I'll bet he would.NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them, officials and others familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press.More than a dozen alleged abuse victims have been interviewed this year as part of the probe that’s exploring among other charges whether predator priests can be prosecuted under the Mann Act, a more than century-old, anti-sex trafficking law that prohibits taking anyone across state lines for illicit sex.
Some of the New Orleans cases under review allege abuse by clergy during trips to Mississippi camps or amusement parks in Texas and Florida. And while some claims are decades old, Mann Act violations notably have no statute of limitations.
“It’s been a long road and just the fact that someone this high up believes us means the world to us,” said a former altar boy who alleged his assailant took him on trips to Colorado and Florida and abused him beginning in the 1970s when he was in the fifth grade. The AP generally does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted.
The FBI declined to comment, as did the Louisiana State Police, which is assisting in the inquiry. The Archdiocese of New Orleans declined to discuss the federal investigation.
“I’d prefer not to pursue this conversation,” Archbishop Gregory Aymond told the AP.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Get The Catholics Off The Court!
Fuck Golf In General, And The
"Saudi Tour" Especially
I Piss on Your Rotting Corpse!!
No, Really?
Golly Gee Willikers, you cretins just 'scoped that everything's made of shit & you're all dying?Most say nation on wrong track, including Dems: AP-NORC poll
Sound Like A R.I.C.O. Violation?
Guess it's all right if the traffickers in human misery are rich honkies getting richer.Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis — The consulting firm offered clients “in-depth experience in narcotics,” from poppy fields to pills more powerful than Purdue's OxyContin. — In patches of rural Appalachia and the Rust Belt …
Dark-Eyed Junco
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
9-1-1 Is A Joke
But they're pretty damn good at criminal acts against their employers, the citizens of this country, & at talking shit.A "coin flip": Nearly half of U.S. murders go unsolved as cases rise
50 Yrs. Ago At The Supreme Court
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Monday, June 27, 2022
Same Lie, Different Day
Regulate Your Sperm Intake, Ladies!
What this lying witch really means is "If you are pregnant, you lied about being raped, & you probably enjoyed it too, you dirty whore!"Josh Israel / The American Independent: GOP House nominee Yesli Vega repeats lie that rape almost never results in pregnancySummer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo: Spanberger's GOP Challenger Downplays Possibility Of Pregnancy After RapeGarrett Ross / Politico: New poll: Voters oppose overturning Roe, back court reformScott Gelman / WTOP News: Congressional candidate Vega facing criticism for comments on rape and pregnancyAlex Griffing / Mediaite: GOP Congressional Candidate Doubts Likelihood of Pregnancy From Rape in Newly Revealed AudioGrace Panetta / Insider: GOP House candidate questioned how often rape victims get pregnant: 'Maybe because there's so much going on in the body'Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast: Leaked Audio: GOP Candidate Says She Doubts Rape Victims Get PregnantLaura Clawson / Daily Kos: Virginia Republican questions pregnancy after rape, because it's not ‘happening organically’Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: GOP House Candidate Doubts Likelihood of Pregnancy After Rape
The Video, Or His Lying Mouth?
And not Rudy being "knocked forward about two steps". Maybe that was a delayed rection that wasn't on the video.Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Monday that a video of an incident in a Staten Island, N.Y., supermarket, which was initially described as an attack against the former New York City mayor, “probably is a little deceptive.”Giuliani claims that he was almost knocked over when ShopRite employee Daniel Gill slapped him on the back Sunday. However, a video that circulated online shows the former mayor barely move when the hand makes contact with his back and then quickly turn to face Gill as a woman strokes his back.
“And all of a sudden without any warning was hit very, very hard on the back, to such an extent that it knocked me forward about two steps,” Giuliani said of the incident during a press conference on Monday.
“People around me helped me. People around me secured the person who did it. The videotape that you see probably is a little deceptive because it just shows that hand on my back,” he said.
Lost In The Mix
Come to L.A. & look me up, scumbag. You'll know you've been slapped.Karen Matthews / Associated Press: Heckler charged with assault after confronting Rudy GiulianiJosh Fiallo / The Daily Beast: Courageous Giuliani Says Footage of Near-Fatal Pat on the Back Is ‘Deceptive’Colby Hall / Mediaite: ‘He Could Have Killed Me’: Rudy Giuliani Insists So-Called ShopRite ‘Assailant’ Should Be ProsecutedSamira Asma-Sadeque / The Guardian: Police arrest New York man accused of slapping Rudy Giuliani on backDavid Edwards / Raw Story: 'I'm in pain': Rudy Giuliani lashes out at Fox News for burying his alleged ‘assault’Myles Miller / NBC New York: Rudy Giuliani ‘Slapped’ in NYC Supermarket: PoliceRebecca Falconer / Axios: Rudy Giuliani slapped on back inside New York grocery storeChristine Sellers / The Daily Caller: Video Appears To Show Rudy Giuliani Getting Slapped On Back By Supermarket EmployeeKayla Simas / al.com: Rudy Giuliani: New York grocery store worker who slapped him should be prosecutedM. Bouffant / WEB OF EVIL: “Fucking Scumbag” Rudy Giuliani Slapped At Staten Island ShopRiteBruce Haring / Deadline: Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Assaulted By Grocery Store Worker In Staten IslandBradford Betz / Fox News: Rudy Giuliani reportedly hit at Staten Island supermarket while campaigning for his sonGreg P. / Twitchy: Blue-check professor asks if the alleged attack on Rudy Giuliani today really qualifies as an ‘attack’; UPDATETravis Gettys / Raw Story: 'What's up scumbag?' Grocery store worker walks up to Rudy Giuliani and smacks himIsabella Zavarise / Insider: Rudy Giuliani was slapped by a supermarket worker while campaigning for his son in New YorkAbby Liebing / The Western Journal: Pregnancy Center Torched, Hateful Pro-Abortion Messages Left Painted on BuildingKVIA-TV: Off-duty officer who was running for Rhode Island state Senate facing charges for allegedly punching political rival at abortion-rights rallyCristina Laila / The Gateway Pundit: “You're a Fucking Scumbag!” - Staten Island Supermarket Worker Physically Assaults Rudy Giuliani (VIDEO)Madeleine Hubbard / Just The News: Rudy Giuliani assaulted inside supermarket while campaigning for sonSteven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Abortion Activists Burn, Vandalize Pro-Life Pregnancy Center After Supreme Court Overturns RoeBrandon Drey / The Daily Wire: 'What's Up Scumbag?': Rudy Giuliani Slapped In The Back By A Staten Island Supermarket EmployeeEmily Jacobs / Washington Examiner: WATCH: Rudy Giuliani slapped while campaigning for son Andrew in New YorkSarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Rudy Giuliani Assaulted While Campaigning for Son Andrew by ShopRite Employee Who Slapped Him on Back, Called Him ‘Scumbag’: Report
It's The Day Slavery Begins
Sunday, June 26, 2022
"America's Mayor" Is A Lying Sissy Snowflake
WATCH Former New York City Mayor @RudyGiuliani, now 78, claimed he was assaulted by a 39-year-old Staten Island supermarket employee who exchanged words with him. pic.twitter.com/jCC01RcG7Y
— BNN Newsroom (@BNNBreaking) June 26, 2022
1851, Today & Tomorrow
"Fucking Scumbag" Rudy Giuliani Slapped At Staten Island ShopRite
No insurrectionist/seditionist/lying cheat should be able to show his or her face in public w/o swift & apropriate reaction. Being put in a bag & whipped w/ red-tipped staves, if I remember correctly.WABC / abc7NY:
Rudy Giuliani slapped inside Staten Island supermarket … ABC7 New York 24/7 Eyewitness News Stream — STATEN ISLAND (WABC) — Former mayor Rudy Giuliani was slapped inside a ShopRite on Staten Island on Sunday. — Police say it happened at the store on 3010 Veterans Road just before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story: 'What's up scumbag?' Grocery store worker walks up to Rudy Giuliani and smacks him
Ed Sullivan Sunday, 62 Yrs. Ago
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Saturday Sex Fest
A World Of Secret Hunger, Perverting The Men
Who Make Your Laws
[AP]OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Before he became a leading voice for conservative causes on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator James Lankford spent more than a decade as the director of youth programming at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a sprawling campground about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City that attracts more than 50,000 campers in grades six through 12 each year.The Republican lawmaker’s tenure at the camp is a prominent feature of his political profile, noted in the first paragraph of his official Senate biography. That experience is also coming under renewed scrutiny as the Southern Baptist Convention, which is affiliated with the group that owns the camp, faces a reckoning over its handling of sexual abuse cases.
In 2009, while Lankford worked at the camp, the family of a 13-year-old girl sued a 15-year-old boy who was alleged to have had sex with her at the camp. Lankford, who was not in Congress at the time, is not alleged to have had any direct knowledge of the alleged assault, has not been accused of any wrongdoing and was not a defendant in the lawsuit, which was settled for an undisclosed amount before it was scheduled to go to trial.
But in a 2010 deposition in the case, given a week after he was elected to his first term in the U.S. House, Lankford testified that he believed a 13-year-old could consent to sex.
The Truest Of Tweets
ABORTION SHOULD BE SAFE, LEGAL, & RETROACTIVE FOR REPUBLICANS.
— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) June 25, 2022
Friday, June 24, 2022
Meanwhile, In Utah
Sperm Count
Is it Mormonism that keeps these people so stupid, ignorant & just plain weird?Republican lawmakers and Utah politicos celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, with one legislator saying she trusted Utah women “to control [their] intake of semen.”Rep. Karianne Lisonbee described a text message she said she received urging her to hold men accountable for unwanted pregnancies.
“I got a text message today saying I should seek to control men’s ejaculations and not women’s pregnancies ... I do trust women enough to control when they allow a man to ejaculate inside of them and to control that intake of semen,” the Clearfield Republican told reporters at a news conference at the Utah Capitol on Friday.
Lisonbee also said she wanted to reassure Utahns that lawmakers want them to have justice after sexual assaults.
Rep. Angela Romero, who has championed legislation to support survivors of sexual assault in the Beehive State, said she doesn’t think her colleague meant to be “harmful” with her Friday remarks, but a survivor may read it and think their elected officials don’t believe them when they say they have been raped or sexually assaulted.
More Smegma, More Often
The image directly below Torba's on Gab. The concern for life is palpable.Andrew Torba, the far-right Christian nationalist founder of Gab, posted a meme that read, “SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR ABORTIONS WHORES.” An image of Justice Brett Kavanaugh with red lasers coming out of his eyes accompanied it. Torba followed that misogynist celebration with this message: “The Christian takeover of our Christian country has begun.”Known for his antisemitism, he quickly went on to identify what else he wanted to ban. “Next we need to ban the barbaric act of circumcision, which is also a Jewish sacrament that was imposed on our men outside of their will as mere babies,” Torba declared.
Senate Chumps Played For Chumps
If they lied to you, why haven't you started the impeachment proceedings already, you two colossal suckers?Alexander Bolton / The Hill:Sahil Kapur / NBC News: Collins, Manchin suggest they were misled by Kavanaugh and Gorsuch on Roe v. WadeKate Scanlon / Washington Examiner: Sen. Susan Collins: Dobbs ruling ‘inconsistent’ with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh testimonyArthur Delaney / HuffPost: Joe Manchin Says He ‘Trusted’ Neil Gorsuch And Brett Kavanaugh, Is Now DisappointedJon Skolnik / Raw Story: Susan Collins suggests Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch misled herNikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Susan Collins Somehow Still Can't Believe She Got Played for a Fool by Trump's Justices
Catholic Court To Bitches: "Biscuits In The Oven, Buns In The Bed!"
Kidney Damage
More crap never to buy. If you care enough, maybe you can get by the paywall to one of these.They Ate Daily Harvest’s Lentil ‘Crumbles’ and Ended Up in the ER
"Influencers". It is to laugh. Don't eat anything unsolicted, idiots.Influencers Blame Hospital Stays, Gallbladder Removal on ‘Daily Harvest’ Lentil Product
Though the cause is unclear, dozens claim they got seriously sick after eating the vegan meal delivery company’s new dish. Now, some plan to sue
Thursday, June 23, 2022
I Beg Your Pardon
If they can't return the money, string 'em up!!
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Death From Above: No One Is Safe From The Wrath Of A Righteous Deity
49 yrs. in the L.A. basin & this reporter hasn't seen lightning more than two or three times. There's a reason:A woman and her two dogs were fatally struck by lightning in Pico Rivera Wednesday as a storm front pushed across the Southland and led to power outages and beach closures.
Buncha scientific mumbo jumbo about high pressure, the result of which is June gloom rather than thunder & lightning.So after nearly a decade living on the West Coast, I’ve trained myself against getting my hopes up for Real Weather: That rumble outside my window is likely just a dumpster rolling downhill, a firework booming across town or the sound of my dreams collapsing like an oil drum under a tank.On Wednesday, to my glee, I was wrong: a series of storms rolled through Southern California, bringing actual thunder and lightning to my adopted home. I was so excited that I more-than-half-seriously pitched my editors a story entitled, “So You’ve Never Heard Thunder Before. Don’t Worry — I’m From A Place With Real Weather, And I’m Here To Help.”
They nixed the headline, but they were curious too: Why do we get so little lightning and thunder in L.A.?
Mmm, Don't Mind If I Do
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Soon I Will (Legally) Be Born Again
*I am really at "Why Bother?" Bitching-&-moaning is useless, I'll just sit here & stew in my own rage until I explode.
Spot The Homo!!
Right-wing pastor Kent Christmas claims that he can immediately tell that someone is gay just by looking at them because the demonic spirit inside of them "changes the physical appearance of people." pic.twitter.com/D2V0gEuKHZ
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 21, 2022
Religion As Mental Illness ...
... Or Mental Illness As Religion?
Ol' Knock-'Em-Up Walker speaks:Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R) explained in an old interview why he didn’t think his Multiple Personality Disorder is a mental illness.Said Walker: “Do our Lord Jesus Christ have a mental illness because he said he’s the father, the son and the Holy Spirit? To me, those are 3 different personalities.”
In an old interview, Herschel Walker explains why he didn’t think his Multiple Personality Disorder is a mental illness: “Do our Lord Jesus Christ have a mental illness because he said he’s the father, the son and the Holy Spirit? To me, those are 3 different personalities.” pic.twitter.com/g7HnrDnz3d
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 21, 2022
More Jesus In Politics:
Rep. Cheney quoted thisAZ House @SpeakerBowers describes the idea that the Constitution is divinely inspired as a tenet of his faith, and that he would not violate his oath to it. #January6thHearing pic.twitter.com/Gf0fOBirXK
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 21, 2022
Party's Over
Nihilism Report: World's Largest Fascist Shithole Taking Form
Fine. Hope that Nazi idiot Modi starts a nuclear war w/ all his neighbors & solves some of the population pressure in Asia.India is becoming a Hindu-fascist enterprise
The practice of bulldozing Muslim homes and businesses for purely punitive reasons is proof that India is ‘transitioning pretty brazenly into a criminal Hindu fascist enterprise’, says author Arundhati Roy.
Monday, June 20, 2022
The Death of Irony
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Fuck The Fathers
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Fuck Everything: Clothes, Cars & Coppers
Police arrested a naked 38-year-old man who was able to get on top of a patrol SUV in Hollywood and seemingly dance on the vehicle’s hood, authorities said Saturday.And once Benny Martinez was taken into custody and placed in the back of a patrol vehicle, he began to kick at one of the rear side windows, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Division reported.
“Officers attempted to roll down the window to prevent damage,” according to a police statement. “As the window was being rolled down, the suspect kicked it causing it to shatter.”
Martinez was taken to the department’s Hollywood station* and cited for misdemeanor vandalism.
He was later released.
Officers were initially dispatched at about 7:10 a.m. Friday to assist other officers in the area of Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle Avenue regarding a disturbing the peace call of suspect who was not complying with their commands.
He then climbed onto the roof of a patrol SUV and started jumping up and down, police said.
“Officers continued to use de-escalation techniques and the suspect eventually climbed down and was taken into custody without incident or use of force,” according to the LAPD statement.
*The Wilcox Hotel.
Friday, June 17, 2022
Where Are The Wage-Slaves?
enough that Amazon won't be forced to pay a living wage.
Maybe that piece of shit Jeff Bezos can get off his yacht & schlep a few pallets of plastic shit made by slave labor in China around a warehouse while pissing in a bottle.Jason Del Rey / Vox:
Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire — Unions might not be the tech giant's biggest labor threat. — Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people to hire in its US warehouses by 2024, according to leaked Amazon internal research from mid-2021 that Recode reviewed.
Insult atop injury: Accumulate enough points & we'll give you worthless plastic crap w/ the corporate logo all over it. Free advertising!!Amazon Tells Warehouse Workers They Get to ‘Dress Up’ Instead of Getting Day Off for Juneteenth
Rather than giving employees the holiday off, Amazon is promoting staff swag and “dress-up week”—a decision some workers and union activists call deeply insulting.
At JFK8 on Staten Island—a warehouse that made history this year by voting to join the grassroots Amazon Labor Union (ALU)—employees are being encouraged to dress in red, green, and black to commemorate the holiday and receive “swag bucks.” In fulfillment center lingo, swag bucks are akin to rewards points that workers can accumulate in exchange for Amazon-branded gear like T-shirts, hoodies, lanyards, and water bottles.
A Freak Out For Friday
Also, the LAPD are idiots:LAPD Cops Shoot Lone Gunman Firing at Cars Near the Grove
The gunfight is over but cops say their investigation is still tying up traffic, so avoid the area if you can
This is an odd statement, considering that La Brea, Highland & Fuller are all north-south streets, & Beverly, 1st & Rosewood are all east-west streets. See what I mean? No wonder crime is allegedly on the upswing. The fucking heat doesn't even know which way the streets run.At around 2 p.m. local time, LAPD additionally warned that the shooting investigation will impact traffic on La Brea between S. Highland Avenue and S. Fuller Ave., and on Beverly Blvd. between W. 1st Street and Rosewood Ave. until further notice.
Another victim of this pig society gone postal, as we used to say?According to the department, at about 9:20 a.m. Hollywood officers responded to a Wilshire Division radio call about a man pointing a firearm at construction workers near Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Blvd. Officers arriving at the location confronted the suspect, who police describe as Black and in his 30s.The suspect fired at the cops, “and an officer involved shooting occurred at Beverly and La Brea,” the LAPD tweeted. “The suspect ran west on Beverly and the officers briefly lost sight of the suspect.”
Police next tracked the accused shooter to the area of Beverly Blvd. and Detroit Blvd. and contained him there, at which point the suspect was taken into custody.
“The suspect was struck by gunfire and transported to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury,” LAPD said. “A firearm was recovered at scene.”
As for other injuries, as Patch reports, the department said, “The suspect pointed a gun at a construction worker, continued walking and pointed the gun at pedestrians and vehicles. There were shots fired, and a victim stated her vehicle was struck.”
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Texas: It's A Whole 'Nother Planet!
Party Of Life Media Blitz
Hey, life is short, y'know, like, whatever man ...Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said recently that he would tell parents of young children killed in the Uvalde school shooting that "God has a plan."Paxton, who took the leading role in a failed Supreme Court case aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 election, went on a media blitz to fight calls for gun restrictions shortly after an 18-year-old shooter killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in the West Texas town of Uvalde.
In an interview with right-wing radio host Trey Graham, Paxton acknowledged that it is "difficult to give comfort" to families who lost their kids. "If I lost one of my children I'd be pretty devastated, especially in a way that is so senseless and seemingly has no purpose," he continued. "I think ... I would just have to say, if I had the opportunity to talk to the people I'd have to say, look, there's always a plan. I believe God always has a plan. Life is short no matter what it is. And certainly, we're not going to make sense of, you know, a young child being shot and killed way before their life expectancy."
National Electricity Day
National Electricity Day takes place on the anniversary of the date in 1752 when Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm, with the intent of proving that lightning was caused by a discharge of electricity (some sources say he flew his kite on June 10). His experiment led to further understanding of positive and negative charges, the proving that lightning was an electrical discharge, and to the invention of the lightning rod—which provided a safe way to discharge electricity and a way to prevent fires. Lightning rods are still used today to protect buildings, ships, and people.
100 Jahre Reich?
You know, Trump-pardoned criminal Steve Bannon.“This is going to be a massive blowout like 1932. You’re witnessing, right now, a political realignment like 1932. And we will govern for 100 years after we win 100 seats.”— Steve Bannon, taking questions from reporters.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
70+ Yrs. Ago
