JD Rhoades

Bright moon framed between pine trees

La Bella Luna

She probably couldn't provide documentation of her assigned sex at birth so they could send her to the proper restroom

If you treat the population as an enemy, they're not going to treat you as liberators. Counterinsurgency 101.

ICE Barbie is complaining that her jackbooted masked thugs deployed in Chicago aren't getting served in local eateries.
Someone tell her that when you deploy troops into a supposed war zone, you need to make provisions to supply them yourself.

Somebody needs to tell President Pedo that doing everything in his power to make the shutdown more painful for Americans seriously undercuts his message that it's a "Democrat shutdown."

A lot of King's work is unsuitable for children. I read them as a teenager anyway.

I live near Fort Bragg, home of Special Forces. My kids played soccer with some kids whose dads were in the Army, but who had shaggy hair & the occasional beard. That means one thing: SF operator, probably Delta. I'd like to see Pete Kegstand tell one of those guys they don't have "warrior ethos."

In his 2023 application to change his name, the reason given was "There have been a lot of events in my life that I don't understand." It's just so sad.

The closest thing to a political stance is his assertion that he'd been 'Human Trafficked" by a local church pursuant to an "LGBQT laid out plan" for the "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY."

Thanks to the miracle of Odyssey (NC's new courts program), I've been able to see the lawsuits that the Southport, NC shooter filed pro se in Brunswick County. There's no manifesto here. This guy was clearly wrapped up in a hellish tangle of bizarre, twisted delusions and paranoia.

I can completley understand the desire to see the military take President Pedo off the boards, especially after today's debacle at Quantico. But if you look around at recent military coups, they rarely end well.

EVERY time since Columbine that people have been slaughtered at school, house of worship, theater, etc. we have been screeched at by 2nd amendment freaks about the right to protect against tyranny.

Where are they now?

OH they’re masked in camo *checks notes* DOING ALL THE TYRANNY.

#AbolishICE

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands Military personnel were seen trading in automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands
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Finally coming back to California Bear by Duane Swieyrczynski. Also, I picked up the first volume of William Manchester's Winston Churchill bio and got unexpectedly hooked by the first chapter. So, as is my wont, I'm alternating fiction and nonfiction.

I do not approve of UN diplomats walking out of Netanyahu's speech.

They should stay in their chairs and ostentatiously play on their phones so he has to watch them ignoring him.

The indictment of James Comey shows us two things:

1. It doesn't matter what you've done to placate or please Donald Trump, he'll eventually come after you.

2. Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.

TIL about St. Lawrence , an early Christian , who was condemned to die by the emperor Valerian by being roasted to death on an iron griddle. After a few minutes, he called out "Okay, you can turn me over, i'm done on this side." St. Lawrence is now the patron saint of cooks & comedians. True story.

As I used to tell a friend when he complained about getting old: yeah, but there's only one way to stop it.

I miss him.

When Erikkka Kirk said she forgave the shooter, that's when I knew he was MAGA.

Trump says 'I hate my opponents' at Charlie Kirk's memorial At Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, President Donald Trump described Kirk as someone who wanted to reach people and “did not hate his opponents” and wished the best for them. Trump noted that this was...

Remember when the go-to right wing line was that "liberals are filled with hate"?

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"I said 'you know they refused Jesus, too', the guy said 'you're not him." -Bob Dylan

Anyone else have a dog like this? 😆

Yes

Foreign investors have been adding hedges to their exposure to U.S. assets, which will likely further weaken the dollar."

Thanks, President Pedo!

www.morganstanley.com/insights/art...

Morgan Stanley Research estimates the U.S. currency could lose another 10% by the end of 2026.
Despite a recovery of 3.2% in July, the delayed impact of tariffs on growth and unemployment – besides policy uncertainties – are likely to keep negative pressure on the dollar.

"The value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies dropped about 11% in the first half of this year, the biggest decline in more than 50 years, ending a 15-year bull cycle.

The thing that pisses me off the most is that for months, I've been trying to convince my wife we need to get Disney+, because they had all the MCU and the Star Wars franchise. Now that ain't happening. Thanks very FUCKING MUCH, Bob Iger.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Remember all those dystopian novels and films that showed our future as one where big corporations took over the world and swept all government aside? Boy, were they ever off base.

Let's hope President Pedo's UK hosts include visits to the Banqueting House at the Palace of Whitehall, Pontefract Castle, and Berkeley Castle on the itinerary . IYKYK