Patrick O'Grady
@maddogmedia.bsky.social
Retired free-range rumormonger. Bicycle hoarder. Cat wrangler. I knew it was wrong but I did it anyway.
Remember how the Yippies used to joke about dumping LSD into big cities' water supplies? Maybe they weren't kidding. Sometimes it takes a while to come on.
Absolute insanity.
Lutnick: "The best way to actually merge the economies of Canada and the United States is for Canada to become our 51st state ... Canada is gonna have to work with us to really integrate their economy, and as the president said, they should consider the amazing advantages of being the 51st state."
March 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Remember how the Yippies used to joke about dumping LSD into big cities' water supplies? Maybe they weren't kidding. Sometimes it takes a while to come on.
Miss Mia Sopaipilla is resting comfortably after having a cyst removed from just above her right eye. I have it on good authority that she's dreaming about using Beelzebozo's new Tesla as a combination scratching post/litter box.
March 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Miss Mia Sopaipilla is resting comfortably after having a cyst removed from just above her right eye. I have it on good authority that she's dreaming about using Beelzebozo's new Tesla as a combination scratching post/litter box.
If a Forest Service falls in the wilderness you're definitely gonna hear it. There won't be anyplace to drive your Sprinter to, except the mall. Which will probably be closed, too.
The Trump Administration has cut 2,000 workers from the U.S. Forest Service, making it harder for the service to fight wildfires and repair storm damage across the country. “I feel like my community has been gutted,” one fired staffer said.
The Felling of the U.S. Forest Service
The Trump Administration has cut two thousand workers, making it harder for the service to fight wildfires and repair storm damage across the country.
www.newyorker.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If a Forest Service falls in the wilderness you're definitely gonna hear it. There won't be anyplace to drive your Sprinter to, except the mall. Which will probably be closed, too.
Hey, when did Ralph Spoilsport Motors open a White House dealership? They really do it in the road at their West Gomorrah location.
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Firesign Theater - How Can You Be in Two Places at Once (1969) (Complete Album)
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March 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hey, when did Ralph Spoilsport Motors open a White House dealership? They really do it in the road at their West Gomorrah location.
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Basically a herd of John Wayne Gacys with better clown suits.
The modern Republican party can accurately be described as a group of child molesters who are stealing from us
March 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Basically a herd of John Wayne Gacys with better clown suits.
"Hi, and welcome to 'Democrats on Defense.' Today we're going to show you how to build a barricade using a tub of tapioca. Tomorrow: How to use a banana as a bayonet."
2/2
Chuck Schumer can ask himself, "What would Mitch McConnell do?"
Answer will become obvious.
Chuck Schumer can ask himself, "What would Mitch McConnell do?"
Answer will become obvious.
March 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Hi, and welcome to 'Democrats on Defense.' Today we're going to show you how to build a barricade using a tub of tapioca. Tomorrow: How to use a banana as a bayonet."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex condemned ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a “tyrannical” move.
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
AOC Rips “Tyrannical and Un-American” Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a serious warning about the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist (and U.S. green card holder) Mahmoud Khalil.
newrepublic.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex condemned ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a “tyrannical” move.
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
They have a high standard of standardness. Or not.
March 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
They have a high standard of standardness. Or not.
Sad news. Kevin Drum, one of the good guys, has gone west. He was a blogger I turned to regularly for his take on the day's news, which he kept providing until just a few days before he passed. Peace to Kevin, his wife, Marian, and their cats, Hilbert and Charlie.
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Health Update - Kevin Drum
With a heavy heart, I have to tell you that after a long battle with cancer my husband Kevin Drum passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025. No public memorial services are planned. In lieu of flowers, ple...
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March 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Sad news. Kevin Drum, one of the good guys, has gone west. He was a blogger I turned to regularly for his take on the day's news, which he kept providing until just a few days before he passed. Peace to Kevin, his wife, Marian, and their cats, Hilbert and Charlie.
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The good news about "springing forward" tomorrow is that we're spared an hour of facetime with the shit monsoon from DeeCee.
March 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The good news about "springing forward" tomorrow is that we're spared an hour of facetime with the shit monsoon from DeeCee.
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The problem with Democratic Party is that no one takes them seriously because they don’t take themselves seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
March 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The problem with Democratic Party is that no one takes them seriously because they don’t take themselves seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
You can’t simultaneously argue Trump is a fascist intent on destroying democracy but your major response is to wear a pink suit to a speech, and expect to be taken seriously.
There isn't a bag of dicks big enough for this guy to eat.
he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
ahhhhhhhhhh
March 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There isn't a bag of dicks big enough for this guy to eat.
The Tuberville Trolley goes off the rails again. I assume he sits on a sandwich to eat it because he's clearly shitting out of his mouth.
How much WD40 do you have to drink to believe this shit?
Tuberville: "We're getting to a point now where women and girls sports and getting ready to be extinct. Because already in states across this country, we have high school teams that are made up of totally boys participating against girls."
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Tuberville Trolley goes off the rails again. I assume he sits on a sandwich to eat it because he's clearly shitting out of his mouth.
Your occasional reminder that not everything sucks: the backyard maple budding out.
March 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Your occasional reminder that not everything sucks: the backyard maple budding out.
Beelzebozo has all the tugging on it and groveling well in hand, thanks. He doesn't need any help there.
See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.
March 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Beelzebozo has all the tugging on it and groveling well in hand, thanks. He doesn't need any help there.
"When the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer. You want a CRIMINAL lawyer." — Jesse Pinkman
I just realized, with a shock, that I already knew this from watching “Better Call Saul.”
Please understand me when I say that you cannot talk yourself out of criminal charges. You can, however, talk yourself into them.
"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present" is the ONLY thing you should EVER say to a police officer, EVER.
"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present" is the ONLY thing you should EVER say to a police officer, EVER.
February 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"When the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer. You want a CRIMINAL lawyer." — Jesse Pinkman
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I know many of you still have so many unanswered questions and want to talk about your concerns about what’s happening in D.C. That’s why I’m holding a Town Hall in Albuquerque on Thursday! Please join us!
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I know many of you still have so many unanswered questions and want to talk about your concerns about what’s happening in D.C. That’s why I’m holding a Town Hall in Albuquerque on Thursday! Please join us!
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Let me get this straight - now that people see what’s really going on - Elon Musk is suddenly not part of DOGE. 🤔
This is the problem with unchecked power and billionaires in charge.
This is the problem with unchecked power and billionaires in charge.
thehill.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Let me get this straight - now that people see what’s really going on - Elon Musk is suddenly not part of DOGE. 🤔
This is the problem with unchecked power and billionaires in charge.
This is the problem with unchecked power and billionaires in charge.
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Now available on Bandcamp, a remastered, ultra-deluxe reissue of "Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death", the first salvo in Firesign's "We're Doomed" trilogy for Rhino in 1998. Bonus tracks! Fully restored audio! A PDF with too much in it! And CHEAP! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/give-m...
Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death, by The Firesign Theatre
43 track album
firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Now available on Bandcamp, a remastered, ultra-deluxe reissue of "Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death", the first salvo in Firesign's "We're Doomed" trilogy for Rhino in 1998. Bonus tracks! Fully restored audio! A PDF with too much in it! And CHEAP! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/give-m...
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Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?
February 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?
Remember the good ol' days of Rick "Department of Oops" Perry and Michael "Heckuva Job" Brownie? Now we know what it takes to make those bozos look brilliant.
And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
February 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Remember the good ol' days of Rick "Department of Oops" Perry and Michael "Heckuva Job" Brownie? Now we know what it takes to make those bozos look brilliant.
Be nice if Congress stood up for a change, if only to rub a little Neosporin in those rug burns at the knees and elbows.
I watched Hannity's interview with Musk and Donald Trump so that you didn't have to. It was, as George W. Bush might have said, some weird shit
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Who Is Running the United States?
In search of an answer, I watched Sean Hannity’s Fox News interview with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Be nice if Congress stood up for a change, if only to rub a little Neosporin in those rug burns at the knees and elbows.
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Ok that made me laugh
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Ok that made me laugh
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As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
February 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit