One Dick Down.

AP: Dick Cheney has died.   

About the only saving grace is that he (and daughter Liz) detested Donald Trump.  

“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in a television ad for his daughter. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He is a coward.” 

Erik Loomis posted on Wonkette, in "Dick Cheney No Longer Still Undead" went further into detail of the shit Cheney bestowed on humanity over his lifetime. Of his time in Congress, Loomis writes;

 "[Cheney] served five terms, leaving office in 1989. He was as horrible as you would expect. He voted against creating the Department of Education. He hated the idea of a holiday to honor Martin Luther King. He voted to defund Head Start. Of course, all of this just made him a rising star in a party increasingly committed to extremism. He was elected to be Chairman of the House Republican Conference in 1987 and then House Minority Whip in 1988."

I had thought he was much older than 84.  Feels like he's been part of life, for, like, fucking ever.  

One Dick down.    

Onward,

Rade 

Your Daily Meme

 To think a year ago, this was the last day of feeling like we lived in a place of optimism and hope. 

 

 

 Fuck Trump. Really. Fuck Trump.  

 

 

I am tired of this... classless... walking... piece of garbage.

 

 

This is the DAMAGE that fucking shit-brain has done

to THE PEOPLES HOUSE!

(so far) 

 

 

Monday

 

It pays to wait.

I'm a space junkie.  Ever since I was a kid obsessed with the Apollo moon missions (and Star Trek), I've kept an eye open to all news about space.  Voyager, the space shuttles, ISS, Mars landers, etc.  

 

Back in my day, I bought it all - we had "In Search Of" (hosted by none other than Mr. Spock!) finding big foot, ancient civilizations, UFO's and SPACE ALIENS!!!  Nirvana for a preteen with a wild imagination!  Grainy photos of Bigfoot roaming the Rockies, the intrinsic stone buildings of Machu Picchu, the enigma of Easter Island and blurry photos of UFO's along with EYE-WITNESS accounts of being abducted.  

And who can forget that PINNACLE of FACTS, the "Weekly World News", a MUST READ in the 1980's office!  It was, after all, "The World's Only Reliable Newspaper"!  Said so on the cover!

Today, we went from the Deep State and QAnon conspiracy theorists (who knew that would be a job requirement these days?) to AI generated garbage that the masses eat up as absolute fact (I miss the Weekly World News).

Enter 3I/ATLAS. Since it blasted bast Mars and we were able to finally see some images of it, every YouTube conspiracy theorist, thanks to a nod from Physicist, Avi Loeb who loves to say "Well... could be something other than a rock hurdling at s from space..", the conspiracy theorists have glomed onto "It's an ALIEN SPACE CRAFT!", and we get flooded with this...

I tend not watch those channels on YouTube. On the matter of 3I/ATLAS though, I scanned through. There are a handful of the foil-hat brigade all pushing the same content (3I/ATLAS is of interest to me, so I will scan whatever I can to find something fact-based).  Finally, the ONE source I do follow, NASA, posted an update - this time, debunking the latest "video" posted showing "3I/ATLAS is ALIVE!"

News flash: 3I/ATLAS is just an interstellar comet.  No space ship (for as much I wished for, please, we'll take you to our leader!), no space-going amoeba, no alien probe. Just a rock moving through space. 

And in this case, to 3I/ATLAS, my closing is appropriate - 

Onward!

Rade 

Sunday Morning Sip

 ...and a joyous Sunday to all of you. 

 

Yes, my coffee tankard...  

 

 

Thank you, Garry Trudeau

 

 

"Love the hat" 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah... here we go again. 

 

...one future... 

Three hots and a cot?  Sure!  

So do I. 

 

 

Ah-yup. 

 

Thank you, Covid-19 Pandemic!  Cooking at home

honed ALL those skills! 

And we saved a FORTUNE! 

Please? 

 

It helps with keeping sane. 

If they come back a third time, club them. 

Visited Yellowstone several years ago.

AMAZED by the number of foreign tourists who

ignored all the signs to run up for a selfie with the wildlife. 

Is that to much to ask? 

 

 

 

 I am a sustaining member of PBS and ClassicalWCRB, meaning

they get a monthly donation that I have upped since fuckwad cancelled

all government funding.  I could not help it; WCRB played 

Jerry Goldsmith's "Star Trek: Voyager" title sequence.

I sent them $10 more bucks. 

 

 

 This goes out to everyone driving to an office tomorrow.

 

 

Saturday Morning Sip

 Welcome to November!  61 more days to go in this fucking year...

Don't stop until filled... 

 

 

 

 

At this stage... no fear. 

 

Oh, and FUCK YOU, pedophile-loving MAGA! 

Thank you, Wiley. 

"...and those Venezuelan fishermen..." 

In case you didn't hear me the first time, FUCK YOU, MAGA! 

Big, beautiful obituary, by chance? 

 

...or cuckoo. 

 

 

Thank you, Hitch! 

 

(my art) 

 

About how the media says it. 

 

Thank GOD for the SCROTUS subterfuge!  No one is talking about the mass shootings... 

Uh-huh. 

...not AI generated... 

Sadly, about how I feel about protesting. 

 

And I am fucking tired of it. 

 

Why I have cats. 

 

 

REMEMBER! SHIT!  THAT'S TONIGHT!!!! 

 

 

At least, we can look forward Winter...

 

 

 

Positivity

 This week in "Good News!" - From OMG: Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million, calls out billionaires 

 

 

Apparently both Mark Fuckerberg and George Lucas were in the audience; Lucas was enthusiastic, Fuckerberg, not so much. 

 

“We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark, and people need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever, especially in our country,” Eilish told a room packed with celebrities and Zuckerberg. “I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things, maybe give it to some people that need it.” She continued, saying, Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me. If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.” 

 

I admit I am not much of a fan of her music, but I admire her.  I watched her interview on CBS Sunday Morning, and it was... quite good! She is very humble and grounded. 

 

 

I hope her altruism inspires others.  

Onward,

Rade 

 

Morning Coffee Round-up - Halloween Edition.

Good (topical) chuckles while having my morning sip...

 

 

 

 Be safe out there.