tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38185783302776489862024-03-28T07:38:15.532-04:00HackwhackersA progressive perspective on politics, culture and the media
since 2006
hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.comBlogger25379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-72742256011346854522024-03-27T19:00:00.010-04:002024-03-27T19:13:32.904-04:00Nightly News Bits<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/27/chris-christie-no-labels-president/">No way, No Labels</a>: <br /></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>Former New Jersey Gov. <a class="contextual_link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/candidates/chris-christie-2024/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank">Chris Christie</a> (R) has decided against running as the No Labels <a class="contextual_link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/presidential-candidates-2024/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank">candidate for president</a> after spending time and money gaming out the prospects of a centrist third-party bid against <a class="contextual_link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/candidates/joe-biden-2024/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank">President Biden</a> and former president <a class="contextual_link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/donald-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>. <br /></i></p><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>The
decision leaves the group with few remaining high-profile options for
candidates, despite widespread public concern over the two major-party
contenders. </i>[Ed.: well, at least the fascist one]<i><br /></i></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>“I
appreciate the encouragement I’ve gotten to pursue a third-party
candidacy,” Christie said in a statement to The Washington Post on
Wednesday. “While I believe this is a conversation that needs to be had
with the American people, <b>I also believe that if there is not a pathway
to win and if my candidacy in any way, shape or form would help Donald
Trump become president again, then it is not the way forward.”.</b>.. </i>(our emphasis)<i><br /></i></p></div></blockquote><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i></i></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null">Christie is displaying an admirable self- awareness and sense of duty to guard our democracy against the Malignant Loser.<br /></p></div><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-senator-vice-president-dead/">Speaking of No Labels</a>:</p><div class="teaser-content"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i></i></p></div><blockquote><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>Joseph
I. Lieberman, the doggedly independent four-term U.S. senator from
Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000,
becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major
party, died March 27 at his home in the Bronx. He was 82.</i></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>The cause was complications from a fall, his family said in a statement.</i> [snip]</p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>His transition from Al Gore’s running mate in 2000 on the Democratic
ticket to high-profile cheerleader for Republican presidential candidate
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-mccain-maverick-of-the-senate-and-former-pow-dies-at-81/2018/08/25/d9219b7e-a7b8-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_10" target="_blank">John McCain</a> eight years later was a turnaround unmatched in recent American politics.</i></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>Mr. Lieberman continued to draw Democrats’ ire after leaving the Senate
in 2012, most especially with <b>his efforts to mount a third party
presidential ticket in the 2024 election. As a co-chair of the centrist
group No Labels, he helped lead the organization’s campaign to field an
alternative to the major party candidates</b> — a move that some Democrats
feared would take votes from President <a class="contextual_link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/candidates/joe-biden-2024/?itid=lk_inline_manual_17" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> and help President Donald Trump recapture the White House...</i></p></div></blockquote><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i></i></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null">If you can't say something nice... </p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><br /></p></div></div>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-27771246588391662722024-03-27T17:30:00.001-04:002024-03-27T17:30:00.138-04:00Today's Cartoons<p> </p><p>(<i>click on images to enlarge</i>)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73UAZq74EqZ3ExNNSAP8IVewIYk2n0thr3lenSCx-QcH0tnUR6BH7Hj5YsFJ8JuWo4-B36ehJqPII22RIGAjLYbK025YNrxd3wNR2tdX8UhMHNmdtF1V2EdrkLu3v0rEw5YG9GbhX4spRlyn_f430IdnLulC7T_DqPe7DtCkCnR3-CYMSXbANqZx9b-I/s1051/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.40.58%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1051" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73UAZq74EqZ3ExNNSAP8IVewIYk2n0thr3lenSCx-QcH0tnUR6BH7Hj5YsFJ8JuWo4-B36ehJqPII22RIGAjLYbK025YNrxd3wNR2tdX8UhMHNmdtF1V2EdrkLu3v0rEw5YG9GbhX4spRlyn_f430IdnLulC7T_DqPe7DtCkCnR3-CYMSXbANqZx9b-I/w400-h286/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.40.58%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(John Buss, @repeat1968)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoPhVqb2iaNnMeynkkOmiUMFg_UkcunmgdQLh03hABrw37rOhz1f_5qiIPOIxi6A7PoflMH8KVV9IxMc7f7zojEqRRwph_TvdYZ3xn5S_2KC-6WHJRNeaUdyFDe-VLN3XuVDViW-jWMQOHZG8y1yw_n-mT7-WsBa4Xlk-Iow7yPU5Np7yJebsikrJoas/s803/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.43.59%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="803" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoPhVqb2iaNnMeynkkOmiUMFg_UkcunmgdQLh03hABrw37rOhz1f_5qiIPOIxi6A7PoflMH8KVV9IxMc7f7zojEqRRwph_TvdYZ3xn5S_2KC-6WHJRNeaUdyFDe-VLN3XuVDViW-jWMQOHZG8y1yw_n-mT7-WsBa4Xlk-Iow7yPU5Np7yJebsikrJoas/w400-h239/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.43.59%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Pat Byrnes, caglecartoons.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0I-UcBeYisX98nr89DJ9_fzymPdhbc1abuCZO6xq6bnDkhKvXc8hs8XA8b5PlSxOzXchPGcGSp9pmOeaS4gOLHVbrEaFM-S-jiOrY10c34HwOMnoLGBogpQTXacgUMfOBs5cI0HmojI-FU_N4bDU1a_DQHUMJ1ArYg8kXkHHEWB9z8t2EWPmMPShwoA/s831/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.46.10%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="831" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0I-UcBeYisX98nr89DJ9_fzymPdhbc1abuCZO6xq6bnDkhKvXc8hs8XA8b5PlSxOzXchPGcGSp9pmOeaS4gOLHVbrEaFM-S-jiOrY10c34HwOMnoLGBogpQTXacgUMfOBs5cI0HmojI-FU_N4bDU1a_DQHUMJ1ArYg8kXkHHEWB9z8t2EWPmMPShwoA/w400-h283/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.46.10%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlavgAapc-Q1oJjk4FmMjdvAMuyG62coimslrmVafDnSpolgPRo26lor8s1Uq3MwUXQoWaAHV8EbQRuo-6-Ut4bwqoJfKoYPHeojwgQMEGCNlUlyM5Pc7wE9SyBP9FqFuTxsgDIQGjeY2NKtM32o2U49hzKlZ6qUy65sONEVRVrL1gcikKzibpCRwpRg/s740/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.26.41%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="740" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlavgAapc-Q1oJjk4FmMjdvAMuyG62coimslrmVafDnSpolgPRo26lor8s1Uq3MwUXQoWaAHV8EbQRuo-6-Ut4bwqoJfKoYPHeojwgQMEGCNlUlyM5Pc7wE9SyBP9FqFuTxsgDIQGjeY2NKtM32o2U49hzKlZ6qUy65sONEVRVrL1gcikKzibpCRwpRg/w400-h295/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.26.41%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Tim Campbell, Counterpoint)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA4hFtmGfNDBVZ7Wt8IoOF4DzRXHYfESLcdoOCjk3tx4JkJ_UdOi95g7aO6ll3u0G_Owa86FoXtUc5JiG8wzBDwbYjoXvRe0oc7MdqsE1IMluPFje_gQBL9WPcrgOHV-cfrgWZ9wq6geTpV4DS9N2kst0YNABNdt47iCJpM1_BNCg8W8O13wpn4n5ldU/s760/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.28.34%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="760" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA4hFtmGfNDBVZ7Wt8IoOF4DzRXHYfESLcdoOCjk3tx4JkJ_UdOi95g7aO6ll3u0G_Owa86FoXtUc5JiG8wzBDwbYjoXvRe0oc7MdqsE1IMluPFje_gQBL9WPcrgOHV-cfrgWZ9wq6geTpV4DS9N2kst0YNABNdt47iCJpM1_BNCg8W8O13wpn4n5ldU/w400-h299/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.28.34%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Clay Jones, claytoonz.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkYmLJYOEBkK-EPRuol8_unPoSPG8JqoFz6bpM2huvx-Ymgyp0fuNu7Va0FbCa1t-CcCW5KYVvGNQ2wRaLpKRiFFuGEiTR4fG_oSg5lQOohEMsM461CI2WSwtpw48VTTW-C78A3ZkzJn7iMmI9FhLsq1FT2_KwZ7D_h5Q6p6WqNKYpIaOzPr8_gGA28A/s746/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.29.06%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="746" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkYmLJYOEBkK-EPRuol8_unPoSPG8JqoFz6bpM2huvx-Ymgyp0fuNu7Va0FbCa1t-CcCW5KYVvGNQ2wRaLpKRiFFuGEiTR4fG_oSg5lQOohEMsM461CI2WSwtpw48VTTW-C78A3ZkzJn7iMmI9FhLsq1FT2_KwZ7D_h5Q6p6WqNKYpIaOzPr8_gGA28A/w400-h301/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.29.06%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Kevin Necessary, gocomics.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8gnBC91ojkdLohhyphenhyphensHcVnAQmzMJV42LvqKY9Hee8MudhIQ9XHX-zRelg0MDlSJOJ8wqb6mKWrPhFyo9-H_vbtqnElUuyEocyjsNedlsr1bZZRZVgSCa0eRDfGym_92WfKja4m4KZTHW_k5_EClmdXt1tzK2skwcYfGQ99p_A4uwnGYBNQjdD4WEhyJ4/s740/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.30.14%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="740" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8gnBC91ojkdLohhyphenhyphensHcVnAQmzMJV42LvqKY9Hee8MudhIQ9XHX-zRelg0MDlSJOJ8wqb6mKWrPhFyo9-H_vbtqnElUuyEocyjsNedlsr1bZZRZVgSCa0eRDfGym_92WfKja4m4KZTHW_k5_EClmdXt1tzK2skwcYfGQ99p_A4uwnGYBNQjdD4WEhyJ4/w400-h290/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.30.14%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDXg7oAX1OGNdPoAP6rJyS9Ih9Qxj3PpcVchpwXhlUsnF3xt8uoKyXeIDACUQBh8I45CIznNlvBjrNLGHgBdiINHHF02FPN0P6CyD8G4ooL5NE5j89_AfqThguuC3vZ5blMMKu_GxC_lJhYDkzbZJUQhhRXxYnIn0R4fcUW_7sFFjg9SHVQuukxNaivI/s786/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.49.23%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="786" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDXg7oAX1OGNdPoAP6rJyS9Ih9Qxj3PpcVchpwXhlUsnF3xt8uoKyXeIDACUQBh8I45CIznNlvBjrNLGHgBdiINHHF02FPN0P6CyD8G4ooL5NE5j89_AfqThguuC3vZ5blMMKu_GxC_lJhYDkzbZJUQhhRXxYnIn0R4fcUW_7sFFjg9SHVQuukxNaivI/w400-h275/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.49.23%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Joel Pett, Tribune Content Agency)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvpana4wrv5_mPatHwaToOw0ngbtzXcdIT2EsI-3Kim7YbHTZGt4po27x3ZkRtLmDnSIVXJiPEP_pIRAR1z6A7KETuEi24SnwwpRFuRLuoPccQPsmWgbpy0vsRzdlFgqlp90bjoM4Qs7K-Gppl0rcomC7_9C1AthBdsfK_il0ruV166NK2utUkdsTCEk/s705/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.32.27%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="692" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvpana4wrv5_mPatHwaToOw0ngbtzXcdIT2EsI-3Kim7YbHTZGt4po27x3ZkRtLmDnSIVXJiPEP_pIRAR1z6A7KETuEi24SnwwpRFuRLuoPccQPsmWgbpy0vsRzdlFgqlp90bjoM4Qs7K-Gppl0rcomC7_9C1AthBdsfK_il0ruV166NK2utUkdsTCEk/w393-h400/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.32.27%20AM.png" width="393" /></a></div><p>(Jen Sorensen, gocomics.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZvB7zGzC-zV-4tYUDizQW_qvXeexJFwksjBkNfPUYYrQ6fNnLVx5A9iCVz8V2ZLH5_U6ceKYqc6mXdrUdrZoE1azmzsEuM0SiEplcAu8FY7ULpSQVHhGW5R9iM_G4fP01N1aMAr1e2wnl4dcbi1717RQ-qWxIukyA0kW771XfNGxrrC7Gxk2IEX5ftM/s747/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.29.30%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="747" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZvB7zGzC-zV-4tYUDizQW_qvXeexJFwksjBkNfPUYYrQ6fNnLVx5A9iCVz8V2ZLH5_U6ceKYqc6mXdrUdrZoE1azmzsEuM0SiEplcAu8FY7ULpSQVHhGW5R9iM_G4fP01N1aMAr1e2wnl4dcbi1717RQ-qWxIukyA0kW771XfNGxrrC7Gxk2IEX5ftM/w400-h306/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2011.29.30%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16TEsGZaxcZ8hQET9bT1Wf5LTk_i0MvAGwh4UyoGqsQG_jY0eWHzO8p-1ygyc_a3KyrKEfuXWJ8dyRVJv9gFu5jc9RGkK2i_-lVzLokIW96uAKhw2xq1k36FoPUza6jUkdzb5f8vS5P7KECsJiMU42vqQSpizxb3dEYAeJB3nwEnATQ9Q7IUZkJnRDuU/s780/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2012.37.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="774" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16TEsGZaxcZ8hQET9bT1Wf5LTk_i0MvAGwh4UyoGqsQG_jY0eWHzO8p-1ygyc_a3KyrKEfuXWJ8dyRVJv9gFu5jc9RGkK2i_-lVzLokIW96uAKhw2xq1k36FoPUza6jUkdzb5f8vS5P7KECsJiMU42vqQSpizxb3dEYAeJB3nwEnATQ9Q7IUZkJnRDuU/w398-h400/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%2012.37.29%20PM.png" width="398" /></a></div><p></p><p>(Dawn Mockler, @dawnymock)</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-60360032832948204132024-03-27T15:30:00.002-04:002024-03-27T15:30:00.138-04:00QOTD: Lifelong Crook<p> </p><p><i>New York Magazine</i>'s <b>Jonathan Chait</b>, <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-lawfare-jack-smith-fraud-trials-criminal-prison-prosecutor.html" target="_blank">writing today</a> in the magazine's Intelligencer section. The conclusion:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>"What’s unusual about Trump is not that a politician got into legal trouble, or even that a professional scammer went into politics, <b>but that a political party allowed a crook to rise to its top</b>. That, in turn, reveals the deeply unhealthy state of the GOP, not any extralegal steps being taken by his opponents.</i></p><p><i>Before he won the Republican nomination the first time, <b>Republicans were perfectly aware that his decades of bilking customers and counterparties, lying to everybody, and surrounding himself with known criminals</b> posed a series legal risk. Now that that risk has gone from theoretical to actual, and it is being shared by the Republican Party, they seem to believe it’s not fair to hold him legally accountable.</i></p><p><i>But no plot was necessary here. <b>The law finally catching up to a lifelong crook is utterly predictable</b>." </i>(our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p>Please read Chait's entire article, which documents the initial revulsion with the Malignant Loser by his now-captive party, knowing that he was deeply corrupt, and how they are now standing with him and repeating his lie that the Biden Administration / "deep state" is fighting him through "lawfare," using law to improperly persecute opponents. </p><p> </p><p><i></i></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-35181079161292445612024-03-27T13:30:00.002-04:002024-03-27T16:35:38.798-04:00Tweets / Xeets Of The Day<p> </p><p><b>Judge Merchan is done with the Malignant Loser's delaying tactics</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">News<br /><br />The judge presiding over Trump's NY criminal case REFUSES to budge from his order forcing lawyers to ask his okay to file any more motions.<br /><br />He also WARNS Trump's lawyers to obey that order, citing his "power to punish for a criminal contempt."<br /><br />Doc <a href="https://t.co/wcRnROFm8z">https://t.co/wcRnROFm8z</a> <a href="https://t.co/YwJDoUulhd">pic.twitter.com/YwJDoUulhd</a></p>— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1772678396574601570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p> </p><p><b>$uckers will be $uckers</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Divorced from fundamentals."<br /><br />"Untethered to its underlying business." <br /><br />"No way to square the current stock price."<br /><br />Truth Social owner Trump Media is now public. Experts warn its valuation defies logic.<a href="https://t.co/cIB6MbY6dD">https://t.co/cIB6MbY6dD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24DJT&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$DJT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24DWAC&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$DWAC</a></p>— Matt Egan (@MattEganCNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattEganCNN/status/1772622528462152162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Under the radar testimony</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is as close as we may get to a trial, before the general election, of the Trump-DOJ plot to aid Trump's overthrow of the presidential election. ⬇️👀 <a href="https://t.co/v2AjO6CU99">https://t.co/v2AjO6CU99</a></p>— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻 (@AWeissmann_) <a href="https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1772996099168477377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><b> <br /></b></p><p><b>Loons will be loons, racists will be racists, cont.</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Usual Cast Of Far-Right Characters Declare ‘WW3,’ ‘Black Swan Event’ Over Bridge Collapse <a href="https://t.co/cDKMLLWhm6">https://t.co/cDKMLLWhm6</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/TPM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPM</a></p>— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1772982795620569105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Calling the Black mayor OF BALTIMORE the "DEI Mayor" is actually a useful illustration of what they actually mean by the term. <a href="https://t.co/yPNP2rTFSN">https://t.co/yPNP2rTFSN</a></p>— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1772694080239063284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p><b><strike>Shoe</strike> Bible pitchman clueless about his product</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Since Trump is now selling Bibles, here is a montage of clips of Trump giving us his vast and extensive knowledge of the Bible. <a href="https://t.co/VKXQdT5wLA">pic.twitter.com/VKXQdT5wLA</a></p>— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1772721673550086249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Happy Holy Week, Donald. Instead of selling Bibles, you should probably buy one. And read it, including Exodus 20:14. <a href="https://t.co/SzMwevnXeG">pic.twitter.com/SzMwevnXeG</a></p>— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) <a href="https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1772732343263822285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Democrat runs on women's reproductive rights, flips Alabama House swing district </b>--</p><p> <br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Democrat <a href="https://twitter.com/MarilynForAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@marilynforAL</a> has defeated Republican Teddy Powell, who just conceded in the special election for Alabama House District 10, a Huntsville-area swing district, by what looks like will be a pretty big margin (district was Trump +1, Doug Jones +5 in 2020) <a href="https://t.co/XBTv9trUeK">pic.twitter.com/XBTv9trUeK</a></p>— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) <a href="https://twitter.com/grace_panetta/status/1772797409074053122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p><b>We'll take the votes 👆 over the polls, too </b>--</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Galen: Every election Trump has gone into so far this year, he's losing 20-30% of his own base, these are not good numbers. I’ll take the votes over the polls <a href="https://t.co/GIdtOKlT6m">pic.twitter.com/GIdtOKlT6m</a></p>— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1772834282429436091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>We did Nazi that coming (yes, we did) </b>--</p><p> <br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Those seeking employment at the RNC after a Trump-backed purge of the committee have been asked in interviews if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to people familiar with the interviews, making the false claim a litmus test for hiring. <a href="https://t.co/ttbAfNjcQO">https://t.co/ttbAfNjcQO</a></p>— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1772807509486571542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p><b>Deadbeat Mein Pillow getting evicted from warehouse </b>--</p><p> <br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Lindell's MyPillow is getting evicted from its Minnesota warehouse after the company failed to cough up over $200,000 in unpaid rent <a href="https://t.co/y4Fj3a7l9K">https://t.co/y4Fj3a7l9K</a></p>— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) <a href="https://twitter.com/BusinessInsider/status/1772910681471242451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote><p> <b> </b></p><p><b>"Old" car recycled </b>--<br /></p><p> <br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">workshop recycling of an old car 👌 <a href="https://t.co/aqgqFqNhzn">pic.twitter.com/aqgqFqNhzn</a></p>— Interesting Channel (@ChannelInteres) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChannelInteres/status/1741353535348891922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2023</a></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-18900914676626578442024-03-27T12:00:00.025-04:002024-03-27T12:00:00.137-04:00Mid-Week Song: Tiger's Blood<p> </p><p>Americana / folk singer-songwriter <b>Katie Crutchfield</b> performs under "Waxahatchee", named after a river in her native Alabama. Her latest album, "<i>Tiger's Blood</i>", was just released to very positive reviews. Here's the lyric video for the title track from that album. Enjoy.</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iePPq8tjXLY?si=E_EjHBP--M369Lp-" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-70567168906726464332024-03-27T10:00:00.017-04:002024-03-27T10:00:00.251-04:00Caught In "NEVER NEVERLAND"<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRCVmgfFw4GEdnOLp-dKuZao2tQ5vu3Pj-S1QBNFAe_JpFqYJTzKpfm9gHdhWzj-5-fCuCuBGq6yAx0mubW-e_D9FvhE2dDfbrTOCNpYNZiEfpW6MLuaIbh4-4CEBoLj9PhTSbPGysMGQbrr5IHwBuJAsOo5RjepANo7BQzuIHqZsrS-C5jqVe3eFC-k/s549/Election-2024-Republicans-0_1711533139080_1711533168764.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="549" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRCVmgfFw4GEdnOLp-dKuZao2tQ5vu3Pj-S1QBNFAe_JpFqYJTzKpfm9gHdhWzj-5-fCuCuBGq6yAx0mubW-e_D9FvhE2dDfbrTOCNpYNZiEfpW6MLuaIbh4-4CEBoLj9PhTSbPGysMGQbrr5IHwBuJAsOo5RjepANo7BQzuIHqZsrS-C5jqVe3eFC-k/w400-h225/Election-2024-Republicans-0_1711533139080_1711533168764.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><p></p><p>After a revolt of NBC and MSNBC News staff and anchors caused the cynical suits at the network <a href="https://hackwhackers.blogspot.com/2024/03/nightly-news-bits.html" target="_blank">to pull the plug</a> on pathetic Trumpist shill <b>Ronna Romney McDaniel</b>, she's now facing ostracism from his cult. The Malignant Loser, who forced her out of her RNC position after <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/364060-trump-asked-rnc-chairwoman-to-stop-using-romney-in-her-name-report/" target="_blank">making her drop her middle name</a>, has made it clear there's no forgiveness in his diseased, Bible- hawking heart for McDaniel, as he posted on his failing and delusional social media site:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>"Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC. She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear. It leaves her in a very strange place, it’s called NEVER NEVERLAND, and it’s not a place you want to be."</i></blockquote><p></p><p>He followed with his patented ALL CAPS rant about leftists, NBC, ratings and overpaid talent. Clearly, the Malignant Loser was stung by McDaniel's acceptance of NBC's offer to be a "contributor" and may have expected her to spout MAGAese. When she shifted gears to please NBC, it failed. Now, she's out in the cold politically, but at least she can go back to using her middle name, Romney. </p><p>A reminder that "everything Trump touches dies."</p><p>(photo: Happily cheerleading for the Malignant Loser. AP)</p><p> </p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-75969966273179339042024-03-27T08:00:00.003-04:002024-03-27T08:05:08.006-04:00Trump's New Unearned Wealth And His Yass-hole Benefactor<p> </p><p><b>Stephen Colbert</b> covers the Malignant Loser's latest overvalued IPO and the company and Yass-hole behind it, the Malignant Loser comparing his travails to Christ, crank RFK Jr.'s running mate, and simpleton comments by James Carville. Good stuff as usual.<br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddb104fcptM?si=BZQ1wVcI0o4QmKLo" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-15250722418707753942024-03-26T19:00:00.025-04:002024-03-27T07:25:51.174-04:00Nightly News Bits<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/03/26/nbc-drops-ronna-mcdaniel-backlash/">She gone</a>:</p><div class="teaser-content"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i></i></p></div></div><blockquote><div class="teaser-content"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>Amid <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/03/25/rachel-maddow-ronna-mcdaniel-msnbc-pundits-object/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank">a chorus of on-air protest from some of the network’s biggest stars</a>,
NBC announced Tuesday night that former Republican National Committee
chair <b>Ronna McDaniel</b> <b>will no longer be joining the network as a paid
contributor.</b></i></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i><b>The
announcement came in a memo from NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar
Conde, who said he had listened to “the legitimate concerns” of many
network employees</b>. “No organization, particularly a newsroom, can
succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned,” he wrote. “Over the last few
days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”</i></p></div></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>Conde also apologized to employees “who felt we let them down” and took “full responsibility” for the hiring... </i>(our emphasis)<i><br /></i></p></div></blockquote><p>Now do Conde and Carrie Budoff "Bugger off" Brown, the NBC News execs who thought it was a great idea to hire the fake electors conspirator. <br /></p><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i></i></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-trying-sell-bibles-1883722">The very definition of blasphemy</a>: <br /></p></div><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i><b>Donald Trump is peddling a new version of a Bible published by Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood.</b></i></p><p><i>In a three-minute, 15-second Holy Week message <a class="multivariate" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112162741690113521" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">posted Tuesday on his Truth Social account</a>, the former president and presumptive 2024 <a class="multivariate" data-sys="1" href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republican">Republican</a>
nominee wrote "Let's Make America Pray Again" and accompanied his
message with a video touting a "God Bless the USA Bible," <b>which costs
$59.99</b>.</i></p><p><i><b>"It's very important and very important to me," Trump says
in the video. "I want to have a lot of people have it. You have to have
it for your heart, for your soul. Many of you have never read them and
don't know the liberties and rights you have as Americans, and how you
are being threatened to lose those rights</b>.</i></p><p><i><b>"It's happening all the
time," he continued. "It's a very sad thing that's going on in our
country. But we're gonna get it turned around. Religion and Christianity
are the biggest things missing from our country." </b></i>[Ed. -- at this point, if the Bible is to be believed, he should have combusted.]<br /></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>According to a <a class="multivariate" href="https://godblesstheusabible.com/?sld=trump" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> for the Bible for sale, the product includes a handwritten chorus to
"God Bless the U.S.A." by Greenwood, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of
Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance.
The only offering is the King James version, with no other versions
available. </i>[snip]<br /></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p><i><b>The promotional messaging by Trump and Greenwood on social media comes one day after</b> <a class="multivariate" href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-shares-jesus-comparison-while-court-stormy-daniels-1883109" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Trump seemingly compared his legal plight</a> <b>to Jesus Christ's persecution.</b> In connection with <a class="multivariate" href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fraud-judge-engoron-letitia-james-1830382" rel="noopener" target="_blank">his New York state civil fraud case</a>,
in which his bond was reduced from the $464 million he originally owed
to $175 million, Trump shared a Bible verse, Psalm 109:3–8, on his Truth
Social account. It was sent to him by an undisclosed individual.</i> [snip]</p><p><i>"Unrepentant grifter Trump is so desperate for cash that he's selling
a 'God Bless the USA' Bible," wrote the X account Project Lincoln. "How
much money do you think Trump gets off each sale?"</i></p><p><i><b>"One day after he compared himself to Jesus Christ, Trump is now selling a $60 'Trump endorsed' Bible," <a class="multivariate" data-sys="1" href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republicans">Republicans</a> Against Trump posted. "Grifter gonna grift."</b></i></p><p><i>X
user Ben Howe responded by quoting another Bible passage, 2 Corinthians
11:13-15, which states: "For such men are false apostles, deceitful
workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for
even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise
if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of
righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."... </i>(our emphasis)<br /></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p>They'll sell like the devil.</p><p><br /></p><p></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-62929162759466739462024-03-26T17:30:00.009-04:002024-03-26T17:30:00.129-04:00QOTD -- Gagging Trump<p> </p><p><i>“... Although this Court did not issue an order restricting Defendant’s
speech at the inception of this case, choosing instead to issue an
admonition, given the nature and impact of the statements made against
this Court and a family member thereof, the District Attorney and an
Assistant District Attorney, the witnesses in this case, as well as the
nature and impact of the extrajudicial statements made by Defendant in
the D.C. Circuit case (which resulted in the D.C. Circuit issuing an
order restricting his speech), and given that the eve of trial is upon
us, it is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is now
paramount...”</i> -- <b>Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of New York Juan Merchan</b> issuing a <a href="https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/PeopleDJT-DecOrderExtrajudicial.pdf">gag order</a> (pdf) on the Malignant Loser for his inflammatory and dangerous blathering concerning his hush money for porn stars case in Manhattan. This should be the template for every trial in which the deranged, lawless Malignant Loser is a defendant. He's a risk to the courts and to public safety, and he needs to be stopped.</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-62783313918460100922024-03-26T16:00:00.000-04:002024-03-26T16:00:00.163-04:00Today's Cartoons<p> </p><p>(<i>click on images to enlarge</i>) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQFsSPpDJKZiniaUGZK5WQ7RfJ9wi39yFAa3jXtC5czJmm2fc26vWNIc3oBxFsQlttgHQxoSmP266wyWWhCbqatEhozXf9q_QL-xylgNGSGhgu7cMJEGdPa7Vdr6O-z4Ce5MJl4cyTT3C-wirawnXc26jhdJ-V-7tNmF_T8qnpuMfY8XSnh25aEMPiuc/s706/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.48.16%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="706" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQFsSPpDJKZiniaUGZK5WQ7RfJ9wi39yFAa3jXtC5czJmm2fc26vWNIc3oBxFsQlttgHQxoSmP266wyWWhCbqatEhozXf9q_QL-xylgNGSGhgu7cMJEGdPa7Vdr6O-z4Ce5MJl4cyTT3C-wirawnXc26jhdJ-V-7tNmF_T8qnpuMfY8XSnh25aEMPiuc/w400-h296/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.48.16%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Gq_p9W8amrhcslPyRR4W8PH3S8jtVOt5c4biF2KE7sWVdKMclIG1g0vnOcn6HxSqrJigkC8hs_tch9tTzt9nHlj-xxjogC01MAS0t0s9lPyONRuRoNTAVelCevriTnb9_etvjqAXVR5g3JCrxgtnCd3xhdYDwWdBudPAuVVhElc21EcSKImQAWFUELM/s752/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.52.59%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="752" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Gq_p9W8amrhcslPyRR4W8PH3S8jtVOt5c4biF2KE7sWVdKMclIG1g0vnOcn6HxSqrJigkC8hs_tch9tTzt9nHlj-xxjogC01MAS0t0s9lPyONRuRoNTAVelCevriTnb9_etvjqAXVR5g3JCrxgtnCd3xhdYDwWdBudPAuVVhElc21EcSKImQAWFUELM/w400-h329/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.52.59%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Matt Wuerker, Politico)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTDFTkiFSEXRUHJX4fX2pktaEAffC9hyphenhyphenGT4tOauCt3fnGfhpxv96JLZJSGj9XuRWspe3Dgn96P5Qnscp8kczp_VWm8DI8G5SddDb2WsocRlF83IXtgpJwc_EzAbWnhRzzXNd1hyzvzRaseJZ2BcA65fxlNze9tc3W_C8RkURkdJ47CGRtcgIh1W67I-0/s678/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.50.53%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTDFTkiFSEXRUHJX4fX2pktaEAffC9hyphenhyphenGT4tOauCt3fnGfhpxv96JLZJSGj9XuRWspe3Dgn96P5Qnscp8kczp_VWm8DI8G5SddDb2WsocRlF83IXtgpJwc_EzAbWnhRzzXNd1hyzvzRaseJZ2BcA65fxlNze9tc3W_C8RkURkdJ47CGRtcgIh1W67I-0/w430-h640/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.50.53%20AM.png" width="430" /></a></div><p>(Brian McFadden, gocomics.com)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WKW_wRqUJfTCdYpEKhleIyW6pGGgtmbV3j3TSa9f_xu-ryAsjCNo5j5Ai_pgmOhmtAuhFWQi22ebEv7L4ggJFArKkC52iMbq3gv4HIXO27ILwzeawdnvGzPG_f-EBb3TYVcXBuNksvpYikIl7zaZVU57j64g18KY6jU37-LWNiOWAixTEDrHqb96QDI/s715/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.02.41%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="715" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WKW_wRqUJfTCdYpEKhleIyW6pGGgtmbV3j3TSa9f_xu-ryAsjCNo5j5Ai_pgmOhmtAuhFWQi22ebEv7L4ggJFArKkC52iMbq3gv4HIXO27ILwzeawdnvGzPG_f-EBb3TYVcXBuNksvpYikIl7zaZVU57j64g18KY6jU37-LWNiOWAixTEDrHqb96QDI/w400-h297/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.02.41%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />(Andy Marlette, Creators.com)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5TcsDIgUokInS_phOpkArUvrNOCVXbb-b6WP4ddCCptsXjGPtC3a39L31SOr2lb39hM-NUFsSIR3ZAjPT2xnmiodjUHC44vG3UKmBgZaVWCLpYgDzUK3HdhMnuSmTJfkwlXI6h2_ByuYgbEloLParT7Hpo64TqkIAMfxPuK99ZqKrnbo9uDwcL9crHw/s747/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.49.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="747" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5TcsDIgUokInS_phOpkArUvrNOCVXbb-b6WP4ddCCptsXjGPtC3a39L31SOr2lb39hM-NUFsSIR3ZAjPT2xnmiodjUHC44vG3UKmBgZaVWCLpYgDzUK3HdhMnuSmTJfkwlXI6h2_ByuYgbEloLParT7Hpo64TqkIAMfxPuK99ZqKrnbo9uDwcL9crHw/w400-h291/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.49.12%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB45RMbp_bwS9NvXt2yQ97TNJrGDQDPDqbane3uggm5BnnkVFyHIBlfFt15BSNt1gQ5_yRL2Y-TkUm5RWE2dIpVy-D82Agk8_yGas3k0Rggi_eBphphaY78p-vUbui7DObIUtqJjp-UcRVtOFAK9378wpsEQDidd6Fvcs7et2B1TcdCq30BzyT_UJyxUg/s614/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.01.09%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="614" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB45RMbp_bwS9NvXt2yQ97TNJrGDQDPDqbane3uggm5BnnkVFyHIBlfFt15BSNt1gQ5_yRL2Y-TkUm5RWE2dIpVy-D82Agk8_yGas3k0Rggi_eBphphaY78p-vUbui7DObIUtqJjp-UcRVtOFAK9378wpsEQDidd6Fvcs7et2B1TcdCq30BzyT_UJyxUg/w400-h256/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.01.09%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Rick McKee, caglecartoons.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCP_ZKcFE8eqar67UBnwMVnAarQt4o62Y1mJdNdyQxxejN_QGSH3KAHwEiDYZiOn6996qofmHBvlsXwyVGXjW67lL5dywijyBH22EDB6VRuQgXMTrTbWkAtJl81NXVMKj-AId1QTQMx1K2SreA8SGs3k6hsavSJug_bPayb3lJN4LEcsUOhWlttKi4Ic/s737/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.52.15%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="737" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCP_ZKcFE8eqar67UBnwMVnAarQt4o62Y1mJdNdyQxxejN_QGSH3KAHwEiDYZiOn6996qofmHBvlsXwyVGXjW67lL5dywijyBH22EDB6VRuQgXMTrTbWkAtJl81NXVMKj-AId1QTQMx1K2SreA8SGs3k6hsavSJug_bPayb3lJN4LEcsUOhWlttKi4Ic/w400-h284/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.52.15%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Rob Rogers, Tinyview.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ACplLI_ZmnjPfpDVa0N1XBSxptCiDHLvcpp1cEgr12dWJ0-SELYCBJUwOgmjXEVX8VHq7h8mYyrWekzV5v1Ftffdv_qN98n-rWnd_T13JsIz4xZijf02gQait-4Nrw3gFJ4IJ1UbqYc2sqMj7XDqHWv2zdZwnOLtzGdjtwuWe_iHNtlM4mp9Pmt1atk/s991/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.04.54%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="991" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ACplLI_ZmnjPfpDVa0N1XBSxptCiDHLvcpp1cEgr12dWJ0-SELYCBJUwOgmjXEVX8VHq7h8mYyrWekzV5v1Ftffdv_qN98n-rWnd_T13JsIz4xZijf02gQait-4Nrw3gFJ4IJ1UbqYc2sqMj7XDqHWv2zdZwnOLtzGdjtwuWe_iHNtlM4mp9Pmt1atk/w400-h239/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.04.54%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Paul Fell, Artizans.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTVkpfpLsy9zeh1BW_KsAFNG9lhWbwSYEGVhBJK0x_JWH-lyEpOic1-DunTgIvsqAcKrXOCtstmCiixUmDTkxCc_Fz9JfhkWcIRBRBpcQST5Pw7tnXwmzJOZMaeS5IbUNH9P963HedkSHKFwochxDJYG9_b0o5CQPXpBY3xhOsxjtATlY2UpipqEWA7g/s850/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.51.28%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="850" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTVkpfpLsy9zeh1BW_KsAFNG9lhWbwSYEGVhBJK0x_JWH-lyEpOic1-DunTgIvsqAcKrXOCtstmCiixUmDTkxCc_Fz9JfhkWcIRBRBpcQST5Pw7tnXwmzJOZMaeS5IbUNH9P963HedkSHKFwochxDJYG9_b0o5CQPXpBY3xhOsxjtATlY2UpipqEWA7g/w400-h305/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.51.28%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Pedro Molina, Counterpoint)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjlguXeUB_Aji6cytAgTowqN8sl81tUizppQRhEJfaDd0Xoqsb35Rk6PcRKrYZGzKHLcyruwvR2oMyel7S3KdkeJCz8PJCP82WLhGmsU4XDAdCr8duGnWa6IVYZ_zY7ECmEqB2JmWd1KS6_WUE9dwXD0J8pu1E4AJ8N4A-WlDwUBqGKoVxXdm5y3mGLQ/s745/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.46.25%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="745" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjlguXeUB_Aji6cytAgTowqN8sl81tUizppQRhEJfaDd0Xoqsb35Rk6PcRKrYZGzKHLcyruwvR2oMyel7S3KdkeJCz8PJCP82WLhGmsU4XDAdCr8duGnWa6IVYZ_zY7ECmEqB2JmWd1KS6_WUE9dwXD0J8pu1E4AJ8N4A-WlDwUBqGKoVxXdm5y3mGLQ/w400-h240/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.46.25%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Robert Ariail, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, SC)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN64Jq9knGCAC0KqzKXKEwQA3B_0TtYCdMi_8GWp6_Bq8Apda4geqhA1vCg45213jZPer46XAFMjJXTp8WV-aRjj3P6OUvshPg1p2wmKpgZdJ6FQjAyGx4oU_ak6wDlj4oh6manc9Bku9frBuT3OR7yvNVZMyqIrBYyhUKb6ncSQyjBvNYVmV77B8eFGg/s873/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.58.27%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="873" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN64Jq9knGCAC0KqzKXKEwQA3B_0TtYCdMi_8GWp6_Bq8Apda4geqhA1vCg45213jZPer46XAFMjJXTp8WV-aRjj3P6OUvshPg1p2wmKpgZdJ6FQjAyGx4oU_ak6wDlj4oh6manc9Bku9frBuT3OR7yvNVZMyqIrBYyhUKb6ncSQyjBvNYVmV77B8eFGg/w400-h269/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2010.58.27%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(David Horsey, The Seattle Times)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLsIa7TQ85UVF5DGmFUixSaf7uFiosAvVAAvpE9U4OU1_MtcGiDIw7bs57ZyNAlzVYKmeC9K20ll-mGFxcvvMOGEzlTEee3DJLrR_R1T2k9SN0rQz4o8ZZFrLBcwlVM703HYd5fShSU7pdGQo-xDIdYB6SvVZEDqBinacAXatzoabdRWodv_Lh4he2G0/s959/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.09.24%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="959" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLsIa7TQ85UVF5DGmFUixSaf7uFiosAvVAAvpE9U4OU1_MtcGiDIw7bs57ZyNAlzVYKmeC9K20ll-mGFxcvvMOGEzlTEee3DJLrR_R1T2k9SN0rQz4o8ZZFrLBcwlVM703HYd5fShSU7pdGQo-xDIdYB6SvVZEDqBinacAXatzoabdRWodv_Lh4he2G0/w400-h314/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%2011.09.24%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Mort Gerberg, @mortgerberg)</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-83023195949482982402024-03-26T14:00:00.053-04:002024-03-26T14:00:00.157-04:00Tweets / Xeets Of The Day<p> </p><p><b>Tragedy in Baltimore --</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">As a search and rescue operation continues, one of the three ways for vehicles to cross Baltimore's harbor is no more. Opened in 1977, the Key Bridge had a traffic volume of 11.3 million vehicles per year, or nearly 31,000 cars per day. <a href="https://t.co/xtPziPr0bA">https://t.co/xtPziPr0bA</a> <a href="https://t.co/MmiYU7c0fQ">pic.twitter.com/MmiYU7c0fQ</a></p>— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) <a href="https://twitter.com/baltimoresun/status/1772595892219965949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><b> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></b><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rescuers in Baltimore searching for multiple people who may have fallen into the Patapsco River as a major bridge collapsed, official tells CNN. Follow live updates. <a href="https://t.co/sWpPZ73J9F">https://t.co/sWpPZ73J9F</a></p>— CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1772553650948206772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WH: POTUS “convened senior members of his team for a briefing on ongoing response to collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge…the President directed his team to ensure all federal resources be made available to assist in the ongoing search+ rescue efforts+response to this incident.”</p>— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) <a href="https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1772651761544642831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>Tragedy repeats itself --</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">tragedy repeats itself in Baltimore this morning. story below was 44 years ago in St Petersburg FL <a href="https://t.co/BlAvZhislc">pic.twitter.com/BlAvZhislc</a></p>— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1772591424405467584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Tragedy exploited by anti-Semites --</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Of course there are blue-checked accounts farming engagement by blaming the Jews for the Baltimore bridge collapse. <a href="https://t.co/rFB9MFt2ED">pic.twitter.com/rFB9MFt2ED</a></p>— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1772607420520431649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Wait until he doesn't pay them -- </b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><b><br /></b><p></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andrew Weissmann: ‘Donald Trump might be pushing his legal team beyond their limits’ <a href="https://t.co/XRkpszOLXH">https://t.co/XRkpszOLXH</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@msnbc</a></p>— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻 (@AWeissmann_) <a href="https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1772430820336078875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Russia getting by with a little help from their friend, Musk -- </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ukraine relies on Starlink for its drone war. Russia appears to be bypassing sanctions to use the devices too<a href="https://t.co/oIfvQzCMt0">https://t.co/oIfvQzCMt0</a></p>— Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) <a href="https://twitter.com/UROCKlive1/status/1772561137743343734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Our broken, access-hungry amoral political media --</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">NBC contributor Ronna McDaniel, who aided Trump's fake elector scheme, spent late 2022 recruiting poll workers on Steve Bannon’s far-right podcast <a href="https://t.co/Yw8PbmfCHk">https://t.co/Yw8PbmfCHk</a></p>— Media Matters (@mmfa) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1772331988927520990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"...it’s worth stepping [back] to ask why NBC would take a risky, dramatic step that could alienate much of its audience and staff?" <a href="https://t.co/0gQ6DxwZcy">https://t.co/0gQ6DxwZcy</a><br /><br />One likely answer: They think he's going to win, and NBC will need friendly-with-Trumpworld insiders.</p>— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) <a href="https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1772280364976730379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>We're betting that they will -- </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">ISIS are gonna have to attack us again just to provide more proof so we believe it was them.</p>— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1772651123976925515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Looking for that $175 million bond -- </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Texting away… <a href="https://t.co/RrLcwpPWhz">pic.twitter.com/RrLcwpPWhz</a></p>— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) <a href="https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1771924006649630863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump Issues Stirring Call to Action <a href="https://t.co/A0BOCrWoha">pic.twitter.com/A0BOCrWoha</a></p>— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1772461693659934844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-72628861664549388972024-03-26T12:00:00.018-04:002024-03-26T13:32:39.660-04:00Republican Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today Over Mifepristone Access<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejJM1VQ0xvsaN9T9B-r3tqYf_xyGQqRE77cFpKbv8HI41KoefEMKkQ0gprqON2Gkc_tfasE3bKV0-oT0VEFpSQF2OJ6bDGm-am532-nWrkMIYCLQlQmzxi6KX2NhDliexrWSXsfyQnvWCoH2w2cjjuPvd8cE01R5cT6lKdQc50gFlMuseedtcid8qDos/s732/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%209.46.48%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="732" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejJM1VQ0xvsaN9T9B-r3tqYf_xyGQqRE77cFpKbv8HI41KoefEMKkQ0gprqON2Gkc_tfasE3bKV0-oT0VEFpSQF2OJ6bDGm-am532-nWrkMIYCLQlQmzxi6KX2NhDliexrWSXsfyQnvWCoH2w2cjjuPvd8cE01R5cT6lKdQc50gFlMuseedtcid8qDos/w400-h265/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-26%20at%209.46.48%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><a href="https://hackwhackers.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-good-bad-and-ugly_01616160938.html">As we noted yesterday</a>, fallout from the Republican Supreme Court's <i>Dobbs</i> decision overturning<i> Roe v. Wade</i> and 50 years of precedent rolls on with arguments today over <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-abortion-mifepristone-telemedicine-4406d53e8af90f6a523264f535f5adf8">access to the abortion drug mifepristone</a>:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>The <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court">Supreme Court</a></span> is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0">overturned the constitutional right to an abortion</a></span> two years ago. At stake is the ease of access to a medication that was used in <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-mifepristone-supreme-court-27d18f91242eb08c4d805880ddb5bb60">nearly two-thirds of all abortions</a></span> in the U.S. last year.</i></p><p><i>Abortion opponents are asking the justices to ratify <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pill-restrictions-appeals-court-402be732d162af449c40ed1315cfb851">a ruling</a></span> from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to mifepristone, one of two <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/mifepristone-supreme-court-abortion-d451e14148ffbe6ce4811b1a37651480">drugs used in medication abortions</a></span>.</i></p><p><i>The
high court’s return to the abortion thicket is taking place in a
political and regulatory landscape that was reshaped by the abortion
decision in 2022 that led many Republican-led states to ban or severely
restrict abortion.</i></p><p><i>That ruling had immediate political
consequences and the outcome in the new case, expected by early summer,
could affect races for Congress and the White House. </i></p>
<p><i>The practical consequences of a ruling for abortion opponents would
be dramatic, possibly halting the delivery of mifepristone through the
mail and at large pharmacy chains, reducing the period in pregnancy when
it can be used from 10 to seven weeks and ending increasingly popular
telehealth visits at which the drug can be prescribed. </i></p><p><i>President Joe Biden’s administration and drug manufacturers warn that
such an outcome also could undermine the FDA’s drug approval process
more widely by inviting judges to second-guess the agency’s scientific
judgments...</i></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p>Based on the questioning, we should get a sense of where the six trad Catholic Republicans- in- robes may come down on restricting access to mifespristone, but (spoiler alert) we would expect they will go along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_shopping">forum- shopped</a> lower court ruling (<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-abortion-pill-arguments-mifepristone/">we'd love to be wrong</a>):</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>The mifepristone case began five months after the Supreme Court
overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion opponents initially won a sweeping
ruling nearly a year ago from <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/texas-judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-abortion-pill-fda-75964b777ef09593a1ad948c6cfc0237">U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk</a></span>,
a Trump nominee in Texas, which would have revoked the drug’s approval
entirely. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals left intact the FDA’s
initial approval of mifepristone. But it would reverse changes
regulators made in 2016 and 2021 that eased some conditions for
administering the drug.</i></p><p><i>The Supreme Court put the appeals court’s
modified ruling on hold, then agreed to hear the case, though Justices
Samuel Alito, the author of the decision overturning Roe, and Clarence
Thomas would have allowed some restrictions to take effect while the
case proceeded.</i></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p>The extremist forced- birthers holding sway over the Republican/ MAGAt cult and its lifetime- appointment judges around the country aren't stopping here. They'll keep gnawing away at women's reproductive freedoms -- including contraception! -- unless and until the Republican Supreme Court is unpacked and the rights and freedoms that are being taken away by these goons are restored. For that to happen, we need to have a Democrat in the White House and a Democratic- majority Senate. For however long it takes, we need to be as resolute and strategic as the forced- birthers have been for the last half century.</p><p>(<b>Image</b>: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)</p><p><br /></p><p></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-19574179349942662782024-03-26T10:00:00.011-04:002024-03-26T10:43:39.005-04:00What's That Musk-y Smell? Defeat In Court<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4rswiAsSK_aHhrfFpsc6GkAsiD8EJdYTcfq4wIoOY7PRvEt-UZvLWeODpMjPvErVmc2Lnbf14IAqa3_8vdkq7zfM6T3RJPQuj9Cbi-LrCqEppgKPuWpfvmQlhYJDbQmJ7G_BxNaZ0239ofgUj-dBRSGreWfm8SMMlINTsSekgdmzt01VEYJypJi5Yb8/s959/f13c12947b4e3b3e4d306b53d3fe83c4.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="959" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4rswiAsSK_aHhrfFpsc6GkAsiD8EJdYTcfq4wIoOY7PRvEt-UZvLWeODpMjPvErVmc2Lnbf14IAqa3_8vdkq7zfM6T3RJPQuj9Cbi-LrCqEppgKPuWpfvmQlhYJDbQmJ7G_BxNaZ0239ofgUj-dBRSGreWfm8SMMlINTsSekgdmzt01VEYJypJi5Yb8/w400-h266/f13c12947b4e3b3e4d306b53d3fe83c4.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>Right-wing crashing car and rocket mogul <b>Elon Musk</b> is forever claiming to be a "free speech" advocate, but only when he agrees with the speech. He made that clear when he sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) for studying and reporting on increasing hate speech on "X" since Musk purchased the platform in October 2022. Musk claimed that CCDH violated the platform's terms of service, and caused damage to the site by driving advertisers away and spotlighting hate speech monitoring failures.</p><p>Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer <a href="https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/DL7CJ7Y/X_Corp_v_Center_for_Countering_Digital__candce-23-03836__0075.0.pdf?mcid=tGE3TEOA" target="_blank">dismissed Musk's suit</a>, throwing it out in a stinging rebuke to Musk for using the suit to punish critics of "X" and, by extension, himself for CCDH's reporting on the surge of neo-Nazi, white supremacist and anti-Semitic <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/extremists-and-conspiracy-theorists-reemerge-twitter" target="_blank">that he's permitted</a>, including the Malignant Loser, Newtown massacre denier Alex Jones, and white supremacist / anti-Semite Nick Fuentes. </p><p>While Musk plans to appeal the decision, it was a good day for anti-hate speech advocates and true advocates of free speech, not just the false kind Musk promotes.</p><p>(photo: Free speech isn't what Musk thinks it is)</p><p><br /></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-58312057186913254332024-03-26T07:30:00.004-04:002024-03-26T11:30:33.528-04:00Baltimore Bridge Collapses After Ship Strike (UPDATED)<p> </p><p>This video captures the moments after the I-695 bridge over the Patapsco River in Baltimore was hit by a cargo ship this morning at 1:30 a.m. <br /></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YVdVpd-pqcM?si=qf-0PAjOhUPJZjlv" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/baltimore-bridge-partially-collapses-collusion-075148049.html">More details</a>:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>The Francis Scott Key Bridge − a major span critical to East Coast shipping − <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link" data-rapid_p="9" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:collapsed early Tuesday after it was struck by a large cargo ship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/photos-video-show-collapse-baltimores-105104138.html">collapsed early Tuesday after it was struck by a large cargo ship</a>, prompting a massive emergency response for at least seven people in the water.</i></p><p><i>James
Wallace, chief of the Baltimore City Fire Department, said at a news
conference that around 1:30 a.m. a vessel struck the Key Bridge in
Baltimore, causing the collapse. Several vehicles were on the bridge at
the time of impact and were plunged into the Patapsco River.</i></p><p><i>Wallace
said two people were rescued from the water. One was unharmed and the
other is remains in "very serious condition," he said. At least seven
people were believed to be in the water, though, Wallace noted, it's
unclear whether that number includes the two who were rescued.</i></p><p><i>The
crew that was on the ship when the crash occurred remains on the
vessel, which needs to be assessed for damage before rescuers can board
it, Wallace said.</i></p><p><i>Multiple local, state and federal agencies are
coordinating the massive search, which spans a vast section of the river
– both above and below the surface of the water – and the ship itself,
Wallace said. Divers, helicopters and sonar technology were being used
and had located several vehicles submerged in the water. "We're battling
darkness," Wallace said, adding that the river is "tide influenced."</i></p><p><i>Wes
Moore, the governor of Maryland, declared a state of emergency and said
he is working with an interagency team to "quickly deploy federal
resources from the Biden Administration."</i></p><p><i>"This is an unthinkable tragedy," said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott at a news conference.</i></p><p><i>Ship tracking data from LSEG shows a Singapore-flagged container
ship, the Dali, at the location along the Key Bridge where the accident
occurred. Reuters, citing LSEG data show, reported that the registered
owner of the ship is Grace Ocean Pte Ltd. and is managed by Synergy
Marine Group.</i></p><p><i>Synergy Marine Corp said the Dali collided with one
of the pillars of the bridge and that all its crew members, including
two pilots, have been accounted for and there were no reports of any
injuries. </i>[snip]</p><p><i>The Francis Scott Key Bridge, named for the author of the "Star
Spangled Banner," is a 1.6-mile, 4-lane bridge that crosses over the
Patapsco River, according to the MDTA. It opened in 1977.</i></p><p><i>The
port’s private and public terminals handled 847,158 autos and light
trucks in 2023, the most of any U.S. port. The port also handles farm
and construction machinery, sugar, gypsum and coal, according to a
Maryland government website.</i></p><p><i>The span is the outermost of three major Patapsco River crossings at
Baltimore Harbor, according to the American Civil Engineering Society.
The steel-arched bridge, with a total length of 8,636 feet, was the
second-longest continuous-truss bridge span in the world when it was
built and remains the second longest in the United States and third in
the world, <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="13" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:according to the society;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2021/03/23/civil-engineering-almanac-baltimores-francis-scott-key-bridge-opens" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">according to the society</a>.</i></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p>Just an awful tragedy.</p><p><b>UPDATE</b>: It's being reported that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/26/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-maryland/">the ship lost power in the moments before it crashed</a> into the bridge's abutment.</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-47358049031756226912024-03-25T16:00:00.001-04:002024-03-25T16:00:00.233-04:00QOTD -- Pig In A Poke<p> </p><p><i>"I don’t give investment advice. But I assure you that a company with <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001849635/000119312524031070/d408563ds4a.htm" target="_blank">$3.4 million in revenue and $49 million in losses over the past nine months</a> is not worth $5 billion. Buy into shares of any company with those numbers and you are certain to be taken for a sucker..."</i> -- <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/25/trump-truth-social-stock-2024/">Adam Lashinsky</a>, former executive editor of Fortune magazine, writing in the <i>Washington Post</i> that the Malignant Loser's new stock deal is just "a pig in a poke." If MAGAts liked Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Shuttle, etc., etc., now's the time for them to drop their life savings into "Digital World Acquisition." After you, suckers!</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-28566776796451227522024-03-25T13:30:00.006-04:002024-03-25T13:30:00.141-04:00Tweets / Xeets Of The Day<p> </p><p><b>Trump's day in court(s): Stormy weather and "bond, Trump bond"</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Judge Merchan in the Trump hush money election case rejects Trump lawyers’ shaky plea for more delay and upholds criminal trial start date of April 15.</p>— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) <a href="https://twitter.com/PGourevitch/status/1772295704032976989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><br /></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Donald's half-century grift ends today. <br />My romp through the mess he's made with tie-ins to the King of Qarth, The Wizard of Oz, and the multimillion-dollar hourly rate he paid for sex and (failed) secrecy with Stormy Daniels, in The <a href="https://twitter.com/newrepublic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@newrepublic</a>. <a href="https://t.co/ZOqsbmYJcf">https://t.co/ZOqsbmYJcf</a>.</p>— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidCayJ/status/1772224101685375256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: A New York appellate court has ruled that former Pres. Trump can post a lower bond of $175 million to cover his $464 million civil fraud judgment. <a href="https://t.co/Ms48K14OLM">https://t.co/Ms48K14OLM</a></p>— ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1772284950764474767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p> <br /></p><p><b>The midnight train to Georgia is coming down the track</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The obvious implication is that the “price” of a plea deal has gone up for defendants who sought to disqualify Fani Willis. <a href="https://t.co/Q1wb2UExFD">https://t.co/Q1wb2UExFD</a></p>— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) <a href="https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1772049517023555714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p><b>Bringing the receipts</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The night before I was arrested, I met with Rudy Giuliani, John Solomon, Victoria Toensing, Joe deGenova at <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> studio in Washington DC to discuss the game plan, how <a href="https://twitter.com/seanhannity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seanhannity</a> and other fox anchors were going to push the propaganda campaign against Joe Biden!… <a href="https://t.co/hD2uGjg93p">pic.twitter.com/hD2uGjg93p</a></p>— Lev Parnas (@levparnas) <a href="https://twitter.com/levparnas/status/1772241010929680431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p> <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/russia-black-sea-fleet-putin-shapps-1882902">Putin's Black Sea "fleet" swimming with the fishes</a><b>. <i>Slava Ukraini!</i> </b>--</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Putin's continued illegal occupation of Ukraine is exacting a massive cost on Russia's Black Sea Fleet which is now functionally inactive. Russia has sailed the Black Sea since 1783 but is now forced to constrain it's fleet to port. And even there Putin's ships are sinking! <a href="https://t.co/Oghcis4xcP">https://t.co/Oghcis4xcP</a></p>— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) <a href="https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1771868590318240021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><b> <br /></b></p><p><b>What's in a name?</b> --<br /></p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It would be a shame, it really would, if Trump’s new nickname Don Poorleone doesn’t stick.</p>— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimHannan/status/1771853533664379326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p><b>Was Don Poorleone hiding in his basement?</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">As Pres. Biden visited five cities in a multiday trip last week, former Pres. Trump was hardly seen in public, spending most of his time in South Florida. <a href="https://t.co/LZbQMCiBBN">https://t.co/LZbQMCiBBN</a></p>— ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1772174133016551514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><b> <br /></b></p><p><b>Don Poorleone,</b> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/10/rick-reilly-donald-trump-golf-commander-in-cheat-book-interview">World's Greatest Cheat, er, Golfer!</a> -- </p><p><br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment. <a href="https://t.co/nyDivqPwoI">pic.twitter.com/nyDivqPwoI</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1772084227200164325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I’m being given the golf trophy at my golf course today!” “They even let me ride the little carts!”</p>— Morgan Cameron Ross (@Morgan_C_Ross) <a href="https://twitter.com/Morgan_C_Ross/status/1772085619264553065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p> <br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="qme">😂 <a href="https://t.co/xvVnBi8ehM">pic.twitter.com/xvVnBi8ehM</a></p>— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1772110072014835747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-52584169232950034652024-03-25T12:00:00.001-04:002024-03-25T12:10:16.060-04:00Today's Tomorrow Cartoon<p> </p><p> (click to enlarge)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmngW9ihY9K3X4UK5UIhOeF8wMuWMMrQFO3o14YXzuO2hG8xWGe5EkmXKu48MO6NfhJSsLa2_QBxrU0hl0CDr9j8RS9afNUASvbMHOuoji-yf9iffGb6fb629la4Xh4O9HF_yFg3mlUjZyr2YlRhWRoERceO4meeMHvJqYQMqu4TfON87kVFstNd3S_6U/s915/TMW2024-03-25colorXL.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="915" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmngW9ihY9K3X4UK5UIhOeF8wMuWMMrQFO3o14YXzuO2hG8xWGe5EkmXKu48MO6NfhJSsLa2_QBxrU0hl0CDr9j8RS9afNUASvbMHOuoji-yf9iffGb6fb629la4Xh4O9HF_yFg3mlUjZyr2YlRhWRoERceO4meeMHvJqYQMqu4TfON87kVFstNd3S_6U/w400-h371/TMW2024-03-25colorXL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div>So many choices, so much ignominy. Perhaps his Christofascist followers could use "<i>OK, He's Evil, But He's Our Guy</i>." Or his Putinist following could use, "<i>Make Russia Great Again</i>." This one adapted from the past is appropriate, too: "<i>Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Trump</i>." The list goes on.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a good time to remind everyone of what <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cthNNNrDaBk" target="_blank">AI Donald Trump thinks about his cult</a> (NSFW language alert). We certainly do.</div><div> </div>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-5531352152230912922024-03-25T10:00:00.063-04:002024-03-25T12:38:07.677-04:00Today Begins Trump Asset Seizure Season (UPDATED)<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxM9-UBojKHaSWysEer0N6fv1GEVKZsJ6Q1JjgUJQoO5UN86wL7DmhqZQe7wyzUDcpSYPROIXRGcQjJN6ClmAC7Ie2ptW807w0ergdvLJ_NrmIKo2O1aU0RWtCm5g2VacRQtEapQwE8nu6_qgzWqzJeRqCcG81sLULRgIPBIcW1CEo7dp2TfKAl5z_e-Q/s1280/letitia%20james%20donald%20trump%20pardon%20justice%20teen%20vogue%20social.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxM9-UBojKHaSWysEer0N6fv1GEVKZsJ6Q1JjgUJQoO5UN86wL7DmhqZQe7wyzUDcpSYPROIXRGcQjJN6ClmAC7Ie2ptW807w0ergdvLJ_NrmIKo2O1aU0RWtCm5g2VacRQtEapQwE8nu6_qgzWqzJeRqCcG81sLULRgIPBIcW1CEo7dp2TfKAl5z_e-Q/w400-h225/letitia%20james%20donald%20trump%20pardon%20justice%20teen%20vogue%20social.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>We'll know by the end of the day what action New York Attorney General <b>Letitia James</b> has taken on the Malignant Loser's accounts and/ or properties to satisfy the $464 million judgement against him for massive business fraud. No one expects law enforcement to show up and padlock his buildings, but his other assets are vulnerable, especially bank accounts and personal property. The <i>Washington Post</i> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/23/trump-bond-deadline-new-york-fraud-case/" target="_blank">looked at five scenarios</a> this morning (excerpts):</p><p><b><i></i></b></p><blockquote><p><b><i>Nothing happens immediately</i></b></p><p><i>The appeals court generally issues rulings on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so there is very little chance it will act by Monday on Trump’s request to waive the bond requirement. </i>[snip]</p><p><i>But there are reasons for her to wait. Legal experts say Trump has a chance of getting some type of relief from the appeals court. If James begins moving on his assets before the court rules, she may have to backtrack afterward.</i> [snip]</p><p><b><i>Letitia James moves to enforce</i></b></p><p><i>James has said she intends to take Trump’s assets if he fails to pay. “If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets,” she told ABC News last month. In the interview, James mentioned Trump’s 40 Wall Street office building by name.</i></p><p><i>Experts say James would probably start with New York properties, partly because the LLCs that own two of them — 40 Wall Street and his Seven Springs estate in Westchester County — are defendants in the fraud case. James’s office already filed Engoron’s judgment with a court in Westchester County, a first step toward seizing the Seven Springs property, as CNN first reported.</i> [snip]</p><p><b><i>Trump finds the money</i></b></p><p><i>The easiest way out of this predicament for Trump is to get a lifeline from the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division. Trump’s attorneys have asked that court to reduce, delay or waive the bond requirement. The court could say that Trump does not need to post a bond at all unless until his appeal is over and he loses, or the panel could allow him to post a smaller bond. </i>[snip]</p><p><b><i>The appeals court steps in</i></b></p><p><i>The easiest way out of this predicament for Trump is to get a lifeline from the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division. Trump’s attorneys have asked that court to reduce, delay or waive the bond requirement. The court could say that Trump does not need to post a bond at all unless until his appeal is over and he loses, or the panel could allow him to post a smaller bond.</i> [snip]</p><p><b><i>Trump files for bankruptcy</i></b></p><p><i>As The Post detailed recently, legal experts — and some people in Trump’s camp — recognize that filing for bankruptcy would probably push all these problems down the road by months or maybe years. Trump wouldn’t escape his debt to the court — and in fact interest would still continue to accrue — but the clock would stop ticking on his need to immediately put up a bond. New York would have to get in line with other creditors and ask a bankruptcy judge to get paid.</i></p><p><i>Filing for bankruptcy could come at a political cost for a candidate who has marketed himself as a savvy businessman."</i></p></blockquote><p>AG James isn't fooling around, and she'll be strategic in whatever action she takes. Be assured that the Malignant Loser will try to milk whatever sympathy he can from his devoted cult and the gullible, both sides media. As for us and tens of millions more, finally bringing the Malignant Loser to justice by beginning to strip this monster of his things is a very good day. </p><p><b>UPDATE</b>: <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/bond-posted-trump-risks-losing-prized-assets-fraud/story?id=108402922">This</a> --<br /></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC"><i></i></p><blockquote><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC"><i>A New York appellate court has ruled that former President Donald Trump can post a lower bond to cover his <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE" data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-fraud-trial/?id=103642561" target="_blank">$464 million civil fraud judgment</a>.</i></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><i>The Appellate Division, First Department said Trump can post a bond "in the amount of $175 million" to cover the judgment.</i></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><i>Trump's attorneys had argued obtaining a bond for the full amount of $464 million was a "practical impossibility."</i></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><i>The ruling comes as Trump
and his sons face a Monday deadline to pay or secure a bond, or risk
New York Attorney General Letitia James beginning the process of seizing
the former president's prized assets.</i></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><i>Trump, according to multiple sources close to former president, reacted to the ruling with a sigh of relief.</i></p></blockquote><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><i></i></p><div class="oLzSq QrHMO QBoFd pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AkFWX daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc BZygj nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX"></div><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><i></i></p><blockquote><i>"We got what we wanted," one source told ABC News...</i></blockquote><p></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">It's important to note that the $464 million judgement still stands. But, justice delayed ...</p><p></p><p>(photos: Bonnie Biess / Getty Images, Oliver Contreras / SIPA USA Bloomberg via Getty)</p><p> </p><p><i></i></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-32303552497328945892024-03-25T08:00:00.032-04:002024-03-25T08:03:32.841-04:00The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/24/ukraine-aid-bill-easter-mccaul-00148727">The good</a>:</p><blockquote><p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>House Foreign Affairs Committee chair
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that he expects Speaker Mike
Johnson to bring a Ukraine aid bill to the floor after Easter, despite
the risk that it could drive support for a vote to oust him from
leadership.</i></p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>“His commitment is to put it on the floor after Easter,” McCaul said Sunday during an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”</i></p><p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>Johnson,
McCaul acknowledged, is “in a very difficult spot.” There’s a chance
the Louisiana Republican could be ousted from his speakership thanks to a
motion Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) <a class="js-tealium-tracking" data-tracking="mpos=&mid=&lindex=&lcol=" href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/03/22/mtgs-all-too-familiar-feint-00148675" target="_blank">
filed last week</a> to remove him from his post after he leaned on Democratic support to pass a $1.2 trillion government funding deal.</i></p>
<div class="container__column container__column--story hide-under-small">
<div aria-label="Advertisement" class="content-group ad" id="mrec2-wrap">
<div aria-hidden="true" class="ad-slot placeholder placeholder--250" data-ad-refresh="30" data-target="pos=2" id="mrec2_rlWr" style="position: relative;">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>So far, Republicans aren’t biting —
at least not publicly. Conservatives weren’t happy with Johnson’s
decision to shuttle the funding the bill along with the help of
Democrats, but <a class="js-tealium-tracking" data-tracking="mpos=&mid=&lindex=&lcol=" href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/22/congress/greene-drops-the-motion-vacate-johnson-00148543" target="_blank">
most have indicated they won’t go as far as Greene</a> for now. And no other Republicans have publicly committed to voting to oust Johnson yet.</i></p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>Ukraine aid could complicate things.
Some Republican hardliners have come out against sending more assistance
to the country as it struggles to beat back Russian forces after more
than two years of fighting.</i></p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>But McCaul voiced optimism about the prospect of a bill on Sunday.</i></p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>“I believe [Johnson is] committed
because he understands national security- he leans on, you know, myself,
the Chairman of Armed Services, House Intelligence for advice on this.
And he knows how important this is,” McCaul said.</i></p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph"><i>McCaul didn’t get more specific on the timeline, but said he hopes to get Ukraine funding done “as soon as possible.”...</i></p></blockquote><p class="story-text__paragraph"><i></i></p><p class="story-text__paragraph">Well, we won't be counting any chickens yet, but whether through a discharge petition being driven by House Democrats, or through MAGA Mike Johnson caving and allowing a floor vote on the Senate-passed bill, this funding is critical to Ukraine and to our national security, is long overdue, and we believe it will pass. Johnson will undoubtedly face a motion to end his short term as Speaker led by braying ass seditionist Marjorie Traitor Greene and her Putin caucus; a bargain to receive enough Democratic votes to keep him as Speaker in exchange for this aid, and other Democratic priorities, is likely in the works.<br /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-abortion-mifepristone-telemedicine-6351df63f71c1038244c700c7328145a">The bad</a>:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/mifepristone-abortion-pill-supreme-court-1d2221251197a391c9bca833918e4554">a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy</a></span>,
a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where
they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the White House.</i></p><p><i>Two years after the Supreme Court <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0">overturned Roe v. Wade</a></span>
and cleared the way for bans or severe restrictions on abortion in many
Republican-led states, abortion opponents on Tuesday will ask <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court">the high court</a></span> to ratify <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pill-restrictions-appeals-court-402be732d162af449c40ed1315cfb851">a ruling</a></span>
from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to
the medication mifepristone, which was used in nearly two-thirds of all
abortions in the United States last year.</i></p><p><i>That decision to reverse
Roe had immediate political consequences, with Democrats making the
case that the court had taken away a right that women held for half a
century and winning elections as a result. Even conservative-leaning
states like Kansas and Ohio voted against abortion restrictions. If the
court were to uphold restrictions on medication abortions it could roil
the election landscape in races for Congress and the presidency.</i></p>
<p><i>By rolling back Food and Drug Administration changes to the use of
mifepristone, the ruling would cut off access to the drug through the
mail and impose other restrictions, even in states where abortion
remains legal. The restrictions would shorten the time when mifepristone
can be used in pregnancy, to seven weeks from 10 currently...</i></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p>The Pandora's box opened by the Republican Supreme Court when it overturned <i>Roe v. Wade</i> and 50 years of precedent is continuing to produce toxic results for American women. Once again, we can thank then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for enabling the Malignant Loser to load the Court with trad Catholic Republicans when we should have a 5-4 liberal majority right now. Elections matter.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/24/ronna-mcdaniel-nbc-meet-the-press/">The ugly</a>: </p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>Former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel faced
brutal criticism during her first NBC appearance Sunday since the
network hired her as a political analyst, including tough questioning
about her failure to push back against former president Donald Trump’s
baseless claims of election fraud and visceral aggravation from
journalists who said her hiring raised “credibility issues” for NBC.</i></p><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” McDaniel, who <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/02/26/ronna-mcdaniel-resign-rnc-chair/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4" target="_blank">stepped down</a> from the RNC this month, was not asked about the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/23/nbc-news-ronna-mcdaniel-rnc/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4" target="_blank">firestorm from critics</a>
who said her newly announced role as a paid contributor was unethical
due to her work to overturn the results of the 2020 election.</i></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>Kristen
Welker, the show’s host, said McDaniel’s interview was scheduled weeks
before her hiring was announced. She added, “This will be a news
interview, and I was not involved in her hiring.”</i></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>McDaniel,
who as RNC chair had repeatedly said the election was “rigged,” told
Welker during the interview that she disagreed with Trump’s claims of
election fraud and his calls to free the inmates jailed for storming the
U.S. Capitol on <a class="contextual_link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/january-6-capitol-riot/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8" target="_blank">Jan. 6</a>, 2021. “The reality is Joe Biden won,” she said. “... He’s the legitimate president.”</i></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>But minutes later, a panel of journalists on the show questioned the
credibility of her answers and laid into NBC executives for their
decision to hire someone who had long attacked the network.</i></p><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>“Our
bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation because I
don’t know what to believe,” Chuck Todd, NBC journalist and former “Meet
the Press” host, told Welker. “... I have no idea whether any answer
she gave to you was because she didn’t want to mess up her contract.”</i></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i>The airing of internal dissent reflected
deep discomfort at NBC and many media organizations with how to treat
Republicans who indulged Trump’s efforts to overturn the election and
undermine Americans’ trust in the media. </i>[snip]<i><br /></i></p></div></div></blockquote><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Before Sunday’s show, NBC News had sought to defend McDaniel’s hiring as
a way to examine “the diverse perspectives of American voters,”
according to an internal memo by Carrie Budoff Brown, who oversees NBC
News’s political coverage, that was shared with The Washington Post.</i></blockquote> <p></p><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><i></i></p></div><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null">Another ugly media debacle driven by the insatiable desire to sanitize and monetize the MAGA cult, er, we mean "<i>examine 'the diverse perspectives of American voters</i>.'" Credit to Todd for calling it out (<a href="https://twitter.com/SymoneDSanders/status/1771914941940801761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">here's a link to his salvo</a>). Carrie "Bugger off" Brown needs to get sacked for this execrable, indefensible decision.</p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null"><br /></p></div>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-70635517250131872832024-03-24T18:00:00.001-04:002024-03-24T18:00:00.241-04:00Across The Universe, Cont. -- The Spider Galaxy<p> </p><p>(<i>click on image to enlarge</i>) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBJZtvNVkOcj51GcuVvwuUyXbOoqh17OpiGTTcTKBfgpO6zv9aTpSLbhQQWhMsfXQ2DW_Xym5WDnLdGbNNet7rGsej1moGJr-Y78sS9oHjJPOZ1Qd8LTqI1nEMDrP9ZadSzeYrmi4fGFb-EaaHLo5iidNOhJYaC-epVq9TzcWAUVaDyDSO8BHq5t_2qk/s768/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.46.58%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="768" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBJZtvNVkOcj51GcuVvwuUyXbOoqh17OpiGTTcTKBfgpO6zv9aTpSLbhQQWhMsfXQ2DW_Xym5WDnLdGbNNet7rGsej1moGJr-Y78sS9oHjJPOZ1Qd8LTqI1nEMDrP9ZadSzeYrmi4fGFb-EaaHLo5iidNOhJYaC-epVq9TzcWAUVaDyDSO8BHq5t_2qk/w400-h391/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.46.58%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://esahubble.org/images/potw2412a/">From NASA/ESA, March 18, 2024</a>: <i>This gauzy-looking celestial body is UGC 5829, an irregular <a href="https://esahubble.org/wordbank/galaxy/">galaxy</a>
that lies about 30 million light-years away. Despite there not being
many observations of this relatively faint galaxy, it has the
distinction of having a descriptive soubriquet: the Spider Galaxy.
Perhaps the distorted galactic arms with their glowing, star-forming
tips bring to mind the clawed legs of an arachnid. Somewhat confusingly,
there is another, very similarly nicknamed but otherwise entirely
distinct, galaxy known as the Spiderweb Galaxy. This galaxy has also
been more extensively imaged (<a href="https://esahubble.org/images/heic0614a/">notably by Hubble</a>), despite the fact that it lies about 300 times further from Earth than the Spider Galaxy does. </i>
<p><i>Fortunately, correct galaxy identification does not depend on casual
given names. Rather, known galaxies are recorded in at least one
catalogue — and often in several — such as the Uppsala General Catalogue
of Galaxies, which gives the Spider Galaxy its more formal title of UGC
5829. This same galaxy also has several different designations in
various other catalogues: it is, for example, LEDA 31923 in the
Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database; MCG+06-24-006 in the Morphological
Catalogue of Galaxies; and SDSS J104242.78+342657.3 in the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey Catalogue. The Spiderweb Galaxy isn’t recorded in all of the
same catalogues — each is necessarily limited in scope — but it is
included in the LEDA catalogue as LEDA 2826829. It is evidently simpler
to not conflate the dull but distinct names LEDA 31923 and LEDA 2826829,
than the fun but easily confused Spider and Spiderweb!</i></p>
<p><i>[Image Description: An irregular galaxy, consisting of a
large central body of dull-coloured stars, with distorted arms around
it. The arms are spotted with brightly glowing pink areas where stars
are forming, and bluish gas that is brighter than the galactic core. Two
large arms flank the left and right of the body, and smaller streams of
stars emerge from the top. Other, distant, galaxies can be seen on the
edges of the image.]</i></p><p><i>Credit: <strong> </strong>ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully, M. Messa</i></p><p> </p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-13946714198643111092024-03-24T16:00:00.001-04:002024-03-24T16:00:00.131-04:00Today's Cartoons<p> </p><p>(<i>click on images to enlarge</i>)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_V2OshuF4RBRaCdJK51J8bLN3PDENFiycidzQNpZnzZjjGty6y7YJ5YqgNmdmQ4AfmER8jLU2I9FVkRO7KPo18uMXeax5Tk6qfbeFbgGedVsVWqX7RpXBFjTbNFMXFKJccz8VuyRxE42mnVUyKkG99cPcllByhk-MLF7zSytXrXcXs_Rwy8e8vgIehM/s1147/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.08.24%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1147" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_V2OshuF4RBRaCdJK51J8bLN3PDENFiycidzQNpZnzZjjGty6y7YJ5YqgNmdmQ4AfmER8jLU2I9FVkRO7KPo18uMXeax5Tk6qfbeFbgGedVsVWqX7RpXBFjTbNFMXFKJccz8VuyRxE42mnVUyKkG99cPcllByhk-MLF7zSytXrXcXs_Rwy8e8vgIehM/w400-h269/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.08.24%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Randy Bish, @Bishtoons)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4rvdh-njnklNhkwvj0dg4g0yAcg4AKDCwFQAxr3hT2Io_HT1ySTEgQvM99PFSAQ9-GowBgDiNzsblwdDo7AUagecMMvj8Q6beQ-H_GHQmcCPKhO-MlV5k8QtoihP-T31MkUVRHmErpmOgaZTWlhmQpa2g9AM9ESHryTsuXpIaRaRnegKbtYYOODDmEA/s840/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.03.42%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="840" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4rvdh-njnklNhkwvj0dg4g0yAcg4AKDCwFQAxr3hT2Io_HT1ySTEgQvM99PFSAQ9-GowBgDiNzsblwdDo7AUagecMMvj8Q6beQ-H_GHQmcCPKhO-MlV5k8QtoihP-T31MkUVRHmErpmOgaZTWlhmQpa2g9AM9ESHryTsuXpIaRaRnegKbtYYOODDmEA/w400-h305/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.03.42%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(John Darkow, Columbia Missourian)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-iCK5AP4lqBvhHZ1fYJVcF-xRBNwYaoGftpWcFKHvSIZTnDmIWfIWRqBgTU7HuzaLox-b6ydOk0CRKAP1IPyxWtAI6hslZz1c9HJjyJ5DTnO_jc7Qz_okt5BbE3JXTRCb2ZHITpCnz-1l8tnL3cx9UcNmUwDSVRUxbijDiJbs659lnGVR-u5zP3kxMI/s1058/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.07.36%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1058" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-iCK5AP4lqBvhHZ1fYJVcF-xRBNwYaoGftpWcFKHvSIZTnDmIWfIWRqBgTU7HuzaLox-b6ydOk0CRKAP1IPyxWtAI6hslZz1c9HJjyJ5DTnO_jc7Qz_okt5BbE3JXTRCb2ZHITpCnz-1l8tnL3cx9UcNmUwDSVRUxbijDiJbs659lnGVR-u5zP3kxMI/w400-h281/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.07.36%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(John Buss, @repeat1968)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX-TCH88qwAPyYBvaidvurzBFo0CsMnHOCXPqSgzzBDnOaAu3z1pTPw2l0OD8RBeUQ1JFAO81wDkOdaP-EmZQo6vdtLfJqDC9VhwAvt-eay0jIOiHoN_BeQFMb59Hb3__0ICXgo6nQN8C54D7xbWlRgi0TuSaq0Os9Pc-Pj6lqEKErjxTNRVPbZ2fpvI/s757/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.02.48%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="757" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX-TCH88qwAPyYBvaidvurzBFo0CsMnHOCXPqSgzzBDnOaAu3z1pTPw2l0OD8RBeUQ1JFAO81wDkOdaP-EmZQo6vdtLfJqDC9VhwAvt-eay0jIOiHoN_BeQFMb59Hb3__0ICXgo6nQN8C54D7xbWlRgi0TuSaq0Os9Pc-Pj6lqEKErjxTNRVPbZ2fpvI/w400-h297/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.02.48%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Clay Jones, claytoonz.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdDkzbKCJhzpbtLtLCfSoVePXpP1VLdmIa6Z4R3O5rC6wCoPUz96qxNVwxoWjaPdfyskgAS44d08PioWdkH6ZxmYmoN1bZrTNZddyCUF9obLYnwaDAxwGf3O7O-aXSnWnc1zFdHg-xAUaEEQNLFujIP5LYIbUF6CP0zO8DbFcFFhyphenhyphenc77lnI6AIMEQUb4/s788/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.53.25%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="788" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdDkzbKCJhzpbtLtLCfSoVePXpP1VLdmIa6Z4R3O5rC6wCoPUz96qxNVwxoWjaPdfyskgAS44d08PioWdkH6ZxmYmoN1bZrTNZddyCUF9obLYnwaDAxwGf3O7O-aXSnWnc1zFdHg-xAUaEEQNLFujIP5LYIbUF6CP0zO8DbFcFFhyphenhyphenc77lnI6AIMEQUb4/w400-h291/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.53.25%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Ed Hall, Artizans.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7OMWdGeN7QVGUjlcUBRDvTseTgK2iKGde5OpvI3uN-8DadmUesFAI1zZbEd9COXkJv7Zl3o1vwHlP_-ffdIraEbHsS4WwGBPFXbufRYAo3AGvRkfNC4vnJEM1UtwJjEHFv0-zL6Br7C7MVJpCxQJRFRFfqpgffYCOQ3zEP2foQboSwTOepL5zxFsn8U/s1078/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.12.44%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1078" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7OMWdGeN7QVGUjlcUBRDvTseTgK2iKGde5OpvI3uN-8DadmUesFAI1zZbEd9COXkJv7Zl3o1vwHlP_-ffdIraEbHsS4WwGBPFXbufRYAo3AGvRkfNC4vnJEM1UtwJjEHFv0-zL6Br7C7MVJpCxQJRFRFfqpgffYCOQ3zEP2foQboSwTOepL5zxFsn8U/w400-h290/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.12.44%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(David Rowe, Financial Review, Sydney)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQnD6k5pnblmZfjZq5EqhmGVWcmeEHnlsmzd5C8dIWoWgSnS661oA63qirUkm8QoGh3oiHAjjwKUCvCJs-zuGecRkaTh65hufVdEfAHuikiNrl1KGef_qfA7q75ltnSQ-_ZJPsQTwejWkBJCQGwxABf4d8fllnJl1GhVIh7uiw261nvTcyaJV7Ddw8t8/s731/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.01.42%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="731" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQnD6k5pnblmZfjZq5EqhmGVWcmeEHnlsmzd5C8dIWoWgSnS661oA63qirUkm8QoGh3oiHAjjwKUCvCJs-zuGecRkaTh65hufVdEfAHuikiNrl1KGef_qfA7q75ltnSQ-_ZJPsQTwejWkBJCQGwxABf4d8fllnJl1GhVIh7uiw261nvTcyaJV7Ddw8t8/w400-h269/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.01.42%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHoGTv8jLxIO9I2Ad0I-ePUxFAh0s818SEYW-xpe2AZaQ-8vmx5UX4Ad5VrwFizJigMaWXKZwSUVZe8STJ4zHxJLvMuap61dRUUMtZ1tWKTlnPHKfgvkCvhaJF5wvyk5zzBcOdI57GG41sxLpN3h3s95_tcmqOVf-NxVA8VuQgrW2MyR2swiQNRcXhPc/s754/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.03.30%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="754" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHoGTv8jLxIO9I2Ad0I-ePUxFAh0s818SEYW-xpe2AZaQ-8vmx5UX4Ad5VrwFizJigMaWXKZwSUVZe8STJ4zHxJLvMuap61dRUUMtZ1tWKTlnPHKfgvkCvhaJF5wvyk5zzBcOdI57GG41sxLpN3h3s95_tcmqOVf-NxVA8VuQgrW2MyR2swiQNRcXhPc/w400-h296/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.03.30%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Gary Markstein, Creators.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXpHHOBSlFSnPbl-NH3XhVhymPdUGmtpFvCaqyTGKgC4uv3nJSEaCJXZ2CnRifVaUj8CBa9rEJiVd3ERGr6cPiFapkhJh-WfjmAkI0qQJGMqNWmh7ydnAnv1BbaEFUX37Wy3_dTa5P_Zl0cq9yNgHey42t20z-fZNkBJpSjl42_fmJ5K84CDtIzyTCI0/s598/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.11.11%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="598" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXpHHOBSlFSnPbl-NH3XhVhymPdUGmtpFvCaqyTGKgC4uv3nJSEaCJXZ2CnRifVaUj8CBa9rEJiVd3ERGr6cPiFapkhJh-WfjmAkI0qQJGMqNWmh7ydnAnv1BbaEFUX37Wy3_dTa5P_Zl0cq9yNgHey42t20z-fZNkBJpSjl42_fmJ5K84CDtIzyTCI0/w400-h294/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.11.11%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(John Auchter, MichiganPublic.org)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfbdCHjMUvxC8_3_MMnH2eS5zw5R-EC8_OEH4i9N4ZhoR0OFskOQV48Tfa5uENHYgnIeG3ligkiq2kdjyTsEs3tkjoafkqjnCOhyf-sGszQElc7HGQf2mABL7AaJjoXOrhhpjArx4y2jadPMg3_sFHSvF9nqJTlkLspftsVb7DBNYoWc-6Txgkn1NzyI/s741/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.07.06%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="741" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfbdCHjMUvxC8_3_MMnH2eS5zw5R-EC8_OEH4i9N4ZhoR0OFskOQV48Tfa5uENHYgnIeG3ligkiq2kdjyTsEs3tkjoafkqjnCOhyf-sGszQElc7HGQf2mABL7AaJjoXOrhhpjArx4y2jadPMg3_sFHSvF9nqJTlkLspftsVb7DBNYoWc-6Txgkn1NzyI/w400-h286/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2010.07.06%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Stan Kelly, theonion.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBByKm8fpJGDl27zukHA1q2EAJQT6Cy6sx36y9-Ru9IQCDvlrtHEsgY1GoBMoIULP1JWqpkaufrgz5N7qdEqmzF6a60-bq_lxanvLO7rTlKhiqKtStMm4XqQXMHDeDb0oBNUTcO5XkOZiSBKgT2t5MdMGxHYCgX96GPhYGDsQi5uOWiQEE6BkMbZbYPXc/s718/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.18.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="718" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBByKm8fpJGDl27zukHA1q2EAJQT6Cy6sx36y9-Ru9IQCDvlrtHEsgY1GoBMoIULP1JWqpkaufrgz5N7qdEqmzF6a60-bq_lxanvLO7rTlKhiqKtStMm4XqQXMHDeDb0oBNUTcO5XkOZiSBKgT2t5MdMGxHYCgX96GPhYGDsQi5uOWiQEE6BkMbZbYPXc/w400-h395/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%2011.18.12%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Brooke Bourgeois, @b_a_bourgeois)</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-56311426257375047482024-03-24T14:00:00.002-04:002024-03-24T14:36:05.348-04:00Helping Ukraine -- Verified Charities<p> </p><p>With Russian missile and drone strikes on their cities every day,
and the threat of more destruction from war criminal Putin, we need to continue
to focus our efforts on helping the suffering people of Ukraine as much
as we
can, to help them and democracy survive and thrive. (Getting critical
military aid would also be helpful, but that's another story.) <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/philly-tips/ukraine-charities-donate.html">Via <i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i></a>, this is a (partial) list of verified charities that are helping the people of Ukraine, which we like to post regularly. Please consider giving:</p><p> </p><p><b>World Central Kitchen </b><br /></p><p><b>What they do</b>: They have millions of meals<b> </b>and have
teams active in hundreds of cities and towns in Ukraine. They have also built
a logistics network of delivery vans, trucks, trains, and warehouses
throughout the country, delivering millions of pounds of food to
families—sometimes in areas completely cut off due to fighting and near
the Russian border.</p><p><b>How you can help</b>: There are many ways to donate to WCK; see <a href="https://wck.org/donate">their website</a>. This is a registered nonprofit, so donations are tax deductible.</p><p>🌐 <a href="http://wck.org">wck.org</a> <br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Project HOPE</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>: <a href="https://www.projecthope.org/about-us/history/">Founded in 1958</a>,
Project HOPE responds to humanitarian emergencies and disasters.
Currently, according to the group’s website, the group is aiding those
in Ukraine by mobilizing its emergency teams and “sending medical
supplies and standing by to provide health screening and care for
refugees.”<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate on <a href="https://secure.projecthope.org/site/SPageNavigator/2022_02_Ukraine_Response_Web_UNR.html&s_subsrc=wb1">the group’s website</a>. This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.projecthope.org/">projecthope.org</a></p><p> <br /></p><p><b>GlobalGiving</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>:
GlobalGiving uses its funding to support local nonprofits working in
affected areas. Currently, “GlobalGiving’s local partners in Ukraine are
bringing relief to displaced families and people in high-risk areas.”
According to the group, your donation will support refugees with food,
shelter, and clean water, as well as providing health and psychological
support.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate to the group’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund <a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ukraine-crisis-relief-fund/">online</a>. This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/">globalgiving.org</a></p><p> <br /></p><p><b>UNICEF USA</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>: Over 510,000 children have been affected by the conflict so far, and the <a href="https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/unicef-children-crossfire-ukraine-crisis/39542">UNICEF</a>
emergency response is working to address their needs by preparing
health, hygiene, and emergency education supplies, as well as
distributing safe water to affected areas, providing children with
psychosocial care, and helping kids separated from their families. At
the moment, UNICEF is trying to raise $66.4 million to be able to
continue their programs and offer immunization, healthcare, child
protection, and cash assistance.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate on the UNICEF <a href="https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/unicef-children-crossfire-ukraine-crisis/39542?form=FUNKBHMZQDQ">website</a>. UNICEF USA is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.unicefusa.org/">unicefusa.org</a></p><p> </p><b>International Medical Corps</b><p class="inq-p"><b>What they do</b>:
International Medical Corps helped Ukrainians during conflict in
1999-2000 by delivering medicine and training more than 500 local
doctors and medical staff. In 2014, they partnered with the Ukraine
Ministry of Health to support mobile health services and train medical
professionals on preventing and controlling infections. As the crisis
develops, the International Medical Corps has added mental health
counseling to the services available for the community.</p><p class="inq-p"><b>How you can help</b>: Donate on the group’s <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://give.internationalmedicalcorps.org/page/99837/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=DP~UA22~DPALU2202&_ga=2.131595468.297525828.1645743177-1109423650.1645743177">website</a>. Donations to this organization are tax deductible.</p><p class="inq-p">🌐 <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://give.internationalmedicalcorps.org/" target="_blank">give.internationalmedicalcorps.org</a></p><p class="inq-p"> </p><div class="inq-story-header"><div class="inq-story__body"><h4>United Help Ukraine</h4></div></div><p class="inq-p"><b>What they do: </b>United
Help Ukraine receives and distributes food donations and medical
supplies to people in Ukraine. The group’s current priorities: Aiding
Ukrainian soldiers and their families, helping displaced people from
Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, and raising awareness of the current
situation.</p><p class="inq-p"><b>How you can help:</b> Donate via <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XDS6LFWLAW6J6&fbclid=IwAR15tn4t2OiHcAID8U3LWbHh8fLhX8Xr34YtIiN2_gLb_8MFX9EnPEZkYtE" target="_blank">PayPal</a>,
or by check payable to United Help Ukraine, Box 83426, Gaithersburg,
Md., 20883. This is a registered nonprofit so all donations are tax
deductible.</p><p class="inq-p">🌐 <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.facebook.com/UnitedHelpUkraine.org" target="_blank">facebook.com/UnitedHelpUkraine.org</a></p><p class="inq-p"> </p><b>Revived Soldiers Ukraine</b><p class="inq-p"><b>What they do: </b>This
nonprofit provides medical aid for people affected by military
conflict. The group buys medication and medical supplies, helps support
army hospitals, and works to improve the living standards for soldiers
and their families.</p><p class="inq-p"><b>How you can help:</b> Donate directly through the group’s <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.rsukraine.org/" target="_blank">website</a>, through <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=EECANTTJNHN7Y&source=url" target="_blank">PayPal</a> or <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.patreon.com/rsukraine_org_ua" target="_blank">Patreon</a>, or make it your <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.rsukraine.org/pdf/registration-to-amazon-smiles.pdf" target="_blank">preferred Amazon nonprofit</a>,
which donates 0.5% of the amount of your Amazon purchases to the group.
This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.</p><p class="inq-p">🌐 <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.rsukraine.org/" target="_blank">rsukraine.org</a></p><p><br /><b>Sunflower of Peace</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunflowerofpeace/">Sunflower for Peace</a>
offers medical assistance to Ukrainian orphans, people displaced by
war, and people heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the
country. In February 2022, the group started asking for donations to
prepare first aid medical tactical backpacks for paramedics and doctors
on the front lines. These kinds of backpacks — usually handled by
Marines, special military forces, and military groups — are used to save
lives in areas without access to hospitals or emergency care.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/donate/507886070680475/2099553790222204/">Facebook</a>. This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunflowerofpeace/">facebook.com/sunflowerofpeace</a></p><p> <br /><br /><b>The KYIV Independent</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>: <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/">The KYIV Independent</a>
is an independent media outlet reporting in English. The organization
has been covering the Russia-Ukraine conflict, doing fact checking, and
reporting on human rights. Since the group is not affiliated with any
government and reports in English, it is becoming an important window
into what’s happening in Ukraine right now.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Since its creation in 2021, The KYIV Independent runs mainly on donations. Donate through <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/kyivindependent-launch">GoFundMe</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/kyivindependent">Patreon</a>.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/">kyivindependent.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p class="inq-p"><b>The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews</b><br /><b><br />What they do</b>: This group runs an emergency program with <a href="https://twitter.com/ZvikaKlein/status/1496845411482542084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496845411482542084%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FZvikaKlein2Fstatus2F1496845411482542084widget%3DTweet">$1 million in funding</a> that helps the approximately 300,000 Jewish people in Ukraine. <a href="https://www.ifcj.org/">The fellowship</a>
has staff and volunteers on the ground in Ukraine, and also funds the
country’s Jewish organizations to give Ukrainian Jews the chance to move
to Israel. Funds are also used to provide the Ukrainian Jewish
community with food, medicine, and heat. This group is U.S. registered,
so your donation is tax deductible.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate <a href="https://help.ifcj.org/donate/16/172?s_subsrc=NFF2201XXEXF3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ifcjfb_org&utm_campaign=ukrn2022">online</a>.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://help.ifcj.org/">help.ifcj.org</a></p><p class="inq-p"> <br /><br /><b>Voices of Children</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>:<a href="https://voices.org.ua/en/"> Voices of Children</a>
provides psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by
war. Their main focus is on the front lines in the regions of Donetsk
and Luhansk. Donations help finance art therapy and mobile
psychologists, and help families in need.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate directly on their <a href="https://voices.org.ua/en/donat/">website</a>.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://voices.org.ua/">voices.org.ua</a></p><p class="inq-p"> </p><p><b>Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE)</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>:
Created in 1945 to help people overcome the devastation of WWII, CARE’s
works to end poverty, and achieve equity and social justice worldwide.
In Ukraine, the group is working on providing girls, women, and elderly
people with water, food, and hygiene kits. They currently have a Ukraine
Crisis Fund specially focused on continuing their work in the country,
and providing psychological support, recovery, and cash assistance.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate using a credit card or through PayPal on their <a href="https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?df_id=31067&mfc_pref=T&31067.donation=form1&s_src=172220UCF000&_ga=2.185809513.133132657.1645811864-652811753.1645811864">website</a>.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.care.org/about-us/">care.org</a></p><p> <br /><br /><b>International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>:
The Red Cross’s International Committee provides shelter, food,
first-aid training, and humanitarian aid around the world. The group has
been supporting people in Ukraine for almost a decade and as the crisis
continues, they are adding to their help comfort kits for individuals
and families in need.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate to the ICRC on its <a href="https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine">website</a>.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.icrc.org/en">icrc.org</a></p><p> <br /></p><p><b>American Red Cross</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>:
In Ukraine, the American Red Cross is currently helping U.S. military
people and families deployed in the region. So far, they have sent 30
staff members to Europe to help U.S. military members in Ukraine connect
with their families back home, and are delivering hygiene items and
resources to service members and U.S. State Department staff abroad.
They can not help Ukraine with blood directly, because it can’t be sent
without special request from the U.S Department of State, the United
Nation, or other affected Red Cross networks.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate on their <a href="https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine">website</a>. They are U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible. <br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.redcross.org/">redcross.org</a></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC)</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>:
Created in 1944, the UUARC was created to help Ukrainians in refugee
camps during WWII relocate to the U.S.. They are currently working in
coordination with the Ukrainian Embassy to coordinate medical supplies,
food, offering shelter, and taking care of injured people and refugee.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate on their <a href="https://www.uuarc.org/ways-of-giving/">website</a> or send a <a href="https://www.uuarc.org/ways-of-giving/">check</a>
to the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. 1206 Cottman
Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111. For medical donations call 215-728-1630.
They are U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.uuarc.org/">uuarc.org<br /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)</b><br /><br /><b>What they do</b>:
The JDC has been helping the Jewish community around the world since
1914; for the last 30 years they have focused on helping Ukraine’s
Jewish population. They aid elderly Jewish people, children, and
families by providing food, medicine, and utilities. At the moment, JDC
is preparing to send psychosocial support to Ukraine as mass
displacements increase, as well as delivering food packages, and
providing online support.<br /><br /><b>How you can help</b>: Donate on their <a href="https://donate.jdc.org/give/393030/#!/donation/checkout?amount=500&c_src=Ukraine22SU&c_src2=500Btn">website</a>. They are U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.<br /><br />🌐 <a href="https://www.jdc.org/">jdc.org</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> ____________________</p>If you are at all concerned about giving to these or any other charities, you can verify their authenticity by going to <a href="https://www.charitynavigator.org/">Charity Navigator</a>, which evaluates charitable organizations. Thank you!<p> </p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-20353870223233670022024-03-24T12:00:00.094-04:002024-03-24T14:33:04.955-04:00Putin's Huge Domestic Security Failure<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCOzEMohxNij-Ga7-BqOvIqeG4FSiX1-QU3CQJWmn_Y9LZH0C9jvFZpQ70uJ-rzFuEWGmP52aVSOaMIO2tx9PT_Vz0TPQFSzboPr1pQPVV47Fs2zD3P8EpOeOtEax0Kbmq1HzF2Stt6vIGGY5skJQfHeiFCGKi9j6KQFnOnfo_RWnrDRR2HBMrckF4Cc/s862/7a544840627cbb895229a22752b0943b.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="862" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCOzEMohxNij-Ga7-BqOvIqeG4FSiX1-QU3CQJWmn_Y9LZH0C9jvFZpQ70uJ-rzFuEWGmP52aVSOaMIO2tx9PT_Vz0TPQFSzboPr1pQPVV47Fs2zD3P8EpOeOtEax0Kbmq1HzF2Stt6vIGGY5skJQfHeiFCGKi9j6KQFnOnfo_RWnrDRR2HBMrckF4Cc/w400-h225/7a544840627cbb895229a22752b0943b.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>Just a week after Russian thug and war criminal <b>Vladimir Putin</b> "won" his rigged and predictable election for a fifth term in office, his image of a defender of the Russian homeland has been badly shaken with the Crocus City concert hall attack. The death toll from the assault by <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/why-did-isis-k-attack-moscow-theater-2024-03-23/" target="_blank">ISIS-K terrorists</a> stands at 133 with many more injured, despite warning from the U.S. weeks ago that a terrorist attack was likely on public venues like concert halls and warning U.S. citizens to stay away. Now, the Russian thug is desperate to link the ISIS-K attack to Ukraine, not wanting to explain to Russians how this attack was a probable outgrowth of decades of Russian suppression of its Muslim minority, and Russia's military support of the brutal Assad regime in its war against Islamic militants in Syria for the past decade. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/23/europe/moscow-attack-blow-to-putin-intl/index.html" target="_blank">CNN reports</a> on the implications for Putin of the devastating attack:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>"The four men suspected of carrying out the attack were arrested near Russia’s border with Ukraine, Russian authorities said. Putin said they had planned to cross into Ukraine – Kyiv has denied any link with the attack and warned Russia could use it as an excuse to escalate its invasion.</i></p><p><i><b>Amid fears of more attacks, security has been tightened at key transport hubs across Russia. Public concerts and sporting events have been postponed</b>.</i></p><p><i><b>This is hardly the stability and security for which so many Russians voted for President Putin</b>.</i></p><p><i>For years, the Kremlin strongman has been cast as a leader able to guarantee order in this vast, turbulent country.</i></p><p><i>But Russia today seems more insecure and volatile than at any point in Putin’s 24 years in power." </i>(our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p>Now, Putin is dishonestly diverting attention to Ukraine as a conspirator despite ISIS-K's taking responsibility for the attack, partly because he wants to stoke anger against Ukraine and partly because he doesn't want to acknowledge Russia's suppression of Muslims and his brutality in Syria as what likely provoked the attack. It's doubly embarrassing for Putin that he and his intelligence services disregarded intelligence warnings from Western intelligence agencies which proved to be accurate. Unfortunately, with a state-controlled media, most Russians will never know how badly the Kremlin performed.</p><p><b>BONUS</b>: To the tinfoil hat QAnon/ MAGAt conspiracists, <a href="https://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-rights-blame-america-first-response.html">there are other culprits right under our noses</a>. "Get the picture, unenlightened ones?" <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i></i></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-75108109599868737892024-03-24T10:00:00.008-04:002024-03-24T14:35:58.530-04:00Sunday Reflection: The Living Infinite<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBt7Pw_prUJz6qHul3arO91rgWbVXkgvCYP6eJWuccQV0ME-VV06aWkhq72kvBbZrCAonhMQd8HLqCR3SUh9tD3hXdA7VC2BWkMdQpEfzK3gFrqfv8AYU1QBFsAB7I4otgx24o-k0lVbvVd9ABVkO_IbEWqdbnKKBJeeFwpn-lHvxSMk3b_muqkgX1dok/s736/Jules%20Verne.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="736" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBt7Pw_prUJz6qHul3arO91rgWbVXkgvCYP6eJWuccQV0ME-VV06aWkhq72kvBbZrCAonhMQd8HLqCR3SUh9tD3hXdA7VC2BWkMdQpEfzK3gFrqfv8AYU1QBFsAB7I4otgx24o-k0lVbvVd9ABVkO_IbEWqdbnKKBJeeFwpn-lHvxSMk3b_muqkgX1dok/w400-h300/Jules%20Verne.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p><i>“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite. ” -- </i>from "<i>Twenty Thousand Leagues</i> Under <i>the Sea</i>," (1870) by French novelist and poet<b> Jules Verne </b>(2/8/1828 - 3/24/1905), often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction". His works -- "<i>Voyages extraordinaires</i>" as they were called -- were the forerunner of most modern science fiction, and included such popular titles as "<i>Five Weeks in a Balloon"</i> (1863), "<i>Journey to the Center of the Earth </i>(1864), and "<i>Around the World in Eighty Days</i>" (1872). He wove in astronomy, biology, physics and other scientific information known in his day and applied it in his fantastical voyages. Only Agatha Christie's works reportedly have been translated more. Although French literary society at the time though his work to be for children and unworthy of membership in the Académie Française, Verne was a true pioneer whose work was the inspiration for countless writers who followed him, including H.G. Wells, Michael Crichton, and Ray Bradbury, who said of Verne, "We are all, in one way, the children of Jules Verne."</p><p>(Drawing: The submarine Nautilus from "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea")</p><p> </p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-10116258367187554922024-03-24T08:00:00.004-04:002024-03-24T08:43:48.726-04:00QOTD -- Shameless And Shameful<p> </p><p><span class="html-render">"<i>... Eight years
ago, Trump thought that an alleged act of infidelity that once might
have made for an ego-boosting headline would be a dealbreaker for a
presidential candidate trying to score a nomination from a party that
falsely touted its moral superiority over those supposedly godless
Democrats.</i></span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><i>"Now
there are no guardrails that Republicans will apply, not that Trump
would abide by them. In a way, the hush money trial is happening because
Trump thought that Republicans possessed a greater sense of propriety
than he does. They don’t. At a time when he’s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/nyregion/trump-bond-ny-fraud-case.html" style="font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" target="_self">desperately strapped for cash</a>, it’s a good bet that he probably wishes he knew in 2016 what’s clear about the shameless and shameful party he leads now."</i>-- <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/21/opinion/donald-trump-new-york-hush-money-trial/">Renee Graham</a> in the <i>Boston Globe</i>, writing on the eve (hopefully) of the Malignant Loser's hush money for porn stars trial in Manhattan. Graham is absolutely correct, of course, that any assumption that the Christofascist MAGAt Republican cult would find anything their cult leader would do shameless or shameful would be wrong. For decades in the public eye, he's shown enough evil, hypocrisy, racism, moral turpitude, derangement, cruelty, ignorance, corruption, and un-American authoritarian behavior to turn away anyone with even a shred of conscience or decency. The millions who have stayed fiercely loyal to this p.o.s. are exactly who they vote for.</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><b>BONUS</b>: This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cthNNNrDaBk">"AI Donald Trump" ad</a>.</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><br /></span></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com1