Trump’s only hiring criteria is unconditional loyalty. It doesn’t leave him with much of a hiring pool to draw on. Competent people with high ethical standards need not apply. Everyone leaving the Trump administration is replaced with someone worse. Phelan had no military service, and knew nothing about the Navy. Hung Cao will be worse, as it appears he is a total nut case. As always, Senate Republicans will vote to confirm him. It doesn’t take a detailed plan for destroying government if you just keep putting totally incompetent people in charge of it.
I had an amazeballs beef brisket Chicago dog in Pensacola a couple weeks ago.....food truck (Globetrotter Street Food) just outside a micro brewery (Odd Colony) with delish beers. Live jazz sign-up sit-in, all brilliant.
So we have yet another unqualified, bat-shit crazy, conspiracy-theory-believing idiot-child, being assigned to a position of extremely high authority in the United States military, by Donnie Dumb-Ass.
The Republican Party is now singularly focused on maintaining its hold on power, regardless of what voters want. They're operating outside the realm of civil society: more worried about keeping themselves entrenched in government than they are about representing their constituents.
If you are talking about Dorothy, then you're referring to the teenage leader of a murder for hire gang who took out the Witch's sister and then rubbed out the Witch to get what she wanted. The names of her henchmen like the Scarecrow tells you all you need to know about her.
In my twisted imagination, I think about what would have happened to Dorothy once she returned home to Kansas. She tells Auntie Em that she killed two women and Dorothy is later charged with murder based upon her own confession. As she stands before the judge pronouncing sentence of death in the courtroom, she hears "good witch" Glinda's words in a sarcastic cackle that "there's no place like home". Dorothy realizes too late that Glinda played her and set her up to take the fall.
I have it on good authority that he tends to avoid having anything to do with Kansas anymore. It's just gotten so embarrassing what's being done there in his name. Don't even ask him what he thinks about the Westboro Baptist Church.
Were you as down on how Wicked turned the Wizard of Oz story on its head by making the "Wicked Witch" a sympathetic character? I lived for many years in Chicago where Baum wrote his series of Oz books. They even have an Oz park there which is well worth visiting with or without kids. Having read many of his books in the Oz series, it's sad how many today have never even heard of them. There's far more depth to the land of Oz that you'll never appreciate if your only knowledge comes from the Wizard of Oz movie.
Regarding Paul's statement, he was referring sarcastically to how the Corinthians considered themselves to be "wise" while being easily taken in by false teachers.
I don’t know why anyone is expecting Trump to hire anyone with expertise for any position in his cabinet. We know he’s just there to tear everything up sell it for parts and walk away with billions of dollars. His anti-DEI platform is only a tool to do this, plus it has the added benefit of assuaging the egos of the mediocre and incompetent white males who expected to be able to run everything while getting the supermodels simply because they’re white men and that’s the way it’s always been. RFK Jr. has been riding his family name his whole life, free to do the most horrendous things, like heroin off public toilet seats and practical jokes (?) with dead bears, because he’s a Kennedy and preternaturally wealthy. He wasn’t even an effective lawyer, just a name on the letterhead. Kegsbreath was kicked the fuck out of the National Guard. Do you know how awful you have to be to get kicked out of the National guard? Especially as an officer. I mean, it’s literally a nepotistic boy’s club, where the weird dudes who geek out over guns and martial arts and only barely made it through basic training, without going Private Pyle (full metal jacket) on their drill sergeants, go to jerk off at camp while their wives can’t nag them.
Knitting Cult Lady, Daniella Mastyanek Young, is optimistic that this whole MAGA cult is on its deathbed, the skinny white women are being systemically thrown under the bus and removed, once they are gone, the true colors of the cult leader will not be able to be whitewashed. And he’s already thrown away the mission. The hard core believers will ride it all the way to the grave, but with all the media folks that put him in position that are leaving him, Trump’s days are numbered even if he survives his dementia.
Okay that’s a funny typo, or nickname, but let’s just call him Pest Hegseth, or keep up the Kegsbreath. It did take me a second to remember his actual name, I thought for a second it was Seth. Anyway, I’m all for showing them the respect they’ve earned by never getting a single one of their names correct, as they are wont to do with actual respectable people, especially women. Stoop to their level like you do with children. It’s the only way they will hear you.
You told Barack Obama to stay in Africa. FYI, Africa is a helluva long way from Hawai'i, Obama's birthplace. How would you like it if we told your huband to stay in Vietnam?
I see you're a homeschool mother. I pity your children.
To be fair, the witches did run on a platform of improving public transportation, and increasing green space and hexing the rival towns high school football team
You would THINK that after the way the witchcraft thing backfired spectacularly on the republicans in 2010 - an otherwise wave election year for them, SOMEBODY would have learned to tell candidates to STFU about witches. But in another case of 'these people never learn', we get this idiot and his odious wife. Her vile comments about Obama are ridiculous for two reasons: 1) Obama isn't from Africa; but 2) her husband, who spent a few years in Niger as a child, called himself 'an African American.' Suck on that you Cao!
Just as I am sure that there are some people the world would be better off without, I am equally sure that our criminal justice system should not be trusted with the terrible responsibility of deliberately ending a life- 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 not while the DoJ is under the control of a man who has loudly and publicly fantasized about executing political opponents, journalists, and protestors. If the cost of sparing one innocent person from an unjust execution is that a few evil bastards are put alive in a concrete box instead of dead in one made of pine, I find that an entirely reasonable price to pay for a more equitable, less bloodthirsty justice system.
To say nothing of these same "pro-lifers" not raising an inch of protest about Trump threatening to end Iranian civilization, which I'm pretty sure would kill a heck of a lot of Iranian babies.
They’re all incompetent cowards. Not a single Republican politician since Carter (oops Carter was a dem, so pretty much none since the shift of platforms), and decades before him, has been able to actually govern. They only have ever been able to set shit on fire and blame the opposition for the ashes.
According to the Daily Mail (so it must be true) he was a super-duper conservationist who only hunted animals to ensure there weren’t too many for their habitat, so the herd / species / population could stay healthier overall (except for the dead ones, I guess). While looking for something else to shoot, he stumbled upon a bunch of mama elephants with their young and they (not having read the Daily Mail) flattened him.
On second thought, maybe he was just a dickhead who liked to shoot defenceless animals. These mothers showed him another way.
Trump keeps forgetting that all these things are supposed to be named after deceased presidents. Let's help him correct that oversight. Chip in for a lifetime supply of McDonalds hamberders.
It won’t need to bee too large a go fund me, he’s already 3/4ths of the way into the grave. It’s almost like he visited Isabella Rossellini before he was inaugurated. Anyway, his lifetime is probably only a few more months.
Trump’s only hiring criteria is unconditional loyalty. It doesn’t leave him with much of a hiring pool to draw on. Competent people with high ethical standards need not apply. Everyone leaving the Trump administration is replaced with someone worse. Phelan had no military service, and knew nothing about the Navy. Hung Cao will be worse, as it appears he is a total nut case. As always, Senate Republicans will vote to confirm him. It doesn’t take a detailed plan for destroying government if you just keep putting totally incompetent people in charge of it.
Competence? We don't need no stinking competence!
His hiring criteria is unconditional loyalty to him. We have seen how fast he dumps people who publicly disagree with him. (MTG, Pence, etc.)
Witches: they’re eating the cats 🐈, they’re eating the dogs 🐕!!!!!!
Is a hot dog a sandwich? With or without catsup?
“Weiners in buns. No condiments.”
One of the 11 items on Karl’s list from Hank.
Not a sandwich. Mustard only!
Chicago dog.
I had an amazeballs beef brisket Chicago dog in Pensacola a couple weeks ago.....food truck (Globetrotter Street Food) just outside a micro brewery (Odd Colony) with delish beers. Live jazz sign-up sit-in, all brilliant.
Yeah, that was a damned good Chicago dog.
Not a sandwich. A Manwich.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/cmz54c/a_genius_family_costume/
Dad jokes rule.
How do you handle a hungry man? The Man Handler!
Yes a sandwich. Top with chili and cheese!
Some onions would be nice, if ya don't mind. 🙂
Especially if you live in Chicago. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/kitchen-notes/the-unbreakable-rules-of-the-chicago-dog-and-when-to-bend-them
Sauerkraut, side of baked beans.
So we have yet another unqualified, bat-shit crazy, conspiracy-theory-believing idiot-child, being assigned to a position of extremely high authority in the United States military, by Donnie Dumb-Ass.
That makes today Friday, doesn't it? 😖
"Only the best people."
-- Trump
Trump has a whole, new definition for the word, "best." 🤢🤮
That's because he leaves out the last part "...at kissing my ass."
The Republican Party is now singularly focused on maintaining its hold on power, regardless of what voters want. They're operating outside the realm of civil society: more worried about keeping themselves entrenched in government than they are about representing their constituents.
^^^^THIS!^^^^
What kind of witch? Good witch, bad witch, or one of those Dorothy-From-Kansas types?
Which witch is which?
I prefer witch hazel.
If you are talking about Dorothy, then you're referring to the teenage leader of a murder for hire gang who took out the Witch's sister and then rubbed out the Witch to get what she wanted. The names of her henchmen like the Scarecrow tells you all you need to know about her.
And what was it she wanted? A pair of fucking shoes.
In my twisted imagination, I think about what would have happened to Dorothy once she returned home to Kansas. She tells Auntie Em that she killed two women and Dorothy is later charged with murder based upon her own confession. As she stands before the judge pronouncing sentence of death in the courtroom, she hears "good witch" Glinda's words in a sarcastic cackle that "there's no place like home". Dorothy realizes too late that Glinda played her and set her up to take the fall.
Sounds like a sequel.
Baum and others have written a goodly number of other books in the Oz series. It's a shame that most people have never even heard of them.
Sounds like something to add to my reading list.
Where is Jesus in all of this? It's Kansas.
I have it on good authority that he tends to avoid having anything to do with Kansas anymore. It's just gotten so embarrassing what's being done there in his name. Don't even ask him what he thinks about the Westboro Baptist Church.
It's pointless to ask a dead guy questions.
Neither was a murder. Even when you try to be funny you fall flat.
Don't be such a spoilsport.
Paul said "don't suffer fools gladly". (Supposedly.)
Were you as down on how Wicked turned the Wizard of Oz story on its head by making the "Wicked Witch" a sympathetic character? I lived for many years in Chicago where Baum wrote his series of Oz books. They even have an Oz park there which is well worth visiting with or without kids. Having read many of his books in the Oz series, it's sad how many today have never even heard of them. There's far more depth to the land of Oz that you'll never appreciate if your only knowledge comes from the Wizard of Oz movie.
Regarding Paul's statement, he was referring sarcastically to how the Corinthians considered themselves to be "wise" while being easily taken in by false teachers.
Sand.
The ones from Eastwick, maybe?
Michelle Pfeiffer - been in love with her since the first time I saw her (in the film Into the Night with Jeff Goldblum).
I don’t know why anyone is expecting Trump to hire anyone with expertise for any position in his cabinet. We know he’s just there to tear everything up sell it for parts and walk away with billions of dollars. His anti-DEI platform is only a tool to do this, plus it has the added benefit of assuaging the egos of the mediocre and incompetent white males who expected to be able to run everything while getting the supermodels simply because they’re white men and that’s the way it’s always been. RFK Jr. has been riding his family name his whole life, free to do the most horrendous things, like heroin off public toilet seats and practical jokes (?) with dead bears, because he’s a Kennedy and preternaturally wealthy. He wasn’t even an effective lawyer, just a name on the letterhead. Kegsbreath was kicked the fuck out of the National Guard. Do you know how awful you have to be to get kicked out of the National guard? Especially as an officer. I mean, it’s literally a nepotistic boy’s club, where the weird dudes who geek out over guns and martial arts and only barely made it through basic training, without going Private Pyle (full metal jacket) on their drill sergeants, go to jerk off at camp while their wives can’t nag them.
Knitting Cult Lady, Daniella Mastyanek Young, is optimistic that this whole MAGA cult is on its deathbed, the skinny white women are being systemically thrown under the bus and removed, once they are gone, the true colors of the cult leader will not be able to be whitewashed. And he’s already thrown away the mission. The hard core believers will ride it all the way to the grave, but with all the media folks that put him in position that are leaving him, Trump’s days are numbered even if he survives his dementia.
He’s basically the car breakers yard guy who’s really hoping to find a Herbie but who keeps on getting Mater.
“Defense Secretary Peth Hegseth.”
Okay that’s a funny typo, or nickname, but let’s just call him Pest Hegseth, or keep up the Kegsbreath. It did take me a second to remember his actual name, I thought for a second it was Seth. Anyway, I’m all for showing them the respect they’ve earned by never getting a single one of their names correct, as they are wont to do with actual respectable people, especially women. Stoop to their level like you do with children. It’s the only way they will hear you.
J. Edgar Boozer.
Oops, sorry. That's the FBI director.
👀
I enjoy calling him Kegstand.
It's almost the only thing to compliment him on.
The only complimentary thing Kegstand will ever do for this world will be his leaving it.
At least he left his mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJRiAxsFmlw
How about when he almost killed someone with that stupid outdoor axe-throwing segment?
White Claw Petey Kegbreath
To April Lakata Cao...
You told Barack Obama to stay in Africa. FYI, Africa is a helluva long way from Hawai'i, Obama's birthplace. How would you like it if we told your huband to stay in Vietnam?
I see you're a homeschool mother. I pity your children.
I pity her children regardless.
To be fair, the witches did run on a platform of improving public transportation, and increasing green space and hexing the rival towns high school football team
We know conservatives are against all that evil shite. Except putting a hex on the rival team.
Witches.
twainquotes.com/Witches.html
Thanks. That's tomorrow's Quote of the Day!
You would THINK that after the way the witchcraft thing backfired spectacularly on the republicans in 2010 - an otherwise wave election year for them, SOMEBODY would have learned to tell candidates to STFU about witches. But in another case of 'these people never learn', we get this idiot and his odious wife. Her vile comments about Obama are ridiculous for two reasons: 1) Obama isn't from Africa; but 2) her husband, who spent a few years in Niger as a child, called himself 'an African American.' Suck on that you Cao!
The maga cult is incapable of learning.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b5c9ddbf33813a7e5c15bdc8b4133f729d9366315c92fe069e8b8e3902e6ea70.jpg
I come here in the evening every day hoping to find an upload from you and am rarely disappointed.
OT- Another step backwards: https://apnews.com/article/death-penalty-firing-squads-justice-department-9e81687b80402e1e19d57bbc55772470
Just as I am sure that there are some people the world would be better off without, I am equally sure that our criminal justice system should not be trusted with the terrible responsibility of deliberately ending a life- 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 not while the DoJ is under the control of a man who has loudly and publicly fantasized about executing political opponents, journalists, and protestors. If the cost of sparing one innocent person from an unjust execution is that a few evil bastards are put alive in a concrete box instead of dead in one made of pine, I find that an entirely reasonable price to pay for a more equitable, less bloodthirsty justice system.
To all you "pro-life" xtians who like to protest in front of Planned Parentood clinics:
Where are your howls of protest against capital punishment? Where are your signs and bullhorns for this?
To say nothing of these same "pro-lifers" not raising an inch of protest about Trump threatening to end Iranian civilization, which I'm pretty sure would kill a heck of a lot of Iranian babies.
The good news is these appointees are incompetent. The bad news is they are incompetent and in power.
And no governmental official with an (R) next to their name wants to take them to task about it.
They’re all incompetent cowards. Not a single Republican politician since Carter (oops Carter was a dem, so pretty much none since the shift of platforms), and decades before him, has been able to actually govern. They only have ever been able to set shit on fire and blame the opposition for the ashes.
They've finally broken the government as badly as they've always claimed it was.
OT:
A heartwarming story to start the weekend.
Elephants Trample Millionaire in Big Game Hunt Gone Wrong
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elephants-trample-millionaire-in-big-game-hunt-gone-wrong/
I’m torn on this.
According to the Daily Mail (so it must be true) he was a super-duper conservationist who only hunted animals to ensure there weren’t too many for their habitat, so the herd / species / population could stay healthier overall (except for the dead ones, I guess). While looking for something else to shoot, he stumbled upon a bunch of mama elephants with their young and they (not having read the Daily Mail) flattened him.
On second thought, maybe he was just a dickhead who liked to shoot defenceless animals. These mothers showed him another way.
𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑑, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑑 … 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑏 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡.
-- me
He fucked around, he found out.
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/784/748/607.gif
Indeed.
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
NYT had an article speculating that Whelan was canned for not moving fast enough on the idiotic Trump battleship idea.
Trump keeps forgetting that all these things are supposed to be named after deceased presidents. Let's help him correct that oversight. Chip in for a lifetime supply of McDonalds hamberders.
Trump is evidently under the delusion that a new battleship can be designed, built, and in the water while he is still in office.
Dictators and their wildly impractical fantasy battleships...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-class_battleship_proposals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovetsky_Soyuz-class_battleship
He's not leaving office voluntarily.
It won’t need to bee too large a go fund me, he’s already 3/4ths of the way into the grave. It’s almost like he visited Isabella Rossellini before he was inaugurated. Anyway, his lifetime is probably only a few more months.
I take some small (very damn small, right now) measure of comfort in the fact that no fascist movement has yet survived the death of its leader.
From your lips to the FSM's ears...