Looks like a War Zone
A train derailed in Ohio, carrying huge amounts of toxic chemicals. The chemicals pose such a danger that it was determined safer to burn them on the spot, leading to an evacuation of the town of East Palestine and scenes that look out of a war. But this is just rural Ohio. And now reports say the train was carrying more toxic chemicals than originally reported.
This is likely to be an ongoing ecological disaster. Right here in America.
San Francisco Roads
Getting local today: There are way too many broken roads, potholes, and cracks- makes me long for an off road vehicle in the city!
Balloons
I think we found the source of those unidentified high altitude objects.
The State of our Union
Despite calls for unity and bi-partisan cooperation, the antics, childish yelling, and digs continue- this is how the State of our Union feels.
Chinese Surveillance
If you’re viewing this post, you’re on social media right now and should be more concerned about that info gathering than the Chinese balloon. And TikTok has been shown to capture more data than most, owned by a company in Beijing subject to national security data audits by the Chinese government.
Knock-Knock…
Uh-oh.
Proving the Point
In his quest to disprove that systemic racism still affects people, Florida Gov. DeSantis is using his systemic powers to suppress discussion of racial issues and understanding. Kind of proving the point.
George Santos is a gift
If nothing else, George Santos is a gift to political cartoonists and late night tv writers everywhere.
You try tidying with three kids
Marie Kondo, the guru of tidy, has said that, note that she had three kids, she doesn’t tidy as much anymore. Big surprise.
Stop Vilifying School Librarians
Florida Gov. DeSantis has continued his crack down on books in Florida schools, leading to empty shelves where school libraries once stood and school librarians vilified and fearful they’ll be charged with felonies.
It’s awful, authoritarian, and dangerous.
Offering No Solutions
The House GOP is again going to play chicken with the US debt ceiling, saying they won’t go along with increasing the debt ceiling without balancing the budget.
They’ve rejected outright any tax increase. They also want to take funds away from the IRS, which the CBO projects will increase the deficit.
Various GOP factions have outright rejected any cuts to defense spending. Many reject cuts to entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.
The target then becomes discretionary domestic spending, with very popular programs such as farm subsidies, water programs, infrastructure, and more.
But to balance the budget by cutting only discretionary domestic spending would require cutting 85% of that spending.
So far there’s no solution offered up, let alone one that will pass the Senate and White House.
So we’re left with what… magic thinking? Or the favorite response when they don’t know what to do, thoughts and prayers.
Diverse Candy
M&M'S announced they’ll stop use of their candy characters due to backlash after they began to diversify the characters. America can’t handle representation in their candy.
