(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-12 Troll Control Pardon the interruption. Posting this brief truth bomb to prevent a MAGA infestation... Everyone is equal…Facts matter…Health care is a human right…Science rocks…Voting by mail is reliable, easy, and popular…The south lost the Civil War…Trump lost fair and square…and was convicted by a jury of his peers fair and square...economies do better under Democrats...conservatives wanted to keep slavery…the opposite of woke is ignorant...immigrants built this country…grifters love Republicans most because they're the easiest marks...medical decisions should be between doctor, family, and patient...book bans and revisionist history are a sign of weakness…Joe Biden is a great president...the House will flip blue in November and Democrats will keep the Senate...Trump is going to prison. There. That should send ‘em scurrying. Enjoy your day. And now, our feature presentation... Cheers and Jeers for Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Note: For your convenience, there are no sharks in the Cheers and Jeers kiddie pool. There are, however, several electric-boat batteries in it. Enjoy your swim. —Mgt. - By the Numbers: 10 days!!! Days 'til Juneteenth: 7 Days 'til the Pinconning Cheesetown Festival in Michigan: 10 Percent of Americans polled by Gallup in 2000 and 2024, respectively, who said they're liberal on social issues: 20%, 32% Percent who said they were conservative on social issues then and now: 40%, 32% Distance from the front lines that Ukraine blew up an ultra-modern Russian Su-57 stealth jet: 370 miles Years since analog TV signals went extinct as of today: 15 Age of Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who took the iconic "earthrise" photo from the moon, when he died in a plane crash last week: 90 - Mid-week Rapture Index: 188 (including 3 "date settings" and 1 snappy answer to a simple question). Soul Protection Factor 24 lotion is recommended if you’ll be walking amongst the heathen today. - Puppy Pic of the Day: Kittens rule… - CHEERS to rational and/or irrational exuberance. Eh, who cares what kind it is? It's still exuberance… U.S. consumers are more optimistic about their current and future financial situation, the stock market and slowing inflation, according to survey data released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York Fed’s May Survey of Consumer Expectations showed improvement of people’s perceptions of their current financial situation as well as their outlook for a year from now. [...] Monday’s survey also showed improved optimism beyond the homefront: Notably, consumers believe the markets’ good times could keep rolling. Households’ expectations for highest US stock prices improved to a three-year high. Curious, I decided to check on my wealth portfolio, and they're right: my coffee can has three more nickels, six marbles and a priceless jade ingot from the Ming Dynasty. Jeeves, fire up the Studebaker—we're going to Applebee's. JEERS to unauthorized noggin swaps. If this had happened a couple centuries ago, the monarchy would've shouted, unironically, "Off with their heads!" The first official portrait of King Charles III since his coronation was defaced by animal rights activists at a public gallery in London on Tuesday, according to pictures released by a protest group. Oh dear. The Animal Rising group released video showing two of its supporters quickly approaching the painting and placing the head of Wallace, a character from the "Wallace and Gromit" animated franchise, onto the head of the monarch, to gasps of shock from onlookers. A message placed on the painting said: "No cheese, Gromit. Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA farms!" The message referred to both Wallace's love of cheese and the alleged animal cruelty at a number of farms certified by the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals, a British charity. When asked if they were going to change it back, gallery officials said nah, it actually looks better this way. CHEERS to the anti-Clarence Thomas. 57 years ago this week, in 1967, in an act of equal parts courage and smarts, Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to become the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. His 24 years on the bench worked out very well for America, and his previous work wasn't chopped liver, either: After amassing an impressive record of Supreme Court challenges to state-sponsored discrimination, including the landmark Brown v. Board decision in 1954, President John F. Kennedy appointed Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Thurgood Marshall was succeeded by Clarence Thomas. What an effing leap backwards. In this capacity, he wrote over 150 decisions including support for the rights of immigrants, limiting government intrusion in cases involving illegal search and seizure, double jeopardy, and right to privacy issues. [...] In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson appointed Judge Marshall to the office of U.S. Solicitor General. Before his subsequent nomination to the United States Supreme Court in 1967, Thurgood Marshall won 14 of the 19 cases he argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of the government. Indeed, Thurgood Marshall represented and won more cases before the United States Supreme Court than any other American. And no one ever—ever—found a pubic hair on his Coke can. - BRIEF SANITY BREAK - x Core memory unlocked ❤️ pic.twitter.com/CV5xCMhm3R — Goodable (@Goodable) June 10, 2024 - END BRIEF SANITY BREAK - CHEERS to #41. Happy 100th birthday to the late George H.W. Bush. I think he'll go down in history as the last of the congenial "country club Republican" presidents. (No, Mar-A-Lago isn’t a country club. It’s more of a sex cult star chamber.) He was no saint (pardoning the Iran-Contra misfits was unforgivable, his kids turned out to be destructive jerks who made America worse, not better, and he wasn't above being an ass-groper). On the other hand, he had the sense to bring our troops home from Kuwait, served during World War II, ripped up his NRA membership card, refused to support Donald Trump for president, and can you imagine a Republican today who would support the icky socialist Americans with Disabilities Act? But on the other other hand, I hope one disastrous act made during his one-term presidency haunts him in the afterlife for eternity. This uber-corrupt democracy hater: Just because #41's gone doesn't mean I plan to ditch my annual birthday gift: a thousand pounds of broccoli dumped in the driveway of the Bush compound in Kennebunkport. With a cherry on top. CHEERS to sports shorts. A quick roundup of recent events from the world of friendly competition: NBA Finals: Boston leads Dallas 2 games to 0. It’ll be 3-0 after tonight’s game. Stanley Cup Hockey Championship: Florida leads Edmonton 2 games to 0. Regardless of who wins, the biggest victors will be the tooth-implant specialists. Even at 98, those eyes still twinkle. Belmont Stakes: Dornoch French Open: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) and Iga Swiatek (Poland) Major League Baseball standings: [Checks to see how Boston is doing; sees that Boston is not in first place.] These numbers are currently irrelevant. Canadian Open: Robert MacIntyre of Scotland wins the six-pack of Molson. Daytime Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke, 98, becomes the oldest daytime Emmy winner, taking home the trophy for his guest performance on Days of Our Lives. And this just in: game two of the Jarts for Jesus tournament has been canceled after it was discovered there were no survivors after game one. - Ten years ago in C&J: June 12, 2014 CHEERS to the primary bombshell heard 'round the world. I can't believe I'm writing this…pressing these letters in this exact sequence…as if on the direct orders of the One True Unicorn of the Universe: Eric Cantor lost his primary in a landslide to an unknown teabagger: Economist David Brat of Randolph-Macon College has upset House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican primary, a stunning defeat for the veteran congressman who appeared next in line to become speaker of the House. Brat, a professor with little name ID toppled a Republican titan who had not faced a close challenge since he was first elected in 2000. Never forget, America: this was the further handiwork of the gays, feminists and pagans. And, boy, are we having fun getting acquainted with the awesomeness of our power. - And just one more… CHEERS to wheelie gouda shows. With the British elections still three weeks away, Gav and Dan—aka The Slow Mo Guys—decided to pass the time by heading to this year's Cheese Roll at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire, England. You may have heard about this crazy annual event, during which "the world's bravest cheese chasers sprint down a ridiculously steep hill in a very bouncy race." When captured in super-slo-mo and set to the musical strains of Handel, it becomes a thing of bonkers beauty… - They went as fast as their legs curd carry them. Have a happy humpday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today? - Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial “To remove difficult residues, use a liquid cleanser, then hand-wash in the Cheers and Jeers kiddie pool." —Team Calaphon - [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/12/2245959/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Wednesday?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/