State Fail continues…

I saw someone call it “State Fail” yesterday, and now I can’t resist calling it that myself, much like I can’t resist reposting this video:

Video via Aaron Parnas on Bluesky. Can we say “fucking YIKES”? I’m genuinely impressed that no one was hurt by this, and faintly appalled that it took everyone so long to stop playing… This is apparently from a rehearsal for Mushroom Cock’s July 4th show, and though the bit of the set falling down does neatly symbolise the country’s condition, I don’t think it was meant to.

There’s a screenshot in case the video doesn’t work for some reason.

In other news, God Emperor is apparently pissy about the crowd turnout:

Trump grew livid over the small crowd at his campaign-style speech last week, two sources familiar with the matter said. Those remarks were thrown together after planned musical acts backed out en masse over the state fair’s close association with the politically divisive president.
Trump announced he would headline the event instead and spoke for roughly 30 minutes, most of which he spent recounting his accomplishments and boasting about America’s revival under his administration. Though he wasn’t initially aware of the size of the crowd, he later saw an aerial photo that showed acres of sparsely populated fields beyond the audience that had crowded around the stage.
The visual enraged him, the sources said, and multiple White House officials who had posted the photo deleted their posts. The revelation led to a defensive Trump lashing out on social media, claiming that the crowds were “packed to the brim.” […]
It’s also prompted a round of internal finger-pointing, with some in Trump’s orbit questioning why more wasn’t done to ensure a better turnout for events they view as a test of the president’s hold on the country and its culture.
“The mistake here was not driving attendance,” one person close to the White House said of the sparse crowds at the fair. “It was an ‘if you build it, they will come’ mentality that failed.”
For Trump’s July Fourth address, one source said the viewing section directly in front of the stage will be ticketed, to ensure it is filled. However, the tickets are free, and another official familiar with the event noted that there is likely to be huge swaths of people who sign up to secure a spot but ultimately don’t show.

Which is something I think they should be concerned about, cos that has become a legitimate practice in recent years to disrupt events like this, and I think it’s going to happen bigly with this one…