one nation under *rump

Orange Caligula is having a birthday party for himself on the front lawn of the White House.  A crass show of brutal fighting, which he and his cronies will profit upon.  He has made the country a sh*t show.  It will almost be 250 years since the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.  People call that holiday the 4th of July, that is a date in the year, but everyone knows what it refers to.  Orange Caligula has stolen that holiday for his birthday.

news service foto

Please let it RAIN. Thunder and lightning would be good.

octagon fighting stage in front of the temporary residence of Don the Con

 

Difference between presidencies

Chagrin Falls Main Street, where the pumpkins roll.  This retaining wall was built by the WPA in 1938, eighty-years ago.  I have come across so much that was created during Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, and much of it still stands.  On this it is not signed Franklin Roosevelt.  Orange Caligula is putting his name on everything he can think of, often enough garishly, and certainly undeservedly.  His monuments will not last so long.

Roosevelt's work left, bottom right not Roosevelt's.

2026 Miscellany #6

While walking the house wolves (they insist on daily walks) in the Cultural Gardens, we were in the Shakespeare Garden.  There was a light, cold rain. On this black sundial there was a thin layer of water.  Raindrops made continuing new ripples.  I found it calming, and aesthetic.  Since raining as it was, i had left my camera in the car's glove box.  My nephew has a camera on his mobile phone, and i asked him to take a few snaps. This was the good one, with a few digital enhancements it became what i had seen. [foto: JZ]

Not far away, there is this giant dogwood. It was in bloom and as tall as the house. The rain continues, and this was snapped through an open car window.

Went to Hemlock Trail by Tinker's Creek in the Metroparks to see Virginia Bluebells, and other ephemerals. Very few bluebells had opened, but did see this Canadian Tiger Swallowtail. In eyesight, the butterfly was more yellow than the foto has it.

Euclid Beach arch is coming along, 25 April.  It was lifted and moved to where a McDonald's had been.  It was stripped, and covered anew.

another edition of Tim Misny

Promises made, promises broken. 

Misny does some effective, and entertaining self promotion. He is no the only one that self promotes. There is one horrid, self hawking, howling orange shit gibbon, barking mad self promoter, who to the world's dismay is currently the President of the United States. He is human history's most frequent liar. A continuing series of lies he and his minions use is the motto, "Promises made, promises kept". Foto snapped on May Day. This lie was gasoline was going to be under two dollars. Thanx trump!

Leo XIV vs. Donald the Demented

Leo being Catholic

 in Satan's service, the dumbest apprentice

Last night Deranged Donnie issued two disturbing posts on his vanity twitter.  One was an attack on Pope Leo XIV, in which as he typically does, he thoroughly misrepresents [LIES] about his victim of abuse. The next one was a computer generated image where he has replaced Jesus in performing a miracle.

Will such items cause his religious supporters to fall away from continued support?  I would say, not by much. Many of those supporters hate Catholicism with an absolute maniacal vengeance, and in their churches they have raised up Demented Donnie to a godlike figure already.

Now what about "Catholic" trumpsters?  Their easy out is simple, we only have to follow the pope in severely limited instances, when he is speaking on faith and morals, or when he speaking "ex cathdedra" [which has happened only twice].  Of course Leo is speaking out against war, but to these people that does not qualify as speaking on faith and morals. Leo is echoing Jesus in the New Testament, but that is immaterial. Some of them will equate such an opinion with all the accusations leveled by those that hate the papacy a priori.   Leo is being like Pius XII with nazism, or with popes who encouraged the Crusades. Strange bedfellows in shared hate and calumny, but whatever it takes.  Some of these trumpsters are just as racist as Donnie, or like his mercenary capitalism, but others are monomaniacal anti-abortionists. Every repuke gets an absolute pass because those partei members mouth the mandatory shibboleths. The light of reason will not shine on them. The first rule of Catholic ethics is: the ends never justify the means. They do not believe that, and so in the most vigorous manner.

Some would consider this blasphemous, but how many will become former trumpsters?

three papal tweets above

These sort of statements set off Orange Caligula.

Comparing the two men, which one is following Jesus?

No Kings — Parma II, tyranny not welcome

The Constitution is not a suggestion. 

First of all *rump and his boot lickers lie profusely.  They project their behaviour, and there animus onto those they oppose. They want to win the definition of terms, and the media always presents their deceitful words verbatim. These fotos were taken to-day in Parma of Ohio. Now, Parma is the seventh most populous city in Ohio, and it is the largest suburb of Cleveland. This was only one of several easy distance drive in northeast Ohio. The lies of the regime are these are violent, and un-American people. What anyone who came there could see, are people in a jovial mood. They are friendly. They have good humour. They are contradicting the liars, and mocking the Devil. This First Amendment Assembly of Patriots was scheduled from 10am to 1pm. We got there before 10.15, and the sidewalks on both sides of Ridgewood were filled with hundreds of sign carrying, and some costumed determined Americans of good cheer. The number was slightly less than the previous No Kings event, perhaps there were more locations this time?

The beagle's sign reads, "Antifa paid me in belly rubs".

The Portland Frog sent me.

Parma loves America not kings!

Another happy member of the Kermit resistance. — Ω ☨

Morons Are Governing America.   &  Don't read to me.

Why are Ice agents all fat Magats

Democracy dies when good people remain silent. #No kings in America

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."  Mark Twain

Fox "News" causes brain rot.

No kings. No fascists. No tyrants. No nazis.   &  No kings since 1776.

 

 “It is possible,” Jordan says. “Then you will have to fight in your country as we fight here.”
“Yes, we will have to fight.”
“But are there not many fascists in your country?”
“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find out when the time comes.”
—Robert Jordan [American] in conversation with  El Primitivo [Spaniard] in For Whom the Bell Tolls. by Ernest Hemingway. 

Posing with Greyhounds Democracy Edition

 Millions of freedom loving, and law respecting Americans have gathered to-day across the country [and outside the country] to demonstrate for the Constitution and Decency. They are against tyranny, sadism, corruption, evil being done under the fascist regime led by a traitorous, petty, sadistic, narcissistic, psychopath with dementia.

His Republican minions have flooded the news media with calumnious lies about the character of these peaceful assemblies and their attendees. Trump excels in lies, and projection.

Like all tyrants, he hates to be mocked, as does the Devil. Being shown as ridiculous burns him like water to Dorothy's wicked witch.

These exercisers of the First Amendment are having a good time within the gathering of their brothers and sisters.

We are all smiling [and laughing at the orange demon].

Karma is a greyhound ambassador of peace, and so is Perun.

To quote from the new song, “We’re the Frogs (Portland Peaceful Protest Anthem)”: We’re still here, still laughing, still dancing in the rain. They can spin their stories, but the truth remains the same". Okay, it didn't rain here this time, but the song is from the coastal northwest. It did rain the last No Kings in Parma.

Trump is a clown, but a real vile, disgusting, dangerous, demented, and diabolical clown.

Because deep down,
we are America.
And in America,
frogs can dance at protests
without expecting to be pepper-sprayed for it.

Frog Resistance in “War Zone”

Stephen Lam. Portland Oregon. San Francisco Chronicle

I have repeated this many times, “The Devil doesn't like to be mocked, therefore, he must be mocked”.  This is non-violent (peaceful) protest. It stings and offends tyrants, fascists, the powers that be, police, bullies, goons, and other “authoritarians”, and Repukes.

The world sees this and laughs at *rump. I do not know if this has been seen on teevee newscasts, it has been shown by comics. Television comedians (especially Colbert, Kimmel, and the troupe on the Daily Show) have presented the truth that straight newscasts will not show. The straight newscasts will broadcast the lies told by *rump and his minions complete, but the television jesters will broadcast reality. 

Orange Caligula surrounded by his toadies & media has said war ravaged Portland, a city without stores, or stores with wood instead of glass windows, a city without sewers, and inanities easily disproved by camera. The callow, feckless, cowards about him do not contradict him. Fox and other fascist teevee show film from other protests, some from other countries, and *rump says he has seen what is going on now in Portland, Chicago, and everywhere else that votes for Democrats.

Why this first frogman will become an icon is he resembles so many before him:  the man with plastic bags holding up a line of tanks in the Chinese capital, the young man who placed carnations inside M14 rifles held by soldiers, the young woman with a daisy in front of a line of national guard with bayoneted rifles. Those with power look ridiculous. The Portland Frogs carry no weapons, *rump's stormtroopers have gas masks, bulletproof armor, helmets, and other paraphernalia.

Local teevee has shown live fascism in Portland on film [CLICK].  A female clarinetist is pummeled, breaking her instrument while she plays with her group the Ghostbusters' theme.  Peaceful protestors will be randomly attacked and abducted and sent out of state, because a few years ago people in the city protested the murder of George Floyd.

This wee essay began with the title “conservative = fascist”.  That was before Portland.  Still it is true, and all the language (the propaganda) the Repukes (*rump in chief) substitute false words for reality.  In America the word conservative is the false substitute for fascist. 

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postscriptum:  Peaceful protestors always face some danger. Seth Todd, the original Portland Frog, has been doing this nightly. Cops/goons can always be petty, vindictive, and violent at any moment. On October 2nd, one such goon pepper sprayed his air vent hole. 

A part of this militarisation of the streets is to provoke people into action that trumpsters will use to justify more severe measures, and brutality [you may say my words are inflated invective, but compare that to what *rump and his minions say], and give excuse to call for martial law, and cancel elections. Stephen Miller has put these thoughts into *rump's head. *rump and Hegseth want these civil excursions to be training exercises for the Department of War, and they still demand a Nobel Peace Prize.  So yeah, there may be killing to come.  The invasion of the Capitol on 6 January 2025 was a prelude.

Do "Bible believers" really believe?

Different translations, same meanings.

Leviticus (3rd Book of Moses) xix. 33-4 (as are the others).

Some Americans loudly claim they are "Bible believing christians".

Many of the same vote reflexively, some fervently, for Republicans.

The logic of the syllogism does not hold. The two premises do not agree.

Now, Jesus was a logician, "No man can serve two masters".

There is a great incongruity. Those who claim to be both Bible believers and Republicans are being false. They are liars. The true conclusion of the syllogism would be:  Bible believing christians are not voting for Republicans.

They worship a false god.

2025 Miscellany #10 — summer is near

  Mike Sobeck. Neighborhood Critters. 2025. Broadview in Old Brooklyn Cleveland.

The lift is still there. These two are a pair.

Very nearby, on Broadview. (front of building seen here click)

Red tailed hawk visiting St. Sava Parma.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam  (To the Greater Glory of God)
St. Procop extinguished 24 August 2009. (Hound posing for scale)

Edgewater Beach, 2 days after big rain caused sewer overflow to dump in lake. Red flag means no swimming (because of e. coli).

Some more fotos from Saturday [click]: These are dangerous days

Don't Make me repeat myself  — History

Carl Beckman posing with a disinterested Karma. Both were with crowd, and not at Orange Caligula's birthday party.

That boy ain't right!

Stop trying to make fascism happen

Only you can prevent fascist liars