Another collection of memes and/or political cartoons I saved and didn’t use to illustrate a post. I’m not sure how long I’m going to keep setting up these later Friday posts in advance to make sure someone posts on Friday in case I have another bad Thursday, but, here you go!
Edited to Add: there was a Friday Five this morning. Check it out!
Since I’ve been having difficulty getting Friday Five done on Thursday nights, I figure I should use some down time earlier in the week to upload some of the political cartoons and such that accumulate in my downloads folder, so something posts on Friday!
Dr. Seuss is not canceled — but six of his books are being shelved over racist images.
No, Dr Seuss and Mr Potato Head haven’t been ‘cancelled’. Here’s the difference.
No Republicans back $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill.
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker brags about stimulus package he voted agains.
President Biden Just Signed a $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Into Law. Here’s What’s In It.
For the People Act Is Needed to Stop New GOP Voter Suppression Bills.
Republicans’ new strategy? Pointless obstruction.
The American Rescue Plan Act Will Help Restore the Restaurant Industry and Save Jobs.
American Rescue Plan’s big winner: Families with children.
‘Played’ by GOP in the Obama era, wary Democrats and Biden go big on their own.
Florida Governor DeSantis prioritizes vaccine rollout for wealthier communities.
A Pattern Emerges In Florida: Vaccine Sites Appear To Benefit DeSantis Donors.
Commentary: Skipping the vaccine line is not only unethical – it may undermine trust in the rollout.
Bill Press: Today’s Republican Party cult: Destroy America.
Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled, and a ‘Cancel Culture’ Controversy Erupts.
Last year, more than 338,000 copies of “Green Eggs and Ham” were sold across the United States, according to NPD BookScan, which tracks the sale of physical books at most retailers. “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” sold more than 311,000 copies, and “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” — always popular as a high school graduation gift — sold more than 513,000 copies.
However:
“And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” one of the six books pulled by the estate, sold about 5,000 copies last year, according to BookScan. “McElligot’s Pool” and “The Cat’s Quizzer” haven’t sold in years through the retailers BookScan tracks.
Fox News Defends Piers Morgan and Pepe Le Pew as COVID Bill Passes: A Closer Look:
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Continuing to put most of my writing energy into NaNoWriMo, here’s a gifset swiped from harry-styles.tumblr.com:
I’m with you brother. Bonus if he’s in handcuffs…
Still trying to put most of my energy into NaNoWrMo, so once more, not much in the way of a substantive blog post.
The Best Four Seasons Total Landscaping Memes For Your Viewing Pleasure.
How to reuse or recycle political signs instead of adding to landfills.
Fox News Did The Bare Minimum And Finally Stopped Showing The Trump Team’s Latest Election Lies.
Rupert Murdoch ‘told Trump he had lost’ after he whinged about Fox coverage.
Elseweb, people asked how my NaNoWriMo word count was going. As you can see in the above image, not badly at all, thank you.
Finally, let’s let the great Kate McKinnon finish things off:
SNL’s Kate McKinnon and Colin Jost Totally Lose It Ridiculing Rudy Giuliani Over His ‘Four Seasons’ Trump Lawsuit Press Conference:
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I’m doing NaNoWriMo, and have already diverted a lot of attention on the election and commentary thereof. So instead of a substantial blog post, here is a fun meme-set swiped from iamjohnlocked4life.tumblr.com:
I frequently save memes, cartoons, and the like to use as an illustration for a blog post or Friday Five. I always gather a lot more than I can actually use, so every now and then I share some the I didn’t use.
I was working on something else, and not certain I wanted to say anything more about the grifter-in-chief’s taxes, but then I saw this excellent post elseweb:
1. The way he’s been able to continue functioning is a classic rich fuck tactic, in which if your business fails to the tune of, say, 15 million dollars, you can carry that loss forward across several years to avoid paying taxes. One massive loss can clear out your personal tax burden for several years, even as you bring in more money with new businesses and investments.
2. Trump is literally a national security risk. If he underwent the same background check other people need to pass to get clearance, he would have fucking flunked it. The NYT piece says there’s a mysterious foreign debt lender on Trump’s records, whom he owes half a billion dollars, and we don’t currently know who the fuck that is. But that debt is personally guaranteed to come due in the next few years, and he doesn’t have the money to even dent it. So, what does a man with no morals do when he owes a shitton of money and has no way to pay? Apparently he runs for president.
3. According to Dan Alexander at Forbes, the actual amount that Trump owes is spread across a lot of his properties and comes to around $1.1 billion overall. Same dude is trying to tally up how much income Trump’s properties bring in. So far, it doesn’t add up to that much.
4. Trump’s businesses are almost exclusively real estate, hospitality, and attractions. All of them were hit hard by COVID. This readily explains why he was so adamant about reopening the country as quickly as possible; his loan repayments depend on that income.
5. Also explains why he spends so much time away from the WH and at his own properties. When we talk about how much the taxpayer spends on Trump’s outings and golf trips, if that money is paid to the Trump Organization, it’s essentially an attempt to funnel money out of the US Govt and into his pockets to, again, prepare to pay off his massive debts.
6. He’s essentially using the IRS as a loan provider. That massive 72.9 million dollar tax return from the IRS that he’s being audited over, it’s essentially him taking out a ‘loan’ to try to pay down other prior debts.
7. Oh yeah and he stealthily wrote off a bunch of money in “consulting fees” that were paid to fucking Ivanka. Imagine using your own daughter to dodge taxes, jesus.
Basically, Trump has done the billionaire version of taking out a credit card to pay off other credit card debt, and the time is running out for him to make payments. His entire presidency is a money-making scheme of someone who is coming up on major deadlines on his loans and doesn’t have the money to pay.
There’s a lot of reading to do, but I personally suggest this thread from the Forbes guy, which outlines how much Trump is in debt for each of his properties, and then how much operating profit is allegedly coming in.
— originally posted by callmearcturus
If you want to read the referenced thread from Forbes contributor Dan Alexander, click here.
The reason I hadn’t planned to say anything more about this topic is similar to the reasons why I’m not watching the debate.
I realize that there are people who do care about the facts who might not understand what we’ve learned from seeing the grifter’s tax returns, so there is some value in sharing this.
While the debate is on and being analyzed, I’m going to watch the season finale of Julie and the Phantoms and then settle in with my the new Dresden Files book.
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