Month: May 2026

Flop of July

The other funniest story from American politics has been the collapse of the proposed 250th birthday of the US concert. This was amusing enough when they just announced the artists that would be performing, most of whom were last big hitters around 1990—including the surviving half of Milli Vanilli who were… not exactly renowned as live performers (or studio performers, of course)—but it became genuinely comedic when pretty much all the advertised “stars” abruptly withdrew from the show; apparently no one told any of them the Freedom 250 concert was actually an official celebration endorsed by the Shite House, which I find hard to believer but that’s what most of them seem to be saying.

Mushroom Cock’s solution to this slight problem: who needs music when you’ve got… him?

“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists,’ and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!” Trump wrote.
The president appeared to be referring to the concert series announced last Wednesday, which lost seven of its nine featured musical acts within 48 hours, but since none of the shows was scheduled for next Wednesday, his meaning was difficult to parse.
A spokesperson for Freedom 250, the organization Trump created to run celebrations of the nation’s founding, contacted the Guardian later to say that the Wednesday in question is one next month, 24 June, when the president “will personally kick off this historic celebration” at a previously unscheduled “opening ceremony” for a 16-day fair on the National Mall. The fair was to have started a day later, on 25 June, with a concert by Martina McBride. The country star announced on Thursday that she would not perform, because, although she had been “assured this was a nonpartisan event”, that “turned out to be misleading”.
“I don’t want so-called ‘Artists’ that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy,” the president added. “I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, DC, same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited — It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America!”
Trump’s promise that his rally will be “wild” echoed a tweet he issued after his 2020 election loss to urge his supporters to protest in Washington DC on 6 January 2021: “Be there! Will be wild!”

I wonder if this means we can look forward ro a repeat of that day. The worst thing is, Krasnov just monologuing for as long as he can stay awake would, for a lot of MAGAts, actually be a much bigger draw than any of the musical acts would be. Oh well. The dude from Milli Vanilli is apparently still keen on performing, which is… something, I suppose. Not sure what.

Meanwhile, in the Unhinged States…

This has been the funniest thing to come out of American politics this week:

Yes, someone at the Democrats ACTUALLY GREW A FUCKING SPINE FOR ONCE and snapped back at undeniable ugly fuck Stephen Miller in words they would understand. Apparently this constitutes “violent political rhetoric” in the eyes of Katie Miller, the ugly fuck’s wife, who also doxxed the poster of the above reply as Paulina Mangubat. Pleasingly, Paulina is unrepentant in the face of it all:

“All we did was say what everyone else is thinking, which is, ‘Shut up—that’s not what people care about right now,’” Mangubat says. She added that there’s no reason to regret using the “ugly” moniker to describe Miller.
“What he’s doing is ugly—siccing federal agents on civilians, applauding when families are separated. It is ugly behavior,” Mangubat said. “The reason this happened is because Stephen Miller, who is one of the most powerful men in the country, decided that it would be a good use of his time to go on Twitter and hurl an untrue and transphobic attack against James Talarico.”
It’s worth stressing that the roots of this saga lie in the depiction of Talarico as transgender—and that this was intended as a vicious insult. Indeed, Stephen Miller went on a tear after this exchange, going on Fox News and ripping Talarico as soft and effeminate in every way he could. Miller derided Talarico as “transitioning to female,” mocking his testosterone count and claiming Talarico’s blood is made of “soy milk.”

The Republicans do seem to be quite alarmed about this Talarico fellow, cos his opponent, Ken Paxton, did well in the Texas primary the other day but seems to be widely unpopular as a person; apparently his own staff reported him for corruption to the FBI when he was the Texas A-G, and amidst other things he’s faced more recent criticism over cutting a deal with a lawyer facing a life sentence on child abuse charges and getting that reduced to SIXTY DAYS, of which he only served half of that. Paxton is evident scum and the Republicans are worried that Talarico could actually become the first Democrat senator in Texas since the 80s, hence the peculiar and desperate attempts to paint him as transgender (or at least gay) and, worst of all, VEGAN! Clearly that’s the worst possible thing he could be…

Honestly, the stupidest thing the Democrats did was reigning in Tim Walz on the “weird” rhetoric during the 2024 campaign. And, to be sure, I kind of understand the thinking, it’s all about being bigger than the Republicans, moral high ground, adults in the room, etc… I understand it but it gets them nowhere cos the Republicans don’t care about being the adults in the room, they’re satisfied with being fundamentally juvenile because it works for them. I know it doesn’t look good for the Dems to descend to their level, and it only makes the whole spectacle of American politics even less edifying, but they may as well. Cos you can see by the Republican reaction to Stephen Miller being called what he is that it bothers them. The Dems need to bother them more often. Call them all ugly fucks. Call them all weird. Keep describing them as abnormal. Just ATTACK them. The Dems need more Paulinas.

Misspent youth

I never really had a misspent youth cos I never actually had much inclination to misspend it (nor indeed much money with which I could do so), and part of me now regrets that. So when I spotted this image on Tumblr, I had to compare and contrast myself…

* Greasy, stringy hair… yeah, somewhat guilty. Dyed and backcombed, though. Too lazy to look after my hair properly, so also too lazy to do anything like that.
* Smokes, drinks… the latter, once upon a time (stroke more or less ended that). I only ever smoked once or twice. As I may have said before, not taking up smoking was the only good thing I’ve ever done for my health.
* Slouches… yeah, I’m exceedingly bad for that.
* Black eye…. no? I never got into physical fights or anything like that.
* Uses bad language… well, I speak English, and frankly that’s as bad as language gets.
* Too much makeup… no. Even in my peak goth era I was too lazy for anything of that sort.
* Always chews gum… never.
* Rumpled clothing… um, yeah, guilty, pretty much. Leaving the house tends to be an adventure in finding the t-shirt with the fewest creases. None of the female fashion choices really apply here, which may or may not be a disappointment.
* Carries a switchblade… no. Probably a good thing.
* Dirty jeans… yeah, more guilty than I like to admit. I don’t do untidy cuffs, though, cos I don’t do cuffs of any sort. Haven’t needed to roll up my jeans since I was little.
* Old shoes… yeah, definitely guilty. The current pair have been with me for what, 12 or 13 years? They are past their best, much like their owner.
* Stealing… I actually have shoplifted, so… yeah. Never stole a car, though. Never learned to drive one of the fucking things, so it would’ve been a bit silly.

So I think I would’ve been a somewhat substandard delinquent in 1965 when Al M. Bradley drew this thing. Can’t find anything about the latter, so I don’t know who he produced it for nor why… the only other source I can find for it refers vaguely to an unnamed “delinquency scare book”, so if nothing else I’m guessing that he meant this seriouslu. Don’t know about you, but Al’s “common delinquent” seems relatively mild; he/she might pack a knife, but their chief offence seems to be dressing badly and engaging in theft, they’re not doing drugs or killing people or anything like that. Maybe they had to graduate to the next level of delinquency to do that. Maybe he needed boots like hers.

A reasonable response by a reasonable man

As I have possibly said more than once before, I’m kind of sick of those people who get the vapours about Trump doing something he legally can’t do, as if they think he thinks he is constrained in any way by little things like laws. That said, when a court finally deigns to do something about it, it’s always pleasant to see, and though the renaming of the Kennedy Centre was a minor thing compared to, you know, international incidents in Iran and Venezuela, there was something singularly irritating about him doing that, it just seemed particularly egregious for some reason. For all Kennedy’s faults, he didm’t and doesn’t deserve to be associated with Mushroom Cock, who seems to have taken the judge’s decision… personally. I know he’s prone to verbal diarrhoea on Truth Social but he really went off on this one, as far as I can tell that’s a single post (just divided in four, click to enlarge, etc).  On the plus side, maybe performers will actually want to play there again if his name’s not on it…

Projection

Stephen Colbert’s time on the Late Show finally came to its premature end last week. This was Mushroom Cock’s reasoned response:

I know they say every conservative accusation is really a confession, but damn, Krasnov’s really pushing that here. This could be absolutely about his own worthless self, and people will absolutely be saying that last sentence about him when his own unnecessarily delayed and protracted season finale comes.

A story you won’t see in Penthouse Forum

No refunds for 15,000 Australian ticket holders after Candace Owens’ tour cancelled

Honestly, I really am sick of all these fucking people, but I still want to be able to laugh at their misfortunes; I’ve been greatly enjoying the recent collapse of Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire empire, and now I’m equally pleased to see his erstwhile employee and Hitler apologist get caught short…

None of the 15,000 ticket holders for conservative influencer Candace Owens’ cancelled Australian tour are expected to get their money back from the promoter, after it spent all its money then collapsed.
Owens herself says she is hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket and claims she was misled by the promoter, Rocksman, a company with links to the influential conservative lobby group Turning Point Australia.
Rocksman collapsed with just 21 Australian cents in its bank account and will never refund Owens, her Australian ticket holders or other creditors, according to its liquidator’s statutory report to creditors, filed with Asic and dated 3 March.

Oh FUCK, TURNING POINT (indirectly) fucked with Candace again! That just makes the whole thing even better!

Owens claims to be among those owed money: her spokesperson said Rocksman had promised to cover the costs of challenging her visa refusal at the high court.
“Candace’s team ended up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills, as well as providing numerous loans to Rocksman to make refunds [before] it became apparent that their assurances were meaningless,” the spokesperson said.
Owens’ spokesperson said she only learned of the company’s liquidation through the Guardian’s reporting in January.
“Right up until the last day, they were still promising us that refunds were just around the corner,” Owens’ spokesperson alleged.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This is one of the clowns at fault, being Damien Costas (who is six years my junior but somehow already looked older than me five years ago), characterised in the article I got this from as the “Sydney porn king”; he was the local publisher of Penthouse, but back in his native South Australia he’d been a Liberal staffer, and somehow I am not as surprised to find Penthouse was published here by a South Australian Liberal employee as I wish I was. This debacle with Rocksman is not his first bankruptcy rodeo, as he’s got two major fuck-ups to his credit already, and by the look of it the main lesson him and his partner Joel Jammal (the guy who founded the local Turning Point chapter) have learned from this one was to spend all the money before they were forced to return (as they had to when their tour of Don Jr. fell apart). I think that may prove to have been silly of them. No sympathy for anyone involved, and that includes all the chuds who bought the tickets. As for Candace herself, eh, she’ll be fine; she just needs to make a couple of videos accusing Erika Kirk of something, and the Youtube revenue will soon make up the shortfall…

Magic über alles?

It appears the Nazis weren’t the only Germans deploying occult powers and dark forces in wartime; evidently the Germans were being accused of that during the original world war… For some reason this put me in mind of Dion Fortune, who “defended” Britain with her own occult powers in the second war, but I discovered she took a more practical role in the first one by joining the Women’s Land Army; given how much havoc the Liftwaffe would cause during the Blitz (including damage to Fortune’s own group’s headquarters in London), I suspect she would’ve been a lot more useful doing that again…

Life goal indeed

My friend Matt (that’s him at the bottom) posted this on BS:

I’ve always had a particular animus towards Nickelback cos Chud Kroeger was born on the exact same day as me (albeit in Canada, so I think in real terms I’m probably nearly a day older than him). Don’t know what Wax Trax did to deserve this, but it was clearly the right thing, and I need to do it myself…

World Goth Day ’26

It’s the darkest day of the year again, so I give you a new mix to celebrate the big event. Click that link in case the widget doesn’t work for some reason.

    1. Alaric, Eyes
    2. Siouxsie & The Banshees, Into the Light
    3. Eternia, Shattered
    4. Attrition, The Fiftieth Gate
    5. Sounds Like Winter, Ishmael’s Bones
    6. Faith and the Muse, Battle Hymn
    7. Sunshine Blind, Regodless
    8. The Wake, Sideshow
    9. Voices of Masada, Wondering
    10. Death Church, Generations of Hate
    11. Bauhaus, Lagartija Nick
    12. Cult Strange, New World Ordeal
    13. Fields of the Nephilim, Reanimator
    14. Big Electric Cat, Bed of Nails
    15. The Cure, Cold
    16. The Sisters of Mercy, Amphetamine Logic
    17. Glorious Din, Tenement Roofs
    18. Lycia, Defective
    19. Christ Vs. Warhol, Into a New Ice Age
    20. Creta, Silence