Quite a life, & some history there too.Arlene Smith, one of the first “girl group” stars who as a teenager and a founder of the Chantels co-wrote and sang lead on the 1950s doo-wop classic “Maybe,” has died at 84.
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Arlene Smith, Musical Barrier Breaker, Dead At 84
History Lesson
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| Hey! Look! We found Mitch McConnell! |
Envisioning The American Dream.Sixty-one years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as an amendment to the Social Security Act.Two years ago, President Trump promised that he would “never let anyone touch your Medicare.”
Yesterday, this Administration announced dramatic cuts to Medicare, spiking prescription drug costs for up to 25 million seniors.
That’s some lousy anniversary present!
Not to mention a horrific betrayal.
Homo sapiens In Three Words
The Dead Who Walk
When the hell was tagging supplemented by stickering, anyway? I s'pose it's because spray paint is age-restricted in Calif., but the yout' found a way around it.Wednesday, July 29, 2026
World On Fi-Yuh!
Asteroid Smut
Popular Science sez:Bring. It. On! Two hrs. is quick enough for me.“We’re in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour or two,” said Brandon Johnson, a Purdue University planetary scientist and study co-author.Chicxulub would have immediately wiped out all life within a wide radius of its impact along the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, the geological demarcation between the age of the dinosaurs and the Cenozoic era. Traveling at a rate of speed of about 12 miles-per-second, the asteroid struck Earth with the equivalent force of 100 teratons of TNT—more than one billion times the strength of the atomic blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The blast created a 62-mile-wide, 19-mile-deep cavity while generating two-mile-high tsunamis and 620 mph winds. Around 25 trillion metric tons of debris rocketed into the atmosphere, which then rained down on Earth as fiery missiles called spherules to set forests ablaze.
Fi-Yuh In France!
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Nowhere Is Safe: There Is No Escape
Hemant Mehta / Friendly Atheist:
Christian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship services — Evangelists are exploiting captive audiences who can't walk away—and broadcasting it online — What is it about being in an enclosed space, surrounded by people who can't escape, that makes evangelical Christians even more insufferable than usual?Tom Boggioni / Raw Story: Evangelicals are force-feeding sermons to air travelers: ‘I just love a captive audience’
Are there no Air Marshals? Damn jet travel. W/ a nice four-engine turboprop the 'plane could be slowed enough that such people could be safely tossed out an open door.All of this reeks of Christian privilege. These kinds of stunts would never be tolerated—even for a moment—if the evangelists weren’t Christian.It’s telling that these Christians believe a captive audience is the best way to spread their message. They’re basically admitting other people wouldn’t listen to them otherwise. The only thing they accomplish with their impromptu sermons is reminding people why they should avoid Christians when they have the option.
Anyone Seen Montag?
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| Last waltz from montag? |
Monday, July 27, 2026
Music For Gandy-Dancing
From The Official White House Executive Mansion Account
Hop in... best dimension yet. pic.twitter.com/7dRJnUVANc
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 27, 2026
Republicans = Nazis
"We"? Is the House paying for this praying?House Speaker Mike Johnson says he grows more confident "with each passing day" that the GOP will retain control of Congress. Why? "This is a God thing. We have intercessory prayers who are on the ground at the Capitol praying."
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Hot Rails To Hell ...
... Are Actually Hot!
Spent almost an hr. post-shooting fiddling w/ sectional & flex-track before suspending operations. But one line is almost going & I've proved w/ geometric logic it won't need added feeds.Easy, Lance. Sounds a bit judgemental to me who, picky as I am, fully intend to remain in my "casual recreationalist comfort zone". No desire to obtain an air-brush, but I did click the "sixty-buck airbrush" link out of curiosity, to find it's a) Amazon; b) $199.99, not any "sixty bucks". Ha!Also, at some point you need to decide if you are content being a casual recreationalist or if you want to move to the next level. It’s your call. No judgement. That said, if you want to move forward, you need to get out of your comfort zone, buy that sixty-buck airbrush, and get comfortable with it.
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| Don't have the space, don't need the noise. |
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Dust Bowl II On The Way?
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| National Drought Mitigation Center |
Saturday Savings Spectacular!
Friday, July 24, 2026
Fat Donnie From Queens Calls In
W/ His Hot Takes On Sport
Nor could he figure it out. Thought he was smart, played baseball at the military academy where he was shipped & could have been a major league prospect. What a lying sack of shit. This reporter has no idea what the hell "fact mark" means either. How stupid can a life form be?Reading from prepared remarks honoring the Dodgers' title defense, Trump rattled off a string of stats — the team's Tokyo season opener, a record-breaking travel schedule, and a historic 229-day season — before admitting he had no idea what any of it actually meant."I don't know," he said. "That's a different kind of a fact mark than I ever heard of, but that's what they give me to read. So what can I tell you?"
"220 the longest season ever," he added. "I don't know what the hell that means."
Any honky calling any African-American "racist" is ridiculous, but for Fat Donnie from Queens it's the height of absurdity.Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Trump says he thinks LeBron James is ‘racist’ when asked if he or Michael Jordan is the GOAT
Dan Diamond / Washington Post: Trump suggests LeBron James is ‘a racist,’ says he prefers Michael JordanJulia Manchester / The Hill: Trump on LeBron James as he joins Philadelphia: 'Maybe he's a racist'Ryan Anderson / New York Post: Trump's odd response to the great Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James debateGabe Whisnant / Newsweek: Trump and Shapiro's Wildly Different Reactions to LeBron James' 76ers Move
Continuing Red Scare
Grasping At Straws
From digby, Lumpy sez the commies want to blow up Mt. Rushmore while spewing the usual contradictory, inane & illogical bullshit.Hailey Bullis / Washington Examiner:
Memo urges Republicans to tie Democrats to communism
Charlie McCarthy / NewsMax.com: Report: GOP Memo Says to Tie Democrats to Communism
Trump says communists are trying to blow up Mount Rushmore pic.twitter.com/rh7y9KPPGR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 22, 2026
Friday Finger
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