Vehicular Homicide: "Hit & Kill" Bills, "We Will Run You Over"

Soon no one will be safe anywhere, per Pharyngula

First you strawman those who disagree with you, then you murder them with your car

& goon Maddie Cawthorn.

Madison Cawthorn says people in DC are trying to destroy western civilization; take all of our morality away; and make us genderless, sexless, and Godless. pic.twitter.com/SshRgtCEKb

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 4, 2021

From April

In 2020, Weil tracked “72 incidents of cars driving into protesters across 52 different cities,” over the span of just over a month.

[...]

Five states besides Florida introduced similar bills this year, granting some form of immunity to people running into demonstrators. The Iowa measure passed the state House and awaits Senate approval. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt just signed another version into law in his state. This one shields attacking drivers from criminal liability.

pretty sure another such bill was introduced in some shithole state recently. [checks notes] Nope, news about shithole state Oklahoma's bill. Temporarily good news, at least.

Judge temporarily blocks parts of new Oklahoma law limiting protests, protecting drivers

Commie lawyers also examine the trend. 

The Editor reminds all Prius-, Suabru-, Volvo- & yada-owning liberal types who, not being paranoid idiots, don't own guns: A car can be a much more effective weapon than a gub. Aiming's easier, gasoline's less expensive than ammunition, & hey, you're just putting the pedal to the metal, not looking someone in the eye & pulling a trigger.

Further Fiery Fun For Friday

City On Flame

Saw fire engines headed toward this mess, & several newschoppers hovering over it. Third time this structure has been ablaze in the 12+ yrs. I've lived around here, as noted in the video & text. The previous times it was the other end.

Witness John Wesley said it’s not the first time this strip mall has seen what he referred to as “odd fires.”

“Full flames, and it looked like something that was close to getting out of control,” he said. “It was kinda odd because that business has been closed for a long time and this plaza here has seen a couple of odd fires through the years.”

In fact, the same strip mall suffered a greater-alarm fire in May 2020.

#BREAKING #Koreatown: @LAFD responds to karaoke bar fire on Vermont. No injuries reported so far. pic.twitter.com/ztSYDEEvoj

— Robert Kovacik (@RobertNBCLA) November 5, 2021

Man, things must be dull in Sac'to if they can spend 18 mins. on a fire hundreds of miles away.

Plumes of smoke rose over Koreatown on Thursday night as what appeared to be a karaoke lounge was destroyed by fire.

The blaze was reported around 6:40 p.m. in the 200 block of Vermont Avenue near West 2nd Street, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

Neighbors tweeted photos and videos of orange flames shooting up from the building and smoke pulsing high into the night sky.

More than 100 firefighters fought the flames. Some went on the roof but had to retreat when it became unstable, the Fire Department said.

The firefighters then went on the defense rather than offense, focusing on protecting nearby structures.

Still, they were able to put out the fire by 8:15 p.m.

They planned to remain through the night to make sure the flames did not rise again. Heavy equipment would be used to clear debris and take down unsafe walls if necessary.

No injuries were reported.

[KTTV & L.A.T.]

Just Fuck Everybody & Everything

Non-Stop Fake Outrage From Republicans Who Don't Bother To Mention They're Republicans

Parker Molloy / The Present Age:

CNN ran a story on the cost of milk with claims that didn't add up, and two staffers reacted to criticism of the segment by lashing out at critics on Twitter  —  I didn't plan on writing about milk today, but... here we are.  —  But first, let's travel back to the year 2010.

Brianna Keilar / @brikeilarcnn:   The child tax credit has been essential for them and they're very thankful for it. It spared mom and dad from taking on second jobs and helped offset the rising cost of food, gas and utilities, but they're still feeling the squeeze on their grocery bill. https://twitter.com/...

Evan McMorris-Santoro / @evanmcs:   Truly remarkable number of assholes on here attempting to dunk on a charming family who lays out how it feels to shop with price rises. Very wise and cool tweets. Glad you're all weathering the economy so well! https://twitter.com/...

Rob Sheridan / @rob_sheridan:   A good read from the always excellent @ParkerMolloy on today's milk debacle and why it matters, which boils down to: Media outlets like @CNN are uncritically rolling out the red carpet for fake right-wing outrage; it's the Tea Party all over again: https://www.readthepresentage.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

Ruben Gallego / @rubengallego:   We shouldn't diminish what this family is feeling. I am just confused, if they are a typical middle class American family should be getting $200-$300 per kid in child tax credit. With 7 children that is $1400 to $2100 per month. https://twitter.com/...

Colby Hall / Mediaite:   Got Outrage? Twitter Has a Cow Over CNN Segment on Family Buying Gallons of Milk

Katherine Wiles / MarketWatch:   People are having a cow over CNN's ‘12 gallons of milk a week’ segment — here's why

Peter Suciu / Forbes:   Got Milk? Humorous Reactions And Fact-Checks To CNN's ‘12 Gallons A Week’ Milk Report

@cmclymer:   1. They failed to verify the price of milk claimed by this family, which is false. 2. They failed to disclose that several of the eight kids are grown adults over 21. 3. Or that the parents are Republicans. 4. Or a rational comparison of grocery prices. I mean...

@cmclymer:   The price-of-milk story on CNN today is astonishingly incomplete and sloppy. It reminds me of when the Dr. Seuss controversy got ramped up, and despite little evidence for the claim and a lot of missing context, some reporters just ran with it. Disappointing, to say the least.

@ijbailey:   This is an even more damning indictment of that CNN “milk” family story this morning. It left out this critical information and said nothing about the fight in DC to extend these benefits to help families like these even more. This type of narrative shapes policy - in bad ways. https://twitter.com/...

Patrick Thornton / @pwthornton:   @brikeilarcnn How was this not in the piece and why was this piece done in the first place?

Jared Holt / @jaredlholt:   You'd think that @ParkerMolloy would consider this nation's rising milk costs before she made me shoot mine out of my nose https://www.readthepresentage.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

Jordan Weissmann / Slate:   Yes, That's a Ton of MilkParker Molloy / @parkermolloy:   This stuff, sadly, does matter. https://www.readthepresentage.com/ ...

Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy:   Not only did a CNN reporter call people “assholes” because they criticized his error-filled report, but then the host of the show that aired it retweeted his post calling the audience “assholes.” This is cool with you guys, @mdornic? https://twitter.com/...

Kimberly Ricci / UPROXX:   CNN's Brianna Keilar Attempted To Defend A Report About Milk Prices That Left Everyone Scratching Their Heads

Brianna Keilar / @brikeilarcnn:   Look, the silver lining here is that a lot of people who have never had to shop around for the store with the cheap milk are now ... never mind.

David Rutz / Fox News:   Liberals mock family of 11 featured on CNN concerned about rising cost of milk

David Covucci / The Daily Dot:   ‘12 Gallons of milk a week’ becomes a meme after purchase goes viral

Stephen Douglas / The Big Lead:   Do Not Dunk on CNN's Milk Family For Buying So Much Milk

Zach Silk / The Pitch from Civic Ventures:   Keep Your Promises  —  Two days ago, voters handed Democrats some high-profile losses in the off-year elections.

Aaron Gordon / VICE:   CNN's Viral Milk Segment Gets Inflation Completely Wrong

"I say the price of meat has just gone up ..."

Previous Item Musical Study Guide

Below (not the original*) was February 1928, here's December 1954.On a too-cool-for-school note, this reporter's been hep to the tune since the mid-'70s (One of the advantages of age.) long before any George Clooney movie. E.T., '65:The age of color tee vee, w/ Red Sovine & a Wilburn Brother:*Intellectual property is theft.

Locked Up Tight!

Previously on this very web-log. Now:

Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:

Jan. 6 Defendant Who Said She's ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Sentenced To Prison  —  Jenna Ryan, a Texas real estate agent who flew to D.C. on a private plane and livestreamed in the Capitol, got 60 days in prison.  —  Jenna Ryan, a Donald Trump enthusiast who tweeted that she's …

Rick Rouan / USA Today:   Capitol riot: Texas realtor sentenced to 60 days for role in Jan. 6 insurrection

CNN:   January 6 defendant who said Capitol rioters deserved a pardon from Trump gets 60 days behind bars

Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:   Capitol Rioter Who Bragged That She's ‘Definitely Not Going to Jail’ Is Definitely Going to Jail

Brad Reed / Raw Story:   ‘A travesty!’ MAGA rioter lashes out at the media after getting hit with prison sentence

Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos:   Insurrection Barbie who said she was ‘definitely not going to jail,’ is ... going to jail

Zoe Richards / The Daily Beast:   Capitol Rioter Who Boasted She Wouldn't Go to Jail Because She's White Is Going to Prison

David Covucci / The Daily Dot:   Capitol rioter who tweeted ‘definitely not going to jail’ sentenced to jail time

CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:   Texas Real Estate Agent Jenna Ryan Sentenced To Prison For Actions During January 6 Capitol Riot

Ed Scarce / Crooks and Liars:   Capitol Rioter Who Bragged 'She's Definitely Not Going To Prison' Is Going To Prison

Alex Macon / D Magazine:   North Texas Real Estate Broker Gets 60 Days in Jail for Role in Jan. 6 Riot at U.S. Capitol

Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:   Capitol Rioter Insisted She Wouldn't Go to Jail

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:

She said she wasn't going to jail for Jan. 6, citing ‘blonde hair white skin.’ A judge sentenced her to 60 days behind bars.  —  A Texas Realtor who bragged after Jan. 6 that as a blonde, white woman she would not be going to jail for joining in the assault on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob …

Ashley Collman / Insider:   Realtor who flew to the Capitol riot on a private jet and said she wouldn't go to jail because of her “blonde hair” and “white skin” gets 60 days behind bars

Betty Cracker / Balloon Juice:   She's in the Jailhouse Now  —  Remember the obnoxious Trump superfan/Texas real estate broker …

The Singing Brakeman, Jimmie Rodgers, seen in the Bouffant ancestral home of Kerrville, Texas. Today I learned Rodgers lived there from "about 1929 to 1931". 

Added surprise: No link, but I did a smidge more research & found that at one time the longest continually occupied house in Kerrville was built in 1868 & occupied by someone I'll assume was an ancestor, as he had the same legal name as this reporter.

Fuck Xmas Already?

This horseshit (Third St. hasn't had decorated light standards in the twelve Xmases I've lived near it.) is new, as of yesterday. At least they're not religious, merely wintry. Perhaps to remind Angelenos of seasons.

The big fucking coil of extension wire is a nice touch, innit? Does no one check their fucking work any more?

Summary & Abstract

One-Sentence Summary: SARS-CoV-2 was detected in one-third of sampled White-tailed deer in Iowa between September 2020 and January of 2021 that likely resulted from multiple human-to-deer spillover events and deer-to-deer transmission.

Abstract

Many animal species are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and could potentially act as reservoirs, yet transmission in non-human free-living animals has not been documented. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), the predominant cervid in North America, are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and experimentally infected fawns transmit the virus to other captive deer. To test the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 may be circulating in deer, we evaluated 283 retropharyngeal lymph node (RPLN) samples collected from 151 free-living and 132 captive deer in Iowa from April 2020 through December of 2020 for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Ninety-four of the 283 deer (33.2%; 95% CI: 28, 38.9) samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA as assessed by RT-PCR. Notably, between Nov 23, 2020 and January 10, 2021, 80 of 97 (82.5%; 95% CI 73.7, 88.8) RPLN samples had detectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA by RT-PCR. Whole genome sequencing of the 94 positive RPLN samples identified 12 SARS-CoV-2 lineages, with B.1.2 (n = 51; 54.5%), and B.1.311 (n = 19; 20%) accounting for ~75% of all samples. The geographic distribution and nesting of clusters of deer and human lineages strongly suggest multiple zooanthroponotic spillover events and deer-to-deer transmission. The discovery of sylvatic and enzootic SARS-CoV-2 transmission in deer has important implications for the ecology and long-term persistence, as well as the potential for spillover to other animals and spillback into humans. These findings highlight an urgent need for a robust and proactive “One Health” approach to obtaining a better understanding of the ecology and evolution of SARS-CoV-2.

Can not wait until the White-tail variant has killed another 750,000 of you fucking sheep.

[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]

Lies & The Lying Liars Who Type Them For The Lying NYT

From the always worth-your-while Press Watch ("An intervention for political journalism"):

So much wrong in just one paragraph by Jeremy Peters of the New York Times

Much more is wrong than just one paragraph.

What makes the paper of record's reporters such sucker-ass chumps when they're on Cletus safari they're constantly bamboozled by lying hicks in diners, metaphorical & actual? Is it the food?

That said, it’s not just Peters. This sort of thing happens almost routinely in the Times. I think it’s because the reporters parachute into a place not to listen — which they damn well should be doing — but to find someone who will illustrate the (often toxic) story they and/or their editors had in mind before they even got there. They cast around desperately for someone — and find themselves a ringer.

Unchecked Consumption

Help Yourselves!

Ha ha ha. Your precious plastic shit isn't safe.

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New Frontiers In Christo-Fascism

Gulls for JesusNothing in the Big Book of Holy Lies about the New World, these United Snakes, or the Constitution. And nothing in the Constitution says thing one about the Bible or Gawd, either, although there is an Amendment that says no respect for any damn religion.

But critics, including some religion scholars, say these claims are exclusionary and toxic enough to undermine the country’s democratic institutions. The teachings behind biblical citizenship and other forms of Christian nationalism helped fuel the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, they said.

Christian nationalism — loosely defined as the belief that America and its institutions should be overtly Christian rather than secular — is “absolutely a threat to a pluralistic democratic society,” Andrew Whitehead, co-author of “Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States” said earlier this year at a webinar hosted by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.

[...]

The course emphasizes the idea that the Founding Fathers, as well as the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, were divinely inspired and that religious liberty is an important value to protect. It seeks to increase Christian engagement in the public square, in general, and the political process, in particular.

For too long, American Christians have kept quiet about their values, Green and other speakers claim. Now, it’s critical to bring a biblical worldview out of the four walls of the church.

Quite a claim. These freaking fascisti haven't shut their festering gobs nor been off the telebision for the last 50+ yrs.

Hey, remember that quaint old saying about turning the other cheek? Who said that? No one these people ever heard of.

Not only does Green offer materials to lead biblical citizenship courses, he also offers materials so Christians can take a deep, faith-based dive into the Constitution, as well. And in the Constitutional Defense of Your Family and Freedom course, participants also “learn how to shoot handguns,” Green told conservative Christian author and blogger Connie Albers during an April interview.

Funny how it always comes down to guns, isn't it? How itchy are their trigger fingers?

[Deseret News]

Why Does Carl's Jr.® Hate America?

This load of corporate crap is on a wall in every Carl's Jr.® store.

Let's hear it for that American Dream:

Have they no shame?

An e-mail to CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (w/ images attached) should get Mr./Ms. Local Franchisee in big trouble, I hope. I am assuming s/he's a cheap prick, or they wouldn't be so desperately hiring.

Let me add that the Sourdough Star® sucks. (Probably why it was a limited-time offering.) Stick w/ the original, the Sourdough Jack®. Hell, buy locally; head to Astro's for a Frisco Burger.

The Sky Above ...

... the mud below.

Spooky Science Sunday

Leave Marie Antoinette alone!

Marie Antoinette's Adultery Unmasked by Modern Science

Lock. Her. Up!

And Throw Away The Key

Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:

Jan. 6 ‘Influencer’ Who Said She's ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Should Go To Jail, Feds Say  —  Jenna Ryan, a Trump-loving real estate broker, called Jan. 6 “one of the best days of my life” and bragged that she wouldn't go to jail because she's white.

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Prosecutors cite Capitol rioter's claim she won't go to jail because she's ‘blonde’ with ‘a great job’ in filing urging incarceration

Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:   Feds Want To Lock Up 1/6 Defendant Who Said She Won't Go To Jail Because She's White

Do we still sentence people to hard labor? We should. Making spoiled bottle-blond pukes like this do farm labor from dawn-to-dark daily for their own subsistence would be a start. No work, no food. And don't let her have any hair coloring while she's locked up.

Rule of thumb: Those who call themselves "influencers" (& real estate agents as well) should be tied in a bag, beaten w/ staves & thrown into a suburban swimming pool. Start killing the aristocrats, nothing. We have to start killing all the assholes, before it's too damn late!

Sunday Freak Out

Three Good 'Uns In One

Alas, a certain degeneration/deconstruction into noodling.

The Horror ...

... is here. Not that it doesn't surround us everywhere.

Back To Boise: Monday's Mall Murderer Was A Far-Right Extremist

W/ the assistance of the AP, we covered Monday's Mass Murder. Here's an interesting but not unexpected development.

Didn't even see this until now. It's barely even news anymore when far right extremists shoot up a mall. https://t.co/QIEdSyRmhv

— Schooley (@Rschooley) October 30, 2021

And more from the AP.

Lying Liars & The Lies They Tell

Blow me, Bill Maher. And fuck you, Fox News.

Cut out their lying tongues & break their lying typing fingers.

I mean, Bill fucking Maher wears a useless fucking rag* around his useless fucking pencil-neck because of imagined horseshit concerning "respect" for his viewers ("You're in their living room, Bill.") when he's on telebision. Why is sporting a "diaper" over his ugly mouth & nose for an actual protective purpose such a big deal? It's as if he's both a cretin & mentally ill. Or just a fucking asshole.

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*Be funny to have a little neck-tie party for ol' Bill, wouldn't it? Strangle his lying two-faced ass w/ that phony tie.

In Which I Call BULLSHIT!!

Every fake news & real lies site is on this. Am I the only one who can see through the horseshit? Sickening.

CBS News:

Virginia malls and shopping centers increase security amid ISIS threat

Nick Gilbertson / Breitbart:   Potential ISIS Threat Leads to Increased Security at D.C. Area Malls Ahead of Halloween Weekend

Nick Arama / RedState:   Thanks, Joe: ISIS Threat for This Weekend in Northern Virginia

Jamie White / [your]NEWS:   ISIS Terror Threat Declared In Northern Virginia, Police Presence Increased in Shopping Malls and Transit Hubs

Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:   Police Increase Presence At Shopping Malls, Crowded Areas In Northern Virginia Amid ISIS Terror Threat: Report

Robert Spencer / Jihad Watch:   Northern Virginia police increase presence at malls, highways, restaurants in response to Islamic State threat

Matt Vespa / Townhall:   Why You Should Be Careful Venturing into Malls and Shopping Centers in Northern Virginia This Weekend

Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:   Just in Time for the Election: Alleged ISIS Terror Threat Prompts Beefed up Security in Northern Virginia

Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:   Police beef up security at malls, shopping centers outside DC following ISIS threat

M. Bouffant / WEB OF EVIL:   Today's Fakest News: ISIS To Attack Temples Of Commodity Fetishism

Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze:   Police ramp up enforcement presence after report of threat from ISIS against Virginia shopping centers on Halloween

Megan Cloherty / WTOP:   Northern Virginia police departments increases presence amid purported ISIS threat against shopping malls

Fuck every one of these shitheels in their lying paranoid mouths.