Just A Question About Landmark Credit Union AND American Family Insurance

Aren't these two institutions in business to help people manage their finances with a minimum of risk and expense? So why are they buying naming rights to public arenas and music venues? Couldn't they use that money to lower insurance rates and bank fees instead?

Trump Got The Jab!

 

Donald Trump

After all the hubbub by President Pedo and Secretary Brain Worms about hos unsafe vaccines are, Trump took off for his second annual physical in less than six months, the Orange Sphincter got both a flu shot and a COVID vaccine.  

But like all Republicans, this regime is nothing if not hypocritical.

In related news, Trump also had a brain scan which came back negative, meaning they couldn't even find his final brain cell.

Breaking News That The White House Missed, Bigly! According to Conde Nast Traveler:

The number one BIG city in the US is CHICAGO! And number four? PORTLAND OR. Hardly the stuff of war zones, aina?  and Washington DC is number six.

BTW: Milwaukee is #3

Go figure!

Van Orden Praises Dear Leader For Imaginary Feats

 The Orange Sphincter had always wanted to do away with WIC, the program that helps provide food for families in need.  And his shut down of the government gave him the opportunity to do so for good.  But when enough people clamored enough to get through his dementia-addled brain, Orange promised to fund WIC through his tariffs.

Rep Drunken Van Orden thought that was great and promptly got to kissing some orange booty:

Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump took action to ensure the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program remains funded during the ongoing government shutdown

“When I was serving overseas as an active-duty Navy SEAL, my wife, Sara Jane, and I used WIC to help feed our kids. We know exactly how much that support means to working families

“Democrats shut down the government to protect healthcare for illegal aliens, leaving American families to bear the cost. President Trump is once again leading where Democrats have failed. I thank President Trump for his leadership and for always putting America first. It’s time for Democrats to stop holding the American people hostage to their radical agenda and do the same.”

Ah, how wonderful, if only Trump could do that, but he can't.  He doesn't have the authority to do that: As Chris Walker - yes, THAT Chris Walker - points out, Trump is blowing smoke up everyone's ass:

At issue, too, is whether the administration has the legal authority to send tariff-derived funds to WIC at all. As outlined by the Constitution, Congress, not the president, is empowered to determine where taxes may go, with other branches of government forbidden from doing so.

Presidents are allowed to disburse some executive branch funds through the use of executive orders, but those, too, require some level of congressional authorization. The tariffs enacted by Trump — which are viewed by many economists to be a tax on consumers — have not explicitly been directed to help pay for WIC.

Now, I have little doubt that Trump doesn't know what's going on.  He's just doing what Stephen Miller tells him to do. 

Sadly, DVO doesn't have a clue either.  Even if he wasn't drunk so much of the time, he isn't exactly the smartest man in the room, even if he was the only person in said room. 

Federal Employees Need To Take A Lesson From France: IT IS TIME FOR A GENERAL STRIKE

Every damn one of you. Just agree that all of you walk off at a particular hour and refuse to return to work until the shutdown is over. Done. 

Why Does Congress and the President Still Get Paid During A Federal Government Shutdown?

Seriously. There are distinct rules around who has to work and who gets paid during a federal government shutdown.

Those federal employees deemed non-essential are laid off and don't get any compensation for the time that they don't work.

Essential federal employees are furloughed...meaning they still have to work but don't get paid until the shutdown is over. At that point, they get back pay for the time worked during the shutdown. These would include TSA, air traffic controllers, the FBI and such.

BUT Congress and the President still get paid.. WTF? considering that they are the actual cause of the shutdown. They are the ones who aren't doing their jobs. It isn't the federal employees who are at fault here. They are just pawns in the game. So why is Congress and the President still getting paid? And they are the ones who need the money least, right??

So first, vote ALL of the a**holes out and then demand that the new Congress vote to deny themselves pay or even back pay for a federal government shutdown in the future.

 

Pete Hegseth Fires General Mills and General Motors From The Pentagon

 for not being able to meet his new fitness requirements...

Boycott Palmyra, Wisconsin

Paul Blount, head of Palmyra's public safety department, wants to collaborate with the ICEtapo and turn the city's police into stormtroopers:

It goes beyond other local law enforcement agencies' cooperation agreements with ICE, which deal with people already in jail. The other models generally allow jails to hold inmates for 72 hours beyond the time state law would require them to be released to give ICE time to pick them up. Fourteen Wisconsin county sheriff's offices have a version of those jail agreements in place.

The task force model was previously in place but came under fire for racial profiling concerns and civil rights violations. In 2012, the Obama administration suspended the task force model after, among other incidents, an investigation found that Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies in Arizona were four to nine times more likely to pull over Latino drivers than non-Latino drivers.

In reality, Palmyra is a hodunk town with only 1,700 people, which means they probably have one diner,  a couple of gas stations and ten bars.  There's no reason to go there, much less spend money there.  And that last thing a good, patriotic American would want to do his support a bunch of Nazi wannabes.

So Why Aren't All Of These People Flaming Liberals?

The plaint from the right has been that our universities indoctrinate our students with liberal left wing woke ideology. If college professors were that skilled at indoctrination the first thing they'd enforce is showing up for class everyday and then putting down phones during lectures. But I digress. 

And the lead hecklers are:   and why aren't THEY flaming liberals

Donald Trump : University of Pennsylvania

Donald Trump Jr. : University of Pennsylvania

JD Vance :  Ohio State University

Pam Bondi : University of Florida

Pete Hegseth : Princeton University

Marco Rubio : University of Miami

Scott Bessent : Yale University

Kristi Noem : South Dakota State University 

Linda McMahon : East Carolina University

Ted Cruz : Harvard Law School

Mike Johnson :  Louisiana State University

John Thune : University of South Dakota

You get the picture?
Yes, we see!

By the way, if this is such a nefarious controversy, why is Barron Trump attending a branch of New York University?

I Would Suspect, One Thing We Can ALL Agree On Is The Value Of Cancer Research, So WHY?

is the Trump administration shutting down nearly all cancer research in this country? I mean he's all about Warring on things, right?

I am not going to ramble on about this but instead just simply share this NY Times article on the subject:

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

 

Trump At 911 Memorial: This is a man having a stroke:

This was brought to my attention by a microbiologist friend: they are suggesting that this is a man having a small stroke:

stroke or not, this is not a healthy individual...another White House cover-up?

Trump Said He Went Out To Dinner Because It Was Now Safe in DC! Bullshit:

 he went out to dinner in DC because he could finally get a reservation at the near empty restaurant.

From The President of the United States? And the Republicans don't think they have a mental health issue??

 I was just going to leave this one alone but it's picking up steam on social media.

So the President of the United States not only wants to occupy an American city but actually is declaring war on it? 

P.S. some veterans are also finding fault with this as stolen valor.

Epstein's Survivors' List

 President Pedo lousy, miserable, no damn good term just got worse.  Despite all his witness tampering, his con games, his threatening congressmen and congresswomen in his effort to keep the Epstein list from becoming public, there was one major factor he forgot - the vicitms:

"Epstein's reach went to the very top of fashion, arts and entertainment," Phillips said. "This did not just happen to underage girls in Florida, in New York City, hundreds of young, ambitious women were abused by him. Epstein was not just a serial predator, he was an international human trafficker, and many around him knew. Many participated and many profited and yet he was protected, so I stand here today for every woman who has been silenced, exploited and dismissed. We are not asking for pity, we are here demanding accountability, and I'm demanding justice. Congress must choose: Will you continue to protect predators or will you finally protect survivors."

"Also, I would like to announce here today, us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list," she added. "We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. Now, together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know who regularly and who were regularly in the Epstein world, and it will be done by survivors and for survivors. No one else is involved. Stay tuned for more details."

It's already pretty obvious that Trump is in poor health, from the cankles to the bruises on his hands to his prolonged abscences.  I'm sure that all this stress can't be helping him.  

Then again, his victims are struggling, too. I feel as bad for him as he feels for them.

Our National Guard At Work In DC! Yes it's a sarcastic take stolen from social media:

 

This one isn't as funny as the photo I saw yesterday where the Guardsman was in a camo uniform and a bright orange visibility vest....