It's Alive!

Allegedly.

Scene Of A Murder

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54-Yr. Old Man Found Dead, No One Gives A Good Goddam ...

... other than a perfunctory media release that was picked up by mynewsLA.com.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office Sunday identified the body of a man who was discovered on a sidewalk in the Westlake area.

The man was identified as Danilo Tecson, 54, according to the agency, which added that they had no city of residence for Tecson.

According to the agency’s website, his date of birth — Oct. 28 — was also the date of his death.

The discovery was made at about 7:45 a.m. Saturday in the 400 block of South Coronado Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police added that there was “no evidence of foul play.”

No further information was immediately available.

Unsure of relevance here, but of interest: The scene of Mr. Tecson's death is w/in walking distance of this reporter's bunker.

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7 ★ Moon

After Tenants Complain, Slumlords Cut Off Electricity, Gas, Water & Internet, Then Attack Tenants

That this area of perpetual violence & historical hatred is known as "The Holy Land" is but another example of how most of your species is 180° wrong about everything. Or do most of you think murder, rape, war & general savagery are holy? Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Picking A Winner, Part II

Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Joe Scarborough Delivers Blistering Takedown Of Mike Johnson's Gun Logic  —  “We have more mass shootings in America every year than we have days in the year,” the MSNBC host said.  —    MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) “preposterous” …

Discussion:

Rebecca Morin / The Messenger:   Biden Adviser Slams House Speaker Johnson for Saying Gun Violence Is Due to Americans' Hearts

Tara Suter / The Hill:   Joe Scarborough weighs in on Speaker Johnson: ‘Trump has his guy’

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:   More mass shootings like the one in Maine? Supreme Court will soon consider unleashing the violence

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   'They're going to steal this election': Morning Joe issues dark warning about Mike Johnson

Blaze Media:   The left is politically exploiting Maine mass shooting to push anti-gun agenda

Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:   Joe Scarborough Blasts Election Denier Mike Johnson As Trump's ‘Tool’: ‘Donald Trump Has His Guy’

Mallory Wilson / Washington Times:   Gavin Newsom takes swipe at Speaker Mike Johnson for mourning Maine mass shooting

Conover Kennard / Crooks and Liars:   Here Are All The Things Mike Johnson Blames For Mass Shootings

Evan Popp / Stateline:   Legislators vow action to address Maine's weak gun laws after Lewiston mass shooting

Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:   Mike Johnson Bungles Maine Mass Shooting Response and Veers Off ‘Defense of Sanctity of Human Life’

abc7NY:   Newly elected Speaker Johnson offers prayers for violence to end in response to Maine mass shooting

Digby / Digby's Hullabaloo:   Another Day, Another Mass Shooting

Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   Mike Johnson's magic formula for reducing mass shootings

Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion

RELATED:

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
White House hits Johnson over claiming gun violence was a matter of the ‘heart’

Discussion:

Brett Samuels / The Hill:   White House slams Speaker Johnson's ‘offensive accusation’ that the ‘human heart’ is to blame for mass shootings

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:   Mike Johnson: Guns Don't Kill People, Hearts Kill People

Sara Dorn / Forbes:   Biden Administration: ‘Offensive’ For Speaker Johnson To Blame Gun Violence On ‘The Human Heart’

Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos:   Biden administration calls BS on new House speaker's weak gun statement—twice

Michael Macagnone / Roll Call:   After mass shooting, new speaker calls for prayer that ‘senseless violence can stop’

NBC News:   What we know about Biden and Johnson's working relationship

Jeff Mordock / Washington Times:   New House Speaker Johnson meets Biden at White House

Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:   New House Speaker Meets Biden to Discuss Funding Requests

Rebecca Morin / The Messenger:   New House Speaker Mike Johnson Attends White House Briefing on Ukraine, Israel Aid

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Mike Johnson's conspiracy theories about ‘illegals’ mark a new GOP low  —  Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly elected House speaker, has repeatedly flirted with what's known as the “great replacement theory,” the idea that Democrats are scheming to supplant American voters with immigrants.

Discussion:

Arjun Singh / BizPac Review:   DeSantis slams Biden for charging Americans evacuees from Israel while paying to fly illegal immigrants

America's Voice:   “Mike Johnson's Conspiracy Theories About ‘Illegals’ Mark a New GOP Low” - Spotlight on New Speaker's Embrace of “Replacement” Theory

Maria Cardona / The Hill:   Is Trump now the ‘Shadow Speaker’ of the House?

Alex Shephard / New Republic:   Establishment Republicans Are Reviving the Myth of Mitt Romney's Martyrdom

Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:   Before Mike Johnson Was Speaker, He Was Blaming Abortion for School Shootings

I dunno, sounds like "Original Sin" bullshit to this reporter, whose heart is black & lips are cold.

Friday Finger

Drawing Bible Verses Matthew 19 - Richie Rich asks Jesus about getting into Heaven…

Ben Riddleberger.

Cretin Caucus Picks A Real Winner

Judd Legum / Popular Information:
What everyone should know about the new House Speaker, Mike Johnson 

Los Angeles Times:   Was Speaker Mike Johnson sent by God? ‘God, I hope not,’ says a reader

Maha / The Mahablog:   Thoughts on the New Speaker  —  The mass shooting in Maine may be one of the rare examples …

John Nichols / The Nation:   Concerned About Democracy? House Republicans Invite You to “Shut Up!”

Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:   IMAGINE THE CENSUS IN THE NEW SPEAKER'S DYSTOPIA

Greg Larose / Florida Phoenix:   Low-key Mike Johnson, now U.S. House speaker, known at home as affable, conservative stalwart

Bryan Metzger / Insider:   No stock trading, a hefty home mortgage, and more than $120,000 from Liberty University: Here's what we know about newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson's personal finances

Jacob Fischler / Arizona Mirror:   Who is Mike Johnson? New U.S. House speaker belongs to GOP's religious conservative wing

Piling on:

How new House Speaker Mike Johnson spent years fighting against gay rights

The staunch social conservative previously called gays “destructive.”

Ah, a "staunch" social conservative, not a drooling maniac. Words escape them. Check Press Watch for more on how these cretins are (poorly) covered.

World Situation Report

No one is safe anywhere. It's kill or be killed, & better you than I!How is this different from Lewiston? 

1509PDT: New (?) video; the same length, I believe, but no idea if changes were made.

Angry American Fed Up To Here, Takes Matters (& Gun) In Hand

Active Shooter Situation

Lewiston, Maine, where a WalMart Distribution Center was reported to be one shooting scene. Way to go, Waltons. 

CORRECTION: Bowling alley & bar, but not the distribution center. Fuck the Waltons anyway.

Weaseldick Wednesday

"Staunch Conservative" Or Two-Bit Christo-Fascist?

Protests Too Much

CNN:

New speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex  —  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s.

“Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s,” CNN reports.

“In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality an ‘inherently unnatural’ and ‘dangerous lifestyle’ that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy ‘the entire democratic system.'”

“And, in another editorial, he wrote, ‘Your race, creed, and sex are what you are, while homosexuality and cross-dressing are things you do. This is a free country, but we don’t give special protections for every person’s bizarre choices.'”

So a "creed" is not something one does or chooses, but "what you are", whereas homosexuality is a bizarre choice. Interesting. I wonder when & where Mike made his "choice". Other interesting choices he's made.

[Excerpt from Political Wire.]

"Murder", They Typed

In a fiery interview that aired Tuesday, Queen Rania of Jordan sat down with veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour and lambasted what she described as the “glaring double standard” in Western mainstream media coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.

“It has been very disappointing to see the double standards in the world today, to see the strong condemnation of what happened on Oct. 7, but very little condemnation of what is happening today,” the Jordanian royal said on Amanpour & Co, in a video interview from the capital city of Amman, Jordan.

“Why isn't there a call for an immediate ceasefire? We are seeing staggering human suffering happening today, so why is the narrative always skewed towards the Israeli side? The Western media and policymakers are quick to adopt the Israeli narratives. When Israel attacks, Palestinians ‘die,’ but when Israelis die, they are ‘killed,’ murdered in cold blood.”

[Behind a paywall.]

War On Poverty The Poor

"Our Religion": Jesus Hates The Poor

Elle Hardy / New Republic:

The Evangelicals Calling for War on Poor People

Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Growing strain of evangelicalism preaches ‘hostility’ towards poor Americans: Report

We'd advocate killing them before they kill you, but that might get us in trouble, as the First Amendment & the right to defend oneself apparently mean nothing anymore.

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So, To Hell W/ The First Amendment?

I don't like any of your gutter religions, & I want all of you brain-dead Moses, Jesus & Muhammad freaks right the hell out of my country. NOW!!

Wow. Trump says if he’s elected he’ll implement “strong ideological screening” of all immigrants to the U.S.

One of his criteria: “if you don’t like our religion…then we don’t want you in our country.” pic.twitter.com/PJ8rbqglZ9

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) October 23, 2023

Equal Opportunity: Hindus, Buddhists & Sikhs can fuck right off too.

Never forget, they killed Darby for telling the truth.

Tired Of Living?

You bet your ass I'm sick & tired of the whole thing,but I am absolutely exhausted by the rest of you bastards continuing to live.

Nazi Punks Fuck Off!

This Nazi punk is so "proud" it can't even draw the hakenkreuz correctly. Dyslexic dumbfuck.

Mittens Runs His Mouth: G.O.P. A Hive Of Scum & Villainry

Sidewalk stencil, La Brea Ave., Aug. 2023. (Yes, they're real. They call themselves scam rap.)

Been waiting for a use for this image; digby has stollen [sic] some juicy excerpts about his fellow Republicans that Mittens shared w/ his biographer.

Mr. Coppins writes that Mr. Romney saw Mr. Gingrich as “a ridiculous blowhard who babbled about America building colonies on the moon.” He also had moral objections to Mr. Gingrich’s admitted adultery.

In his journal, Mr. Romney wrote that his wife, Ann, thought that Mr. Gingrich was “a megalomaniac, seriously needing psychiatric attention.”

Even people who believe in magic hats & seeing stones can see through these jerkwads. Why can't voters?

And let's not forget what carpetbaggers the Romneys are. Mexico to Michigan for George (forgot he was chairman & president of American Motors for eight yrs. before he became Gov. there) then Mitt fucks off to Mass., where he is a corporate raider & then Gov. & unsuccessful Senate candidate, goes national against the colored guy, then, tail between his legs, runs to Utah & becomes one of their Senators. Talk about rootless cosmopolitans. And Ronna [Romney] McDaniel, chair of the R.N.C. What's up w/ her?

Definition

Homo sapiens: An ugly & stupid species, divided by language yet united in igorance.

If That Is Your Real Name

Really, "Lance"?

Can't imagine why Mr. Double Euphemism went out of business.

Meanwhile ...

Lock. Them. Up!!

Why, almost three yrs. later, isn't every last one of these bitches & the sons thereof rotting in prison for sedition?Are there no fucking laws?

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Angry Saturday

I piss on your graves. If you aren't dead yet, I'll work something out.

The Cross & The Crescent

Devil Moon

Life In Death Valley

‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Death Valley gleams with water, wildflowers and color

[L.A. Times, use the incognito mode.]

Mission Accomplished!

You need only watch/speed through the first seven mins. of this.* Stole the idea from Jimmy here ('Though I used the "Wispy Clouds" version; more desert-like.) & I had an easier time mounting the backdrop.Mostly because my layout slides easily on the milk crates.

Didn't occur to me at first, but after a few tries involving climbing on it I remembered that it does move, & quite easily, so I made a couple of ft. of space for my lard ass & all went well once I'd rolled it on the tube in which it was shipped so it wouldn't flap all over while I was taping it in place.

Done. And it looks straight!

Added bonus: Can now walk into the kitchen w/o contorting myself.

++good: Electricity still flows through the track.

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*No, I've no idea why YouTube model railroaders use that mind-numbing generic country music w/ acoustic guitar. Or why they insist on showing all of everything they do, even if it's accelerated. P.S.: Please subscribe to my channel!!

Tired Of It All Thursday

Existence Is Futile

Yes, I'm sick & tired of all of it, & of everyone involved.How long shall the wicked reign over my people?

Apple, Inc.: Pro-China & Robot Brains

"Creative Differences"? More like fascist censorship. Fuck you, corporate Nazis!!

New York Times:

Sources: Jon Stewart's show on Apple TV+ is ending due to “creative differences”; source: Stewart said topics related to China and AI concerned Apple executives  —  Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.

Ben Mullin / @benmullin:   scoop w/@koblin and @trippmickle: Jon Stewart's show on Apple is ending due to creative differences — potential show topics on China and artificial intelligence were points of contention https://www.nytimes.com/...

Lesley Goldberg / The Hollywood Reporter:   Jon Stewart's ‘The Problem’ Canceled at Apple Amid Creative Differences

Whose idiotic idea was it to turn information & entertainment over to the technology dweebs? You'll be sorry.

Circle Jerks In The News

CNN's Scott Jennings, on the possibility that the House GOP just installs Patrick McHenry as a temporary speaker: "This will be the biggest circle jerk in the history of circles! And jerks!" pic.twitter.com/OoyczpFI1M

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 18, 2023

W Is For Wednes.

Halo Of Flies

Trump Gets Attacked By Flies During Speech — Makes Bizarre Claim About Pest Control Products

What the hell is going on w/ this country indeed, when a dumb, ignorant, grifting sumbitch like that hasn't been run out of the country on a rail? Oh, right. It's an entire nation of fucking morons & sucker-ass chumps, paying his legal bills. Turn green & die you shitheads.

[Mediaite]

Lock Him Up!!

Jailhouse Rock premiered on October 17, 1957, at Loews State Theater in Memphis. Female lead Judy Tyler had been killed in an automobile accident soon before the film's release, and a devastated Presley did not attend the premiere. The film opened nationally on November 8.

Transfer Station Renovation

I've had this piece of plastic Chinese-made crap for over three yrs. Recently I've been moving it & track around attempting to position it & a brace of tractor-trailers, plus maneuvering room for the semis, along a siding. Between the glue drying out or whatever it does & a crummy job on my part, various parts began to detach themselves.

(Have had to reattach that ramp & the left side of the loading dock several times because of poorly fitting parts. Three yrs. & several YouTube videos later, I now know not to trust that the plastic crap was correctly made.) While regluing (allowing for the poor fit) it occurred to me it was floorless.

Measured, cut & painted a piece of cardstock & slapped it in.

Weathered the bldg. a bit w/ excess floor paint.

Imposing, innit?

Final irony; re-laying track didn't work, it all ended essentially as it had been.

Anal obsession, or merely attention to detail? Noticed in the above image a bit of glue from the you're-damn-well-gonna-stick-this-time amount of glue I applied, & that the smokejack wasn't flush w/ the roof. Another case of bad fitting; had to snip a literal mm. from it for flushness. Then decided to repaint it w/ steel paint that was convenient.

Then decided the weathering looks excessive (in the photo, 'though not so much when viewed by the Mark I Eyeball at a distance of four ft. or so) & toned it down w/ weathering powder.

Was I Not Correct?

In such a situation this reporter hates to say "I told you so", but ...

Landlord charged with hate crimes after fatally stabbing a 6-year-old and wounding his mom because they were Muslim, authorities say

When do we start killing the rent-seeking parasites? Time may be running out. 

[CNN]

An Odd Cloud

Colors somewhat lifelike; weren't quite that subdued.

"Corrected":

Untenable Situation

Seems appropriate to current events.

Friday The 13th Fuck You & Your Mother Too

You suck, your species sucks, your societies suck, this world sucks. My left wrist hurts so much I can't even make a finger w/ my left hand, & I so wanted to give you all a double bird. We'll let Andre Ethier do it for us.

(Which reminds me, fuck the Dodgers too. Losers.)

Fuck y'all anyway. Pieces of shit.

This, They Worry About; 6 January 2021, Not So Much

Never Better Late, Incompetent Jerks

Congress boosts security over Middle East tensions

An actual threat invoked by the then-President is ignored, but an amorphous call for a "Day of Rage" puts their panties in a twist. All security theater, of course.

Yes, but: McFarland said the Capitol security apparatus' intelligence "indicates no direct threats to the U.S. homeland or the Congressional Community."

It's Not A Horrible Terrorist Massacre If It's Done From The Air

How "Civilized" Nations Do It To
Their Open-Air Prison Camps

Two wrongs make a right. Every time.

Stick It, Landlord Scum!

Newsom signs tenant bills to lower security deposits, prevent more evictions

Here is the Gawd of The Book, the original landlord. Interesting that as soon as humans are introduced, ol' Jehovah finds a way to evict them,* & he's not even renting them the damn garden! Th' hell?

I get the snakes, but Rover?

Quite a precedent. No wonder people don't like threats against landlords; they think they're made in the image of Gawd.

I've said it before, I'll doubtless have to say it again, & I mean it every time:

I s'pose I won't be able to promote this item on Xitter then. Eff you, Musk.

[L.A. Times. Incognito if you must read it.]

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*And forces them to wear dead animal skins, inventing dress codes. What a fucking jerk.

Final Solution ...

... To The Fruit Fly Problem

Just ignore the bullet hole & the unfinished cabinetry. Fuck you, Mandel Family Trust, you cheap bastards.

Every Humanoid On This Planet Is Being Held Hostage

Are you free? Of course not. Have you been told you have "responsibilities"? That you must be "loyal" to some group? Are you a member of something? Do you "believe"? Are you going to die w/in the horrifyingly short period of, at most, a few decades? You are a hostage.

Get your heads out of your Stockholm-Syndromed asses, wipe the shit off your eyelids, open your eyes & take a good look at your world of shit & pain for once in your imprisoned lives.

See? Even a Christo-fascist like Betsy DeVos knows. You're as free as the sheep in the slaughterhouse. BAA!!

Fake News Gets Big Boner Over Baseless Bullshit

Cretinous Cracker Coach Can't Take Heat, Whines
As If He Were A Sensitive, Sissified Snowflake

Filip Timotija / The Hill:

Tuberville reports former CIA director Hayden to Capitol Police over tweet  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Al.) reported the former CIA Director Michael Hayden to the Capitol Police on Tuesday over the former general's tweet suggesting the lawmaker should be removed from the human race.

Greg Wehner / Fox News:   Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville refers former CIA head Michael Hayden to Capitol Police

Will Blakely / 1819 News:   'He shouldn't drink every day': Tuberville calls for apology from former CIA director Hayden for threat

Ryan King / New York Post:   Tuberville reports ex-CIA chief Michael Hayden to Capitol cops over ‘assassination’ threat

Jennifer Oliver O'Connell / RedState:   Sen. Tommy Tuberville's Official Statement on Ret. Gen. Hayden's X Post: 'He Shouldn't Drink Everyday'

Howard Koplowitz / al.com:   Tuberville reports ex-CIA director to Capitol Police, claims Michael Hayden called for his ‘assassination’

Kristina Wong / Breitbart:   NewsGuard Adviser Michael Hayden Calls for Sen. Tommy Tuberville to Be ‘Removed’ from the Human Race

Arjun Singh / The Daily Caller:   Former CIA Director Suggests GOP Senator Should Be Removed From ‘Human Race’

Rebecca Downs / Townhall:   Former CIA Director's Post Still Wonders About Sen. Tuberville Being Removed From ‘the Human Race’

Tristan Justice / The Federalist:   Former CIA Chief Michael Hayden Calls For Assassination Of Sen. Tuberville

Frieda Powers / BizPac Review:   Former CIA official accused of calling for ‘the assassination’ of GOP leader

Grateful Calvin / Twitchy:   Beg your pardon? General Hayden suggests assassination of sitting U.S. Senator

Joseph MacKinnon / TheBlaze:   Former CIA director blasted over apparent suggestion that Sen. Tuberville should be whacked over his blockade of military confirmations

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Unhinged Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Calls for Assassination of GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville

Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:   Ex-CIA Chief Faces Push Back After Saying Tuberville Should Be Removed From ‘Human Race’

The Post Millennial:   Former CIA director calls for US Senator Tommy Tuberville to be ‘removed from human race’

Bradley Cortright / IJR:   Former CIA Director Asks Whether GOP Senator Should Be ‘Removed’ From the ‘Human Race’

What's the big deal? Isn't the C.I.A. supposed to "whack" threats to our national security?