Yesterday & Today

Then: 154 games & the World Series. Between 1946 & 1962 four three-game tie-breaking series (ten games total) in the NL & a one game tie-breaker in the AL were played.

Now: 164 games a season & an interminable post-season.

Only four corporate logos. Couldn't MLB or the networks find a sponsor for the Wild Cards?

I Was There ...

... On My Way To The Market

Kamala Harris Avoids Bitterness, Offers Positive Message in LA `Conversation’

Farm Report

Reuters:
Under Trump, US cedes its share of China's beef market to Australia
Jesus Mesa / Newsweek:   White House in a Bind as Soybean Sales to China Plummet to Zero

Speaking Of Gas ...

Pay the fucking gas bill or I'll gas you, cheap bastard slumlord. Even if I can't get to you & render justice, your filthy hypocrisy will eventually kill you, you Persian puke.

Large Gasbag

Plane Vs. Mountain

On Random Island, in Newfoundland. Much more, w/ details.An RB-36H-25-CF, for reconnaissance, thus the large crew. Specifics.

It gets worse:

During a low-altitude flight over the Atlantic Ocean, RB-36 (#51-13721), an all-weather bomber reconnaisance aircraft, [Whaddya think the "R" is for, ninny? — Ed.] struck an 896-foot tall ridge near Nut Grove (Burgoyne's Cove), Newfoundland, Canada, on March 18, 1953 at an altitude of 800 feet. The pilots were off-course and had misjudged speed, arriving at the coast of Newfoundland 1.5 hrs. early. The plane exploded on impact, killing all 23 aboard.

That same night, a SAR aircraft (Boeing SB-29-70-BW Superfortress, #44-69982) of the 52d ARS, 6th ARG, based at Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, was sent out to assist the search for the crashed RB-36 and went missing shortly before landing, apparently crashing into St. Georges Bay and killing the crew of 11. The victims were: Capt. Francis Xavier Quinn, Dorchester, Massachusetts; Capt. William A. Roy, San Antonio, Texas; First Lt. Rodger D. Null, Venice, California; First Lt. Robert W. Errico, Bronx, New York; S/Sgt. David E. Kimbrough, Roswell, New Mexico; Cpl. David E. Rash, Beaverton, Oregon; A/1c Robert J. Montgomery, Mountain Grove, Missouri; A/3c Michael Kerr, Jr., Chisholm, Minnesota; A/3c Sammy O. Jones, Akron, Ohio; and A/3c James E. Coggins, Allston, Massachusetts.

[...]

"In order to test North American defense systems, multiple RB-36H Peacemaker reconnaissance aircraft from the 28th Reconnaissance Wing, from Rapid City Air Force Base in South Dakota, took off from the Canary Islands and attempted to enter the continent undetected. The planes were set to maintain a 500 foot altitude to avoid detection and once they entered the continental US would climb to 40,000 feet and proceed to designated targets. On the night of March 17, 1953, these aircraft took off in 15 minute intervals en route to North America. Mission commander General Richard E. Ellsworth was in the first plane and was the only person who knew when the mission would start. In order to navigate to the United States in total secrecy, the pilots would use sextons, [sic] a navigation instrument, and would have to rely on weather forecasts which meant they wouldn’t be able to receive updates if conditions changed."

Babylon Burning!

The Naked Brunch

Your ugly world is trash, garbage & disposable syringes & humanoids. Is it any wonder I'd rather shoot the sky?

Killing Time: Clearly A Disgruntled Or Abused Mormon; Boater Probably Member Of Trump Flotilla

"Oh, The Tragedy! I'm Sure We're All
Bemoaning The Tragedy"

Just another American Sunday.

Associated Press:

Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say  —  Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police said Sunday.  The shooting occurred at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc …

Anumita Kaur / Washington Post:   Multiple victims in Michigan church shooting, police say; building on fire

Susie Moore / RedState:   Breaking: Reports of Active Shooter/Fire at Michigan Church

Alaa Elassar / CNN:   Multiple victims in Michigan church shooting; church on fire, police say

Beege Welborn / HotAir:   BREAKING: Mass Shooting, Fire at Church in Grand Blanc, MI, Shooter Down

Nick Lentz / CBS News:   Multiple victims reported in shooting at Michigan church, suspect is “down,” authorities say

Derick Hutchinson / WDIV-TV:   Grand Blanc church shooting: Multiple victims, shooter dead, church on fire, police say

Arun Nair / Times Now:   Grand Blanc Shooting: Active Shooter Reported At Michigan Church; Reports of Multiple Victims

Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:   Multiple people shot by active shooter at Michigan Mormon church

Scott McClallen / Townhall:   Multiple Victims After Shooting at Michigan Church, Church on Fire, Shooter Down

Talya Minsberg / New York Times:   Injuries Reported in Shooting at Mormon Church in Michigan

David Edwards / Raw Story:   ‘Church is on fire’: Mormon house of worship set ablaze amid active shooter attack

Warren Squire / twitchy.com:   BREAKING: Mass Shooting at Michigan Church and Active Fire - Multiple Victims, Shooter Down

Patty McMurray / The Gateway Pundit:   BREAKING: SHOOTER At Mormon Church In Grand Blanc, MI,—6-8 Victims—Church Set on Fire—Reportedly Engulfed In Flames [VIDEO]

Newsmax Wires / NewsMax.com:   Multiple Victims in Shooting, Fire at Michigan Church

Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / The Post Millennial:   BREAKING: Multiple victims after shooting, arson at Michigan church

Bradley Massman / New Jersey Online:   Active shooter reported at Michigan church with multiple victims

Associated Press:   Russell M. Nelson, oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies

Isabelle Parkin / GB News:   Several people shot at US Mormon church that is ‘actively on fire'

Good for this sick twisted fuck (depending on who it is) for burning down the house. We need more destruction, not just killing. 

And many style points for killing from a boat. Very Trumpian, innit?

ABC News:

3 dead, 8 injured after shooter in boat opens fire on North Carolina waterfront bar: Official  —  Someone on the boat opened fire on the American Fish company, an official said.  —  PHOTO: An ambulance responds to an emergency call in an undated stock photo. 

NBC News:   Man charged after marina boat shooting in North Carolina leaves 3 dead and several injured

Hanna Park / CNN:   3 killed, at least 8 injured when gunman on a boat opens fire on crowd at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say

Associated Press:   3 killed and 8 injured in North Carolina waterfront bar shooting

Heather Miller / FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:   Gunman fires from boat into NC restaurant, killing 3 and wounding 5 others

Emily Mae / CBS News:   3 dead, at least 5 injured in shooting at North Carolina waterfront bar, authorities say

Mark Walker / New York Times:   Bar Shooting in Southport, N.C., Leaves 3 Dead and 8 Injured

Bob Hoge / RedState:   Horror in N. Carolina: Multiple Casualties Reported As Killer on Boat Opens Fire on Dockside Restaurant

Fox News:   ‘Possible suspect’ in custody after gunman fires from boat toward North Carolina restaurant, killing 3

Blaze Media:   VIDEO: 3 dead, multiple victims injured in North Carolina mass shooting; suspect reportedly flees by boat

Thought Crime Up-Date

I hate this fucking shithole country & all the hypocrites that live in it, I depsise all religions & mysticism, capitalism is Nazi bullshit & I like terror! Which of you squealing rat bastards will be the first to drop the dime on me?

Ken Klippenstein:
Trump's NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”  —  New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions  —  With the mainstream media distracted by the made-for-TV drama of James Comey's indictment, Trump has signed a little-noticed national …
Joe Walsh / CBS News:   Bondi vows to send Justice Department agents to guard ICE facilities

The White House:   Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Develops New Strategy to Counter Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

Streiff / RedState:   Trump Draws a Bullseye on George Soros With His ‘Countering Domestic Terrorism’ Order

"Draws a bullseye" huh? That'll lower the violence, won't it? Stupid hypocritical shitheel.

Waterboard The Slumlord!!

To Death, Obviously!!

From Amazon: This is the kind of fascist shit that jerk Bezos will sell you.

Death by water seems especially appropriate since the cheap fucking bastard has such trouble w/ water in my apartment, & now can't keep the washing machines in the laudry room working.

P.S.: Don't any of you bastards think you & your big neck police friends & your Soviet-style "psychiatry" can tell me what the hell to type or threaten, here or elsewhere. The present-day blogger refuses to die, & will call for the death of all slumlords every damn day until he is satisfied. Go ahead, rats, call the police!!

Overseas Unrest Update

Do Not Fuck W/ Our Power & Water!

The government of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Thursday imposed a nighttime curfew following protests, which saw police use rubber bullets and tear gas to quash demonstrations over ongoing water and power cuts.

The hell w/ governments & their police.

Heli-Terror

So sick of these bastards. Can't wait until they fall from the sky.

Friday Freak Out

OUT DEMONS OUT!

Daily Affirmation

I affirm that all informers are murderers.Any decent human being would have tried to find a lawyer to help me, but some mother-fucker decided to call the fucking police, I can only assume because he was more concerned about a Trumpian slumlord than about me. Fuck your mouth, informer scum. You & your pig friends took a wk. of my life from me, & you will all pay. In blood.

Gwan, call the police again you sniveling little rat!

Today In Republican Calls For Violence

George Chidi / The Guardian:

Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman  —  John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests  —  An Arizona Republican state representative who has expressed support …

Raw Story:   Republican demands congresswoman be ‘hanged’ for urging Trump protest

War In The Med!

Temperature's Rising ...

Let's see how this ends. War between Israel, Spain & Italy?

This doesn't look so good either.

Bloomberg:
Europeans Privately Tell Russia They're Ready to Shoot Down Jets  —  European diplomats warned the Kremlin this week that NATO is ready to respond to further violations of its airspace with full force, including by shooting down Russian planes, according to officials familiar with the exchange.
Thomas Stevenson / Human Events:   UK, Germany, France warn Kremlin Russian jets violating EU airspace could be shot down: report

Sana Khan / Modern Diplomacy:   Drone Incursions Over Denmark: Hybrid Threats and NATO's Security Dilemma

Christian Caryl / Foreign Policy:   Europe Is on Its Own With Russia Now

KYMA-TV:   NATO divided on how to respond to repeated Russian incursions
Joshua Keating / Vox:
Europe is readying for direct conflict with Russia Matt Novak / Gizmodo:   Airports in Denmark Shut Down as Mysterious Drones Spotted

ANP / nltimes.nl:   NATO countries take part in maritime drone exercises in Den Helder

Nicholas Oakes / Modern Diplomacy:   NATO Articles 4 & 5, What's At Stake as Russian Drone Incursions Rattle Europe

Sandy Fitzgerald / NewsMax.com:   Polish President to Newsmax: ‘Of Course’ We Will Shoot Down Russian Aircraft in Our Airspace

Tim Zadorozhnyy / The Kyiv Independent:   ‘Roger that’ — Poland, Estonia welcome Trump's calls to shoot down Russian jets

Sophie Tanno / KYMA-TV:   Drones disrupt airports in what Danish officials call ‘hybrid attack.’ What happened and how can they be stopped?

Candace Hathaway / Blaze Media:   Drones shut down airports in NATO countries as suspicion falls on Russia

The Week:   How should Nato respond to Putin's incursions?

Sarah Shamim / Al Jazeera:   Is Russia testing NATO with aerial incursions in Europe?

More Mark Volman, & A Burger

And No More Charlie Kirk!

The NYT obit. And from Avedon's Sideshow,

RIP: "Mark Volman, Co-Founder of the Turtles and Vocalist on Flower Power Classic 'Happy Together,' Dead at 78:

With longtime friend Howard Kaylan, Volman formed the duo Flo and Eddie, who worked with Frank Zappa, T. Rex, Alice Cooper, and more" I've been gratified to see a lot of tributes to him in the last few days, I hadn't realized he was as fondly remembered by so many others as he is by me.

which turns into a small world deal: Another person I've met in meatspace, Weldon Burger, of Bad Crow Review, mentioned in the same item.

Weldon Berger seems to be getting back into blogging. He has the latest on how George Santos Finds Prison Distasteful, Plus a number of other things old blog-readers might remember.

Which just reminds me I've been remiss in mentioning that Weldon is typing again.

The F.B.I. Makes America Great Again

Same Nazi Shit, Different Decade

We doubt anyone under 60-ish reads this, but the ignorant could learn something from this echo of the past. One thing to absorb is that this fucking country is all hypocrisy, all the time.

Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover

An earlier closet case who did his best to ruin these United Snakes. Why do these people hate America so?

Band Name Of The Wk.

PoopBag650!Colostomy, flaming bag on the doorstep, diaper bag, doggie bag? Inquiring minds ...

P.S. to the world: Y'all blind or something? Shoot in panorama mode!

No Video Unturned

It was well covered, so this reporter needn't have arsed hisse'f even if he hadn't been nauseous. When baseball's done I may watch some of these. There were smaller models. Hot poop on the 3751. This guy hasn't seen this sort of thing before, will talk to anyone, & is easily shocked. Four hrs. of livestreaming. Pretty sure I won't watch all of this.Who's creepier, young people making crap for YouTube, or old people doing it? End of the line.

More Sad Good-Byes

The always amusing Ant Farmer's Almanac, the Thinking Man's No-Brainer is shutting down, closing its doors, turning out the lights & so on, thanks to corporate entity Typepad giving up the ghost & pulling the rug from under its customers.However, the present day blogger refuses to die, & Lairbo promises to be back.

So much for loyalty:

Blog powered by Typepad
Member since 03/2009

Makes me think I should make an effort to preserve this mess* on DVDs or some other hard medium for all eternity so it can be thrown away as soon as I'm dead.

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*Approaching 25,000 pointless posts over 18+ yrs.

Variation

There is nothing new in this world.

Theme.

Rule Of Thirds

Note high-voltage lines transmitting SoCal Edison juice to WeHo.

Variation on a theme.

"The Wind Doesn't Blow ..."

The most aggressively cretinous humanoid in this world of cretins. Bobby Zimmerman's "Idiot Wind" personified.

Trump: The United States is now thriving like never before. We're getting rid of the falsely named renewables. They are a joke. They don't work. The wind doesn't blow. Windmills are so pathetic and so bad.

Trump is an embarrassment on the world stage pic.twitter.com/mU3RIT7mcg

— Ron Smith (@Ronxyz00) September 23, 2025

Not to worry; he'll either die or destroy the economy (or both) & then the situation will slowly begin to improve.

Mark Volman: A Life Worth Remembering

Very fucking sad.

Mickey Dolenz remembers.

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Turtles overview & review of a documentary. Part I. You can find the rest if you want. And one on Mark & Howard's post-Turtle career.Higher-fi version. There's a punchline.Note whiteboard. Mark went back to school at 45, got an M.F.A,. & "became a professor at Belmont University in Nashville, lecturing on the music business for various academic institutions from junior high school to university level."This reporter knew both Mark & Howard in the early to mid-'70s, from occasional hanging out w/ The Mothers & later, when the company I worked for made in-store promotioinal videos for Peaches Records & Tape which starred them. (Wonder if there are copies anywhere.) Both of them fine human beings. Hell, saw Howard at the Mayfair in Silver Lake sometime in the '90s & he remembered me. 

Hell of a mortality contemplation situation. Condolences to all, none of whom will see this. Can't even imagine how Howard must feel.

Big Prancing Donnie Speaks To U.N.

Honey Honey I Can Tell
Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell!!

Electricity

GWAR In The News!

OUTRAGE!!! Here's why:How long will the above video be "available"?

Balloon Juice has all the outrage.

Something interesting. Fox puke Gutfeld liked frontman Oderus Urungus 16 yrs. ago.And Hot Seat, from the same period. GWAR must've been making a big publicity push.

New Buttermilk Sky

Smothering The Smothers

Recorded 15 Sep't. 1967, broadcast 17 Sep't. 1967.Envisioning the American Dream remembers censorship by the telebision networks 60 yrs. ago.

What Happens When Autumn Leaves?

Nothing lasts forever; be damn nice if this were the last autumn ever for all of you & your deadly world of shit & pain.

Summer's Dead: They Killed It!

Look at the ugly world you horrid creeps have made for yourselves. Truly beyond belief. None of you deserve to live. Where's the "OFF" button for this fucking mess?

Iron Man

Up at an awful hr. to take iron pill (No food two hrs. before or one after, no coffee, tea or dairy w/in two hrs. either way, "Do not lie down for at least 10 minutes after taking ..." And take w/ eight oz. of water, which means peeing like a racehorse*.)

At least it took me long enough to type this crap I may return to sleep now & hope I can get in two more hrs. instead of wasting my time trying to amuse brain-dead cretins & fuck-headed assholes.

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*ON YOUR FUCKING GRAVES!!!

"I'm Sensitive As Shit ..."

Had an idea to go to Union Station for the Train Festival today, but the iron supplement I was prescribed made me puke the banana I ate yesterday about 0500; so much for that.

Decided to try a banana (fairly ripe) a bit ago & the scent alone made me vomit. Your fucking world literally sickens me!! Good thing I haven't consumed anything but tea today, mostly because I was so tired I took a nap from about 1630 to 2230. (And still barely wanted to get up, even to bitch & moan.) Hey, it's not as if there's anything to do, or that I have any interest in doing anything.

Everything's Dead

... Gawd Will Know His Own

Charles James Kirk, 31, died on Wednesday from a gunshot to the neck at a Utah Valley University campus event just as he was trying to deflect a question about mass shootings by suggesting they were largely a function of gang violence. He died with a net worth of $12 million, which he made by espousing horrific and bigoted views in the name of advancing Christian nationalism. The foundation of his empire was the group he cofounded and led, Turning Point USA, which is a key youth-recruitment arm of the MAGA movement. Kirk was able to launch Turning Point at the age of 18 because he received money from Tea Party member Bill Montgomery, right-wing donor Foster Feiss, and his own father, also a prolific right-wing donor. He was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct. He had children, as do many vile people.

[The Nation]

pic.twitter.com/2EFnY4sQ3N

— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) September 22, 2025

More of Kirk's awfulness from Zeteo & The Guardian. A truly horrid & very disturbed person. These are the "Second Amendment remedies" we so desperately need.Any of you squealing little bastards going to call the Brain Police because I typed "poopy-doody" about some dead Nazi fuck? C'mon, do it if you dare!!

Disintegrating Orifice

Everything falls apart, including YOU.

Note Hywd. sign beneath the railing on the left.

Previous hole.

You Rotten Bastards

A pretty picture to distract from my message of hate, pain & rage.

A headless angel is coming to Earth to kill you all w/ its flaming sword! Can't fucking wait.

You treat me like shit, I call you on it, you get all pissy like the nasty squealing bitches you are, then you ignore me. UNLESS YOU'RE CALLING THE FUCKING POLICE ON ME BECAUSE YOU ARE CHICKEN-SHIT SLUMLORD LOVING SCUM!! Is it any wonder I have a slightly jaundiced view of you shitheel mother-fuckers?

Good thing I receive so much sympathy from the rest of the world ... No, I get NOTHING from the rest of the world either. It's as if I don't exist. And if I don't, no jury can convict me. Of anything. I'm free! You can't stop me!!

Thanks For Nothing Again

This reporter, suffering.

Fuck Apple TV+ & all the Apple executives in their bitch asses if I can't watch the Dodger game. (On my birthday yet.) Have never had anythng to do w/ America's two Nazi pig corporations Apple or fucking Amazon, both of which are apparently dedicated to stealing free televised baseball from me.

Why do you fucking losers put up w/ their bullshit? Burn them both to the ground. And fuck Major League Baseball for being filthy hoors who profit from this bullshit too.

So damn tired of this shit. Th' fucking hell is wrong w/ your species, & how much longer do you fucking people think you can aggravate me like this before I blow?

2115 hrs.: Hah! Heard on the Dodger audio stream that the idiots at Apple TV+ were having audio dificulties. Karma, you pigs!!

And Now, The Nazi Network

"Now we ain't sayin' Hitler was right, but we ain't sayin' he was wrong, neither, if you know what we mean. Bofesides!!"