Jeff, please do get into it. BTW.. could Donald now use war power authority to have the military patrol our country? Wasn’t this the goal? Have our own Stasi of pardoned J6 terrorists?
I am hearing people discuss martial law and no elections. I am discussing my husband not going into a government lab until he retires, hopefully soon. I see all government buildings as targets, and scientists particularly nuclear ones could be at risk. No sports stadiums, no concert halls, no airports (but I will probably be there anyway), no airplanes (though I have plans to fly to do transatlantic flying), and no going by Israeli or US consulates and embassies. There are probably a few more countries that will be added to the list.
When they talk about sleeper agents to be awakened so to speak, they are not including the people who will be radicalized by this action. Are we helped by Musk opening Starlink accounts for people in Iran, some people, not all. So which some? Troublemakers? I assume by doing this he is putting a big target on his head.
An Iranian cab driver who parks at a taxi stand near my house told me on Saturday that he was glad that the Mullahs are all gone. He also said, "who wants to live in a country run by religious men?" I know it is not me.
Robert, my intel is an Iranian man who lives in Germany, that I say hi to each day. He parks his cab on my block. I am not claiming this is correct, I was trying to give his perception of the situation. I also know that he gets to listen to other news than we do since he knows Arabic. I do not.
Where would you be getting that information from reliably? I looked it up and all I found was a Yahoo News article on the Supreme Mullah being in hiding in a bunker. I know I had read the other day that the Ayatollah aka the top Mullah had gone to Qatar. All of that seems to be rumors.
I have no idea what is going on with the Mullahs, but this is the second Iranian I have heard from who lives abroad who wants all of the Mullahs gone. So, perhaps this is wishful thinking, but who is reporting much on the Mullahs? Most coverage is about Trump.
If there were a new government we would hear about it. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. What we hear is that their Parliament voted to close the Straits of Hormuz and sent the bill to Ayatollah Khamenei for approval, that his foreign minister is in Russia and Medvedev (craziest of the Putinites) is saying Russia should send Iran some nukes, etc.
I am sure there are lots of Iranians who WISH the mullahs were all gone, but it certainly has not happened yet.
Fits, yup, no need to worry about those that might not follow unlawful orders when you can authorize your own personal vigilante militia, that's what he's done with the cabinet & all the institutional guardrails. He's the world's biggest dumbfuck, but tremendous resources have gone into pulling this off, the dismantling of democracy.
Doing a 5 parter for this jeff, heres the first. What the fuck has Persia (Iran for those who are modern), has done over time whenever the country has been ass raped by another country (like we are doing to them right now, or more specifically, Donald FucksHimself). https://thistleandmoss.com/p/persian-history-what-iran-will-do
As always Uncle Jeff, Liked , repstacked, quotes, and cross posted.
Great lesson, Wendy! I love the vibe of the writing about it, too. A bit of sweary history mixed in...dig.
So, what happens when you mix one of the most badass survivors of centuries of invasion with the most dipshit regime to run America in the joke of less than 250 year history? Uh, duck and cover. That's what you get to do. We are fucked.
Thinking about it, IHnsHO, TACO Stupidday isn't going to order ground troops to Iran. He's going to order them to Los Angeles, and maybe somewhere on the east coast, like one of the NYC Burroughs. He'd much rather harass tax paying Dem registered voters than get soldiers killed in YA3WHH (Yet Another 3rd World Hell Hole).
Anyone check the MAGA approval rates of the TACO in Chief? Did he get the approval bump his tiny brain so desperate craves? Two weeks from now, we'll (the Lamestream media that is) have forgotten we were on the edge of Armageddon. So we moved some sand around in Iran (being deliberately ignorant here, like I was a Patriotic MAGA, since I have no clue what the real estate around Fordow looks like), Iran will have their centrifuges up and running in a week, if not now, and the hysterical chickens with their heads cut off will be wildly clucking from some other new illegal outrage committed by #47.
There are credible reports that Iran built/bought centrifuges of a Palestinian design used to make their bomb/s. And that those centrifuges are mobile enough to move by truck. With the amount of notice Donny FartFactory gave the Iranians, they could have relocated a substantial number of their centrifuges.
Not to be too pedantic about it or anything (oh fuckit….I’ll be pedantic) isn’t dif spelled with 2️⃣ f’s??? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Confession: I am a huge fan of The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry. If you want to transport yourself to a simpler, gentler time I recommend getting a copy of "Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook" pronto. You can find it on AMZN. The book is filled with funny stories, script excerpts, photographs, and excellent recipes from people affiliated with the show. There's also a follow-up book called "Aunt Bee's Delightful Desserts." Do it for your mental health.
Funny how you and I often are drawn to the same comments. I bought the book for my Kindle.
In other news, three weeks I broke (I think) my hip. Trying to get a mobile x-ray over here to find out. Yuck. I am sort of functional but it ain't fun...
I bought and skimmed Aunt Bee's book on my Kindle. Best is that I bought a print version for a snowbird friend, Joanne. She will get it in a few days. I alerted her to the gift but didn't say the book's title. I am going to tell her "I didn't really buy that recipe book for you but for Big Bob (my nickname for her hubby)" Big Bob doesn't cook but he sure does love eating :>)
Yep...fellow KYian here - Massie is a nutjob gun-totin' Xtian libertarian from Lewis Co. It KILLS me that he is the only Repub to counter the Orange Mad King's agenda with respect to Iran, and I have to agree with his position!!!
Please Iran…paint a tunnel on the big side of a rock for donny. Also….I wish he would take Jeff’s advice and “stick his dick into a hornet’s nest” for real. (Yuck…I hate even writing that!) lol. We are living with a bizarro administration…a 22 year old in charge of counter-terrorism???? WTF
Being a reality show buffoon, Trump would one-up himself and appease rising MAGA resistance to a draft by nuking Iran pre-emptively. And expect the world to fall on its knees and thank him.
No, they are narcissistic. When they look at people, they only see themselves reflected off their faces. Kids, family, friends just exist to benefit them.
Dudley Doright of the Canadian Mounted Police! My favorite villain is Simon Bar Sinister from Underdog! I’ll take a Rocky and Bullwinkle anytime…Hey, that’s a cool name for a cocktail! I’ll have a Rocky and Bullwinkle on the rocks,
Dudley Doright of the Canadian Mounted Police! My favorite villain is Simon Bar Sinister from Underdog! I’ll take a Rocky and Bullwinkle anytime…Hey, that’s a cool name for a cocktail! I’ll have a Rocky and Bullwinkle on the rocks,
An inexperienced boy in charge of counterterrorism is so that an attack on US soil will be successful. This is what Condi Rice did for Bush Junior. Once blood is spilled here, the current leader becomes everyone’s daddy - no limits to money, power or prestige. The United States of Trump may have starving, uneducated children living under bridges but by gods the bridges will be painted gold.
I've asked this previously and I'm asking it now, WHEN THE FUCK IS SOMEONE SOMEWHERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE FUCKWADS IN DC??? This is getting fucking ridiculous. The man child diaper stain is breaking every fucking law of the land and 95% of Congress is tweeting about it instead of fucking doing something about it!!! They all have less spine than a nightcrawler on a hook being used for fish bait. Can this adminstration be sued for causing PTSD?
Sure AF is grounds, dereliction of duty, holding us all hostage in constant distress, this is AFFECTING people & their lives, it is abuse of power. There has to be consequences for that. How & the hell have we come to not hold people responsible for lying & cheating? It has to be stopped.
Thank the fucking judges that stopped Jack Smith from doing his job. Thank SCOTUS for saying his crimes were part of the job. Thank the NY judge who oversaw his 34 count conviction but let him walk. Thank the shooter who got killed in a fake attempt that he set up because he was gonna lose. Thank the 90,000,000 voters that didn't vote because Kamala. Thank Musk for helping rig the voting machines when 2 weeks before the election he said, 'we have the votes'.
You are exactly right. Arrogant incompetence, laziness, cowardice, passive-aggression, manipulation, & violence did not come to have the upper hand & be worshipped as strengths without a whole lot of people making that happen.
Trump's War will be the perfect excuse to crack down on dissent. Anyone opposing him will be called a traitor, and the ignorant American public will buy it; we've seen it often enough. Martial law, anyone?
Welp, also saw that the big betrayal bill includes easier "laws" for purchasing gun silencers. Those ice folk are gonna have an easier time of shooting quietly now.
Unless they shoot themselves in the dick. BTW, the Republican who inserted the gun silencer clause in the budget bill is Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia, a gun store owner.
I've always said that "1984" was written as a warning but Rethuglicans are using it as a guidebook. It feels like we are currently in the middle of a Venn Diagram with "A Handmaiden's Tale," 'Fahrenheit 451,' "Animal Farm," and '1984.'
Brave New World, which portrayed a society distracted and dumbed down by endless entertainment, hedonism and consumer opportunities. The US is very like this.
Unlike his daughter Liz. Never was a fan of either one of them but she stood up to this train wreck of idiocy and treason. Fuckface the Last could care less about the Constitution and what it stands for but then again, he'll always be as dumb as a box of rocks and do whatever the hell he wants. My wife and I can't watch Sunday morning political shows anymore. It's too damn difficult to see Stoogio, Vance or any of these ass kissing shitweasels gloat over Dump's endless lawlessness and failures.
Aren’t you playing right into their hands by turning them off as historically they are doing the opposite of what they’re saying? We need to keep them and media accountable don’t we?
Nothing says “spiritual evolution” like launching a holy war because the Oracle of Mar-a-Lago felt a tingle in his diaper.
Remember when war used to require reasons? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Now all it takes is a nap-deprived narcissist tweeting vague threats like a middle schooler with WiFi and unresolved paternal issues.
And look at the faithful! The same MAGA monks who once preached “no more endless wars” are now passing around communion cups full of crude oil and calling it freedom juice. Rubio says proof is irrelevant, which is rich coming from a man whose IQ could be outwitted by a damp sponge.
Meanwhile, Donny’s “instincts” are just hunger pangs misinterpreted as foreign policy. He’s one bacon cheeseburger away from declaring war on Luxembourg.
But don’t worry—our national security is now in the blessed hands of a 22-year-old ex-grocery bagger with a MAGA shrine in his bedroom and a résumé that screams, “Mom still folds my socks.”
So here we are again, lighting the fuse on another war we didn’t ask for, with leaders who couldn’t find Tehran on a labeled map if you offered them a cheesesteak and a cheat sheet.
Pray. Rage. Hydrate. And for the love of Sophia, don’t let these fuckers rewrite the past while they ignite the future.
Peace, sarcasm, and a strategically placed middle finger,
I was going to ask, What is it about Vance that is so particularly repellent? But I think I know. We know, from his education and his best-seller, that he's not a stupid person. So when he affects to sound intelligent, it's not, as it is with Trump, an obvious farce. So when he says, e.g., that previous presidents were "stupid," but (he implies) Trump is not, or he praises Trump's "instincts," we know that he knows that it's not only bullshit, but especially insulting to *our* intelligence.
Trump trying to sound smart is a buffoon. He says false things, we ascribe it to his boundless stupidity. But we at least assume he really believes them, to the extent that he really believes anything. On the other hand, when Vance says false things, it's not only a lie, but (as it were) a lie squared. He's not only saying things we know are false, but they're thing we know HE KNOWS are false, that he nonetheless believes (or pretends to believe) we'll accept. He insults, not only our sense of what's true versus false, but our more fundamental status as intelligent people, as opposed to MAGA morons.
Ellis: you are giving him too much credit. Yes, he has the education, but education by itself, does not guarantee wisdom. These are guys completely delusional about having, keeping and extending powerful positions. Their hunger for it based on their insecurity knows no bounds. Like toddlers, they act out of huge need for immediate gratification, forgetting about long-term planning.
I'm not saying he has wisdom. I'm saying he knows what he's saying is bullshit, and he knows we know it. I also don't think Vance (like Trump) is an insecure toddler. He's a greedy opportunist.
Vance is an opportunist from the start. He is like a chameleon and will change his colors to suit his environment. Right he is towing the line, but as soon as Trump starts to crumble, physically and/or mentally (I know, not far of a reach), which might happen sooner than later, Vance will pounce and envoke the 25th amendment. He has his eye on the prize and has to keep his hand close to his vest.
Vance's handlers (Thiel) will pounce. Vance is a handle for the tech bros to control this country. They'll get rid of him too, when they realize how totally unlikable, detestable really, he is to the general public and MAGA in particular.
I tend to think you're right, Marlee. I said it 6 months ago, and I'll predict it again: tRump's decline means he won't be around for a second SOTU, IMO. JD is a useful tool for Thiel & Co., but if he can't take the pressure, they'll have to go to Plan B. What that is, only they know.
Vance is a poseur with terminal imposter syndrome. He has the face of a white-trashed outsider who has been humiliated by life on every conceivable level and no longer feels shame. He fits in nowhere but cynically bends over to the wealthiest daddy willing to call him their own.
Ellis, I think you have a good handle on what is so extra insulting about Vance. So much is offensive, it's hard to pin down. But, I agree, if there is anything more enraging than stupid arrogance, it's the arrogance of someone one knows knows better. Willful ignorance.
He's an evangelist though, converted through his father, even though he claims to be catholic, because that's where the money and the power are. His brain is warped by his weird religion, is what I'm trying to say. He's a "True believer"™ same as Shrub.
No one does more to discredit Christianity than these true believers. Same with the Catholics on the Supreme Court. It's enough to make you believe, not only in Satan, but that he's winning.
Oh absolutely but given the OT biblical god is such a dick, and after reading Anne Rice’s “Memnoch the devil” Maybe the devil is the actual better character, it’s all fiction, anyway.
I hate that so many of my fellow citizens are massively ignorant and apathetic. And there's no way of reasoning or informing a closed or apathetic mind. However, living in red majority my entire life, I can't hate these people. The only ones I hate are the grifting scum in politics and social media who exist solely to promote and profit from this massive civic ignorance.
Sickening pattern when you lay it out… it feels like a country clinging to something that doesn’t even exist any more (and the fear of the unknown is real…). 😞🇺🇸
I had to take a big a couple of deep breaths after reading this post today. Whew, time to keep a steady hand on my mental health. FFS. I freaking hate ALL of this.
“Gunthar Eagleman”?!? Also Lindsey Graham kowtows.
Just got back from a little place called Rancho Cucamonga, California. The place is piss-drunk on petroleum. And if the Straits of Hormuz close—a potentiality Trump and his trained monkeys absolutely could not anticipate—$10 a gallon gas is gonna put them in a world of hurt.
"Gunthar Eagleman" sounds so much like the name a parody account would invent that I went to the dude's not-twitter feed to check it out. he seems like a legitimate MAGA nitwit
So, none of the big brains saw this potentially happening? Oh, wait. This will make domestic producers even richer and will make us want to sell off our national parks for oil drilling. I'm a genius. Hah!
It's likely to remove any existing sanctions on Russian oil, which doesn't pass primarily through the Strait of Hormuz and is transported through India. More war and oligarchy money for Vlad.
Two million "sleeper-cell" Iranians here would make the US Iran's third-largest city. And a devout Muslim would no more leave a prayer rug behind in the sand than a Catholic would toss a rosary in a dumpster or an Orthodox Jew use a tallis as a doormat.
... and I didn't even get into the whole 'regime change or not' donnybrook. maybe tomorrow
The regime change we need is in THIS country.
Among several other countries, including Israel, Russia, and China as well as Iran.
Add in Hungary and Slovenia.
THAT IS THE TRUTH!
Jeff, please do get into it. BTW.. could Donald now use war power authority to have the military patrol our country? Wasn’t this the goal? Have our own Stasi of pardoned J6 terrorists?
I am hearing people discuss martial law and no elections. I am discussing my husband not going into a government lab until he retires, hopefully soon. I see all government buildings as targets, and scientists particularly nuclear ones could be at risk. No sports stadiums, no concert halls, no airports (but I will probably be there anyway), no airplanes (though I have plans to fly to do transatlantic flying), and no going by Israeli or US consulates and embassies. There are probably a few more countries that will be added to the list.
When they talk about sleeper agents to be awakened so to speak, they are not including the people who will be radicalized by this action. Are we helped by Musk opening Starlink accounts for people in Iran, some people, not all. So which some? Troublemakers? I assume by doing this he is putting a big target on his head.
An Iranian cab driver who parks at a taxi stand near my house told me on Saturday that he was glad that the Mullahs are all gone. He also said, "who wants to live in a country run by religious men?" I know it is not me.
"the Mullahs are all gone"??? That would make the news, I would think, if that happened.
Robert, my intel is an Iranian man who lives in Germany, that I say hi to each day. He parks his cab on my block. I am not claiming this is correct, I was trying to give his perception of the situation. I also know that he gets to listen to other news than we do since he knows Arabic. I do not.
Where would you be getting that information from reliably? I looked it up and all I found was a Yahoo News article on the Supreme Mullah being in hiding in a bunker. I know I had read the other day that the Ayatollah aka the top Mullah had gone to Qatar. All of that seems to be rumors.
I have no idea what is going on with the Mullahs, but this is the second Iranian I have heard from who lives abroad who wants all of the Mullahs gone. So, perhaps this is wishful thinking, but who is reporting much on the Mullahs? Most coverage is about Trump.
If there were a new government we would hear about it. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. What we hear is that their Parliament voted to close the Straits of Hormuz and sent the bill to Ayatollah Khamenei for approval, that his foreign minister is in Russia and Medvedev (craziest of the Putinites) is saying Russia should send Iran some nukes, etc.
I am sure there are lots of Iranians who WISH the mullahs were all gone, but it certainly has not happened yet.
We heard the same shit about being afraid that brown people can't wait to attack us last time.
We have been removing our shoes just to fly ever since.
This is just more hate aimed at Muslims.
That would be the orange derangeman’s evil angle.
Fits, yup, no need to worry about those that might not follow unlawful orders when you can authorize your own personal vigilante militia, that's what he's done with the cabinet & all the institutional guardrails. He's the world's biggest dumbfuck, but tremendous resources have gone into pulling this off, the dismantling of democracy.
Doing a 5 parter for this jeff, heres the first. What the fuck has Persia (Iran for those who are modern), has done over time whenever the country has been ass raped by another country (like we are doing to them right now, or more specifically, Donald FucksHimself). https://thistleandmoss.com/p/persian-history-what-iran-will-do
As always Uncle Jeff, Liked , repstacked, quotes, and cross posted.
Excellent article Wendy. Thx for the historical lesson.
Wendy— I was not totally aware of Iranian perseverance and survival instincts. I am now and the US should be afraid….very afraid.
Great lesson, Wendy! I love the vibe of the writing about it, too. A bit of sweary history mixed in...dig.
So, what happens when you mix one of the most badass survivors of centuries of invasion with the most dipshit regime to run America in the joke of less than 250 year history? Uh, duck and cover. That's what you get to do. We are fucked.
Bingo
By tomorrow there will be worse shit to write about.
Um, isn’t Massey from KY?
1 week bad press for TFG, and (I say this sarcastically) the "minor" distraction of lawmakers being hunted and shit, yeah, he'd stoop to this crap.
We should have been more enthusiastic about his stupid parade. He went home pouting, "I'll show them how important I am."
::We should have been more enthusiastic about his stupid parade. He went home pouting, "I'll show them how important I am."::
Fuck him.
Sideways.
With a rusty knife.
He thinks this is his *Kristallnacht*? We'll make it his Waterloo....
I absolutely hope so.
Great but frightening article.
Thinking about it, IHnsHO, TACO Stupidday isn't going to order ground troops to Iran. He's going to order them to Los Angeles, and maybe somewhere on the east coast, like one of the NYC Burroughs. He'd much rather harass tax paying Dem registered voters than get soldiers killed in YA3WHH (Yet Another 3rd World Hell Hole).
Anyone check the MAGA approval rates of the TACO in Chief? Did he get the approval bump his tiny brain so desperate craves? Two weeks from now, we'll (the Lamestream media that is) have forgotten we were on the edge of Armageddon. So we moved some sand around in Iran (being deliberately ignorant here, like I was a Patriotic MAGA, since I have no clue what the real estate around Fordow looks like), Iran will have their centrifuges up and running in a week, if not now, and the hysterical chickens with their heads cut off will be wildly clucking from some other new illegal outrage committed by #47.
It is said that with trumpolini's coy "maybe two weeks" remark, they had plenty of time to move their supplies .
"Iran will have their centrifuges up and running in a week" No. It took them decades to get to this point, and they are starting again from near zero.
No one really knows that.
There are people who know, but they don't speak out loud.
My point exactly. We don't know.
There are credible reports that Iran built/bought centrifuges of a Palestinian design used to make their bomb/s. And that those centrifuges are mobile enough to move by truck. With the amount of notice Donny FartFactory gave the Iranians, they could have relocated a substantial number of their centrifuges.
"Palestinian" design??? Palestinians don't have a lot of heavy industry or intricate engineering. I'd need to see a source on that.
I would not however have any trouble believing that centrifuge units could have been relocated in the face of Dumb Donnie's blurtouts.
Ummm, and they won’t have any assistance from Uncle Vlad? Hand them a screwdriver and a hammer, maybe ship them a used item or two?
Doubt it.
Hi, Jeff.
FTR, Thomas Massie - the fucktacular gun nut representative - is from my home state of Kentucky, not Kansas. He represents NKY.
Not that Kansas is off the hook, but they don't have to take the blame for that jackhole.
FUUUUUCK, thanks
it's fixed on the web and the app. if only there were something I could do about the 185,000 emails that already went out. c'est la vie
Jeff, you make one error to Donnie Diaperload's 1000. Let's keep this in perspective!
That's it Jeff, I am canceling my paid sub over this /s
Good thing I am so up on you kids' internet codes and know that /s means satire. Grandpa can too learn!
I'm in California. Kentucky, Kansas, whatevers, what's the dif?
Not to be too pedantic about it or anything (oh fuckit….I’ll be pedantic) isn’t dif spelled with 2️⃣ f’s??? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
One can NEVER be too pedantic when one is right!
It's an easy mistake to make. Kansas has some doozies too. Westboro Baptist Hatemongers, for example
Ooooh Westboro…where the real crazies live and barely breathe!
...through their mouths.
Big guns for his short comings? Barney Fife only had one bullet. Thinking that's a fair amount of ammo.
LOL! He called himself "Dusty gun and rusty knife Fife."
Confession: I am a huge fan of The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry. If you want to transport yourself to a simpler, gentler time I recommend getting a copy of "Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook" pronto. You can find it on AMZN. The book is filled with funny stories, script excerpts, photographs, and excellent recipes from people affiliated with the show. There's also a follow-up book called "Aunt Bee's Delightful Desserts." Do it for your mental health.
Thanks. I just bought a Kindle version. I hope it isn't too dependent on artwork because art on a Kindle sucks.
This recommendation is delightful. We need more like this. I shall order today.
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I have. 💙
Aunt Bee & Andy didn’t get along, so we are led to believe
Andy was said to be a nice guy, but he was still a chauvinistic southern male.
Funny how you and I often are drawn to the same comments. I bought the book for my Kindle.
In other news, three weeks I broke (I think) my hip. Trying to get a mobile x-ray over here to find out. Yuck. I am sort of functional but it ain't fun...
I bought and skimmed Aunt Bee's book on my Kindle. Best is that I bought a print version for a snowbird friend, Joanne. She will get it in a few days. I alerted her to the gift but didn't say the book's title. I am going to tell her "I didn't really buy that recipe book for you but for Big Bob (my nickname for her hubby)" Big Bob doesn't cook but he sure does love eating :>)
Thanks for clarifying, we have our own fuck wad here in Kansas by the name of Roger Marshall, he goes by the moniker "Doc".
Yep...fellow KYian here - Massie is a nutjob gun-totin' Xtian libertarian from Lewis Co. It KILLS me that he is the only Repub to counter the Orange Mad King's agenda with respect to Iran, and I have to agree with his position!!!
Please Iran…paint a tunnel on the big side of a rock for donny. Also….I wish he would take Jeff’s advice and “stick his dick into a hornet’s nest” for real. (Yuck…I hate even writing that!) lol. We are living with a bizarro administration…a 22 year old in charge of counter-terrorism???? WTF
Do his followers ever worry about their grandchildren’s future… SERIOUS QUESTION
Doubtful!!! I don’t think he cares about his own grandchildren let alone yours or mine!!! He really only cares about him..🙄🤦🏼♀️😡😤🤬
Clearly not! This is exactly the kind of administration that will gin up any excuse to revive the draft.
Being a reality show buffoon, Trump would one-up himself and appease rising MAGA resistance to a draft by nuking Iran pre-emptively. And expect the world to fall on its knees and thank him.
I really don't think the people will put up with that.
But what would/can the people do, arne? Polls already showed a clear majority against attacking Iran.
Oh yeah, P123! Ugh.
These "important (impotent?) old men" can't stand the thought that when they die, the people in the world will go on happily without them.
They'll be a world-wide party when the orange Grinch kicks it, just like the celebration in the streets when Biden was elected.
That's what I keep wondering?! Do they just not give a shit about their kids/grandkids?
No, they are narcissistic. When they look at people, they only see themselves reflected off their faces. Kids, family, friends just exist to benefit them.
Sad and terrifying!
Of course not. Jesus is coming back to end the world any day now.
I love the picture of the kid. Cool raised eyebrow, bro!
Right? He needs to be twirling a mustache too
Snidely Whiplash
Dudley Doright of the Canadian Mounted Police! My favorite villain is Simon Bar Sinister from Underdog! I’ll take a Rocky and Bullwinkle anytime…Hey, that’s a cool name for a cocktail! I’ll have a Rocky and Bullwinkle on the rocks,
Maybe we could tie the Mango Mussolini to the train tracks, and give Nell a break. Lol!
With some melodramatic music playing in the background.
Dudley Doright of the Canadian Mounted Police! My favorite villain is Simon Bar Sinister from Underdog! I’ll take a Rocky and Bullwinkle anytime…Hey, that’s a cool name for a cocktail! I’ll have a Rocky and Bullwinkle on the rocks,
An inexperienced boy in charge of counterterrorism is so that an attack on US soil will be successful. This is what Condi Rice did for Bush Junior. Once blood is spilled here, the current leader becomes everyone’s daddy - no limits to money, power or prestige. The United States of Trump may have starving, uneducated children living under bridges but by gods the bridges will be painted gold.
I think you've nailed it, Lois. Makes perfect sense, and makes the perfect excuse for invoking the Insurrection Act.
Oh, Jeff. I congratulate you on your ability to spin shit into gold. It's hard to find humor these days. Thank you.
Hear hear!
I've asked this previously and I'm asking it now, WHEN THE FUCK IS SOMEONE SOMEWHERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE FUCKWADS IN DC??? This is getting fucking ridiculous. The man child diaper stain is breaking every fucking law of the land and 95% of Congress is tweeting about it instead of fucking doing something about it!!! They all have less spine than a nightcrawler on a hook being used for fish bait. Can this adminstration be sued for causing PTSD?
I do feel, as a nation, WE THE PEOPLE should file a class action against this entire regime and against the INJUSTICES6!
Who should lead the charge? What is happening with AOC lawsuit? Whatever happened with Congressman Eric Swalwells lawsuit against Trump?
ALL OF US
Which part of the current DOJ would you like to approach on this?
Local lawyers
100% AGREE!!!
Sure AF is grounds, dereliction of duty, holding us all hostage in constant distress, this is AFFECTING people & their lives, it is abuse of power. There has to be consequences for that. How & the hell have we come to not hold people responsible for lying & cheating? It has to be stopped.
Thank the fucking judges that stopped Jack Smith from doing his job. Thank SCOTUS for saying his crimes were part of the job. Thank the NY judge who oversaw his 34 count conviction but let him walk. Thank the shooter who got killed in a fake attempt that he set up because he was gonna lose. Thank the 90,000,000 voters that didn't vote because Kamala. Thank Musk for helping rig the voting machines when 2 weeks before the election he said, 'we have the votes'.
You are exactly right. Arrogant incompetence, laziness, cowardice, passive-aggression, manipulation, & violence did not come to have the upper hand & be worshipped as strengths without a whole lot of people making that happen.
Or the 90,000,000 that said 'fuck it, it won't effect me'.
Trump's War will be the perfect excuse to crack down on dissent. Anyone opposing him will be called a traitor, and the ignorant American public will buy it; we've seen it often enough. Martial law, anyone?
Which begs the question: WHY AREN’T DEMS SCREAMING 24/7 ABOUT MASKED PPL DISAPPEARING CITIZENS OFF OUR STREETS?!?
They are but the mainstream news won't report it.
A fact that eludes so many.
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It's called cowardice.
I’ve heard the D party described as neurotic and controlling - aka “stuck”… :/
(They have to worry abt big donors too ‘I guess’!?) 😡⁉️
Definitely!!!
Welp, also saw that the big betrayal bill includes easier "laws" for purchasing gun silencers. Those ice folk are gonna have an easier time of shooting quietly now.
Literally jfc
Unless they shoot themselves in the dick. BTW, the Republican who inserted the gun silencer clause in the budget bill is Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia, a gun store owner.
But of course he is.......
Bush’s war on steroids!
1. So the Iran government evacuated personnel and moved their toys because Donny shot his mouth off? 🤔
2. Orange Turd couldn’t keep a plastic plant alive let alone protect the US
3. All those “Donny won’t get us into war” now are happy Donny got us into war. There goes their cheap gas.
When I read 1984 in HS, I just thought it was a cautionary tale… I had no idea Orwell was an oracle and the book was prophecy.
I've always said that "1984" was written as a warning but Rethuglicans are using it as a guidebook. It feels like we are currently in the middle of a Venn Diagram with "A Handmaiden's Tale," 'Fahrenheit 451,' "Animal Farm," and '1984.'
And Dr. Strangelove.
Also Project 2025
Brave New World, which portrayed a society distracted and dumbed down by endless entertainment, hedonism and consumer opportunities. The US is very like this.
Now I realize that Darth Cheney was a piker compared to Shitler. Cheney at least feigned constitutionality.
Cheney The Dick also made $39.5B with his BS no-bid contracts. WAR IS A RACKET
Absolutely true. A lot of rich people get much richer when war breaks out. The poor just die.
War for profit. Halliburton also has a 'food truck' that fed the soldiers. Catering business, I guess.
Unlike his daughter Liz. Never was a fan of either one of them but she stood up to this train wreck of idiocy and treason. Fuckface the Last could care less about the Constitution and what it stands for but then again, he'll always be as dumb as a box of rocks and do whatever the hell he wants. My wife and I can't watch Sunday morning political shows anymore. It's too damn difficult to see Stoogio, Vance or any of these ass kissing shitweasels gloat over Dump's endless lawlessness and failures.
Aren’t you playing right into their hands by turning them off as historically they are doing the opposite of what they’re saying? We need to keep them and media accountable don’t we?
We do but it's at the point where MSM continues to let them praise the felonious imbecile and it's just too damn irritating to watch anymore.
Yeah, Cheney is a two-timer. I will never give him praise for anything but sticking up for his LGTBQ daughter.
Nothing says “spiritual evolution” like launching a holy war because the Oracle of Mar-a-Lago felt a tingle in his diaper.
Remember when war used to require reasons? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Now all it takes is a nap-deprived narcissist tweeting vague threats like a middle schooler with WiFi and unresolved paternal issues.
And look at the faithful! The same MAGA monks who once preached “no more endless wars” are now passing around communion cups full of crude oil and calling it freedom juice. Rubio says proof is irrelevant, which is rich coming from a man whose IQ could be outwitted by a damp sponge.
Meanwhile, Donny’s “instincts” are just hunger pangs misinterpreted as foreign policy. He’s one bacon cheeseburger away from declaring war on Luxembourg.
But don’t worry—our national security is now in the blessed hands of a 22-year-old ex-grocery bagger with a MAGA shrine in his bedroom and a résumé that screams, “Mom still folds my socks.”
So here we are again, lighting the fuse on another war we didn’t ask for, with leaders who couldn’t find Tehran on a labeled map if you offered them a cheesesteak and a cheat sheet.
Pray. Rage. Hydrate. And for the love of Sophia, don’t let these fuckers rewrite the past while they ignite the future.
Peace, sarcasm, and a strategically placed middle finger,
That was fking peotic!
Most excellent, Aleksander!
I was going to ask, What is it about Vance that is so particularly repellent? But I think I know. We know, from his education and his best-seller, that he's not a stupid person. So when he affects to sound intelligent, it's not, as it is with Trump, an obvious farce. So when he says, e.g., that previous presidents were "stupid," but (he implies) Trump is not, or he praises Trump's "instincts," we know that he knows that it's not only bullshit, but especially insulting to *our* intelligence.
Trump trying to sound smart is a buffoon. He says false things, we ascribe it to his boundless stupidity. But we at least assume he really believes them, to the extent that he really believes anything. On the other hand, when Vance says false things, it's not only a lie, but (as it were) a lie squared. He's not only saying things we know are false, but they're thing we know HE KNOWS are false, that he nonetheless believes (or pretends to believe) we'll accept. He insults, not only our sense of what's true versus false, but our more fundamental status as intelligent people, as opposed to MAGA morons.
Ellis: you are giving him too much credit. Yes, he has the education, but education by itself, does not guarantee wisdom. These are guys completely delusional about having, keeping and extending powerful positions. Their hunger for it based on their insecurity knows no bounds. Like toddlers, they act out of huge need for immediate gratification, forgetting about long-term planning.
I'm not saying he has wisdom. I'm saying he knows what he's saying is bullshit, and he knows we know it. I also don't think Vance (like Trump) is an insecure toddler. He's a greedy opportunist.
As an opportunistic grifter Couchfuck McGee can go fuck himself.
Vance is an opportunist from the start. He is like a chameleon and will change his colors to suit his environment. Right he is towing the line, but as soon as Trump starts to crumble, physically and/or mentally (I know, not far of a reach), which might happen sooner than later, Vance will pounce and envoke the 25th amendment. He has his eye on the prize and has to keep his hand close to his vest.
Vance's handlers (Thiel) will pounce. Vance is a handle for the tech bros to control this country. They'll get rid of him too, when they realize how totally unlikable, detestable really, he is to the general public and MAGA in particular.
I tend to think you're right, Marlee. I said it 6 months ago, and I'll predict it again: tRump's decline means he won't be around for a second SOTU, IMO. JD is a useful tool for Thiel & Co., but if he can't take the pressure, they'll have to go to Plan B. What that is, only they know.
JD "I'll change my name if you want" Vance is repellent because he is what would happen if a lamprey grew legs and got sponsored by a rich Nazi.
Vance is a poseur with terminal imposter syndrome. He has the face of a white-trashed outsider who has been humiliated by life on every conceivable level and no longer feels shame. He fits in nowhere but cynically bends over to the wealthiest daddy willing to call him their own.
"Our Presidents over the last 25 years have been stupid."
Well, that was President Obama and George W.
So he was HALF right. . .
Ellis, I think you have a good handle on what is so extra insulting about Vance. So much is offensive, it's hard to pin down. But, I agree, if there is anything more enraging than stupid arrogance, it's the arrogance of someone one knows knows better. Willful ignorance.
He's an evangelist though, converted through his father, even though he claims to be catholic, because that's where the money and the power are. His brain is warped by his weird religion, is what I'm trying to say. He's a "True believer"™ same as Shrub.
No one does more to discredit Christianity than these true believers. Same with the Catholics on the Supreme Court. It's enough to make you believe, not only in Satan, but that he's winning.
Oh absolutely but given the OT biblical god is such a dick, and after reading Anne Rice’s “Memnoch the devil” Maybe the devil is the actual better character, it’s all fiction, anyway.
To say nothing of Paradise Lost.
Trump was negotiating with Iran in June. Trump left the negotiating table. What chapter in The Art of the Deal is that. It is so stupid and self-serving. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/project-2026-votem-out?r=3m1bs
The chapter that says if you don’t agree with my orders I’m taking my toys (AKA bombs) and go home🙄🤦🏼♀️😡😤🤬
I hate that I hate so many of my countrymen.
I hate that so many of my fellow citizens are massively ignorant and apathetic. And there's no way of reasoning or informing a closed or apathetic mind. However, living in red majority my entire life, I can't hate these people. The only ones I hate are the grifting scum in politics and social media who exist solely to promote and profit from this massive civic ignorance.
Sickening pattern when you lay it out… it feels like a country clinging to something that doesn’t even exist any more (and the fear of the unknown is real…). 😞🇺🇸
I had to take a big a couple of deep breaths after reading this post today. Whew, time to keep a steady hand on my mental health. FFS. I freaking hate ALL of this.
My anxiety level just ratcheted up 1000%.
I understand. Take care of you. Someone will take care of Diaper Don with his Dude Wipes. The POS!
I have to agree with you! 😢😡🤬
“Gunthar Eagleman”?!? Also Lindsey Graham kowtows.
Just got back from a little place called Rancho Cucamonga, California. The place is piss-drunk on petroleum. And if the Straits of Hormuz close—a potentiality Trump and his trained monkeys absolutely could not anticipate—$10 a gallon gas is gonna put them in a world of hurt.
"Gunthar Eagleman" sounds so much like the name a parody account would invent that I went to the dude's not-twitter feed to check it out. he seems like a legitimate MAGA nitwit
It's a pretty cool fake name, though. He spelled Gunther wrong. It figures.
He probably chose it because it sounds Nazish and has Gun" in it.
Closing the Strait is move #1 for Iran. Why wouldn’t they?
So, none of the big brains saw this potentially happening? Oh, wait. This will make domestic producers even richer and will make us want to sell off our national parks for oil drilling. I'm a genius. Hah!
Next up: Uday and Qusay trump start the trump Oil Co. to grift their rubes
OMG, Of course. And they will buy our public lands at fire-sale prices.
Ding ding ding ding ding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happily, L’il Marco is winging his way to the Mideast to talk them out of it.
It's likely to remove any existing sanctions on Russian oil, which doesn't pass primarily through the Strait of Hormuz and is transported through India. More war and oligarchy money for Vlad.
Because it will involve them in a naval battle with the US, and of course Israel can bomb their ships from above and they have no defenses anymore.
Two million "sleeper-cell" Iranians here would make the US Iran's third-largest city. And a devout Muslim would no more leave a prayer rug behind in the sand than a Catholic would toss a rosary in a dumpster or an Orthodox Jew use a tallis as a doormat.