On hell: 'one rarely sees tradwives over the age of 35 talking publicly about how much they love their marriages because they are often deeply unhappy..they are “keeping their heads down, gritting their teeth and waiting to die because that’s all there is left for them. That’s their only escape.”'

A method to the madness: "In essence, he’s [Vance] saying something like this: I might have written serious books and have a law degree from Yale but don’t worry, I hate the same people you do. And governmental malfeasance doesn’t rattle me."

AI slop? Nope, Israel says Yep, it's real. They are proud of their cruelty. Damn proud.

The amphitheatre at My Old Kentucky Home S.P. in Bardstown KY, waiting for The Stephen Foster Story to start, performed annually since 1959. July 4th was his 200th birthday, as always free cupcakes at intermission. The person that has attended 50 times, and an Aussie, were gifted harmonicas.

Why Hakeem Jeffries and Co. are right to be shitting their pants: "Perhaps most importantly, Democratic voters are furious with their own party for not standing up more forcefully to Trump or showing more outward alarm at the threat to liberal democracy itself."

Goddamn it: "The Trump administration does not have to reinstate materials related to climate change, immigration and slavery that it has removed from national parks, a US appeals court ruled on Thursday."

Someone protesting solo has a strength that a group, no matter the size, can not match.

From the couple of classes that took at university, one grad level, learned to take the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy with a grain. Philosophers are like lunks in a gym, but using gray matter instead of muscle. They care about winning the arm wrestling match, not about actual reality really.

One might find it helpful in understanding our current world to take this Janis Joplin quote and apply it to at least the last past couple of hundreds of years: "There is no tomorrow. It's all the same fucking day man."

Ukraine will be exporting weapons soon. Countries are openly making pleas on the world stage to the Ukrainians for assistance in defending their own countries. Queues for gas in Russia are making the 1970s energy crisis look quaint. Putin is scared of becoming Caesar in 44 BC. The US lost to Iran.

Hard to argue: "We're just screwed..it’s hard to draw any other conclusion as a civic matter after watching the American character degenerate over the last 10 years. In all likelihood, with respect to presidential corruption, we’re just screwed. Happy national birthday.”

Understand the idea behind "offsides" in futball, i.e. no camping out in front of the net, but the rule totally RUINS the sport--seems like two out of every three goals get nullified. Sucks all the fun out. There's got to be a better way, maybe something like the three second rule in basketball.

The GOP is like an Oppenheimer that drops a bomb on America every day..

Oh for fuck's sake.. "Tr*mp has reportedly demanded that the public park [Lafayette], which he has dubbed "the entrance to the White House," feature 47 trees to commemorate his current presidency."

Hitler-level crimes against humanity..but who cares? 'Cuts by Musk have "led to millions of unnecessary deaths, including millions of children," Krugman added, saying the point was proven by studies, health models, and "field evidence of widespread death as a result of the cancellation."'

MN judge leads the way, tells Tr*mp's DOJ to SUCK ON IT: (Judge) Schiltz's "strong rebuke" relied on the anti-commandeering principle, which "means that the federal government cannot command the states or their officers to take any action to effectuate federal policy," Litman's wrote.

Hoarding wealth is immoral, and lethal for innocent unfortunate people. So is murder. The only difference is one is against the law and the other is not.

Ever notice that no matter how low-energy someone is, there's always a spark to lash out?

Every corporation is a little anti-christ.

The Daily Blast consistently delivers top-shelf commentary: "It must be awful to be [Tr*mp]. There’s no inside at all. But 10 years ago he was canny enough to keep it at least somewhat under wraps. Now he’s just out of control. It all gets blurted out at 4 in the morning."

Tr*mp's net approval in the Bluegrass is 0.. ZERO!!! "Kentucky offers an especially sharp example. Trump started his second term with a net approval rating of +23 there. On his birthday, it stood at -4. As of the latest June 15 data, it now sits around even at 0, wiping out the earlier advantage."

Bummer. Was kinda fun playing along with the game show "The Greatest Average American", but that's over..

MFers: "The Justice Department will be responsible for the agency’s civil rights oversight. Transferring the offices will impact millions of students and families, including 7 million people who receive around $15 billion in grants through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).."

Blaming Tr*mp is like blaming the bull that was put into the china shop..

Ever wonder what's the difference between disco and funk? Funk is disco, but disco isn't funk.

Fear and Dungeons in Oklahoma: "H Unit – also known by the prisoners as the “tombs” – features a series of windowless cells that are built banked into the earth. The letters also tell of infestations of vermin, unsanitary conditions, and frequent instances of physical and sexual violence."

Israeli horrors: “Female soldiers entered my room..They put iron handcuffs on my hands behind me. They untied the handcuffs from my legs..Then they stripped me of my clothes.” He was pinned to the ground with boots on his back and neck, while the female soldiers raped him using artificial objects.

Hegseth's despicable hatred of Blacks in disturbing detail: 'Some Black service members told me that they interpreted this as a license for white officers to treat their Black subordinates poorly, without fear of repercussion. “It’s setting up a climate that perpetuates and protects wrongdoing.”

Good work if you can get it: "Mullin regularly uses a controversial $70 million Gulfstream jet to fly home to Oklahoma on Thursdays and doesn't return to work until Monday afternoon, meaning he works at most three days a week in Washington, D.C."

Yessssss: “Nobody wants bro [Tr*mp] there,” read another comment. Some fans have expressed otherwise. “Hey, let him come. We’re going to boo the fuck out of you, bro. Like, let him come,” one New Yorker in a Knicks hat and shirt told MS NOW.

Guulag, Guulag, Guulag: “We are fighting to erase the slush fund. It's a disgrace.” Eisen went on to point to settlement agreements that forbid the IRS from investigating Trump or his family, calling it “the worst example of corruption in the history of the American presidency.”