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Generally, I suppose no one should have expected the Trump administration powered by vibes and incessant insecure masculinity to be competent or efficient.

Damn the USA sucks and anyone who downplayed the dangers of Trump sure does look like a moron now, well toodles.

This is correct; I was, and kind of still am, a Packers fan, even though I don't follow the NFL at all anymore. I always cheer for the local sports team unless they are playing my actual favorite teams, but that goes for all team sports. The Madden and Tecmo Bowl games were the reason for my early Packers fandom, if anyone is wondering why the Packers. They had Sterling Sharpe and he could catch anything in those games and little kid me wanted to be a wide receiver. When I was a kid in AZ, everyone hated the Cardinals because they chose to be a city team rather than a state team, though they later rectified that. The Cowboys fans always outnumbered the Cardinals fans in my little corner of southern Arizona.

our prejudice against stoopid and incompetence made us dubious about the effectiveness o' a hegsteh department of war and a jeanine pirro US attorney for dc. doge were charlie fox before it even started as the potential fraud and waste literal could not amount to the trillions o' dollars claimed and the notion that "big balls," would be able to fix US spending problems had us rolling our eyes. usaid is gone and hundreds of thousands o' people is dead 'cause o' the end o' such funding with projections o' fourteen million dead by 2030 if nothing changes. the civil rights division o' doj had ~400 lawyers in various offices working in december 2024. less than half those folks remain after mass resignations. trump's sh!t coin scam has generated billions in wealth for his family-- now try tell us that were donald's idea. the republican party is open welcoming overt antisemites such as nick fuentes and candice owens into the fold, while simultaneous the trump administration used claims the major universities failed to protect jewish students during the recent israel-gaza protests to cut funding to those schools. the overall effort o' trump 2.0 to kneecap law firms, universities and media groups has been far more effective than we thought possible given how empty the administration's legal threats were/are. cecot etc. we keep underestimating the administration. keep in mind, is Gromnir who since 2017 has been warning that the traditional legal and institutional guardrails don't apply to trump. joe rogan's 2025 and 2026 epiphanies regarding the trump administration's authoritarian efforts would be amusing if joe's willful ignorance for years weren't part o' the reason we are needing suffer each new trump administration effort to outdo their previous high watermark for cruelty. unlike rogan, we saw this coming and predicted it, but am nevertheless surprised by the amount o' pain trump has been able to cause given the reality o' the people running the sh!t show. paul ingrassia is the kinda guy trump has brought in to implement project 2025. these people are clowns who is living and breathing expressions grievance who somehow manage to be utter incompetent in spite o' the fact project 2025 spent four years looking for the ideal people to implement the regime change? jeanine box-of-wine pirro and her efforts to prosecute sandwich guy and investigate jerome powell, has been entertaining 'cause she is so inept, but don't forget that she is quietly preventing any number of investigations and is otherwise effective destroying one o' the most important prosecutor offices in the country. trump 2.0 is incompetent and inefficient to a degree previously unimagined for a Presidential administration. and? HA! Good Fun!

Because this is a farce. Right now the GOP is trying everything they can to push all blame on Clinton, while Trump stays out of this. I believe they said the same, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now. And they are not wrong. The current approach to this thing is ridiculous and insulting. They release whatever suits their narrative while scrubbing Trumps name out of everything. They are very clearly biased.

Well ##### certainly achieved his goal of taking J. Epstein out of the headlines this weekend, although B. Clinton may bring it back.

Most important thing in the trade deal is that coffee price should drop. I am am willing to let farmers to lose their livelihood for cheaper coffee

Tiffany? Who's Tiffany? Also: I miss American Bandstand, silly dancing and lip syncing and all. I remember seeing this on the old tubeTV back then and I'm pretty sure I have it recorded on VHS tape in a closet somewhere. Famous film composer Danny Elfman used to dance funny, hehe. It's how we saw our fave bands outside of in-person live concerts, back then. Now YT over-saturates us all. But at least it also lets us nostalgia.

am realizing that our favorite enameled cast iron cookware is staub. staub is not manufactured noteworthy superior to le creuset or even lodge. staub doesn't offer superior color options or a better aesthetic design approach... though am gonna admit we like the staub knob replacements nope. the reason am having decided after many decades to finally commit to team staub is 'cause o' the black enamel interior. our ocd means am spending ridiculous time attempting the impossible: keeping white enamel on a braiser or dutch oven stain free. black enamel don't show those minor color stains. staub wins. that said, if you want good enamel cast iron cookware, lodge is fantastic and costs a fraction o' staub or le creuset... or you could just buy all o' 'em 'cause you are stoopid and got some kinda weird illness when it comes to chef knives and dutch ovens. we got eight enameled dutch ovens in the 5-7qt range alone. am collecting dutch ovens, enameled and naked, and am admitting we go to estate sales with the sole purpose o' looking for old dutch ovens and butcher blocks... as well as the good PYREX glassware 'cause am still missing a couple lids to complete a golden sunflower daisy set. HA! Good Fun!

A GoFundMe for the fallen warrior is up

I could be misremembering (as it's been a few years), but I believe ShadySands was more of a Packers fan than a Broncos, but he's also more or less stopped watching the NFL. This was probably the least I've been interested in the NFL in the past decade (I only caught about half of the Packers games and really didn't watch much else), but it's probably less to do with the NFL itself for me, and more to do with sports just not being a super compelling method of escapism for me this year.

other than chargers v. pats, the playoff games has been highly entertaining. @ShadySandslikely doesn't wanna jinx by commenting, but the ten year playoff win drought for the broncos could end if they beat the team which knocked 'em out 31-7 last year-- the buffalo bills. 49rs v seahawks also looks like a fun contest with baked in drama given the two previous meetings this year... akin to packers v. bears. color us shocked, but am genuine interested in nfl football this post season. huzzah. HA! Good Fun!

Clippy RPG confirmed

Tim Cain is back at Obsidian!

That nerve destroying op for hubby's lower spine is now on the horizon. Just waiting for a booking opening to open up. Doc says there's 3 vertebrae that are the "worst" but 5 total are problematic so they're going to do all 5. And if THAT doesn't help him, it's down to the spinal-fusion thing, which is a lot more dubious re: could get better, could not, could actually be worse (and just like with the nerves, can't reverse it). Don't know if we'll stay over night in the area or not, depends on time of day (3-4 hr drive). Maybe just rent a room for a few hours of rest/traffic avoidance first.