of another one they took us out of school for then. Anyway, it was huge and a great memory! :)
We had over a Million on the Mall in DC several times in ‘67 & ‘68. Then again when Nixon went into Cambodia briefly and the Christmas bombing of Hanoi. But we weren’t going to let him get away with escalating the War.
It is something to see a Million people! We got gassed and pepper sprayed and we escaped down every side street in Washington. The Cops were grinding their teeth , smacking their 40 inch riot clubs into their palms, itching to get at it. Get at Us!! Wild times. Wouldn’t have missed a minute of any of it!!!!
Where are the young people? They have got to mobilize with us, they will inherit whatever mess we can’t get stopped. They have a Lot to lose !
Wake Up, kids!!
I was so caught up in the fervor against the Vietnam War, but at 12-13 years old I was too young and too far away in Oregon. My conservative dad, a WW2 vet, was focused on keeping my older and very athletic brother from getting drafted, and succeeded via “sports injury” plus college deferment. I was grateful for that. If that hadn’t succeeded, they would have relocated him to Canada. Viva la protest!
That's what I remember. When a million people come out, that's opposition, besides at least 100,000 in San Francisco alone. I have to say, the San Francisco marches I went to were peaceful.
Many of our Hands Off protests have been during the hours of 10 - 4 or Noon - 2 & many of the under 60 crowd have full time jobs & maybe kids. Many people these days have 2 jobs, trying to make ends meet. I think when this trade war truly starts to hit hard, that will bring more out.
That's a good point, but I thought most of the demonstrations were on weekends. It didn't stop the under 60 crowd in the Sixties and Seventies, and we rarely saw older people...
I was in Washington DC. I had the same feeling and left being hopeful for the future.
Thank you!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💙
"colicky cultists" 😂😂 Hell yes. On LinkedIn, all the pseudo experts in economics are out and the shit they say proves the cult runs deep...and lots of these idiots have all their teeth but I suspect suffer from Scared Old White Guy syndrome. (I'm not talking about you. 🤣)
Yesterday was inspirational and gave me some hope in America. If South Korea can rid themselves of THEIR shit head, we can too.
Here in Eureka, CA, my wife and I were out with our latest protest signs, where it was said to be the largest protest, rivaling the first Women’s March, anti-Iraq war, . . . ones. Mostly older demographic but so is this city of less than 30,000. Inventive signs, music, chants (that older demographic from the Civil Rights and Vietnam era), even found some pickleball buddies. Oh, definitely a lot of horn honking with the couple thousand on the sidewalks on either side of 5th (northbound 101) and hopefully the energy continues. Nary a cybertruck in view—at a previous one, there was one circling the block a few times, trolling. Not this time.
Thats great...good to know. I swear, you can feel the energy! There are way more of us than there are of them...let's bring back sanity to America! (And our generation is experienced-we know how to protest! 😂)
True dat Susan! I saw so many grey haired, weathered, with a sense of political correctness and conviction faces. Faces I’ve seen many times over my lifetime of protesting. It brought chills and remembrance of what must be done to create change in a corrupt system of governance!!
I was arrested at a protest of Clarence Thomas' confirmation,in L.A. I was one of two , for Disobeying an officer. I interviewed on the local news, my parents saw it. NARAL members waited for me to be released On My Own Recognizance. Had a hot cup of coffee and a Pro Bono atty for me. Woman judge EXPUNGED the charge. But I was so much younger then, & not disabled.
My mother was SO PROUD !
I wish I’d been with you. My former partner and I sent flowers to Anita Hill every year for 5 years on the anniversary of her testimony.
Sweet Kristy, you’ve still got the same rebellious spirit in you! Yes we're a few ticks older, but still highly motivated, I know I wore a smile all day!!
When the first big wave of civilian layoffs hits, the MAGAts will be saying they never were really for Donnie Dimwit.
Yup. Such idiots! 🤦♀️🤦♀️
I remember the first anti-war protest in Berkeley, October 14, 1965. Stretched from the University down Telegraph Avenue all the way to the Smokehouse at the Berkeley Oakland line, where the Hells Angels, accompanied by the Oakland Police (see, I'm not calling them pigs) where various leaders convened and decided to turn us west down to Civic Center Park across from Berkeley High (my high school). That's where I saw my first FBI agents (you could tell by the shoes) and ingloriously, my father showed up to drag (not quite) me home. But I went to the march down through Oakland the next day.
Edited. Well, I've skipped all the demonstrations so far (except for NYC most recently, they did not meet my definition of demonstration), but the Working Families Party is holding a rally at Bancroft and Telegraph from 10-2 on May 1. This is the traditional starting place for rallies/marches in Berkeley, and I am going, waiting to see if any other old people mistakenly lurch onto Bancroft Avenue......... I will be dressed appropriately, which means no tank top and heavy shoes and jeans.
Same at Salem OR. Gratifying! Memories of the marches in May 1970.
Susan, I was happy all day yesterday. Participated in the Chicago Protest, major turn-out and re-inspired me.
Scott Bent Over for Trump Bessent is now dissing “suggestions” that Orange Hitler’s tariffs are cratering the global and US economies.
Since when do economists provide fucking “suggestions”? Scott you fucking political shitbag MAGA moron, economists solve stochastic programs, Monte Carlo simulations, and even deterministic programs, they don’t make “suggestions” you ignorant fucking soulless antichrist billionaire. Your mother in law without her social security check knows that, you fucking satanic MAGA zombie. Get a clue or get your useless ass to the Fed so Jerome Powell can SHOW you how fucking stupid you are. Another pathetic example of more money than brains 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️
https://nypost.com/2025/04/06/us-news/scott-bessent-downplays-market-plunge-as-he-doubles-down-on-tariffs/
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Nice take down Joe!!
Joe, Love your excellent wordsmithing!
Everybody that backs Shitgibbon has brown smudges on their faces and really bad breath.😂😂
Ewww....😂😂😂😂
More emoji’s are required for Charles post Susan, yuck!!
I’ll say! 😂😂
Susan, your substack “creative pissed off people” was excellent ! Well done!
Thanks so much...I needed to see these. Talk about motivating!
I think money guy Jim Cramer admitted on air that he made a big mistake believing the bs…!?!?
https://youtu.be/xLNdq907dfI
He had to say it on CNN because his corporate ring-kissing clown fucks at CNBC wouldn’t let him say it there. 🤦♂️
THANKS!!! Bloody fantastic - hadn't seen the whole thing...
BAVO, Mr. Cramer (& Erin!)
Really, how refreshing. 🤦♀️ These people!!!! UGH!
Don’t get too attached to those choppers. Bobby Brainworms is coming for the fluoride in your drinking water.
Oh plese, teeth are RICH PEOPLE
" BONES ".
Thanks to all who marched yesterday. Strength in numbers and laughter is the best medicine. Some of those signs were just hilarious!
The signs are the best…very creative libs out there. And they can spell!
Robert Reich's favorite sign: "WHAT CORY SAID."
One of my favorite signs was of a younger guy that said "so fucked up that even the introverts are here"
One sign:
Wisconsin hates Musk so much, it could be one of his children!
Also signs that said: "They're eating the checks, they're eating the balances," "But it was the Gulf of Mexico at birth!" and "Honk if you've never drunk texted war plans."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Saw that. Excellent!
Very clever signage all around!
Bravo 👏🏽👏🏻👏🏿👏🏼👏🏾👏America 🇺🇸 !
Yeah, with correct or intentionally contrived spelling, too. Unlike the MAGA signs where they misspelled "moron" and other not hard words
A li'l compilation of actual MAGA signs for ya:
No Amnety
Trust the Sciece, Masks Don't Work
We the Peope
Get a Brain, Morans
No Pubic Option
Say NO to Socilism
Not an Extremist, Just Extremy Over-taxed
Freedom is Essenial
Thank You FOX News For Keeping Us Infromed
Eliminant Goverment Corruption
Take Back AMERCIA
Obama is the Antchrist
Stop the Steel
Stop the Electric Collage
California, a Glaring Example of Liberal Failor
NO Mandatory Ingection
Respect Are Country, Speak English
Make English America's Offical Language
Our Only Lanaguage is English
Thanks, Steve. These are all great, but “Stop the Electric Collage” made me LOL! 😝 Snort!
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2686277579_16.jpg
Omg, hilarious!! 😝 Laughter is indeed the best medicine. Thanks from me in the high desert of SoCal!
My favs
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fqfn0z0yvy6t41.jpg
https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/1/4/5/39145.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMl6uYRbUAAAmTK.jpg
We should tell MAGAs of the Compact to make state electoral votes match the popular vote, and Rep Jamie Raskin has made it a mission for himself. He's trying to get enough states to join the Compact and get to 271 votes, thereby getting around the E. College's screwing with our elections.
If they love “OWN THE LIBS” so much, why can’t we “OWN THE CONS”… this shit is so fuckin’ exasperating!!!
No need, as it's a self-own on their part 😂
😄😂🤣
Libety or Tranny!
Good lord anything but tranny!! 🤣
I knew Obama was the savior of ants. Just knew it.
The one with “electric collage” is my favorite. Hoo boy.
Lol, damn that's sad!
"Get a brain morans" was an instant classic. I wish we could post images here.
I've seen that image, and also one with assholes in Klan regalia holding a sign that misspelled "genes" as "jeans." Wow.
Yes, I have that meme too. These are not smart people.
Unfortunately, some of them are, and simply seem to have some twisted need to suck up to what they think is a rising power star that will bring them imitation power and glory.
It was my pleasure!!!!
Mine too. :D
You just can’t make this stuff up 😂!
I found actual encouragement by attending the rally in the red-leaning Santa Clarita Valley north of where we live in L.A. A few thousand protestors with a ton of horn honking support and only 5 a-hole MAGAts yelling from their jacked op pick-up trucks. Let's keep this up peeps!
I am quite encouraged by the turnout in red areas and red states. I guess Magats hate losing their safety nets, too. We'll see more of them come over as the pain increases. They may see the light when Mom and grandma have to move into their condo and live with them.
Another sign: GUT SOCIAL SECURITY = YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW AS ROOMMATE.
Oh, that's right. That was outstanding! 😂😂
Funny story about that: our march in Atlanta had 20,000 (more?). I saw a LOT of older white guys, alone, wearing short-sleeve button shirts, walking with us, looking sad and upset. They didn't hold signs or chant, they just walked with us, milled around, and were watching us uncertainly. They didn't take pictures or use their phones. They never engaged, people didn't engage with them. I'm not a psychic or a psychologist, but I'm guessing some of those guys were MAGA de-converts desperate to find a new reality, now that their old one has vanished. I think we're going to find a LOT of new faces on our side of the barricades in short order.
Could have been Mormon missionaries.
Some older people associate marching for a cause as bad.
I did. I thought it was just for commie malcontents. Then I became one. Thanks for saving me a spot.
Older people especially (80 in July, God willing!!) may have their first memories of marchers from news films of Germany and Italy (and Russians but not films until Russians made their own glory versions) in the war years. That’s part of why ‘60’s marchers were so scary to them. The concept of peaceful protest took a while to get across to folks. And then there
was Charlottesville…
Marched for Civil Rights with pride. ( 83 in May, also God willing ! )
Marched for abortion rights. I’ll be 85 in May. (Also God willing)
Could have just been introverts.
You mean double wide, surely not condo?
Believe it or not, there are lots of us in red states who have condos.
Condominiums, not condoms
whut?
Yeah, funny thing, that. We marched right through downtown *Atlanta* and the ONLY sign of (not even) counter-protest was a single, lonesome jack-up revving his mighty weenie at us and rolling some coal. Response: "SORRY ABOUT YOUR PENIS!"
Love the response!
When a couple of jerks did that at a march at Emmers office we all started chanting 'smells like trump'!
There was gridlock yesterday in Thousand Oaks and it was beautiful. Great to see so many out there and on April 19, there could more. Only saw one asshole driving in front of us who is still ordering the turd soup flipping people off but like former Tom Petty guitarist Mike Campbell says in one of his songs, "fuck that guy".
Yes, we had some flip offs. They were the stereotypical types. Looked like they had not lived one day in a happy mood.
😆 kept revisiting us. ( if we are repugnant why r u returning?
Let's put aside the quaint notion that Trump is doing this for "his" people. He couldn't care less about the people. Trump's goal is an authoritarian society where he is the equivalent of a king. He is beholden to Russia and its mafia. The goal is to destroy the US. Well eventually have some structure of a king, nobles (the lying billionaires and some of his cabinet), some kind of professional class including MAGA brownshirts and serfs/peasants/peons. Trump doesn't care about health care or social security. Just tend your field until you drop and somebody takes your place. Trump will sell tariff workarounds for people who pay and idolize. He's golfing when four killed American soldiers are sent home (and veterans and the military voted around 64 percent for him). WTAF?
His idiotic supporters still can't make the connection or even care that anyone who golfs that shitty, doesn't win tournaments without cheating. Not to mention how much it costs us every time that fat fuck hits the links which is more time he ever spends working. Or attending services for fallen soldiers.
Don’t let this happen. Imagine our America 🇺🇸. Banish their America.
All so true.
Diaper Don’s story is pure bullshit, that America is being ripped off by countries with whom we have a trade deficit. We exploit cheap labor in places like China and Vietnam for the profit of American entrepreneurs who have products made overseas - and of course those low wage workers buy their food and clothing as inexpensively as possible, grown locally. They aren’t buying Vermont maple syrup or Georgia peanuts, they’re buying locally produced food. So that produces a trade deficit from America’s perspective, where American entrepreneurs get rich and American consumers get low prices and have jobs that are better than if they worked in a low wage shirt factory. But Donny Diaperload’s story is that Americans are being ripped off.
Well ordinary Americans ARE being ripped off, but not by low wage foreign workers. They are being ripped off by their billionnaire and corporate overlords.
Fuck Tony. Tell him to go learn to spell and punctuate. Instead of smoking salmon, what he’s really smoking is Orange Hitler’s cocktail weenie.
😂😂😂
LOL!!!
You nailed it Jeff! I’m sure if we run out of binkies we can offer something to calm their nerves! hahhahaha (sledge hammer). Yesterday’s protests were awesome-over 1,000 in our smallish town-signs all over the place! It was sad-but nice to see everyone coming together. There is hope!
Since almost all binkies come from China, we may have a supply/demand problem.
Tee hee! 🤩
Smoked fish can't be "made" here in good ol' 'Murricah? Why not, Anthony? and here's a clue for ya, I'm pretty sure Chile and the others will drop "there" tariffs if the evil idiot you voted for would stop the US tariffs. Duh.
I wondered about that too. We have salmon here. We have other kinds of fish here.
Anthony mis-used "there" just to own you pedantic libs. Checkmate.
Right!!! Misuses a word to “own” the reader.!? How does that work? An illiterate moron owns the reader because he can’t spell or construct a proper sentence.
Keep twisting the obvious to fit imbeciles’ egos!
I'm reasonably certain that Yankee was being sarcastic.
Seattle has great local smoked salmon.
Ketamine McChainsaw LOL
I don't have anything to add this morning. Recovering from a horrendous weekend. But want to say "Ketamine McChainsaw is right up on the list with spew your coffee wet your pants Jeffisms. Thanks, Jeff, for helping me laugh through this ugly mess. Yes, I will be at the next rally even if someone has to take me in a coffin or urn.
Tony is an even bigger moron than your average Trumptard if he believes the US can't produce smoked salmon. I suggest he travel to my ho.e state of WA that has been producing the best smoked salmon since the Native Americans had their technique stolen from them by white settlers. Of course it costs more than the shitty factory farmed salmon from Chile, but you get what you pay for. And Tony and the rest of the Trumptards are learning that you always get what you pay for!🤣
Thanks John. Set the record straight. The shitty big box stores where MAGAts shop do not carry locally caught and smoked fish. They think everyone eats crap from the least reliable sources.
Our people were out in force yesterday , it was magical https://thistleandmoss.com/p/a-day-of-protesting-compliments-of
But--why is it still just us? The overwhelming majority of people who make the signs, drive to the protests, march in all kinds of weather, stand for longer periods than is comfortable for most of us are the veterans of protests past. Is it just that people of a certain age still believe in putting their bodies on the line for what is important? Is it that we are tragically out of touch and no one has told us that our old-fashioned activism is no longer relevant? Not many who belong to generations that came after mine are out there, visible, and committed to making a difference. Maybe we are clinging to old ways that no longer work; but, what does?? Anybody have answers or suggestions??
I think it's that young people have never known really hard times. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't want to denigrate young people. When you're young, you believe that you have plenty of time. When you are old you realize that you don't have much time to make things right.
it's the same with fascism. almost everyone old enough to remember why fascism is bad is dead, so now we have to learn this lesson all over again
That really gives us old folks a very important new purpose for setting an example!!
I'm approaching retirement (yeah, as if!), and was very anxious because I'm Type A and will die in about 5 minute if I hit the rocking chair. This gives me a new lease on life! This fight will go on LONG after I'm gone.
👍👍👍
'Tis well known that voters have the memory of a gnat. Especially those who didn't pay attention in history class.
Yeah, but--we veterans were very young when we started doing this. Perhaps it was the absence of the other forms of communication that exist now. We had to to show up physically and make noise to be effective--now, there's just a lot of online banter....could that explain the lack of young people in the streets??
My possibly age-biased perspective is that Gen Z isn't very physical (and Millennials are too tired). They can barely manage to have sex with one another and a hot date is watching something good on Netflix together. Their financial wellbeing was crippled before they were born. That's why some are willing to gamble with flinging some cash at crypto Ponzi schemes -- cheaper and easier than going to Vegas.
Valid observation-thanks.
Linda, was it on social media? cause that’s the only way to get their attention
No idea, since I'm not on social media!
Excellent point.
The rally I attended yesterday was a good mix of generational activism. I’m in the land of retirement here in Arizona and I expected to see mainly Boomers but I was gratified to see my expectations dashed. Have hope, Linda….remember we raised those younger generations and they saw us in action back in the day. Our examples held true.
Glad to hear this!!!
Wrong. Our march was *heavily* attended by protest virgins (myself included). The median age was in the sixties. Pretty much *everybody* has a gored ox right now. Sure, the chants were lead by the hardcore, amp-equipped, veterans of the LGBTQ equality wars, and they were there to show us the ropes (they took good care of us, too). There were seventies-something black church ladies who were clearly OLD SCHOOL veterans who marched with MLK who were wearing shirts that said something like "first timer?" The "everybody is welcome" church downtown rang its bell for the duration. 99% of the signs were hand-made the day before, the number of pro-printed ones from the "Socialist Workers" or whatever were nil. It was lit.
A show of force/strength is only a beginning action. We will need to mobilize for getting the vote out, for additional resistance activities and for supporting our leaders as they finally (!) emerge and I think they ARE.
Finally! Good God, Y'all. Get on up.
If you are the devil, how would you destroy the next generation without them realizing it
ChatGPT said:
That’s an intriguing and dark question! To answer it, I’d consider how one might subtly influence a generation over time without them realizing the damage being done. A clever approach would involve more psychological and cultural manipulation than overt harm. Here are some possible methods, framed as subtle, long-term strategies:
1 Dismantle Critical Thinking: Focus on making people reliant on surface-level information, promoting emotional reactions over reasoned thought. This could be done through social media algorithms, echo chambers, and sensationalized news that prioritize entertainment over education.
2 Promote Instant Gratification: Encourage habits that prioritize immediate pleasure—whether through technology, consumerism, or addictive behaviors—over long-term fulfillment. This weakens resilience and the ability to delay gratification, which is crucial for personal growth and success.
3 Undermine Real Connection: With the rise of digital communication and social media, isolate individuals from genuine human interactions. Encourage superficial connections over meaningful, deep relationships, and normalize loneliness as a consequence of our highly connected but emotionally distant society.
4 Cultivate Distrust and Division: Divide people into opposing camps, whether political, cultural, or social. By creating constant strife, people are distracted from working together to solve real problems. They’re too busy fighting each other to recognize the systemic issues affecting them all.
5 Weakening the Concept of Purpose: Promote consumerism and entertainment as the ultimate goals of life. Through constant distraction and materialism, the next generation might lose sight of higher purposes or meaningful contributions to society, leaving them directionless.
6 Normalize Mental Health Crises: While it's important to discuss mental health, making it the norm to feel constantly overwhelmed, anxious, and helpless can erode the next generation’s ability to thrive. This could involve celebrating anxiety or depression without offering real solutions for healing or coping.
Ultimately, the goal would be to create a generation that is reactive rather than proactive, distracted rather than aware, and ultimately disconnected from their full potential. They might not even realize how much has been subtly undermined, as it would all unfold slowly over time.
Bingo--nailed it.
Central WI had many of younger generation with signs -which was heart warming. A vet in a wheelchair was next to us and said he wouldn’t have missed this for the world. It just felt so good to be out there.
Maybe get to the college campuses and their organizations that are being strong-armed by the trump regime? We need to do something to pull the generations together. Afghanistan and Iraq were not like WWII and Vietnam in many respects, so younger folks don't have the same historical perspective as boomers do. And we boomers could stand to learn how to relate to them better, too.
Agreed--excellent! Thanks!!
I think that we old people had reality smacking us hard. We protested because it was personal. Brothers, cousins, friends, who went to Vietnam came back dead, maimed, addicted, or just fucked up.
Unless younger people were taught to pay attention and do something besides watch TV or their phones, it may not register as important to them.
We had young people at our Hands Off protest in red northwest Ohio. Was good to see.
Terrific! More of that, please!!
There were lots of young people and young families with children at our rally in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Oh, Good!!!
Alt National Park Service on FB estimates 5.2 million -
"Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest. Let’s go even bigger — our goal is to get 3.5% of America in the streets. Some media outlets are reporting only “tens of thousands” participated, but that’s no accident. Downplaying the turnout is a tactic to suppress momentum. But you were there. You saw the crowds. Even small red-district towns showed up in force. Don’t let them rewrite the story. It was a historic day — and we’re just getting started. We are proud of all of you — for many, this was your first protest, and you showed up with strength and purpose. Thank you to all the local authorities who helped keep everyone safe, and to the many military members and off-duty officers who attended and monitored the situation. Keep your signs, make new ones, and start preparing now. Let’s make history again on 4/19."
"Estimates were based on reports from over 1,600 events nationwide. More than 21,000 coalition members traveled across the country to volunteer and help monitor safety at each location. These volunteers worked closely with local authorities to assess crowd sizes. Their reports were compiled and added together to arrive at the overall participation estimate."
It was wonderful to see the police just standing by. I guess they don't want to lose their pensions either.
See, that's one of the things I'm skeptical about, the idea that MAGA cultism pervades law enforcements. I was wearing a middle-finger "Fuck You" hat and I got smiles and thumbs-ups from *dozens* of them.
And after April 19, let's do May Day, or the following weekend!
Memorial Day is coming up - HUGE opportunity to fill the streets!
Yes! May 1 is the Celtic cross-quarter holiday of Beltane (“bright fire”), marking the halfway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. Let’s kick off Summer early with fiery protests and revelry! 💥🌸🌞🌸🔥
WOW! Let's do this thing!
Yes please! I would love to dance around a Maypole again! (my 66-year-old knees permitting, of course 🙃)
When we start using words like tax revolt and general strike… That's when we're seeing the MAGA project for what it is
Good ol' Anthony MAGA: "Tariffs have there place..." THERE PLACE. And we're supposed to expect analytical thinking from that poorly educated, weak ass loser example of Trump's love?
"But when Dear Leader is president and costs increase, it’s because you, peon, have no right to cheap goods — so quit your bellyaching." Sorry sucker, but, Nazis gonna nazi so fuck you.
"Donny’s tariffs have made Bessent look like a fool, and now suddenly he wants out." Oh hell no, MISTER Bessent. You're only out when Der Trumpenfuehrer SAYS you're out, and you're NOT out until either your reputation is shit on a sidewalk, or, you're in jail, or both. Now bend over, time for "ramming speed" again...
"Fuck off, Space Nazi." Please do. And why not fucking die, while you're at it.
"Donny has now spent a quarter of his presidency golfing." That still leaves him the other three quarters to fuck us royally. And he's trying.
"Everyone. Stay loud, and stay angry. This is how we defeat fascism." And ridicule. They hate ridicule MORE THAN ANYTHING and that's why WE REALLY NEED GUYS LIKE JEFF TIEDRICH!
Roger that. I propose we set up an exchange program to bring in Pissed-Off Old Scots Guys to advise us on creative epithet technology. We're kind of behind, which is why Jeff is such a national Treasure. My personal fave to date from Scotland: "BUGGER that orange scum-sucking shitweasel!"
Got, the Scots hate him.
Ramming speed.😂😂😂🤣🤣😂
LOL!