The best single headline was by Jeff Tiedrich: "What the fuck was that?" He also explained that the mice are to be TRANSGENIC, which not even the new vichy times has seen fit to point out.
Dear Goddess, I do love the mental image there--I can picture and almost hear the high pitched shrieks of Krasnov, as he jigs and shakes his baggy, baggy pant legs, lest a little mousie runs up his skinny white legs.
RFK Jr would try to kill one and strap it to the hood or hide it in Central Park, Kristi Noem would have shot one in the face for being insubordinate, and Pete Hegseth - he'd have been too deep into his fourth Jack Daniels to even notice.
I guess I'm not very smart, because I watched at least the first 20 minutes or so of Dump's performance. I NEEDED to see what the dems would do. All I can say is this: I have never felt SO ALONE in my entire life! I was screaming at the computer for the dems to show some spine, to yell "liar" when he so blatantly said things like Biden handed him an economy in ruins!!!!! But they all, except for Sen. Green, just sat there mutely like beaten sheep! I could hardly believe it. I wanted more of them to, one at a time after different lies, stand up and yell the truth. Then be escorted out of the chamber. Otherwise, why were they there? Their little signs, that I could hardly read, were just pathetic! It really would have been better if they had all boycotted the event. Instead, they gave the visual effect that they were wrong, Dump was right, and they were allowing him to chastize them for being naughty little lefties that had destroyed America!
I could not believe it when Senator Elizabeth Warren smiled and even clapped when he called her "Pocahontas" ... looking like an insider and part of the show, whatever she thought she was doing. The Beltway must do something very weird - even to Democrat minds. Pathetic.
Yes, I really expected more of her. I didn't see that part of the event, but I did see her sitting in her seat, head bowed, as if in submission. I thought she had more courage.
I can only assume that deep down in the subconscious of all decent politicians is the desire to hang on to the symbols, rules, and history of the political system - and that means due deference to the office of the president - even if they despise the incumbent as a gross decadent corrupt coup-leader.
That's why so many Dems were there, and behaved well - honoring something ...
But I think all of that was blown away in November 2020 when Trump refused to concede, and utterly destroyed by the January 6 Insurrection. As Robert Hubble said yesterday, what do the Democrats do when all the rules have been swept aside?
I think the Democrats should have all boycotted the event, and held an alternative rally somewhere else at the same time. Something like that.
I would like to think it was a "mock" but it simply didn't look "mocking" enough to me. She was sharing the joke, not pouring scorn on the racist sleazebag ... it seemed to me. But there again, I hold the view that any Dem sitting in the room was compromised, and should not have honoured the occasion with their bodily presence.
Didnt watch or listen - did read Greg Olear's post with his very good suggestion - too bad the Dems are still stuck in the "olden times" when men were decorous (?) and there were less women in Congress & Senate! Really - what were they thinking - tiny sign wise? And if the women were going to make a statement in fuchsia - why didnt they ALL do so? Havent read Sen. Slotkin's rebuttal yet - will a little later.
The Dems wearing black armbands could have stood quietly and turned their backs on Trump. One by one they could have exited at two minute intervals. There seems little point in participating with a body whose heart has been hollowed out by a monster. The black armbands would keep it cryptic in more ways than one. Can't somebody grab a whistle and clipboard and organize these wandering mavericks? If they'd work as a team, the more faint-hearted among them would fall in line.
Thank you. They are not moving as a unit. There are several operating independently - Chris Murphy, Bernie Sanders, Jasmine Crockett - but there is no army of one group. I read one bee can sting but a swarm can kill. We need the swarm.
I thought the Dems were the party of unions, communities, teams, leaving the divas to the GOP, so why can't they stick together? This is as saddening and maddening as the working class drifting into the maga quicksand, from which they'll likely never return.
They've been in a tailspin since Harris lost. The GOP is in lockstep with Trump. So is the media that hammered Biden for months and ignored Trump. I'm not a Democrat but it seems they are always held to a higher standard than Republicans. I respect Michelle Obama but she was wrong about the "when they go lower, we go higher" crap. You want to win a battle - hit them harder than they hit you. All we can do at this point is what we're doing - calling, writing, marching.
Oh, I agree, and despite the fact that getting Dems together is like herding cats, I would have thought the existential danger to the country and to their own political careers would guide them to come together and use their voices as one. But no...and it is deeply disappointing.
Agreed. I remember in the Godfather it was either Sonny or Michael who said "we need a wartime consigliere". That's what's needed. I just don't think it's Jeffries or Schumer. Regardless together I think we're becoming a swarm.
The gist is shit is brown, trump is shit and wishes he were brown in an endless loop. I’m sure that he will need a total recharge after that two hour waste of time (I did not watch) repeating the same shit he has been repeating for the last 10 fucking years on his dystopian fairy tale not based in reality while launching every 19th century idea he can to at least ‘look’ like the king of shit.
As is my norm on Tuesday nights this time of year, instead of watching the debacle that is the SOTU, PATU, or POS, I instead watched the director of the concert band I play in. Far, far better use of my time, although he disputes that I actually watch him at all.
The best single headline was by Jeff Tiedrich: "What the fuck was that?" He also explained that the mice are to be TRANSGENIC, which not even the new vichy times has seen fit to point out.
If only someone had taken a bag of those mice into the Congress and released them the minute Krasnov mentioned them.
MTG and Bimbo Boebert would have tried to eat them. Pol Potbelly would have shrieked and jumped on the lectern.
Dear Goddess, I do love the mental image there--I can picture and almost hear the high pitched shrieks of Krasnov, as he jigs and shakes his baggy, baggy pant legs, lest a little mousie runs up his skinny white legs.
RFK Jr would try to kill one and strap it to the hood or hide it in Central Park, Kristi Noem would have shot one in the face for being insubordinate, and Pete Hegseth - he'd have been too deep into his fourth Jack Daniels to even notice.
There were mutant mice there, alright. Sitting to Trump’s right. Behind the Joint Chiefs and SCOTUS. Waving itty bitty signs and looking glum.
I guess I'm not very smart, because I watched at least the first 20 minutes or so of Dump's performance. I NEEDED to see what the dems would do. All I can say is this: I have never felt SO ALONE in my entire life! I was screaming at the computer for the dems to show some spine, to yell "liar" when he so blatantly said things like Biden handed him an economy in ruins!!!!! But they all, except for Sen. Green, just sat there mutely like beaten sheep! I could hardly believe it. I wanted more of them to, one at a time after different lies, stand up and yell the truth. Then be escorted out of the chamber. Otherwise, why were they there? Their little signs, that I could hardly read, were just pathetic! It really would have been better if they had all boycotted the event. Instead, they gave the visual effect that they were wrong, Dump was right, and they were allowing him to chastize them for being naughty little lefties that had destroyed America!
Gotta love Maxwell !
WASHINGTON —
Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost walked out of President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night.
Frost revealed a "No Kings Live Here" T-shirt under his jacket as he walked out.
https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-congressman-walks-out-trump-joint-address-protest/64048739
Good for him -
I could not believe it when Senator Elizabeth Warren smiled and even clapped when he called her "Pocahontas" ... looking like an insider and part of the show, whatever she thought she was doing. The Beltway must do something very weird - even to Democrat minds. Pathetic.
Yes, I really expected more of her. I didn't see that part of the event, but I did see her sitting in her seat, head bowed, as if in submission. I thought she had more courage.
I can only assume that deep down in the subconscious of all decent politicians is the desire to hang on to the symbols, rules, and history of the political system - and that means due deference to the office of the president - even if they despise the incumbent as a gross decadent corrupt coup-leader.
That's why so many Dems were there, and behaved well - honoring something ...
But I think all of that was blown away in November 2020 when Trump refused to concede, and utterly destroyed by the January 6 Insurrection. As Robert Hubble said yesterday, what do the Democrats do when all the rules have been swept aside?
I think the Democrats should have all boycotted the event, and held an alternative rally somewhere else at the same time. Something like that.
Indeed - they should hold their own SOTU in the Senate Chambers.
Ian.........Gosh! I thought she was mocking him.... not letting him get to her!! Maybe she looked a little too gleeful!
I would like to think it was a "mock" but it simply didn't look "mocking" enough to me. She was sharing the joke, not pouring scorn on the racist sleazebag ... it seemed to me. But there again, I hold the view that any Dem sitting in the room was compromised, and should not have honoured the occasion with their bodily presence.
I like your bikini pieces as much as your longer ones. Big laugh at the end.
Brevity is the soul of wit. Thanks for not belaboring the point!
Watch the first 1:30 minute of Jimmy Kimmel and intro from the “Sergeant At Arms”. He must be a TAFM reader.😂
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6vGFO9ty8v5KZJXQxdhaw
Really hit the spot - actually all of them!
Didnt watch or listen - did read Greg Olear's post with his very good suggestion - too bad the Dems are still stuck in the "olden times" when men were decorous (?) and there were less women in Congress & Senate! Really - what were they thinking - tiny sign wise? And if the women were going to make a statement in fuchsia - why didnt they ALL do so? Havent read Sen. Slotkin's rebuttal yet - will a little later.
The Dems wearing black armbands could have stood quietly and turned their backs on Trump. One by one they could have exited at two minute intervals. There seems little point in participating with a body whose heart has been hollowed out by a monster. The black armbands would keep it cryptic in more ways than one. Can't somebody grab a whistle and clipboard and organize these wandering mavericks? If they'd work as a team, the more faint-hearted among them would fall in line.
Thank you. They are not moving as a unit. There are several operating independently - Chris Murphy, Bernie Sanders, Jasmine Crockett - but there is no army of one group. I read one bee can sting but a swarm can kill. We need the swarm.
I thought the Dems were the party of unions, communities, teams, leaving the divas to the GOP, so why can't they stick together? This is as saddening and maddening as the working class drifting into the maga quicksand, from which they'll likely never return.
They've been in a tailspin since Harris lost. The GOP is in lockstep with Trump. So is the media that hammered Biden for months and ignored Trump. I'm not a Democrat but it seems they are always held to a higher standard than Republicans. I respect Michelle Obama but she was wrong about the "when they go lower, we go higher" crap. You want to win a battle - hit them harder than they hit you. All we can do at this point is what we're doing - calling, writing, marching.
Couldnt say it any better!!!
If they worked as a team they wouldn't be Democrats...who was it who said: he "didn't belong to an organized political party: he was a Democrat"?
When it's a war for democracy and not a negotiation over funding a road, the rangiest of the herd must come together, and I pray they will.
Oh, I agree, and despite the fact that getting Dems together is like herding cats, I would have thought the existential danger to the country and to their own political careers would guide them to come together and use their voices as one. But no...and it is deeply disappointing.
Agreed. I remember in the Godfather it was either Sonny or Michael who said "we need a wartime consigliere". That's what's needed. I just don't think it's Jeffries or Schumer. Regardless together I think we're becoming a swarm.
Jeffries and Schumer are seriously MIA.
It seems clear that relying on the Democrats to defend democracy might not be a winning strategy. Not sure what Plan B is though.
That's an insult to Castro. At least Fidel knew what he was talking about. Sometimes.
Rick Wilson was good. So was the bikini.
F. A. D. QUACK QUACK!!!
💜😁👍
The gist is shit is brown, trump is shit and wishes he were brown in an endless loop. I’m sure that he will need a total recharge after that two hour waste of time (I did not watch) repeating the same shit he has been repeating for the last 10 fucking years on his dystopian fairy tale not based in reality while launching every 19th century idea he can to at least ‘look’ like the king of shit.
Were your cats in hiding last night, Tom? They're a good barometer for many things.
I did not watch and tried an early-to-bed, but the big lummox of a dog nextdoor kept howling; he spoke for me.
As is my norm on Tuesday nights this time of year, instead of watching the debacle that is the SOTU, PATU, or POS, I instead watched the director of the concert band I play in. Far, far better use of my time, although he disputes that I actually watch him at all.
POS? Perhaps the best description!
Charlie Sykes for the win
Agreed!!!
Crystal and I worked on our backstories for our DUNGEONS and DRAGONS characters. Time well spent.
Crystal interviewed me about my serialized story which is totally weird and also a bit weirdly wonderful.
“My Disappointment in the Democrats” skyrocketed. There’s a poem in there somewhere.
Your serialized story is good.
Thanks. My respect for authors such as you is in the stratosphere now.
Looked like the democrats were at a silent auction. Deeply disappointed in the lack of opposition energy.
Caught some clips today of
the saddest display of our
democrat representatives.
Maybe they'd all taken
sedatives and what was the
ping pong paddle sign deal?
That's resistance and
persistence? I also read
Slotkin's little speech. She
should have burned it.