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hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.comBlogger25325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-3281014910594626832024-03-18T18:00:00.016-04:002024-03-18T18:00:00.257-04:00Republicans In Disarray: Crank Vs. Crank<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaUTg5sulquTVWt6jLH1D6JifQjNRO1mwGHmoWX-Q_mWasaaVUxWQgx1bk7Yj72W8YUGR1X0d54eyBJUBFje1MtvaLoNCTieGB9m8Ir48kVyxftiRjt0jrc1wwB86eyhSVuel9bwy36nrYlL6JY4N-BFKzo4BBszv-6NV8KNDX2JhEFWQrxUJtutB4RY/s534/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-18%20at%202.33.20%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaUTg5sulquTVWt6jLH1D6JifQjNRO1mwGHmoWX-Q_mWasaaVUxWQgx1bk7Yj72W8YUGR1X0d54eyBJUBFje1MtvaLoNCTieGB9m8Ir48kVyxftiRjt0jrc1wwB86eyhSVuel9bwy36nrYlL6JY4N-BFKzo4BBszv-6NV8KNDX2JhEFWQrxUJtutB4RY/w326-h400/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-18%20at%202.33.20%20PM.png" width="326" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>They're Christofascist Republicans, so <a href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/donald-trump-endorses-dave-williams-in-colorados-5th-congressional-district-gop-primary/article_882d7b22-e0d1-11ee-9549-f30e59120907.html">we wish both these cranks (and their endorsers) ill</a>: <br /></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>Former President Donald Trump endorsed Colorado Republican Chairman
Dave Williams' congressional bid on Tuesday. He credited the former
state lawmaker with helping Trump win the state's presidential primary
while taking a swipe at one of Williams' leading primary opponents.</i></p><p><i>"Dave helped us deliver a 30-point Blowout Victory on Super Tuesday, and he will help us WIN Colorado this November," Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112085235042312156" target="_blank">posted on Truth Social</a>.
"In Congress, Dave will work hard to Secure the Border, Fight for
Election Integrity, Support our Military/Vets, and Protect and Defend
our under siege Second Amendment. Dave Williams has my Complete and
Total Endorsement!" </i> [snip]</p><p><i>In the same post, Trump got in a dig at primary candidate Jeff Crank
without naming the Republican, who had earlier in the day won an
endorsement from House Speaker Mike Johnson.</i></p><p><i>"His opponent is
Endorsed, and works closely with, Americans for Chinese Prosperity, a
Charles Koch Disaster," Trump posted, referring to Americans for
Prosperity Action, the political arm of the Koch network's Americans for
Prosperity, which <a href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/republican-jeff-crank-endorsed-by-koch-networks-americans-for-prosperity-action-in-colorados-5th-cd/article_9a46329e-d29a-11ee-9c33-136aa0f208b6.html" target="_blank">endorsed Crank in February</a>.</i></p><p><i>Williams
and Crank are among six Republicans running to replace retiring U.S.
Rep. Doug Lamborn in the GOP-leaning 5th Congressional District, which
roughly covers El Paso County.</i></p><p><i>Trump's post backing Williams came hours after Crank's campaign announced Johnson's endorsement</i>.</p><p><i>Calling
Crank "a strong conservative who we need in Congress,” the Louisiana
Republican said in a statement: “He’ll work with our Republican majority
to fight for Colorado families, secure the border, cut wasteful
spending, and fight for conservative values. I’m proud to endorse and
support Jeff Crank for Colorado’s 5th District!”...</i></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/18/2230123/-House-speaker-begs-warring-Republicans-to-play-nice-pretty-please?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web">It's a scenario playing out across the country in multiple States and districts</a>, to our great glee.</p><p>Imagine, though, living in a place where you're likely to get one of these two godawful meatheads representing you in Congress (the seat is more than "GOP-leaning;" it's only elected Republicans since its creation over 50 years ago). We guess you are who you vote for.<br /></p><p>(<b>Image</b>: Scary! From definitely- not- a- Crank Dave Williams' X)</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-82643197608430771942024-03-18T16:00:00.118-04:002024-03-18T17:33:00.626-04:00"Tariff Man" Aims To Cripple Economy<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6J68TrNY-Hu_9Dgr5U35O_sqVKwDM0nrGadSg7nhfg31gWS4LVXyqCNS5pfQ7lTFo1mO6s6hIfVe5XMqvWnSyRTC2pSm1227zChBtOda77_o5Xa9J50IHXtVc6jqzU2xwkjIw_fgO3XbBXFvemZm2wKYYVOjXvyAaKYOcBoz0TOPNlrR3_xJ5UT-XhD0/s621/trumpxi-U20573096666OvF--621x414@LiveMint.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="621" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6J68TrNY-Hu_9Dgr5U35O_sqVKwDM0nrGadSg7nhfg31gWS4LVXyqCNS5pfQ7lTFo1mO6s6hIfVe5XMqvWnSyRTC2pSm1227zChBtOda77_o5Xa9J50IHXtVc6jqzU2xwkjIw_fgO3XbBXFvemZm2wKYYVOjXvyAaKYOcBoz0TOPNlrR3_xJ5UT-XhD0/w400-h266/trumpxi-U20573096666OvF--621x414@LiveMint.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>Among the many brainless, harmful proposals from the Malignant Loser is his plan to impose punishing tariffs on imports, a move that cost cost the U.S. billions of dollars when he imposed them during his regime. His vile, suggestive language about a "bloodbath" was attached to a threat to impose a 100% tariff on car imports. Of course, tariffs trigger counter moves on the part of the nations and industries impacted, meaning the U.S.'s agricultural products, for example, would face restrictive export tariffs imposted by the aggrieved country and hurt their export market. CNN's Katie Lobosco <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/donald-trump-tariffs-trade-war/index.html" target="_blank">has the story</a>:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i><b>"When former President Donald Trump was in the White House,</b> <b>he proudly referred to himself as a 'Tariff Man'</b> – and he has no intention of retiring that self-proclaimed title if reelected.</i></p><p><i>Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of imposing a 10% tariff on every good coming into the US, as well as a tariff upward of 60% on all Chinese imports if he regains the presidency. On Saturday, during a campaign rally, he promised a “100% tariff” on cars made outside the US and warned of a “bloodbath” for the American auto industry if he doesn’t get reelected. </i>[snip]</p><p><i><b>Americans have paid more than $230 billion to date</b> <b>for tariffs that Trump imposed</b> on imported solar panels, steel and aluminum and Chinese-made goods, according to US Customs and Border Protection. More than half of the duties have been collected during the Biden administration.</i></p><p><i>Despite the cost, Trump’s tariffs were a political success, according to one working paper published recently by economic researchers.</i></p><p><i>'Residents of regions more exposed to import tariffs became less likely to identify as Democrats, more likely to vote to reelect Donald Trump in 2020, and more likely to elect Republicans to Congress,' they wrote." </i>(our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Always expect the MAGAts to go for their self-interest and not the nation's. It also reflects their inbred xenophobia and racism. Lobosco continues:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>"The protection provided by tariffs typically comes with some trade-offs. Here’s how Trump-era trade policies have impacted the economy.</i></p><p><b><i>When the US puts a tariff on an imported good, the cost of the tariff comes directly out of the bank account of an American importer when the foreign-made product arrives at the port.</i></b></p><p><i>It’s possible that some foreign manufacturers lowered their prices to stay competitive in the US market. <b>But several studies have suggested that US companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the tariff cost</b>."</i> (our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p>The Malignant Loser shoveled billions of taxpayer money in the form of direct aid to the U.S. industries (mainly agriculture) that were the targets of retaliatory tariffs by foreign nations, another "tax" that could have been avoided. But it's all about transactions with the Malignant Loser, who made sure his family <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/22/ivankas-trademark-requests-were-fast-tracked-in-china-after-trump-was-elected/" target="_blank">got favored treatment</a> before tariffs were imposed. </p><p>(photo: "Thank you for the trademarks for Ivanka." AFP)</p><p><br /></p><p></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-73476294138771990282024-03-18T14:00:00.018-04:002024-03-18T14:53:50.502-04:00Tweets / Xeets Of The Day<p> </p><p><b>The big picture</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump has encouraged political violence since he entered electoral politics in 2015. He took steps towards illegal force in office, and incited a violent mob attack on the US Capitol.<br />The precise intent behind a single word in one of his rambling speeches is much less important.</p>— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) <a href="https://twitter.com/NGrossman81/status/1769436648847163748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 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">Some bloodbath context: <br /><br />One candidate regularly invokes threats of violence if he loses the election, the other doesn’t. <br /><br />That’s it. That’s the context.</p>— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) <a href="https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1769481559269052469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 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">As <a href="https://twitter.com/jenmercieca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jenmercieca</a> has explained, one of Trump’s rhetorical tricks is paralipsis. He gives himself enough plausible deniability to claim (or for his supporters to claim) he wasn’t saying what he was saying. <br /><br />I know what he meant. <br />He knows what he meant. You know what he meant. <a href="https://t.co/dTpROVlElf">https://t.co/dTpROVlElf</a></p>— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) <a href="https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1769558043849592992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 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">Read "Triumph of the Will, Waco Version" for Trump's campaign as Fascist spectacle: making violence patriotic is fundamental to Fascism. <a href="https://t.co/amaZOxvgGo">https://t.co/amaZOxvgGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/wjM9KViMRj">https://t.co/wjM9KViMRj</a></p>— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1769406057506308240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 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">I couldn't find this trump-supporting “MAGA Jesus” anywhere in the Bible.<br /><br />Maybe it's in the King James “Bloodbath” edition? <a href="https://t.co/KJigOMXwOU">pic.twitter.com/KJigOMXwOU</a></p>— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1769672594951716951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p> <br /></p><p><b>No more delay. Make <i>him</i> pay (not Putin, Xi, or Bonesaw)!</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump can't pay the $464 million bond needed to appeal his civil fraud conviction <a href="https://t.co/h34WyldA88">https://t.co/h34WyldA88</a></p>— Paul Blumenthal (@PaulBlu) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulBlu/status/1769740035442524512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The presumptive <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOP</a> nominee for President is desperate for $464M (and counting) which he cannot personally access. That fact alone makes him a massive national security risk; any foreign adversary seeking to buy a President knows the price. <a href="https://t.co/9bPylekmoB">https://t.co/9bPylekmoB</a></p>— Sean Casten (@SeanCasten) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanCasten/status/1769732740285346262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 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.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-eyeing-paul-manafort-for-2024-campaign-role-washington-post-reports/ar-BB1k58lo">Felonious traitor Manafort going back to the scene of the crime(s)</a><b>? </b>--</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Of course he’s going to bring Manafort back. <br /><br />That’s his back channel to Russia. <br /><br />How else would they organize the disinformation campaign?<br /><br /> <a href="https://t.co/BGsQKTwxKS">https://t.co/BGsQKTwxKS</a></p>— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) <a href="https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1769698725390098669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 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>Countering Putin </b>--</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">NATO builds largest Europe base near Black Sea <a href="https://t.co/WPT1aKcyoW">https://t.co/WPT1aKcyoW</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fp1vJ6RV8o">pic.twitter.com/Fp1vJ6RV8o</a></p>— Newsweek (@Newsweek) <a href="https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1769693237835374984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 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 that Musk-y smell? The mask drops completely</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: The mask is off. Musk is a Trump agent and Twitter a Trump instrument. Musk changed this platform’s algo to exponentially amplify his pro-GOP, pro-Russia, anti-LGBTQ, white identity politics agenda—and the digital lackeys who echo it.<br /><br />Twitter is Truth Social. <a href="https://t.co/tabAKOKLB1">pic.twitter.com/tabAKOKLB1</a></p>— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1769575165896057254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <b> </b><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>No sign of the extremist shitgibbon black sheep</b> --</p><p> <br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">From one proud Irish family to another — it was good to have you all back at the White House. <a href="https://t.co/x62TsIYWVu">https://t.co/x62TsIYWVu</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1769545412094865584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p><b>March Badness</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">I can’t believe this <a href="https://t.co/jQCcjAz8jJ">pic.twitter.com/jQCcjAz8jJ</a></p>— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) <a href="https://twitter.com/big_business_/status/1769525261161070979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 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-39654500000986895112024-03-18T12:00:00.061-04:002024-03-18T12:00:00.127-04:00QOTD: "Criminal Intent" In Trump's Tax Fraud<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEcim2SD1dYk9H4wmA4Cf9bTcNVvuaxsnnx5CvU_0i2umHCQm7CkjU910j8p2Byp4gTVCWfoP3TfFynJjj-vINz7jpmTOJnqKLay7xoPD0SYSGo0WwqF2Km4ZtkHM2bD8xFtWp26EZxNILhxeZhdfD_KB96TuCXiuDoCH3g6ViQFRYwyJyLreBCZvKPo/s1015/trump-pout.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="1015" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEcim2SD1dYk9H4wmA4Cf9bTcNVvuaxsnnx5CvU_0i2umHCQm7CkjU910j8p2Byp4gTVCWfoP3TfFynJjj-vINz7jpmTOJnqKLay7xoPD0SYSGo0WwqF2Km4ZtkHM2bD8xFtWp26EZxNILhxeZhdfD_KB96TuCXiuDoCH3g6ViQFRYwyJyLreBCZvKPo/w400-h196/trump-pout.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>Biographer of the Malignant Loser and expert on his tax and financial history <b>David Cay Johnston</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgG6uMofqFM&t=327s" target="_blank">appeared on MSNBC</a> to discuss the enormous debt Trump incurred to pay his civil penalties, and the national security dangers of being beholden to foreign debt holders. He also discussed the Malignant Loser's obvious tax fraud (<i>starting at the video's 3:45 mark</i>) and the justification in bringing a case against him:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>"There's statutes of limitations for criminal prosecution of taxes, but one of the things we know from the Donald Trump returns we finally got, is <b>he created 60 fictitious businesses, took tax deductions for a number of them that reduced his overall tax bill, even though they had no revenue, and in other cases the revenue and expense matched to the dollar</b>, which I have never seen in 50 years of writing about taxes, and in 1984, Donald Trump did the same thing. He claimed over $600,000 of deductions for a business that had no revenue, no invoices, no records of existence, and was tried twice for income tax fraud, civil, not criminal. <b>Both judges found against him, and his own tax lawyer Jack Mitnick testified against him for forgery saying he put his signature on it when he didn't prepare it</b>.</i></p><p><i>Since he has done this again, more than 60 times, I have argued either Alvin Bragg or the U.S. government should bring a case against him for tax fraud,<b> proving he created fictitious businesses would be easy, and he was on notice not to do this, a clear indication of criminal intent</b>." </i>(our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Unfortunately for America, be assured that both Alvin Bragg and the Department of Justice under timid disappointment Merrick Garland will find reasons for delay through constant navel-gazing as the Malignant Loser runs out the clock again. </p><p> </p><p></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-14954627597532686762024-03-18T10:00:00.027-04:002024-03-18T10:30:26.208-04:00Today'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/AVvXsEglXEHDLnwVSqv-Te4B7B2MsdB5BbibV4VFLo78wP1QV4Sta4BPXFN1mgH-gUjM2xkctwW0DGW-fe2eXGhF8qt61h6ONgf9w9xhQi42MM_20Ks0ZPmLYCX9XHQHZ1qUPcVOrSFlRwV67tnp49FAgE2DEnZE17DgHTQRUwpebbbFNCpqv9p5R688A4lBLF4/s915/TMW2024-03-18color.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="915" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXEHDLnwVSqv-Te4B7B2MsdB5BbibV4VFLo78wP1QV4Sta4BPXFN1mgH-gUjM2xkctwW0DGW-fe2eXGhF8qt61h6ONgf9w9xhQi42MM_20Ks0ZPmLYCX9XHQHZ1qUPcVOrSFlRwV67tnp49FAgE2DEnZE17DgHTQRUwpebbbFNCpqv9p5R688A4lBLF4/w400-h374/TMW2024-03-18color.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div>Mega-rich sociopath and creator of crashing cars and rockets Elon Musk is full of ideas that shouldn't be thought, but he has a far-right, on-line fan base that eggs him on anyway. His hobby seems to be annoying anyone who disagrees with his warped, brutalist vision of the world and his omnipresent place in it. You know, a free speech champion.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can support Tom's work <a href="https://thismodernworld.com/archives/9217" target="_blank">by going here.</a></div><div> </div>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-22306338229549111462024-03-18T08:00:00.088-04:002024-03-18T08:29:26.738-04:00The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly<p> </p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4538271-biden-to-sign-executive-order-to-expand-research-on-womens-health/">The good</a>:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>President Biden on Monday will sign an executive order aimed at
expanding research and improving government initiatives on women’s
health, a move that will coincide with a White House Women’s History
Month reception.</i></p>
<p><i>The president’s executive order will “ensure women’s health is
integrated and prioritized across the federal research portfolio and
budget,” the White House said, with a focus on the administration’s
Initiative on Women’s Health Research. </i></p>
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<p><i>In addition, Biden will announce more than 20 actions from federal
agencies outlining ways they will prioritize research on women’s
health. </i></p>
<p><i>The executive order directs relevant agencies to strengthen research
and data standards on women’s health with the purpose of better
leveraging federal funding. It also directs agencies to prioritize
funding for women’s health research and encourage innovation.</i></p>
<p><i>And Biden’s order will direct the Office of Management and Budget and
the Gender Policy Council to assess gaps in federal funding for women’s
health and identify potential changes.</i></p>
<p><i>In addition, the president and first lady <span class="person-popover" data-nid="17116"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/jill-biden/">Jill Biden </a></span>will
announce more than 20 commitments and actions through the Pentagon, the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). </i></p>
<p><i>Among the actions will be the launch of an effort that will direct
investments of $200 million in fiscal year 2025 to fund new women’s
health research. Biden has previously called on Congress to create a
Fund for Women’s Health Research at the National Institutes of Health.</i></p><p><i>The executive order signing comes as the president and first lady are
set to host guests for a White House reception to mark Women’s History
Month. It also comes after the first lady in February <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-health/ap-jill-biden-is-announcing-100-million-in-funding-for-research-and-development-into-womens-health/">announced $100 million</a>
in federal funding for research and development into women’s health
through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H.</i></p></blockquote><p>Meanwhile, on the dark side ...<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-jan-6-committee-jail_n_65f39bede4b0651fa4a24511">The bad</a>:</p><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i></i></p></div><blockquote><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i>Former President <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> said that the members of the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection should be jailed.</i></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i>Trump’s remarks come less than a week after <a class="js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="a new report" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-report-jan-6-committee-cassidy-hutchinson-trump-rcna142762" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-unit-name="65f39bede4b0651fa4a24511" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-report-jan-6-committee-cassidy-hutchinson-trump-rcna142762" role="link" target="_blank">a new report</a>
from the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight revealed that a
Secret Service agent gave testimony that contradicted previous
testimony from former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson.</i></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i>In a Sunday post on <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/truth-social">Truth Social</a>, Trump linked <a class="js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="an article" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-position-in-subunit="1" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-target-content-id="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/democrats-jan-6-panel-withheld-crucial-evidence-including-denial-trump-driver?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-unit-name="65f39bede4b0651fa4a24511" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/democrats-jan-6-panel-withheld-crucial-evidence-including-denial-trump-driver?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost" role="link" target="_blank">an article</a>
from the right-leaning website, Just The News, which claimed that the
“Jan. 6 committee withheld crucial evidence from the public.” The
article also said former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) interviewed the Secret
Service agent whose testimony was just released as part of the report.</i></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i>“[Cheney] should go to Jail along with the rest of the Unselect Committee!” Trump wrote.</i> [snip]</p><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i>Liz Cheney, vice chairwoman of the Jan. 6 committee, <a class="js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="responded on X" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-position-in-subunit="4" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-target-content-id="https://twitter.com/liz_cheney/status/1769416265007796360" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-unit-name="65f39bede4b0651fa4a24511" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" href="https://twitter.com/liz_cheney/status/1769416265007796360" role="link" target="_blank">responded on X</a>.</i></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i>“Hi
Donald: you know these are lies. You have had all the grand jury &
J6 transcripts for many months,” she wrote. “You’re trying to halt your
1/6 trial because your VP, WH counsel, WH aides, campaign & DOJ
officials etc will testify against you. You’re afraid of the truth and
you should be.... </i></p></div></div></blockquote><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text"><p><i></i></p></div><p>We've noted the increasingly violent and unhinged rhetoric from the Malignant Loser as the legal and financial pressures mount. Riling up the MAGAts, as he did on January 6, 2021, is a tell that he feels vulnerable and threatened and derives a sense of power and control from the mob. Now he talks about jailing members of the January 6 committee while expressing his desire to release the insurrectionists (or, as he calls them, "hostages"). Need more proof of what his lawless, retribution style of "governing" would look like? Read on.<br /></p></div><p></p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/column-trump-big-plans-california-090043162.html">The ugly</a>: </p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>... </i>[Trump] <i>has big plans for California if he wins.</i></p><p><i>He has promised to
use an expansive view of presidential power to undo state laws and
policies on many fronts, including areas such as law enforcement and
education where states, not the federal government, have traditionally
been in charge.</i></p><p><i>Some examples:</i></p><p><i>He says he’ll close the U.S.-Mexico border on
his first day in office —<b> </b>the day he has set aside to act as “a
dictator” — and launch “the largest domestic deportation operation in
American history.”</i></p><p><i>His <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="22" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:Santa Monica-born immigration advisor, Stephen Miller,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-speechwriter-santamonica-20170117-story.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Santa Monica-born immigration advisor, Stephen Miller,</a>
says that if Democratic states such as California don’t cooperate,
Trump could order National Guard units from red states such as Texas to
cross their borders — a recipe for constitutional crisis.</i></p><p><i>Trump has promised to scrap <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="23" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:President Biden;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-03-08/biden-big-audition-at-state-of-the-union" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">President Biden</a>’s
programs to promote renewable energy, including subsidies for electric
vehicles and charging stations. His advisors have proposed limiting <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="24" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:California’s power;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-13/state-push-epa-on-california-vehicle-emissions-standards" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">California’s power</a> to <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="25" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:set fuel emission standards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-04-28/california-air-regulators-decide-on-zero-emission-rules" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">set fuel emission standards</a> for automobiles.</i></p><p><i>He
says he’ll stop the state from allowing Sacramento River water to flow
into the Pacific to protect the Sacramento Delta. “We’re not going to
let them get away with that any longer,” he said. (Water experts say it
would be impractical and environmentally disastrous to divert the
river's flow completely. Newsom has already suspended some environmental
laws to send more water to reservoirs and is preparing to build a new <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="26" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:water tunnel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-12-09/newsom-administration-advances-delta-tunnel-project" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">water tunnel</a> under the delta.).</i></p><p><i><a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="28" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-02-26/trumponomics-trump-would-impose-the-equivalent-of-a-huge-tax-increase-through-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump</a>
says he’ll send federal law enforcement officers into Oakland and other
cities to stop rampant shoplifting. “If you rob a store, you can fully
expect to be shot as you are leaving that store — shot!” he said.</i></p><p><i>And
he says he will prosecute California healthcare providers if they
comply with a state law that prohibits releasing information about
minors' gender-related medical care to other states. (He called the law a
“sick California scheme for violating federal laws against kidnapping
[and] sex trafficking.”)...</i></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p>That last piece of wanton cruelty, especially linking it to a practice he may have indulged in (waiting for that <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234872796/jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-report-released-florida">Epstein grand jury report</a>!), marks the Malignant Loser as a craven monster, one of the most purely evil we've seen in our lifetimes. He'd be running Putin's dystopian playbook, and California would be the biggest target, but certainly not the only one.</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-71888086158180561152024-03-17T17:30:00.003-04:002024-03-17T17:30:00.137-04:00Across The Universe, Cont. -- Unlikely Spiral<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/AVvXsEho1rSJV_4CUU-F12LKfdM41dQX0xaNDQkKKJ2Yh9LJAqWwbvpph524y1h3E_9uEPaIZV6OuDn81mjuWwXrHjhMycKIawRoui0ObTnc_cXhC-LBcsoxswu26SJlbdD7nxa7UUZPm9JSsRkSU49ha5ofZs_Rd5Rw4NC7Dd4QhMwWhC0hwHkgP7ZeX8TpQs4/s929/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%2011.37.23%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="929" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1rSJV_4CUU-F12LKfdM41dQX0xaNDQkKKJ2Yh9LJAqWwbvpph524y1h3E_9uEPaIZV6OuDn81mjuWwXrHjhMycKIawRoui0ObTnc_cXhC-LBcsoxswu26SJlbdD7nxa7UUZPm9JSsRkSU49ha5ofZs_Rd5Rw4NC7Dd4QhMwWhC0hwHkgP7ZeX8TpQs4/w400-h319/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%2011.37.23%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://esahubble.org/images/potw2411a/">From NASA/ ESA, March 11, 2024</a>: <i>This image shows LEDA 42160, a <a href="https://esahubble.org/wordbank/galaxy/">galaxy</a>
about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The
dwarf galaxy is one of many forcing its way through the comparatively
dense gas in the Virgo cluster, a massive cluster of galaxies. The
pressure exerted by this intergalactic gas, known as <a href="https://esahubble.org/images/potw2408a/">ram pressure</a>, has dramatic effects on star formation in LEDA 42160, which are presently being studied using the Hubble Space Telescope.</i>
<p><i>LEDA 42160 falls into the category of ‘Magellanic spiral galaxy’, or
type Sm for short, under the de Vaucouleurs galaxy classification
system. Magellanic spiral galaxies can be further sub-categorised as
barred (SBm), unbarred (SAm) and weakly barred (SABm), where a ‘bar’ is
an elongated bar-shape at a galaxy’s core. Generally speaking,
Magellanic spiral galaxies are dwarf galaxies with only one single
spiral arm. They are named after their prototype, the Large Magellanic
Cloud, which is an SBm galaxy. Magellanic spiral galaxies are an
interesting example of how galaxy categorisation is actually more
nuanced than simply ‘<a href="https://esahubble.org/wordbank/spiral-galaxy/">spiral</a>’, ‘<a href="https://esahubble.org/wordbank/elliptical-galaxy/">elliptical</a>’ or ‘irregular’. </i></p>
<p><i>[Image Description: A distorted dwarf galaxy, obscured by
dust and by bright outbursts caused by star formation, floats roughly in
the centre. A few distant galaxies are visible in the background around
it, many as little spirals, and also including a prominent elliptical
galaxy. A bright star hangs above the galaxy in the foreground, marked
by cross-shaped diffraction spikes.]</i></p><p><i>
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Sun</i></p><p><i> </i></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-75971138239830212292024-03-17T15:30:00.002-04:002024-03-17T19:02:24.986-04:00Today's Cartoons<p> </p><p>(<i>click on images to enlarge</i>) <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy891NhqCqd3zNliytrr4zcGiPoNoAX4CKPiL6g7DLjFop4BdUKT-g5LsEptfNa4Nk5nl7Asoh_iCXJ_eGZ1GD9vDQRSxTC3bLoNcmBdFCLnEYzeMc_1XmqveouosqvwpQQa_evQ6ojIHN0UIl2AoRaqHYxrxvENwItazEM8-oWgzYm-5KlQD8llsNKLA/s745/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.14.18%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="745" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy891NhqCqd3zNliytrr4zcGiPoNoAX4CKPiL6g7DLjFop4BdUKT-g5LsEptfNa4Nk5nl7Asoh_iCXJ_eGZ1GD9vDQRSxTC3bLoNcmBdFCLnEYzeMc_1XmqveouosqvwpQQa_evQ6ojIHN0UIl2AoRaqHYxrxvENwItazEM8-oWgzYm-5KlQD8llsNKLA/w400-h304/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.14.18%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>(Clay Jones, claytoonz.com)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0AIyAVUrkI4bgW0ECLySXyERW3v9ZwUrB870AfpiqqRrAoqfWQHpvZIDXZoZ3xMecgehvpJn3lMk-muN-Ct7v8vTWlrr-JUUEp824NJpYZJdkPUN-P3txnfnXL6pP6xpUbtEQb7CzdMiwQO1syGFafZXNEa70FlpkBHPtbj7S77RHB1unMKBmwTHfrQ/s884/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.43.26%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="884" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0AIyAVUrkI4bgW0ECLySXyERW3v9ZwUrB870AfpiqqRrAoqfWQHpvZIDXZoZ3xMecgehvpJn3lMk-muN-Ct7v8vTWlrr-JUUEp824NJpYZJdkPUN-P3txnfnXL6pP6xpUbtEQb7CzdMiwQO1syGFafZXNEa70FlpkBHPtbj7S77RHB1unMKBmwTHfrQ/w400-h272/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.43.26%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Jimmy Margulies, King Features)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNxKdIFkSNOvKf-cDtK6hyfHTeSCor6kBEMQnZs2N029ms3YpG1Yh2RoJEKAaWSuvKUToVoKCV43SUFs8jbn50yjUzVgLhAwfFxxXR8ImnrbcMdVNZ_ua-oV-sBYrrvXCr7V6Acn8nU_icxiIPOT2Gl8ux_AMzJzUGIEywjNUxKJjNx0oVY3W-XbIYWM/s1093/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.46.47%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1093" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNxKdIFkSNOvKf-cDtK6hyfHTeSCor6kBEMQnZs2N029ms3YpG1Yh2RoJEKAaWSuvKUToVoKCV43SUFs8jbn50yjUzVgLhAwfFxxXR8ImnrbcMdVNZ_ua-oV-sBYrrvXCr7V6Acn8nU_icxiIPOT2Gl8ux_AMzJzUGIEywjNUxKJjNx0oVY3W-XbIYWM/w400-h286/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.46.47%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/AVvXsEjr0sH9UlGGojlYC_ryE3YFR_99NLFlc-Kp-wpvM3-KYnkk9pMWJ1tp2WBSatWdKJA4PTFdvW4l_Kg3659oQ78nMsKIyj563uCrHCtaPajdpwtI1fDn6Doe5DPu8tb1z_ZaVmd0XCEGAEMX3BtDGwKwiK8MOyHNo30D7HB1fFZxYvGHL_xSf76vWrYJyAE/s719/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.12.35%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="719" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0sH9UlGGojlYC_ryE3YFR_99NLFlc-Kp-wpvM3-KYnkk9pMWJ1tp2WBSatWdKJA4PTFdvW4l_Kg3659oQ78nMsKIyj563uCrHCtaPajdpwtI1fDn6Doe5DPu8tb1z_ZaVmd0XCEGAEMX3BtDGwKwiK8MOyHNo30D7HB1fFZxYvGHL_xSf76vWrYJyAE/w400-h264/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.12.35%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/AVvXsEiNkmDOp8bGm8lWtB_yDXe9zg2rvRbgs5XgGaH4UuFTVVMQL9Nx-0rBmvvkpUBP9_VvDLaWFLdKouUbdnBrrSMG66l6alNYHwMmljWjVA9D6fQMGXgoJM_BWjOP0qG9FA44rqkJ5nUUOJI5gv1_M-mNJE2AeKgidKh4lsqGGRkspqUC05oBGSHlpcxXGxw/s757/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.14.54%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="757" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkmDOp8bGm8lWtB_yDXe9zg2rvRbgs5XgGaH4UuFTVVMQL9Nx-0rBmvvkpUBP9_VvDLaWFLdKouUbdnBrrSMG66l6alNYHwMmljWjVA9D6fQMGXgoJM_BWjOP0qG9FA44rqkJ5nUUOJI5gv1_M-mNJE2AeKgidKh4lsqGGRkspqUC05oBGSHlpcxXGxw/w400-h297/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.14.54%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/AVvXsEj8x7xdfRM39ThPz2leByXYVL-swW32_kmrzCh0QP2quA2sJwx-Q-lVit1RgQ67W7xDpD5a7o1Hg7Gv3MAuHlHKnjq-EnAKWxvBy_y6Y_v8Y3PMb1zeOU7-bHEF3s3cVj63jlq95VWxeK9u9oYALLLgBZLSDFp32rcarl-m_20rkB71NF9_8WRLaXz8U6w/s711/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.13.41%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="711" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x7xdfRM39ThPz2leByXYVL-swW32_kmrzCh0QP2quA2sJwx-Q-lVit1RgQ67W7xDpD5a7o1Hg7Gv3MAuHlHKnjq-EnAKWxvBy_y6Y_v8Y3PMb1zeOU7-bHEF3s3cVj63jlq95VWxeK9u9oYALLLgBZLSDFp32rcarl-m_20rkB71NF9_8WRLaXz8U6w/w400-h293/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.13.41%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/AVvXsEjOC4R0t-gSlp3Xy7uNFBKqqSmKRlFMZ3QNSqsEHm21Roifh_2SLm_R-8GAbshbXW_3O8K68mEKxPHbsCzUa0JpXM5k4yuJs3hKAQaNmkP8cYoHUsmZxmsyHrPIRGlpkGNhYzYQS17FHErp1Bpcj5Ixh2WiLELj6urx-iLojnv_9FeZDL4hwHNx-m9n_vg/s1042/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.49.17%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1042" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOC4R0t-gSlp3Xy7uNFBKqqSmKRlFMZ3QNSqsEHm21Roifh_2SLm_R-8GAbshbXW_3O8K68mEKxPHbsCzUa0JpXM5k4yuJs3hKAQaNmkP8cYoHUsmZxmsyHrPIRGlpkGNhYzYQS17FHErp1Bpcj5Ixh2WiLELj6urx-iLojnv_9FeZDL4hwHNx-m9n_vg/w400-h294/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%209.49.17%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Tom Janssen, EandPCartoons)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-89802870662121837282024-03-17T13:30:00.057-04:002024-03-17T13:30:00.243-04:00Sunday Reflection<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVyWl48AKN6FpreG8F2FRoytBdY-7proXMHEQfngP55MFQqBDAwgBDKKR5LJHfDn8czoYwMAjBHT-1aejb7E4_6SnoOXCit37QudQXvlceJCq5SjipN3gQaQHyODO2J89Cjvt4RB-toM8ktLUJy53VOZ5rRUqQ0m5s-Q0f5cr48PG2mRelVpQH1g5WBs/s1152/nat_king_cole_v2.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1152" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVyWl48AKN6FpreG8F2FRoytBdY-7proXMHEQfngP55MFQqBDAwgBDKKR5LJHfDn8czoYwMAjBHT-1aejb7E4_6SnoOXCit37QudQXvlceJCq5SjipN3gQaQHyODO2J89Cjvt4RB-toM8ktLUJy53VOZ5rRUqQ0m5s-Q0f5cr48PG2mRelVpQH1g5WBs/w400-h266/nat_king_cole_v2.png" width="400" /></a><br /><p></p><p>"<i>When I first organized the King Cole Trio back in 1937, we were strictly what you would call an instrumental group. To break the monotony, I would sing a few songs here and there between the playing. I sang things I had known over the years. I wasn't trying to give it any special treatment, just singing. I noticed thereafter people started requesting more singing, and it was just one of those things... I'm a musician at heart. I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.</i>" -- the legendary singer <b>Nat King Cole</b> (3/17/1919 - 2/15/1965), from "<i>Nat King Cole</i>" by James Haskings, 1990. So, "<i>not really a singer</i>"? Nat King Cole was one of the great singers of the 20th century, his modesty notwithstanding. <i>"The Christmas Song," "Unforgettable", "Mona Lisa", "Autumn Leaves"</i>, and so many more of his songs performed in his incredibly rich, smooth and effortless baritone voice will be played for many generations to come.</p><p>The victim of racial discrimination and even violence, Cole was assaulted by racists in Birmingham, Alabama, at a concert and harassed in his all-white Los Angeles neighborhood. Despite that, he was criticized for performing before all-white audiences in the South, and not being more active in the Civil Rights movement. That changed when he later became active in the NAACP and played a significant role in organizing the 1963 March on Washington. </p><p>(photo: by Fred Baker, 1961, Gelatin silver print, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution)</p><p> </p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-41756521697670711572024-03-17T11:30:00.087-04:002024-03-17T11:42:52.683-04:00Protests On Last Day Of Russian "Elections"<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03ZHHsD6miz6fo1Mr85cdDIYmYadjcdNzQtEfJXFoLxbzjwRl0yzGs6yx7EckC7OWWkmGSyu456Qda5NGzgY6toPtbYYFkKvBOXMJ_rrmh0O3vZQ_5gGW08wC3N-cvDonhi0wiYV6PLCcBHGUpk5CE0v-t7kzOSt2WqZ12CbjfeBOnhBucjakplJAfuQ/s624/e4b82842-66b7-4aab-968a-248045832800.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="624" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03ZHHsD6miz6fo1Mr85cdDIYmYadjcdNzQtEfJXFoLxbzjwRl0yzGs6yx7EckC7OWWkmGSyu456Qda5NGzgY6toPtbYYFkKvBOXMJ_rrmh0O3vZQ_5gGW08wC3N-cvDonhi0wiYV6PLCcBHGUpk5CE0v-t7kzOSt2WqZ12CbjfeBOnhBucjakplJAfuQ/w400-h224/e4b82842-66b7-4aab-968a-248045832800.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><p>On this last day of bogus "elections" in Russia, which are nothing more than exercises in rubber stamping war criminal Vladimir Putin's continuance in office, there is still a noticeable spark of protest against the "forever president" and his authoritarian regime. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/17/russia-presidential-election-putin-protest/" target="_blank">From the <i>Washington Post</i></a>:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>"On the final day of a presidential election with only one possible result, <b>Russians protested Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian hold on power by forming long lines to vote against him at noon Sunday</b> — answering the call of opposition leader Alexei Navalny who had urged the midday action before dying suddenly in prison last month.</i></p><p><i>The 'Noon Against Putin' protest, with voters forming queues outside polling stations in major cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, was a striking — if futile — display of solidarity and dissent designed to counteract the Kremlin’s main message — that Putin is a legitimate president commanding massive support.</i></p><p><i><b>Many polling stations in Moscow were deathly quiet on Sunday morning, but long lines appeared at exactly 12 p.m. — despite authorities sending mass text messages warning people against participating in 'extremist' actions</b> and in the face of severe repression of dissent since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which has resulted in hundreds of arrests. </i>[snip]</p></blockquote><p><b></b></p><blockquote><p><b>Many voters also posted photographs of their spoiled ballots with protest slogans such as 'Navalny is my president,' 'No to war, no to Putin,' and 'Putin is a murderer.'”</b> (our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p>The democratic opposition to Putin is facing threats of severe repression and prison, but is still determined to show their refusal to bow to the Russian thug, even more so after movement leader and hero Alexei Navalny was murdered in a Russian prison camp on February 16. The article contains many interviews with voters -- mostly 30 and under -- who showed up at "Noon Against Putin" protests, and the courage they're showing is striking, even as police vans park nearby in a threatening gesture. </p><p>Putin, the man who mourns the death of the Soviet Union, is busy reconstituting it as a fascistic gangster state, eager to expand beyond its borders to former Soviet republics. Ukraine is one of those former republics, and the most prized by the Kremlin. It's even more essential that he and his regime be stopped there, and wherever else he threatens a takeover.</p><p>(photo: Voters line up in Moscow. Maxim Shemeto / Reuters)</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-77658988487634308532024-03-17T09:30:00.031-04:002024-03-17T11:55:01.944-04:00Trump's Dehumanizing Rallies With His Aggrieved Cultists<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkg7QfLRpClygiyDjNgKsNKw4HY2uHdBeZ1xvBAWhdIo5K1bnCNHBxaF0Su43tOJ4vl1me0OxeAavHIakXKxVQiYp2-lngFM9Wobn76uhafXZ4KWomSHpy4ONk6hPbGAqMZC_yQRhZ4njuFtKKQd-LQPi9LAJgJ34C7RHiJpcp9THxXl2J9PO2D7QzUU/s476/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%208.26.13%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="476" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkg7QfLRpClygiyDjNgKsNKw4HY2uHdBeZ1xvBAWhdIo5K1bnCNHBxaF0Su43tOJ4vl1me0OxeAavHIakXKxVQiYp2-lngFM9Wobn76uhafXZ4KWomSHpy4ONk6hPbGAqMZC_yQRhZ4njuFtKKQd-LQPi9LAJgJ34C7RHiJpcp9THxXl2J9PO2D7QzUU/w400-h310/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-17%20at%208.26.13%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div>As familiar as this is, and as often as it has been and will be repeated, this aberrant and abhorrent cult and its cult leader/ monster must be seen over and over again for who and what they are.<br /><p></p><p><b>John Bowden </b>of <i>The Independent</i> attended the Malignant Loser's Nuremberg <strike>rally</strike> therapy session in Ohio yesterday afternoon, and took note of what happens when the deranged, aggrieved would- be dictator <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-goes-off-script-230745821.html">goes off script </a>in front of diminished crowds:<br /></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>... It was on this issue </i>[his 2020 election loss] <i>that Mr Trump departed almost completely from
his prepared remarks as he labelled his political opponents inhuman: “In
some cases, they’re not people.” He’d provoke that same dehumanising
imagery as he delivered his latest rant against illegal immigration,
this time eyeing a new enemy in the arrival of residents of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Repeating “they’re coming in from
Africa”, the former president sarcastically declared: “The Congo’s a
very nice place, I imagine.” </i>[Ed.: your enthusiastic ass-kisser Sen. Tim Scott would be happy to help with any damage control on this one, we're assuming.]<i><br /></i></p><p><i>It was a typical Trump speech in many
ways, and only atypical in the sense that the former president’s
growing inability to couch his more shocking impulses in
politically-acceptable language was on greater display than usual.</i></p><p><i>Perhaps
the most notable aspect of the event was how small it was. The event
was not held directly in a major population centre, instead taking place
roughly an hour from Columbus. Overall, Mr Trump’s crowd size on
Saturday appeared to be much smaller than his typical rally size; with
an eyeball estimate, the event appeared to have roughly doubled the size
of ex-rival Nikki Haley’s final rally in her home state of South
Carolina before that state’s primary election; perhaps a thousand
people, maybe less. The total was definitively smaller — to the scale of
thousands — than the crowd that gathered for Mr Trump’s last rally in
support of a Senate candidate in the state, his appearance boosting JD
Vance at an arena in Youngstown two years ago...</i></p></blockquote><p><b><i></i></b></p><p>It was also at that <strike>rally</strike> therapy session that <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/17/1239019225/trump-says-some-migrants-are-not-people-and-warns-of-bloodbath-if-he-loses">the Malignant Loser said this</a>:<b> </b></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>..."If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole —
that's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for
the country," he warned, while talking about the impact of offshoring on
the country's auto industry and his plans to increase tariffs on
foreign-made cars.</i></p> <p><i>Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer accused Trump of doubling "down on his threats of political violence."...</i></p></blockquote><p>Opening the prisons and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-vows-free-jan-6-defendants-one-first-acts-elected-rcna142894">releasing the violent January 6 insurrectionists to finish the job is high on the Malignant Loser's agenda</a>. The Malignant Loser is always prepared for others to shed their blood as long as he ends up in the clear.<br /></p><p><i></i></p><p></p><p><b>Renee Graham</b> of <i>The Boston Globe</i> has something to say about <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/14/opinion/donald-trump-mocking-bidens-stutter/?p1=StaffPage">the Malignant Loser and his cultists based on a recent rally in Georgia</a>:</p><p><span class="html-render"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><p><span class="html-render"><i>... Unable to attack Biden’s solid State of the Union performance, Trump instead <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hncASorxwP0" style="font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" target="_self">mocked President Biden’s lifelong stutter</a>. It’s certainly not the first time Trump has resorted to his typical schoolyard bullying tactics. It’s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/06/trump-biden-stutter/" style="font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" target="_self">not even the first time this year</a>
he’s tried to ridicule the president with such childish nonsense. But
what stood out again is that Trump’s audience laughed and applauded in
malicious glee.</i> [snip]</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><i><span class="html-render">Now when he
derides Biden’s stutter by saying things that Biden never said — like
pretending Biden stumbled over the word “democracy” in a January speech
when he said it <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/06/trump-biden-stutter/" style="font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" target="_self">more than two dozen times without any problems</a> — Trump gets the nasty laughs he seeks at someone else’s expense, especially when he sneers at a person’s physical limitations.</span></i></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><i><span class="html-render">People who behaved that way were once scorned. Now they become <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/politics/biden-trump-presidential-nominees/index.html" style="font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" target="_self">the Republican nominee for president</a>.</span></i></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><i>There
are few among us who don’t know how it feels to be the butt of a joke.
At some point in our lives, we’ve probably been the person being laughed
at instead of being someone in on the joke and chuckling with the
crowd. That includes Trump’s supporters. But with their always aggrieved
state of mind, they have anointed Trump as a strongman who allows them
to belittle those they see as their lessers. To paraphrase the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFMAMUzAw8s" style="font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" target="_self">great Toni Morrison</a>,
they can only feel tall when someone else has been knocked to their
knees. For them, Trump’s enemies are their enemies and those people
deserve nothing but public derision. </i> [snip]</span></p></blockquote><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"></span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><i>Trump never
offends only those he targets. There’s always collateral damage when
someone with a national bully pulpit demeans a person with a stutter or
physical disability. And every laugh, every whoop from his minions, not
only convinces Trump that he’s right but that his aberrant behavior is
what his followers have come to expect.</i></blockquote><p></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><i>Yes,
the hippocampus keeps score. But don’t just criticize the unfunny man
who uses human frailty as a punch line. Remember the ones who in their
devotion to a would-be tyrant will always laugh the loudest.</i></blockquote><p></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render">This is raw American fascism pure and simple, and these are the stormtroopers willing to carry out the monster's will, win or lose. Once again, forewarned is forearmed.</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><b>BONUS</b>: <a href="https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1768005992430604607">One example, out of millions, of <i>Cultist Trumpicanis</i></a>.</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><b>BONUS II</b>: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/trump-crazy-new-claims-fact-checked/">Fact checking the Malignant Loser's lies in that Georgia rally takes up a full page in the <i>Washington Post</i>.</a></span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><b>BONUS III</b>: The Biden campaign punches back --</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"> </span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span class="html-render">Biden-Harris campaign statement on Trump tonight promising a “bloodbath” if he loses <a href="https://t.co/8mBYh4QKnf">pic.twitter.com/8mBYh4QKnf</a></span></p><span class="html-render">— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1769163262283706801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></span></blockquote><span class="html-render"> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> </span><p></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><br /></span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render">(<b>Image</b>: Getty Images via Business Insider)</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"><span class="html-render"><br /></span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0"></p><p></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-59788644645570764452024-03-17T08:00:00.008-04:002024-03-17T11:51:48.740-04:00St. Patrick's Day<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSWd7GUGov7-JB87R3V-72dgwUvoIGPONKqYNpvZY6ChMY5LMEMVBO05NnQ4a1yhkO57n3oNaLqZS7ocUuSwdz5OTYetReGRqWIMmaHkorkl0C40i9oJSEr31j5xYCCeESnda7K2QJeg9rWfi9ayxru4moLE7M1ZhnOnyNx_7JCdnxtUC-2XdG22mjAs/s300/images-3.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSWd7GUGov7-JB87R3V-72dgwUvoIGPONKqYNpvZY6ChMY5LMEMVBO05NnQ4a1yhkO57n3oNaLqZS7ocUuSwdz5OTYetReGRqWIMmaHkorkl0C40i9oJSEr31j5xYCCeESnda7K2QJeg9rWfi9ayxru4moLE7M1ZhnOnyNx_7JCdnxtUC-2XdG22mjAs/w400-h224/images-3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Happy St. Patrick's Day to all who celebrate (and if you celebrate, please do so responsibly)! As the Irish proverb goes:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>"May you
have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know
where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too
far."</i></blockquote><p>For some amusing Irish takes on St. Patrick's Day (and Americans' celebrations of), try <a href="https://twitter.com/WhispersNewsLTD">here</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FCTwenteBenson">here</a>.</p><p><i>Erin go bragh!</i></p><p><b>BONUS</b>: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names-pronunciation/index.html" target="_blank">A guide</a> to the pronunciation of some common Irish names.</p><p> </p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-71885268677224170692024-03-16T16:00:00.001-04:002024-03-16T16:00:00.164-04:00Today's Cartoons<p> </p><p>(<i>click on images to enlarge</i>) <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0dMO-hBAMU9lbzGQCWJG0l8gbjjOtM5fbvdNvv7EtlHF-OQZUESlYCj0NOyBcWF8CcN344cfVsbDhsxZIYhLAjMK79uY3_K0MDDEb2gEMoAEsZ426KXAVqDYh_29TY4D54-mweWXdmApvgD6X1k-HTQDTnGWOAYRvpBDpmlXS4aGFT7-ysEJYvEyVoM/s723/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.52.21%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="723" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0dMO-hBAMU9lbzGQCWJG0l8gbjjOtM5fbvdNvv7EtlHF-OQZUESlYCj0NOyBcWF8CcN344cfVsbDhsxZIYhLAjMK79uY3_K0MDDEb2gEMoAEsZ426KXAVqDYh_29TY4D54-mweWXdmApvgD6X1k-HTQDTnGWOAYRvpBDpmlXS4aGFT7-ysEJYvEyVoM/w400-h264/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.52.21%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/AVvXsEgF4Pki0aYfeCQL-8m9IqJvVxlCDZwe95JgYGpPTNVDpt6s_VdKJn3qVPvigJ-pOtFHsGqwPMCM_BhaLQTFf0WUroQjFMD6nOCIKktV7CoAvdY94AWHvZXmZwAYvOvssIWSsc-GqDiKTu69jQ5rNDZH1jlxHPBSOQSw2gyq7CL19zURcKL8bXQf8SSizz4/s759/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.52.38%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="759" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4Pki0aYfeCQL-8m9IqJvVxlCDZwe95JgYGpPTNVDpt6s_VdKJn3qVPvigJ-pOtFHsGqwPMCM_BhaLQTFf0WUroQjFMD6nOCIKktV7CoAvdY94AWHvZXmZwAYvOvssIWSsc-GqDiKTu69jQ5rNDZH1jlxHPBSOQSw2gyq7CL19zURcKL8bXQf8SSizz4/w400-h268/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.52.38%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZBV7zkvDTRAIKYt7KQQEQMM2hafiptG7CnudDu5cGCWQs0pbkL4ir8YQ8ypcceze4UZcHFgAvQ7LUO2Ij6km2zf33kPOZaJArUx-2VCiuFfONYWEnFImIP0Tqr3TUC9Dai1qIUNpTvhmxH0aB-xt3evKGeSot9evezb1LZwRWfkNWIbEuVdF0Ay3g_8/s965/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.59.22%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="965" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZBV7zkvDTRAIKYt7KQQEQMM2hafiptG7CnudDu5cGCWQs0pbkL4ir8YQ8ypcceze4UZcHFgAvQ7LUO2Ij6km2zf33kPOZaJArUx-2VCiuFfONYWEnFImIP0Tqr3TUC9Dai1qIUNpTvhmxH0aB-xt3evKGeSot9evezb1LZwRWfkNWIbEuVdF0Ay3g_8/w400-h321/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.59.22%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZ6GxdAcgIb26dPgX5w2fL45uwQrbmeMADJbNzW9UrpcFIK9_ius55AhDTSmUN16Df1E24EZXDgks_7uec_LReRVO8s7Md1R9CiAJrz0OS87dlIhY6TK2LpulqeAuw0w_B1nZIAo8RF6zSZGdk4r2ZWn_hsyskDCijkk-Rgp_qzF6pFC_u20I2zUrQYY/s615/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.02.56%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="615" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZ6GxdAcgIb26dPgX5w2fL45uwQrbmeMADJbNzW9UrpcFIK9_ius55AhDTSmUN16Df1E24EZXDgks_7uec_LReRVO8s7Md1R9CiAJrz0OS87dlIhY6TK2LpulqeAuw0w_B1nZIAo8RF6zSZGdk4r2ZWn_hsyskDCijkk-Rgp_qzF6pFC_u20I2zUrQYY/w400-h261/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.02.56%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/AVvXsEhw3QDUbGWC5ULu3vT4tgp8mhwFAgM-aRRBOBIX-qzzVJrPuH_aZvz4swqUd3l8BXVqXIBmQiAcdHb-063xzEMQweAllCqYvbqpvAguNKlBMR62ym-INQIvdGBYM_l654trRqV-UIkbc7SYIf8AaKD6BBDUXOc1hyphenhyphen4XX25wcLhx1Q-CY-NFROfQr44bGHw/s785/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.06.37%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="785" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3QDUbGWC5ULu3vT4tgp8mhwFAgM-aRRBOBIX-qzzVJrPuH_aZvz4swqUd3l8BXVqXIBmQiAcdHb-063xzEMQweAllCqYvbqpvAguNKlBMR62ym-INQIvdGBYM_l654trRqV-UIkbc7SYIf8AaKD6BBDUXOc1hyphenhyphen4XX25wcLhx1Q-CY-NFROfQr44bGHw/w400-h300/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.06.37%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/AVvXsEjwa7G0lVEzgU7noFW1ytVw6jNMoVO0s0oeHaNLcFFn_LU6Eq0aT9eiceY0AVWjwhY-UlxT8vbbQZxQ3z-PRcT8isKTXdnPbVL4cf79sSsPbkgUtyaif6JiJOVLvmH5QFQEwvTLB9G2iMDaHIDuVsncG4UFQcKyaggSJk_-JVlET69MTT8r9eiaISru06A/s752/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.54.22%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="752" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwa7G0lVEzgU7noFW1ytVw6jNMoVO0s0oeHaNLcFFn_LU6Eq0aT9eiceY0AVWjwhY-UlxT8vbbQZxQ3z-PRcT8isKTXdnPbVL4cf79sSsPbkgUtyaif6JiJOVLvmH5QFQEwvTLB9G2iMDaHIDuVsncG4UFQcKyaggSJk_-JVlET69MTT8r9eiaISru06A/w400-h303/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.54.22%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/AVvXsEizI5UC7P3CModrgUjdXAN8LSYLsSDF2GxA1FsGQdQw9NKE8r_kl7hQWVzbon8JykiOeAYtUHLSTLd5c4rKsNcRCWJL-VhlD2qhY4SIm5QcYQMwHSxX_bAc-CA1HxmRI1BV7TzbmE93AJFnfUH4OX0xIiOEZDno3sDlP_x7bB-Fi4GE214Iqblnj9gggU0/s731/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.53.32%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="731" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI5UC7P3CModrgUjdXAN8LSYLsSDF2GxA1FsGQdQw9NKE8r_kl7hQWVzbon8JykiOeAYtUHLSTLd5c4rKsNcRCWJL-VhlD2qhY4SIm5QcYQMwHSxX_bAc-CA1HxmRI1BV7TzbmE93AJFnfUH4OX0xIiOEZDno3sDlP_x7bB-Fi4GE214Iqblnj9gggU0/w400-h293/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.53.32%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaKEjxNchh7GQO3Y7R_tIZEJwgIAPBPljKfmDOwuW6YC1K6NJ253zFtxzEhZamlwZnZRPrOrAYxHFo8uyMtOhoNsWt8Q_dY-FTZfQM6Ec-5Sx3Y01Q7Baq9XZrQQkDarWv_xsPU_alxJCdthZtBHvzN6lrUE1ALxG56wqwWXNouX1k8hf0Xf9nf66Cxs/s759/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.50.03%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="517" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaKEjxNchh7GQO3Y7R_tIZEJwgIAPBPljKfmDOwuW6YC1K6NJ253zFtxzEhZamlwZnZRPrOrAYxHFo8uyMtOhoNsWt8Q_dY-FTZfQM6Ec-5Sx3Y01Q7Baq9XZrQQkDarWv_xsPU_alxJCdthZtBHvzN6lrUE1ALxG56wqwWXNouX1k8hf0Xf9nf66Cxs/w273-h400/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.50.03%20AM.png" width="273" /></a></div><p></p><p>(Brian McFadden, DailyKos.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PMqO-MRy5Ym7WZ1khYGkNSTubsVyZvzPc90NHhiIZJlmL-Laqr7PZPGYkawGzP7u96E-Mg3zBAVqzNbzEhRMo-OZQwkx0OLSX9D5QVMIw_0UdW2DFq_KJq44JWd3QGzFrosmbznyIE8O35zyFay6cXzE6qvHsnLEUS-XRiMubi94tapHyLHXomOozn4/s1002/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.57.11%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1002" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PMqO-MRy5Ym7WZ1khYGkNSTubsVyZvzPc90NHhiIZJlmL-Laqr7PZPGYkawGzP7u96E-Mg3zBAVqzNbzEhRMo-OZQwkx0OLSX9D5QVMIw_0UdW2DFq_KJq44JWd3QGzFrosmbznyIE8O35zyFay6cXzE6qvHsnLEUS-XRiMubi94tapHyLHXomOozn4/w400-h289/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%209.57.11%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Peter Brookes, The Times, London)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdn2x7V6D_2pSM6GsXSlXS20vFZX6FbzazKdyg3_Bjxsef-TG7rxeLh9DkkhZuWFiuphC4pn9OKpOuNA5oM_idbFr5ZBQIoRUT2nHz9bLJUxae8z9zzc3B2XYvtViTvXtu6MEloS-FcqIue4Puhg6-0jpi38xNvvMQh6yQr06ukgFthBw-HDCm0Agrzk/s618/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.02.04%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="618" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdn2x7V6D_2pSM6GsXSlXS20vFZX6FbzazKdyg3_Bjxsef-TG7rxeLh9DkkhZuWFiuphC4pn9OKpOuNA5oM_idbFr5ZBQIoRUT2nHz9bLJUxae8z9zzc3B2XYvtViTvXtu6MEloS-FcqIue4Puhg6-0jpi38xNvvMQh6yQr06ukgFthBw-HDCm0Agrzk/w400-h283/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.02.04%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Frank Hansen, caglecartoons.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVH5ZHnOWKugFhO204VIv3gM-t-160filRVIpfA1HpzvoMZoffHUEb6UVC4xbs6eBSfJ3Qr_ooXCM-vnc5vQIRo5Im6po-rqRsaIogM3SA01rKd9fOTwBVfQsR0xoXUsdvd0DwkFF_4Eo9cEKJp_emYaYajYaURy9oa_yqygxSG98S0zpatUBXmUW3yQ/s748/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.55.09%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="748" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVH5ZHnOWKugFhO204VIv3gM-t-160filRVIpfA1HpzvoMZoffHUEb6UVC4xbs6eBSfJ3Qr_ooXCM-vnc5vQIRo5Im6po-rqRsaIogM3SA01rKd9fOTwBVfQsR0xoXUsdvd0DwkFF_4Eo9cEKJp_emYaYajYaURy9oa_yqygxSG98S0zpatUBXmUW3yQ/w400-h395/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.55.09%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Paul Noth, The New Yorker)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-16822412173572473472024-03-16T14:00:00.082-04:002024-03-16T14:09:19.550-04:00Tweets / Xeets Of The Day<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Inept / timid Merrick Garland needs to shake up the SDNY --</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Garland should address this, refer to OPR if there’s no above-board explanation. <a href="https://t.co/lhYbNRw0C4">https://t.co/lhYbNRw0C4</a> <a href="https://t.co/5eUXepvcqn">pic.twitter.com/5eUXepvcqn</a></p>— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/1768632751647785049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Keeping things in perspective. -- </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The thing to keep in mind about Fani’s relationship with a colleague is that she is prosecuting the man trying to overthrow democracy in America.</p>— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) <a href="https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1768657967853756608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p> </p><p><b>The Malignant Loser's mob lawyers should remember John Gotti's fate --</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Counterattack and put the prosecutor on trial" was also a Mafia defense strategy.<br /><br />It helped John Gotti get off the hook 3 different times.<br /><br />At the 4th trial, he was convicted and sent away for LIFE.<br /><br />It failed then, and it will fail for Trump now.</p>— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) <a href="https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1768784083314704445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Justice delayed is justice denied, part infinity -- </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This Democrat is outraged that Trump committed these crimes over 3 years ago and is still living in a mansion. <a href="https://t.co/FHTGGiAedn">pic.twitter.com/FHTGGiAedn</a></p>— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1769001181819400636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /><p></p> <b><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></b><p style="font-weight: bold;"></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><b>MAGA "Freedom" Caucusers letting their racist flag fly ---</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">Freedom Caucusers worked with anti-migrant influencer who says the US in undergoing a "planet of he apes style invasion" with "congo-cannibals" targeting the white race for "genocide and cannibalism" <a href="https://t.co/07o5UaBmqe">https://t.co/07o5UaBmqe</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/1768774410184372379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro-Putin MAGA Mike Johnson refuses to pass Ukraine aid bill, and Poland notices. --</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p> <b><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></b><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨The Prime Minister of Poland calls out U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) for holding up military aid to Ukraine. <a href="https://t.co/UOLqq2mH8t">pic.twitter.com/UOLqq2mH8t</a></p>— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) <a href="https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1769002681350205467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Portrait of a dangerous, violent MAGAt running for office in North Carolina. --</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">Michele Morrow, the GOP nominee to oversee North Carolina’s public schools, has spread QAnon conspiracy theories and called for the execution of Presidents Obama and Biden in front of a “Pay Per View firing squad.” <a href="https://t.co/5Dt8T4JJNX">https://t.co/5Dt8T4JJNX</a> <a href="https://t.co/1RTZ0NIZ2E">pic.twitter.com/1RTZ0NIZ2E</a></p>— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) <a href="https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1769006155261694200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Anticipation mounts for Russian election outcome. -- </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">Russia’s advanced digital voting system allows the only vote that matters to be processed instantly. <a href="https://t.co/uCrpqXPGJY">pic.twitter.com/uCrpqXPGJY</a></p>— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1769028948665508211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Great idea for a science fair. -- </b></p><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/wFgYPjIob8">pic.twitter.com/wFgYPjIob8</a></p>— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoContextHumans/status/1769045973118992817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote><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-49221423145744384612024-03-16T12:00:00.101-04:002024-03-16T12:00:00.133-04:00More On Pence's Refusal To Endorse Trump<p> </p><p>As noted in the quote in the Quote of the Day post below from former VP <b>Mike "Fly Guy" Pence</b>, he won't be endorsing his former ticket mate in 2024. The <i>Washington Post</i>'s <b>Aaron Blake</b><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/mike-pence-why-no-trump-endorsement/" target="_blank"> has some thoughts</a> on the failure to endorse:</p><p></p><blockquote><p><i>"In declining to endorse Trump, <b>Mike Pence made a major statement that undercut other Trump-skeptical Republicans who have suggested through their actions that there is no alternative</b>. His decision could also provide a permission structure for others whose endorsements are up in the air, like Nikki Haley, to hold off. </i> [snip]</p><p><i>But it did come as something of a surprise. Pence, after all, had raised his hand at an August debate when he and the other GOP presidential candidates were asked whether they would support even a criminally convicted Trump if he were nominated.</i></p><p><i>Pence’s stated reasoning is also notable. <b>It’s not that he views Trump as dangerous to democracy, or even so much that he’s upset over Trump’s attacking him for his refusal to try to overturn the 2020</b> election on Jan. 6, 2021. (Some rioters chanted “Hang Mike Pence,” and Trump attacked Pence on Twitter even after being informed of the Capitol unrest.)</i></p><p><i>Instead, <b>Pence pitched the current version of Trump as insufficiently conservative on issues such as abortion, the national debt, and China and TikTok</b>.</i></p><p><i>“Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years,” Pence said, “and that is why I cannot in good conscience endorse Donald Trump in this campaign.”</i> (our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p></p><div>Withholding an endorsement is a first step; it's actively <u>opposing</u> the candidate you withhold an endorsement from that matters (e.g., Liz Cheney), and we doubt whether Pence <i>et. al. </i>will follow suit.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pence was picked to be on the Malignant Loser's ticket as a righteous, Bible-thumping balance to the moral decay and horrible character exhibited by the Malignant Loser. However, Pence's broad evangelical Christofascist following swung over to the Malignant Loser in a grab for power despite his obvious depravity. Blake adds:</div><div><div><i></i><blockquote><i>"Pence often says, 'I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican — in that order.' In this case, <b>he’s suggesting the second one indeed carries more weight than the third. And that’s a challenge to other Republicans who are emphasizing the third one</b>.</i><i> " </i>(our emphasis)</blockquote><p>Tribal loyalty can be a strong bond, and the tribe currently controlling the Republican Party is the MAGA cult. Their priorities are direct and simple: Trump, Trump, Trump, in that order. Pence should have found that out on January 6.</p><p> </p></div></div>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-69596984369388043232024-03-16T10:00:00.029-04:002024-03-16T11:43:41.590-04:00Quotes Of The Day -- Bailing Out<p> </p><p><i>“It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year.”</i> -- The Malignant Loser's Vice President, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/15/mike-pence-wont-endorse-trump-00147395">Mike Pence</a>, on Fox "News" yesterday.</p><p>(One of the Republican Senators from Pence's home state of Indiana, <b>Sen. Todd Young</b>, has also said he won't support the Malignant Loser, joining another Hoosier, Bush 41 former Vice President <b>Dan Quayle</b>.)<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">____________________<br /></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"><i>"If you had told me four years ago that Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Chris Christie and Adam Kinzinger wouldn’t be supporting the Republican nominee for President I would’ve never believed you."</i> -- Republican political consultant and Lincoln Project co-founder <a href="https://twitter.com/madrid_mike/status/1768785819018670271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Mike Madrid</a></span>.</p><p>Hold our beer, Mike. There's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_oppose_the_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign">a growing list</a> of prominent Republicans (a.k.a., what's left of "establishment Republicans") refusing to go along with the MAGA train wreck. (Or you can just <a href="https://twitter.com/BidensWins/status/1768825904451465530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768825904451465530%7Ctwgr%5Ef444966de22ddca196a63c772d9b5d39e35bdbbb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigbysblog.net%2F">watch this abbreviated rundown</a>.)<br /></p><p><a href="https://hackwhackers.blogspot.com/2024/03/trump-in-eyes-of-former-allies.html">As we've noted before</a>, MAGAts will welcome this as proof that the Malignant Loser is purging his cult of impure elements ("<i>Good riddance, RINOs!</i>"). It does, however, provide a "permission structure" for that sliver of the population that would otherwise vote Republican, or are Republican- leaning "independents," to withhold their votes from the Malignant Loser. In battleground states where winning margins could be slim, it could make all the difference.</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-29838756470181419382024-03-16T08:00:00.006-04:002024-03-16T08:17:48.494-04:00Architectural Design In "Dune"<p> </p><p>Architect <b>Michael Wyetzner</b> gives us his insights into the architectural design of structures in Denis Villeneuve's movie adaptation of "<i>Dune</i>," meant to teach us lessons about adapting to a harsh environment rather than just surviving in it. An interesting look at how ancient architecture inspired the movie's creators.<br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWUkeEbMyIY?si=NbnBo-WKTs8Zy890" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-76672311935427286912024-03-15T17:30:00.001-04:002024-03-15T17:30:00.131-04:00Today'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/AVvXsEjv2x3Au6o7r4PgvtUyCZBWC9WHhxA2ZOszsfAJlQDO3zuBDVMMDNV0K5SGf5Y3JEhtefTvLt7sWVXxojZvfVR7DBMClVTdIiDyWCJSJE2bSAH9PnT4p3nZT-6S0WguEIF8n63SAk6Z7KEmV2d0Ez1gopMKF6Mlyj86-YA1sPuGS7_xflnAHcNNXC4answ/s744/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.03.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="744" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2x3Au6o7r4PgvtUyCZBWC9WHhxA2ZOszsfAJlQDO3zuBDVMMDNV0K5SGf5Y3JEhtefTvLt7sWVXxojZvfVR7DBMClVTdIiDyWCJSJE2bSAH9PnT4p3nZT-6S0WguEIF8n63SAk6Z7KEmV2d0Ez1gopMKF6Mlyj86-YA1sPuGS7_xflnAHcNNXC4answ/w400-h301/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.03.09%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Lalo Alcaraz, PA Weekly)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUrCqKZLc6cwf7i-Aw-NLXkAlFP-fmouGVVslKOVOwz_8JodHzkklMNX3F_iWF-d2725EqUqzVvYVSaiEmvQOpp3lAd1pI3ht6Z2PYRthLXpssYr-Z0b_zg12GM1-paU-eiSPGLYBZOlNsyyeBaDRUPHMkImDjBG0G5A9CpNO1isqsWEAwfA0U-zp6Ko/s762/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.10.03%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUrCqKZLc6cwf7i-Aw-NLXkAlFP-fmouGVVslKOVOwz_8JodHzkklMNX3F_iWF-d2725EqUqzVvYVSaiEmvQOpp3lAd1pI3ht6Z2PYRthLXpssYr-Z0b_zg12GM1-paU-eiSPGLYBZOlNsyyeBaDRUPHMkImDjBG0G5A9CpNO1isqsWEAwfA0U-zp6Ko/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.10.03%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><p>(Michael deAdder, @deAdder)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJqNha-rrPYMo149R5Mv9_oWu-MZQNnywLelxGEC3k6YHsipunoeGUCsKgHrc1iE46gidPIYapDR9ixxPRRhU8F63Rb_3tdDX8abVbZEMnXzI_jKhNNrTFiQCFZsfwgFmw66oF7Jh0Oo86aB9hbk8Q1i9Gjmm-NefhzHNje84PSTIJhktF_ohZN3X-UE/s768/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.10.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="768" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJqNha-rrPYMo149R5Mv9_oWu-MZQNnywLelxGEC3k6YHsipunoeGUCsKgHrc1iE46gidPIYapDR9ixxPRRhU8F63Rb_3tdDX8abVbZEMnXzI_jKhNNrTFiQCFZsfwgFmw66oF7Jh0Oo86aB9hbk8Q1i9Gjmm-NefhzHNje84PSTIJhktF_ohZN3X-UE/w400-h278/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.10.55%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix16sapNosII513d2DPXU2bZRpz8Rr_0e_HR5Vhq96Oj4BsGYxjwAvVuKBuEmOQuFlxKQMTCvM2HZllHMvXs9CiwOxKs-Ig5ajChRQ5v3K-RGBUz8qPgLGy4VLWCrS2CgmJTtffl4Hfjne_K16mPHGyNUCGkn9iA8NvhoWMWcUk7b3yLd4msOHPmkjXmA/s742/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.03.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="742" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix16sapNosII513d2DPXU2bZRpz8Rr_0e_HR5Vhq96Oj4BsGYxjwAvVuKBuEmOQuFlxKQMTCvM2HZllHMvXs9CiwOxKs-Ig5ajChRQ5v3K-RGBUz8qPgLGy4VLWCrS2CgmJTtffl4Hfjne_K16mPHGyNUCGkn9iA8NvhoWMWcUk7b3yLd4msOHPmkjXmA/w400-h318/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.03.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Nick Anderson, Reform Austin News, TX)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7Qm38iU4kFgTl_mVUpX5EccbvVAxEnhuS-sf4XH1xtxPjTv6gJ77K90yOd_wKwKMMPop4lzWX2dW3lh8JIoaC2NMimylax2HCwU3cjYmJt0FGd3isyyR2-1TsaXe77E50wpWjGnASuu3icfQj4TBxFWzlJtyr5EVuflFmH-6Qj2eCBj4Uk03jGJ1xnk/s748/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.04.56%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="748" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7Qm38iU4kFgTl_mVUpX5EccbvVAxEnhuS-sf4XH1xtxPjTv6gJ77K90yOd_wKwKMMPop4lzWX2dW3lh8JIoaC2NMimylax2HCwU3cjYmJt0FGd3isyyR2-1TsaXe77E50wpWjGnASuu3icfQj4TBxFWzlJtyr5EVuflFmH-6Qj2eCBj4Uk03jGJ1xnk/w400-h270/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.04.56%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Steve Breen, Creators.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBNUQdNZiQXrSV8mHhSTeGP33Jk9RmVMgwZEFlsowLMzNzEcV7AWB-2hQ5f4sXR2c5qfmge2WCSOD3YTEhl2YZp2pSO3PHH86ahEADqU32J6bWp67ntd44lRa5LWrcfU4XzOqJJ0spcW6buL26skOi73f4HmS5e5W_MTEawW72cKuH1KbQ4Ns2UYdY28/s715/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.11.51%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="715" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBNUQdNZiQXrSV8mHhSTeGP33Jk9RmVMgwZEFlsowLMzNzEcV7AWB-2hQ5f4sXR2c5qfmge2WCSOD3YTEhl2YZp2pSO3PHH86ahEADqU32J6bWp67ntd44lRa5LWrcfU4XzOqJJ0spcW6buL26skOi73f4HmS5e5W_MTEawW72cKuH1KbQ4Ns2UYdY28/w400-h296/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.11.51%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Andy Marlette, Creators.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ30jib7A2-9rK7ytDnsOzt9gRgfXTr5gXOt27PhCVqav9TuvEGf9ZWcjCVb9h_OPdPPeIfv9KsgvM8GvgM1IYzRTFyQYB9Z99REuDq5PUwH7kH8YqZysccuiIexe5RSKSSI8MDGcP0RG-fiaDkst2jMrGaowCW-A5W1FqgsmEvn0e0028aVqKmj3cnhg/s831/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.15.15%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="831" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ30jib7A2-9rK7ytDnsOzt9gRgfXTr5gXOt27PhCVqav9TuvEGf9ZWcjCVb9h_OPdPPeIfv9KsgvM8GvgM1IYzRTFyQYB9Z99REuDq5PUwH7kH8YqZysccuiIexe5RSKSSI8MDGcP0RG-fiaDkst2jMrGaowCW-A5W1FqgsmEvn0e0028aVqKmj3cnhg/w400-h279/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.15.15%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Christopher Weyant, Boston Globe)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="745" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfunvZE-FvQZNJ0N7uF1WRmN-fgKuRDZtribyOdt0wdRgEge8Brov84WQnYjNY0IOYTsUxbUDlOiX0ilFGNQaMCxxw8GMgOReVgjYP-Mtgp9ccnOtpA1fSsq8vjcoG7-hI4_dyik71VDRjiEpJbeavhFOIbfxAyfye3O2v9z5C141RlQRw5EdJnQmkpYc/w400-h294/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.06.42%20PM.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/AVvXsEgR_W_x6tCZuDJejbYH2-1m9CBuiM1ewrlzwi0Xub4ZN8XB8NBla1UiCv0uyXzkRNbAcMHu0ozapUqyvnlUyLe5ikJfVTw4zLvk8P-T1HiSIMHNiJyCxNJw6F1EML8SBg6e9-EEdJbjYHTUkmgCR09c-H7Y38EdnZ6JDGqIDhS6beMWo2N55nkOKlreOwE/s747/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.07.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="747" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_W_x6tCZuDJejbYH2-1m9CBuiM1ewrlzwi0Xub4ZN8XB8NBla1UiCv0uyXzkRNbAcMHu0ozapUqyvnlUyLe5ikJfVTw4zLvk8P-T1HiSIMHNiJyCxNJw6F1EML8SBg6e9-EEdJbjYHTUkmgCR09c-H7Y38EdnZ6JDGqIDhS6beMWo2N55nkOKlreOwE/w400-h260/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.07.20%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Michael Ramirez, Las Vegas Review-Journal)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncCyk2d-5S4fF7Ny7fxkEYVRXkHlHKLGcr-gbWQXKVEXZT8pHID8zyO6BFvClcrH7-fGrQATrK12kGjX5nepEczjP6XN3RnnGSWO7lq36TXYHAv0L3LwYTPYHb5ibjihocQBSE-ib4WWpAslTuYBOB-3bfDo685CafPeupkmqOcHzzrhRakrxVnSSzM0/s746/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.04.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="746" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncCyk2d-5S4fF7Ny7fxkEYVRXkHlHKLGcr-gbWQXKVEXZT8pHID8zyO6BFvClcrH7-fGrQATrK12kGjX5nepEczjP6XN3RnnGSWO7lq36TXYHAv0L3LwYTPYHb5ibjihocQBSE-ib4WWpAslTuYBOB-3bfDo685CafPeupkmqOcHzzrhRakrxVnSSzM0/w400-h303/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.04.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Chip Bok, Creators.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbZY5B1tRt_ZVOfIJPmp4RLF74xOwndTTyRqhw4b1pcoq4k5JoqtYlX4hk60mIoFCAmUQfcLuwhKdntOEYsQd2E7Got2HGWs5kDHLocz-5XcvEs5wy3lT26HWiCSSasbJcAUUH2GCt4WWbqyEa9t2Pyeu6-6wK-tx_FeuILWjgAFkcjAYJAjT6v7tNmA/s641/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.16.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbZY5B1tRt_ZVOfIJPmp4RLF74xOwndTTyRqhw4b1pcoq4k5JoqtYlX4hk60mIoFCAmUQfcLuwhKdntOEYsQd2E7Got2HGWs5kDHLocz-5XcvEs5wy3lT26HWiCSSasbJcAUUH2GCt4WWbqyEa9t2Pyeu6-6wK-tx_FeuILWjgAFkcjAYJAjT6v7tNmA/w388-h400/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-15%20at%202.16.20%20PM.png" width="388" /></a></div><p>(Asher Perlman, The New Yorker)</p><p><br /></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-21907717842908166692024-03-15T15:30:00.056-04:002024-03-15T15:30:00.131-04:00Tweets / Xeets Of The Day<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-senator-chuck-schumers-speech-israeli-elections-are-the-only-way/">Sen. Schumer's bombshell speech on Netanyahu</a> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Polls published Wednesday in all three major TV channels in Israel found that the majority of Israelis want early elections — and that if elections were held today, Netanyahu would be defeated by his rival minister Benny Gantz." <a href="https://t.co/ghhLPb5IF3">https://t.co/ghhLPb5IF3</a></p>— davidrlurie (@davidrlurie) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidrlurie/status/1768444394678689985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p> <br /></p><p><b>"Were you better off..." </b>--</p><p> <br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/SAIflW1zt3">https://t.co/SAIflW1zt3</a> <a href="https://t.co/gKGAKFr9LP">pic.twitter.com/gKGAKFr9LP</a></p>— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/1768471477693862009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p><b>"Were you better off..."<i> </i>RNC dimbulb's Freudian slip </b>--</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">RNC Chair Whatley: At the end of the day, this comes down to a very simple contrast between President Trump and President Biden. Were you better off four years ago than you are today? The answer for this entire country is no <a href="https://t.co/efCY23KfrB">pic.twitter.com/efCY23KfrB</a></p>— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1768646736946356734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trump's Secretary of Defense on Trump</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mark Esper on the threat of a second term: <br /><br />“He wanted to deploy active-duty troops on the street of Washington, D.C., and suggested actually that we shoot Americans in the street. That's kind of more of what you'll see.”<a href="https://t.co/OdKVTAnL72">pic.twitter.com/OdKVTAnL72</a></p>— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/status/1768305983179104596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><b> <br /></b></p><p><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-smirnov-fbi-informant-ties-b2512838.html">Shocking!</a> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">So Trump associates paid Alexander Smirnov $600k right around the time he started lying to the FBI abt the Bidens & Burma.<br /><br />I haven't been this shocked since Ricky Martin came out.</p>— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1768352044123832596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Good v. evil --</b></p><p><b> </b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump making fun of Biden’s stutter<br /><br /> <a href="https://t.co/ztiq0jVDZU">pic.twitter.com/ztiq0jVDZU</a></p>— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1766602264007803226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p></p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Harry, I’ve struggled with a stutter all of my life. Thank you for telling me about yours, and don’t let anyone tell you it will stop you from achieving your dreams. <br /><br />I’m proud of you. <a href="https://t.co/IVITt9vifJ">pic.twitter.com/IVITt9vifJ</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1768338959875142107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <b> </b><a href="https://presswatchers.org/2024/03/its-not-just-our-democracy-at-stake-its-our-freedom/"><br /></a><p><a href="https://presswatchers.org/2024/03/its-not-just-our-democracy-at-stake-its-our-freedom/">The media needs to start ringing bells and blowing horns</a> <b>(but don't count on it) </b>--</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The seminal question being put to us in 2024 is not which candidate is more energetic. It is: Are we at the end of our nation’s slow march to progress based on expanding human rights? Are we, instead, at the beginning of an era of rescinding them? <a href="https://t.co/yRaoNeavi8">https://t.co/yRaoNeavi8</a></p>— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) <a href="https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1768647750940258587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 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>Ukraine turning the tables on election- interfering Putin</b> --</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">⚡️ Ukrainian intelligence 'hacking Russian online voting systems.'<br /><br />Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) said it is hacking online voting systems in Russia as the first day of the country's presidential elections got underway on March 15.<a href="https://t.co/0MH0jfzWbg">https://t.co/0MH0jfzWbg</a></p>— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1768648895620374642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>These days, we need more courage than civility, but these are great picks</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">CNN has learned that the 2024 Bezos Courage and Civility Award will go to Admiral Bill McRaven and Eva Longoria, each of whom will be awarded $50 million to be used as they see fit to help others in need. <a href="https://t.co/2d1fxx1Ftq">pic.twitter.com/2d1fxx1Ftq</a></p>— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1768432611678921176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><p><b>Happy Ides of March (and Happy Friday!)</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">Happy Ides Of March to all who celebrate. <a href="https://t.co/fgtITsyFT5">pic.twitter.com/fgtITsyFT5</a></p>— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) <a href="https://twitter.com/CharlesPPierce/status/1768494635469414496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 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-4252670824837228142024-03-15T13:30:00.012-04:002024-03-15T14:36:18.294-04:00Trump's "Merchandising Fascism"<p></p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPtdHkVw514SaVAI03jkENWSqNCu09RZF87PoHZMYeth5UgLjI2qMtcYEgh4L_gVvDhR600VotxIVOuB0B1NfKRmGlFs7KBVK-rt0C73pJkWiL2rvaybEs1QuqwiQPKsvNqqDDMMqD7Oby5hdJVmoPk8k0Hj6HuugYHq53GHeRRq9zmqCOOeYCOS1BBM/s1200/trump-carnival-barker.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPtdHkVw514SaVAI03jkENWSqNCu09RZF87PoHZMYeth5UgLjI2qMtcYEgh4L_gVvDhR600VotxIVOuB0B1NfKRmGlFs7KBVK-rt0C73pJkWiL2rvaybEs1QuqwiQPKsvNqqDDMMqD7Oby5hdJVmoPk8k0Hj6HuugYHq53GHeRRq9zmqCOOeYCOS1BBM/w400-h266/trump-carnival-barker.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>During the Malignant Loser's campaign to delegitimize President Obama through the birther "movement," his antics and persona reminded many of a "carnival barker," enticing people into the carnival tent. Most didn't realize how true an image that was, as he's cultivated his political life into a carnival midway, replete with junk merchandise and rip-offs. <b>Chauncey Devega</b> <a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/03/15/sneakers-and-the-maga-uniform-merchandising-fascism-to-the-mainstream/" target="_blank">at Salon.com</a> explores how the Malignant Loser has used merchandise to give his cult a sense of purpose and belonging as he shears them:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>"Donald Trump is basically a political cult leader. His MAGA followers are his flock.</i></p><p><i>A cult has the following features: <b>It is a collective unhealthy relationship where individuals lose their sense of self to the larger group and where those new relationships supersede the other, presumably, more healthy relationships in a person’s life</b>. In essence, the former person is replaced by the new cult identity. In this model, the cult leader exerts undue and harmful influence over the members. They, in turn, sacrifice their well-being and autonomy in service to the leader's wants and needs. In addition to emotional and psychological abuse, the cult leader usually engages in physical violence (including sexual abuse) and financial exploitation.</i></p><p><i>Donald Trump has apparently directly engaged in or encouraged all these behaviors to varying degrees. </i>[snip]</p><p><i>For decades, <b>Donald Trump has shown himself to be especially adept and skilled at financially exploiting his followers and public through fraud</b> and other such criminal behavior. In keeping with how he is a type of professional wrestling 'heel' (villain), Trump is a type of confidence man huckster right out of 'carnie' culture.</i></p><p><i>This 'Trump merchandise industrial complex' has proven to be very lucrative and likely worth many millions of dollars. <b>The Trump merchandise empire is part of a larger fundraising operation where the corrupt ex-president’s followers have given him many tens of millions of dollars</b>. Trump, who claims to be a billionaire, is soliciting his MAGA people to give him money that will be used for his legal defense and fines in his civil case (that at this point now total almost 500 million dollars)."</i> (our emphasis)</p></blockquote><p>Please read Devega's entire article as he explores the cult's captivation with their leader's NFT cards, garish sneakers, and other flotsam, all in service to the Malignant Loser's wallet and their own pathetic sense of belonging.</p><p><b>BONUS</b>: Step right up! Get yer "I'm in the dumbass sucker club" membership card!</p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump is giving black, metal cards featuring his mugshot to people who donate $100 to his campaign <a href="https://t.co/CSEJPft6Z7">pic.twitter.com/CSEJPft6Z7</a></p>— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1768610790540484791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p> <br /></p><p>(image: AP / Evan Vucci /Getty/videodet / photo Montage by Salon)</p><p><br /></p><p></p>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-91398847692059792862024-03-15T12:00:00.003-04:002024-03-15T14:34:34.419-04:00Weekend Music Twofer<p> </p><p>In recognition of St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, here's a wee musical selection featuring two of Ireland's most celebrated folk music groups: <b>The Chieftains</b> with the traditional reel "<i>The Morning Dew</i>," and <b>The</b> <b>Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem</b> with the rousing story of the "brave and undaunted" Irish Robin Hood, the highwayman "<i>Brennan on the Moor</i>." <i>Erin go bragh!</i></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8pyGVCUufJU?si=8MFieNF-cwj9uQBx" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </p><p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WH9obfC9GZM?si=yGWUgL-GnyODoNhs" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></p>W. Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-55496983547021167152024-03-15T10:00:00.008-04:002024-03-15T10:46:36.502-04:00Willis Can Remain On Trump Racketeering Case<p> </p><p>Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled this morning that Fulton County, GA, District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the election interference and racketeering case against the Malignant Loser and his co-defendants, but must remove prosecutor Nathan Wade from the case. Willis and Wade were in a consensual relationship during the prosecution of the case. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/politics/fani-willis-fulton-county-donald-trump-election-subversion-scott-mcafee/index.html" target="_blank">From CNN:</a></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>"Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on and prosecute the Georgia 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 14 of his co-defendants, Judge Scott McAfee ruled Friday.</i></p><p><i>McAfee said, however, that Willis would have to remove special prosecutor Nathan Wade from the case in order for her and her office to remain. </i>[snip]</p><p><i>After more than two months marked by a flurry of court motions and hearings, which included fiery testimony from Willis on the stand defending her relationship with Wade, the sprawling conspiracy case against Trump and his 2020 allies can now proceed depending on Willis’ decision."</i></p></blockquote><p>Some bad judgement on Willis' and Wade's part, with some bad faith on the co-conspirators side, who want to sink the slam-dunk case against them and their cult leader. We'll see what DA Willis decides to do.</p><p><b>BONUS</b>: </p><p><br /></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Key finding from GA decision: "Similarly, the Court further finds that the Defendants have failed to demonstrate that the District Attorney’s conduct has impacted or influenced the case to the Defendants’ detriment." page 7 ie No prejudice at all to the defendants.</p>— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻 (@AWeissmann_) <a href="https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1768626837674975585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><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">MAGA will now personally attack the Judge they were celebrating a couple days ago. Because that’s what they do.<br /><br />Dismiss 6 counts - great, fair jurist! <br /><br />Refuse to disqualify DA - RINO Deep State loser!</p>— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1768627678460985554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><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-88205996589556055172024-03-15T08:00:00.008-04:002024-03-15T11:13:39.127-04:00Our Broken Judiciary<p> </p><p>Democracy Docket's <b>Marc Elia</b>s echoes our thoughts about <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/it-is-past-time-to-bring-trump-to-justice/">the failure of our judicial system</a> in holding the most corrupt, dangerous person ever to gain the presidency accountable. Here's an extended snippet:<br /></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>... With the fate of democracy hanging in the balance, we are left wondering
whether the courts are up to the task of holding Trump accountable at
all. Increasingly it seems that they are not. <br /></i></p><p><i>When it comes to Trump versus the judiciary, the failed former
one-term president has serious advantages. The first is his utter
shamelessness. Even when judges are wrong, they don’t call people
childish names or make up complete lies. Judges do not maintain armies
of Twitter trolls to enforce their judgments and cannot unleash
shameless surrogates to go on TV on their behalf.</i></p>
<p><i>This does not excuse the judiciary’s failures, however. <b>The truth is
that nearly every judge who has dealt with Trump in the last four years
has paid him too much respect and deference. As a criminal defendant, he
has too frequently been afforded rights that no other criminal
defendant would receive</b>.</i></p><p><i>Trump has managed to create an assumption among many in the media
that his status as a candidate entitles him to special privileges — to
make outrageous remarks that threaten the safety of witnesses, jurors
and court staff and to delay his criminal trials until after the
November election. Though neither the criminal code nor the Department
of Justice rules contain a blackout period this fall for trials of
political candidates, Trump is acting as if he is entitled to special
dispensation.</i></p>
<p><i><b>Let’s be clear, Trump doesn’t want a trial before Election Day or
after. He wants to abuse the legal system so that he never faces trial.
No criminal defendant has that power, not even a former president. That
is, unless the courts cede it to him. No other criminal defendant facing
serious felonies is afforded the privilege of blocking out certain
months not to stand trial because they are too busy with other matters</b>... </i>(our emphasis)<br /></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><p>He wrote this before news of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's offer of a 30- day delay in the start of the Malignant Loser's porn star hush money trial that's already been delayed for many months. The issue there concerns 31,000 pages of records from Federal prosecutors who investigated the hush money payments and apparently were slow- walking producing the evidence to Bragg after declining to go forward with charges against the Malignant Loser (thanks again, Bill Barr and Merrick Garland!). <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/trump-trial-hush-money-delay/">The <i>Washington Post</i> picks up the thread</a>:</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></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>... The crux of the dispute goes back to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/21/trump-stormy-payments/?itid=lk_inline_manual_29" target="_blank">convoluted, years-long legal saga</a>
of the hush money case. Trump — and his former lawyer, Michael Cohen —
were investigated by federal prosecutors in New York over the payments.
That investigation led to a guilty plea from Cohen in 2018, but federal
authorities did not pursue criminal charges against Trump.</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>People
familiar with the federal investigation, speaking on the condition of
anonymity to describe internal deliberations, have said one of the
reasons for not pursuing such charges was that they considered Cohen a
very flawed prosecution witness.</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>Years
after Cohen’s guilty plea in federal court, Bragg filed state charges,
saying Trump violated New York State law by classifying his
reimbursement payments to Cohen as legal fees, rather than a campaign
expense.</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>Trump’s
defense lawyers have sought records from the federal prosecutors that
they believe will show the weakness of Cohen as a witness and the
prosecution case in general. Cohen was spotted at the district
attorney’s office Wednesday. </i> [snip]</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>On
Wednesday, Bragg’s filing said, federal prosecutors “produced
approximately 31,000 pages of additional records and represented that
there will be another production of documents by next week.”</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
district attorney’s office said it has begun reviewing those records
and they appear “to contain materials related to the subject matter of
this case, including” material that the district attorney had asked
their federal counterparts to turn over more than a year ago. That
request was rebuffed, Bragg’s filing said</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>A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney declined to comment.</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 district attorney’s office also told the judge that it has reviewed the 73,000 pages produced for the defense<b> </b>earlier
this month. Those documents “were largely irrelevant to the subject
matter of this case,” except for about 172 pages of witness statements,
according to Bragg’s filing.</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>In
suggesting a one-month delay, Bragg blamed Trump’s legal team for the
problem. He said prosecutors had “diligently sought the full grand jury
record” from the federal probe and that defense lawyers waited until mid-January to subpoena federal prosecutors for the material.</b> </i> (our emphasis)<i><br /></i></p></div></div></blockquote><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"></p></div><p>What this suggests to us is the glaringly obvious: that the judicial system is being manipulated, in some cases willingly by Malignant Loser- friendly judges and prosecutors, in a manner inconsistent with the need for a swift adjudication of the scores of felony counts against the presumptive nominee of the Christofascist Republican MAGA cult. As Elias noted above, the Malignant Loser isn't looking for swift justice because he has a consciousness of guilt and wants to avoid trials altogether. Justice delayed is justice denied.<br /></p><p>One more point concerning manipulation of the judiciary. The Judicial Conference of the United States just issued new rules governing the right- wing practice of "judge-shopping" that would end that tactic used for finding judges who would rule favorably for you. This has quite naturally raised the hackles of Christofascist Republicans who are used to sabotaging popular legislation through this method. <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-judge-shopping_n_65f34719e4b0211319492ab6">One of the loudest squealers telling courts to ignore those rules</a> is the godfather of destroying the judiciary by overloading it with far- right political hacks: the damnable <b>Sen. Mitch McConnell</b>.</p><p><b>BONUS</b>:</p><p><br /></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The reality here is that the SDNY, not to mention the DOJ, is packed with Republicans. That is simply incompatible with upholding the rule of law. <a href="https://t.co/APGd24y7u0">https://t.co/APGd24y7u0</a></p>— Joseph O'Neill (@JosephONeillx) <a href="https://twitter.com/JosephONeillx/status/1768634588392255822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 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-35900093028969748952024-03-14T16:00:00.015-04:002024-03-17T19:03:22.753-04:00Today'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/AVvXsEhKfHxj1thVTwTkGiENdLfxw588SUX4mMLC5j4I1kzT6sBu_h7N93N8u6STj-ziJE_ke2k8Z-7_ut_I79pwPJkHKt-L6jPizUvKnQMVQuDe8_-s4S4ACfPlG5iO9G3qsEkLRAXkOer1TscZSModbsjcUl_rbC6OUTqkH9WV0unTJTPieTehyBpf26nbJnU/s769/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2011.00.31%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="769" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfHxj1thVTwTkGiENdLfxw588SUX4mMLC5j4I1kzT6sBu_h7N93N8u6STj-ziJE_ke2k8Z-7_ut_I79pwPJkHKt-L6jPizUvKnQMVQuDe8_-s4S4ACfPlG5iO9G3qsEkLRAXkOer1TscZSModbsjcUl_rbC6OUTqkH9WV0unTJTPieTehyBpf26nbJnU/w400-h305/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2011.00.31%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Dennis Goris, @DennisGoris)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPX3XiHOUC7pwSQowB53B0oHsV0aqJBt0m1Ri4Rr6ztn_8BNA68Gn3OXkrZ5gHlZ5EUENsCBs7XQUZSvfRYF8Jc9leyBNJfo31iYQAzjO1HhMnD_jGh0ZESrGSOjZ_-IwoW3oldt4rsGUYxdLtbIZJbPZVV2uOBMoe_tEEh9KwBLpNUqg1QIfq-j4n50/s744/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.49.00%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="744" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPX3XiHOUC7pwSQowB53B0oHsV0aqJBt0m1Ri4Rr6ztn_8BNA68Gn3OXkrZ5gHlZ5EUENsCBs7XQUZSvfRYF8Jc9leyBNJfo31iYQAzjO1HhMnD_jGh0ZESrGSOjZ_-IwoW3oldt4rsGUYxdLtbIZJbPZVV2uOBMoe_tEEh9KwBLpNUqg1QIfq-j4n50/w400-h278/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.49.00%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/AVvXsEirW3K1SomjCmzO7M5LQ_L9gK2AjdhwofdwFyoXyZP-vZgfuquL4ipwz0LHTJnF4yhnyvHmJGStqkWBboGTMS34_LQUiFMQl0QtCQLfA8xv6xMVhG6MsUrasJsRXFUyatsZHNlH4P5oiKCjesyZxD3EnfjonZZpyEkGBNNZ9eXwld_B1LImatPefSJhvOU/s750/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.46.53%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="750" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirW3K1SomjCmzO7M5LQ_L9gK2AjdhwofdwFyoXyZP-vZgfuquL4ipwz0LHTJnF4yhnyvHmJGStqkWBboGTMS34_LQUiFMQl0QtCQLfA8xv6xMVhG6MsUrasJsRXFUyatsZHNlH4P5oiKCjesyZxD3EnfjonZZpyEkGBNNZ9eXwld_B1LImatPefSJhvOU/w400-h303/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.46.53%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/AVvXsEjsoLvAq8F0YjntncZfXjIJP50EkCTbIASpVeMq0Etgxb1VIB6-V_UgSRiI8dLEbctBQglE2TwqxQeabNhcmf9Sr0XTRnUWslpczIpsZzU-4VQ2uhyWYGIu89Wyo1FQ38R8l5Lu-H-Aa9xYphoNgZcyF3-oNjf6mTU9WX6FdMh1oDa4od-S10tX-upS3wA/s731/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.50.25%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="731" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoLvAq8F0YjntncZfXjIJP50EkCTbIASpVeMq0Etgxb1VIB6-V_UgSRiI8dLEbctBQglE2TwqxQeabNhcmf9Sr0XTRnUWslpczIpsZzU-4VQ2uhyWYGIu89Wyo1FQ38R8l5Lu-H-Aa9xYphoNgZcyF3-oNjf6mTU9WX6FdMh1oDa4od-S10tX-upS3wA/w400-h251/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.50.25%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Nath Paresh, Khaleej Times, Dubai)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="767" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHX7bj4upRQzFjxWb2cSZ0ULSW_OXbdrMEl0-FLuhjq-tc-7unYzitd4xy4m6HuXmkUmPE77QVq75f33VjTRBor31Le9N3CWmWGl2yZLMY9e_TOnbJP2Eq_HGv_UZavFx9ZEU8qN_Tecl-ECtdUbTCZYh3X-ntkoiUX9Y_UMtcj6O7ZcJn6HwQc4LRafY/w400-h296/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.44.47%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Steve Breen, Creators.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI8EOtY48hadokuQo-rxbimHebIBD3NrI_sBNvgHEFJPAZ4ujAkMn4gEAJscQheITdFWtWgmujEk79nvGYr34Wdor8bEjE0F_F7svYNDYOd9R9FRp0zW6VNboyX4SCyN21dRtcC1f-B4SA0J3ymoVl7nK0XKSEarZXDWQAWHloUEucUYNVxzfBbqDSUs/s984/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2011.03.22%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="984" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI8EOtY48hadokuQo-rxbimHebIBD3NrI_sBNvgHEFJPAZ4ujAkMn4gEAJscQheITdFWtWgmujEk79nvGYr34Wdor8bEjE0F_F7svYNDYOd9R9FRp0zW6VNboyX4SCyN21dRtcC1f-B4SA0J3ymoVl7nK0XKSEarZXDWQAWHloUEucUYNVxzfBbqDSUs/w400-h268/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-14%20at%2011.03.22%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>(Monte Wolverton, caglecartoons.com)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Hackwhackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-37951173840666217542024-03-14T14:00:00.090-04:002024-03-14T15:00:05.486-04:00Tweets / Xeets Of The Day<p> </p><p><b>Invade other nations, murder more opponents, lead the Republican party.... </b><b>--</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The drama in Russia's election is all about what Putin will do with another 6 years in power <a href="https://t.co/UaqFBUpTwU">https://t.co/UaqFBUpTwU</a></p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/1768223153216454951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Insight into the Georgia racketeering case against the Malignant Loser -- </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">No, Fani Willis’s case against Trump has NOT been destroyed<br /><br />Judge McAfee made it crystal clear that Willis can re-file, adding more details<br /><br />He’s just covering himself — making sure he can’t be overturned on appeal after Trump and his cronies get convicted<br /><br />Because they will be.</p>— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) <a href="https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1768087991073833086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>The tick tock on TikTok -- </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s former Treasury Secretary, has revealed he is gathering a group of investors to buy TikTok. <a href="https://t.co/MQiesJr8ly">pic.twitter.com/MQiesJr8ly</a></p>— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1768254268606411197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“selling TikTok to an American owner without the underlying code might be like selling a Ferrari without its famed engine.” <a href="https://t.co/a3TjlSUGke">https://t.co/a3TjlSUGke</a></p>— John Sipher (@john_sipher) <a href="https://twitter.com/john_sipher/status/1768256399996248222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p><br /></p><p><b>His rabid followers are beyond reach and reason -- </b></p><p><br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">There is no legislation or change in regulations that can solve the problem that millions of people want to put Trump back in the White House just because they think it will finally scratch the itch of inferiority and resentment that they can’t stop feeling.</p>— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) <a href="https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1768088274436850139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a> </blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>MAGAt Congresscritters keep claiming credit for projects they voted against. -- </b></p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">And here's Skankosaurus Rex Elise Stefanik next in a long line of lying Republicans taking credit for jobs and local infrastructure improvement they fought and then voted against.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RepublicansLieAboutEverything?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RepublicansLieAboutEverything</a> <a href="https://t.co/0NMCTd2tQp">pic.twitter.com/0NMCTd2tQp</a></p>— Bob Geiger (@GeigerNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeigerNews/status/1768049501384683635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <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><p></p><p><b>Aaron Rogers on RFK Jr.'s list of possible VP candidates. Sandy Hook father burns him. -- </b></p><p><br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Rodgers shared Sandy Hook conspiracy theories. Watch the full video here: <a href="https://t.co/4CNtEcjBCg">https://t.co/4CNtEcjBCg</a> <a href="https://t.co/H75wySxk80">pic.twitter.com/H75wySxk80</a></p>— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/1768043106929147916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It means you can’t be trusted with important decisions. It means nobody benefits from listening to you. It means you’re broken in a fundamental way. It means you’re weak, and you’re desperate to believe what a grifter will happily sell you.</p>— Mark Bankston (@BankstonAtLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw/status/1768138435246575997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 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"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It means you can’t be trusted with important decisions. It means nobody benefits from listening to you. It means you’re broken in a fundamental way. It means you’re weak, and you’re desperate to believe what a grifter will happily sell you.</p>— Mark Bankston (@BankstonAtLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw/status/1768138435246575997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><b>It's the kind evangelical Christofacists use -- </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">Trump mugshot shot glasses <a href="https://t.co/9dlPuaNwMg">pic.twitter.com/9dlPuaNwMg</a></p>— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1768245692672217329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Some</b> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-pi-day-holiday-what-to-know/" target="_blank">π </a> <b>to go with that? --</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="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/2i3FMmHmin">pic.twitter.com/2i3FMmHmin</a></p>— shirts that go hard (@shirtsthtgohard) <a href="https://twitter.com/shirtsthtgohard/status/1768042201723142640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>hackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.com0