Michelle Obama on being ‘glad’ she didn’t have a son: ‘He would’ve been a Barack Obama’ The Hill| 6/19/25 | Judy Kurtz
Michelle Obama says she’s “so glad” she never had a son — because he would’ve been a kiddie clone of her husband.
“You should’ve threw a boy in the mix,” radio host Angie Martinez told Obama in an episode of the former first lady’s “IMO” podcast released Wednesday.
You just know she wanted to throw an “A” in there before the “O.”
Way to go, Frnak!
Let’s just hope no one gets the two sites confused.
I’ve started a new party: the Work Americans party.
Democrats and even more stupid people are always saying we ought to import illegal immigrants, because they are “doing what work Americans won’t do.”
To which the answer is:
“Work Americans will.”
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Notice how it doesn’t sound at all like “Woke Americans”?
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Oh, and to distinguish it (it’s already pretty distinguished) from the National Socialist Democratic Workers Party (NSDAP), we will just call it Work Americans, and I won’t wear a funny moustache or uniform. Honestly!
But, to belong, you’ve gotta prove that you have worked in the U.S. at some point in your life.
Now all this thinking is getting me tired. Let’s dissolve the Party and go back to work.
Rise of the «Infinite Workday» – 40% of Employees Check Email Before 6 a.m., Evening Meetings Up 16% Microsoft news | 17/6/25
Professionals, including Swiss workers, …
Why include them?
… are experiencing an «infinite workday» with 40% checking email before 6 a.m. and meetings after 8 p.m. increasing 16% year-over-year, according to a new Microsoft Work Trend Index Special Report released today. The global study, which analyzed trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals, including Switzerland …
in case you were wondering, “Is Switzerland included in those trillions of signals?”
… among the 31,000 knowledge workers across 31 markets surveyed, reveals how the traditional 9-to-5 workday has evolved into a continuous cycle of digital communication.
At IMAO we outsource communications to you, and pass the savings on to . . . um, interns!
The average employee …
Didn’t it deal with us exceptional ones?
… now receives 117 emails and 153 Teams messages daily, with Tuesday emerging as the week’s busiest day for meetings (23%). [Oppo’s Ed. Note: Dilbert had a funny cartoon where the boss was shocked to hear that 40% of sick days were taken on Mondays or Fridays.] The report identifies a «triple peak» workday pattern, with nearly a third (29%) of active workers returning to their inboxes by 10 p.m.
Returning? That’s when I first check my inbox.
How much time is lost converting quotation marks to weirdo Swiss “<<“s and “>>”s?
Weekend work is also on the rise, …
Like a bad moon. Don’t go ’round tonight!
… with 20% of employees actively working on weekends checking email before noon on Saturday and Sunday.
Suckers. Or, suck-ups.
The study reveals that employees are interrupted every two minutes –
As in this post?
— 275 times per day – by meetings, emails or chat notifications. Half of all meetings occur during peak productivity hours (9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.), leaving little room for deep focus work. Additionally, 57% of meetings are ad hoc calls without calendar invites, and PowerPoint edits spike 122% in the final 10 minutes before meetings.
It made me mad, but I am but mad north-northwest. When the wind is southerly, I know a hack from a handsaw.
“I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose, my buckler cut through and through, my sword hacked like a handsaw.”
— Falstaff
“What a slave art thou to hack thy sword as thou hast done, and then say it was in fight! What trick, what device, what starting-hole canst thou now find out to hide thee from this open and apparent shame?”
Zelensky Says Ukraine [– And IMAO –] Needs $40 Billion Annually in ‘Budgetary Support’ to Keep Up Fight Against Russia Breitbart| 06/20/2025 | Kurt Zindulka
“It’s crucial to have $40 billion annually in budgetary support for Ukraine [– and IMAO –] to ensure our resilience and the ability of our country [– and some obscure website –] to carry on. This should be a joint decision by G7 leaders, including the U.S., [and Playboy — if those entitties still exist]” the Ukrainian leader wrote.
Apparently the “Fighting Disease-Carrying Foreigners” is offensive to some. So we’re going to try “Fightin’ Disease-Carryin’ Foreigners.” Maybe it was the “g”s that ticked them off.
