Ain't That America XV

Another week in America with The Felon sending troops to our cities to fight crime by picking up garbage and spreading mulch ... to a man who lived by hate, dying by hate ... watching the Right scramble to cover their asses when the shooter was revealed to be one of them ... it was just another week of incompetence and protests, bad news and good news, so let's dive in ...

I have no comment on the shooting last week except to say that The Little Johnson wants more security for politicians and racist pundits but not one iota of protection for school children.

Yes, I will start off with a giant FUCK YOU to The Little Johnson.

South Carolina’s own bigot, transphobe, homophobe and liar Nancy Mace—who is running for governor—proves herself to be the most disgusting member of Congress when, after word spread that Charlie Kirk’s shooter was transgender, Tweeted this:

And when it was revealed that the shooter was a MAGAt through and through, she changed her mind to this:

Nancy Mace is the problem.

Just in case you’re keeping track:

South Korea is pulling BILLIONS in investments after the ICEstapo raid on their Georgia Hyundai plant.

Qatar is pulling a $1.5 TRILLION investment in the US after The Felon collaborated with Israel to bomb Palestinian negotiations in Qatar.

Denmark reject US Patriot missiles in favor of French-Italian made Samp-T weapons system, costing the US $9.1 BILLION

China has purchased $0 of US soybeans this year putting farmers across America on the brink of bankruptcy. Last year, China purchased $13.2 BILLION of US soybeans, 54% of ALL soybean exports

The Felon’s 25% tariffs on auto parts and 50% tariffs on steel & aluminum cost Ford $800 MILLION in the second quarter, wiping out all of their profits

The Felon was right about one thing; he is responsible for the greatest economic turnaround in American history only he took us in the wrong direction.

GOP Congressmen Michael Cloud of Texas and Glenn  Thompson of Pennsylvania introduced a joint resolution to designate September 12th as the National Day of the Bible.

Freedom of Religion … when is the National Day of the Quran … the National Day of the Talmud  … the National Day of the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita … the National Day of the Tripitaka … the National Day of the Guru Granth Sahib … the National Day of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas … the National Day of the Agamas … the National Day of the Analects, the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, and Mencius … the National Day of the Tao Te Ching … the National Day of the Kojiki … the National Day of the Avesta.

Freedom of and from Religion

Hundreds of thousands of a poor Americans are poised to get their disability benefits cut as The Fascist Regime moves to reverse a Biden-era change to Supplemental Security Income [SSI], a federal program that provides monthly payments to impoverished Americans who are unable to work—typically because they’re disabled.

Often they’re older Americans who haven’t earned enough during their lifetime to qualify for any meaningful Social Security benefits, but hey, tax breaks for billionaires!

President Cankles has pledged to remove the makeshift blue tent that has sat directly across from the White House since 1981 and is the nation’s longest continuous peace vigil:

“Take it down. Take it down today, right now.”

A peace vigil … the man who is foaming at the mouth for a Nobel Peace prize wants a peace vigil removed.

It would likely cost billions of dollars to change the names of hundreds of Pentagon agencies, their stationery, emblems, plaques and other signage at the Defense Department, along with bases around the world to the Department of War.

Well, he’s cutting SSI—see above—so maybe he can afford it. People will starve but he gets to be the War President.

Delta Air Lines revised its manuals to use “Gulf of America” for the body of water spanning Florida to Mexico in line with his executive order renaming the marginal sea.

Delta said it was simply complying with Federal Aviation Administration requirements when in fact they are bending to the whims of Cankles.

Georgia GOP Governor Brian Kemp will send members of his state’s National Guard to Washington DC to join thousands of other National Guard members deployed under The Fascist Regime’s plan to reduce crime in the nation’s capital. 

They will join thousands of other members of the National Guard from other states to pick up garbage, spread mulch in flower beds and ticker people for not wearing seatbelts.

Crime is rampant.

Prominent MAGAts expressed fury at the Secret Service for a major security failure after protesters heckled President Cankles his face on a visit to an upscale seafood restaurant near the White House. The Felon, along with Couchfucker, DUI Hire Hegseth and Foam Party Boy Marco Rubio, were screamed at by protesters shouting:

“Free D.C! Free Palestine! [Cankles] is the Hitler of our time!”

Resistance.

U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb blocked President Cankles from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as a lawsuit challenging her removal continues, writing:

“The public interest in Federal Reserve independence weighs in favor of Cook’s reinstatement. Cook has made a strong showing that her purported removal was done in violation of the Federal Reserve Act’s ‘for cause’ provision.”

Resistance.

Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, will seek to block the Pentagon from offering full military funeral honors to insurrectionist criminal Ashli Babbitt. Gallego has criticized the Pentagon for agreeing recently to provide Babbitt with an honorary military funeral and will attempt to pass legislation this week to prevent the honor from being conferred.

It will likely not pass but this is The Resistance at work.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan refused to throw out an $83.3 million jury verdict against President Cankles for damaging the reputation of the writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when he denied her rape claim.

Sell some more Gold Bibles, asshat.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries chose California Representative Eric Swalwell to lead Democrats on a newly formed subcommittee to reinvestigate … I guess once wasn’t enough … the events surrounding the January 6 Insurrection.

Jeffries also picked Representatives Jasmine Crockett and Jared Moskowitz to sit on the panel, which was initiated by the House GOP as part of a broad effort by Republicans to rewrite the history of the Capitol attack.

It was just tourists, y’all.

Texas Democratic state Representative James Talarico—one of many Texas Democrats who left the state to hold up a Cankles-led plan aimed at netting more GOP-leaning seats—announced his Senate bid last week, a smart move by the rising political star.

If embattled state Attorney General Ken Paxton wins the GOP primary in March, the state could be a ripe target for Democrats next November. Current polls show incumbent Senator John Cornyn trailing Paxton, and Republicans have said that Paxton would be a weak general election candidate.

Sidenote: a favorite quote of mine from Talarico:

“Ken Paxton, like all of us Christians, should spend more time praying than forcing others to pray.”

Snap. Talarico is possibly the most popular state rep on TikTok, where his denouncements of Christian nationalism and anti-LGBTQ activism often get millions of views.

Good. Vote Blue Texas!

The Kennedy Center has been practically empty  since Cankles took over. The Stuttgart Ballet performed in the opera house was roughly 19% occupied and subscription revenues are down 50%.

Everything he touches gets ruined,

And y’all know what to do, take a stand, raise a voice, cast a vote, and march …

The Resistance is gearing up for what may be its biggest mass-demonstration yet against the increasingly militaristic Fascist Regime—which has sent armed troops to occupy the nation’s capital and is threatening to do the same in large cities from Chicago to New Orleans.

After a series of smaller summer protests, the movement will be back in the streets on October 18 for “No Kings 2”—a sequel organizers are expecting to outshine the original, amid revulsion to the mass deportation led by the ICEstapo.

Head over to No Kings for more information and get out there and Resist!

The Funny Papers

Marc Murphy, Jesse Duquette, Matt Davies, RJ Matson, Max Espinoza, Michael de Adder, Lalo Alcaraz, Gary Huck, Daniel Boris

Why Is It ...

… that no one is surprised that I am stepping down from my position as an adult. It turns out that it wasn’t for me, but I appreciate the opportunity.

… that people don’t realize that I’m a nice person until they hit the Bitch Button.

… that when someone asks if I ever think before I post something nasty, I always say, ‘Yeah, and I even laugh and kick my feet a little.’

… that I sometimes feel as if my life is being written by someone who isn’t sure they like me.

… that when someone asks me if I’m an early bird or a night owl I tell them I’m more of a tired afternoon duck.

… that while friends bring you happiness, best friends bring you tequila.

… that I sometimes think I might be the only person that pauses the music to see if the siren is in the song or behind me.

… that no one appreciates it when I give away free samples of my attitude.

… that nearly every morning I wish for someone to go into work for me; just walk in and act like me, no one will notice.

… that my friends keep forgetting that if we are in a non-laughing situation, they should not be looking at me.

I Didn't Say It ...

Pramila Jayapal, Democrat Representative from  Washington, on the SCOTUS ruling that greenlights racial profiling in America:

“In overturning a lower court ruling, the Supreme Court is today greenlighting the use of racial profiling by an already rogue administration. Speaking Spanish or looking Latino are no=w acceptable precursors for law enforcement to  stop someone in the country, according to the rightwing justices. This is a violation of our freedoms and a repeat performance of a Supreme Court that is continuing to consolidate power in itself and undermine lower court rulings made by judges appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents.”

This is America under The Felon and his Fascist Regime. Your skin color is a crime; your accent is a crime; the language you speak is a crime.

Sounds about white, eh?

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Matthew Dowd, MSNBC analyst, on the death of Charlie Kirk:

“[Kirk has] been one of the most divisive, especially divisive, younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that’s the environment we’re in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”

As I said, if you preach hate and live by hate you will die by hate. Dowd was subsequently fired by MSNBC for this comment and then released another statement via Twitter:

“My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Charlie Kirk. On an earlier appearance on MSNBC I was asked a question about the environment [of hate] we are in. I apologize for my tone and my words. Let me be clear, I in no way intended for my comments to blame Kirk for this horrendous attack. Let us all come together and condemn violence of any kind.”

Let’s be clear, as Kirk was shot he was preaching hate against the trans community, saying trans people are responsible for mass shootings in the country.

Kirk has also suggested gay people be put to death.

He preached hate, that’s clear, but you mix in hate speech and easy access to guns and this is what occurs. The only thing different in this time the GOP didn’t band together and sing a chorus of their biggest hit, “Thoughts and Prayers,” but instead preached more hate saying it’s people on the left who killed Charlie Kirk.

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Kerry Kennedy, RFK Jr's sister, on her brother’s ineptness to head Health and Human Services:

"The first smallpox vaccine was developed in 1796. Since then, countless vaccines have been developed and saved millions of lives. Vaccines work. This is not up for debate. Medical decisions belong in the hands of trained and licensed professionals, not incompetent and misguided leadership. The decimation of critical institutions, like the NIH and the CDC, will lead to the loss of innocent lives. This means that children, mothers, fathers, and those you love are at risk now, like never before. I stand with the many courageous individuals in the medical and scientific communities who have had to set aside their vital work to speak truth to power to keep the public safe. Enough is enough. Secretary Kennedy must resign. Now."

Usually families like the Kennedys keep quiet about the black sheep among them, but when that black sheep is clearly incompetent and ill-equipped for such a powerful position, and holding the lives of Americans in his hands, a Kennedy speaks up.

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Boy George, speaking to The London Times about transphobia and why identity politics can sometimes be harmful:

“Trans people are the new people to hate, but I always say: how many trans people have you met today? There’s the world on the internet, which is hideous and full of anger. Then there’s the real world, which is entirely different. So, in reality, people have nothing to be nervous about. If I’m really lucky, my own sexuality takes up about three hours a month. We’ve all got cats to feed, families to visit, jobs to do. I said in an interview when I was 17, ‘Being gay is like eating a bag of crisps. It’s so not important.’ I still think that now. What do you care about someone’s sexuality unless you’re going to have sex with them? … I don’t think [identity politics have] helped anyone. We’re not a thing. It’s like, ‘This is what Black people are, this is what Jewish people are, this is what trans people are.’ No! Everybody is diverse because nobody is like anybody else, so you’re starting from the wrong perspective.”

It boils down to this: what does it matter to you if a person is trans? What harm is done to you by a trans person living openly and authentically?

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Laura Ingraham, Fox News liar, on the notion that women—and she mentioned Kamala Harris—don’t prioritize marriage:

“Young conservative men seem to still have their priorities straight because a new poll from NBC News shows that men ages 18 to 29 who voted for Trump ranked having children number one priority, the definition of success. Being married came in number four. So what about Gen Z men who voted for Kamala? Well, they ranked having children at number nine, getting married at number 10. It’s even worse with female Gen Z Kamala voters. Being married at 11, way down in the list for them. Having kids, well, that’s ranked way down at number 12. What is going on with women and not wanting to prioritize family? Isn’t social media great? Didn’t it teach people all the right lessons?”

I have been trying to keep the idiotic quotes out of this post, but the sheer ignorance of Laura Ingraham denigrating women who don’t prioritize marriage when she has never been married, is the height of hypocrisy.

Ingraham does, however, have three adopted children: a son, Michael, and two daughters, Maria and Grace.

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Bobservations

Our contractor stopped by this week to discuss the kitchen and bring the bill for the work on removing the skylights and replacing the ceiling in the sunroom, and as we chatted we started talking about the cats. I said I wanted another cat and Craig said:

“I don’t know. Carlos’ face says something else.”

“Well, you remember Tuxedo, right?”

“Yeah, he always came out to check my work when I was here.”

“I saw a Tuxedo on the front walk and then he disappeared and I haven’t seen him since. I think our Tuxedo was here telling us to get another cat.”

“But you have two now, and you’re gonna want three?”

I smirked a little and  said to Carlos:

“Tell Craig how many cats you had when I first moved to Miami.”

“I had a few.”

“TELL HIM!”

“I had eight cats.”

Craig was shocked and then looked back at Carlos:

“Then I guess you can handle one more … or even six more.”

Carlos was stunned into silence.

This Tuxedo Says is from March 2021: It’s quite clear that Tuxedo was, and is, my favorite pet of all time; he and I thought exactly alike.

Keep this in mind as you listen to the lunatics … President Cankles is vaccinated, as are his kids … the CouchF*cker is vaccinated, as are his kids … every Senator who confirmed RFK Jr is vaccinated and so are their kids … even RFK Jr vaccinated his kids.

So ask yourself why they’re all vaccinated but they don’t think you should get the shot.

Clearly, I really, really like a rip-roaring game of musical cakes! Who’s up for it? It’s all about that base, about that base, tabout hat base, no treble ….

On Facebook this week people are calling RFK Jr’s wife, Cheryl Hines, The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and I am here for it.

To be fair, Hines disagrees with her husband but still she stays with the crazy.

Let this sink in … the GOP wants y'all to believe that twenty-two years ago the Democrats forged President Cankles signature on a birthday drawing to Jeffrey Epstein, then put that drawing into a leather binder and gave it back to Epstein, and then had it seized from Epstein during Cankles first term so they could bring it out during his second term.

Oh, and Cankles and all his minions in the Cult say that’s not his signature … you decide:

Democrat James Walkinshaw just won the Special Election for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District beating a Felon backed MAGAt by a landslide and gives the Democrats another vote to release the Epstein files.

The Resistance is real.

Ethan Vaughan is a model and an actor and quite young at twenty-five, but does age matter … if the question is Would You Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: Chislehurst Place

A 1929 Spanish masterpiece, this meticulously preserved residence enchants with sweeping landmark views and timeless craftsmanship.

You enter through a courtyard that features an outdoor kitchen and dining area, arriving inside under a majestic rotunda graced by hand-painted Malibu tiles and intricate wrought iron staircases. Multiple archways, soaring vaulted ceilings, exposed wooden beams, grand fireplaces, and wrought iron balconies evoke an era of refined grace, while stained and leaded glass windows bathe the home in radiant light.

Gather with friends in the sunlit kitchen designed for culinary artistry and open to the front courtyard or relax and read a book by the office fireplace. A dramatic entertaining living room comes complete with a Juliet balcony; downstairs is a home theater, a cozy bar in the family room for your favorite cocktails and then unwind by the cascading saltwater spa before heading off to one of the three en suite bedrooms.

Nestled within the coveted hills of Los Feliz, this estate, formerly owned by actress Olivia Wilde, features four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths in just under 3300 square feet and recently sold for $5M.

Missed it by that much!

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