Cis men are the problem not trans women
NBC NEWS: Journalist was tortured and had her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says
And Trump wants to give Putin everything he wanted from the start of his invasion to stop the war, causing Ukraine to give up everything including the mineral / oil gas rights and the security of joining NATO. Hugs
Journalist was tortured and had her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says
Viktoriia Roshchyna, 27, was captured after she traveled to the Russian-occupied region of Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine, the joint media report said.
Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/AUgNg44LyRfWCcSXNCFjHlw
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Best Wishes and Hugs,Scottie
Is Trump in mental decline? He sounds far worse than Biden ever did. | Opinion
Check out this article from USA TODAY:
Is Trump in mental decline? He sounds far worse than Biden ever did. | Opinion
Best Wishes and Hugs,
Scottie
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Bert and Ernie and Bill by Clay Jones
Run, Rubber Ducky, Run! Read on Substack
There’s been a lot of talk, and jokes, about six-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick and his super young girlfriend, Jordon Hudson. Even SNL made a crack about it in its cold open.
In the skit, Trump signs an Executive Order making it socially acceptable for a man in his 70s to date a 24-year-old. The “Belichik Law” will “make girlfriends young again,” says Trump, played brilliantly by James Austin Johnson.
But hasn’t it always been socially acceptable for an older man to date a younger woman? In the skit, Trump says, “Old men can now date far younger women. We like that. It’s hot! But in reverse, it’s quite disgusting, right?”
My opinion on this matter is that as long as it’s at the legal age limit, then mind your own business. But Republicans are fine with a 49-year age gap, or 23, which is the difference between Donald Trump and Melania. But isn’t it weird that when an old fart starts dating a women who is waaaaaaaaay younger than him, she’s always a model? Holy shit. Have I been fucking up by deleting all those Facebook friend requests from hot girls in bikinis that I’ve always assumed were scams? Maybe my soulmate is a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Never mind. I just remembered that, for some reason, that only happens to rich men.
While Republicans are very progressive and accepting of old, rich, wrinkly metamucil-drinking guys dating women who could be their daughters and even granddaughters, they hate gay marriage even though it doesn’t hurt them at all. We’ve finally progressed enough that Republicans don’t even want to talk about it anymore, but you know that if they could, they’ all vote to outlaw gay marriage. (snip-MORE, and it’s really good)
Shake Your Foundations by Clay Jones
Housing assistance is facing a wrecking ball. Read on Substack
This cartoon was drawn for the Fredericksburg Advance.
Did you know that 90% of Virginia’s support for housing assistance comes from the federal government? Other questions are: How much will DOGE/Trump cut from the HUD budget? How much will affect housing assistance? How much will Virginia lose from that 90 percent? Will Virginia lose all of it?
One question we don’t have to ask is: Does Trump or Elon care about housing assistance at all?
Creative note: We publish the cartoons for the Advance on Sundays, and I didn’t even write this cartoon until late yesterday, after I finished my daily syndicate cartoon. I don’t know why I put pressure on myself like this. I didn’t finish working yesterday until 8 p.m. I spent my Saturday working.
Music note: I listened to Fugazi.
Drawn in 30 seconds: (snip-go see!)
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Inheriting The Wind, and More, in Peace & Justice History for 5/5
| May 5, 1818 Political philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary Karl Marx was born in Trier, Germany. His ideas, laid out in the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, and in many other publications, considered the state, class divisions, the nature of industrial capitalism, and culture and religion as oppressive forces.  A young Karl Marx |
| May 5, 1925 Biology teacher John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in a Dayton, Tennessee, high school in violation of state law. Working in a public school, he was prohibited by statute “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.”  State of Tennessee v. Scopes ACLU |
| May 5, 1981 Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison (aka Long Kesh); it was his 66th day without food.He had just been elected by a narrow margin to a seat in the British Parliament for the district of Fermanagh and South Tyrone while still serving the last of a 14-year sentence for possession of firearms. The government introduced and Parliament quickly enacted the Representation of the People Act 1981 which prevented prisoners serving jail terms of more than one year in either the UK or the Republic of Ireland from being nominated as candidates in UK elections.  “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.” – Bobby Sands |
| May 5, 1983 Over one million Sicilians, a fifth of the Italian island’s population, signed a petition against the deployment of more than 100 U.S. cruise missiles at the Comiso Air Base. |
| May 5, 1991 The last U.S. cruise missile left Greenham Common Air Base in England, the site of a decade of women’s anti-nuclear protests. The encampment persisted for nearly another decade until it was returned to public access.  Protesters leave Greenham Common for the last time Peace link |
| May 5, 2000 Reformers allied with President Mohammed Khatami swept run-off elections, winning control of the 290-seat Majlis of Iran (parliament) from hard-liners for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Results were subject to certification by the Guardian Council which reversed the results in eleven of the original February contests. |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistorymay.htm#may5
Black Hole Week!
These pages are awesome! Here are some snippets:
Black holes are one of our favorite cosmic objects
So we created Black Hole Week to celebrate them.
Throughout the week, science communicators from across the globe will be sharing news, videos, and social media posts about black holes. Our goal is that no matter where people turn that week, they’ll run into a black hole. (Figuratively, of course — we don’t want anyone falling in!) (snip)
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First Tip: Don’t Visit Black Holes!
But if you must, read our safety guide.
Learn more about black holes, how to find them, and how to stay safe on your travels!Read More snip) Enjoy!
https://science.nasa.gov/un (snipiverse/black-hole-week
Let’s talk about Trump not knowing the Constitution or due process….
The Fall
Growing up, my father had a number of sayings that I did not always appreciate. One that sticks with me to this day is when he saw me waxing my first car. Admittedly, it wasn’t a great car, but it was mine!, and I was proud to have it. So there I was, rubbing away at it like a bum on the beach caressing a dented lamp hoping a Genie would pop out and make it a Mustang or something, and I saw him, leaning against the wall watching me use up his good wax and I grinned at him. “You know, son, there’s only so much you can polish a turd,” he said, then walked away as my grin fell.
Value is subjective, determined by the amount of life we deem it to be worthy. One of the most dangerous things you can do is stand between a man and what he believes worth everything for he will destroy anything to protect it.
The second most dangerous thing one can do is to overvalue something, for you will willingly destroy yourself and everything you love less in the pursuit of that item. This is the fall of Mike Lindell, Michael Cohen, Rudi Giuliani, and so many others. Obsessed with a conman and addicted to the koolaid, they laid prostrate upon the dark alter of Trump and sacrificed their wealth, career, future, loved ones, and perhaps their very soul for that which is objectively corrupt, offensive and untrue.
It is interesting to me to watch the fall of another who thought he could ride the corrupt lies to greatness only to find them as corrosive to ‘friend’ as to ‘foe’. Elon, once the wealthiest of businessmen, began his downfall by attempting to stifle the decency within Twitter in service to his Lord drumpf. He then used his platform to lie and cheat for a conman, buying his presidency and drinking the koolaid as fast as drumpf could make it.
I couldn’t understand why this man, wealthier than many countries, would put all he was and could be on the line like that. A man known for his advances in science and conservation placed himself within the nuclear blast zone of someone who denies science, flaunts his own ideas over those of experts, who embraces ignorance and self aggrandizement, and who denies conservation care for the environment. What drives people like these to destroy themselves? What hold does that Svengali have on them?
In all fairness, I don’t think I need to shed a tear for Elon. He is a big boy and will just have to suffer the consequences of his self-immolation. It is the curiosity of seeing it happen live, to see the startling half-realization that hate has consequences and seeking the shiney value, the loud and obnoxious clown above all that has real value, has begun his destruction. I can’t help but to wonder where he will wash up.
Sundays Cartoons / Memes / and News Bits. A bunch of good ones
When MAGA talks about grooming and indoctrination, they are talking about vampires like Stephen Miller.
This reads: children will be taught Republicans are good and others are bad.
https://x.com/JuddLegum/status/1917958279008764162
Scottie's Playtime 