Burlesque in the 1950s … in this case Lili St. Cyr. See: Her Wikipedia entry. Pretty tame huh?
Would Stormy approve?
STAND UP FOR STRIP TEASE!
Aka, Grandpa’s blog … An emotional purgative for our world's cultural excesses.
Burlesque in the 1950s … in this case Lili St. Cyr. See: Her Wikipedia entry. Pretty tame huh?
Would Stormy approve?
STAND UP FOR STRIP TEASE!
Pilgrim, I’ve always found it curious over the world’s obsession with hair … the Muslim’s insistence that women’s hair be covered …the subject of a Broadway musical … the amount of money and effort paid on one’s coif by famous people … some men’s obsession with women’s flowing locks … even the current banishment of underarm and pubic hair, even on men.
There must be some deep-seated reason for this sartorial focus … but it escapes me …
STAND UP TO OBSESSIONS!
Trump claims he wants to testify at his trial. No one else thinks he should.
Soaring debt and deficits causing worry about threats to the economy and markets
House Republicans prepare alternative plan to gain Hur audios
Pope: ‘We have to get our hearts to feel again’
Infected blood: UK reckons with its worst health scandal
Iranian President Raisi and Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian killed in helicopter crash, state media says
‘Never Biden’ voters are more numerous than ‘Never Trumpers’
Americans down on economy with inflation topping concerns …
Schumer: Senate will take up stand-alone [failed] border bill this week
Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te urges China to stop its ‘political and military intimidation’
Trump warns of ‘death of American dream’ as inflation persists
Diddy sorry … Chaims ‘therapy’ after beat down …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
The Biden administration has added one more condition to their debate demands— Trump cannot use the “I” words: inflation, immigration, Iran, interest [rates], insurrection [not], infanticide, indebtedness, illegals, Israel, intifada, instability, idiot or influence [peddling].
STAND UP TO THE “I” WORDS!
It’s been said that politicians would sell their first-born in order to hold onto their office. Well Pilgrim, this obviously does not apply to swampy Republicans who are falling over themselves to thwart Trump’s takeover of their party. There have been three GOP representatives … McCarthy, Buck, Gallagher leaving a majority of one … with others possible … threatening their majority.
Although this creates difficult times for the current Republicans, it likely means that, were Trump re-elected, he would have a more loyal party.
STAND UP TO GOP HARA-KARI!
Ukraine’s Zelensky rejects Macron’s Olympic truce proposal
Media giants lean on sports as Hollywood strikes still loom over content slates
Trump demands Biden take drug test before first presidential debate
[Trump] Afraid to take the stand?
Member of Israel’s war cabinet says he’ll quit government June 8 unless there’s a new war plan
Some consumers are punting off big purchases like pools and mattresses
Morehouse College president: Ceremonies will be immediately called off if pro-Hamas demonstrators disrupt Biden’s commencement speech
As America’s global hegemony ends, multi-alignment commences …
Trump at NRA convention floats a three-term presidency
Rudy Giuliani is served indictment papers at his own birthday party, after mocking Arizona’s attorney general
Biden campaign reportedly urged CNN to promise RFK Jr. wouldn’t be allowed to participate in debate
Houston grapples with heat, power outages after major storm …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Guess who the snake and the old woman are?Maybe the viper should read this poem too … use your imagination!
STAND UP TO VIPERS!
My sincere hope for the future of generative AI is not at all frightening … it’s pretty modest. My expectation is that one of these GPT models will end up being a higher-quality search engine … providing intelligent and less-biased reference to the internet universe … and replace that POS search engine that Google now offers.
STAND UP TO GOOGLE!
RFK Jr. uses major cash infusion by his running mate to fund ballot access efforts
As Tesla layoffs continue, here are 600 jobs the company cut in California
61 House Democrats vote in opposition to resolution condemning violence against law enforcement
Biden rejects more Trump debates
State Department issues unusual worldwide LGBTQ+ travel alert
OpenAI dissolves team focused on long-term AI risks, less than one year after announcing it
Biden speeds up asylum process for illegals headed to NYC, LA and Chicago
Vicious Diddy … Cruel in Century City …
Conservative activist’s son sentenced to 4 years in prison for ‘relentless’ attack on Capitol
World’s top golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested on charges of assaulting officer at PGA event
Biden set to outpace Trump in judicial appointments
Xi and Putin go for TWO hugs …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Anyone who still supports Biden is either hopelessly delusional or a naive masochist.
STAND UP FOR ENLIGHTENMENT!
I bet you thought that the Dems had run out of boxes for their candidates to check when running for office … female, non-white, gay, foreign-born and, recently, trans. You thought that was the full slate?
Hold on Pilgrim … there’s a new box … ADHD ... or neurologicaly woke. Angela Alsobrooks has won the Democrat primary for its open Maryland Senate seat … as a black woman with ADHD. She will face off against Republican ex-Governor Larry Hogan in November. That extra checked box has gotta help.
What’s the next box the Dems will try to use to get elected … bad breath?
STAND UP TO HALITOSIS!
Aid for Gaza will soon flow from completed pier project, Pentagon says
Affluent consumers are creating a ‘bubble’ at Walmart, warns former U.S. CEO Bill Simon
Gov. Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder for killing Black Luves Matter rioter despite clearly acting in self defense
White House defends Biden blocking release of Special Counsel recordings
Elon Musk is getting under government’s shin
Trump lawyer yells at Michael Cohen in cross-examination over call about Stormy Daniels
VP Harris ‘jokes to friends’ about running for governor of California if White House lost … in bid to further destroy once great state
Dow 40,000!
RFK Jr.’s Vice President candidate drops $8 million more into campaign
Russia makes further gains in Kharkiv, massive Ukraine drone attack causes power outages in Crimea
SCOTUS rules the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will live another day
Trippin: Musk says people will be living in cities on Mars in 30 years …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
No … no … a cult of good policies!
Afterward: Biden wouldn’t know a good policy if its hair smelled good.
SRAND UP FOR MAGA POLICIES!
President Biden has repeatedly claimed that Trump left him with a 9% inflation rate. Actually, when he took office on Jan. 20, 2020 the inflation rate was 1.4%.
Pants on fire ..
STAND UP TO INFLATION!
France bans TikTok in overseas territory amid violent protests
Meta slapped with child safety probe under sweeping EU tech law
Biden is already trying to write his own rules for debates with Trump
Stocks hit record high as inflation slows …
University of California student workers vote to strike amid Gaza protest furor
Chinese EV startup Nio is changing its global strategy with U.S., EU tariffs on horizon
Peru officialy classifies trans people as mentally ill
CNN debate June 27! RFK Jr. may qualify …
House Ethics Panel subpoenas DOJ for Gaetz records
Putin heaps praise on Xi during visit; Russia says forces advancing ‘in all directions’ in Ukraine
Michael Cohen’s former attorney accuses him of lying during Trump trial
Romney: Biden should have pardoned Trump …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Baron Trump, Donald Trump’s youngest son is six feet, seven inches tall.
STAND UP FOR A LONG DRINK OF WATER!
Giuliani bankruptcy judge rebuffs attempt to challenge $148 million judgement
Jamie Dimon urges the U.S. to deal with the budget deficit sooner rather than later
Fail: Biden’s $7.5 billion electric vehicle charging stations program produces only seven stations
NASDAQ scores 7th record close of ‘24 …
Top California Democrats come out against rent control ballot measure
Fed Chair Powell says inflation has been higher than thought, expects rates to hold steady
Florida sues Biden administration over attempt to force state to fund ‘gender transition’ surgeries for children
Melania angry, but will never leave …
Europe lurches to the right
Under heavy Russian fire Ukraine withdraws from parts of besieged Kharkiv region
VP Harris gives advice to the youth: Kick the fucking door down
Moscow masses 500,00 troops on front line … Zelensky scraps foreign visits …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Donald Trump’s path back to the White House is being paved … stone by stone … by the manic actions of the spittle-flecked lefty deep state …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA FIRST!
Trump and Judge Merchan |
The political elites in New York State as well as its bar association should be hanging their heads in shame for their silence in reaction to the travesty of the ‘Hush Money” trial now taking place in Manhattan. Judge Merchan is completely compromised and does not even attempt to run a fair judicial process.
The New York State legal oversight’s silence is shameful and complicit. Perhaps AG Letitia James has set a bad example?
A very sorry spectacle …
STAND UP TO JUSGE MERCHAN!
Trump’s and Biden’s appeal to the Rust Belt depends on tariffs
Chinese giant Alibaba posts 86% profit drop but beats revenue expectations
Republican VP hopeful JD Vance shows up in courtroom for Trump
Border town’s criminal prosecutions explode by 5,000% during Budens’s warch
RFK Jr. is defying the odds — against getting on ballots around the country
U.S. orders Chinese-backed crypto miner to sell land near nuclear missile base
CNN: Polling an ‘absolute disaster’ for Biden
Report: More than half of migrants in U.S. are unemployed
Misery deepens in Gaza’s Rafah as Israeli troops press operation
As Blinken and Zelensky meet, US says weapons are ‘on their way’ to help repel new Russian onslaught
Exclusive new study finds 10%-27% of non-citizens are illegally registered to vote
Secret tape played in court … Cohen could send Trump to prison …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
The best thing that has happened to China was America … we showed them how capitalism works to create wealth … we allowed them to sreal our inventions … we helped feed their masses … we gave them a taste of freedom.
And what have they reciprocated with? The threat of domination!
Not very thankful …
STAND UP TO CHINA!
UK has an accounting trick to hit its climate goals
‘No credible plan’: US’s Blinken issues harshest criticism yet of Israel’s Gaza operations
Trump rallies 80,000-strong crowd in Wildwood, New Jersey
Rat face to face with the Don … Prosecution set to rest …
About 30 students walk out on Jerry Sienfileld at Duke commencement
‘Big Short’ trader Danny Moses is still betting against Tesla, says core business is ‘falling apart’
Trump reaffirms support foe Israel: I support Israel’s right to win its war on terror
Troubles: Newspaper groups warn Apple over ad-blocking plans
Canadian police announce arrest of 4th Indian suspect in killing of Sikh activist
Putin replaces longtime defense minister in surprise move; Russia claims gains in northeast Ukraine
Hillary Clinton-produced play bombing during peak Broadway season due to being unwatchable monstrosity
There’s not enough power for America’s high-tech ambitions …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Pilgrim, the world is divided into two district camps — those who believe that climate change is a existential threat … and those who think that those who think climate change is an existential threat are, in fact, the existential threat … like me.
SRAND UP TO CLIMATE CRAZIES!
The UN has cut by more than in half its estimated number of Gaza women and children civilians killed by Israel in their war against Hamas terrorists.
STAND UP AGAINST THE FOG OF WAR!
Pilgrim, to repeat an old saw, pay not one wit to what Joe Biden or his administration says … heed only what they do … for their words and deeds are often diametrically in opposition.
STAND UP TO CONTRADICTIONS!
Abortion ballot measures try to keep Dems at arms length
Apple’s Maryland store workers vote to authorize strike
Some Democrats suddenly pretend to care about southern border as 2024 election nears
Switzerland’s non-binary rapper Nemo wins song contest
Gold bars and Google: The damning evidence in Bob Menendez’s corruption trial
Photos from across the globe show spectacular displays of aurora borealis
Corrupt DA Fani Willis faces GOP challenger
Mega MAGA rally on Jersey shore …
DOJ recommends 40-year sentence for Paul Pelosi hammer attacker
Musk’s StarLink satellites disrupted by major solar storm
Trump on rumors of potential Nikki Haley VP pick: No
Pelosi rebuked during Oxford debate after condemning Americans clouded by ‘guns, gays, God’
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Wonder whatever happened to James Carville’s wife, Mary Matalin?
(Found on Diogenes’ Middle Finger blog.)
STAND UP FOR MORE OF THE SAME!
Pilgrim, I’m pretty sure most humans strive for a better life to one degree or another. The difficulties arise within the definition of “a better life.”
STAND UP FOR A BETTER LIFE!
Greta Thunberg now believes that decapitating babies can stop the climate from changing.
Afterward:
STAND UP TO CRAZIES!
Pilgrim, am I picking up an evolving Biden strategy to get re-elected by emulating Trump?
He is threatening tariffs on China EVs a nd pharmaceuticals … trying to slow the surge of illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico … even trying to copy Trump’s popular bodega stop.
What next … buying out a MacDonald’s for a sports team visit to the White House?
STAND UP TO TRUMP LITE!
Inside the unusually aggressive Arizona grand jury that indicted Trump allies
New Biden tariffs on China EVs, solar, medical supplies reportedly due on Tuesday
California Governor Newsom under fife after his Homelessness Council is unable to account for $20+ billion in spending
Melania blocks Baron from convention
Strong solar storm hits Earth, could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US
Consumer sentiment tumbles as inflation fears surge
Hamas now refuses to budge on hostage talks after Biden halts aid to Israel
Weekend: Defying haters, Israel’s Eden Golan advances to Eurovision’s Grand Final
U.S. to announce new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine
Biden administration says Israel is not violating U.S. weapons terms
Biden claims inflation was 9 percent when he took office — it was 1.4 percent
Nearly half of cancer cases linked to obesity …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
The clerk at Trump’s company who entered his 34 checks to Michael Cohen, Esq. into their system testified she used a pull-down menu to classify these payments and chose “legal expense.” The menu did not include “non-disclosure agreement” or “hush money.”
Ergo … verdict for falsifying financial records — NOT GUILTY
Afterward: this event occurred about 6 months after Trump was elected … and now is well past the statute of limitations for this misdemeanor.
STAND UP FOR INNOCENCE!
DA Alvin Bragg is prosecuting Donald John Trump in Manhattan for something unspecified. How this is possible is an enigma of the New York justice system.
So, Pilgrim, the jury will need to come to a verdict on some offense. The question for today is what will it be:
- Falsifying financial records
- Schtupping Stormy Daniels
- Wearing silk pajamas
- Schtupping Playboy bunny, Karen MacDougal
- Getting Stormy Daniels to sign a non-disclosure agreement (hush money)
- Violating campaign laws by using campaign funds for this non-disclosure
- Not using campaign funds for this non-disclosure
- Not wearing his court-ordered ball-gag 24-7
- Complaining about the freezing courtroom
- Falling asleep in court
- All the above
STAND UP TO JUDGE MERCHAN!
Democrats demand action from Biden on affordable housing
The U.S. is now Germany’s largest trading partner — taking over from China
House Republicans push citizenship question for Census
Defense paints picture that Stormy tried to get rich off of Trump
Judge denies Hunter Biden’s bid to dismiss gun charges
Chinese EV maker Zeekr prices IPO at $21, at the top of the range
MSNBC puzzled by survey finding Independents think Biden is greater ‘threat to democracy’ than Trump
Johnson vows to protect Jack Smith hours after Democrats protect his speakership
Vulnerable Senate Dems lukewarm on White House plan for Palestine refugees
Ukraine says ‘not a single meter has been lost’ as Russian forces ramp up attacks in Kharkiv region
Former Speaker McCarthy is now campaign manager for BLM/DEI candidates
Tech crushing human creativity …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
“Some Republicans are Democrats … but no Democrats are Republicans.” — Dan Bongino
One strategic advantage that America has vi-a-vis China and Russia is our two-party system. These latter two adversaries’ single parties make policy mistakes and live with them until the bitter end. Whereas, our competing parties are constantly probing the other’s weak policies … and … hopefully … win office to correct them.
But, not always.
STAND UP FOR TWO PARTIES!
Finally realizing that the sun has a lot to do with weather, the climate crazies want the World Economic Forum to tax sunshine.
STAND UP TO KLAUS SCHWAB!
Defaced Washington statue In Washington,DC the police finally broke up the pro-Hama campus encampment … arresting 33 people. Of these, onl...