Bullshit

For the 10,839th time, I will say I really try to stay away from hard news. 

What is difficult is staying away from headlines. They are the ultimate clickbait should one be susceptible. ....and they show up everywhere, not just news sites. 

Me? I'm pretty good at not clicking, but I tend to get a fraction of the story a headline might portray. And I get a skewed one as well, as often the headlines can be misleading. 

As I was reading a sports story in the NYT (I know, right?) interspersed in any NYT article are links to other 'top stories' for which they want you to click. 

You can see by my title image which bullet point caught my eye. 

W. T. A. F. 

This administration kills me - maybe quite literally one day. 

Going after voting records and Jews.  .....not necessarily in that order. 

When it comes to government agencies, I find the EEOC to be one of the good guys. For a long time they were my client and I had respect for them. Had. Past tense.

For more than a year, the EEOC had been pressing Penn to surrender records about antisemitism complaints and a list of “all clubs, groups, organizations and recreation groups” that were “related to the Jewish religion, faith, ancestry/national origin.” The government also demanded membership rosters of those groups, as well as a list of people who had worked in Penn’s Jewish Studies Program.

Again: W.T.A.F. 

On the surface, the EEOC looking into claims of antisemitism seems laudable. Perhaps going after Penn to do something about that behaviour. The demands for the rosters of Jewish organizations as opposed to, oh, right winged groups on campus, seem like they don't really want to solve the problem. They're saying the problems are: Jews. 

It is so thinly veiled the veil doesn't even exist. The threat. The meaning. The antisemitism. 

I know there is a doomsday clock that symbolizes the hypothetical destruction of humanity, and the clock measures our proximity to disaster based on human-made existential threats  These include Climate Change, Nuclear Escalation and Disruptive Technologies. 

Right now, the clock is at one minute and 25 seconds to midnight - meaning extinction at 00:00. 

That is without shit like this - though maybe another holocaust-like event is under 'nuclear escalation'. 

It's been a while since I've said it, but we are still on that road - a holocaust. Everything this administration does and says reeks of it. Again, they don't disguise it, but everyone is ok looking the other way - though to be the tiniest bit fair they get thrown a lot of distractions by this administration. 

What I do (and don't) get is BLOTUS' daughter and son-in-law. Clearly, they will continue to look the other way with his and his administration's antisemitism as long as they can make a buck from it. Or a billion. 

I also won't being to pretend to understand BLOTUS' infatuation with Israel and Netanyahu. The support. The money. The tripping over himself to kiss Ben's balls. ....when he so clearly hates Jews. 

....I guess umless there is something in it for him. He's only transactional - and usually only one way. He'll gladly stiff someone when it comes turn for the quid pro quo. 

What also has me stymied is the dropping of the subpoena. For all their faults, this administration doubles down on just about everything. I only fear is that they either already now have the info, or they have something else up their sleeve. 

Have I mentioned how much I hate this place and this administration? 

Now for the 10,480th time, you remember why I try to stay away from news. 

Song by: Grace Jones

History Never Repeats

I find Larry David to be somewhat antithetical. 

He's funny when it comes to stories. He's cringeworthy to watch act out those stories or just discuss things in general. 

There came a point in Seinfeld where I could just no longer watch. George - who clearly is modeled after David to a degree - just became so painful to watch on so many levels, my unease was not outweighed by the humour. 

Now and then, my brother-in-law will try to get me to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm. I think I tried once. If I wanted that type of nagging and talking over everyone, I'd go back to my parent's house for Sunday dinners. 

I think on paper the sketches are probably funny, but the execution isn't probably much of a stretch from who Larry David really is. 

Bud David has a new HBO show out called Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.  Now that is a title that is dead-on accurate. David makes Lewis Black look like the world's biggest optimist. 

This show is historically based. Not reality based, but you get it. I've only seen two segments and I gotta say they're not bad. It kind of suits him. Not all are politically based. 

You may, or may not, have seen the below clip. All I can say is BLOTUS must be pissed. 

....and it is the last thing that Rob Reiner ever filmed. The piece was edited two days prior to his death. 

This might actually be the vehicle for Larry David. I could be wrong - I have been before. 

Song by: Split Enz

Payday

This had to hurt. 

BLOTUS was forced to pay E. Jean Carroll the $5.6 million that was jury-awarded her back in 2023. 

An NYC jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her.  

Luckily, Carroll gets interest on top of the awarded damages due to BLOTUS dragging his feet through appeal after appeal. Even his mostly hand-picked SCOTUS wouldn't take up the final appeal. 

The fat, cognitively impaired, fecally incontinent, pedophile "president" finally had to look between his seat cushions and pay up. 

Now, $5.6 million is pocket change to a grifter who has {allegedly} made $2 BILLION, so far, off this term in office alone. But you know he fucking did it begrudgingly. 

And all appeals are done. He is a officially a guilty sexual abuser. 

You know this guy just hated paying this woman. Well.......any woman. I mean, yeah, he had to pay Ivana and Marla. Well........and Melanoma and Stormy. And Ghislaine. 

Hmmm. On the other hand, maybe it's a pattern. 

I hope Carroll does something with the money - something that humiliates BLOTUS. You know he already probably has a DOJ investigation into her. Retribution is kind of his thing. 

Let that asshole seethe for a while knowing he can be beaten. You know that has to get his goat. 

He'd probably pay to fuck that too. 

Song by: Boz Scaggs

Not Sorry

Yes, I should stop looking at social media. I really really wish I were better at not. 

I keep seeing these "responses" that say something to the effect that we will give the same respect about Lindsey Graham's death that BLOTSU gave Robert Mueller. 

I don't disagree. I just don't see where any GOP person is asking anyone to be respectful in the first place. 

Granted, I haven't gone digging for any evidence of that either. I'm a moron. Not a fucking moron. 

Am I glad Graham is dead?  Yes.

Do I feel bad about "celebrating" someone's death?  No. Not in the slightest. At least his. I mean, there area. number of others: BLOTUS. Steven Miller. the Pillsbury ProudBoy (JD's new nickname). Bondi. Gnome.  The list goes on and on.  

.....and I won't feel bad about any single one of them. I might raise my hand. I might clap. I might laugh. 

While I love cake, the chances of me getting one to celebrate are slim - though there seems to be semi-sustainable short term business idea in that type of bakery. I'll have to see about drawing up a prospectus. 

Je do love former Capitol policeman Michael Fanon - everything about him. But his sign off on Graham was meh.  "Rest in Piss".  I get it, but I can also assume that Graham might actually like that. So it might not be the insult that was intended. 

At least two sex workers have expanded and expounded on earlier claims they've made since his death. They say the NDA they had signed is no longer enforceable. There doesn't seem to be much in their tales that haven't been told before, but my recall on the before isn't crystal clear - and save 'reg lingerie' and massages, I have yet to hear of any sex - not that I really want to. 

No one does. Not really. That is not a picture we want in our mind. 

Sounds like he died quickly and not nearly painfully enough. That is a shame. So here hopes he just fucking burns in hell. It's a shame I don't really believe in it, but should it exist............welcome Lindsey. 

Song by: the Cranberries

Dead Inside

For starters, this turd of a human being has been dead for weeks. 

You couldn't convince me otherwise.  I've seen Dave. 

Do not start me on 'braid dead'. How could you tell with this fucktard?  Especially in the last 18 months when he could barely walk or talk. He should have been forced from 'representing' months ago....if not longer. 

I don't get everyone's fascination with his wife going to China three days after his "hospitalization".

If the thought was she went there to dispose of the body, I get it. Me? I just think her mail-order status was revoked and she had to go back. 

Republicunts playing with death and election timelines is nothing new. Or just timelines period. They've done it at least twice in recent past with Supreme Court justices. Maybe even thrice. 

Allegedly, if they run out the clock until August 1st (or 3rd?) they can't have a special election. One where they might lose a seat. And that's before the midterms. 

They cannot risk that. They'd rather break federal law where the current DOJ will not do a thing other than to look away. 

Where is the right-doing EVS worker at the hospital who breaks HIPAA and says the man is dead or brain dead?   Oh noooooo......he'll never get another job in a hospital mopping floors!  But he'll have done a great service to the country. 

Let me know what hospital Moscow Mitch's corpses is in. Maybe I'll apply for a job and become a whistleblower. 

Song by: Muse

Tables Turned

When you don't want to talk about mental health for a day, or weather.......it's not a music or pet day, you're kind of left with politics. 

I really have stayed away from the trashy State Fair shit, the Reflecting Cess Pool, Supreme Court and Mitch McConnell may or may not have resigned due to health - though I'm assuming he died days ago and they were just setting up a succession plan before they let that cat out of the bag. 

But social media is social media and it's hard to completely avoid. As much as I'd like to, I don't. I fully admit it. 

Granted, I know little about Thomas Massie other than he lost his GOP primary after going against Mike Johnson and BLOTUS. And then he read some of the names from the Epstein files on the floor of the House. He's a little rogue, but not really. 

I think vowed to read them all and I am pretty sure he has not. 

Then there was this clip where he turns the tables on a Fox "reporter". ....and I love it. 

I mean, Massie is GOP, so he probably had an affair and had them sign an NDA, and yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if he boned Boebert. I wouldn't be surprised if every male in the GOP has had a turn with her. Just like all the guys in her GED class. 

I'm not sure I am ok with Massie using 'gay porn' as a shamer, but I get it. And I totally think the Fox reporter doesn't get the irony in what Massie is doing or the reporter's own fleeing actions. 

Still it's worth one minute and 21 seconds of your time. 

I will be extremely disappointed to find out this was all faked. Disappointed, but not surprised. 

Song by: the Motels

Doom

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I swear it has felt longer than like six days since I've a post with any political bent, but I went back and checked. Yep - six. 

This came up over the weekend.

While I try to limit my social media time, sometimes I fail miserably. Like on Sunday. 

No electricity. No tv. Too dark to read a book. So I scrolled. 

Ugh. I feel dirty afterwards, but I ended up going to bed even earlier than usual. 

But this NPR thing came up - and while we can all hope for the big dirt nap for this guy, the story is meaningless to me. Evil will still go on without this turtle of a man. 

What caught my eye was the top comment. 

I think I literally laughed out loud. 

Then I did a screen shot and sent it my peeps group chat and to my family chat. 

THEN I went to bed. 

Thank you "Jjm May" - you made the doom scroll less doomy. 

Song by: IDLES

Torn Down

Last October, there was a post about the signs I saw during Marine Corps Marathon. 

There was one mention of seeing BLOTUS' 'banner' hanging from the Department of Labour.  

You know, because he's such a fan of the working man. 

<insert eyeroll emoji>

I will never be able to understand being so detached from reality. 

I think this is solidified at his reception at the New York Knicks / San Antonio Spurs Game #3 two nights ago. The man was profoundly booed. Anymore TV usually blocks that out - like they did for JD at the Olympics. Not this time. 

He. Was. Booed. 

....and here are his thoughts on how it went: “I thought it was very good, it was certainly amazing, It was, I think, mostly cheers,” he said. “It was loud and it was very enthusiastic.”. 

FFS, just say, "what a bunch of pricks those folks were.....".  I mean, he has said worse about better folks. But not - apparently Fantasyland isn't just a part of DisneyWorld. 

I mean, I'll give him the 'enthusiastic' part. They booed with gusto.  .....and then he fell asleep at an NBA final game. 

But back to the banner. 

Any movie where the current regime is unfavourable and the people finally turn on them, their political banners or flags get pulled down:  The Great Dictator. Hunger Games. Death of Stalin. Black Panther. Sound of Music. A Very Brady Sequel.  I'm sure there are others. 

The dismantling of the visual of the regime is the metaphor for the revolt (and fall) of said regime. 

I give to you a hero for our times, two days ago in DC.  It's not the Dept of Labour, but maybe the Treasury. Either way.............YES. 

Song by:Joe Bonamassa 

Hunter

Ok, I'm no fan of Pappy Joe. ...and less so of his only living son, Hunter. 

It seems Hunter got his old laptop back from the DOJ, or he went to Best Buy and purchased a new one....and then joined Twitter / X. 

.....and I am HERE for it. 

I mean, whatever gets fed to me on other social media platforms, as I do not - and will not - have X. My mental health is already a shambles, why add to it? 

Now, I don't know when Hunter joined X, but he is a troll.........but in the best way, though he might not be living under a bridge. 

Had he joined a while ago, either no one noticed or he was a lurker. That said, the man has thrown his hat - and fingertips - into the ring. And he's got nothing to lose. 

I'm waiting for Elon to deactivate his account, but until then.........

I like Jake Trapper less than I like any of the Bidens.

He goes on in other tweets calling Trapper "Brick Tamland" from Anchorman. HILARIOUS.

Someone had to edit 'coke' and 'drugs'?

Stupid Christian Mingle

Yes, it's wrong for me to say, but......for the first time in his life, Hunter might have game. 

Song by: Dido

60 Miles an Hour

For months you knew this was coming. 

It became an issue of 'when', not 'if'. 

Yeah yeah, Anderson Cooper jumped ship of 60 Minutes a few weeks back and I applaud him for leaving. I mean, he still has a full time gig at CNN - and his mother's fortune to keep him afloat, so I'm not feeling horribly bad for him.  (well except that he's friends with Andy Cohen.)

Scott Pelley on the other hand might be a new hero of the day. Standing up to CBS execs who were put in place by the right-winged fuckwad who used daddy's billions to buy Paramount.  .....which was cleared by the FCC easily when BLOTUS intervened. 

It was just a matter of time as they systematically started getting rid of folks who held the new organization to I'd say a "higher standard', but these days, ANY standard is saying something. 

Pelley got canned for speaking up - and out - during a staff meeting. And g-d love him, he hasn't let a firing keep him quiet. Clearly, CBS / Paramount didn't get him to sign a non-disparaging agreement.

Bari Weiss put out a statement that it was basically Pelley's fault he's gone. Translated: if he kept his mouth shut like a good soldier, he'd be fine. I'm not 100% sure why CBS felt the need to put out a statement it all. 

Pelley wasn't putting up with that bullshit snowjob of a press release: 

“At no point did anyone in the Tuesday meeting suggest that there would be steps taken by either side that would lead to a resolution,” Pelley said. He said that Weiss and CBS News President Tom Cibrowski were “openly hostile from the start. ‘Firing’ was raised by Cibrowski in the first 15 seconds. No CBS executive, at any time, suggested ‘a way back.’ To say so now is disingenuous. And they know it.” 

Call those fuckers out on it. 

....and calling them 'disingenuous' as opposed to 'bald faced liars' was very kind of Scott.

I've said it months ago - forget FOX, Paramount is going to be the lead in State Media. They're making sure of it with Colbert gone,  Pelley gone, Cooper gone, a handful of other 60 Minutes folks fired in the last day or two. 

Comedy Central is owned by Paramount. It would not surprise me in the slightest to see the Daily Show shipped out too.....and soon. 

They own MTV too, so I'm guessing we get 189 more seasons of Teen Mom. That should play to the BLOTUS base. 

I need Leslie Stahl to quit too. Fuck the non-completes and all band back together for 3600 Seconds. 

Just fucking do your show somewhere else under that slightly altered name.  I'd bet you'd have a few great stories about corporate greed, government oversight and interference. 

You could probably have the entire productions staff leave and join you. 

And best of all:  still no Andy Rooney. 

Song by: New Order

Girl You Know It's True

The "joke" is, the photo to your left is doctored, but you probably didn't even notice or question such a thing. 

The actual "joke" is what this fucking White House (not the actual structure.....but kind of) has become. 

I am surprised this just isn't the set for American Ninja Warrior, which btw, is far more entertaining than whatever this full-diaper wearing "president" has for us for the 250th b-day we are supposed to be having. 

Was. 

Almost everyone has bailed.  

Almost. 

Let's face it, Vanilla Ice is never going to have somewhere else to be and there wasn't a county fair who had yet requested is presence on or near the same day. And it might be his only paying gig this year. 

"Milli Vanilli" (yes in quotes) is just the perfect metaphor for this administration: fake entertainers laughing all the way to the bank. 

"They" are still on the bill. 

The only difference is (kind of): Milli Vanilli got caught in the act and paid the price - which was to never inflict another album on us again......or whomever actually sang on it. 

This administration has been caught several times for faking it and so far, to never been penalized. 

It should be noted that, at least in theory, Vanilli is/was a German group. And nothing celebrates U.S. independence than fake German singers. 

Correction: Singer.   Correction Correction: Lip syncer .

One of the guys in the group gets off easy: he's dead.    ......lucky bastard. 

While yay (I guess) for the groups who have bailed. I have yet to have it trickle down to me as of why they 86'd the celebration - though you know......Occum's razor.  That said - they HAD to know for what they were signing up for in the first place. You can't tell me they didn't know the stigma attached to such an event with such a polarizing twat as BLOTUS. 

And really, was C C + the Music Factory such a get in the first place? I mean, yeah - next to Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli. 

There is nothing to celebrate this upcoming independence day. Unless BLOTUS continues the legacy of Jefferson and Adams - who both died on July 4th. 

That, I'd celebrate. 

Song by: "Milli Vanilli"

Finally

I am sure Ms. Peniston has been waiting years for this blog to be using her song title. 

I suppose it being played repeatedly during Priscilla Queen of the Desert wasn't enough for her. Or every night at a gay bar from 1991 until...........now?  I haven't been in a gay bar in quite a while, so I don't know what the kids are listening to these days. I dare say CC and the Music Factory might still be on the playlist. 

So, CeCe finally gets her due here. 

Anyway...........the fucking Democrats finally found their gonads. FINALLY.  (see how that ties in?)

Now......I am very sure I'm speaking too soon, but it is the proverbial gospel record cover with the rays of sun coming from behind the darkened clouds*.

James Talerico (D) won his Texas primary and well, the GOP had been badmouthing one of their own candidates who well.......won theirs.....and now the GOP has to sell the guy they've been slinging shit about. And what better way to do that than distract with transphobic (and untrue) tweets**. 

While this is just their normal playbook shit, I'm just surprised at the level it goes up to that writes this shit that goes so low. 

But it was the actual fucking official Democratic Party response that floored me.  Remember: GONADS. 

I mean, Miller can't even sue for libel. Stevie Wonder, Sandy Duncan, Peter Falk all know he's an "ugly fuck". Surely a judge will be able to tell. 

While the High Rd would be nice, it hasn't gotten the dems anywhere. Lord knows I can't find it on my GPS, so fucking just meet them at their level. And they finally did. 

Let's hope this shit continues. I'm sure MAGA will be "outraged" at that kind of response - never getting it. 

Fuck them too. 

*For decades I called this the "Christy Lane album cover", but I just Gooooooogled her and lo and behold, she doesn't have any covers with that. I'm sure her commercials did when they pawned her albums over UHF. 

**Tweets. How long as Musk owned X?  I Gooooogle searched for the above tweet image under 'X' and got nothing. I did the same search and switched it to "Twitter" and it came right up. And they're postings are still called 'tweets'. Musk with his wasted $44,000.000.000.00 couldn't fit another $200,000 in the budget for the salary of a brand manager. 

Song by: CeCe Peniston

I Fucking Hate You

Can I restate how much I hate this country?

I'm not sure there is a depth of low or hate to which these people won't descend. 

FFS, just show up to chambers clad with white hoods already. It's the only thing missing at this point. 

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This doesn't even scrapes the surface of my distain. 

There won't be a time in my life where ANY of this damage is repaired. 

Song by: G-dsmack

Go Away

While I loathe putting "his" face on anything in my blog, sometimes you just have to. 

I'm behind - so many of you might have already seen the new medication ad for Rezyne. 

It's difficult to tell how much loyalty Disney / ABC has for Jimmy Kimmel. Let's hope it's more than Paramount / CBS had for Colbert. I suppose time will tell. 

What I do know - or have deduced - is that ABC isn't show the blow as a clip on YouTube. Whether they are not due to pressure from the White House is anyone's guess, but I'm assuming yes. 

For the time - and I expect this video to be taken down at some point - I have found another avenue for you all to see it, should you not have already. 

Song by: Weezer

Fake

I kind of want to ignore a third "assassination" attempt in two years on this beached whale of a president. 

While the first one was clearly faked, so is this one. Sorry, it just is. 

Physics will tell you the first one was. The physics part would tell you the blood would got backwards, not forwards, from a bullet fired from in front of you. Oh, and since BLOTUS isn't a starfish, he didn't regenerate an ear that had been shot.  At the very least, have a fucking scar! Or pretend scar - though that would keep him in the make-up chair longer each day. 

Oh, and he's allegedly directed the DOJ not to investigate that shooting. Yeahhhhhhhhh. That event seems on the up and up. 

For this last one: the fake White House Correspondence Dinner.  Yes. Fake. 

It's not his party. It's the news organizations. Who just fall into line with him now-a-days. He's never been to one because they've been so mean to him in the past. He's so fucking thin skinned. Not enough for a fake bullet to piece it though. 

But still, it's a scheduled event for this "president". The way security works is that Secret Service has whatever place cased out well well well in advance and has limited access for people coming and going. 

So, we are to believe that Secret Service is so bad at their jobs, they've let THREE (!!!) "assassination" attempts occur? 

No one seems to be questioning their professionalism. Granted - not reading the news, so maybe they are, but no tidbits trickling down to sound bytes I hear here and there. 

That said, even if these attempts are indeed fake, Secret Service as been complicit in participating in this fakery. There is no way around that one. And that is fucking sad. 

The made-up war is going badly. Epstein files aren't going away. A fake shooting shouldn't take away from the mid-terms. The national debt just topped $39,000,000,000.000!  Yes, that's TRILLIOIN. And we added the last TRILLION in the last five months. He's doing WONDERS for the economy. 

So what's a failing gas-bag to do?  Play his greatest hits:  pretend to shoot me!

I've yet to see anyone calling any of these people "crisis actors", though they should. 

....and speaking of things trickling down to me: BLOTUS reaction to a CBS (?) reporter reading "the manifesto" (my lord, it's like calling every adult movie performer a porn "star") about a rapist and pedophile. 

Obvi, I didn't see the interview, but he claimed he'd been "exonerated".........yet NOBODY is asking him by whom?  WHO fucking cleared this man for thousands of pages of redacted info? 

And fuck me: that phrase "third time's a charm" is seemingly worthless. 

Song by: Lola Young

Backhand

This picture is so fucking perfect. On so many levels. 

The Georgia Women's Tennis team has no one to blame but themselves for this debacle. 

NO ONE. 

They accepted the visit to the White House. They have seen other teams demeaned there. They have seen trophies broken there. They have definitely seen women put in the background - figuratively.

.....and now literally. 

They read. Their coaches read. Their handlers and the university allegedly can read. But it's Georgia. The state that got called to lie about 12,284 votes. 

This is the Point / Counterpoint moment from Airplane:

"Shana, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say let 'em crash! "

And crash they did. 

On the off chance that no one from the University of Georgia, the coaches, the players or the player's parents have never heard of this president, his administration or what they are like - that the team was so fucking weak that they just stood there and let this happen amazes me. 

Ok. That last part might be a lie. 

I'm not amazed. I'm not surprised. Disappointed is in the rear-view mirror. This is standard operating procedure. 

Everything about this image states - for the 1,093,929,446 th time - that women are second class citizens. And I'm being VERY generous in that placement according to the current administration. 

You can say they're "girls" or "young women" and don't have the life experience to deal with being demeaned like this - but I call bullshit on that. They are ferocious athletes who leave it all on the court. They know about tenacity, power and winning.  They've been doing this for years or decades. 

They know what backbone is. Or supposed to be. And they don't have it. 

I'd actually be surprised if the team didn't give him their fucking trophy. 

Song by: Bruce Hornsby

Primary

It's mid-Mid-term time. 

At least for Ohio. 

We are in the midst of our primary season. 

I wouldn't say this election is unimportant, but I wouldn't go as far as to say it is vital. November will be. April / May? Not so much. 

....in Ohio. 

I won't pretend to know how other state primaries work, but here, you can only vote in your designated party. So sure, while there are "wrong answers" to check, it's less likely that will happen regardless of which party with which you're affiliated. 

For my ballot, 70+% of the judge races are uncontested. There are no opponents. I also don't colour in their circle because......why bother. 

Sherrod Brown is back on the ticket. I'm ok with that. I just find it hard to believe no younger democrat has stepped up or is viable. There is a second candidate on the ticket, but until I opened my ballot, I had never seen or heard the name. 

Now, that might not be shocking given my lack of news intake. But even during Jeopardy there have been zero ads. For anyone!

So, 710 and I filled out our ballots and I dropped them both at our country election board thingy. One can still vote by mail - I mean, try to stop us. Fucking BLOTUS is against and he did. Which I don't get. He is in Florida every fucking weekend. If he's so against mail-in ballots, then vote in person. 

I think it was actually cheaper to drive the four miles to drop them off than to use two stamps per envelope to send them in. And Shep got a car ride, so...........win-win. 

Ohio has made it tougher to drop ballots off. Now there can only be ONE drop off location per county. They know a certain demographic might find it harder to get out and vote, so they'll punish them at every turn. 

And yes, our state is firmly in the red. They're horrible. 

This is why November matters so much. The state won't turn blue (probably) but made we can make it purple. 

Song by: the Dandy Warhols

I Can't

Honest to fucking g-d, I have nothing. 

Oh yeah, lots of political shit to touch upon, but I just cannot. 

I mean, I can, but then I'd probably have to voluntarily commit myself in a psych ward. I could use the rest though. 

There is not a chance in hell I'd repost that pic of you know who as Christ. I mean - W.T.A.F. ??????  

And when you pit two men who are both involved in sex trafficking and child molestation rings, I hate to say it, but this time I have to side with the pope. 

I have seen the pope's quotes and like all bullies , they cower when someone stands up to them. VonShitzhispants is no different. Though honestly, if BLOTUS takes out the pope, I do think it will FINALLY be over for him. 

That is collateral damage with which I can live. 

Oh - and yay to Iran for targeting amazon data centers. 

Remember 1979-1981?  How we, as a country, hated Iran.  .....now I'm rooting for them. 

Song by: Radiohead

Sense

While I try to avoid news, I mean, you can't help but here bits here and there. So, yes, I'm aware there is war in Iran. With Iran. Because of Israel. Let's be honest about that last part. 

However, I obviously don't read the blow-by-blow if you will, but I'm fairly certain that this dude below is 100% correct.  ......except for the fact he didn't mention 'Epstein Files' once. 

Song by: Terry Hall

Dark Side

As I like astronomy stuff, I'd love to know something about Artemis II journey - but on the other hand, I don't. 

Reading about it is tough. I think I can navigate space news from other news, but it's risky. Anything where Space X and US government are involved drags me down. 

And I'm going to say something very unpopular:  I wish the mission had failed. 

I mean, not explosions and death. I'm a dick - not a monster. 

I just don't want any space exploration succeeding with BLOTUS in charge or Musk near anything. I'd have been happier if China, Japan, India or France had gotten there first. 

710's niece sent me the title image. I'm sure it's out on social media, but I've been trying to avoid that too. 

For a while it has been pretty standard that even though "his" name isn't mentioned in some kind of meme or story that everyone knows of whom you speak. Still - it's good not to hear said name. 

Yesterday, someone at work showed me an image from Artemis II. It was a cool shot - not that I can find it. And it was said - though I am skeptical - that it was taken with an iPhone. 

While looking for that image, did come across others. 

Still very cool. The moon these days seems more hospitable than its neighboring planet. 

Song by: Kelly Clarkson