Mapquest remains the final holdout, according to Abby Phillip on CNN.

AP is being denied access to the Oval Office for not complying with this
Newspeak.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/media/white-house-ap-ban-air-force-one-oval-office-gulf-of-mexico/index.html

Some Trumpster in Savannah Georgia has a bill to rename Greenland: Red White and Blue Land.

Right now the USA is a country OF THE IDIOTS, BY THE IDIOTS & FOR THE IDIOTS.

May I suggest an alternative ending?

... OF THE IDIOTS, BY THE IDIOTS & FOR THE CRUEL, CORRUPT, AND LAWLESS BILLIONAIRES.

Who would have thought someone who seemed to care so much about the health of the planet would turn out so much the authoritarian?

Wonderful hack going on in Google right now. If you type "authoritarian" in Google, the first hit is the link to the Wikipedia page on Authoritarianism. Right next to the link is a photo of Elon Musk. Ah, I am sure Google will take that down soon.

We is so screwed.

Looks like Google folded on the "Gulf of America" nonsense.

Right now the USA is a country OF THE IDIOTS, BY THE IDIOTS & FOR THE IDIOTS.

May I suggest an alternative ending?

... OF THE IDIOTS, BY THE IDIOTS & FOR THE CRUEL, CORRUPT, AND LAWLESS BILLIONAIRES.

Who would have thought someone who seemed to care so much about the health of the planet would turn out so much the authoritarian?

Wonderful hack going on in Google right now. If you type "authoritarian" in Google, the first hit is the link to the Wikipedia page on Authoritarianism. Right next to the link is a photo of Elon Musk. Ah, I am sure Google will take that down soon.

We is so screwed.

worked big policing for close to a decade, big money in fear and trying to catch that sort of stuff. Good luck is all I can say. Many have tried many have failed. You can have a cop at every corner of the room and crime would still occur. Human nature or nurture is the question... why do we do what we do?

if policing, jails and justice worked the jails/prisons would be empty. They're not.
Interesting read https://moleculeofmore.com/ and https://hbr.org/2010/10/dopes-and-dopamine-the-problem plus https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/evolution-of-the-self/201210/greed-the-ultimate-addiction

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/shame/201510/why-narcissism-greed-and-power-go-hand-in-hand https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2019/01/fear-a-dictators-tool/

anyone that says they will eliminate crime through policing and justice is just fooling yah, again. We spent millions chasing the small stuff, small stuff means stats which equals more funding building the empires of BSht. Again.

my 10 bucks on it all, inflation/taxes/fees/housing costs took the rest.

Education is a wonderful thing. It's why some countries succeed and others fail. Right now the USA is a country OF THE IDIOTS, BY THE IDIOTS & FOR THE IDIOTS. Not looking too great. What a friggin' crappy way for a great nation to end. Elect an Insurrectionist and this is what happens...

Meanwhile, across the pond...
The Netherlands Is Closing Its Prisons

Can't eliminate crime through policing?

It's working in El Salvador, no? People say they can finally walk the streets at night. Consideration of civil rights is a whole "nother" subject.

Ain't nuthin' we hoomans have done iz perfekt: Salvadoran Gang Crackdown

It's working in El Salvador, no? People say they can finally walk the streets at night. Consideration of civil rights is a whole "nother" subject.

if policing, jails and justice worked the jails/prisons would be empty. They're not.
Interesting read https://moleculeofmore.com/ and https://hbr.org/2010/10/dopes-and-dopamine-the-problem plus https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/evolution-of-the-self/201210/greed-the-ultimate-addiction

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/shame/201510/why-narcissism-greed-and-power-go-hand-in-hand https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2019/01/fear-a-dictators-tool/

anyone that says they will eliminate crime through policing and justice is just fooling yah, again. We spent millions chasing the small stuff, small stuff means stats which equals more funding building the empires of BSht. Again.

my 10 bucks on it all, inflation/taxes/fees/housing costs took the rest.

Update: Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership “has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with one hour to decide who will dismiss” the indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams “or else all will be fired,” NBC legal analyst Barb McQuade reported Friday.
Valentine's Day Massacre?

This is very similar to the Saturday Night Massacre of Watergate era. Eventually, Nixon found someone who would pull the trigger in Solicitor General Robert Bork. Who will do the dirty work today?

BTW Anyone see what's going on with Eric Adams? Seven prosecutors have resigned, refusing Emil Bove's orders to dismiss a quid pro quo case against Adams for ethical reasons. Vampire Emil Bove could sign the dismissal but could risk disbarment and too chickenshit, wants someone else to do his Steely Dan dirty work. And no law-abiding judge (according to experts) is going to eventually sign it off, too dirty. The Governor of New York has the singular ability to fire Adams, rather than watch him become a sock puppet of Trump, in this disgraceful spectacle, since the case is dismissed without prejudice. This is back room mafia stuff.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/14/nyregion/eric-adams-charges-doj

Update: Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership “has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with one hour to decide who will dismiss” the indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams “or else all will be fired,” NBC legal analyst Barb McQuade reported Friday.
Valentine's Day Massacre?

State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups

Note: The link above to The New York Times is good for 30 days from the date of the post.

Sigh: Yesterday and Today

P.S. Shouldn't they really just be called Business Men and Women? Terrorists typically hae a goal of overthrowing or destabilizing some entity. These folks are just trying to make "blood" money.