Nick the Incel Comes to Dinner

 Having sex with women is gay. The only really straight heterosexual position is to be an asexual incel.

Nicholas Joseph Fuentes 

Incel? What the fuck is an incel?

Well Wikipedia says, "Incel is an online community, or movement characterized by public displays of sexual and/or romantic frustration. Discussions in incel forums are characterized by hatred, misogyny, misanthropy, self pity, self loathing, racism,, a self entitlement to sex, and the endorsement of violence against women."

Just think, all that crazy shit comes before we even consider Nick Fuentes views on Jews (the U.S. is a Jewish occupied government), the holocaust (it was like a cookie baking operation), or the United States itself (Liberate Ukraine from The Great Satan and from the evil empire in the world which is the United States.) 

Young Mr. Fuentes is 24 years old. He has been broadcasting on radio, TV, and the internet since he was in high school, although when he first began his more, let's say, outré beliefs were hidden away in the closet of his char broiled brain. They didn't really emerge until his freshman year at Boston University--the same school Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attended. During the spring semester that year he traveled to the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA. He was a participant in the largest Nazi Tiki Torch parade held since pre WWII Germany and presumably was one of those, "good people on both sides," Donald Trump mentioned after the riots.

Fuentes dropped out of BU at the end of that year because he said he had begun to receive threats due to his presence in Charlotteville. He claimed he was going to enroll at Auburn. He never did and hasn't offered a reason for why.

We do know, however he sat down for dinner with the former President of the United States who is currently the only announced republican candidate for that office in 2024. He was there along with the sometimes off balance, Ye (nee) Kanye West. West later said, Mr. Trump was, "impressed," with Nick Fuentes. Trump claims he had no idea who the 24 year old college drop out was.

Hey, you have to say something don't you. Especially after everyone up to and including, Mitch McConnell condemns you for even being in the same room with the awful little shit.

Of course there are many, including the republican governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, who think Trump's vapid excuse was nonsense. For those with a brain this wasn't some boneheaded error by Trump, but part of a plan to legitimize Fuentes and those like him. After all, you can't publicly condemn someone then expect their vote, or more importantly, their presence in the streets when you attempt a second coup. 

Not that Fuentes' followers, who he has named, the Groypers are street muscle like the Proud Boys, or Oath Keepers, but they are adept at harassing opponents. Fuentes himself was thrown out of the 2021 CPAC convention for harassing a journalist. He was also booted from a Turning Point USA conference after he confronted conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. At the same conference his Groypers heckled speakers which included Don Trump Jr. The reason given was that Turning Point USA doesn't accurately reflect the politics of Donald j. Trump Sr..

Yes, such a man and his people might prove valuable during the nomination process and perhaps at the GOP convention in 2024. And getting the nomination is critical for more than the obvious reason. Trump knows the mainstream conservative leadership is a bunch of fools and cowards who value party over nation and democracy. They might complain about his dinner companions now, but if he gets the nod they will all fall in line behind him during his run at Joe Biden.

You can bet on it.

Just like you can bet Donald Trump knew exactly who Nick Fuentes was when he sat down to break bread with him.

11-30-22

A Flaw in the System

On this date in 1963 a guy with a rifle killed John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States. He bought his weapon of choice through a mail order firm. Back then there were no background checks, or red flag laws like there are now.

Not that either of those things matter. Just ask the people who hang out at Club Q in Colorado Springs.  

Even before this past weekend the Sheriff's Department in El Paso, County, Colorado knew Anderson Lee Aldrich was a wild and crazy guy. Last year, after a brief stand off, in Colorado Springs young Mr. Aldrich was arrested and charged with two counts of felony menacing and three counts of felony kidnapping. His mother, one of the persons he menaced, had called for help. According to her, her son had threatened to kill her and other family members with a home made bomb and, or a number of guns.

Later, because he was, after all, family the charges against the then 21 year old Aldrich were dropped, leaving him foot loose and fancy free on the streets of Colorado Springs. Thanks to Colorado privacy laws--no trial, no foul--it also allowed him free to walk into a gun store, buy an assault style long gun and as much ammunition as he wanted without tripping any sort of alarm bells.

Obviously, there is a flaw in the system.

And Anderson Lee Aldrich took full advantage of it. Close to midnight last Saturday he walked into a popular Colorado Springs LGBTQ bar and opened fire with his new, legally purchased, toy. Before he was beaten half to death by a couple of gutsy patrons--one an army combat vet and the other a drag queen--he had killed five and wounded 17. Authorities are still unsure of the motive, but say, "It has all the trappings of a hate crime."

You think?

The national media has jumped all over the nightmare, many claiming it is the result of so Christian Nationalist and extremist hate speech. Well, sure, but, in the end, we all know the decisive factor is, as always, the easy availability of paramilitary style weapons to each and every deadly loon out there.

Defining a mass shooting as one with four, or more victims, excluding the shooter, NPR reports so far in 2022 there have been 601 them in the United States. For those like myself who are mathematically challenged, that averages out to a little more than three per week.  

On average 0.058 people per one million die during mass shootings in the United States every year. The average number of deaths per million in Europe--each and every country--from mass shootings is zero. You know as in 0.000.

As Bill Murray once said in a movie, "There is something wrong with us. There is something very, very wrong with us." Yes, there is and it all begins at the local gun store and in congress, and with all those screaming yahoos who think if someone takes their guns they won't be able to have sex that night.

Indeed, at times it is easy to think many of us have come to believe Ameria is one giant, "John Wick," movie. That we can kill others because of some perceived wrong, or hateful impulse without consequence. 

Well, why not? All those guns are as easy to buy as blueberries no matter how bat shit crazy you are. And, hey, they wouldn't sell them if they didn't want you to use them, right?

Right.

11-22-22  

Alina Fitzpatrick and Carina Saunders Eleven Years After the Horror

 Alina Fitzpatrick, aged 17, went missing on November 4th, 2011. Her body was found five days later in a remote area of Oklahoma City that is more rural than urban in makeup. She was nude and had suffered blunt force trauma. In addition, she had a number of abrasions and bruises, and she had been gagged, presumably to muffle her screams. If she was sexually assaulted the Oklahoma City police kept it to themselves. 

Ms Fitzpatrick was last seen by people other than her killer, or killers a block north of NW 23rd Street and Western Ave, about a mile and a half west of the state capitol building. If one was to travel another six miles west on 23rd you would find yourself within a couple of hundred yards of where most of what was Carinna Saunders' body had been found less than a month earlier. 

You would also find yourself in the suburb of Bethany, protected and served at the time by a police force which numbered a little over 30 officers. They were in charge of the Saunders' investigation and within days after taking on the job had decided to conduct the entire affair in the media.

Saunders had been missing for over two weeks when her dismembered body was found in a field behind a grocery store. Fueled by the Bethany cops, ghastly details of her body's condition and her lurid lifestyle were in the paper and on TV seemingly every day. So were the names of suspects, rumors of a snuff video as well as the identities of possible witnesses and informants. 

Meanwhile, after a moment of speculation about a connection between the two murders--dismissed immediately by both OKC police and Bethany investigators--the search for what happened to Alina Fitzpatrick was handled without the glare of the media. Because it was and the garish sensationalism surrounding Saunders' death, the public seemed ambivalent about a crime, which, under normal circumstances, would have shocked the entire metro area.

The state medical examiner, Chai S. Choi released Alina Fitzpatrick's autopsy which found 0.96 micrograms of meth per milliliter of blood in her heart. According to the report it's an amount that might have been fatal. As for everything else, you know, being found naked in a field, gagged with head trauma and other signs of physical abuse, she said, "There are apparently suspicious circumstances surrounding the death." And that's how she ruled it, a suspicious death, not a homicide.

Choi didn't have the same problem with Saunders, although she wasn't all that specific. Carina Saunders autopsy said the cause of death was, "violent," and the manner of death, a homicide. Well, when you find someone with their head chopped off homicide does seem pretty obvious, as opposed to suspicious.

The Bethany cops screwed the pooch so badly Oklahoma County D.A. David Prater demanded the OSBI step in to take over the investigation of Carina Saunders' death. It is still ongoing and in the minds of many. In September this year the local CBS affiliate ran an hour and a half special which revealed precious little new information to the public but proved the media just can't let go of a good horror story chock full of gore.  

There has been no such interest shown by the public, media, or authorities concerning the killing of Alina Fitzpatrick. She is remembered only by her family, friends, and killer, or killers. A Channel 9 special investigation into her death seems beyond unlikely. 

Yes, the true tragedy here, beyond the killings themselves, is the cops investigating Carina Saunders' death were incompetent boobs who desperately wanted to become famous, while the ones who handled Alina Fitzpatrick's case acted professional, but just didn't give a shit.'

sic vita est

The Red Tsunami That Wasn't

 At this hour the dust hasn't completely settled. The only thing that is truly clear at this point is that massive red tsunami predicted by many didn't happen. That doesn't mean democrats should be dancing in the streets like many are. The democrats didn't win, but right now they are hanging on. 

At the moment three senate races dangle in the balance. Democrats lead by a hair in AZ, republicans hold a more substantial lead in NV, and there will be yet another runoff in GA, held on December 10th. Democrats need to win two of those races to maintain a 50-50 split And, it's critical for them to do so, because they lost their majority in the house, although not by as much as pundits everywhere forecasted.   

For those counting such things there were approximately 340, 2020 election deniers on the ballot from top to bottom. MSNBC is reporting 150 of them won. According to CNN exit polls a majority of republican voters still believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

It is a form of mass hysteria that simply will not go away.

Beyond delusions the GOP has other problems. The giant sweep they hoped for didn't occur., except in places like Florida and Oklahoma. Even worse, they are now facing a possible schism within the ranks. Ron DeSantis is increasingly looking like the new Donald Trump and the old version doesn't like it one bit. 

Even before election day Trump could feel the shift coming and fell back on his old tactic of hanging a derogatory nickname on the FL governor, Ron Desanctimonious. One can only imagine what the former president is calling him now after a grim evening for candidates he personally backed and DeSantis' huge win in the Florida governor's race. 

Yes, the night really did go badly for The Big Orange Guy. His hand picked boy, Doug Mastriano, running for the Pennsylvania governor's seat want down in flames. In the senate race, Mehmet Oz has been declared the loser. Arizona, republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake is trailing by a thin margin in a race still too close to call. His senate choice in that state is also losing in a race too close to call.  New Hampshire senate candidate Donald Bolduc had his ass handed to him by democrat, Maggie Haassan.

On Monday Donald Trump told an interviewer if republicans won he should get the credit, however if they lost he wouldn't shoulder any of the blame. Today the former president blamed Bolduc's loss on the candidate's reluctance to fully embrace the claims of 2020 election fraud. He later said his support for Oz was only because of his wife, Melania. According to him she had talked him into it. This morning he took to his social media platform and--you guessed it--howled like a gut shot werewolf about massive voter fraud going on in Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.  

How very Trumpian.

Well you have to say something and we all know Mr. Trump is a one note Donnie. His dilemma now, besides all the legal ones, is the GOP appears to be getting tired of the same old song. And after last night it is obvious huge chunks of American voters are too.

So, in the end, election night appears to have ended in a tangled draw. To paraphrase the song, neither side got what they wanted. but the democrats at least, got what they needed. 

11-9122

The Election Eve Blues

 Traditionally in American politics the party not in the White House makes significant gains in the Senate and House in the midterm elections. Some say this is because the political party out of power always has a bigger turnout of voters who are determined to reign in the current President's agenda. Others blame it on a general apathy among all voters who are simply unenthused about an election without the presidency on the line. Whatever the case the mid-terms come and go and the country rolls on. It is, in most minds, nothing more than an adjustment in the ever shifting American political landscape.

Then along came Donald John Trump and his cult of lunatics, street thugs, criminal minds, and autocrat wannabes. Their devotion to the orange leader is matched only by their utter disdain for American democracy and the rule of law.

This isn't just liberal alarmism. Hundreds of these awful cranks are on tomorrow's ballots across the nation from top to bottom. They are exemplified perfectly by Jim Marchant, the guy running for the Nevada Secretary of State job.

This campaign season, Mr. Marchant has been telling the good people of Nevada, "Your vote hasn't counted for decades. You haven't elected anybody. The people that are in office have been selected." Not only does he claim Donald Trump won Nevada in 2020, but that democratic leaders such as Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Adam Schiff are all the beneficiaries of stolen elections.

In fact it would seem in Marchant's eyes the only legal election outcomes are when republicans win. He isn't alone. According to him there is a coalition of republican candidates who are running for secretary of state in their respective locales who believe exactly as he does. He claims they are dedicated to an, "America First," agenda. What he means is they are really dedicated to Donald Trump and their party rather than the United States.

If elected, Jim Marchant says he will eliminate early voting, all mail in voting, and electronic voting machines. He also believes the Nevada Secretary of State has the power to not certify any election results he, or she doesn't like, including those in presidential elections. In other words, if any election outcome is not to his liking, he will nullify it, then send the matter to the GOP controlled legislature for resolution. 

Political and social gadfly, Bill Maher, for one believes if yahoos like Marchant win tomorrow we can kiss democracy goodbye. His reasoning being once these killer clowns assure Trump's election in 2024--and unless a miracle happens tomorrow he will be running again--he will simply refuse to leave office...ever.

Maher doesn't believe such a miracle will happen. He has already predicted the end of democracy in America. He cites the national tradition of opposition party gains in the mid-terms for one. For another he believes the American public is so ignorant of our system of government they simply don't see the impending danger, or care.

He may have a point. When Hitler's political party made sizable gains, although not a majority, he was named Chancellor of Germany to quiet the bellicose Nazi mobs in the streets. Later, when he suspended elections, his buddy, Joe Goebbels took to the airwaves to remind everyone, "We have never said we are in favor of free elections."

In short, hey, you knew we were a snake.

The mid-term elections tomorrow might be the most important in the history of the republic. If the republicans sweep both houses of congress things are going to turn ugly at the beginning of January next year. The purge, as they say, will be upon us.

The feeling here is we're fucked. Not necessarily because of tradition and ignorance, although they will both play a part, but because these days too many of us are fine with the notion of an autocrat in charge forever--and--in the final analysis, the short term economy wins out over the long term ideal of freedom.

soc vita est

11-7-22

Welcome to the Banana Republic--No, Not the Store

David DePape was born in British Columbia, but has lived in Berkeley, CA for a number of years. His main claim to fame, before this past weekend, was being a vocal activist for nudism and as a hemp jewelry maker. He also dove head first into QAnon conspiracy theories, especially when it came to COVID vaccines, censorship, and globalist plots to take over the world. With those ideals in mind he invaded the home of Paul and Nancy Pelosi early in the morning of Oct 28th.    

After DePape whacked Paul Pelosi in the head with a hammer, Elon Musk decided to give his new toy a whirl. He went on Twitter and posted something along the lines of, "There may be more than meets the eye in the Paul Pelosi attack." Along with the cryptic message was a link to a, "report," that blamed the assault on Pelosi's supposed homosexuality. That's right, the 82 year old husband of  the Speaker of the House of representatives, it said, is secretly gay. According to information contained in the link, Paul Pelosi went to a San Francisco gay bar, got drunk, picked up the 42 year old DePape, then took him home for a roll in the sack which turned violent.  

No one, not even Musk, knows who penned the, "report," It just appeared anonymously like all these cruel and baseless right wing accusations' do.. In other words someone just made it up--perhaps Roger Stone, it sounds like something he'd do--and Musk, either out of stupidity, or sadistic joy decided to run with it.

Within a day that nonsense was debunked by DePate himself. He confessed to the FBI he broke in looking for the speaker, not her husband. His plan was to either kidnap her, or hold her hostage until she told him, the truth. If she didn't he was going to break her knee caps so members of congress would see there are consequences for lying. He had with him rolls of tape, rope, and a second hammer, presumably just in case Ms. Pelosi became, let's say, resistant to cooperation. Luckily the San Francisco cops arrived just in time. It is reported Mr. Pelosi received only one devastating blow to the head.      

But wait, as they say on TV ads, there is more. Donald Trump Jr. also took to social media over the weekend. He posted a photo showing a man's underwear and a hammer with a caption that read, "I have my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready." He later made some dreadfully droll comment about restricting the purchase of hammers nationwide. At about the same time, Arizona GOP candidate for governor, Kari Lake cracked a joke about the lack of security at the Pelosi residence. The crowd roared with laughter. 

Ms. Lake steadfastly refuses to pledge she will accept the Arizona gubernatorial election results if she loses. Saturday, surgeons had to put Paul Pelosi's skull back together.

Welcome to the Banana Republic--no, not the store--but rather the post Trump United States of America. 

As these words are being typed, in Arizona armed right wing vigilantes are camped out at early voting drop boxes across the state. They are taking photos of early voters, marking down their car license tags, and in some instances following them home. A few weeks ago the former President told a radio host if he is indicted for anything at all there will be violence in the streets. Former Trump savant, Steve Bannon has called upon the MAGA movement to come riding to his and rescue. "You are the cavalry," he said. 

Yes, it would seem the only campaign slogan left available to the GOP is, "Vote for us and no one gets hurt."

Last night MSNBC commentator, Rachel Maddow told her audience there are two avenues for America to go forward. They are free elections, or violence and force. "There are no other solutions',," she said.

She is right. We either have elections and abide by them, or we hand over the nation to the David DePapes of the world. Tragically, it would seem the republicans have chosen the DePape option.

Everything we've seen from them since January 6, 2021 proves it.

Ladies and gentlemen, the midterm elections are seven days away.    

11-1-22