CBS: Compromised Broadcast Standards.

It is Monday and I have begun my day with a pot of hot water. It seems that putting coffee into the basket of the coffeemaker last evening was a step that eluded me.

Couldn't someone simply put up a McDonald's within an easy golf cart ride of the White House? That way Donnie could have his golden arch(es) and grab a Big Mac in the bargain.

Note to self: playing tug-o-war with weeds may result in angry lower back.

"Owning the libs" has become a rather costly exercise.

Megachurches:

Good Sunday morning. Your word for today is:

1/ A motorist ran over a cat in front of the house yesterday afternoon. Didn't just hit the cat. Ran over it. I didn't see it. A neighbor and 3 or 4 elementary school kids did. They said the motorist didn't slow down, swerve, nothing. Ran over the cat and went right on. I saw the aftermath.

Because this is getting lost in a lot of headlines, this is both less imminent and more ridiculous than it seems: In 2023 SCOTUS said "this is too racist even for us, draw better maps" & AL said "no u" & they fought & AL lost & is forbidden to redistrict before 2030. They're asking permission now.

Stop saying trump is "held to a different standard by legacy media." Legacy media holds him to no standards at all.

For eleven years, we have lived inside vigilance, resistance, outrage, trying to warn people, trying to stop harm, trying to hold back what feels like a tide of manipulation, cruelty and authoritarian drift. And underneath all of that was probably an emotional contract with the

"To be or not to be. Or is it 2A?" (Door Dash Soliloquy.)

Mike Johnson, aka: Squeaker of the Mouse.

Eventually, we will see:

China has just blocked U.S. sanctions. This is huge. This is the beginning of the shift in global power. This directly challenges the U.S.’s ability to enforce its "long-arm jurisdiction" through the global financial system. Historically, U.S. sanctions worked because most

Egad! I start my Sunday off agreeing with Ann Coulter, to wit: "It was high fuel costs that was the final death knell for Spirit -- caused by a pointless war that has left everyone worse off."

I have yet to waltz/walk/two-step the refrigerator out again. My left wrist is objecting to manual labor at the moment.

1/ Is it: "Dances With Fridge?" or since I walked the refrigerator out of its usual space, was it: "Walking* Matilda"? Whichever. Last evening I noticed a brownish, watery substance leaking out from underneath and since that is not a normal state of affairs, I moved the thing out from the wall.

While Karo-LIE LIE-vitt is on her taxpayer-funded maternity leave, who will be filling in as the misadministration's media LIE-aison?

An idea occurs to me during the evening, in this case an apt nickname for someone: "No need to write it down; I'll remember it." (This is a fiction I love telling myself.) This morning I can recall neither the someone nor the nickname.

'nuff said:

Reminder to self: a coffee pod in the coffeemaker insures that I do not wind up with a cup of hot water. (Worse, I set it up last evening before the sleepies struck.)

Having heard absolutely no sounds of raucous celebration during the night, I assume the obituaries this morning will be a massive disappointment.

"Those who do not learn from history... are likely U.S. school kids.

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Today, I'm going to show how a "liberal" NYC neighborhood became a national symbol of Northern segregation. A lot went on north of the Mason-Dixon line. Pull up a seat, my friends🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory time.com/archive/6815...

Could someone please dub in "meep, meep" as the gunman runs through?

Data centers are just the newest iteration of an issue that has been generations in the making. More extraction from rural spaces. More pollution and decay. More hollowed-out communities. I have already seen how this story ends. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

This should definitely do it, although there is a chance that it could lead to a different result.

Those tariff refunds will, of course, "trickle down" to the consumers who ultimately paid the prices, right? Yeah. Didn't think so.

Look! In his defense, Patel was probably drunk and didn't know what he was doing when he filed his lawsuit.

Yesterday I received one of those "do not reply" emails, this one regarding a charter trip out of the country, obviously not intended for me. Buried in the body of the email were words to the effect of "if this ain't for you, let us know." So "don't reply/reply"?

In the age of Trump, Miller and Musk, the efforts to erase Black successes I think we have a special duty to read these stories and really laud the skill and bravery shown and feel pain for the disgusting treatment dished out to them . Get reading and retweeting!

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 If you want to understand why NYC politics looks the way it does today, you have to look at Canarsie in the 1970s. It wasn’t just a neighborhood; it was a "fortress." Pull up a seat 🪑, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

So use of profanity sharpens mental acuity, eh? Why then, after issuing a veritable mushroom cloud of blue air in the garage, am I still unable to remember where I put those G** d***, motherf***ing, s***ty-a**, lawn trash bags?

Well damn, this is so true.

Has Kegsbreath quoted anything more from "The Reverend" Jules Winnfield/Samuel L. Jackson?

Over a month ago, I sent an email to Chuck Schumer asking what Democrats would do about trump's excesses. I received not so much as a form reply. Yesterday, I received a "longer email" still not addressing my concerns but instead ASKING FOR MONEY TO HELP FLIP THE SENATE! Why should I bother?

A good read, from A.R. Moxon: Deranged Trump spent Easter taunting Muslims-praising Allah while threatening to murder the entire Iranian civilization, which is itself a war crime. Though Iran has many human rights abuses,even the loudest propagandists can't defend him. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

What are the chances of getting JD Vance to campaign for all Republican candidates before the midterms?

My computer refused to let me log on this morning. My brother, the Geek, solved the problem. I noted that his hat read: "Intel Inside." Mine was "Smokehouse Grill." I figure my computer equated "grill" with "interrogation" and decided to plead the Fifth.

Okay. Does anyone know where I can find an interior decorator for my dreams? I'm getting tired of cinderblock or brick walls, bland linoleum or dirt floors, bad lighting, unfinished beams - you get the idea.

Let's see what we have in the morning noise, since it hardly qualifies as news anymore.

This is one impressive read! Imagine an alternate reality in which trump, at least for a short time, exhibits basic humanity. Better yet, don't imagine. Read this. open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...

Have any of the print media posted a headline: "trump postpones Armageddon for two weeks"? After all, they do treat him as all-powerful.

I figure what happened with trump and Iran is that somebody finally got it through his thick head that nukes flying every which way would play hell with all of the real estate projects he likes to imagine developing in the Middle East.

"Hello, valued customer. While our former billing system had a rather complicated format, we have updated it in order to make it virtually impossible for you to pay your bill. Good luck!" (Apparently.)

Actual message: "I've been looking for a guy who looks like you." My profile photo on the site: