We heard from spouses, friends, children, and parents looking on in alarm, instances of what's led to the breakup of marriages and families, the loss of jobs, and slides into homelessness.
And that's not all.

As we've continued reporting, we've heard numerous troubling stories about people's loved ones being involuntarily committed to psychiatric care facilities ... or even ending up in jail.

---- 21st Amendment.

The administration doesn't have a funny side, except in some weird parallel reality scenario.

Mel?

Somehow I feel that the US arms industry won't take long to reap extensive, US taxpayer-subsidized profits from this ... peace.

Can we get it all out in the open?

The US generally has no problems with childless white lesbians. As Jack Lemmon said in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, "Lesbians? Yummy."

All other lgbtqia++, ick.

Except for people who really have a problem with them.

They end up with wide stances and reshapen jaws, and are strangely interested in trans sports stories.

Crisis actors.

KD Lang's performances of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" are so over the top as to be ridiculous.

That's just me.

The beginning of rock and roll (and fusion?) guitar. Didn't sound anything like this beforehand.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band, "East/West":

For flat-out soullessness, nothing can replace his father.

And those were actual assassination attempts.

"Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems."

-- Onion editorial headline from last century.

From STD's New York Post link:

"At the same time, the Trump administration faces a looming July deadline as its 90-day pause on tariffs with several global trading partners nears expiration.

"Talks are ongoing with 18 nations, including the European Union, Japan, India, Vietnam and Malaysia. Some progress has been reported, such as a framework deal with the UK and early-stage agreements with Vietnam and India, though most deals are not finalized.

"If negotiations fall through, the US is prepared to reimpose or raise tariffs. Analysts are skeptical that meaningful deals can be completed on such an aggressive timeline, warning that most trade pacts typically require years of negotiation."

12. Close. It's the fact that AI was created by the most pathetic creatures on the planet.

The Yehovah throat tattoo wasn't fooling anyone.

3. I just don't understand that argument, even in a losing cause. Maybe a party that could attract you will take notice of an uptick in non Republican voters, if they show themselves locally.

Ones that don't just offer themselves as third-party, paid-shill attention whores, that is.

I can see Eberly saying Midwestern farmers will always vote Republican.

But not your line of thinking.

MTG needs to get with the war program or face defenestration or a wobbly staircase.

Ibogaine.

Causa mortis: Death by suicide.

Aiders and abettors: Family members who keep guns in the house; Trump and his closet administration.

Thursday, June 19, 2025
Nobody is Talking to Hegseth

That's what bartenders and, in the Trump administration, hairstylists and makeup artists are for.

"All you do is head straight for the grave."

-- Jack Kerouac

If I posted every few days here for decades about soccer, you'd probably for some reason conclude I was a soccer fan.

If soccer doesn't affect me, I'm not likely to revel in stories about it, one way or another.

There, Boaz, I made it all about me.

Note to all: Assume that the absolute worst about personal privacy invasion -- via phone or facial recognition technology, from every local, state, and federal law enforcement agency, not to mention every private property owner -- has already taken place and is getting worse all the time. Fret and rage all you want about it.

Then cast all your worries and assumptions aside, because all four of those entities are already way ahead of you.

12. Friend of mine once suggested I go for bass classes with Jack Casady at the Fur Peace Ranch. My skillz would not allow me to carry anyone's instruments.

"The feminization of America's very alluring manliness."

--Boaz