Today's Belle

If you're in the top 0.01% of money grubbers, you should definitely be vehemently against this thing Joe and Kamala are proposing.

BTW, you qualify only if your wealth exceeds $100,000,000.00

Today's Nerd Thing

Tardigrades on the moon.

Today's Today

That Sunday morning, I walked up to the mailbox to get the newspapers, and there was the headline.

I am no kinda fan of royalty. They're just a buncha rich legacy pukes with a lot more money and power and privilege than the rest of us, and they live lives that seem to be totally beyond what normal humans can even fathom.

And as such, they are rarely to be held to the same standards as the "common folk".

I won't celebrate the death of anyone. But I think it's good to be reminded of the simple fact that nobody gets outa here alive.

Rich people get fucked up and killed in a car crash just like anybody else - and their money and their power and their privilege mean absolutely jack shit at that moment.

Maurice Ravel's Pavane For A Dead Princess:

She's Gonna Need It

Today's Belle

"He's asking for a country to run, when he can't even make a donut run."

Today's Big Sarge (NSFW)

Hard not to like this guy. Presentation's a little rough, but the message comes thru 5 x 5.

The Kamala-McDonald's Crisis

MAGA spares no effort to manufacture controversy.

"Kamala Failed To Include McDonald's On Her Resumé: What Is She Hiding!?!"

"McDonald's Records Show No Trace Of Kamala Harris Being Employed There"

Corporate records of employees and franchisees are kept for the requisite period (3 - 7 years, depending on the state regs).

There are no records of franchise employees retained at the corporate level - that's up to the individual restaurant to comply with their resident state's law.

And I can't fucking believe:

1. Anybody would spend any time cooking this shit up
2. The rubes are still so fucking gullible they're willing to think this nonsense is a real issue

And that points up the problem. All they have to do is to keep throwing as much shit in the air as possible, and we have to address it or risk the probability that people will assume, "Well the Dems aren't doing anything to disprove it, so I guess there must be something to it."

It's like we go out of our way to be The Stupid Country.

It's A Reality Show

It's easy enough to assume someone's affinities would match up a little bit with a candidate or a celebrity they choose to support or hang out with or whatever.

And sometimes, that's a mistake because we know there are people in the world who have a very flexible relationship with morality and honesty and such, and a mortgage can be a very powerful motivator.

I get it - I don't have to like you in order to do business with you, or to make common cause politically.

So it's always a pretty good idea to look for confirmation - is that asshole actually an asshole? Because sometimes they're just being an asshole to fit a role they're playing. And this is especially true when considering guys like Donald Trump and Hulk Hogan. They don't care if they're the hero or the heel as long as the check don't bounce.

I think Hulk Hogan is the asshole he appears to be.

And remember what Grandma said:

People will know you

by the crowd you run with.

Listen Up, Nerds

Weapons, predatory behavior, and big expensive brains.

Arizona State Univ Center For Human Origins

Jess Thompson, PhD, Yale, is the kind of pro who knows her shit so well she can explain it in a way that makes it understandable to a dope like me. Which is a very good thing, because this kind of presentation is basically a combination progress report and sales pitch.

These efforts have to be funded, so she's showing the people who have ponied up the money so far, that spending more of their money on this stuff is worth it.

I think it is.

Today's Vic

I love this guy.