What are the prediction markets saying about the risk of Iranian/Russian cyber-attacks on US infrastructure?

Off campus college housing decorating.

Fridge we've had since 2001 has died.

Guess we'll just juggle that credit debt with the others until the Federal Rebate check (amended return) shows up in ... July?

(Missed checking the box for "my dependents are full time students" as it was listed under "unusual circumstances.")

Just witnessed what a cybertruck horn sounds like.
It fits.
It sounds like an overly self entitled overweight goose.

I hope her nutty base is still listening to her?

What happens when religious fundamentalists come to power? (Part Two) Military service members are filing a flood of complaints about religious justifications for the U.S. war in Iran. How Christian extremism came to influence the Trump administration and offer moral un...

Part one was about "the other side."
What results is the same faith-fueled excuse for violent extremism.
No one wants to relive "the Great Crusades" except Doug Wilson & Pete Hegseth.

www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?

www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

'If You Can Keep It': The US, Iran, And War Crimes : 1A Both Iran and the U.S. have been accused of committing or planning war crimes since “Operation Epic Fury” began in late February.Targeting electricity-generating stations, schools, and water-purifying...

Q: Has the US been engaged in War Crimes.
A:
www.npr.org/2026/04/06/n...

Found these two on the Swatara

That's great and all...
but 16 years...

ewwwww.
Sane Americans not looking forward to 16 years more.

Hey @democrats.org

Do we have a "Heritage Foundation" working on a set of laws and amendments to quickly reform the government to avoid this "Unitary Executive Theory" shit from ever happening again?

Thanks in advance.

We say "No Kings!" because "'Unitary Executive Theory' has consistently led to unlawful and unconstitutional acts" doesn't fit well on the poster.

Pete Hegseth is Praying for a Holy War | On the Media | WNYC Studios The U.S. has waged war on Iran for more than a month now. On this week’s On the Media, what Defense Secretary Hegseth’s monthly Pentagon prayer meetings reveal about his war strategy....

To use the christian god to glorify and justify a holy war is NO different than calling on Allah to destroy the "Great Satan."
www.wnycstudios.org/story/pete-h... via @onthemedia

Pete Hegseth is Praying for a Holy War | On the Media | WNYC Studios The U.S. has waged war on Iran for more than a month now. On this week’s On the Media, what Defense Secretary Hegseth’s monthly Pentagon prayer meetings reveal about his war strategy....

Pete Hegseth is proving that the US *can* be the "Great Satan" Iran claims us to be by using Scripture in the same way the devil does in Matthew 4.

www.wnycstudios.org/story/pete-h... via @onthemedia

Pete Hegseth is Praying for a Holy War | On the Media | WNYC Studios The U.S. has waged war on Iran for more than a month now. On this week’s On the Media, what Defense Secretary Hegseth’s monthly Pentagon prayer meetings reveal about his war strategy....

To use the christian god to glorify and justify a holy war is NO different than calling on Allah to destroy the "Great Satan."
www.wnycstudios.org/story/pete-h... via @onthemedia

Pete Hegseth is Praying for a Holy War | On the Media | WNYC Studios The U.S. has waged war on Iran for more than a month now. On this week’s On the Media, what Defense Secretary Hegseth’s monthly Pentagon prayer meetings reveal about his war strategy....

Pete Hegseth is proving that the US *can* be the "Great Satan" Iran claims us to be by using Scripture in the same way the devil does in Matthew 4.

www.wnycstudios.org/story/pete-h... via @onthemedia

Viktor Orbán: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

Such an unwelcome and inequitable place should not be an American goal.

youtu.be/SkRw83GV-wA?...

President Trump’s firing of inspectors general threatens government accountability and efficiency A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

ourpublicservice.org/blog/preside...

Would love to see a survey checking for correlation between voters' choices in the past 3 POTUS elections & how often they purchase "as seen on tv" items or after clicking an ad from a YouTube video or phone app.

10 Steps to Freedom & Power Democracy is Under Attack. Learn the Playbook. Join the Fight. Defend Our Freedom.

"No Kings" rallies happened worldwide because Nations like Germany, Italy, & others know their own history is being repeated.

It is happening here and now.

10stepscampaign.org#10

During today's No Kings protest, the folks who did not honk in support hollered "we love Trump."

And therein lies the problem.
His supporters don't support his "policies," results, or "plans."

They support his brand.

Are we witnessing the death of expertise? Analyst Tom Nichols says the Trump administration is fundamentally incompetent. And he says there’s been a systematic erosion of expert trust for years — which is dangerous for American democracy.

I do not understand how anyone can trust this current administration to produce anything but painful and baffling results.

www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Sad thing is, *this* IS the America his base supporters are STILL thrilled with...

As long as the Gov't seems to be supporting the dehumanization of "the other" ("illegals," "towel-heads," "the gays," etc.), these are voters who are pleased to call themselves the "winners."

Forecast of 62 degrees F, slight wind, mostly sunny.

62F. That there is kayak weather.

I'm getting mailings "against" candidates for STATE offices that tout how much the opposing candidate isn't MAGA/Trump enough.
1 - It's a STATE office. Support for a brand name *shouldn't* be a thing.
2 - At what point will GOP candidates consider that Mr. Trump *might* NOT be a selling point?

Look.
I would welcome sending ANY of our current OR PAST living leaders who can/should stand trial for breaking or even BENDING international laws to the ICC.

Yes.
Even Obama.

At this point in US History, the only right path towards repairing a US role in the world as a leader for freedom, democratic norms, & human rights is to turn over war criminals to the International Criminal Court, starting with Pete Hegseth.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Re-watching the show" Supernatural."

Just finished S12 E5 in which Hitler is resurrected.

Gotta love that the writers nailed Hitler's reaction to the cell phone:

"It's like having a little Goebbels in my hand!"
"I sold ten million copies of Mein Kampf. Imagine what I could do with Twitter!"

People Are Being Turned Away From Their Citizenship Ceremonies Naturalization ceremonies across the country are being canceled at the last moment as part of Trump’s crackdown.

"They should come legally" quips every entitled person who has no idea of what that process looks like, how much it costs, or what limitations are currently in place...

And even those who DID it right...

time.com/7339923/immi...

a picture of a bird with the words social distancing by grover written below it ALT: a picture of a bird with the words social distancing by grover written below it

I always hear the opening line of that song in the voice of Sesame Street's Grover.