Busy weekend coming up, what with Alumni Weekend and us catering a large event. Spud just left town so that he didn’t have to be pressed into waiting tables. So Prime and I moved our usual weekend assignation to last night, when we had a wonderful dinner at a nice restaurant where WE got waited on. The food and drink were great, and the company was even better. I could get used to this…
Birthdays today include a spy who was certainly not a cat; a champion cyclist; a famous Jew-hater; the creator of a SoCal amusement park; a pianist whose work I love; a bass player whose work I love; a singer/songwriter of very modest talent who made a career out of being a lesbian; an actor who made a career out of being a flamboyant gay; a bizarre and usually unfunny chick who was in my favorite Jerry Lewis film; and a guy who was in the worst film about wine ever made.
And I will endeavor to have these not be the worst Links ever made.
The kids cry when Daddy and Daddy fight.
This obviously impacts me, but hey, I approve nonetheless.
What will American technology companies do when they can’t hire chads?
Totally not useless political posturing.
As a Ravens fan, I heartily approve.
Same guy who admitted lying just a few days ago, but the press still eats up every word from him. But the UN is totally not an antisemitic organization. Totally.
They should have razed that building immediately. Ah well, the grift at taxpayer expense continues.
Much sexier story than the obvious reality.
Stunning. And that’s not sarcastic.
We have a comedian who lives in Glibs Gulch and, during a break in one of his tours, did a standup show at the university. It was shut down within a minute. And if our fine Progressive overlords could have done this, they would have.
When it comes to flatpicking, there’s Doc and there’s everyone else. The Old Guy loved Tony Rice and is impressed with Billy Strings, but Doc… well… that’s music.
While I don’t believe a word of it, I wish it was true.
I didn’t know they had hired Hunter.
The worst part is the “US Institute of Peace employees return”.
That’s the way the Institute of Peace left it. They were mad Doge didn’t clean it up for them.
Site very slow.
This…story…was…first…reported…on…the…CNN…website…on…June…6…20…25…….
Running quite well for me this morning, potentially your VPN?
It was being a little laggy for me earlier.
Every other site fine.
It was laggy for me too, but I wrote it off as issues caused by the storm rolling through
TPTB:The Stoic Friday post is ready to post.
It has a different title, but that is it.
Are you home now?
Came home yesterday evening.
Still weak, but not bleeding anymore.
Give yourself time, but hope you are feeling better soon.
Good news. Whether it works or not I am thinking happy thoughts for you.
Are there any good movies about wine?
Jurassic Park?
No, but there are less-terrible ones.
Like Sideways?
/runs away
I tried, and failed, to watch Sideways twice.
It is miserable.
Is this a sick inside joke? Sideways is an A+ film
I haven’t seen sidewise because Paul Giamatti reminds me so much of a former coworker who I hated that I have a difficult time watching any of his movies.
Bottle Shock?
I’ve never seen it, but I’ve heard it’s good.
Bottle Shock was pretty good, but the true story of the Judgement of Paris and the USC Vinoculture department was way, way more interesting.
Bottle shock was fun. You can’t go wrong with Snape as a wine snob.
Well, there are countless movies made better while drinking a bottle of wine!
Hmmm….aid chief says ‘deliberate choices’ depriving 2 million Germans and Japanese of aid, food, while Allies continue to prosecute war.
Yeah, who gives a shit.
Yes, there were deliberate choices that are causing the troubles for Gazans, the deliberate choices made on 10/7. You’re still fucking holding hostages.
This.
These UN officials, can we go after them for aiding terrorist orgs?
Are those deliberate choices being made by Hamas?
“This is beyond parody.”
Page archived is paywalled.
Something about how Europe building up its military hurts gender equality, or something
“Much sexier story than the obvious reality.”
HEY!! STEVE SMITH VERY REAL AND VERY SEXY!!
a famous Jew-hater
Happy birthday Tomb Raider?
SP used to say that she wasn’t antisemitic until she married me.
That’s hilarious.
I didn’t know her that well at all, but I miss that lady.
I think some people don’t understand how wars work.
Anyway, Hamas could just surrender.
You expected a whole generation of participation trophies to have a grasp on conflict?
The Trump – Elon fight has the same vibe as the old WWF. Like Sgt. Slaughter just did a heel-turn on Hulk Hogan and hit him with a chair.
But unfortunately Elon and Thomas Massie are right. Trump has never cared much about spending and this bill is an insult to all the work Musk did – continuing to fund much of the fraud and waste they exposed.
Pre-covid we were spending $5 trillion annually. This bill continues at the new $7 trillion rate towards collapse.
WDATPDIM?
Two oversized egos, one autistic with wild mood swings and no filter, the other vain, unable to take criticism, and with no filter. It was probably inevitable, but unfortunate.
Well put!
Like Van Halen!
Sorry, which one is which?
Trump is DLR, showman, into blondes.
Elon is EVH, highly skilled geek
Lol. So true.
So does that mean Doge returns when Sammy Vance becomes president?
I fleetingly saw a headline quoting Trump, who claimed that Sen. Rand Paul doesn’t understand that the “Big Beautiful Bill” is going to cause explosive economic growth.
But, government spending doesn’t facilitate economic growth; it just moves resources from more productive uses to less productive uses for political reasons, and wastes a good portion of those resources in the process.
Sen. Paul is correct. Also, the gripes that Elon Musk have about the “BBB” are valid, but I am not as sanguine about Musk’s philosophical devotion to reduced government spending.
I think there is a chunk of deregulation in the bill, and that would probably allow significant economic growth. But we have to stop planning based on the most optimistic assessments of positives and conservative estimates of negatives. It’s like investing based on a selling broker’s pro forma. You know that the numbers are best conceivable case.
Trump thinks his explosive verbal diarrhea is the same as economic growth.
I’ve heard the same words from politicians for a long, long time. One would almost think that one day one politician would accidentally be right. More BS, cutting spending doesn’t buy votes.
One day, one country, will call in their loans and a landslide will follow. The music will stop and we will be left without a chair.
Also, Sgt. Slaughter is responsible for Hogan turning evil, and he should be ashamed of himself.
Wasn’t Sgt. Slaughter in GI Joe as well as WWF?
cavalier973:
Yes, Sgt. Slaughter was introduced to the Joes during the miniseries when they introduced Serpentor if my childhood memories are correct. He was part of a squad of sports guys, the only other one I remember was the basketball player, and I only remember him for the shot of him throwing a grenade like a basketball and it spinning on the lip of a container before going in.
DGX was the peak of pro wrestling. Change my mind.
Evil Sheldon DGX is in control of the WWE now and is anything but peak wrestling entertainment
@Neph
Another one was William “The Fridge” Perry. His weapon was a mace shaped like a football. One of my cousins had the action figure.
Peak wrestling was Wrestlemania III at the Silverdome. Steamboat vs Savage.
This bill continues at the new $7 trillion rate towards collapse.
YoY spending increases, Republicans claim cuts were made. Tale as old as time.
*The UN aid chief stated that humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza “at scale” by Israel to prevent a “generation of children that won’t have a chance in life.”
*Currently, over 500,000 people in Gaza are catastrophically food insecure, according to the UN aid chief.
*A UN rights office indicated that the willful restriction on food aid in Gaza may constitute a war crime.
*For three consecutive days, people were killed near an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
So, I think I’m supposed to infer that it is Israel causing this problem, instead of Hamas terrorists stealing/destroying whatever food aid is being shipped into the area.
UN curiously silent about whether October 7 was a war crime.
Fuck ’em.
Taking civilian hostages is not an issue.
“That was ackshuwally done by the Israelis, not the Gazans!”
~everyone on Gab
Look, if Israel would stop defending itself this whole thing would be over soon, and the Palestinians can get back to being desperately poor, brutally oppressed by Hamas, and needing constant aid from other nations to survive.
/leftist dingbats
Don’t forget the grift.
If the Palestinians ever actually won, and wiped Israel from the map, everyone in Gaza would starve in the ruins. Israel feeds, waters, houses and clothes Gaza. The population of Gaza today, during this ‘genocide’ is 4 times the total population of “Palestine” in 1900, and that territory included what is now Jordan.
It would be Somalia on the Mediterranean!
I’m trying to picture a Gazian Tel Aviv .
Mogadishu or Detroit?
We beleive in freedom of speech but…..
Gaza? I dont give a shit. The time for talking ended Oct7, ’23. Kill them all.
I dont see any specifics in the Bondi story.
Of course, the dog heard me typing and now must go outside…..
Your dog won’t allow you to type inside?
Correct. He also will not allow me to lay on the couch by myself and snore. He also will not allow me to sit in front of my computer when he wants to lay on the couch and snore. Apparently that is a group activity only.
That’s kind of sweet.
New Commanders stadium would bring thousands of new jobs, billions in revenue: report
Trust us. This time it our predictions will be accurate.
They have absolutely no concept of resources with alternative uses.
You’re talking voodoo economics.
Rat,
We need to do another Fredericksburg meet up.
Frednecks unite!
“We need to do another Fredericksburg meet up.”
Sounds like a DM from Gen. Burnside to Gen. Lee.
The second meetup shows what happens when Hookers do the planning.
Yes, please, to FXBG meetup.
And a narrowed gaze for RC.
Apparently people never wise up to these same ‘ol same ‘ol grifts. Are they going to build a high-speed rail line to the new stadium?
It would be nice if they tried some new lies about this. This same old, same old – when it’s never happened before anywhere that has done it, that shit is tiresome.
Yes, a big corporation would never cook the books to continually please it’s clientele.
How could hosting 8 games a year not lead to economic boom?
“A jiu-jitsu student has been awarded $56 million after he was left paralyzed from the neck down by a black-belt instructor known as “Sinistro.”
Jack Greener, 30, was a beginner white belt sparring with his teacher, second-degree black belt Francisco Iturralde, 33, when he suffered the catastrophic injury in 2018, crushing his cervical vertebrae and rendering him a quadriplegic.”
https://nypost.com/2025/06/05/us-news/beginner-jiu-jitsu-student-awarded-56m-after-being-paralyzed-while-sparring-with-instructor-sinistro/
Yikes!
Your first hint was that he went by Sinistro.
I doubt he will be able to recover that verdict.
This whole thing was a mess.
I’m an old, haphazard blue belt who knows fuck about shit in BJJ, but when I’m rolling with someone I’m 100% responsible for their safety just as they’re 100% responsible for mine. That’s the only way it works.
“The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with an Akron-area woman who claimed she was denied a promotion because she’s a straight, white woman. Adam Ferrise writes that Marlean Ames sued the Ohio Department of Youth Services for reverse discrimination, but lower courts had dismissed her claims. The high court’s decision revives her case and sends it back to the lower courts.”
Then what?
She gets to start all over. But it’s a win!
She might be a lesbian by the time it’s settled.
It’s not “reverse discrimination”, it’s just discrimination.
And (IMO), is actually a huge deal. I was told that the reason it was taking so long to get a job offer (I was working there through a staffing agency) was because I was a straight, white, male. Same place kept promoting women up the chain in the IT side who were not qualified, but they had the right bits.
they had the right bits
That was the old model. In the new model the bits are optional, the ideological dedication to ineptitude and insanity is mandatory.
I hope this works better for Israel than has historically for the US when it has done similarly.
Israel Arms Palestinian Militia to Counter Hamas
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-arms-palestinian-militia-to-counter-hamas-d58afa4c?st=dRh9uX&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Israel occupies Gaza for 20 years then returns it to Hamas?
I’ve been assured by the credentialed elite that Israel is committing genocide. Giving Palestinians weapons seems like an ineffective way to genocide them.
+1 Kapos
Kapo
Like how they created Hamas to counter the PLO?
Institute of Peace? What are those people doing still working? That is the heart of the heart of the deep state.
That Big Beautiful Bill is going to keep them all on the grift.
“Marvel Fans Push Back After New Black Panther Is Apparently White”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/05/black-panther-marvel-cinematic-universe-white-character-chadwick-boseman/
LOLOL
Only SOME race-swapping is good!
It’s only a character.
A shocking twist. It’s shocking.
Are the fan base all scientists? I ask because according to most of the clickbait I see scientists get shocked and stunned all the time. Puzzled too. They get puzzled a lot.
Dont be puzzled…every comic book fan in the world is going to go buy this issue as it will be a collector for certain. Shocking.
Is the weekly world news still in business? They were the masters of sensationalist language.
Burned into my memory is an issue with the front page story being “Shocked scientists discover that beavers eat wood!”
The giant photo was a beaver with deer-in-the-headlight eyes about to chomp down on a stick.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. <—- 99.99% of what we see in all media today, same as it always was.
Cast Shaun King, that should cover the bases.
They’re talking the comics, where shock covers and idiotic twists to sell comics and gin up publicity are common. I blame the media covering the Death of Superman.
I forgot about Talcum X. What’s he up to these days?
A quick check shows he is heroically saving the Gaza hostages. Of course he is.
From Hamas and the UN?
“The bill will close “the hemp loophole that has resulted in the proliferation of unregulated intoxicating hemp products, including Delta-8 and hemp flower, being sold online and in gas stations across the country,” Chairman of the subcommittee and Republican Maryland Rep. Andy Harris stated in a press release.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/05/house-appropriations-andy-harris-thc-cannabis-hemp-loophole/
PEOPLE WILL DIE!!!
Reefer Madness Harris? Great reminder that the Dems don’t have a lock on useless fuckstick Congress-critters.
That’s dumb.
Is someone still denying me hemp paper and clothing?
Never change WSJ. That particular speech is one of my favorite moments of the Trump presidency.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trumps-new-friend-in-germany-e365199c?st=FRpEfk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
“credibly” 🙄
“Neo-Nazi sympathies” in this case means “has expressed a desire that Germany remain primarily German”
sympathies = actually agreed with them on something
Every country on the planet seems to fit neatly into one of two categories: One of America’s Most Important Allies, or One of America’s Most Dangerous Threats.
+1 Saudi Arabia
Yeah, it’s been that way for my lifetime at least:
First world: US Allies
Second world: USSR Allies
Third world: Undeclared and/or unimportant
Some allies are so important, the US never bothered to formalize with a treaty.
Which one are we?
Friday Funbags will do anything for love, but it won’t do that.
https://archive.is/hZc3Z
One and done.
Though Dino girl looks fun.
“Amid attacks by Elon Musk against President Donald Trump on Thursday, War Room host Steve Bannon called for Trump to issue an executive order to seize Musk’s company SpaceX, and for Musk to be deported.
Bannon said that Trump should sign an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to “seize SpaceX tonight. Before midnight, the US government should seize it.”
Bannon went on to say, “look, if you’re going to deport illegal aliens, you got to deport illegal aliens… They got to go back to this, as Stuart Stevens talked about, and go through everything about his immigration status. I happen to believe, given the facts that I’ve been shown, that he’s an illegal alien, and illegal aliens got to be deported.” Musk became a US citizen in 2002.
Bannon also called into question the alleged drug use by Musk that was reported by the New York Times. “The drug use in the New York Times, if that’s a fact, that ought to be investigated.” He later said that Musk’s security clearance should be taken away “and all contracts should be suspended pending that investigation.””
https://thepostmillennial.com/steve-bannon-calls-for-spacex-to-be-nationalized-elon-deported
Gentlemen, there is no fighting in the war room!
“.I happen to believe, given the facts that I’ve been shown, that he’s an illegal alien, and illegal aliens got to be deported.” Musk became a US citizen in 2002.”
The last fact given is meant to discredit what Bannon is saying, but if you rely on false statements to get your paperwork your ‘citizenship’ can be revoked.
That said, Trump needs to stop weaponizing immigration for his political aims.
After 23 years? That never happens.
*John Demjanjuk enters the chat*
“… reported by the New York Times.”
Well then. That settles it.
It’s a kayfabe.
Bannon’s too smart to think that’s anywhere near a good idea. I wish both Musk and Trump would shut the fuck up on this one because airing it out in public like this is just so stupid it hurts to watch.
“Bannon’s too smart to think that’s anywhere near a good idea.”
So what’s his play in saying it?
It also assumes facts not in evidence.
To remind folks the full power of the United States Bureaucracy?
Why is Bannon still a thing? They guy hasn’t been near a Trump admin in 8 years.
He fancies himself as the one true MAGA and his followers agree.
“Worcester, Massachusetts City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj has been charged with assault and battery on an officer as well as interfering with police following a May 8 ICE operation in the city that saw the District 5 city councilor captured on camera attacking authorities as they carried out an arrest.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/massachusetts-dem-city-councilor-charged-with-assault-interfering-with-police-after-obstructing-ice-operation
worst name ever?
Albanian.
Skimming the article… holy shit is she full of herself.
Too bad wood shampoos are no longer a thing.
“The case against Hamm spans back to 2020, when Hamm co-sponsored a billboard that read “I [heart] JK Rowling,” the British author best known for her Harry Potter series who has been a vocal defender of women’s spaces. A complaint was lodged against Hamm with the BCCNM claiming that she was transphobic and unfit for her profession. A second complaint, filed anonymously, was filed against Hamm accusing her of “promoting and stoking hate speech towards trans and gender-diverse communities.””
https://thepostmillennial.com/bc-nurse-amy-hamm-faces-over-160000-in-legal-fees-3-month-license-suspension-after-being-found-guilty-of-unprofessional-conduct
WTF, Canada?
I feel slimy appearing to stand up for those dirty maple syrup swillers but I’d bet plenty of cases of wildly unjustifiable professional approbation and fees associated with political speech can be found on this side of the border too.
They have been like that for some time, it just didnt get a lot of attention.
I remember a story from years ago about Americans of note being interrogated by Canadian political officers about their personal beliefs, reading material, etc etc. before being allowed to enter Canada. I remember one guy complaining he had been grilled for hours.
Look what they have done to Jordan Peterson. How long has that been going on.
I don’t know if Canada can save itself from stupid.
It can’t.
Anybody want a free window A/C? All you need to do is be able to replace the power cord.
Consumers who want a refund will be requested to send the unit back to Midea using a free shipping label or submit a photograph showing that they cut the unplugged power cord of the unit to receive a refund.
Consumers who want a repair should contact Midea to arrange for a technician to install a new drain plug or send consumers a repair kit that includes a new drain plug and bubble level, depending on the model. Consumers who continue using the air conditioners while awaiting a repair should visit http://www.MideaUrecall.expertinquiry.com for instructions on how to inspect their unit prior to continuing use.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Midea-Recalls-About-1-7-Million-U-and-U-Window-Air-Conditioners-Due-to-Risk-of-Mold-Exposure
What a tempest in a teapot. You just need to pitch the thing so it drains properly and/or install their drain kit. This thing must have either been poorly engineered and/or subject to lots of litigation.
Before I had central AC I remember drilling a hole in a window AC unit that I couldn’t get pitched properly because of how my old house settled. Worked great as it dripped where I didn’t care out of the newly installed hole.
What if I submit a photo of a cut, but still plugged in the wall power cord, what do I get then?
Sparks on the cutter? I remember doing exactly that when I thought I deenergized in my attic going to an overhead light.
The good news is when I shorted the hot leg to either the ground or neutral in the NM cable it tripped the breaker for me. No need to go to the basement.
However, I did confirm the fact that the line was now deenergized…
Overhead fluorescent lights still give me PTSD. I had one de-energized, thought the capacitor was drained and it blew a 1/4″ hole in my wire nippers. I don’t miss them. LEDs are much less hassle.
I didn’t know you have wire nipples.
I recharge at night like Dot Matrix
I got a new counter top oven after the plastic rotary switch broke on the original. Cut the cord, took the picture, repaired cord, super glued the switch and gave the new oven away.
“For the want of a nail a shoe was lost…”
“Several groups filed friend-of-the-court briefs in favor of Project Veritas, whose undercover stings have put Planned Parenthood and Pfizer on the defensive but endured FBI raids when it obtained then-first daughter Ashley Biden’s diary, asking the high court to review a ruling that upheld Oregon’s ban on most kinds of “unannounced audiovisual recording” in public.
The full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January overturned a three-judge panel that struck down the law as a content-based restriction – by allowing recording of on-duty police or a “felony that endangers human life” — that was “not narrowly tailored to achieving a compelling governmental interest,” as required under judicial “strict scrutiny.””
https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/oregons-ban-project-veritas-reporting-unites-pro-life-animal-rights-farm-groups
That law is a mess.
So the 9th Circuit basically said the law prohibiting recording in public didn’t go far enough, because it had exceptions?
I think they’re ruling on principals, not principles.
I can’t make sense out of it.
How is revealing how an organization that receives many many millions of public tax dollars not a compelling government interest?
I have a rant. While I work in tech and do not mind tech, I do not like to much of it in my daily life. I do not have many gadgets and I do not like downloading to many apps. Herein is my issue.
As some of you may or may not recall I replaced my boiler this autumn. The one used both to warm the house via radiators and create hot water for domestic use. Well there being separate circuits, as summer hit I decided to turn of the radiator heating circuit – I do have a thermostat so it was not running but wanted it off anyways. With my old unit this was one analog dial. I expected to fiddle a bit with the touch screen on this one and get it done. No no fucking no. I needed to get the Viessmann app on my phone, connect it to the stupid boiler, go inside the app and turn off the house heating. WHY THE FUCK DO I NEED A GODDAMN APP TO TURN OF THE GODDAMN HEATING!!!! MAKE A FUCKING BUTTON!!! GAAAHHHH
Smart homes are stupid. I join you in your hatred! Physical switches do what I want, when I want, and a mechanical thermostat works just fine, and doesn’t reset because the power blinked off.
The amount of things that have WiFi is retarded.
I was trying to connect my phone to a new to me vehicle recently and almost accidentally paired it to a neighbor’s fridge.
There’s not even a way to cut off the wifi/bluetooth that you aren’t using on most of these things from what I can tell. It’s infuriating.
LOL
LOL
how much beer did the neighbor have?
Yeah I hate when neighbors’ crap pops up in my Bluetooth or Wifi settings. It does not inspire confidence.
It’s part of the enshittification of everything. I’ve been fighting with iRobot for several weeks now because their damned app is broken, and it’s the only way to access some details. But don’t worry, they’re working on having it fixed “as soon as possible” (it’s only been broke for at least two months).
Those things are crap anyway. I have one, and I hate it. I can vacuum faster and I don’t get wedged under cabinets, or constantly decide to go where I was told to stay off. The thing hates the cats and constantly goes into their area and pushes over their food bowls, even though I have it marked as a no-man’s land.
R.J.:
Yeah, it’s good for upkeep, but even then it misses edges and the like. I had one of the older generation (which came with the physical blocks that broadcast a virtual wall that stopped it) that was much better at staying where it was supposed to.
Valid rant.
I sometimes see the electrification of everything to be a symptom of the capitalist race to the bottom.
Oh well.
Today is Fracture Day – the fifth anniversary of the final fracture.
On June 5th 2020, over a thousand public health experts published an open letter giving sanction for Black Lives Matter, a Marxist terrorist organization, to ignore COVID lockdown restrictions and riot in the streets, looting and burning down our cities, because “racism is a public-health issue”.
And nobody in the rest of the establishment pushed back.
This was the original Fracture Day. The day that the confidence of the American people in technocrats and experts irreparably broke. It was the day we realized that even the most supposedly disinterested of our institutions had been captured by overt enemies of our liberty and our civilization.
There was no going back from that moment. Afterwards, the words “trust the experts” became a grim joke.
Every year on Fracture Day, remember the truth. When “experts” and institutions seek to control and censor you, allegedly for your safety, you dare not assume that this is being done for your benefit.
For the sake of your civilization and your posterity, you must reject them. You must not obey. Resist them – if necessary, with the considered violence of our ancestors who fought the first American Revolution against tyranny.
https://x.com/esrtweet/status/1930739130813890708
That ship… sailed it has. We are an expertocracy,
https://x.com/JustACineast/status/1930924659362414714
These guys don’t understand each other.
Elon Musk is too guileless. He says exactly what he thinks is true with little regard for how others will react. He alienates allies by airing disputes in public instead of settling them behind closed doors.
Because he is a sperg engineer who leads companies of sperg engineers, and to do this, you must be 100% truthful and transparent.
Donald Trump is too guileful. He says exactly what will advance his plans with little regard for telling people what he actually thinks. He alienates allies by expecting their unconditional support without sharing any aspect of his strategic plans with them.
Because he is a New York real estate developer, who thrives on winning negotiations and gaining advantage from unshared knowledge, and to do this, you must be 100% calculating and opaque.
Here’s what happened.
Musk worked super hard, and took great personal risks, to get a head start on balancing the federal budget. He correctly believes that federal spending is an existential risk to the nation.
Trump regards those savings as a political asset.
And, since he lacks leverage in congress, he took them and traded them for other things he wanted, apparently dealing with border control, the courts, etc… problems which he correctly believes are an existential threat to the nation.
He may have concrete plans for balancing the federal budget in the future, but, frustratingly, he won’t tell his own team what they are.
Trump could have squared this in advance with Musk, in private, but he appears to either have assumed his loyalty (treating an ally like a subordinate), or been unable to persuade him.
Likewise, Musk could have raised his complaints in private, but either he was too upset to try, or was not able to reach an agreement when he did.
Trump doesn’t understand how to deal with spergs. You have to tell them the truth, not expect them to read subtext. They refuse to read subtext. They want to be spoken to honestly.
Musk doesn’t understand how to deal with Machiavellians. They think of language as a power tool, and think of those who insist on truth as naive.
Both men are used to being in charge, and are used to dealing with subordinates, who must cater to their preferred style of communicating.
They are both therefore uniquely unsuited to having both the patience and the capability to speak the other’s language.
The truth is that both the federal budget and the federal bureaucracy are existential threats to America. Maximum priority.
Trump’s concerns about the “art of the possible” are probably valid, but Musk’s sense of urgency should not be dismissed lightly.
It is churlish to leverage the superior strengths and talents of people on the autism spectrum while making zero allowances for their unique needs.
That said, spergs can be frustratingly dogmatic, even when they aren’t the richest and most successful man in the world.
https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/1930736509696581851
Way overthinking it: they’re both intelligent people in some areas who are dumb as dogshit in others. Add a liberal dose of egos the size of Mount Everest and this kind of in public stupidity is what we get.
Nobody is intelligent in everything – but people who are intelligent in one thing often think otherwise.
“He may have concrete plans for balancing the federal budget in the future…”
Trump has no idea or coherent plan to balance the budget. Nor does the other team but they don’t want to holding the bag when the dust settles.
In actuality the Demos should be happy they lost the presidential election. They can blame the other team as shit runs down hill. With any kind of luck they can lose a couple more and arise from the ashes, claiming to have a new message.
That is quite smart for TwiX.
He may have concrete plans for balancing the federal budget in the future,
And I may win the Powerball and get struck by lightning at the same time.
They don’t speak each other’s love language.
I feel this so hard, but you have to have fuck-you money first, to be able to wade through them without needing to play the game.
The day we saved Europe for the commies.
Musk tried to get the cockroaches out, but the judge wouldn’t let him.
Genuine LOL. 👏
“An Illinois YMCA is hosting an LGBT-themed camp for second graders alongside an activist organization that hands out so-called “gender-affirming” clothing items like “tucking underwear” and chest binders to anyone regardless of age….
“Anyone of any age is welcome to apply,” the organization says on its website, which has a “quick exit” feature, an option that critics have said enables kids to hide access from parents….
The organization also holds a stash of transgender-themed books aimed at young people such as “A Kids Book about Being Transgender,” “A Kids Book about Being Non-Binary,” “A Tale of Two Mommies,” “Being Jazz,” “Drag Teen,” and the sexually explicit “Gender Queer.””
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-ymca-hosts-lgbt-youth-camp-with-group-that-distributes-tucking-underwear
Pure evil.
The C stood for Christian once upon a time…..
The real monsters are the parents that push their kids to do this shit.
Not if it’s being kept secret from the parents.
I still remember the day in First Grade when we learned the Pledge of Allegiance. I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my Mom and recite the Pledge. I was so proud…
My daughter is going to the public school in August, and you bet your ass, I’m going to every PTA meeting and events. And I told my wife, that the moment I even get a whiff of that bullshit, she’s going to the local Catholic school. I don’t generally die on hills in my marriage as it’s unproductive, but this is one of the few ones that I will die on.
Literal grooming. Yuck.
The YMCA is an organization that has thoroughly run its course.
I looked into joining last year when I was looking for a place to shower after morning jits classes (my home gym doesn’t have room for a shower. Price of real estate in Ballston.) They charge like $75/month for members access – I could do much better joining a Planet Fitness…
Yes, two YMCAs in my area. No one goes there anymore because the parking lots are just too crowded.
I started shopping for a new fitness facility when the local Y affiliate started getting way too eager to let guys playing dress-up go in the women’s locker room. Found out a nearby suburb’s city rec center was cheaper even for a non-resident, had a nicer facility, and was much handier to home. And the signs set a very low upper age for little boys to be in the ladies’ locker room with Mommy
RAW EGG NATIONALIST
@Babygravy9
If you want to understand why conservatism is and always will be a doctrine of defeat, just head on over to the National Review, where pedophile Harvey Milk is being given a glowing eulogy simply to spite Donald Trump.
https://x.com/Babygravy9/status/1930970970413584493
Seems to be getting slagged in the comments at NR at least.
I hate to defend that guy but he was into teens, not children. There is a difference.
You know that libertarians are roundly mocked on the interwebs if they ever make a distinction between ephebophilia and pedophilia. There were even memes about it
Yes, and it’s done for political reasons. I don’t like either Team pulling that dishonest shit.
While I understand that there’s a difference between pedophilia and ephebephilia, they’re both gross and both legally and socially unacceptable.
There is a big difference between 17 and 13.
Agree on that point.
So what is not gross? Half your age plus 7?
“Air Canada marked the beginning of Pride Month by operating its first-ever “all 2SLGBTQIA+” flight.
The flight, which comprised entirely of crew and staff who identify as two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, or similar identities, was highlighted in a video shared on social media. Air Canada celebrated the event, calling it a “heartfelt celebration reflecting our unwavering commitment to inclusivity and equality, in the air and on the ground.””
https://thepostmillennial.com/air-canada-launches-all-queer-flight-for-pride-month
OFFS!
Were customers not told? So you could get on a flight and be surprised by a stewardess with a beard?
Imagine a bunch of Imams flying to a conference and getting on that flight without knowing.
As opposed to a stewardess who is a beard?
It doesn’t sound very “inclusive” to me when it’s excluding 95% or so of the population.
I’d say more like 85% — many of those identities have a very low bar for entry.
Or more if it’s a young crowd, considering how faddish it all is with them now.
Open source Armageddon
The first-person-view (FPV) drones used in the operation were remotely controlled through Russian mobile telecommunications networks, including 4G and LTE connections. These networks provided sufficient bandwidth to support real-time video transmission and command inputs across vast distances, allowing Ukrainian operators to manage drone flights from outside Russian territory. This setup avoided the need for any physical ground control stations or nearby operators.
To enable stable long-distance control over mobile networks, the drones relied on a software-hardware system built around ArduPilot—a widely used, open-source autopilot framework designed for unmanned aerial vehicles. ArduPilot provides advanced flight stabilization, waypoint navigation, failsafe routines, and programmable mission profiles. In this case, each drone was integrated with a compact onboard computer (such as a Raspberry Pi), connected to a webcam and an LTE modem via Ethernet. The camera feed was used for visual navigation, while control signals were routed through ArduPilot’s UART interface, allowing operators to pilot the drone remotely with stabilized, responsive input—even when faced with significant signal latency.
ArduPilot’s flexibility makes it well-suited for missions operating over unstable or high-latency links, such as mobile internet, as it can independently manage the drone’s orientation, heading, and altitude, ensuring flight stability while awaiting operator commands. This made it the ideal choice for long-range, internet-based FPV control—especially when using improvised mobile launch platforms deep inside Russian territory.
It was unquestionably a brilliant tactical success; well planned, well executed. The ultimate nd result might not be what anybody was hoping for.
FPV drones are something I very much want to get into.
Like a trick play in football. You get to do it once. So, make it count.
BREAKING: The Village People complain the YMCA is too gay.
bad cattitude is probably right. Trump just let his ego ruin his Presidency. He could have kept DOGE going for 4 years, he didn’t.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/doge-vs-trump
Trump 2.0 may be a failure. But Harris is not President.
The first couple of months gave me higher hopes than that. Now we are back to the clown show. DOGE is gone, the tariff war is silly bluster, and neo-cons are still working on starting wars in Europe and the Middle East. Donnie seems to have learned from his first term, then forgotten.
So what? A egomaniac who doesn’t understand economics versus an empty suit being sock-puppeted by Democratic oligarchs isn’t a choice.
I predicted that Trump was going to be just as much of a failure the second time around, and while I held out some hope early on, this past week proves that I shouldn’t have.
Oh well. Silencers moving to Title 1 is okay. If the last three administrations have taught me anything, it’s to enjoy the small victories.
Seems a bit over the top.
DOGE was never going to accomplish shit anyway. The Dems and Rinos would never allow it.
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It was going to be non-stop headlines for 4 years to keep reminding people how bad their government is. They never ever got to some of the real wasteful departments.
Don’t be a Panican.
Was there an announcement that DOGE is shut down? I missed it.
If you are referring to Musk quitting DOGE, that was always the plan. Federal law requires him to step away because the “special advisor” role they gave him can only last 130* days.
*may not be the correct number, but it’s something like that
So in the netherlands the maximum income tax bvracket of 49.5% kicks in at about 75000 Euro per year.
I wonder if someone proposed, to fix the budget, in the US a 50% tax on all income above 85000 per year, how many Democrats would support that idea?
All of them, as long as they got deductions for their pet items.
/looks at the fight over the SALT deductions. Fuck you RINOs.
Without the RINOS there would be no GOP majority. If you can live with that, then go for it. Too bad there aren’t any DINOS (at least the kind who aren’t really pinkos.)
creech:
I’ve lived through it and can again. I also routinely don’t bother wasting time voting too.
Perhaps the country can live through it again. But the pinkos keep getting redder and redder.
“Trump and Musk’s very public feud is like Alien v Predator for political nerds”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/trump-musk-feud
STIJLTH
“Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard predicted young male voters flocking to Trump
The trial was permission to believe men are the real victims — regardless of facts”
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/02/johnny-depp-v-amber-heard-predicted-young-male-flocking-to/
What color is the sky in her world?
The dumb color.
@groat scotum, email me. moriah at moriahjovan dot com
Even goat scrotums have wifi these days!!!
The end of the execassist?
Artificial intelligence could upend entry-level work as recent college graduates enter the job market, eliminating many positions at the bottom of the white-collar career ladder or at least reshaping them, some experts told ABC News.
Such forecasts follow yearslong advances in AI-fueled chatbots, and declarations from some company executives about the onset of AI automation.
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, which created an AI model called Claude, told Axios last week that technology could cut U.S. entry-level jobs by half within five years.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
AI will handle those TPS reports now.
“We’re in the flux of dramatic change,” said Lynn Wu, a professor of operations, information and decisions at the University of Pennsylvania. “I sympathize with college graduates. In the short run, they may stay with mom and dad for a while. But in the long run, they’ll be fine. They’re AI natives.”
Over the early months of 2025, the job market for recent college graduates “deteriorated noticeably,” the New York Federal Reserve said in April. It did not provide a reason for the trend.
Learn to wipe asses.