US of Hate

New name for Von ShitzenPantz: Metamucilini. 

Under the horror show makeup job and bozo "hairstyling,” the decaying orange ass bears a certain likeness to Mussolini. I mean, it’s obvious. Hell, even their signatures are stylistically similar. Just a bunch of squiggles.

Jesse Duquette

For all his crimes, Trump should suffer the same end as Il Douche X 10.

The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein, who has received death threats, burned to the ground this past weekend.

Hmmm, could the fire, which started with an explosion, possibly have anything to do with this?

Last month, Goodstein temporarily blocked the state’s election commission from releasing its voter files to the Department of Justice, a decision that was openly criticized by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon and later reversed by the state Supreme Court. The DOJ had sought the information, including names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and social security numbers, of over three million registered voters as part of President Donald Trump’s March executive order restricting non-citizens from registering to vote. (Non-citizens are already not allowed to vote in federal and state elections.)
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The Administration has also increasingly vilified the judiciary, blasting judges that rule against it as “U.S.A-hating ” insurrectionists. Hours before the fire at Goodstein’s house, Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller accused U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut of “legal insurrection” for granting a restraining order that blocks Trump’s deployment of the Oregon National Guard in Portland. (source) 

The cause of the fire is being investigated. Hopefully it’ll be a more diligent and comprehensive inquiry and probe than what’s been done when black men are found hanging from trees.
 

Jesse Duquette

Steve M over at No More Mister Nice Blog has a post up about this fire and “Trump's total-war presidency.”

Violence is in the air. 

It absolutely is and I don’t think the US can survive much longer.

It’s been 260 days since Trump was sworn in on January 20th of this year. IF we still have elections, he’ll be dictator for another 1,201 days. That’s barring an uprising by the citizenry OR a righteous, constitution supporting military coup OR impeachment and being thrown the fuck out of office OR death by Big Mac OR VP Many Names getting foot stompingly impatient and 25th Amendmenting his pea-brained, demented, greedheaded ass.

IF we are able to get to the other side of this nightmare on ghoul street existence, where pedophiles, high school bullies, creeps and weirdos are all in charge, maybe one day the US will no longer be a global laughingstock and stone pariah. IF it happens at all, it’ll take decades – many, many of ‘em. My grandnieces probably won’t live to see the day when the US is no longer known for being so blindingly stupid that we believed in and elected an obvious deranged idiot, a felonious, clown conman. AND we did it TWICE! Why’d we do it? US citizens are more in love with their hatred, their disdain for people who rock a darker shade of flesh tone than they are with themselves.

America – we’re the country that loves to hate. It’s what we’re best at and, of course, I hate that for us.

Pizzas and Possible Werewolves

Remember that Pizzagate conspiracy theory? You know, the one where Hillary Clinton was running a child sex trafficking ring out of the basement of a pizza shop (that didn’t have a basement)?

Given all the high level Trump friends, donors, advisors, and other assorted Republican lawmakers regularly caught out abusing children or otherwise being all rapey and running international pedophile clubs, you’d *think*  they’d stop drawing attention to their own crimes and filthy laundry but NOOOOOO. The dimbulbed pervs keep getting up on their soapboxes, preaching hate and being attention whores.

Isn’t it human nature to want to know more about bullying bastards? Who are these people who cast judgement and make laws about my rights? Who are these right wing tools who terrorize and kidnap powerless innocents?

I’m thinking that ICE agents and MAGAts in general are all part of some big pedo ring – the very one they keep projecting on Dems. Look at the head of their cult. Trump is starting wars in Blue states and not just because we didn’t vote for him. Why? He wasn’t just a frequent flyer on the Lolita Express – I’m suggesting he was Epstein’s business partner in blackmail. Maybe it's also about reinstituting slavery.

I mean, that is NOT so far-fetched is it?

Related, I understand that Speaker Mike Johnson has a Grindr account and it’s the least surprising thing about 2025. Grindr, in case you didn’t know, is the gay dating app that famously slows and often crashes due to heavy traffic during big Republican events. Fer instance Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Glendale Arizona and the 2024 Milwaukee Republican National Convention. Johnson’s account though – the man touts himself as a big ol’ het christian family man. He’s straighter than arrows, John Wayne, Mormons and uncooked spaghetti. 

A dude on TikTok, using the name handle @razzledazzlemo, is having a real problem with super het Mikey’s refusal to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalv. Okay, Mikey hasn’t specifically refused so much as he’s doing everything (recesses, vacays) he can to slow walk her being sworn in (which would trigger the vote on the release of the Epstein files).

@razzledazzlemo, claims to have screenshots, IP data, and a selfie that will allegedly prove that the Grindr account is indeed Johnson’s and that his demands are all in an effort to get the government to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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The anonymous man posted a video to TikTok giving Johnson until Wednesday to swear in newly elected Arizona representative Grijalva or he “will release your Grindr profile and your IP address. I bring receipts bitch. You’re not going to sit there and actively work against LGBTQ+ rights and Democracy. It is treason.” (source) 

Will Johnson take one for Trump? Will he fall on his sword?

Interestingly and unsurprisingly, TikTok removed @razzledazzlemo’s original post. He’s posted since then saying that he’s safe and has discussed his situation with a team of lawyers. He’s also backed up the information multiple times and has shared it with other people. Seems like folks understand that Trumpublicans play by Putin’s rules. NO one on the left should be walking by open windows or accepting food or open drinks from a Republican. 

I only mention it BUT seems like Trump vanishes for a week every 28 days. What’s up with that? 

There’s a med out now that’s administered monthly for people with early Alzheimer's who have mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. It slows Alzheimer's progression. This could be a possibility. Given Prez Pedo's “speeches” (AKA ramblings and rants) though, I don’t know that “mild” applies to him.

If he IS getting Kisunla/Donanemab, it’s well past time to 25th amendment his rotting ass. Duh!

Maybe we should first check to see if the disappearances are coinciding with full moons. Possibly he’s just wolfing out somewhere – eating rural townsfolk. Probably MAGAts so…no loss.

No Tinkling For You!

So, Cosplay Kristi supposedly just wanted to use the bathroom of an Illinois government building and was turned away by big meanie office workers. OH, FUCKING SPARE ME! 

In a video posted on X by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Noem said she was in the Chicago area to “do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions” when she was denied access to the federal building by city police. A voice can be heard telling Noem and her colleagues, “No, you cannot!” after they asked to use the restroom. (source) 

“do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions” roughly translates as “brutally kidnap some productive, law-abiding people whose only crime has been being Black or brown skinned and seeking a better life for themselves and their families."

ICE Barbie, as we know, is a dramatically territorial beast. The bathroom request was her marking her territory – attempting to anyway. I OWN you now! It was also Noem's attempt at a victory humiliation after the obscene, middle of the night, terrorism of separating families, dragging toddlers out of bed, zip tying, and throwing them in vans for hours. 

Supposedly the building was “known to be frequented by Tren de Aragua members and their associates.” Sure, Jan.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem posted a video of the raid on social media, overlaid with dramatic music, showing helicopters shining bright lights onto the apartment, armed agents kicking down doors and leading people out of the building in restraints. (source) 

It’s all theater for these proud fuckheads. This administration does nothing but lie and bully. Absolutely nothing they say can be trusted. Niente! Nada! Nichts! Ingenting! 沒有什麼! Nic! 

They were terrorizing people for the crime of not being white, rich, and red hat wearing right-wing zombies. 

AND the Mar-a-Lago faced, hair-extensioned, puppy-killing, lying ass, amateur-hour operatic nightmare wants to piss on her victims after she’s had her henchmen brutalize them. THEN her ridiculously skeevy “christian” mouthpiece comes out crying about how they’re being victimized by the big, bad Illinois government who won’t even let them take a whiz.

Gosh, my heart is just breaking for them. They can go find a McDonald’s, buy a McCafé, and take a leak there. Oh wait – vampires, zombies, and other human eating demons don’t actually need to pee. Again, everything is theater for this crowd.

As long as we’re talking of all things bathroom…late yesterday, here in Valhalla we had a scare. Periodically, about once a year, we have to get the city to come out to clear the roots and such out of the pipe that connect Valhalla to the town sewer system. It’s usually not a big deal. The workers arrive fast. Pipes are cleared in no time – easy peasy. This time? There was another back up after the workers left.

I went into panic mode instantly. Why? I am NOT a camper. I NEED running water and flush toilets. I would NOT have survived in pre-Industrial Revolution America. My idea of camping? Staying at a B&B with a shared bathroom. Yeah, I don’t do that anymore either.

Jen said it looked like the main pipe had collapsed. They were getting the city to come in again. Serious anxiety instantly percolated. I began planning alternate accommodations for Ten, Cake, and I for however long would be needed. I was dreading the damage to our wee savings account.

Amazingly, the city workers were back in a flash and they had fabulous news. The pipe had NOT collapsed (it was just a weird trick of the light/odd reflections) and the problem was that they’d just not gotten all the pesky roots out on the first attempt.

PHEW!

So, today is a beautiful Sunday in Valhalla. We can all have a stress free flushable pee here at home. I bet we’d be allowed into Illinois government buildings for a quick slash too ‘cause we’re not asshole domestic terrorists like Cosplay Kristi.

Zebras AKA Murder Donkeys

Zebras are rumored to be real assholes. I read this on the internet so it MUST be true.

Let’s consult Herr Google though and get the real skinny.

First off, zebras are obvs closely related to horses. They have a common ancestor, and are in the same genus (Equus) – though I very much doubt they get together for Thanksgiving or have big family reunions

They stand nearly five feet at the shoulder, live in small family groups or herds, are sociable herbivores who breed well in public and live in harmony with their mammalian neighbors, like antelopes and wildebeest. They are even strong enough to carry an adult human on their backs. (source) 

They sound nice, so this is what I’m asking – why weren’t pre-auto humans riding around on zebras as well as horsies? Were they just too flashy? Too much like wearing fluorescent tie dyed stripper togs to Mormon church services on Sunday? They clashed with the rhinestone nuns habit? It would've been akin to wearing a navy blue biz suit to Studio 54 in the ‘70s? It’s just NOT a done thing!?

Nope.

Sharing their habitat with some of the most dangerous predators on earth, including lions and cheetahs, leopards and hyenas natural selection forced African wildlife such as the zebra to evolve clever survival techniques.
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They have evolved superb early-warning mechanisms , such as peripheral vision far superior to other horses. Often bad tempered, they grow increasingly antisocial with age (me too, mes amis, me too) and once they bite, they tend not to let go. A kick from a zebra can kill — and these creatures are responsible for more injuries to American zookeepers each year than any other animal. (source) 

Being assholes may not be especially clever BUT it’s effective and makes a shitload of sense. You’d think that, within the human population, women would have evolved to be terrific jerkwads to men by now (I know I have). In general though, women haven’t. In fact, according to a UN report, one woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partner or a family member. 

Survival’s kind of a big fucking deal, isn’t it? Women – be more like zebras.

Other African herbivores who are all no fucking way are you bipedal types putting us to work? Rhinos and hippos. 

Rhinos weigh over five tons and would make great beasts of burden for farmers OR ridable tanks for battles! Problem, like their striped buds, they’re short-tempered and mercurial. Who knows what’s gonna set them off? Maybe they don’t like the cologne you’re wearing today (even though they were just fine with it yesterday)? 

Hippos – they like nothing more than a pitched battle. They’re the belligerent fuck at the bar who picks a fight because you sat on the stool they thought, mebbe, they’d like to move over to in a minute or so, mebbe. Sure, hippos look all sweet on stage in their tutus and toe shoes but when the curtain comes down? Look out!

Between the zebra's xenomorph-esque bite and its death kick, mayhaps we should unleash a herd in the White House and at Mar-a-Lago? Good idea, no?

Democrats could make the zebra their symbol and then start acting like them. Also a good idea.

Well, she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running 'round
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams
And-a, fairy tales
(That's all she ever thinks about)
Riding with the wind
~ Jimi Hendrix, Little Wing 

Rocket Launcher

Well, the Apple App Store is no longer offering ICEBlock or other similar apps after Stinky’s sycophants leaned on Apple CEO Tim Cook. Chickenshit caved.

The app alerts users to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area. ICE has been a central part of Trump's hardline immigration agenda and its agents have regularly raided and arrested migrants. The Justice Department says the app could increase the risk of assault on U.S. agents. (source) 

Sure, it’s the ICE assholes, the Brownshirts who risk assault, NOT the US citizens, legal residents, and immigrants who these Gestapo fucks brutalize who are vulnerable. Sure.

The ICE goons aren’t just attacking their targets, their bounties either. They beat the shit out of journalists doing their damn job, business owners attempting to show paperwork proving their employees are working legally, people attempting to ask questions. ICE agents are out of control, sadistic, rage-aholics and Trump, Miller, Noem, Lyons, and Homan are responsible for emboldening and unleashing these violent fuckers.

Currently, there’s no other safe, recommended way to download ICEBlock (but if it’s already on your phone it’ll still work). Other options? Stopice.net – it’s not an app so there's no download problem. You can send and receive mobile alerts via text message. There’s also a traffic/map/directions app called Waze that can be used (somehow – I’m unfamiliar with it) to track ICE.

I’ve got Bruce Cockburn in mind right now. You know the song. 
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Remember Trey Reed? The young man found hanging from a tree in the lynching state of Mississippi? You know, the death the officials were lightening quick to determine a suicide…yeah, right.

Well, the results of the second, this time independent, autopsy are back. What’s come out? From an article in yesterday’s Chicago Crusader, 

According to activists working with the family of Trey Reed, a second, independent autopsy revealed the DSU student had blunt force trauma to the back of the head possibly indicating a homicide, in direct conflict of the initial suicide ruling. This story is developing. (source) 

So, he bashed himself in the back of his own head and then managed to climb up a tree to hang himself? That the story Mississippi officials are going with?

Another thing, the Crusader article states that there weren’t any bruises or ligatures around his neck that would indicate he had been strangled or had been dangling by a rope for several hours. 

Trey did NOT commit suicide.
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AND, if you read nothing else today, PUH-LEASE do yourself a favor and check out Paul Krugman’s Substack post An Autocracy of Dunces. Every sentence is a perfect pearl.

If America still had a fully functioning democracy, Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday to the assembled generals would have ended his presidency. Trump treated the event like a political rally and was clearly taken aback by the refusal of the audience to applaud or laugh at his jokes. Delivering a nakedly partisan speech to a mandated assembly of military officers was a gross violation of the Hatch Act. The content —telling the officers to be ready to use force against U.S. citizens — was clearly an impeachable offense. In an earlier era, Trump’s incoherent ranting would have paved the way for his immediate removal from office under the 25th Amendment.

Krugman gives us Arendt’s Law:

Back in August I wrote about “hackification,” invoking what I dubbed Arendt’s Law. As I noted, Hannah Arendt argued that authoritarian regimes don’t want competent people, who might sometimes take a stand on principle. They prefer

...crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.

Go…read. 

Sort of off topic but, I’ve seen him referred to, named, Krugthulu – a portmanteau of his name and "Cthulhu," Lovecraft’s big scary monster. I LOVE this! Does this not convey that Krugman TOTALLY brings the stone facts and makes a clearcut unimpeachable, no weaelshit argument or WHAT!? Funnily enough, the nickname originated with his political opponents – the folks criticizing this Nobel Prize winning economist. 

They think they insulted him? That’s just precious, innit.

This and That

“We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we’re not intelligent. If you’re intelligent you don’t destroy your only home.” 

“Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.” 

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”

~ Jane Goodall, 1934 - 2025 
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I know I’ve said this before but JESUS WURLITZER CHRIST, Kegseth is an incredibly incompetent, blindingly unselfaware, out of control, mentally cracked tool. Also? An obvious drunk. I wonder if his liver’s written a suicide note yet.

Dude was up there openly calling for war crimes. Perpetually pickled Petey’s so far gone, he thinks war is something you do on your game boy or Xbox or whatever the fuck you play Battle Academy or Hearts of Iron 4 or whatever on. Afterwards, mommy makes your chicken nuggies, you jerk off into your sweat socks to pics of that blonde cheerleader and sneak one more of dad’s Coors.

We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement. (source) 

What an insecure, WAY overcompensating, midget dicked drama queen. He sounds like a sugared up 12 year old.

Donnie Demento’s speech? I wonder if he caught a memory of a stiffie (best he can manage now) when he threatened the admirals and generals who possess more intelligence, discipline, integrity, competence, decency, and resilience than Pres Pedo could even begin to fathom.

“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before. this is very — uh— don’t laugh, you’re not allowed to do that, heh. You know what, just have a good time. and if you want to applaud, you applaud. and if you want to do — anything you want. You can do anything you want. If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room. of course, there goes your rank, your future.” (source) 

Veterans were not impressed. 
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Frankly, the more I read of people being given unsolicited advice and random bullshit opinions from strangers, the more I’m grateful for having always been perceived as fairly unapproachable. 

Also, losing all my hearing nearly 20 years ago hasn’t been ALL misery. I mean, YES, I TOTES miss music but garbage communication with people who value their opinions FAR too highly? 

Ah…no, not missing that.
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I’m afraid of people thinking I’m a hypochondriac – this includes my med team. How, you might wonder, and I actually do wonder, could I possibly be considered one when there actually are, so often, new things in my body’s operating system breaking down? I mean, for reals now. I'm not a hypochondriac. I'm just paying attention.
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US representative Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic congresswoman representing Washington state called for peaceful protests against Trump.

John Gillette, a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives lied about her and called for her to be executed. Specifically, to be hanged…lynched. Yeah, Gillette’s white. 

The Left and the Right are not the same.
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Ted Cruz has now come out as pro pedophile. I expect he always has been but, in this time of Epstein/Trump Rape Camps for Rich Guys, I guess he feels extra safe about coming out of his closet.

"How 'bout we all come together and say, 'Let's stop attacking pedophiles.'." (source)

Is Ted on the list? Is there video of him assaulting children or is he simply defending his buddies? GOP, the guardians of pedophiles.
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I need some better goddamn distractions.

Alien: Earth – You know, this is an exceptionally well done show. The writing, character development, acting, effects, the whole deal BUT, you had to know there would be a but, it’s so depressing, stressful, and gross. I’m not talking about the usual xenomorphs – those I’m used to. Nope, it’s all the newbies. MEIN GOTT, I can’t deal with that sheep with the alien eyeball.

Richard Osman has a new Thursday Murder Club book out – The Impossible Fortune.

I used my gift certificate and bought John Scalzi’s latest.

What about teevee though? I need something fun and weird – like Wednesday or Leverage or Eureka. HEY, when is season two of Murderbot coming out? Hmmmmm?

Crap

Next week I’m meeting my new primary care physician (previous one retired early and I’m NOT unhappy about that). I’m at a general practice that’s connected to MGH – new guy’s her replacement. He’s young and a DO versus an MD. He’s an osteopath. ‘the fuck is an osteopath? 

“Osteopathic medicine is a distinctive branch of medical practice in the U.S. that emphasizes a “whole-person” approach to diagnosis, treatment and patient care.” 
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One unique aspect of DO education, and the main difference from an MD education, is additional training in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), which is the therapeutic application of manual techniques (such as stretching, gentle pressure and resistance) to diagnose, treat and prevent illness or injury. (source) 

Whoa, this is giving off some crystals, burning sage, ivermectin, testicle tanning vibes. WTF! If he mentions Reiki or wellness farms, I’m outta there.

My reason for going in is the off and on interior numbness in my left calf and foot and swelling in my left ankle. This, if you recall, is the leg that, in a post brain surgery snit, quit communicating with my brain (or vice versa). My recent brain and spine MRIs showed no growth of my extant crew of bastard meningiomas and no new mobility threatening motherfuckers (I’ll talk about this more with Doc Plotkin next week to see if there's any other fuckery afoot). So, I’m looking into other possible causes. 

Maybe a gang of semi rabid squirrels have taken up residence in my leg. I’m not a tiny woman – falling somewhere between snack-size and family bulk pack – but a small fam of Bornean Pygmy Squirrels might fit in comfortably.

So, it’s time to consult the brandy new general practice doc who, I’ve just noticed, specializes in geriatrics. How convenient – I seem to fit into that category. Maybe it’s just me but I find it interesting that a young guy is specializing in old people healthcare. What’s the draw? Yeah sure, if he’s lucky one day he’ll be old too but how can he otherwise possibly relate? Has new guy known a shitload of oldsters, a hugely varied lot of us geezers, AND he rocks some superhero level empathy? 

Is this anything like why a male doctor would become an obstetrician and/or gynecologist? Is it pure scientific interest? Compassion? A dedication to the, generally, more vulnerable?

Frankly, if new guy has decent levels of curiosity, a willingness to learn (given the relative rareness of neurofibromatosis type 2 and the doc’s youth, I’m betting he’s not too familiar with my pet disease), isn’t full of himself, and doesn’t try to balance my chakras or cure my lovely NF2 with feng shui, purple microdot, a raw food diet, having my cards read, and praying to white Jesus, I’ll be willing to give him a chance. (NB: I probably wouldn't turn down the microdot despite its dubious curative abilities)

What I expect is for him to order up an X-ray or a CAT scan or do whatever test is needed in order to figure out what the fuck’s causing the swelling in my ankle. I’m not in pain or having any extra weakness. It’s not brain surgery and I’ve already got a couple dudes for that anyway.

This, on top of my ongoing dental issues, is just annoying as all hell. Is it not enough already that this stupid body is riddled with stupid tumors? I mean, why do I have to put up with other pesky shit on top of that?! Is this fair? NO, it is not! Dammit.

I’m an older woman in crap health and I’m really pissed off. Obvs.

It’s True

I’m doing my very best to distract myself because the news SUCKS! And by news, I’m talking about my personal health as well as that of this benighted, gun crazy country.

Trump is demanding that Hamas accept US plans to ‘end Gaza conflict.’ The US has a plan? Does Stinky honestly know what those plans entail? My guess – his understanding of the ‘plan’ is for all Palestinians to be relocated to some neighboring country while he and Netanyahu raze the strip, put up a bunch of casinos, resorts and luxury condo towers. Maybe they'll let the Palestinians back in to work as maids, baristas, and trash collectors.

What about that government shutdown? Hasn’t Stinky, Leon and the DOGE douchebags, pretty much, already done that? 

 Oh and there were more than a few mass shootings this past weekend. 

I only mention it BUT the MAGAts won – they’ve got the House, Senate, Presidency, the Supremes, and the mainstream media has rolled over and are being good little toadies. So, why are white, het, Trump-cheerleading men going on shooting sprees? They got their king. They got their military take overs of liberal cities. Brown and Black people are being rounded up, disappeared, imprisoned, tortured, deported to prisons in countries they’ve never even been to before. They got women reduced to second, fourth or fifth class citizens (again). 

So, what’s pissing these dudes off now? Isn’t everything hunky dory – absolutely perfect now that their fluorescent orange god is in power once more? Aren’t they all making six figures at jobs where they have pert young secretaries who give them blow jobs after fetching the morning coffee and setting up their afternoon golf date/biz meetings? Don’t they all live in mortgage free mini-mansions in posh suburbs and drive the latest, most sleek Teslas and 4X4s? Aren’t groceries and healthcare free for them (and only them)? Isn’t there world peace, just like Candidate Pedo promised?

What? No?!!!! I'm shocked, I tell you!

Last weekend we had the Michigan killer – Thomas Jacob Sanford. That boy was a very proud Trumper. He’s seen here in his camo T, emblazoned with his pedo hero’s visage – it reads Trump 2020, Make Liberals Cry Again. Yep, Baldy's a real deep, mature thinker, isn't he.

Tommy boy rammed his target, a Mormon church, with his flag bedecked truck, got out, opened fire on the congregation with his dick substitute assault rifle, AND THEN set the joint ablaze. Plus, he had at least three IEDs (improvised explosive devices). The killer was prepped to murder them all.

Here’s a thought – the sniper who nailed Charlie Kirk was Mormon. I wonder if Sanford’s over the top attack (even for a mass shooting), is somehow related. Hmmmm, it’s a puzzler, innit? Looks to me like some nasty white christian on white christian violence. WWJD…and shit?

In North Carolina there was that pilot-by shooting. NBC News reported that Nigel Max Edge, formally, legally known as Sean William Debevoise, is a “self-described” combat veteran. What do they even mean by that? They went on to say:

Edge served in the Marines from September 2003 through June 2009, according to military records. He attained the rank of sergeant and was deployed twice as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

Records from the Marines show he received numerous awards, including a Purple Heart, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Combat Action Ribbon for Iraq and an Iraq Campaign Medal with two bronze stars.

So he’s definitely a vet, seen combat AND, that Purple Heart means he was wounded: 

1)   As the direct or indirect result of enemy action. 

AND

2)   The wound required treatment by a medical officer at the time of the injury.

So, why did NBC put “self-described” combat veteran in this-is-dubious quotes?

Why’d Nigel shoot up the bar/restaurant? Was he trying to suicide by cop? Too bad he didn’t succeed – save taxpayers the expense of housing him for years while his trials play out. If he wanted a guaranteed death by cop, he should’ve been a Black guy selling CDs or a Black woman sleeping in her own damn bed. That's "justice" in this country.

Nigel was taken alive and charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon assault with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. 

As of yesterday his motive is unknown but I’ll bet it’s a doozy.

One thing that IS known is that all that time in combat has left more than a bit of shrapnel stuck in his brain. And he has a serious case of post-traumatic stress disorder. Some examples of his mental instability?

Lawsuits: According to documents, Edge is responsible for a number of strange lawsuits….one of which claims that a church in Southport attempted to murder him.

The lawsuit, which was filed in May, said that the Generations Church was responsible for a "civil conspiracy" to murder Edge because he is "a straight man," which was orchestrated by white supremacist pedophiles and the LGBTQ community.

Edge lodged a similar lawsuit against Brunswick Medical Center in January, alleging that the facility was involved in a plot by "LGBTQ White Supremacists" who were supposedly trying to harm him since he had survived their attack in Iraq. (source) 

Nigel MAY possibly be afforded a measure of too-little-too-late grace. For giving up his sanity in service to the Marines (and George Bush’s war for profit in Iraq), maybe he won’t get the death penalty.

If ol’ Nigel was Black? He wouldn’t have been alive to make his court date.

There were also shootings in Texas and Louisiana over the weekend. Are National Guard troops being sent to North Carolina, Michigan, Louisiana or Texas – the scenes of these mass shootings? How about to Utah – the site of Saint Chiclets demise?

No? Gee, it’s ALMOST as though the soldiers sent in to “protect cities” storyline is nothing but three tons of steaming rhino shit.

Hey, ya think? 'scuse me now – I gotta get back to finding distractions from reality.