The corruption is so blatant that it's hard to get worked up because nobody seems to be hiding anything anymore. When Trump got his lifelong get-out-of-jail card from his own agency, we knew it was over. We no longer have a functioning government, we no longer stand for anything virtuous, we no longer are a country to be envied. We are nothing more than the kind of third world deeply corrupt dictatorships we claim to fight against.
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It's 100 degrees outside, the Knicks are in the Eastern Conference finals and nobody is bothering me. This is the time I go to my fridge and grab a beer. I typically do IPA's but on a hot summer day I don't mind something lighter. My fridge is usually stocked but today I'm digging in the back and pull out a Bud Heavy which is the only thing I have that isn't something brutal like a Yuengling. I have had three Bud Heavies in the last thirty years and I'm immediately reminded of why. This thing tastes like that Yuengling filtered through my gym socks. It's an absolutely flavorless bottle of Clydesdale piss.
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The corruption from Trump is so blatant that we've now just become immune to any feelings about it. I can't believe he has done it but over the last decade he has made us forget our values and morals and now whenever he does something we just collectively shrug. It's like the entire country has just given up as it all feels completely preordained and predictable.
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The White House is trumpeting an agreement they say the Chinese have made that would have US farmers selling $17 million of agricultural products annually. That sounds like an incredible number until you realize we routinely sold them over $20billion before Trump started playing chicken. He flew half way across the globe to come back with a worse deal than we had before he came into office and still the sycophantic media will praise him for tying his shoes.
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Has anybody seen the Jaxson Dart billboards for Cure insurance? I can't believe those things, they look like somebody took a phone with their iPhone of him mid blink and they are posted up and down the turnpike. It must cost them a fortune to have him as a sponsor and the billboard space can't be cheap, yet they have some lame logo, some stupid phrase and then cheap out on the photo. Her Cure Insurance, let me help you burn $2M next time. Sent from my iPhone
Why would a man ever walk out of the house for something longer than to take the garbage out wearing shoes without socks? Not only is it a completely ridiculous look, there is no way this dude isn't coming home with his feet reeking to high heavens. It is the look that screams, not only am I most certainly a flaccid ape, you won't be able to sit in the same room with me after I take these off. A man's feet should never be sock-less in a close toed shoe, I will take no further questions.
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Going on vacation with a bunch of fellow retirees from Columbus and then walking around the city with a stupid yellow hat has to be the equivalent of volunteering to be water boarded. I have worked in the city for almost 30 years and I'm still shocked by how these tourney are willing to be dressed up like a bunch of walking match sticks for like $100 a pop. These are adults and the fact they have to be color coordinated so one doesn't accidentally wander off into Central Park make me sad for the state of humanity
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For the life of me I can't figure out why people take Saran Wrap and invade their luggage. Maybe it proves that somebody hasn't gone through your bag and looked at your dirty underwear on a return flight. Maybe they use it to keep your bag from getting dirty or maybe it's just a giant condom.
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Nobody has to tell Americans that the economy isn't good. Nobody cares that the stock market is booming when you spend $70 to fill up your tank and $250 doesn't get you a grocery cart full of food. The entire world seems upside down if the only thing we convince ourselves is good is the fact that dollar pizza is only $1.50
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The rotting corpse is getting bored in Iran which men's he either finds a new shiny toy or he decides to blow up Castle Grayskull. It sounds more and more ore like we will have boots on the ground in Tehran which sounds like the kind of half baked plan that had us in Iraq for a decade. Glad we got the no forever wars president.
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I haven't followed this that closely but letting anybody off of that cruise ship to mingle with masses seems like a terrible idea. I am not saying they should be stranded at sea but this seems like it's ripe for a true Lost show where they go to some remote island and live a Lord of the Flies show that CNN broadcast on TV. We'd all be glued to the sets and everybody would forget about the $5 gas, asymmetrical economy and miserable president.
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Nothing shows rich upper middle class elitism than the way they treat the guys who have to collect rh shopping carts in the parking lot. Look around and these self centered pricks will leave carts in the middle of the parking lot, in the roads throughout that parking lot, upon the grass etc. They all believe that bribing that cart back 19 feet to the font of the store is below them. This is the downfall of humanity .
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We aren't ready for another pandemic and I'm quite sure we wouldn't survive as a country. The only thing I'm happy about is that this Hantavirus isn't some respiratory thing like Covid where you were fearful if somebody so much sneeze in your direction. I'm not sure how serious to take this but I am certainly not going on a cruise
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Is there a more boring national story than this Vrabel/Russini thing. I get that the are both scummy people and because they are national figures it's a pastor but this affair seems to have way longer lifeline. I'm honestly not sure why this is even a story at all anymore.
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I swear that after 50 years on this fine earth, I still have no idea what the Met Gala is. I mean I know what it's about and that a bunch of celebrities dress up like some fancy Halloween but I don't know what the actual goal is. I used do think it was to support the Mets which seems like a worthwhile cause and is be fine with Beyoncé dressing like a cat for the cause
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We were told it wasn't going to touch the East Wing, we were told it would be gullly paid for by donations and we were told it would be tastefully done and because it's Trump none of that happened. We know the donations were a payoff. We knew saving the East Wing was a lie and we knew that this thing would be a hideous eyesore. And we have always been sure that this thing will be completely wire tapped by the Chinese, Russians, Israelis, Venezuelans and everybody else.
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I've heard people debate the demise of Spirit from the fuel prices to the competitive nature of the industry to an unsaid underlying recession. I think that it's always been more simple than that, people hated the experience. Flying isn't glamorous but when it becomes a thing where you are nickel and diming me to death, people take notice. So here's a hint, don't treat us like we are traveling on NJ transit and maybe we'd stay loyal
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Rudy is in critical condition and there is nobody who seems to care at all. Most of what I've heard so far said "he sucks but I wish you were telling this story about somebody else." I'm guessing he makes it out and continues to be a bit of a drunken uncle at GOP events. His fall from grace is epic and I'm wondering at what part in the obituary does it have him taking off his pants
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Trump is going to try a new plan for Iran because giving him the ability for a do over seems totally sensible. We have gotten into a meaningless war which is killing inflation and the economy not to mention the impact on thousands of Iranians. This is the world we live in now, the guy who crashes the car gets another car on our dime.
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Trump may try to convince his base that we are winning in Iran but anybody who has filled up in the last month, sure doesn't seem to feel that way. It's costing me $55-$60 every time I fill up. The buses are full, the commuter trains are packed and my wallet is empty but if you complain you will be tagged as being anti American by the Trump crazies.
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There's no bigger dying star than Meta. They have apparently lost 20 million users and I have to think that's not enough. If they counted the bots they'd be down by 500million I was one of the first to drop out of Facebook seeing it for the cesspool it was and I'm off Instagram now also seeing how mind numbingly addictive that is. Never has a human made more on people's misery than Zuckerberg and seeing his demise will be music to my ears.
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There are some features that Apple does really well. None is better than when you get one of those codes and it lets you paste them directly into the app but this new feature when it recognizes that you are on some endless hold thing and says it will notify you when it's time to pick up. I don't know what happens when the person does pickup and I'm too sacred to try it as I'm obviously desperate enough to stay on hold for thirty minutes but I do like the idea of the tires being turned and the guy at the car dealer service center now being forced to listen to my hold music. (Which would be Master of Puppets at volume 11).
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I always assumed that if there was a purgatory if would look a lot like the Port Authority. Gigantic lines of people hoping to get home that night but knowing there is a mostly equal chance you are going to be sleeping there for eternity with a bunch of crack heads and dudes that smell like days old dried urine. I'm told we should get a new bus terminal sometime in the next twenty years which will be right about when I'm ready to never use public transport for work again
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Old lady Lindsey is at it again. Getting on his knees to pray to the latest alpha male in his life. He used to be obsessed with McCain then he fell for Trump and when he fell, he fell hard. And now, like a decade later he's urging congress to pay for this idiotic ballroom because he's sure daddy will be happy
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It happened overnight, or at least that's what I need to tell myself but I went from being fairly spry and nimble to feeling like I'm Frankenstein when I get up. It's like my entire body has some weird atrophy where nothing moves or bends like it should. I'll sure yoga for Pilates or whatever would help but this feels like it ran me over like a truck.
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I'm not sure why kids in this generation always seem to have close captioning off but sometimes I plop on the couch and don't bother to turn it off. Now I'm watching White Lotus or something and it becomes a chore cause I can't NOT read it. But that is the most ludicrous is when they transpose the "sigh" or the "exhales deeply". Those audible clues are totally able to be heard while you are reading the lame dialogue. Just let me find the stupid button to turn this off Sent from my iPhone
When your master negotiators are Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, you are starting with two outs with bases empty with two strikes against you. It's been two years and these two knuckleheads are like David Spade and Farley in Tommy Boy. I can't trust them to convince me to buy an air filter let alone settle major conflicts or bring peace. If this is the best we got, we're in trouble.
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As a Jet fan, I'm obviously no fan of the Patriots and typically like to see them suffer which has not been a very regular occurrence. With that said, this Mike Vrabel thing is just not that interesting. This is the NFL where we take drunks, drug addicts, murders and other convicted felons and then ask them to beat each other silly. There is no league which has less of a moral leg to stand on than the NFL and adultery is about as tame as it gets in these circles. Fry the dude if you want but then don't root for the rest of the thugs wearing helmets on any given Sunday in September.
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You know there are too many beers out there when they are all trying to one up one another with their latest offering and nothing is worse than artisanal microbrew IPA's. It seems like there are a small handful of adjectives -hazy, fruity, hoppy, cloudy- thy all throw in and the order of them is the only thing that changes. The latest thing is to just call the beers they have the most disgusting thing they can think of including the latest offering by Cap May Brewery called Mop Water.
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There is literally nothing dumber than a radio sports talk host with a hot take. I've listened to more WFAN than I've spent with my own kids but even I will tell you that these guys are about as brain dead as it comes. The latest hot take is that Mamdani ruined the Mets season for hugging Mr Met and it has had the desired effect of getting the entire city in knots trying to either defend it or argue against it. And that is why we are the dumbest country on planet earth
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MAGA is apparently starting to question the Butler shooting which is something we have all been questioning for two years. We know this was staged much like the moon landing and the fact anybody bought into any of it, shows the herd of sheep you all are. At this point we should all accept that we are living in a giant Trump branded TV show and any hope for normalcy died with old man Biden.
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You have got to be kidding me. I'm driving home tonight and am met with a bunch of winter storm watch signs. I've had enough of this winter, we had 70 degree weather this week and now I'm back to looking for my winter coat?? This is a cruel April joke.
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A week ago, the controversy of the day was the TruthSocial post of Trump in his Jesus pose. It's obviously blasphemous but as expected the religious right proved again to have no actually standing in their righteousness. But looking back on the CNN post, I noticed the "apparently AI generated image" tag on the post. The article -and common sense- obviously isn't enough that we have to be told this isn't actually a real image I get the fine print in legal paperwork or even waivers at a bounce house but how litigious have we become that something this obviously fake has legal requiring this. What's next, are we going to put a "not an actual mouse" whenever we watch a Disney movie??
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I walked into the 72nd street Gray Papayas to relive some of the best meals of my youth. There was still a line of people, they were still working on 100 Sabrett's dogs at a time and they sell a bunch of odd island juice, so all intents and purposes, I was back in 1994. It was all very familiar except for the price. Long gone was the recession special, now replaced with the mega deal which was three dogs and a papaya juice for like $13.50. The taste was as amazing as I remembered, the papaya juice is basically just sugar and the hit to my wallet was typical NYC. Come on Mamdani, do something about this pricing travesty.
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Only Trump would be able to get away with saying gas prices aren't very high after it cost me $55 to fill up. We know that telling the truth is not one of his strong points but at this point, we may have to wonder when his MAGA base will see him for the out of touch geriatric he is.
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There is no bigger financial manipulation than what happens to the stock market after every disruption. I'm so sick of looking at the market make its wild swings on the back of the word of a guy who is barely lucid. He speaks out of both sides of his mouth and we hang on his every word like there is a kernel of truth to any of it.
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There is nothing worse than sitting on a bus for over an hour and having some douchbag legs as open as a Dunkin' talking so loudly he's practically screaming on the phone about the big hedge he has against the price of corn or something. I look at this dude and think not only are you wearing those kinds of sneakers which are supposed to look like shoes but you are riding the NJT bus, nobody here thinks you are some high roller.
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Some days he's a warrior, other days a fighter pilot and yet other days he's a solider but nobody seems to shrug when he posts those images online but I will say that the religious right is completely spineless if they let Trump get away with posting AI photos of him as Jesus. I don't care about religion and mostly find it all a complete sham but if this is what you devote yourself to, you can't also allow Trump to urinate all over it with his AI slop. You can't be both a supporter of this and somebody who holds JC in the highest of regards.
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I took the weekend off of the news but when I checked in it seems we decided that if Iran isn't going to open the strait, we will close it. Funny thing is that maybe closing something that is closed might be like double locking it which will drive oil prices even higher and make the economy less stable which you'd think any president would avoid. But when your present has both the complexion and the IQ of a tangerine, all rules are out.
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Nothing quite gets you ready for Pennsylvania . The people are nice enough, we don't much like their sports team and they do have some beautiful spots but when you look around you realize that everybody looks like they are being chocked by a neck tattoo. The level of white trash is partially high in the region but the fact that nobody wears anything resembling a coverup and just lets their rolls loose is empowering. And disgusting.
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I was all in to watch the Artemis II return today but don't think I was quite ready for the wall to wall coverage on CNN. They ran out of anything interesting to talk about after 15 minutes and just drones on and on about the heat shield and the angle of the entry point. They interviewed the brother in law of the captain who was as bland as that sounds and the spent an hour with a toy replica which kept breaking. And then, right when we were about to get our big climax, they kicked Erin Burnett off and moved in Anderson Cooper who may as well have been finished g the play by play of a funeral.
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I can't wait for the Nobel peace prize to be awarded next year and it going to Shehbaz Sharif for brokering peace between the USA and Iran. The beautiful irony of that is going to absolutely kill the orangutan and will likely get him to threaten to drop a nuke on Pakistan but for those first few minutes, his seething anger is going to be glorious. Sent from my iPhone
I wake up every morning at 5AM, throw on my running shoes, a hoodie, a hat, gloves and my blinking vest and hit the streets of my suburban town to run. It's not easy to get up most mornings we make it through but this morning was particularly difficult as the salmon tacos I had last night were not negotiating in good faith with my stomach and I was about to get screwed I make sure I'm well emptied before I head to the street as I don't want any problems, or so I hoped. My left ankle is achy and my left knee hasn't been right since I stepped into a pothole during a run a few weeks back but neither are quite as troubling as my stomach which by mile 3 is has gone from 60% enrichment to 90% fuel. The issue is that I'm not even half way done and I'm not off on some dessert or under a giant mountain and anybody with a knowledge of suburban sprawl will tell you there are very few places to hide. Plus this is my own neighborhood where I know most everybody and dropping a ballistic missile without letting your friends know would be more than a bit wrong. But I luck out, as I'm feeling like I'm going to absolutely boil over, I see an off ramp in the form of a porta potty at a construction site right next to a friend's house. With no time to waste and in the pitch dark I am met with blessed luck as there is no lock on the door, so I run in drop onto the seat snd pray to the good lord as the fury the likes nobody has ever seen before took shape. The sounds from that porta potty was akin to the howls of innocent women and children being slaughtered. I'm sure there will be an international inspectors checking out that nuclear site from now on but I'm just happy we didn't accidentally start WWIII. Sent from my iPhone
We knew it would happen, we knew he couldn't resist being a total jackass. It's time for the cabinet to do their job and invoke their ability to oust him or to get congress to do theirs. We're trying to not get worked up on this TACO crap but also when people's lives are at stake, we can't stay silent. But mostly this incident proves he's just a gigantic impotent flaccid loser who is now just stuck trying to outdo himself and nobody even cares anymore. Put him out to pasture and let's get back to business of governance and stop this fun little game of letting grandpa near the fireplace
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It seems like half the world is on some kind of weight loss drug and now that they are in pill form, I suspect the other half will follow. I'm all for living the healthiest lifestyle but am getting nervous that with every celebrity on them now, there aren't any really people left for our kids to look up to. We've gone to a place where we aren't representing who we are as a society and are now just a saggy faced, flaccid body having? miserable looking culture devoid of any emotion. Those Charles Barkley commercials make him look like a muscle less sack of potatoes. It's like he looks less healthy being less heavy. This is winning.
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