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Jul 042026
 

No doubt we’ve all enjoyed mocking DJT’s “Great State Fair” fiasco. And some took the opportunity to rub salt in his wounds with delightful trolling expertly done.

I decided to share a few that I came across that were delightful – and I hope you will feel free to add more in the Comments section.

A good place to start might be with DJT inspecting the construction amidst the scaffolding when the Fair was going up.

(Oops … just some hopeful thinking on my part.)

The whole world is aware that hardly anyone showed up.  Crowd estimates are running between 45 – 47 attendees.

It’s been so dismal that DJT at first decided to take appropriate steps to try to salvage some dignity ..

But when it was painfully obvious that the crowds he fantasized about were never going to show up, he took it up a notch and ditched the whole plan …

Sadly the embarrassment didn’t let up, so DJT ratcheted it up another notch …

Well, the crack White House PR team decided to save the sad situation with their standard MO – LYING!

When it was clear Americans weren’t buying their lies they decided to provide visual proof of the “YUGE” turnout …

But for posterity’s sake, let’s compare DJT’s disaster with other events …

DJT’s Fair vs Pride Parade

DJT vs Obama *

DJT J6 vs DJT July 4th

It’s really going to be hard to pick the most appropriate metaphor for DJT’s 2nd term – but certainly in the running are the  Great Reflecting Pool Debacle …

Of course his lies to try to cover up his Great State Fair FLOP …

Hell, the even the Fair’s stage was literally falling apart …

So, if you came across more – please feel free to share them!

  • I know this one is fake – but couldn’t pass it up.

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Jun 232026
 

Who you going to believe? Donnie “I-Just-Make-Shit-Up-to-Make-Me-Look-Important” Trump:

“She’s probably happy I talked to her. I didn’t have to talk to her. She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn’t have taken it, but I felt sorry for her.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/19/giorgia-meloni-stunned-donald-trump-claims-begged-him-photo

Or your lying eyes?

 

And then DJT calls in the National Guard to battle the Reflecting Pool Algae Army …

Forget his surrender to Iran.  Hell, DJT …

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Jun 022026
 

Pineapples are a common street food in SE Asia, so finding a way to increase production increases profit.
This Malaysian street vendor has it down to a fine art:

Why are we still peeling pineapples like cavemen? 🛠️🍍This gadget does it perfectly in seconds. Lazy? Maybe. Smart? Absolutely.#pineapplehack #funnyvideo #asmrcooking #foodhacks #cooksky #beestrot

Beestrot 👨‍🍳 (@beestrot.com) 2026-05-15T10:43:15.969Z

Typically hand-peeling to get this artistic result takes 2-3 minutes, but this gadget gets the job done in under 30 seconds.

From Harvard Natural Sciences Lectures

I found this fascinating and mesmerizing.

The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The length of each successive shorter pendulum is carefully adjusted so that it executes one additional oscillation in this period. Thus, the 15th pendulum (shortest) undergoes 65 oscillations. When all 15 pendulums are started together, they quickly fall out of sync—their relative phases continuously change because of their different periods of oscillation. However, after 60 seconds they will all have executed an integral number of oscillations and be back in sync again at that instant, ready to repeat the dance.

Harvard’s classic pendulum waves demonstration

 

 

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May 262026
 

Cats in Turkey are deeply revered and treated as communally owned pets rather than strays to the point they’re viewed as the Soul of the nation.

This happened at Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey.

Sometimes In Our Lives We All Have Pain

We All Have Sorrow

But If We Are Wise

We Realize There’ll Be Tomorrow

 

(PS: I know my lyrics are a bit different than written – but I like mine better.  And it’s the first time I’ve combined a GIF w/ an audio track from Audio.com)

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May 192026
 

First from yesterday’s post:

“Yesterday, I wore for the first time my third experiment in knitting pants.”

This reminded me of what I think might be my all-time favorite graffiti.  It was so well-known and liked that it actually got a write-up in “The New York Times” back in February 1967 – although it’s archived:

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/02/12/82582599.html?pageNumber=259

The graffiti was originally written in a gay bar in Greenwich Village way back in the day when the Village was pretty much a gay ghetto.

GRAFFITI POSTER:

“My mother made me homosexual.”

Some Wag with a wonderful droll sense of humor wrote right below it:

“Cool!  If I buy her the yarn, do you think she’d make me one too?”

.Now to the amazing skill using a chainsaw to create a sculpture:

Gatekeeper(𝔒𝔠𝔢𝔞𝔫sℜ𝔲𝔰𝔱|ℑ𝔪𝔤𝔲𝔯)

Chris Dorman (@chrisdorman.bsky.social) 2025-09-20T01:35:13.032Z

 

 

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May 122026
 

An amazing kinetic sculpture in Colorado is detailed in this link:
Off the Beaten Path | Green Mountain Falls Art Installation – Poetic Kinetics

Off the Beaten Path | Green Mountain Falls Art Installation

And the intros in these YouTube videos also provide solid information. – so just enjoy its unique beauty …

Off the Beaten Path Aerial Sculpture | Green Mountain Falls, Colorado – YouTube

“Off the Beaten Path” in Green Mountain Falls, COLORADO 🌲 | Green Box Art | Patrick Shearn – YouTube

Experience ‘Off the Beaten Path’: Kinetic Art Installation in Green Mountain Falls, CO – YouTube

 

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Tuesday Fun Filler

 Posted by at 2:59 pm  Politics
May 052026
 

Since JD now enjoys a respite on Tuesdays, I thought I might share some (mostly) NON-political tidbits I’ve come across.

The first one is a mesmerizing and amazingly choreographed video titled “Storm” about a school bully performed by an all-boys UK boarding school.
There’s actually the longer version that provides the prelude to the dancing – but it’s the dancing that I found amazing.

The way the outfits here create flashes of blue and white is very mesmerizing.

derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) 2026-04-29T05:48:46.387Z

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