Saturday Supercut

Close to two hrs. of tunes, chosen by a mindless robot for me! Not a one by Yankee artistes, you'll note. The robots know what I like. Assuming embedding this will play the other tunes as well. Every one good, if not a 20th century classic.So I'm taking the lazy way. Last note: Between seeing what was in "My Mix" & posting this the devil-box was off; the previous list was all reggae but the last, "I'm Movin' On" by Ray Charles. When I opened it again Ray had disappeared, & it was all Jamaican, w/ a few new ones at the end.

There's That Word Again!

HYPOCRISY!!

Cassandra Dumay / Politico:

‘Hypocrisy’: Congress wants more homes.  HUD is closing its low-income housing pipeline.  —  While Congress celebrates bipartisan legislation to boost affordable housing for working-class Americans, local authorities are scrambling to build rental homes for their poorest residents …

Marisa Kendall / CalMatters:   Judge shoots down Trump's homeless funding shift: ‘The hallmark of unreasoned decision making’

"Unreasoned", translated: He's a retarded fucking moron.

Friday Finger

America speaks

Enjoy your phony wknd. filled w/ pseudo-patriotism & Nazi bullshit, you brain-dead chumps. You are all truly beneath contempt & I will see you all IN HELL!!

Flying Frogs?

Yes.

Actual Independence Day

Not The Fourth. Admittedly, "Declaration of Independence" is stronger than "Resolution of Dissolution".

Signing of The Declaration of Independence by Armand-Dumaresq, c. 1873

A letter from an American. More myth-making.

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed a “Resolution for Independence” declaring “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.”

Also known as the “Lee Resolution,” after Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee, who had proposed it, the resolution was the final break between the king and the thirteen colonies on the North American continent that would later become the United States of America.

Historians now think the signing wasn't until 2 August. The Continental Congress did approve the final draft on 4 July. More. Added trivia.

QOTD

"These problems can be severe & lead to death."
— An OPDIVO Qvantig™ advert on the telly, advising of side effects.

Tell me, inane ad agency drones, what the fucking hell doesn't lead to death?

Uncaring, Unconcerned Nation

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

There were 16 kids living in squalor in an Ohio home. Why weren’t they found sooner?

Uh, because no one in this hypocritical shithole gives one shit about anyone else, even "The Children" about whom they profess to care so fucking much?

Authorities wouldn’t publicly share the nature of the other investigation that led them to the house Tuesday. However, court records show a warrant was issued for Siders Jr. that day on misdemeanor indecent exposure charges related to alleged incidents on four days in May. He has pleaded not guilty.

Breeder scum. Put it back in your pants & keep it there. Makes one wonder what horrid things were they doing to their spawn, doesn't it?

[AP]

Thurs. Throbber

The Weekend Starts Now!!*

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*Well, 25-30 yrs. ago it did. Now every day is Saturday.

Thursday Troll Or Threat: You Decide

You think I need a fucking gun (which I didn't & don't have) to kill those who make me suffer? Think again, idiots!! Any sharp or pointed object can poke out your eyes or slit your damn throat.

Much more visceral & satisfying. Like strangulation.

A wk. in psychiatric jail sure helped me, didn't it? How 'bout you call the police again, Ratty, & see if two wks. in hell improve my outlook in any fucking way. Or three or four wks. of being warehoused. Now ask me why I despise each & every one of you horrid pukes. Why have you done this to me?

Daily Affirmation

Every day, in every way, I become angrier & angrier, because I am constantly being provoked by you fucking retarded dimbulb morons who let robots control you & your pathetic lives.

Words fail me.

Exactly how much more of the incessant lying, cheating & incompetence I deal w/ every fucking day am I expected to take from you cretinous shitheels? And why should I take even one milligram of shit from you subhuman jerkwads?

Amerca Gets It In The End, Good & Hard

Diarrhea Has The Runs GIF from Diarrhea GIFs

Alicia Sitz / The Hill:
CDC seeks source of parasitic outbreak linked to ‘explosive’ diarrhea in multiple states
State of Michigan:   Outbreak of cyclosporiasis occurring in Michigan

Lois M. Collins / Deseret News:   CDC investigating severe intestinal parasite outbreak in 17 states

Ed Cara / Gizmodo:   Oh Great, a Parasite That Causes Explosive Diarrhea Is Spreading Right Now

Peter Stevens / GB News:   Explosive diarrhoea outbreak sparks panic across America as experts scramble to solve what's behind it

Rachel Sacks / New York Post:   Mystery of explosive diarrhea parasite outbreak in the US — as experts try to figure out what's causing it

Ben Tumulty / The Post Millennial:   Foreign parasite causing explosive diarrhea infiltrates US—with largest outbreak in New York

Do note this runny load of doody: "'Foreign' parasite; 'infiltrates' US". "Blame Canada" or some other dirty furriner, right Ben? Just pathetic. Absolute losers.

Let's hope "diarrhoea" isn't a developing theme here. Wouldn't have expected it to show up twice in one day.

Scared Of Something?

Notice that the Nazis are no longer screeching "Cultural Marxism" (Whatever that was.)
but have returned to the straight-up "Communist" smear.

Here come the frightened fascists & the whiny liberals, who've been running things into the ground for 250 yrs.

Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:

There's Nothing Democratic About These Socialists  —  The DSA was formed in opposition to the very thing it has become.  —  The general idea that Democratic Party loyalists seem to have about members of the Democratic Socialists of America is that they're a lot like Democrats, but perhaps a bit more passionate.
Wall Street Journal:   Democratic Socialists Are On the Rise. What to Know About the Movement.

Ryan Mancini / The Hill:   Vance says Democrats headed toward communism: ‘This is not raising taxes a little bit’

Will McDuffie / MS NOW:   Democratic socialists are winning. Their ambitions don't stop at Capitol Hill.

Ryan King / New York Post:   One-third of Dems say they want far-left democratic socialists in office: shock poll

Jon Levine / The Washington Free Beacon:   'She Hasn't Asked for My Endorsement': New York Democratic Party Chair Keeps Distance From Darializa Avila Chevalier as Party Frets Over Socialist Surge

Norman Solomon / The Guardian:   Progressive primary victories have corporate Democrats panicking

Stu Smith / City Journal:   Actually, a Lot of DSA Members Are Communists
Andrew Solender / Axios:

House Dems rocked by another socialist upset: “Wake up call”  —  House Democrats were staggered Wednesday by the loss of yet another one of their longtime colleagues to a democratic socialist challenger. … So why did she become a target of the left?  — “One more case in the growing dynamic …

Emily Davies / New York Times:   Left-Wing Insurgent Ousts 15-Term Congresswoman in Colorado

Scott Bland / NBC News:   A Colorado primary defeat highlights a dangerous political environment for Democratic incumbents

Colorado Politics:   Colorado's Diana DeGette concedes defeat to Democratic socialist Melat Kiros

Cortney Weil / Blaze Media:   Yet another establishment Democrat taken out by a Mamdani-like socialist from a foreign land

Ed Morrissey / HotAir:   DemSoc Goes National: Socialists Boot Progressive Dem in Colorado

Yash Roy / Bloomberg:   Democratic Socialist Ousts 15-Term House Incumbent in Colorado

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:   Centrist Democrats Privately Panicking After Another Major DSA Win

David Brady / The American Conservative:   Democratic Socialist Wins CO Congressional Primary

Issues & Insights:
The Closet Door Of Socialism Has Been Opened
Ward Clark / RedState:   Socialism in America: Not New, But This Time, Worse

Matt Vespa / Townhall:   John Fetterman on Dems: Our Party Has Become an Orgy of Socialism

"Orgy". Take your depression & damaged brain & shove it, Fetterman. You too, Jonathan Chait, & the corporate Democrats. And all the fake news Nazis. We'll see your lying scum asses in the socialist reëducation camps.

Oh, Great!

A boil-water notice was issued Wednesday for a section of Koreatown because of E. coli contamination.

My bunker is quite close to the affected area. Not sure I boiled the water seen in the previous item for a minute, as is suggested.

On the other hand, can't make much difference to me. I already have all these symptoms regularly, other than the diarrhea & fever.

And of course existential agony up the wazoo.

Can't wait for this half of this miserable fucking yr. And I'll guarantee now that next yr. will be even worse.

Nobody Knows ...

... And Obviously No One Cares

Well, one of you does care enough about the slumlord to call the police because I was justifiably angry, but not to help me. You people are the best! No one has ever had such wonderful friends. Now you won't even squeal when I make threats every day. Chickenshit hypocrites. 

Road King

Almost made it worth leaving the bunker.

The Worse Things Get ...

The More You Suffer

Bend over, here it comes again. Worse shit, different yr.

Live Tee Vee

E.K. Sez "Bullshit"!

"E.K." being Dodger telebision analyst Eric Karros.

The DVR: Can't live w/o it. And hey, voice-over idiot, try pronouncing "veterans" as it's spelled, not "vetrins". It's almost as if you don't actually care.

Piling On

From.

“President Lyndon B. Johnson’s wife owned a profitable radio station. George W. Bush was on the board of an oil company while his father was in the White House. And Hunter Biden was paid by a Ukrainian natural gas company while his father was vice president,” the New York Times reports.

“But never before in American history has there been anything like Donald J. Trump, a president who in his first year back in office has collected about $1.4 billion in new revenues from cryptocurrency businesses that directly benefited from his actions as president, a financial disclosure report made public on Tuesday shows.”

“Overall, Mr. Trump’s revenue in 2025 jumped to at least $2.2 billion, compared with a minimum of $622 million in 2024 before he returned to office.”

Getting past the paywall w/ Political Wire. And:

Trump Earned $26 Million from Foreign Real Estate Deals

Help yourselves, rent-seeking pigs.

Good News!

I hope the morgues & hospitals are filled w/ unhydrated idiot fans of the boring "beautiful" (Eye of the beholder, chumps!) game. Nature will not forgive you dirty furriners for further heating up the planet while flying here. Burn in hell on Earth, fools!!

Nothing To See Here, Just Move Along

Clue Comics vol. 2 no. 1 (March 1947)*
“King of the Bank Robbers”, pencils by Jack Kirby

Are There No Fucking Laws?

Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Reports at Least $1.4 Billion in 2025 Crypto Earnings  —  President Donald Trump reported earning at least $1.4 billion in 2025 from crypto and memecoin-related businesses, according to his latest annual financial disclosure.  —  Trump reported making more than $588 million from sales …
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:   Trump filing shows he took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last year
CNBC:
Trump's annual financial disclosure shows more than $580M in crypto-related income
Reuters:   Trump reports more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures

Steven Nelson / New York Post:   Trump reports $236M in income from cryptocurrency token sales

Newsweek:   Trump Financials Revealed: Melania's Movie Income and Millions in Crypto

Tell us more about the "Biden Crime Family," Lumpy, you grotesque crooked sack of shit. Taxpayers: This is was your money, suckers!

Donald, Jr.  & Eric's song.

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*Source, as Bugger won't embed the link in the caption. Another reminder that everything is turning to SHIT! Devolution before your eyes.

I'm Mad As Hell & I'm Nagonna Take It Any More!!

Not just our money up in flames, but a waste of our precious time.

Tried to order track from two different corporate entities, both of which had recently added bullshit (apparently from reCAPTCHA) to their websites requiring an acc't. to buy from them. That's immediate bullshit, compounded by this reporter having an acc't. w/ the second company, whose fucking robot advised that my password was invalid, then didn't send a reset code & after a second try advised me there had been too much activity on my acc't., it was suspended, & to try again "later". The second shithole company has a brick & mortar store; I wonder if they demand that you have an acc't. to enter their store & shop? "I'm sorry, we won't take your cash or card unless you open an acc't. w/ us." Mark of The Fucking Beast, baby!!

Had it w/ iNternet commerce, guess it's back to bussing to Burbank to the Train Shack. Higher prices, yes, but no shipping fees, & no interminable waiting as I watch a package being trucked through towns I've never heard of in states I wish I'd never heard of. On the other hand, it is two+ hrs. in MTA limbo. Why the hell does nothing ever work out as well as it could, assuming it works at all?

Naming names: Tony's Train Exchange, & TrainWorld, which wasn't previously horrible, but now won't recognize my acc't. They're about to get a piece of my mind*. And look at this jingoistic garbage:

"Shop Now To Celebrate America": Cheesy consumption is not the way to celebrate America, you shallow buffoons!

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*Or not. Rat bastards only take calls from 0900-1600 Eastern Time. Very considerate of your western U.S victims, let alone "WorldWide Shipping" chumps.

Today's Republicans

Or, The Mindless Dead

Humanity's Crowning Achievement

Poison gas & death camps. Proud of yourselves?

I bet a lot of you are. Scum.

What A Hypocritical Shithole

EAT THE RICH! SOCIALISM NOW!!

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

A historian explains:

Writing during the carnage of the First World War, the iconoclast intellectual Randolph Bourne described the American revolutionary inheritance as a squalid marriage between the town capitalist and plantation patriarch. Glittering generalities of freedom and democracy, Bourne observed, were indelibly marked by their long captivity to the money counters and owners of human chattel.

[...]
 

Recent years have seen growing numbers of mainstream detractors from this consensus history – among the most prominent, the New York Times’s 1619 Project, which offered an account of a “new founding” adjacent to the one championed by civil rights liberals, but wildly traducing the original. The Revolutionary War, its lead author Nikole Hannah-Jones argued, was primarily motivated by the tawdry desire to give a free hand to Bourne’s plantation patriarchs “in order to ensure that slavery would continue”.

[...]

King observed something else that has since been mostly forgotten. American universalism was weak because it had been purchased “at bargain rates” – and often at someone else’s expense. The Black freedom struggle, in this sense, was about “more than the rights of Negroes”, as it revealed “systemic rather than superficial flaws” in US society. “Today, Black Americans have not life, liberty nor the privilege of pursuing happiness, and millions of poor white Americans are in economic bondage that is scarcely less oppressive,” King said.

In Trump’s second term, the expansionist pole of the American dialectic has instead returned with a vengeance, untethered from its worn-out emancipatory partner. “If you don’t believe in the Indian wars, you don’t believe in America,” could just as easily be a social media post from the Department of Homeland Security, or a slogan supporting Israel, a kind of US settler colony in miniature – as it seeks to further its own expansionist project in the Middle East.

The violence and corruption of the current era, however, lack any legitimating or moralizing framework, and are unlikely to be laundered as easily as it was in 2008 if and when the Democrats return to power. In the eyes of the world, the US is no longer “the cause of all mankind”, but its scourge. Reanimating stalled pretensions to racial progress, or other such bargain basement promises, will not absolve the empire this time. The town capitalists and plantation patriarchs are in the saddle – while our revolutionary inheritance, Paine’s “universal struggle for liberty”, awaits its next reinvention.

Don't hold your breath. Be ready for a boot stomping on a human face across this awful world.

Too Much Baseball?

P.S.: Peacock sucks. Makes me wonder if any Peacock/NBC/Universal executives their watch their own crap, or if they do & are happy w/ it. Can barely sell any ads, either. Only positive in this mess is that I needn't subscribe to Peacock, because I can watch by signing on to my cable system. Which is probably why it's now US$300.00 a fucking month. Death to pirates!

You're Telling Me?

Several eternities in an hr. is more like it.It. Never. Fucking. Stops.