Gov. Noem's Dog Sings A Sad Song

Deliberate cold-blooded murder.

 Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog - and goat - in new book  —  South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume - and admits 'a better politician ... wouldn't tell the story here'  —  In 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president …

Discussion:

Anjali Huynh / New York Times:   'Where's Cricket?' Don't Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog.

Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:   Noem Tries to Get ‘Politically Incorrect’ Cred From Killing a Dog

TMZ.com:   Gov. Kristi Noem Faces Backlash for Boasting About Shooting Her Dog Dead

Politico:   Kristi Noem's brutal animal instincts

Associated Press:   South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog

Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:   Noem recounts gruesome tale about killing her 14-month-old dog who couldn't hunt: ‘I hated that dog’

David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement:   Noem Defends Shooting Her 14-Month Old Puppy to Death, Brags She Has Media ‘Gasping’

David Moye / HuffPost:   Gov. Kristi Noem Admits To Shooting One Of Her Dogs In New Book

Jacob Heilbrunn / nationalinterest.org:   Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden: 2024 Is Getting Crazier By the Minute

Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:   Kristi Noem's New Book Includes a Bizarrely Detailed Account of Killing Her Pet Dog

Megan Palin / New York Post:   Potential Trump VP pick Gov. Kristin Noem says she shot dead a ‘less than worthless’ dog, ‘disgusting’ goat

Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:   GOP governor brags about shooting her own puppy for being “untrainable”

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   ‘Sick and cruel’: Kristi Noem's attempt to defend puppy-killing explodes in her face

Digby / Digby's Hullabaloo:   Kristi Noem Is Evil

Adrianna Tomasello / Democrats:   DNC Statement on Kristi Noem's New Book

Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:   Trump's possible VP candidate executed an ‘untrainable’ family puppy: Critics call her ‘trash’

Sara Dorn / Forbes:   Trump VP Prospect Kristi Noem Shot And Killed Her Family Dog And Goat, She Reportedly Writes In New Book

Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   Where's Cricket? The sadistic reveries of the American right wing

Phillip Nieto / Mediaite:   Kristi Noem Reveals She Shot Her ‘Less Than Worthless’ Puppy Dead — And Then Did The Same to Her ‘Disgusting’ Goat

Aldous J Pennyfarthing / Daily Kos:   Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem is very proud of that time she murdered her dog

Alex Henderson / Alternet.org:   ‘I hated that dog’: Kristi Noem recalls taking family pup to gravel pit and killing it

Rick Wilson / Rick Wilson's Substack:   The Friday Brief  —  The Big Picture  —  South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem killed a dog.

RELATED:

 Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:

Kristi Noem Describes Executing Puppy She ‘Hated’ in New Book  —  The South Dakota governor describes killing an unruly hunting dog in an excerpt of her upcoming book obtained by The Guardian … Noem describes Cricket as having an “aggressive” personality she hoped to calm by taking the dog on a hunt.

Discussion:

Alex Gangitano / The Hill:   DNC slams Noem over ‘horrifying’ story about shooting her family's dog

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   ‘I am boiling with disgust’: Trump VP favorite hammered after boast she shot puppy

 Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated

Discussion:

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   ‘I hated that dog’: Kristi Noem recalls gunning down family's ‘worthless’ pup

 Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Noem Reportedly Describes Executing Her Pet in New Book: ‘I Hated That Dog’

Discussion:

Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:   Kristi Noem boasts of killing her dog as she angles to be Trump's VP

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:   Kristi Noem describes killing dog after bad hunting trip in new book

Mark Alesia / Raw Story:   Noem book describing dog killing is a donation perk at upcoming GOP fundraiser

Ed Scarce / Crooks and Liars:   Kristi Noem, Dog Executioner

No canine adoption services in SoDak? Killed a goat because it smelled? Woman's beyond sick.

Friday

Available earlier than usual today.

Kern County Today: Knives, Guns, Drugs, Sex Crime, Politics & Divorce

Remember the good old days when our rural representatives confined their perversion to barnyard animals?

Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner is being investigated for allegedly sexually assaulting one of his four children, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Donny Youngblood said in a news conference Thursday that he received a call from Dist. Atty. Cynthia Zimmer — Scrivner’s aunt — Tuesday night, saying that Scrivner was armed and appeared to be having “some type of psychotic episode” at his home in Tehachapi. Zimmer then called Youngblood back to notify him that Scrivner was no longer armed.

“We were responding to what we believed at the time was a suicidal person having a psychotic episode, not any crime,” Youngblood said.

When deputies arrived on the scene, they secured the firearm. They found that Scrivner had a physical altercation with his children and was stabbed twice in the upper torso over allegations that he had sexually assaulted one of his children, Youngblood said. His injuries were non-life-threatening, he added.

Scrivner’s four children, who are minors, and his parents were at the house at the time of the incident, Youngblood said. His wife, Christina, who filed for divorce in March, was not present.

“Child was protecting other child from what he believed occurred,” Youngblood said in describing the incident.

Detectives obtained a search warrant and seized 30 firearms, psychedelic mushrooms, electronic devices and possible evidence of sexual assault in the house, he said.

Scrivner’s attorney, H.A. Sala of Bakersfield, told the TV news station KGET 17 that the allegations of sexual assault are not true and that Scrivner was going through a mental health crisis, distraught over his divorce. He said the altercation ensued after his child attempted to disarm him.

“We have a reasonable basis to believe and conclude that that allegation is absolutely not reliable,” Sala said. “It’s not true. It did not occur.”

Youngblood said an emergency protective order is barring Scrivner from any contact with his children. He declined to disclose their ages and whether the victim was one of Scrivner’s daughters or sons.

Youngblood said the investigation will be a “lengthy process.”

“It should be noted that this investigation is ongoing and not near completed,” he said. “We still have interviews to conduct, forensic evaluations to make.”

Scrivner was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2010, serving as chairman in 2012, 2017 and 2022. Before serving on the board, he spent six years on the Bakersfield City Council.

We note the L.A. Times doesn't note this loon's party affiliation. Oh, guess what?

Only Thursday

As if the days of the wk. have any more meaning than anything else.

Lock 'Em Up On Death Row!

New York Times:

McKinsey Is Under Criminal Investigation for Its Opioid Work  —  Federal prosecutors are examining the consulting company's role in helping “turbocharge” the sale of painkillers like OxyContin.  —  The Justice Department is investigating McKinsey & Company, the international consulting giant …

"It is our considered advice that you can make a lot of moolah selling this shit; why leave it to the Mafia & the cartels?"

Wednes. Wail

Today's Lack Of Effort

Hey, they're getting their money's worth.

Special Anti-Genocide Round-Up

Click.

Also: Yesterday's image, in higher-resolution as originally published.

The Clouds Like A Bruise ...

Bouffant's Substack Round-Up

People are sick & tired & no one cares any more. This reporter certainly doesn't, & probably hasn't since well before the turn of the millenium, if ever. And really, why should he?

Hollywood Super 8

Sun, Set Over Hollywood (Dunes Inn)

Another One

In an apparently never-ending series.

When the hell will the clouds burst into actual flame & cleanse the planet of humanity & its horrors?

Sawing Wood

Spent the afternoon & evening watching the Angels & Dodgers lose while sawing wood (Literally, not, unfortunately, snoring the day away.) after drawing & re-drawing lines.

I considered renting a powered saw (don't saw esp. straight, but gaps are covered by fake grass & real sand) or taking two days to do it all, but once I started I eventually got all I needed cut, w/ time off to watch the telly & what not. Still have 17.25" to saw (lower right) & a corner or two to round off but that can wait until my arm is reattached.

I Do Want To Set The World On Fire ...

... Starting w/ YOU, Your House, & All Your Damn Shit! Enough Already!!

Pyromania, baby!

Untitled Friday

Friday Fingers

Here we see both styles of the finger.

Bring. It. On!

This reporter's had his Biblically-allotted three-score & ten, & is beyond caring. Fuck it all.If there's anyone left, will it be called the "Passover War"?

Compare & Contrast

Uncorrected (or once-corrected).

Corrected to a crisp.

I'll Spit On Your Grave

Bear that in mind while enjoying this image.

If you don't enjoy the image, I'll be spitting on your grave even sooner, Philistine!

Five Yrs. Ago

Apparently never used it.

Butte

Viola may have been looking for Mr. Greg's Hair Styling & Sheep Rental Parlor in Butte.

2,000 Light-Yrs. Away

Wading through the wealth of data from ESA’s Gaia mission, scientists have uncovered a ‘sleeping giant’. A large black hole, with a mass of nearly 33 times the mass of the Sun, was hiding in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.

[The European Space Agency]

Tuesday Turkey

Tuesday's Torpor

Been So Busy Lately I Just Haven't Been Able To Keep Up

You know how it is. Work, family, & friends can all take precedence over hobbies.

Wall Street Journal:

Homicides Are Plummeting in American Cities

Elaine Mallon / Washington Examiner:   Boston records just two homicides as country recovers from pandemic policies and reckons with crime waves

Erum Salam / The Guardian:   Homicides in major US cities falling at ‘one of fastest rates ever’ - report

24/7 Wall St.:   The American City With the Most Murders Last Year

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post:   Murders down up to 20% in some major US cities — including NYC: ‘Very positive trends’

Digby / Digby's Hullabaloo:   Violent Crime Is Dropping Bigly

I'm sure I'll have more time next month.

Nothing New Under The Sun

Five yrs. ago, per a message from Microsoft. I wish the sky were actually burning.

Same shit, same date, different yr.

If we're re-running images because of a reminder from a corporate robot we should probably admit this whole web-log thing is over & go back to standing on street corners screaming at cars, pedestrians & traffic signs.

Chickenshit Nation

Lemme tell ya: Had I been selected for the Trump jury pool, I'd have done my best to get close enough to Trump to spit on him, certainly would've been giving him the finger from the moment I entered the courtroom, would've said from the stand that I thought he should be locked up & the key thrown away, & advised the judge I held him in absolute & utter contempt for being a candy-ass who should've jailed Trump for contempt long ago. Yet all the sheep meekly shuffle into & out of the courtroom w/o a bleat. Not even a fraud, merely a pathetic joke.

Don't Pay Taxes, Chumps!!

Resist for once in your empty meaningless lives, you beaten animals. The blood of millions is on your tax-paying hands.

Today's Post-Rain Clouds, Today!

Friday The Thirteenth Day Late & A Dollar Short

Friday Grab N Flee

Inbred State

Is cousin-fucking the most popular pornography genre in Tenn.?

Daniel Smithson / WSMV-TV:

Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight  —  Two Republican lawmakers voted against making marriage between first cousins illegal in Tennessee.  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee House passed a bill on Thursday that would make it illegal …

Ron Filipkowski / MeidasTouch:   TN Rep Wants 1st Cousins to Legally Marry

Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Tennessee Republican's fight against cousin marriage ban ends in massive defeat

Ghost Plane

Trees

Skyline W/ Palms

What an inane, stupid cliché. Is there nothing new, interesting or original?*

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*No. No, there is not. It's all been done. Everything has been used up & played out. The human experiment is over.
So long, suckers!

Any Day Now

Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:

Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds  —  Study of 13,000 Americans finds particular risk among certain types of gun owners, including those who carry weapons in public  —  Large numbers of Americans who have bought guns over the past four years …

Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:   ‘Arming up for anticipated civil conflict’: Study says gun buyers prone to ‘political violence’

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Poll: 44% Of Recent Gun Buyers Back Political Violence

Jennifer Mascia / The Trace:   The Armed Era  —  You drop your child off at kindergarten where they learn how to hide from an active shooter.

Why else would one buy a gun? The best defense is a good offense, & your civilized human world of guns is no different than the natural world of tooth, claw & venom: It's kill or be killed.

Outside World

Went walking in sunlight. Allegedly good for one's health. Did it until my hip started to hurt. How is that healthy?

No improvement in mental health either, as I am still confronted w/ humanity & its incessant bullshit. (DOES. IT. EVER. STOP?) 

If I were you people, I'd kill myself. Twice. Violently.

Hammerin' Hank Enters History

Fifty yrs. ago this reporter was seated on a couch at 8497 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, ten yrs. before it was a city, watching on a 12-inch portable black & white telebision set. No memory of which over-the-air channel Dodger games were on at the time. 

Am I better off than I was fifty yrs. ago?

Local coverage from WSB.

Eff You, Celestial Mechanics

I got up before 1100 on a Monday for this?

I was hoping to see at least a sliver of the sun obliterated, but no.

Staring

Slightly better audio.

Toally Confuzzled

For some reason, the cover photo for the MC5's Back In The USA

was slapped on this pseudo-album cover, apparently a reissue/bootleg of this.From a benefit show broadcast on ABC TV's In Concert. You might notice that it's not GFR at all, but their "Special Guest" Freddie King & his band. (Thought it was an excellent cover of "Going Down".)Also by Mr. King & band:Grand Funk, 'though also from Michigan, were a power trio ('til they added a keyboard player) not a five-piece.

$29.97 Worth Of Tiny Trees ...

... On A $7.99 Lawn

Glad the U.S. helped the Vietnamese in their civil war (at the cost of 58,000+ Yankee lives & X billion dollars) so that 50 yrs. later they can sell plastic crap to American hobbyists. This reporter is ashamed to live in such a cretinous country.

Sunday Sucks

Up earlier than usual to watch the Dodgers game, which is now in a weather delay. Why the hell do I bother, ever?

Another picture of yet another fucking palm tree, so you may understand the sheer dullness.
Mind-numbing, innit?

Smoke Signals From Inside The Earth

Advisory: For no apparent reason, gawdawful piano music starts at (0:52).

Not As Ominous, But Imposing

Also Ominous

If not absolutely evil.

Friday Freak Out

If you aren't freaked out, you should be.

Rainbow Redux

Grim Reminder

30 yrs. since Northridge. The Southland is overdue for a significant temblor. Like this:

Rainbow Over Ralphs

Rooting For Injuries, Morbidity & Mortality

Millions More Deaths & The Economy In Ruins Again? Bring. It. On!

Melissa Koenig / New York Post:

Bird flu pandemic could be ‘100 times worse’ than COVID, scientists warn  —  A bird flu pandemic with the potential to be “100 times worse than COVID” may be on the horizon after a rare human case was discovered in Texas, experts have warned.  —  The H5N1 avian flu has spread rapidly since …

David Strom / HotAir:   Ready for the 2024 Election Pandemic?

CBS News:   Doctor on bird flu: “So far, no real risk to the human population”

Chad Felix Greene / Twitchy:   New Pandemic Just Dropped. Bird Flu Will Be ‘100 Times Worse’ Than COVID, Alarmist Scientists Say

Luke Andrews Senior / Daily Mail:   ‘This could be 100 times worse than Covid’: Bird flu warning from scientists who say HALF of infections with H5N1 in people are fatal - as White House says it's ‘monitoring’ the situation

acecomments.mu.nu:   Are You Ready for the Next Plandemic?

Sybille De La Hamaide / Reuters:   Wider bird flu spread raises concern for humans, animal health body says

Will Stone / NPR:   What to know about the risks of the bird flu outbreak

James Kukstis / WHDH-TV:   Response to bird flu outbreak is ‘robust,’ CDC says, although risk to public remains low

Beth Mole / Ars Technica:   Bird flu flare: Cattle in 5 states now positive as Texas egg farm shuts down

Fox News:   Bird flu pandemic in future? EU warns of potential spread to humans due to ‘lack of immune defense’

Helen Branswell / STAT:   What we know about H5N1 bird flu in cows — and the risk to humans

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:   Survivalists warn about H5N1 ‘bird flu’ spread: ‘Threat is real’

Alonso Martínez / El País:   Bird flu in the United States: First infected person and what you need to know

World Health Organization:   Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Viet Nam

No one is ready for this, because no one ever learns. So they'll all justly deserve exactly what they get: Their bodies burned in a pit w/ diseased chickens, & no one to remember them.

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