1/. Very good summary of the possible second Trump Presidency.....revenge....
On Wednesday night, Donald Trump won the Republican debate without showing up. One night later, he surrendered to law enforcement at the Fulton county, Georgia, jail. In the span of 24 hours, cameras captured the essence of the current presidential contest, namely the legal status of the prior occupant of the Oval Office. Whether Trump is a free man or a convict on election day 2024 will weigh heavily upon voters and the republic.
“I froze,” the woman said, thinking back on the day she was raped during a military exercise a few summers ago.
It had been a long, hot day of training — marching into the hills, carrying heavy packs, eating M.R.E.s. Her group had been honing their navigation skills, figuring out how to get from one place to another as quickly as possible with only a compass and points, all while avoiding ambushes and snakes.
The record-shattering heatwaves, wildfires and floods destroying lives in the US, Europe, India, China and beyond in 2023 have raised an alarming question: have humanity’s relentless carbon emissions finally pushed the climate crisis into a new and accelerating phase of destruction?
The issue is being strongly debated, with accusations of doom-mongering being countered with charges of complacency. The answer matters: how bad is it, and how can we limit the damage? To find out, the Guardian asked 45 leading climate scientists from around the world. We also asked the equally vital question of whether extreme weather events were hitting people faster and harder than expected.
GLOBAL WARMING HAS FOCUSED concern on land and sky as soaring temperatures intensify hurricanes, droughts and wildfires. But another climate crisis is unfolding, underfoot and out of view.
Many of the aquifers that supply 90 percent of the nation’s water systems, and which have transformed vast stretches of America into some of the world’s most bountiful farmland, are being severely depleted. These declines are threatening irreversible harm to the American economy and society as a whole.
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally spoke to a national audience on stage at last week’s Republican presidential debate, he gloated about the way he spitefully sacked two “radical left-wing district attorneys” in his state who “wouldn’t do their job.”
What American viewers weren’t told is that, behind the scenes, the governor’s office had quietly conspired with local sheriffs to tarnish the reputations of these democratically elected prosecutors—turning local cops against the state attorneys they’re supposed to partner with and trust.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/1. An independent is a Republican who doesn’t want to be seen as such. Very few people in America are truly independent. They almost always vote one way or the other. But they don’t want to be perceived as being beholden to a camp. Don’t buy it. You’re either a Republican or a Democrat, pick your side. As for the third party acolytes… Yeah, and unicorns are going to fly out of my butt.
2. In an incomprehensible music scene, mainstream media looks for a story, to define the landscape, to make sense of it all. Even though it makes no sense at all. “Rich Men North of Richmond” is a one shot, equivalent to shooting someone, a lot of news, and then nothing.
3. Hits are irrelevant, it’s about careers. Call me next year, or the year after, when Oliver Anthony can sell out arenas.
I watched so you don’t have to. Well, an hour anyway. I couldn’t take any more, and I doubt the rest of the viewers could either.
And here’s what I’ve got to tell you…
Chris Christie is toast. He’s the Mike Bloomberg of the Republican party. A theoretical force until you see him on stage, where he seems to have lost a step. It’s the same old crap plus a bunch of anti-Trump stuff that no one is listening to, so what’s the point.
The conservative pundit Mollie Hemingway recently shared a letter from a listener of her podcast explaining why Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaignis faltering. The missive, which she called “a particularly good and straightforward analysis,” attributed DeSantis’s struggles to his decision to disparage Donald Trump:
Keep in mind that supporting Trump came with costs never associated with supporting Bush, McCain, or Romney. Trump supporters lost friendships. Brothers and sisters stopped talking to each other. There are parents whose children disowned them, and grandparents who will never see their grandchildren again because they stood by Donald Trump.
Every Republican has these stories. Every Republican knows Republicans who have these stories.
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It was a moment in time. But we thought it would last forever.
The oldsters, the denizens of the sixties, crapped on the seventies. It was too obvious, too overblown, some sunny element had been sacrificed, it was no longer a lark, but business, and what exactly was prog rock anyway, didn’t we abhor those who were classically trained?
And then disco came along and killed it all. Well, there was corporate rock before that. Which was akin to the hair band era of the late eighties, but less cynical. But the entire enterprise collapsed, the music business was in the doldrums, only to be saved by MTV and a wave of young English bands not beholden to what had come before.
And now everybody is getting older. Even the seventies are fading in the rearview mirror. Nirvana and Pearl Jam came along to kill the hair bands, and then hip-hop powered through, the internet came along and it hasn’t been the same since.
https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/They're in there for only a minute when all of a sudden a light flashes on them. It’s a police officer.
“I'm making love to my wife!”, Bubba answers sounding annoyed.
“Oh, I'm sorry”, says the cop, “I didn't know.”
Bubba says, “Well, neither did I, til ya shined that light in her face!
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Complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 45 volumes.
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Statement of the Century
Thought from the Greatest Living Scottish Thinker--Billy Connolly.
"If women are so bloody perfect at multitasking, how come they can't have a headache and sex at the same time.
Man who wants pretty nurse must be patient.
Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly.
Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent.
Squirrel who runs up woman’s' leg will not find nuts.
Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.
Man who runs in front of car gets tired, man who runs behind car gets exhausted.
Man who eats many prunes get good run for money.
War does not determine who is right; it determines who is left.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
It takes many nails to build a crib, but one screw to fill it.
Man who drives like hell is bound to get there.
Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.
Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.
Finally CONFUCIUS DID NOT SAY. . .
LAST, BUT NOT LEAST:
“A lion will not cheat on his wife, but a Tiger Wood!!!”
1. I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah. Lorna Rose Treen 44%
2. The most British thing I’ve ever heard? A lady who said ‘Well I’m sorry, but I don’t apologise.’ Liz Guterbock 41%
3. Last year I had a great joke about inflation. But it’s hardly worth it now. Amos Gill 40%
4. When women gossip we get called bitchy; but when men do it’s called a podcast. Sikisa 34%
5. I thought I’d start off with a joke about The Titanic – just to break the ice. Masai Graham 33%
6. How do coeliac Germans greet each other? Gluten tag. Frank Lavender32%
7. My friend got locked in a coffee place overnight. Now he only ever goes into Starbucks, not the rivals. He’s Costa-phobic. Roger Swift 29%
8. I entered the ‘How not to surrender’ competition and I won hands down. Bennett Arron 29%
9. Nationwide must have looked pretty silly when they opened their first branch. William Stone 28%
