MacFarlane: I feel like all of this was doomed to fail at the Great American State Fair the second Milli Vanilli canceled. Only bad things happen when Milli Vanilli cancels on you.

The @USPS is not a for-profit organization per se; it is a service to all Americans. If it needs extra money, raise postage rates and fund it via the federal budget to get it by. But don't pretend that it's supposed to be run in the cutthroat manner of, say, FedEx or UPS.

Ok, kids… the National Park service is required to request public comments for the Arch de Trump, but only has the page open for the required minimum of 10 days. Only a few days remain. Here’s the link. Have at it. parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm....

I always assume the “Praise Be to Allah” bit is to trigger some betting site, Kalshi or whatever. The grift is ongoing and eternal.

No op-eds in major newspapers that he has major cognitive health issues. No cable news panels exploring whether he has major cognitive health issues. No political reporters in legacy media talking about his cognitive health. They're all too scared to question the naked emperor.

Yeah, that's not homo-erotic at all.

Feels like a good time to buy oil futures. Just sayin'...

Ugh. Who's paying for this? And who approved the expenditure?

*in my best Donald Fagen voice* May nineteen…

Happy election day to everyone living in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Your vote will count much more today than it will count on most other days, so go freaking vote if you live in one of these states.

I was asked to list 5 albums that describe my life journey, told it might take hrs. I took no time. *Never Mind the Bollocks *New Day Rising *song remains the same *The Ramones *Queen (Opera, Heart Attack, News - pick 1) Runners up: Alice Cooper’s greatest hits Sittin In (L&M) Moving pictures

Hooray, hooray it’s the First of May Outdoor screwing starts today!

Dear Technologists: You are failing at the primary mission of making things easier. Stop it.

SCOTUS in a 6-3 ruling on Louisiana V Callais, just killed a majority Black district in Louisiana. All 6 Republican leaning Justices, Led by Justice Samuel Alito — So please 🙏🏼 Vote! Vote in numbers that can’t be disputed and preferably for candidates that support expanding the Supreme Court.

Presidential Ballroom

Oh, wow, this is definitely how the government investigates a very unexpected serious & real crime that was really committed, seriously, whose details totally matter, so we basically HAVE to give Trump $400 million & shut down the Democratic Party forever about it, that’s just the law, you guys.

These two editorials by the Washington Post expose how the Republican Party and Democratic Party are held to completely different standards by the media. Texas gerrymander: “Not a threat to democracy.” Virginia gerrymander: “Power grab by Democrats.”

This is Nelson. Golden boy at the golden hour.

Happy Rex Manning Day to those who celebrate.

It was less "teleport," and more "came to."

Dementia. That’s right, you know who I’m talking about.

Can I brag a little? I slept all night last night, from 11:30 thru to 6 am without getting up once. Yay!

Go figure.

Happy Vernal Equinox. We knew Vernal when he was a little kid, but never figured he'd amount to anything. youtu.be/lSoCT4IHpsE?...

When people show you who they are, believe them.

Sitting thru yet another rah-rah presentation for CoPilot. They’re actually cheering for the death of expertise. It’s stupid and short sighted. Ugh.

A quick reminder that governance by Tech Bro is destined to fail.

JFC

… because the operations in Iraq, Syria and Libya were so successful.

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

A powerful speech by Germany’s Green Party EU member Terry Reintke on the state of rule of law in the US. It embodies the shock over democratic backsliding, political extremism & threats to civil liberties in the US. Europe remembers as it observes from afar. Via @theobserverdiplomatmag #Pinks

Dear online shop owners.: Stop forcing me to create an account. I just want some damn Kung Pao Chicken and Spring Rolls. I will spend half the time it takes to create an account to find another local joint that allows me to “Checkout as Guest.”

But - and stay with me here - what if it's a red herring to bring the gunboats back from the middle east? A way to deescalate with Iran via a ghost in the Caribbean?

Nothing he said last night matters. He took the strongest post-Covid economy in the entire industrialized world and singlehandedly fucked it up. He put lawless, masked federal thugs on our streets to terrorize immigrants & citizens. Nothing he said last night matters.

Watching “Hitch” again. Very entertaining. Kevin James is wonderful in this movie.

A quick reminder that governance by Tech Bro is destined to fail.

We need a common theme when confronting ICE, across the nation. We have enough amps, we have the speakers. There should be a portable PA in every city where ICE is active and when you arrive where ICE are active you play Body Count by Body Count at volume. I feel like @iceT would be ok with this.

For Fuck's Sake, Congress. You control the power of the purse. Now would be a great time to show up with a spine.

*sigh*. One more time for the people in the cheap seats: weather and climate are not the same thing.

Watching the Jack Smith deposition and it’s embarrassing to watch the Rep congress critters fellate DJT, one after the other. Not unexpected but so, so embarrassing.

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

MN is like Ukraine in that, if the aggressor just stops and goes home, the chaos and violence stops.

Just sayin’ www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...

Who could have seen this coming? Who, I ask?

Because the world is shite right now, take a few minutes and indulge.

My question is: what happens with China when Venezuelan oil stops flowing for them? Who stands to gain from turning the oil spigot off in Venezuela?

The polite way to say “I told you so” is “This was among the outcomes identified at the outset.”