Urban Renewal & Gentrification

Or Criminal War?

More war on civilians, just the way the chickenshit Israeli terrorists like it. Those civilians better not resist or they'll really get it!!

Steven Scheer / Reuters:
Israel to destroy ‘all houses’ near Lebanon border, defence minister says
William Christou / The Guardian:   Israel vows to occupy swathes of southern Lebanon to expand buffer zone

Eliza Herbert / France 24:   Israel to occupy swaths of south Lebanon and destroy houses near border

Jacob Russell / UnHerd:   Will Lebanon implode?  —  Set low on the eastern flank of Mount Lebanon, Zahlé …

KTVZ:   As Lebanon braces for expanded Israeli incursion, northern Israel residents see buffer zone as lifeline to normalcy

John Toldi / Fox News:   Houthi Terror Group Opens Third Front In War Against Iran

"Lifeline to normalcy" for some, homelessness & death for their neighbors. All nations are assholes, some more than others. But not by much.

Added at 0142:

Republican Crime Spree

Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:

Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets prison sentence for possessing ‘enormous child pornography collection’  —  Daniel Tocci's attorney had previously argued that the case should be dismissed because “all the evidence” stemmed from his Capitol siege case.  —  A man pardoned by President Donald Trump …

Sean James / Mediaite:   Judge Dismisses Lawsuit From Ex-Fox News Journo Who Said He Was Fired for Calling Out ‘False’ Jan 6 Reports

Sarah Robinson / WUSA:   Jan. 6 rioters file lawsuit alleging excessive force by police

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Morning Joe blows a gasket over Jan 6 insurrectionists' lawsuit: ‘Those rioters?’

more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree
Steve Benen / MS NOW:   Eyeing a possible payday, Jan. 6 rioters file civil suit, seeking millions in taxpayer money

Dave Pell / NextDraft:   Time Change  —  Sammy Davis Jr's rendition of the theme song from the seventies show Baretta

Not the first pardoned rioter to be arrested for child sex images, or worse.

Priorities

Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

"Let's round up the few 'criminal illegals' we can find, & anyone else who doesn't pass the paper bag test so we can meet our quotas, while ignoring native-born criminals like the Preznint, billionaires & slumlords."

Stupid, stupid, stupid. I figured your species for cretinous brain-dead imbeciles sometime in elementary school; now it's time the rest of you wise the hell up, before it's too damn late. (As if it isn't already over.)

[Pro Publica]

There Will Always Be A Germany, Apparently

These Krauts make excellent, well-painted (in Mauritius) scale figures. Including this sort of thing:

"Woman w/ top hat"

which no Yankee manufacturer would make. Also figures of wimmen flashing their breasts. Maybe flashing the engine driver is a long-honored German tradition.

Not to forget the sound-maker for the outhouse on your layout.

VIESSMANN 5561

Sound module bad manners (to burp and to fart)

Suitable for: Restrooms items 1500 and 1545, nature`s call item 1547 or seating accomodation beer-garden with men item 1525. These sounds are played alternatively.

Like the little cloud o' gas?

Yep, same nation that brought you the Holocaust & millions of other murders.

Meanwhile, what amuses American model makers?

I hate everybody!

Dentist's Son vs. The First Amendment

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Weeks After Denouncing Government Censorship On Rogan, Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk Offering To Take Down Content For DOGE  — 
from the hypocrisy-as-a-service dept
On January 10th, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Joe Rogan and put on quite a performance.  He talked about how the Biden administration had pressured Meta to take down content. He talked about how the Biden administration had pressured Meta to take down content. He detailed how the Biden administration had apparently pressured Meta to take down content — how officials called and screamed and cursed — and how, going forward, he was a changed man. A champion of free expression, done forever with government demands to remove content. And a whole bunch of people (especially MAGA folks) cheered all this on. Zuckerberg was a protector of free speech against government suppression!

Twenty-four days later, he texted Elon Musk — a senior government official at the time — to volunteer to remove content the government wouldn’t like. Unprompted.

What's Ol' Zucky going to do when it's election time? Police your treasonous speech, while ICE is at the polls terrorizing voters?

VERBOTEN!

Stay away if you know what's good for you!

If "Lying To The U.S." Is A Capital Offense ...

... Why Are She & Her Boss Still Breathing?

Know anyone else who's "lied to the United Snakes" in the last 20 or so yrs.? Or who lied us into war? Where are the assassination strikes on the White House & Merde-a-Lardo? And when does George W. Bush get what he deserves?
The death penalty for all of 'em!!

Hugo Black In The News

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith Is Making Up Christian Nationalist Nonsense

During his remarks, Beckwith claimed that the doctrine of the separation of church and state was something concocted by Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black in the 1940s because he did not like that Catholics were criticizing the Ku Klux Klan.

From the horse's mouth:

Justice Black and the Bill of Rights
Gerard N. Magliocca
This was his 30-minute interview with CBS in 1968. Enjoy!

Web Of Evil (& Ennui) goes the extra mile & saves you the extra click to YouTube!

Full disclosure that doesn't really mean anything: This reporter roomed w/ a nephew of Justice Black his sophomore yr., so he has some vague interest in the truth about Justice Black.

[Right Wing Watch/Wiki info]

Temu Hitler Builds His Bunker

A new view of a photograph that appeared, heavily cropped, in LIFE, picturing Hitler’s bunker,
partially burned by retreating German troops and stripped of valuables by invading Russians.
William Vandivert/ Life Pictures/Shutterstock

Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says White House ballroom plans include ‘massive’ underground military complex
Sarah Davis / The Hill:   Trump shows off new East Wing ballroom renderings amid scrutiny: What to know

Robert White / Telegraph:   Trump building ‘massive’ military bunker under White House ballroom

Agence France-Presse:   US military building ‘massive complex’ beneath White House ballroom project: Trump

Craig Nigrelli / Straight Arrow News:   Trump details plans for ‘massive’ military complex under new WH ballroom

Sharon Zhang / Truthout:   Trump Touts “Hand-Carved” Columns on Ballroom as War Costs US 10k Jobs a Month

Sam Kosmas / WTTG-TV:   Trump says military building ‘massive complex’ beneath new White House ballroom

Zachary Folk / Forbes:   White House Blasts Scathing New York Times Analysis Of Ballroom That Found ‘Stairs Lead Nowhere’

Ryan King / New York Post:   Trump gives details about 'secret ‘massive’ military complex being built under White House ballroom

Hunter Bassler / WUSA:   ‘Massive’ military complex being built under new White House ballroom, President Trump reveals

Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial:   Trump confirms rumors that ‘massive’ military complex is being built beneath new White House ballroom

Nick Mordowanec / Military and Veteran Benefits …:   Military Building ‘Massive Complex’ Underneath Trump's White House Ballroom

Ariana Baio / The Independent:   Trump reveals military is building him a ‘big’ bunker under his planned White House ballroom

Giulia Carbonaro / Newsweek:   Trump Building ‘Massive’ Military Complex Beneath Ballroom: What To Know

Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:   President Trump Reveals Military Building “Massive Complex” Under Ballroom

Hank Berrien / The Daily Wire:   Trump Pulls Back Curtain On Secret Complex Under White House Ballroom

Sandra Rhodes / IJR:   Trump Hypes Ballroom Features

Fox News:   Trump claims donor-funded White House ballroom includes hidden build below with security focus

Reuters:   Trump says White House ballroom is ahead of schedule

Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:   White House ballroom will include military bunker, Trump says

Victoria Churchill / Daily Mail:   Humiliating ‘flaws’ in design of Trump's White House ballroom revealed despite construction already being under way

Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:   Karoline Leavitt Fumes Over NY Times Feature Slamming Design of Trump's Supersized Ballroom

Guessing that unlike Mme. Real Hitler, Melania will be far out of town when Fat Boy makes his last stand in the bunker after the new Congress impeaches his bitch ass.

Dead Busses

Didn't use to see these very often. Now, two in three wks. A trend, as everything else falls apart as well?

Bonus image: Almost dead Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance that keeps disappearing & reappearing in this spot, just east of the orange bus.

No Kings 3, Yesterday

Sad really. Should have been several thousand there, minimum, not around 200. Arrived an hr. after it was scheduled to start, maybe the crowd had already thinned, but it seemed like fewer people than last time at the same intersection. Was perhaps a bit noisier & energetic, & the number of cars honking as they passed was up considerably. It is Los Angeles, & most of the sheep do everything in/from their cars.

Daily Affirmation

You may not get everything you deserve, but you'll deserve everything you get. A promise, not a threat!

Wknd. Nostalgia Wallow

59 yrs. ago last month.The then almost six-yr. old Dodger Stadium, 18 February 1967. Not broadcast until that November. Vin Scully & Jerry Lewis on the call.

From news from ME & his ass't. Jane.

Daily Affirmation Of The Love Of Jesus

Dead Cadillac.

I'd be very surprised if there were as many as 20 of the humanoid scum on this fucking planet that I wouldn't hesitate to kill in cold blood if given the chance.

Sadly, says more about you people than about me.

The Entire Digression

Added bonus: Its face is covered, it's someone else's voice & you can read the inane babble w/o listening.

White America voted to elect this buffoon all three times he ran for president.
[image or embed]

— Johnathan (@johnathanperk.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM

This reporter remains highly amused, enough to search his own questions: "Are the effing pens even actual Sharpies®? ... where the hell he'd get them?" The answers? Yes. They are SUPERSharpies®, but weren't easily visible on their website, which doesn't offer customization, so he wouldn't have talked w/ anyone there. Someone from Pens.com, Vistaprint, Etsy, 4Imprint, & so on, sure. Probably wasn't even his idea, or he babbled idly about it & flunkies took it upon themselves to fulfill his wishes, & he made up a story about negotiating.

Couldn't find personalized SUPERSharpies®, but five bones per may not be excessive. The big ones (for fumbly fingers) retail for a bit under two bucks each in six-packs, but I'm not about to start comparing bulk prices & printing costs.

P.S.: Hey, while I'm realizing things, does Etsy mean etc., as in et cetera? Well, close-ish.

Etsy's name was inspired by the Italian phrase "e si" (meaning "and yes" or "oh, yes") heard by founder Rob Kalin in the film 8 1/2, which he misheard as "et si". It was chosen for its nonsensical, unique sound, allowing the company to build a brand identity from scratch, rather than having a pre-existing meaning.

Good News

After losing my effing wallet I was unable to cancel my TAP Card. Now I can.

Metro announced Friday it has restored TAP card sales and reloads, allowing customers to again add fares, purchase new virtual cards and/or reload existing TAP cards via the TAP app, Apple wallet or through TAP vendors.

Customers who had been recently seeking to add funds to TAP cards via Metro’s website or customer service lines could have experienced issues due to Metro limiting access on internal administrative computer systems because of unauthorized activity.

Rail and bus service and transit safety and security systems were unaffected by the breach, according to Metro.

Still have to obtain a new one. And a new fucking Calif. I.D. card. Money & a visit to the DMV.

Have concluded that the wallet loss was due to weight loss. I have nowhere near the booty I used to (I sit on something hard like a bus bench & now feel my no-longer-padded pelvis on the metal.) & my 42" waist pants are baggy (been poking new holes in my belt regularly) & I s'pect I half-inserted the wallet in my hip pocket & didn't hear it hit the pavement as I was sporting headphones. Fuck me!!

[Press Release Central]

Written On The Wind

Presidential Collectibles on ebay wants US$795.00 for these. Ha ha ha.

Can't Stop The Stupid Babbling

Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens  —  Trump told a lengthy story about negotiating over the price of Sharpie pens.  The company says it has no record of any such conversation.  —  President Donald Trump spent five minutes of Thursday's Cabinet meeting boasting …
Fox News:   WATCH: Trump goes viral for illustrating how to cut government waste with his favorite White House pen

Kathryn Wilkens / Mediaite:   Sharpie Rebuts Trump's Account of Phone Call With Company: 'We Don't Have Any Information About the Conversation'

Linda Qiu / New York Times:   On Trump's Mind: Iran, Inflation and Sharpies

Lee Moran / HuffPost:   Trump Dedicated 5 Minutes Of A Cabinet Meeting To Talking About What?!?

Finn Hartnett / New Republic:   Trump Shared Totally Made-Up Conversation in Cabinet Meeting

Uh, Fox, he didn't "go viral" because what he said was so brilliant. It's because it's a load of pointless crap that didn't belong in a cabinet neeting, & people were stupified by it. As if he really were handing US$1,000 gold pens to children. And are the effing pens even actual Sharpies®? Sharpie® has never heard of this conversation, so where the hell he'd get them?

LATER: Analysis (calling Kegsbreath the "Sec'y. of Tetrosterone" is deep analysis) & not just of the Sharpie® spiel, via B.J. Why didn't I think of "Not-So-Sharpie®"?

What Bullshit Next: Re-Segregating The Armed Forces?

No Bitches Or Darkies, Thank You!

New York Times:
Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotion …
Adria R Walker / The Guardian:   Hegseth reportedly cuts two Black men and two women from military promotion list

Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:   Hegseth Official Told Military Officer President Doesn't ‘Want to Stand Next to a Black Female Officer’ in Promotions Rift: Report

Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:   Hegseth removes 2 Black and 2 female officers from promotion list: Report

Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:   Backlash grows after Pete Hegseth alters military general promotions list

Tom Bowman / NPR:   Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers

Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:   “Gutter racism”: Administration aide begged Army not to make Trump appear next to Black woman

Robyn Pennacchia / Wonkette:   Surely Pete Hegseth Has Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Reasons For Blocking Promotions Of Only Women, Black Men

Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:   Army Sec. Was Told Trump Wouldn't Want to Stand Next to Black Female Officer: Report

TMZ.com:   Pete Hegseth Blocks Promotion of Two Black and Two Female Officers: NYT

Honolulu Star-Advertiser:   Hegseth cuts 2 Black, 2 female officers from promotion list

Ariana Baio / The Independent:   Hegseth removes four officers - two women and two Black men - from military promotion list: report

Danielle Han / Jezebel:   You Can Prob Guess Who Just Blocked 2 Women and 2 Black Officials from Their Pentagon Promotions

Marin Scotten / New Republic:   Hegseth Broke Protocol to Block Women's and Black Officers' Promotion

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   The Rank Racism of Pete Hegseth's Pentagon

Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   The lowest white man

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Pentagon staffer stuns with demand: 'Trump wouldn't want to stand next to a Black female'

Atrios / Eschaton:   And We Will Forget This Tomorrow  —  At least the politcs beat people will.

New York Times:   Hegseth Criticized for Removing Four Officers From Promotion List

Is Big Fat Gay Don, the world's biggest sissy-boy, afraid he'll get cooties from a "colored girl"?

Invasion!

Friday F.O.A.D.

A finger isn't enough for your scummy world of jerks, idiots & morons, to name but a few of the deficiencies of you sub-humans.Sick & tired of you!

Generation Gap

At the Ku Klux Klownclave:"Trump's War" indeed.

Youth: I was "attracted" to Trump. Paging Dr. Freud, Dr. Freud to the white courtesy 'phone, please. And hey, Valenzuela was cool.

As for the wretched: You old bat, it was Saudis who hit the World Trade Center, not Iranians. Do you even know there's a difference? I don't believe having been "at Lackland Air Force Base" during the attacks gives you any special insight either.

I was going to type something about the possibility of a happy medium far from isolationism & imperialism, but Junior gave it away. "Furrin wars, but only against crappy little countries that can't defend themselves." Fuck you, twerp.

The AP's text. Read it & weep. Or retch.

Panties In A Twist

Be ready for more of these. Many more.

"Owning" The Facisti. Feelings Hurt, You Sissy Snowflkes?

Harold Hutchison / The Daily Caller:

‘Appalling’ Video Shows Protesters Cheer American Troops Returning Home From Iran War ‘In Caskets’  —  Shocking video from a radical anti-Iran war protest in Philadelphia showed participants explicitly supporting Islamic terror groups and calling for “cheers” every time an American servicemember comes home “in a casket.”

Steve Mollman / Newsweek:   John Fetterman Condemns ‘Appalling’ Protest Cheering US Soldier Deaths

Nicole Weatherholtz / NewsMax.com:   Philly Protesters Cheer Dead US Troops in Video

Jim Hᴏft / The Gateway Pundit:   ABHORRENT: Terrorist Sympathizers in Philadelphia Celebrate Fallen U.S. Soldiers, Back Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran While Torching American Flags

"Shocking, apalling & abhorrent." Not the war of agression against a sovereign nation & the deaths of thousnds of its civilians, but people not supporting it. Who are the "terrorist sympathizers" again?

Unexpected Consequences

From Blackhawk #55, November 1955.

Via Political Wire:

Wall Street Journal: “Billions of dollars of highly sophisticated military equipment has been lost or significantly damaged since the U.S. and Israel began striking thousands of targets across Iran more than three weeks ago. The bulk of the damage on the ground has been caused by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones.”

“Battle damage and replacement of losses over the first three weeks of the war likely cost roughly $1.4 billion to $2.9 billion”

WSJ subhead:

Radar systems and aircraft worth billions of dollars have been damaged and destroyed by Iranian attacks, friendly-fire incidents or accidents

Remember chumps, you are paying for this murderous waste, fraud & abuse, not your billionaire masters. You've been had again!

The suckers wonder how & why this keeps happening to them, but they can't think any deeper.

Piling On Demented Don

Apparently he needs a bigly-er Sharpie® for his fat fumbling fingers. (AP Photo/Aex Brandon)

As previously noted, you cretins voted for a moron.

Will Weissert / Associated Press:

Trump interrupts a Cabinet meeting dealing with the Iran war and rising prices to talk Sharpies  —  President Donald Trump may believe the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword — as long as it's a Sharpie.  During a Cabinet meeting Thursday that discussed the war in Iran …

Alex Isenstadt / Axios:   Scoop: Cabinet to huddle to talk midterms, economy

Reuters:   Trump weaves from Sharpies to Bessent's glasses in cabinet meeting

Linda Qiu / New York Times:   On Trump's Mind: Iran, Inflation and Sharpies

Gabe Whisnant / Newsweek:   Donald Trump Showcases Custom Sharpie During Cabinet Meeting

Fiona McLoughlin / The US Sun:   Brilliant moment Trump rages for 5 minutes about $1,000 pens and says his $5 Sharpies are ‘Hot as a pistol’

Colby Hall / Mediaite:   Trump Spends Over 5 Minutes on the Cost of Sharpie Pens in Bizarre Cabinet Meeting Riff

Adventus:   ✒️ v ⚔️ … Fact check: true! … Yeah...no.

And a two-bit pimp who'll sell anything to his millions of marks.

Lies & Bullshit, Bullshit & Lies

It never stops.Via Ten Bears.

It's About Time

Homophobic Westboro Baptist Church protesters in Washington, D.C., 2019.

Stopping The Hate

David Strom / HotAir:

Finland Convicted MP of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ for Publishing Religious Pamphlet  —  Is homosexuality a sin?  —  That's like asking whether adultery is a sin, or taking God's name in vain.  The Bible is quite clear on the matter, and for over two millennia, it was uncontroversial …

Anne Kauranen / Reuters:   Finland's Supreme Court fines MP for calling homosexuality ‘developmental disorder’

Oliver Partridge / GB News:   Finnish politician found guilty of ‘hate speech’ over 22-year-old church pamphlet

Sofia Hörder / ADF International:   BREAKING: Landmark Ruling Expected in Finnish Bible-Tweet Case TOMORROW

Sofia Hörder / ADF International:
BREAKING: Finland's Supreme Court Acquits Parliamentarian on Bible Tweet, Convicts Her for “Insult” in 20-Year-Old Church Pamphlet on Separate Charge

Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:   ‘SEVERE CHILLING EFFECT’: Finland Christian Convicted of ‘Hate Speech’ for Sharing Biblical Message on Sexuality

Will Jones / The Daily Sceptic:   BREAKING: Finland's Supreme Court Convicts Parliamentarian for 2004 Church Pamphlet “Insulting” Gay People

Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:   Finland's Supreme Court Convicts Christians Of ‘Hate Speech’ For Saying Men And Women Are Different

Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:   Christian MP Convicted of “Hate Crime” for Quoting Bible Verse

"The Bible is quite clear on the matter, and for over two millennia, it was uncontroversial …"

So. Fucking. What? Shouldn't we be living in the actual world, rather than trying to deal w/ a fantasy invented by sun-baked Hebrews several thousand yrs. ago?

You Did Vote For A Retarded Moron

Trump's face is drooping and his eyes are closed pic.twitter.com/zHuoQ4Suse

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2026

Or is he a moronic retard?

President Donald Trump interrupts a Cabinet meeting dominated by Iran war, airport security lines and shaky global markets to brag how he uses Sharpie markers to save the government money.

Priorities: Billions of dollars for war crimes & murder, but not a penny for Sharpies.

Bastards!

Someone must have found my wallet in the half-block between the corner & the bunker, but they've made no attempt to return it, or turn it in at said store.

Fuck every earthling to hell. What heartless, inconsiderate bastards!!

Now can I start killing indiscriminately? Haven't I put up w/ enough damn bullshit from you all for long enough?
I think I have.

Can't Quit Once You Start

The manufacturer wants US$25.95 for the original plain structure.And what was spent on details & surroundings? The door lights are $17.00 MSRP, & a good 80-odd dollars for the pole lights, 'though there'd be two left over. That length of "chain link fence" not inexpensive either. Even the vents & miscellany lying about could total 20+ bucks.

Not judging at all, for once. (Although some weathering would be the final improvement.) I could judge the companies, but it's a niche market divided into many smaller niches & I doubt any huge fortunes are being made.

First Amendment Update

Heard or seen this before?

The Gang That Apparently
Can't Shoot Straight

Tiffany Stanley / Associated Press:

At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.”

Maya Yang / The Guardian:   Democratic rising star extends ‘love’ after Hegseth pastor prays for his death

Tiffany Stanley / The Independent:   Pete Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’ while hosting first Christian service

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Hegseth: Due To Their “Divine Calling,” Chaplains Must Now Wear Their Religious Affiliation, Not Their Ranks

Nicole Weatherholtz / NewsMax.com:   Hegseth Pushes New Chaplain Insignia Policy

Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:   Hegseth: Military chaplains will no longer display rank

Dan Gooding / Newsweek:   James Talarico Reacts After Pete Hegseth's Pastor Prays for His Death

Having a problem w/ targeting, "War Secretary" drunk? You think you & the Nazi scum w/ whom you assocate deserve mercy? Hah!!