Think I've Heard This One Before Too

Fake News Gets Excited

Kyle Morris / Fox News:

Pelosi rebuked to her face during Oxford debate after condemning Americans clouded by ‘guns, gays, God’  —  Pelosi suggested Americans refuse to listen to Democrats about certain issues due to their beliefs about ‘guns, gays, [and] God’  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. …

Fuzzy / Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:   Oxford Union Debate: Winston Marshall Demolishes Pelosi's Argument That Voters Are The Problem With Democracy

Ward Clark / RedState:   Nancy Pelosi Has ‘Basket of Deplorables’ Moment in Oxford Debate, Americans Clouded by ‘Guns, Gays, God’

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   MUST SEE! …

"Rebuked to her face"? Oh my. Any one who denies that voters are the problem w/ democracy is a cretin. Indeed, humans, voting or not, are the only problem.

We also note that Pelosi got the order wrong.

No, Really?

Where've I Heard This Before?

I Am The Blight & The Way

Two More People I've Outlived

Not that I'm taking much joy in these two dying. Hell, Sam Rubin's been a tolerable fixture on KTLA's local news for 30+ yrs.

• Entertainment Reporter Sam Rubin Dies at 64
• Former MLB Player Sean Burroughs Dies at 43

And keeling over at 43 while coaching your son's Little League team is no way to go. Still ...

Republican Womanhood Today: "Clearly Unwell"

Politico:

Kari Lake keeps giving Republicans new reasons to worry  —  Lake keeps reversing her own positions and stirring up feuds, and some in the GOP see other states as better targets this fall.  —  National Republicans embraced Kari Lake's Arizona Senate bid, reasoning she was likely to win the primary with or without their support.

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   ‘Sabotage’: Insiders say GOP is backing off support for ‘MAGA lightning rod’ Kari Lake

Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:   EXCLUSIVE: Sen John Kennedy Endorses Kari Lake For Senate

Morgan Phillips / Daily Mail:

Nancy Mace says staff ‘sabotaged’ her: Republican accuses ex-aides of mismanaging $1million, hacking her phone, spying on medical records and dumping office devices in water in extraordinary interview  — Mace says her new staff are still repairing the damage left behind by her ‘sabotaging’ former aides

The Hill:   Mace accuses former staffers of sabotage, ‘massive invasion’ of privacy

Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:   Former staffer mercilessly drags GOP congresswoman

Alex Henderson / Raw Story:   'She's clearly unwell': Ex-Nancy Mace staffers push back against ‘sabotage’ claims

Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:   Nancy Mace Accuses Former Staffers of ‘Sabotaging the Office,’ Spying On Her, and Mismanaging $1M — One Retorts 'She's Clearly Unwell'

She lost her mind. "Only the best people", right Nancy?

Friday Freak Out

Friday Finger

Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller whips it out.

Rockefeller, then vice-president of the United States, was on a campaign swing through upstate New York on Sept. 16, 1976, with Sen. Bob Dole, who had been selected to be President Gerald Ford’s running mate for the 1976 election.

When someone in a group of heckling leftie [sic] SUNY Binghamton students gave Rockefeller the finger, Rockefeller gave it right back, much to the delight of Dole in the background.

[...]

Rockefeller refused to apologize for his outburst. “I was just responding in kind”, he said, neatly avoiding the point that the apology was not expected to go to the hecklers but to the general public. Bob Dole was asked by a reporter why he didn’t join Rockefeller in “the salute”. He replied, “I have trouble with my right arm”.

[Rare Historical Photos]

Today I Learned, Musical Dep't.

First (recorded) guitar solo. Lonnie Johnson influenced everybody.

Thursday Is For Throat-Slitting

It's Thursday: Do it! (Your own or someone else's; doesn't matter to me.)

Sick & tired of waking up in a world that has people like you in it. GET OUT, ALL OF YOU!!!

Bobby Junior's Songs

"I drilled a hole in my head ..."

Susanne Craig / New York Times:

R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain  —  The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has emphasized his vitality and relative youth ...

Allison Novelo / CBS News:   RFK Jr. says he suffered from a parasitic brain worm and mercury poisoning

The Hill:   RFK Jr. had a brain worm. How do you get one and what are the symptoms?

Graeme Demianyk / HuffPost:   RFK Jr. Says A Worm Ate Part Of His Brain

Emily DeLetter / USA Today:   Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘contracted a parasite’ during travels, his team says after NYT report

Brittany Gibson / Politico:   RFK Jr. claims a doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain, reports New York Times

Madison Hall / Business Insider:   RFK Jr. said in 2012 that he thought a worm ate part of his brain: ‘I have cognitive problems, clearly’

Michelle Butterfield / Global News:   RFK Jr. said that worm ate part of his brain, died inside his head: 2012 deposition

Ryan Mancini / masslive.com:   RFK Jr. says doctors found dead worm in his brain, NYT reports

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:   Robert F Kennedy Jr says health issue caused by dead worm in his brain

Sandra Rhodes / IJR:   RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found Dead Worm in His Brain in 2010

Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:   RFK Jr. Says a Worm Ate Part of His Brain and Died Inside His Head

Martin Longman / Progress Pond:   Vote for Me, Worms Ate Part of My Brain

Mark Heim / al.com:   Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Worm ate part of brain, then died in head, caused memory loss, fogginess

acecomments.mu.nu:   RFKJr. Told a Court During His Divorce Proceedings That a Worm Had Eaten Part of His Brain and Died Inside of His Skull, Giving Him “Cognitive Problems”

I Tried Being Tasteful:   We Are Very Sorry To Hear About RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm And Mercury Poisoning

Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:   RFK Jr. attacks gender-affirming care for minors while admitting he has brain worms. Really.

Mallory Wilson / Washington Times:   RFK Jr. says he has a dead worm in his brain

Isabel Keane / New York Post:   RFK Jr. said doctors found a dead worm in his head after it ate part of his brain

Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   RFK Jr. Says He Had a Dead Worm in His Brain

Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:   RFK Jr. says worm ate his brain

Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:   RFK Jr campaign laughs off idea parasite that ate part of his brain has lingering effects on his fitness

Carla Sinclair / Boing Boing:   RFK Jr. says doctors found dead worm in his partially eaten brain

Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:   RFK Jr. Claims a Worm Ate Part of His Brain and Then Died

Amy Curtis / Twitchy:   ‘Best Headline of This Election Cycle’: RFK Jr. Says Docs Found Dead Worm in His BRAIN

Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   RFK Jr: A worm ate part of my brain and then died

Ann Althouse / Althouse:   Small worm the size of a large worm.

FTFNYT Indeed

Lookit this crap.

Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:

New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won't do it  —  He had an extraordinary opportunity, upon taking over from Dean Baquet, to right the ship: to recognize that the Times was not warning sufficiently of the threat to democracy presented by a second Trump presidency.

Brian Beutler / Off Message:   The Mainstream Media's Guilty Conscience

Warner Crocker / Life on the Wicked Stage:   NY Times Buries The Lede As It Buries Itself

Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:   A Response to the Editor of the New York Times

Greg Sargent / New Republic:   Top New York Times Editor Offers Stunning Defense of Coverage of Trump

Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:   Why the New York Times Won't Admit Its Power

Words fail me, as they've apparently failed The Times. It does give me some consolation to think the Times staff will all be taken out & shot when Trump's back in charge, no matter what they did or didn't print.

Justice Rendered To Murderous Landlord Scum

Previously. Now:

A North Hollywood landlord convicted of hiring a hitman to kill two opponents, then hiring an arsonist to torch his own apartment building, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Arthur Raffy Aslanian, 55, of La Cañada Flintridge repeatedly resorted to violence to settle business disputes and avoid paying debts, federal prosecutors argued during his five-day trial last July. A jury found him guilty on two counts of conspiracy and three charges related to murder for hire and arson, and on Monday a federal judge handed down the 20-year sentence.

According to prosecutors, Aslanian hired a gang member in April 2022 to kill two people: his former bankruptcy attorney, whom he owed more than $261,000 in legal fees, and a man who had successfully sued Aslanian.

But of course this reporter's Twitter/X acc't. is suspended for suggesting killing one of these parasitical sons-of-bitches before they murder you.

AHEM!!!

Compare & contrast. Thanks for the credit.

I know the shitheels I used to know in meatspace wouldn't lift a finger or spend a penny to help me, but I didn't think cyberspace acquaintances would eff me as well. I s'pose giving credit where due is the equivalent of lifting a finger. Well, I don't have enough fingers to give all of you, across all of time & space.

Police Terror Tuesday

The Party Of Jism Manly Essence

WARNING: Sick fucks.

Mia Gingerich / Media Matters for America:

Bitter pills: The Daily Wire suggests its new vitamins will boost sperm counts and fight “wokeness”  —  Marketing for The Daily Wire's latest venture tries to cash in on fear of trans people and drag queens  —  The Daily Wire announced the launch of a new “men's lifestyle” company named Responsible Man on May 1, promoting its only current product — a men’s dietary supplement that it says is “designed to help … sharpen brain cognition” and that it suggests will help address what the outlet calls the “increasing health risk” of declining “sperm concentration.”

On April 30, The Daily Wire’s parent company Bentkey Ventures registered the assumed name “Daily Wire Ventures.” The next day, on May 1, it debuted Responsible Man, a new company for men’s health products.

The Daily Wire is promoting Responsible Man as an alternative to “woke” companies and by fearmongering about some of the outlet’s frequent targets, namely gender-affirming care and drag queens, asking its readers, “Do you want to buy your men’s health products from a company that partners with drag queens and supports radical organizations that push gender procedures on children?” Responsible Man’s website uses similar language, promising its customers that “together, we can reclaim masculinity” and claiming that “Emerson’s Vitamins are a simple step towards improving yourself, creating order, and building the future.”

Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:

Trump Says Abortion ‘Not That Big Of An Issue,’ GOP Is ‘Party Of Fertilization’  —  In a bizarre interview, the Republican presidential hopeful also said that “every” legal scholar “all over the world” supported overturning Roe v. Wade.  —  In one of his most bizarre interviews …

Jon King / Michigan Advance:   Trump says GOP is the ‘party of fertilization,’ seems unaware of Michigan's abortion amendment

Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos:   Trump's answers on abortion are somehow getting even worse

Plus which:

Republican Against Child Marriage Ban Calls Teens 'Ripe, Fertile'

Makes the skin crawl, dunnit? Don't forget to tan your scrotums, right-wing nut jobs.

Monotonous Monday

When you rancid humanoids aren't boring me limp, you're annoying & irritating me w/ your idiotic & futile activities. (Not that boring me isn't annoying & irritating.) If there were a human being w/ an I.Q. over 50 he would have killed him or herself already, from the shame alone. Don't make me come down to your awful mortal plane, you stupid children.

Sun Day

Obscured by clouds.

Is there a solar flare w/ your name on it in there? Or just a fatal case of skin cancer?

Inspirational, Innit?

For chumps who are easily suckered by patriotism.

The aircraft is a Southwest Boeing 737 leaving Bob Hope Regional. Need I say more?