The current second Trump administration: a compendium of horrors

Attribution for that line goes back at least to Queen Victoria

Safari can’t open it.

I’ve been irritated by his use of the royal"we" since before the second coming :nauseated_face: I winced when actually he used it in response to questions about the king comparison. Dolt.

Royale - I suspect this is a reference to the Canadian toilet paper brand. If, not, it should be.

aawwww…

The implication being, the toilet paper is as soft on your bunghole as this cute, fuzzy little critter?

Why wouldn’t I cut out the middle man and just wipe myself with a kitten, then?

So a bear and a rabbit are taking a shit in the woods . . .

Because kittens aren’t flushable? They tend to clog up drains something fierce.

Also, their cute little claws are still sharp.

Well, don’t flush it then. Cats clean themselves, right? Just keep a few around and reuse 'em as necessary.

You’re a genius! I was being too literal. D’oh! :man_facepalming:

Lotta people keep a little wicker basket next to the toilet full of reading material. Just get a suitable basket with a lid and keep a dozen kittens in there. Replace as necessary as they grow up.

Except for those sharp little claws, that’s a brilliant idea. They need to be 4-6 weeks old to have learned to clean themselves, though.

I have read no mention of Section 889 of the Big Beautiful Bill yet; it has had some coverage in the European business press.

Here is a writeup by an accounting firm:

https://www.grantthornton.com/insights/alerts/tax/2025/insights/unpacking-section-899-the-unfair-foreign-tax-rule

To me these provisions, if enacted, send a clear signal to European and other foreign companies and investors: Do not invest in US assets. Do not build plants in the US.

(an aside: I have now learned that the act’s official designation is “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.
How can a legislator introduce or promote such legislation without perishing of embarrassment? That’s the language of young children.)

In other words, exactly at the level of most MAGAs

Hard not to see early signs of “and so it begins” in this.

(Click thru for linked news story.)

I predict the RW CTers will immediately label the fake cop a false flag op by leftists to discredit law enforcement.

This is real. There was a statement from Tim Walz and CNN has started putting together a story.

? When did I suggest it wasn’t real?

You didn’t. This was more in response to some of the early Twitter posts saying that major news organizations had not picked up the story yet. Now they have. My comment had nothing to do with you, just that there’s now confirmation from reliable sources on the kind of story that very early reports sometimes get wrong. That was all.

Democratic Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in the shootings. Democratic Senator John Hoffman and his wife were injured.

But do tell me that the anti-ICE protestors are the real threat to our country.

Rep. Melissa Hortman killed, Sen. John Hoffman shot in 'targeted' shootings: Sources | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul