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beating the drummers. Put another context, this quote: “Hell hath no fury like a non-combatant”– C. Montague

Hyperphotrio

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Dog Whistles woven into the fabric. UA == a clothing store for the Ubermensch. Uber Alles and a salute from the Right Hand of Idaho. In other words, for those at the back of the bus: the wild right wears a hat as safe, silent signal of membership.

[…now viewed as Nazi propaganda and offensive to modern-day Germans.

Germans have drawn parallels between their national anthem and the motto of President Trump. “From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first,” Trump said during his Inauguration, invoking a phrase that has troubling roots in nineteen-forties nativism and anti-Semitism. About a week later, Konstantin von Notz, a Green Party parliamentarian in the German Bundestag, tweeted, “America First is an update of _Deutschland, Deutschland über alles _. . .’]

under armour smelling a lot like koch
trump and the pompous ceremony in a land built on pomp and ceremony.
vacation play battle rattle
under armour: girdles for men over 40, 
under armour: girdles for men afraid of women
no sperm left behind law


Florida passed the 30 hour limit on abortions. It is called the dry sperm act.

president Pence has proposed the no sperm left behind law

Under Armour has acquired Trojan in support of the no sperm left behind law

Ref Notes: Plank, for his part, only hinted at the recent white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Frazier departed following Trump’s apparent unwillingness over the weekend to single out white supremacists.

“I love our country and our company and will continue to focus my efforts on inspiring every person that they can do anything through the power of sport which promotes unity, diversity and inclusion,” Plank said in a statement.

“He wants to build things. He wants to make bold decisions and be really decisive,” Plank said, alluding to Trump’s desire to bolster American manufacturing and his plans to build a wall along the US-Mexico border and pass a large infrastructure improvement bill.

“I’m a big fan of people that operate in the world of ‘publish and iterate’ versus ‘think, think, think, think, think,'” Plank said. “So there’s a lot that I respect there.” ..


Plank went on to essentially apologize, saying that in today’s political climate, a company has to take a firm stance. No longer can messaging be middle-of-the-road in order to “make everyone happy. People want to know where you stand and what issues you stand for,” he observed.

The Roast as prompt. “It is when diversity itself is made the prime purpose of the work – whether diversity of subject or of creators – that the work falters. I want to see the best possible work, and when we do, diversity is emergent rather than a concious intent glued onto the work.–“

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In No Particular Order

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We work to do something else… unless work is filling. Filling more than time and the bank. That isn’t what most of the worker space does. Most work, even Silicon-Soft-Tech work, is done for money. No more, no less. The draftee in America’s war — make the cut. Join the club. Coders for sidewalk repair.

First they come for you neighbor …

…The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday it was ending collective bargaining agreements with most federal unions — a move that affects roughly 80% of its total workforce.

warhorse — running timeline

—The National Park Service announced Monday that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general and a revered figure among Freemasons, would resume its previous position in Washington’s Judiciary Square, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. It was the only outdoor statue of a Confederate military leader in the nation’s capital.”

–‘The picture these witnesses painted of Combs gels with previous depictions of the rap mogul as a hot-blooded, win-at-all-costs wheeler-dealer, which until now had lived mostly in the realm of rumor. During closing arguments, prosecutor Maurene Comey said of Combs, “In his mind, he was untouchable, a god among men.”

—U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem condemning her agency’s treatment of Sae Joon Park, a Hawaii veteran and Purple Heart recipient who was ordered to “self-deport ” to South Korea in June after more than five decades living in the United States.”

—Lockdown your facility immediately, stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors,” the Commander said in a Hunter Army Airfield Facebook post. “Keep telephone lines open and report accountability to your leadership.” …. hoorah for official facebook… go commercial, unfettered, unvetted comms

—‘U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. One Air Force sergeant said he was “betrayed and devastated” by the move”

—‘Sherman justified the apprehension as part of the overarching mission of helping federal law enforcement who were unavailable during the lunch hour.’ — zip-tie veteran at va

— ‘man accused of throwing a sandwich at an immigration enforcement officer during President Donald Trump’s federal takeover and criminal crackdown in Washington, D.C., served in the active-duty Air Force.

Sean Charles Dunn, 37, was charged with a felony and arrested Wednesday after being accused of assaulting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in an incident that “included shouted verbal insults and a thrown wrapped sandwich,” a Department of Justice news release detailed. The alleged incident was caught on video and was widely circulated on the internet. — so, assault with wrapped sandwich cowers our border warriors…

— Discovered in the wee hours of August 6, 2025, Sections 9 and 10 of Article 1 no longer appear in the online Congressional copy of the US Constitution (diff). The omitted text covers migration, trade, states rights, Habeas Corpus, and the right to due process. The same sections are also missing from the annotated version. This change comes just a few months after Trump dismissed Carla Hayden, first woman and first African American to hold the post of librarian of Congress.

— Currently, the law prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501(c)(3) organization as one “which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.”

AND ALONG CAME; religiuos broadcasters

In Monday’s court filing, the IRS didn’t go that far. But it did say that when a house of worship “in good faith speaks to its congregation, through its customary channels of communication on matters of faith in connection with religious services, concerning electoral politics viewed through the lens of religious faith” it neither participates nor intervenes in a political campaign.  … Rather, the IRS compared religious institutions’ endorsement of candidates to a “family discussion.”

— Holsey commissioned into the Navy in 1988 through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Morehouse College, according to his official biography. A pilot, he flew the SH-2F Seasprite and the SH-60B Seahawk helicopters. He served as the director of Task Force One Navy in 2020, an organization meant to “address the issues of racism, sexism and other destructive biases and their impact on naval readiness,” according to the sea service.  He also served as the commander for Carrier Strike Group One and as the first commander of the International Maritime Security Construct / Coalition Task Force Sentinel. [ 10,16]

–Authorities said investigators found writings and social posts by White that indicated he subscribed to many false COVID-19 vaccination conspiracies, which often invoke the doctors and medical researchers at the government-run CDC in their narratives. White eventually killed himself as police surrounded him.

Lyndon Johnson spent a career bringing Texas into the 20th century. He saw the danger of Church in Texas. Trumplicans are taking the nation back to the 20th century. Maybe further.

tick-tock tariff talk .. Switzerland has more power than they will ever use .

you can never remain neutral when the bully knocks . and his bully will knock every month . it’s not a tariff it’s blackmail .

… then, they come for you