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  Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died. Mr. Gorbachev was 91. Gorbachev brought the "Soviet Union" to a moderated end. Mr. Gorbachev was also able to sit down with former U.S. President Ronnie RayGun to bring an end to the 'Cold War' and nuclear proliferation. Together, Gorbachev and RayGun were able to sign a number of nuclear nonproliferation treaties. Those treaties were reasonable and equitable to both sides. The U.S. and the Soviet Union. Mr. Gorbachev was awarded a Noble Peace Prize and that all by itself is no mean feat. Gorbachev ended the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan. That little dust up also gave rise to the al-Qaida brand of terrorism. Back in those days, the bad guys fighting the Soviets were known as the 'mujahideen'. Osama bin Ladin cut his teeth fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Ain't it about funny how little things change. All those years later. Funny...yeah, really funny. Now for some Wednesday machine ...

  Elon Musk says "global population collapse is a bigger crisis than global warming." Alrighty then. Musk tends to say any number of curious if not outright absurd things. Musk said he was gonna purchase Twitter. That little adventure went absolutely nowhere but into a court room. Musk vs Twitter and the countersuit reads as Twitter vs Musk. Musk has so much money he can pay attorneys by the hour. Those attorneys have to punch a time clock. Go figure. Musk evidently believes that there are not enough babies being born to sustain the human population. That belief is of course bullshit. There's more than enough people on the planet as it is. Way more than enough. Wacked out Elon proves once again that he hasn't exactly got his finger on the pulse of reality. Billionaires live in an alternate universe that isn't available to mere mortals. That is probably for the best. Now for Tuesday machine art. Might not be relevant but it is nice to look at. Musk...

Dateline...Not Gonna Happen. Sort of changes everything I'd written last evening.   NASA planned to launch the Artemis I SLS Rocket at about 08:30 a.m. e.s.t., hopefully today. As I am scratching at my keyboard Sunday late afternoon, I don't know if the Artemis has broken those earthly bonds or not. It didn't launch. As hopeful as I might have been, rocket launches are incredibly intricate if not technically dang near impossible for mere mortals such as myself. That's why we have us a NASA to pull off the dang near impossible. About the time I'm posting this on a Monday morning we'll all know if NASA had a successful launch...or not. C'mon NASA... you can do this. NASA couldn't do it. Monday machine art comes right about next. salvi dali - schism - pornographic judiciary - raptors - pundits are tossing the notion of a second American civil war around like it was a lighthearted bit of parlor gossip. civil war is not civil or a notion for mindless gossip. ...

  The depths of trump's machinations are remarkable. Remarkable in the sense that the freak actually thinks he's "allowed" to be a liar, thief, seditious asshat, and one colossal treasonous fool. The F.B.I. raided the trump compound @ Mar-A-Largess removing boxes and boxes of official United States documents of which any number of those documents being marked 'top secret'. Trump took the material while vacating America's White House after being ousted in the presidential election 2020. Trump lost that election and there is absolutely NO doubt about that. So trump absconded with 'top secret' documents of which a number of those documents were about America's nuclear weaponry. Trump held on to that top secret material for the better part of two years. So what did trump do with all that classified crap-o-la for the better part of two years? And that is the question being posed by National Security honchos and America's Justice Department. The ...

Dateline...   Friday August 26, 2022 and it was 'National Dog Day'. I did not know that. I know it now but as far as I'm concerned, every day is national dog day. Or more closer to home, every day is my dog day. I do love the dogs. I've had some dang fine dogs over the years. Which does prove problematic as the dogs don't live near as long as I've managed to live. Every dog I've ever been privileged to have custody of has been one fine dang dog. Big Head was part wolf and German Shepard. Chance the Thunderdog was an all America mutt. Little of this and some of that but Chance has been my favorite. I still mourn his passing. Damn pancreatic cancer took my dog way before I was ready for the Chance dog to pass on. Then there was Ms. Daisy Dog and she was a bubble-butt dog. Ms. Daisy didn't have a tail. She had a knob that would waggle as if she had an entire tail. Ms Daisy was demur and that's the truth. I think Ms. Daisy was Australian Shepard or so...

  In the year 2035, California is planning to ban all new gasoline powered automobiles. Those for sale new gasoline powered automobiles. A pressing question has arisen following the California planned banning of gasoline powered automobiles and that question rising, in alarm, all around the 'fruits and nuts' State is..."how the hell are we supposed to get to the beach?" Seems a fair enough question no doubt. The year 2035 is a mere 13 years in the future. That's not very far off. 13 years is three presidential terms plus the first full year of a fourth. That is IF America can get that far into the future. A further series of pressing question has arisen and those questions are, "how in the hell are we supposed to get to DisneyLand? How are we supposed to get to a Lakers game? How are we supposed to get to Rams games and Knotts Berry Farm and what about Sunset Boulevard and what about LAX and all that pumped petroleum?" There is in actual fact an entire b...

  NASA has a new biggy big big Space Launch System Rocket. Yup it's a big one no doubt. HOWEVER, the SLS rocker is NOT bigger than the tried and true Saturn V. The Saturn V rocket is the first rocket to take American astronauts to the moon and back six times landing and one miss. The ill-fated Apollo 13 mission had to tank on account of exploding service modules and that turned into one terrific movie for the big screen. The Saturn V took Americans to the moon and each and every last mission was a thing to behold. So I am a bit biased and I can admit that. The new SLS rocket is a doozy and comes close to the Saturn V. HOWEVER, one time again, the SLS has yet to get off a launch pad. The Saturn V got off a NASA launch pad just about every time NASA went go to green  to launch one. That can NOT be said about the spiffy keen SLS. In physical stature the Saturn V is taller by about 30 or so feet. No biggy there. The SLS has way more powerful engines and that's ...

  A super yacht 'Axioma' owned by a Russian oligarch but then seized, has gone up for auction. The 'Axioma' is estimated to be worth a boatload of bucks. The 'Axioma' WAS owned by Demitrievich Pumpyansky. The super yacht was ordered seized by "Western sanctions" slapped on Russia and the super yacht was appropriated by Gibraltar Admiralty Marshal. Pumpyansky is/was a Russian steel magnate worth billions and had enough expendable cash to buy his yacht outright. All this international intrigue and yacht ganking is due to Russia's illegal war on Ukraine. Turns out that Russia has any number of 'billionaires' and these 'billionaires' are bearing a significant monetary forfeiture for Vlad Putin's bloodlust. With money and Ukrainians to burn, Russia seems hellbent on self-immolation and forfeiting super yachts and/or whatever else. I wonder what Bezos would have to say IF his super yacht were to be ganked by Russians on account of Bez...

  In the totally absurd department, donny trump is suing the United States. America's government, the American people, and every last Democrat residing just about anywhere. America's ex-president is also suing Liz Cheney. Trump claims in his lawsuit that Ms. Cheney has given the trump a bleeding ulcer, the nervous fits, and donny is worlds of upset that America no longer takes him serious. In the trump lawsuit, he also contends that the American people no longer fear the 'donald' and in the lawsuit trump is woefully unable to come to grips with our current reality. Dang if'n the trump isn't about one whiny and miserable little piss ant. Now for some Tuesday machine art. No filler is added. moon child - robotic jiggy - hippo - spots - I think that the U.S. should countersue trump and ask a judge for immediate relief by seeking trump's physical removal from our shared plane of existence. 😉

  Did you know that His Highness Ben Affleck owns a "compound" in Georgia? I did not know that. I know it now. His Most Excellence is giving a "Georgia Compound Cotillion" for His Most Excellent Squeeze. The 'squeeze' would be J-Low. Last I remember reading about J-Low she was squeezing the base balls of A-Rod. A-Rod is in actual fact, one Alex Rodriguez. He played the baseball and it was very very good for him. However, A-Rod couldn't complete the squeeze play on the J-Low and the J-Low went back to the Affleck and they tied a knot or some shit like that there and now Affleck is showing off his fabulous wealth, Georgia compound, and joys of 'southern living' with a "wedding cotillion" and only the very special people are invited to the Affleck Georgia Compound for mint juleps and an extra special Georgia minstrel show. La Dee Dah... Evidently, regular American people that aren't on an 'A-List' will not be invited. To the Af...

  The whales of had about enough of humans and on behalf of all the cetaceans, orcas are leading the charge against humans. Oh this is so very true and even was reported on the NPR webpage. Here's an image of an orca pack on the hunt - Here's the headline from the NPR webpage - - "Killer whales are 'attacking' sailboats near Europe's coast. Scientists don't know why" Not even the NPR writer can give the orcas any respect. 'Killer whales'...c'mon man! You can google up the webpage to check and see for yourself...IF...you've a mind too. Or you can just take my word for it. I wouldn't lie to you and IF I did lie to you I'd tell your. However you'll have to ask me. First. ☺ Funny guy and I admit that. Back to 'Attack of the Orcas'. These attacks are happening off the west coast of Europe. Think France, Portugal, and even Spain. The Straits of Gibraltar don'cha know. The orcas are attacking sailboats and small ocean g...

  Senator Lindsey Graham (Republicanned- South Carolina) can't find a modestly corrupt federal judge to quash his being subpoenaed to give testimony before a Fulton County grand jury that's investigating election interference by trump and cronies back in 2020's presidential election. President Joe Biden won George by a slim margin and that margin was upheld by the State of Georgia as "official." Anyway, Graham has been sweating bullets in his efforts to avoid having to give sworn testimony that will involve him in trump's attempted coup and seditious treason on these here United States of America. A U.S. Federal Judge denied Graham's appeal of the subpoena and then again denied Graham's appeal of the first denial. Now we're moving on to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals where Graham is appealing once again. Gosh, the guy seems a mite nervous about having to give testimony. Under oath. Dang if'n that don't seem just a touch suspicious. ...

  The future begins in about 5 maybe ten minutes from now. Wow is that existential or what. The future of our Planet is in serious peril. Drought, wildfire, political bullshit, and anything trump will have consequences that reach far into the future. For the people well, there's not much hope or future. Did you know that the northeastern part of our "Union" is under serious drought? Well that part of America is under drought and that drought is unprecedented. Massachusetts is freaking the bejesus out because of drought. Massachusetts? Yup and New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, and Connecticut. Go figure. In fact about the ONLY state in our Union that isn't in a drought is West Virginia. Of course West Virginia has bigger problems than a silly drought. Think Joe Manchin and coal. West Virginia put all of their financial eggs in a coal basket and elected Joe Manchin to senatorial office. Tough luck all you West Virginia Mountaineers. Mountaineers? Not freaking li...