AverageOldGuy
AverageOldGuy's JournalI want to take this opportunity to thank President Trump
In Manassas, VA, yesterday:
-- Regular gas: $4.56.9/gal
-- Mid-Grade: $4.86.9/gal
-- Premium: $5.26.9/gal
OH, THIS IS GONNA STING!!!
Heather Cox Richardson minces no words.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-23-2026
The proposed arch obscures the Lincoln Memorial, built to honor the president who steered the country safely through the Civil War, but perfectly frames Arlington House, the mansion built by enslaved Americans and once owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The arch does not frame the nation’s honored dead, but frames instead the home of the man who led the armies of the Confederacy that killed them.
$5.26 for premium in Manassas VA
Filled up today at local discount chain.
Regular: $4.56.9
Mid-Grade: $4.86.9
Premium: $5.26.9
According to a WashPost columnist . . .
. . . . the health-food industry has crowned their annual fad food.
You'll never guess what it is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/22/edith-pritchett-cartoon-wellness-industry-food-health-trends/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=
&w=1440&impolicy=high_res
If YOUR son were getting married . . . even if for the second time . . . would you attend the wedding?
In the Oval Office, today, midday. Trump was asked by a reporter if he plans to attend Don Jr.’s wedding to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson this weekend. Here is the father of the groom's full response:
TRANSLATION: "This wedding is on the weekend. I'll be playing golf during the day and rage-tweeting all night."
Is this Ian Fleming's third time?
Ian Fleming, author of the Bond novels and longtime British spy and intelligence analyst, famously told us how to judge if we should be concerned about what we see our adversary doing.
According to Fleming:
Twice is coincidence.
Three times is enemy action.
Let’s look at where we stand now.
1. For months Trump has made rumblings about protecting the polls, checking voter ID, making certain the ballots are tallied correctly. Recently – and I don’t remember the exact quote – Trump said something in one of his unhinged tweets about “an army” going to protect the polls.
2. We all know about the $1.776 billion fund to pay “damages” to the pardoned J6ers and anyone else whom Trump loves and who thinks they have been wronged by the legal system.
3. Andrew Paul Johnson, a Florida man and former January 6 rioter who received a full pardon from President Donald Trump, was sentenced to life in prison in March 2026 for sexually abusing two children. Police reported that Johnson exploited his pardon status to coerce his victims. He promised to share millions of dollars in restitution money he claimed the Trump administration would give him for being a pardoned January 6 defendant.
So: Johnson was abusing these kids a long time ago, long before the Trump $1.776 billion announcement was made. How did Johnson know the money was coming?
MY CONCLUSION.
Trump stood in front of a shrieking, chanting, armed mob on Jan 6, 2021, and urged them to go to the Capitol and “stop the steal.” That’s once.
Later that day – as the Capitol stood almost in ruins and police officers were fighting for their lives – Trump released a video thanking the mob for their love and telling them to go home. That’s twice.
And now for the third time. The same people who planned the Jan 6 coup for Trump (he's not smart enough to pull it together by himself) are now planning how to take over the election process in Nov 2026 and 2028 -- and they will use the same people. Johnson has revealed that the pardoned J6ers know they have money coming . . . is this their reward for Jan 6, 2021, or, is this seed money so they can organize in preparation for storming polls all over the country in November 2026 and 2028?
Why is Trump paying the J6ers?
Is he paying them for their service to him in January 2021 ?
Or . . . is he paying them in advance for their help in 2026/7 and 2028/9 ?
I started to title this comment:
There's Stupid, Then there's Very Stupid. And finally there's Tesla Stupid.
But I thought better of it.
But then I decided, oh, what the hell -- let 'er rip!!
On Tuesday, the Grapevine police department announced the vehicle’s recovery from Katie’s Woods Park Boat Ramp, adding that the “driver stated he intentionally drove into the lake to use the Cybertruck’s ‘wade mode’ feature”.
Police said the vehicle became disabled and took on water, prompting the driver and passengers to abandon it before calling for help. A picture posted online showed a half-submerged silver Cybertruck near the lake’s shoreline.
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“Wade Mode” allows the vehicle to “enter and drive through bodies of water, such as rivers or creeks”, according to Tesla’s Cybertruck manual. The maximum wade depth is approximately 32in, measuring from the bottom of the tire.
“Wade Mode defaults the vehicle’s ride height to Very High and protects Cybertruck for up to approximately 32in (815mm) of water, driving at slow speeds (1-3mph or 2-5 km/h). As water depth changes, reduce your vehicle speed accordingly. Do not disable Wade Mode until your vehicle is fully out of water,” the manual said.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/20/tesla-cybertruck-texas-lake-wade-mode
How does he get away with it?
How does he get away with it?
Because no one ever thought that anyone would try what he is doing – not what he is “trying to do,” but WHAT HE IS DOING.
Think about it.
If I tell you: The President will rip the East Wing off the White House then use the space to build a throne room that dwarfs the White House. Your response? NEVER HAPPEN. Congress will stop him. The Courts will stop him. My response? You see how well that worked out.
If I tell you: The President will build a triumphal arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial, at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. Your response? NEVER HAPPEN. Congress will stop him. The Courts will stop him. My response? You see how well that worked out.
If I tell you: The President will establish a slush fund of $1.8 billion – or some figure he will name. He and he alone decides who gets money from this fund. He will award the Jan 6 rioters a few hundred thousand each, give some to his family, God only knows what will happen to the rest. Your response? NEVER HAPPEN. Congress will stop him. The Courts will stop him. My response? You see how well that worked out.
If I tell you: The President will dispatch his private army – ICE – to Democratic stronghold cities prior to the 2026 election to ensure that his people win. Your response? NEVER HAPPEN. Congress will stop him. The Courts will stop him. My response? You will see in November how well that worked out.
He cannot be stopped because our system is built on the belief that we all will stay within the bounds of the law. We have no mechanism to deal with someone who simply ignores the bounds of law and decency. He cannot and will not be stopped.
If you thought the ballroom, the arch, the slush fund will be the end of it . . . . .
We are fucked.
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