Day: June 22, 2026

Looking For A Career Change?

In these unsettling days of employment flux many are looking for ways to make more money….I mean AI is taking jobs right and left…..college degrees are worthless and there has got to be a better way to earn a good living.

Well Bubba there is……the uber rich are concerned with their safety….the society seems to be getting more hostile to the Robber Barons with each passing week….

America’s richest are jittery, and a growing group of “meat shields” is cashing in. That’s the term one bodyguard-in-training uses in Grayson Schaffer’s deep dive into the industry for GQ. For the record, bodyguards use the term “protector,” though the leader of a team is usually the BG, or bodyguard. Whatever the term, more aspirants are flocking to executive-protection courses like the one run by Elijah Shaw, a former protector for 50 Cent and Usher who now trains others to keep billionaires, tech titans, celebrities, and politicians safe. Schaffer drops into Shaw’s weeklong Las Vegas class, where students practice pulling “principals” off the X, or point of attack, and learn that the job is more about advance work than gunplay.

The story zooms out to explain why business is booming: high-profile killings and attacks on CEOs, governors, figures such as Charlie Kirk, and even the president—all part of rising political violence as tracked by Princeton’s Bridging Divides Initiative. This trend of “stochastic terrorism” has corporate security budgets swelling. Shaw and his peers say the real work happens long before an attack, in mapping exits, anticipating threats, and swallowing ego. Trainees are reminded—repeatedly—that running away with the client beats winning a fight. The job, as one trainee puts it, is being a literal human buffer—an “oversized butler” with a plan.

Read the full story.

There you have it….you too can become a ‘meat shield” for the ultra wealthy….stand between them and a society that is slowly letting the hatred boil to a roar.

It is coming.  Do you want to stand between a fucker that cares little for your safety as long as he can make it to the bank on time.

I am too old but if I were not then they could kiss my ass….my advice learn to defend yourself you pampered twats

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“lego ergo scribo”

A Pool Of A Different Color

There is so much happening in the world these days….the World Cup and Donny’s chaotic handling of Iran…..but the one issue that got my attention was this thing with the reflecting poll on the National Mall.

Donny trying to spruce the pool up for his big day on the  4th has been met with some hilarious outcomes.  The draining and painting of the poll did not go as planned….

President Trump says the trouble at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool isn’t just about naturally occurring algae and peeling paint—it’s vandalism. In a Friday Truth Social post, he claimed, without evidence, that “radical” opponents damaged the newly renovated pool and surrounding grass, an apparent reference to a recent incident in which “86 47” was carved into the National Mall lawn, a phrase that critics interpret as a call to oust the 47th president, per the Hill.

Trump said law enforcement is investigating and alleged that chemicals similar to those used on the grass were deployed to harm the pool’s freshly installed interior. The president also claimed that the algae is “75% gone” and that “the condition will soon be completely remedied.” More on the murky scene:

  • Citing satellite data, the Washington Post reports that the water in the pool contained more algae than at any other recorded time in June for at least the past five years. “The algae level was among the highest measured in any month in the past two years,” the paper adds.
  • Scientists tell NPR they’re not shocked over the development, with one professor of aquatic ecology noting that this type of algae is common in the area at this time of year, with the pool’s shallow, unmoving waters under zero shade providing optimum conditions for algae to thrive. A swimming pool specialist says the new, darker interior put in place during Trump’s renovation may have also contributed, as that darker color would absorb more sunlight.
  • Some are worried about one set of visitors in particular: ducks and their babies. Per the Daily Beast, while some experts say that the hydrogen peroxide being dumped into the pool to clear the algae won’t seriously impact the birds if it’s diluted enough, it’s not clear how strong the solution is that’s being used. Some observers have claimed online to have seen dead ducks in the water.
  • CBS News has details on the no-bid contract awarded to an Ohio company called Green Water Solutions to install a water filtration system in the pool, with the head of that firm said to be John J. Cafaro, a prominent GOP donor with two past convictions—including one for bribing a member of Congress—who’s has given money “extensively” to Trump’s campaign.
  • The lighter side to all of this? The jokes and memes that have been circulating over the green-tinged body of water. BuzzFeed has a bunch.

Now it is those sneaks at antifa that is destroying Donny’s big day….at first you don’t succeed then try again….

The saga of DC’s Reflecting Pool just won’t end. President Trump said Saturday night that he’ll likely have the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool emptied again, after paint began sloughing off the surface and algae appeared just days after a $14 million resurfacing project wrapped up. In a Truth Social post, Trump blamed “disgraceful Vandalism” for the problems and said “many additional people” have been arrested, reports CNN. His claims have not been verified by Park Police. (One person arrested Friday says he reached into the pool to touch a flap of peeling paint but didn’t vandalize anything.)

Trump asserted that vandals “took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade.” He also said they “poured corrosive and destructive chemicals” into the pool. Meanwhile, pool specialists tell the Washington Post that the problems look more like preparation or installation failures than sabotage, suggesting improperly treated surfaces or water intrusion under the lining.

This issue is fascinating just how the ‘brilliant’ mind of an idiot works.  Taxpayer money to the tune of $15 million+….

In case you would pre4fer more in-depth coverage….I can help….

Trump Goes Off the Deep End of the Reflecting Pool

Sorry but this is the best story in days.

Thoughts?

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“lego ergo scribo”

Imaginary Treaties And Ceasefire Illusions

This saga will go on and on….the deal is on….the deal is off….the deal is back on….

Donny officially sign the new agreement between Iran and the US….but will this be just another treaty/agreement that the US and its ally Israel have no intention of honoring?

“A truce [between Lebanon and Israel] that has been in effect since April 17 has never been respected,” AFP reported. So what exactly is a cease-fire worth if the fighting continues? From Lebanon to Ukraine, cease-fires are announced with great fanfare and violated with remarkable speed. Yet politicians and commentators still speak as if a truce were the same thing as peace.
Donald Trump is one of the worst violators of this confusion. Trump’s claims to have ‘ended’ eight wars follow a familiar pattern. A cease-fire becomes peace, a negotiation becomes a deal, and a temporary pause in fighting becomes the end of a war. Trump’s declarations belie the underlying reality that the conflicts he refers to remain unsettled—much like a schoolyard fight is declared “over” the moment the children are pulled apart.

Did Trump really “end” eight wars? Are the underlying conflicts actually over? Lebanon remains unstable. Iran and Israel continue to exchange threats and attacks. Russia and Ukraine are still at war. The Houthis still fire missiles. Gaza remains unresolved. Kashmir remains disputed. The Democratic Republic of Congo remains violent. These claims often amount to relabelling partial stabilization, normalization, or temporary pause as a final resolution. If these wars were truly “ended” by Trump, nobody seems to have informed the combatants, civilians killed in the fighting, or the millions suffering and displaced.

Cease-fires are among the most celebrated and least understood achievements in modern diplomacy. They generate headlines, press conferences, handshakes, and declarations of success. (See the famous September 13, 1993, photo of Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat White House handshake from the Oslo peace process.) Many cease-fires are violated almost immediately. Some collapse within days. Others survive on paper long after they have ceased to exist in reality.
What is the value of the cease-fire? The New York Times headlined recently: “Israeli Strike Kills 3 Lebanese Soldiers, Days After Truce Was Signed.” While there may be benefits to agreements intended to halt fighting, the cease-fire glass appears not merely half-empty, but nearly drained. Too often, the promises are celebrated while the fighting continues.

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A cease-fire can pause a war. It cannot resolve the conflict that produced it. What is often claimed as having “ended” a war is merely political branding. Only sustained diplomacy can turn a pause into a settlement.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/12/imaginary-peace-treaties-and-the-cease-fire-illusion/

This is nothing more than a feel good gesture by Donny.

Basically the ‘deal’ he will sign is the same ‘deal’ the Obama had with Iran so just what in god’s name was the war all about?

But what is Donny’s diplomatic strategy (if he has one)….

But the Iran war has shown Trumpian diplomacy colliding with a real world that does not always bend to his will or succumb to US displays of force. The real world, it seems, is more complex than he thought.

Hitherto, five elements have characterised Trump’s approach to diplomacy. First, he prefers to eschew the traditional institutions and mechanisms of diplomacy. The State Department languishes, the UN is ignored. Traditional alliances, multilateral organisations and international gatherings have been disdained, unless they provide a platform for Trump to demonstrate his power and “call the shots”.

Rather than use US ambassadors or diplomats to tackle international issues, Trump relies on a small cast of trusted personal envoys – including his son-in-law Jared Kushner, real-estate developer Steve Witkoff and Massad Boulos, a Lebanese-American businessman who is father-in-law to his daughter Tiffany – to negotiate on his behalf. Even the secretary of state and national security advisor, Marco Rubio, is given a limited role, mainly in the western hemisphere.

https://theconversation.com/how-donald-trump-has-changed-the-way-diplomacy-is-done-285440

Donny’s approach is amateurish and infantile at best….

Whatcha think?

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“lego ergo scribo”