The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries. He said this out loud.

there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level

generals gathered in their masses/president calls them all fatasses

The Stater Brothers house brand for snack foods (chips, cookies, ice cream sammies, etc) is "Crav'n". Every time I see that, I think "that's a really harsh judgment - I bet most of those cookies never even had a chance to demonstrate their courage."

If, as they were starting out, someone had told the Ramones that one day their music would be selling vaccines to senior citizens....

Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:

For some reason, my YouTube algorithm has decided that I want to watch a lot of automatic transmission rebuilds. Which, if I'd been asked beforehand, I would have laughed at - but dag nab if I'm not absolutely hooked. The algo has radicalized me.

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

Age yourself with a film you saw in a cinema as a kid

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

I'm such a bad dancer, I can't even do The Robot. I do the Mechanical Twerk.

There's an honest-to-goodness thunderstorm and a decent amount of rain outside, and I just made cookies. Who says I don't know how to party on a Saturday night?

I'm watching A Bridge Too Far (on Kanopy, via the LA Public Library - much love!) and: - I last saw it as a kid; I forgot just how much I loved it - Holy crap, this movie is full of stars! - Colin Farrell is in it. No, not THAT Colin Farrell, silly. - Looking forward to Redford's "Hail Mary" scene

I wish I was an octopus. I'd have 3 hearts to love you with, 8 arms to hug you with, and I could squirt ink in your face when startled

This morning's Patch email has a list of Starbucks locations that are projected to close shortly; I was struck by this section. It's less than a mile from 3150 to 3785 Wilshire, and less than half a mile from 5020 to 5353 Wilshire. I hate to see any business close, but seriously...?

A picture from a decade ago - at first, I was sad that their kid had outgrown these bears and they'd been kicked to the curb, but then I decided they were just sleeping off a drunk.

I just binged a four-novel detective series; I absolutely loved the first three, which were narrated in the first person. The fourth abruptly switched to third-person omniscient, and was much weaker for it. Switching viewpoints is tricky in any case, but 3rd-person omniscient always feels cheap.

Not to shill for one of my favorite bands, but... james.tmstor.es

J. Draper, a delight as always: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHv...

Ba dee yah, emmer effers! Ba dee yah! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...

Look, no one is “letting” the bedbugs bite. We need to stop blaming the victim.

Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Earth, Wind & Fire tonight

I've recently become a fan of rye (mostly supplanting bourbon), but I've noticed the weirdest thing: the dregs in my glass rapidly turn muddy. I've not noticed this happening - or at least not so fast - with any other spirit.

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold www.imdb.com/title/tt0059...

US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.

I know that Polari is mostly a lost language these days, but do people really not know what "naff" means anymore?

This one has aged like fine milk, but still cracks me up:

Thought this was a Slow Horses* reference at first *no idea whether the show has got that far yet - don't spoil it for me, I'm gonna get AppleTV ANY DAY NOW

Her time in a counterfeit coffin was behind her, and whatever didn't kill her made her stronger. Whatever did kill her would fuck her up no end, of course. - Mick Herron, "Why We Die"

If the left didn't want to be the subject of a large scale crackdown on speech driven by fascists, maybe they should have not ever said anything that could be taken the wrong way by the worst people alive

Well, who am I to disagree?

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

Think technical ...is this a thing?

sometimes I think most of the problems I have in life would disappear if I were a completely delusional megalomaniac

A think tank is when I remove my brain at night and put it in the jar on my nightstand to wash away the horrors

they're posting like crazy over there. it's like going to the zoo

Americans are breathing a sigh of relief today, knowing that shooters can hide all they want, but our FBI will track them down as soon as their father turns them in.

...the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain, "The Czar's Soliloquy"

Nearly all brand-new Windows laptops these days default to the wrong time zone and don't correct themselves. To fix this: - Right-click on the time - Select "Adjust date and time" - Turn "Set time zone automatically" and "Set time automatically" OFF - Wait a moment, turn them back on - Good to go.

Do I look like a clown to you? 'Cause I slept funny.

Save the drama for yo lama* *Llama? Lllama?

If we flew the American flag at half-mast for every murder of an American who deserved better, who deserved to be heard and respected and live in peace, we’d never raise the flag to its full height again.

Breaking: The @wsj.com is reporting that the comment was not made by Brian Kilmeade but by an unidentified transgender person

I'm watching "The Net" on YT (given its cult status in my industry, weird I'd never seen it before) and I just noticed: when Devlin realizes that Angela has given away the phone he was using to track her, he says "Clever girl." Only two years after Jurassic Park, already a classic line.

"Bluesky: Love it or leave it."

"Don't mock or you'll be deported" is the mark of a weak, decadent nation, a petty and insecure failure unworthy of respect.

What's your secret to being online all the time without contracting computer madness? For me it's being pure of heart

fbi puts another one in the books. closing the case the way most crime is solved: someone calls and tells them who did it.

Although the Baron Harkonnen and I didn't see eye to eye on many issues, he was a family man

Right now my sinuses feel more full of Thixo than a Xyla Foxlin video #botaltoat