Trump Addresses the Growing Shortage of White Racists

So he's importing 10,000 more.

It's not fair to assume that every white refugee from South Africa is racist, but Trump clearly thinks that they are.

A Truth About Trump's War

He's flailing around, looking for an exit. Everyone knows this.

The president said America’s allies in the Gulf asked him to put off the attack for two to three days because they feel they are close to a deal with Iran.

“It’s a very positive development, but we’ll see whether or not it amounts to anything,” Trump said. “We’ve had periods of time where we had, we thought, pretty much getting close to making a deal, and it didn’t work out. But this is a little bit different.”

The danger here is that wannabee autocrats who get painted into a corner can lash out and it's even riskier if they're also stupid. Every time he threatens impending action, he backs off. The Iranians are likely believing that he's bluffing.

Trump is a bully who counts on his enemies folding in th feace of his bluster. The Iranians aren't folding.

Trump's New Slush Fund is Clearly Illegal

Section 4 of the 14th Amendment:

The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

But that doesn't matter. The cult of personality that is the modern GOP will do whatever Trump wants, without a quibble or concern for its legality. The Fascist Six on the Supreme Court will ratify whatever Trump wants to do. Until the mid-term elections, the Democrats are essentially powerless to stop Trump enriching his J6 thugs.

Which brings me to this: If you want to see our Republic survive to see 255 years, you had best go to the polls in November and vote for a Democrat. Even if youy're a lifelong Republican, vote for a Democrat. Maybe the GOP, after TRump, will find its way to being a party that is loyal to the Constitution and to the Republic, but they are not now loyal to anything or anyone other than Trump. The only reasonably painless way to stop this GOP march of fascism is to vote every one of those fuckers out, as did the Hungarians.

There Goes Over $130 Million

All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed on Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said.

The collision involved two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

That's about the most expensive variant of the F/A-18. Glad both crews got out. But that ended a few careers.

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

A Lockheed JetStar:

I've not seen one in many years. I don't know if any are still flying.

Trump the Surrender Monkey

Trump is at least consistent with his message: People who are free should never fight for their freedom. They should, instead, surrender to the superior power. Ukraine, the Baltics and Poland should surrender to Russia. Taiwan should invite the Chinese Communists in with open arms.

We know which side he would have been on in 1775; he would have been arguing for King George III. On the other hand, neither he nor his spawn would have done anything, for they are all abject cowards.

He is a traitor to the cause of freedom.

A Picture Says a Thousand Words

King Donald of Depend Daipers lambasted President Obama less than two weeks ago for bowing, saying "traitors bow".

And so he does what he complains of others doing.

The Right, which echoes everything the Addlepated Autocrat says, will, no doubt, be silent about Trump's bow to President Xi.

Caturday, Memorial Ed.

Elliott went over the Rainbow Bridge yesterday.

It was my task to escort him to the point of departure. In the photo, he's waiting in the lounge. It was maybe another ten minutes before the process began. The poor guy had some medical issues that weren't getting better; the alternative would have been far less peaceful.

Farewell, little man. You were a very good cat.

Because It's Friday

This looks like a throwback to ninety years ago:

Diesels are like AI: Boring and soulless, but there was no stopping them.

The FBI's Make-a-Wish Kid

When Kash Patel visited Hawaiʻi last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau's Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement.

Left out of FBI's news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when he participated in what government officials described as a “VIP snorkel” around the USS Arizona in an outing coordinated by the military. The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.

Someone had an idea: Make a reality show of Trump officials defiling national monuments. Pretty Boy Pete can rappel off the face of Mt. Rushmore. Dumbshit Markwayne can zipline over Gettysburgh. Little Marco can set up a hot tub at Yellowstone.

"I read something like this and I think: Some of us have been so focused on their authoritarianism and abuse of power and lawlessness that we’ve perhaps neglected to point out the additional fact that these are also just terrible humans—lacking class, grace, kindness or dignity."-- Bill Kristol