Today I came downstairs dressed for my Mothers Day brunch date with Kate, and told Alan it was such a thrill to go someplace where I wasn’t wearing workout clothes or a swimsuit. I had on the excellent red lipstick she gave me for Christmas, a black jumpsuit and full eye makeup. Such a crazy getup in this dressed-down world.
It was an excellent brunch — mushroom flatbread for me, fish and chips for her — and a spicy margarita. And it would have been perfect, but just before I left, I learned that the motherfucking president of this stupid fucking country plans to accept the gift of a Qatari 747, and has greased the skids with his stupid motherfucking toadies who have all signed off on it, and I’m sorry, but it pissed me off. Excuse my language.
I will say it now: I cannot wait for this asshole to die. His casket will float to the surface of whatever golf course his wife decides to bury him in, the ground will be so soaked with urine. And then we can drag it into the street to be set on fire before shooting what’s left of him into deepest space with a warning note in all the languages of the world and some digital space language we can invent, that whoever finds it should do the same, and then whatever asteroid it lands on should be targeted by a nuke and blasted into so many shards that not one shred of his DNA should remain.
Not that I am terribly angry. If I were, I’d suggest we do the same to his entire issue, including FSWOUS, Melania.
How in the world is this OK. HOW? The limits on presidential gifts aren’t that high. I know others have ignored them in the past — Ronald Reagan alone collected enough expensive horses to hold his own rodeo — but they never belonged to him, and when he died, the survivors went to retirement arrangements, as far as I can tell. But even a blooded horse is not a half-billion-dollar jet, no doubt equipped with state-of-the-art listening devices, all for a man who’s spent the last week gibbering nonsense about dolls and pencils as he gilds the White House like a fucking casino and you can tell I’m upset because I’m writing run-on sentences.
Grr.
How about some pretty-pretty pictures. I almost did a Saturday Morning Market, but I was too busy juggling eggs and bedding plants.
Now get to work, plants. It’s almost mojito season, and I’m looking forward to some shishito peppers on the grill:
Have a good week. Don’t fly in or out of Newark, or maybe anywhere, huh?
susan said on May 11, 2025 at 5:34 pm
You clearly need this shirt. She makes a fine mug with that on it, too. I have both, because every morning I wake and am hoping…. The shirt, by the way, is a HUGE hit at protests. As is the pitchfork I carry.
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Dorothy said on May 11, 2025 at 6:05 pm
Susan when I first saw that a couple weeks ago, I desperately wanted to buy that shirt, but in a few seconds I knew I could not wear it around my curious granddaughter. Her parents wouldn’t have approved of it, so I decided not to. BUT – Nancy I’ve felt that way about him for a very long time, and it’s just intensified ever since the election, and I knew we’d have four more torturous years of him again. I swear I wake up every morning thinking “Did he die overnight?” That’s not an exaggeration. That’s how much I despise him.
Also I can’t see how he can accept such a gift. It seems like there has to be some way that it can be refused even after he accepted it. Are there ANY honest lawyers in that White House?!
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nancy said on May 11, 2025 at 6:33 pm
Already got it, Susan.
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David C said on May 11, 2025 at 7:01 pm
I completely understand why he’s taking the jet. I saw pictures of the inside and it’s tacky in a very Trumpian way. I’m sure, like Nancy said, it’s packed to the brim with bugs. Not that anyone needs them anymore. He probably phones up Daddy Vlad and tells him everything anyway. What Trump doesn’t tell him, Kegseth does. I’d love to have the shirt too, but they’re too crazy and too armed to wear it in public
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Sherri said on May 11, 2025 at 7:48 pm
This is the shirt I’m wearing the most: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1865873369/comfort-colors-the-only-minority
Along with this one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/986018030/love-thy-neighborequal-rights-shirtbe
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Deborah said on May 11, 2025 at 7:48 pm
Next Sunday the 18th I’m flying to NM. As I said here before, I’m not worried about my safety (but maybe I should be?) I’m mostly not looking forward to delays and scheduling problems.
Me too regarding His death, it can’t come soon enough. Although in the meantime he sounds pretty desperate to get his tax bill passed. He’s probably going to put the acceptance of the airplane off until the bill passes, then after that who knows what he’ll do.
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Deborah said on May 11, 2025 at 8:31 pm
Also, as to what’s happening with the FAA is par for the course with the Republicans, they tried to do this with the USPS too, they want it to fail so they can privatize it. Musk wants to take over the control of air safety with one of his companies. They want everyone up in arms and afraid to fly.
Trump’s latest Tweet about what he’s supposedly going to do for Pharma costs is also a bunch of bull, it’s an EO not a law, it has no teeth won’t save anyone a dime but his base will eat it up for a while anyway, after a few months when nothing changes with what they’re paying maybe they’ll wonder but even then they’ll just say we all have to suffer for him because he’s their lord and master.
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susan said on May 11, 2025 at 8:37 pm
yes, me too.
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Mark P said on May 11, 2025 at 10:45 pm
It’s now perfectly okay for the head of this regime to take bribes, as long as they come after the desired act. The Supreme Court has determined that they are not bribes, they are gratuities, or tokens of appreciation. I’m sure Clarence Thomas was all in on that one.
Not that it makes any difference to Trump.
This surely is the most blatantly corrupt administration in all of our sordid history.
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