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Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday [1]
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Date: 2025-03-18
I Haiku So You Don’t Have To Deportees take off Judge turns planes around mid-flight Trump Airlines: We Suck - Pulse quickens, sweat drips Think, JD Vance! Think! Think! Think! Doorknobs are so hard - Swasticar belches Flames soaring to the heavens Tesla stock plunges - Panic in the streets Not an asteroid this time Egg prices still up - A cavernous space Echoes bounce off stalactites Inside DOGE boy’s head - Spring is in the air Out comes my leopard print thong Down go neighbors' blinds I imagine I just broke a bunch of haiku rules. Don't get up—I'll find the penalty box myself. And now, our feature presentation…
Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Note: Today's C&J was written with an autopen. Last time we ever do that. You know how effing loud those dang things is? Loud. Like, really loud. And don’t get us started on how ridiculously complicated it is to change the ink cartridge. AUTOPEN BAD NO MORE AUTOPEN! —Mgr.
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By the Numbers:
4 days!!!
Days 'til spring: 2
Days 'til the Texas Onion Festival in Weslaco: 4
Minimum amount of the world's advanced microchips produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which is paying the U.S. a $100 billion "protection fee" against Chinese aggression: 90%
Percent chance that Taiwan can count on Trump to hold up his end of the agreement: 0%
Minimum number of measles cases in the U.S. today, the most since 2019 and over 90% of them in Texas and New Mexico: 310
Age of former Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona and former Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming when they died last week: 77, 93
Current ocean temperature off the coast of Portland, Maine: 38F
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Puppy Pic of the Day: Ghostbuster does good…
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CHEERS to the Big Switcheroo. If there's one happy unintended consequence of our nation's unconscionable election of Adolf Hitler Jr., it's Canada's apparent ability to look at what Project 2025 hath wrought and wisely decided to move back from the brink of their own brush with fascism:
Fueled by anger at Trump, Canadians have expressed growing support for the Liberals in the upcoming election, almost entirely closing the gap with the Conservatives in a matter of weeks. The Conservatives, who had a lead of almost 20 points a month ago, are now ahead by only 1percentage point, the Canadian polling firm Nanos said this week. “The Liberals have basically been resurrected from the dead” because of the crisis Trump created, [Canadian political science professor Jonathan] Malloy said.
Canada's new motto: Vive La Liberal Zombies.
CHEERS to U-turns. That's what a federal judge ordered regarding flights containing deportees deemed "at war with the United States" under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. It would appear that our current president, Very Bad Man, and his legal team are—oh, what's the phrase?—making shit up:
Less than two hours after President Donald Trump attempted to invoke the 18th century law to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order that blocks the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens currently in custody pursuant to the president's recent proclamation. […] Deportees celebrate their return. (Artist sketch) He also ordered the Trump administration to immediately turn around two planes carrying noncitizens if they are covered by his order, including one that potentially took off during a break in the court's hearing. […] The AEA states that it can only be invoked when there is a war with or an invasion by a foreign government or nation.
[Looks out window] Nope. No visible war with, or invasion by, the government or nation of—[checks notes]—Venezuela. Not on my street, anyway. Well, except the one who keeps parading in front of our house playing the accordion at all hours of the night. I live for the day, pal, when the price of eggs goes down enough so I can start the pelting process.
CHEERS to favorite First Couples. Yesterday was the wedding anniversary of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. They were married on March 17, 1905 in New York:
The 20-year-old bride was escorted down the aisle by her uncle, then President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. FDR knitted. Who knew??? The ceremony took place at the New York City home of Eleanor’s great uncle and aunt, Edward and Margaret Livingston Ludlow. The reception took place next door at the home of her cousin, Susan Parish. Though no photographs of the day are known to exist, several artifacts from the wedding are in the FDR Library’s museum collection.
So, uh…what do you get a 143-year-old man and a 141-year-old woman on their 120th anniversary? If they're still actually walking the earth after all this time, I'd say the #1 thing on their list would probably be: "Braaaaains..."
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CHEERS to "Uncle Jumbo." Happy Birthday to #22 and #24 Grover Cleveland, born March 18, 1837. According to Cormac O'Brien's book Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents, as sheriff of Erie County, New York in the 1870s, Cleveland "personally threw the noose around the necks of two convicted criminals," making him the only American president who personally hanged someone. That is, if you don't count presidents Hoover, Nixon, Bush II, and Trump, who did a pretty good job of personally hanging their legacies.
CHEERS to today's edition of Junkety Junk Junk Junk. Via Joe.My.God.:
In the the latest sign the Tesla Cybertruck risks becoming Elon Musk’s first full-blown flop, sales of the pickup have been halted amid growing cases of metal paneling falling off. “Zis iss not broken! It iss ze convertible option, damn you!”
—Elon Musk EV enthusiast site Electrek reported Tesla delivery agents as saying all outbound vehicles have been stopped amid concerns that the glue holding the exterior stainless steel paneling in place is failing. The issue isn’t new but it has remained unaddressed. Owners living in cold weather conditions in particular have been warning about it for weeks, posting images of sharp-edged metal trim protruding from their vehicles and flapping in the wind while driving.
This has been today's edition of Junkety Junk Junk Junk. Sponsored by Chevrolet. And Ford. And Chrysler. And Nissan. And Kia. And Subaru.
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Ten years ago in C&J: March 18, 2015
CHEERS to a very quiet ride. The solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2—whose wingspan is longer than a 747's—took off on its third leg of a round-the-world journey and today is…
…traveling from Ahmedabad (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, AMD/VAAH) in the Republic of India, to Varanasi (Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, VNS/VIBN) also in the Republic of India. André Borschberg will fly the zero-fuel airplane for about 1071 km (578NM, 665 miles) and an estimated time of 15 hours. Yoga originated in India over 5,000 years ago, and is used today by André Borschberg while flying Si2.
If all goes well, their plane will end up in Abu Dhabi in August. Their luggage will end up in Wichita in November.
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And just one more…
CHEERS to the nerds and klutzes among us. Bet you didn’t know this: March 18th is Awkward Moments Day, which is described at one web site as existing "For anyone who’s ever wished the ground would open up and swallow them." Or, in this guy's case, for anyone who's ever wished the ground would open up and swallow him:
If we must have a portrait of TFG in the White House, let it be nothing but a screen shot from this moment. [Sigh] We can dream.
Have a tolerable Tuesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial Have you ever wondered what the Cheers and Jeers kiddie pool might look like without algae? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of it as if its massive sheet of crud has been removed, revealing the hidden locations of its tallest mountains and the deepest canyons. —USA Today
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