"When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word." —Garrison Keillor

If you are within 115 miles (100 nautical miles) of any of the rivers drawn in blue here, you are "on the coast" as far as USCBP is concerned. Yes, Wichita KS is a coastal city, by this definition.

Now here’s a thing for Trumps remembrance.. These are the statues of Qin Hui, a corrupt 11th-century politician, and his wife Wang from ancient China. Their statues are forever kneeling in apology, and for centuries, people have made it a thing to walk up, spit, curse, and slap and kick them.

“Trump died on December 8, three weeks before Christmas. The news broke during evening programming. Within three hours, coverage had settled into rhythm: the same footage, the same talking heads, the same speculation. No one yet understood what his death would reveal.” My newest piece:

Check out the real-time updates on President Trump's corrupt earnings, gifts, and crypto gains. www.americanprogress.org/feature/trum...

The corporations are free to do as they please, offshoring to use sweatshop labor, dumping toxic waste in third world countries; Fair trade is when the manufacturer of goods sold in the US pays a living wage and complies with US environmental laws, so US manufacturing can compete on an even footing.

Where we're at.

The MAGAs screamed when Manny Shewitz posted this three years ago. Now the regime is disappearing hundreds of people, like Pinochet.

How many people remember the "Daisy" ad? It was aired only once, on Labor Day, 1964, during the LBJ's Presidential campaign. www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDy...

If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933. #JimmyKimmel

I AM ANTIFA !

Seems like a familiar story.

Just swiped this.

Seen in FB comments: "It all comes down to the fact that their claim of being the party of personal responsibility is nothing more than an empty talking point.. Just like their claims of being for family values, law and order, back the blue, fiscal responsibility, common sense, and on and on…"

The promise of the enlightenment remains unfulfilled.

Perfect!

Another sporting event? Explains the holes in my clothes, especially socks and underwear. PULL!!! (Pic taken in a hotel in Lake City, Florida (The Illiteracy State) by a friend several years ago)

My daughter just asked me how we stalked our friends before the internet. I sent her this TwitterClassic quote. The freedom we had was like a dream to me now. When was the last time that no one knew where you were? I drove across the country alone with no cell phone several times. We were gods. 🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♀️🧚

Politics is a matter of picking at the scabs of perceived wounds, fomenting division to maintain control.

This is for the Smellin' Yellin' Felon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG0G...

Is the regime stalling while they try to source a glass coffin, like Lenin's?

Sometimes it's appropriate to be "unhelpful."

Some labor day thoughts.

Labor Day 2025

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. It is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?…Your playing small does not serve the world.

Yup. And a shot of gold spray paint. An American Versailles, it's not. It looks the way I imagine a Slovenian whorehouse lobby looks like. The reviews on the Home Depot page are particularly hilarious. www.homedepot.com/p/Ekena-Mill...

@borowitzreport.bsky.social. really nails it today. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Remember, Repubs impeached Clinton for consensual, legal blow job between adults. But they declined to impeach a convicted felon who supported a traitorous destructive attack on our Capitol . That tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about them. History of Republicanism is rife with corruption.

The cat at 10 Downing Street, who really holds the UK together opined:

Big Bill Haywood was one of the founders of the IWW. "The capitalist has no heart, but harpoon him in the pocketbook and you will draw blood." "Tonight I am going to speak on the class struggle and I am going to make it so plain that even a lawyer can understand it."

The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…

American exceptionalism says that we're prosperous because we're blessed by God. The actual reason is because we exterminated a people and stole a continent full of resources, then stole another people to do all the hard work.

There was a time when we compared Republicans to nazis and were told we were hysterical but the top Republican candidate is posting pictures of Auschwitz and saying his 0% unemployment plan so maybe you're a fucking dipshit and we were right all along. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

He wasn't Epstein's client. He was a partner, using his teen beauty pageants and modeling agencies as a pipeline of underage girls to Epstein and Maxwell.

Some things never seem to change.

From Janis Ian, This was the only Epstein list that mattered 60-odd years ago.

Dear ICE and police, You dont have to do that job. No one is forcing you to do it. Any hate you may take is well deserved Don't put yourself in that situation and you won't have to worry about it, no? Im tired of you fucks complaining like someone is making you be a horrible human being Eat shit

Gavin Newsom - Nice try. Release the Epstein files!!!! #cdnpoli

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set." — Lin Yutang History's warning: when mediocrity ascends to power, decline follows. Weak leadership creates the illusion of strength before collapse. True stature isn't measured in shadows cast, but in light generated.