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Nothing worse than killing with kindness. Getting pushed out of jobs, teams, assignments, lines seems to require politeness or at least civility. In the age of Trump, you have dinner with murderers. Bone Spur meets Bone Saw US President Donald Trump...

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Happy Day After Thanksgiving Day, aka TGIF (Turkey’s Gone, I’m Full). We hope that your post-feast digestive systems and indoor plumbing are functioning properly on this blessed Brown Friday. As we announced earlier this week to great rejoicing...

The Secret Service has declared the skies over Mar-a-Lago a permanent no-fly zone. What was once a temporary ban on fly-overs while Trump was in residence is now a complete redirection of Palm Beach Airport air traffic over Trump’s northern neighbors....

Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense...

500,000 Christmas Boxes will be distributed at 132 sites Granted this will only be for 500,000 families. That is out of around 4.5 million Panamanians. So about 9%. But at least it is something. And the government will pay for over half the cost of the...

A public company connected to a Trump-family backed crypto project has removed members of its top leadership, according to a government filing. Jonathan Hugh, who had been both acting CEO and chief financial officer at ALT5 Sigma ALTS -0.53% , and...

Leave it to Donald Trump to grossly exploit a true human tragedy in order to exalt himself and divert attention from his multitude of failures. The latest example stems from the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. by an Afghan...

The Visionary Palestinian Peace Plan for Israel and Gaza That You've Never Heard Of A 51-page document by a group of Palestinian scholars and policy thinkers offers a much clearer path to Middle ...

TAKE ACTION Write, Email or CALL Capitol Switchboard (202) 224‑3121 to tell your elected officials to stop dropping sh*t on our cities. CLICK HERE to find your officials’ contact information. We must stand up and speak out, not because something is...

Electricity is getting more and more expensive, and there’s much more to it than simply increased demand, though that's bad enough. The worst part is utility companies are guaranteed a profit for a bad business model that never reduces their returns,...

The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft was successfully launched yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan; it transported NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev to the International Space Station...

I haven’t seen a word in the USA media about this story so I am putting it out here. This is a major disaster. Sri Lanka is an island about the size of West Virginia and sits off the southeast coast of India. It is home to about 22 million people....

Updated and expanded from the 2014 TPJ post (https://trenzpruca.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/el-topo-and-jeanne/) In my never-ending quest for something—anything—to do in suburban El Dorado Hills, I recently decided to revisit Alejandro Jodorowsky’s early...

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, despite the chaos in America and the world. And we now move into the “shopping season”, I would like to mention that many kossacks have small online businesses and we have compiled their offerings. Boycotting...

Feeling kinda cheesy this week 😆 so enjoy a few cheesy recipes. Cheese Dreams Recipe. [11:42] ...

Concurrent with the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor, NYC elected all 51 members of the Council (overwhelmingly Democratic). The Democratic Caucus has meet and according to the New York Times 36 members are supporting Julie Menin a moderate...

UPDATE: Saturday, Nov 29, 2025 · 3:16:39 PM +00:00 · xaxnar I should mention I am going ahead with the model train order despite the Trump tariff price hike. That being said, I was just looking at some new Lionel product announcements in a series I had...

“In the workplace women can get away with giving compliments without getting accused of sexual harassment. A female can tell coworker that I like that shade of lipstick on you. A male could not say that to a female coworker in most cases without...

In WAYR?, I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books…I guess I have to come out of my food ...

Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! All my GNRs finish with four words: Truth Matters. Love Matters. However, sometimes I have wondered if that is really true. I mean, I know these ...

______________________________________________________ “If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.” ― Michael Crichton ______________________________________________________ NOVEMBER...

Are we at Peak Carbon? Probably. Are we at Peak Denial? Long past the worst, but still plenty bad. Did COP30 promise the end of Fossil Fuels? Sort of, without using the words. When can we talk about ...

Just noticed that Trump is now down with 19. No, not down in bed with a 19-year-old; she'd be too old for his pedophiliacal proclivities. I’m referring to The Economist / YouGov's latest Net Approval Rating from November 26, in which Trump hit minus...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

Happy Friday!� I almost forgot to write this diary, so it’s going to be a quick one. We had a good Thanksgiving, which Bit prepared herself. I wasn’t up to helping and she didn’t ask anyone ...

A few “thanks” songs. Happy Thanksgiving! . Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) x ...

Trumpian decadence takes many forms, “coherent expression of the right-wing politics of desire” that depends on measuring it with a yardstick. Then there’s Laura Loomer’s lookism, speculating about killer’s identity, and Nick Fuentes proclaiming that...

Well, I’ll be up in Petaluma at my daughter’s today to celebrate Thanksgiving.� This is the first time I’m not hosting in years and it feels just great not to have all that pressure. The big ...

Orcas are very social and tend to hang out with their kinship group. They will even sleep as a group at times, slowly swimming around while near the surface. Populations form stable family groups (pods). based on the female line, The most studied...

Hiya, writers & frenz — Good on everyone who found ways to pursue National Novel Writing Month goals. That’s not me, must confess, though I guess I still have three days to index another WriteOn! or two by SensibleShoes, or else there’s always...

The Atlantic published this story earlier today. www.theatlantic.com/... Volodymyr Zelensky, in the next phase of talks to end the war in Ukraine, intends to draw a red line at the most contentious issue on the table: the Russian demand for Ukraine’s...

Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, has made it to the big time. The hottest satirical show in town, South Park, has featured the beef-brained, self-branded, paleolithic Homo stultus (aka Homo ignoramus) in its latest commentary on Trump and his fellow...

The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the ...

A couple of families in West Virginia are going to have considerably less to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. They are the families of the two National Guard troops who were tragically shot on Wednesday and are now in critical condition in a District...

I’ve been thinking a lot about what I have to be thankful for recently. I’ve been through a lot recently, and a year ago, it was not at all certain that I’d still be here today, nor is it certain that I’ll be here next Thanksgiving. I’m thankful that I...

Happy Thanksgiving to All My DK Family. Please enjoy this classic Arlo tune with me. I have posted the full lyrics below the video in case you feel like singing along. Lyrics — This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the...

In the lexicon of political warnings, few historical analogies carry the weight of the Reichstag fire. The 1933 arson attack on the German parliament building remains the archetypal example of a "false flag" or exploited crisis—a violent event used by...

The intent to commit genocide at Washita is hidden in plain view, unless key elements are brought together. These are: that the Cheyenne were placed on land where they would starve while promises to avert starvation were broken; that George Bent...

Ukraine went after bases in Chechnya belonging to the Akhmat unit that has been fighting alongside the Russians. A Russian soldier shows why this area of Novotoretsk is called the Valley of Death. He videos a meat assault past the bodies of numerous...

Good to know there are still a few good men and women in the country. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) I’d...

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Holiday Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursday Thanksgiving Day Special Edition! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Stephen Miller had one of his unhinged...

When a presidential administration abruptly stops releasing the most important economic indicators — GDP, inflation, jobs, consumer spending — Americans must ask a blunt question: What are they trying to hide? Over the last two months, the Trump...

So Democratic candidates won in a bunch of off-year elections including Mayor of New York, Governors of New Jersey and Virginia. But what does it mean or matter if the current Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and Resident of the White House refuses to...

I don’t really celebrate thanksgiving as a holiday, but I do like the idea of giving thanks and being thankful and eating lots of turkey! I’m thankful for: My Kid’s asthma being better The folks still willing to help Haitians My friends online giving...

I just heard Jeannine Pirro say, of the two National Guard members who were shot yesterday: “They were sworn in less than 24 hours before they were shot in the street.” I’m still listening to the news conference, and so far no one has followed up on...

Continuing the quote from the headline, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, during a hearing, where Republicans, once again, are�denying rights to the citizens of Washington, DC, Mfume went on to say, “they ...

you should be very glad for the housing where you are now. it is a situation almost the entire convicted sex offender wishes they could get. sure beats max. you may want to think twice about a commutation of your sentence and a release from custody....

Trump says that it’s TREASON to inform people that they shouldn’t commit crimes. If Trump orders you to commit a crime, he expects you to do it! Also, Trump would appreciate if we would stop ...