Buttermilk Sky

  Trump is all (Diet) Coked up on the power granted him by the Supine Court to decide, on any given day, who is and is not a citizen.  Zapping the Creature with more electricity was not an option for Victor Frankenstein, but John Roberts thinks he knows better. Bibi Netanyahu was scheduled to appear in court today in his slow-moving bribery/fraud case, but his lawyers sought and received a  delay  after citing "classified diplomatic and security grounds."  He was indicted back in 2019 but he's just been so busy, and of course it's a "witch hunt."  The court's grant of another delay follows Trump's threat to withhold aid unless it is slowed again, but surely the Jerusalem District Court would not be influenced by any such attack on the nation's sovereignty.  Classified grounds are just...classified. Millions of people filled the streets for New York City's  Pride Parade,  still the nation's largest despite the cowardice of several traditio...

  This is the face that launched a thousand ships and one exclusion.  It comes from the set called  J.D. Vance Babyface Edits  and was found by CBP on the phone of a Norwegian named Mads Mikkelsen when he arrived at Newark Airport to visit friends.  Mr. Mikkelsen was forced to give a blood sample and fingerprints before being returned to Norway.  In  2018  and again in  2024  Trump complained that people from "nice" countries like Norway, Denmark and Switzerland were unwilling to leave their comfortable lives under socialism and immigrate to the United States.  According to Trump it's the "shithole countries" that send all their murderers and rapists here.  CBP claims that Mr. Mikkelsen was sent home for "drug use" because they also found a picture of him holding a pipe (no drugs or pipe, however).  You make the call. Even in Norway they don't get much whiter than  Marius Borg Hoiby,  the eldest son of Princess M...

 Stop!  People, what's that sound?  Heads, exploding. In ordinary political terms, there's nothing surprising about Zohran Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday.  His main opponents were a disgraced former governor who had to quit in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and a disgraced mayor who should have quit after being indicted for corruption.  He's a fresh face in the style of AOC, Maxwell Frost and Jasmine Crockett, and he appealed even to people who struggled to pronounce his name.  New Yorkers have learned to look beyond "foreign soundin' names" because it's not Arkansas. As the news filters into The Heartland, the groundswell of panic and rage threatens to drown out the celebrations of "the greatest military operation of all time" or whatever the sycophants are required to call Trump's half-assed attack on Iran.  (Imagine D Day if FDR had gone on the radio and said, "Everyone should get out of...

  "Through those difficult years and up to this very moment only one thing has proven to us time and time again 'whoever comes to me I will never cast out.'  That one thing is Jesus Christ, God of the universe and lord of our lives." Those clumsy sentences are from a commencement address delivered not at a Bible college in Cousinwife, Missouri, but at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York.  And not by the chaplain but the Secretary of Transportation, no less, secure in the belief that only Christians make up the Class of 2025.   Sean Duffy  also promised to alleviate the Academy's structural problems including "no hot water for months...dorms with mold and a dilapidated, falling-apart library."  Most especially, he seemed to be worried by the mistreatment of "Christ on the Water," a painting depicting Jesus ministering to sailors lost at sea.  It has been consigned to a "flood-prone" basement following complaints f...

  There's a stake in your fat black heart And the villagers never liked you. They are dancing and stamping on you. They always knew it was you. Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through. It was clear that Trump was in a fouler mood than usual when both Israel and Iran responded to his boasting with "What ceasefire?"  So when he got to The Hague and became  Mark Rutte's  problem, the NATO secretary general decided to try joshing -- "Daddy sometimes has to use strong language" -- lest the always mercurial, increasingly demented Leader blow up the whole alliance.  Asked if he was still committed to Article 5 (an attack on one is an attack on all), he maundered, "Depends on your definition.   There are numerous definitions of Article 5.  [There are not.]  You know that, right?  But I'm committed to being their friend...I'm going to give you an exact definition when I get there.  I just don't want to do it on the back of an airplane."  Tran...

 "Don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters," wrote Bob Dylan cryptically.  It's starting to dawn on people that leaders are worse than useless and we need to bypass them in our numbers. In Mexico City more than five thousand people gathered in the Zocalo in the rain, using colorful umbrellas to form the world's largest human Pride flag.   Mayor Clara Brugada  joined them and proclaimed Mexico City "the capital of pride, diversity, peace and transformation."   Moving from pride to anger:  the people of Venice are tired of having their city clogged with enormous cruise ships which block the sun, but the Bezos-Sanchez nuptials pushed them over the limit.   Jeff Bezos  gave up his first marriage and billions of dollars in settlement to MacKenzie Scott to be with Lauren Sanchez, so he decided to give her the wedding of the century by inviting all his superrich superfriends and renting out the city.  Venetians are fighting back...

The birthday parade was a big beautiful bust, but on Saturday Grandpa finally got his boner.  Apparently the details were withheld from him and from his chatty DefSec, in a half-hearted attempt to keep everyone with access to Truth Social from knowing, but when the B-2's headed for Guam it was clear they weren't assisting with Bibi's urban renewal project in Gaza.  They were helping out with his new war. J.D. Vance  clarified that "We are not at war with Iran.  We're at war with Iran's nuclear program," a distinction without a difference.  By then,  Tulsi Gabbard decided that she misspoke when she told the Senate Iran was "not building" nuclear weapons, blaming the "dishonest media" for reporting her words.  What she meant to say was "THEY'RE HOURS AWAY FROM NUKING PALM BEACH!"  She still has a job today.  Unfortunately, so has Trump.  According to the  Times,  the Pentagon was so afraid he'd spill (after telling the...

 Great.  Now I have to become a Dodger fan. Not because the Mets are a lost cause -- they're only one game out of first! -- but because the Dodgers are stepping up for what is right.  Two days ago the ICEstapo were denied access to the Dodger Stadium parking lot, which is private property.  This is so rare, and so humiliating, that ICE had to claim they were never there in the first place.  Today the Dodgers announced they will donate $1 million to support  immigrant families  terrorized by the raids.  They can afford much more, but it's a good start.  I would expect no less from the team of Jackie Robinson.  Other clubs need to get on board, to thank their fans in New York, San Diego, Chicago -- hey, White Sox, want to earn a papal blessing from your biggest fan?  At 24-52, you need it. Having fled the G7 because the other six were whispering and laughing about him, done a TACO on farm and hospitality workers, endured a pathetic bi...

  Benjamin Netanyahu  wants Israelis to know that the war he started with Iran is hard on him, too.  Did you know that his son Avner's wedding has been postponed?  Again?  He is reminded of the Blitz, in which 43,000 British civilians died.  So far 24 Israeli civilians have been killed, and an estimated 263 Iranians.  But spare a thought for Bibi, whose catering deposit is non-refundable. Other Israelis were quick to respond to their prime minister's -- what's the equivalent of stolen valor?  Stolen grief?  "I have been in the hellish dungeons of Gaza for 622 days now," wrote Anat Angrest, whose son Matan has been a Hamas hostage since October 7, 2023.  Journalist Amir Tibon said, "There are no surprises with Netanyahu.  Even in moments when a personal example is most needed, he is first and foremost concerned with himself."   No wonder he gets along so well with Trump, who amid mass arrests and vanishing social safety net...

  This bronze bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., was placed in the Oval Office by Barack Obama and removed by his successor.  Joe Biden brought it out of storage and it has again been removed, replaced with an image of Winston Churchill.  Let's pretend that was a way to thank Prime Minister Starmer for retrieving the papers that fell from Trump's failing fingers at the G7.  Why was King still there until this week?  Was the occupant distracted by all the gold-plated tchotchkes?  Perhaps he mistook it for Frederick Douglass, whom he still looks forward to meeting.  It couldn't be that he waited until now to make a particularly vile gesture of contempt for Juneteenth.  That would be the act of a monster. Again, what are the side-effects of ketamine abuse?  No wonder he hasn't played golf for three weeks. "Freedom is never cheap.  It's never free.  Freedom requires these subjugated people to rise up, and it's up to them." Stirring words,...

  As the leaders of the G7 discussed their response to the Russian attack on Kyiv, which killed 28 people and injured 134, and the escalating war between Iran and Israel, Trump dealt with important domestic matters. As you can see, these "magnificent" flagpoles required his personal supervision and could not be put off until next week, or next month, or forever.  They must be ready tomorrow to receive the Juneteenth flag. Ha ha, I make joke.  Racist scumbag occupant of White House does not know there is such a thing.  Also, maybe not a good idea to rush this job.  A 100-foot flagpole would presumably be set in concrete and not ready within hours.  But these are...special? "Let's  have a good -- they call it a lifting.  They also use another word but I'm not gonna use that word.  It says with an E.  Do you know what the word is?  If I ever used it I would be run out of town.  All right.  So enjoy it."   Ha ha, he ...