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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

today in Shit That Happened While I Was Busy Writing This Shit—

I don't have one, but I do have Rita Moreno singing 'Fever' on the Muppet Show in 1976. it's a must-watch, seriously.

https://bsky.app/profile/blabalino.com/post/3mtnhwasptc2i

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

just like you, I wish Substack allowed images and videos in comments

Stephen Brady's avatar

Regarding the hidden source of the cheap hamburger Donaldo tRumpinski arranged... It was on the news this week that his tRumpistas are rounding up wild mustangs out West and selling them to foreign meat purveyors... Bet they are returned labeled 'hamburger'.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Shhh! It’s a secret. Wild horses couldn’t drag it outta me!

Stephen Brady's avatar

I think we should crowdsource getting a genomic analysis of his cheap hamburger.

Nancie's avatar

Sad to say, those wild horses won't be around to drag any secrets out of anybody:

Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/trump-wild-horses-legal-loophole-slaughter.html

Natalia Lincoln's avatar

Ah yes, the Giddyup Surprise Burger. Just say Neigh!

Robot Bender's avatar

Nah. Too expensive and not enough horses anyway.

Richard Von Busack's avatar

I think if we're going to inquire after what happens to these poor horses, we'd better ask Alpo. But maybe Bobby the Quack can cook up some mare-nistroni or Pepper-pony pizza on his fucking YouTube show.

Marlene Cohen Adair's avatar

I remember gettin a cheap steak in Paris when I was a traveling student. “Biftec chevaline”. I figured it out later.

Richard Von Busack's avatar

You can still see gilded horse's heads out side some butcher shops in East Paris. "JE SUIS MONSIEUR ED!" I think I had some skinny horse sausage when I was in Paris in 1990. Crispy and spicy!

Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

Jeff: I am beside myself with these so-called suicides, read lynchings, in the south.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I am too, but there's no fucking way I can make that shit funny. I wouldn't dare to even try

Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

For sure…it is beyond shit that happened while you wrote this shit….

US Blues's avatar

😳 I haven’t heard about this. Got a good link?

2Cats2Furious's avatar

What is happening?

bruce somers's avatar

A friend pointed out just this morning part of Project 2025 is disrupting the food supply,breed less cattle so you can raise the price.

Jayme Wolworth's avatar

The cattle farmers are now getting what they voted for and they aren't liking it. Their herds are down, they get paid less, the processors charge more and get rich. It's America after all.

300,000 METRIC TONS! (he gets so excited by big numbers) of beef supplies this country for 18 fuckin days and Trump doesn't know how any of this works.

Happy Saturday everyone!

8647 before the horse meat gets here

Major Kong's avatar

Reporter: What country did you make the deal with?

Trump: I don't want to say.

Your most transparent administration in history, ladies and gentlemen.

Robot Bender's avatar

Argentina, I hear.

Robot Bender's avatar

"I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face!"

celeste k.'s avatar

wonder what's in the burgers that idiot consumes?

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Jeff, I didnt have it in me today. I just munged some bullshit together.

Everyone will hate me Im sure.

Fuck it, Im going back to bed.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-week-republicans-say-fuck-you-to-trans-canada-does-too

wisewebwoman's avatar

Some days are pointless Wendy, the shit piles so high and the smell is putrid. Take care of you.

Tess's avatar

Hang in there Wendy!

HH Mohr's avatar

Get some good rest and have a good weekend.

Cyndi's avatar

I'm reading this in bed, so that might not save you...

But hey, anyone who does "hate you" for self care deserves to be reminded about being judged by the enemies you keep :-)

Hang in there, friend!

Sarah Falsey's avatar

Fabulous song, and Rita Moreno and the Muppets should have gone on tour.

Karen Rockwell's avatar

Weirdly, I have this on VHS somewhere in the attic...

Nancie's avatar

Not sure how this fits in with the "slow news" theme, but I ran across this yesterday in the replies for a different Substack. If legitimate, the Stormy Daniels story was a masterful misdirection from the REAL story:

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Lawsuit.pdf

Filed 10/03/16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

JANE DOE, proceeding under a pseudonym, Plaintiff

V

DONALD J. TRUMP and JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, Defendants

COMPLAINT FOR RAPE, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTS, SEXUAL ABUSE, FORCIBLE TOUCHING, ASSAULT, BATTERY, INTENTIONAL AND RECKLESS INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, DURESS, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND DEFAMATION

Morty's avatar
9mEdited

Can you believe she was 45 when they taped that? Also, fun fact: She won an Emmy for her performance on the Muppet Show.

Rainer Hochhalter's avatar

How humanity can come up with a Rita Moreno and also a Donald Trump is beyond comprehension.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

Rita is a goddess.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

you know it's a slow news week when I'm forced to go with Jesse Watters twice

bruce somers's avatar

Rosie O'Donnell rat-fucked Donnie right on ABC...that was pretty cool.

Michelle Vancura's avatar

Her closing song on Thursday night was the best!! I wish Substack would let us post it. But just Google it and it’ll come up. I hope Jimmy has her guest host next summer for at least two weeks, and maybe do some live videos from Ireland during the shows.

HI2thDoc's avatar

STFU, asshole Watters

One of the worst of Fox twatters

Tire flattener Jesse

Is an adulterer messy

America, hide your daughters

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

I went to log cabin rebpulicunts deciding that Trans people dont matter anymore.

Sighs.

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

There’s always room for Jess-O.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

The pending Indy car races through the streets of our capitol should make the gold-plated Stupid list. Another $35m+ "flashy event", as the media calls it, to celebrate America's 250th. Like parents staging a gang rape to celebrate their daughter's Sweet 16 birthday party. Time to watch "Idiocracy" again.

AuntTeeFa's avatar

Only because whatever they’re up to, hasn’t surfaced yet

Marlene Cohen Adair's avatar

Jesse Watters only shows up in my life as “found object”, which I think is a delightful moniker. I never turn on that channel. So thanks for keeping me tuned. If it’s a slow week, it’s the first in forever that I remember. ❤️🤙

Lucius's avatar

Hey, I'll take a slow news week. Gives my sanity a chance to recover.

Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Do you know what’s dumber than the items in today’s issue of T.W.I.S.? The 33% who still approve of this BS.

These Daily Claudia pics are so sweet!

rlritt's avatar

Those 33% are so low information that they think Washington DC is in Washington State. Seriously.

Cyndi's avatar

There's a large overlap with those who believe the Earth is flat, as well.

Tess's avatar

Two cuties at the end… helps breathing after so damn much stupidity!!!!!!! Great job exposing these idiots day after day after day after day……..😩😊

KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

I find myself wishing/hoping, maybe even praying that these a-holes get a chronic or terminal illness. But, sadly, they'll be fine. They'll have the best doctors money can buy.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

just ask Mitch McConnell. oh wait, you can't

michellefromchicago's avatar

There might be a TV series in the Mitch McConnell story: Ghost Senator! Screwing up government from beyond the grave!

Robert Eckert's avatar

It's what he would have wanted

HI2thDoc's avatar

The Mystery of Mitch goes on and on

Since June 11 from dusk to dawn

The world wants to know

Where did Turtle Man go?

Is he grazing on his lawn?

rlritt's avatar

Where is Mitch?

Stephen Schiff's avatar

It's time to resurrect the old Chevy Chase "Franco" routine from SNL. Slightly modified of course.

Natalia Lincoln's avatar

Technically, you could. But you’re not gonna get much of an answer, and you’ll likely have to go puke afterwards.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

I wonder how Elaine Chao feels about sharing a house with a corpse on life support. Getting Norman Bates vibes.

rlritt's avatar

And if they die they will stuff them and sit them up in a chair.

Stacy's avatar

What they are doing to medical research is FUCKING INSANE and murderous. Can you hear me screaming from MN??

And making a buck off of wild horses… who thinks of all this shit???

Kay-El's avatar

1. Where’s the beef? I don’t know and since I don’t eat it I won’t get sick before the recall happens.

2. Bobby Brainworm’s quacking cell phone is chef’s kiss.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Brainworm is always on the attack

Against science with his ideas so whack

He croaks out a series

Of conspiracy theories

He’s a deranged, dangerous quack

Dave Drell's avatar

It’s obvious that comparing his speeches and these long winded posts, that there is no way he writes these posts - prob Cheung does. He doesn’t have the intelligence to connect those thoughts into text form. He’s a blabbering old fool, and whoever writes this trash should be

thrown the book at.

rlritt's avatar

I figured it was Natalie who stayed up all night posting his insane, ranting tweets. I doubt his 80 year pig hands can operate a phone's keyboard. He can't even speak clearly now.

HI2thDoc's avatar

In her love letters to him, there were some inappropriate capitalizations here and there

Margaret MacKenzie's avatar

Conservative-based research: Pray the gay away.

Susan Niemann's avatar

So, whats the plan when we drop nukes on Iran? Where is everyone going? Come out to Missouri...I've got room. ☠️

I've turned into a Pescatarian, since horse burgers just aren't my thing. I dunno... with enough mustard, maybe...

rlritt's avatar

I lived in France for a number of years. They regularly eat ground horse meat (not me) and that's where you get steak tartar. They eat it very rare. Horse does not the same parasites as beef.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

So let's wipe out our wild horses and fire up the barbeques, right? Our species carries the most parasites, ask RFK Jr.

rlritt's avatar

Im not advocating that AT ALL.

Im just saying some countries consider horses food. No I hope they leave the wild horses alone. Why do the Republicans want to destroy everything is wild and free?

Cheri Collins's avatar

Yeah, we don’t eat beef here, either. Occasional venison or bison, but never beef, especially ground. We’re primarily tweet eaters😂!

Mike Hammer's avatar

I grew up in a town where Nike missiles were in underground bunkers and the first time we saw them was when JFK was assassinated. Better make sure there’s no silo hidden in your backyard!

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

I do so love those photos, and these in particular because it reveals so much love. Happy Saturday.

Miselle's avatar

Hmmmmm......I wonder why all the GOP who get voted out seem to end up as Right Wing News pundits? One would think they have NO EDUCATION and don't know how to labor in ANY industry to earn an honest wage!

Am I wrong here?!

rlritt's avatar

Think of the news readers who now hold important cabinet posts with zero experience or education.

Michelle Wright's avatar

Great pics today of you and Claudia and loved the Rita clip. Never saw that before. Damn. Thank you.

AuntTeeFa's avatar

Felt a little tear from our daily Claudia, such a tender moment. You were a lucky twosome to have found each other

Some Moron has been given a new set of talking points to try to sell the idiot sister to all of his adoring robots.

Aren’t we all just sick of these heinous Republicans continuing to try to make their followers despise another class of people who have every fucking right to exist?

Meanwhile, while our treasury sinks to the bottom of the shitter, having been further drained by the world’s most famous mafia bankruptcyfilingconvictedfelonrapistpedophile, inquiring minds want to know where the hell is Mitch?

Suzanne Tollefson's avatar

If more "conservative based research" means experimenting on MAGAs, I'm okay with that.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Bill Cassidy -- the Susan Collins of Louisiana -- has some "concerns."

Fred's avatar

That last post by Trump sounds like he’s talking about himself.

Natalia Lincoln's avatar

Not only is every accusation a confession, Trump’s only interest is Trump.