Today is Decoration Day for the cemeteries where my parents and grand parents are buried. It is a little town about 50 miles north of here. I will be leaving flowers on their graves this morning. Both cemeteries get by with donations so I will leave a donation too. As I never have and because I have the means, it will be a sizable one to make up for all the times I let others carry the burden.
In remembrance of missing friends and those gone before us today’s selection is: Requiem in D minor, a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Have a blessed day, Jack
Thank you, Jack, you too, particularly merriam-webster’s 3rd definition.
BTW, do you pronounce it “bless-sed” or “blest”?
on the memorial topic in today’s guardian
What the last veterans can teach us all as D-Day fades from memory | D-day | The Guardian
Jack, wonderful piece. Can’t think of a more appropriate one for a remembrance weekend
So Dumbass went to the Libertarian Convention yesterday. WaPo.
What a fucking pander bear. Attention Biden camp, that last paragraph is a CAMPAIGN ISSUE. No doubt in my mind that freeing a dark web narcotics dealer is something most Americans believe is appropriate under any circumstances.
I watched all of Trump’s Libertarian catastrophe yesterday. It was delightful to see what happens when he gets outside his cult bubble.
‘No wannabe dictators!’: Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention
Jeers suggest Republican presidential candidate faces a challenge in broadening his appeal
The Guardian: “The appeal went down like a lead balloon as delegates booed, jeered and shouted insults. It was a stunning rebuke for a man who has become accustomed to cult-like rallies where his every word is cheered to the echo.”
here’s how the guardian covered it:
‘No wannabe dictators!’: Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention | US elections 2024 | The Guardian
Tellingly, so far he hasn’t said a word about yesterday on Truth So-Called. Usually there are a dozen or more self-congratulatory posts and re-posts after his appearances. Guaranteed he will find a way to blame Antifa infiltrators.
He didn’t see it coming and he couldn’t shut it down…nor go to sleep and make it go away.
I’m curious about Secret Service rationale for confiscating squeaky rubber chicken noisemakers yesterday at the Libertarian convention. Is it the agency’s job to protect former presidents from ridicule? NBC News: Secret Service agents are confiscating the rubber chickens the pro-RFK Jr super PAC handed out to attendees to disrupt Trump’s speech tonight at the Libertarian convention. “No lighters, no water bottles, no noisy chickens,” one agent yelled out to people in line.
Thank you, Jack. That is a sacred duty you’re taking on today.
Good. He more than anyone deserves a strong dose of his own poison.
Maybe rubber chickens can do some damage if you’re hurling them?
Only one noisy chicken allowed. Big orange noisy chicken.
Chicken Little’s grampa–Chicken Gross.
I dig Moat’s Art.
Beautiful and appropriate selection Jack. Thank you.
Spent Saturday at Northwest Trek
I am really curious as to who on his staff took the screaming monster attack for putting him in front of a real audience? Someone(s) have to pay for him feeling love from his fans, who were kicked out of their seats. He had been so well protected from reality, not just in his peanut brain, that he probably did not know how much non-cult members think about him.
wonderful Jack!
today’s meme…
At first, I wondered if he understood that he was being booed down. A lot of noise is just loud approval to the delusional tyrant.
But then he responded to them. He did realize they hate him and he wasted a campaign day/out of court with folks who will never vote for him.
Orange Adolf tried to chastise the hecklers. Ooops, that didn’t work. Ha!
I just got it…..Boebert is the much younger wicked witch of the west.
(Sorry Ms Hamilton, nothing personal— it’s just business.)
He knew it. He even taunted them about their only being 3%.
I know the comedy movies have been made of the idiot facing the hostile crowd since the beginning of time. But, I cannot remember a single one. No matter, the script for another one has been made.
Old sfb with fresh diaper goes up on stage to face what his campaign manager told him would be his crowd. Earlier the campaign manager team had brought the magats into the room and filled it while the others were in a meeting. Great plan, lots of Libertarian stuff on the walls and making it look pretty for the orange idiot.
The plan starts to fall apart while the campaign team is making sure ol s in pants is getting trained to walk upright. The Libers see their seats were already full and kick the cult out. Now, with all the cheering mumblers out the real folk are in.
The big fat stinker is going on stage to a sound he never hears, is never allowed to hear, big BOO. He walked into a full blown revolt. Hate fills the room. Stupid can’t talk his way out, he is not smart enough. Oh the idiot tries, but his usual garbage fails to change the noise. He can’t go anywhere. His little pea brain is choking on itself.
And, finally, in his ear is leave. He can’t. He has to do what is instinctive, fight or flight. He tries to fight, but is out smarted (probably by a rat) and finally gives up. Instead of a full ninety minutes of the same garbage he has spouted before, it was just over thirty minutes. That has to smart, like a whack with a tennis racket.
Congratulations to the Liber party people.
Yeah, he eventually knew because he got nasty with them, but he had zero clues walking in.
It’s hard to smile while a thousand people are telling you to go fuck yourself.
I swear to god….there’s a twitter video clip showing that orange idiot….wait for it…….He’s saluting effing “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes…….he doesn’t seem to know that it’s not the national anthem. My question is: does the guy who is standing next to Scump with his hand over his heart…..does HE know?
lol
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1794857683629244631/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1794857683629244631¤tTweetUser=RonFilipkowski&mode=profile
That’s fuckin’ funnier than getting booed by the Libertarygoobers.
My money’s on the guy next to him is fully aware. He KNOWS.
lol
I love Filipkowski’s comment; “He’s saluting Amazing Grace.”
Nikki Haley playing her cards in a tight-ass game.
Meet my friend, Big Al….
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/26/politics/tony-gonzales-uvalde-congress-runoff/index.html
“Rep. Tony Gonzales called his GOP opponent in Texas a “neo-Nazi” and an “anarchist” intent on “burning the place down” — and said Republican hardliners seeking to oust him are a bunch of “scumbags” and MAGA wannabes.”
“Gonzales’ runoff underscores the intense GOP divide in the narrowly divided House, where hard-right members have grown more emboldened and willing to derail their party’s agenda if there’s a whiff of compromise with Democrats.”
“Gonzales, whose district includes Uvalde, which witnessed one of the worst school shootings in history two years ago, later voted for a bipartisan gun safety bill that has become a centerpiece of Herrera’s campaign against him. Gonzales said, “I don’t regret any of my votes.”
“Gonzales’ massive district — which spans the border with Mexico — has emerged as one of the most expensive House primaries in the country, with nearly $8 million spent on TV ads. His situation is part of a larger trend of House GOP members seeking to purge their own colleagues in their primaries, even though that has long been viewed as a serious breach of protocol.”
“So far, hard-right candidates have been unsuccessful in defeating their more moderate opponents this cycle. An effort to take out GOP Rep. Don Bacon in Nebraska failed earlier this month when he defeated his conservative challenger, Dan Frei, who was endorsed by Good. In Illinois, GOP Rep. Mike Bost won after Gaetz tried to prop up his challenger, a fight that prompted Speaker Mike Johnson to lobby former President Donald Trump to intervene on Bost’s behalf.”
“Gonzales said if he wins Tuesday, he plans to respond in kind by campaigning in the districts of Good and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, both of whom are backing Herrera and also led the charge to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership last fall. Gonzales said that after Tuesday he will seek to purge the party of mischief-making members.”
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