What’s up with that damn monolith now?

After its appearance in Utah (after a long, post 2001, vacation), our friend the monolith appeared in Piatra Neamt, Romania, where the local mayor, Andrei Carabelea had this to say:

"My guess is that some alien, cheeky and terrible teenagers left home with their parents' UFO and started planting metal monoliths around the world. First in Utah and then at Piatra Neamt. I am honoured that they chose our city.” (source)

It seems to have made a stop at Lake Clark National Park and Reserve in Alaska where some lovely bears enjoyed the visit. According to the Park’s Shoutyface page, “the shiny object is no longer in the park. The waiting list to scratch became unbearable.” **groan** 

Perhaps these are separate, discrete structures? If so, a fourth was discovered on Pine Mountain in Atascadero, California, located, more or less, midway between LA and San Francisco. It was removed by a gang of cosplaying soldiers – desperately dimwitted "adult" boys who, naturally videoed their delusional “heroics.”

“We’re going on a 500-mile roundtrip to steal a f---ing monolith,” one dressed in camo says during the video. “That’s how much we love Jesus Christ.”

At one point, one of the men says they are operating “on direct orders of QAnon and President Trump himself.”

After five hours, they finally make it to Stadium Park and turn on night-vision goggles as they trek up the hill to the monolith. “This is go-time boys,” one says just before they begin chanting “Christ is king.” (source)

This ridiculous sort of “christianity” – this evangelical, bullying, asinine Trumpist strain IS a form of mental illness. They’re schizophrenics and I'm not being hyperbolic either.

Schizophrenia is a type of mental illness known as a "psychosis." A psychosis is a mental illness in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. (source)

I wonder if these deranged imbecile’s mommies packed them juice boxes, sammies and Doritos for the trip.

A fifth and this time gold, not silver, colored monolith was found in rural Columbia.

Monolith six was discovered by hikers in Friesland, near the village of Oudehorne at the Kiekenberg nature reserve in the Netherlands.

The seventh monolith was found on Compton Beach, on the UK's Isle of Wight yesterday morning. 

WHY are these monolith appearances a very good thing?

 Because they’re fun dammit! They get us (me anyway) to stop doomscrolling and obsessing over every little way that 45, Mitch and their soulless, fact averse, science denying, grotesquely greedheaded party of fraudsters are killing us and the planet off with their reptilian, bit-brained rapaciousness.

When will one be discovered by hikers in the White Mountains or the Blue Hills? I want my own damn monolith!

Also too, here's a lovely Skitter pic for your Monday work week reentry.