Hopeless

 The United Nations passed a resolution proclaiming July 12 International Day of Hope.  It promotes "international peace...practicing tolerance and living together in peace as good neighbors."  The vote was 161-1 with India, Paraguay, Peru and Turkey abstaining.  It's the sort of thing that could have been formulated by the Girl Scouts, Sesame Street or your local Kiwanis Club.

Guess who voted no.  

Hint:  The same country opposed resolutions in favor of democracy and an independent judiciary.

One might expect the United Kingdom to hesitate.  July 12 is already Orangemen's Day, when these blokes dress up in whatever this is and march around Ulster to mark the Battle of the Boyne (1690) and annoy the Catholics.  If you don't care about Glorious Revolutions, it's also Pecan Pie Day, Paper Bag Day and National Different Colored Eyes Day, when we try not to find heterochromia creepy.  (Robert Downey, Jr., yes, David Bowie no.)  

It's not the United Kingdom.  You've probably guessed by now that it's the Indispensable Nation (US!).  We are officially opposed to hope, on the record and in front of everyone.  Does that make it easier?  

Official White House Parking Garage lawyer Alina Habba went on the Jesse Watters Comedy Hour to announce the impending political prosecutions.  "It's the Nancy Pelosi's who we're looking at.  It's the Liz Cheney's, you know, Pocahontas.  We're looking at all that stuff and we're gonna find out why you're so rich on government money.  There's just so much to go into, I can't even, I don't know where to start.  Who would you want running your country, Jesse?  You wanna get advice from Stacey Abrams and Joe Biden...or do you want Elon Musk?  The man is a self-made billionaire.  He ran an amazing company.  He will run this country that way."

She's right, he started as a mere hereditary millionaire and worked his way up.  He's running the country the same way.  Xitter has lost billions in value and Tesla stock is bouncing like a volleyball, despite The Leader's pledge to buy one of the ugly things.  Maybe he'd like to make an offer on Mark Kelly's.  The war hero/astronaut was a tad annoyed to hear Kaptain Ketamine call him a "traitor" because he supports Ukraine, but in the circumstances he was also fair:  "It's a little janky inside," Senator Kelly said.  "It's kind of cheaply built on the inside, but I love the performance."  It's "the closest thing you can get to" launching an F-18 off an aircraft carrier.  If Musk were a little smarter he'd be using that in the ads.

Stung by accusations that his support for eugenics and white nationalism (and that salute) make him some kind of Nazi, Musk happily shared this Xweet from the suspiciously named Tesla Owners Silicon Valley:

No Nazi!  No Nazi!  You're the Nazi!  And Hugo Boss made uniforms for the SS.  And Krupp and IG Farben used slave labor.  It's well documented that German companies took advantage of the economic opportunities afforded by the Reich (check out Peter Hayes's lectures on YouTube about exactly how and why).  So that justifies the policies of the Musk/Trump regime in 2025?  

For instance, the attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil for leading a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia, currently blocked by a judge.  Khalil holds a green card.

For instance, Putin's agent Gabbard revoking security clearances for Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Norm Eisen, Lisa Monaco, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and the signers of "the Hunter Biden 'disinformation' letter."  Pure spite.  Why did the Manhattan DA have/need security clearance?

For instance, threatening Canada with erasure of its "artificial line of separation" (border).  Apparently Canada never was a sovereign state, like Poland in 1939 and Ukraine in 2014.

Puppy killer Kristi Noem is cracking down on the major threat to homeland security posed by Canadians.  Those here for thirty days or more will have to register and be fingerprinted.  Nothing to worry about -- tourism is not a major sector of the American economy.  And personal grievance is not a basis for governance.

Why do egg prices continue to rise?  Avian flu?  Tariffs on Canadian imports?  According to Ag Sec Brooke Rollins it's because of Easter.  I always buy eggs right after Mardi Gras so I'll have nearly seven weeks to decorate them.  Doesn't everyone?  Remember, if you don't have a backyard, just sleep on the couch and keep your chickens in the bedroom.  

Finally, in "shit just got real" news, a traveler who landed at Dulles Airport has been confirmed to have measles.  Or as it's called in Texas (223 cases), freedom blisters.  Roadkill Bob says it's caused by poor diet and not, as all sane people believe, a virus.  Have you ever seen a virus?  Who says they exist?  Take vitamin A and don't worry about wrecking your liver.

Hope is for losers.