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Evening Shade---Resistance Rising---Thursday [1]
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Date: 2025-02-27
(Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE)
YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS
THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS
EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CRITTER
RULES IN THE DIARY
WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that you LIKE
YOU CAN REPOST IT AS COMMENT in the DIARY
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RIP Gene Hackman.
x We have lost one of the true giants of the screen. Gene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel a whole life behind it. He could be everyone and no one, a towering presence or an everyday Joe. That’s how powerful an actor he was. He will be missed, but his work will live on forever.
[image or embed] — George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) February 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So many clips, but this is a personal favorite.
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This is so fucking horrific. Yes, it's Texas, and the school is trying to warn inform parents and guardians. But check out their hypocrisy "Mission Statement." "It Starts with ME, I Matter!" Bullshit.
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Umm, Bobby...this year is only two months old. A child died because of this. The first known measles death in the US in over a decade.
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Remember too, Bill Cassidy is a physician.
x Cassidy was the key vote to confirm RFK Jr, who will probably recommend ivermectin to stop the measles outbreak.
[image or embed] — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) February 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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No Shit Sherlock.
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Hmm, why does that name ring a bell? Oh yeah, this guy.
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x Tesla’s shareholders just lost another $38,640,000,000 today — a total $TSLA loss of $600 billion since December. Tesla’s CEO was not in the office. In literally any other public company ever, this would be the point where the CEO gets fired. — Tristan Snell (@tristansnell.bsky.social) February 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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x #BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts issues temporary, "administrative" stay of the government's midnight deadline to turn spending taps back on in foreign aid funding case. This is *not* a sign that the Court is going to rule for Trump on the merits; it's buying a short amount of time to sort it out. — Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) February 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
x Here's the order. It's open-ended, but having the response due by noon Friday suggests that the full Court will rule on the stay quickly, perhaps by the end of the day on Friday.
[image or embed] — Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) February 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Abso-fecking-lutely! Make these as shats own Skum's their decisions.
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in other news. Here's more info from what we were discussing last night. Trump's minerals deal may play in Ukraine's favor long-term. www.reuters.com/…
sign with Ukraine may not be the colonial-style asset grab it appears to be. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy can still turn it to his country’s long-term advantage. BERLIN, Feb 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The minerals deal that U.S. President Donald Trump could soonmay not be the colonial-style asset grab it appears to be. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy can still turn it to his country’s long-term advantage. Giving Washington a piece of Ukraine’s critical minerals and other resources was an idea Zelenskiy took to then-candidate Trump back in September, hoping it would align the two countries’ commercial interests. The Ukrainian leader got more than he’d bargained for after the November election, when Trump started talking about some $500 billion he expected as “money back” for the financial and military support the U.S. has channelled to the country since Russia invaded three years ago. ✂️ poor picture , opens new tab of their country’s underground resources, which include uranium, lithium, oil and gas. The last mapping of so-called rare-earth metals was completed decades ago, and the deposits may not be . Besides, some of the coveted elements are in territory occupied by Russia. One big unknown is the scale of Ukraine’s assets. Local authorities have aof their country’s underground resources, which include uranium, lithium, oil and gas. The last mapping of so-called rare-earth metals was completed decades ago, and the deposits may not be viable , opens new tab . Besides, some of the coveted elements are in territory occupied by Russia. estimates , opens new tab will cost $524 billion. Furthermore, any revenue is years away. Ukraine will first have to build or rebuild mines and repair the country’s damaged energy grid. The promise of future returns could spur U.S. investment, thereby beginning the rebuilding of Ukraine, a task the World Bankwill cost $524 billion.
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A Scam Built Atop an Accounting Gimmick Wrapped in Bullshit: Why Visiting Fort Knox Is Not About Selling Gold but is About Buying Bitcoin. www.crisesnotes.com/…
The “Bitcoin Strategic Reserve” is something I’ve wanted to write about since before all hell broke loose January 31st. Now that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are set to visit Fort Knox, the famous home of the United States Treasury’s gold stock, it's time to write about it. You might be asking yourself, well wait how do these topics relate? Amazingly, they are intimately and causally connected. Visiting Fort Knox is a publicity stunt to get Congress to back an accounting gimmick that will fund the Bitcoin reserve. It is, as the title of this piece says, A scam built atop an accounting gimmick wrapped in bullshit. Now let me explain how. The stated reason Musk and Trump are visiting Fort Knox is to “make sure the gold is still there”. Trump, for example, has said in a speech (and really more than one speech) “We're going to open up the doors. I'm going to see we have gold there. We want to find out, did anybody steal the gold in Fort Knox?” This, of course, originated with Musk who has been tweeting about this nonstop. Take, for example, a tweet from last week where he says “Looking for the gold at Fort Knox …” and includes an image of a meme based on a scene in a South Park episode where a character says “Annnd It’s Gone”. While visiting Fort Knox is likely meant to boost Musk’s twitter by livestreaming the visit on the platform and plays to conspiracy minded Trump supporters who have theories about Fort Knox’s gold, these are not the substantive underlying reasons. The underlying reason is most likely the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve proposal. We’ll get to what this proposal is later, for now we’ll start with the gold connection. For new readers this will be an introduction to a major theme of this newsletter- the surprisingly important but neglected field we might label the “Law and Political Economy of Governmental Accounting Gimmicks”
It's a long piece, but definitely worth the read.
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Here's a really good explanation about yesterday's budget resolution. The Budget Blueprint Is No 'Big, Beautiful Bill.' thinkbigpicture.substack.com/…
You’ve probably heard the news. On Tuesday evening, the House GOP narrowly passed a budget resolution by a vote of 217 to 215, with only one GOP member (Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a deficit hawk) voting with the Democrats. Based on worried reader comments and the crowing of GOP members busily spreading misinformation, you’d think the budget had been sealed, along with the fate of programs like Medicaid, and delivered to Trump for his signature. Not so. The resolution that passed is just a blueprint. That is to say, it gives instructions on how to move forward with the full budget, including instructions to House committees to find cuts that fit within the blueprint. It also has to line up with a companion bill from the Senate that does the same basic things. That means we are still a very long way from the enactment of tax cuts for the uber-wealthy and draconian cuts to government health services in places like Medicaid. And that means we have time to mobilize and see the budget go down to defeat, just like we have seen every other GOP budget bill fail over the past two years.
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Does this make them "Discount Jarvinka" as well as "Discount Goebbels?"
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Here's something you can do. Spread the word to friends and family. Let them know Medicaid goes by many names, maybe in their own state. Maybe even for them.
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I wonder if someone at The Lincoln Project has been reading the Evening Shade. We suggested this a couple nights ago.
x Not only that, bring a life sized version of their pussy Republican rep and let voters respond to their cut outs. Make it happen America!
[image or embed] — Rachel Bitecofer (@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social) February 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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This is about 20 minutes long, so bookmark to watch when you have time. I miss Tim Walz!
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Evening Shade Seekers! Happy National Polar Bear Day!
Happy National Chili Day!
Happy National Retro Day! Remember, way back when...?
Happy Small Dog Day! (Very long)
AND Happy National Toast Day!
Tomorrow is National Chocolate Souffle Day.
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