General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's All Fun & Games Until One Oligarch Accuses the Other Oligarch of Being in the Epstein Files (Ferret/Shower Cap)
We used to have a little something called family values in this country. When two billionaires joined forces to subvert democracy, it was for life. Sure, thered be bumps along the road, but you worked that shit out, you stayed together. Fired veterans together. Starved millions of children together.
(Makes more sense with links, I promise: https://showercapblog.com/its-all-fun-games-until-one-oligarch-accuses-the-other-oligarch-of-being-in-the-epstein-files/)
Sometimes I wonder if a lasting bromance between two malignant narcissists is even possible in this crazy, mixed-up world of ours. Dang, they never even got their own portmanteau couple name! (If its not too late, Id like to submit Elonald Mump.)
Anyway, yes, the megasloppy divorce everyone saw coming arrived ahead of schedule, and I think I speak for all involved when I say how delightful it is to watch the bad guys take a few footballs to the groin for a change.
Ironically, this feud may well have brought out the best in both dorks. Seriously. I mean, when Elon calls Trump a recession-causing pedophile who should be impeached
hes not wrong. And when Donnie calls Musk a maniac and threatens to cut off his billions and billions of dollars worth of government subsidies, well, shit, thats the best idea hes had since he fired Mike Flynn.
Honestly, I love this for these two. What worthier target could either shitbag hope to find for their boundless pettiness and spite? Lets find em a nice, cozy, bottomless pit where they can flail at one another until the sun goes out.
I never want it to stop, you guys. Death Cult Civil War is my favorite show now. If its absolutely necessary that I share my country with the likes of Alex Jones and Catturd, let it be in the context of watching them pelt each other with feces till theyre both buried up to their fucking eyeballs.
We must protect the supply lines to this circular firing squad at any cost, my friends, because the impotent panic in Greg Gutfelds eyes as he begs his fashy daddies to stop fighting might just be the renewable energy source we need to power the 21st century.
I certainly wish Musk well in his quest to steer a Cybertruck into the Dotards Big, Bloated aBomination. Heck, half the House GOP has expressed regret for their support now that theyve taken the time to actually read the goddamn thing.
Theyre not mad about the 15 million Americans theyre stealing health insurance from, of course; that would require basic human decency. In fact, Senate Republicansre trying to make the bill even more murdery (murderier?), eyeing cuts to Medicare in addition to Medicaid.
In the national security equivalent of making airplane noises to get a child to swallow a spoonful of peas, Tulsi Gabbard figures maybe she can trick her boss into paying attention to his job if she disguises the presidential daily briefing as a Fox Nooz broadcast. I feel like the 25th Amendment might be a more efficient solution here.
I see the travel ban is back, targeting a seemingly random list of countries this time. When it turns out tbe Nations Deemed Insufficiently Deferential During Tariff Negotiations, Im sure well all be very, very surprised. Anyway, since theyre resurrecting shitty ideas from the First Desecration, we should probably brace ourselves for the Mandatory Bleach Injections EO coming next week.
Well, gosh golly gee, turns out it was possible to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States after all; they just needed to cook up some bullshit trafficking charges first. To hear Pam Bondi tell it, Kilmar was MS-13s Executive Vice President in Charge of Child Grooming, but maybe we can just skip to the part where somebody publishes the home address of the judge who throws your case out? Save a little time?
Just a heads-up, you will all be required to submit to regular polygraph testing until we can figure out who told Donnie Two Dolls about the Biden clonebot. Not much point in having a Deep State if you blabbermouths are gonna gossip about every world leader we replace with a robotic clone, IS THERE?
It is my sad duty to report that we, the libs, are now officially the legal property of Joni Ernst, following the sick tooth fairy burn she tacked onto her fake apology video. She even slid a little evangelizing in there, which I appreciated. If youve ever wondered, Who would Jesus troll? its people who want health care, apparently.
Volodymyr Zelensky generously introduced Ukraines revolutionary new trucking technology deep within Russias interior, and Putin didnt even say thank you. Tsk tsk, what will JD Vance say?
Even with new atrocities reaching the headlines daily, the masked hordes of ICE have not yet been able to execute deportations in sufficient numbers to fill the fetid, throbbing, chasmal hole in Stephen Miller where the rest of us have a soul. So now were pulling law enforcement resources from actual crime fighting to harass Jerry Nadlers staff, to frame innocent people for plotting assassinations, to hang around immigration courts looking for compliant families to rip apart. Why, its almost as though the cruelty is the whole point.
Ive generally been opposed to the current administrations efforts to shutter the Department of Education, but after this weeks Senate hearings, Im calling for a total funding freeze until Secretary McMahon demonstrates the capacity to graduate from the fifth grade.
I hate to seem judgmental, but this whole kakistocracy thing doesnt seem tbe working out. Could we really not find anybody to run FEMA who knew about hurricane season? Thats like hiring a Health and Human Services Secretary who doesnt believe in germ theory or somethi-hang on, Im being handed an update
Shit, Lutnicks gone so far off the rails, even ol Foghorn Kennedys calling him out. Sure, maybe Howardll have the last laugh once hes overseen the reshoring of the banana factories, but I wouldnt hold my breath.
And while I certainly appreciate the efforts of the courts in restraining these maniacs, I wonder if we shouldnt just install childproof locks on all Cabinet department executive suites now that Homeland Security has taken to recruiting high-level terrorism officials from the Model U.N. circuit.
Pete Hegseth continued his subpar-whiteboy-supremacist-renaming-shit bender, this time stripping civil rights icon Harvey Milks name off a Navy ship, because how are warfighters supposed to warfight if theyre not 100% confident their boat is heterosexual?
Mary Miller may not know the difference between a Muslim and a Sikh, but she finds it deeply troubling that either should be allowed to pray in Congress, just in case you thought her Hitler was right on one thing speech was some kind of outlier.
Surprisingly, ticket sales at the Kennedy Center are way down since a certain short-fingered vulgarian appointed himself culture-maker in chief. Still, that Lee Greenwood rock opera adaptation of The Turner Diaries (book and lyrics by Seb Gorka) has been getting solid reviews out of town, so theres still time to turn things around.
Look, maybe State Department official Darren Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work Beattie didnt dismantle that anti-Russian propaganda agency on account of his wifes ties to the Kremlin. Maybe he was just covering up his Iran-Contra, But With Butt Plugs scheme. I say teach the controversy.
Seems one of Littlefingers tacky golf resorts earned a bunch of health code violations. Whatever. If a bunch of crypto grifters and Chinese spies wind up with food poisoning, Im okay with that.
Despite her willingness to belch up the party line, Meghan McCain has long struggled to find a spot at the MAGA grift trough, likely owing to her status as the spawn of an anathema, but she has at long last procured the sponsorship of a supplement that claims to detox regretful recipients of the Covid vaccine. Look, if you trust Meghan McCain to sell you an un-vaccination pill, you dont deserve money.
Mike Lindells latest MyDefamationTrial has, of course, been a somber, dignified affair, outside of the odd outburst about Satan stealing the 2020 election. Better hope Satan doesnt call up Dominion for lawyer recs, Mike.
Okay, Im gonna go have a Big Beautiful Beer. Or maybe six. If this lil diatribe brought you a chuckle or two, feel free to drop a couple bucks in my tip jar (now accepting Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo!), follow @john_luzar, or sign up on the email list at showercapblog.com. (And you should do that, since Im finally, finally, FINALLY on the brink of announcing something Ive been working on for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time.)
Stay safe out there, chums

SheltieLover
(69,237 posts)
Ty, Ferret!

ShazzieB
(20,815 posts)I haven't read any farther than that, but I just had to comment on how funny that was!
Cha
(311,543 posts)SuzyandPuffpuff
(151 posts)Thx for the laffs