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Simple lyrics, familiar tune, but perfection! Sing along! Fight along!

What a ragged finish, but Knicks 105, Spurs 104. Knicks up 2 games to 0.

Spurs and Knicks are playing basketbrawl.

The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! And Donald Trump is building a tunnel so they can invade us!

So... I got on Trump's mailing list in 2016 by reserving rally tickets for seats I was never going to occupy. Here's the latest. They couldn't PAY ME enough! Maybe our Nazi overlords aren't all-knowing, all-powerful quite yet? Even a cursory glance at the FEC donor website would show I'm a Dem!

Headline in the WSJournal says DOJ is going to pay "reparations" to J6 villains anyway, even without the "Weaponization Fund." Lawless villains, every member of Trump's government, circle, family, friends (?), co-conspirators, enablers, and supporters.

Hilarious. I'm being besieged with "likes" from "sexy" accounts all belonging to a "fiery redhead." At least 6 so far, all with the same bio. There's probably dozens more. Assuming these are bots, I'm guessing I used some trigger word in a post. Easiest thing is to ignore them, I guess.

What in holy hell does this do to Civil Service workers? I can't follow the language. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Interesting. Trump basically confirms the Times' story. Loyalty over competence, and all the good ones are leaving to protect their reputations! abovethelaw.com/2026/06/1000...

What seems like spectacular thievery and corruption pales completely when compared to Trump himself!

From a Bulwark newsletter received today:

HE'S NEVER LEAVING. HE'S PREPARING FOR WAR. One major clue is the creation of a ten-story Führerbunker below the White House that'll be topped with a massive sniper tower and drone port. Oh, and also HE STARTED AN ARMED REBELLION the last time he had to leave office. WAKE UP.

Anyone wondering what Trump was blathering on about Friday about how he scored 120 out of 120 questions? Me, too.

Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social

Donald Trump is running the country as if it’s his personal business. Like our money is his money that he can do with what he wants. That’s not presidential it’s piracy. @lizoyer.bsky.social Watch the full episode here-- youtu.be/9yKSOmltL_Y

MUST READ! Thanks Ben!!

In case you missed it, here's the story about Bill Winters, head of Standard Chartered, talking about replacing "Lower value human capital" with Artificial Intelligence. [Gift article. Expires in 7 days. Print to .pdf to save.] www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

We fought a war 250 years ago to get a King’s name off our laws. Now, we have a President forcing his face onto our money just to brand the government like a hotel chain. We didn’t trade a crown for a gold-plated ego. This is a Republic. Not a franchise.

In case I haven't made my views clear, AI is poised to cause massive unemployment. Tens of millions of clerical and support jobs will disappear, from both private and government employment. AI proponents call these positions "Low-Value Human Capital." Workers are also consumers. So... Depression!

One can but hope! Trump losing the White Working Class? Will this carry over to Republican Senators and Representatives in November? Are they identified enough with him now? [Gift Article] [also, EFF WaPo! -- I cancelled my sub but it runs to Sep.] wapo.st/4xad1uO

RFK, RFK, how many folks did you kill today? Was it the measles that made them sick? Or was it the Hanta you let on that ship? Is it the tanning beds for future melanoma Or another new strain of Corona? No more shots of Vitamin K? How many infants bled out today?

Guess I need to update this. Oddly, Hegseth is still there.

Is America falling, or has it already fallen?

Rick Wilson has some thoughts on Ken Paxton, Trump, and Nazis. www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-trump-...

Trump is 2/3rds dead and that last third is crazy.

I just filled up my tank. MAGAsses owe me money!!! And the moral is: Elect a f•cker, you get f•cked.

And a war-mongering Crusader maniac as Secretary of "War." So, here we are, a mere 4 hours later:

One thing Crazy Donnie Diapers is not:

Thank you for posting this! Was hoping for it but ineptly couldn't find it myself. His first post is closing in on half a million views. Hey, you guys! If you haven't watched his stint on "Only in Monroe," it might be the funniest hour of television you've ever seen!

You may have seen this comic. You haven't seen it enough!! The US had been a leader in commerce, science and technology for over a century. We've let our leaders squander all that, and de-industrialize us for the 21st C. We can't even manufacture a single wide-screen tv. We lack the facilities!

"Comics Unleashed," the CBS late-night show that followed Colbert is some pretty lame sauce. Between tepid and cringe. If it had any ratings in its slot, probably 90% were follow-on from Colbert watchers who forgot to turn off their sets. CBS moving it to Colbert's slot is unlikely to save it.

For more than a decade, Stephen Colbert has been one of the top voices of late night—making us laugh and, even more importantly, reminding us who we are and what America stands for. Michelle and I enjoyed being Stephen’s guests—even when the games were rigged—and we’re grateful to call him a friend.

MUST WATCH TV! Colbert had 16 guests on last night, PLUS Bruce Springsteen to perform "Streets of Minneapolis." Tonight is the last show of his contract, on the network that cancelled his show at least in part because he so displeased our PresidentEmperor. "Might" be interesting. Meanwhile...

Springsteen with an EPIC solo performance of "The Streets of Minneapolis" on Colbert's penultimate episode. A protest anthem for the ages!

The motivation for legislation such as this is purely religious in nature. There is no earthly reason to demand gender "purity" other than Biblical Scripture as interpreted by zealots. This is of a piece with trying to enforce pregnancy, police sexual orientation, and persecute non-Christians.

Liberty cannot survive where religion controls government.

So, just days after Trump returns from China, WITH NOTHING (certainly no signed agreements of any kind), Putin and Xi sign mutual trade and friendship agreements! Trump: Art Of The Fail! Trump barks, farts and snoozes. US loses.

This is ALL YOU ARE to business, "human capital." You provide a certain value at a certain cost. They're doing the calculations. When they can get automation to do what you do at a lower cost, guess what? Data centers take your job. (As well as your water and power.)

He may even supplant Benedict Arnold in future history books. Looting the Treasury. Providing secrets to the Russians. Compromising American security and sabotaging our allies. Facilitating corruption for his friends, family, and supporters. Selling pardons. Using his position for profit.

Last quarter Trump purchased millions in stock for 15 companies. All 15 of their CEOs were invited to accompany him on his official China visit.

This may explain why Trump wants a medical facility under his ballroom.

Love it! Somehow never expected this level of wit in the Chinese establishment press. Also, it's spot on!

Article in the Economist about America's "Productivity Miracle." Let's be clear about what this, and its associated trend, actually means. It means the American worker is getting a smaller and smaller share of the fruit of their labor, a shrinking piece of the American pie.

I question the math. Using percent-of-population as a comparison metric is overly simplistic if the issue is starvation due to crop disruption. Much has changed in 149 years in agriculture. We rely heavily now on monoculture and high-efficiency farming techniques, which makes it more fragile.

Okay, I'm back on track. Mostly, I get 4's on these. My first 3 lines are seed words with 15 different common letters. I'll stop posting these for a while. Wordle 1,792 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This hour's "3-2-1 Crack Spread," or the wholesale amount refiners add to the cost of every barrel of crude. That's $54.92 on top of the $105.45 commodity price of WTI crude.

Depopulate "pro-life." Seriously, get your daughters out of anti-abortion states. It could save their lives. Move. And do it before pregnancy is an issue. Just leave.

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