As Dakotah says, "this, that, and the other."
Hodgepodge and I really need your thoughts!
My partner over at SheeLilly Podcast (Sassy and Smart Analysis), Dakotah frequently says, “this, that, and the other!” Well, that’s how I feel about this hodgepodge of what I have found interesting in the past few days! I really would appreciate your thoughts about these tidbits of news!
And The Soapbox Hypocrite of the Week Award Goes to:
BernedOutPanders!
Sure, owning three houses and flying private jets all over the country “Fighting the Oligarchy” Doesn’t make one an oligarch, but it also certainly does not make this person a man of the people. Bernie Sanders is as out of touch with us as is Trump. Besides snobby liberals, does the word “Oligarchy” resonate with many people? BernedOut Panders wins The Soapbox Hypocrite of the Week Award!
WOW!
Bernie Sanders spent $221K on Private Jets on ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour with AOC “Bernie, … what the hell are you talking about? You ARE the oligarchy! If there is an oligarchy, you are it!”
Here is BernedOut Panders defending his actions:
“You think I’m going to be sitting around on a waiting line at United?”
Also, what does everybody think about this news?
Gulf diplomatic source claims Trump will announce US recognition of Palestinian state
Saudi Arabia will host a Gulf-US summit in mid-May during Trump’s Mideast visit. Speculation swirls over a major announcement on a Palestinian state, and peaceful US-Saudi nuclear cooperation
By ALI HUSSAIN/THE MEDIA LINE
MAY 10, 2025 02:34
Updated: MAY 10, 2025 08:53
The Biden Crime Family’s Grift goes Stale as the ex-Cadaver in Chief shuffles off to the dust bin of history while Jill continues to exploit a demented old man with her crime of elder abuse:
How much did they get paid for their stint on The Spew?
Also as we speed crazily to the Summer Solstice, I found this tidbit about Stonehenge interesting. What do you think?
May 10, 2025
Original photo by Hulki Okan Tabak/ Unsplash
Some of the stones at Stonehenge came from 150 miles away.
Questions abound when it comes to Stonehenge, but not everything about the monument is shrouded in mystery. We know, for instance, that around 100 stones make up the site — and that some of them came from nearly 150 miles away. Given that Stonehenge is 5,000 years old, that’s quite the feat. This raises two crucial questions: Who transported said stones, and how? That’s where the mystery begins. For one thing, no one’s sure who built England’s world-famous monument, with everyone from Merlin to aliens receiving credit from various factions; more plausible culprits include Danes, Celts, and Druids.
The stones at Stonehenge are grouped into two types: larger blocks known as “sarsen stones,” and smaller stones in the central area known as “bluestones.” Over the last decade or so, researchers have confirmed that the bluestones came from the Preseli Hills of western Wales, about 150 miles from Stonehenge. (The sarsen stones, meanwhile, were likely found 20 to 30 miles away from the monument.) As for how the bluestones made that long journey, we only have theories: Some scholars believe they were dragged on wooden rafts, although others have suggested that a glacier carried the stones at least part of the way. Most archaeologists scoff at the glacier theory, however, and research in 2019 at outcroppings in the Preseli Hills both conclusively linked them to Stonehenge and confirmed evidence of quarrying work around 3000 BCE — the same era when Neolithic builders were first constructing the mysterious stone circles. That means human hands took the rock from the locations in Wales, but as for exactly how, we simply don’t know — and possibly never will.
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Yes, Bernie, there was a time when you would have happily posed for photo ops of yourself waiting in line at an airport. Also, I would like my $27 back, please. And no, I would not vote for AOC - or you, for that matter - even if you showed up at my door with a couple of dozen eggs.
Speaking of inflation - relax! Inflation will plummet during the time period used to calculate the Social Security COLA.
In our present-day surrealistic, malignant, Through-the-Looking-Glass dystopia-- am I sounding too negative?-- a critical thinker can no longer reflexively dismiss highly improbable and seemingly preposterous "news" on the grounds that it's too ridiculous to be true.
My grudging and fleeting optimistic hope that Trump might actually settle down, keep at least some of his sensible promises (ending the Ukraine clusterf***), and begin to undo the evils of his odious predecessor's TDS Resistance-fueled depredations has pretty much evaporated.
So, here's my provisional guess: the rumor that Trump will announce US recognition of a Palestinian state seems bogus. But, as noted, nowadays seeming Crazy Talk, especially involving Trump, cannot be dismissed on rational grounds.
That is, there are numerous reasons why it's highly improbable, and in the vernacular don't make no damn sense. But... Trump. So, who knows? 🤔
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It's now common knowledge that one of Trump's Achilles' Heels is his proclivity for impulsively endorsing policies and practices recommended by the last person he talked to. Like the dog who smells the ham and gets excited, if some source pitched the idea that Trump should surprise the world by "recognizing a Palestinian state", Trump might just rise up on his hind legs, wag his tail furiously, drool, and bark "Hell, yes!"
So this may be a planted story intended to "trigger" Trump into making it come true. Perhaps it is being floated as part of a scheme to hook him.
Anyway, if Trump does actually make noises about the US recognizing a nonexistent Palestinian state, I'm certain that the devilish details will reveal that it's another marketing gimmick. A Trump-proposed "statehood" will not conform to traditional, conventional, and generally recognized proposals to form a new state.
Instead, he will propose some kind of cockeyed "tremendous", "terrific" plan that amounts to furthering Palestinian genocide and setting up a New! Improved! Trail of Tears. It will be a Gordian knot "with strings attached" and outrageous conditions that benefit Israel and further abuse the Palestinian people, if such a thing is possible.
But hey, if it turns out that Trump really does have something up his sleeve, however appalling and fantastic (in the original sense), he might get his deeply-desired Nobel Peace Prize for this flim-flam. Eyes on the prize! 👀 😡
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