A Taste of Ipecac
Random Thoughts on TV, Movies, Gaming, Current Events and Whatever I Feel Like
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
And then . . .
Thursday, June 05, 2025
Every now and then . . .
Saturday, May 31, 2025
MAGA are monsters
Children zip-tied at San Antonio immigration court in new crackdown © Courtesy Of Priscilla Olivarez, Immigrant Legal Resource Center |
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Focus, you morons
Monday, May 12, 2025
Appreciating the beauty around you
Since I'm once again commuting to DC five days a week, I thought you might like to see how cool the DC Metro actually is. It's not "beautiful", as such, but it's a striking style of brutalist architecture with lots of shapes, textures and contrasts. While the station walls and surfaces are in sore need of cleaning, all things considered, it's a litter-free, reliable system.
Below is the Red Line platform facing one of the stairs down to the Orange/Blue/Silver Line at Metro Center. The second image is that downstairs platform with a departing train.
I may not want to be seeing this every day, but I'm happy that my commute does have some interesting sights.
Saturday, May 03, 2025
More evidence of megalomania and dementia
This is real pic.twitter.com/Zc3P5p076i
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2025
He reposted this abomination less than two weeks after Pope Francis was killed by meeting JD Vance and days after Trump slept through the Pope's funeral in his inappropriate blue suit and tie. Of course, Trump never jokes about himself, so you can be 100% sure he means it.
Now, I'm not religious in any way, but . . .
Monday, April 14, 2025
YOU are not safe
In yet another disgusting display in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said he wants to send U.S. citizens to El Salvador’s notoriously violent prison where he's currently sending immigrants without due process and against court orders.During his Monday meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, Trump was caught on camera saying that "homegrowns are next" to be sent to CECOT, the Salvadoran prison where people are housed in inhumane conditions, including without mattresses, pillows, proper nutrition, time outside, and access to family or lawyers."The homegrowns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough," Trump told Bukele, apparently referring to U.S. citizens who he wants to send to CECOT.
First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a CommunistThen they came for the SocialistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a SocialistThen they came for the trade unionistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the JewsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a JewThen they came for meAnd there was no one leftTo speak out for me
Monday, March 24, 2025
Calvin and Hobbes
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Happy International Atheists Day!
Government Service Update
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
A Simple Plan
Sunday, March 02, 2025
Telework
Saturday, March 01, 2025
Why the Nazis?
Monday, February 17, 2025
A few Truths
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Ted Talk
Dear MAGA,
Here's the deal.
If you don't like being called fascists, stop doing fascist things.
If you don't like being called Nazis, stop doing Nazi things.
Just kidding! I know you secretly like being called fascists and Nazis, because why else would anyone ever do the things you do and support the things you support?
You're welcome.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
More corporate cowards obeying in advance
According to CNBC, Google’s popular calendars no longer tell users the story of Black History Month (February) or Women’s History Month (March), among other historical dates. Other observances, such as Jewish American Heritage Month (May), Pride Month (June), and Indigenous Peoples Month (November), are no longer noted on Google Calendar, either. Neither is Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27).Google has also changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on their maps.
Google owners are cowardly, craven corporate assholes, bowing down to a would-be dictator.
e.l.f
Tuesday, February 04, 2025
The Struggle for Democracy
They tried the "buy-out" which was transparently a scam, illegal, unprofessional, unauthorized by Congress, and obviously came from people who aren't in the government and unfamiliar with how the government works. Luckily, most people just ignored it. Unfortunately, as a manager I have had to participate in no less than an entire work day of meetings over the past week to figure out exactly what is being offered and how it impacts my staff and my agency.
In addition, Musk and his minions have taken over at least three federal agencies, locked out staff, and stolen private, confidential information from EVERY AMERICAN. Congress has not authorized ANY OF THIS, but Republicans don't care. In my 34 years of government experience, Congress has always been protective of the agencies they oversee and they fight any encroachment by the Executive Branch. Now that the Executive Branch is their would-be dictator Trump, MAGA in Congress don't care how much power it costs them.
THIS IS AN ONGOING COUP AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
Unless lawsuits are effective at slowing this down or MAGA in Congress grow a conscience and a spine, we're screwed. The United States has been effectively conquered in two weeks.
Monday, February 03, 2025
The Leopards Award - #2
Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho, known for his political activism and his criticism of the Cuban regime, faces an increasingly complicated situation. He is currently in the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detained at the Broward Transition Center, Florida. However, his case has taken an unexpected turn, not only due to rumors of a possible transfer to the Guantanamo Naval Base, but also due to reports of alleged scams that have darkened his reputation.
I'm sure it was all just a mistake and once he gets in touch with Trump, Trump will personally make sure he's released. Till then, he has my thoughts and prayers.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Blog Stuff
Saturday, January 25, 2025
The Night of the Long Knives
It's time for another history lesson, details from The United States Holocaust Memorial Museums' Holocaust Encyclopedia. I'm freestyling most of this, so click on the link if you want more refined details.
After Hitler became German Chancellor in late 1933, the Nazis had to reckon with the growing political power of their own paramilitary wing, the Sturmabteilung, aka the SA. The SA acted as the Nazi's shock troops during the 1920s and early 30s, creating anarchy and violence to terrorize the country. At the time Hitler became Chancellor, SA membership was 30 times the size of the German regular army, mandated by the Treaty of Versailles to no more than 100,000 troops.The leader of the SA was Ernst Röhm, one of Hitler's only friends, one of the original Nazis, and fiercely loyal to Hitler. But as radicals in the SA felt the Nazis weren't doing enough to consolidate power against Hitler's industrial allies and the regular army, they agitated for continued revolution. It then occurred to the Nazis that the SA was an actual threat to their power. Since Hitler needed the army and the industrialists if he was going to make Germany a military power, and egged on by lies spread by Nazi leaders Himmler and Heydrich, it was decided that a purge of SA Leadership was needed to eliminate the threat.
The purge became known as The Night of the Long Knives.
Mostly committed by Heinrich Himmler's SS, the purge began on the night of June 30, 1934 and lasted until July 2. At the end of those days and nights of violence, between 100-200 targeted Germans were murdered, including Röhm and the other SA leaders around the country. Also killed were a number of non-Nazis, including Hitler's predecessor as Chancellor, Reichswehr General Kurt von Schleicher and his wife, a number of local politicians who had crossed the Nazis, and Willi Schmid, the music critic of a Munich newspaper, whose name was confused with one of the Gestapo's intended targets. In all, over 1,100 others were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
Friday, January 24, 2025
Snitches don't get stitches
Below is part of the email that all federal agencies were forced to send to their employees earlier this week.
We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language. If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances to DEIAtruth@opm.gov within 10 days.It's totally normal for federal employees to be threatened to snitch on their co-workers, especially for the grievous crime of, hmm, let's see. Oh, yeah, hiring qualified people to add different viewpoints and life experiences to your agency. What a crime!
There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences.
I was just kidding above. This is NOT normal and is definitely SUPER-fascist. Yay!
It would be a shame if thousands of people spammed that email address.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
The Leopards Award - #1
And . . . our first recipient of the Leopards Award during the Trump Administration is . . .
The Fraternal Order of Police, the nation's largest police union!
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which supported President Donald Trump's election in 2016, 2020, and 2024, yesterday criticized his blanket pardon for people charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The FOP, the country's largest police union, is troubled by the president's clemency for Trump supporters who assaulted police officers while expressing their outrage at a supposedly stolen election.
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they added that they are "deeply discouraged by the recent pardons and commutations granted by both the Biden and Trump Administrations to individuals convicted of killing or assaulting law enforcement officers."
The both-sidesing here is due to Biden's clemency for Leonard Peltier, who spent 50 years in jail for the alleged murder of two FBI agents. (Alleged because there's a lot of evidence that he was railroaded.) Biden's act is not the same as Trump pardoning 1,500+ violent insurrectionists who attacked Capitol Police just four years ago.
In any event, congratulations, FOP! You Fucked Around by supporting Trump and are now Finding Out!
Question Answered
I do now.