Today In Idiocy & Imbecility

 Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Republican senator claims ‘the left’ will start a civil war unless federal highway system abolished  —  We are ruled by monsters and fools.  —  On Thursday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) delivered a speech to the conservative Federalist Society that would have been more at home on Alex Jones' radio show …

 Richard Fontaine / The Atlantic:   Trump Gets NATO Backwards

Invisible planes, invisible pilots
by digby
Come on. Has no one been able to persuade him that he sounds like the stupidest man on earth when he says this?

🚨 Trump still hasn't figured out that stealth planes aren't literally invisible 🚨 pic.twitter.com/VTWbAIhqdV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2018

No pilot told him that. He's having conversations with invisible people about invisible planes.

And again, I ask --- wtf is wrong with all these people who applaud him saying this crazy bullshit?

[Hullabaloo]

If You Buy Shit From Amazon ...

... you are the moral equivalent of a German forcing Jews into trains to the east. And you're a fucking consumer.
What in hell is wrong w/ you?

 Democracy Now: 
As Jeff Bezos Earns $191K Per Minute, Why Are NY & VA Giving Amazon $3 Billion in Corporate Welfare?

Gaby Del Valle / Vox:   New Yorkers condemn Bezos at an anti-Amazon HQ2 rally in Queens
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:   Amazon's New York Home Qualifies as ‘Distressed’ Under Federal Tax Law

Just stop buying shit from these fucking parasites. Haven't you eaten enough of it already?

Establishment At Funafuti; Sneaky Submarine Spy Stuff

MON 15 NOV 1943
Pacific
U.S. Advanced Naval Base and Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Funafuti, Ellice Islands, are established.

Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Kyokko Maru off San Antonio, Zambales province, 14°53'N, 119°56'E.

Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) lands supplies at Nasipit, Mindanao, and evacuates people.

The Theatre In The Age Of Trump

Funny, I thought Trump was hiding in the Executive Mansion after his ass was whupped good last wk.

 Christina Tkacik / Baltimore Sun:

Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ during intermission of Baltimore performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’  —  The audience reacts after a man interrupts the “Fiddler on the Roof” performance at the Hippodrome Theatre.  (Video courtesy of Rich Scherr)

Rex Santus / VICE News:   A man yelled “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” in Baltimore during classic play about a Jewish family

Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:   Man Shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ At Theater Performance In Baltimore

Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:   Man Taken Out of Theater for Yelling ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ During ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Production

Lizzie Helmer / IJR:   Man Shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ at Baltimore ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Performance

Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   ‘Heil Hitler!  Heil Trump’: Audience at Maryland performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ feared …

Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:   Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!’ in Baltimore theater during ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:   Trump Supporter Interrupts Fiddler on the Roof Performance Shouting ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’

Virginia Kruta / The Daily Caller:   ‘Heil Hitler!  Heil Trump!’  Outburst Disrupts Intermission At Baltimore Performance Of ‘Fiddler On The Roof’

 Baltimore Sun:
Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump,’ does Nazi salute during Baltimore performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

CBS Baltimore:   Man Shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ During ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ Performance In Baltimore

Hank Berrien / Daily Wire:   Man Yells ‘Heil Hitler’ At Performance Of ‘Fiddler On The Roof.’ Audience Scatters.

Rafi Schwartz / Splinter:   ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Audience Endures Jackass Shouting ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’

JTA / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:   Man in balcony shouts ‘Heil Hitler’ during Baltimore performance of ‘Fiddler’

Welcome to the new Nazi normal.

More Great Minds [Now W/ Additional Links]

 Courtney McBride / Wall Street Journal:

Trump to Nominate Handbag Designer as Ambassador to South Africa  —  Lana Marks is a member of the president's Mar-a-Lago Club  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump intends to nominate Lana Marks, a Palm Beach, Fla.-based handbag designer and a member of Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club resort, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa.

The Prez sure loves brain-dead bottled blondes. Handbag "designer". Gee-zuz. Next bag you "design", make sure the handle's on top, O.K.?

Couple hrs. later: Palm Beach Daily News has more on Marks (& other parasites at Trump's shithole club he's rewarded for their spittle-licking & campaign contributing).

It’s the legal record, however, that may keep busy the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which would have to review her nomination before a full Senate confirmation vote.

In more than a dozen past lawsuits against her in Aspen, New York, California and South Florida, Marks has repeatedly been accused of stiffing her attorneys, accountants, landlords and employees. She is also embroiled in bitter, international legal battles in South Africa and Israel with her siblings over a family trust and the care for their 89-year-old mother.

You can see her appeal to Trump.

PuffHo, also.

Today (Thursday) In Toilet Humor

How fortunate this scam artist is just the Acting Attorney General; could have been a national embarrassment.

The Acting Attorney General Helped an Alleged Scam Company Hawk Bizarre Products

Matthew Whitaker lent his name and status as an ex-US attorney to a firm touting time travel cryptocurrency and a toilet for the “well-endowed.”

"Alleged" my sweet ass. Anyway, here's the funny & the comedy music.[Mohair Jones]

"Edge Eroded To A Dangerous Degree"

 Washington Post: 
U.S. military edge has eroded to ‘a dangerous degree,’ study for Congress finds

Melissa McEwan / Shakesville:   We Resist: Day 664  —  One of the difficulties in resisting …

Peter Weber / The Week:   The U.S. could lose a war with Russia or China, a new congressional study warns

Guess so, if the military's now filled w/ the testosterone-injecting kind of war criminal depicted in the previous item.

And commissioned by Congress, you say? The very same Congress that so loves bribes campaign contributions from defense contractors? Well I'll be damned, & possibly to a nuclear hell.

(Apparently Fri. will be "Day 666" of the current admin. Ominous portent? I certainly hope so.)

Your Tax Dollars At Work & Play

'Roided-Up U.S. Navy Thug Murders Non-Combatants In Iraq; The Blood Is On Your* Hands, Tax-Paying American Chumps!

Allegedly.

A Navy SEAL who allegedly stabbed a wounded ISIS fighter to death last year is also accused of shooting two noncombatants, one of them a woman; posing for photos with and holding a reenlistment ceremony next to a human corpse; and using and possessing controlled substances, according to his charge sheet.

The charge sheet, obtained and first reported by Task and Purpose, alleges that Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher also fired his weapon at noncombatants at various occasions during a 2017 deployment in the region of Mosul, Iraq with Naval Special Warfare Group One. During that deployment and in the year following, he is accused of attempting to impede the probe into his alleged wrongdoing by discouraging members of his unit from talking to investigators.

Navy Times first reported in September that a SEAL had been confined to Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, California, amid allegations he executed a detainee in Iraq. The outlet reported this week that nearly a dozen current and former SEALs were on standby to testify in Gallagher's Article 32 investigative hearing, which began Wednesday morning in San Diego. A second SEAL, Lt. Jacob Portier has also been arrested in connection with the alleged crime, Task and Purpose reported in October.

According to the newly unearthed charge sheet, dated Oct. 2, Gallagher faces charges of premeditated murder for allegedly stabbing the wounded ISIS fighter "in the neck and body with a knife" on May 3, 2017. He's charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon for shooting two noncombatants, one male, one female, with his firearm on separate occasions in June and July of that year.

In three charges of novel specification, Gallagher is accused of posing for a picture with a human corpse, completing his reenlistment ceremony next to the corpse and operating a drone over it, according to the charge sheet.

These alleged crimes are charged the same day he is accused of killing the detainee; Task and Purpose reported that evidence introduced by the prosecution includes photos appearing to show Gallagher posing with the murdered man and the knife he allegedly used to kill him.

Gallagher also allegedly used Tramadol Hydrochloride, a prescription-only pain reliever, and possessed Sustanon-250, an injectable testosterone, according to the charge sheet.

The hearing that began today will determine whether Gallagher will face court-martial on the charges.

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*I don't pay taxes (not one of the "little people") & indeed am doing more than my part to stop the war machine by draining the Treasury. What about you? Part of the problem, or the solution?

F.D.R. Almost Sunk By Friendly Fire

SUN 14 NOV 1943
Pacific
Submarine Apogon (SS-308) attacks Japanese Truk-bound convoy consisting of transports Akibasan Maru and Okitsu Maru, escorted by destroyers Asanagi and Inadzuma, 08°20'N, 154°15'E; although she claims one damaging hit on a transport, she is unsuccessful.

Atlantic
During battle drills destroyer William D. Porter (DD-579) inadvertently fires a live torpedo at battleship Iowa (BB-61), in which President Roosevelt is traveling. Fortunately, the destroyer signals the battleship in time and a catastrophe is avoided.

H.M.S. Taurus Sinks I-34

SAT 13 NOV 1943
Pacific
Carrier and land-based aircraft begin daily bombings of Japanese positions in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.

Japanese aircraft attack TF 39 (Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill) off Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomons; light cruiser Denver (CL-58) is damaged by aerial torpedo, 06°45'S, 154°15'E.

British submarine HMS Taurus sinks Japanese submarine I-34 30 miles south of Panang, Malaya, 05°17'N, 100°05'E.

Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) lands men and supplies at Paluan Bay, Mindoro, P.I.

Submarine Scorpion (SS-278) damages Japanese oiler Shiretoko northwest of the Marianas, 18°22'N, 142°50'E.

Submarine Trigger (SS-237) sinks Japanese transport Nachizan Maru in East China Sea, 32°55'N, 124°57'E; although damaged by depth charges, she remains on patrol.

Democracy In Action!

Don Thompson / Associated Press:

Democrats Gain Veto-Proof Majority in California Legislature  —  Democrats win two Senate seats in California's Central Valley, gain veto-proof supermajorities in state Legislature.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats have won two Republican-held California state Senate seats in the Central Valley …

[...]

The victories give Democrats a two-thirds advantage in the 40-member Senate. The party also has that advantage in the 80-seat Assembly. The party also holds every statewide office, led by Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom.

Two-thirds majorities allow Democrats to raise taxes, suspend legislative rules and override vetoes without Republican votes.

Get out while you can, Republicans u.s.w.! Plenty of lebensraum over the mountains to the east!

F.D.R. On Iowa

FRI 12 NOV 1943
Atlantic
President Roosevelt embarks in battleship Iowa (BB-61) at the start of his journey that will include his presence at conferences at Teheran and Cairo.

Pacific
Submarine Harder (SS-257) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking auxiliary minesweeper No.11 Misago Maru, 21°40'N, 144°40'E, and damaging motor sailing vessel Hei Maru.

Submarine Scamp (SS-277) torpedoes Truk-bound Japanese light cruiser Agano (damaged the previous day by TF 38's strike), 01°03'N, 149°15'E.

Submarine Thresher (SS-200) torpedoes and sinks Japanese transport Muko Maru north of Truk, 09°02'N, 152°46'E, but is damaged by depth charges and terminates her patrol.

[Compare & contrast these next two items.]
Japanese transport Tokyo Maru, damaged by Scamp (SS-277) on 10 November, sinks at 05°42'N, 151°09'E. Destroyer Suzutsuki rescues survivors.

Transport Tokyo Maru, damaged by submarine Scamp (SS-277), sinks while under tow between Kavieng and Truk, 03°39'N, 150°37'E.
[??]

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese naval base at Surabaya, Java, damaging submarine chasers Ch 6 and Ch 10.

Atlantic
Open lighter YC-857 sinks after grounding off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

PB4Y-1 (VB 103) sinks German submarine U-508 in Bay of Biscay, 46°00'N, 07°30'W.

If You Can't Take The Heat ...

... Stay Out Of Bars In Brooklyn, Snowflake

 Jack Crowe / National Review:

Kat Timpf Chased Out of Brooklyn Bar  —  Fox News personality and National Review contributor Kat Timpf was forced to leave a bar in Brooklyn over the weekend after a woman she had never met became enraged upon learning she worked in conservative media.

Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze:   Another Fox News pundit has been targeted for public harassment - here's how

Tom Tillison / Conservative News Today:   Fox News' Kat Timpf chased out of establishment, ‘chewed out, abused, because of where I work’

Sam J. / twitchy.com:   INFURIATING!  Kat Timpf ‘chewed out, abused, run out of establishment’ and you'll never guess WHY (ok, you might)

Of course this Timpf person can spew bile on Fox News all day, but Gawd forbid she get a dose of her own medicine
in the real world, where she can't cut off anyone's mic, Fox-style.

Processed Cheese Report

Jesus Gawd, there is a tune for everything! (Not necessarily a "good" one, but you know ...)

 The Daily Beast: 
Heather Nauert Isn't U.N. Ambassador Yet, but State Department Staff Say She's Got One Foot Out the Door

Davis Richardson / Observer:   Mike Pompeo Banned a Journalist From His Plane For Reporting He Ate Processed Cheese

Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:   Heather Nauert Reportedly Enraged Mike Pompeo By Telling a Reporter He Ate Processed Slices of Cheese

At least the fat stupid jerk Pompeo realizes eating that crap is embarrassing. Hope his arteries clog up real quick & he dies like a stuck pig.

25 Yrs. Post-Armistice, Great War Continues In The Pacific

THU 11 NOV 1943
Pacific
Aircraft from TF 38 (Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman) and TG 50.3 (Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery), which include three carriers and two small carriers, attack Japanese ships at Rabaul, sinking destroyer Suzunami and damaging light cruisers Yubari and Agano, and destroyers Naganami, Urakaze, and Wakatsuki.

Submarine Capelin (SS-289) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Kunitama Maru northwest of Ambon, 03°08'S, 127°30'E.

Submarine Drum (SS-228) engages Japanese Truk-to-Rabaul convoy, unsuccessfully attacking submarine depot ship Hie Maru, 00°19'N, 149°40'E (see 17 November 1943). Later that day, a USAAF B-24 bombs the same convoy, damaging Hie Maru. Despite those attacks, the enemy ships reach Rabaul the following day.

Submarine Sargo (SS-188) sinks Japanese transport Kosei Maru east of the Nansei Shoto, 27°40'N, 130°24'E.

U.S. freighter Cape San Juan, bound for Townsville, Australia, is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-21 at 28°08'S, 178°06'W; 16 of the 1,348 embarked troop passengers are killed in the initial explosion and a further 114 drown during the abandonment. Liberty ship Edwin T. Meredith begins picking up survivors, joined later by Allied planes, destroyer McCalla (DD-488), destroyer escort Dempsey (DE-26) and motor minesweeper YMS-241 Edwin T. Meredith attempts to scuttle Cape San Juan with gunfire but the ship will remain afloat for another two days.

It's All Over: Just 'Phoning It In Now

In reality, a century later, it's still not finished.

Tally Ho, Tally Ho!

WED 10 NOV 1943
Pacific
Submarine Albacore (SS-218) is accidentally damaged by U.S. four-engine bomber off New Ireland, 03°08'S, 150°17'E, but remains on patrol.

Submarine Barb (SS-220) engages Japanese Keelung-to-Sasebo convoy, unsuccessfully attacking cargo ships Yamahagi Maru and damaging Nishi Maru. Escorting auxiliary minesweeper No.7 Toshi Maru counterattacks, but does not damage, Barb.

Submarine Scamp (SS-277) torpedoes Japanese transport Tokyo Maru, 03°30'N, 150°10'E; transport Mitakesan Maru takes the crippled ship in tow (see 12 November 1943).

British submarine HMS Tally Ho sinks Japanese water carrier Kisogawa Maru, 06°12'N, 99°25'E.

Japanese cargo vessel Giyu Maru, damaged on 4 November 1943, sinks in Matchin Bay, 05°33'S, 154°45'E.

Atlantic
PB4Y-1s (VB 103, VB 105, VB 110), RAF No. 311 (Czechoslovakian) Squadron Liberator, and an RAF Wellington sink German submarine U-966 in Bay of Biscay off northwest Spain, 44°00'N, 08°30'W; Spanish fishing trawlers rescue the survivors.

A Note To The iNternet

Please stop bringing the Tweets of this inane dipshit to my attention, as one of these days I will react to his idiocy w/ enough anger to bring the SS to my door. In the meantime ...

'Fraid you'd melt in the rain, sissy boy?

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) November 11, 2018

Blood On The Sheriff's Hands

Why didn't they commit him? PTSD gunman 'fired a bullet through the wall of his mother's home in April and spent hours holed up inside before police coaxed him out' but he was CLEARED by mental health specialists

• In April, police went to gunman Ian Long's home in Newbury Park, California
• Neighbors say they heard crashes and gunshots coming from inside the house
• They feared for his mother Colleen so called the police and Long engaged in a standoff
• The neighbors say it took several hours before police got him to leave the house
• Mental health specialists were called but they decided not to commit him 
• Under 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code, anyone who is deemed mentally unfit and a danger to themselves or others can be committed
• Police will not say why they decided that Long did not fit this description 
• On Wednesday night, he killed 12 people then himself at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks
• Neighbors say he was known to suffer PTSD after returning from Afghanistan 
• They say he was 'hell to live with' and 'terrified' his long-suffering mother
• Veterans Affairs told DailyMail.com on Friday that Long was never enrolled in any of its healthcare programs

Complete bullshit. In 2006, this reporter was 5150'd just for pulling out an AR-7 & beginning to assemble it so I could kill my damn mother. Didn't even get the AR-7 assembled & probably wouldn't have been a threat to anyone but that bitch if I had. But this guy fires a round, barricades himself inside, yada, & totally gets away w/ it.

Maybe if Ventura County Sheriff Dean & his pig flunkies had handled this properly the Sheriff's fishing buddy, Deputy whatever his name was (as if I fucking care) wouldn't be a "dead hero". Nor would any of the others. Good job, Sheriff. Nothing can clean your hands, you incompetent pig.

Read on. Mr. Ex-Marine Machine Gunner was a total dipshit & obvious trouble waiting to happen. Take me as an example; we're all "law-abiding" citizens until that moment when we've had just about enough of your gawd-damned shit & aren't going to take one more fucking second of it, damn the consequences.

President Of Asshole Moron America Tweets More Lies

Shut your ignorant lying mouth, for once in your ugly life. You know nothing & are nothing.

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) November 10, 2018

I so want to Tweet death threats at the bastard. Two minutes alone in a room w/ him, that's all I ask. Also:

It’s hard to bite your tongue on this one - A completely selfish idiotic fool who must work for the devil - narcissist perv who has no regard for anything but money and fame. I officially déteste this toxic
planet hater -gun lover 🔥 - sickening 😳

— Pamela Anderson (@pamfoundation) November 10, 2018

 Politico:

Trump blames California forest policies for deadly wildfires  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed “mismanagement” of California's forests for ongoing deadly wildfires, threatening to withhold federal payments after 11 people died in two separate blazes and evacuation orders were issued for some 250,000 state residents.

 Washington Post:
Trump blames ‘gross mismanagement’ as wildfires leave trail of death, destruction in California

CBS News:   Hundreds of thousands evacuate as California wildfires turn deadly

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:   Our President Is an Asshole

Los Angeles Times:   Surreal scenes unfold as a fire ‘like Armageddon’ barrels toward West Hills

Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:   Trump Blames California Fires on ‘Mismanagement’ as Death Toll Climbs

Gizmodo:   The Camp Fire Is Officially the Most Destructive in California's History

Refinery29:   Trump Threatens To Cut Federal Funding For California Amid Latest Wildfires

Saturday Cinema

Movie I was compelled to watch to conclusion early Fri. morn: 1970's Lawman, w/ Burt Lancaster, directed by Michael Winner. Biggest complaint: Plenty of squibs used, but the fake blood photographs more like ketchup, except the shots (of shots) where it looks like catsup.

Thanks to the miracle of the iNternet, I can share it w/ you as if I owned the copyright.Fans of the genre may find further enjoyment here.

No! Never Again!!

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz assembles an elite PR team as he considers running for president

• Former Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz is putting together an elite public relations team as prepares to release a civic-minded new book and considers running for president in 2020.
• A key player in Schultz's growing team is Steve Schmidt, a former vice chairman at public relations powerhouse Edelman who managed Republican Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008.
• Schultz is one of the many names widely considered as a possible candidate to take on Trump in two years. In an interview with CNBC earlier this year, Schultz left the door open to a run.

No more businesspeople anywhere near politics, ever again!! Fuck off & die in a fire, "Mr. (Overpriced) Coffee".

Unsuccessful Attacks

TUE 9 NOV 1943
Pacific
Submarine Rasher (SS-269) unsuccessfully attacks Balikpapan-bound Japanese fleet oiler Toa Maru, 00°34'N, 118°59'E.

Submarine Sargo (SS-188) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Taga Maru, 21°40'N, 131°12'E.

Submarine Seawolf (SS-197) unsuccessfully attacks Japanese cargo vessel Hokuriku Maru, 20°38'N, 118°33'E.

Land Combat Bonus:

FI-YUH!!

Winds blow, mansions of the wealthy burn in Bell Canyon, Malibu under evacuation order. (Rich people getting just what they deserve, good & hard. Warms the cockles of my heart.) All local (English-language) broadcast stations w/ news operations broadcasting pyro porn of houses burning, & otherwise spouting platitudes & repeating clichés.

The Navy That Couldn't Shoot Straight

MON 8 NOV 1943
Pacific
Japanese dive bombers attack U.S. ships off Cape Torokina, Bougainville, damaging light cruiser Birmingham (CL-62), 06°00'S, 154°00'E, and attack transports Fuller (APA-7) and President Jackson (APA-18), 06°15'S, 155°05'E.

Destroyers Anthony (DD-515) and Hudson (DD-475) accidentally engage motor torpedo boats PT-163, PT-169, and PT-170; fortunately, neither side suffers any damage in the mistaken encounter.

Submarine Bluefish (SS-222) sinks Japanese army tanker Kyokuei Maru, 17°00'N, 116°19'E. Although Bluefish claims to destroy five more ships, none are damaged; escort vessel Tsushima counterattacks unsuccessfully.

Submarine Rasher (SS-269) sinks Japanese merchant tanker Tango Maru, 00°25'N, 119°45'E, and escapes attacks by auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 41.

Atlantic
Advanced Amphibious Training Base, Plymouth, England, is established. It will be one of the bases used in the buildup for the cross-channel invasions that will begin in June 1944; the command will not be disestablished until 7 December 1945.

Throwback-To-Terror Thurs.

Days W/o Murder In This World Of Shit & Pain: ZERO

Two killing sprees in 12 days; will there be copycats this wknd.?

Keep an eye on any suspicious veterans;

known among his neighbors in Newbury Park as a troubled ex-Marine who appeared to have serious mental health problems

apparently law enforcement can't be bothered.

Deputies at the time said Long was irate and acting irrationally, Dean said. They called in mental health professionals to evaluate him, and they concluded he did not need to be taken into custody.

[...]

Neighbor Richard Berge, 77, said Long was known to kick holes in the walls of the ranch-style house on Fowler Avenue where he lived with his mother.

"Shoot-Out" In Thousand Oaks

At least 11 wounded at Borderline Bar & Grill. "Multiple fatalities."

Santa Elena Sinks

SUN 7 NOV 1943
Pacific
USAAF aircraft (14th Air Force) bomb Japanese shipping in Amoy, China, harbor, sinking army cargo ships No.28 Nagata Maru and No.6 Inushima Maru, and auxiliary sailing vessel Kanlu.

Mediterranean
Troop transport Santa Elena, struck by aerial torpedo while in convoy KMF 25A the previous afternoon, suffers further damage when accidentally rammed by damaged Dutch transport Marnix Van St. Aldegonde (then under tow). The cumulative damage from the torpedo and the collision nullifies the efforts to tow the crippled Santa Elena to port and she sinks that morning. Four of the 133-man merchant crew perish in the abandonment, but the 44-man Armed Guard survives intact.

Run 'Im Outta Town On A Rail!

Tar & Feathering Also A Possibility!

 Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:

A Mob Showed Up Outside Tucker Carlson's House And Ordered Him To ‘Leave Town’  —  MEDIA  —  A left-wing mob showed up outside Fox News host Tucker Carlson's house Wednesday evening, posted pictures of his address online and demanded that he flee the city of Washington, D.C.

Discussion:

Beth Baumann / Townhall:   BREAKING: Antifa Group Shows Up At Tucker Carlson's House, Tells Him He's ‘Not Safe’

Cassandra Fairbanks / The Gateway Pundit:   BREAKING: ANTIFA MOB CURRENTLY OUTSIDE HOME OF TUCKER CARLSON

Culture - "Natty Dread Taking Over" (Fire Bu'n Dem!)

Calif. A.G. Goes After Sex-Based Entertainment Non-Profit

If you believe you’ve been a victim of or have information regarding incidents of sexual abuse by clergy members in California, please report it at: https://t.co/ysZXkLKX51The CA DOJ is gathering information from the public regarding complaints of this nature in California.

— Xavier Becerra (@AGBecerra) November 7, 2018

When do we start taxing the churches? Before or after we start killing the perverted priests?

Twit Of The Day

Loud-mouthed minority is more like it, loser! You have neither "BALLS" nor brains.

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) November 7, 2018

It's (Wednesday) Morning In America! (For A Couple More Hrs.)

Meh. When does the shooting start?

P.F.C. Perella, U.S.M.C., Goes For A Swim; Tough Times For Hoyo Maru

SAT 6 NOV 1943
Pacific
Japanese torpedo planes attack infantry landing craft (gunboat) LCI(G)-70 and motor torpedo boat PT-167 as the U.S. ships retire from Cape Torokina to the Treasury Islands. Dud torpedoes damage both LCI(G)-70 and PT-167.

Japanese troops, transported by destroyers, land near Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomons.

Submarine Haddock (SS-231) attacks Japanese Truk-to-Singapore convoy consisting of fleet tankers Gen'yo Maru and Hoyo Maru and escorting destroyer Yakaze, 08°04'N, 150°04'E. Haddock torpedoes Hoyo Maru at 08°08'N, 149°45'E, and during evasive maneuvers Yakaze is damaged when she accidentally rams Gen'yo Maru. Despite the damage, Yakaze counterattacks Haddock. Submarine Scorpion (SS-278) torpedoes fleet tanker Hoyo Maru, 07°54'N, 150°06'E.

USAAF B-25s hit Japanese shipping west of Buka, sinking submarine chaser Ch 11, auxiliary submarine chaser No.9 Asahi Maru, and cargo vessel Asayama Maru. Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 30 and small cargo vessel No. 3 Nissen Maru are sunk in the same general area.

U.S. aircraft sink submarine chaser Ch 11 and water tanker Chozan Maru west of Buka, Solomons.

Mediterranean
German planes attack Naples-bound convoy KMF 25A; destroyer Beatty (DD-640) is sunk by aerial torpedo 32 miles northwest of Phillippeville, Tunisia, 37°10'N, 06°00'E. Troop transport Santa Elena is also torpedoed about 27 miles off Phillippeville, 37°13'N, 06°21'E, and abandoned. Transport Monterey takes on board the 1,870 Canadian troops (and nurses) traveling in Santa Elena; the crew and Armed Guard returns to the ship (see 7 November 1943).

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Would you like to know more? Sure you would. John P. Perella was awarded the Silver Star. Third Marine Division Bougainville Combat Report. Koromakina, pg. 126. And "Hero of Koromakina Lagoon" is from issue #4 of The United States Marines, March 1944, saved from Saved From The Paper Drive.

Like All Other Human Activity, It's Entirely Pointless

Democracy in America is a complete joke; don't waste your time voting, pick up a gun. #BulletsNotBallots

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) November 6, 2018

Who's counting your vote, loser?

Scorching Burns: Irrational Behaviors Of The Criminally Insane

Read 'Em & Weep

Hidden Motives behind Key GOP Leaders’ Coöperation with Trump & Russia: An Evidence-based Examination of Irrational Behaviors & the Republican Congress Members Who Exhibit Them

Noam Chomsky: Trump and His Enablers Are 'Criminally Insane'

[Medium & Truthdig]

"lost, cause unspecified"

FRI 5 NOV 1943
Pacific
TF 38 (Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman) aircraft attack Rabaul. Planes from carrier Saratoga (CV-3) and small carrier Princeton (CVL 23) bomb Japanese warships (Rear Admiral Takagi Takeo) damage heavy cruisers Atago, Takao, Maya, Chikuma, and Mogami; light cruisers Noshiro and Agano; and destroyers Fujinami and Amagiri.

Submarine Halibut (SS-232) damages Japanese carrier Junyo, Bungo Channel, 32°19'N, 132°58'E; heavy cruiser Tone tows the damaged ship to Kure.

USAAF B-24s sink Japanese fishing vessel No.1 Kanto Maru seven miles north of Kieta, 06°15'S, 155°25'E.

Atlantic
PB4Ys (VB 107) and USAAF B-25s sink German submarine U-848, 480 miles southwest of Ascension Island, 10°09'S, 18°00'W.

Open cargo lighter YCK-2 is lost, cause unspecified, 45°47'N, 58°57'W.*

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*Moved from the Pacific heading, as the coördinates are a bit east of Halifax, N.S. If you care.

Stop Beating Your Children, You Sick Fascist Fucks!

 Christina Caron / New York Times: 
Spanking Is Ineffective and Harmful to Children, Pediatricians' Group Says

No wonder we can't have nice things: Our parents were cheap two-bit thugs who brutalized us for no good reason.
Not to mention the spousal abuse.

Worst species ever. What's wrong w/ all of you?

Scary Monsters & Super Creeps

Menace II Society

All five of them.

How radical is my opponent? Look at who is backing her. The New Black Panther Party is "a racist...antisemitic organization whose leaders have encouraged violence against whites, Jews, & law enforcement" RT if you agree that Abrams & the Black Panthers are TOO EXTREME for GA! pic.twitter.com/oJXdTHgcym

— Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) November 4, 2018

50 yrs. ago:

Mine Warfare

THU 4 NOV 1943
Pacific
Submarine Seawolf (SS-197) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Kaifuku Maru 90 miles south-southwest of Hong Kong, 21°22'N, 113°20'E.

Submarine Silversides (SS-236) lays minefield off New Ireland; Japanese surveying ship Tsukushi and transport Ryosan Maru are sunk; light cruiser Isuzu and destroyer Isokaze, damaged.

Submarine Tautog (SS-199) unsuccessfully attacks Japanese convoy, 07°45'N, 134°09'E.

Navy fighter aircraft damage Japanese cargo vessel Giyu Maru, Matchin Bay, Bougainville, 05°28'S, 154°45'E.

USAAF B-25s sink Japanese cargo ship Chinko Maru, Swatow harbor, China, 23°20'N, 116°50'E; Chinko Maru carries down with her 100,000,000 Yuan in Central Reserve Bank notes.

USAAF B-24s damage Japanese cargo vessel Nissho Maru, in company with destroyer Amatsukaze, 00°20'N, 150°40'E.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 30 is sunk by aircraft off Palau Islands, 06°10'S, 155°35'E.

Tick-Tock! Time Running Out!

No one has any idea what time it really is, other than it's later than one thinks; make like Cap't. America & toss that time-keeping shit.Added timeliness, as suggested/reminded here.

Oklahoma Refloated

WED 3 NOV 1943
Pacific
After months of arduous effort, battleship Oklahoma (BB-37), sunk on 7 December 1941 by Japanese aircraft, is refloated at Pearl Harbor.

U.S. Navy PB4Ys sink Japanese stores ship Minato Maru 19 miles off Ocean Island, 00°53'S, 169°35'E.

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese light cruiser Naka (near-miss) and transport (ex-armed merchant cruiser) Kiyozumi Maru off central New Ireland, 02°00'S, 151°30'E; light cruiser Isuzu takes the damaged auxiliary in tow.

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese ships en route to Rabaul, but score no damage upon their targets, transport (ex-armed merchant cruiser) Gokoku Maru and destroyer Urakaze.

Dumbest Creep (D.C. Division) In The World Today

NYT White House Witch opens idiot yap, exposes idiocy:

Shove your "access", it's making you stupider & even more ignorant than you already were. "Both sides" don't do it.

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) November 3, 2018

What a repugnant species.

Did You Know?

Fun Fact: This reporter awakens every morning (or early afternoon) in a state of absolute, unquenchable rage.

It's a damn shame that no one I really want to kill* is w/in walking distance.

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*It's not murder if you have a good reason.

Battle Of Empress Augusta Bay

TUE 2 NOV 1943
Pacific
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay* is fought during darkness as TF 39, comprising four light cruisers and eight destroyers (Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill), intercepts and turns back a Japanese force of two heavy and two light cruisers and six destroyers (Rear Admiral Omori Sentaro) steaming to attack transports off Bougainville, Solomons. Light cruiser Denver (CL-58) is damaged by 8-inch gunfire; destroyer Foote (DD-511) by torpedo; and destroyer Spence (DD-512) by gunfire and collision with destroyer Thatcher (DD-514). Destroyers Charles Ausburne (DD-570), Spence (DD-512), Dyson (DD-572), Claxton (DD-571), and Stanly (DD-478) sink Japanese destroyer Hatsukaze (already damaged in collision with heavy cruiser Myoko); U.S. gunfire sinks light cruiser Sendai and damages heavy cruisers Myoko and Haguro. Destroyers Shiratsuyu and Samidare are damaged in collision during this night surface action. Japanese planes attack TF 39 during its retirement from the scene of battle, damaging light cruiser Montpelier (CL-57).

Carrier task force TF 38 (Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman) attacks enemy airfields in Buka area, Solomons.

Submarine Haddock (SS-231) engages Japanese submarine chaser Ch 28, 09°12'N, 150°13'E, but neither side damages the other.

Submarines Seahorse (SS-304), Halibut (SS-232), and Trigger (SS-237), each operating independently of the other, attack Japanese convoy south of Honshu; Seahorse sinks transport Chihaya Maru, 29°31'N, 134°50'E, and army cargo ship Yawata Maru, 28°30'N, 135°35'E; Halibut sinks army cargo ship Ehime Maru, 28°40'N, 135°35'E; Trigger sinks army transport Delagoa Maru, 28°30'N, 135°35'; Seahorse or Trigger sinks army cargo ship Ume Maru, 28°40'N, 135°35'E.

USAAF B-25s, escorted by P-38s, raid airfields and harbor at Rabaul, sinking Japanese stores ship Manko Maru and damaging heavy cruisers Haguro and Myoko, destroyer Shiratsuyu, stores ship Hayasaki, and minesweeper W.26.

Atlantic
Destroyer Borie (DD-215), damaged in battle with U-405 the previous day (during which the destroyer had rammed the enemy submarine), 1,000 miles east of Cape Race, Newfoundland, is scuttled by TBF (VC 9) from escort carrier Card (CVE-11), 50°12'N, 30°48'W after attempt to scuttle Borie with gunfire, by destroyer Barry (DD-248), fails.

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*"Also known as the Battle of Gazelle Bay, Operation Cherry Blossom, and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle of Bougainville Bay Shore" it is claimed.

Slave Rebellion In Diamond Bar!

Dog, Two Humans Dead in Diamond Bar Fire; Investigators Search for Couple’s Son

Poor dog.

Tweet It Like it Is ...

Be ready to defend yourselves.

Forget the "get out the vote" bullshit; this election wknd. your best move is to buy guns & ammo. Lots of ammo. You can only shoot two guns at a time, & only one at a time effectively, but you always need ammo! #2018Midterms

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) November 3, 2018

See you at the gun store! (Hope I don't have to shoot it up once I'm a gun owner again, but if it's full of fascisti ...)

Landing At Torokina; U.S.S. Haddock Attacks Cable Guy, Lies About It

NOVEMBER

MON 1 NOV 1943
Pacific
Third Amphibious Force, TF 31 (Rear Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson), lands 1st Marine Amphibious Corps (Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift) at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomons; assault is covered by TBF aircraft and destroyer gunfire. During Japanese retaliatory air strikes, destroyer Wadsworth (DD-516) is damaged by near-miss of bomb.

Cruiser and destroyer force TF 39 (Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill) and carrier task force TF 38 (Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman) shell and bomb Japanese airfields and installations in Buka-Bonis area, Solomons. Rear Admiral Merrill's force later bombards enemy airfields on Shortland Island, Solomons. Japanese return fire damages destroyer Dyson (DD-572).

Destroyer Fullam (DD-474) is damaged by grounding, Solomons area, 06°25'S, 154°53'E.

U.S. aircraft sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 13 west of Shortland Island, Solomons, 07°00'S 155°30'E.

Submarine Haddock (SS-231) attacks Japanese cable-layer Tateishi and trawler Kitagami Maru off Rokutei Island, 09°02'N, 150°43'E. Although Haddock claims damage to both ships, neither is actually damaged.

Atlantic
Destroyer Borie (DD-215) sinks German submarine U-405 north of the Azores, 49°00'N, 31°14'W, but is damaged in the battle.

Beyond Pathetic

 Hill Reporter:

Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl's Story Exposed Through Exclusive Conversations  — Individual claiming to be employed by Surefire Intelligence knew of Lorraine Parsons prior to the story going public.  — Jack Burkman claimed that Surefire Intelligence's ‘partners have actually worked for Trump’.

YouTube:   Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman: Woman Accusing Robert Mueller of Rape is Credible

 Alicia Powe / The Gateway Pundit:

EXCLUSIVE... Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman: Woman Accusing Mueller of Rape is ‘Credible,’ ‘Vetted,’ Media Protecting Special Counsel (VIDEO)  —  **EDITORS NOTE** Jim Hoft is NOT responsible for the posting of the original story reporting the accusations against Mueller.  That was authored by Jacob Wohl himself.

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:   Claims Of A Bombshell Allegation Against Mueller Further Implode

Greg P. / twitchy.com:   NEW: Alleged Mueller accuser WILL NOT be at today's press conference with Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman

 Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:

Jacob Wohl, 20, far-right conspiracy theorist, gets a moment in spotlight with Mueller plot  —  The Trump supporter, once billed as a teenage financial guru, has a history of schemes.  —  Jacob Wohl, a former hedge fund manager turned pro-Trump conspiracy peddler, was a small …

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:   Presser To Unveil No-Show Mueller Accuser Goes Predictably Off The Rails

Matt Naham / Law & Crime:   Alleged Mueller Sex Assault Hoaxster Jacob Wohl: ‘My Default Is Not to Believe Women’

Rafi Schwartz / Splinter:   Two Giant Idiots Hold the World's Worst Press Conference

Patricia Colli / DC Tribune:   Viral Photo Emerges Of Trump That Mueller Is Going To Want To See, Connects POTUS To Scandal

 Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Press Conference on Mueller Allegations and Why Americans Hate the Mainstream Media

Two Months (61 Days) & Counting

Let's start the holidays (NB: Nothing is actually holy/sacred.) musically w/ a summation of 2018 so far.And now let's all give the fuck up. Surely no one can bring themselves to care about anything at this point.