Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025

Now that I’m in NYC, plenty of pigeons to poison in his honor.

Oh, and there’s a Catholic church across the street. Maybe I can do a little dance for them!

Thank you for this, nojo.

He was a wonderful talent and, by all accounts, a wonderful human being.

Come on dude shut your mouth.
Shut your mouth
Never like to hear I take bribes
Won’t you please ignore me?
I wouldn’t try to deport you
I just needed to wet my beak
To fill the bank when I’m gone
To fill this space of racism
I’m only Homan, cash and bitcoin I take
Homan, born to be on the take

BTW, has your favorite fundies gone to Ratpure?

@ManchuCandidate: Summer definitely disappeared.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! WHAT. THE FUCK?!!?!

THIS IS NOT OKAY! WE’VE RUN THESE WAR GAMES FOR **YEARS**.
SPOILER ALERT: A TON OF PEOPLE DIE. And not just in Nicaragua. OMG. THIS. IS. SO. BAD.

A man who has his family and lackeys deeply embedded in every facet of our government is trying to enact regime change in a country with a DEEPLY ENTRENCHED family that runs all aspects of its country, and I’m just like, no. No.
Who said irony is dead?
If anything, MAGA BASTARDS and all the fuckers who didn’t vote for Harris for whatever lame reason they proffer will get a taste of how fucking hard (impossible?) it is to disentangle this level of corruption on our on soil. Cuz it’s here, Baby. It’s here, and it’s not going anywhere any time soon. And fuck this country. Two days ago I was trying to explain to a friend how my family is still affected by those bastards who tried to lynch my grandfather in Buffalo, and, I mean, my most recent ancestor to come to this country was in 1868. Nonetheless, I’m a fucking outsider.
Hannah Arendt was soooo right about assimilation. So right. No one cares. Wrong color, wrong religion or lack thereof, wrong ethnic background? Man, don’t even try.
I am so outta here.

My mood courtesy of Rhiannon Giddens: https://youtu.be/M7PvWw97Cq0

Welp

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, President Trump said that “Cuba looks like it is ready to fall,” adding: “I don’t know if they’re going to hold out, but Cuba now has no income. They got all their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/04/world/trump-us-venezuela-maduro/a8576d89-d4f2-5682-9124-ee0dcc28ad78?smid=url-share

So….

Does blockquote no longer work?

Am I 2026’s only loser? (see blurb)

Oh shit.

“ Cuban state media reported that 32 Cubans were killed in the U.S. attacks in Venezuela on Saturday. President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba said the people were from Cuba’s armed forces or its interior ministry, on a mission at the request of Venezuela, according to state media. “Our compatriots fulfilled their duty with dignity and heroism and fell, after fierce resistance, in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of the bombings,” Díaz-Canel said. He announced two days of mourning.

“The revelation was an exceptional public admission by Cuba that its soldiers are in Venezuela.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/04/world/trump-us-venezuela-maduro/1a296ebe-2afd-5c62-a17c-0a782d9f97aa?smid=url-share