(Now Ex) congressman Al Green lost to 38 year old Christian Menefee in runoff election.

I guess being an ass has consequences.

Funny how that works, innit?

“Don’t wait, the time will never be “just right”…”

“Silence is a competitive advantage in a world where everyone talks too much.”

“Stop asking Why they keep doing it, and instead ask why you allow it to continue”

“There will come a day when there will no longer be time to do the things you always wanted. Do them now instead”

“The opinion of someone who openly disrespects you is not worth listening to”

“Don’t explain your morality, demonstrate it”

“The pain of today is the wisdom of tomorrow”

Just can’t behave in a crowd,

They lack the ability to act civilized in public.

Wild fight erupts at Tennessee high school graduation as 11 people are arrested

The photos tell the story

funny how that happens, innit?

There is a reason for this holiday.

It ain’t so you can have a three day weekend.

Realize the sacrifice that people made for you and yours, and for their country.

Remember it, and honor them….even if just for a moment.

(and edited to add the words from OldNFO:)  And remember those lost at sea, or in aircraft that never came home

That NASCAR spent significantly more time mourning the loss of Kyle Busch than they spent on Memorial day remembrances for the real Heroes of our nation.

The Midwest mother who masterminded the roughly $250 million Somali-linked fraud in Minnesota was sentenced to more than 41 years in prison on Thursday morning.

Is it harsh? Yes, Should it be more? Maybe.

Is it a longer sentence than some murderers get? Yes, but that isn’t the issue. (although sentences for murder need to be addressed also)

At the end of it, a sentence like this should be a punishment AND a deterrent for others.

Now if only the rest of her co-conspirators get the same treatment.

It isn’t like the folks that approved the payments could not have noticed that her charity just sprung up overnight and was suddenly “serving 91 million meals” in just a few moths time….They had to be in on it somehow….This wasn’t just one woman’s creation.

Those officials who approved the payments need some judicial love as well.

I bet half (or more) of her partners are back in whatever shithole country they came from….now with millions of (US Taxpayer) dollars to live comfortably with.

you ight wanna stock up a bit.

There are fears that there will be a shortage of oils for modern (like produced in the last 20 years) cars

Apparently most of the base oil stock for modern “Synthetic” (which really aren’t synthetic as I would define it) oils comes from the Middle East.

So if you change your own oil, you may not be able to find your normal brand and grade….and if you have a dealer or shop do it, expect to pay more or not get your normal grade or brand.

Me?  I stock at least one (usually two) oil changes ahead for all the cars and I change my own oil so not a worry….yet.

The US is still releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (apparently in an attempt to keep prices down….not what the SPR was built for)

– A record 9.9 million barrels were drawn from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve last week, lowering the total inventories held in US SPR sites to just 374 million barrels, its lowest since July 2024.

– The pace of SPR drawdowns seen last week marks an all-time high, with more than 1.4 million b/d of strategic stocks supplied into the market, above Biden’s average rate of 1 million b/d.

– An expedited drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is likely to damage the salt caverns where SPR barrels are held, making them susceptible to salt falls and cavern deformation.

And more than 40% of the released SPR oil is sold outside the United States, not benefitting the Citizens of the US.

Also not the reason for the SPR….

Interesting, innit?