Two Ships Collide, One Sinks

WED 31 MAR 1943
Pacific
Japanese cargo ship Nanshin Maru is sunk in collision with Ona Maru west of Oshima, off Hakata, Honshu, 34°13'N, 133°06'E.

I Keep Getting "Heartbreaking Messages" From Gawd Too ...

... however, all the messages I get from Gawd/The Voice In My Head suggest I should start "killing all the phony Christians out there, before it's too late!" (Your Messaging May Vary.)

 Leah MarieAnn Klett / Christian News …:
Jim Caviezel Chooses Films to ‘Bring Most Souls to Christ’ After Heartbreaking Message From God

Discussion:

Scott Morefield / The Daily Caller:   Jim Caviezel Gives The Most Politically Incorrect Reasons For Choosing Films To Star In

Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:   Jim Caviezel: I Choose Films That Will ‘Bring the Most Souls to Christ’

I recently watched all two hrs. & 51 mins. of Terrence Malick's 1998 The Thin Red Line, which features Mr. Caviezel,& was not inspired to do anything beyond contemplating obtaining the James Jones source material from the library to figure out what in hell was going on in the movie. Which I have yet to do, & may never.

Research led us to a 1964 version, a mere (1:39:14) & apparently in the public domain. Trailer first:

Religious News

Well, more like Xian news.

 Aaron Smith / CNNMoney:

Megachurch pastor charged with defrauding elderly investors  —  Federal authorities have charged the pastor of a Texas megachurch and a Louisiana financial planner with defrauding elderly investors out of more than $1 million.  —  Kirbyjon Caldwell of Houston and Gregory Alan Smith of Shreveport …

Discussion:

Angela Helm / The Root:   Feds Charge Houston Megachurch Pastor With Fleecing Flock of Millions

Breck Dumas / TheBlaze:   Texas megachurch pastor accused in $3.4 million investment scam

Justin Doom / ABC News:   Megachurch pastor with ties to George W. Bush indicted on $3.5 million fraud

 Tennessean.com: 
Nashville pastor molested at least 8 children during 20 years as church leader, police say

Discussion:

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   TENNESSEE: Anti-Gay Pastor Charged With Molesting Eight Children, Allegedly Asked Them To Sit On His Face

David G. McAfee / Friendly Atheist:   Anti-Gay Pastor Charged with Molesting 8 Kids, Telling Them to Sit on His Face

Nick Duffy / PinkNews:   Anti-gay pastor charged with child molestation

Andy Towle / Towleroad:   Anti-Gay Tennessee Pastor Arrested; Asked Children to Sit on Face in Underwear

Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   Anti-LGBTQ pastor arrested on 8 counts of sexual molestation of minors

++All-American Bandstand

Evil - "I'm Movin On"Long timers might remember San Francisco's own Pomplamoose from the days when there was less to worry about (sort of) & time could be spent blathering about the already aging hipsters ... while playing the original Gloria Jones "Tainted Love" I scrolled farther than I should have & was compelled to audit:"Tainted Love" - Gloria Jones / Soft Cell - Pomplamoose (Live)

Tuna Survives Depth Charges

TUE 30 MAR 1943
Pacific
Submarine Tuna (SS-203) attacks Japanese convoy north of Manus, Admiralty Islands, sinks army cargo ship Kurohime Maru, 00°22'S, 147°46'E, and survives the resultant depth-charging by escort vessels.

Exodus: Movement Of Jah People

"Exodus" - Ernest Ranglin (1963)"Exodus" - The Skatalites (1964)"Exodus" - Lee Perry P.S.: That Jesus guy dead yet?

Good Friday Fuck Everything To Hell (Even If The Pope Denied Its Existence)

Stickers.

The Vatican has now hedged Il Papa's statement.

 Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
Pope Francis: ‘There Is No Hell’ … In another interview with his longtime atheist friend, Eugenio Scalfari, Pope Francis claims that Hell does not exist and that condemned souls just “disappear.”  This is a denial of the 2,000-year-old teaching of the Catholic Church about the reality of Hell and the eternal existence of the soul.

Discussion:

RT:   ‘There is no hell’: Italian publisher claims Pope Francis denied existence of underworld

Randy DeSoto / The Western Journal:   Pope Francis: There Is No Hell

RELATED:

 New Catholic / RORATE CÆLI:
“THERE IS NO HELL” — new Francis revelation to atheist journalist just in time for Good Friday

Discussion:

David V Barrett / CatholicHerald.co.uk:   Vatican distances itself from claim that Pope doesn't believe in hell

Tre Goins-Phillips / IJR:   Did Pope Francis Really Say There ‘Is No Hell?’

Joshua Gill / The Daily Caller:   Vatican Denies That Pope Doesn't Believe In Hell

No hell? What next? Will the Mormons tell male Mormies they won't each get their own planet (complete w/ 72 virgin wives) after they die?

Fake News Notice: This reporter knows (& cares) nothing about the two outfits w/ "Catholic" in their name, but RT, The Western Journal, yada, are fake to merely biased news sites. We nonetheless suspect that isn't quite what Red Francis meant, although it's what we believe/know to be true; when one dies, one's eternal & immortal soul disappears, followed soon enough by the disappearance of one's all-too-mortal corpse.

"Including 9 Women, 3 Nuns, And 27 Children"

MON 29 MAR 1943
Pacific
Submarine Gato (SS-212) evacuates certain military and civilian people (including 9 women, 3 nuns, and 27 children) from Teop Island, Solomons.

Submarine Gudgeon (SS-211) sinks Japanese fleet tanker Toho Maru in Makassar Strait, 00°00'N, 118°18'E, and damages tankerKyoei Maru, 00°54'N, 119°01'E.

Submarine Wahoo (SS-238) sinks Japanese auxiliary cable ship Yamabato Maru south of Kyushu, 30°26'N, 129°41'E.

Atlantic
German submarine U-160 torpedoes U.S. freighter William Pierce Frye, straggling from convoy HX 230, at 56°57'N, 26°15'W. Heavy seas have previously damaged most of her lifeboats, and the only serviceable one is swamped; life rafts and floats drift away from the ship. One tank landing craft (LCT) being carried as deck cargo breaks free as the ship sinks, but only seven men reach it (see 3 April).

Opening Day

L.A. Taco wallows in memory of 2011's Opening Day.

TBT THE TIME WE FLEW A BANNER OVER DODGER STADIUM ON OPENING DAY

Flown as a favor by the Tom King Aerial flyover company, the banner caused a sensation, saying: “LA 5, SF 1, GIANTS SUCK! LATACO.COM,” in reference to each team’s national championships. The year before, San Francisco had won their first national pennant since coming to California in 1957.

Whole thing pretty fucking [sic]: The Dodgers & Giants came west in 1958. And I think this inane drone means "World Series", not "national pennant". Maybe he meant "National League Pennant" but that doesn't mean shit in comparison to their Series victory that yr. Note to typist: "National Championship" is for N.C.A.A. baketball teams, not baseball. And the Giants did win the National Leaagur pennant in 2002.

Jesus gawddamn fucking Christ I'm tired of ignorant motherfuckers.

Trump Sketch

Couldn't put it better myself.

At this very moment, the loneliest man in the world is sitting in his White House bedroom, endlessly clicking through cable news channels in search of flattering mentions of his name, so broken inside, so damaged that he can never truly be happy or at peace. HA HA HA HA HA

[Scholars & Rogues]

"Stranded Off Shiraya Zaki And Sinks"

SUN 28 MAR 1943
Pacific
Submarine Tunny (SS-282) damages Japanese troopship Suwa Maru off Wake Island, 19°13'N, 166°34'E; to prevent her from sinking, Suwa Maru is run aground off Wake's southern shore (near the wrecks of two patrol boats beached there on 23 December 1941) (see 5 April and 27 July).

Japanese cargo ship Funakawa Maru is stranded off Shiraya Zaki and sinks, 41°22'N, 141°22'E.

Racist Witch Of The Month

Cracker opens yap, is suspended from her job fucking up young people.

College professor on leave after viral video shows her telling family 'go back to your home country'

On Monday, Olson said in an email to the Daily Pilot that she was "not in a good place emotionally after receiving so many disgusting emails …. for something that wasn't even racist and was then skewed by a guy named Tony who filmed me without my permission."

Olson said that in a part of the video that was not posted online, Kao asked her why she "hated him so much." She responded that she didn't hate him, she said.

Kao could not be reached for comment this week.

On Sunday, Olson told KCBS-TV/2 that her students know she is not a racist.

"I feel my perspective will be twisted if discussing the skewed video which cut out part of the incident," she said in a statement to the station. "If you would like to have a full normal interview about the displacement of European Americans, then I gladly am available to enlighten the public."

Oh, do enlighten us, not-a-racist fool. And then turn green & die.

River Of Shit At Stadium

Final exhibition game called after five innings on account of sewage spewing in the Dodger dugout (What is this, the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum?); Dodgers beat Angels, 4-3.

How Orange County Treats The Least Among Us

Give me half a chance & I will kill this bastard Rohrabacher w/ my bare hands.

The proposal, however, never got off the ground, with residents and city leaders erupting with outrage and threatening litigation. An overflow crowd descended on the board meeting Tuesday, many chanting and waving signs decrying the proposed tent shelters. Elected officials and residents also hurled criticism at the board over the tent proposal.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, urged the county to appeal any orders from U.S. District Judge David O. Carter pushing for the relocation of transients from the riverbed and the Plaza of the Flags area next to the Central Justice Center courthouse in Santa Ana.

Rohrabacher even opposed the county spending $70.5 million of its grant money to help provide shelter and services for mentally ill transients.

“This is exactly the wrong thing to do,” Rohrabacher said. “They need to make decisions in their lives, and by feeding them and giving them housing you’re taking away the pressure on them to make good decisions in their lives. … We should be taking (Carter’s) orders and appealing it all the way up to the Supreme Court.”

The congressman added, “We have to first take care of those human beings who have made the right decisions.”

They're mentally ill, you son-of-a-bitch! How can they be expected to make the "right decisions", like Rohrabacher's decision to sell himself to Putin?

And every one of the other rancid pukes in this article deserves to die as well. Orange County must burn!!

"Position Unspecified"

SAT 27 MAR 1943
Pacific
PBYs damage Asaka Maru, position unspecified.

Atlantic
Naval Air Facility, Natal, Brazil, and Naval Operating Facilities at Victoria, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Maceio, Recife, Rio Grande do Sul, Santos, and Sao Luiz, Brazil, are established.

Coast Guard cutter CG-85006 (ex-motor boat Catamount) is sunk by explosion off Long Island, New York.

Daylight Surface Action

FRI 26 MAR 1943
Pacific
Battle of the Komandorski Islands: TG 16.6 (Rear Admiral Charles H. McMorris), comprising one heavy cruiser, one light cruiser, and four destroyers, outfights and repulses a Japanese force of two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and four destroyers (Rear Admiral Hosogaya Boso) escorting two transports with reinforcements for Kiska, Aleutians. In this daylight surface action, heavy cruiser Salt Lake City (CA-25) is damaged by gunfire from heavy cruisers Maya and Nachi and light cruiser Abukuma, 52°47'N, 172°45'E, but damages Nachi in return; destroyers Bailey (DD-492) and Coghlan (DD-606) are also damaged by gunfire, 53°20'N, 168°36'E.

PBYs and USAAF B-24s bomb Nauru Island, South Pacific.

Atlantic
Naval Operating Facility, Belem, Brazil, is established.

Escort carrier Bogue (CVE-9) operates in support of convoy SC 123; her aircraft keep U-443 and U-415 down and prevent their attacking the convoy.

Very Neat, Clean & Orderly

Impressive cab ride through beautiful model railway

Same Shit, Different Day

It's science, bitches, & it says you're going to die, & quite possibly sooner than you expect/hope.

Land degradation by human activities pushing Earth into sixth mass extinction and undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people

[Attention to the Unseen]

Another Pretty Thing Dead On The End Of The Shaft Of The Zen Archer

Barring medical advances I doubt if I have (or want) more than 20 yrs. (max.) left in this world of shit & pain;
now I'm wondering if le déluge will wait until après moi.

1. Environment

   ‘Shocking’ decline in birds across Europe due to pesticide use, say scientists

New figures reveal decline in farmland birds at a 'level approaching an ecological catastrophe'

Remember the bees? The Euros are killing all flying insects now, a contributing factor in the bird decline.

The research comes after scientists warned of an “ecological Armageddon” last year when a study revealed flying insect numbers had plummeted by 75 per cent in Germany.

Scientists say there is an overall decline in European bird numbers, and this is likely the result of the lack of flying insects – a major source of food – which itself is thought to result from the overuse of pesticide.

Stupid jerks poisoned the golden-egg-laying goose for one fucking goose-egg omelet.Sorry, younger people who will be drowning in their own effluvia soon enough; we scraped the planet raw w/ the best of intentions, to make a better world (And maybe a little profit, heh-heh.) for you unfortunate bastards. Funny how, in the course of human events, things always seem to work out like that.

Sorry, No Yankee Naval Action Today 75 Yrs. Ago

Canceled due to apathy, no doubt.

Popery

 Philip Pullella / Reuters:

Keep shouting, don't become anesthetized, pope tells young people  —  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, starting Holy Week services leading to Easter, urged young people on Sunday to keep shouting and not allow the older generations to silence their voices or anesthetize their idealism.

Discussion:

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Commie Pope Red Francis Urges Kids to Keep Shouting for Social Change

Does this mean alleged-to-be the dumbest man on the iNternet & Catholic Hoft is going to hell? Hear our prayers, O Lord of Israel!

Sunday Cinema Soundtrack Series

Sir Collins & The Black Diamonds "Black Panther" Duke 46 A (1969)

Not Much To Report

WED 24 MAR 1943
Pacific
Operating in the Yellow Sea near Port Arthur, submarine Wahoo (SS-238) sinks Japanese merchant passenger-cargo ship Teisho Maru at 39°01'N, 122°25'E, cargo ship Takaosan Maru at 38°13'N, 123°24'E and cargo ship Satsuki Maru, 38°10'N, 123°26'E.

Jamaican Bandstand

Eek-A-Mouse - "Modern Day Terrorist"

Circling Torpedo

TUE 23 MAR 1943
Pacific
Open lighter YC-869 sinks after grounding off Imperial Beach, California.

Submarine Kingfish (SS-234) is damaged by depth charges off Formosa, 26°20'N, 121°55'E, and is forced to terminate her patrol.

Submarine Whale SS-239) sinks Japanese transport Ken'yo Maru about 130 miles northwest of Saipan, 17°20'N, 145°00'E; one of Whale's torpedoes circles back toward her, forcing the boat to "go deep" but then heads back and hits the target.

Atlantic/Mediterranean
Naval Station and Naval Air Facility are established at Arzeu, Algeria; Advanced Amphibious Training Bases are established at Port Lyautey, Morocco, and at Nemours, Tenes, Beni Saf, and Mostaganem in Algeria.

Friday Yuck Fou

And in conclusion ...

... in a Disney-stylee.

Getcher Motor Runnin', Head Out On The Highway ...

... Lookin' For Adventure & Whatever Comes Our Way

 Travis Andersen / BostonGlobe.com:
Winthrop man, 70, allegedly carried assault rifle in vehicle to fight ‘jihadists on the highway’

Discussion:

Varvara Budetti / Law & Crime:   70-Year-Old Had AR-15 and 350 Rounds to Combat ‘Jihadists on the Highway’

When will someone give me a gun & some ammo to fight morons & crazy people on the highway (& virtually everywhere else)?

Darwin Award Awarded, Posthumously

A 47-year-old man found dead in a car Thursday on the shoulder of the northbound San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Norwalk suffered his fatal injury when he punched a plate glass window during an earlier domestic dispute, investigators said.

The death was reported at 1:13 a.m. on the right shoulder of the freeway at the Firestone Boulevard exit, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Authorities withheld the name of the man, who was in his 40s, pending family notification.

An autopsy was pending, but sheriff’s officials said the man appeared to have bled to death.

“Preliminary investigation has revealed that the (man) … was involved in a domestic disturbance at his residence in the city of Norwalk earlier in the evening,” according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. “During the course of that incident, the decedent punched a plate-glass window, which caused a laceration to his left arm, subsequently severing his artery. After the laceration, the decedent entered his vehicle and drove away from the location. His wound caused him to bleed profusely. Detectives believe he drove to the 605 Freeway and eventually expired.”

California Highway Patrol officers were in the area and saw what appeared to be a disabled car on the freeway shoulder.

“The officers stopped to render assistance, and upon approaching the vehicle discovered an unconscious male adult inside,” according to the CHP.

The officers called paramedics, who pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Really showed her, didn't he?

[mynewsLA.com]

"... Resultant Depth-Charging"

MON 22 MAR 1943
Pacific
Submarine Gudgeon (SS-211) attacks Japanese convoy 30 miles north of Surabaya, Java, sinking army cargo ship Meigen Maru, 06°31'S, 112°47'E, and survives the resultant depth-charging by escort vessels.

Submarine Tambor (SS-198) damages Japanese transport Bugen Maru in the Sulu Sea, off Negros, P.I., 08°58'N, 123°08'E.

Atlantic
USAAF aircraft (1st Antisubmarine Squadron) sink German submarine U-524 north of Canary Islands, 30°15'N, 18°13'W.

USAAF heavy bombers raid Wilhelmshaven U-boat pens, sinking German tanker Eurosee.

World's Largest Collection Of Human Garbage (Texas) Only Half The Size Of Pacific's Plastic Garbage Patch

Humanoids To Planet: "Fuck Your Bitch Ass!"

 Doyle Rice / USA Today:

World's largest collection of ocean garbage is now twice the size of Texas  —  The world's largest collection of ocean garbage is growing.  —  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of plastic, floating trash located halfway between Hawaii and California, has grown to more than 600,000 square miles …

Discussion:

Phys.org:   Pacific plastic dump far larger than feared: study

Oliver Milman / The Guardian:   ‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ sprawling with far more debris than thought

Nate Church / Breitbart:   Report: ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Has Grown to Twice the Size of Texas

Laura Paddison / AOL:   Amount of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is more than twice the size of France

France, Texas ... same thing, really.Angry Samoans - "Garbage Pit"

Here Comes World War III, In Person!

McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton

Now we're all dead, so let's get that war started!![N.Y.T.]

Everything Sucks; I'm Betting It's Entirely Your Fault

Earlier in your world of shit & pain:

 EARLIER ITEMS: 

 WXIA-TV:
13-year-old arrested for ‘disgusting’ terroristic voicemails against Cobb NAACP

Discussion:

Brad Reed / Raw Story:   13-year-old boy arrested for leaving ‘kill niggers’ voicemail for Georgia NAACP

Breanna Edwards / The Root:   13-Year-Old Arrested for Leaving Racist, Terroristic Voicemails for Georgia NAACP

Nice. Where do they find these people, & why?

 Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: ‘We might need to build a wall between California and Arizona’

Discussion:

Frieda Powers / bizpacreview.com:   GOP lawmaker stands up to rogue neighbor: ‘We might need to build a wall between California and Arizona’

Chris White / The Daily Caller:   Martha McSally Floats Idea Of Building A Wall Between Arizona And California

Good idea. Keep them sun-baked sonsabitches the hell outta paradise here.

 Kimberlee Kruesi / Associated Press:
Idaho joins other red states with ‘abortion reversal’ law

Discussion:

Elham Khatami / ThinkProgress:   Idaho governor just signed unscientific anti-abortion bill into law

Grace Carr / The Daily Caller:   Idaho Requires Docs To Provide ‘Abortion Reversal’ Info To Women Seeking To Abort

Red state retards.

 Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times:
Pico Rivera teacher who bashed military fired by school board, president says

Discussion:

Benjamin Brown / Fox News:   Teacher who called military ‘lowest of the low’ is fired

Katherine Rodriguez / Breitbart:   Southern California Teacher Who Called Military Members ‘Dumbshits’ Is Fired

FOX31 Denver:   California teacher who called military ‘lowest of our low’ is fired

Rob Shimshock / The Daily Caller:   California Teacher Fired After Bashing Military ‘Dumbshits’

The College Fix:   California teacher who bashed military during classroom rant gets fired

Matt Naham / Law & Crime:   Teacher Fired After Rant Calling Military ‘A Bunch of Dumb Shits’ (VIDEO)

Fired for the truth; apparently the First Amendment now stops at the schoolhouse door.

 New York Times:Minneapolis Officer Charged With Murder in Australian Woman's Death

Sure, it's murder if it was a white woman. Moral: Don't call the police, they'll kill you.

And in Trumpy stuff, the usual corruption & stupidity from the usual gang of idiots:

 Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Republican National Committee spent big at Trump properties in February, filings show

Discussion:

Daily Kos:   A whopping 86% of RNC venue rental and catering expenditures last month went to Trump properties

Of course it did. Where else could it go?

 Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Trump is right: The special counsel should never have been appointed

"Christ, what an asshole."

Discussion:

Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:   John Brennan, a Former C.I.A. Director, Suggests Russia ‘May Have Something’ on President Trump

Ken Meyer / Mediaite:   Twitter Laughs at Trump's Typo-Ridden Tweet Blasting Mueller Special ‘Council’: ‘Just Amazingly Dumb’

Axios:   Trump tweets skepticism about Mueller's appointment

 Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Scandal Questions Never Asked, Much Less Answered

"Christ, what an asshole."

Yup, fuck everything to hell remains the operating philosophy in this timeline. I wish Trump would fuck up more shit, & sooner; waiting for the final collapse/WWIII is boring me limp.

Sub Vs. Sub

SUN 21 MAR 1943
Atlantic
Submarine Herring (SS-233) sinks German submarine U-163, Bay of Biscay, 44°13'N, 08°23'W.

Pacific
Submarine Finback (SS-230) damages Japanese transport (ex-aircraft tender) Sanuki Maru south of the Carolines, 07°40'N, 139°48'E.

Submarine Scamp (SS-277) damages Japanese transport Manju Maru off east coast of Honshu, 41°45'N, 142°14'E.

Submarine Wahoo (SS-238), operating in the Yellow Sea off Korea, sinks Japanese merchant cargo ships Hozan Maru, 38°11'N, 124°33'E and Nittsu Maru, 38°05'N, 124°33'E.

Culture Corner

Compare & contrast:"Lost in Space" Network Sales Presentation
Lost in Space | NetflixLost in Space | Featurette: The Robinsons' Journey | Netflix

Makin' A List, Checkin' It Twice ...

Officials, who discovered a bomb-making room in Conditt's home in the Austin suburb of Pfluegerville, still haven't offered any theories for why Conditt embarked on a bombing campaign that left two dead, four injured and an entire city unnerved.

But they discovered at least one chilling piece of evidence after the hunt was over: a "target list" with "additional addresses we believe he was using for future targets," McCaul said.

Even now, with a roadmap, figuring out a reason Conditt picked the targets he did is difficult. "It's hard to make any rhyme or reason out of the victims," McCaul said.

Good job, home-schooling mother! Nice "mission trip" he took. We're all so proud!

[L.A.T.]

Bleat Of The Day

Big talk from a big queen in a cowboy hat who wore a bunch of phony medals on his Sheriff-boy drag outfit. #SheriffRuPaul

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) March 21, 2018

FUCK THE POLICE ALREADY!!

It's cold-blooded murder; stop killing us, pigs!!

 Sacramento Bee:

Police fired 20 times at South Sacramento man fatally shot while holding a cellphone  —  Stephan Clark was holding only his cellphone when he was fatally shot Sunday night by two Sacramento police officers who fired at him 20 times, the department said Tuesday.

Discussion:

Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:   Unarmed black man shot to death in own backyard after police mistake cell phone for weapon

Melanie Schmitz / ThinkProgress:   Police fired at unarmed Black man 20 times because he was holding a cell phone

Scott Shackford / Hit & Run:   Minneapolis Cop Finally Charged for Killing Unarmed Woman Who Merely Surprised Him Last Summer

CBS San Francisco:   Sacramento Police Shot 20 Times At Unarmed Man In His Yard

Tracybloomktla / KTLA:   Sacramento Officers Fired 20 Times at Unarmed Man Who Was Fatally Shot in Family's Backyard …

Katelyn Stark / FOX40:   Community Members Demand Answers from City Officials Following Officer-Involved Shooting

WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:   Man shot to death by police in own family's backyard had a cellphone, not a gun

Alizachasan / WPIX 11 New York:   Stay-at-home dad shot to death by police in own family's backyard had a cellphone, not a gun

Another Dud Torpedo

SAT 20 MAR 1943
Atlantic
Brazilian merchantman Baje rescues 27 survivors of freighter Roger B. Taney, that had been sunk by U-225 on 7 February.

District patrol craft YP-438 sinks after running aground on submerged breakwater at entrance to Port Everglades, Florida.

Pacific
Submarine Sawfish (SS-276) sinks Japanese guardboat Shinsei Maru in the northern Pacific, 32°55'N, 152°11'E.

Submarine Scamp (SS-277) damages Japanese merchant cargo ship Seinan Maru off Tomari, 41°06'N, 141°26'E.

Submarine Trigger (SS-237) damages Japanese gunboat Choan Maru off the Admiralties, 03°44'N, 144°12'E, with a dud torpedo.

Equinox

"Night And Day" - Charlie Parker"Night and Day" - Art Tatum (1955)"Night and Day" - Art Tatum (1948)"Night & Day" - Oscar Peterson"Night And Day" - Stan Getz & Bill EvansBonus vocal rendition, from Doc Holliday's daughter, Billie Holiday.

Back Again!

The unfortunate cycle of life continues unabated; Spring is spronged!

©2000 Jules Feiffer. Sue us!

(Remember to set your timepieces ahead an hour at exactly 0915PDT.)

And enjoy the beginning of the season of decay, antipodeans. Set your clocks back an hour.

Another Luckenbach Lost

FRI 19 MAR 1943
Pacific
Submarine Kingfish (SS-234) sinks Japanese army hospital ship Takachiko Maru in Formosa Strait, 26°00'N, 122°18'E.

Submarine Sawfish (SS-276) damages Japanese guardboat Shinsei Maru, southeast of Japan, 32°54'N, 152°11'E.

Submarine Wahoo (SS-238), operating in the Yellow Sea, sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Zogen Maru just east of Dairen, Kwantung Peninsula, Manchukuo, 38°29'N, 122°19'E, and damages merchant cargo ship Kowa Maru, 38°27'N, 122°18'E.

USAAF A-20s damage Japanese submarine I-176 as she is unloading at Lae, New Guinea. I-176, however, is able to continue her voyage to Rabaul.

Atlantic
German U-boat onslaught against Atlantic convoys continues: U.S. freighter Mathew Luckenbach departs convoy HX 229, believing her chances greater of completing the voyage independently than in company with other ships, but runs afoul of U-527 in the vicinity of SC 122. U-527 torpedoes Mathew Luckenbach at 54°20'N, 25°07'W; Coast Guard cutter Ingham (WPG-35) rescues the freighter's entire complement (42 merchant sailors and a 26-man Armed Guard). Subsequently, U-523 administers the coup de grâce to Mathew Luckenbach. With the loss of Mathew Luckenbach and Greek freighter Carras (a straggler from SC 122) to U-533 on this date, German U-boats will break off operations against SC 122 and HX 229 and conclude what is regarded as the largest convoy battle of the war. Despite the valiant efforts of the escorts, the merchantmen suffer heavy losses.

Mediterranean
[May 19th according to some sources]
Axis planes bomb shipping in Oran harbor; U.S. freighter Examiner is damaged by near-misses that kill one Armed Guard sailor [Rafael Santiago] and wound six (an additional Armed Guard sailor is killed on shore during the raid). Merchant casualties amount to three crewmen wounded on board ship and one killed while ashore.

Monday In The Morass

As noted yesterday, the McConnell-Chao Crime Family:

 Erick Erickson / TheResurgent.com: 
Why Roger Ailes Took Me Off Fox News

Discussion:

Joe Cunningham / RedState:   McConnell and Chao: As Corrupt As The Clintons

Sam Dorman / IJR:   Conservative Pundit Claims Elaine Chao Effectively Pressured Fox News To Limit His Appearances

Jeva Lange / The Week:   Conservative commentator Erick Erickson alleges Mitch McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, got him blacklisted from Fox News

Larry Getlen / New York Post:   How McConnell and Chao used political power to make their family rich

Second Amendment Shoots Both Ways!

It's perfectly O.K. if you're a Republican Senate candidate from Nevada, or any kind of right-wing nut job. But, hypocrites that they are, if anyone to the left of Attila the Hun suggests watering the tree of liberty w/ the blood of Republican scum, suddenly it's another story.

 Carl Campanile / New York Post:

Congressman suggests Second Amendment as means of opposing Trump  —  A Democratic congressman from Long Island implied that Americans should grab weapons and oppose President Trump by force, if the commander-in-chief doesn't follow the Constitution.  —  Rep. Tom Suozzi made the remark …

Discussion:

Eric Garcia / Roll Call:   Suozzi Suggests Using the ‘Second Amendment’ on Trump

Kyle Becker / The Daily Caller:   Dem. Rep. Suggests Using Second Amendment To Take Up Arms Against Trump

Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:   Democratic Congressman Hints at Armed Rebellion Against Trump

AWR Hawkins / Breitbart:   Report: Democrat Rep. Suggests Taking Up Arms Against President Trump

John Cicchitti / NTK Network:   Dem Rep Encourages Citizens to Take Up Arms Against Trump

Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:   Dem Rep Suggests ‘Second Amendment’ as Means of Resisting Trump

RELATED:

 Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Democrat suggests ‘Second Amendment’ remedy vs. Trump

Discussion:

Jenni Fink / IJR:   Dem. Rep. Points to Second Amendment When Asked Solution to Trump Ignoring Laws

Luis Miguel / bizpacreview.com:   NY Dem Rep denies suggesting violence against POTUS. Hear it for yourself.

They made their beds, now they'll die in them.Jimmy Cliff - "Hypocrites"

German Operations Continue II: Train To The East

Naturally the Boche would take to this sort of thing like the Yanks did.

German Operations Continue

THU 18 MAR 1943
Atlantic
As German operations against Allied convoys continue, destroyer Babbitt (DD-128) reinforces the escort for HX 229 and Coast Guard cutter Ingham (WPG-35) SC 122. U-221 attacks HX 229 and torpedoes U.S. freighter Walter Q. Gresham at 53°39'N, 27°53'W; British corvettes HMS Pennywort and HMS Anemone rescue 42 survivors (23 merchant seamen and five of the 26-man Armed Guard perish with the ship).

Today In KILL YOUR LANDLORD (BEFORE HE KILLS YOU)

Death To The Rent-Seeking Parasites!!

 Bernard Condon / Associated Press:

AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false documents with NYC  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit.

Discussion:

Clint Hendler / Mother Jones:   AP Report: Jared Kushner's Company Filed False Construction Documents

Susan Wright / RedState:   DIRTY: Jared Kushner's Company Accused of Tenant-Harassment, Filing False Housing Paperwork

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Kushner family filed false documents on New York City properties to reap millions in profits: report

James Joyner / Outside the Beltway:   Jared Kushner's Company Routinely Filed False Documents

To the tumbrils w/ these mother-fucking sons-of-bitches!

Side note to the corporate entity that "owns" the dump in which I live: Try to fuck w/ me again, bitches, & a certain corporate office in Century City will be dripping w/ blood.