WHAT?!

RESIST!

Did you see? That pile of piss-seasoned mashed potatoes, that blithering bully wannabe, that asslicking FOTUS flunky, Tom Homan, is coming to Boston. Rather, he’s sending ICE. I doubt that old, atrociously tailored, moldy turnip-faced thug has the stones to come and face Boston’s mayor, Michelle Wu, or our governor Maura Healey live and in person.

Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington D.C., Homan claimed he'd read a story in which Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox "doubled down on not helping the law enforcement office of ICE." Homan then said, "I'm coming to Boston. I'm bringing hell with me," to loud applause. 

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said in a social media post  she stands behind Cox. "This is our city. We’re going to continue following & enforcing the laws to keep all Bostonians safe. And it goes without saying that our police commissioner has my complete confidence & support," she said. (source)

The fuckwit made this imbecilic threat from a MAGAt space space—CPAC.

Boston’s a sanctuary city. 

We don’t have the time or patience to deal with some ridiculous tantrum toddler servant of that rheumy-eyed, fluorescent scrotal carbuncle who calls himself king.

I understand there’s still some tea down at the bottom of Boston Harbor. Maybe Homan and his crew of Brown Shirts would enjoy a cup?

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
~ Malcolm X

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
~ Ursula K. Le Guin

I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
~ Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.
~ Naomi Shulman

I’m a lot of things but I’m NOT a nice person.

FAFO

Well, waddyaknow. Who could have predicted that there’d be consequences to Apartheid Clyde taking a chainsaw to democracy?

The FBI and local police are investigating after gunshots shattered windows at a Tesla dealership in Oregon on Wednesday morning—the latest potential sign that Tesla’s CEO, billionaire-turned-“bureaucrat” Elon Musk, is stirring discontent throughout the nation.

The dealership... was struck by gunfire and a car was lit on fire. …The same dealership was apparently the site of similar vandalism last month when windows were broken and a car was set on fire, Electreck reports. (source)

Teslas are being targeted all over the country—New York to Florida to Colorado to Oregon. In the capital of the Netherlands, The Hague and Berlin too.

It must kind of suck to be one of the most hated people on the planet, eh?

Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 Address at Madison Square Garden

I guess the the poster boy for booze ignited rosacea, the man who looks like he eats cigarettes for breakfast, is jealous of all the attention the Tesla Twat is getting. He just had to copy the Nazi salute move at CPAC.

Even the prez of France’s National Rally party was put off by Bannon’s shtick.

France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella said Friday he had cancelled his speech at a right-wing meeting in Washington after a "gesture alluding to Nazi ideology" by conservative firebrand Steve Bannon. (source)

Captain Three Shirts refuses to be outNazied by Apartheid Clyde.

I only mention it but, when your actions creep out far right folks you should know you’ve gone too far.

Or not. It’s not like Elon and Bannon are known for their keen diplomacy or savoir faire.

Did you know that 19 year old traitor tot— Eddie “Big Balls” Coristine—is an alleged former member of online cybercriminal organization The Com and a cybersecurity worker who was fired from his job for leaking company secrets? Not only that, he’s the grandson of Valery Martynov, a former KGB spy. 

Yup, Leon and Major Shitzenpants only hire the best.

Another example of the fluorescent fuckwit’s brilliant mob people skills—he’s threatened the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, with yanking federal funding.

Why? He doesn't like transgender athletes.

So much for state’s rights. I guess those are only important when you want to enslave Black people or take away women’s rights. Luckily for Maine, Mills isn’t a doormat.

“You better do it because you’re not going to get federal funding,” Trump told Mills in an exchange captured by reporters.

“We’re going to follow the law sir. We’ll see you in court,” Mills said in response. (source)

What’s the re-arrest tally for all those Jan 6 terrorists now? It seems like everyday there’s a report about one of these violent asswipes getting a new pair of stainless steel bracelets.

I mean, there’s:
Andrew Taake, 36, of Houston, Texas, who assaulted police with bear spray and a metal whip. He’s been picked up for soliciting a minor. Yep, Trump pardoned a pedophile. What a guy, eh?

David Paul Daniel, 37, guilty of assaulting a cop has been re-arrested on child porn charges. Another pedophile.

During a search of his North Carolina home in November 2023, federal officers recovered an iPhone and multiple other devices belonging to Daniel that allegedly contained images – taken between 2015 and 2019 – of him sexually abusing a girl younger then 12, according to court documents seen by Queen City News. (source)

Daniel Ball, 39, of Florida was taken into custody in mid January for unlawful possession of a gun as a felon. He had been facing charges for detonating an “explosive device” in the entrance to the Capitol, injuring several officers.

He had at least three previous felony convictions — one dating back to 2017 for domestic violence battery by strangulation and two in October of 2021 — nine months after the Jan. 6 riot, for resisting law enforcement and battery on a law enforcement officer. (source) 

Emily Hernandez, 24, was sentenced on January 29th in Missouri state court for killing a woman and seriously injuring her husband while driving under the influence.

Matthew Huttle, 42, of Indiana got into it with a cop during a traffic stop. The stupid shit had a gun. Of course he’s dead now.

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the no-longer-able-to-call-themselves Proud Boys, was arrested Friday outside the U.S. Capitol.

Why?

U.S. Capitol Police officers saw Tarrio hit a woman's arm when she put a cell phone up to his face as they were walking in the area of Delaware Avenue and D Street NE, police said. (source)

There are more but I can’t find a compilation at the moment. Of the 1,256 who were pardoned by Odious Orange, how many are now free to molest children, strangle their spouses, beat up women, and shoot more cops (or attempt to)?

This and That

Did you know?

There’s now a Luigi Mangione Legal Defense Information site, complete with a Frequently Asked Questions section. You can also get case updates, the latest official statements, there's a contact Luigi and/or his lawyers page, and a contribute to Luigi’s legal defense fund tab.

On the Homepage there’s a message from our hero

"I am overwhelmed by - and grateful for - everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support. Powerfully, this support has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MDC from across the country, and around the globe. While it is impossible for me to reply to most letters, please know that I read every one that I receive. Thank you again to everyone who took the time to write. I look forward to hearing more in the future."

N.B: On the FAQs page there’s the question “can I send Luigi photos?” The answer is yes but, at the end, his lawyers add “Please note that every photo that is received is screened and reviewed by law enforcement.”

How much you wanna bet that Luigi’s getting a shit-ton of nudies?
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Funny how we haven’t heard a peep out of La Gargoyle since Coke JR dumped her for a younger, richer chicita. Wasn’t it kind of Cokey’s dad to get rid of his kid’s discarded toy by sending her off to Greece to be an “ambassador?” This is the same Greece that the plastic surgery addicted, aging-without-a-speck-of-dignity Fox “News” host dissed, just ten years ago, like the idiot high school mean girl she is.

The Greeks, she said, were “freeloaders” who needed to be punished like an untrained pet.

“Get up in the morning. Go to work. You guys are retiring too early and that’s part of the problem,” she said.

“You have, like, politicians making out-of-control promises, buying votes with entitlements that they can’t support.”

“I mean, nobody likes freeloaders,” she added. “It doesn’t matter if you made great yogurt. I don’t care.”
Guilfoyle concluded by saying “nobody is punishing them” like when a “dog pees on the rug.” (source)

What a charmer.

Somehow, and I don’t think this is a stretch, it doesn’t look like La Gargoyle has the skills, aptitude or base level intelligence to be an ambassador to her own toilet let alone Greece.
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Emotionally sourced produce? Found on Threads.
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Who’s riding on Prez Musk’s democracy killing DOGE bus:

Traitor Tots

• Stephen Duarte, 32, a Human Resources drone.

• Stephen Ehikian, 43, a real estate paper pusher.

• Justin Fulcher, 32, another HR weasel.

•  Greg Hogan, 42, whose been named in a lawsuit by a group of federal workers over OPM’s creation of a new email system that they claim is insecure. 
  

• Noah Peters, 39, a lawyer with ties to the constitution assassinating Heritage Foundation.

Oh and let’s not forget the child coders—NOT forensic accountants—who now have access to our social security info.

That human-shaped rectal polyp Musk is going after the very institutions that would serve as a check on his business empire. So much for transparency, eh?

Go to the link to see the more of Musk/Putin’s wrecking ball crew.
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Did you know that Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston were first cousins? The pipes run strong in that family, eh?
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Hey! Have you heard, it’s FRIDAY!

I Only Mention It But…

Julius Caesar, on March 15th of 44 BCE, was stabbed to death by his political enemies and allies after it became clear he fancied the idea of becoming a king.

FYI, the Ides of March are just three weeks away.

Lady Jane Grey, an English noblewoman, was declared Queen of England in July of 1553. She was beheaded for the crime of being a pawn in a big ass political game of who-gets-to-wear-the-crown. Queen Mary I won the round.
 
King Charles I was beheaded (with an axe) for treason in 1649.

King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine on January 21,1793  after being found guilty of treason for conspiring with other countries and engaging in counter-revolutionary acts.

His wife, Marie Antoinette of let them eat cake fame. was similarly offed nine months later after being found guilty of treason and being Austrian.

In July of 1918, Tsar Nicholas II and his family were awoken in the early hours by the Bolshevik secret police. They were executed by firing squad. Why? Long story—it was all part of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Benito Mussolini, dictator of Fascist Italy, got the firing squad treatment in 1945. His body was then taken to Milan and hung upside down on meat hooks. Ewwww. Spectators then stoned the body. All this was broadcast on US teevee. Why was Benny offed? He was a fascist Nazi fuck—a big Hitler fanboy. Sound familiar? 

Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany. Also too, he was a lying sack of rat shit. Quisling was executed by firing squad in August of 1945. His name, before he was even removed from this life, became another term for traitor.

Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania, after being tried and convicted of economic sabotage and genocide, was executed by firing squad in December of 1989.

Remember Saddam Hussein?

He used an extensive secret-police establishment to suppress any internal opposition to his rule, and he made himself the object of an extensive personality cult among the Iraqi public. (source)

Saddam was executed by hanging in 1982 for crimes against humanity, including the killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites.

Why's this on my mind today? Oh, no reason. I'm just in a history kind of mood this morning.

Strange Times

First Leonard Peltier is out of prison and finally HOME!

To welcome Leonard Peltier back to his homelands after 49 years of wrongful incarceration, NDN Collective will host a celebratory event and community feed at the Sky Dancer Event Center in Belcourt, North Dakota on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12pm CST. The event will also be live-streamed on NDN Collective’s Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn accounts. (source)

Betcha you can guess what I'll be doing today at noon.

Back to my regular kvetching though…

I’m really sick of the posts from fellow Americans saying that we should all escape—find another country to live in.

Right, like that’s oh so easy, affordable and morally brave.

A)  I’m disabled now. I have a rare neurologic disorder and the docs doing the big research on it are here in Boston. My meds (some experimental) are myriad and pricey. Most countries with great healthcare systems (e.g. Iceland) won’t take me because I would be a burden on their systems.

B)  Uprooting to a new country is NOT cheap. I can pare my belongings down to absolute essentials (clothes, meds, walker, wheelchair, Ten, Cake) but at some point, after settling in Iceland, I’m gonna need a bed and a chair…maybe even a table. OR I could ship all my belongings. Either way, it's gonna be costly.

C)  I’m deaf. Sure, I’d want to learn my new country’s language but that’s gonna take a lot of time and a special teacher. I’d need to learn, fer instance both Icelandic AND Icelandic Sign Language. Tech workarounds are great BUT not foolproof. Also, they tend to be reliant on WiFi.

I have friends who’ve gone ex-pat (pre trump/musk). Couple number one moved to rural France. They had money. The husband grew up here in the US but had dual US/French citizenship and was fluent in French. His wife has hearing as well as a talent for learning new languages. The second couple were both fluent in Italian. Plus, the husband, born and raised in Rome, was already an Italian citizen. They too had the financial wherewithal and reasonably good health to make the jump to Italia.

Jealous? Who me?

IF I had the bucks, health, and hearing would I decamp for Iceland or the Scottish Highlands, Ireland or Italy? Tempting, awfully tempting. I don’t know. Could I take Ten, Jen, Oni, his brother Kevin, and all the cats with me? That’s a supreme dealbreaker. Why would I leave if I can’t take my family with me?

Realistically, I don't have a choice. Also too, I want to stay here and fight. This is my home, my country. Yes, it has always been deeply flawed and we’re now in a mondo tailspin. I may not survive this. Still, this is home and it’s worth fighting for.

On the deeply flawed front, this morning on Bluesky I saw a post (with a LOT of comments) going off about how at least people in their 60s and older have memories of living here when life was good.

How astoundingly fucking privileged and insular can you be?! You’d have to be a complete douchebag fantasist to overlook the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the Poor People’s Campaign, Reagan’s obscene non-response to the AIDS epidemic, women’s ongoing battle for equality, and on and on. Tell me WHEN has life ever been peaceful, sublime, and equitable, hmmmmm? Nostalgia is a toxic quicksand of ignored reality.

I suppose if you grew up in a financially and emotionally stable, healthy, well-positioned family, if you were white and male, yes, you’d have memories of a better America.

In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.
~ Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Is it spring yet?

It is impossible, to me at least, to be poetical in cold weather.
~ George Eliot

It's impossible to be pretty much anything on these frozen, blustery days.

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.
~ Aristotle

Dude—totally NO thank you!

No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.
~ Kenneth Grahame

This includes me. Okay, okay—I can do my PT exercises and ride my recumbent elliptical today but, other than that, I'm fucking hibernating.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
~ Hal Borland

30 days until spring arrives. *sigh*

Winter is a season that often overstays its welcome. It's like a chunk of cheese that got shoved way into the back of the fridge and wasn't found until it had developed so many life forms that it was officially recognized by the United Nations as a new country.
~ Jerry Nelson

What's the point of complaining? We live in the north. Winter exists.
~ Viki Mather

WHERE are my goddamn crocuses?!

Mostly Star Trek

It seems we’re having a full on Jeri Ryan weekend here in Valhalla.

My only complaint about Seven of Nine's USS Voyager entrée is the hemispherical bowling ball sized headlights she’s sporting. I mean, I had no idea that the Borg were that into extreme pushup bras, H. R. Giger, and Boris Vallejo.

What were the powers that be on the Voyager production team thinking when designing Seven’s costume? I know, they weren’t thinking—they were gleefully waxing their wee carrots like teen boys in mom's basement. None of the other characters—female or male—are dressed in skintight, boobily enhanced costumes.

We also took in a couple of Ryan’s appearances on Leverage. She plays an incredibly talented grifter who’s subbing for Sophie who’s gone off to find herself (the actor playing Sophie, Gina Bellman, was off on pregnancy leave). Gotta say, Jeri Ryan’s a great actor. She could play every single part in Hamlet, Animal House or Terminator and just kill.

In other long weekend news, Presidents Stinky and Leon are, perhaps, only now discovering Vice Prez Couchfuck. In ShitzenPantz and Space Karen’s kakistocratic frenzy they’d totally forgotten about him. I wish I could too. Was what’s-his-name’s performance in Germany enough to score him an invite to their next bullying and bullshit orgy or no?

Meanwhile, I see that Drunk Hogsbreath hasn’t stopped drinking (as promised) now that he’s won the Sec of Defense gig (for which he’s laughably, spectacularly unqualified). In fact he was caught balls out drinking on the job, at the podium as he’s giving a speech in Brussels. Was he sipping his whiskey to stave off the DTs or did he just forget that water exists? One of his aides claimed it was nonalcoholic whiskey. Sure Jan.

Someone on Threads said Hogsbutt looked hungover at the press conference—constantly taking sips of some liquid or another, all while proving himself incapable of giving coherent answers.

I guess being Defense Secretary requires a more evolved skill set than spewing lies from a comfy chair on a Fox teevee set.

By the by, the Nazi furniture assaulter and Wankstain von Boozehound perfectly illustrate the current state of the US government. We're SO fucked.

Back to important Star Trek stuff though. I’ve been so confused as to the order of all the shows—especially where the Borg are concerned.

The Original Series, set between 2151 and 2156, ran from 1966 to 1969—no Borg. 

The Next Generation, set 200 years later in 2364 to 2370, ran from 1987 to 1994. The Borg’s first appearance is in the ep Q Who.

Deep Space Nine, set in 2369 to 2375, aired from 1993 to 1999. The Borg appear in just one episode, Emissary. They’re a big deal in Commander Benjamin Sisko's  backstory though. His wife, Jennifer, was killed by the Borg during the Battle of Wolf 359.

Voyager takes place in the years 2371-2378 and was on teevee from 1995 to 2001. The Borg show up a lot in Voyager, including the eps Blood Fever, Unity, Scorpion (parts one and two), The Raven, and Collective.

Discovery (2017-2024) is a bit complicated. Seasons one and two are set between the Original Series and Next Generation—2256 and 2258. At the end of season two part of the crew jumps through a wormhole and time jumps, ending up in the 32nd century. There were Borg pre time jump but not post jump. 

Strange New Worlds takes place in the year 2259. The show is set in the 23rd century, a few years before the events of the Original Series so, no Borg yet. Strange New World’s third season is in production now and scheduled to come out later this year. Awesome!

Picard, this mixed bag of a show (on teevee from 2020-2023) focused on retired Starfleet Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and begins at the end of the 24th century, 20 years after his last appearance. The Borg are featured in the second and third seasons. They’re sort of neutralized when Dr. Agnes Jurati, Picard’s key cyberneticist, merges with the Borg Queen.  

Yes, I’m totally geeking out this weekend and I’m NOT sorry about this AT ALL.