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Why would they lie? Once again the WH is a flying ketchup zone. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/28/january-6-hearings-cassidy-hutchinson-key-moments-video-analysis-00042914 I get the impression this Epstein stuff is really putting those diapers to use. Just about all the late-night political satire TV shows in the US have been on summer hiatus for a few weeks, some until August: I'm sure he's aware of that. I suspect there will be followers of his suddenly taking an interest in what they have to say when they return. His approval is back down to 35%. Somebody wake me up when it hits 27%. Wouldn't it be something if he skipped out of the country, Thaksin style?

Just more of the reality show histrionics. TV ratings is a 24 hour battle. Bone spurs be damned.

Take a break and go to a different country for a bit, like Bangladesh.

There is a mathematical puzzle about the probability of the JFK witnesses nearly all died before they could testify. A statistics teacher sprung it on us, I think the body count was 25. Fox channel and its cousins have let slip the dogs on DT -- gotta wonder what the game is. Keep them shoes shiny, JD! MAGA having it's Pogo moment:

He seems to have found an Achilles's heel on DT with this Epstein stuff. DT can hit back with espionage. It's kind of like watching a Japanese monster movie where the two beasts fight to the end.

The US is a poor country that doesn't have money for this disaster relief, those people need to follow Mitch McConnell's advice and "get over it." The gov't needs all the money it can muster for tax breaks for the very rich. MAGA baby!

Why is this man smiling?

Chaos. It gets so confusing people commence to ignore it. Works great!

Both MAGA and the new Elon party (which would have been a more apt name) are not really political parties with a vision, agenda, etc. -- they are both the extensions of a single person. MAGA without DT did not do well in the 2018 midterms. One would have to be a fool to think Elon would be fair or democratic: like with DT the true motto of the party will be "ME ME ME!" Let's see who his stooge for the 2028 race will be. I'm waiting for winds to shift on Tesla. Like Steve Jobs he may be fired from his own company, the difference here, though, is EM has enough leverage to buy it back and take it private, or maybe take it to a country where the people are better behaved, like Hungary or Belarus. Another thing to watch for is that the powers-that-be may come up with some espionage charges against the naturalized citizen. People with a bent toward democracy and a belief that people, in general, should be treated decently, should do a show of support for Elon's party at this point. Divide and conquer.

Jeffrey Epstein didn’t have a ‘client list,’ and committed suicide, DOJ and FBI say in findings that debunk conspiracy theories: report The current president picked two of the dumbest right-wing bloggers to run the FBI, and the AG is his puppet. Did anybody with a functional brain actually expect otherwise?

Maybe all this MAGA double/triple-talk will shake things up, but in the post-WWII era in the US a third party serves as none other than a spoiler. 1968 (?) 1992 2000 In the 1990s word started going around that Gene McCarthy's 1968 run as "the 'stop the war' candidate was a set-up by the GOP. In 1992 Ross Perot got 19% of the popular vote but carried 0 states. Personally, I thought he would start a new party for future, but he seemed to disappear from politics. In 2000 Nader got less than a million votes but was effective. DT's approval rating has never gone below the 30-35% range. Don't count on any news knocking those numbers down. But MAGA without DT might just might. But maybe EM can cause such a schism in the GOP that the sitting invertebrates will stand up to DT's threats of being primaried out and this new party becomes new guise of the GOP. I doubt it.

You know those little salads, made with tomato and cucumber etc that Egyptian eateries serve with nearly every meal? Very popular way to get food poisoning for the locals too. Every few weeks news headlines about 100 students sick from bad salad, restaurants shuttered etc.

During the 2016 GOP primaries JEB! (remember him?) was said to have a massive war chest, and his team was looking for ways to spend it. At one point someone had the idea to do a promo VHS tape and send it to people. They put one together, then it was discovered that no one used video tape any more: no problem, we'll get small VHS machines and mail them out to people. They will unpack the thing, plug it in, and then sit down to enjoy some JEB! time. I have no inside info, but I read this back when from a reputable source. Ever since then when I see these figures of money raised it's always the same question: how is it spent? I suspect that South African guy was sending people to podunk districts that usually go Dem and handing out US$100 notes for voters to go MAGA.

We are now in the post-Citizens United era, no more regulation on campaign donations. So now the billion$+ class has moved up from sponsoring racehorses, yacht racing and rockets to political puppets. Thank brother Elon for busting the barriers. I still would like to know how exactly he spent that $250+ million on the DT re-election. A Vance victory would put Thiel in the winner's circle. But it might not be necessary: after next year's midterms, with the blessing of the conservative Supreme Court, DT just might be out of office (how can that be done? Let me count the ways . . .) and then it will be Vance promoting the need for martial law, and if that works there will be an excuse to cancel the 2028 election. Vance will do as he is told.

And when they came to collect he'd say "I can't pay right now, I'm a bit short today."

What's with that top pic? Is she receiving communion? Was there a poolside mass?

The plain! The plane! oops . . . .

A million baht per month. Is that a purchase or a rental? “I’m searching for someone who ‘understands my value’ Hmmm, there is just a little much irony in this use of words, so I'm going to call bs on this.

And when families stroll down the streets sometimes their little daughter might say "mommy, that's what I want to do for work when I grow up, sit in a bar."

President Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric against Elon Musk, at one point suggesting that he could be interested in attempting to deport him. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/trump-musk-policy-bill-feud.html Ooooo, will there be asset seizure? Just another reminder of one of the primary rules of life on Earth: you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. (Well, not publicly.) Here is the moment it all fell apart.

Real Housewives of DC! This could turn into yet another semen-stained dress scandal. American phenomenon.

Kind of reminiscent of the character of the eldest grandson in Visconti's "The Damned."

Dried out stale bread can be dipped in coffee, used for breadcrumbs, bread pudding etc.

Thai white bread turns into cardboard in a few days. Even a toaster might not help. Good bread remains bread, and edible.