Clay Jones & Open Windows

The immorality of Mike Johnson by Ann Telnaes

The Speaker of the House seems to have forgotten the First Commandment Read on Substack

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MAGA Bucket by Clay Jones

Big Bird meets Big Turd Read on Substack

While asshole billionaires are enjoying the continuation of huge tax cuts, Donald Trump and Republicans realized, maybe, that this will actually increase our national debt. Why didn’t somebody say something? So in order to slow down the bleeding, the goons looked for where they could make some cuts and save. No, they did not cut the budgets for ICE, defense, bombs for Israel to drop on the kids in Gaza, Trump golf trips, or Trump birthday parades. Maybe they could sell the plane Qatar bribed Trump with, if anyone else actually wanted it.

Trump and Republicans passed a bill that will cut $1.1 billion in federal funding for PBS and NPR. Trump is all giddy about this and posted to ShitSocial…

Of course, this impacts Sesame Street. What kind of asshole hates Sesame Street? Donald Trump is that kind of asshole. Donald Trump was an asshole millionaire by the time he was 8 years old. His allowance at 3 years old was around $200,000 a year. That explains why he doesn’t have any appreciation for Sesame Street. If nothing else, Sesame Street could have taught him how to count his money and maybe realize that if you spend more than you bring in, you will increase debt. Cookie Monster knows this. You can’t eat more cookies than you have. Maybe if Trump watched Sesame Street, he wouldn’t speak like a drugged-out crackhead and could talk the king’s English as well as the president of Liberia.

Sesame Street might have saved Trump from being the kind of asshole who sexually assaults and rapes women. It could have saved him from being a grifter and a thief. It could have saved him from growing up into a racist liar. Sesame Street could have saved Trump from turning into Trump.

As Matt Hooper said in Jaws while describing a Great White Shark as a machine, “All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks, and that’s all.” Trump is also a machine, and all that asshole machine does is grift, sexually assault women, and make little assholes.

By the way, have you seen a photo of Barron Trump lately? He’s cultivating the asshole look. He may be taking grooming tips from older brother, Don Jr. Fortunately, Barron hasn’t developed the coke-up dazed expression yet, so for now, he only has the Christian Bale serial killer look from American Psycho.

Anyhoosies, we’re supposed to be talking about Big Bird and not Big Turd, the serial killer of democracy. I wanted to avoid drawing Big Bird for a cartoon on this subject, as so many other cartoonists did this week. But after I got the bucket idea, how could I not?

That’s the blog for today, Peezeheads. One of my clients asked for a local cartoon this morning, and he asked about an hour ago if he could have it by 11 a.m. tomorrow. I haven’t even read the article yet, so I should do that. You’re also going to get a blog about Ozzy. Stay tooned. And no talking about Ozzy in the comments until the Ozzy blog. Pretend you’re a Republican and Ozzy is the Epstein Client List. (snip-MORE)

From “Tell Me A Story”, Neat News About Energy

Look Ma, No Blades!

Have you heard about Vortex Bladeless Ltd.? It’s a Spain (just outside Madrid) based tech company developing a wind power generator without rotating blades.

STRUCTURE & OPERATION
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There is a fixed base and a cylindrical mast that oscillates freely perpendicular to the wind direction, jointed by a carbon rod.

Inner parts never collide with each other, but interact to generate electricity.

ENERGY HARNESS
When the wind passes around a structure, vortexes of pressure are created.

The frequency of vortexes depends on the wind speed, and if the structure has a similar natural resonating frequency, it begins to oscillate and harness their energy.

This phenomenon of aeroelastic resonance is called Vortex Shedding, and happens regularly in nature.

ENERGY CONVERSION
Similar to a traditional alternator, our device gets an interaction between coils and magnetic fields, generating electricity by electromagnetic induction without need for rotation on a shaft nor a gearbox.

Read more here. Totally geek out about it here.

The skybrators, as some wits have amusingly dubbed them, stand at a hair over nine feet (2.75 metres) tall.

“Our technology has different characteristics which can help to fill the gaps where traditional windfarms might not be appropriate,” says Yáñez (Inventor, Founder and Co-CEO of Vortex Bladeless).

These gaps could include urban and residential areas where the impact of a windfarm would be too great, and the space to build one would be too small. It plugs into the same trend for installing small-scale, on-site energy generation, which has helped homes and companies across the country save on their energy bills.

This could be wind power’s answer to the home solar panel, says Yáñez. (source)

Snip-More, Not Too Much, Go Read It, It’s Exciting!

https://donna-tellmeastory.blogspot.com/2025/07/look-ma-no-blades.html

Some more clips from The Majority Report. Normally the fun half is subscription only, but there are workarounds.

The first one is the entire fun half on 7-14-2025

This one is the fun half of 7-1502025

This one is the fun half from 7-16-2025

This is a fun half from an Emma Thursday 07-17-2025

This last one is from the Nazi authoritarian cult of tRump maga who I posted a meme of getting fired and asking for money because his boss felt his was not a good fit for the company. FAFO

Bruce Gerencser Brings Us Alan Cumming!

I’m a huge admirer of Alan Cumming the human, as well as the talented star.

Sacrilegious Humor: Alan Cumming on Jesus, Kindness, and Trans People

Bruce Gerencser July 22, 2025 Evangelicalism

This is the latest installment in the Sacrilegious Humor series. This is a series that I would like readers to help me with. If you know of a comedy bit that is irreverent towards religion, makes fun of religion, pokes fun at sincerely held religious beliefs, or challenges the firmly held religious beliefs of others, please email me the name of the bit or a link to it.

Today’s video is of Alan Cumming guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Transcript:

Jesus Christ.

And talking of Jesus . . .

Even as an atheist, I’m a big fan of Jesus. I really am. What’s not to like? A tall, gorgeous man with great abs and flowing hair getting his feet washed by prostitutes. And encouraging people to love their neighbors while slaying in a loose kaftan. And Jesus was an immigrant, by the way. Let’s not forget . . .

Jesus would have loved trans people. He changed water into wine; is that not itself an act of transition? And you know how I know Jesus would love trans people? Because he loved people. He loved all people. So, of course, he would love trans people and all queer people. I mean, Jesus was followed around at all times by 12 single hot guys, all of them also sporting kaftans. You do the math. Jesus loved the gays, America. Deal with it.

The only thing our current president has in common with Jesus is that they both owe their career to their dads.

Seriously, just think to imagine what it must feel like to be trans person in America today. Our government has legislated that trans people do not exist. It is trying to erase them completely. Imagine having to stockpile your essential lifesaving medicine because your president might cut off access to it for no other reason than it makes him look strong to his base. If the government is going to declare a whole group of people shouldn’t exist, why can’t it be truly a dangerous group of people like those who take off their socks and shoes on airplanes and then go into the bathroom? Why can’t it be people who use leaf blowers at unearthly hours in the morning? Why can’t it be unkind people? Which brings us back to Jesus. Yes, of course. Jesus just wants all of us to be kind. So, for once, America, I beg you, let’s all really try to give kindness a go. Like my little mom says, “It doesn’t cost anything to be kind.” And I guarantee you any situation you find yourself in will go better with a little kindness.

Bruce Gerencser, 68, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 47 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist. (snip)

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 7-23-2025

Image from Progressive Power

#republican assholes from Republicans Are The Problem.

Image from Liberals Are Cool

Image from Making Donald Drumpf Again

#mike johnson from Liberals Are Cool

Image from Bowlby's Bric-a-brac

#donald trump from Saywhat Politics

Town Square Cartoons

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/789795837956046848

Tom Stiglich Creators Syndicate

Image from Liberals Are Cool

#trump and epstein from Rejecting Republicans

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https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/789799663215722496

Image from Bowlby's Bric-a-brac

Political cartoon of the day

#fentanyl from Liberals Are Cool

Image from It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Dave Granlund PoliticalCartoons.com

Image from Bowlby's Bric-a-brac

#mehdi hasan from Liberals Are Cool

I think it's more patriotic to notice the flaws in your country and want better for it than to ignorantly claim its great and disregard major problems that need fixing.

— Alyssa (@pooroldkilgore)

Image from DARK SIDE OF THE SWOON

"For the life of me, I do not understand why, in this country, we try and hold comedians to a standard we do not hold leaders to." -Jon Stewart

Image from No-Longer-Just-Another-Bondi-Blonde.

Image from Depsidase

Image from Progressive Power

John Darkow Columbia Missourian

Image from It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Bill Day FloridaPolitics.com

Image from Liberals Are Cool

#republican assholes from Republicans Are Domestic Terrorists

Harley Schwadron CagleCartoons.com

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/789720151176118272

Image from Concealed Weapon

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/789721682584748032

#republican assholes from Republicans Are The Problem.

Town Square Cartoons

Image from Liberals Are Cool

#us politics from Untitled

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/789728975714992128/thesuperheroesnetwork-feels-like-a-good-time-to

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/789717886165991424

#no kings from No Kings No Crowns

Image from Liberals Are Cool

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/789803577590808576

Image from Depsidase

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#malignant narcissism from Liberals Are Cool

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https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/789801439594774528

#congestive heart failure from Liberals Are Cool

Culture war obsessed Ryan Walters wants a purity test for teachers to ensure they are hard right maga Christian nationalists

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/789797293694091264

Election cheating by republicans

Allison Gill reported on the newest money runaround the laws on campaign financing. Seems the island of Guam Republican Party got in prior years one donation of $10. This year they got 193 individual donations of $10,000 each. $10,000 is the maximum one person can give to the party. It turns out the donors were all very wealthy republicans many serving in the tRump administration. The island did not suddenly go hard right. No it turns out that the law doesn’t limit party transfers of money between party committees. After the money hit the Guam party coffers, it was transferred to the RNC. Turns out the 193 donors had already maxed out their allowed donations to the RNC. So this was a way to give the RNC an extra 1.93 million for the midterms. Put that with the other ways they plan to rig the election and it seems that the only way they figure they can stay in power is to cheat. Often and repeatedly. Hugs

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