Events

Today's SpaceX IPO has temporarily made the "human Ponzi scheme" (aka the Clown Prince of X, aka Elon Musk) the first trillionaire. In itself this is a sign that the arc of the moral universe is completely bent, and yet somehow the fraud and grift goes so much deeper.

The Social Security Administration released its annual report this week, and right on cue prominent Republicans started shaking their heads slowly and lying about needing to cut benefits to "save" it.

Yesterday's gentle rainfall included reported gusts over 120 km/h in some places and extensive damage. In my own neighborhood, Montrose Avenue remains closed until the city can free up a crew to remove this huge locust tree:

This thing just tore through Chicago:

With the unmatched legal minds populating the Republican Party, and this administration in particular, the Broadview Six grand jury transcripts are still astounding. In any other administration, US Attorney Andrew Boutros would have resigned already. Not in this kakistocracy, though. How many US Attorneys have had state bar disciplinary proceedings against them while serving? We might get another one.

The most powerful person in the world fled from an interview last week clutching his tiny little pearls because a reporter asked him for evidence to support his bullshit. Perhaps there was a certain je ne sais quoi about the interviewer that rattled his insecurities? Some theories: