55 thoughts on “Sleepiness in zzz-Saddle”

  1. AP-plying the golden rule of doing unto others what’s been done unto you?
    from the forecited above:

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With Tuesday’s White House Cabinet meeting chugging past the two-hour mark, President Donald Trump ‘s eyes fluttered and closed. His budget director busied himself doodling a fluffy cloud. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was lucky enough to speak early, but the title on his nameplate was misspelled.
    The sleepy, and occasionally slipshod, gathering nonetheless ended with a flurry of news. Trump declared that he didn’t want Somalis in the U.S. and Hegseth cited the “ fog of war ” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in September.
    The president started things off by noting that it was the last time his Cabinet would gather until 2026. And, though marathon sessions with his top advisers lavishing praise have become a Trump trademark since he returned to the White House, this latest installment felt at times like a holiday break was needed.
    Trump offered lengthy opening comments largely rehashing his key previous policy announcements from recent months. He also repeated old grievances, going back to his falsehoods about having won the 2020 election.
    The president then gave each Cabinet member a chance to speak, declaring, “We’re gonna go quickly.” That did little to stop most Cabinet members from offering long presentations.
    […]
    … as each official took turns speaking, a TV camera trained on Trump showed him struggling to stay alert. The president sat back in his chair with his eyes occasionally drooping and sometimes shutting completely.
    […]
    Trump’s apparent sleepiness followed his criticism of a recent New York Times story examining his schedule and stamina at age 79. Trump again slammed the Times story early in Tuesday’s meeting and even slipped into the third person to assure all involved that “Trump is sharp.”
    [continues]


  2. Dec 2, 2025 #ColdOpens #WhiteHouse #StephenColbert
    Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale ’bout how these guys kiss ass.


  3. The annual Spotify Wrapped lists were released today, Republicans are coming to the defense of Donald Trump after he took a little siesta during his noon-time cabinet meeting, according to a watchdog report from the Pentagon’s office Pete Hegseth violated regulations when he texted war plans to a Signal group chat, pressure is starting to build around Hegseth’s order to “kill everybody” on a supposed Venezuelan drug boat, bankruptcies of “mom and pop” businesses have hit an all-time high, Costco is suing the Trump administration over tariffs, Trump announced a plan to withhold SNAP benefits for Americans who live in Blue States, and Jimmy tries to guess which Spotify Wrapped list belongs to which Kimmel staffer.

  4. but we digress. let’s turn to more serious matters


    Welcome to a meditation on power, fear, and the bureaucratic art of forgetting the law exists

  6. From a life of living antifa and putting up with KGB and GRU, I do not believe in coincidences or odd happenings. The “SS”, Schutzstaffel, falls into the suspicious area of odd happenings. The administration shows a lot of copying of the third reich, the Secretary of Defense has Nazi tattoos demonstrating his admiration of the fascist regime.

  7. “fog of war” has got to be the dumbest defense with advanced technological surveillance capabilities and an “enemy” that isn’t shooting back and doesn’t know they are being targeted

    “dog ate my homework” is probably Hegseth’s next attempt, makes as much sense

  11. Thanks Anon. Glad we didn’t break anything (so far). But if anybody sees something, SAY something.

    anonduh
    December 4, 2025 at 12:35 am |
    Your adaptation to evolving tech is impressive, Mr. C, and the site looks good 👍
    Nice job and thank you

  12. I’ll add the laughable claim

    can confirm, literally laughed when i read it

    🤦‍♂️

    it’s almost as if they are unrepentant murderers thinking of any excuse to save their own skin, as a psychopath would

    ok enough from me ✌️

    impeach immediately, Slava Ukraine

  15. While getting dressed this morning Mrs. P and I were laughing at the idea that the blown up and burning boat that appeared to be without a bow was capable of going anywhere. And his gobbledigookness about the Signal Chat message is beyond stupid. Since when does used an unauthorized communication platform to share information that put troops at risk constitute complete exoneration?

  16. I think I said this yesterday but will repeat it. I really thought Patel would be the first off the clown car but now it looks like it’ll be Hegseth. Key Republican senators seem more upset about him.

  17. i’m enjoying you all finding a groove and taking the message to a broader audience on the ideological battleground known as Youtube, but it’s just not for me. Appreciate the invitation though ❤️

  18. For a supposed businessman, Trump seems to have a problem with math.
    Are you getting a $2,000 tariff check? Here are Trump’s latest comments

    President Donald Trump is sticking with his plan to give Americans a tariff dividend refund in 2026.

    Trump discussed the potential checks in a two-hour-plus Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2, during which he also called the “affordability” issue a “Democrat scam,” and appeared to nod off.

    “Next year is projected to be the largest tax refund season ever, and we’re going to be giving back refunds out of the tariffs, as we have taken in literally trillions of dollars,” Trump said early in the meeting. “We’re going to be giving a nice dividend to the people in addition to reducing debt.”

    more at link: It may be a long wait.

  19. Like the drooling puppy, Thiessen claims that Trump’s targeting “narcoterrorists” in the Caribbean is just the same as Obama using drones to target identified terrorists in Afghanistan and the ME – despite the fact that the AUMF that was stretched to cover our operations in the ME until the Trump-negotiated withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed has ZERO application to drug boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean taking drugs to islands in the region to deliver to Europe has no connection whatever to 9-11 and the events and conflicts that were related thereto – regardless of how attenuated the connections might be.

  22. Young Men: Trump’s 2024 Boost… and 2025 Backlash
    A New Trail Mix Brief

    Young men were Trump’s unexpected superpower in 2024 — the one group where he seriously over-performed and helped flip the map. But the new Harvard Youth Poll shows something the political class hasn’t caught up to yet: his advantage with them is already eroding.

    What the Poll Says
    44% of young men say they voted for Trump
    Only 32% approve of him today

    Most call the country “off on the wrong track”

    Ideology? A fractured center — not a conservative bloc

    They’re stressed, skeptical, and allergic to political BS

    Why It Matters

    Both parties keep guessing wrong about young men. They’re not becoming MAGA foot soldiers — and they’re not lining up for “youth outreach” photo-ops either. They want stability, honesty, and economic sanity.

    Full Brief:

    Men in the Harvard Youth Poll

  27. Sturge
    And it will sell, and every other person will tell you how great it is.
    People love crap.
    My only question is why are we being charged so much for it.
    I mean it was a good pizza but…

    Jack

  30. Sturgeone’s Corollary:

    The other 10% is probably only slightly less crappy crap.

    That’s why I enjoy Columbo and Svengoolie (besides the sheer breadth of their respective runs on television. Falk from 1970 to 2003, and god only knows when Rich Koz started his schtick in Chicago, but he’s still right there and still pitchin’ it)
    But their content I can sum up as the kinda crap I can live with on television. And there are always hovering variations…. Maverick, Rockford, Matlock, Twilight Zone,

    Haha….when an actor is young he’s thinking, man I don’t want to get typecast in this role; but when they get older and have been banking the character for 30 years or so……ahhh, not so bad.

  31. I saw Nuzzi on Imus once and thought at the time that she was interesting and did a good job bantering with Imus and the crew but I sensed her somehow being uncomfortable with it all like, “I’m a serious journalist and all this silly banter is beneath me.” and she never came back. But I remembered her name.

    Band name: CLICKBAIT REVELATION or revolution or evolution or or or

  32. https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-vaccines-2674362763/

    Vaccine advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are on the verge of ending the practice of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B, which would represent a betrayal of a key Republican senator.

    Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who expressed skepticism about Kennedy’s nomination until receiving assurances about his stance on vaccines, has said he’s “very concerned” about possible changes to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants.

    Cassidy has previously called for the postponement of the panel’s September meeting after Kennedy said he was “retiring” all 17 members and replacing them with his own choices, and the Louisiana Republican has strongly recommended hepatitis B vaccine doses at birth after witnessing their effectiveness as a physician whose medical practice focused on that preventable illness.

    But the health secretary’s allies plan a vote to do just that, reported the Washington Post.

    “Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist and critic of coronavirus vaccination who recently took over as chair of the influential vaccine panel, said members meeting Thursday and Friday are broadly scrutinizing vaccines recommended for children,” the Post reported.

    The panel will discuss the timing of vaccines and ingredients as Kennedy and his allies reshape immunization policy, which has for decades called for administering vaccines at set milestones during childhood and adolescence, but Kennedy has claimed links between vaccines and autism, chronic disease, and food allergies that have been refuted by researchers and medical associations.

    “The vaccine is safe. It has been established,” Cassidy said. “This is policy by people who don’t understand the epidemiology of hepatitis B, or who have grown comfortable with the fact that we’ve been so successful with our recommendation that now the incidence of hepatitis B is so low, they feel like we can rest on our laurels.”

    *RFKJ will kill more folks than Leaky Pete, with an assist from Republican Senators. They were warned. They knew better. They pretend to be afraid of a demented, decaying moron, because the grift is so good.

  33. The responses from Republicans and Dems regarding all of the many things I’ve contacted them about, are all nothing-burgers.

  34. Trump pardoned every swingin’ dick and a few women I suppose after the insurrection, after they trashed the Capitol and tried to hang Mike Pence and kill Nancy Pelosi. And this man set down a bag with a bomb which caused no harm whatsoever. And Pirro, Bondi, and Kash Patel treat this like something happened akin to Oklahoma City. Anyway, Trump will surely pardon him, right? Not a joke.

  36. Is the change because Joe Rogan has soured a bit on tRUMP?
    Is it because Charlie Kirk is dead?
    Is it because stuff costs more and there’s no there there when it comes to the American dream?
    Is it because the shine on Elon has worn off?
    Is it because the Epstein files still haven’t been released and they see how creepy a guy can get away with being if he has enough money?

  39. You know what will be fun to watch? When Noem, Leavitt, Hegseth, and the rest of the Hee-Haw gang are in the clink without access to their aestheticians. All of that toxic filler gets absorbed into the body (but they poo-poo vaccines) and their faces will melt just like the other Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

  40. The Mamdani effect? So many identifying as democratic socialists.

    Gaza and the Gaza bots had a lot to do with icing out Harris.

    Although, I saw a YouTube video of a guy showing screenshots from Michigan on election night (allegedly), and votes flipped for tRUMP. Like, Harris had a much higher vote count earlier in the night. So much chatter about Elon and shenanigans in swing states.

  41. Yep, Bid, the anti-capitalism number in that poll surprised me, but they’re not socialists yet:

    Question: “Do you identify as a capitalist?”
    Yes: 42.22%
    No: 55.14%
    ———-
    Question: “Do you identify as a Democratic Socialist?”
    Yes: 22.15%
    No: 75.51%

  42. Boom. Even his supporters blame Trump for high prices.
    Almost half of all adults— 46 percent — say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being, a view held by 37 percent of 2024 Trump voters. Americans also say that the affordability crisis is Trump’s responsibility, with 46 percent saying it is his economy now and his administration is responsible for the costs they struggle with. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/04/poll-americans-trump-voters-affordability-crisis-00674747

  45. Why are they releasing evidence in the Luigi Mangione case? Should it be made public ahead of the trial? His lawyers are trying to get evidence thrown out, but it is being released to the public. Huh?

    No healthcare help for anyone in the US, but all hands on deck to take down Luigi. Wouldn’t want anyone else to get any French Revolution-type ideas.

  46. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/us-strike-eastern-pacific-drug-boat

    US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive

    “Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed,” the post says.

    Alongside the post is a 21-second-long video showing the boat being struck.

    At least 87 people have now been killed in strikes on 23 suspected drug boats as part of a campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, that the Trump administration has said is aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking.

    Top House and Senate lawmakers emerged from the briefing, which included video of the incident, divided along party lines. A top Democrat called video of the incident that was shared as part of the briefing “one of the most troubling things” he has seen as a lawmaker. But the panel chairman, Republican Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas, said that he thought the second strike was justified. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, also a Republican from Arkansas, echoed that sentiment.

    *Nazis and Nazi enablers…or all the Repugz just Nazis?

  47. they get all excited about indicting a failed pipe bomber after pardoning the Jan. 6 rioters who injured 140 cops

    Security upped for Rep. Jamie Raskin after alleged incident
    The latest: The Maryland Democrat had his security increased this week after a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant who was previously convicted of threatening him and former President Obama allegedly showed up near his house Monday night.

  50. all the Repugz just Nazis?

    yes, and anybody who supports Trump after his anti-Somalia hyper-racist tirade is tantamount to a Nazi. What’s in a name?

    possibly the most racist thing I’ve ever heard any serving public official say, at least in the 90s the KKK used euphemisms

    So trumpers are more racist than old-time Ku Klux Klanners

    in fact, I’ve heard more moderate grand wizards, no joke

  51. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/unidentified-drones-reported-near-zelenskys-195621160.html

    Unidentified drones were reportedly spotted near the flight path of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as he arrived in Ireland earlier this week, Irish media said on Dec. 4.

    Irish outlet The Journal reported that four unidentified “military-style” drones breached a no-fly zone and flew toward the expected route of Zelensky’s aircraft as it approached Dublin Airport, citing unnamed security sources.

    Separately, The Irish Times reported that an Irish Navy ship observed five drones operating near the president’s flight path off the coast by Howth, triggering what sources described as a “major security alert.”

    Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials have reported multiple attempts to assassinate Zelensky, including an incident in the President’s Office that he said resulted in fatalities in early 2022.

    In May 2024, Ukraine’s Security Service said it had uncovered an alleged FSB-linked network preparing an attempt on Zelensky and other senior officials, while in April 2024, Ukrainian and Polish authorities separately detained a Polish citizen accused of aiding a possible plot at Poland’s Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport.

  52. The second strike was definitely in violation of the Geneva Convention.

    There were a couple of survivors from an earlier attack by the US military on fishing boats. Whichevet country took them had to let them go; there was no proof they were ~narcotics-terrorists~ (like the Sacklers, or any of the several drug dealers Orange Adolf has pardoned) and they were released by that country. That looks very messy for the US. It really screws up the phony narrative being peddled by the US government.

  54. who believes Venezuelans would
    continue to allegedly run drugs while being actively hunted by the US Navy with all its surveillance powers and military capability?

    show of hands

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