Francisco 2.0

God, the Onion is killing it:

Coming soon: the Trump Bible will be adopted by the State of Oklahoma as the only official Bible that can be purchased with state textbook monies, and any other Bible (or religious text) will not be on the accepted list.

Futher, what an amazing feeling it must be to know you can ramble on about any nonsensical thing that enters your brain and people---adults!---are perfectly willing to believe it, worship it, praise it, and proclaim your genius. Leading a cult has to be fucking fantastic.

Andrew Tate is who Elon Musk wants to be when he grows up.

Seems appropriate. They Came to See Trump. First They Heard a Pitch to Buy Gold and Silver. At a recent campaign speech, one of Donald Trump’s warm-up acts was a precious metals salesman being sued by federal regulators for fraud. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/us/they-came-to-see-trump-first-they-heard-a-pitch-to-buy-gold-and-silver.html A Turning Point Action conference in Detroit in June. The group has helped rally conservatives for Donald J. Trump.

Sam Hauser is doing well at the Celtics parade:

I had zero doubt someone would use the Cuban gif in a reply.

An example of the high-quality advertising Elon is luring back to Twitter each day:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24183083/elon-musk-secret-child-shivon-zilis-exec-neuralink Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company

This thread reminded me; went to a wedding in '94 that Garth Brooks was hired to play at the reception. Now, this was just as he was going supernova...but, the groom went to OSU and knew Garth well from his time there, and Garth did it as a favor for he and the bride. This was a surprise to everyone in attendance, for they kept it a secret that he was coming as a guest and to perform. The wedding and reception itself were very low-key.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/us/politics/aileen-cannon-trump-classified-documents.html

Daughter of close friends of mine was married recently. She and her husband had a private destination wedding with maybe 20 people tops (parents, grandparents, siblings) in attendance. They had a wedding reception a month or so later that my wife and I attended. Rented on a Sat night a giant club. There might have been 5-600 guests. 3 open bars, 2 bands, endless shrimp, prime rib, king crab legs. Lots and lots of booze. I counted at least 3 crews of photographers taking pictures. Caterers everywhere. Fresh flowers on each table, an ice sculpture that was 6 foot tall, that sort of thing. It was posh. Now, I've know the parents of the bride for decades now. I know their background. There's no way they could have footed the bill, or even half of it. The groom's family is loaded, from what I was told. The father of the bride and I were talking, and I mentioned something like this was quite the party. He took a drink of beer, said they didn't pay for it---it was somewhere around 200K---just for the reception.

Gotta say; your daughter is just too damned woke to understand what Cybertruckin' is all about -Elon fanbois, here and there.

Bill's girlfriend and my oldest daughter are the same age, so this hits close to home.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/a-short-course-in-the-rule-of-law The Shamans and the Chieftain

Moved to The Supremes.