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Grokenstein's JournalMolly Ploofkins: "Mexico has the Peso..."
Mexico has the Peso, the U.S has the Pedo
— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2025-10-04T17:34:36.500Z
Lalo Schifrin, composer of the 'Mission: Impossible' theme, dies at 93
Source: APNews
Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93.
Schifrin’s son Ryan confirmed that Schifrin died due to complications from pneumonia. He died peacefully in his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family.
The Argentine won four Grammys and was nominated for six Oscars, including five for original score for “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Fox,” “Voyage of the Damned,” “The Amityville Horror” and “The Sting II.”
“Every movie has its own personality. There are no rules to write music for movies,” Schifrin told The Associated Press in 2018. “The movie dictates what the music will be.”
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/lalo-schifrin-dies-mission-impossible-composer-9366684c989a4796461e0e821573fcf9
Toy company forced to lay people off because of trump tax
https://super7.com/blogs/news/a-message-from-brian-flynnSuper7 is a popular "hip" toy company that sells figures from assorted franchises, including hip-hop artists, Peanuts, GI Joe, Godzilla, Sesame Street and so on. Founder Brian Flynn sent this message out to customers:
(bold mine)
Make no mistake, the tariff is a tax on American companies and the American consumer. The people who lost their jobs last week were Americans across 16 different states. The 145% tariff effectively shut our business down, bringing new inventory leaving the factory to zero, compounded by massive tariffs on pre-order product already on the water headed to consumers. This week’s change in tariff to 30%, is still a massive increase to this industry that requires significant change to work within.
"I don't want to see your junk! So let's see it!"
The party that applauded Malfunctioning Traitor Goon for parading pictures of Hunter's dick in front of the cameras pretends to be revolted by the sight of penises--which are apparently being waved in their faces in restrooms--but also wants to confirm the dicks do/do not exist before telling you where you can pee.
Bigoted congresswoman's ex-aide annihilates her over bathroom bill
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287811/-Bigoted-congresswoman-s-ex-aide-annihilates-her-over-bathroom-bill
After Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch, wrote that Mace had “posted 262 times on X in the last 36 hours about the bathroom,” even a member of Trump’s former White House chimed in.
“If I tweet 262 times in 36 hours about *anything* please come do a wellness check,” wrote Alyssa Farah Griffin, who was Trump’s White House director of strategic communications and who currently co-hosts “The View.”
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson reaffirmed his support of Mace on Wednesday, writing in a press release that the Capitol and House office buildings would officially segregate bathroom facilities according to "biological sex.”
Little Lord Elon takes the stage at Chapelle's show, doesn't get warm welcome he expects
Should've brought your sink, dood.
https://twitter.com/SteveGoffman/status/1602229546383728640
And here's Mr. Freeze Peach's initial response to someone posting that video:
https://twitter.com/brianmcdonagh/status/1602259634764513280
Russia's Secret Recruits Allegedly Abandoned, Starving, and Missing in Action
Oh dear, won't someone please think of the Wagner orcs!!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-group-recruits-from-the-central-african-republic-allegedly-abandoned-in-ukraine
ABUJA, Nigeria—Russia’s infamous Wagner Group has abandoned dozens of former Central African Republic (CAR) rebels in Ukraine’s Donbas region after recruiting them to fight Vladimir Putin’s war, two former CAR fighters told The Daily Beast.
The CAR sources, who were recruited by Wagner after quitting the Union for Peace (UPC) rebel group last December, said that many of the 100 or so ex-UPC fighters currently in Ukraine have lost contact with Wagner after the group trained them and flew them to the Donbas region about eight months ago.
“Some of our colleagues have called us [on the phone] to inform us that the Russian soldiers who took them to eastern Ukraine deployed them to a particular town and left them to fight on their own,” Ali, who was not part of the group sent to Ukraine, told The Daily Beast. “As we speak, they haven’t been paid for months and they can’t even feed themselves.”
Another "Everything He Touches Dies" Guy: The Deep-Sixing of Six Flags
A new CEO with a bold plan to drive participation down by jacking up prices and slashing personnel? That sounds familiar.
Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Great America, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags St Louis, Six Flags New England, Six Flags America, and Six Flags Mexico. All amusement parks and theme parks in danger of closing due to poor management from the Six Flags CEO and corporate. After reporting their Q3 Six Flags 2022 earnings report, Six Flags stockholders have been shell shocked and the future of Six Flags looks dim. Will Six Flags survive?
Steve Shives: What About the 30 Million Documents Obama Took?
Steve counters the trumpnik whataboutism and bullshittery:
Ukraine: Russian-backed terrorist Olga Kachur AKA Korsa KIA
via The New Voice of Ukraine:
The Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that Kachur had been killed.
According to the department, Kachur often disguised herself as a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine while committing war crimes in order to discredit the Ukrainian army.
During interviews with Kremlin propaganda, Kachur openly admitted that she enjoyed killing Ukrainians.
According to Kazanskyi, the terrorist previously worked in the Horlivka Police department, but in 2014 she defected to Russian invading forces.
“(She was) guilty of the shelling of the cities of Donbas and the deaths of civilians,” Kazanskyi said. “In Ukraine, she was sentenced to 12 years in prison in absentia.”
Locked out of Twitter because I don't have a mobile phone
"Enter your mobile phone number to receive a text message with a confirmation code. You’ll use the code to verify this is really your number."
Am I the only person left on Earth who doesn't have a celly? They have a similar deal in place when I renew my security clearance at work but they have alternatives for people who aren't phone zombies. Twitter doesn't, and I suspect it's because they really, really, REALLY want another contact point from which to annoy me. Soooo, no great loss I guess.
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