So Far So Good

... but

a) don't count on the weather

b) don't count on ending the shit in Ukraine any time soon (it could happen, but don't count on it, cuz Russia will go on fucking with everything as long as Putin stays in place

Hang On A Mo

It seems Trump's angel has a few problems.

The company Trump got to back his appellate bond isn't quite on the level. I know that has to come as quite a shock, but yeah - there are problems.

Let's Review

Leeja Miller explains.

A Song

And So Begins The Task --Stephen Stills with Judy Collins

And so begins the task
I have dreaded the coming of
For so long
I wait for the sun
To remind my body
It needs restin'

And I must learn to live without you now
I must learn to give only part some how

Camping on the edge
Of your city I wait
Hoping someday
You might
See
Beyond yourself

The shadows on the ceiling
Hard
But not real
Like the bars that cage
You within yourself

And I must learn to live without you now
I must learn to give only part some how
And I must learn to live without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how

All of these cages
Must
And shall be set aside
They will only
Keep
Us from the knowing

Actors
And stages
Now fall before the truth
As the love
Shared
Between us
Remains
Growing

And I must learn to live without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how

Today's DIP

Deceptive

Image

Persuasion

Today's TweeXt

Saying one thing, and secretly wishing the opposite(?)

If his sorry stinking ass goes to prison, then it helps him and he wins even bigger. So their "reality" is that they want him in prison.

Daddy State run amok.

Pam Bondi warns that if Trump goes to jail, he will win the election by a landslide pic.twitter.com/3go0zL7aJN

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 20, 2024

Timing Is Everything

As de-globalization gets a foothold, and we start to repatriate the jobs companies have been sending overseas for 30 or 40 years, maybe unions really are on the rise in a way that will make a real difference.

🤞🏻

Enemies

Sending beans, bullets, and bandaids to Ukraine now means we won't be sending body bags to Poland later.

Horseshit Strategery

A lot of Dems bad-mouthed Hilary and voted for Stine, or wrote in Bernie, or stayed home, or whatever, thinking they'd send a message. They were totally confident she'd win, but they thought they were being clever by keeping her from winning by "too much".

Now we have a shit load of Republicans telling us they'll support "the Republican ticket" - this in spite of all the bad shit they admit and condemn him for - and I think it's more of the same too-cute-by-half bullshit. There are some real possibilities here, but none of them is "yeah, let's get Trump elected again."

The worst of those possibilities is the Susan Collins Theory: "I think he's learned his lesson", or "We'll be able to rein him in, and while everybody's hoppin' mad because of his antics, we'll get all the plutocracy stuff in place, and then get rid of him." (Call it The Franz von Pappen Plan")

An alternative is kind of a turnaround of the Dems' brilliant shit that blew up in their faces - that they'll vote for Trump, hoping Biden doesn't beat him too badly, and that enough of the down-ballot bozos will be rescued so the party will survive, and they'll have something to take over once they've driven Trump out (assuming the normies find their balls and stand up to the rubes - obviously not something anybody should be counting on).

So anyway, let's see what Bill Barr is up to.

Today's Nerdy Thing

IBM 5150

$1565.00 retail

2 floppy drives (5¼") One for the system, and one for the apps

Memory: 256KB

Fuck, I'm old.