Is this the same I.B.M. that helped the Nazis w/ the Holocaust? When'd they get pissy about anti-semitism? Fucking hypocrites.Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
As Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content — CEO Linda Yaccarino previously claimed that brands are “protected from the risk of being next to” toxic posts — Update (11/16/23) …Discussion:Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white prideBruce Gil / The Messenger: IBM Pulls Ads from X After Report Finds They Appeared Next to Pro-Nazi ContentHannah Murphy / Financial Times: IBM pulls adverts from X after report finding they ran next to Nazi contentRELATED:Elon Musk's Disturbing ‘Truth’ — The billionaire affirmed the deadliest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory in recent American history. — The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society “likes to bring invaders in that kill our people ... Screw your optics, I'm going in.”Discussion:David Goldman / Yahoo Finance: Elon Musk agrees with X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White peopleAlex Kaplan / Media Matters for America: Far-right figures and white nationalists celebrate Elon Musk's antisemitic post: “What we were saying in Charlottesville”Martha McHardy / The Independent: Elon Musk under fire for calling antisemitic conspiracy theory the ‘actual truth’Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Elon Musk Tries to Backpedal After Agreeing With Anti-Semitic Tweet - and Fails SpectacularlySam Hoadley-Brill / The Daily Beast: WTF Is Wrong With the People Still Defending Elon Musk?Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark: Elon Musk: The Bigot in Full
IBM Immediately Suspends Advertising From X/Twitter After Discovering Its Ads Appeared Next to Pro-Nazi ContentDiscussion:Reuters: IBM suspends ads on X after ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content: ‘Unacceptable situation’Miles Klee / Rolling Stone: Twitter CEO Says Platform Is Fighting Antisemitism a Day After Owner Elon Musk Endorsed ItJennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk Said Antisemitic Social-Media Post Was ‘the Actual Truth’Ted Johnson / Deadline: IBM Freezes Advertising On X/Twitter Over Ad Placement Next To Pro-Nazi Content; Elon Musk Under Fire For Amplifying Anti-Semitic Post
Elon Musk, TikTok and the social media ownership problemDiscussion:Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner: More people are using Chinese spyware for news than ever beforeSapna Maheshwari / New York Times: Jewish Celebrities and Influencers Confront TikTok Executives in Private CallAimee Picchi / CBS News: Elon Musk expresses support for antisemitic post on X, calling it “the actual truth”Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart: ‘The Actual Truth:’ Elon Musk Agrees with Antisemitic Post on X/TwitterMatt Gertz / Media Matters for America: Elon Musk lights his tiki torch
Elon Musk faces scrutiny after calling antisemitic X post the ‘absolute truth’
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Nothing To See Here ...
Other than X CEO Linda Yaccarino admitting there are "toxic posts" on X.
Gang Of Pin-Dicks
Psychopathia Republicanus
The outbreak of chest-thumping on Capitol Hill isn't b/c "tensions are high," it's because many Republicans exist in a constant state of panic over their manhood so they need to enact extravagant performances of masculinity. It's basically a drag show without the self-awareness.
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) November 15, 2023
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Last Round-Up Against The Stupid
I certainly hope it was peaceful.Last Post, Please Read — Good morning. This is Zandar's Dad. I am sorry to tell you that he passed away over the weekend, peacefully in his sleep. Fortunately, his computer was on and open to this page but I don't know if I will be able to post again. This blog was Jon's passion.
Zandar Dead At 48
Woeful Wednesday
His father let us know.Zandar's last post.As I said, this blog is his pride and joy. In many ways, it is his legacy.
Rooting Out The Vermin
"Bim! Kill 'Im!"
Further Murder
Last wk.Your tax dollars at work:
LAPD looking into whether police turned away men who reported finding body parts
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Landlords Seek To Evict Tenants, "Gentrify" Neighborhood
Not all Jewish people, but apparently a majority of Israelis.
Another cretinous country heard from:The Israeli public has embraced the Smotrich doctrine
The internalization of the far-right minister's 'Decisive Plan' is evident in the popular support for a new ultimatum for Gaza: emigration or annihilation.
US will take massive hit in global standing over Israel
Washington's seeming refusal to use its leverage to stop civilian carnage may do more damage than even the Iraq War, say experts.
Monday, November 13, 2023
Any Landing You Can Walk Away From
It appears to this reporter that the car hit the aircraft. Sissy fence, too.
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Compare & Contrast
This Veterans Day, let’s remember what the last guy thinks of our service members pic.twitter.com/6nbZ1JuqEU
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) November 11, 2023
Sixty Years Ago Today
Eleven days later ... and 14 days later the murdered President returned to Arlington for his final visit.
P.T.S.D. Sufferers Day
Talk about indoctrination!
Friday, November 10, 2023
Friday Finger
Is every damn temple of commodity fetishism in these United Snakes having an "Early Black Friday Event" two wks. before Thanksgiving? The shelves & warehouses will be empty of Asian-made plastic crap if Xmas gets here before WWIII/Armageddon starts.
Angry woman via GIPHY.
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Murder Time In The Southland
Santa Ana Winds Blowing, Knives Out
Thank goodness for homeless people. You home-"owning" sons-of-bitches would get away w/ a lot more if urban campers weren't going through the trash. And the ubiquity of surveillance cameras is really putting a crimp in crime. Fucking 1984 around here.Police have arrested a Tarzana man in connection with the discovery of dismembered body parts that authorities say are likely his wife‘s.Samuel Bond Haskell IV was booked on suspicion of murder Wednesday. Detectives suspect that he killed his wife and also may have killed his in-laws, who are missing, authorities said.
After reports by workers of what looked like human remains at the property Haskell shares with his wife and in-laws, as well as the discovery of a female torso stuffed in a duffel bag and tossed in an Encino strip mall dumpster, the 35-year-old man was taken into custody by Los Angeles police at a Topanga mall.
L.A. Police Capt. Scot Williams of the Robbery-Homicide Division said the torso is assumed to be Haskell’s wife, Mei Haskell, who has not been located. But forensics will be needed to confirm the identity.
Haskell; his wife, Mei Haskell; and her parents, Yanxiang Wang and Gaoshen Li, all lived in a single-story home in the 4100 block of Coldstream Terrace in Tarzana. The suspect and his wife have three children, who were in school Wednesday, authorities said.
LAPD Det. Efren Gutierrez told reporters Wednesday evening that efforts to reach Mei Haskell’s parents have yielded no results.
“They would normally be home in these hours, and attempts have been made to contact them by phone, by cellphone and no answer. And the same with Mei. She is unaccounted for.”
Detectives are “still tracking down leads and witnesses,” Williams said of the investigation.
The grisly discoveries began Tuesday evening, when a witness reported seeing what seemed like body parts in bags outside Haskell’s Tarzana home. Police were called to the scene, but by the time they arrived, the bags were gone.
The following morning, around 6 a.m., an unhoused man looking for recyclables discovered a dismembered torso in a bag. The female body part was inside a plastic bag that had been stuffed into a duffel and thrown in a trash bin in a parking lot near Ventura Boulevard and Rubio Avenue — about five miles away from Haskell’s home.
The remains were linked to the Tarzana home after investigators examined security camera video in the area, officials said.
Inside Haskell’s house, detectives discovered blood and other evidence consistent with a killing and dismemberment, according to investigators.
Haskell is being held in lieu of $2-million bail.
Court records show that in December 2008, Haskell was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He pleaded no contest to battery and was placed on three years’ probation in 2010.
Records show that Haskell is the son of Sam Haskell, the former executive vice president and worldwide head of television for the William Morris Endeavor Agency. The elder Haskell, who retired from WME in 2005, represented a slew of A-list stars and is still listed as head of Magnolia Hill Productions, which has produced several Dolly Parton specials.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Stop The Incest & Murder Or
I'll Kill All Of You!
Jesus made her a moron & a witch.Whomever made this, bravo!
— Majestic (@MajesticResists) November 5, 2023
pic.twitter.com/75H43v32RT
Monday, November 6, 2023
Your Tax Dollars At Work
And a compare & contrast from ComNavOps, Commander - Naval Opinions.USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 6, 2023
Sunday, November 5, 2023
The *
Not mentioned is the giant asterisk that Republican Jesus-weasel "support" for Israel is predicated on Israel being there so their vicious thug gawd can kill 144,000 Hebrews or something, in order to bring about his great plan to destroy the cosmos. And defense industry campaign contributions for those who "support" Israel w/ weapons.Olivia Alafriz / Politico:
Scott: ‘Obama is dead wrong’ on Israel-Hamas conflict — “From Obama to Biden, Democrats have a problem: supporting Israel always has an asterisk,” the South Carolina senator and presidential contender said in a statement. — Tim Scott on Saturday slammed Barack Obama as “dead wrong” …Phelan M. Ebenhack / Washington Examiner: Tim Scott slams Barack Obama for ‘complicit’ comments on Israel Hamas war
Mills: What the mainstream media is saying about the indiscriminate fire and the actors— I mean you literally have paid actors who are pretending to be killed pic.twitter.com/dlytB3n411
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 4, 2023
Levin's been at this crap for yrs. This item is from 22 July 2014. Note that it refers to Ukraine as well. Has your scummy species made any progress?Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN criticizes Fox News host Mark Levin for describing Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper as “self-hating Jews” on his radio show citing Israel-Hamas war coverage — On his radio show, Levin also alleged that CNN journalists asking questions about the death toll in Gaza are ‘giving aid and comfort to the enemy’
Had to go here for the video because The Wrap doesn't give a good goddam.That insult was a heightened version of the criticism Stewart received after talking about Israel and Hamas last week. Conservative talk-show host Mark Levin, who is Jewish, noted that Stewart has made jokes about the Holocaust and had changed his last name from Leibowitz.“I despise the self-haters, I really do. I despise them,” Levin said Wednesday, adding that he doesn’t “trust Jews who change their names.”
The running joke of Monday’s segment was Stewart’s reluctance to say anything about Israel, for fear of inciting more criticism. But he did manage one sincere point.
“Look, obviously there are many strong opinions on this issue. But just merely mentioning Israel or questioning in any way the effectiveness or humanity of Israel’s policies is not the same thing as being pro-Hamas,” he said.
At that, Klepper called Stewart a “Zionist pig.””You know what,” Stewart said, crumpling up his notes. “Why don’t we talk about something lighter, like … Ukraine?”
Watch the video:
Note that nine+ yrs. later, the situations in Gaza & Ukraine are both much worse.This ‘Daily Show’ Clip Perfectly Captures What It’s Like Being Jewish Right Now
The 2014 segment titled "We Need to Talk About Israel" highlights how little discourse has changed in a decade.
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Ooops. Forgot To Pimp This Poop.
The Death of Literacy: Only 458 views. Fuck everybody & everything to hell.
Friday, November 3, 2023
Friday's Fizzle
Effin' eff.
And a higher-resolution image of ugly trees (that want to die) silhouetted against an altered SoCal sky full of particulates.
Friday Fiftieth Freak Out
"Butt-fuckers tryna run my world, Moneybags tryna ..."
Thursday, November 2, 2023
I've Been Working On The Railroad ...
Just like a model railroad, even to the Gawd's-eye view.File this under "Much Ado About Nothing".
Thursday's Turkey
Title not to impugn those rounded-up in any way; they are the cream of today's crop of remaining small or one-person web-logs, & this reporter is as picky/anal as any, 'though for no apparent reason or reward. Further proof of the absolute futility of existence, I s'pose.
New(ish) Music
YouTube has decided to offer me a recently uploaded video (always in the lower left corner) among the offerings that appear when whatever I was watching finishes.* Usually it's incomprehensible to Ol' Man Bouffant, but "fuzz, swamp & electric" struck a chord (not that I have anything against Hong Kong) so I gave this a shot, & it's not at all insufferable; in fact, it's reminiscent of Peter Green's The End of The Game.
*Other enshittification continues apace: In the last few days, w/ the exception of the one video identified as "New", everything it's been recommending is crap I've already heard. Not the point, YouTube/Google/Alphabet.
*Other enshittification continues apace: In the last few days, w/ the exception of the one video identified as "New", everything it's been recommending is crap I've already heard. Not the point, YouTube/Google/Alphabet.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Eruption Erupts!
No shit, AP.Eruption of Eurasia's tallest active volcano erupts in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
Wednesday. It's Only Wednesday?
That's what it says.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
Sunday, October 29, 2023
54-Yr. Old Man Found Dead, No One Gives A Good Goddam ...
... other than a perfunctory media release that was picked up by mynewsLA.com.
Unsure of relevance here, but of interest: The scene of Mr. Tecson's death is w/in walking distance of this reporter's bunker.The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office Sunday identified the body of a man who was discovered on a sidewalk in the Westlake area.The man was identified as Danilo Tecson, 54, according to the agency, which added that they had no city of residence for Tecson.
According to the agency’s website, his date of birth — Oct. 28 — was also the date of his death.
The discovery was made at about 7:45 a.m. Saturday in the 400 block of South Coronado Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police added that there was “no evidence of foul play.”
No further information was immediately available.
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Friday, October 27, 2023
After Tenants Complain, Slumlords Cut Off Electricity, Gas, Water & Internet, Then Attack Tenants
That this area of perpetual violence & historical hatred is known as "The Holy Land" is but another example of how most of your species is 180° wrong about everything. Or do most of you think murder, rape, war & general savagery are holy? Wouldn't surprise me in the least.
Picking A Winner, Part II
I dunno, sounds like "Original Sin" bullshit to this reporter, whose heart is black & lips are cold.Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Joe Scarborough Delivers Blistering Takedown Of Mike Johnson's Gun Logic — “We have more mass shootings in America every year than we have days in the year,” the MSNBC host said. — MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) “preposterous” …Discussion:Rebecca Morin / The Messenger: Biden Adviser Slams House Speaker Johnson for Saying Gun Violence Is Due to Americans' HeartsAmanda Marcotte / Salon: More mass shootings like the one in Maine? Supreme Court will soon consider unleashing the violenceTravis Gettys / Raw Story: 'They're going to steal this election': Morning Joe issues dark warning about Mike JohnsonJamie Frevele / Mediaite: Joe Scarborough Blasts Election Denier Mike Johnson As Trump's ‘Tool’: ‘Donald Trump Has His Guy’Mallory Wilson / Washington Times: Gavin Newsom takes swipe at Speaker Mike Johnson for mourning Maine mass shootingConover Kennard / Crooks and Liars: Here Are All The Things Mike Johnson Blames For Mass ShootingsEvan Popp / Stateline: Legislators vow action to address Maine's weak gun laws after Lewiston mass shootingSarah Jones / PoliticusUSA: Mike Johnson Bungles Maine Mass Shooting Response and Veers Off ‘Defense of Sanctity of Human Life’abc7NY: Newly elected Speaker Johnson offers prayers for violence to end in response to Maine mass shootingNikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and AbortionRELATED:Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
White House hits Johnson over claiming gun violence was a matter of the ‘heart’Discussion:Brett Samuels / The Hill: White House slams Speaker Johnson's ‘offensive accusation’ that the ‘human heart’ is to blame for mass shootingsEllie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic: Mike Johnson: Guns Don't Kill People, Hearts Kill PeopleSara Dorn / Forbes: Biden Administration: ‘Offensive’ For Speaker Johnson To Blame Gun Violence On ‘The Human Heart’Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos: Biden administration calls BS on new House speaker's weak gun statement—twiceMichael Macagnone / Roll Call: After mass shooting, new speaker calls for prayer that ‘senseless violence can stop’Jeff Mordock / Washington Times: New House Speaker Johnson meets Biden at White HouseJenny Leonard / Bloomberg: New House Speaker Meets Biden to Discuss Funding RequestsGreg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mike Johnson's conspiracy theories about ‘illegals’ mark a new GOP low — Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly elected House speaker, has repeatedly flirted with what's known as the “great replacement theory,” the idea that Democrats are scheming to supplant American voters with immigrants.Discussion:Arjun Singh / BizPac Review: DeSantis slams Biden for charging Americans evacuees from Israel while paying to fly illegal immigrantsAmerica's Voice: “Mike Johnson's Conspiracy Theories About ‘Illegals’ Mark a New GOP Low” - Spotlight on New Speaker's Embrace of “Replacement” TheoryMaria Cardona / The Hill: Is Trump now the ‘Shadow Speaker’ of the House?
Friday Finger
Ben Riddleberger.Drawing Bible Verses Matthew 19 - Richie Rich asks Jesus about getting into Heaven…
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Cretin Caucus Picks A Real Winner
Piling on:Judd Legum / Popular Information:
What everyone should know about the new House Speaker, Mike JohnsonMaha / The Mahablog: Thoughts on the New Speaker — The mass shooting in Maine may be one of the rare examples …Greg Larose / Florida Phoenix: Low-key Mike Johnson, now U.S. House speaker, known at home as affable, conservative stalwart
Ah, a "staunch" social conservative, not a drooling maniac. Words escape them. Check Press Watch for more on how these cretins are (poorly) covered.How new House Speaker Mike Johnson spent years fighting against gay rights
The staunch social conservative previously called gays “destructive.”
World Situation Report
No one is safe anywhere. It's kill or be killed, & better you than I!How is this different from Lewiston?
1509PDT: New (?) video; the same length, I believe, but no idea if changes were made.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Angry American Fed Up To Here,
Takes Matters (& Gun) In Hand
Active Shooter Situation
Lewiston, Maine, where a WalMart Distribution Center was reported to be one shooting scene. Way to go, Waltons.CORRECTION: Bowling alley & bar, but not the distribution center. Fuck the Waltons anyway.
Protests Too Much
CNN:
New speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s.
So a "creed" is not something one does or chooses, but "what you are", whereas homosexuality is a bizarre choice. Interesting. I wonder when & where Mike made his "choice". Other interesting choices he's made.“Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s,” CNN reports.
“In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality an ‘inherently unnatural’ and ‘dangerous lifestyle’ that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy ‘the entire democratic system.'”
“And, in another editorial, he wrote, ‘Your race, creed, and sex are what you are, while homosexuality and cross-dressing are things you do. This is a free country, but we don’t give special protections for every person’s bizarre choices.'”
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
"Murder", They Typed
[Behind a paywall.]In a fiery interview that aired Tuesday, Queen Rania of Jordan sat down with veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour and lambasted what she described as the “glaring double standard” in Western mainstream media coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.“It has been very disappointing to see the double standards in the world today, to see the strong condemnation of what happened on Oct. 7, but very little condemnation of what is happening today,” the Jordanian royal said on Amanpour & Co, in a video interview from the capital city of Amman, Jordan.
“Why isn't there a call for an immediate ceasefire? We are seeing staggering human suffering happening today, so why is the narrative always skewed towards the Israeli side? The Western media and policymakers are quick to adopt the Israeli narratives. When Israel attacks, Palestinians ‘die,’ but when Israelis die, they are ‘killed,’ murdered in cold blood.”
War On Poverty The Poor
"Our Religion": Jesus Hates The Poor
We'd advocate killing them before they kill you, but that might get us in trouble, as the First Amendment & the right to defend oneself apparently mean nothing anymore.Elle Hardy / New Republic:
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Monday, October 23, 2023
So, To Hell W/ The First Amendment?
I don't like any of your gutter religions, & I want all of you brain-dead Moses, Jesus & Muhammad freaks right the hell out of my country. NOW!!
Never forget, they killed Darby for telling the truth.
Wow. Trump says if he’s elected he’ll implement “strong ideological screening” of all immigrants to the U.S.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) October 23, 2023
One of his criteria: “if you don’t like our religion…then we don’t want you in our country.” pic.twitter.com/PJ8rbqglZ9
Tired Of Living?
You bet your ass I'm sick & tired of the whole thing,
Nazi Punks Fuck Off!
This Nazi punk is so "proud" it can't even draw the hakenkreuz correctly. Dyslexic dumbfuck.
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Mittens Runs His Mouth:
G.O.P. A Hive Of Scum & Villainry
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| Sidewalk stencil, La Brea Ave., Aug. 2023. (Yes, they're real. They call themselves scam rap.) |
Even people who believe in magic hats & seeing stones can see through these jerkwads. Why can't voters?Mr. Coppins writes that Mr. Romney saw Mr. Gingrich as “a ridiculous blowhard who babbled about America building colonies on the moon.” He also had moral objections to Mr. Gingrich’s admitted adultery.In his journal, Mr. Romney wrote that his wife, Ann, thought that Mr. Gingrich was “a megalomaniac, seriously needing psychiatric attention.”
If That Is Your Real Name
Really, "Lance"?
Can't imagine why Mr. Double Euphemism went out of business.
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Lock. Them. Up!!
Why, almost three yrs. later, isn't every last one of these bitches & the sons thereof rotting in prison for sedition?Are there no fucking laws?
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