France, Austria: They’re making it illegal to cover up children. Bravo.

Neighborhood pool, Baton Rouge. It has been closed, mere days after it was inaugurated.

That’s in Louisiana:

The honor code of “guarding your respect” and “he had it coming” endures. [It’s] possible to “risk your life just by insulting the L.S.U. Tigers.”

“I’m more concerned now than when I wrote [a 1998 book about it,” said a local history professor.] “People are armed to the teeth.”

And by people I mean eleven year olds.

Once all the money’s in your pockets, the system can collapse, and all the people in its hospital beds can go fuck themselves.

The Tom and Daisy Award goes to Ellen and Portia.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, are preparing to list their sprawling U.K. farmhouse for a staggering $30 million—after living there for just one month …

[J]ust one month after moving in, the duo ha[s] already decided to move on—having snapped up a much more extravagant dwelling … [In the earlier house, now on the market, they enlisted] a team of 70 workers to rush through renovations so it would be ready … as soon as possible.

… DeGeneres and de Rossi [faced] objections from neighbors over their proposed development of the abode, with three local councilors raising concerns that an extension might “increase flood risk in the village” and “disturb Roman remains.” [O]ther residents expressed concern that the hedge and wire fence at the comedian’s home could lead to flooding if trash gets “caught in the fence” and limits the “flow across the field.”

… that it’s not pronounced Gizzlane. All of America will learn the delicate French pronunciation. Gheelen.

Took a Picture This shot of a tall something growing out of one of my pots on the deck, and the name came back HAIRY ASTER.

UD said it aloud and started giggling. And giggling.

She said it aloud, slowly, to Mr UD, who laughed about it for exactly one second and then said to UD, who was still giggling, “It’s not that funny.”

“Herb Rapp lives,” said UD. “If my father were alive, he’d be laughing twice as long as I’m laughing.”

She meant to say, you know, that she got her sense of humor from her father.

‘Manufacturing could become a strong element of Wyoming’s economy, complimenting energy, agriculture and other sectors.‘

Economic inequality has reached a staggering milestone in Silicon Valley: just nine households hold 15% of the region’s wealth, according to new research from San Jose State University. A mere 0.1% of residents hold 71% of the tech hub’s wealth.

He got so desperate that he gave it to the … American Cancer Society. The idea is that they sell it and pocket the money – tens of millions, if there’s any justice in the world – for their good works.

But no one wants what is now the ACS’s house, a vast metastasized monument to greed and contempt.

No one has lived there for years.

And as the years go by, the ACS has attempted to solve its problem (taxes, upkeep, security?) through surgery. It has cut and cut and cut and cut the asking price for this diseased thing.

Today they did more cutting. It’s all the way down to $25 million.

Buddy, you spend your life telling everyone God Loves Guns.

What’s not to understand?

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‘The Bible says in Romans 8:18, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”

I hope that the Adams take comfort in that verse. I hope they can one day look forward to their reunion with their son.‘

East Carolina U football players aren’t afraid to get up real early in the morning and get stuff done! Neighbors complained though and the players were arrested.

Two went quietly, while one hid in the house, hoping cops wouldn’t notice.

Their mug shots reveal a complex melange of emotions.

#1: KILL YOU FUCKERS

#2: Shitting my pants

#3: Mom and Dad are on their way to bond me out

Great headline in Kentucky Lantern, which goes on to detail that state’s fierce commitment to its flag.

Whoops. I mean

JONATHAN ALTER:

Why is this so important to the MAGA base?

MICHAEL WOLFF:

I’m not sure. It seems contradictory, as Trump is most imperiled. But a mythology grew around Epstein as the epicenter of elites like Bill Clinton, and that’s what some believe Epstein might expose.

“There was about 50 kids on [Panama City] beach when this happened, and they’re doing Oklahoma drills, and that’s where they run at each other and tackle one another. That ended up in an argument and fight which resulted in somebody firing a gun off.”

English as a Second Language, Declension Lesson:

FOOTBALL DRILLS

ARGUMENT

FIGHT

GUNFIRE

… he’s clean as a whistle!