(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: 2024-06-26 There Was A Red Hatter (With apologies to There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly) There was a red hatter who swallowed Trump's lies. I don’t know why she swallowed those lies. She ain't too wise - There was a red hatter who swallowed some spin From Newsmax who said MAGA Don did win She swallowed the spin to feed the lies But I don't know why she swallowed the lies She ain't too wise - There was a red hatter who swallowed Fox bull Your brain ain't whole if you swallow their bull She swallowed bull to feed the spin From Newsmax who said libs are livin' in sin She swallowed the spin to feed the lies But I don't know why she swallowed the lies She ain't too wise - There was a red hatter who swallowed the line That tax cuts for rich folks would trickle down fine She swallowed the line to feed the bull She swallowed the bull to feed the spin From Rudy Giuliani (ever reeking of gin) She swallowed the spin to feed the lies But I don't know why she swallowed the lies She ain't too wise - There was a red hatter who swallowed this dirt: "Joe Biden's the devil who we must subvert!" She swallowed the dirt to feed the line She swallowed the line to feed the bull She swallowed the bull to feed the spin From the Pillow Man who said Trump got the win She swallowed the spin to feed the lies But I don't know why she swallowed the lies She ain't too wise - There was a red hatter who swallowed a fact She's dead, of course. And now, our feature presentation... Cheers and Jeers for Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Note: Hello, customer service? I'd like to exchange my current planet for a new one, please. It broke. Yes, I'll hold……… - By the Numbers: Saturday!!! Days 'til Terrorize America's Pets & Wildlife With Fireworks Day: 8 Days 'til the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Michigan: 3 Number of containers the cargo ship Dali is moving down to Virginia International Gateway after finally being freed from Baltimore Harbor: 1,500 Date on which the Dali struck Baltimore's Key Bridge: 3/26/24 Average 401(k) savings rate as a percentage of earnings in 2023: 11.7% Average savings rate during the first quarter of 2024: 14.2% Worldwide gross (so far) of Disney's Inside Out 2, which will likely become the first billion-dollar movie of 2024: $725 million - Mid-week Rapture Index: 186 (including 5 Arms Proliferations and 1 gym full of happy holy hoopsters). Soul Protection Factor 12 lotion is recommended if you’ll be walking amongst the heathen today. - Puppy Pic of the Day: Morning commute… - CHEERS to a Herculean clash of clashers. In 132 days, Democrats and Republicans are going to beat each other's brains out in the 2024 elections. But first we've got to get through the season whereby Democrats beat Democrats' brains out and Republicans beat Republicans' brains out. To that end, here's C&J’s EXCLUSIVE rundown of yesterday's hot primary action: Colorado: The results were mellow, man. New York: The results were loud and profanity-laden. Ouch! Did you know? More people lose fingers to “I Voted” sticker accidents than from any other cause. South Carolina: Voters agreed to designate Senator Tim Scott's brain the official state vegetable. Utah: As expected, the angel Moroni won all the races as a write-in candidate. Saskatchewan: Oh, didn’t we tell you? President Biden ordered an invasion of Saskatchewan last night and they immediately surrendered. But then Joe did takesie-backsies about ten minutes ago and said it was all in fun. He and Justin Trudeau had a good chuckle over it. Really, people, you need to start paying closer attention to the news cycle. For results that actually have some basis in fact, please look for the Daily Kos Elections Team's official numbers and simple, concise, timely updates. Clearly I'm overqualified for that job. CHEERS to seeing the rainbow at the end of the tunnel. Pride Month—30 days of parades, festivals, tacky (but appreciated) corporate tie-ins, MAGA freakouts and, of course, LGBTQ-related polling—is nearing its end. One of the longer-running polls, by Gallup, measures support for same-sex marriage. Sorry, haters in Hater Land, but they’ve got another year of bad news for you: More than two in three Americans continue to believe that marriage between same-sex couples should be legal (69%), and nearly as many say gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable (64%). Both readings have been consistently above the 50% mark since the early 2010s and above 60% since 2017. Huh huhhuhuhuh. Hey, Beavis. They said sixty nine. Huh huhuhuhh. The latest 69% of Americans who support legal same-sex marriage, from Gallup’s May 1-23 Values and Beliefs poll, is statistically similar to the record high of 71% recorded in 2022 and 2023. When Gallup first polled about same-sex marriage in 1996, 27% of Americans thought such unions should be legal, and 68% said they should not. The slowpokes to the acceptance table? Of course—the conservative God Squad, for whom "love thy neighbor" and "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" are inviolable rules from God's lips to their ears…right up until the moment they develop a convenient case of hearing loss. They really should pray harder for one 'o them new Beltones. CHEERS to gastronomical greetings. On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered a speech in then-West Berlin where he said, famously: "Ich bin ein Berliner!" Over the years many people have erroneously said that he was calling himself a jelly doughnut, but that’s not true—he was referring to himself as a citizen of Berlin. Unfortunately, things later turned awkward when, after his speech, he said he was so hungry he could “eat half a dozen Frankfurters” and sent residents of that city fleeing to their cellars. - BRIEF SANITY BREAK - x A sheepshead wrasse eagerly waiting for a treat. 📽: Hiroyuki Arakawa pic.twitter.com/4RpPgX06rI — Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) June 21, 2024 - END BRIEF SANITY BREAK - CHEERS to home sweet home. Come on, CNN…can you really whittle down all of America's towns into a list of the Top Ten Best? I mean, come on. Towns are so unique, each with their own charms and quirks, that I think it's impossible to compile a list like that. That would be folly, a task so daunting that no one could possibly… Oh, look who's at Number Four!!! 4. Portland, Maine High scores: Next-level food scene, coastal setting, outdoor access This historic harbor town offers some seriously up-to-date dining alongside classics reflecting Maine’s status as the US lobster capital. The food scene here has put it squarely on the map as a culinary destination, with two new James Beard Awards just added to the city’s collection. You’ll also find a booming craft beer scene and tons of opportunities to get out onto the water or into the woods. Strolling the bustling center offers a window onto centuries of maritime history and a Victorian-era rebirth. I hereby deem this list valid and accurate. Except for the top three—Richmond, Providence, and Tacoma. They cheated. Not sure how, yet. But Mike Lindell is on it like the glue he huffs. JEERS to today's exercise in media hysteria. Please pardon the volume, but I have to do this or I won’t be invited to the next traditional-media cocktail party: THE DEBATE IS TOMORROW! ZOMG! HAS BIDEN TAKEN HIS DRUGS YET? IS TRUMP DOING ANY PREP AT ALL? THE DEBATE IS TOMORROW, PEOPLE! DID YOUKNOW THAT? TOMORROW!!!! TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW!!!!!!!! WE'VE RUN OUT OF EXCLAMATION POINTS SO WE HAVE TO USE QUESTION MARKS??? HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR HEART MEDS? I HAVEN'T TAKEN MY HEART MEDS? WHERE ARE MY HEART MEDS? DEBATE DEBATE DEBATE TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW AAAAAAHHAHHHHGHGHGHGH Everybody stay calm. Leave the hysteria to the professionals. - Ten years ago in C&J: June 26, 2014 JEERS to the Iraq we have, not the Iraq we want or wish to have at another time. I'll say this for John Kerry: he has some guts to be dropping in on Iraq when all hell is breaking loose. But, man, talk about futile missions… Iraqis must bridge their widening sectarian and ethnic divide and unite to face the radical Islamist insurgency threatening the entire country, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Monday. … “Iraq faces an existential threat, and Iraq’s leaders have to meet that threat with the incredible urgency that it demands,” Kerry said following meetings with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials. As his plane was leaving, Kerry airdropped his special parting gift: Dick Cheney in a crate. - And just one more… CHEERS to singin’ in church. As the MAGA cult in Congress continues not passing gun-control legislation, we note that nine years ago this week, while eulogizing the recently-murdered Rev. Clementa Pinckney at Charleston, South Carolina's Emanuel A.M.E. Church, President Barack Obama paused for the longest time. You could hear a pin drop, it got so quiet. Was he too choked up to go on? Had he lost his place in his sermon? Had he, after consoling so many other audiences in the wake of gun massacres, simply run out of f*cks to give? Not quite. He was just winding up to deliver an emotional grand finale from his soul that would once again demonstrate why he’ll always be placed in the top ranks of all the presidents. Watch as the faces behind him light up… x YouTube Video - His immediate successor, who never bothered to learn the words to the national anthem or God Bless America, let alone Amazing Grace, botched every attempt—I can count the number of times on one hand and still have some fingers left over—to comfort families who lost loved ones to gun violence. (Up to and including slapping his autograph on giant photos of dead victims.) I guess if you want to show you have a heart, you have to…y’know…have a heart. Have a happy humpday. 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