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• H&R Block and other tax-prep firms shared "extraordinarily sensitive" data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say
End the entire racket, already. There's no reason tax can't be calculated by IRS computers, without forcing individual Americans to spend an afternoon battling forms or software or turning to these tax-prep firms that only exist because the system is intentionally over-complicated.
• "With prejudice": Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking justice for last survivors of Tulsa massacre
Clever and accurate headlining, from Salon.
• Lawyers with Supreme Court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo
It's
difficult keeping up with the Supreme Court's ethical lapses, but we
all know what'll come from it is bupkis. Like the rich are above
the law, the Supreme Court is above ethics.
In Winnipeg, a serial killer is in custody, and the bodies of his several victims are believed to be in one or both of the city's two landfills. The authorities aren't willing to conduct searches there, so protesters have barricaded the road leading to one of the landfills, demanding a search for the bodies.
"There are still women in there," says one of the protesters at the blockaded dump. "Would you [abandon the barricades] if your sister or your daughter was in there?"
Cops usually investigate murders, so what's with the refusal — since late last year, fer cripessake — to search the city dumps? Doubtless the landfills are big and stinky, dangerous places to go rooting around, and maybe the odds are against finding the bodies, but since when don't crime scenes get searched?
Either someone in authority already knows what would be found, or it's because the victims are all natives, and thus not worth the expense and bother of giving a damn when they're murdered.
• Iowa Republicans pass six-week abortion ban
I've
read that, on average, a woman might begin to suspect she's
pregnant
after about 5 1/2 weeks, so if she doesn't think it over, doesn't reach
out for friends' advice, and doesn't put off thinking about it (like I
do about every ache and unwanted
invitation) all she'd need to do is get an appointment at a clinic
within two days.
• Titan submarine victims realized they were about to die a minute before vessel 'popped like balloon'
No comment.
• World's oceans changing color due to climate breakdown, study suggests
• Psychology Today: The grim forecast for ecologically impacted dreaming
• Gas stations caused a $20 billion toxic mess — and it's not going away
• It took more than a year for a cop to be docked one day's pay and re-assigned, after arguing and peeing in public when a bar said 'No more beer, you're obviously drunk'• Denver suburb that loaned cops for 2020 police riots demands no liability for its police misconduct
• Police chief is suspended with pay during investigation nobody will talk about
No, this isn't the same police chief as two days ago. It's only the same headline, and same turn of events.
• Portland officer sure is sorry for hitting photographer during 2020 police riots
"I'm sorry, Ms Jacobs, for unnecessarily hitting you in the head with my baton." (actual quote)
• Cop arrested under suspicion of beating his infant son
• DC police officer guilty of sexually abusing underage girl for two years
• Army veteran paralyzed in police beating wins $20m settlement from Yuba City
• Cop suspended with pay after arrest for child porn
• In Houston, it's illegal to feed the homeless• Idaho sued over law making it a crime to help minors get abortions without parental consent
Sue 'em again, harder this time.
• Trump says Hunter Biden should've gotten the death penalty for not paying his taxes on time
🖯 MY BROWSER HISTORY 🖯
• The New York draft riots of 1863
• America's push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St Louis• Can you walk a mile in Mark Bryan's skirt?
• Nick Offerman is high on nature
• Phyllis Diller crashed all-male roast at the Friar's Club dressed as a man
• The Washington Post has demoted political cartoons
♫♬ AUDIO ♫
• I'm Coming Home — Linda November
• Mississippi Goddamn — Nina Simone
• Seasons in the Sun — Terry Jacks
• They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore — Kinky Friedman
👁 VIDEO 👁
• Dominatrix spanks schoolgirl, hard
• Sketchpad — the beginning of computer graphics
This is a fascinating walk back in history.
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⚰️ THE DEAD ⚰️
7/13/2023
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, Spock Variety Hour, 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.
Thanks for the Kinky Friedman in your audio section today. Kinky wrote that song almost 50 years ago before he joined Bob Dylan's touring band and has slightly modified the lyrics along the way, but, of course, it's a celebration of the nation of Israel. Here's one "official" set of lyrics:
ReplyDeleteWell, a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was a-guzzlin' lone star beer
Talking religion and-uh politics for all the world to hear.
They oughta send you back to russia, boy, or new york city one
You just want to doodle a christian girl and you killed god's only son.
I said, has it occurred to you, you nerd, that that's not very nice,
We jews believe it was santa claus that killed jesus christ.
You know, you don't look jewish, he said, near as I could figger
I had you lamped for a slightly anemic, well-dressed country nigger.
No, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
They don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
He started in to shoutin' and a-spittin' on the floor,
Lord, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore.
He says, I ain't a racist but aristitle onassis is one greek we don't need
And them niggers, jews and sigma nus, all they ever do is breed.
And wops n micks n slopes n spics n spooks are on my list
And there's one little hebe from the heart of texas is there anyone I missed ?
Well, I hits him with everything I had right square between the eyes.
I says, I'm gonna gitcha, you son of a bitch ya, for spoutin' that pack of lies.
If there's one thing I can't abide, it's an ethnocentric racist;
Now you take back that thing you said bout aristitle onassis.
No, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way we done before.
You could hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
Lord, they sho' ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore!
No, we ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
Well, the whole damn place was singin' as I strolled right out the door
Lord, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore!
jtb
It's a brilliant song. Wish he'd rewrite some of the lyrics, though. Prolly nobody under the age of 50 knows who Aristotle Onassis was.
DeleteMaybe they should look it up. Perhaps they have an old encyclopedia around the house. Of course, Kinky felt compelled to misspell and mispronounce Mr O's first name, so it would have to be a forgiving encyclopedia.
Deletejtb
I have little expertise in music or musical instruments, but there was a time when lead and rhythm guitars had six strings and bass guitars had four strings. As bass guitars became more important in rock 'n' roll and rock music, people like Randall Wyn Fullmer discovered that a 5-string bass offered a more varied bass sound, a quicker attack, and a more tuneful bottom end. Those of us who celebrate rock and jazz celebrate the life of Mr Fullmer and other luthiers who evolved the concept of the bass guitar.
ReplyDeleteJohn
I'd never even heard of the guy until reading his obit. What a life, man. Made his fortune, then said fuck you to the mouse and made music instead.
DeleteI love your no comment.
ReplyDeleteAnd you had to comment on it?
DeleteI'm not as crazy about your no comment, so I'm not going to comment on it.
DeleteJohn
Now I'm not particularly happy with my no comment.
Deletejtb