This early boomer does too.
Smapti
December 11, 2025, 11:56pm
503
“Yeet” is the opposite of “yoink”, which is a great example of intergenerational slang synergy.
Smapti
December 12, 2025, 12:18am
504
Trump hasn’t heard of his own nominee.
Q: Do you think the Senate should confirm your nominee for Religious Freedom Ambassador, Mark Walker?
TRUMP: Well, I don't know. I mean, I've heard good things. Did something come up?
Q: Well, he was nominated in April
Reporter asks questions about AI, Trump responds by rambling about nuclear
“Nobody knows what 8% is”
Trump would probably be ecstatic if the Venezuelans shot down the planes – casus belli for the win!
Smapti
December 12, 2025, 1:23am
506
AP/NORC plll puts Trump’s approval/disapproval rating at 36/61, mirroring the Gallup poll two weeks ago.
Smapti
December 12, 2025, 1:49am
507
Trump seems to have trouble remembering that he’s married to his wife and her son is also his son.
Trump on his wife's legislative initiative: "I just heard about that for the first time. The only thing I can tell you, I know one thing for sure, it's going to be great for children. I don't know what it is she's doing. She loves children. She's got...
I wonder how many times he’s called her “Ivanka” or “Marla” lately.
Or “mommy”.
Monty
December 12, 2025, 2:05am
508
From @Smapti post
I’ll take two for the win on that.
Me too! I use it occasionally with inner chuckles and enjoyment.
Flying the two U.S. F-18 fighter jets unauthorised into Venezuelan airspace is casus belli . If the US had tried the same cavalier maneuver with DPRK, what do you reckon would be the consequence?
smithsb
December 12, 2025, 3:34am
512
They, the aircraft, were not in Venezuelan airspace. The gulf they flew around has Venezuelan territory on three sides but has room to maneuver without crossing the boundaries. For more in depth see:
Actually, 6 times 9 is 42.
Monty
December 12, 2025, 5:22am
514
Rip van Simple issues a pardon for a state crime.
WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump issued what amounts to a symbolic “pardon” of Tina Peters , a former Republican county clerk in Colorado imprisoned for letting someone access data from a secure voting system in an effort to prove baseless 2020 election denial conspiracies.
Trump announced the “pardon” of Peters in a Dec. 11 post on X. However, Peters ‒ who remains the only Trump ally in prison for crimes related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election ‒ was convicted on state charges. Trump’s pardon power as president only extends to federal charges, meaning Peters will remain in prison and her conviction stands.
“Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social . “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the ‘crime’ of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!”
Trump’s statement came after a federal magistrate judge on Dec. 8 rejected a bid by the 69-year-old Peters to be released from prison as she appeals her 2024 state conviction.
Of course they were relentless in prosecuting her, you moron. She’s a criminal, just like you .
Gold chart, bold chart, First chart he tweets tonight, He claims he’s won, he claims he’s right,and that’s why America’s so bright.
President Trump delivered a message Tuesday evening aimed at the millions of Americans struggling to afford daily necessities , saying his administration is “crushing” inflation and that “prices are coming down tremendously.” Economic data tells a different story.
Prices have edged higher for much of Mr. Trump’s first year back in the White House, with inflation in September rising at an annual rate of 3% (the most recent available inflation data because of the recent U.S. government shutdown ).
Inflation dipped to a low this year of 2.3% in April, but it has steadily ticked up since then and now stands at the same rate as in January, when Mr. Trump was inaugurated, federal data shows . Economists attribute the rise partly to the Trump administration’s new tariffs on imports , with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointing to those levies as a key factor behind the recent uptick.
Did you catch that. The reason prices are going up is because of Rip van Simple’s stupid tariffs.
War criminal Hegseth is prepping his cat o’ nine tails.
The US Navy has submitted its recommendations on potential punishments, if any, for Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his participation in a video that reminded US troops they have a duty to refuse illegal orders, a Pentagon official told CNN on Thursday.
Those recommendations have been submitted to the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel “where they are providing a legal review and input,” the official said.
It was not immediately clear what recommendations were included in the report.
A spokesperson for Kelly told CNN in a statement that the senator was “never notified or contacted” about the Navy secretary delivering a report at Hegseth’s request and reiterated he will not be intimidated by the Defense Secretary [Pete Hegseth] or President Donald Trump.
“It defies belief that with all of the threats facing our country, Pete Hegseth initiated this ridiculous process to try to intimidate Senator Kelly for saying something Pete Hegseth himself has said repeatedly. Senator Kelly was never notified or contacted about this, and it sure as hell won’t stop him from doing his job representing Arizona,” Kelly’s spokesperson said when asked about the Navy submitting its recommendations to the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel.
“Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump could do themselves a big favor and learn about our country’s history, the Constitution and the rule of law. He will not be intimidated by them or anyone else,” the spokesperson added.
Let’s scare off more people from our national parks!
Some of the National Park Service’s 2026 annual pass designs bear President Donald Trump ’s face, but an environmental group is suing to stop it.
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit on Dec. 10, alleging the new design violates a law that requires the America the Beautiful pass to feature a photo taken on public lands that won an annual photo contest .
On Nov. 25, the Department of the Interior announced “new, modernized graphics for all annual passes, featuring bold, patriotic designs that honor America’s landscapes, heritage and outdoor legacy.”
A later video from Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum indicates the winner of the latest contest, a photo of Glacier National Park by Akshay Joshi, would be featured on a pass for non-residents. The center’s lawsuit also alleges creating a new pass delineation between U.S. residents and foreign tourists is also in violation of the law.
For the annual pass for U.S. residents, Burgum pointed to a pass that showed Trump’s official presidential portrait next to George Washington ’s.
“Blotting out the majesty of America’s national parks with a closeup of his own face is Trump’s crassest, most ego-driven action yet,” Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “It’s disgusting of Trump to politicize America’s most sacred refuge by pasting his face over the national parks in the same way he slaps his corporate name on buildings, restaurants, and golf courses.”
The felon’s flack gets grilled but good.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) threw down with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday during a highly contentious House hearing.
Goldman began by asking, “Do you agree that asylum is a lawful pathway to immigrate to this country? Yes or no?”
Noem replied, “There’s an asylum program, yes.”
“All right. So immigrants with ongoing asylum applications are legally in this country, correct?” Goldman pressed.
Noem asked for clarification, “Excuse me, I’m sorry. Your question was?”
Goldman added, “Immigrants with ongoing asylum applications are legally in this country?”
Noem dodged, saying, “There are individuals in this country that have applications that —”
Goldman interjected, “And they are legally here because it’s a lawful pathway, right?”
Noem finally agreed, “It’s a lawful pathway.”
Goldman pushed, “Okay, so if your department then deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law, correct?”
Noem pivoted to blame the previous administration, “Joe Biden left us with the biggest thing —”
Goldman hit back, “I’m not asking about Joe Biden. I’m asking you a specific question. If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law. Is that correct?”
And she got called out for lying.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was challenged during a hearing today about her department’s controversial deportation practices.
Noem, 54, testified before the House on Thursday, Dec. 11, about national security threats, where she was questioned by a representative about the deportation of military veterans by the Trump administration.
“Madame Secretary, how many United States military veterans have you deported?” Rep. Seth Magaziner, a Democrat from Rhode Island, asked Noem during the hearing.
When she replied, “Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans,” Magaziner began to express his respect for military members as a man who had been sitting behind him stood and brought over a tablet featuring a veteran calling into the hearing over video.
“As Americans, we owe everything to those who have served our country in uniform, particularly those who have served in combat. Do you agree with that?” Magaziner asked.
Noem began to say, “Sir, I believe that people that are in the United States that are citizens have legal status here—” before Magaziner interrupted to introduce the video guest.
“Madame Secretary, we are joined on Zoom by a gentleman named Sae Joon Park,” Magaziner said. “He is a United States Army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country in Panama in 1989.”
Magaziner said Park — a Purple Heart recipient — had struggled with PTSD and substance abuse issues after his time in combat, and had been arrested in the '90s for “minor drug offenses.” NPR previously reported that Park was charged with possession of a controlled substance and bail jumping while battling an addiction to crack cocaine.
Park has been sober for the last 14 years, the congressman told Noem, before saying, “Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea, a country he hasn’t lived in since he was 7 years old.”
Magaziner then asked Noem to join him in “thanking Mr. Park for his service to our country.”
My mistake. It’s not Rip van Simple. It’s Racist van Simple.
During the Pennsylvania rally, Trump launched an attack on Ilhan Omar, the Democrat who has served as a Minnesota representative in Congress since 2019.
While bemoaning immigration to the US by people from Somalia and other countries, he claimed that Omar is in the US illegally.
“I love this Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch. She’s always complaining. She comes from her country, where, I mean, it’s considered about the worst country in the world,” Trump said to a crowd of supporters, who roared with applause.
“We gotta get her the hell out,” he said. “She married her brother in order to get in, right … she married her brother to get in, therefore she’s here illegally.”
The crowd of supporters at the rally started chanting “Send her back!”
Trump also claimed that Somalia has no military, parliament or police. “They police themselves, they kill each other all the time.”
That’s pretty impressive. R. v. Simple was wrong with every breath he took, every word he spoke.
I just have to wonder, what the ever-loving fuck is a “religious ambassador” and what in earth do they do?
In South Africa, we had a jolly Archbishop, who played a large role in both the anti-apartheid movement and in the peaceful transition to majority rule, but he was a priest who volunteered. Bishop Tutu, a national hero. (And a very funny man. His sermons were amazing, kind of stand up comedy for god)
Is this another weird boondogle to put some televangilst in a position to grift more money?
I think I just answered my orginal question.
Go, Pete! The more Hegseth persecutes Mark Kelly, the higher Kelly’s star rises as a potential Presidential candidate. You can’t buy publicity like that.
So this stunt is the international relations equivalent of “I’m not touching you!”
SunUp
December 12, 2025, 3:19pm
519
Does anyone know if Venezuela claims more of its namesake gulf than is usual?
I’m thinking in part of the Gulf of Sidra incidents of the 80’s where Qaddafi claimed the entirety of the gulf as Libyan territorial waters (rather than the 12 miles off the coast recognized by international law) and there were two shooting incidents when the U.S. Navy conducted “freedom of navigation” operations by crossing Libya’s declared “Line of Death”.
A quick Google says that Venezeula never ratified … this:
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international treaty that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities. As of October 2024[update], 169 sovereign states and the European Union are parties, including all major powers except the United States.
The convention resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place betwee...
Which I interpret to mean … they very well may, although that same quick Google didn’t give an immediate and clear answer to the question.
And a further bit of Googling brings up an 11 page PDF
ETA: just a bit more info:
Learn about the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), who’s ratified it, how many countries are bound by it, and who still hasn’t signed on.
Tidbit:
The United States of America has neither signed nor ratified UNCLOS.
Yea, Us!!