Archive for 2025

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OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want you to be happy.

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DESPACHOS DESDE EL AGUJERO DE LA MEMORIA: Pirates will restore Roberto Clemente sign to right field wall following fan backlash at its removal.

The Pittsburgh Pirates will restore a sign honoring franchise icon Roberto Clemente to the right field wall following fan backlash at its removal.

In the sign’s place is an ad for Surfside alcoholic drinks.

Many fans took to social media over the weekend to express outrage over the sign’s removal. Roberto Clemente Jr. also shared his disbelief at the removal of the image.

It’s the 2020s — entire sports teams have been memory holed, so it’s not surprising to see an individual player also disappear as well, but it’s good to see his tribute back.

NOW THAT’S SOME SERIOUS POOL HUSTLING!

THIS IS CNN: Trump Ag Secretary Laughs After Jake Tapper Insists ‘I’m NOT On The Left.’

Jake Tapper has denied being “of the left.”

On Sunday’s edition of CNN’s State of the Union, host Tapper, in a loaded question, asked Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins: “How long do you anticipate this tariff chaos is going to be going on? 30 days, 60 days, 90 days?”

In response, Rollins wryly responded:

“We’re now two days in, right? You’ve got two days of data. Everyone, especially on your side, on the left, is freaking out.

Snapped back Tapper: “I’m not on the left.”

That earned a sardonic laugh [see screencap] and “thank you” from Rollins.

So, Tapper is “not on the left.” Really? Let’s go to his record.

Read the whole thing.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: How Much Ammo Do You Carry? “It might be that, instead of spending so much time talking about all the spare ammo we carry, it would be a better idea to focus on improving our ability to hit a target quickly and accurately with that first shot.”

PREMISE OVERLOAD: During the protests over the Bush-Cheney War on Terror 20 years ago, Glenn always used to ask, “where are the giant papier-mâché puppets?” Finally, like Pinocchio, they’ve gotten their wish, and they’ve become sentient. Well, almost:

Wait — she’s apparently implying that Trump is a Nazi because there is a swastika in the middle of the Betsy Ross flag. But just in time for Fourth of July 2019, Nike and Colin Kaepernick ginned up a protest to sell his sneakers by explicitly calling the Betsy Ross flag a symbol of hate:

The Pied Piper of wokeness, Colin Kaepernick‏, kicked off the week by successfully pressuring Nike to recall a shoe adorned with the original 13-star American flag attributed to America’s founding mother, Betsy Ross.

For years, polite liberal opinion has lectured us that Kaepernick, who famously kneeled during the national anthem when he was an NFL football player, didn’t hate America — he just wanted to protest police brutality against African Americans. We were to also overlook the time he wore socks featuring pigs dressed as police officers and the time he wore Fidel Castro on his T-shirt. Hillary Clinton declared those kneeling during the anthem were “not against our anthem or our flag.”

Whoops.

Now Kaepernick is tossing Betsy Ross into the basket of deplorables, while Democratic presidential contenders like Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand and Beto O’Rourke clap along like well-trained seals.

This quickly set off quite a chain reaction that year:

Major League Soccer Declares Betsy Ross Flag a ‘Symbol of Hate.’

Nike stocks surge 2% following controversial decision to recall ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ sneakers after star endorser Colin Kaepernick claims they are offensive due to slavery ties.

● Jim Treacher wrote on July 3rd 2019, Betsy Ross’s flag design “was good enough for Obama’s inauguration. Not anymore. If Betsy Ross is racist now, how about the 76ers? The Patriots? Should we start picketing showings of Hamilton?”

● That same day, “MSNBC guest Michael Eric Dyson compared the Betsy Ross American flag to the Nazi swastika and a burning Ku Klux Klan cross.”

Sort of like those earlier Hitlers George Bush and Dick Cheney last year, was the Betsy Ross Flag temporarily rehabilitated, but only to attack Trump once again, or has America always been born of original sin? Or did the young theater kid not remember 2019’s corporate wilding attack on the flag before swinging into action?

(Classical reference in headline.)

DISPATCHES FROM THE PALACE GUARD COMEDIANS: SNL Mocks Elon Musk, Not Democrats Torching Teslas.

The sketch brought “SNL” alum Mike Myers back to portray Musk. The fictional Musk bragged that a new Tesla model offers an adaptation for modern times.

It vandalizes itself.

Recently, our dealerships have been the targets of many attacks … Suddenly no one likes Tesla cars. I asked myself why, then I answered myself. Because of me!”

His solution? The Tesla Model V.

“The first electric car in history to be fully self-vandalizing! With features like self-smashing headlights, self-slashing tires and AI-powered graffiti … You can choose from penises or swastikas, or my favorite: swastikas made out of penises!”

The vandals in question could spend years behind bars for their actions. Tesla owners, likely Democrats who hoped their purchase would positively impact the climate, now fear for their safety.

“SNL” could have mocked the raging hypocrisy in play. Liberals have spent years demanding more EVs to prevent Climate Change. Now, their party is cheering on attacks against the number one electric car company in the country.

Instead, they turn what many dub domestic terrorism into a laugh line. Maybe [Mel] Brooks can visit the show’s writers’ room and give them a crash course on Humanity 101.

Not surprisingly, SNL in its current ancient and enfeebled state lacks the courage to force their own audience to ask themselves, “Are we the baddies?”