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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Full quote from the wife of the sailor who became so desperate he recently tried to commit suicide while on the ship:

    I don’t think the man thinks before he talks, and I was really hoping that at some point, there would be a redemption. Try to redeem yourself, at least a little bit, with everything that you do and everything that you say. Try to redeem yourself. Have some sympathy, some empathy, take some accountability for what’s going on with your military, your ships, and your war. And your war.

    Um, it’s infuriating. I mean, we heard what Hegseth said yesterday, what the president is saying today. It’s infuriating, saying, essentially, that families are lying and service members are lying, even though the proof is right here on my phone. It is not fabricated. Nobody is lying. Everybody is — it’s infuriating that they’re not taking accountability, and not having any sort of sympathy for our service members that they claim to scream and shout that they support, when it’s politically, you know, sound for them to use “support our troops, support our troops,” until our troops need support, and now suddenly everyone’s lying, and it’s a fabrication and a misrepresentation? It’s infuriating.



  • His brother said: “He was with an asylum permit, but he was with Social Security, with a work permit, he had all the papers in order, but he was waiting for the appointment. It is clear that now they are grabbing those who have the appointment pending.”

    But as we know with this administration, basically only white South African are considered legitimate asylum candidates. From this article as of June 2026:

    Since October 1, 2025, the US has accepted 6,668 refugees. Of those, 6,665 were white South Africans. Three—admitted last November—were from Afghanistan. No other refugees were admitted.















  • world leaders were telling me in quiet asides that the meeting with Trump had gone brilliantly, that he had been very happy, that he had listened — actually listened — to every leader in the big closed-door confab and had left in a good mood.

    Hang on, was this the same Donald Trump who had been berating partners only hours earlier?

    Yes, apparently so.

    I would say Trump was playing them, or playing the markets for his own financial ends. But he’s not that smart.

    Such sudden and extreme changes in attitude and demeanor are a symptom of dementia. Or of bipolar or some other mental disorders.