ALL of these people and procedures are ours, folks. We the people pay them to work together to do a job for us; we are the source of their power, their pay, perks, privileges and protections.
American government at work, doing our work at the crossroads of corruption and catastrophe.
American government at work, doing our work at the crossroads of corruption and catastrophe.
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ALL of these people and procedures are ours, folks. We the people pay them to work together to do a job for us; we are the source of their power, their pay, perks, privileges and protections.
American government at work, doing our work at the crossroads of corruption and catastrophe.
American government at work, doing our work at the crossroads of corruption and catastrophe.
CNN pundit Joe Borelli last night said the president is electing to "twinkle, no, tinkle" with tariffs.
So he missed "tinker" twice, making MAGA manliness sound damnably fairy-dust girly.
Maybe someone should put that rave in campaign ads like movie quotes do:
"Electing to twinkle--no, tinkle!"
So he missed "tinker" twice, making MAGA manliness sound damnably fairy-dust girly.
Maybe someone should put that rave in campaign ads like movie quotes do:
"Electing to twinkle--no, tinkle!"
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
CNN pundit Joe Borelli last night said the president is electing to "twinkle, no, tinkle" with tariffs.
So he missed "tinker" twice, making MAGA manliness sound damnably fairy-dust girly.
Maybe someone should put that rave in campaign ads like movie quotes do:
"Electing to twinkle--no, tinkle!"
So he missed "tinker" twice, making MAGA manliness sound damnably fairy-dust girly.
Maybe someone should put that rave in campaign ads like movie quotes do:
"Electing to twinkle--no, tinkle!"
Judge rules against president; pundit says she "trimmed his sails" but means "clipped his wings."
Be clear so we don't trim our sails when we ought to be clipping wings.
"Trim sails"-accommodate and adjust to feel of winds changing
"Clip wings"- control by rule, restrict, prevent instinct/desire
Be clear so we don't trim our sails when we ought to be clipping wings.
"Trim sails"-accommodate and adjust to feel of winds changing
"Clip wings"- control by rule, restrict, prevent instinct/desire
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Judge rules against president; pundit says she "trimmed his sails" but means "clipped his wings."
Be clear so we don't trim our sails when we ought to be clipping wings.
"Trim sails"-accommodate and adjust to feel of winds changing
"Clip wings"- control by rule, restrict, prevent instinct/desire
Be clear so we don't trim our sails when we ought to be clipping wings.
"Trim sails"-accommodate and adjust to feel of winds changing
"Clip wings"- control by rule, restrict, prevent instinct/desire
Naked children in zip ties dragged out of bed in the middle of the night aren't what the clueless (or worse) Kavanaugh blithely endorses as only meaning to "briefly stop the individual and inquire about immigration status" after which being "free to go."
October 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Naked children in zip ties dragged out of bed in the middle of the night aren't what the clueless (or worse) Kavanaugh blithely endorses as only meaning to "briefly stop the individual and inquire about immigration status" after which being "free to go."
Wordplay I once accepted as openness to discovery and seeking answers, but now seems an annoying dodge , a sort of shibboleth for surrender to futility, a shoulder shrug of powerlessness to know anything, capitulation to chaos, giving up:
"Let's see what happens."
"Let's see what happens."
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Wordplay I once accepted as openness to discovery and seeking answers, but now seems an annoying dodge , a sort of shibboleth for surrender to futility, a shoulder shrug of powerlessness to know anything, capitulation to chaos, giving up:
"Let's see what happens."
"Let's see what happens."
Amusing teevee wordplay this morning from Jonathan Martin to explain sex trafficking persisting in the news: the president keeps "dousing kerosene on the flames."
Better if in context he'd meant "dowsing"--seeking water for those flames by false belief in his special power! Alas, no...
Better if in context he'd meant "dowsing"--seeking water for those flames by false belief in his special power! Alas, no...
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Amusing teevee wordplay this morning from Jonathan Martin to explain sex trafficking persisting in the news: the president keeps "dousing kerosene on the flames."
Better if in context he'd meant "dowsing"--seeking water for those flames by false belief in his special power! Alas, no...
Better if in context he'd meant "dowsing"--seeking water for those flames by false belief in his special power! Alas, no...
If they build it, maybe Skink Sabotage* will come?
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Construction of "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigration detention facility, has begun after Florida leaders approved the plan yesterday...
*see Carl Hiaasen
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Construction of "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigration detention facility, has begun after Florida leaders approved the plan yesterday...
*see Carl Hiaasen
June 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If they build it, maybe Skink Sabotage* will come?
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Construction of "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigration detention facility, has begun after Florida leaders approved the plan yesterday...
*see Carl Hiaasen
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Construction of "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigration detention facility, has begun after Florida leaders approved the plan yesterday...
*see Carl Hiaasen
Remember that ridiculous Four Seasons parking lot as bad reality teevee? Proclivity portent, perhaps...
June 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Remember that ridiculous Four Seasons parking lot as bad reality teevee? Proclivity portent, perhaps...
NOW, just saw Amusing Oval Office wordplay live from our kakistocracy:
DOGE chaos will continue without Musk himself now, said the man behind the Resolute Desk, because "we're gonna have it cauterized by Congress."
Cauterized would stop the bleeding, not keep it going!
DOGE chaos will continue without Musk himself now, said the man behind the Resolute Desk, because "we're gonna have it cauterized by Congress."
Cauterized would stop the bleeding, not keep it going!
May 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NOW, just saw Amusing Oval Office wordplay live from our kakistocracy:
DOGE chaos will continue without Musk himself now, said the man behind the Resolute Desk, because "we're gonna have it cauterized by Congress."
Cauterized would stop the bleeding, not keep it going!
DOGE chaos will continue without Musk himself now, said the man behind the Resolute Desk, because "we're gonna have it cauterized by Congress."
Cauterized would stop the bleeding, not keep it going!
This just tickled me:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/d...
When Did Restaurant Salads Get So … Unwieldy?
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This just tickled me:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/d...
Whatever happened to "under-promise and over-deliver?"
May 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Whatever happened to "under-promise and over-deliver?"
Trumper Joe Borelli on CNN last night said if illegal border crossers renditioned to foreign hellholes for torture and death, "It's not my problem."
Minutes later, he did "shut up and dribble" with "shut up and sing!" to Les Miz performers refusing to entertain Trump at his personal Kennedy Center.
Minutes later, he did "shut up and dribble" with "shut up and sing!" to Les Miz performers refusing to entertain Trump at his personal Kennedy Center.
May 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trumper Joe Borelli on CNN last night said if illegal border crossers renditioned to foreign hellholes for torture and death, "It's not my problem."
Minutes later, he did "shut up and dribble" with "shut up and sing!" to Les Miz performers refusing to entertain Trump at his personal Kennedy Center.
Minutes later, he did "shut up and dribble" with "shut up and sing!" to Les Miz performers refusing to entertain Trump at his personal Kennedy Center.
The trick is getting us to uncritically accept that "we" includes "us." It does not, and that's the very definition of paternalism. And of school bullies and domestic abusers and gang leaders and godfathers...
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The trick is getting us to uncritically accept that "we" includes "us." It does not, and that's the very definition of paternalism. And of school bullies and domestic abusers and gang leaders and godfathers...
Reposted by Jennifer J. Ross
For 25 hours and five minutes, Senator Cory Booker did not sit or exit the Senate chambers to eat or use a bathroom as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record. Many Democrats, including in his home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina.
‘Finally Some Fire’: Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Hits a Nerve at Home
Many Democrats, including in Mr. Booker’s home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For 25 hours and five minutes, Senator Cory Booker did not sit or exit the Senate chambers to eat or use a bathroom as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record. Many Democrats, including in his home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina.
Reposted by Jennifer J. Ross
I am tracking 3 separate cases where the government is violating court orders. The question now is whether judges find willfulness and hold officials in contempt.
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March 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I am tracking 3 separate cases where the government is violating court orders. The question now is whether judges find willfulness and hold officials in contempt.
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First there was the president's clinical psychologist niece and now comes the vice-president's Ukrainian military cousin (never mind the entire Kennedy family appalled by their new brain-wormed relative and his Kennedy-jealous boss...)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
JD Vance's cousin criticises him for 'belittling' Zelensky
Nate Vance spent three years volunteering with the Ukrainian military after Russia's full-scale invasion.
www.bbc.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
First there was the president's clinical psychologist niece and now comes the vice-president's Ukrainian military cousin (never mind the entire Kennedy family appalled by their new brain-wormed relative and his Kennedy-jealous boss...)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amusing wordplay from The Atlantic, where editors must know better?
"allows him to hone in on the worst"
Yes, the google brims with justifications for "hone in on" but they are wrong and I'll tell you why--it's because "hone" stands alone, like the Cheese.
One hones, not hones in on.
"allows him to hone in on the worst"
Yes, the google brims with justifications for "hone in on" but they are wrong and I'll tell you why--it's because "hone" stands alone, like the Cheese.
One hones, not hones in on.
March 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Amusing wordplay from The Atlantic, where editors must know better?
"allows him to hone in on the worst"
Yes, the google brims with justifications for "hone in on" but they are wrong and I'll tell you why--it's because "hone" stands alone, like the Cheese.
One hones, not hones in on.
"allows him to hone in on the worst"
Yes, the google brims with justifications for "hone in on" but they are wrong and I'll tell you why--it's because "hone" stands alone, like the Cheese.
One hones, not hones in on.
Reposted by Jennifer J. Ross
We need a Navalny, not a Newsom.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
March 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We need a Navalny, not a Newsom.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
And Elie Honig on CNN quite predictably for him, criticized the judge instead of the president for going too far.
"A President who touts an image of himself as a 'king' or a 'dictator,' perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role..."
"A President who touts an image of himself as a 'king' or a 'dictator,' perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role..."
March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And Elie Honig on CNN quite predictably for him, criticized the judge instead of the president for going too far.
"A President who touts an image of himself as a 'king' or a 'dictator,' perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role..."
"A President who touts an image of himself as a 'king' or a 'dictator,' perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role..."
Reposted by Jennifer J. Ross
“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
apple.news
March 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
Seems to me Fat Tuesday would be more fun without the fat-man's "great television" tonight, and with the reflection and repentance Lent supposedly sanctifies starting tomorrow.
But I suspended my belief a long, long time ago.
But I suspended my belief a long, long time ago.
March 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Seems to me Fat Tuesday would be more fun without the fat-man's "great television" tonight, and with the reflection and repentance Lent supposedly sanctifies starting tomorrow.
But I suspended my belief a long, long time ago.
But I suspended my belief a long, long time ago.
Tim Synder saw Friday's "great television" as five fronts of failure: "hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence."
Working to get better at those things was what I knew growing up in the South. I don't know this America. I don't want to.
Working to get better at those things was what I knew growing up in the South. I don't know this America. I don't want to.
March 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tim Synder saw Friday's "great television" as five fronts of failure: "hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence."
Working to get better at those things was what I knew growing up in the South. I don't know this America. I don't want to.
Working to get better at those things was what I knew growing up in the South. I don't know this America. I don't want to.
Columnist/commentators are calling now a time for choosing.
No matter where you go, there you are.
So many choices, so many chances throughout my whole lifetime, and as individuals and a people, we've made them.
And they have made us.
And here we are.
No matter where you go, there you are.
So many choices, so many chances throughout my whole lifetime, and as individuals and a people, we've made them.
And they have made us.
And here we are.
February 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Columnist/commentators are calling now a time for choosing.
No matter where you go, there you are.
So many choices, so many chances throughout my whole lifetime, and as individuals and a people, we've made them.
And they have made us.
And here we are.
No matter where you go, there you are.
So many choices, so many chances throughout my whole lifetime, and as individuals and a people, we've made them.
And they have made us.
And here we are.
Amusing teevee lawyer wordplay last night from NYC criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala, high-profile go-to guy for celebrity creeps:
"I know from first-hand, because they told me!"
Now y'all know I'm not a lawyer, so forgive me if this seems a foolish question, but first-hand hearsay?
"I know from first-hand, because they told me!"
Now y'all know I'm not a lawyer, so forgive me if this seems a foolish question, but first-hand hearsay?
February 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Amusing teevee lawyer wordplay last night from NYC criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala, high-profile go-to guy for celebrity creeps:
"I know from first-hand, because they told me!"
Now y'all know I'm not a lawyer, so forgive me if this seems a foolish question, but first-hand hearsay?
"I know from first-hand, because they told me!"
Now y'all know I'm not a lawyer, so forgive me if this seems a foolish question, but first-hand hearsay?
Every American activist and politician determined to aggressively end waste, fraud and abuse needs to hear this every damn day. Talk about messaging.
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youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...
Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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February 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Every American activist and politician determined to aggressively end waste, fraud and abuse needs to hear this every damn day. Talk about messaging.
youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...
youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...