Good Day, Sky Dancers! The grift and chaos is real. There is nothing golden about this new Gilded Age. The rich guys may have been rotten back then, but they did it by building railroads and steel plants. This new set just throws their Dad's money at things and tells everyone they are smart when they are anything but intelligent.  The Republican party deserves ignominious defeat at the polls.

Good morning, my dad had surgery yesterday…they removed his gallbladder. He has been in the hospital for several days now. So I do not know what is going on in the world…this is just a quick post. What the fuck? What the fuckity fuck? Cartoons via Cagle…I think you will notice a similar thread running through these: Take it easy, and stay safe.

Good Afternoon!! Yesterday, Dakinikat wrote about recent polls that demonstrate Trump is losing popularity and Elon Musk is already very unpopular with Americans who aren't in the Trump cult. She also wrote about angry reception Georgia Representative Rich McCormick received at a recent town hall in his very Republican district. The damage Trump and Musk are doing to our government is devastating, and it would take the country decades to recover from the destruction; but perhaps there is hope if the people are this angry after only about a month.

Good Morning, Sky Dancers! I usually check polls pretty carefully whenever they are presented by reliable pollsters.  It's because folks generally read too much into one observation. It's really just a snapshot of the current moment. When you start to see coverage of multiple polls, or many polls that provide the same results, and the results point to black swan events and are outside the margin of error, I pay attention. 

Morning. So I have a few things for you to follow… Yesterday Trump tweeted this: Then the actual White House tweeted this: And if that wasn’t shitty enough…this happened: It is disgraceful. But I truly think nothing is going to happen. All these people commenting on the various news outlets…saying, “Reagan is rolling in his grave.” And how they can’t believe the Republicans are so quiet.

Good Afternoon!! My natural optimism is beginning to wear thin. Our country is on a fast track to autocracy, and our "leaders" don't seem to be doing much to slow it down. I'm afraid that Trump and Musk will actually try to steal the money from Social Security and Medicare that Americans have contributed through our payroll taxes. I know if it happens, there will be a massive pushback from the American people, but will Democrats actually begin to fight back then?

Morning. I am so sick of that fucking orange turd, and he hasn’t even been president a month yet. Did you see the latest? Elon what’s to see the gold in Fort Knox: You know, James Bond had to fight Goldfinger and Oddjob to keep them out of our gold deposits. Who the fuck is going to fight Elon and Trump?

Good Day, Sky Dancers! President's Day is an underlooked holiday in this century's USA.  The amalgamation of Washington and Lincoln's Birthday with all the others has water downed the usual class lessons and celebrations.  We now have a Republican Congress Critter trying to make Flag Day and Trump's Birthday Federal Holidays. Jingoism has always been confused with being a patriot at some point in history. 

It has been happening since day one! Cartoons via Cagle: Stay safe…this is an open thread.

Good Afternoon!! We are being ruled by evil idiots. Unfortunately, they are in full control of our government, supported by other idiots--along with people who know better, but live in fear of the evil idiots. I wonder if there is any way to get through this nightmare without ending up in a dictatorship controlled by these incredibly stupid, evil people? If only we could wake up and find out that this was all a very bad dream.

It's another Sad Day, Sky Dancers! This may be the only hope we have left. Three GOP seats are heading to Special Elections. A Democratic Party Trifecta would be enough for Dems to regain control!  The rest of the news has the indicators of a Constitutional Crisis and, as BB and JJ have said, a Coup. Former US Attorneys Barbara McQuade and Harry Littman have inside information on something that makes Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre look like a picnic. 

So, have you seen the latest? The orange turd brought a lectern with the presidential seal into the Oval Office to make comments today. See the clips below: Oh yeah…about those Tesla armored trucks: A few other stories: Not this next few items are about a horror bill called SAFE Act HR 22…

Good Afternoon!! News just broke that Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed by the Senate as Director of National Intelligence. I'm sure Putin is very pleased. NBC News: Senate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as top U.S. intelligence official. The GOP-controlled Senate early Wednesday morning voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, putting the former congresswoman in charge of the sprawling U.S.

Good morning. I’m having a colonoscopy this morning. So I will be awol today. This will be a quick post. I felt I had to share a those two thoughts This is an open thread. Stay safe.

Good Day, Sky Dancers! Wipipo are very confused by the Super Bowl halftime and complaining that it had no music. I still laugh at the fact that they think everything is all about them.  I didn't watch any of it until the clips were available, but wow, the hassle and occupation down here were well worth the halftime performance. That is, if you weren't one of the poor homeless folks who got sent to a broken-down warehouse in Gentilly.

Good morning. It is a bit of a sad news today. Last night Keely crossed over, she was Dak’s beloved cat. Keely had been through a lot the last couple years and she passed away in Dak’s arms. Peace to her and to our Dak. We love you honey. I will keep this post short today. And share a couple of things with you.

Good Morning!! Sadhbh (aka JJ) suggested I look into medieval Irish cats for today's post, and she shared a website to get me started. It turns out that cats were highly valued in medieval Ireland--both for their rat and mouse hunting abilities and for companionship. There's a beautiful poem from the 9th century about a cat named Pangur Ban. Here's…

Good morning. You are stuck with Sighve today…Dak and I switched days, so be sure to check back on Sunday for her most excellent review of the news. For now I want to share a video of an Australian politician speaking about what is happening now in the US. H/T to my daughter on this find: Fuck yeah! We need some of our own politicians speaking this kind of truth.

You know, when all this shit was about to start…and I restarted my persona here on the blog…I picked the name Sigh-ve (spelled Sadhbh) because I was sighing all the time. It is an old Celtic Irish name probably derived from the old Celtic root swadu meaning sweet. (Remember, my degree is in medieval history, specifically ancient Irish Literature.) So the name Sighve seemed to fit.

Good Afternoon!! Of course it's a coup, and it is moving quickly. Timothy Snyder at Thinking About: Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. Ten Tesla cybertrucks, painted in camouflage colors with a giant X on each roof, drive noisily through Washington DC. Tires screech. Out jump a couple of dozen young men, dressed in red and black Devil’s Champion armored costumes.

Good morning…I needed to start out with a laugh. I don’t know why that meme was so funny to me. It just was. Ok, I got a video to share with you. I taped it myself yesterday…sorry about the train, yes I live near a train track and you can hear it in the video. But if you are having any problems, I have the closed captions on…so you can read what they are saying.

Good Day, Sky Dancers! Well, this is the 4th time a Republican Policy has trashed my IRAs/403bs. Reagan in 1987. Dubya in 2007/2008. Trump today and 2020. The one today is completely based on Presidential policy. The others on careless deregulation and fraught banking practices. I saw each one coming. I almost pulled an all-nighter researching the futures market and the Treasury system break-in over the weekend.

Morning. That picture up top is a perfect image for the beginning of Black History Month under the Trump Dictatorship. Fifty five years ago. And today we have Trump and his henchmen turning back the civil rights clock. Before we get to the rest of the post, you need to read this summary of “events” by Heather Cox Richardson:

Good Afternoon!! The dismantling of the U.S. Government by Elon Musk and Donald Trump is beyond breathtaking. I put Musk's name first because he appears to be the one who is issuing orders, while Trump golfs or rants on social media. I couldn't possibly discuss the damage in a blog post--there is just too much happening at once. We are watching a fascist takeover in real time.

Good Day, Sky Dancers! The last ten days of our country's life have been wrought with chaos, death, and higher prices.  This is what you get in a kakistocracy because no one in charge knows what they're doing. We've had the first in-air collision in nearly a quarter of a century.  There was already a shortage of air traffic controllers and pressure on the FAA by Congress to allow higher levels of traffic when these steps were taken by FARTUS and Elonia to dismantle the FAA and related regulations.