Sunday, April 30, 2023

Belafonte!

Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long, me see my love
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Birthday Boys

Sir Duke, b. 1899.Willie Nelson, 90 today.

Murder In Texas

Seemed as if it'd been a while since anything like this, but it's only been a week or so.
 ABC News:
5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose  —  The shooting took place in Cleveland, Texas — about 55 miles north of Houston.  —  Five people are dead after being shot in a home by a suspect armed with AR-15 style rifle, police say.
Discussion:
RELATED:
 Washington Post:
Gunman killed neighbors, child with AR-15-style rifle, sheriff says  —  A man using an AR-15-style weapon shot and killed five people Friday, including an 8-year-old — an angry response to the neighbors' request that he stop shooting in his yard while their baby was trying to sleep, Texas authorities said Saturday.
 Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Man kills 5 in Texas after family complained about gunfire  —  A man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside a house near Houston, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday.
How long until it's decided the victims were gun-grabbing freaks & deserved everything they got?

You Were Warned Almost 50 Yrs. Ago

Former KROQ-FM radio personality Rodney “Rodney on the ROQ” Bingenheimer and the estate of the late record producer Kim Fowley were identified in new court papers Thursday as defendants in a lawsuit filed by Runaways co-founder Kari Krome, who alleges both sexually abused them when she was a minor.

Krome’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was originally filed Dec. 28 using anonymous names, but the full identifications of the parties are listed in the amended complaint brought Thursday.

Bingenheimer, known as the “Mayor of the Sunset Strip,” hosted “Rodney on the ROQ” on KROQ from 1976 to 2017. Bingenheimer was also owner of a popular nightclub, Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco. Bingenheimer now hosts a radio show on Little Steven’s Underground Garage channel on SiriusXM.

Fowley was a well-known record producer, songwriter and musician. He also managed The Runaways in the 1970s and died in 2015 at age 75. Joan Jett also was a member of the Runaways, who had a hit song, “Cherry Bomb.”

Representatives for Bingenheimer, 76, and Fowler could not be immediately reached.

The suit alleges that after grooming Krome and establishing what Krome believed to be a foundation of trust, Bingenheimer sexually assaulted her for the first time in his apartment when she was only 13 years old. The alleged molestation continued for months.

Bingenheimer introduced Krome to Fowley, who co-founded the all-girl band the Runaways with Krome, the suit states.

Shortly after signing Krome to a publishing deal on her 14th birthday, Fowley sexually assaulted Krome in his Los Angeles apartment and continued to molest her about six more times over the course of the next year, the suit alleges.

“I told people about these assaults when they happened and they didn’t want to hear it,” Krome said. “They didn’t want to hurt their careers, or they didn’t want to dispel their illusions about their idols.”

Krome’s suit alleges sexual assault and sexual battery. She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

He means it Rodney!
No idea if this is interesting, but in 1974/5 this reporter was working w/ a band called Cheyenne (a poor person's Chaka Khan & Rufus) who were rehearsing at the Stupid Instrument Rentals location next to Paramount Recording on Santa Monica at Vine & The Runaways, w/ that over-sized jerk Fowley, were in a room down the hall.

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Friday, April 28, 2023

Why Did The Sheep Cross The Road?

Because their freedoms were being violated by ranchers & their sheepdog overseers. See what happens when your guns & gun rights are taken from you?

Friday Freak Out, 55 Yrs. Ago!

Dee-troit Motor City, 1968.

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Thursday Night At The Fights

Wow, already been 50 yrs., three months & a wk. since the Sunshine Showdown.

Full Non-Disclosure From The National Review

David Moye / HuffPost:
This filthy hypocrite is actually one of Crow's stooges in the infamous painting.
Paoletta "was general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget during the Trump administration," per HuffPo. Could he actually be so dense that he didn't think anyone would notice, or is it privilege & entitlement, "Eff you, whatcha gonna do"-style? Something's deeply wrong w/ these people, whatever the hell it is.

"A Big One You Can Put In The Garden"

Don't believe the YouTube title, it was 27 April, 1957. Maybe someone at the AP will notice their typo & remove this video (making more fucking work for me).

How Long Will Lumpy's Last Rites Last?

Other then those who want to be absolutely certain he's dead, who & how many will even attend? Assuming it's a somewhat regular dead Prez funeral. Wouldn't surprise me if the three Trump offspring whose mother was the first wife he dumped (Larry, Moe & Vanky Jo) didn't hold the services in a stadium & charge admission, assuming they're not already fighting over the will by then.
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
As if it were the Senator's fault a lot of people had good things to say about him. Advice to Meghan McCain: Knee the ex-President in the groin area, & when he doubles over, a knee to break his jaw.

Recently In Landlord Scum & Their Employee Enforcers

Thomas Helped Kill Eviction Ban Threatening Benefactor's Business  —  Harlan Crow's company said tenant protections threatened its profits.  Thomas twice voted to end them while Crow lavished him with gifts.  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas voted to end federal tenant protections …
Not that Injustice Thomas wouldn't sell out the "regular stock" he claims to be from whenever a corporation's parasitic profits are threatened.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Understand The Threat!!

'Twas ever thus:
Whatcha gonna do 
Whatcha gonna do 
When the Commies & the homos 
Come lookin' for you?Shorter well-known loon: The commies, the Ay-rabs, the homos & their "Financiers" (((The Joos!))) are coming for
your Xian American Patriot ass!
The destruction of America’s founding principles, traditional culture, and system of government is not merely a “falling away” of where we once were, it is the intentional outcome of the 100+ year communist Movement and 60+ year Islamic Movement operating seamlessly at the ground level across the United States.

This article comes from a lengthy report prepared by Understanding the Threat (UTT) which will be publicly available on our website UnderstandingtheThreat.com on April 26, 2023.

Understanding the Threat’s assessment of current events is this: The communist and Islamic Movements inside the United States are preparing for significant violence in the immediate future.  The groups and leaders involved are making preparations and calling for targeted violence against Christian Patriots while government officials give the green light for violent action.

Like the violence in Minnesota following the death of George Floyd in the spring of 2020, which was predicted and briefed, violence will again be launched in the immediate future by the primary enemies of liberty in the United States – the communist Movement, the Islamic Movement, their collaborators, and their Financiers.

The lead elements will likely be activated under the auspices of the transgender agenda, but will have the full force of the entire communist-jihadi cabal behind it.

This violence may begin as early as the Memorial Day weekend timeframe.

During the last wave of significant violence across the United States (spring 2020), the enemies’ ground soldiers focused on destroying property in numerous communities.  When that violence kicked off, pallets of water, milk, and bricks were prepositioned in nearly 2 dozen cities within approximatley 72 hours.

UTT assesses that during this next wave of violence, the enemies’ focus will be on targeted assassinations and larger scale killings. Our adversaries may also move to bring the entire Republic down if it feels it can achieve that goal and the right moment of opportunity presents itself.

Previously, they targeted property. Now they are targeting people.

Targets will likely include Christian Patriots, especially leaders of Patriot causes in communities.

Now let's see how many stand-your-ground driveway shootings there are "as early as the Memorial Day weekend timeframe." (Paid by the word, J.G.?)

Earworm

Heard the phrase "40 days" on the telly, & ...

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Today In Teenage Texas

9 teenagers shot, wounded at after-prom party in Texas  —  None of the injuries are considered life-threatening, police said.  —  At least nine teenagers were injured following a shooting at an after-prom party in Texas, according to authorities.  None of the victims' injuries are considered life-threatening.
ABC News would like to add:

More than 11,500 people killed in gun violence so far in 2023

More than half of all gun violence deaths this year were deaths by suicide.

POLITICO piles on.

Gun Violence Is Actually Worse in Red States.
It’s Not Even Close.

America’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them.

One last note: The telly just reminded me that Houston's cheating Astros were known from their inception in 1962 until 1964 as the Colt .45s. (Not to be confused w/ the former Washington Bullets of the NBA.)

Religion Wrap-Up

Y'know something? I'm w/ this guy. Please fast so you can meet Jesus sooner, you ninnies. Maybe less demand will bring food prices down a little too.1407: Fuck you, AP. Here's what it said before removal: "(23 Apr 2023) Police say 21 bodies have been discovered so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death." 

1413: The video appears here, as well as text, assuming AP doesn't remove it.

Also note: Too much fucking Jesus.

Members of Congress are more Christian — and more religious — than the American public by wide margins, according to an analysis of data reviewed by Axios.

Why it matters: The discrepancy — a trend also present in state legislatures — provides a window into why policies and debates on abortion, LGBTQ rights and other issues often don't reflect what Americans want.

  • It also shows how the nation's two-party system, with its partisan primaries, favors candidates who openly profess a faith — even as the number of people unaffiliated with a religion is growing.
The Xian future:

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Saturday On Sunset Blvd.

The Shit Hits The Fan

At least the cap was replaced on the spike.
Note ladybugs.

Let's Give These Chimps Some Exposure

Random recommendation (probably because it was "new", as if time has any meaning).
44 views  Apr 19, 2023
Legendary local radio DJ Darren Milby plays "The Roaring Twenties" by The Chimps Of The Future.
This is it, the major breakthrough we've been waiting for. Now, victory is assured! BBC UPLOAD is an exclusive show where anyone whatsoever can upload pretty much anything and they'll basically definitely get played. Now we've managed to get on the BBC, nothing can stop us!
Not quite this reporter's taste in music, but better than most of the sissified crap the youth enjoy these days.

What Have They Done To The Earth?

Friday, April 21, 2023

He Needs MEAT!

Many American Pathologies In One News Item

REPUBLIC, Mo. — On April 18, Republic Police Department officers were called to a Price Cutter to respond to a call about a robbery in which a man held an employee at gunpoint so that he would be served meat.

Larry Gene Gay, 70, of Springfield, is charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon and a felony count of armed criminal action.

Court documents show that officers responded to the scene and ordered Gay to get out of his truck so they could arrest him. After he was taken into custody, an officer removed a loaded semi-automatic pistol with a bullet in the chamber from Gay’s hip holster.

In an interview, Gay said he went to Price Cutter to buy steaks. He told the “good man” who was helping him that they needed to weigh the steaks. However, the meat department was closed. Gay said at that point, he showed his gun “Just to say I’m not stealing. I need you here to help me to get a couple of these steaks. I’m not going to hurt you.”

The officer asked Gay why he thought the people in the store called police and told them he was threatening them with his gun.

“I don’t know,” Gay said in the interview. “I have no idea.”

The employee said he received a call from the meat department about a man packing his own meat. The employee approached Gay and told him that he could not be there. Gay got upset and said he was going to keep doing what he was doing. The employee said he was not going to help him with the meat.

“Once he held the gun to my throat — pushed it into my throat — I decided to comply,” the employee told police.

At the time of this writing, Gay was being held at the Greene County Jail on a $50,000 bond. He has not yet been scheduled for a court appearance.

He had "no idea". Is this why "law-abiding citizens" need to be packing everywhere they go? The meat dep't. may be closed?
Added irritation, from the Dep't. of Redundancy Dep't.: "Officers were called to a Price Cutter to respond to a call". That's just stupid, typist John Paul Schmidt, even if you're paid by the word. Where are the fucking editors?

Friday Freak Out

This should freak you out.

Could You Stop Raping & Murdering Your Children, Americans?

Or Is That Just Too Damn Much To Ask?

Previously we noted parenting in general. Now, more evidence:
A creepy note left at the Maine home where a man is accused of murdering his parents and their two friends this week has provided insight into a potential motive behind the grisly crime.

Authorities say they recovered an unsigned note on a kitchen island at the murder scene that claimed someone had been molested, “but there was nothing done about it.” The note also mentioned wanting to be “freed from pain.”

Stop covering up the raping, too.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church amid a contentious bankruptcy involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims, The Associated Press found, an apparent conflict that could throw the case into disarray.

Confronted with AP’s findings, which have not been previously reported, U.S. District Judge Greg Guidry abruptly convened attorneys on a call last week to tell them his charitable giving “has been brought to my attention” and he is now considering recusal from the high-profile bankruptcy he oversees in an appellate role.

“Naturally,” Guidry told them, “I will take no further action in this case until this question has been resolved.”

AP’s reporting on Guidry and other judges in the New Orleans bankruptcy underscores how tightly woven the church is in the city’s power structure, a coziness perhaps best exemplified when executives of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints secretly advised the archdiocese on public relations messaging at the height of its clergy abuse crisis.

It also comes at a fraught moment when attorneys in the bankruptcy are seeking to unseal a trove of thousands of secret church documents produced by lawsuits and an ongoing FBI investigation of clergy abuse in New Orleans going back decades. Guidry had rebuffed at least one such request to unseal some of the documents.

A Day In The Life (Friday)

WAR & a long-haired leaping gnome.

Stealing From The Rich

Yay Crime!!

What the neighbours have to say.In a Robin Hood-stylee, mon.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Big Spaceship Makes Big Boom-Boom!!

Jeeziz you inane drone, if you are serious about space start blowing those billions on a space elevator, not on refining 12th century Chinese technology."Yeah, it does appear to be spinning, but ... everything after clearing the tower was icing on the cake."

Comrade Misfit sums it up:
SpaceX is operating on a Silicon Valley mindset: Get it to "meh, close enough" and then see what happens when they turn the key.

Consumer Report

A sponsored item from L.A. Taco about a reefer company. I might bitch about a sponsored item, but said company, Humo, grows good stuff, under sunlight, which retails locally at US$19.00 for an eighth of an ounce. (Plus all the effing taxes, of course.) Can't beat that w/ a stick, taxes or no. And that 3.5 grams is seldom short, usually over. (Not that I'd give a shit or be able to do anything about it, but I found an electronic scale sitting in the fork of a tree a while ago & have been measuring purchases for the hell of it. We are often cheated.)

A Day In The Life (Thurs.)

A fine example of the jazz/funk of 1970.

Hilter's Birfday

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Nothing To See Here, Just Move Along

The Price Of Freedumb

Associated Press:
Maine quadruple murder suspect was recently released from prison  —  Joseph Eaton, 34, was released Friday from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, where he had been sentenced in March 2021, a state official said.  —  BOWDOIN, Maine — A Maine man who police say killed four people …
Out on Friday, had a gun & four notches on it by Tuesday.

Late breaking:
BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — A man confessed to killing four people, including his parents, and then firing on motorists on a busy interstate highway, just days after being released from prison, police said Wednesday.

Law enforcement officials released more information including identities of the victims of the shootings Tuesday at a home in Bowdoin and 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the south on the highway in Yarmouth, Maine.

Joseph Eaton, 34, had been released Friday from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, where he was picked up by his mother after completing a sentence for aggravated assault, police said. That crime was serious enough to prevent him from possessing a gun in Maine.

The shootings in Maine began in the small town of Bowdoin, where four people were killed Tuesday, with three bodies discovered in a home and one in a barn, police said. Then a chaotic scene developed in which shots were fired at vehicles on Interstate 295 over 20 miles (32 kilometers) away in the community of Yarmouth, police said. Three people were shot there, and one remained in critical condition Wednesday.

Great American parenting there. The chicken really came home to roost.

A Day In The Life (Weds.)

Nice Country You Have

Shannon Ryan / ABC13: 
Man arrested after 2 Woodlands Elite cheerleaders were shot outside HEB near Austin, police say  —  Police say Payton Washington was one of two Woodlands Elite cheerleaders hit when someone opened fire near a grocery store outside Austin.  One man is in custody.
Greg Woodfield / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent DeSantis ally who shot himself dead last year was under investigation for using sold out Taylor Swift tickets to lure teen to his office and show him her breasts - then trying to buy family's silence  — Kent Stermon, 50, of Jacksonville, was facing allegations …
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Ex-Member of Menudo Says He Was Raped by Father of the Menendez Brothers  —  The allegation, made in a forthcoming docuseries, resembles the claims of abuse by the brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents.  —  It was a gripping case that was one of the first to draw …
An exceptional cesspool of perverts, rapists & would-be murderers. And that's just Florida, Texas & California.