Quote of the Day
This is the worst pain a man can suffer:
The Beatles - Please Please Me
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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
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Have more than thou showest,
The Beatles – Love Me Do
The Trump Administration continues to falsely claim that they have not allowed a single migrant to cross the southern border. Prohibitions never work. We have a long border and a smuggler's expanded profit margin. Via Axios: pic.twitter.com/mGSMqUS4HL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
I'm not a Dem, but I like my current home state's election system versus Trumpkin rigged gerrymandering and manipulation: pic.twitter.com/KikHRaiLa6
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
I've had my longest unemployment under Trump 2.0 since the Great Recession.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
Bullshit: These xenophobes made migrant family separation standard operating procedure.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
The elderly POTUS nearly croaked during the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/WO7Bz4SqPH
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
What? Fraudster? This pathetic loser hasn't done a damn thing good for the American people. https://t.co/Y3P9ol7shr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
We Trump critics don't have a "syndrome". He has run an unprecedented shock-and-awe campaign against the US Constitution, which he reportedly took an oath to uphold. We would oppose any other authoritarian bastard from the left or right. https://t.co/wL6zMJ2rbm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
Didn't this same political whore just promise a rapid end to his unprovoked, unconstitutional war? https://t.co/sn67XKTpt0
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
Manufacturing jobs are lower under Trump 2.0. https://t.co/kZ7AO8xcj2 pic.twitter.com/ww3D6s6Jtr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
This is only legitimate if Trumpkin whores make up tax revenue loss elsewhere by cutting bloated federal spending. https://t.co/fRJCNxNlAQ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
I used the same phrasing in a tweet last week over evangelical supporters blessing the Trump statue.https://t.co/dy5hd8R42z
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
No to US imperialism. https://t.co/fk3n7LXwlN
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
You wonder about the credibility of GOP political whores who argue they are pro-law and order, while the Felon-in-Chief pardoned the violent J6 criminals who injured Capitol cops. https://t.co/fkOkydLEFL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Trump had Obama Derangement Syndrome when he hosted that reality show that pretended he was a competent businessman. Trump tried to reboot the long-debunked, feeble-minded birther conspiracy rubbish. https://t.co/wZNGFf8Otl
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Neo-con insanity. The Strait of Hormuz was still open when the hypocritical Nobel Peace Prize aspirant, who attacked Bush over the Iraq War, started the unprovoked, unconstitutional Iran War https://t.co/V7QAbxBRF4
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
All voters are qualified when they originally register or vote. Unauthorized voters are guilty of state and federal crimes, grounds for deportation. Most states require some ID. Scott is proposing an unconstitutional law over state powers.https://t.co/BiCZgdcMjF https://t.co/wvBkwD73kX
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Trumpflation is at a Trump 2.0 high pic.twitter.com/a182egK1s6
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
The Fraudster-in-Chief is scamming Trumpkins and other diwitted idiots with cheap AI tricks: https://t.co/PUbKuowuzN pic.twitter.com/Q4l0lD6dhz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Iran's direct responses to US and Israeli aggression are one thing, but its own aggression against other Gulf region nations inevitably results in blowback. pic.twitter.com/vWAQKVCTSb
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Where are your specific $2T in annual spending cuts? When are you going to fix the meltdown in the senior entitlement reserve funds?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Price-fixing is counterproductive meddling in the pharmaceutical/healthcare marketplace. Trump's intervention is no better than clueless leftist authoritarian policies. The real solution lies in free-market liberalization. https://t.co/d9N9a6RRWn
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
NO! "Buy American" policies. also promoted by left-wing populists, are intrinsically corrupt and inflationary. American producers already have certain intrinsic logistical advantages. But excluding competition from imported materials or goods is not globally competitive. https://t.co/sG9s9AcOC9
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
No! The filibuster is a safeguard against volatile tyranny from the left or right, requiring consensus. https://t.co/z1HYHhekIK
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
The xenophobic rogue Trump Administration is trying to denaturalize naturalized Americans like Salah Ahmed without meeting the legal standard necessary to revoke citizenship.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
No to Trumpist imperialism. https://t.co/mWqNt8hnUF
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Emma Lazarus would take offense at Trumpkin xenophobia. https://t.co/WZ5EZ7ceef
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Pathetic neo-con rubbish. What's the serious threat to US defense is the disastrous foreign policy of the war criminal Trump whose unnecessary unconstitutional wars are exhausting inventories. We already outspend the next 6 biggest militaries together. https://t.co/9rz9RgIrY5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Guess what atheist country produces "Two Corinthians" Trump's moneymaking Bible scam? https://t.co/eNZ0aVBbgh pic.twitter.com/1bJgKqxPKa
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Cornyn is desperate to kiss Trump's ass as we approach the GOP Senate runoff. https://t.co/HF6HWvk7Ve
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
You know, as long as the SOB-in-Chief routinely is rude and undisciplined in dealing with the press and others, I and others will treat him the same way. I am tired of his disrespectful misconduct. The bastard is almost 80; he is not going to change https://t.co/e1NEgjXJox
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
The rogue Trump Administration is xenophobic. Their policies have had more pronounced effects on LEGAL immigration. They are attacking foreign student free expression and trying to denaturalize others. https://t.co/NUflQMptA6 pic.twitter.com/zyi5U8cGwr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Yes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
The Dumbass-in-Chief either is totally ignorant of just released Trumpflation stats at a term high or he's gaslighting his stupid minions. https://t.co/Bmf5xwdniR
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Any fall in crime under Trump 2.0 is consistent with a trend observed under the Biden Administration, not a sharp improvement. https://t.co/w8zjAGBMx9 pic.twitter.com/wLds97JRdW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
They are parroting the Dimwit-in-Chief who has Obama Derangement Syndrome. I think he hopes minions try to associate Barry with Saddam Hussein. https://t.co/AaMzGbqIov
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Trump is obsessed with his ballroom. Let the peasants eat cake. https://t.co/r2vtXaT5Xi
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Blowback is a bitch. We may get both under Trump's unprovoked, unconstitutional war. https://t.co/jZc4tG33Cs
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
This is Soft Rock America. The immoral Trumpkin obsession with immigration reminds me of this Foreigner classic: https://t.co/8AvqdSGvxo https://t.co/sW2q9m3OLE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 15, 2026
China, unlike the US under Trump, has routinely surpassed 3.2% economic growth. pic.twitter.com/EBT5JffeTt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 15, 2026
My latest essay is a reflection on Trump's unprecedented personal attack on Pope Leo. https://t.co/fafLbBn7lO
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 16, 2026
Of course, "Let them eat cake" Trump is clueless, which is why he lost the 2018 midterms and reelection. He refuses to admit he's ever made a mistake https://t.co/aBnSfHGhey
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 16, 2026
This is misleading: Inflation had been trending down to 3% before Trump's second term. It's still over 3%, thanks to Trump's unconstitutional tariff wars and disastrous, unprovoked Iran war. https://t.co/uNLn5yj6Ge
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 16, 2026
I'm watching New York's latest subway series. I'm sure it's happened before, but I've never seen it until now: the Mets scored 2 runs off the same wild pitch.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
We finally have the Kentucky primary this coming week, with Trump making his second attempt to primary the nation's best Congressman, Tom Massie, using outsie money. . Massie still holds a modest but statistically insignificant polling advantage. Via RCP: pic.twitter.com/toMS28NNsY
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
Sad to see Sen. Cassidy (La) get Primaried over his vote of conscience to convict Trump for his J6 impeachment crime, a majority vote that fell short of the necessary super-majority. The GOP is hopelessly corrupt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
Quote of the Day
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The latest CDC weekly stats:
We continue to see the winter surge tailing off, although the virus recently spiked in Arizona; it is still significantly declining in a plurality of states. There were 2 principal stories over the past week: the hantavirus cruise outbreak (and whether it poses a COVID-like pandemic threat — no) and Rand Paul's obsession in Senate hearings with the idea that Fauci allegedly buried the lab-leak hypothesis of COVID origins.
The latest COVID-19 news stories:
The blog averaged nearly 1K daily page views, which normally reflects half the monthly total over the life of the blog. I finally published my first essay of the month, another of my detailed posts integrating Google AI excerpts on the Trump-Pope Leo kerfuffle. My X/Twitter followers gave back some of last week's modest gains.
I've been following the NBA playoffs with some interest, focusing on the San Antonio Spurs, who will play defending champion Oklahoma City in the conference finals. (There's a bit of nostalgia with OKC because I won an internal Oracle award for my DBA work on a State of Oklahoma ERP project, my last gig with Oracle Consulting.) The SAS have been my favorite major league sports team since my undergraduate days at OLLU. Those were the old ABA days, with the tri-colored basketballs and George Gervin. We students were eligible for nominally charged ticket bundles (I think bus tickets to and from games cost more) (I've only attended home pro games with 2 other pro franchises: I attended a few Houston Astros games, and my consulting employer had an event with a Chicago Blackhawks game.) I've been a somewhat fickle NBA fan, having followed the Houston Rockets, especially after they drafted UH star Olajuwon. (I watched them win the championship while on an extended 1995 business trip to Brazil.) Finally, I followed the Chicago Bulls in their final years with Michael Jordan.
Quote of the Day
Far and away the best prize that life offers is
Java - Al Hirt