Sunday, February 23, 2025

Suck It Up, Losers

None of these guys can comprehend that for a lot of people, no paycheck=no rent/mortgage payment. After 2-3 months if not one.

BUT

I suspect this is the beginning of the end of Regent Musk, though that doesn't mean what comes next is any better.


Not bad, Senator Smith:

Morning

Sunday funday.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Saturday Evening

enjoy

Afternoon

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Stonks Go Down

I don't root for actual devastation, but the line going down (and the money boys reacting to it) is one of the few things that will catch Trump's attention. We shouldn't direct policy solely at making the line go up, either, but it's better than pure crony capitalism.

It demonstrates you can't rip out all the copper without some consequences that some of the "right" people care about.

The Paper Of Record

NYT
Mr. Hegseth has previously said General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military.

“First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs,” Mr. Hegseth said in an appearance on the “Shawn Ryan Show” in November. He added that any general involved with D.E.I. efforts should be fired. “Either you’re in for warfighting, and that’s it,” he said. “That’s the only litmus test we care about.”
versus the AP:
Hegseth had previously taken aim at Brown. “First of all, you gotta fire, you know, you gotta fire the chairman of Joint Chiefs,” he said flatly in a podcast in November. And in one of his books, he questioned whether Brown got the job because he was Black.

“Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to CQ. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter,”
Hegseth wrote.

The NYT is always sanding off the worst bits, while giving themselves just enough plausible deniability.

Hegseth just said (wrote) out loud what is basic elite discourse thinking at the moment.

 

Morning

Slacker Saturday.

Friday, February 21, 2025

Friday Night

It's alright.

Happy Hour

Get happy.

A Bit Odd Given How Frequently Members of Congress Fly

Guessing here, but I'd bet a majority of them board a plane more than 50 times per year! "Conservative guess!
Late last week, just as Presidents’ Day weekend was starting, Donald Trump and Elon Musk purged hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees — including multiple lawyers whose job was to help prevent pilots with drug and alcohol problems from getting in the cockpit, knowledgeable sources tell Rolling Stone.

...

While air traffic controllers were supposedly immune from the purge, some air traffic control support workers were terminated, the FAA worker says. Rolling Stone separately spoke with a fired FAA employee whose job involved ensuring flight paths account for hazards like cranes and new buildings, as well as another terminated FAA staffer who ensured that pilots are medically able and cleared to fly. No one wants their plane to cross paths with a crane, of course, but the latter role is important, too, given the nation’s ongoing pilot shortage.

America's Most Ridiculous Human

Elon Musk.

Lunch

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Deadbeat

Elon had many obvious frauds that the press willingly did free PR for, including "free speech champion."



Somebody at twitter was suppressing all her posts in various ways.

Ah, Well, Nevertheless

Not only will Hochul not remove Adams, she's using it as an excuse for the state to do a power grab from the city, a tool of abuse for future governors!

It was a good 16 hours, Kathy.

Real One

Morning

Every damn day.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Thursday Night

Rock on.

Happy Hour

Once again.

The New Bond

Bond will face the new organization W.O.K.E., headed by a supervillain played by Laverne Cox, as it conspires to infect the world with a virus.
The James Bond film franchise will no longer be controlled by the Broccoli dynasty, after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson announced they are stepping down.

The Bond films were launched by Albert "Cubby" Broccoli in 1962, before his daughter and stepson took over.

The pair will now give creative control to Amazon MGM Studios, which was formed when Amazon bought Bond's parent studio in 2022.