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There Goes the Neighborhood
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Can you say … WTF?
Author: patd
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Washington Post May 10, 2017
Since the 1980s, ‘Sesame Street’ has featured a few greedy, grouchy characters who have had names like Ronald Grump and Donald Grump. Here’s a look at the three of them.
meanwhile
All eyes are on Vatican City as the world’s Catholics wait for news from the papal conclave, Stephen imagines a world where the Cardinal of Newark is elected Pope, President Trump selected Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew to manage the 2026 World Cup, and the rollout of America’s new ID cards is going anything but smoothly.
Weight Watchers has filed for bankruptcy, The Conclave to select the Pope has officially begun, Trump has a very bigly announcement that will be coming out soon, his evil plan to cut funding from NPR & PBS is taking shape, ships that are carrying Chinese goods are arriving half-empty in an alarming sign, and Ike Barinholtz, Quinta Brunson, Will Forte, Michelle Monaghan, Bert Kreischer, Aaron Paul and Chelsea Handler share their prom stories.
Gotta wonder what sort of retaliation against Kimmel is in the works, he’s actually gotten more brutal, perhaps even more than Colbert. A bit surprised we haven’t seen it yet, although the FCC chairman has made threats to ABC on other grounds, and ABC caved on the Stephanopoulos lawsuit.
My children and grandchildren may have grown past Sesame Street, but it is currently educating the great grands. You don’t throw away a generational treasure.
Corrupt, complicit, cult, Republicans.
CCCR
Big news!!! Trade deal with UK!!! That ‘s a relief – I wonder if it will fuck up our historical trade surplus with the UK? Applying Dumbass’ paradigm, the UK should be placing larger tariffs on us than we place on them. God what a fucking idiot.
The following is apparently the inspiration for Father Guido Sarducci’s tale of a fly landing in one papal contestant’s soup to inspire his election to Pope. WaPo
In the year 236, the election was dragging on, and voters gathered for days of debate and lobbying.
A humble and devout farmer came to participate, and when a dove flew into the room and rested on his shoulder, it was taken as a sign.
“Thereupon all the people, as if moved by one Divine Spirit, with all eagerness and unanimity cried out that he was worthy, and without delay they took him and placed him upon the episcopal seat,” St. Eusebius, the earliest church historian, wrote about the election of Pope Fabian.
Ya gotta hand it to Don – he came up with a terrific character.
House Republicans approved a provision to their budget on Wednesday that would permit the federal government to sell thousands of acres of public land, in an effort to boost fossil fuel production and development projects.
The provision, which would allow the federal government to sell public land in Nevada and Utah, must still be considered by the full House.
Driven largely by Republican lawmakers, the move is part of a broader push to curtail federal control of vast public areas, particularly in states like Utah and Nevada where federal holdings dominate the landscape. Supporters argue that selling public lands will empower states and local communities to better utilize resources for economic gain, while opponents warn that such sales threaten public access, conservation efforts and indigenous rights.
Democratic lawmakers pushed back against the measure, calling it a “last-minute” amendment that lacked transparency.
Sometimes a guy can get a whole career out of one good character.
Trade deal with the UK?
They don’t have an election coming up, but Starmer still has to make sure Adolf’s stink doesn’t get in him, because it never comes off.
Adolf is hungry for a deal, and it will benefit the UK more than the US.
Adolf, of course will spin it to make it look like they bent the knee…and the n@zi propagandists will amplify the lie.
If not for the effing complicit Republicans in Congress, Adolf would be completely defeated, impeached, convicted, and out on his diapered keister.
This morning, POTUS Joe & FLOTUS Jill will be live on The View.
Supporters argue that selling public lands will empower states and local communities to better utilize resources for economic gain, while opponents warn that such sales threaten public access, conservation efforts and indigenous rights.
Those tracts sold will be bought up by energy companies who will reap the vast part of any economic gain through their mining and drilling. And they don’t want the land – they want the mineral rights, so if they have to buy the tracts in fee simple they will sever the mineral rights from the surface rights and sell the surface rights to the highest bidder. Prices for local residential rent will go through the roof and become virtually unavailable to locals and visitors, the roads will be beat to shit with coal, gas, oil, dump and water trucks (depending on what lies under the ground), all the creeks and larger waterways will run like chocolate milk whenever it rains. Whatever anyone ever thought was scenic about the areas and drew tourists will be destroyed by the mining and drilling infrastructure installed above ground, unless you think tanks, holding ponds, drilling pads and the like are scenic. East Bumfuck and the counties in this area are case studies in the effects of oil, gas and coal extraction on otherwise pleasant rural land.
Bill Gates accused fellow billionaire Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” over the cuts to USAID.
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” the Microsoft founder and billionaire told the Financial Times.
Gates has announced that he is bringing forward a deadline for the philanthropic foundation that bears his name to close by a decade, to 2045. He is giving away 99 percent of his wealth to the Gates Foundation, which largely focuses on improving public health and education in the developing world.
Father Guido Sarducci dishes about the new pope in 1978
1978 is known as the “Year of the Three Popes” because it saw the death of Pope Paul VI, the short papacy of Pope John Paul I, and the election of Pope John Paul II. Pope Paul VI died on August 6, 1978, followed by the election of John Paul I on August 26, who died just 33 days later on September 28. Pope John Paul II was then elected on October 16, becoming the third pope of that year.
REPUBLICANS SILENT AS TRUMP REFUSES TO COMMIT TO UPHOLDING CONSTITUTION
Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn’t know whether he needs to honor the nation’s founding document. None replied
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There Were Three Popes…And They All Excommunicated Each …
There were periods during the Great Western Schism (1378-1417) when three men claimed to be the legitimate pope. This occurred because of a dispute over papal succession, leading to rival popes and their own followings. While there were times with two popes, there was also a short period with three popes between 1409 and 1417, as a third pope was elected by cardinals dissatisfied with the existing popes.
Of course, Adolf wants to announce a trade deal with the UK as counter-programming to Joe & Jill on The View.
Trump’s Inevitable Betrayal of His Supporters
Trump never meant to keep his promises. His voters are starting to notice.
These disappointments were entirely predictable. Because Trump lacks many core convictions, voters from entirely opposite backgrounds convinced themselves that he would act in their interest as president—and he was happy to indulge their fantasies in exchange for their support by teasing tantalizing prizes to people across divides. But Trump’s transactionalism has limits, because even presidents who have few beliefs still need to act, and those actions have consequences for the world and for the politician’s coalition.
Salt Lake City adopts 3 new flags to bypass new state flag law
HB77, which goes into law on Wednesday, lists which flags can be flown at schools and government buildings. U.S., Utah, county, municipal, tribal, military and Olympic flags are among the approved flags, while flags representing the LGBTQ communities and the Juneteenth flag — used to celebrate the holiday where the last slaves were freed after the Civil War — were not included.
Leaders of Utah’s capital city voted to add three new city flags, all incorporating designs not allowed through a new state flag law, to sidestep the measure hours before it goes into law.
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall unveiled three new city flag designs to members of the Salt Lake City Council Tuesday evening, as she explained how the city plans to move forward in the wake of HB77 on the eve of the bill becoming law.
The new flags would add the sego lily logo from Salt Lake City’s city flag to the Juneteenth, Progress Pride and transgender flags. All three flags were not included in the list of flags approved to be flown outside of government or in schools. The new flags would not replace the city’s primary flag, which was adopted in 2020.
*This is the kind of maneuvering Dems need at all levels.
😀
White Smoke…
This should be interesting.
Rodney Dangerfield as pope:
“Hey….all this time I couldn’t get no respect…..now, all of a sudden—I’m INFALLIBLE!”
Washington Post May 10, 2017
Since the 1980s, ‘Sesame Street’ has featured a few greedy, grouchy characters who have had names like Ronald Grump and Donald Grump. Here’s a look at the three of them.
meanwhile
All eyes are on Vatican City as the world’s Catholics wait for news from the papal conclave, Stephen imagines a world where the Cardinal of Newark is elected Pope, President Trump selected Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew to manage the 2026 World Cup, and the rollout of America’s new ID cards is going anything but smoothly.
Weight Watchers has filed for bankruptcy, The Conclave to select the Pope has officially begun, Trump has a very bigly announcement that will be coming out soon, his evil plan to cut funding from NPR & PBS is taking shape, ships that are carrying Chinese goods are arriving half-empty in an alarming sign, and Ike Barinholtz, Quinta Brunson, Will Forte, Michelle Monaghan, Bert Kreischer, Aaron Paul and Chelsea Handler share their prom stories.
Gotta wonder what sort of retaliation against Kimmel is in the works, he’s actually gotten more brutal, perhaps even more than Colbert. A bit surprised we haven’t seen it yet, although the FCC chairman has made threats to ABC on other grounds, and ABC caved on the Stephanopoulos lawsuit.
My children and grandchildren may have grown past Sesame Street, but it is currently educating the great grands. You don’t throw away a generational treasure.
Corrupt, complicit, cult, Republicans.
CCCR
Big news!!! Trade deal with UK!!! That ‘s a relief – I wonder if it will fuck up our historical trade surplus with the UK? Applying Dumbass’ paradigm, the UK should be placing larger tariffs on us than we place on them. God what a fucking idiot.
The following is apparently the inspiration for Father Guido Sarducci’s tale of a fly landing in one papal contestant’s soup to inspire his election to Pope. WaPo
Ya gotta hand it to Don – he came up with a terrific character.
Simple lessons
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-federal-land-map-nevada-utah-2069550
House Republicans approved a provision to their budget on Wednesday that would permit the federal government to sell thousands of acres of public land, in an effort to boost fossil fuel production and development projects.
The provision, which would allow the federal government to sell public land in Nevada and Utah, must still be considered by the full House.
Driven largely by Republican lawmakers, the move is part of a broader push to curtail federal control of vast public areas, particularly in states like Utah and Nevada where federal holdings dominate the landscape. Supporters argue that selling public lands will empower states and local communities to better utilize resources for economic gain, while opponents warn that such sales threaten public access, conservation efforts and indigenous rights.
Democratic lawmakers pushed back against the measure, calling it a “last-minute” amendment that lacked transparency.
Sometimes a guy can get a whole career out of one good character.
Trade deal with the UK?
They don’t have an election coming up, but Starmer still has to make sure Adolf’s stink doesn’t get in him, because it never comes off.
Adolf is hungry for a deal, and it will benefit the UK more than the US.
Adolf, of course will spin it to make it look like they bent the knee…and the n@zi propagandists will amplify the lie.
If not for the effing complicit Republicans in Congress, Adolf would be completely defeated, impeached, convicted, and out on his diapered keister.
This morning, POTUS Joe & FLOTUS Jill will be live on The View.
Those tracts sold will be bought up by energy companies who will reap the vast part of any economic gain through their mining and drilling. And they don’t want the land – they want the mineral rights, so if they have to buy the tracts in fee simple they will sever the mineral rights from the surface rights and sell the surface rights to the highest bidder. Prices for local residential rent will go through the roof and become virtually unavailable to locals and visitors, the roads will be beat to shit with coal, gas, oil, dump and water trucks (depending on what lies under the ground), all the creeks and larger waterways will run like chocolate milk whenever it rains. Whatever anyone ever thought was scenic about the areas and drew tourists will be destroyed by the mining and drilling infrastructure installed above ground, unless you think tanks, holding ponds, drilling pads and the like are scenic. East Bumfuck and the counties in this area are case studies in the effects of oil, gas and coal extraction on otherwise pleasant rural land.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3627716
Father Guido Sarducci dishes about the new pope in 1978
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-silent-trump-refuses-commit-constitution-1235332711/
REPUBLICANS SILENT AS TRUMP REFUSES TO COMMIT TO UPHOLDING CONSTITUTION
Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn’t know whether he needs to honor the nation’s founding document. None replied
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Of course, Adolf wants to announce a trade deal with the UK as counter-programming to Joe & Jill on The View.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/trump-conflicting-promises/682712/
Dodo sitting in his baby chair is hardly compelling tv.
?
Somebody might be stuck with the dirty job of hanging on his every word but it’s not me.
today’s meme…
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/05/07/salt-lake-city-adopts-3-new-flags-to-bypass-new-state-law/
Salt Lake City adopts 3 new flags to bypass new state flag law
HB77, which goes into law on Wednesday, lists which flags can be flown at schools and government buildings. U.S., Utah, county, municipal, tribal, military and Olympic flags are among the approved flags, while flags representing the LGBTQ communities and the Juneteenth flag — used to celebrate the holiday where the last slaves were freed after the Civil War — were not included.
Leaders of Utah’s capital city voted to add three new city flags, all incorporating designs not allowed through a new state flag law, to sidestep the measure hours before it goes into law.
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall unveiled three new city flag designs to members of the Salt Lake City Council Tuesday evening, as she explained how the city plans to move forward in the wake of HB77 on the eve of the bill becoming law.
The new flags would add the sego lily logo from Salt Lake City’s city flag to the Juneteenth, Progress Pride and transgender flags. All three flags were not included in the list of flags approved to be flown outside of government or in schools. The new flags would not replace the city’s primary flag, which was adopted in 2020.
*This is the kind of maneuvering Dems need at all levels.
😀
White Smoke…
This should be interesting.
Rodney Dangerfield as pope:
“Hey….all this time I couldn’t get no respect…..now, all of a sudden—I’m INFALLIBLE!”