Self-Diagnosis

The hernia that popped out about four months ago is now what the croaker called "a big hernia". He suggested surgical consultation, but there's no consultation w/o an ultrasound, & the first one I could schedule was 5 December. Three months, if you've lost track. Worst things that could happen? More pain, inability to evacuate & gangrene.

Other crap: Exhaustion & enervation are probably not due to sleeping sickness, as I've no symptoms beyond the inability to remain upright, even in a chair, for more than three hrs., & certainly don't remember being bitten by a tsetse fly.

Depression? The heat? The sheer droning boredom of your awful idiot-filled world?

Dehydration, for which the nurse practitioner actually advised me to consume more salt? (Bought a bag of Fritos® & some cheese dip, as there's almost no protein in me either.)

I also suspect that gravity (Weakest of the four forces.) is increasing, especially in the outside world. Or the atmosphere is denser/heavier, to the point of pressing me down.

Beef In The News

None Dare Call It Communism!

Comrades! Glorious News! By decree of the People’s Beef Committee, 300,000 metric tons of ground beef shall enter tariff-free for 90 days, priced 25% below the capitalist market. Thus shall the workers eat, the ranchers prosper, and the Great American Herd rise again!

“Conservative lawmakers and pundits alike spoke out on the internet Friday after President Donald Trump announced a new deal that will temporarily lift certain tariffs on ground beef imports, with Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) warning ‘this will further harm’ American ranchers, ‘most of whom are MAGA Republicans,'”Mediaite

Mediaite: Fox’s Tomi Lahren torches Trump over new policy to “import a bunch of foreign beef.”

Apparently, by Sen. Sheehy's logic, it's perfectly fine if non-MAGA citizens are harmed. Will this beef be reserved for MAGA states, then? Another argument for reverse immigration: Back to the Auld Sod for you, bog-monkey!

Anonymous quote from Earth-Bound Misfit. Also, Political Wire.

Why Bother Wednesday

No one will bother to tell me why I should bother. And I shouldn't.

Death By Diarrhea

Making America Poop Again

Jessica Nix / Bloomberg:
Two People Die From Illness Traced to US Parasite Outbreak  —  Two people have died in Michigan from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite that has sickened thousands across the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  Both people had underlying health conditions, the agency said in a statement Monday.
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:   First deaths reported in cyclosporiasis outbreak

Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:   Two cyclospora-related deaths reported in Michigan

Reuters:   US cyclosporiasis outbreak kills two people in Michigan, officials say

Fox News:   Michigan reports 2 deaths in rare parasite outbreak that has sickened more than 11,000

Pien Huang / NPR:   What Cyclospora does inside the gut and how it gets there

Max Rego / The Hill:
2 cyclospora deaths reported in Michigan
Herb Scribner / Axios:   Cyclospora outbreak causes first two deaths

Paula Wethington / CBS News:   Michigan health officials report 2 deaths among cyclosporiasis cases; patients had underlying conditions

Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:   Two deaths in Michigan linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak

Krystal Nurse / Straight Arrow:   First deaths reported in cyclosporiasis outbreak

Siddhi Mahatole / Reuters:   Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak

Conor Murray / Forbes:   Michigan Reports 2 Deaths In Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

TMZ.com:   2 People Dead in Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

Caroline Hopkins Legaspi / New York Times:   Two Deaths Linked to Cyclosporiasis in Michigan

FOX 32 Chicago:   Cyclosporiasis outbreak deaths: 2 dead in Michigan as cases continue to climb

NewsMax.com:   Mich. Reports 2 Deaths in Ongoing Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
STAT:   Michigan reports first two U.S. deaths in outbreak of cyclospora

No Organ Meats, Damn It!

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef:"Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver"

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— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) July 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM

More like "Eat real shit, losers." No relief offered, just "Let them eat gâteaux* & groatcakes†." Why does this sick sumbitch hate America so?

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*Marie Antoinette didn't think all the Frogs had access to rich buttery cakes. She damn well meant "Eat shit".

In older culinary usage, a gâteau (plural gâteaux) did not strictly refer to a sweet layered dessert. Historically, it described basic baked blocks of flour and water eaten like bread.

Not even actual bread. 

†Note to Google's moron robot: "Groatcakes" is not from some Johhny Come-Lately Star Drek hacks but the Firesign Theatre. 1970, not 1997.

Dust Bowl II On The Way?

The original:

National Drought Mitigation Center

You'll all be vegetarians soon, & vegans before you know it, because all the livestock will be dead.

More Meat Monday

Indeed, Nothing But Meat

"ONLY CASH & Z"

Further Proof Of The Existence Of A Kind & Loving Gawd

Got up at noon, felt like vomiting, had dry heaves & bile. Felt like crap, went back to sleep at 1400 & slept unil 1800. Jesus certainly 💘 me, does't he?

Now, some pictures of clouds & birds.

If there were a just gawd, birds would have pecked out your eyes that refuse to see & ripped your lying tongues from your ugly mouths long, long ago.

Amerca Gets It In The End, Good & Hard

Diarrhea Has The Runs GIF from Diarrhea GIFs

Alicia Sitz / The Hill:
CDC seeks source of parasitic outbreak linked to ‘explosive’ diarrhea in multiple states
State of Michigan:   Outbreak of cyclosporiasis occurring in Michigan

Lois M. Collins / Deseret News:   CDC investigating severe intestinal parasite outbreak in 17 states

Ed Cara / Gizmodo:   Oh Great, a Parasite That Causes Explosive Diarrhea Is Spreading Right Now

Peter Stevens / GB News:   Explosive diarrhoea outbreak sparks panic across America as experts scramble to solve what's behind it

Rachel Sacks / New York Post:   Mystery of explosive diarrhea parasite outbreak in the US — as experts try to figure out what's causing it

Ben Tumulty / The Post Millennial:   Foreign parasite causing explosive diarrhea infiltrates US—with largest outbreak in New York

Do note this runny load of doody: "'Foreign' parasite; 'infiltrates' US". "Blame Canada" or some other dirty furriner, right Ben? Just pathetic. Absolute losers.

Let's hope "diarrhoea" isn't a developing theme here. Wouldn't have expected it to show up twice in one day.

Oh, Great!

A boil-water notice was issued Wednesday for a section of Koreatown because of E. coli contamination.

My bunker is quite close to the affected area. Not sure I boiled the water seen in the previous item for a minute, as is suggested.

On the other hand, can't make much difference to me. I already have all these symptoms regularly, other than the diarrhea & fever.

And of course existential agony up the wazoo.

Can't wait for this half of this miserable fucking yr. And I'll guarantee now that next yr. will be even worse.

No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, Lazy Moochers!

A hungry man is an angry man, including this reporter, even if he's hungry due to Mounjaro®!

Even Whitey may have to suffer to make America Great & Healthy Again.

Why do the right-wing & the rich hate America & Americans so damned much? Guilt & contempt because we've been lettting them screw us every day for centuries? Pure assholery? It's a poser alright.

Marcia Brown / Politico:

The Quiet Unraveling of America's Food Safety Net … Last year's passage of the massive federal tax-and-spending One Big Beautiful Bill Act has set in motion one of the biggest transformations of the welfare state that the United States has seen in decades.
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:   Trump's One Big Beautiful Hunger Crisis

Tough titty, poor people. Suck it up; you can tighten that belt a couple more holes!

"Sauerkraut!"

Only number I can think of w/ "sauerkraut".I have got to stop paying attention to the outside world & its inane droning bullshit, lies & stupidity. Unfortunately, it surrounds me & I'm drowning in it.

Wall Street Journal:
Everyone in Trump's Cabinet Is Eating Sauerkraut  —  JD Vance, RFK Jr. and other officials swear by a diet of grass-fed meat and fermented foods, even when the sulfurous odors cause friction at home
Solange Reyner / NewsMax.com:   WSJ: Trump Officials Embrace Sauerkraut Diet

Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:   Pungent sauerkraut diet fad is sweeping Trump's Cabinet - and one man is resisting it

Cate Martel / The Hill:   Vance defends Trump's controversial Iran deal

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   ‘Bet it smell crazy in there’: White House's sauerkraut fad triggers revulsion

Rhian Lubin / The Independent:   Trump's cabinet has a new secret weapon - a sauerkraut diet

Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:   Sure, the Trump Cabinet's Weight-Loss Secret Is Definitely ‘Sauerkraut’

Trinity Gentry / The Daily Wire:   RFK Sparks Diet Craze In The President's Cabinet

Reda Wigle / New York Post:   RFK Jr., JD Vance and others in Trump's Cabinet are all doing the same diet — and it stinks

Max Grinstein / Washington Examiner:   Trump officials are eating all the sauerkraut they can get

Yes, "a diet of grass-fed meat and fermented foods". Where do people even get ideas like this? The mind boggles.

Birdbrains

Hey you stupid seagulls: You're about 10 miles from the ocean.

The Naked Lunch

Uncropped & uncorrected because I don't care anymore.

A Summation Of Humanoid Existence

Honoring The War Dead: You sick murdering fucks! Shame on all of you. Name another species that wages war.Fuck you, Confederates! And Mexicans, Spaniards, & Der Kaiser.

My damned suffering: Woke up after eight hrs., mentally & physically exhausted, as usual. Then felt nauseous, so nauseous I thought I was going to vomit, but only dry-heaved. Sums up your all human existence, dunnit?Added fun: My rt. Achilles' tendon started hurting in the middle of the night, for no apparent reason. Hernia has started to hurt when on the thone straining. Croaker did say it would be trouble if it interferred w/ "pooping". C'mon Doc, you must be near 50, & I'm 70-fucking-two; "pooping"? Anyway, neither sounds nor feels good.

Farm Report: They Asked For It, They Got It! Good & Hard, Too!

Sorry, you can't afford any.

Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Farmers growing desperate amid rising energy and fertilizer prices  —  Farmers across the Midwest are entering planting season under mounting financial pressure, as the Iran conflict drives up diesel and fertilizer prices — deepening an agricultural downturn that some say is the worst since the crisis of the 1980s.
Alexander Willis / Raw Story:   Trump policies spark warnings of impending disaster: ‘Going to be fewer farmers’

Jesus Mesa / Newsweek:   Donald Trump Deals New Blow to US Farmers on China Trip

Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:   Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump's Iran War

Do you like to eat? Ha ha ha! Too bad. Start saving now so you can afford Soylent Green!

Piling on, later. How dense are these sucker-ass chumps?

Brad Brooks / Reuters:

Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain.  These rural voters agree.  —  Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily.  —  The price was $4.34 per gallon …

Alexander Willis / Raw Story:   Three-time Trump voter rips president as ‘naive’ as Iran war decimates GOP stronghold

Drought won't help either. Two words: Dust Bowl.

Pearls Clutched & Panties In A Twist

Not that this web-log is in any way opposed to grilling.

Fake news thinks it's "owned the libs" again. "Foreign Communist", "Transnational Invaders" (That's a new one to me.) & "socialist". You tell 'em!

Jamie Paige / New York Post:
LA mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman proposes backyard BBQ ban
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell / RedState:   LA Mayoral Hopeful Blames Your Carne Asada—Not Homeless Fires—for Wildfire Risk

Grateful Calvin / twitchy.com:   From Our Singed, Smoked Hands! Nithya Raman Wants to Ban Backyard BBQs in Los Angeles

Natalie Sandoval / The Daily Caller:   Spencer Pratt's Opponents Propose Dentists For Meth Heads, Ban On Backyard BBQs

John Nolte / Breitbart:   Left-Wing Tech Organization Pays Full Salaries of 80 MSM Journalists

Ed Morrissey / HotAir:   LA Mayoral Race Focuses On the Big Problem Facing Angelenos: Grilling!

Dmitri Bolt / Townhall:   Nithya Raman Wants to Ban What? See Her Latest Proposed Fire Prevention Policy

Ace of Spades HQ:   Foreign Communist Candidate for LA Mayor Nithya Raman Wants to Ban Backyard BBQs Because the Transnational Invaders Instinctively Make Endless War on American Normies

Britta Miller / Washington Examiner:   Spencer Pratt roasts Nithya Raman in barbecue video

Brodigan / Louder With Crowder:   Spencer Pratt drops the PERFECT response to his socialist opponent's attempt to ban you from BBQing in your backyard

All very funny. It certainly wasn't "homeless fires" that started the Eaton fire, it was SoCalEd's high-tension power lines. The Palisades fire was set by a deliberate arsonist, & smoldered for a wk. because the L.A. City Fire Dep't. didn't fully extinguish it. Homeless people are forced to use fire, but their fires are usually in concrete-lined river bottoms & burn little but brush.

Note to Brodigan / Louder With Crowder: BBQ-ing doesn't stay in "your backyard".

And a note to Nolte of Breitbart: Who finances your little operation? Billionaire Nazis?

Dunno who this Spencer Pratt is (A prat w/ a surname for a first name?) but he would seem to be the darling of the droolers. Vote accordingly.

80 Yrs. Of Meat!

Hope I haven't forgotten this by Friday.The original Original Tommy's is less than two miles from the bunker. Bet three chili burgers will feed me for the wknd.

When I first moved here in '73 the weasels w/ whom I hung were quite excited about taking me to Tommy's. As well as telling me to avoid local brew Brew 102, mostly because there was a large billboard advertising the stuff on the brewery, which was on the 101 downtown.

They weren't kidding, either. $1.25 a six-pack for the 16 ounce. 99 cents for the 12 ounce. Never had any, as I was never much of a beer-drinker, even when I was an elbow-bender.

Mystery Meat

Why do Republicans hate America's service members so much? Is three squares a day "DEI wokeness"?

Pictures published by USA Today show meals served recently to Sailors onboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), as well as Marines serving on the USS Tripoli (LHA-7), an America-class amphibious assault ship, both of which are currently deployed to… pic.twitter.com/gZY2vvn9wq

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 16, 2026

No real mystery; looks like fake, "impossible" or plant-based "meat", the same putrid swill I was given during my wk. in psychatric jail thanks to a once-friend turned squealing rat. 'Though we prisoners didn't get tortillas.

Cybele Mayes-Osterman / USA Today:

Cookies, deodorant, socks.  Iran war puts military packages in limbo  —  Thousands of boxes sent to service members in Middle East are stuck in limbo.  The Postal Service has indefinitely suspended delivery amid Iran war.  —  Dan F. was alarmed when his daughter, a Marine aboard the USS Tripoli …
Brendan Rascius / The Independent:   ‘Morale is going to be at an all-time low’: Iran war troops living on meager rations as Postal Service stops delivering

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:   Photo of Mystery Meat on U.S. Warships Goes Viral as Supplies Dwindle

Tom Sullivan / Digby's Hullabaloo:   U.S. Navy Rations Food

Donna / Tell Me a Story:   WTAF!!!  —  THIS is the actual lunch tray of a sailor on board a US Navy ship in the Middle East.

David Gilmour / Mediaite:   Families Share Pics of Paltry Meals From Soldiers Aboard US Warships

Comrade Misfit has a stab from the past on the subject.