Good News For Once

I will not be held in a cage on the word of pigs w/o exacting revenge!

Army vet wins $6.8 million from jury after suing LAPD over mental health ‘5150’ hold

Ah hah!! An attorney who specializes in "civil rights lawsuits involving police brutality and excessive force." Maybe this shithole city will settle instead of trying to defend its fascist police force. If not, we'll see them in court! (I'll settle for half what Mr. Douglas got, & a chance to beat the living crap out of the cops & psychiatric jailers who brutalized me. Lookin' at a future millionaire, baby!!)

In an interview with The Times, Douglas said the helplessness and humiliation he felt at being detained still leaves him angry.
[...]
Douglas said he feels somewhat vindicated by the jury’s decision, and is eager to start putting the incident behind him. But he still has trouble sleeping, he said, sometimes snapping awake in the middle of the night, thinking about the ordeal.

I don't wake in the middle of the night for anything but the usual. But I'm pissed, raging & ready to kill once I have the energy to stay awake & contemplate my existence.

NB: It's free speech. Satire or sarcasm. I've every damn right (& reason) to despise everything & to say so out loud for everything to hear. After I wake up angrier than hell & ready to kill I type as much, as a challenge to all the literal-minded rats looking for any excuse to call the police, but then I don't arse myself to kill anyone. Att'ys. for the City of Los Angeles trying to defend the city's fascist police by poring over this web-log can go eff themselves. Their laws & everything else in this miserable world are all stupid jokes; nothing is real but the pain & suffering I've endured for so many yrs., yet no one takes that seriously. I can just go fuck myself, right? No wonder I'm reduced to ranting & raving. And what did I get? Fucked again. Thank you all for your care & concern in this matter. Now go die in a fire.

[LAT]

Flags

Remodeled Mickey D's is missing the Californa flag. Shame!

Also missing: Humanoids. Kiosk-only ordering, & when I wandered through I saw no cash acceptors, just card readers. I keep telling you idiots the robots are taking over, but no one listens!

Turn 90° west & another American flag presents itself. It may have more square footage than my office/train room/living room/dining room.

In context, w/ a Korean church that used to be a synagogue. (Is that what baldhead Stephen Miller is so fucking angry about?)

Yes, the State of California & the County of Los Angeles have successfully removed all color from the western sky.
Why do you ask?

Later P.S.: Now that Bugger has decided it will work w/ Chrome again (And the heartiest of "Fuck yous!" to Google.) one more image, from which we can deduce that the gawdless Commie liberals of California removed the cross as well.

Whence I Stole "The Dreadful Grate"

Credit where due.

It's Killing Time!!

Local Morbidity & Mortality Report

L.A. sees lowest homicide rate in decades — but why killings are down is up for debate

Not to worry. Things will normalize. Killing roaches no longer satisfies this reporter's bloodlust, but he is now more than ready to deal w/ the human vermin who've plagued his very existence since his dimmest memories*.

Considering that a wk. in pig-imposed psychiatric jail didn't cure me of any alleged homicidal impulses but only aggravated the living fuck out of me & made me readier than ever to kill all you squealing Nazi bastards, I don't know why that squealing son-of-a-bitch did it, & it's obvious to me from that little episode that my desire to kill is more righteous & justified than ever, especially considering the (non-existent) outpouring of sympathy & offers of assistance, that made me feel so much better. (Nothing will ever make me feel better again, you shits!!)

Very smart thing to do to the innocent victim (from the slumlord's negligence on) in all of this. Think about what you awful people have done to me all my life & then try to tell me any of you have a reason to live. I am not convinced! You fucking people are the murderous thug jerks, not me! Kill all the police & soldiers too!!

[L.A. Times]

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*This reporter's earliest memory: Parental units put a top on my playpen prison so I couldn't escape; I tried to work my way out by sticking my head through the bars but got stuck. The parents found this amusing. If they weren't both deservedly dead I'd have to kill them now that I'm big enough!!

Friday Freak Out

Satan's Music!

They seem nice, for eaters of human flesh & ageists. What's wrong w/ old babes?

And, Firesign Friday!

It's the first Fri. of the "new yr.", if you're interested in arbitrary human divisions & labels. Last Fri. of this yr. will be Xmas '26, if anyone's still alive.

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.

PG&E Strikes Again

Cooking W/ Gas

In The High Desert, A Stairway To The Stars

Up in the air, Junior Birdmen!The one-time Army Air Corps Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range at Rogers Dry Lake.

Xmas Is Over!

Meaning I finished all my shopping yesterday, w/ a month to go. Were Santa to stuff my stocking w/ another 100 or so bones worth of plastic Chinese crap I would have every possible structure I could want for (or that will fit on) the layout, 'cept for a larger quonset hut for Camp Swampy.Scam alert? Good price (MSRP is US$114.99) cheap shipping, but from "United States WAREHOUSE Brazil?" And no returns? Uh, no. Not to mention "import fees." Image at left is the item, but not the one from Brazil; note it's $19.85 shipping in the contiguous 48. Anyway, I got one for US$79.99, plus $5.10 shipping & $7.80 Calif. tax, which I'm happy & proud to pay. And the seller's in Jersey, sending it USPS; even at the cheapest rate the Postal Sevice is likely to put something from the wrong coast in a 'plane & have it here in civilization ASAP, as opposed to UPS & FedEx, which mean it when they call it ground service. Hey, it's almost amusing to track one's package across the country for days & days.

It Was 50 Yrs. Ago Today

Consider your Saturday night rocked. (50 yrs. ago today was also a Saturday.)When music was made by humans rather than robots & telebision was monochrome.

Friday Freak Out

This started earworming me Mon. eve., so I scheduled it for today.Replacement nuthouse Atascadero just doesn't have the same ring Camarillo acquired over the yrs.Probably enough for now. Boy would I like to check in for some relaxin'. I'm very tired.

Late Night Shopping

Thank you for choosing Menards. As a result of the burdensome changes in California law, including California Senate Bill 253 and California Prop 65 regulations, it is no longer financially practical for us to fulfill orders to California addresses at this time. We value your business and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

No inconvenience at all, I'll keep my US$43.83 & do something else w/ the time I would've spent modifying it into a poison gas storage facility & probably having to eff w/ the track plan to fit it on the layout.

Already have the signage.

And for all I know, it's chock-full of poisonous Communist Chinese whatnot. Their loss, not mine. ('Though one could wonder, are these cheeseheads being petty because Los Dodgers swept the Brewers in the Championship Series?)

I'm being a bit magnanimous here, as I so often am. I did spend/waste plenty of time watching videos, & was first tempted because it was 40 bones less than the 70 clams "everyday low price", decided I didn't like the lighting, realized that would save the cost of the power supply (Can always get a wall-wart for less, cheesehead pirates!) & I finally sold myself realizing that painting it O.D. & using it in the military part of the military-industrial complex would be worth it.

Then my little heart was broken. Sound like intentional infliction of emotional distress? I've a feeling they don't actually "value my business" or give a flying fuck about any inconvenience they've caused. Inconvenience? Hell, look at all the time I've wasted typing this because I was pissed off.

Election Day D.V.R.

Did vote, didn't vomit. (Plenty of time left for that, however.)

Poll observers.

The line was as long when I went by an hr. later. I went for ballot drop off (& to check turn-out & atmosphere) not to stand in line for many mins. to make one mark on a ballot.

The shopping cart & its owner are usually ensconced in the door, which is an emergency exit except when the Y is being used as a "voting center". Remember when they were "polling places"?

This didn't make me no never mind no how.

Nor did this horse-pucky from the ex-Goobernator.

U.S.M.C. Attacks C.H.P. On I-5

Related? Today at the ungodly hr. of noon. These are not LAX or BUR traffic patterns.
Could be doctors on a Sunday afternoon flight, but I'm thinking military. Is there shit in those 'planes?

"And in the Marine Corps, Mickey's big hand is pointing straight up, & his little hand is on the four."

New York Times:
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines' Celebration, California Officials Say  —  The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday's event at Camp Pendleton.
Fox News:   Patrol car hit by shrapnel during Marine Corps live-fire demo at celebration attended by JD Vance

Orange County Register:   Ordnance fired over 5 Freeway at Camp Pendleton during anniversary event prematurely detonates, striking CHP vehicle

Nicholas Slayton / Task & Purpose:   Marine artillery shell detonates over freeway during Camp Pendleton event

Peter Aitken / Newsweek:   Newsom Reacts to Shell Detonation at Military Exercise During Vance Visit

Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:   Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says

San Diego Union-Tribune:   Live artillery fired across I-5 during amphibious assault landing at Camp Pendleton

Very lucky it didn't kill any civilians. How fucking stupid can these people be?Details at Balloon Juice: 155-mm. rounds. Jeebus. A commenter at BJ noticed 'planes in the Bay Area this afternoon as well.

I live in the SF Bay Area near Moffett Field. They were flying jets over our city this afternoon. This happens occasionally, but this went on for longer than usual. I assume nothing is a coincidence with the clown posse in DC, and I’m frankly shocked they didn’t rev their engines yesterday instead.

Moving On!

Next stop, Chicago or Milwaukee, as Philadelphia fades in the dust.Also amusing: Both the Eagles & Flyers lost tonight. The 76ers didn't have an exhibition game tonight, but were whipped by the Knicks 2 & 4 October. Spin on a cheesesteak, city of losers!

Surfin' Sunday Suckfest

Doesn't suck, wails, but I like the alliteration, & virtually everything does suck. So there.

Baseball News

From.

Bad news: Former Dodger (& other teams) manager Davey Johnson dead at 82.

And today is the thirtieth anniv. of Cal Ripken, Jr. breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive game record. Thirty yrs. ago I watched the ceremonies from a resort in Tempe, AZ where I was winding down my 18-yr. sentence in the banking industry at the new corporate location, where I had no desire to move. So I didn't. Was it all downhill from there?

Bigger picture: It's downhill from the very beginning. Give up now before it's too late.

Fuck The Slumlords, Part II

Current temp & humidity in the Bouffant bunker. It's a dry heat.

Why California backed down from forcing landlords to keep residents cool

But it is unlikely the state Legislature will make that happen this year, despite a report from the California Department of Housing and Community Development recommending that the state set a maximum indoor temperature standard of 82 degrees for all homes.

Sen. Henry Stern, a Los Angeles Democrat, authored a bill that would make it a state policy that residents must be afforded comfortable temperatures in the dwellings they rent. The bill, however, was amended to remove any specific temperature goal. A second bill by Assemblymember Damon Connolly, a San Rafael Democrat, would have prohibited mobile home landlords from banning air conditioners.

Again, there is not a slumlord shitheel on this planet who is safe from my wrath! Nor is there a whore legslator who took money to weaken this bill who will be spared.

Temoeature's Rising!

Call the police again informing rat bastard. Bet your third call this yr. will be the fucking charm!!

You fools think any amount of therapy will keep me from being angry as hell? The point is, your actions are viciously evil, as are your fascist society's attempts to keep me from any justice against filthy parasites w/ money. Cock-sucking pieces of Nazi shit sending me to a Soviet-style psychiatric gulag my fucking ass! This pig nation is a totalitarian shithole & I've just about had it w/ all of you!!

[LAist]

It Was Sixty Years Ago Today

Giant pitcher Juan Marichal takes a bat to Dodger catcher John Roseboro.

This reporter will never forgive the Japanese for Pearl Harbor, nor will he ever forgive the Giants for this assault.

Koufax steps in.

10 yrs. ago. The Dodgers finished the season by beating Minnesota's Twins in the 1965 World Series, four games to three.Average player salary, 1965: US$14,341.00.

No Action

Downgraded To An "Advisory". Nothing Fun Ever Happens.

How much longer will the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center be operating?I doubt if I'm in danger until there's a mega-tsunami that comes up the storm drains. But someday a real flood will come and wash all this scum off the streets.