No, Really?

Poplar on the move.

Here's a non-surprise: The package FedEx claimed would be here tomorrow, New Yr.'s Day, will not be here, although it arrived in City of Industry at 1450 today; it is now reported it'll arrive between 1120 & 1520 Fri. the 2nd.

Can this be chalked up to Artificial Stupidity & robo-ignorance?

Another Annus Horribilis (& More To Come!)

New (dead) flowers for the new yr.

If you thought '25 was a ++shitfest, you ain't seen nothin' yet, & wait'll next yr., to coin some clichés. Seems about right for these United Snakes to collapse in their 250th anniversary yr.I hoped Big Gay Don would give this country what it deserves, good & hard, as soon as he was elected in 2016; highly amusing (& a clear indication that this country is getting exactly what it deserves) that not only did he get away w/ fomenting insurresction & stealing classifed documents (to name but two of his bigger crimes) but was elected again to finish the job of turning America into a bigger shithole than it ever was. Ah, nostalgia.In the bread & circuses dep't., it was a helluva baseball season. And both brands of professional footsball have been wacky & unanticipated so far too.

In conclusion, next yr. I'll see you all in hell!!

500%! 5,000%!

Corporations To America: Pay Or Die!!

Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Drugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 medications: Report  —  The costs of at least 350 drugs in the U.S. are expected to rise in 2026, according to a new analysis, despite many of the drugmakers pledging to offer more favorable prices under new Trump administration policies.
Michael Erman / Reuters:
Exclusive: Drugmakers raise US prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump
Mike Bedigan / The Independent:   Despite Trump pressure, Big Pharma is raising hundreds of drug prices

Why, it's as if no one were paying attention to Trump & his lies & bullshit. After all, what's Pres. Fatty going to do? Not a damm thing is what. Corporate profts from your suffering must not be messed w/.

Damn Right I'm Dangerous!!

As a matter of fact, I'm dangerous like a stepping razor. (What exactly did my parents & this world of shit & pain do to me to make me a would-be sadistic killer, anyway? Scum, all of them!)Whatcha gonna do about it, punk? Feeling lucky?

David Strom / HotAir:
The Most Dangerous Class in America? High Education/Low Income Voters
Gregory Conti / First Things:   Mamdani and the New Phase of Wokeness

Ignore the inane crap from Roman Catholic rag First Things. The first "thing" about Catholicism is keeping the sheep from waking up & noticing what the priests are doing to the littlest lambs in their flock, so you can ignore whatever some fucking sicko wop-a-dago says about "wokeness". The irony of a mystery death cult whining about a "Culture of Death" is highly amusing.

And the idea that there are people intelligent enough to vote for their own interests & those of working people over those of the billionaire Catholic donor class scares these losers too. Why do these bastards hate these United States & real, working Americans so damn much?

This has been sitting in drafts since whenever, but I wanted to express my hatred, disgust & urges to kill once more before the New Yr.! You going to call the police again, Bozo the Squealing Rat? (Talk about making me a would-be killer; keep squealing, rat!! You called them in March & again in April, where's your loud mouth been for the last few months? You turn chicken? As if calling the fucking police to inform isn't the ultimate in chickenshittery.) Tell me why I shouldn't be dangerous!!

Roots Of Hip-Hop

Yr. Crashes To End

Hate to end things on an even slightly positive note, but bitching & moaning seem to work. (Is that positive?) Mon. I was in my usual state of pig-biting rage about the slumlord, but w/in mins. of my returning from foraging the handyman knocked on the door, apologized for having missed me several times last wk. (Hey slumlord: You're supposed to give 24 hrs. notice you'll be entering the dump, or at least have the common sense to send an e-mail or call to advise me when he's coming. Incompetent cretins!) Anyway, he had the pilot relit & a new outlet installed w/in half an hr., 'though he had to go out to his car for each job. Bring the right tools & replacements, dude!

After that, I was advised the PureBond poplar plywood project panel I'd ordered Sunday to replace the three found-on-the-street chunks of shelving seen here,

One piece or three, it'll be covered w/ black (asphalt) or gray (concrete) foam, but the plate menders
inevitably interfere w/ the track, which is continuously being adjusted, so it's Occam's Razor, for only $16.11.

coming from Klamath Falls & originally projected to arrive Mon. or Tues. would instead show Friday the 2nd, & finally they claimed it'll be here Thurs., yes, New Yr.'s Day, 1 Jan., estimated between 1050 & 1450, which'll give me Friday & the wknd. to saw off a finger.

Been making its way down the 5, 'though it appears it took nine hrs. from Klamath Falls (which can't be 20 miles from the Calif. border, or 50 miles from Weed & the 5) to Portland suburb Troutdale, where it sat for almost four hrs. before taking 8 hrs. & 5 mins. to hit Tracy at 2052 Tues. night. Hmmm. Hope the FedEx driver(s) aren't going so fast they hurt themselves. And if they're really do deliver on a nat'l. holiday, hope there's overtime.

Yes, this is my existence: Obsessive package tracking.

Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"

Or, M. Bouffant's "A Flock Of Seagulls"

What's going through their birdbrains? Here, I'll guess it falls under "Flocks may move inland and congregate in low fields to ride out approaching storms", as it's going to rain New Yr.'s Eve & Day.

Sorry Lady, It's Over

Chug-a-lug!

See? On the street w/ nowhere to go.

You can stop bleating "Merry Xmas" &/or "Happy Holidays"; no "Happy New Year's" either, we want it to last more than a night & the following day. "Hope this yr. is better than last" is probably the best thing to say, & too much to expect. Or just shut your festering gobs until Feb. or so.

Quiet Parts Aloud: "Trump Babies"

Who gets to be born? Dr. Oz just revealed Trump's strategy. | Opinion

President Donald Trump's administration will stop at nothing to ensure the political dominance of White people in this country.

“We’ve dropped (the price of) the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies, I’m hoping by the midterms.” That bizarre remark was made recently by Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Lift his license, then de-naturalize him & deport his Nazi ass to the hell his ancestors left.

And fourth, White families must have more babies. While the administration’s early ideas – a $1,000 “baby bonus” and medals for mothers of six – may sound harmless, they point to the concerning rise of America’s pronatalism movement.

With unmistakable echoes of eugenics, its White, religious, conservative champions are pushing for more births among married, heterosexual couples and for children engineered for high intelligence and other so-called desirable traits.

In this context, the push for a new generation of “Trump babies” fits squarely within a broader strategy to dictate who gets to be born, who gets to stay and who ultimately gets to participate in American democracy.

Who lives & who dies? Better be a legacy, heritage, & real American if you like "breathing free".

[USA Today]

Monday Musical Interlude

Pity Party W/ New Haven's Nutmegs

Why are you people so awful to each other? Listen to what this poor s.o.b.'s been through, & all in one yr., 70 yrs. ago.

Boiling In Your Own Effluvia

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded. Also, the three-year warming average has crossed the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times set in the 2015 Paris Agreement for the first time.

It appears this reporter will be checking out of this world of shit & pain at just the right time. Too damn bad so many of you were born too late, but you had your chance & decided to boil yourselves to death anyway, like the fucking cretins you are.

DESTROY EVERYTHING!!

This reporter totally agrees w/ this idea.

Donald Trump has always loved slapping his name on things. It reflects a desperate desire for acknowledgement, a yearning to be seen and known by others, a cry of “I exist, and I am important!” shouted to the universe.

Now, with the power of the federal government in his hands, he’s doing more of it than ever — much more than in his first term.

It goes beyond an exercise in branding. Trump is seeking a physical legacy, a collection of signs and structures that will pay eternal tribute to his greatness. Which is why it is so important — and why it will be so rewarding — for the next Democratic president to tear it all down and smash it to bits.

This isn’t just about petty revenge, even if there is undoubtedly some of that going on here. Emerging from this dark period in our history will require a sweeping, comprehensive strategy of repudiation and repair, one that encompasses the substantive, the procedural, and the symbolic. Fortunately, removing the physical remnants of Trumpism will be much simpler than reconstituting the federal workforce or rebuilding our security alliances.

Take no chances, I say: Nuke it all!

Where was the former Trump Tower? HA HA HA!!

Two mins. & 30 secs. of existence you'll never get back. Like the eight yrs. of that fucking prick in office.Music by humans, not cyborgs.

Threats & Promises

Woke up, felt fine. Then I remembered where I am & the situation I'm in & became pig-biting mad in a flash:

Bound so tightly with tension & anger,
he approaches the state of rigor mortis.

Have been waiting since 18 December (11 fucking days!!) for the slumlord to respond w/ anything more than an automated reply to my request to have the heater, whose pilot blew out, turned back on. That means I enjoyed a cold, rainy & heatless Xmas, & if the slumlord & his bitch whore moron flunkies don't respond, I'll be w/o heat over New Yr.'s as well when cold & rain are again expected. How were your holidays, you piece of Persian shit? Self-deport now or I'll have your pig ass denaturalized & all the slums you can't maintain confiscated!

NOW CAN I THREATEN TO KILL THE DAMNED SLUMLORD & HIS STAFF? HOW MUCH OF THIS LYING CHEATING PARASITIC GREED AM I EXPECTED TO ENDURE BEFORE YOUR HYPOCRITICAL SOCIETY ALLOWS ME TO THREATEN & KILL? TWO-FACED SHITS: YOU SEND THE FUCKING POLICE & MILITARY TO DO YOUR VIOLENCE, BUT I CAN NOT CALL THE FUCKING PIGS WHEN THE SLUMLORD VIOLATES THE LEASE & ALL HIS OBLIGATIONS ON A DAILY FUCKING BASIS!

Call the police again so they can send me to the nuthouse for the New Yr., rat! Or, since they won't take me alive this time, essentially sentence me to death w/ a 'phone call. That's a lovely & compassionate thing to do, you rotten little shit!

FUCK ME, IS IT ANY WONDER I AM SOOOO ANGRYYYY?

OF COURSE ALL THE COMPASSION, CONCERN & ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY MY "FRIENDS" IN THIS TIME OF NEED (ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY NONE, THAT IS!!) HAS BEEN A GREAT COMFORT. FUCK EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU TO HELL W/ MY FIST!! (Especially if you aren't reading this, you jerks.) That's right. Of all the people I used to know, they all ignore me except one fuckhead who monitors me for untoward speech. Obviously my fault for not associating w/ better people, but just other low-life losers. What-ever.

Last Chance To Save In 2025!

Do This Simple Thing Before Midnight On 31 December!

KILL YOURSELVES!!

IT'S A GREAT TAX WRITE-OFF!!It'll be good for this sadly abused old planet too, & it'll be good for my mental health to see all the dead bodies piled up in mounds.

Swedish Semi-Surfin' Sunday

Where were you back in '62?

Hmmmm ...

Not To Be Missed

Helluva wk., & Red State Blues has made the usual selection of the best of your favorite web-logs & social media.

Daily Affirmation

This reporter & his pet fish. Stupid people will pay in blood!!

Existence Is Futile

Even most humanoids are vaguely aware they'll die. (Although not soon enough for my liking!!) They should show some common sense for once & kill themselves before I get a hold of them. Because I am coming for the slumlord & the squealer. I can break either of the sawed-off little pieces of shit* in half w/ my bare hands, & I will! Won't need any Gold Cup .45 I never owned, & it'll be so much more satsifying to watch the scum die at close range. (Other scrawny pieces of crap who deserve to die but good: Bill fucking Gates. Get that four-eyed pencil-necked geek, & make him fix the Windows 11 slideshow & everything else wrong w/ Microsoft's shit before offing him & taking all the money back from Microsoft!!)

---

*Is their shrimp/wimp stature why they are such deserve-to-die assholes? Should've killed themselves yrs. ago then, when growth stopped, & saved me & the rest of the world all the trouble they've caused. Little bastards. Randy Newman was right.

So Much For Boxing Day

Cold & soaked in rain in Beverly Hills, as was everything in the photos.

BP & A1C down, have lost about 4 lbs./month since the last visit to the croaker three+ months ago, putting this reporter (barely, but w/ soaked shoes on) under 200 lbs. Have also lost virtually all appetite. Breatharianism, baby!

Cloud Country

Disappointed in the lack of rain. It was supposed to start again this afternoon; now it's predicted for 0200. Don't think anywhere near the predicted amount has fallen, either.

Was able to get to the laundromat during the intermission. Merry effin' Xmas to you too!

Clouds On The Move

Next wk.: Exciting scenes of paint drying.

Santa's List

He made a list
He checked it twice
You've all been horrid
No one's been nice
Santa Claus is coming to KILL!!!

Doddering Old Fool Is Stupid, Ignorant & Demented

Trump Bizarrely Touts ‘Clean, Beautiful Coal’ to Child at Christmas

Trump also bragged about his electoral successes while talking with kids on Christmas Eve.

Th' hell's w/ the oversized ornaments?

President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by chatting with children about their holiday wishes. On phone calls, he promised kids to not let a “bad Santa” infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad.

Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Is Trump mentally OK? A look back at the president's unusual behavior in 2025
Thomas Kika / Raw Story:   Questions about Trump's ‘mental and physical performance’ dominate his first year back

New Republic:   Cognitive Decline? These Were Trump's 11 Most Senile Moments This Year

Still not convinced he's "demented", just that he's a stupid, ignorant loud-mouthed jerkwad. Once he starts drooling during "executive" nap-time & someone (Preferably an almost literal lick-spittle Cabinet member.) has to come on camera & wipe that filthy mouth we can talk about actual dementia.

At least there's a musical aggregation willing to face mind & brain issues.

I see black Christmas trees
Barbed wire, funeral homes
I see your face, forest fires
Rats in the street gnawing at your bones

Daily Affirmation

Shorter: I am a brain-dead ass-kissing robotic sheep who will do anything
a priest, minister, rabbi, imam or other lying sack of shit tells me to do, for Jesus.

I affirm that this is a world of shit & pain, that you are born only to suffer & die, & that I will be sure you do suffer & die.Merry Fucking Xmas from The Bitterest Person On The Planet!
See You All In Hell!!

"Natty No Santa Claus"

Further Evidence That "Sports" Are For Nazi Morons

S.E.C. education (eighth-grade) & knowledge:Crackers & cretins: "Ah la'k thowin' stuff & hittin' peepul."

Alec Hernandez / Politico:
From the field to the ballot: Athletes crowd GOP tickets ahead of 2026

"Coach" Tuberville is, of course, a drooling cretinous cracker.

This trend has been especially prevalent in the southeast, where college football culture reigns. Tuberville’s successful entrance into politics has inspired a new crop of football figures to make their own bids as Republicans in the SEC corridor, and many of them have consulted directly with the coach-turned-legislator about how to replicate his win.

Tuberville leveraged his gridiron fame in Alabama to catapult to the Senate in 2020, despite having no prior experience in the public eye outside of football.

I'll say it here & now: The southeast is easily the stupidest, least educated & most ignorant part of a nation that is largely composed of the descendants of the stupid, uneducated, ignorant trash who fled Europe when it was a shithole. (Now that they got rid of our ancestors, threw out the royalty & beat the Nazis, it's not a shithole. Until the North Atlantic Current breaks down & they all freeze to death.) Not even to mention the whole homo-erotic subtext of sports, closet case Republicans, homophobic Babtists & so on.

Gentrification & Genocide

Do They Know It's Christmas? Yes, & It Means Nothing To Them.

Killing sheep. "Settlers" my ass, this is genocide, & don't you forget it.Where's the Israeli gov't.? Complicit? Will any of the sheep killers be prosecuted? Or even detained?

O.K. Boomer

Note that it's "Season's Greetings" not "Merry Christmas", even if it's a religious Xmas number.From Australia, w/ Father Christmas.Also from Oz. Now what would mother really like?Did Aussies like this music then?And here, Studio One's presentation of Henry IV (1949, when CBS was the "Tiffany Network".) is interrupted by "How to get a kiss for Christmas."

Workers To Eat Shit, Not Beef

These United Snakes are, apparently, running out of beef. (1:14).This reporter almost feels sorry for these uneducated & ignorant small town losers. Keep praying 'though. That'll help. The priest sez Gawd knows what he's going to do about it in the end, sooner or later, by & by, so be patient & keep praying.

LATER, via Ten Bears: "Can Beef Be Saved?"

Today's Civil Unrest Is From Albania

Do they know it's "Christmas"?Why aren't punk-ass Americans in the streets exercising their rights & their throwing arms?

"Trump says he will lead the design of his new class of warships along with the Navy 'because I'm a very aesthetic person'"

A "Golden" Fleet Of Sitting Ducks

It hasn't been 1941 for almost 85 yrs. you big demented dummy.

Wall Street Journal:

Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’  —  The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet”  —  President Trump will announce on Monday a new fleet of large warships he is calling “battleships,” according to a U.S. official and another official familiar …

Colin Demarest / Axios:   U.S. to build “Trump-class” warships for “Golden Fleet”

Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:   Trump announces new ‘Trump-class’ battleships for US Navy's ‘golden fleet’

Steven Holland / Reuters:   Trump announces plan for new class of more powerful US battleships

Steven Nelson / New York Post:   President Trump to announce new class of battleships named after him: report

David Smith / The Guardian:   Trump announces plans for new navy warships to be known as ‘Trump-class’

Associated Press:   Trump says he will lead the design of his new class of warships along with the Navy 'because I'm a very aesthetic person'

Justin Katz / Breaking Defense:   Trump announces new Trump-class ‘battleship’ as part of ‘Golden Fleet’

Matt Vespa / Townhall:   Trump and Hegseth's Major Announcement Did Not Disappoint

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:   Trump Is Getting New Battleships—and Naming Them After Himself

Erik De La Garza / Raw Story:   Trump plans new ‘Trump-class’ Navy ships bearing his name

John Bowden / The Independent:   US to build new ‘Trump class’ warships as military pressure campaign around Venezuela ramps up

Theodore Bunker / NewsMax.com:   Trump to Announce New ‘Trump-Class’ Warship as Part of ‘Golden Fleet’

Joseph Trevithick / The War Zone:   Navy's New Frigate Will Not Have A Vertical Launch System For Missiles

Erum Salam / MS NOW:   Navy to build a ‘Golden Fleet’ of new ‘Trump-class’ warships

Harrison Kass / 19FortyFive:   72,000 Tons Of Raw Battleship Power: Meet The U.S. Navy's Montana-Class

Jen Judson / Bloomberg:   US Unveils Plans for New Ship Under Trump's ‘Golden Fleet’ Bid

Bloomberg:
Trump Announces New Class of Warship Named After Himself

Filip Timotija / The Hill:   Trump announces new class of ‘Golden Fleet’ Navy battleships

Fox News:   Trump unveils ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships, touts them as ‘more powerful than any’ ever built

Associated Press:   Trump is expected to announce plans for a new Navy ‘battleship’

Rebecca Kheel / Roll Call:   Trump announces new class of ‘battleships’ named after himself

Jeff Mordock / Washington Times:   Trump unveils new ‘Trump Class’ Naval battle ships

Stephanie Weaver / WAGA-TV:   Trump announces new ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships: What we know

Lauren Irwin / Deseret News:   Trump announces new ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships

Kevin Liptak / KIFI-TV:   President unveils new ‘Trump class’ fleet of battleships

Hannah Nightingale / The Post Millennial:   BREAKING: Trump announces new ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships

Kathryn Watson / CBS News:   Trump announces new “Trump class” of Navy battleships

Fortune:   Trump unveils warship named after himself in shipbuilding push

David Edwards / Raw Story:   'Exactly what we don't need': Experts slam Trump's demand for ‘cool-looking’ battleships

How a pansy pretends to be a big manly "warrior". I suppose his dear friend Putin told him this is just what he needs. Not what Trump needs, but what Putin would like; billions wasted on targets for Russia's hypersonic missiles & drones.

MPS missed the earler memeorandum cut. Check for newer laughs at Lumpy's expense.

Yesterday's News Today Or Something

First psychiatric jail, then gun court. Or patriotism check & de-naturalization court.This was typed 22 April of this yr. Didn't feel like editing it right then, & it stayed in drafts for 10 months. It clearly shows why I hate every damn person in this horrible fucking world. How appropriate that I publish it on my father's birthday, as he abandoned me by driving drunk & trying to pass someone on a curve. Then you heartless rat bastards left me to homelessness. Then you called the police to terrorize me & kidnap me (Three fucking times over 10+ yrs. What is wrong w/ you? If I meant any of this crap you'd be dead by now!) simply because I'm righteously, justifiably angry as hell at the sub-hunman scum wh0 ruin this planet. How long do you awful people think I can take this bullshit before I do explode in rage & bitterness? (Who am I kidding? No one cares, no one reads this except squealing rats looking to police the discourse, w/ the police!! Why should I keep living, & let all this scum keep living? Huh? Have an answer for that? No, because you're all idiots!)See? Fascist censorship everywhere!

It's really yesterday's news now, but that is the original title. 10-month old content starts here:

 Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:

Former Trump Staff Members Liken His Actions to Those of ‘Royal Despot’  —  In an open letter, prominent Republicans criticized President Trump for using his power to punish two former administration officials who criticized him.  —  A number of prominent Republicans, including several former members …

Discussion:

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Former Trump lawyer adds name to open letter calling out president as a 'despot"

 Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Rampin' Up, Baby!  That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury … One of the most important stories in some time came out two days ago.  But with so much else going it didn't get quite as much attention as it should have.  It's from ProPublica.

 Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:

The Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say  —  “You have to laugh to keep from crying,” one Republican pollster said about recent comments by the billionaires on the stock market, retirement funds and Social Security.  —  Sometimes the billionaires running …

 Tara Patel / Bloomberg:

Firing Powell Would Hurt the Dollar and US Economy, France Says  —  President Donald Trump would put the credibility of the dollar on the line and destabilize the US economy if he fired Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, French Finance Minister Eric Lombard warned.

Were this reporter to mention that he despises each & every one of these fucking pieces of hot Republican/fascist garbage & wished they were all dead or even that he wishes he had a way to kill them himself, as his life is effectively over & why not got out in a fucking BLAZE OF GLORY, will a damn NaziGPT literal-minded robot brain turn him in (Again; third time's the charm, right?) for expressing himself*? Will you, chicken-shit assholes? Do you have the fucking guts? You all think you're helping? Call a fucking lawyer for me, call Building & Safety, don't call the police. The police are part of the problem, how can anyone w/ even a quarter of a brain not see that?

And by the fucking way, the police came by & tossed my bunker Thurs. because the National Firearms Registry claims I own a Colt .45 Gold Cup National Match pistol, which I of course have never owned nor contemplated owning. I can only assume that when gun registrations were computerized an error occurred, as this reporter did purchase a Charter Arms AR-7 .22-cal. rifle in 1982, for US$89.99 not a handgun which retails for US$1,549.00 today. Whatever the 1982 amount was in dollars ($500-ish I'd guesstimate) I wasn't about to buy "the finest shooting semi-automatic in the world [which] is the standard for competitive guns". Had I been in the market for a sidearm it would've been a reasonably-priced Saturday Night Special. So the police didn't find a gun nor did they actually "toss" the place; I knew they were coming (indeed, the detective & the mental health worker were supposed to meet me at my door a wk. ago Thurs. When I returned from Glendora, it was late & they decided to get to the station to go off shift & start their four-day wknd., so we made an appointment for Tues. 15 April, but the L.C.S.W. (I assume) had to go to some training, & we finally agreed on 1100 Thurs., by which time I could have buried any rod in the park, pawned it, sold it, or given it to someone for safekeeping until this blew over. (Not that I'd trust any of you squealing rats.)

---

*Psychiatric Catch-22: Damned if one does repress one's feelings, damned if one's "feelings" are homicidal anger & not repressed & suppressed. I'm not shaking my own bottle, the landlord (feudal bullshit) is.
[End of 22 April item.]

Added 21 Dec 2025 (It's almost over. Next yr.? Probably much worse.): Note well that informers are a serious thing in Jamaica, which should give everyone pause, squealers & the squealed upon, as I suspect this shithole nation will be looking a lot more like JA in the near future.

Sunday Solstice Songs

The Solstice is the "reason for the season". No Jesus means Happier Holidays!Now, at last, it's winter & there's hope the sun may eventually return.

That Was The Week (Of Horrible) That Was

Burr Deming's weekly reader (well-worth-reading) is now available. It'd be worth reading even if he weren't kind enough to winnow my chaff & find something worthy each wk.

The Grim Truth

Gift link, so you may read it.

There’s a 92 Percent Chance Trump Is Making It Up

When riffing, the president exhibits an unusual tell.

Yeah, he moves his lips.

In a briefing with lawmakers early last month, top officials acknowledged that they believed it was cocaine, not fentanyl, on the boats. A former senior Coast Guard official told me that in his more than three decades in the service, he has not been aware of a single instance of an intercepted load in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific containing fentanyl. In sum, the boats being struck aren’t carrying the drug that is the leading cause of overdose deaths in the U.S.—and what drugs they may be carrying aren’t coming to America. So it is hard to see how each strike saves 25,000 American lives.

Bill Baumgartner, a retired Coast Guard rear admiral who directed the agency’s operations in the Caribbean, told me that number “is just complete and pure fantasy.” The only way to arrive at that total of saved lives is if you would have rounded up 25,000 people and forced them to consume lethal doses of cocaine—a claim “just as stupid as saying that there’s a box of ammunition; if you confiscate a box of ammunition, you have saved 100 lives because there were 100 bullets there,” Baumgartner said.

It is even unclear how many of the destroyed vessels were actually carrying narcotics. The administration has not specified or released evidence of the types or quantities of drugs on them. When identifying boats ferrying drugs, “the intelligence isn’t foolproof,” and destroying a vessel with a strike—unlike boarding it during an interdiction—leaves no room to correct faulty intelligence, Baumgartner said. In the 13 months leading up to early October, 21 percent of the boats interdicted off the coast of Venezuela turned out not to be carrying any contraband, according to data shared by Coast Guard Acting Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday in a letter to Senator Rand Paul, a Republican.

Lies, or just fucking bullshit, start to finish & top to bottom. To justify murder in your name, sheep. Whatever happens to this shithole nation of bastard war criminals, it deserves it, good & hard.

Saturday Santa

Please Stuff My Stocking W/ Some Stupid Shit, Santa

Not nearly enough mambo around here.