In his second term, Trump has 110 confirmed golf days across 498 days in office (22.1%), about one confirmed round every 4.5 days, plus 33 additional days at Trump properties where golf was unconfirmed. See more at https://trumpgolftrack.com

Happy Pride Month!

1/4. Going to rant a bit. Got up at 7:00 this morning, (which is outrageous in and of itself). Put on a suit (Also absurd when I should be in shorts.). Fight traffic for 30 minutes. $23 to park. Stand in line to clear security and get to the courtroom 45 min. early. Wait 50 minutes.

Don’t look away America, white pedophile czar, his “friends” and family are being protected by The Proud boys, the KKK, Insurrectionists, criminals & a network of Christian militant fundamentalist hypocrites who chase, terrorize, abuse Our Children. These terrorists are funded with our tax 💰💰

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Canis inversa.

I’m not the least bit surprised that Trump doesn’t know the difference between Greenland and Iceland. But what I seriously doubt was he was intentionally calling Greenland “a piece of ice.”

On this day in 2007, the Fair Minimum Wage Act was signed into law, raising the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. A child born that year is now old enough to drive in 2026. The minimum wage is *still* $7.25. It's long past time to increase it.

It would damn near be a sin to be a pescatarian on Memorial Day. Merica’!

Just tuned into the middle of Cadet Bone Spurs’ live speech at the end of his remarks about the American Revolution. Hopefully he once again paid tribute to the Continental Army which, as we all know, “manned the air … rammed the ramparts,[and] took over the airports."

AI is ruining YouTube. I won’t watch if I detect it. Like the video I was just watching that referred to UCLA as “yoo clah.” Somewhat related, I talked to an amateur radio station in the Canary Islands today that used AI to handle contacts. Hard to hear, but this is a sample.

Signing my new book, THE FIX, at @literatibookstore.bsky.social. Thanks for all the pre-orders! Come in and pick up a signed copy or order one here by completing “comments” box. literatibookstore.com

Maybe it’s age, but I am increasingly frustrated by difficult packaging. This particular box probably needed to be sturdy, but I dreaded trying to open it. I then spotted a little prybar from my toolbox I had previously used to open some liquid medicine that is sticky and always glued shut.

I didn’t realize until I just saw a promo that they’re replacing Colbert with that Byron Allen dude. I hope nobody on that new show is quitting their day jobs

Cable news follows a formula with mass shootings. (1)Helicopter footage looped over and over again, interspersed with loops of video from ground. (2) An expert to speculate ad infinitum about what’s happening. (3) Repeat for hours even though it might be much later before there’s any new info.

Thanks, Tr**P.

Anyone own this or its cousin the Grom? I have an old Honda Shadow 750, but it’s not running and I don’t want to put any money into it because I’m never going to take a long road trip. I want something for just running around my little suburban town and maybe East Memphis. I’m 6-0 & 195 lbs.

I tolerate modern pitch-corrected music because I simply don’t listen to it. But when they start rereleasing classic rock songs with modern pitch correction applied, as my dad used to quote Mussolini as saying, “Enough is sufficient.” And while they’re at it, then can get off my lawn!

1/2 The actions of our elected representatives confront us with the question of whether fidelity to partisan politics promotes God’s mission on earth. Does our adherence to partisanship take precedence over the promises contained

Accurate.

I’ve lost about 35 lbs. since I became a pescatarian back around Thanksgiving. My dress suits are all way too baggy. But on the good side, I’m discovering I can fit into clothes I haven’t worn in 40+ years. (Not that I’m going to wear a HS letter jacket at the age of 64.)

I was there, in the Senate viewing area though. The disrespect of the GOP senators while Black senators spoke with passion and sense, was appalling. Huddling together, showing each other stuff on their phones, yawning- just waiting for the time to shove through legislation.

I was outside with the dog just now and tried to dictate a text message. This is what Siri heard: “Leaving about 9:10 for an appointment downtown at 10:00 sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sweet with the sweet, sweet, sweet sweet surgeon. Home by noon.”

I’m watching a Marco Rubio press conference. He is pretty bright and actually has a sense of humor. I find him refreshing compared to the rest of the Tr**p boot-lickers. Of course, that doesn’t excuse him for being an enabler for this corrupt, incompetent, and anti-democratic administration.

This movie is hilariously and strikingly prophetic. Love the pic here.

Herby couscous and and sugar snap pea salad.

Sign at my favorite bar.

Made these for the first time yesterday for a get together at church. ANZAC biscuits originating ca. 1917 in either New Zealand or Australia. (Disputed.) Moms would send them to their sons during the War to End all Wars. My new favorite cookie. @6newsau.bsky.social tinyurl.com/y79sw36k

When I was young, my mother taught me about a boy who had his leg out the window and it got chopped off by a telephone pole. Wait a minute – – that was his arm. Same principle.

I had to run to church early this morning to drop off some smoked salmon canopies I made for the bishop’s visit later. This song bright back fond memories from the 70s.

I just altered my state of mind, and am about to watch Superbad. I love Seth Rogen, Michael Cera, and Jonah Hill. Sardine pizza. Made with Parmesan instead of mozzarella. Red onion, black olives, and a little feta cheese along with some spinach.

I’m not sure, but I think this has to do with the pretentious choice of a one word name.

Yeah. If it weren’t for people…

I’m 64 years old I’ve been voting since I turned 18. With very rare exception, I’ve never had a problem with getting to the polls or with a long line, but in Tennessee, you can get a mail in ballot just for being over 60. So, I applied for one just to piss off MAGA. Ready to mail.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Trump Rages at Epic Virginia Backfire — and Reveals Weakness As Trump’s gerrymandering scheme backfires, triggering his fury, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this should steel them to aggressively pursue post-Trump accountability.

Jesus had a word or two to say about people like the sanctimonious Christian Nationalists who flutter about Donald Trump and drop Jesus’s name to get what they want here on Earth.

As my dad used to say, this guy is crazier than a shithouse rat.

I’d take my dog Tater over the current occupant of the White House. She loves people, is housebroken, pretty smart, and also wishes no ill will toward anyone (unless we’re are talking about squirrels). Nor does she have a social media account. Quite the contrast.

About 120 U.S. military veterans were arrested inside the Cannon House Office Building today protesting Trump's war on Iran. Some were on crutches. Some were in wheelchairs. Some carried the burial flags of fallen soldiers.

The “FCC” called about a phone number associated with my main number, allegedly being used to send child porn. He got to the part about how my service was to be suspended, and I knew the money ask was next. I hung up before he got that far and called the FCC. They report it is a frequent scam.

These character limits have forced me to be more succinct, (which is a good thing). As I am parsing my draft and striking every non-critical word, I feel like someone in the 1940s trying to save money on a Western Union telegram. STOP

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

“[T]he president has played golf for 103 of his first 454 days back in office, or roughly 22.7 percent of his presidency, at an estimated cost of $144.2 million to taxpayers so far.