The News: Saturday, July 1, 2023

CRANKY OLD FART
WITH THE NEWS #335
Saturday, July 1, 2023 

• US Supreme Court says fuck you to gay people

• Supreme Court says fuck you to everyone struggling with student debt 

• Supreme Court leaves intact Mississippi law disenfranchising Black voters 

• Supreme Court OKs online harassment 

I'd never endorse violence from the left. Violence is bad, m'kay? I'm opposed. It's counterproductive. All the preachy clichés.

But I'll sure understand if it comes. —DH 

• Everyone knew the migrant ship was doomed. No-one helped.

• YouTube confirms three-strikes test for ad blocking

• Reddit will remove mods of private communities unless they reopen 

• They finally did it: Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate their own sub 

• Mods monkeywrench r/IAMA

• Pompeii fresco possibly depicts 2,000-year-old form of pizza 

• Climate change blamed for collapse of mountain 

• Burger-sized hole in climate coverage 

• Orca rams into yacht near Scotland, suggesting the behavior may be spreading 

• Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal'. 

• Cop dies after overdosing on drugs he stole from evidence lockers, officials say 

• Cop who failed to enter building during Parkland mass shooting found not guilty of neglect, negligence and perjury 

• Virginia sheriff gave out deputy badges in exchange for cash bribes, feds say 

• West Virginia State Police sued over hidden cameras placed in "Junior Troopers" locker room 

• Sheriff's Department gets $4-billion amid "unconscionable" conditions in L.A. jails 

• Right-wing Christian hate group funds legal efforts to roll back abortion rights, remove LGBTQ+ protections and demonize trans people 

• Trump promises to round up the news media in dramatic "final battle" ad 

• DeSantis signs controversial "radioactive roads" bill lobbied by fertilizer giant Mosaic 

• Trump wants guns everywhere except at his appearances 

• Ohio politician, fierce abortion opponent, receives 20-year prison sentence for corruption

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if it don't have that swing

• The Bramble and the Rose — Reilly & Maloney 

• It's a Beautiful Day (album) — It's a Beautiful Day 

• Life's Been Good — Joe Walsh 

• Maggie's Farm — Solomon Burke 

• Telephone Line — Electric Light Orchestra 

Eventually, everyone
leaves the building

• Alan Arkin 

• James Crown 

• T R Factor 

• Judy Farr 

• Peg Yorkin

7/1/2023   

Cranky Old Fart is annoyed and complains and very occasionally offers a kindness, along with anything off the internet that's made me smile or snarl. All opinions fresh from my ass. Top illustration by Jeff Meyer. Click any image to enlarge. Comments & conversations invited. 

Tip 'o the hat to ye olde AVA, BoingBoing, Breakfast at Ralf's, CaptCreate's Log, Looking for My Perfect Sandwich, One Finger Medical, Two Finger Magical, Miss Miriam's Mirror, Nebulously Burnished, RanPrieur.com, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I've stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.

Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce, Joey Jo Jo, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn't always shitty.

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