You’re thinking WWE? UFC is real MMA fighting.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) merged with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2023. UFC is actually a competitive sport. Wrestling is scripted, and includes ‘Entertainment’ in its name. (Not that I do or would watch either one.)
Monty
October 6, 2025, 11:55pm
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Thanks! That’s exactly what I was thinking. But, in my defense, anything the felon’s involved in is usually fake.
My apologies to the MMA fighters who, by the way, are amazing.
From Reuters:
Oct 6 (Reuters) - A judge on Monday gave President Donald Trump’s administration two days to respond to Illinois’s legal challenge of the deployment of hundreds of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, even as U.S. lawyers said the troops were on the way from Texas.
C’mon, it’s long overdue to call “States Rights” and I don’t know who’ll be shooting who, yet this has to stop. The “I can do whatever the fuck I want to do” - if that’s in the not-really-law Project 2025, let Chicago be the battlefield. It’s done it before.
ETA: What is the “else what” to this? I’d like to think 200 Chicago cops, wearing riot-gear and vests will meet this plane and arrest anyone who steps off from fucking Texas who is armed.
Monty:
Thanks! That’s exactly what I was thinking. But, in my defense, anything the felon’s involved in is usually fake.
My apologies to the MMA fighters who, by the way, are amazing.
And my brother, who is a huge UFC fan (watches every pay per view, etc), has pointed out to me that Trump has attended several of these fights in person, including this year.
I think a lot of the UFC fans are MAGA, or MAGA-adjacent. He seems to get a pretty big ovation when he attends (generally speaking, of course).
Yep, I watch almost every major UFC card and he’s there a lot. He generally also drags family or cabinet members with him. The Athletic did a story on his frequent appearances at major sporting events.
Yeah, I was watching on of the fights at my brother’s house one night and noticed Ivanka before I saw Trump himself. That’s when I learned about his appearances.
“States rights” has never meant anything other than the imagined “right” of right-wing states to oppress people without being restrained. Non-rightwing states have never had any such “right”, and on the contrary are stomped on without hesitation whenever the Right gains the ability to do so. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that forced free states to cooperate with capturing blacks and handing them over to slavers showing how long that’s been true.
Monty
October 7, 2025, 5:32am
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Killer Kennedy’s at it again. (The bolding is mine.)
(Reuters) -The U.S. CDC on Monday pulled broad support for COVID-19 shots, saying they should be administered through shared decision-making with a healthcare provider in accordance with recommendations from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's hand-picked vaccine advisory panel.
The new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation maintains access for the shot through health insurance.
The recommendations come at a turbulent time for the CDC, which recently saw the ouster of its former Director Susan Monarez after resisting changes to vaccine policy advanced by Kennedy. Monarez said she was told to rubber-stamp the committee’s recommendations without reviewing the scientific evidence.
The acting director of the CDC, Jim O’Neill, also signed off on the advisers’ recommendations against use of the combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine before the age of 4 years. Instead, shots will be given for measles-mumps-rubella with a separate vaccine for varicella, commonly known as chickenpox.
The immunization schedules will be updated on the CDC website by Tuesday, the agency said.
Oh, yeah; Combs will get a pardon. (The bolding is mine.)
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Oct. 6, that Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested a pardon as he’s set to serve several more years behind bars.
“A lot of people have asked me for pardons,” Trump said. "I call him Puff Daddy ; he has asked me for a pardon." USA TODAY has reached out to Combs’ representative for comment.
Oh, that’s so clever, calling him by his stage name! Moving on, and still my bolding .
This wasn’t the first time Trump addressed where he stands with the music mogul. In an interview that aired Aug. 1 on Newsmax with host Rob Finnerty, Trump discussed the possibility of a presidential pardon for Combs .
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, would you consider pardoning him?” Finnerty asked.
Trump said “probably…” before pausing and revealing to Finnerty, "You know, I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great; (he) seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well, but when I ran for office he was very hostile."
Anything, anything at all other than a “Of course not; I might just as well pardon myself for any crimes the Epstein files show I committed” means he’s going to pardon Combs.
Country music star Zach Bryan just dived into the political realm.
Zach Bryan has become one of the biggest stars in country music over the past few years, winning legions of fans with a unique blend of Americana, self-reflection, and heartfelt love songs, while staying far away from politics.
But that may be about to change, as the 29-year-old has waded into the political moment with a lament of the fading American dream and an attack on raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) around the country, a part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program.
“And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door /Try to build a house no one builds no more /But I got a telephone /Kids are all scared and all alone,” he sings in the song titled “Bad News,” a snippet of which he released on his Instagram page on Oct. 3.
Hollywood Burbank Airport air traffic control tower went unmanned. Guess why.
The Hollywood Burbank Airport’s air traffic control tower is temporarily unmanned and flights are delayed Monday afternoon due to staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown , according to the Federal Aviation Authority.
The FAA anticipates that the airport’s air traffic control tower will be without staff until 10 p.m., according to spokesperson Kristen Alsop. The tower was without staff starting at 4:15 p.m.
Due to the government shutdown, air traffic controllers are working without pay. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the FAA was seeing a small uptick in air traffic control workers calling in sick during the shutdown.
As of 5 p.m., outgoing flights at Hollywood Burbank Airport were delayed an average of two hours and 31 minutes due to staffing shortages and runway construction, according to the FAA . At that time, the longest delay reported was three hours and 55 minutes.
Alsop said that staffing shortages were the main issue contributing to the delays.
Although the air control tower is unmanned, Southern California TRACON will control the air traffic in the airport’s airspace, Alsop said. The San Diego-based organization is operated by the FAA and uses radar technology to ensure the safe flow of planes through airspace surrounding dozens of airports across Southern California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom was quick to point blame at President Trump for the staffing challenges.
“Thanks,@realDonaldTrump ! Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown,” he said in a statement on X .
The National Air Traffic Controllers Assn., the union representing air controllers, called the ongoing issues at Hollywood Burbank Airport “the latest example of how fragile our aviation system is in the midst of a national shortage of these critical safety professionals.”
Yet another shell game from the con-in-chief.
Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also take on the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department announced Monday .
Bisignano, who was CEO of the payments multinational Fiserv before being confirmed as the head of Social Security in May, will continue leading that agency, which distributes monthly payments to more than 74 million beneficiaries.
In an unusual arrangement, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will remain acting commissioner of the IRS, which has had multiple chiefs over the past year. Bisignano will be in charge of managing the IRS and overseeing its day-to-day operations, while reporting to Bessent, the department’s announcement said. The arrangement means Bisignano would not have to go through Senate confirmation, allowing him to start working immediately.
Is there any governmental office the felon has not managed to fill without scamming?
The felon’s fangirl seems to have forgotten the felon made English the official language of the United States.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was apparently miffed at a comment Bad Bunny made during his opening monologue on “SNL.”
How miffed? Well, she’s demanding a new law be passed before he performs at the Super Bowl in February.
Bad Bunny spoke in English for the vast majority of his opening but did say a few lines in Spanish before telling viewers that if they didn’t understand what he just said, they had four months until the Super Bowl to learn.
Greene apparently didn’t appreciate the playful warning because when she took to X on Monday morning, she was demanding a new law be passed before his big show ― an English-only law to be specific.
“Bad Bunny says America has 4 months to learn Spanish before his perverse unwanted performance at the Super Bowl halftime. It would be a good time to pass my bill to make English the official language of America,” she posted, adding that the NFL “needs to stop having demonic sexual performances during its halftime shows.”
She also seems to have forgotten the Super Bowl is an event put on by a non-governmental organization. If they wish, they could have all the announcers and entertainers speaking Barsoomian. That’s not in the purview of the goverment. At least not yet. Once the dictatorship is solidly in place, it will be.
The felon still doesn’t get our military is not political.
Donald Trump’s latest attempt at a crowd-pleasing jab backfired spectacularly when he tried to goad a crowd of Navy officers into booing “Barack Hussein Obama”—only to be met with stony silence.
Speaking roughly 45 minutes behind schedule at the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary celebration in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday, the president addressed rows of active-duty service members—many of them unpaid amid the ongoing government shutdown—under a blazing afternoon sun.
The meandering, hour-long speech drifted between war stories, campaign-style quips, and personal boasts, but it was his attempt to drag Obama into the mix that most visibly flopped.
“A man that everybody loves, he was my doctor in the White House and I got to know him very well,” Trump began, referring to his former White House physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson. “He was also the doctor for Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him?”
He paused, waiting for a reaction. None came. The silence stretched on.
Note: the only people who insist on saying President Obama’s full name and emphasizing his middle name are bigots.
Most countries (including the USA) have a requirement for basic abilities of the native language for citizenship . Not sure about places like Belgium and perhaps the Scandinavian countries might say “close enough” if you’re from one of the other Scandinavian countries. Canada would likely consider French okay if they were inclined to let people in.
Yet this law she’s proposing seems like it would outright ban anything but English which would certainly be protected by the first amendment if that survives till the Super Bowl.
Of course that is the intention - prohibit ANY use of ANY language other than English anywhere, including in private.
Perhaps someone should inform here that there is Latin on our money. Or maybe tell her it’s “demonic”.
Monty
October 7, 2025, 9:28am
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Or better yet, tell her it’s a Catholic expression or a scientific term.
Well, why not? If English is good enough for Jesus it should be good enough for anybody.
bobot
October 7, 2025, 10:19am
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Aww, poor Marge couldn’t understand what Mr. Bunny said! I wonder why she doesn’t show off her superior intelligence and simply learn Spanish quickly.
Monty
October 7, 2025, 10:29am
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I truly wish I were making this up. On two occasions in my life, I’ve actually been told by people of a certain religious persuasion (both Americans) that Jesus spoke English, in particular the English of the King James Version of the Bible.
Isn’t it amazing at how fragile the whie-supremacists are?
The felon has some incredible financial advice for the unpaid sailors he preened in front of.
President Trump on Sunday told Navy sailors not to “worry about” their paychecks that are being held back by the current government shutdown.
“As your commander in chief, I will always stand for you. I promise you that,” Trump said at a celebration of the Navy’s 250th anniversary. “You know that, that’s why you voted for me in numbers that nobody’s ever seen before. And I want you to know that despite the current Democrat-induced shutdown, we will get our service members every last penny.”
“Don’t worry about it. Don’t worry about it. Don’t worry about it. Do not worry about it, it’s all coming,” the president added.
Yeah. Don’t worry about paying bills. Don’t worry about having to pay increased costs for groceries because commissaries on bases in the United States are closed during the government shutdown. Don’t worry about paying rent. Don’t worry about paying a host of other financial obligations.
That’s fucking brilliant advice!
Didn’t I mention upthreead the only thing driving the magadministration is prejudice? Same goes for their supporters.
After spending the past weekend hanging out with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago, MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson celebrated by posting an AI-generated video that featured him portraying Batman and beating up multiple people wearing sombreros and ponchos – including at least one woman.
Johnson’s post comes after President Donald Trump and conservatives have gone overboard with posting racist memes of Democrats wearing sombreros , sporting cartoonish handlebar mustaches, and dancing to mariachi music – all as part of an effort to misleadingly claim that the government shutdown is because Democrats want to give free healthcare to undocumented immigrants.
In this instance, however, Johnson was referencing this past weekend’s ICE raids in Chicago, which featured him tagging along with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, wearing a Border Patrol flack jacket, and taking pictures with masked federal agents in full military garb.
Can DC Comics sue him for this?
No surprise here. War Criminal Hegseth lies about the press.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth slammed the “disgusting” actions by journalists who try to get a hold of classified information in the form of leaks from Pentagon employees — and defended restrictions the DoD is imposing on the press.
Hegseth spoke with Fox News anchor Peter Doocy — in an interview taped for The Sunday Briefing at the Navy vs. Air Force football game.
“When someone is providing information that’s otherwise classified or otherwise not for disclosure, that’s a problem. So, we’re doing everything we can protocol-wise to make sure those are minimized,” Hegseth said.
“Unfortunately, we live in an era when people do things like that. Journalists solicit things like that, which I think is disgusting when journalists are saying, ‘Hey send us classified information.’ That’s why we have a policy at the Pentagon that journalists will have in the building, too. We obviously take this very seriously. And, leaks are a problem, and we’re going to try to address it.”
Let’s skip to a reliable person’s take.
Hegseth’s assertion drew quick feedback from some current Pentagon and White House journalists. Dan Lamothe of The Washington Post posted to X, “Numerous falsehoods here. 1) Pentagon reporters have not “roamed” without badges. Credentials long in place. 2) Journalists generally have asked for tips, not classified information. 3) Journalists did not wander into classified spaces. They’re closed, as you would expect.”
Again, Hegseth is not fit to lead the military he insults on a daily, if not hourly, basis.
Conalot wants to delay the court case against Garcia; judge says no.
The judge overseeing the Maryland deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Monday denied the government’s request to delay proceedings because of the government shutdown.
The ruling came Monday during a status conference held in the case of Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man deported in error to El Salvador last March and then returned back to the United States in June to face criminal charges in Tennessee.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said she she felt “duty bound” to continue the case given its importance and the fundamental questions it raises about deportation policies.
The rest of the article is great. And the judge is amazing. She’s not putting up with any shell game nonsense.
Well… why not? It worked when Trump wasn’t paying contractors for work they were doing for him…
(I totally agree this is disgusting behavior on the part of the Clown-in-Chief)
Frodo
October 7, 2025, 12:22pm
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Thanks! I didn’t know that song, beautiful and haunting as you said.
He needs one of his imaginary “Sir” anecdotes.
A Navy officer approached me, a Lieutenant or Commander I’d say he was, and said to, he says to me “Sir, I stand with you and trust you to take a harsh stand against the Democrat Party. My family and I sincerely trust you will make everything right”.
Monty:
I truly wish I were making this up. On two occasions in my life, I’ve actually been told by people of a certain religious persuasion (both Americans) that Jesus spoke English, in particular the English of the King James Version of the Bible.
FWIW, A similar quote was made by Miriam A. ‘Ma’ Ferguson, who served as the governor of Texas 1925-1927 and 1933-1935.
‘If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it ought to be good enough for the children of Texas.’
Per the link, Ferguson did not originate the quote. It says variations have been dated to 1881 .
