Phatty

@phat-bat.bsky.social

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Always trying out new ideas, never satisfied, never at rest. Fast walker. Basically, allergic to Earth. Savoring & shoveling. Cat magnet. Covid disabler. Pro- Democracy and rule of law.

Ok, i read the article and this helps explain why an outbreak can occur here easily: “Lackland is the only air force basic training site, which means it draws trainees from around the US and the world. It is currently flu season in the southern hemisphere, and in the US, “flu does circulate year-round – it’s just not common” in summer, Rivers said. “But it only takes one case introduced into Basic for an outbreak to begin.” “Sanchez likens the conditions to “a petri dish”, and he said leaders were probably “exercising maximum expediency in vaccinating individuals that had not been vaccinated previously” before the end of June. “But about 700 new recruits arrive at Lackland every week, and flu cases are still increasing sharply.”
A picture of a button handed out at the MAGA Christian Nationalist Freedom 250 Rededication event on the Mall which says, "Wives, submit, husbands love, children obey."
"It's a good think congress isn't alive to see this."
"Congratulations, You just won The iHop Peace Prize."
Adam Serwer: I think the mass of sheer mediocrities who have glommed onto MAGA are partly and sometimes largely motivated by this sense that the world has unjustly denied them their due recognition and a terrified inability to consider the alternative.
A very furry tortie cat has burrowed under a towel placed on a chair that’s meant for her to sleep upon. She now comfortably sleeps under it. She has one back foot sticking out.
Many Faces, a character from the cartoon He Man is shown with a variety of his faces.
From Bluesky user “Southpaw”: “It was an s&p index futures trade and a crude oil futures trade. No specific company involved there like there would be for a stock trade. But of course the SEC has all the tools to identify the parties.”
0.0057. Very nice. Comfortably below the 0.02 JND that the color science people say is the limit. You’d make an excellent paint chip inspector. Is that a job? It should be.
Hegseth claims that the mullahs fire weapons from schools
My Merriam Webster “Your 2026 Word” is ‘enfeebled.’
Big full figured white cat with tabby spots lays comfortably on her back in her bed.
“In the wake of Pretti’s shooting, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to Minnesota governor Tim Walz to suggest he could “bring back law and order to Minnesota” if he handed over the state’s voter rolls to the Department of Justice. As Jacob Knutson of Democracy Docket noted, she explicitly tied the administration’s violence in the state to its determination to get its hands on voters’ personal data before the 2026 election. Minnesota has voted for the Democratic candidate running against Trump in the past three presidential elections, but he insists that he really has won the state each time.”
Mike Levin: "We even tried to add a ban on the deportation of American citizens, and the Republicans in Congress rejected all of it! Every single piece. I’ll be voting NO on the Homeland Security appropriations bill. We pushed hard to add basic accountability measures when it comes to ICE, including warrant requirements, body cameras, and limits on excessive force."
"In the case of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the murderers and their protectors were clearly so isolated in their own racist bubble they could not see how regular Americans would react to the video of them hunting down and shooting a jogger. "In the case of the murder of Renee Good, the shooter and his protectors are clearly so isolated in their own authoritarian bubble they cannot see how regular Americans would react to the video of a woman smiling at a masked agent and saying: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you,” only to have him shoot her in the face and then spit out “F*cking bitch” after he killed her. "The thread that runs through both is the assumption that an American exercising their constitutional rights must submit, without question, to a white man holding a gun."
Typical Gadsden flag image with a coiled rattlesnake ready to bite, except the phrase is different: "DON'T TREAD ON US!!!"
The Washington Post. Trending Now. Jan. 8, 11:26am EST. Heritage Foundation paper calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ discourages online dating, among other ideas The conservative think tank aims to boost U.S. marriage and birth rates through recommendations to restrict pornography, create tax credits for bigger families while capping alimony payments and more.
Two cats are sprawled out on the bed taking up both sides leaving no room for human.
Lily Tomlin dressed as a kid and sitting in a big, giant rocking chair to make it look like she's a little kid. In the video she talks like a baby and talks about how to make a sandwich while fidgeting with her shoes.
According to MAGA Mike, since Trump didn't call for the murder of his political opponents, it's ok for Trump to post a video of him shitting on Americans, American cities, and our flag. MAGA Mike think it's actually a smart and dandy way to use social media. Give me a break, Mike. We all know what Trump's message was. Instead of actually caring about the needs, wants, and issues concerning the millions of Americans that showed up to the No Kings protests, this administration responds with mockery, disdain, and threats directed towards them.
Big doe deer closeup with a little turkey head peeking out from behind
Trump did do this. What are the possibilities here? 1. Trump believes it to be a true news video. Which means his mental decline is even worse than what we all thought, since it would mean that he believes a fake video of AI Trump is actually him, i.e., that it actually happened. 2. Trump posts it to lie to his MAGA followers for who knows why. One possible explanation would be to support and further encourage the blind following of his followers and their belief that he is their strong, wonderful, savior "daddy" dictator figure that they all know and love. 3. He posted it while he was under the influence of who knows what. 4. He really doesn't care about differentiating between what's true and what's false - he only cares about creating a reality where he is revered and worshiped as he believes he so deserves. 5. His narcissistic grandiosity has escalated into becoming a delusion by definition. 6. It was just a big whoopsie-doodle and we should all ignore it and forgive our big silly daddy leader. 7. ?
Another picture of Spooky, our fluffy, long-haired torte cat
Caturday: puctured is a big, fluffy long-haired torte cat. Her name is Spooky, aka Poopsie.
My orange cat Banshee feeling fine and frisky.
It looks like the letters “Q” and “t” are in Trump’s left hand in this bizarre cultish AI slop propaganda image.
Post: “What kind of insecure brain-addled dipshit would wear a hat about them being right.” With picture of an old, tired, weak, sick Trump wearing the red hat that has “trump was right about everything” on it. Another post: “a malignant narcissist.” Another post has repeatedly used the word, “EPSTEIN.”
A post: “What kind of insecure brain-addled dipshit would wear a hat about them being right?” While there is a picture of Trump wearing his “trump was right about everything” hat. Another post: “A malignant narcissist.” Another post says the word “Epstein” in all caps repeatedly.
Republicans are fully embracing autocracy and not only wearing it on their sleeve, but are broadcasting it over bullhorns and through show of force via US military to threaten the majority into submission and obedience. They want the majority to be scared and to believe that the republican agenda coming to light is inevitable.
The illustration shows how normal districts compare with gerrymandered districts, where the gerrymandered ones end up heavily favoring the party (republicans in this image) that doesn't have a majority; hence, the unfairness of it.
A facebook ad by the offical page of the department of homeland security reads: "We're taking father/son bonding to a whole new level." Then it has an image of a what looks like father and son dressed in military garb with part of the American flag behind them with the words, "No age cap, join ice now, join.ice.gov"
Fox "News" has Ken Paxton on. Ken Paxton: "We're looking into another process where we could potentially take some of these people out of office for not following through on their constitutional duties."
Senator Ron Wyden: “Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.”
“Carol D. Leonnig, Natalie Allison, Marianne LeVine, and Lauren Kaori Gurley of the Washington Post reported that after Trump’s post and comments to reporters, a DHS official told agents to pause raids on agriculture, including meatpacking plants, as well as restaurants and hotels. But on Sunday, DHS leadership suggested a reversal was coming because, as the journalists write, “the White House did not support” the new policy. In a call this morning, officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told agents to continue immigration raids at the businesses Trump had said he was going to protect. “This shift makes it seem as if White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, a white nationalist who insists that the U.S. must deport a million immigrants this year, is determining White House policies, just as he did on the Signal chat about the military strikes on the Houthis in Yemen when his statement that Trump wanted a strike appeared to shut down any further debate of the question. “If Trump is leaving the work of the presidency to others, his family is certainly using the prestige of the presidency to make money.”
Charlotte Clymer: “It's especially fun to be a trans person in this moment because we're simultaneously told that we're too small of a community to merit advocacy and that we may also singlehandedly bring down the Democratic Party by our own existence. We're too insignificant and too powerful at the same time.” Mueller, She Wrote: “Also simultaneously too strong for sports yet somehow too weak for the military.”
Trump’s empowerment of heavy-handed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics led last Thursday to a raid on a house in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in which agents who said they were U.S. Marshals, ICE, and the FBI put a family outside in the rain in their underwear and then tore apart the house. They took the family’s phones, laptops, and life savings. But the people in the house were not the ones on the search warrant. They were all U.S. citizens, a mother and three girls recently arrived from Maryland. “I told them before they left, I said you took my phone. We have no money. I just moved here,” the woman told KFOR news. “I have to feed my children. I’m going to need gas money. I need to be able to get around. Like, how do you just leave me like this? Like an abandoned dog.”
Quote from the article: "In its quarterly earnings statement, the company also mentioned the risk that shifts in global trade policy could have on business. The Trump administration has introduced sweeping new tariffs in recent months that have already began to impact the flow of goods in and out of the country, and around the world. "UPS is keeping customers abreast of tariff developments on its website. It has also introduced a tool called UPS Global Checkout that shows online shoppers the upfront costs they will have to pay in duties, fees and taxes."
A sign for a protest that says “no kings” with two pictures of a crowned Trump with a no symbol crossing them out.
A pretentious Vance stands with arms crossed, head tilted, and scowl on his fat face, with the caption, “you didn’t say “thank you.”” The image below has the chair from PeeWee’s playhouse with the caption, “neither did you.”
Elon tweets “i agree” to a tweet he retweeted by Gunther Eagleman which states that it’s time for the US to leave NATO and the UN.
Three elderly ladies are shocked to find such a small beef patty on their cheeseburger that they call management on the phone and complain. This was from a popular TV commercial in the 1980s I think. Only this time, the word 'beef' is crossed out of the banner "Where's the beef?" and the word 'fraud!' is substituted.