Here, I'll cue up the reaction to the sound. Great spontaneous dark comedy: "My famous last words: Trump said, 'Don’t worry, it’s only fireworks.'"
July 4, 2025
"Don’t worry, it’s only fireworks. I hope. Famous last words. My famous last words: Trump said, 'Don’t worry, it’s only fireworks.' You always have to think positive. I didn't like that sound either."
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That chart (he sleeps with it every night, he says) saved his life. And saved our country.
3. An exciting or spectacular display, as of musical virtuosity.
A gay celebration.
I had to take Parking Lot Pete to the vet yesterday - for a booster shot and some blood work. anyhow - as you walk into the vestibule, there is a sandwich board with the names of all the pets with appointments. The names on the board were double what I usually see. Crammed full of names!
I said to the vet tech - you must be really busy today. and she said - yes, prior to the 4th of July we get a lot of people who needs meds for their stressed out dogs. mmm hmmmm .
Trump is very, very funny. One of his best qualities.
My old Maine Coon cat was very dog-like in many ways, and especially in being freaked out by 4th of July fireworks.
Meade:
And the chart was created by Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin saved the country!
"Fight, fight, fight" guy shouting in the background FTW.
Maine Coons are glorious.
You know what I hate? Glock "swtiches"...the component that turns Glocks full auto (look it up). They're everywhere now and bangers have them in every city, and on my way today to a party I clearly heard one...likely being fired into the air spraying 33 9mm rounds in every frickin direction with zero regard for the safety of literally everyone within a 2 mile radius.
It's not the full auto I have a problem with (I'm a class 3 owner myself), just this annual disregard some people have for the safety of others, especially children, some of whom are injured or killed by these lowlife every year...there's a story yearly.
Stay safe out there. Sometimes it is definitely not fireworks.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--"
God bless Cory Competore's family.
“God bless Cory Competore's family”
Can’t be said enough. I hope his memory motivates somewhere in the consciousness of every member of the Trump administration.
“ And the chart was created by Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin saved the country!”
You are so right, DB. And I’ve been a Ron Johnson supporter from the day he shot out of the gate on his way to putting out to pasture Russ Feingold once and for all. I had no idea what great senator he would turn out to be. My first choice for POTUS in 2028. Go, President RoJo, go!
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/yorkies-are-tea-partiers-too.html?m=1
And Minnesota was responsible for winning the Battle of Gettysburg.
MN and WI are two of our greatest states; inferior only to Nebraska.
Trump has guts... far more than any Democrat. MAGA!
Trump stopped them from tearing down the Jefferson memorial. Good for him. And the fireworks line, very funny. Trump's our funniest POTUS since Reagan.
Dave Begley said...
"And Minnesota was responsible for winning the Battle of Gettysburg."
yep, as much as i DON'T Like Minnesota..
You HAVE TO give the 1st Minnesota Volunteers credit.
They were told to, "Attack that line!".. and they DID.
During the charge, 215 of the 262 who made the charge became casualties within five minutes (82% casualties).
That included the unit commander, Col. William Colvill, and all but three of his captains.
They were outnumbered about FIVE to one, and didn't Just slow down the rebels.. They caused the rebels to fall back
Begley and Gilbar - don't forget Chamberlain and the 20th Maine.
RR
JSM
President with best comedic timing!
Neighbor had a border collie that was not the least bit phased by fireworks. Used to sit in the backyard with us and watch another neighbor's show.
My collie (rough, not border) is out in the backyard right now barking at them.
And it's not even going to be dark for another 3+ hours.
"And Minnesota was responsible for winning the Battle of Gettysburg."
A battle is thousands of tiny fights to the death. Just after the gallant charge of the 1st MN Infantry the rebels broke through at the Cemetery and were repelled by 3 artillery batteries there.
So, the 1st MN Infantry were a necessary but not a sufficient condition for victory.
Wisconsin's Iron Brigade was probably the best "Yankee" fighting unit in the Civil War.
The Iron Brigade wasn't entirely from Wisconsin. Three regiments were but there was also one from Indiana and one from Michigan.
Ref the Civil War: The poor bastards were still using Napoleonic tactics as industrial-age weapons were starting to change everything.
I was really surprised, even though I am a former infantry officer and read more military history than the average person, when I saw a display of Civil War artillery and noted how sophisticated the shells were - they even had time fuzes. When in danger of being overrun, the gunners could turn the fuze all the way down to quick and throw the (relatively small) shells as grenades.
And of course the Minie ball turned the rifle from a slow-firing specialized weapon into a rapid-firing instrument of mass destruction.
But both sides were still using the tactics appropriate to musketry and solid-shot cannon.
But I guess it was always thus. Makes you think of today's wars in the ME and Ukraine, with drone swarms changing everything.
RR
JSM
When they come up with a "plan" for illegal farm workers it had better be run by state tax officials andborder agents, not farmers. It had better include paying back all the formerly unpaid local, state, and ferderal taxes. So the farmers had better damn well have kept real records, and if they did not, and they and their employees did not pay (they never do), including for public benefits falsely accrued while not paying taxes, then it's tax fraud charges for all of them and deportation for the illegals. In most cases, this is seasonal work, and the farmers knowingly let other taxpayers support their workers with their own hard-earned tax dollars during the off-season. Also, why not tax tips? It's income. There are few things more irritating than busting ass for $9 an hour in a hot kitchen while the slutty waitresses rake in $300 a night being shrews to us when a customer returned something. I paid taxes on that $9. What possible justification exists that they don't pay on their income?
Ride Space Mountain - in the late 1990s in Baltimore the holidays were marked by celebratory gunfire. I could sit on my porch and determine the gun ownership of the celebrants - 7 for 45's, 10 for the Glock 23 Fotays, 15 for the compact 9mm Glock 19s, 17 for the eponymous Glock 17. 33 rounders and switches were just about unknown then. Simpler times, simpler gunfire.
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