Wild Horses

That's right, America's symbol of freedom, the wild Mustangs of the West; get 'em by the thousands for pennies on the dollar- perfect for someone's dining room table, all thanks to... 
Great American Orange Man!

Anyone Get Their Check Yet?

That finger is pointing at me as much as anyone else (look closely and
it's the wrong finger anyway...)     Photo: © Stan B.

              

No, not the usual (if that's the case) income tax refund, I'm talking the $5,000 stimulus check from the DOGE dividend- ya know, the heaps and heaps of money we saved from all those well thought out DOGE cuts.* Or, the $2,000 tariff dividend refund- anyone see one of those?!? Well, I've said it before- at least we have $2.00 gas!** And on the lucky day when I do get those checks- I'm donating them straight back to his Big, Beautiful Ballroom- ya know, the $200 Million, $400 Million, $1BILLION that's uhhh... not gonna cost us one-red-cent!!!***

*A study published in The Lancet in July 2025 projects over 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030 due to cuts in foreign aid. Specific cuts to the president's Malaria Initiative are projected to cause 107,000 deaths in a single year, while funding freezes to initiatives like PEPFAR could cause over 780,000 deaths in one year.

**Gas is currently $6.16 per gallon Regular in CA.

*** "To date, the White House has presented no evidence to suggest that the project will be largely financed by the president. Similarly, there’s no available information about why Trump sought so many private donations if he’s “putting up $400 million” toward construction."

1 Sick Mo-Fo!

Photo: © Stan B.

And now... DEMENTED! Woulda made a swell campaign slogan. Meanwhile- we won, we've almost won, we're winning like no one has ever seen before, in numbers no one has ever heard of, like no one would believe!

Yeah, we have seen this before- countless times before. We went in, promised to pull out fast, and didn't- now we want out, they want us to be responsible, we say not our problem, they say that's why we're making it your problem, and... here we are- AGAIN!

Lied into another fuckin' war, for no good reason whatsoever- with no way out... no way out while saving face, that is. And there's no way we can admit that: Iran wasn't two weeks from having... The Bomb (as Bibi's been claiming since- The Nineties) and that they weren't going to attack us the very next day as we slept if we didn't strike first! Lies only the dumbest of the dumb (spelled M-A-G-A) would even remotely entertain. And there's no way we coulda killed over a hundred schoolgirls on our first day, because, well, because we didn't- and the investigation we promised and we'll never have will prove us right... just-you-wait! 

And after we win (again), it's on to Cuba, and Greenland, and then finally- goddamn fuckin' Canada!

I said this guy was One Sick Fuck and to invoke the 25th when he started spouting off about having more people at his inauguration than Obama just days into his first term. One massive, indisputable Reddest of The Red Flags that this guy was... 1 SICK Mother-Fucker!!! And he's still Cryin' about it to this very week- now adding that he had even more people than MLK did in DC! And the only respite we get from this repetitive cycle of psycho war rhetoric and nostalgic personal inanities is when he regales us with tales of his personally handpicked drapes and golden Oval Office knick-knackery which eventually lulls him into his peaceful afternoon REM sleep as his Cabinet looks nervously about as daddy drools in the public eye. 

Fuck the dead Iranian school girls he killed a few weeks ago, Fuck the girls he and his Best Bud of Fifteen years had their way with years ago...

Taxes And Uhmm... Fraud

The Tesla corporation (along with another 87 of the largest corporations) paid $0 in federal income tax in 2025, despite making a collective $105 Billion profit. Did you pay nothing?

Meanwhile, the Dept. of Defense has never passed an audit and is currently asking for $1.5 Trillion... with at least $10 Billion of confirmed fraud. Anyone remember The Fraud Called DOGE that went well outta its way to cut AIDS prevention meds for thousands, many of them babies, while not touching or ever even considering one precious penny from our military!

Addendum: This is what taxes should look like!

A World Of Hurt Of Our Own Making...

This is the best analysis of the Iran debacle I've heard (by a retired US Colonel), period. Apparently, we asked Iran if they wanted to cry uncle (seems we're already running low on missiles), and they replied... "Wha...?!? You just started this party and ya wanna go home already- we came to dance!" Is this how the empire finally crashes with our crazed emperor incoherently slurring his way through yet another speech transitioning from war casualties to... his beautiful, personally hand picked, gold drapes? WTF!?! And I don't think our (former) allies will come rushing to our aid in our hour of need after we've done nothing but shit on 'em for a whole year. As the good colonel explains, the longer Iran lasts- the weaker we look, and China, Russia, North Korea are looking on and getting ideas as we flail about looking for a quick exit excuse to declare... 'Victory!' Regime change doesn't fall from the sky.

Epstein Who?

Photo: © Stan B.

Now, I ain't ever met a theocracy I liked, but Iran had already agreed not to produce nukes; so Trump upped the ante and demanded they give up their ballistic missiles too, leaving themselves basically defenseless and open to attack by someone like say... Israel, who did exactly that (again) the previous evening, allowing Big Brother Trump to come in and discombobulate after he done obliterate. We good?

"Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen."   -Donnie J!

Debate 101

I've noticed how people often assume that those who are articulate are also, by nature... intelligent. And while both those qualities can, in fact, exist in tandem (perhaps more often than not), they can also exist very much apart! Rush Limbaugh was articulate (or perhaps I should just say he had a way with words), as is Charlie Kirk- today's version of the latter. I find it hard to choose which one more despicable. But today's version of a Conservative "Master Debater," as seemingly sure footed as he is when 'debating' college kids (rarely does he challenge full fledged adults or experts in any field), is far from an even mediocre thinker when it comes to actual intellect. He merely relies on the traditional con man's rhetorical bag o' tricks along with: a rapid fire cadence, continuous shifting of the goal posts, false flags and projection. People unfamiliar with said tactics can often mistake his shrewd, double dealing, whirlwind of verbosity with actual intelligence. Far from it... 

For those interested (I found it fascinating) here's a deep dive into Ol' Charlie's magic bag of rhetorical jive:

Cabal Of Depravity

This fifteen minute dive is by no means an all encompassing synopsis, but it details the depths of depravity that were the Trump/Epstein symbiosis- presented by the most noteworthy journalist (and Presbyterian minister) Chris Hedges. 

Fun/Not Fun...

Conspiracies are fun because you can always make of them whatever you want, use them however you want, to whatever end you want. Take a couple of facts, mix generously with the rumors and innuendo that fits your political and personal needs and... Voila- instant 'proof' that can never be disproven, because neither can it ever be verified!

Unless, unless... someone actually does, in fact, come up with the mythological, irreproachable, put up or shut up goods- the golden, once in a lifetime opportunity to lay it all out on the line for all to see! How often does that happen? Miracle of Miracles, BEHOLD- Upon yonder desk! The Epstein Files- The Golden Fleece, The Holy Grail, and The Big Kahuna all wrapped up into one neat pile on Blondie's Desk!!! 

So why is it that the people Most certain, Most demanding, Most SCREAMING, now say... Nah! It's all good- No worries... WE don't even wanna talk it no more- not that we ever did anyways.........

Yeah, I'm sure there's plenty a Democratic pervert in those files... Mucho, starting with Clinton. Plenty of Republicans and non partisan types as well. But Blondie didn't act on her own, she takes her marching orders from the guy upstairs, the guy who was Epstein's Very Best Bud for over ten years, the guy who is documented on the flight logs of the Lolita Express no fewer than seven (7) times, the guy who journalist Michael Wolff has publicly stated is in pictures (that Epstein showed him) with three topless, underaged girls and "a stain" on his pants- but that's just a vicious lie!!! Hhmmm... Then why hasn't Mr. Trump, who just loves to sue at the drop of a hat, ever sued him- even though he's repeated the assertion in just about every venue possible!

And now, Congressional Republicans have officially voted NOT to pursue it further. Meanwhile, Herr Trump desperately searches for the next talking point to divert the attention of those in the Magaverse that are finally starting to question, maybe even starting to doubt... And the girls, now women, who were used, abused and discarded are once again made to feel as Ghislaine Maxwell once described them, "they're like used tissues." 

As We Cut...

Photo: © Stan Banos

...Medicaid, we also eliminate life saving foreign aid that could forfeit as many as 14 MILLION lives worldwide (while costing less than 1% of our total budget) and- increase our military budget by... $157 B-B-BILLION!!!

Happy No Kings Holiday Weekend!

All Photos: © Stan Banos

The one thing, the only thing that a Trump presidency is good for, are the added photo ops made possible by the increase in protests and public participation. This weekend, I'll personally be recalling and recounting the inspiring tales of derring-do involving our brave American patriots who liberated our airports during the Revolutionary War!

     

All Photos: © Stan Banos

Only the real Spiderman wears sandals!

All Photos: © Stan Banos

So Maybe We Don't Care About...

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The hundreds of African babies who are now condemned with AIDS because DOGE cut the funding for the drugs that would have prevented their infection- aid money that (in total) was well below ONE (1) Fucking Percent of the total US budget.

Do we even care about the American deaths that DOGE has caused?!? Or should I even question that American lives are always Paramount in the eyes of the Christian God? How'd that go about... "doing for the least of these?"

Pete Hegseth Is A DUI Hire

 Best comment I've read all week!

DOGE Is Well Beyond Dodgy

Photo: © Stan Banos

I come from a time when Republicans would literally turn red expressing their supposed hatred of anything... Russia! Ever since someone took over however, all things, all the time seem to somehow, someway lead there. DOGE cut necessary governmental jobs and positions, collected our private, personal and financial  information and opened doors for our foreign adversary to walk on through. Whether you take the long way (18:56) or the short...

As I Was Saying...

Let's not restrict corruption solely to bribery!

6:20! - 6:20! - 6:20!

 This is idiocy, stupidity and just plain insanity rolled into one- and its name is... TRUMP!

Seriously, in a sane world, this would not be allowed to exist.

And if the joke wasn't on us- it'd be funny as hell!

Trump Blames DC Crash On Diversity

Yes, of course, this crash can only be blamed on DEI, that is clearly self evident for all to see- seems the Biden admin purposely installed those affected with "severe intellectual and/or emotional disabilities" in charge of things like... air traffic control- simply for the sake of diversity! Can you believe it- can anyone? More on FOX News...

So, if we're keeping count- Trump got rid of the pandemic response team in his first term (that didn't have any consequences), and he's now gotten rid of the air safety committee in his second...

Addendum: And it gets crazier still...

A Horse Is A Horse...

"During the hearings Hegseth repeatedly said he was going to defend the meritocracy," Brooks writes. In what kind of meritocracy is being a Fox TV host preparation for being secretary of defense? Maybe in the one Caligula fancied when he contemplated making his horse a consul."

The Pride Of The Republic!

I hope every Conservative pastor, every Republican civic leader and parent throughout the land proudly shows this clip to their family and children; for this is what the very meaning of "presidential" looks like- someone whose actions, behavior and temperament are a model of what we all aspire to, what we all can and hopefully should be when life takes its inevitable toll and we rise to show what we are truly like in the face of the most audacious adversity imaginable. This is the character, the moral fortitude of the man they seek to lead them, their family... their nation!

Monuments Befitting The Man

He's always had "the very best words" emanating from his "very, very large brain" (yes, a grown 'adult' actually talks like that). And now he finally has the monuments befittingly commemorating his astounding achievements...