Not for the first time, we are all murderers now, though I still believe Hegseth can be chased overseas for the rest of his life—as Pinochet was in London.

Progress. 'Lawyers and even judges have been caught filing court papers that were rife with fake legal references and faulty arguments... This case is 1 of the 1st in which prosecutors, whose words carry great sway with judges and juries, have been accused of using A.I. without proper safeguards...'

Poor Thing.

The end of vaccines in the US for pregnant woman and children —and all flu vaccines? "Even if vaccines remain technically available, without CDC recommendations or insurance coverage, access disappears. The [influenza] virus has proven far more dangerous to children than any documented vaccine risk"

They probably arrested the candidates! “We’ve never had that before,” he said. “We’ve had times in the past before when there wasn’t as many as (Citizenship and Immigration Services) thought there would be, but we just held ceremonies that were smaller.” ...'

This one goes out to Eugene Hasenfus, shot down over Nicaragua in 1986 while helping the Contras in Reagan's illegal war.

For political junkies, Democrat Aftyn Behn is winning in Tennessee at this moment.

Who's going to pay for all the retirees? 'More seniors and fewer workers are a recipe for cuts in Social Security and Medicare [&] restricting immigration would also reduce the number of younger workers available to physically provide care for the expanding senior population ...'

I rarely comment on Trump's unhinged paranoid posts, but how is 400 an hour possible? How much time remains to pardon his lackeys? He'd need an autopen! Michelle Obama 'controlled Biden’s autopen' and Biden’s executive orders were by her. He posted an AI video claiming Maduro surrendered to him...

A profile in courage from a slick, bullying creep guy we all loathed in school. I picture Hegseth crawling the earth in hiding from females and lawyers and judges for the rest of his days.

Strange, superb, unpredictable movie that brilliantly captures the violent mediocrity that characterizes authoritarian societies—in this case, Brazil in 1977. Let's be thankful that Trump did not manage to save Bolsonaro from prison after he invited Army rule for years and during a Jan.6-style riot.

Answers trigger questions: Generally not covered by Medicare and 'limited to the heart and abdomen, when a CT scan is often better for detecting cardiac risks, and didn’t include the brain, where an MRI is often used to spot early signs of a stroke.

America's War on Drugs was always a sham. But now ...?

Hegseth is accused of executing survivors in the water, a war crime. IF Trump endures through 1/29, he'll pardon Hegseth—making him even more Trump's dummy meanwhile. Even pardoned, Hegseth will find it hard to travel;judges around the world can charge him, as Pinochet found in Spain & London.

I wish to dispose of a big Nazi State Service flag my late father captured in WWII. It would be great to burn it at a properly motivated demonstration in NYC, where I live, but I no longer know people who really organize these things. Any suggestions, PLEASE?

Oh, that's where I know him from

The Gang of Four LP that was my movie DELINQUENT's soundtrack is reissued and reviewed in the UK! 'Post-punk devotees rejoice, for Gang Of Four’s 1995 album Shrinkwrapped will, at long last, be available to listen to on glorious wax after Black Friday...sure to be high on the wantlist.'

Someone in Ukraine is tending business. Both rogue tankers were empty, so no big eco disaster.

Great article on how aerosol transmission of virions—including Covid-19—finally came to be recognized.

No closets needed for this administration's raging racism and illegality.

Trump told media he expected to meet "soon" with Jair Bolsonaro AFTER Bolsonaro had been caught tampering with his ankle bracelet and taken to prison. Our president evidently intended to spirit his authoritarian pal out of Brazil ...

Love this!

Original idea: Deport Native Americans. 'When the men did not believe Miles’ tribal ID, she pointed to a phone number for the Umatilla Tribal enrollment office on the back of the card...She took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...'

MRNA sales are a wreck these days, but these are great flu shot results, albeit with harsher side effects. They don't even cite the anti-cancer properties found recently in mRNA shots.

So what was the origin of Bloomberg's scoop, with the actual recording of Trump's minion sucking up to Russia to get Putin to agree to crush Ukraine? Here's a good article on this.

Brexit is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen a nation do. Usually, there is at least an argument for the other position—even the Laffer Curve until it proved itself utterly wrong—but Brexit was a national hallucination. And now the Brits want to make its architect prime minister!

A comedic aside from the blustering Brazilian piggie who started his 27-year prison sentence early after he was caught trying to break his ankle monitor with a soldering iron as supporters prepared to mass outside his home before his appointed time to surrender.

I wasn't gone very long, but our decrepit president has certainly been aging faster than ever. He lost MTG and showered Mamdani with love, sold out Ukraine again, said more crazy crap, seems to have ignited a multidimensional MAGA civil war, and lost $5 billion in the crypto crash ...

Squidley doesn't look all that happy to see me after much busy travel on my part, but she's kneading my chest, following me everywhere, and purring like a lawnmower! Happy #Caturday! #CatsofBluesky #cats

The Doddering Fatsby said wha?

Schumer enlisted 8 Dems who are retiring or not up for election to roll us in a bait and switch. No Kings II established that resistance was roaring; the electoral rout confirmed it. The GQP was being blamed for the shutdown. Schumer lacks the guts to own this capitulation. I'm sick of it and him!

Already drowning in AI: what's left of culture in America.

As the "administration" fights to the death to stop food money for struggling Americans, here's the Wall Street Journal on how Noem and Lewandowski are wasting money faster than it can be printed.

So French—and so charming!

Duffy knows very well why they're quitting!

So sad. 'Large companies are running into a problem as they try to claim some of the tax cuts that the Republican Congress passed this summer: They can’t escape the corporate tax increase that Democrats passed 3 years ago...Trump giveth, but former President Joe Biden taketh part of it away.'

I don't see this on news sites that follow the issue closely.

A gift that will give lavishly! The Labor Dept reported last month that consumer prices rose 3% in Sept from a year earlier, the fastest pace since January. Voters call housing, groceries & utility bills unmanageable. Dem focus on affordability won in Tuesday’s elections, handily beating Republicans

The Daily Show‬ ‪brilliantly shows how New York City''s millionaires have been threatening to flee since 2009—while their numbers increased dramatically.

I've never used glyphosate & eat organic, but I've consumed plenty. 'The litigation has cast such a massive cloud over Bayer’s stock, which is down more than 70% since the Monsanto deal, that CEO Bill Anderson is considering whether the company should even make glyphosate anymore.'

'One of the groups backing Cuomo unleashed a high-voltage ad featuring a photo of Mamdani placed over a an image of the burning World Trade Center, an ad that even some Cuomo supporters considered overtly Islamophobic and that some observers say may have actually backfired.'

Yum. Trump spent vast amounts of money on this misdemeanor trial after a grand jury refused to indict Sean Dunn. 'The trial dragged on three days, and the jury deliberated for part of both Wednesday and Thursday before Dunn was ultimately acquitted.' thehill.com/regulation/c...

The richest 10% of households fuel nearly half of US spending.“I feel like our economy today resembles a top-heavy Jenga tower,” said Peter Atwater, the economist who popularized the idea of a “K-shaped” economy where the well off are on an upward track and the less fortunate face further declines.

AI & energy bills gutting us in the worst year for announced layoffs since 2009. “Like in 2003, a disruptive technology is changing the landscape. At a time when job creation is at its lowest point in years, the optics of announcing layoffs in the fourth quarter are particularly unfavorable.”

Young Cardamom probably wasn't contemplating a revolutionary mayoral run at the time.

'...The posts, of which there were 33 between 4.17pm and 6.40pm ET, came a day after Democrats won in a series of elections across the United States in New York, California, Virginia, and New Jersey. ... The bizarre series of posts could raise further questions on Trump’s mental acuity...'

Lanthimos always surprises—this time with a happy ending (of sorts)!

Creative desperation in the GQP!

After this coast-to-coast blowout, some Republicans will conclude that the authorities need to crack down much harder. Others might start thinking in more positive directions as they watch the Magical Media Genius's ratings hit an all-time low.

Like America's MAGA billionaires, Hungary's big political piggies (as opposed to the old lords of media) are going for blood as a crucial election impends.