Tom W. Ferguson
@pinestump.bsky.social
Old man.
Harumph.
Used to play newspaper.
Still play horses and piano.
Honorary radical left thug.
Harumph.
Used to play newspaper.
Still play horses and piano.
Honorary radical left thug.
IT'S LIKE WE DID GET Chauncey Gardiner for president, except for the malevolence, the grift, and the megalomania.
May 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
IT'S LIKE WE DID GET Chauncey Gardiner for president, except for the malevolence, the grift, and the megalomania.
HEGSETH'S CHIEF OF STAFF, 13 weeks in, had been discussing his exit "for weeks," and is, as Sean Hannity for years referred to anyone who called his radio program, "a great American." Pictured: An organization with better cohesion, clarity of mission, and happy hour.
April 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
HEGSETH'S CHIEF OF STAFF, 13 weeks in, had been discussing his exit "for weeks," and is, as Sean Hannity for years referred to anyone who called his radio program, "a great American." Pictured: An organization with better cohesion, clarity of mission, and happy hour.
THE GOLD SUBSTANDARD
We've all noticed Trump's gilt. Half of us have commented on it. I can't shake the images. All around the White House I see Russia.
We've all noticed Trump's gilt. Half of us have commented on it. I can't shake the images. All around the White House I see Russia.
April 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
THE GOLD SUBSTANDARD
We've all noticed Trump's gilt. Half of us have commented on it. I can't shake the images. All around the White House I see Russia.
We've all noticed Trump's gilt. Half of us have commented on it. I can't shake the images. All around the White House I see Russia.
ON MONDAY MR. MADOFF assured investors they would receive 46% annual interest on their investments, plus a complementary Mercedes and chauffeur. On Friday he said his clients were on pace for 0.5%, unlimited e-bike usage, and free trash pickup for two weeks.
April 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
ON MONDAY MR. MADOFF assured investors they would receive 46% annual interest on their investments, plus a complementary Mercedes and chauffeur. On Friday he said his clients were on pace for 0.5%, unlimited e-bike usage, and free trash pickup for two weeks.
THE GOOD NEWS: Marjorie Taylor Greene is not as abysmally stupid as I thought.
THE BAD NEWS: She is even more shamelessly corrupt, hypocritical, and unfit for office than I thought.
THE BAD NEWS: She is even more shamelessly corrupt, hypocritical, and unfit for office than I thought.
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
THE GOOD NEWS: Marjorie Taylor Greene is not as abysmally stupid as I thought.
THE BAD NEWS: She is even more shamelessly corrupt, hypocritical, and unfit for office than I thought.
THE BAD NEWS: She is even more shamelessly corrupt, hypocritical, and unfit for office than I thought.
ONE FUN THING about living in the Trump era is that honest hyperbole is impossible. Just let 'er rip. If it's about the awfulness of this megalomaniacal moron, chances are good it's true.
April 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
ONE FUN THING about living in the Trump era is that honest hyperbole is impossible. Just let 'er rip. If it's about the awfulness of this megalomaniacal moron, chances are good it's true.
WHEN MATT DRUDGE HAS BETTER NEWS JUDGMENT than the New York Times I almost want to join the masses and just read opinion, movie reviews, sports, the crossword, and tire ads.
April 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
WHEN MATT DRUDGE HAS BETTER NEWS JUDGMENT than the New York Times I almost want to join the masses and just read opinion, movie reviews, sports, the crossword, and tire ads.
LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN MINDS
Elected yesterday to the It's Good to Be the King Sports Hall of Fame, both before the first ballot.
Elected yesterday to the It's Good to Be the King Sports Hall of Fame, both before the first ballot.
April 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN MINDS
Elected yesterday to the It's Good to Be the King Sports Hall of Fame, both before the first ballot.
Elected yesterday to the It's Good to Be the King Sports Hall of Fame, both before the first ballot.
THE YALE HILLBILLY & the Mendacious Moron himself must sit around dreaming up ways to image the New Ugly American. Example: Send the VP to foreign land you insist you are going to grab & do photo ops not with locals but with U.S. flags & American troops already on the ground, you know, just in case.
March 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
THE YALE HILLBILLY & the Mendacious Moron himself must sit around dreaming up ways to image the New Ugly American. Example: Send the VP to foreign land you insist you are going to grab & do photo ops not with locals but with U.S. flags & American troops already on the ground, you know, just in case.
Recommend the Yale Hillbilly read this chart, with emphasis on the righthand column.
March 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Recommend the Yale Hillbilly read this chart, with emphasis on the righthand column.
ONE COHORT THAT no doubt would have colorful thoughts about the Yale Hillbilly and the Mendacious Moron saying to hell with Europe and trying to annex Greenland on the way out the door.
March 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
ONE COHORT THAT no doubt would have colorful thoughts about the Yale Hillbilly and the Mendacious Moron saying to hell with Europe and trying to annex Greenland on the way out the door.
I walk past it 50 times a day. More if I'm going to the kitchen too much. My favorite photo.
March 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I walk past it 50 times a day. More if I'm going to the kitchen too much. My favorite photo.
HERE IS HOW a deranged president of the United States -- or your typical Guy on Barstool #7 halfway to last call -- talk. (They don't, however, talk this way about patriots who smear feces on U.S. Capitol walls while head-hunting for the vice-president):
March 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
HERE IS HOW a deranged president of the United States -- or your typical Guy on Barstool #7 halfway to last call -- talk. (They don't, however, talk this way about patriots who smear feces on U.S. Capitol walls while head-hunting for the vice-president):
TIMES PUZZLE PAGE LANGUAGE for "today's Mini made the TV Guide crossword look like Rubik's cube."
March 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
TIMES PUZZLE PAGE LANGUAGE for "today's Mini made the TV Guide crossword look like Rubik's cube."
THE GREATEST birth name to stage name switch in entertainment history has to be:
Tula Ellice Finklea
to
Cyd Charisse
That's Ms. Finklea dancing with Astaire.
Tula Ellice Finklea
to
Cyd Charisse
That's Ms. Finklea dancing with Astaire.
March 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THE GREATEST birth name to stage name switch in entertainment history has to be:
Tula Ellice Finklea
to
Cyd Charisse
That's Ms. Finklea dancing with Astaire.
Tula Ellice Finklea
to
Cyd Charisse
That's Ms. Finklea dancing with Astaire.
I USUALLY WATCH Trump toss his word salad. I've said for years if more people did, more people would realize he's insane. I didn't watch him today, and realize I've had it backward. Just do sound bites and you know he's 1 rutabaga, 1 potato, 1 carrot, 1 onion, and 1 possum shy of a road-kill pasty.
March 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I USUALLY WATCH Trump toss his word salad. I've said for years if more people did, more people would realize he's insane. I didn't watch him today, and realize I've had it backward. Just do sound bites and you know he's 1 rutabaga, 1 potato, 1 carrot, 1 onion, and 1 possum shy of a road-kill pasty.
PRESIDENT PITCHMAN doing his thing. Call 1-800 WHITE HOUSE and you can finance a Cybertruck with bitcoin futures, AND get 10 percent off a wedding reception at Mar-a-Lago.
March 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
PRESIDENT PITCHMAN doing his thing. Call 1-800 WHITE HOUSE and you can finance a Cybertruck with bitcoin futures, AND get 10 percent off a wedding reception at Mar-a-Lago.
UP NEXT: Red Army Chorus opens Kennedy Center season.
Somewhere, sometime, one or two Chickenshit Republicans have to at least shake hands with reality if not embrace it.
Somewhere, sometime, one or two Chickenshit Republicans have to at least shake hands with reality if not embrace it.
March 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
UP NEXT: Red Army Chorus opens Kennedy Center season.
Somewhere, sometime, one or two Chickenshit Republicans have to at least shake hands with reality if not embrace it.
Somewhere, sometime, one or two Chickenshit Republicans have to at least shake hands with reality if not embrace it.
IN LESS THAN 24 hours, the Mendacious Moron will, with no good reason, slam a 25% tariff on goods from our friendly neighbor along the world's longest peaceful border.
The Times list of popular guesses includes this photo. (Justin Trudeau on left.)
He is a simple-minded buffoon with more power
1/2
The Times list of popular guesses includes this photo. (Justin Trudeau on left.)
He is a simple-minded buffoon with more power
1/2
March 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
IN LESS THAN 24 hours, the Mendacious Moron will, with no good reason, slam a 25% tariff on goods from our friendly neighbor along the world's longest peaceful border.
The Times list of popular guesses includes this photo. (Justin Trudeau on left.)
He is a simple-minded buffoon with more power
1/2
The Times list of popular guesses includes this photo. (Justin Trudeau on left.)
He is a simple-minded buffoon with more power
1/2
COMPLETE AND TOTAL. Like no one has ever seen before.
Incredible.
But not highly respected.
Believe me.
Incredible.
But not highly respected.
Believe me.
March 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
COMPLETE AND TOTAL. Like no one has ever seen before.
Incredible.
But not highly respected.
Believe me.
Incredible.
But not highly respected.
Believe me.
QUESTION FOR NEXT PRESS CONFERENCE
"Sir, with the election won and things going so well, especially in light of yesterday's triumph as seen by Lindsay Graham and Marco Rubio, why don't you change that stupid fucking cap to 'PEACE IN OUR TIME'?"
"Sir, with the election won and things going so well, especially in light of yesterday's triumph as seen by Lindsay Graham and Marco Rubio, why don't you change that stupid fucking cap to 'PEACE IN OUR TIME'?"
March 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
QUESTION FOR NEXT PRESS CONFERENCE
"Sir, with the election won and things going so well, especially in light of yesterday's triumph as seen by Lindsay Graham and Marco Rubio, why don't you change that stupid fucking cap to 'PEACE IN OUR TIME'?"
"Sir, with the election won and things going so well, especially in light of yesterday's triumph as seen by Lindsay Graham and Marco Rubio, why don't you change that stupid fucking cap to 'PEACE IN OUR TIME'?"
SUSIE WILES, advertised as the most level-headed person in Trump 2.0, is blocking the AP from doing its job, claiming the AP Stylebook misspells "Mexico" -- but Wiles can't make a subject and verb agree (third graph) in this spiteful letter to AP executive editor Julie Pace.
February 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
SUSIE WILES, advertised as the most level-headed person in Trump 2.0, is blocking the AP from doing its job, claiming the AP Stylebook misspells "Mexico" -- but Wiles can't make a subject and verb agree (third graph) in this spiteful letter to AP executive editor Julie Pace.
WHAT I DID LAST WEEK
(My Report to Elon)
Dear Elon (I'm not going to call you "Sir." All the "sirs" in the world have been used up by Donald Trump's phony reports of what he did last week):
I'm going to be 83 next month, so my age cohort and I probably should have spent our week clipping
1/
(My Report to Elon)
Dear Elon (I'm not going to call you "Sir." All the "sirs" in the world have been used up by Donald Trump's phony reports of what he did last week):
I'm going to be 83 next month, so my age cohort and I probably should have spent our week clipping
1/
February 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
WHAT I DID LAST WEEK
(My Report to Elon)
Dear Elon (I'm not going to call you "Sir." All the "sirs" in the world have been used up by Donald Trump's phony reports of what he did last week):
I'm going to be 83 next month, so my age cohort and I probably should have spent our week clipping
1/
(My Report to Elon)
Dear Elon (I'm not going to call you "Sir." All the "sirs" in the world have been used up by Donald Trump's phony reports of what he did last week):
I'm going to be 83 next month, so my age cohort and I probably should have spent our week clipping
1/
THE BEST EXPLANATION of Trump 2.0: We are watching the Chickenshit Republicans conduct the ultimate sustainability test of "He's a moronic and despicable embarrassment to humanity, but he's MY moronic and despicable embarrassment to humanity."
February 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
THE BEST EXPLANATION of Trump 2.0: We are watching the Chickenshit Republicans conduct the ultimate sustainability test of "He's a moronic and despicable embarrassment to humanity, but he's MY moronic and despicable embarrassment to humanity."
AN EARLY LOOK at next month's show so you can reserve hangar space for your Gulfstream at Lachine International. Also a message in a bottle to see if these posts get to more than two people. (The flier is what an old man does to stay busy and useful north of the 45th Parallel.)
February 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
AN EARLY LOOK at next month's show so you can reserve hangar space for your Gulfstream at Lachine International. Also a message in a bottle to see if these posts get to more than two people. (The flier is what an old man does to stay busy and useful north of the 45th Parallel.)