Jeffrey Lebowski🏴‍☠️🍺💙

Although it's now 80, we're supposedly heading down into the low 40's, so I'm shuttling my hibiscus back inside. Curse you, Texas weather!

Iran war: God is great. So is the other God. Also, the other one The current war in the Middle East isn't being fought for oil or money or power. There are theological ambitions, and all the parties involved, Iran, the US and Israel, are utterly convinced that the ...

"The dead, one observes, have a great levelling quality about them. They are ecumenical in their silence."
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Pratchettism

Cyberpunk Wednesday

Meanwhile, the evangelical mullahs in Tennessee are trying to out Taliban the Taliban

Apparently Dear Leader mistook "incursion" for "excursion" and now his lackeys are afraid to correct him.

A bold tactical move considering.

Who Could Possibly Have Seen This Coming?

The Internet is forever.

WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”

White House and top House Republican officials have told GOP members to avoid discussing “mass deportations” ahead of the midterm elections, as Republican prospects appear dim ahead of the November voting.
The Washington Post

I’m not even embarrassed by Trump anymore. I’m simply ashamed of this country for electing him.

Comparison of blue v. Red

They scream about Socialism while their roads, hospitals, and schools are basically on a Federal IV drip.

Democrats are commies

I’ve been a Democrat my entire life and still don’t know any Communists.

Ron Johnson isn’t the Johnson who believes humans rode dinosaurs to work - that’s Mike Johnson. Ron Johnson is the one who celebrated July 4th in Moscow. If you’re still struggling to keep your Johnsons straight, Lauren Boebert will be happy to lend a hand.

U.S. Reportedly Moving Some Air Defense Missiles From Korea To Middle East—Seoul Has ‘Expressed Opposition’ The reported push to move some air defense missile batteries from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East comes amid concerns about America’s munition stockpiles amid the Iran War.

The reported push to move some air defense missile batteries from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East comes amid concerns about America’s munition stockpiles amid the Iran War.

Dumbest news of the week so far, and that’s saying something

“.. a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans.”

@washingtonpost.com
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"You let your cat..."

Yes. Whatever the rest of the sentence is, yes. Because I fear them as much as I love them. They are organized. They always watch.

UPDATE: The Rep. Jody Barrett & Sen. Mark Pody abortion death penalty bill FAILED in the house

Another pleasant cloudy day here 83 at 5 pm. That said tomorrow night dips back down to around 40. Time to haul the hibiscus back in.

These were posted within minutes of each other. So which one is it? Is it over or is there no end in sight?? Our msm is a clusterfuck. Guess I’ll check the news in another country to find out what is happening here.

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

Texas fishing cheating scandal, explained: Why a man could face 10 years in prison for allegedly tampering with bass Fraud in fishing tournaments can result in a third-degree felony in Texas.

Meanwhile, in Texas...
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Meta is buying Moltbook, the ridiculous social network populated by AI bots Moltbook's creators will join Meta Superintelligence Labs.

So...in order to access Moltbook, will the robots have to prove that they're not humans?
www.engadget.com/ai/meta-is-b...

As long as you don’t need gas, groceries, affordable healthcare, retirement savings or constitutional rights, things aren’t so bad.

MERKLEY: So when the VP said 'ICE agents have absolute immunity' in violating people's civil rights, he was effectively correct?

BIER: Effectively, yes. Right now as the law stands.