Jaded

 

I may be too old for this business.  Nothing surprises me anymore.

Derek Chauvin is unhappy.  Minnesota's Oak Park Heights prison keeps him in his cell for 23 hours a day, with no access to educational opportunities or work, while guards check him frequently.  And all to prevent the other inmates from shanking him.  Let's hope a room opens up for him at a federal facility soon.  (That was the deal when he pleaded guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights.)  

As the anniversary of her martyrdom approaches, disturbing information has surfaced about Ashli Babbitt.  The woman previously married to her ex-husband says Babbitt repeatedly rammed her car, then pounded on the window and dented the hood.  And I thought she was a normal Air Force veteran and "truly incredible person" who just happened to love Trump, not wisely but too well.

Ethan Crumbley's family life gets more colorful by the day.  According to court documents, his mother was having an affair which she documented with explicit videos on her phone.  I can't wait to hear what Dad was up to.  Who's writing this Netflix series?

Fascist Viktor Orban was endorsed for re-election by fascist Donald Trump.  In case you were in any doubt he also endorsed Mary Miller for Congress in Illinois.  Miller quotes Hitler the way normal Americans quote Mark Twain.

Scott Borgerson ended his marriage to Ghislaine Maxwell with a call to her jail cell, because class recognizes class.  He says he has moved on and found a yoga teacher.  

It's possible that the Colorado wildfire that destroyed over a thousand homes and left two people "missing" started on the property of a fundamentalist cult called Twelve Tribes.  You know, white supremacy, kill the gays, home school, violating child labor laws...the usual.

Empty Greene's Twitter and Facebook accounts were cancelled by the woke mob, though they lacked the courage to shut down her Congressional account.  The life-form running for the Senate in Ohio, Josh Mandel, tweeted, "Twitter would have banned Jesus for the Sermon on the Mount."  Because spreading lies about covid vaccines is indistinguishable from "Blessed are the peacemakers."

YouTube removed a video of Joe Rogan interviewing some mad doctor called Malone and eliciting the information that America is succumbing to "mass formation psychosis" just like Germany in the 1930s.  So far no one has compared either of them to Jesus, Zoroaster or the Emperor Norton.

Anyone who thought NASCAR was turning soft last year when it came out against lynching can relax.  Brandon Brown decided he might as well make some sponsorship money from all the shitkickers yelling "Let's Go Brandon" to show off their cleverness.  I think he should change his name to "Fuck Joe Biden."

Bernie Kerik has had a meteoric career, from Guy Who Drove the Mayor's Car to Police Commissioner to Nominee For Secretary of Homeland Security to Convicted Felon to Pardoned Felon.  And he didn't stop there:  he's decided to ignore a subpoena from the Select Committee to talk about this and about his role in the conspiracy to install Trump in office for another four (or more) years.  Bernie's fellow refuseniks Princess and Junior will not respond to subpoenas from AG Letitia James, who is only investigating the allegedly fraudulent doings of the Trump Organization in one state.  Complying with the law is not a Republican characteristic.

But they do enjoy a rich fantasy life.  Take Christopher Key, founder and leader of the wholly imaginary "Vaccine Police."  (With badges!)  He says he will arrest Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on February 7 for vaccinating the state's children against death by covid.  You know, "out of love."  Of course the big question is, why February 7?  Ashton Kutcher's birthday?

Over the last week new cases of covid doubled nationally and rose by a breathtaking 948 percent in -- want to guess? -- Florida.  It really is "God's waiting room."  They should put it on the license plates.

Russia, China, France, the UK and the US have pledged to avoid nuclear war.  Remember when nuclear war was the worst thing we had to worry about?  For instance young adults in New Brunswick, Canada, can worry about catching a mysterious neurological disorder which doesn't even have a name yet and may have environmental causes.  Meanwhile 34 percent of Americans tell poll-takers that violence against the government might be acceptable if, for example, an election doesn't go their way.  

Pretty stones, jade.  So many colors.