Sunday Supercut

I know Lindsay Graham is dead, but where'd all the others go?Every one of these lying bitches & sons-of-bitches will tell you to your face that they are big Xians, even as they ignore every one of the Ten Commandments.

Don't qualify as Xians or Mohammadeans. 

Friday The Thirteenth, Two Days Late

Worst-Case Scenario

In The New Republic, retired Federal Judge Michael Luttig clearly illustrates the possibility of "Moses" Johnson & House Republicans not seating elected Democrats come January.

Judicial review of the House’s decision not to seat Democratic representatives-elect in the 120th Congress would take weeks, if not months, during which time the United States would be in the throes of a paralyzing constitutional crisis, helplessly vulnerable to all the world’s evil, as it would have been in January 2021 had Mike Pence not thwarted Donald Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

It is not difficult to imagine the many possibilities, some of the most critical being entirely realistic. It would be the ideal moment for China to move against Taiwan, by way of military blockade, attack, or even invasion. It would be the perfect moment for Vladimir Putin to complete his conquest of Ukraine, and perhaps even to move militarily against Estonia. Every passing day could bring a deepening economic crisis, worsened by our angry allies around the world who would welcome the opportunity to requite Donald Trump for his belittling mockery of their countries and presidents. Without the Congress, the United States would be powerless to respond to any of these crises.

What? The "Dep't. of War" can't defend us w/o Congress?

He may be just a bit too optimistic here.

I don’t intend to be overly sanguine about this Supreme Court. This is the court that shattered the one constitutional truth in the U.S. since 1789 that “no man is above the law” and placed Donald Trump of all presidents above the law in Trump v. United States. This is the court that betrayed the Constitution by refusing even to decide whether Trump was disqualified from the presidency under the Fourteenth Amendment because of his insurrection against the Constitution, which he clearly was. This is also the court that has cynically authorized Trump’s lawlessness for the past two years through its aptly named “shadow docket,” without so much as briefing, argument, or written opinion.

But surely by now this court must understand what it has wrought for the U.S. and the Constitution, and is aghast as we all are, even if it is not penitent. Surely, surely, it will understand the signal moment in American constitutional history that would be presented, and this time understand its supreme obligation to the nation.

"Wish in one hand, crap in the other. See which piles up first."

The judge (surprise) is legalistic & lengthy; Heather Cox Richardson summarized it, included some newer developments

As if to illustrate Luttig’s warning, House speaker Johnson told attendees at Trump’s convention in Dallas on Thursday: “We cannot and will not allow them to take the majority in the Congress. We’re not gonna do it.”

& brought it to our attention. Hizzoner summarized himself as well.

Unsummarized:

Gentrificaton Is Genocide

Killing for Moses, the Kushners & Trump's other slumlord buddies. Proud of yourselves? (Apparently no one was killed in this example, just shot in the leg.)

Some resist.Just not Americans or Israelis.

Actually, Should Read "Twice-Convicted Sex Offender"

Kee-rist on a kee-rutch, how many times do I have to embed a version of "Hypocrites" here? Haven't heard this one.And let's call these sickos sex criminals instead of "offenders". Or we could say "rapists". Murderers, for example, are seldom known as "offenders".

Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina

A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement.”

The prayer was hardly unusual by North Carolina political standards. What was surprising was the man who delivered it. Pastor Daimon L. King is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison for convictions involving children, according to state and court records.

[...]

Some 30 years ago, King was a marching band assistant at a high school outside Raleigh when he was charged with statutory rape and indecent liberties with a 15-year-old student, The News & Observer reported at the time. King, then 31, was convicted in 1998 and served nearly five years in prison before being paroled, according to state department of corrections records.

In 2010, he pleaded guilty to having sex with an underage female relative and served close to three years in prison, state records show.

King is required under North Carolina law to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

[...]

Democrats have blasted Whatley over association with another convicted sex offender

Since March, Whatley has been dogged over his ties to West, who served as a congressional district committee chair in the state GOP when Whatley was chairman.

West, a former small-town police officer, was convicted of five counts of indecent liberties with a child and served six years in prison, corrections records show.

Rapists under color of authority, yet.

[The AP]

Exhaustion & Enervation

It's not the heat, it's the existential agony. But let's be honest: There is sweet-fuck-all in your miserable world of shit & pain for which it's worth staying awake.

Model Railroad Humor

From.

Get Over It Already!

No Phony Patriotism Here

It's been 25 yrs., & you dumb Yankee s.o.b.s are still doing the same things & are asking for it now even more than before w/ increased unprovoked aggression across the region, possibly leading to serious all-out non-sissy fighting, like World War III. Can't think of a stupider fucking nation. You'll deserve anything & everything you get!

And remember, second-worst Pres. Bush let it happen. He never "kept us safe" from the beginning, & put us in greater jeopardy w/ his war-mongering. Thanks, Republicans!! You're the fucking best!!

Many other cartoonists' first cartoon was of a weeping Statue of Liberty. As one of the few who lived in Manhattan on 9/11, this was mine.

There it is, the truth Americans can't handle.

Those of you clinging to literacy can read what should have been done.

The basic American policy response to 9/11 should have been to liberate ourselves from fossil fuels. Without our dependence on oil, we would never have been entangled in the Middle East in the first place. Most of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis, citizens of an oil kingdom that we helped to build, our “ally.” The right reaction in September 2001 -- as I wrote to a friend in the White House -- was to fund fusion and other clean energy sources. Had we done so, we could have headed off global warming, prevented further Middle East wars -- and indeed prevented the rise of Vladimir Putin’s hydrocarbon oligarchy and his invasions of Ukraine.

Today we face the reality of rising oceans, vast fires, and resource conflicts. We were given a chance to halt all of that.

But we did not take it. George W. Bush became president of the United States, despite probably losing an election to Al Gore, after the Supreme Court stopped the counting of ballots in Florida. Gore was an environmentalist who cared deeply about global warming. Had 9/11 happened during a Gore presidency, he would have intensified the search for safe energy. Gore was also a more experienced and competent person than Bush, who came from a political oil family and had done nothing notable himself. Had Gore been president, 9/11 might well not have happened. But it did happen, on the watch of the inexperienced oilman. Bush’s White House was never going to link the terror attack to its basic causes.

As if the oilagarchy would have put up w/ that for even a minute.

Please Nominate This White Nationalist Hillbilly!

Politico:
Vance met with ‘48’ chants in closed-door convention event
NewsMax.com:   Vance Greeted With ‘48’ Chants at GOP Convention

More Nazi hick tools of the billionaires in office!!

Suuure He Will

I know he'll get away w/ it, but is it legal?

Ashley Ahn / Politico:
Trump pledges a $5,000 ‘dividend’ to all US adults if the GOP wins the midterms  —  President Donald Trump has pledged to send $5,000 to every adult in the U.S. if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterms, a payout that would dwarf the amount distributed during the Covid pandemic and likely explode the deficit.
Matt Dixon / NBC News:   'I'm on the ballot': Trump tries to energize his base by placing himself front and center

Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:   Trump's $5,000 ‘Dividend’ Promise Is His Biggest Election Gambit Yet

Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:   Trump Offers $5,000 ‘Dividend’ to Every American Adult if Republicans Win Midterms

Bloomberg:   Trump Floats $5,000 Payment to US Adults If GOP Wins Midterms

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   President Trump Shakes Up Midterms: Announces $5,000 Dividend for Every Adult American If GOP Wins US House and Senate in Midterm Election (VIDEO)

No one who wouldn't be voting Republican anyway believes a word of this. Getting a bit desperate there, fellers?If the polls worsen will he up the ante?

Republicans Vs. Modernity

Mental Illness On Parade

Proof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century

We read the legislation introduced across all 50 states this session and pulled out the worst of it. 1,182 bills, 48 states, everything from abortion bounties to studying chemtrails to a proposal to legalize cockfighting against robots.

Abortion bounties, brass knuckles, chemtrail studies and a bill to bring back the gas chamber. All of it introduced this session.

Republicans are trying to make a case at their convention in Dallas this week that they’re responsible stewards of the government, while their opponents are extremist ideologues. However, a review of legislation introduced across all 50 states indicates that they are the ones with an extremism problem. From banning no fault divorce to studying chemtrails, the Republican Party has gone off the rails.

Delusional paranoids, sex criminals, & racist pigs, every last one. It's long past time to commit them to the asylums & throw away the keys.

[Heartland Signal]

Please, Please, Please, Please!

At Last, Some Good News!!

Axios:
Anthropic insiders warn AI could kill all humans  —  Three Anthropic researchers went public last night with chilling concerns about out-of-control AI, warning it could destroy humans this decade.  — Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon wrote on X, after resigning Tuesday to sound the alarm
Mark Keierleber / Straight Arrow:   ‘AI could kill all humans!’ Anthropic researcher claims 10% chance of a dystopian sci-fi future in the next decade
Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch:   Jon Husted, ‘The Face of Data Centers,’ Pushed to Replace Ohio Workers With AI

Joel Warner / The Lever:   Newsom Killed The Kill Switch

Emmet Lyons / CBS News:   Anthropic researcher says more than 10% chance AI “could kill all humans”

Chris Nesi / New York Post:   Anthropic researcher abruptly quits, chillingly warns AI ‘could kill us all’ — and current team leader agrees

Tom Gerken / BBC:   Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’

Michael Shepard / Mercury News:   Anthropic worker quits, says AI firms ‘gambling with our lives’

Pieter Haeck / Politico:   ‘Gambling with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic with dire warning about safety

Sydney Carruth / MS NOW:   Anthropic researcher resigns, citing fear AI could ‘kill us all’

David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:   Anthropic researcher quits over existential fear of AI: ‘Gambling with our lives’

Julia Shapero / The Hill:   Anthropic researchers warn out-of-control AI could destroy humans

Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:   Anthropic Researchers Go Public with Fears AI Could ‘Kill All Humans’ Within a Decade

Alex Welch / The Wrap:   Ex-Anthropic Employee Warns AI ‘Could Kill Us All by the End of the Decade,’ Prompting Agreement From Current Staffers

Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:   AI Researcher's Warning Goes Viral as Regulation Stalls in D.C.

Josh Milton / Metro.co.uk:   Claude safety researcher quits and claims they ‘believe AI could kill all humans’

Diarmuid Pepper / TheJournal.ie:   The AI industry is all worked up over a researcher's claim it could ‘kill us all’ in a decade

Amanda Harding / The Daily Wire:   Anthropic Researcher Publicly Quits, Claims AI Could ‘Kill Us All’

Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk:   AI could kill us, Anthropic researcher says after resigning

Jack Wetherill / PinkNews:   ‘More than 10% chance AI could kill all humans in next 10 years,’ says Anthropic researcher

David Gilmour / Mediaite:   Ex-Anthropic Researcher's Apocalyptic Warning That AI May ‘Kill Us All’ Sends Chills Across the Internet

Edith Olmsted / New Republic:   Anthropic Insiders Casually Reveal AI Could “Kill All Humans”

more at Techmeme »

Waste O' Time Weds.

Not even 'phoning it in, just sending smoke signals.

Today In Mental Illness: No Philistines At The Polls!

If this deluded sumbitch is telling people how to vote, he'd better not be getting tax-exemptions; this is all political.Do enjoy the end. He's quite a speaker.

Netanyahu Knew

Ooops. He lied, thousands died.

Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs

As all decent people suspected. And then he chumped Trump into starting a war w/ Iran. Lovely. Governments run by fucking con men & morons.

Democracy is a joke!

8647, Comin' Down The Line!

Won't even need to re-number it for the last train to Mar-a-Lago.

BNSF Needles Subdivision at East Siberia, California - MP 674.3 30 January 2016

Bigger than life at the source.

Get Away From Me, You Loathsome Bastard!

Nowhere is safe. Can't even watch model railroading videos w/o this bullshit being shoved in my face.Much more appropriate transportation for his bruised lumpiness.

Can't wait to see his rotting corpse hauled to the boneyard in this coffin by the renumbered 8647 loco.

The pricks at UP have painted three locos to "pay tribute to our nation’s presidents". (Tribute* indeed: Apparently this 4547 abomination is the Union Pacific sucking up to Fats to get their purchase of Norfolk Southern approved.) The other two are "tribute" to Abraham Lincoln & oil man G.H.W. Bush, the one-term 41st Pres. who lost to Slick Willie. That's some accomplishment. F.D.R.? J.F.K.? Demoncrats, obviously. No more UP rolling stock on the layout; they're not getting a penny in licensing from me. 

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*Per Merriam-Webster: "Historical Payment: Wealth or valuables given by a weaker nation or group to a dominant power as a sign of submission or to ensure peace."

Anniveraries

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters celebrates 20. Pen-Elayne on the Web, 24!

Pretty sure I'm going to knock it the hell off if this dungpile or I make it to 20. (3 May '27 for this inanity; I'm so far past 20 I may not wake up tomorrow, let alone next yr.) Talk about a waste of time, energy & effort on my part! I should be kicking myself for being such a fool.Stupid, stupid, stupid!!

Monday Memorial Music: Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins would've turned 96 today, but he left this mortal coil in May. Active from from 1947 until 2014, he recorded more than 60 albums as a leader. Other than these two selections, this reporter will leave it to you to do your own research.And Max Roach! Tommy Flanagan's no slouch either.

Only known recording of Rollins & John Coltrane, who hits 100 the 26th.

Temperature's Rising, Fever Is High, Can't See No Future, Can't See No Sky

Ars Technica informs us:

Getting violent

El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds

“One more warning sign here of what we’re facing in a warmer world.”

Babylon deh pon fire, natty nah go in deh.
Babylon deh pon fire, natty move out deh.
Move out deh, it's hot down der.
Nah go down deh, fire down der.

Spotted at B.J., which has other links. And Ten Bears always has climate news. I don't go crazy w/ the climate because I'll be dead before the worst happens, & will gladly leave this world to you wretched idjits about to experience real & serious karma. Or do you think you'll just stop, cold turkey? Après moi, le déluge! Har har har.

"Happy" Labor Day, Wage-Slave Chumps!

How's your "day off" wage-slaving at a major retailer going, you fucking losers?

It's Not Murder, It's Just Fun!

Rob Wile / NBC News:
American workers are getting the smallest slice of the pie on record
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:   Capital Is Organizing the World to Its Advantage and Everything Else Is a Sideshow
New Republic:   This Labor Day: Darkness in Washington, but Sunshine Across America

The workers get it in the ass every day, but thy are subservient sheep who deserve to be fucked but good by their betters, or the more powerful. Excuse me, you brain-dead idiots, but aren't there millions more wage-slaes than bosses? What's stopping you but your own pathetic cowardice, you brain-washed chumps?

Interesting how I can utterly despise all sides of any issue. That's because you're all hopeless idiots, although some of you are viciously evil as well. How can any of you stand yourselves? I know I can't.

25-47!

holy shit, Dear Leader is fucking nuts

another day, another shit-blizzard of posts

Very well documented.

he’s got a screw loose. he’s lost his marbles. he’s crazier than a shithouse rat. he’s stark barking bonkers. he’s mad as a hatter. he’s off his rocker. some village is missing its idiot. he’s out of his mind. he’s nutty as a fruitcake. he’s out where the buses don’t run. he’s got bats in his belfry. he’s wandering in the tall weeds. he’s a basket case. he’s gone off the deep end. he’s not all there. he’s out of his skull. he’s a few french fries short of a happy meal. he’s mad as a March hare. he’s foaming at the mouth. he’s a brick or two shy a full load. his elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top floor. he’s not playing with a full deck. he’s a dim bulb. he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. he’s a few sandwiches short of a picnic. he’s not playing with a full deck. the lights are on, but no one’s home.

Summer Re-Run

Apparently From Late May 2016. Anyone remember a "War On Suburbia"?

They must've been really scared of something to have come up w/ this absurdity. "Diabolical" alright. Ten yrs. later, they've completely lost their minds. Everyone to the left of Attila, King of the Huns, is now a Satan-worshipping Muslim Comm-u-niss, if not demon-possessed or a literal demon. Try to reconcile those three "belief systems".