No one ever pays me "hush money!" :(

Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Romania Over Cancelling Presidential Election for Bogus ‘Russian Influence’ Claim
January 12, 2025

□ [“Gavin Newsom’s Meet the Press Interview Looks Bad – Wild Gestures, Word Salads, and More"]

Cut him some slack, he has to go on television!  That's very important and it helps a lot of people!  Just think of how many fires he's stopped by getting to be on television.  What do you expect from him, to go out fighting fires or something like some kind of loser?

Californians are starting to come out that Newsom and the L.A. mayor need to be removed, they aren't competent or helpful.  Should have known that when you voted for them.  Newsome keeps getting re-elected and the chick was sent to Congress five times before becoming the mayor.  They've always been all about the *woke* agenda, why is that only now a problem?

To an extent, there's just the fact that nothing else is happening, this has just become a daily part of life, kinda like the unidentified drones flying around the country.  Remember when those were a big deal, but the liberal government obviously did something and we never heard about them again.  So the leaders of California are trying to use that, and everybody else is just living their lives.

Other than attacking Democrats, they're all going their normal ways.  They blame global warming, they try to get other people's money, demanding higher taxes or donations.  They ignore the looters and keep the citizenry on lockdown.  I'd like to think even California has had enough of this, but they're probably too far gone to recover.  But soon the land might be clean and empty, so we can rebuild something worthwhile.

Pakistani Airline Ad Shows Airplane About to Crash Into Eiffel Tower – ‘Paris, We’re Coming Today’
January 12, 2025

□ [“Slovakia and Kiev’s Conflict Over Russian Gas Transit Escalates; PM Fico Calls Zelensky a ‘Beggar’ and a ‘Blackmailer’"]

Well he's been travelling around the world for years demanding money and getting it, that's probably a good explanation.  He tells Joe Biden 'we'll release the documents you and Hunter signed if you don't give us money' and Biden keeps giving him more money.  It is strange that Russia hasn't done that, so far as we know, because they dealt with the Bidens too, and probably have copies of Ukraine's files.

As always, the war is at a point where Russia is just playing with Ukraine like a cat.  They keep taking more territory, Ukraine's draft doesn't seem to be working and they haven't been able to use the western weapons and equipment for anything worthwhile.  Even Ukraine supporters are starting to realize that they have no chance of winning and surrender is their only chance of survival.  If Russia wants you dead, they'd have already done that, but if you keep fighting, you'll be dead before the war ends.

But the leftist Ukrainian supporters, and Ukraine's rulers, still aren't going to accept that.  They'll be the last to die for this war, at least as far as they're concerned.  I also think Russia has been using this strategy to weaken NATO as much as possible, which also seems to be working out.  The US military might be doing better when Trump is in charge, but our side is still very diminished by leftism.

Because of that, Russia has essentially defeated NATO in a war without having a direct declared conflict.  When was the last time that happened before?  I'm sure it did but the public was kept ignorant.  Top of my head, I can't think of any similarity since the post-revolution invasions by various western countries to help defeat the communists.

California Using Nearly 1,000 Inmates to Fight the Los Angeles Fires
January 12, 2025

□ [“Biden Regime Launches ‘National Strategy’ to Combat Islamophobia"]
□ [“U.N. Considering Funding Syrian Militant Group HTS"]

Haven't heard about the War on Terror in a while, probably because our leaders support the other side.  The UN is willing to fund the Islamists who've taken over Syria and the US elites support Islam, just as the infidel should.  I do wonder how many of them have actually converted and kept it a secret, but I suppose it doesn't matter at this point.  Either way, they serve the true masters.

There's also the Jew-hatred around the world, a consistent excuse to unite against the rest of us.  They also need to take attention away from the Pakistani's in Britain who've been raping children for years.  Whether or not our rulers have converted to Islam, they've been into that for a long time.  This may be the main reason they all support illegal immigration and human trafficking, just to keep the new victims coming in.

At a guess, I would say Iran's the one calling the shots, but they're fighting with Saudi Arabia so it might be either.  Or both, given how weird WWIII is going.  Or maybe it's just this chunk of the Middle East is new and gets all the attention from the elites.  This region isn't great at forming nations, but they've definitely been able to seize power and influence, so they look like they're at the top of the global ladder.  In one sense, that seems quite dangerous, but in another sense, given who they're siding with, they might fall apart very easily.

Leftist Canadian Leader Threatens Trump:  “If You Think You Can Pick a Fight with Us, There Will Be a Price to Pay!”
January 12, 2025

It's taken 30 years, but I have finally been able to read the new Miracleman comic book.  It's not that new, the issues came out last year or so, but I haven't bought any new comics for a while.  This one is by Neil Gaiman so we'll see what that leads to.  There are some iffy spots, but in general it's ok.

One thing I found myself enjoying was how it does take place in a superhero universe, but it has very little to do with that.  The only fight scene is between two unknown minor characters in the beginning of the first issue.  Otherwise the characters spend their time just going around and talking.

I've certainly missed seeing a comic like that, although it's not entirely a good thing.  There isn't a lot of story in-and-of itself.  It's possible there is a build-up to the next book, assuming that ever comes out, but there isn't a lot of interest put into Young Miracleman, reborn after dying before the modern series ever started [over 40 years ago!]  And then he suddenly changes direction at the end of the book, it's not clear why or how he went this way or what he really expects to do.

I'm not someone who buys comics for the art, but it was very nice seeing a couple hundred new pages by Mark Buckingham.  His art is both realistic and believable fantasy, set in a non-existent world - the future 2003 - with characters making total sense no matter how unrealistic their behavior is.  I will admit to being more-than-a-little annoyed by how many pages ran the story across the top tier for two pages.  That's not normal storytelling and there's nothing in the page design itself that indicates the not-normal pacing.

As to the Miracleman story itself, it does come across as very English, so it's unusual on its own.  It is headed the direction Alan Moore started it on back in the early-80s and Gaiman attempted to continue in the early-90s, before all the legal problems.  There's not much sense of heroism or villainy, which might or might not be a benefit for storytelling.

There are some hints of *woke* subjects which might have been more subtle back when the story was supposed to come out thirty years ago.  Transgenderism is a real scientific invention, religion just automatically centered itself around the Miracleman dictatorship - it makes sense in context, but... - and MM's baby daughter still doesn't wear clothes, despite being a 20+ year old baby.  That *doesn't* make sense in context, even though it's clear what they're talking about.

Maybe it was just the long wait for this story, but I enjoyed it more than expected, given the complaints.  It's rumored that there will be some bad news for Gaiman any day now, so we'll see if that has any effect on the story.  I am curious to see how this plays out, on the page and in real life.  What a long strange trip it's been...

Burglary Call at Kamala Harris’s Brentwood House as Wildfire is Near – Two Men Detained, Later Released
January 12, 2025