Sep 21, 2023
Today's Lame AF Trump Shit
MAGArubes apparently just can't stop fantasizing about - and fetishizing - that guy.
He's So Old
Yeah - fuck that.
Here's what Biden's done so far this week.
- Creates 9-state offshore wind supply chain pact while funding $72m towards manufacturing
- American Climate Corps launched
- DOD to review DADT discharges
- Free at-home COVID tests return
- EPA announces $4.6B climate grants
- TPS re-designated for Venezuela, protecting additional 450k legal migrants
- $37M University of Phoenix debt forgiven
- Exec Order for East Palestine recovery
- Prohibits Americans from investing in some Chinese companies
- Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets
- Creates new office of gun violence prevention
- Meets with world leaders - including Zelenskyy - and gives powerful speech at UN
Why - what've you been doing?
Good Fucking Riddance
Shit-canning the Fairness Doctrine, and turning the news into a profit center are big reasons we're where we are.
On Dogs
Again: This is Colorado, where's it's practically illegal to say anything critical about dogs.
Boy, 6, attacked by two large dogs near Lakewood park
Diego Manuel DomÃnguez Inungaray, 6, was attacked by two Malamutes in Lakewood on Aug. 9.
A 6-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked by two large dogs in Lakewood last month.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked by two large dogs in Lakewood last month.
Diego Manuel Inungaray's family said the boy was attacked on Aug. 9 when he and his family were walking to a nearby park.
“It’s been very difficult," said Diego's mother, Perla Inungaray Anderson, in Spanish.
Anderson, who is from Mexico, said she and her two younger kids were in Lakewood visiting family at the time of the incident.
Anderson said Diego was bitten seven times in the face and once in the back. She was not at the scene at the time but rushed to his side as soon as soon as she got the call.
“He looked terrible. He was crying," she said.
Lakewood police said the dogs' owner was walking the two Alaskan Malamutes — 14 and 19 months old — on leashes when the owner lost control of the dogs, and the animals took off after the boy.
The owners were cited for possession of a dangerous animal and leash law violations. The two animals have since been euthanized.
Nearly a month after the attack, Diego still has some pain in his eye but his mother said he has made good progress in his healing journey.
“He has recovered a lot," she said.
The family is now having to stay in Colorado longer than expected to deal with court and Diego's medical needs.
They are unsure how long they'll have to stay and said they are dealing with unexpected financial obstacles.
Despite all of the unknowns, Anderson said it's her faith and her kids that are helping her push through.
A friend of the family has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help them in their time of need.
It's not so much the dogs I worry about. It's the owners.
And honest, I get it. Here we are in 2023, a time when sometimes it's fashionable to say you care about people, even as your behavior proves otherwise.
But if you can't figure out how to give a fuck about your neighbors, at least show me you give enough of a fuck about your dog to train it properly.
Chart depicts dog breeds that killed ≥13 people during the 13-year period.
33 dog breeds contributed to ≤9 deaths and are excluded from this chart.
9.5% of all fatal attacks involved multiple breeds,
so the total number of deaths attributed to each breed
will always exceed the actual number of deaths.
Diego Manuel DomÃnguez Inungaray, 6, was attacked by two Malamutes in Lakewood on Aug. 9.
A 6-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked by two large dogs in Lakewood last month.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked by two large dogs in Lakewood last month.
Diego Manuel Inungaray's family said the boy was attacked on Aug. 9 when he and his family were walking to a nearby park.
“It’s been very difficult," said Diego's mother, Perla Inungaray Anderson, in Spanish.
Anderson, who is from Mexico, said she and her two younger kids were in Lakewood visiting family at the time of the incident.
Anderson said Diego was bitten seven times in the face and once in the back. She was not at the scene at the time but rushed to his side as soon as soon as she got the call.
“He looked terrible. He was crying," she said.
Lakewood police said the dogs' owner was walking the two Alaskan Malamutes — 14 and 19 months old — on leashes when the owner lost control of the dogs, and the animals took off after the boy.
The owners were cited for possession of a dangerous animal and leash law violations. The two animals have since been euthanized.
Nearly a month after the attack, Diego still has some pain in his eye but his mother said he has made good progress in his healing journey.
“He has recovered a lot," she said.
The family is now having to stay in Colorado longer than expected to deal with court and Diego's medical needs.
They are unsure how long they'll have to stay and said they are dealing with unexpected financial obstacles.
Despite all of the unknowns, Anderson said it's her faith and her kids that are helping her push through.
A friend of the family has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help them in their time of need.
Prison Is On His Mind
Through all the usual bluff-n-bluster, Trump is worried about going to prison.
TRUMP PANICS OVER GAG ORDER AND GOING TO PRISON - 9.21.23
SEASON 2 EPISODE 40: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN
A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump has descended into full-fledged panic over the Possible Gag Order and either he is exaggerating for effect – what a shock – or, more likely, his lawyers, preparing an answer to Jack Smith’s request to Judge Chutkan that is due Monday, told him SOMETHING that set his hair on fire and you know the dangers of combustion when spray paint is mixed with open flames. And that imagery is more than a joke about his bottle blondness. It is a forecast of things to come. We are headed to a legal crisis over Trump’s social media posts and his refusal to accede to the rule of law and I don’t know where this ends but at the far end of political science fiction, where it ends is a shootout between United States Marshals and United States Secret Service.
His bail – his NOT being held in a jail cell in the District of Columbia until trial starts – is dependent on him NOT defying the law. As I said last week, at some point, whatever limitations Chutkan imposes upon him, WHEN he violates them, whether it’s the first time or the fiftieth – he is NOT going to surrender. He is not going to let them put him in prison. They are going to have to go and get him. And what happens THEN?
It seems madness to risk the lives of Marshals or Secret Service to protect this semi-sentient pile of feces. But, what? You’re going to have the Secret Service agents protecting him turn around an arrest him? Biden is going to order the head of the Secret Service to order his men to stand down when the Marshals arrive? Trump is going to see the photo-shoot-value in an actual perp walk?
I’m not counting on the last one. Rolling Stone now reports that as you’d expect, the I-don’t-think-about-jail crap he gave to the gullible Kristen Welker in last Sunday’s stenography class is nonsense. Quoting: “In the past several months, Donald Trump has had a burning question for some of his confidants and attorneys: Would the authorities make him wear, quote, “one of those jumpsuits” in prison?... Three sources familiar with his comments say he’s been aking lawyers and other people close to him what a prison sentence would look like for a former American president. Would he be sent to a ‘club fed’ style prison… or a bad prison? Would he serve out a sentence in a plush home confinement?... those who’ve heard him ask these questions about a hypothetical sentencing tell Rolling Stone that it’s clear the gravity of his mounting legal peril is GETTING to Trump."
As an aside, I understand Jann Wenner is asking the same questions.
Also: Cassidy Hutchinson's book includes a sexual assault accusation against Rudy Giuliani. It's the worst sexual misconduct accusation against him in nearly four months. Also Lin Wood flips on the entire Trump crowd. And a tweet from Junior Trump announces his father had died. He was hacked. We think.
B-Block (18:45) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: JD Vance sets some kind of record by averaging more than one lie per sentence in a tweet about an "American journalist held hostage by Ukraine" who is none of the above. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz asks Merrick Garland a question and if he's still thinking about the hearing he's probably asking 'what the hell did she SAY?' And James O'Keefe's obsession with becoming a musical star has now led to the closure of Project (In Vino) Veritas. But who will think of the cast of O'Keefe-Homa!?
C-Block (25:39) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: If Rudy is back in the news then the question: "what happened to Rudy?" is also back in the news and I'll give you the answer: whatever it is, it happened in 1995 or earlier.
(heavy pay wall)
Trump Privately Frets He Could Be Headed to Prison
SEASON 2 EPISODE 40: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN
A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump has descended into full-fledged panic over the Possible Gag Order and either he is exaggerating for effect – what a shock – or, more likely, his lawyers, preparing an answer to Jack Smith’s request to Judge Chutkan that is due Monday, told him SOMETHING that set his hair on fire and you know the dangers of combustion when spray paint is mixed with open flames. And that imagery is more than a joke about his bottle blondness. It is a forecast of things to come. We are headed to a legal crisis over Trump’s social media posts and his refusal to accede to the rule of law and I don’t know where this ends but at the far end of political science fiction, where it ends is a shootout between United States Marshals and United States Secret Service.
His bail – his NOT being held in a jail cell in the District of Columbia until trial starts – is dependent on him NOT defying the law. As I said last week, at some point, whatever limitations Chutkan imposes upon him, WHEN he violates them, whether it’s the first time or the fiftieth – he is NOT going to surrender. He is not going to let them put him in prison. They are going to have to go and get him. And what happens THEN?
It seems madness to risk the lives of Marshals or Secret Service to protect this semi-sentient pile of feces. But, what? You’re going to have the Secret Service agents protecting him turn around an arrest him? Biden is going to order the head of the Secret Service to order his men to stand down when the Marshals arrive? Trump is going to see the photo-shoot-value in an actual perp walk?
I’m not counting on the last one. Rolling Stone now reports that as you’d expect, the I-don’t-think-about-jail crap he gave to the gullible Kristen Welker in last Sunday’s stenography class is nonsense. Quoting: “In the past several months, Donald Trump has had a burning question for some of his confidants and attorneys: Would the authorities make him wear, quote, “one of those jumpsuits” in prison?... Three sources familiar with his comments say he’s been aking lawyers and other people close to him what a prison sentence would look like for a former American president. Would he be sent to a ‘club fed’ style prison… or a bad prison? Would he serve out a sentence in a plush home confinement?... those who’ve heard him ask these questions about a hypothetical sentencing tell Rolling Stone that it’s clear the gravity of his mounting legal peril is GETTING to Trump."
As an aside, I understand Jann Wenner is asking the same questions.
Also: Cassidy Hutchinson's book includes a sexual assault accusation against Rudy Giuliani. It's the worst sexual misconduct accusation against him in nearly four months. Also Lin Wood flips on the entire Trump crowd. And a tweet from Junior Trump announces his father had died. He was hacked. We think.
B-Block (18:45) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: JD Vance sets some kind of record by averaging more than one lie per sentence in a tweet about an "American journalist held hostage by Ukraine" who is none of the above. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz asks Merrick Garland a question and if he's still thinking about the hearing he's probably asking 'what the hell did she SAY?' And James O'Keefe's obsession with becoming a musical star has now led to the closure of Project (In Vino) Veritas. But who will think of the cast of O'Keefe-Homa!?
C-Block (25:39) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: If Rudy is back in the news then the question: "what happened to Rudy?" is also back in the news and I'll give you the answer: whatever it is, it happened in 1995 or earlier.
(heavy pay wall)- Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — or a “bad” one?
- Would he have Secret Service protection?
- And what would they make him wear?
Those are some of the questions Donald Trump is asking his lawyers as his many trials loom
Money
... always money.
It’s hard to quantify the value of painter and all-around cultural icon Bob Ross, but $9.85 million is a good start.
The very first on-air painting from the very first episode of Ross’ beloved series “The Joy of Painting” is looking for a new owner after being kept safe for decades by one of the show’s early volunteers.
“A Walk in the Woods” was painted live on-air in January of 1983, and typifies everything the public came to love about Ross and his art-positive mission. It depicts a placid woodland scene in shades of gold and blue, painted with Ross’ preferred “wet on wet” technique, with deceptively complex-looking brushstrokes and, of course, an abundance of happy little trees. In the lower lefthand corner, Ross’ signature stands out in red.
The work was acquired by Minneapolis-based art gallery Modern Artifact earlier this year. Before that, it was owned by a one-time volunteer at the Falls Church, Virginia PBS station where the first season of “The Joy of Painting” was aired. The volunteer bought it in November of 1983 at a station fundraising auction, just months after it was painted. It has been verified as authentic by Bob Ross Inc.
The very first on-air painting from the very first episode of Ross’ beloved series “The Joy of Painting” is looking for a new owner after being kept safe for decades by one of the show’s early volunteers.
“A Walk in the Woods” was painted live on-air in January of 1983, and typifies everything the public came to love about Ross and his art-positive mission. It depicts a placid woodland scene in shades of gold and blue, painted with Ross’ preferred “wet on wet” technique, with deceptively complex-looking brushstrokes and, of course, an abundance of happy little trees. In the lower lefthand corner, Ross’ signature stands out in red.
The work was acquired by Minneapolis-based art gallery Modern Artifact earlier this year. Before that, it was owned by a one-time volunteer at the Falls Church, Virginia PBS station where the first season of “The Joy of Painting” was aired. The volunteer bought it in November of 1983 at a station fundraising auction, just months after it was painted. It has been verified as authentic by Bob Ross Inc.
Constitution vs Anti-Constitution
About this time next year, we'll have a pretty clear idea of how much longer our little experiment in democratic self-government might continue.
Keep in mind, we're always maybe one or two elections away from disaster, but 2024 is looking to be very decisive.
Sep 20, 2023
Joe's Alright
Biden's age is a concern. He dodders a bit - he seems not as steady on his feet as I think he oughta be.
So fuckin' what?
He's doing most everything we hired him to do, and he can do more for us if we can get some dog-ass Republicans out of his way. (and Manchin and Sinema too)
Take What's Good
... and make it look like something bad - in order to score a few points for a "political party" that's bent on tearing down every tradition of American democratic self-government so they can replace it with a corporate plutocracy.
These are very bad people. They know they don't make any real progress if they tell us what they're actually doing. They have to hide it - dress it up and make it look like something it isn't.
Mr Hitler didn't pop up saying, "Hello, my name is Adolph - I'll be your führer this evening - can I start you off with killing all the Jews?"
Almost exactly the way somebody (not Sinclair Lewis BTW) described it - when fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in the stars and stripes, carrying a crucifix, and waving the bible.
When Ken Buck sounds like the voice of reason, you know we've got some serious fucking trouble.
Next Steps
- He's not the king, fuckwad. He has to work around "conservative" obstruction
- He knows what to do and how to do it
- You'll vote for a 3rd party candidate? Try to act like you're not stoopid enough to risk putting Republicans back in power
Biden’s new Climate Corps will train thousands of young people
It comes after a similar program was dropped from the Inflation Reduction Act
President Biden on Wednesday announced an initiative to train more than 20,000 young people in skills crucial to combating climate change, such as installing solar panels, restoring coastal wetlands and retrofitting homes to be more energy-efficient.
The American Climate Corps comes as Biden seeks to win over young voters, a critical constituency, before next year’s presidential election. Polls show that climate change is a top concern for young people, who are more likely than older generations to face raging wildfires, stronger storms and rising seas in their lifetimes.
The initiative resembles a proposal that was included in an early version of Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act. The Civilian Climate Corps was ultimately dropped from the final version of the legislation during private negotiations last summer between Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.).
Since then, many Democrats and climate activists have called on Biden to use his executive authority to resurrect the Civilian Climate Corps. In a TikTok video Monday that racked up more than 16,000 views, the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate group, declared that “Dark Brandon would pass a CCC” — a reference to a meme that Biden’s 2024 campaign has embraced.
Youth climate activists have criticized the Biden administration for approving new fossil fuel projects such as the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, with the hashtag #StopWillow going viral this spring. They say the president must do more to curb America’s dependence on fossil fuels, the leading cause of global warming, to lock in their support.
“I can’t speak on behalf of every single youth voter, but if President Biden continues to take bold climate action like this, I think it could go a long way,” Varshini Prakash, co-founder and executive director of Sunrise Movement, said in an interview. “Young people need to see more policies like this from the administration in the lead-up to the election.”
How will the Climate Corps work?
The initiative resembles a proposal that was included in an early version of Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act. The Civilian Climate Corps was ultimately dropped from the final version of the legislation during private negotiations last summer between Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.).
Since then, many Democrats and climate activists have called on Biden to use his executive authority to resurrect the Civilian Climate Corps. In a TikTok video Monday that racked up more than 16,000 views, the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate group, declared that “Dark Brandon would pass a CCC” — a reference to a meme that Biden’s 2024 campaign has embraced.
Youth climate activists have criticized the Biden administration for approving new fossil fuel projects such as the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, with the hashtag #StopWillow going viral this spring. They say the president must do more to curb America’s dependence on fossil fuels, the leading cause of global warming, to lock in their support.
“I can’t speak on behalf of every single youth voter, but if President Biden continues to take bold climate action like this, I think it could go a long way,” Varshini Prakash, co-founder and executive director of Sunrise Movement, said in an interview. “Young people need to see more policies like this from the administration in the lead-up to the election.”
How will the Climate Corps work?
As part of a recruitment push, the White House on Wednesday will launch a new website where Americans can sign up to learn more about the workforce training program. All participants in the program will be paid, administration officials said, although they declined to disclose specific salaries.
The officials, who are closely monitoring the United Auto Workers’ ongoing strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, emphasized the program would help young people secure high-quality jobs after their training is complete.
The administration “will specifically be focused on making sure that folks that are coming through this program have a pathway into good-paying union jobs,” White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi said on a Tuesday call with reporters previewing the announcement. “We’re very keenly focused on that.”
Zaidi said the initiative could help train the next generation of electricians. The country faces a dire shortage of electricians, who are needed to install a host of climate-friendly technologies, including heat pumps, efficient air conditioners and electric car chargers.
Biden’s push to transition to electric vehicles has become a key sticking point for the striking autoworkers, who fear the shift to EVs will mean fewer jobs and lower pay. The new initiative demonstrates that “green jobs can be good jobs,” said Trevor Dolan, industry and workforce policy lead at Evergreen Action, a climate advocacy group.
The Civilian Climate Corps was dropped from the climate bill. Now what?
Where did the idea for the Climate Corps come from?
Biden is not the first president to envision such a program. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps, which put more than 3 million young men to work planting trees, constructing trails and making improvements to the nation’s infrastructure. However, the New Deal-era plan limited leadership roles to White men, whereas “this climate corps will uplift and empower a diverse and inclusive workforce,” Prakash said.
Biden’s move bypasses gridlock on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation to establish a Civilian Climate Corps that is unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled House. In recognition of this reality, Markey and Ocasio-Cortez sent a letter to the president on Monday urging him to take executive action.
“We must mobilize and train Americans to tackle the threats climate change poses to our communities by putting people to work on thousands of projects with one shared sense of purpose,” Markey said in a statement.
How much will the Climate Corps cost?
Democrats had proposed $30 billion in new funding for the Civilian Climate Corps that was included in the early version of the Inflation Reduction Act. In contrast, the new initiative will rely on existing funding sources, although administration officials declined to say how much money the program will receive or where these dollars will come from.
In the absence of federal action, eight states have established versions of climate corps programs, many of which are embedded in state governments and receive federal funding from AmeriCorps. The White House announced Wednesday that an additional five states — Arizona, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina and Utah — will move forward with climate corps programs that are funded through public-private partnerships, including AmeriCorps.
In California, which established the nation’s first climate corps program in 2020, participants have sought to divert food from landfills — a significant source of climate pollution — to residents who struggle with food insecurity. Meanwhile in Michigan, the program has partnered with Wayne State University to help Detroiters protect their homes from flooding, which has been exacerbated by rising global temperatures.
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