Trump is an authoritarian racist asshole, part 38,426.

Holy crap, Google just notified about a new work by an author who's actually still alive! .... that's a first.

..... I can't say that I'm that surprised that Musk and Thiel are named, but Bannon? Don't get me wrong, he's an asshole who looks like he's in end-stage liver failure (and he's looked that way for years), but damn, I guess every creepy conservative of sufficient wealth is on that list.

At a guess, that's because he's not universally hailed as the great leader that he says he is. Nothing will ever be enough for him. "A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it."

Christ, what an asshole. (Trump, not Aaron.)

It's okay, he's also lowering drug prices by 1500%. It makes sense, as long as you don't think about it.

For the love of Dog, not tap water! Anything but tap water! .... wait, I drink tap water all the time. Look, kids, it's real simple. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Because it wouldn't be a day ending with the letter 'y' without Trump being an openly racist asshole.

"You or someone in your party has entered too many instances." Well, tell you what, Blizzard, increase the drop rate on the new Brewfest mount, and I wouldn't have to run umpteen characters through the event each day it's up.

Did they tell him to fuck off even more than they normally would?

In today's "Free stuff your neighbors (using that term loosely) are trying to get rid of": "Wine fridge with digital temperature display - works fine, needs freon, you can probably fix it if you're handy." ..... then it's not working.

So, first it's billion, than it's million. Because people have a hard time grasping really large numbers, let's just reduce it to this. Your spouse runs in the room and says "I just found $31,000!" "$31,000?" "That's right, $31." That's what he just said here. He's got no goddamned clue.

Not to denigrate anyone who has actually studied this, but this should have been obvious after, I don't know, about five minutes of thought. Outside of strong cultural mores against "mingling" with outsiders, humans are predisposed to be very social creatures.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

...... A "fatal funnel"? Really? Because, I don't know, I'm reasonably sure that the UN building is pretty fucking secure. And even if it wasn't, an escalator is designed to move you along a fixed path at a constant speed. Which is only slightly more difficult to track than a stationary person.

This is why I could not be a journalist or a member of Congress. Because my response would be, "Lady, look in the fucking mirror. You're in the party of denying science." Only I might not say "Lady".

Okay, in World of Warcraft, when running old content, is any raid boss fight as tedious as Spine of Deathwing? I think not.

Look, if the brown shirt fits....

I'll take, "What is complete bullshit?" for $1000, Alex.

I didn't sleep well last night, even for my usual baseline, which has been poor sleep for years. So today has just been a cavalcade of brain farts, where I go to make coffee but grab a small plate instead of a coffee mug, or go to make lunch and start to make coffee again.

The Trump administration just can't keep their fucking mouths shut, part 1173. (These numbers are obviously made up. It's gotta be much higher than that.)

The party of small government, everybody.

I mean.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe...

Quod the entire fuck?

Man, I'll just bet all the concern about political violence causes him to be taken off the air for a good while... *puts finger to imaginary earpiece* I've just been informed that Fox News hosts are immune from consequences for when -THEY- call for political violence.

This overcooked root vegetable was up there bitching that the UN has incompetent staff and it was his own people the whole time.

🎵🎵 To dream the impossible dream... 🎵

I just learned this today (or relearned it).... in the Catholic Church, Bishops and Cardinals are required to submit a letter of resignation when they reach age 75. That letter doesn't have to be accepted, but it has to be sent. Dolan turned 75 last February.

You know, after having seen the various posts (many from @atrupar.com) about Trump's rambling speech at the UN today, one thing comes to mind. And it's from the Carol Burnett show. "You sure that little asshole's through?"

Whoever speaks after Trump needs to start out with "Well, now that we have all that nonsense out of the way...."

What a completely egotistical monster.

What if getting Raptured looked like beaming up in Star Trek? I mean, do we really know?

If you can read this, you weren't Raptured. (Tuesday edition)

"The UN didn't feel like funneling money directly into Trump's pockets, and HOW DARE THEY? I mean, there's hardly any gold ornamentation in the UN building at all. Don't they understand style at all?"

This just in, Trump looked in a mirror.

Once again, I ask, how the fuck does anyone take "health advice" from a man who sounds like he gargles with gravel, and looks like he was dipped in an off-brand spray tan?

Unfortunately, that's not a recent thing for him, and he's not likely to change. He may not even be capable of it.

"Amphetamines, however, great stuff. Been taking them for years. And my sons love cocaine, especially Don Jr. You can see it in his eyes."

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Well, it's either because he took a mid afternoon nap (which, honestly, nothing wrong with that in and of itself), or his handlers are trying to calm him down because he learned Kimmel is going to be back on the air tomorrow.

"So, anything interesting happen while I was gone?"

*sigh* Waiting to hear back on a couple of emails. One work-related, one not. I suspect that the one that isn't work-related isn't going to get answered today, because from every indication, they are busy as hell. The work email? I'm half expecting to get a response at 4:55 p.m.

No, they haven't.

I wasn't aware that Zohran Mamdani was a collective organization, instead of an individual.

Apparently, a package I'm expecting was in {nearby city} on Friday, and now is in {other nearby city}, having been taken past where I live to go 30 minutes' drive further west.

Apparently, I wore through the foam ear pads on my headphones at some point. Luckily, when I got them, I got like a half-dozen extra sets of ear pads.

All that's missing is, when the fireworks stop, a single bell tolls, the coffin opens, and Kirk rises out, Undertaker style to power-bomb Trump.

Okay, I not only dig the art, but.... What does it say about me that I want all of these as STL files for miniatures?

I mean, of course he was going to fall asleep during the memorial. It's not all about him.

So, once again, the Rapture is upon us. Just like all the other times that it was upon us, and uh..... didn't happen. I can remember at least two previous "Raptures" predicted by (now deceased) religious con-man Harold Camping. And we're still here. And we'll still be here after this "Rapture".