Paying Attention

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Paying Attention™ Secret Word

April 29, 2026

In case you haven’t heard, there is good trouble afoot this week. Hundreds of concerned citizen groups are calling for a nationwide day of economic disruption on May 1^st, which is this Friday.

May 1^st, May Day is historically the day of the worker. The day of the People. Well, we the people are getting stomped, screwed and skewered by this criminal, fascist administration. It is not the first time, but it is one of the worst times. We need to keep showing them we are paying attention. That we have had enough of their shit. That we are ready to take back the power they stole.

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! May Day.

Close your business. Call out sick. Skip school. Buy nothing.

May Day Strong:
                      No Work,
                             No School,
                                    No Shopping

Power of, by and for the people!

Unlike all the rallies, marches and protests of the past year or so, this time you don’t even have to go anywhere or do anything. In fact, that’s the point. This is the easiest, and perhaps most direct, and if done en masse, most effective display of displeasure and people power yet.

All we have to do is: STAY HOME. Or possibly join others in the streets if the spirit moves you. But mainly, don’t work, don’t go to school, don’t go shopping or buy online, don’t support the workings of the system. For just one day. For now.

Ala Mario Savio, place your bodies upon the gears

Mario Savio, 1964

Feel free to not get off your ass. All you need to do is nothing. Let’s show them who is in charge. Let’s shut this whole thing down.

This has been your Paying Attention™ Secret Word.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

A Dear Don Letter

April 28, 2026

It seems there are those among us who harbor a less than favorable view of the objectively vile creature residing in the Remains of The White House. One such individual is now in custody after what is being called an assassination attempt on Not-So-Good King Don.

Don was thwarted in his plan to deliver what he described as a very nasty verbal assault on the media, who dare to speak out against his deadly criminal enterprise. After his planned hit-and-run screech at the Remains of The White House Correspondents Dinner, where he meant to excoriate the press and run away before anyone could respond, was cut short by a heavily weaponized attacker, the most despised president in American history had this to say with a sickening smirk while standing between two of the dumbest fucks ever to serve this country at the highest level.

Trump, bookended by raging alcoholic Patel and raging moron Mullin

“I was all set to really rip it. And I said to my people ‘this would be the most inappropriate speech ever made,’ I have to say. But I don’t know if I could ever be as rough as I was going to be tonight.”

Oops. If you zoom out it turns out Don is standing amidst not two, but four of the dumbest fucks every to serve this country at the highest level, who were quite amused at their boss’ above comments.

Trump, flanked by four flunky fuck-ups

So there’s that. So sorry we won’t get to hear that particular psychotic word salad.

I. Mangrey reporting. Suck on it Donny.

Monday, April 27, 2026

Thought For The Day – 25 Is Bigger Than 30

Cloudy With A Chance Of Blunder Showers

April 27, 2026

It has continued to be unbelievable, scary and sickening to see Trump have approval ratings in the forties. WTF. How is it possible for that many people to have anything but monstrous contempt for a conman, egomaniac, convicted felon, bestie with king of the pedophiles, and himself an adjudicated sexual assaulter? (One judge stated that what Trump was found guilty of amounted to “rape” according to common understanding of the act.)

For quite some time I have been telling myself and others that I would be pretty happy or something like it if Trump’s approval rating hit 25%. More recently, I’ve come to feel like I would feel, if not happy, at least somewhat relieved if he hit 30%.

With all his many “accomplishments” piling up, Darn Old Trump seems to be accelerating his march to the bottom. He is currently somewhere between 37 and 32% overall approval – depending on the poll. For context, Der Furor was at 34% right after he incited a vicious, brutal mob to hang Mike Pence, lay siege to the Capitol and stage a violent insurrection. Then Trump pardoned all the criminals.

So, I’ll settle for him having a 30% approval rating, but I’m still hoping for 25%.

I only have one more thing to say about that:

Don’t trust any percent over thirty.

This has been your Paying Attention™ Thought For The Day.

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Headline Of The Day – Schadenfreude Edition

One Less Serial Killer

April 26, 2026

From Crooks & Liars

The elephant, who goes by the name Dexter, did not return our calls for inclusion in this article. Nonetheless, we thank her for her service.

This has been your Paying Attention™ Headline Of The Day.

Friday, April 24, 2026

Fun Fact For The Day – Immigrants Are Dangerous

Deportation Is Cruel And Unjust*

April 24, 2026

Was that not in fact fun?

Bonus Fun Fact

Donald Jeffrey Epstein Trump’s father’s full given name was – and maybe this explains a great deal about Donny’s delusions – Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump.

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*According to draft-dodging deportee Friedrich "Frederick" Trump – paternal grandfather of our current messiah…I mean president.

This has been your Paying Attention™ Fun Fact For The Day.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Pic Of The Day – The Signing

Maybe Melania Will Put It On The Refrigerator

April 23, 2026

Donald Jeffrey Epstein Trump showed everyone how proud of himself he was after signing a law Joe Rogan told him to sign

Look what I did.
“Oh, that's a good one. Look at that, Joe. Do you think Biden can do that?”*

It took him thirty seconds to scribble what has never looked like his name, but he did manage to stay awake for the duration.

And then the pathetic, robotic applause from the assembled asses…

I didn’t get a harrumph out of you!

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*This addled asshole actually said this as more addled assholes applauded.

This has been your Paying Attention™ Pic Of The Day.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Gratuitous Shilling For Planet Earth

Happy Earth Day

The Ocean – Coming Soon To A Street Near You

April 22, 2026

Some might notice a trend in the graph above. Some might be too greedy and/or braindead to give a shit and/or notice anything they can’t see from inside their own colon.

As part of his relentless crusade to murder the planet – and by definition those who inhabit it – wannabe king Donald has cancelled $25 billion worth of wind projects. His alcoholic Defense Secretary Kegseth claims it’s about national security. It is actually about national stupidity, and few do that better than Kegseth. Though the competition is fierce within what will come to be known as the Death-To-America administration when the history of our time is written (if that is still permitted).

As an aside, you might recall that Piss-Drunk Pete promised he would stop drinking if he became secretary of defense. Gee thanks fuckface. As we watch this numb-nuts carry on with his psycho-killer/radical Christian idiocy, one hopes – for his sake – that he has continued drinking to excess after getting his new job. If he’s doing all this sober, then raging alcoholism is the least of his problems. Either way, he is not the least of ours.

Musical Interlude

Ariel Baddass here. Glad to chime in with a few tunes for Earth Day while it’s still legal. The dipshits who want to end Juneteenth and MLK Day will surely be coming for Earth Day before they’re over – which hopefully will be November 3^rd. Anyway here are a few tunes for your angst-ridden enjoyment. And remember: A mountain is something you don’t want to fuck with.

Nick Offerman Is Sounding the Alarm:

America’s National Parks Are Under Attack

Loudon Wainwright III – Hard Day on the Planet

Kansas – Death Of Mother Nature Suite

World Party – Ship of Fools

World Party – And God Said

Flo & Eddie – Keep it Warm

Mothers of Invention – Billy The Mountain

Thanks for the opportunity to join in the Earth Day festivities. And now, back to our regularly scheduled rant already in progress...

Native American wisdom says we do not inherit the planet from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. I think it’s time to fess up to the kids: Um, kids, um don’t get mad. We didn’t do it on purpose. Well, we sorta did actually, but we couldn’t help it. Anyway, again, we’re really sorry and we promise never to do it again, but here are the keys to the planet, and really, thanks for letting us use it, really. Hard to believe, I know, but we really did appreciate it. Anyway, we sorta crashed it. It’s pretty bad, but no one was hurt, well, no one we know…yet. Actually, a lot of people were hurt. There was sort of a pile-up, but we’re okay. Also, I’m pretty sure it’s totaled. What? We’re grounded? No more planet for us? Doesn’t that seem a bit harsh? Okay, we’ll shut the fuck up now. Again, really sorry. Please don’t tell your sister.

The only good thing to happen since Dirty Coal Don took over is his stupid Iran War, that is unless and until Trump and Hegseth start sinking oil tankers, is making more and more people thinking about electric vehicles.

For those of you who are still not dead or toxically apathetic from the climate crisis and the rabid ignoring of it, here’s just the thing: https://oilwell.app