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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Ay yi yi yi

Internet was down, again. At least the power was on so I didn't melt in this horrible humid heat.

Not to leave you empty handed, here are a few memes....

I took advantage of the downtime today and went to my favorite lumberyard in Huacas. I needed some wood for bench seats on my front porch I bought teak and they tied it to the roof of the SUV. Pura vida.

Peace.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Obama: US ‘dangerously close’ to moving toward autocracy

Obama: US ‘dangerously close’ to moving toward autocracy

Former President Obama warned on Tuesday the current political climate isn’t “consistent” with American democracy.

“It is consistent with autocracies,” Obama told a crowd in Hartford, Conn., where he spoke about the growing threat posed under the Trump administration, according to Connecticut Public Radio.

The last six months have been the longest decade in a century. - John Collins

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

The four things you can expect to get bombed today are Iran, Israel, Ukraine, and Pete Hegseth. - Taunt the Elephant

Meanwhile, Two U.S. Soldiers Died...

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced the deaths of two soldiers killed in separate, “non-combat” incidents earlier this week in Iraq and Kuwait.

Staff Sgt. Saul Fabian Gonzalez, 26, of Pullman, Mich., died Tuesday in Erbil, Iraq, and Sgt. 1st Class Emmett Wilfred Goodridge Jr., 40, of Roseville, Minn., died Sunday in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, according to a Defense Department statement.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."

Republican Shenanigans

Ayatollah Puzzled by Emojis in Hegseth’s Texts. - Andy Borowitz

Did Kristi Katch Kooties?
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was transported by ambulance on Tuesday to a hospital in Washington, DC, after an allergic reaction, the Department of Homeland Security said.

RFK Jr’s Worm Now Living in Kristi Noem’s Brain. - Andy Borowitz

Democrat Al Franken had to resign from the Senate over a joke photo taken in 2006, Republican Mike Lee is out here joking about a Democratic lawmaker's assassination on Saturday and nothing happens. - Covie

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Rock The Voter News

Just a reminder that Trump was going to announce his sanctions on Russia for not negotiating “in two weeks” about 3.5 weeks ago.

Taco. - Adam Kinzinger

Liberty and Justice For All, My A**.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.

The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to the one in Tennessee — including Georgia, which banned most medical treatments that help transgender kids affirm their gender identity in 2023.

“Ask your Supreme Court Justice which medical procedure is right for you.” - Mrs. Betty Bowers

Not a single Republican senator has condemned mike lee, not even john fetterman. - Covie

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Business/Tech News

I don't know who needs to hear this but America sends Israel ≈$3.8 BILLION a year.

They have universal healthcare.

You don't.

They have government-subsidized college education.

You don't.

Any questions? - Heather

The Chaotic Results of Stephen Miller's Wife and Elon Musk

The wife of one of President Donald Trump’s closest and most trusted advisers, Stephen Miller, served in the White House for only a brief time, but in that period used her position to pressure the Social Security Administration to lie on behalf of the White House and its then-special government employee, Elon Musk, according to a new report.

Katie Miller allegedly instructed the head of the SSA to tell reporters that 40 percent of all calls placed to SSA phone lines were linked to fraudulent Social Security claims — a number the president and Musk plucked out of thin air as the White House and Musk’s DOGE effort set about making cuts to a wide range of federal agencies this year, the New York Times reported.

Trump never talks about the assassination because it was fake and he never talks about Kamala Harris because she actually won. - Sybylle

“I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.
Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.” - Harry Truman, 33rd President of the United States

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Time To Deflate Photo

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Peace.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Whopping Majority of Americans Oppose US Military Involvement in Conflict Between Israel and Iran

Whopping Majority of Americans Oppose US Military Involvement in Conflict Between Israel and Iran

A whopping majority of Americans do not support the United States getting involved in the fighting between Israel and Iran, according to a new poll.

On top of Israel and Iran exchanging strikes, President Donald Trump has hinted the United States could get more directly involved. In an interview with ABC News over the weekend, the president admitted the United States military “could get involved” in the escalating conflict. He also claimed Iran is “very close” to possessing a nuclear weapon despite Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifying in March that the intelligence community does not believe Iran is currently building a nuclear weapon.

Trump is right - Iran will never sign a nuclear deal!*
*except the one Obama got them to sign ten years ago. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

Hegseth Says Parade of Squeaky Tanks Were Murder on his Hangover. - Andy Borowitz

Hegseth + Florida + Louisiana + Texas = Unpicked Crops, Unfinished Homes
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week authorized the mobilization of up to 700 troops to assist federal immigration officials in Florida, Louisiana and Texas in processing detainees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

He is insane.
He is rapidly deteriorating.
No way he lasts another 3.5 years. - The RomanoReport

Republican Shenanigans

How do you win all seven swing States, the popular vote, and the electoral college, then spend $45 million on your birthday party, where only 8,000 people show up... and 11 million folks show up to protest against you for free? - Don Winslow

Trump Spares Walz From His Fake Sympathy
President Trump said overnight that calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after a political assassination sent shockwaves through the state would be a "waste of time."

My thanks to Premier Doug Ford of Ontario who called to express his condolences to the Hortman family and the people of Minnesota. In times of tragedy, I’m heartened when people of different views and even different nations can rally together around our shared humanity. - Governor Tim Walz