...yadda yadda yadda...Went to the Great American State “Fair” yesterday so you don’t have to.
— Christina Henderson (@chenderson) June 26, 2026
Not a funnel cake, corn dog, bucket lemonade, or fried Snickers in sight. The only ride is the Ferris Wheel. It’s not that kind of state fair, y’all.
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Line for State Fair admission looking... not long. pic.twitter.com/4FgMiULnQ9
— Michael Schaffer (@michaelschaffer) June 25, 2026
Oop! Per @Kaela_CS, the much-hyped Ferris wheel at the Great American state fair is down. The operator told her it was due to generator issues and the engine overheating. Unclear when it will be moving again, at least 1 - 2 hours they said. pic.twitter.com/oFIPhgJuRd
— City Cast DC (@CityCast_DC) June 25, 2026
I’m pretty sure what Trump knows about state fairs he learned from a movie.Food hall at Great American State Fair has lost power - they have food but tell me all their ice cream has melted 😭 pic.twitter.com/5sQXOEvUVl
— Homa Bash (@HomaBashNews) June 25, 2026
Or maybe he just doesn’t know shit about them.Trump just submitted a $87.6 billion supplemental to cover the $67 billion cost of his Iran War plus his latest bailout for farmers to add to his proposed $1.5 trillion military budget and we’re only $39 trillion in debt so what the hell just put it on our tab. pic.twitter.com/jzdhJrhoqK
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 26, 2026
Deliberate ignorance must be part of the "power of positive thinking". It kind of makes sense... if you know why something can't/shouldn't be done it might interfere with your ability to do it.
ReplyDeleteThe “power of positive thinking” is the power to be deliberately ignorant so you can be “positive.” I really think it’s sort of baked in.
ReplyDeleteIt never occurred to me before seeing this post but I've never been to a state fair, I thought we didn't have them, at least in the two New England states I've gone to fairs in. But it turns out that for some reason or other the Skowhegan fair is called the Skowhegan State Fair, which I'd bet is news to most people in the state. From the pictures and footage I've seen of this thing in DC, I'd rather go to the Acton Fair and the last time I was there it was about the dumpiest, dirtiest fair grounds I've ever seen. And I went to the Rochester Fair, too, so that's saying something. I'd probably go to the Oxford Fair which, I guess might be considered a county fair and I'd go to the Common Ground Fair which is excellent, no midway, it's a real agricultural fair put on by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardners Association. I think they've relented on the previous, decades long ban on vendors serving coffee, though the last time I went, before they moved to their new grounds which are too far away for me to get to, they hadn't, You had to BYOC.
ReplyDeleteI went to the Texas State Fair for the third (?) time a few years ago. My family moved from Dallas when I was five, so the Fairgrounds (in Dallas) were familiar grounds. Family story is my grandfather cooked hamburgers there for the church , back when state fairs had such private concerns. I went to the East Texas Fair in my childhood, because it was in my hometown.
ReplyDeleteI don’t even want to visit D.C. until Trump is gone and everything he’s touched is cleansed and restored.