Ay yi yi

I don't know where to start. Power outage again and the ac died. I haven't cried, yet.

Also received an email this morning from the US Embassy saying my passport photo had been rejected, again. SO, I went and got a new photo then went to the post office and mailed it to the embassy. Fingers crossed. By the way, both rejected photos were just fine. No shadows, white background, check, for the 3rd time. These delays by the passport photo rules have caused my other pension to be on hold until I get a new passport for identification verification.

THEN, when I returned home, the heat slayed me and Taco. I cannot function sweating profusely. I just can't. I must wait till my next ss check in October to buy a new ac.

Tomorrow is my 77th birthday and thinking about celebrating it without ac is OK. I'll just buy bags of ice and sit on them!

Hey, I'm glad to be alive at this age!!! Thrilled, in fact.

BUT THIS HEAT IS KILLER! I started writing this when the temperature dropped to 99 degrees. it has now dropped to 97 degrees as I wrap up this notice. Yee Haw!

I will return when I get ac.

Hugs,

Lisa

Canada will move faster from US reliance as tariffs take effect and Trump response looms

Canada will move faster from US reliance as tariffs take effect and Trump response looms

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Canada would move faster to reduce its economic reliance on the United States as retaliatory tariffs...

Just sick.

Embarrassed that this man is my president. 

Sorry Canadians.

This will not endure . The Trump era is winding down. - Michael McFaul

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump post showing American flag covering island
• Trump: Oil prices ‘will drop precipitously’ after Iran war win
• Oil Price Surges Toward $100 as Markets Fail to Share Trump’s Optimism
• Trump's Blockade Is More Likely to Push Iran Toward Military Escalation Than to Break It, a New Analysis Warns
• Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv after pause for US envoys’ visit
• Netanyahu Ignored Warning Hamas Prepping Major Attack Days Before Oct 7: Report
• Immigration raid at west Phoenix Home Depot draws scrutiny from activists
• ICE crackdown laid bare at Venice festival documentary
• Stephen Miller says Trump administration is pursuing policy to debank illegal immigrants

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No other president in history ever called 18 dead military members "small potatoes"  - Brian

No Constitutional Right To Clean Water? Seriously?

A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to clean drinking water in a Sept. 4 decision rejecting Jackson, Mississippi, residents' lawsuit over the city's lead-contaminated water system. 

Trump's threats to take over Canada and Mexico would be so much more credible if he wasn't getting his ass kicked by Iran - Andy Borowitz

Mayor Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air-quality records withheld across four mayoral administrations.

The files detail what City Hall knew about toxic conditions around Ground Zero and its efforts to limit liability while New Yorkers were told the air was safe.

“People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied,” Mamdani said.

Republican Shenanigans

• House Republican Scrubs Trump From Campaign Site as She Seeks Re-Election: Rpt
• GOP Strategist Rips Trump: ‘Wants to Spend Money on Himself,’ Not on Candidates
• Former GOP rep: Trump's 'bizarre' New Mexico post is 'hurting his own team'
• 'Giant Baby': Trump Irks Left and Right With Map Annexing Mexico and Canada
• Bombshell WSJ Report Says Corey Lewandowski Acted as DHS ‘Shadow Secretary’
• UK Paper Busts Trump Over Clip ‘Edited’ to Show King ‘Ignoring’ Man Who Fainted
• GOP Senator Reportedly Sued Hundreds of Patients for Unpaid Medical Bills
• Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Calls on Trump to Pardon Her After Sensational Case
• Ivanka Trump’s Sunset Horse Ride Video Irks Left and Right: ‘Let Them Eat Cake’
• Rudy Giuliani urges Mamdani to not attend 9/11 anniversary
• Caitlyn Jenner Says Maybe She Should ‘Sign Up’ for 2027 WNBA Draft

people are getting wildly comfortable with being horrible humans - Coco

Tax The Rich, Problem Solved.

For decades, Washington has replayed the same fight over taming the soaring national debt: Democrats cite a need for more taxes. Republicans refuse. And anyone who suggests cutting the biggest source of spending - federal retirement benefits - gets attacked.

But a coming crisis in Social Security appears to be pushing at least a few Republicans off the GOP's long-standing pledge never to raise taxes.

Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security:

"[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."

Texas Republicans are promising to “fix” Texas

Y’all have been in power for 30 years  - Jared Shults

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats make sharp gains among Latino voters in battleground districts: Poll
• Former Kennedy Center chair buys dismantled Blue statue
• Fetterman rejects ‘smears,’ ‘half-truths’ in Wall Street Journal report

i hope the next global trend is empathy & critical thinking. - zaheer

ICE Refused IRS Addresses of Immigrants 
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling blocking information sharing between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the immigration agency requested the last known address of millions of people.

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Business/Tech News

• Canada Slaps Tariffs on $20 Billion Worth of U.S. Products as Trade War Heats Up
• GOP senator defends Bombardier after Trump threat
• Trump-Carney AI hockey video stirs anger while racking up views
• Trump administration announces $1.9B loan to support Iowa nuclear plant restart
• Drug-resistant ringworm fungus has spread to 29 countries: Study
• Cream cheese sold in US recalled over fatal infection fears

DOGE cuts have reduced FDA food inspections by HALF. 

Foodborne illnesses have caused hundreds of hospitalizations and two confirmed deaths in 2026.

Poisonous Pork Alert! 

More than 1,500 pounds of ready-to-eat pork shipped to New York, New Jersey, and six other states have been recalled at the US Department of Agriculture’s “highest warning” level due to Listeria concerns.

Two US-based companies — Prime Line Distributors, Inc. based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ferrarini USA, Inc, based in Hoboken — have recalled 1,513 pounds of imported ready-to-eat pork guanciale that may be “adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes,” the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced

BREAKING: Legal scholars say Trump’s ICE deportation policies can be used by a Democratic president to arrest Elon Musk on the street by masked agents in an unmarked van, hold him in a concentration camp for weeks, confiscate all his money, and deport him to Sudan. - - Halfway Post

The part I hate most about AI is that I now approach art with suspicion instead of excitement and wonder - issybeatz

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Odd News

• Researchers Propose Searching the Moon for Microscopic Technosignatures
• Over 40% of Earth Could Become 'Drylands' by 2100, Scientists Warn
• Cancer cells release antioxidants to prevent immune cells from destroying them
• Metropolitan Opera holds live snake auditions
• First Town Ever Sold on eBay Is Heading Back to the Market

Time To Deflate Photo

In September 2025, the James Webb Space Telescope released this image of Pismis 24, a star cluster surrounded by a nebula. 

Peace.

Trump Unveils New Uniforms For His Space Force ‘Inspired’ By Militaristic Sci-Fi Flick

Trump Unveils New Uniforms For His Space Force ‘Inspired’ By Militaristic Sci-Fi Flick

President Donald Trump revealed the look he’s after for the new Space Force uniforms, which he revealed was inspired by the militaristic sci-fi movie “Starship Troopers” that took an ironic look at fascism, according to at least one film critic.

I was afraid low-rise jeans would come back, but instead, Nazism has returned. - Atremisa

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Iran warns of 'faster, heavier, more painful response' to US attacks
• Iran to announce ‘restricted zone’ near Strait of Hormuz as tensions simmer
• GOP Sen. John Kennedy hedges on support for Hegseth
• Trump administration expands mass deportations with noncriminals
• Post Falls contractor questions whether homeowner played role in ICE raid
• One Year After Georgia Hyundai ICE Raid, Community Fear Persists
• Born here but deported. A Texas man's harrowing ordeal.
• Israel-Hezbollah clashes kill 11 as Mideast conflict escalation gathers pace after U.S.-Iran strikes

hegseth gives polygraph tests to member of the military to find leakers and that was leaked. - Covie

I Wonder If Musk Rigged This Election, Too.

A German far-right political party’s candidate singled out tech billionaire Elon Musk after a state election victory on Sunday.

“Thank you, @elonmusk, for your support and for your clear and highly important perspective on the political developments of our time — including here in Germany,” Ulrich Siegmund, of the Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, wrote Sunday on the social platform X.

I keep thinking about what Fran Lebowitz said about Trump: “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.”

Bill Clinton: "WE forced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers, WE promised to protect Ukraine from Russia, WE made Ukraine vulnerable. 

So yes, this is OUR war."

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump promises midterm victory, slams Democrats in Labor Day message
• Trump administration gives DOJ civil rights unit a new focus: Voter fraud
• Top House Republican backs Max Miller: ‘I support anybody with an R by their name’
• Erika Kirk recounts Usha Vance’s advice after husband’s death: ‘Her words are seared into my heart’
• President Trump debuts new brown hairdo — and people are shocked

WTF: Thomas Massie calls out the U.S. House for being in session for only 4 days between July and November.

Our representatives are receiving 100 paid days off with your tax dollars. - Swamp Watch

Now, He Wants To Rename New Mexico, New America.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) slammed President Trump’s recent post where he shared a map showing her state renamed as “New America.”

“New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate — it’s been ours since before the United States existed. What is up for debate? Who’s showing up for working families,” Lujan Grisham said in a post on the social platform X on Sunday.

What Christian wouldn't want the Epstein files released so that the people who tortured, raped and abused children and women would face justice. A question Speaker Mike Johnson needs to answer. - John Brennan

MAGA is what happens when the Confederacy and Nazi Germany have a baby. - Jaime Bonkiewicz

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Rock The Voter News

• Armed individual lunged at Democratic nominee for Ohio governor
• Fetterman blasts ‘disgruntled staffers’ and ‘smears’ after report details apathy toward his work
• Pennsylvania Democrat says he ‘might’ challenge Fetterman in 2028

Bad Bunny won more Emmys for a 13 minutes show than trump won during 11 years on 'The Apprentice'. - Covie

Speech Shackles Coming To A Network Near You or a Black Screen

Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), on Sunday said he is “looking at a lot of actions” to prevent networks from airing fake polls and partisan coverage ahead of midterm elections.

Carr appeared on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing” with Peter Doocy and said that networks are intended to operate in the public interest and “not some sort of narrow partisan interest.”

New reporting reveals Ken Paxton accepted funds from multimillionaire investor Phillip Huffines.

The Huffines family purchased Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch after his death. - TeamTalarico

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Business/Tech News

• ‘Uncharted territory’: The $40 trillion U.S. national debt just got uglier as interest payments rise to $1.25 trillion a year
• Trump: Canada’s currency imbalance with US will be ‘no longer’
• 'Unsafe levels' of fecal bacteria found at 3 beaches in Oregon
• Disney shuts down online store in major retail pullback
• The Venezuelan billionaire the US investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal

Labor Day seems like a pretty good time to remind everyone that Congress hasn’t raised the federal minimum wage in more than 17 years.

You Know This Isn't Going To End Well

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that the U.S. has “a lot of leverage” over Venezuela after the Trump administration reached a deal with the latter government to grant it control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil. 

“We have a lot of leverage over Venezuela. We control the sale of oil outside of their country,” Wright told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”

Two real estate agents were leading peace negotiations today while the President of the United States was declaring the moon a territory of the US on social media. - Covie

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Odd News

• NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert
• Antarctica gained a record 695 billion tons of ice. Scientists found the surprising reason 
• 'This Can't Be Correct': Arctic Rivers Are Breaking The Rules of Erosion
• Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science
• China's teenage 223cm basketball player 'just a little girl'

Time To Deflate Photo

Lady and Dreams by Kevin Kia.

Peace.