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Cheers and Jeers: Thursday [1]
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Date: 2025-02-27
Oh! More Things I Know: ✌ Elon Musk is burying a note in a mayonnaise jar informing future alien visitors that it was American aid to hungry people in poor countries around our planet that brought down human civilization. ✌ I support the traditional definition of marriage. Now get over here, woman. You're my property now. ✌ Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins will happily pander to you today for the chance to screw you over tomorrow. ✌ The Bush II administration's motto was "Ready, Fire, Aim." The Obama administration's motto was "Ready, Aim, Fire." The Trump administration's motto was "Fire, Backpedal, Rage Tweet, then brand Ready and Aim as enemies of the people." The Biden administration returned us to "Ready, Aim, Fire." Now the Trump II administration's motto is “Fuck it, light the fuse.” Also what I know: this fella is gonna make a real impact as the new spokesperson for the Cloven Hoof & Mouth Disease Awareness Foundation. ✌ #5 never shocks me. ✌ Ukraine's government should immediately vote to annex Russia. ✌ RFK Jr.’s brain worm lives on in our hearts. And since he’s banning the use of heartworm vaccines we all have 3-6 months to live. ✌ I'm sick of Corinthian columns and the way they stand around all day acting so superior to the Dorics and the Ionians. Get a life! ✌ The lower you are on the financial ladder, the more likely you are to be punished for something related to your finances. ✌ You can’t spell “DOGE” without “throwing up.” ✌ I’m sleeping really well ever since I never bought a MyPillow. ✌ Orion is the most awesome constellation in the sky and I'll thumb wrestle you to the death if you think otherwise. And now, our feature presentation...
Cheers and Jeers for Thursday, February 27, 2025
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By the Numbers:
9 days!!!
Days 'til Mardi Gras: 5
Days 'til Schell's Bockfest in New Ulm, Minnesota: 9
Portion of U.S. adults polled by Pew Research who believe “the role of money in politics” is a big problem in the country today and is their #1 issue out of 24 presented to them: 7-in-10
Rank of the affordability of health care, inflation, and the federal deficit among top concerns in the survey: #2, #3, #4
Number of banks on the FDIC's "problem banks" list in the 4th quarter, down from 68 the previous quarter: 66
Amount raised in tolls during the first month of NYC's congestion pricing plan, exceeding expectations ($40 million was the target): $48.6 million
Years since the February 1975 release of Shampoo, The Stepford Wives, and Disney's The Strongest Man in the World: 50
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Your Thursday Molly Ivins Moment:
I'm sorry to say this, but anyone who reads the newspapers regularly and notices the number of religious figures accused of child molestation and other abuses will not be surprised to learn that religious social service programs are like other social programs: Some are good, and some are not. Pretending that they are all somehow superior to state social services doesn't help anything. … As that great orator, the late Texas state Rep. Billy Williamson of Tyler, once declared during a debate over state aid to Baptist-sponsored Baylor, "Yew CAAAAAAAN'T trade the cross for the cookie jar!" And this is the policy record that has been pronounced a triumph by the Washington press corps. —February, 2001
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Puppy Pic of the Day: In Greenville, South Carolina: Saved!!!
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CHEERS to making America GREAT again. He's only been in office a month. But, by god, Glorious King Emperor Leader Trump has been working so hard and so overtime and so perfectly and beautifully that our nation's collective endorphins are kicking in and everything is fantastically, awesomely…oh, who am I fooling? We The People understand perfectly well that we're in the shitter and the MAGA leadership is addicted to doling out swirlies:
U.S. consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said Tuesday, with inflation seemingly stuck and a trade war under President Donald Trump seen by a growing number of Americans as inevitable. Get used to seeing this graphic a lot. "The Conference Board survey is the 3rd data point in less than a week (after Fri's flash PMIs and Michigan sentiment report) making it abundantly clear that Trump-linked policy uncertainty is eroding confidence and tipping the economy into a slowdown (if not something worse)," Adam Crisafulli, president of investment advisory firm Vital Knowledge, said in a note.
According to CBS News, the seven-point drop was the biggest month-to-month decline since August of 2021. In response, the White House pledged to immediately fix the problem by making points illegal.
CHEERS to order in the courts. Well, at least one branch of the federal government is obeying its oath to faithfully guard the Constitution without fear or favor:
President Donald Trump's legal position this week has gone from bad to worse, as three judges consecutively issued rulings against him on major executive actions, over roughly 90 minutes. […] Did you know? A group of judges is called a “gloprensteinergildersmee.” First, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington, D.C. smacked down the administration's attempt to ignore his order to unfreeze foreign aid through the U.S. Agency for International Development. … Then, U.S. District Judge Loren Ali Khan, another D.C. jurist, issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's ["ill-conceived from the start"] pause on federal funding and grants. … After that, yet another U.S. District Judge in Washington State, Jamal Whitehead, blocked Trump's moves to freeze refugee resettlement in the United States, proclaiming in his order that his “actions amount to an effective nullification of congressional will in establishing the nation’s refugee admissions program.
The judges: all nominated by Joe Biden. Dark Brandon strikes again.
CHEERS to green-lighting the gals. On February 27, 1922, the all-male U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment that gave women the vote. Shortly after, their wives finally released them from their chokeholds.
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JEERS to sticky fingers. During this week in 2007, two Picassos worth some $66 million were swiped from the Paris home of the artist's granddaughter. Three thieves were caught the following August. When asked why they stole the paintings, they said they’d gotten tired of looking at their “Hang in there, it’s almost Friday” cat poster all day.
JEERS to infamous firsts. Congratulations, HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. You just bagged your first victim who's not a baby bear or a brain worm:
A person has died of measles in Texas, the first death from the disease in a decade in the United States. The death, confirmed by Katherine Wells, the director of public health for Lubbock’s health department, is part of a fast-moving outbreak that's infected at least 124 people—mostly children—in rural West Texas. … Measles was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 because of widespread use of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Upon hearing the news, the victim was immediately fired by DOGE for not submitting a daily work summary on time.
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Ten years ago in C&J: February 27, 2015
CHEERS to a guy who kept his phasers set on "Totally Cool." The city of Boston lost a titan today—or, to be more precise, a half-human/half-Vulcan titan. Leonard Nimoy made his portrayal of Mr. Spock look easy, but there was a lot more to it than met the eye, and I can't imagine anyone who could've made his character's internal struggle between logic and emotion more compelling. Nimoy lived long and prospered, but today we found out he left us at 83. President Obama eulogized him this way:
Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. And of course, Leonard was Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trek’s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity’s future. I loved Spock. Billboard outside Atlanta after Nimoy died ten years ago today. In 2007, I had the chance to meet Leonard in person. It was only logical to greet him with the Vulcan salute, the universal sign for “Live long and prosper.” And after 83 years on this planet—and on his visits to many others—it’s clear Leonard Nimoy did just that.
The next time I hear thunder, I'm just going to assume it's Spock and Bones getting into their first spat in the hereafter.
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And just one more…
CHEERS to rhymin' Simon. Happy 218th birthday to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born February 27, 1807 in…oh, wow!...Portland, Maine! He liked to walk to Portland Head Light for inspiration, and people reckon that's where he wrote his famous poem, The Lighthouse:
The rocky ledge runs far into the sea, and on its outer point, some miles away, the lighthouse lifts its massive masonry, A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day. Even at this distance I can see the tides, Upheaving, break unheard along its base, A speechless wrath, that rises and subsides in the white tip and tremor of the face. Portland Head Lighthouse, commissioned by George Washington, is where Longfellow wrote “The Lighthouse.” And as the evening darkens, lo! how bright, through the deep purple of the twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light, with strange, unearthly splendor in the glare!
Well, he ain't no Dr. Seuss or Sticks Nix Hick Pix. But not bad. Not bad.
Have a nice Thursday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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