Meditate upon this wisdom. Do not make heroes out of politicians. Make them earn our trust every day they are in office. Power tends to attract the worst of us.

I want you all to know that I'm acing the continual psychiatric exams. They can't seem to give me enough! They all tell me they've never seen anything like it. Every time they tell me I'm getting better and I will be going home soon!

I love visuals that show what's actually happening. I wish our military would save us, but I'm starting to think that won't happen.

Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . After years of telling his population, especially in Moscow, that Russia was marching inevitably on to victory, Putin has lost control of the narrative. Ukrainian UAVs penetrating Moscow air defenses will have that effect. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live: Metallica Megadeth Motorhead AC/DC Dio Ozzy Osborn Guns n Roses The Police Clutch Ghost

What Could A Post-Lies America Look Like? substack.com/@contrarian/...

Cartoon from Andy Donato.

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Slightly increase a band: Actual Dragons

For the first time in my 58 years of life, I called my birth-mother today and wished her a Happy Mothers Day. For the first time in her 85 years of life, her son called her to wish her a Happy Mothers Day.

This is an important point.

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Pineapple Aging

A King and a Joker

Wow. Check out this Aussie telling it like it is. 1/2

NATO is for mutual defense, not a blank check for fighting other people’s wars. Its essence is prevention, not intervention. The alliance was designed to deter conflict, not to seek it out.

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To whom it may concern. Viktor Orban is currently Trump's primary mentor on how to destroy a democratic system from within. #maddow

Brilliant.

And here he is as a nurse

ORBÁN CONCEDED

For years, I have been predicting an event I call "the final meltdown," in which Trump's mania becomes so obvious that not even his staunchest supporters can deny he is insane. Well, it's happening now, but in bits and pieces. I see that it's not going to be a single event. But it's happening.

I have SOCIAL SECURITY SEX. I get a little each month, but not enough to LIVE ON....

If you hate Pope Leo because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

#CorgiCrew This is Sequoia. Her breeding days are over. We brought her home yesterday because our other Corgi, Cormac, needed a friend.

Sun Tzu is rolling in his grave like a rotisserie chicken.

PRO-TIP: If your doctors keep having you take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, it means they’re trying to figure out why you keep saying weird shit.

On the bright side, I think the Republican party faces extinction in November.

Innocent people will die because Donald J. Trump is desperate to avoid being a loser. Too bad he didn't learn about the Iranian people before he woke a beast.

We're at war with nobody in charge.

I'll say it again: everything you need to know about Trump is visible & evident on the surface. You can understand him entirely, without remainder, within 30 seconds of hearing him talk. He's perfectly transparent, perfectly consistent, utterly without depth or mystery. Which means ...

I took a household vote, and his name is Dexter.

Brits feeling it too youtu.be/brXYgTJCk48?...

Been saying it for TEN YEARS. "Feral" is a good word to describe his instincts and impulses. He doesn't think anything through. He is incapable of abstract thought. He has no principles and can't stick to any plan for longer than it takes for his mood to change.

My first attempt at beer battered tilapia. My wife roasted small potatoes and broccoli. It was excellent. Fairly cheap and easy.

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Every year that we live is a smaller percentage of our life than the year before. YOL = year of life 1st YOL = 100% 2nd YOL = 50% 3rd YOL = 33.33% 4th YOL = 25% This is why the years seem to pass faster as we grow older. Our 50th birthday means our last year of life was 2% of our time on earth.

EPIC FURY? 🙄 Does our developmentally arrested President think this is a fkg Pokémon showdown? What an embarrassment.

The fate of the Iranian people has never been of great concern to American administrations, and this one is no exception www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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