The Vision

Internet poster Elissa Slotkin thinks Democrats should support good things, and I hope she writes a letter to her senator.

I do hope Elissa's senator comes up with some specific ideas for this stuff, and lets Elissa know what they are.

What the hell is "A system that rewards you for taking care of yourself"?

The Power of Positive Thinking

Six months of trying to manifest the reality of his delusions.

At Least The War Is Over

Holiday Monday gives an extra day before the stock market opens.

Iran fired missiles toward US military targets in Jordan in retaliation for a strike on Iranian rocket launchers that the US said were trying to launch sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz –– the key shipping route that’s become the center of regional tensions and diplomatic efforts.

Apparently Labor Day is next week! The perils of working from home. 

Morning

Mostly Monday.

Sunday Evening

enjoy.

Sunday Afternoon

I got nothin'

The Art Of Warfighting

Nothing a few trillion extra bucks can't fix, I'm sure.

Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the U.S. homeland, according to people familiar with a recent assessment prepared for the Pentagon chief.

...

The top military officials at European Command and Southern Command each cautioned Hegseth that lending their ships and surveillance aircraft to Central Command has degraded their ability to fulfill homeland-defense obligations, said those familiar with the assessment.

Which plucky country is gonna take their shot?

What Next For Milo?

On one hand, Milo fits in perfectly with the British press:

Milo yes been deported to Britain? Ho ho, good luck to a racist, transphobic, paedophilia endorsing shitwit who hangs out with open Nazis getting work in the great British media... hang on, I'm just being handed a piece of paper.

— Gabby HC (@scriblit.bsky.social) August 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM

On the other, maybe he makes it a bit too obvious.

Morning

Sunday funday.

Saturday Night

Rock on.

America's Worst Newspaper

That fucking newspaper.

The Syndicate

It's ancient history now, but for a period of time, Milo Yiannopoulos was *the* campus free speech martyr. He would get speaking gigs on campus, at which he would name trans students in order to direct harassment at them. People would protest the use of university resources for this activity, and all of the centrist dipshists would write ten thousand words about the evils of the "heckler's veto" and the impending fall of civilization due to campus snowflakes.

We are all more likely to find common cause and express solidarity with people we identify with. There were plenty of free speech/academic freedom (not the same thing) causes then, and even more now. They identified with Milo.

And when Milo's star fell, they had to continue his cause of terrorizing trans people.

Bye Milo

I guess he's gone.

Sure Why Not

Oddly specific.

The new standards also specifically address applicants who have engaged in past acts of bestiality or animal cruelty – saying they may still be considered for the bureau as long as the incidents took place before the age of 18, the sources said. 

An FBI spokesperson confirmed that some changes to the eligibility requirements have taken place, but claimed they are limited to a narrow set of circumstances, such as in cases where a person was sexually abused with animals as a child.

"Any polygraph changes reflect a clear difference between a disqualified applicant who has engaged in criminal behavior, versus an applicant who may be subject to further evaluation based on rare exigent circumstances," the spokesperson said.

Sources told CBS News that the new eligibility requirements do not distinguish between candidates who were coerced into sexual activity with animals, as opposed to those who engaged in such acts willingly.

As in, there's a specific person(s) in mind here. 

Morning

Slacker Saturday

Happy Hour

Get happy

Not Funny At All

Stop laughing.

Oh No

All good liberals must be true to their principles and take no pleasure in this at all. Not even a little bit. Stop laughing.

Milo Yiannopolous has been apprehended by ICE in Louisiana ...

TMZ has learned.

The controversial political personality is currently being held at an ICE detention center, per inmate records. The circumstances surrounding his detention are not yet clear but our sources tell us Milo was detained at an airport.

The Art Of Warfighting

Pete's not gonna pay his employees.

Donald Trump’s war on Iran has driven the US military into a severe financial crisis, with the US navy forced to transfer money from its payroll and other sources to cover the costs of combat, according to documents seen by the Guardian, and interviews with navy officials, contractors and defense analysts.

No worries. I'm sure there will be an emergency supplemental. For the troops. Can't abandon the troops, Democrats! 

Bubbles

There is regularly a lot of talk about people existing in discourse bubbles - you exist in one, of course, I do not - such that alternative viewpoints are never heard. This is usually aimed at lefties! As if most media isn't blaring a combination of Washington Consensus/Right Wing views 24/7, and left wing views are, as I said, only presented as caricatures. 

Left wing views are only ever discussed by people who don't share them!

No one in the New York Times (for example) is ever presenting, as their the own, the hegemonic Woke Viewpoint that half their columnists are arguing with most of the time.