Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Workers of the world untie...

Here's a coupla things I know for sure. First and foremost, if you asked a sampling of the people participating in these protests what they were actually for, 97% of 'em couldn't give you an answer they didn't see on a banner or poster - which, by the way, none of them have any clue where those banners actually came from. They also won't be able to tell who or why someone is paying them to be there, but ubetcher ass somebody's ponying up somewhere...
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More daylight is lost in September
than any other month of the year.
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Recognize this craziness? Of course you do, 
you've just never seen it in color before...
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The things we were subjected to as kids.
Do you know anyone still does this?
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I will reiterate what I discussed the other day that some people chose to critique. This time, however, it's directly from Forbes, and if they don't know the true numbers, nobody does.
There was no winning combination drawn in last night's Powerball drawing, so the next drawing will be somewhere around 1.3bil. According to Forbes, The six numbers drawn on Monday night were 8, 23, 25, 40, 53, and red Powerball 5.
If a winner emerges in the next draw, they can choose between taking the $1.3 billion prize spread over 30 annualized payments or a one-time lump sum cash payout of $589 million—the preferred choice for most winners.
If the lump sum payment is chosen, the winnings will drop to around $447.6 million after a mandatory federal withholding of 24% is applied.
Depending on their taxable income, the winner could face a federal marginal rate as high as 37%, which would further reduce their winnings to $371 million.
If the winner chooses the installment route, their annual payments of around $43.3 million would drop to $27.3 million if the 37% federal marginal rate is applied.
The winner may also face additional taxes based on their state of residence, as some, such as New York, tax lottery winnings at a rate of 10.9%, while others, including Texas and Florida, don’t.
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Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.
- John Wayne             
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I hope you can see this short clip. 
This is a bunch of Russian kids
 having fun at their summer camp...
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It does fascinate me how incredibly fuckin' angry some of these cartoonists are. There's just no reason to draw - let alone publish - shit like this. What possible good could come from it, beyond fanning the flames of the loonie lefties? Juss' sayin'...
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And, no - I spelt that headline that way on purpose...


If it had cable I probably could...






Monday, September 1, 2025

One more HillBetty before we drift off...


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B&W or colorized - you decide if this HillBetty should be in color...

Twisted Hillbilly posted her yesterday in black and white...

I thought she'd look better in color. Chime in with your opinion.

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Speaking of Chicago's finest...

“I’m a Man” is a song written by Steve Winwood and record producer Jimmy Miller. It was first recorded in 1967 by the Spencer Davis Group; Winwood sang lead vocals and played keyboards.
It has been recorded by many other performers over the years, most successfully by Chicago, whose version charted at No. 8 in the UK in 1970 and No. 49 in the US in 1971.
Chicago (then known as Chicago Transit Authority) recorded a cover version of “I’m a Man” for their 1969 debut album, The Chicago Transit Authority. When the band’s popularity surged after their second album, “I’m a Man” was released as the B-side to a re-release of “Questions 67 and 68”. 
FYI:  Jimi Hendrix thought Terry Kath of the band Chicago was a better guitarist than he was after seeing them perform at Whisky A Go Go in 1968.
 
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Did Denmark just ban Burkas on women?

 
No - it's actually old news rehashed. The ban on face coverings in public spaces in Denmark came into effect in August 2018.Denmark's law prohibits wearing garments that cover the face in public spaces, including burqas and niqabs. Violations of this law can result in fines.
The ban has been a subject of significant debate, with proponents arguing for integration and security, and opponents raising concerns about religious freedom and discrimination. Similar bans on face coverings exist in other European countries.
A number of European countries, including France, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Netherlands, have implemented national or partial bans on face coverings in public spaces. Other nations like Germany, Italy, and Spain have enacted bans in specific cities, regions, or public sectors, while countries such as Luxembourg and Switzerland have also introduced bans on face coverings.
 

Why can't we - or better, why won't we - do this in America? Well, for one thing, we don't have the balls to actually implement it, and if we do do it, then the ICE guys won't be able to wear face coverings when they're working - or at least that's what the pro-muslim, pro-illegals argument will be...

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Everything is just dandy in the Windy City, isn't it?

 
CHICAGO (WGN) — It’s been a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago so far, with dozens of shooting victims and multiple deaths reported around the city since Friday evening,and the weekend isn't officially over yet. The Chicago Police Department will release official numbers Tuesday morning, but as of early Monday, WGN News counted 50 people shot, including eight killed, since 5 p.m. Friday.
The youngest person shot so far appears to be a 14-year-old boy, and at least three of the weekend shootings included multiple victims. According to WGN’s count, this year’s Labor Day weekend violence may have already surpassed last year’s, when a total of 31 people were shot.
 

Meanwhile, back in Illinois (but not in Chicago), Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime.
You have to wonder how much longer the people of that city - or anywhere else for that matter - will put up with this kind of bullshit bluster while they're children are dying in the streets.


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There's hero, and then there's this 20-year-old 'kid'...

Pickett Jr., 20, was returning from dinner in New York City with his family when they noticed the crash and he sprang into action. “Not only is he making an impact in the classroom and on the football field at the United States Military Academy at West Point, but he’s also making a difference in his community!”
Pickett Sr. credited his son’s West Point training for giving him the courage to save the man’s life. 
 
“This is more than a display of leadership; it’s a testament to the character West Point is building in him — a readiness to go into the line of fire, not just for his country, but for anyone who needs it.” The full article is here.
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Another one who ran away - and should never come back. "That's my Jenny..."

The Texas-born, California-raised star — who has joined the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Rosie O’Donnell, Richard Gere and Lena Dunham in bidding adieu to the US for good — revealed that she and her boyfriend, architect Henry Smith, are currently renting a home on the English seaside.
 

It would be my greatest hope, dear Robin, that you never work 
in Hollywood ever again. One can only hope - and pray...
 







File this one under IYKYK...

For the better part of the last 40+ years, I've lived in what I laughingly refer to as 'seasonal communities'. Starting out at the Jersey shore, we'd be inundated with people we called 'Bennies' for the 4 1/2 months surrounding summer. Back in '89, we moved lock, stock & gun barrel to the caribbean where the winter escapees took up all the available parking spots. After that back up to the Jersey Shore and that seasonal circus, followed eventualy with my move here to Florida and dealing with the wintertime invasion of the 'snowbirds' - escaping the cold, cruel north and hogging our fuckin' bar stools. Understand what my life is really like? It's seasonal hell, but I honestly can't kick. 
Did I mention I have a palm tree on my front lawn?
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And they think Trump is an oligarch or fancies himself a king of some kind? How about these monarchical uniforms that Nixon ordered White House guards to wear until he was ridiculed for it, 1970...
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Of the 36+k Subways, 98.327% of them are owned by the Patel family.
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Rosie O’Donnell, the liberal actress and self-proclaimed comic, apologized on social media Sunday after falsely claiming the Minneapolis Catholic church school shooter was a MAGA supporter, a Republican and a White supremacist.
Yesterday, the fat fuckin' exile finally walked back her comments, admitting she was wrong about the shooter’s identity. "I knew a lot of you were very upset about the video I made before I went away for a few days," she said in a new video, adding that she did not have time to read through the comments until Sunday. "You are right. I did not do my due diligence before I made that emotional statement, and I said things about the shooter that were incorrect.
If you would just shut the fuck up and live in the obscurity you deserve, 
we'd all be better off. Juss' sayin'...
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He has said he is unsure if he will seek a third term as Governor. 'After a while', he is quoted as saying, 'this shit gets kinda old, ya know?' His fellow Dimocrats agree. 'He should not run again. We need someone who's less of a flaming jackass', one Dim leader was overheard muttering...
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Dress however you want. Think whatever you wanna think. Say whatever the fuck you want to say. Do whatever the fuck it is that you miscreants do. 
Just do not think that you can force me to accept your abhorent lifestyle, and stay the fuck out of the boy's locker and bath rooms.
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And if you ever find yourself weondering how it is that people could vote for jackwagons like Wolz and AOC and the rest of 'em, just remember - these are available in WalMart...
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"Two anti-Trump blimps were spotted hovering 
around Chicago this weekend."
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That's it for today - it's poker night...

  As in 'Yeah, I'd poker...' Seriously Poker, beer, buds. Life is good. See y'all tomorrow... ...      Someone must have a b...