There’s been no real estate news, so far, to report today, so here’s a roundup of miscellaneous acts of idiocy culled from various websites

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The Democrats immediately jumped on this “scandal”; Governor Noisome included

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Here's the full post from @ZitoSalena: 

@TMZ Generated "outrage" or as it will be inevitably called lobster-gate here is some important context:

In 2009 when Robert Gates was the secretary defense during the Obama administration in Iraq and Afghanistan here is a story from a reporter who was embedded with the soldiers.

"The lobsters and crab legs are shipped from the United States and driven down on a refrigerated truck from Bagram. On seafood night, the crew serves up 400 of the tasty tails, 130 pounds of Alaskan King crab legs, and 135 pounds each of shrimp and scallops."

And here is a story from 2024 when Lloyd Austin was the secretary of defense.

UK to Replace Churchill on Banknotes With a Squirrel

Victim of public education: Salem Witch Trials were ‘mass genocide of women’

A very unfortunate teenage victim of public education [Harvard undergrad, probably — Ed] with the piercings and the tattoos and the manic pharmaceutical eyes, the whole nine yards, shares the insights she learned in school regarding the Salem Witch Trials, which she describes as the “mass genocide of women”:  

I don't know why, but all of a sudden I just started thinking about the Salem Witch Trials and I'm just so mad. Because that was just a mass genocide of women. And they teach it in school like it's something fun to learn about. They tortured, sexually assaulted, and then murdered millions of women. And they got away with it by accusing them of being witches.


Media Frolics:

WH Fires Back: 'Fake News!' as WaPo Whines About Photographer Access... After Firing All Their Photogs

The Washington Post’s “reporting”:

The Defense Department has barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering,” according to two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation.

The March 2 briefing came days after a joint military strike on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28. It was also the first time the defense secretary had appeared behind the briefing room podium since June 26.

Several outlets including the Associated Press, Reuters and Getty Images sent photographers to the briefing from Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

But after they published photos — which have broad reach because they are licensed by publications globally — members of Hegseth’s staff told colleagues that they did not like the way that the secretary looked. Hegseth’s aides decided to shut out photographers from the two subsequent briefings at the Pentagon, on March 4 and March 10, according to the two people familiar with the decision.

And then there’s Whoopie and the View, because without them to entertain and amuse us, we’d be left with just Tucker

Finally, from the entirely predictable but somehow unforeseen consequences from the Department of FAFO, this:

Starbucks founder follows Jeff Bezos out of Washington State and heads to Florida

Washington Passes 9.9 Percent Millionaire Tax - Now Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz Is Leaving Seattle