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More on that topic later.  In the meantime:


...note appearance of weasel word “could”.  Actually, the risk is infinitesimal, even if you’re taking SSRIs or the others mentioned. So have that second cup, with my blessing.


...hence the expression:  “To lie like a Clinton.”

Some good news for a change:


...oh yeah, baby.


...please Sir, may I have some more?


...oh thank you, Sir.


...wheeeeee!



...so arrest all these protesters, and if there are any illegal aliens among them (or Canadians for that matter), deport them too.


...not that anyone other than CNN cares what you think, McCabe, but if it makes you feel any better, we can charge his terrorist ass with mass murder together with hatecrime (which carries the death penalty #TimMcVeigh).

In Constitutional News:


...well done, Yeronner.  Now, if you can just persuade the other assholes among the Supremes (e.g. that little fart Roberts) to vote the way you do...

Some Economics News:


...yeah, well I’m waiting to see similar-sized price drops in meat, butter, bread, gasoline and electricity before I start handing out medals and bouquets.

In Entertainment News:


...I just hope that the involuntary retirees include some of the LGBTQSTFU persuasion because #Equity, but I’m not holding my breath.

Also:


...say it ain’t so, Mary Lou.

And in the Africa Wins Again category:


...it was only a question of time.

And in the usual unlinked dross known as 

  

And going back to our kind sponsor’s message:


...I have inexcusably not reported on the lovely Kelly or her “melons” (anagram alert) for some time, so I’ll make up for it now:

Only a week of love?  That guinea husband of hers needs a good smack.

And when she decides to dress it up a little:

And on that bountiful note, we can end this Roundup.

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Well, not all gals:


...as long as the starvation and death of the “millions” are confined to illegal immigrants illegally getting welfare or Medicaid, I don’t see the problem.

And speaking of said group:


...keep it going, folks.  Lots more still to toss out.  Still on the topic of hostile aliens:


...other than the universities getting the income from fees, I’m pretty sure that anyone not called Bernie Sanders will have no problem with this.

And:


...like anyone cares what some washed-up mediocre Irish pop star says.


...to the surprise of absolutely nobody.  Why is this old Nazi-loving cunt still a U.S. citizen?


...given the source, I don’t think that’s going to happen.
#ChrisMurphy #HystericalSocialist #Connecticut

In Medical News:


In Tribe News:


...a mitzvah if ever I saw one.

And in Crime News:


...old Charlie needs to watch out;  people down here are kinda twitchy about that “shots at Trump” thing.


...wait;  he’s going to pardon FBI agents now?

In Sports News:


...apparently, there is crying in baseball after all.


...say it ain’t so, Marylou.  Wait… she’s 57? [exit, feeling really old]

and in our weekly look at (non-linked) 

    ...these last two items have one thing in common.
#ThailandDontGoThere

And in a drive down :


...fuck me, and I thought she’d reached the bottom by bonking Shane Warne.  Talk about Beauty and the Beast:

Ugh.

Which is the best way to end this news roundup.

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And speaking of (drama) queens:


...it’s just too bad we can’t stop them from ever returning.

And in Global Cooling Climate Warming Change© news:


...wait;  you mean solaaar and winnnnd don’t work?

And in The Great Cultural Assimilation Project©:


...give ’em a fair trial, then hang ’em.


...so much for that “sanctuary” thing, then.


...make that 239 per hour and we can start flinging compliments.


...take as many as you need, guys.  We’ve still got about ten million to go.


...that’s all right;  if all goes according to DOGE’s plan, there’ll be a whole lot fewer bureaucrats to patronize them anyway.



...STFU you terrorsymp Commie asshole.

And in Trumpland:


...good.  Now go after the asshole cop who shot her.
#PourEncouragerLesAutres

Now to clear our palate with some paltry

And while jogging down :

Countdown beauty Rachel Riley wows in low-cut sequin dress
...ooooh my favorite Tribe Babe.

Then a couple shots taken while she was doing the baby-raising thing:

And in her normal hottieness:

Say goodbye to Rachel, then:

And that’s it for the news.

Soulless

In my last lengthy solo car trip, back in 2018 (Plano – Las Vegas, described in full here), I spoke of seeing small towns on the map, expecting to find a gas station so I could fill up the Tiguan’s tank and not be stranded in the middle of Nowhere New Mexico in sub-freezing temperatures, and getting to the “town” to see… nothing but a few houses.

So this little comment by Jeremy Clarkson rang several bells for me:

“Loneliness is a big issue in rural areas and part of the problem is villages losing their soul. You don’t have a village doctor anymore. He’s in a health center 30 miles away and you can’t get an appointment. There’s no village bobby on the beat. There’s no village vicar, there’s no village shop, there’s no village school. If we end up at a point where there’s no village pub then what is a village? It’s just some houses. Pubs are the hub and it should always be that way.”

I bet it’s the same Over Here, too.  We’ve read all sorts of stories about how small towns can’t find doctors who want to work in tiny communities, how young people are quitting the towns of their birth and childhood for cities because there’s nowhere for them to earn a living as singles, let alone as a family, and how the arrival of a Walmart ends up with the “downtown” becoming a ghost town.

It’s all very well for one to take the “survival of the fittest” attitude towards this phenomenon — that such places shouldn’t be supported because they’re economically unviable — but that seems to me to be very harsh.

Then again, if a municipality is incapable of supporting even the most basic of services necessary for survival — auto repair shop / gas station, restaurant, doctor’s consulting room, post office, or even a school, for example — then there really is no reason for its existence.  (We’ve never really had a “pub culture” to the extent they have it in Britishland, but that doesn’t mean a local bar should be excluded from consideration, either.)

Moreover, when those establishments don’t exist there are no employment opportunities either, even at the most basic level:  waitresses, auto mechanics, receptionists, mail carriers or schoolteachers.  No wonder the kids clear out.

And yes, things are a lot easier in the U.S. for people who choose to remain in small, secluded villages because our infrastructure is so much better here.  A ten-mile trip in, say, rural Tennessee is no big deal, a ten-minute drive or so;  but it’s a whole ‘nother situation in rural Britishland, with their narrow roads that meander all over the place before (eventually) reaching the chosen destination.  Back when I was living Over There, getting from Free Market Towers to the local village of Melksham, for example, was a journey of only a few miles, but it was a full half-hour’s drive involving no fewer than six different roads and directions.  (Rural Wisconsin, incidentally, has the same problem with minor roads marked as “KK” or “UU”, but at least you can cane it along them because they’re relatively wide and straight.  You are likely hit a deer, though, something highly unlikely in rural Britain, but that’s not the point.)

And from a pub’s perspective, you’ve got that added issue of the dreaded Driving Under The Influence, but when if you’re just going to the local for a pint or six, you have only to stagger home, no car necessary.  (Ask me how I know this. #KingsArms #EnglishmansFarm)

What, then, creates a community, if there are no establishments where one can see neighbors and which can foster some kind of community spirit?  As Clarkson says, if it’s just a bunch of houses — which are insular by definition — then there is no community, and no soul.

Unfortunately, I don’t see any solution to the problem.

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In related Health News:

Biden’s doctor “missed” Stage 5 Cancer For Years
...really?  How conveeeenient.

So if we’re going to look at areas where over 2,000 other doctors have fucked up:

Why Butter, Cheese and Ice Cream Could Help You Live Longer
...but we all knew that already In fact, denying yourself all that lovely stuff just makes you not want to live longer.


...but sadly, it’s not going to submerge Portland under a 300-foot tidal wave because it’s not that kind of eruption. [pout]

Some news from The Great Cultural Assimilation Project©:


...good grief, man:  if you let the people vote on something like this, you’ll only end up like the rozzbiffs:


...never mind all that “democracy” bullshit, the Party always knows what’s best for you, you bloody peasants.

Back here in MAGA Land:


...as the legacy media tries to hide its deep disappointment, and fails.

And from one of our favorite Trumpistas, a double shot:

Tulsi Gabbard Ends Biden-Era Domestic Terrorism Policy

Tulsi Gabbard Fires Anti-Trump Deep State Officials Who Were Politicizing Intelligence

And as for deportations:


...to the amazement of Democrats and media.  [some overlap]


...the hits just keep on coming.  And as for this one:


...stop/start stop/start?  GTFO.

But elsewhere, in Democrat Cuntry:


...yet another exercise in failure.  Ain’t never gonna happen, assholes.

And in sillier news:


...I do believe I first saw that claim in 1981.


...I report, you decide:
  #Florida


.fucking hell, why not just make it four weeks off?  Then we can hire a man to replace you and actually get the job done.

And now, in the very bowels of 

 

While walking down :

Salma Hayek On Cover Of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue At 58 
...here ya go:

And a couple others taken during the shoot:

...and a few from the archives:

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And if that doesn’t get you going, then this will:


...so much for all those panicky headlines, then.


...you mean that old rascal’s been playing the fool with us — or rather, the stupid Greens — all this time?  And speaking of the sun:


...considering how often the solar power plants have failed during icy winters and scorching summers (i.e. when electric power is most needed), it’s not unreasonable.  And if building those backup plants costs too much and takes too long, they can blame the Greens who put up all those barriers in the first place.
#ServesEmRight #JustDeserts

In Political News:


...and the other 20% want him executed. Compare and contrast to conservatives, 100% of whom want all Commies sent to the gulag or gallows. (Okay, I made that last bit up — but I bet I’m not far off).

Democrat Socialists FAFO:
...give ’em the same treatment that the J6 folks got.

“Reverend” Al Sharpton Doesn’t Like White Political Refugees
...quelle surprise.
#RacistCocksucker

In Education News:


...because DEIJust think of using those all those millions to partially settle some student loans… [ducks]

From the Pentagon Papers:


...it’s a start.  Later, we can talk about taking women out of combat units and Navy ships.

Latest from Business News:


...it’s not so much their crappy sludge that’s a problem (we all still loves us our Frosted Flakes, after all);  it’s the fact that their crappy sludge now costs $10 a box.

In The Great Cultural Assimilation Project©:


Finally, from the front lines of LGBTOSTFU:


...yeah, that worked SO well for Bud Lite.

And diving into the dumpster of unlinked  

 

And as we drive headlong down :


...no shit?  Well then, have a few impure thoughts on me:

There ya go… ya filthy animals.