Headed West on the I-10 bridge over Escambia Bay yesterday, saw a $100K+ RV towing a Lincoln Navigator with a giant 6'x4' banner on the back that said "SPEED LIMITED BY BIDENFLATION"

Ain't nobody more put upon in America than the idle wealthy.

I murdered two people today, robbed a bank, cheated some widows out of their pension, and roughed up a kitten. But, I've decided to run for president so there's nothing anybody can do about it. That's in the Constitution, you can look it up.
-- Republicans, essentially.

Republicans:

- You can't investigate Trump, he's a sitting president!

- You can't impeach Trump, he's a lame duck president!

- You can't indict Trump, he's running for president!

Also Republicans:

- Gays and POC want special privileges!

Really enjoying the party of "Law and Order" absolutely losing its shit this morning though...

I suspect that if you ground up Scott Adams and fed him to an AI, you'd get something like Twitter's current business plan.

I just don't get this guy's business plan

I have a quarter million followers on that site. I post free content. And Musk is like, yeah, the platform's entire existence depends on getting content in front of people, but, we're gonna limit that. Also, why are advertisers leaving? Must be wokism! I'm a Jenius!

If Senator Tubesteak was holding up Oil Executive promotions or Football Coach hirings, you'd see Republicans taking him around behind the barn for some corrective action real damn quick.

But, the military?

Weird silence from the party who claims to "support the troops."

Cardinal at the feeder.

As is the usual, if you want to know the technical details of the shot, you can find that stuff on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stonekettle/

I call this one: Twitter's User Base

If Jared and Ivanka's Secret Service names weren't "Pumpkin" and "Honey Bunny" I'm going to be very disappointed.

Note: I assume Junior and Eric were "Motherfucker" and "that other Motherfucker."

Twitter under control of Elon Musk is the perfect metaphor for America under Republican ideology.

I.e. Eliminate everything that makes the place work and makes people want to be there, no idea what makes it valuable so you drive it full speed into bankruptcy, promote the haters and howling trolls and remove those who actually make the content, pretend every disaster is what you always meant to do so you never ever have to take responsibility, and then declare victory.

4th of July MAGA flag display from my morning bike ride.

Tell me how this makes any sense? Trump called the military a bunch of suckers and losers. Trump said of POWs: “I like people who weren’t captured." And Trump is currently facing trial for violation of the ESPIONAGE ACT and he's under investigation and likely facing indictment for sedition and other crimes against everything that American flag stands for.

How does this display make any sense?

It doesn't. Because MAGA is a cult.

Goddamn Joe Biden's economy!
-- White Guys hauling a $100,000 boat behind a $70,000 truck on their way to blow up $2000 worth of fireworks on a 4 day weekend of drinking light beer and eating thousands of calories of hot wings, steak, and pulled pork.

Anyway, happy 4th of July, the day we honor the birth of our nation by getting drunk, blowing shit up, and wearing pants made from an American flag.

Watching Twitter burn, I'm reminded of when Elon Musk said: "If it clears the tower before exploding, we're going to call that a success!"

So basically, Musk has reconfigured Twitter so that you're limited in what you can view, you're limited in who you can reply to, and you can't see any replies or interact with anyone.

This is what happens when a guy who by his own admission doesn't understand human interaction or social cues buys social media.

Sale today

Pens. Seam Rippers. Letter Openers. Bottle Openers. New prints, puzzles, mouse pads and other things.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Stonekettle

If you have a MISCON discount code, it still works.

Live now!

Folks, again, I caution you to be extremely critical of any information regarding the situation in Russia

This is also where I remind you that you can't trust ANYTHING on twitter because there is no longer a verification system (as lousy and arbitrary as it was) and you don't know for sure who's talking.

Given that Russia has repeatedly supported Trump and those who carried out the January 6th insurrection, it'll be absolutely FASCINATING to see how Putin handles the insurrection on his own soil.

Hope you're paying attention, MAGAs.

Anybody else waiting to see which Republican candidate for president is the first to promise they'll outlaw the use of pronouns on Day One?

We need a law that says both elected and appointed members of government may not accept gifts of any kind, no plane flights, no accommodations, no money, no favors, no dinners, nothing,

Also full financial discloser and a strict code of ethics.