The Frankish Reich

So now it sounds like they're putting together some red, white, and Blue washing deal where Larry Ellison skims off some TikTok money in exchange for an official ownership of US operations while bytedance retains operational control

My undisputed champion of the depressing yet beautiful song.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5375717-trump-temporary-pass-migrant-farm-hotel-workers/

Notice that what he’s really saying is that Trump has no idea what this bill actually does. It’s almost as if he’s a bronzed auto pen.

Alaska is exempt from the Medicaid cuts. Because, umm, we need Murkowski’s vote? that’s the way to drain that swamp!

People who rightly rip the NBA for blackballing Enes Freedom Kanter should be able to understand what Hasek is saying.

Except that he didn’t. His final projection was a probable Trump win.

I seem to remember a time when our Tarheel friend followed the Bills to London and then spent several days there posting insults on this very forum. Literally nothing better to do in the greatest city in the world.

Agree. I don’t know if he’s a gang member, a guy paying off his own debt to the smugglers who brought him, or the most wonderful family man in the world. I do know that the petty vindictiveness here is just bizarre. But sadly par for the course for the most petty and vindictive man in the world.

I used to laugh - I’ll admit it, still do - at things like the Norm MacDonald take on “pride” in enjoying the genitalia of another. I think I realized “pride” simply means “we’re not embarrassed to admit who we are.” And maybe I needed a parade or two to get it.

As Mencken defined it: “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be having a good time."

I walked passed (actually through) our pride parade today. I saw a lot of happy people enjoying themselves in a pretty wholesome way. Honestly, other than the flags they had (and one float for some kind of Halloween haunted house thing), it could've been the 4th of July. Beautiful summer day, happy people. I'm sure you'd fine something to complain about. Enjoy being miserable.

If you want to truly understand how petty, how vindictive, how personal all of this is: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/28/star-witness-against-kilmar-abrego-garca-was-due-be-deported-now-hes-being-freed/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUxMDgzMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUyNDY1NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTEwODMyMDAsImp0aSI6ImVkZTBmMDcyLWEyOTEtNGU5Zi04NGIwLWY5YzdiZGYwMmQxYiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI1LzA2LzI4L3N0YXItd2l0bmVzcy1hZ2FpbnN0LWtpbG1hci1hYnJlZ28tZ2FyY2Etd2FzLWR1ZS1iZS1kZXBvcnRlZC1ub3ctaGVzLWJlaW5nLWZyZWVkLyJ9._Nch735ocr9BypFYB3Xw3tJUhhZe5g2iCY6LIT4QPPA The administration is releasing a 3-time convicted felon who was set to be deported to get his testimony against Abrego-Garcia. It is commonplace to give small-time crooks this kind of benefit to go after the bigger fish. This is ass backwards. They are letting the more serious offender go free (and avoid deportation) in order to get revenge on a stupid schmuck who had the bad luck of being illegally deported due to an "administrative error." All of this just to avoid saying, "oops, we made a mistake."

Did Jack Poso provide a link to the video of those two high-agency males going at it? Can I access that link in Texas without providing age verification? I hope you used the last few weeks to get edumacated.

A rare point of agreement between Mayor Bass and President Trump.