Ladies, that’s a trucker crying for help...

Happy Hour News🍸 Agent Krasnov The Orange 🤡 said what, now? Saint Ronnie is spinning so fast in his grave, he might achieve escape velocity. Well, hell done froze-over: I agree with Bill Kristol:

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Capture the energy from that tail wag and you could power the neighborhood! Staffordshire Terriers (the old name) posed for the “His Master’s Voice” painting and RCA-Victor brands, and was the model for Buster Brown; I have a photo somewhere of my Victorian-era family in a little cart being pulled by a Pit Bull, and a little girl playing dress-up putting a big flowery hat on it. Pities used to be the all-American breed of dog,  I don’t know when that changed in the public eye. (Hat tip: Scissorhead calcurmudgeon)

The Days of the Year website reminds us that today is also World Homeless Day, and I would like to take a moment to reflect upon that. Being homeless is not a crime, it is a condition. And trust me, Seattle has this condition. I was in a throng downtown (not a thong, you pervs. It’s already chilly here.) of tourists who were complaining about the homeless pan-handling.

...especially on National Cake Decorating Day (not that kind of cake, you gutter-minded heathens), but we would be remiss if we did not alert you that our pal Burr Deming has posted his best-of-the-web links complete with wry commentary at the essential blog Red-State-Blues. What mischief is Scottie's Playtime up to today? Another epic round-up of cartoons and memes…

I endorse this messaage.

Happy Hour News🍸 And it’s not this guy: It's this gal: The AP tells us about the new semi-sentient jar of Mayo: "WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that Katie Zacharia, a communications adviser for his media company, will succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary." "Trump revealed his selection of Zacharia on his Truth Social platform, where he often makes political and official announcements.

So it’s 2016 all over again, eh? He's funding Putin, and thus he’s funding Putin’s war against Ukraine. What a fool.

“The dogs were good again this week."

Glenn Close Visits the Criterion Closet

People with no artistic skills found a way to replace people with artistic skills by using a machine that stole from those who shared their artistic skills. Now they can just pay a monthly fee to anot...

YOU are the liberal media. The Journos at FAIR do a masterful take-down of The Mouth of Sauron’s, er, Axios’ coverage of the Miracle of The Orange 🤡’s Economy: "Axios (10/5/26) thinks it’s spotted a mystery: “President Trump’s economic data keeps getting stronger. His economic polling keeps getting worse by the day.” "Or as the political news site put it in an earlier story (

2026 Pie Fight. Guys, did you know that there were debates last night?  I didn’t watch any of them, but the Socials are full of clips from them, some of them quite good. The Democratic candidates had Team Evil on the ropes pretty much from the opening bell. The Mouth of Sauron, er, Axios’  email thingie reports: President Trump wants midterms, 25 days from now, to be about him.

I’m against the death penalty, I know I’ve said it before: if I cannot pull the switch/trigger/drip, then I don’t want someone else to do it for me. I am completely uncomfortable that our gubmint has the right to kill its citizens. Pete Hegseth Wants You To Watch The U.S. Government Execute A Man By Firing Squad A day or two after the failed Pike execution, Pete Hic(!)seth announced that he had asked for Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed by firing squad.

Fancy Autocomplete!

I would stay there.

Happy Hour News🍸 The Mouth of Sauron afternoon email thingie tells us that Americans have lost faith in the safety of our food: "Americans' confidence in food safety has plummeted to new lows amid several high-profile recalls, Axios' Avery Lotz reports from a new Gallup poll." "Less than half of U.S. adults say they have a great deal (11%) or a fair amount (36%) of confidence in the federal government to ensure food safety, according to the poll, which was conducted last month."

Shocking:

Dude is training to be reincarnated as an orange cat, obviously. (Hat tip: Scissorhead M Davis)

And note that Pete (the t is low) Hic(!)seth is not just last, but women troops —who he regularly tries to remove from serving— are ahead of him.

So this exists, I guess?

Glenn Close Visits the Criterion Closet

I'm going to enjoy hearing how insider trading is part of the job.

The Mouth of Sauron, er, Axios morning email thingie tells us... "At the White House's "Science: A New Golden Age Summit" in Washington today, President Trump will present the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Dr. Lisa Su, chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices. Trump will award the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Michael Dell and Satya Nadella."

Ah, Texas! Hair Füror pitches in to help: "Ladies and Gentlemen, upon information and belief, James TalaFREAKo, who is running for the United States Senate in Texas, is MISSING IN ACTION! No one has seen him for an extended period of time. Where is he? What is wrong with him? Bad rumors are coming out. He should immediately report to a Debate Stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able, one of the best Attorney Generals in the Country, and will soon be, hopefully, a United States Senator representing the Great People of Texas! Thank you for your attention to this matter. " Somewhere James Talarico is smiling.

Welcome to Hollywood, Gums! I don’t know who to root for here, but couldn’t Tom find some Scientologists to boss around, er, give tickets to?... "Melania Trump's senior advisor Marc Beckman took to social media after Tom Cruise's "Digger" flopped at the box office to explain to people how the First Lady's much-reviled documentary "Melania" performed better at the box office earlier this year than mega-star Cruise's latest endeavor."