What's that spell? What's that spell? What's that spell?

It’s an Edwin Starr kind of a morning. (also Country Joe RIP)

War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y’all

The death toll in Donnie and Bibi’s Big Swinging Schwantz Adventure? As of yesterday, East Coast dinner time, 3,181. This doesn’t include the injured who may be sitting in death’s waiting room at the moment.

In Iran alone:

At least 1,937 people have been killed and 24,800 injured by US-Israeli attacks on Iran since February 28, Iran’s Health Ministry says.

• The victims’ ages ranged from eight months to 88 years old
• 240 women are among those killed
• 168 children were killed in a girls’ elementary school in Minab, over
• 55 healthcare workers were wounded and 11 killed, including four physicians, two nurses and three emergency workers (source)

Yep, old DoucheBrain Donnie really won over the hearts and minds of Iran’s citizens, didn’t he? I’ll bet all those who are still physically able to rise up and rebel against their cruel, oppressive government are totally psyched to welcome the bomb dropping, baby killing hordes who just destroyed their homes, businesses, and killed and/or maimed half their families.

Then there’s the rat faced, violence jonesing, imbecilic Sec. of Defense who thinks murder is FUN! This is all just a junior high, my-dick’s-bigger-than-yours game to him. He’s standing there flashing his tiny hard on at his imagined, impressed audience thinking he’s all that and a can of Red Bull.Kegseth is the thing you disgustedly attempt to scrape off the bottom of your shoe and then have to throw the pair in the trash anyway. Unsalvageable.

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The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed during a religious service at the Pentagon that there be “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy”. (source) 

He PRAYED for "overwhelming violence?!!!" This motherfucker is un-fucking-believable. He needs to be isolated and locked up tight. You just know this entire administration is full of sickos who tortured and killed animals when they were kids. (and, in Unemployed Barbie's case, as an adult).

French Senator Claude Malhuret has been giving fine critiques of Pedo and his Cabinet of incompetents. 

Last March: 

…Mr. Malhuret…compared Mr. Trump to two tyrannical Roman emperors, Nero and Caligula. But he has added that, if Caligula named his horse a consul, “at least that horse did no harm to anyone.” (source) 

This March:

"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction!”
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"A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court. An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health," he said, referring to RFK Jr.
Malhuret's comparison to the mad Emperor Nero is fitting. It's said that he fiddled while Rome burned. In Trump's case, he's building a ballroom while the entire world goes up in flames.

"A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy. An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces," Malhuret continued, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

"An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice. A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security," Malhuret went on, referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Bondi previously worked for the Ballard Partners firm which raked in $115,000 a month by lobbying on behalf of Qatar.
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"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction," he continued. "Bomb more to win more.” (source) 

Listen to/read the full speech here. It's a banger.

This is how the whole world sees the US. Trump has made this country a filthy pariah and the punchline to a joke. WE allowed ourselves to become this disgusting, repulsive, violent, obscenity by not being vigilant enough in opposing him, his supporters and fans. Frankly, this began with not coming down hard enough on the Confederacy, not opposing Nixon's pardon, going soft on the myriad criminals in Reagan's administration, and on and on and on. 

Finally, from the How Stupid and/or Naive Can You Be files:

Epstein survivor who voted for Trump says she now fears ‘we’re not going to get justice’

After casting her vote for Donald Trump in 2024 in hopes that he would bring transparency around the Jeffrey Epstein case, Epstein survivor Jena Lisa Jones said in an interview this week that she now fears “we’re not going to get justice in all of this”. (source) 

I’m just flat out stunned. Gobsmacked even. Was she never there at the same time as the orange rapist? Had she never heard about him from the other victims and survivors? What version of reality does she occupy where Trump has EVER been at all trustworthy or any of his statements have EVER been in any way credible? Are the clouds made of cotton candy in her world? Can you sail on soda pop lakes? Kittens and puppies live forever and mommies and daddies are always good, kind, and properly attentive?

I’m being unfair though. Obviously this woman has been through some incredibly grotesque, hellish traumas in her life. Still, I would think she would learn and grow after her horrific experiences – gain some mature judgement. She's clearly in need of more therapy.

I’ve lived through some pretty heavy, skeevy shit too (no Trumpstein Island type shit, thank Bast). After every survived horror though, I tried to find the lesson. That is, what happened, how/why did it possibly happen, and what could I do so that whatever went down would NEVER happen again.

Survival instincts – they don’t seem to be standard part of every human’s basic operating system. Huh. 

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag – Country Joe McDonald & the Fish