Thursday, March 6, 2025

EU leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks after Trump suspends aid


EU leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks after Trump suspends aid
European Union leaders are holding emergency talks to agree on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled that Europe must take care of its own security and also suspended assistance to Ukraine.



Becoming a military global power by accident would be very EU. - Alexander Clarkson







The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump


More fentanyl was dispensed by Trump’s White House doctor per the pharmacy logs from his first term than what is crossing the border from Canada. - Kyle Keegan







France Is At The Ready To Replace Musk's Starlink. Mon Dieu.
French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications SA said talks with the European Union to replace Elon Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine are intensifying as the US pulls back from its commitments there.  



Too early to say, but Starmer, Macron, Merz and von der Leyen might actually have a chance to save the free world. - mrsorokaa







Today I’m angry. Enough of this criminal bullsh*t. I want that level of anger from our leaders. - Fred Wellman









If they can exempt cars you know it’s got nothing to do with fentanyl deaths. 

It’s all bullsh*t. - Dean_Winnepeg









Republican Shenanigans


Again for those in the back.

Government workers  paid by strict scale. GS-1 up to GS-15.

Doesn't matter if you have decades of experience or several degrees, scale tops out at GS-15.

And young DOGE employees are being paid GS-15 salaries. 

Why isn't there bipartisan outrage? - Janice Hough








I Truly Believe That Trump & Musk Enjoy This Cruelty
The newly installed caretaker at the Social Security Administration acknowledged this week that Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is calling the shots as the agency races to slash thousands of jobs and shrink its budget, telling a group of advocates, “Things are currently operating in a way I have never seen in government before.”








Rep. Richard Neal: The average benefit is $24,000. That means half the people who get Social Security get less than $24,000 a year.

That's less than 400 bucks a week.

So for me, not a dime to be cut from Social Security, not a dime.







Elon Musk told Joe Rogan “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”

Without empathy, we are not humans. Or even worse: we’re monsters. - disavowtrump20








Yesterday King Charles was inspecting a British ship.

And YET he did so dressed as King of Canada wearing Canadian military decorations and Canadian honours, inc Order of Canada and Canadian Order of Military Merit.

Charles is sending us and the world a message, a LOUD message. - mikeggibbs








I see tomorrow is Friday. 

Is Friday going to be a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?

Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?

I just can’t keep track. - George Conway





     TRUMP TARIFF GAME     
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Historians Rank Trump as Best President of Russia. - Andy Borowitz







Did Trump Just Demote Musk?













House Republicans have censured Al Green for heckling. He should have stuck to behavior the GOP approves of in the Capitol, like beating up police officers and sh**ting on desks. - Andy Borowitz



      The Other Al Green     
   Has Something To Sing  




In case you needed a reminder. 

Amy Coney Barrett’s vote on the Supreme Court is what took the right to choose away from millions of women. - RealHousewifeMI








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Business/Tech News


If you're a billionaire, $10 eggs might be just a "little disturbance." For most Americans it's a real issue. - Pete Buttigieg







Costa Rica Is Worried About Trump's Tariffs. No Mas Pina?
Costa Rica’s agribusiness sector braces for uncertainty as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on foreign produce, effective April 2. In a recent message to U.S. farmers, Trump urged them to ramp up production for domestic markets, hinting at a policy shift that could disrupt Costa Rican exports. Details on targeted countries and products are expected soon, leaving Costa Rica on edge.








Does anyone have any insight into what, exactly, is happening? - Laurie Kilmartin







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Time To Deflate Photo
The Alps in Austria make me want to yodel.

Peace.


Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Macron open to extending France’s nuclear umbrella to European allies as US reconsiders Ukraine funding


Macron open to extending France’s nuclear umbrella to European allies as US reconsiders Ukraine funding
French president says he will debate offer at European summit to be attended by Ukraine's president Zelenskyy...




No I didn't watch the State of the Union address. 

I don't speak Russian. - Bobbie Oliver








The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump








Republican Shenanigans


Hey Donold, if everyone is born perfect the way 'God made them' then why do you wear so much orange bronzer? 

Answer that you lying prick! - godpod









GOP: Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee! Charge The Fool With Assault.











NEW: The National Cancer Institute will be a no-show this year at the the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research, per internal NIH/NCI guidance dated March 4th, 2025. - Josh Marshall









They went from "we will lower egg prices on Day 1" to "build your own chicken coop" without blinking an eye. - Feminist News








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Rock The Voter News


Saying "America is back" while the stock market is crumbling, unemployment is rising, the costs of living is increasing, veterans are getting fired and democracy is falling...Trump what is America back from? - Amisha Cross







Kentucky Voted For Trump. Blowback's A B-tch.
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association on Tuesday issued a message warning that the latest suite of tariffs placed on Mexican and Canadian goods will have an “unjust” effect on the bourbon industry. The announcement came hours after President Donald Trump followed through on his much-discussed 25% tariff plan, one that has already resulted in the removal of American alcohol from thousands of liquor store shelves across Canada.








The First Felon was raging about millions for transgender mice. Except it’s transgenic mice. Mice altered genetically so their tissue reacts to pathogens like humans to research cures.
This is what happens when stupid people are in charge. - The Politburo of Teabilly Mockery








Godspeed, Rep. Sylvester Turner



Trump Warns of Increase in Transgender Mice Since Haitians Ate All the Cats. - Andy Borowitz







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He brought the price of the stock market down.
Maybe eggs and milk are next.



Business/Tech News


Mexico President:   "US Customs and Border Protection data show that 80% of those arrested for fentanyl trafficking at US ports of entry were US citizens"







Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy. 

All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else. - Pete Buttigieg 







The Chinese Play The Long Game, It's In Their Genes. Trump May Want To Rethink Those Tariffs.









Tesla sales are down 76% in Germany in one year.

Germans understood the assignment. - Art Candee










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Time To Deflate Photo
The Valley of Dreams, New Mexico. It sort of has a Salvador Dali feel about it.

Peace.


Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Says Veterans Fired from Federal Government Are Perhaps 'Not Fit to Have a Job at This Moment'


Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Says Veterans Fired from Federal Government Are Perhaps 'Not Fit to Have a Job at This Moment'
Alina Habba, counselor to President Donald Trump, was asked about veterans who had been fired from the federal workforce and responded that perhaps they were “not fit to have a job at this moment.”



Trump's counselor, Alina Habba, said fired veterans are perhaps "not fit to have a job." This is the same Trump who called us "suckers" and "losers." The disrespect never stops. - commondefense






The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump


"It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence."
- George Orwell 








"They Have Great Earth." - Trump









Plastered Pete has decreed we will no longer monitor Russia for potential cybersecurity threats.
Because this is what surrender looks like. - The Politburo of Teabilly Mockery








If you think standing by our allies is expensive, wait until you see the cost of abandoning them.









Republican Shenanigans


France called, they want the Statue of Liberty back and their french fries, too.









Well Zelenskyy, Put The Ball In Trump's Court.













People cheering for English as the official language when over half still don't know the difference between their, they’re, and there is crazy. - Americans Against The Republican Party






After years of exporting democracy we now have a shortage of it. - Andy Borowitz







When History Repeats Itself...



Putin Scolds Trump: "I Got You Elected And You Haven't Said Thank You Once." - Andy Borowitz










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Business/Tech News


It seems the stock market doesn’t view tariffs as the most beautiful word in the dictionary. - Tom Griffey



I wonder if this is true.





Canada Is PO'd But With A Smile.








 King Charles Downgrades Trump Visit To Lunch With Prince Andrew. - Andy Borowitz







8 billionaire bros have hoarded more wealth than 4 billion people.
But sure, it's the mom buying her kid a birthday cake with food stamps that's the problem.







If you’re thinking of vacationing in the US, for your own safety please don’t.









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Time To Deflate Photo
 Wild Burro Trail in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Arizona.

Peace.