What he’s saying is that he’s basically going to pay people to stay home and take drugs. Not too different than the Carter years, really.

Take lots of pictures!

So far I’ve sent Dick Van Patten, Andy Dick, and Dick York…

One thing that occurred to me last night… I think there is a generation of kids out there now who know the Weird Al parodies better than the original songs… White & Nerdy achieved a lot more commercial success than Ridin’ Dirty… and kids that only heard American Pie a couple of times in their life can sing The Saga Begins by heart…

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It was rather generous.

Yeah we had a real drop in life expectancy in the early part of this decade due to overdoses.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/22/how-much-army-spent-june-parade-trump/85324989007/ Price tag came up to $30 million, not including "the cost of the parade's significant security requirements, including for the Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, FBI and local police personnel to secure a chunk of downtown Washington and monitor possible threats."

RIP. I saw him with Black Sabbath in 1978 just before he got kicked out of the band - it was their 10 year anniversary tour. The backing band was Van Halen!. It was easily the loudest gig I've ever been to, although it was my first one so maybe that affected the memory a little.

The Nats just fired their GM and coach, too. You know, you have to be the cream of the crop to even get to the big leagues, so I can see how any team can win any given day… usually it’s the teams that learn base hits are better than HR swings, and if they can get 2-3 strong starting pitchers… that’ll usually get them far into the post season.

https://x.com/sarahlongwell25/status/1947765596029878643?s=46

@jon-nyc My understanding is that Hoover was personally more engaged with and always more focused on the threat from the various tentacles of the Kremlin and the Comintern than any threats posed from fascist Europe or Imperial Japan. He tended to steer the latter back to the military authorities whenever possible.

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It’s not just direct costs of tariffs, it included charges for shuttering plants in CA and MX and laying off workers in Michigan. From AP: Stellantis, the maker of Jeep and Ram vehicles, says its preliminary estimates show a 2.3 billion euros ($2.68 billion) net loss in the first half of the year due to U.S. tariffs and some hefty charges. The automaker anticipates an impact of about 300 million euros for net tariffs incurred, and also expects planned production losses related to implementing its response plan. The automaker provided preliminary financial figures on Monday after suspending financial guidance in April due to Trump’s tariffs. It also halted production at plants in Canada and Mexico in response to a 25% tax on imported cars, and it temporarily laid off 900 workers at plants in Michigan and Indiana. Stellantis expects approximately 3.3 billion euros ($3.84 billion) of pretax net charges mostly related to program cancellation costs and platform impairments, restructuring and the net impact of costs related to emission standards. Automakers have been penalized if the average fuel economy of their annual fleet of vehicle production exceeds a certain level.

NYPD is using drones to detect and stop ‘subway surfing’. https://x.com/nycmayor/status/1947663822405111856?s=46

I finally perfected the art of turning yarn into alcohol. I knit you shot.

@jon-nyc said in Hey, bring back Jolly too!!: 500 restautants, one menu. What? They all try to please the one Dear Leader? Sounds very Socialist.