Still Early

Very Early Autumn

Summer Just Left

As The Planet Revolves

Damn, there are some cats in this one.I've no interest in petty stuff like days, wks., or months, but I do like to keep up w/ the seasons, not that any exist here.

It's Yom Kippur!

Some people have one hell of a lot of atonement to do for war crimes & slumlording!

And stop believing in stories your ancient ancestors made up about sky-fairies who will forgive your sins & evil already.

Boebert Family Values

Surely No One Is Surprised

Daniel Hampton / Raw Story:

Lauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush payment  —  An explosive sworn complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee alleges Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) carried on a sexual relationship with her district director in the office

TMZ.com:   LAUREN BOEBERT REJECTS ETHICS COMPLAINT ... Accusing Her of Affairs with Staff, Hush Money Payment

Jim Hᴏft / The Gateway Pundit:   Lauren Boebert Strongly Denies Sworn Ethics Complaint Alleging Affairs With Two Female Staffers and One Male Staffer — Matt Gaetz Responds After His Name Is Dragged Into Allegations

Erik Maulbetsch / Colorado Times Recorder:   Complaint Filed With House Ethics Committee Alleges Boebert Slept With Three of Her Congressional Staffers

Elizabeth Weibel / Breitbart:   Report: Rep. Lauren Boebert Accused of Having Sexual Relationships with Three Staffers

Will no one have uncoerced S-E-X w/ a Republican politican? Could be a problem for them.

Get Up Stand Up!

People are tired of taking crap. Block those roads, & whack a copper for me!

What initially started as a peaceful demonstration at Victoria Square later descended into chaos as protest participants clashed with security forces and tried to block surrounding roads. (AP Video and Production by Nicolae Dumitrache)

Th' hell's the Romanian gummint doing to Romanian farmers? Doesn't the power structure like to eat?

Get Away From Me, You Loathsome Bastard!

Nowhere is safe. Can't even watch model railroading videos w/o this bullshit being shoved in my face.Much more appropriate transportation for his bruised lumpiness.

Can't wait to see his rotting corpse hauled to the boneyard in this coffin by the renumbered 8647 loco.

The pricks at UP have painted three locos to "pay tribute to our nation’s presidents". (Tribute* indeed: Apparently this 4547 abomination is the Union Pacific sucking up to Fats to get their purchase of Norfolk Southern approved.) The other two are "tribute" to Abraham Lincoln & oil man G.H.W. Bush, the one-term 41st Pres. who lost to Slick Willie. That's some accomplishment. F.D.R.? J.F.K.? Demoncrats, obviously. No more UP rolling stock on the layout; they're not getting a penny in licensing from me. 

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*Per Merriam-Webster: "Historical Payment: Wealth or valuables given by a weaker nation or group to a dominant power as a sign of submission or to ensure peace."

Anniveraries

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters celebrates 20. Pen-Elayne on the Web, 24!

Pretty sure I'm going to knock it the hell off if this dungpile or I make it to 20. (3 May '27 for this inanity; I'm so far past 20 I may not wake up tomorrow, let alone next yr.) Talk about a waste of time, energy & effort on my part! I should be kicking myself for being such a fool.Stupid, stupid, stupid!!

Monsoon Season

Or hurricane season, as this is from Hurricane Marie, now spinning off the coast. I knew those were rain clouds I saw last night. It's been raining steadily, occasionally heavily, for 13+ hrs. Mins. ago it picked up.

Must've been a last gasp, seems to be petering out.

Storm creates huge waves and dangerous currents at southern California beaches

Election Season Officially Opens!

Three hours later, an armed individual attacked Acton at a county fair. https://t.co/akcF8YduiW

— Christopher Hale (@ChristopherHale) September 6, 2026

Kurt Knue / WLWT-TV:

Amy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injured  —  Amy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday.  —  According to a statement put out by Acton's campaign, an armed individual lunged at Acton while she was at the Canfield Fair …

Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:   Armed person confronts Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton at event, campaign says

Washington Post:   Armed individual ‘lunged’ at Democrat nominee for Ohio governor, campaign says

Fox News:   Amy Acton campaign says armed individual lunged at Ohio governor candidate, injuring multiple people

Gary Fields / Associated Press:   Assailant lunged at Democratic candidate for Ohio governor at fair, campaign says

Jalen Beckford / Politico:   Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton ‘lunged at’ by armed person, campaign says

Jenna Monnin / NOTUS:   Campaign Says Ohio Governor Candidate Amy Acton Was Attacked by an ‘Armed Individual’ at a Fair

Addie Bullock / Dr. Amy Acton for Governor:   Acton Campaign Statement on Incident at Canfield Fair

Carter Schroppe / Washington Examiner:   Amy Acton attacked by ‘armed individual’ at campaign stop in Ohio

Hayden Cunningham / The Post Millennial:   BREAKING: Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton attacked at campaign event: report

Cristina Laila / The Gateway Pundit:   Multiple People Injured After Armed Man Lunges at Democrat Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton at Campaign Event

Aaron Parnas / The Parnas Perspective:   Important Update: Trump Launches Concerning Truth Social Spree, Mitch McConnell Gets Ultimatum, Dr. Amy Acton Attacked, Plane Crash

Rob Base

Missed this sad news:

Rob Base, 59. The rapper was one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, best known for the 1988 chart-topper “It Takes Two.” He died after a battle with cancer. May 22.

I love the bass line on this.From the AP's Big List of Corpses two-thirds in. His partner D.J. E-Z Rock died at 47 in 2014, of diabetes.America indeed eats its young.

Everybody Is A Lying, Cheating Crook

Epecially the wealthy fucking pigs who have already stolen billions from you. Greed never stops, does it?

As noted at the end here.

The NBA has ordered the Clippers to forfeit five first-round draft picks in future NBA drafts, along with paying the $30 million fine.

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been suspended from all league and team activities for one year as a result of his involvement in helping Leonard obtain income opportunities and approving business deals that violated the circumvention rules.

Clippers President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker has been suspended without pay for one year after being found culpable for her role in the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for providing false and misleading statements to investigators.

Clippers President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank has been suspended without pay for six months for his involvement in the endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Leonard.

Are there no firing squads? These people need to be made into a glaring example that the rich will not get away w/ their constant cheating. First Sicko Sterling, now this baldhead crook. As pathetic as everything & every one else.

[Los Angeles Magazine]

How Many Times Must I Tell You Cretins NOT To Buy From Amazon?

That's US$20 billion (W/ a "B"!) stolen from small businesses & your sorry asses!

Annie Palmer / CNBC:

The FTC and 22 state AGs sue Amazon, alleging it “secretly and systematically overcharged” advertisers more than $20B since 2019 by using “hidden surcharges”

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:   The FTC and 20+ state AGs sue Amazon for allegedly making tens of billions over seven years by manipulating ad prices on its retail platform

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:   FTC, states plan lawsuit against Amazon over ad price fixing

Angela Palumbo / Barron's Online:   Amazon Stock Falls After FTC Lawsuit Over Advertising Prices

Reuters:   Amazon sued by U.S. FTC, over 20 states alleging company deceived advertisers

About Amazon:   Amazon's response to the FTC's lawsuit regarding Sponsored Ads

Financial Times:   US regulator sues Amazon for manipulating advertising prices

Forbes:   FTC Files Lawsuit Against Amazon Alleging Manipulative Ad Prices

Aimee Picchi / CBS News:   FTC and 22 states sue Amazon over alleged secret ad surcharge scheme

Bloomberg Law:   Amazon Sued by FTC Over Claims It Misled Advertisers on Pricing

Anzar Mehraj / Reuters:   FTC to file lawsuit alleging Amazon deceived advertisers, WSJ reports

Andrew Ferguson / @afergusonftc:   Digital markets play a critical role in the American economy—but they only work when participants can trust that powerful tech platforms play by the same rules as everyone else. That trust is foundational. Today, the Trump FTC—joined by 22 states—filed suit alleging that Amazon

IJR News:   FTC plans lawsuit against Amazon over ad pricing

@ftc:   FTC, states sue Amazon over secret ad surcharge scheme. FTC and 22 state attorneys general allege Amazon concealed unfair charges in its digital advertising auction pricing: https://www.ftc.gov/...

Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News:   Amazon Shares Tumble Amid News Of FTC ‘Advertiser Deception’ Lawsuit

Federal Trade Commission:   FTC, States Sue Amazon Over Secret Ad Surcharge Scheme

Karen Weise / New York Times:   F.T.C. and 22 States Claim in Lawsuit That Amazon Secretly Inflated Ad Prices

While working the wage-slaves in their warehouses to early graves. Give Bezos all your money, sucker-ass chumps! Somehow, he deserves it, not you!

More Melting To Follow?

How many fucking sheep will die before anyone does anything? Rhetorical question. Obviously, no one is going to do a damn thing & you're all going to drown or boil soon.

Beef In The News

None Dare Call It Communism!

Comrades! Glorious News! By decree of the People’s Beef Committee, 300,000 metric tons of ground beef shall enter tariff-free for 90 days, priced 25% below the capitalist market. Thus shall the workers eat, the ranchers prosper, and the Great American Herd rise again!

“Conservative lawmakers and pundits alike spoke out on the internet Friday after President Donald Trump announced a new deal that will temporarily lift certain tariffs on ground beef imports, with Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) warning ‘this will further harm’ American ranchers, ‘most of whom are MAGA Republicans,'”Mediaite

Mediaite: Fox’s Tomi Lahren torches Trump over new policy to “import a bunch of foreign beef.”

Apparently, by Sen. Sheehy's logic, it's perfectly fine if non-MAGA citizens are harmed. Will this beef be reserved for MAGA states, then? Another argument for reverse immigration: Back to the Auld Sod for you, bog-monkey!

Anonymous quote from Earth-Bound Misfit. Also, Political Wire.

Friday Exhaustion

"Sorry, babe, I just can't get it on anymore ..."

The Hell's Going On Down South?

Another Huge Quake Kills Hundreds

C'mon planet, wake up some volcanoes while you're at it.

Still Beat

And dead inside.

It's certainly a world of shit & pain, & needs to be completely refurbished, by force. How else?

Big Ball Of Gas

There's a song for everything.

Danger UXB

Hey, where's all das wasser?