Off the air!

My Blackberry is in, the voice account has been transferred over to it (after the Nice Telcomm Lady spent an hour with some ditz at Cingular who insisted my account has been canceled since December), and it’s now in the hands of the techies who are activating the e-mail on it.

So don’t call me, since I don’t have my cell phone on me … yet.

Woot!

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2 hours ago

So if parents can demand opting out if #school materials even mention the presence of #LGBTQ people (the real intent being to get schools to drop such #books) because that is unconstitutional "coercion," then what happens when (not if) parents object about #interracial couples in a book? Or race-mingled neighborhoods? Or that there are #religions other than #Christianity? Or that a mother has a job outside the home.? Or that kids are playing soccer on the #Sabbath?

https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-free-exercise-books-schools-lgbtq?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=899862&post_id=161903729

3 days ago

#Homophobic #Conservatives: "Why are you #LGBTQ people so obsessed about #sex? Anything you say or do is all about sex, sex, sex!"

Also Homophobic Conservatives: "This book talks about two males who love each other and give each other a peck on the cheek. AS FAR AS WERE CONCERNED THAT MEANS IT'S ALL ABOUT SEX, SEX, SEX!"

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-maryland-lgbtq-books-public-schools-c20d6e4fa084560c56ec2b2bb621c988

5 days ago

" #Trump team reveals its impatience as it threatens to walk away from #Russia -#Ukraine peace talks"

#Diplomacy is hard, especially if you boast that you can fix a diplomatic problem on "Day One".

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-talks-trump-administration

5 days ago

"The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights"

I guess the thinking is that if we don't point out something as a human rights violation in another country, that must mean it's okay if the US government does it. 🙄

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5357511/state-department-human-rights-report-cuts

6 days ago

#Trump regime proposes new rule interpretations regarding #EndangeredSpecies that eliminates habitat protection.

Take, for example, bald eagles. Under the new interpretation, nobody cares if you (profitably) cut down a forest or (profitably) pollute its lakes with pesticides or mine tailings run-off, even if this results in killing all the bald eagles in the area. As long as you are not *explicitly hunting* bald eagles, you're perfectly legal.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-endangered-species-act-habitat-protection-rule-a4c5663a5e49cc0325665edc338263b4

1 week ago

Just in case anyone still thought that Trump's repeatedly stated intent to take over #Greenland was only driven by his wanting to be a Great Imperialist Leader, complete with cities (re)named after him, let alone actually being sort of geopolitical chess with Russia and China.

Nope. It's largely about money. Especially money to be made by tech bros and crypto boosters on Greenland's mineral wealth.

Grift and narcissism. Always reliable motivators for #Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/trump-greenland-donors-investors-finance

1 week ago

"Trump is ‘shredding’ credibility with allies while China benefits, former national security advisor John Bolton says"

I'm Old Enough To Remember ... when #JohnBolton was the extremist nut regarding #foreignpolicy.

(He still is, but he's speaking sanely here.)

It will take generations for the US to recover from what the #Trump regime has done so far. Even if a more sane administration returns to power, the US system has shown another Trump is always possible.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/trump-shredding-credibility-with-allies-as-china-benefits-john-bolton.html

1 week ago

Sent from my son (in Iceland).

If I were a non-US citizen, I would almost certainly be canceling any #vacation plans to the Statues until the #Trump regime gets its act together. Or maybe longer than that. And if I owned a venue that has usually attracted foreign visitors, I'd be examining my financial plans.

The current regime has made it clear that foreigners are only grudgingly welcome, and if they don't like it they can pound sand.

#US #travel #Trump

https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/canada-mexico-uk-germany-france-spain-iceland-denmark-face-growing-fears-as-tourists-are-thrown-into-a-new-travel-crossfire-at-us-border-amid-political-tensions-detentions-and-crackdowns-what/

1 week ago

"Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US"

The #Trump regime thinks "duty" is for suckers and weaklings. They only believe in power and unaccountability for its use.

And that's not just for "illegals." The same applies for anyone they exercise power over.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/13/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-trump-administration-00288502

1 week ago

"US Commerce Secretary says exempted electronic products to come under separate tariffs"

Coherency and consistency are not hallmarks of the #Trump regime.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us-commerce-secretary-says-exempted-electronic-products-come-under-separate-2025-04-13/

1 week ago

Pretending there is, let alone was, no #racism in sAmerica is, quite plainly, racist.

Welcome to the #Trump regime's goodthink view of American #history.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/13/trump-us-history-dc-african-american-museum/83020784007/

1 week ago

TIL some people have no idea what an em-dash is or how (in most word processors, by typing two hyphens) to create one. 🤨

Or maybe *I'm* an AI.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/chatgpt-hypen-em-dash-ai-writing-1235314945/

2 weeks ago

In the #Trump Regime, the #Environment is not considered a #PublicGood.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5242921-trump-executive-order-environmental-protections-sunset/

2 weeks ago

So did #Trump back down here because it would be a very visible and disliked aspect of his silly #tariffs?

Or did the #tech companies make concessions to the Trump tegime for future favors and/or graft?

In either case, #China is busy taking notes as to how to manipulate the United States.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-smartphones-electronics-laptops-apple-10c31e91d7790bfe8fb004f547109359

2 weeks ago

#Trump Regime: This is a bad ultra-terrorist dude who is so incredibly dangerous that we can't keep him in US jail, but have to send him to a foreign country slave prison to keep America's safe from his ultra-terrorist threat.

Also Trump Regime: We gave the dude to this foreign government and now we have no idea where he is.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-hearing/index.html

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