Día De Los Muertos

Pouring one out for all the sisters & brothers who are no longer here.

Euro-Riot Round-Up (Israel Too)

They're Mad As Hell & Nagonna Take It Any More!

Sunday Suggestion

Just a suggestion. Not necessarily an incitement to violence. Or is it? It's a free country, & you're allowed to possess as many guns as you can get your hands on. Don't let me stop you.

Watch The Nazis Run Your Town

Is There Any Outrage Left?

Laurie Perez / CBS News:

Video shows immigration agent detaining man in North Hollywood, pointing gun at bystander  —  Los Angeles leaders are speaking out after video captured the moments when what appeared to be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pointed a gun at a bystander as a different man was detained in North Hollywood on Friday.

Salvador Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Video shows ICE agent pointing handgun in face of North Hollywood bystander
Gina Silva / FOX 11 Los Angeles:   VIDEO: ICE agent points gun at bystander during North Hollywood arrest

James Bickerton / Newsweek:   Video Shows ICE Agent Pointing Gun At Unarmed Bystander During Arrest

KTLA:

ICE agent points gun at bystander’s face in North Hollywood, video shows

How Effing Ignernt Are You People?

About this ignernt:

Unbelievable. Did they make you morons, or were you always fucking cretins?

From Hullabaloo.

Here Come The Holidays!

Hallowe'en my ass. Egg nog has been in the dairy cases for three wks. or so. And the end of sensible time Sunday a.m.

"Safe" At Last

Had to leave the bunker to forage, then had to do the laundry.

That done, I can lock the door, turn off the outside world, listen to music of my choice, lay track & wait for the rain.

Friday Finger

I piss on your grave as well.

Intelligent People In Gov't.?

Might be a good idea. Note that Sen. Keating was a Republican, yet spouts the Commie line in response to the social worker from Manhasset's letter at the beginning. And robots were stealing jobs almost 63 yrs. ago too.

The Surgeon General gave a damn about his job & knew how to do it. Compare & contrast:

Since January 20, 2025, when Vivek Murthy departed, no surgeon general has been confirmed and the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) lists the position as vacant. Deputy Surgeon General Denise Hinton performed the duties of the surgeon general until her retirement in September 2025.

Who needs a Surgeon General in the Age of COVID & other plagues?

Get It?

From the M. Bouffant Collection. Probably my grandfather's, as he lived in Missouri at the time.

The Nat'l. Review's idea of humor:

A List of Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power

There are plenty of reasons to fear a Democratic trifecta in Washington, which next week’s midterms may very well set up for 2028. Below is a list of actions and policies that give conservatives cause for alarm:

1. Blowing out the national debt on a party-line vote that bypasses the Senate filibuster.
2. Threatening to eliminate the filibuster entirely to shove through partisan legislation.
3. Threatening to remove judges who rule against the party in power.
4. Openly circumventing Supreme Court decisions through extralegal executive actions.
5. Appointing partisan hacks to lifetime judicial positions.
6. Governing almost exclusively through executive orders to bypass the legislative process.
7. Targeting political enemies with selective and pretextual prosecutions.
8. Further turning the machinery of the administrative state against political enemies over their constitutionally protected associations.
9. Handing out taxpayer money to political allies.
10. Attempting to dominate civic institutions by having the government lean on them.
11. Arbitrarily restricting what consumers can buy.
12. Carving up the tax code to funnel money to special interests.
13. Seeking détente with Putin and compromising our military effort against Russia.
14. Cozying up to China to bolster our commercial ties.
15. Diminishing our military preparedness to fight a major conflict.
16. Demanding that Israel cut short its just wars of self-defense.
17. Seizing control of private enterprises and turning them into effective arms of the state.
18. Promising to hand out trillions of dollars in “free” benefits.
19. Pressuring the Federal Reserve to flood the economy with easy money.
20. Blocking energy projects on a whim.
21. Allowing criminal migrants into our country.
22. Punishing people without due process.
23. Favoring certain groups of people based on their race.
24. Reigniting a politics of identity and victimhood.
25. Attempting to stay in power permanently by assaulting America’s constitutional order.

Truly frightening stuff. Obviously, any party that would do such things should never be given complete political power.

Never again, to coin a phrase. Say, did NR endorse Vice-president Harris in '24? Or are they as guilty as the rest of them?

Wednesday Weasel-Dick Republican Round-Up*

Not the R in question, but what'll you bet if this guy is political he's a Trumpie?

Why doesn't this two-bit pervert just whip it out it in public?

Eli Motycka / Nashville Scene:

Brent Taylor's Sexting Problem  —  Republican congressional candidate asks voters to forgive past sexual advances as ‘youthful indiscretions’  —  State Sen. Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) has sent unsolicited nude photos as recently as 2021.  He dismisses his past sexual advances as …

Discussion:

Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:   GOP Candidate, 58, Calls Recent Unsolicited Nude Sexts ‘Youthful Indiscretions’

Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:   GOP Candidate Blames Sexting Scandal on ‘Youthful Indiscretions’ — Despite Being 53 At the Time

Emily Cochrane / New York Times:   Tennessee Race Is Rattled by a Republican's Acknowledgment of a ‘Past Indiscretion’

Public exposure &/or sending weenie pics strike me as especially pathetic & inane sex crimes, but I am screaming into the void for attention myself, so I may not be one to talk. But it's nothing compared to the head of the party:

Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Trump and Epstein's intrasexual competition  —  Former Miss Switzerland contestant accuses Trump of ‘brutal’ rape after event attended by Jeffrey Epstein  —  A new sex allegation has surfaced against President Donald Trump by a former Miss Switzerland contestant who alleges that he brutally raped …Miami Herald:   Trump-Epstein ties covered up, House Democrats allege; want special counsel

Joe Sommerlad / The Independent:   Trump accused of raping former Miss Switzerland in Democrats' Epstein report

TMZ.com:   Trump Accused of Brutally Raping Former Miss Switzerland at Plaza Hotel in 1993, He Denies

Michael Luciano / Mediaite:   Former Miss Switzerland Accuses Trump of Rape

Sharon Zhang / Truthout:   New Evidence Allegedly Ties Trump to 11 Sexual Assaults Related to Epstein

Lovely people aren't they?

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*Only a partial round-up. The list is long, & I haven't the time or stomach.

Trump Economy In Full Swing [Updated W/ Text]

No Fuel for You, Sucker-Ass Chumps!

Ha ha ha, idiots, you got what you wanted; nothing works anymore! Good luck getting back.

1939 PDT:

Sopheng Cheang / Associated Press:

A US cruise ship suspends a global voyage in Asia due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers  —  A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark.
Mark Tanos / The Daily Caller:   Cruise Ship Strands 200 Passengers In Cambodia, Citing Fuel Costs

TMZ.com:   Passengers From ‘Never-Ending’ Cruise Speak Out After Getting Kicked Off Ship

Fox News:   ‘Never-ending’ cruise grinds to devastating end, stranding over 200 passengers abroad

Tim Stelloh / NBC News:   They bought cabins to live on a luxury cruise ship. High fuel costs got them kicked off in Cambodia.

ABC:   Hundreds of ‘cruise for life’ passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs

Rachel Goodman / Global News:   Hundreds of cruise passengers left stranded as fuel costs halt 3-year voyage

Associated Press:   Fuel costs force US cruise ship to suspend multiyear voyage in Cambodia

Heather Miller / WAGA-TV:   US cruise ship strands over 200 passengers because it can't afford fuel

Ryan Mancini / The Hill:   Passenger ship suspends global cruise because of fuel costs, stranding hundreds

Straight Arrow:   Rising fuel costs halt world cruise, leaving 200 residents stranded in Cambodia

Lex Harvey / KEYT-TV:   Continuous round-the-world cruise comes to an end as Iran war spikes fuel costs

Bloomberg:   Cruise Ship Strands Passengers in Cambodia After Fuel Surge
Reuters:
Cruise ship residents left stranded in Cambodia after fuel prices soar

Lottie Tellyn / GZERO:   Fuel costs halt three-year cruise around the world

Interesting, If Not Good News

Status: “According to Nielsen ratings obtained by Status in advance of their release, October 2026 will be Fox News’ lowest-rated month since December 2023, with the network averaging 1.1 million total day viewers. Among viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic, the picture is even worse. Fox News will post its lowest-rated month in that category in 25 years, averaging just 98,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo.”

”Those figures represent a steep 27% drop compared to last October in total viewers, and a 32% plunge in the 25-54 demo…”

”The Fox News ratings indicate that conservatives are tuning out ahead of the high-stakes elections. While television ratings are not a scientific measure of voter enthusiasm, the eye-popping decline in Fox News’ audience should be a flashing warning sign for Trump and his Republican allies as voters prepare to head to the polls. In comparison to Fox News, the progressive MS NOW is averaging 588,000 total day viewers, a 16% spike compared to last year, suggesting enthusiasm has shifted to the Democratic side of the aisle.”

Stolen in its entirety from Political Wire, as Status wants your e-mail in return for reading. Shove it up your ass, Status, you greedy pigs. I don't need more fucking bullshit infesting my inboxes. Or my telebison.

Bobby Brainworm Outdoes Himself

The trifecta: Stupid, ignorant & mentally ill!This is an excellent message for Republicans to repeat daily until the election.

Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:

FACT FOCUS: Kennedy's 'Arabs don't produce science' claim meets a Nobel Prize reality check  —  His remarks in Michigan have been widely condemned as untrue and racially biased, especially in a state with a large Arab American population.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s broad assertions about Arab contributions to humanity’s scientific and literary discoveries at a Republican campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have drawn criticism just days before midterm elections.

“There’s 500 million Arabs in the world and yet they don’t produce science,” Kennedy said on the campaign trail Monday. “They don’t win the Nobel Prize. They don’t win the Fields Prize. They don’t win the Wolf Prize. They don’t produce literature.”

The health secretary’s comments — widely condemned overnight by critics as untrue and racially biased — were made while campaigning in a state with a large Arab American population.

An HHS representative did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment.

Arab refers to an ethnic and linguistic identification, while Muslim refers to a religious identity. So while Arabs can be Muslim, Christian, Jewish or of another faith, the vast majority of Muslims worldwide are not Arab.…

Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:   Kennedy Makes Bigoted Remarks About Arabs at Michigan Campaign Event

Washington Post:   RFK Jr. falsely says Arab Muslims don't produce prizeworthy science, literature

Steve Benen / MS NOW:   RFK Jr., on the campaign trail in Michigan, trashes the accomplishments of ‘Arab Muslims’

Cooper Williamson / Blaze Media:   RFK Jr. delivers scathing message about the Muslim Brotherhood in Michigan speech

Hank Berrien / The Daily Wire:   RFK Jr. Unloads On Muslim Brotherhood ‘Death Cult’ That Creates Stagnant Societies

Al Jazeera:   US's RFK Jr claims Arabs 'don't produce science': Why he's very, very wrong

Joe Sommerlad / The Independent:   RFK Jr accused of ‘blatant bigotry’ after claiming Arabs 'don't produce science or literature'

Newsweek:   RFK Jr. Says 500M Arabs 'Don't Produce Science' at Michigan Rally

Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:   RFK Jr. Faces Backlash After Trashing 500 Million Arabs in the World

Madison W / Louder With Crowder:   Here's what RFK Jr actually said about the Arab World (Hint: It's not what the media is reporting)

Kathryn Wilkens / Mediaite:   RFK Jr. Goes on Stunning Rant Against Arabs: 'They Don't Produce Literature,' Only ‘Hatred’ and ‘War’

2028 should be real fun.

Tuesday Turkeys

All Dead Now, But None Of Them Soon Enough

There will come a time ...

No More Non-Biblical "American" Jesus, Dammit!

Xian Nationalism: As big a threat as there is to whatever's left of this impoverished, shithouse nation.

Judge James Ho, Right-Wing Favorite for SCOTUS, Promotes Christian Nationalist Vision for Courts

Everything he says is a lie. And how do we know he isn't a Comm-u-niss Chinese agent sent to destroy religious freedom? No furriner can be exempt from suspicion.

The Right Hates Indian Americans. It Might Cost Republicans Texas.

Growing anti-Indian rhetoric within the GOP is pushing some lifelong conservative Indian American voters to reconsider their allegiance to the Republican Party.

Let's Have A War Department

These posing idiots are so ignorant. It's War Department, not "Department of War". See?

So these United Snakes are now officially an "aggressor nation"? Like the "Circle Trigon Party"?

Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Pentagon presses Congress to keep measure changing name to ‘Department of War’
Sean Parnell / Fox News:   Trump restored the Department of War. Now it's up to Congress to finish the job

Lorrie Posobiec / Human Events:   Pentagon's FORTRESS plan will ensure military bases can survive 90 days with no resupply

Uh-huh. 90 days alright, until the first attack that destroys a supply dump. They're like eight-yr. olds; no connection to reality at all, just making up "cool" stuff w/ tough-sounding names. As if no swarthy furriners could keep a siege going over 90 days. Hell, the idea of Yankee "FORTRESSES" in the Mid-East puts this reporter in mind of Crusader castles. And it'll be a huge waste of your taxpayer dollars.

Monday Message Of Hope

And away we go!

You may not want to know what's waiting at the bottom of the hill.