The Weather’s Hot, and Guys Are Dressed…Badly. A Guide to Cool Men’s Summer Style. In warm weather, guys tend to default to extremely boring outfits. Here’s how to look as cool as Steve McQueen when temperatures soar. 06/14/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi to face off in Netflix hot dog competition LOS ANGELES — After organizers for Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest said Joey Chestnut wouldn't compete this year because of a deal with a rival brand, Netflix swiftly announced a ... 06/13/2024 - 6:30 am | View Link
Stollers can get dangerously hot: Here's the one mistake parents don't realize they're making "I knew it would get hot, I didn't think it would get that hot that fast. Stroller safety shouldn't be that hard," said Michelle Pratt, founder of Safe in the Seat. 06/13/2024 - 2:09 am | View Link
Trump returning to Capitol Hill; inflation cools in May; Celtics take 3-0 NBA Finals lead | Hot off the Wire podcast Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawm ... 06/13/2024 - 1:45 am | View Link
Fed likely to scale back rate cut plans; Sandy Hook survivors set to graduate; gas prices falling | Hot off the Wire podcast WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s legal woes are not over after his conviction on three felony firearms charges in a trial that put a spotlight on his drug-fueled past. Now, President Joe Biden’s ... 06/12/2024 - 1:46 am | View Link
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT today (10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Virgo into Libra.
Happy Birthday for Friday, June 14, 2024:
You are organized and have a strong desire to take charge of most situations around you.
Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the homes of the Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director and some board members in a cowardly act, using red-smeared paint. This act of targeting Jewish people will not help the Palestinians. What a despicable thing to do, and I'm not sure how, in their minds, they felt this was productive.
Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1st to begin a 4 month sentence for contempt of court after failing to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Immediately after being ordered to report to court, he was defiant, saying "Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department, they're not going to shut up Trump, they're not going to shut up Navarro, they're not going to shut up Bannon, and they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA."
Well, just a week later, Bannon has changed his tune and is now begging the Appeals Court to intervene and pretty please keep him out of prison.
Read the filing here.
In the filing, he claims this is a "landmark case." It absolutely IS NOT.
Above, RAC performs, Why Even Try. Sometimes I wonder why we even try to make sense of the media.
MPC Commentary presents, Much Ado About Hunter.
The Psy of Life asks, "Does it even matter?"
Adventus says it's all inside MAGA Baseball.
Play Typer Guy talks "West Wing."
Bonus Track: Because we are all about the music and about the art Open Culture presents Andy Warhol creating a portrait of Debbie Harry.
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Two things died recently. First, Republican dignity when Ted Lieu was done listing all of Trump's associates who are convicted felons--criminals--just like he is. Lieu went on a rant that laid out perfectly why Trump is so unfit to clean floors much less be President.
And the best part, Lieu made sure to remind Trump whose choices it was that got him where he is, and he didn't do it nicely
Second, Lieu also pointed out how Democrats like Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden have been pursued, again showing what a joke Republican claims are of a "rigged" Department of Justice.