In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

Because I'm on the other side of the country, and we have enougn problems of our own in LA, I wasn't following the New York mayoral election very closely. But this piece at the Manhattan Contrarian blog provides another examination of what amounts to an alliance between the upper class and Marx's Lumpenproletariat , traditionally the urban underclass of street criminals, vagabonds, pimps, and prostitutes, which is too unrelaible to be an ally of the working class, and the upper class, the 1%. As things have been falling out in the 21st century, it see3ms to me that Marx's Lumpenroletariat has expanded beyond street criminals and other traditional riff-raff to include the homeless, whose ranks have been swelled by the easy availability of addictive drugs; illegal migrants; and sexual deviants, who form a powewrful interest group. This certainly seems to be the group whose electoral power gave Zohran Mamdani the victory in New York's mayoral election, which the ...

This morning's headline: Pelosi: Trump Is a ‘Vile Creature, He’s the ‘Worst Thing on the Face of the Earth’ Pelosi said, “He’s just a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the Earth. But anyway.” Reporter Elex Michaelson asked, “You think he‘s the worst thing on the face of the Earth?” Peklosi said, “I do, yeah. I do.” Because it doesn't cost me anything, I asked Chrome AI mode, "Why would an 85-year-old make frequent angry outbursts?" It answered, Frequent angry outbursts in an 85-year-old are often a symptom of underlying physical, emotional, or cognitive issues, and are not a normal part of aging. It is important to consult a doctor to identify the specific cause, which could include: . . . Chronic pain from conditions like arthritis, or acute pain from an issue like a urinary tract infection (UTI), can cause significant irritability and anger, especially if the individual cannot effectively communicate the source of their discomf...

In my working career, I discovered that few things could get a boss mad at me faster than, if he complained that I was doing something wrong, I would ask him, "Can you show me how to do it right?" He's the boss, after all -- he must know how I should do my job. Of course he didn't; he wasn't promoted because he knew how to do anyone's job; that isn't what makes you a boss. He'd just go away muttering under his breath. As best I can determinme, this is how the Trump administration is responding to federal judges' instructions over the weekend to continue funding SNAP without a congressionbal appropriation. In yesterday's post, I linked to an essay by Chris Bray that raised the basic question: Defendants — the Trump administration — are required to use contingency funds to pay for current operations, whether or not Congress has funded current operations. A court has just concluded that a federal program must operate in the absence...

🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Markwayne Mullin has just learned Democrats are plotting to reopen the government likely WEDNESDAY or THURSDAY, after communist Zohran Mamdani wins "They're telling us they plan to open it up probably Wednesday or Thursday, after the election. After they elect… pic.twitter.com/MksN3k02HH — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 1, 2025 As of this past Wednesday, a writer at Semafor predicted , Senators in both parties — below the leadership level — are starting to see an unmistakable shift that they hope leads to a bipartisan agreement to end the shutdown, perhaps as early as next week, according to more than a dozen sources. . . . There’s no sign yet that Democrats are willing to support the House GOP’s stopgap bill on Thursday, when it’s next scheduled for a Senate vote, but Semafor confirmed a noticeable thaw in the shutdown dynamics among members and aides across the aisle. On the other hand, Aaron Blake at CNN argues , Democrats ...

A little over a week ago, I posted on what amounts to the dominant theory of the pipe bombs that were placed near both the Republican and Democrat National Committee headquarters buildings in Washington prior to the January 6, 2021 demonstration at the Capitol. This theory, supported by video evidence, proposes that an individual, slight in build and wearing both a hoodie and a face mask, left the bombs in the evening hours on January 5. The FBI posted the video evidence and requested more information from the public as early as October, 2021. However, other than slightly more additional video covering the same suspect's path through the area, no additional imformation has come to light despite increasing rewards. A second theory is emerging, made more credible given the lack of new information on the video suspect, but it contradicts the idea that the bombs were planted the evening before. In this version, a woman who lived in the area, Karin Younger, discovered one of ...

Via Breitbart News : U.S. military strikes against cartel drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean journeying from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop, the U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk warned Friday. Türk, an Austrian-born career U.N. bureaucrat, called for an immediate investigation into the strikes against narco terrorists in what is the first such condemnation of its kind from the globalist organization. The problem is that the previous strategy for stopping drug traffic via sea routes has been clearly identified, and although supported by existing law, completely ineffective. According to a September article at the US Naval Institute, For decades, the United States has relied on the Coast Guard’s unique legal authorities, backed by Navy support, to interdict drug shipments on the high seas. Those operations follow a predictable pattern: warning shots, disabling fire, boarding, seizure of evidence, and arrest. A patchwork of bilat...

Trump: Then I will look at New York in a little while… If we need to we'll do the same thing in Chicago. We have an incompetent Governor there. Pritzker is incompetent. His family threw him out of the business pic.twitter.com/1zw5PIWLvX — Acyn (@Acyn) August 11, 2025 I asked Chrome AI mode, "Was J B Pritzker thrown out of the family business?" It answered, Reports from trusted news outlets contradict the claim that J. B. Pritzker was "thrown out" of the family business. While his family restructured its assets, he was a successful entrepreneur who co-founded his own private equity firm, Pritzker Group. A social media post from August 2025, which falsely claimed he was thrown out, appears to stem from comments made by Donald Trump. . . . After the death of his uncle, Jay Pritzker, in 1999, the family underwent a planned and highly publicized restructuring of its assets. J. B. Pritzker and his cousins chose to divide the family fortune among themselves...