Bobservations

First off, thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. Tuesday was the day of my birth, but the celebration is a weeklong event. Carlos gifted me a day to myself on Tuesday as he had a conference to attend in Columbia and we will celebrate with a meal at one of our favorite restaurants in Asheville this weekend IF it doesn’t snow as predicted; in that case we’ll dine closer to home … 

So this past weekend we waited for The Storm. They said snow on Saturday with sub-freezing temperatures and then an ice storm on Sunday taking out trees and knocking out power.

Yeah; not so much. We got about an inch of snow that was gone before noon and then ice storm apparently melted before it arrived but …

On Sunday it was quite cold and Carlos decided to practice his trumpet in the sunroom with two of the four sliders open to the 20-degree air.

This from the man who drops an F-bomb every morning that the temperature is 35-degrees or less.

This from the man who sleeps under five blankets while wearing three pairs of socks, long underwear, sweatpants and a sweater.

But standing in a 20-degree sunroom? Now it was my turn for the F-bombs!

This Tuxedo Says is from August 2021 ...

Tuxedo watches a lot of CNN—like his daddy he has a wee crush on Anderson Cooper, whom he calls his Owner-In-My-Head … where does he come up with these things—and is amazed at the way Republicans think …or don’t actually think.

While we must remember Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, ICE agents have also been responsible for the deaths of seven people of color since the first on the year.

Top Row, left to right:

Keith Porter Jr. was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve outside his apartment complex. An LAPD spokesperson said Porter had fired gunshots into the air and a DHS spokesperson said the off-duty ICEstapo officer was “forced to defensively use his weapon” but offers no evidence to support that.

Parady La, Cambodian refugee, died while being held in ICEstapo custody at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia. He passed away after suffering severe drug withdrawal, with his family alleging medical neglect. 

Heber Sanchez Domínguez, a Mexican citizen, died while in ICEstapo custody at the Robert A. Deyton Detention Center in Georgia. The cause of death is currently under investigation. 

Victor Manuel Diaz, from Nicaragua, died in ICEstapo custody at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. DHS says Diaz died of a presumed suicide but  the official cause of his death remains under investigation.

Bottom Row, left to right:

Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, from Honduras, died while under the custody of the ICEstapo after suffering a heart-related medical issue; his death is also under investigation.

Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, a Honduran citizen, died in ICEstapo custody in Texas of “complications related to congenital heart failure.”

Geraldo Lunas Campos, from Cuba,  died in custody at the ICEstapo detention center in Camp East Montana; the cause of death was "asphyxia due to neck and torso compression."

Last year, 32 people died in ICE custody, the most in a single year since the agency was created. 

Add their names to your rage.

Ticket sales for Amazon’s $40,000,000 documentary about the Slovenian Hooker’s return to the White have been, well, much like her husband’s penis, little and soft. According to one of Britain’s biggest cinema operators, Tim Richards, chief executive of Vue, just two tickets have been booked for the 6pm showing at Vue Islington on its opening evening.

Perhaps if Melanie had included her soft-core porn film as part of the documentary she might have sold three tickets.

The “No Kings” protests against the regime are returning March 28, this time with a flagship event in the Minneapolis on the heels of the ICEstapo murders on Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

Other demonstrations are expected again across the country.

Stand up; speak up; resist!

Thanks to Doc Heroin Addict the measles epidemic in South Carolina has spread to at least 789 people, surpassing the 2025 West Texas outbreak that sickened 762 people and killed two young girls. The majority of cases remain centered in Spartanburg County, mostly among people who were either unvaccinated or didn’t know their status.

South Carolina has long strived to be the best at something but who would have guessed it would be measles?

Good, fun news, because it has MAGAts in a giant snit, a rumor has it that Bad Bunny will wear a dress during his upcoming Super Bowl performance. And MAGAts are already ranting and raging all over X even though the story has not been substantiated.

Either way, I like the white, but the pink looks more fun, don’t you think?

Jhona Burjack is a model represented by agencies in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Hamburg, and São Paulo. It’s like he’s everywhere so … Would You Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: 1800s Farmhouse

This 1880s farmhouse feels like a discovered treasure, tucked away in a secret hillside meadow of wild apple trees in the rolling terrain of the Catskills. And yet the eleven acre estate is minutes from town and less than two hours from Manhattan.

You enter through the mudroom into an open plan kitchen, dining, and living room that flows as one continuous space. The chef's kitchen—designed by the owner and restaurateur—centers on a Viking range within an oversized island, complemented by a farmhouse sink and butcher block countertops.

In the dining area, open to a side porch, reclaimed pine wide-plank floors unify the entire ground floor while the living room is centered around a wood-burning stove, with a short hallway leading to a shared first floor bathroom featuring a walk-in shower; a guest bedroom is located on the ground floor with its own wood stove for cozy evenings and a convenient desk space.

Upstairs on the second level, the three bedrooms share a bathroom with walk-in shower and soaking tub. The primary bedroom has been upgraded to include three closets and a work from home space; in fact each bedroom features generous closet space, uncommon in historical farmhouses. A finished third-story game room and home theater caps the layout—sizable in footprint yet tucked away, perfect for movie nights or creative projects.

Outside a classic wraparound porch captures sunlight throughout the day, while wisteria climbs the pergola. Just outside the kitchen is an outdoor dining table, flanked by stone walls built into the hillside.

A custom fire pit area and seating area is carved into the meadow’s gentle slope with a meandering path leading upward to a wood-fired hot tub. Beyond this, the parklike meadow preserves a wild apple orchard that leads to a large barn—the property's creative crown jewel. The lower level houses a Polaris ATV—included in sale—and provides perfect storage for outdoor gear, motorcycles, and more. The main floor features a statement plexiglass wall that floods the space light and making the barn ready for transforming to a guest space or work from home area.

It's updated, yet historic, peaceful and yet close to New York City.

Dwell

It's My Dad's Birthday .......

Today is my Daddy’s birthday so I thought I might honor him with some thoughts …

I wish I could figure out how old you are but I hate doing long math!

I know birthdays get worse as you get older but, on the bright side, you don’t have that many left! Also, statistics show that people who have the most birthdays live longer!

As you got older I saw that life finally started to click for you… well, at least your knees, back and neck started to click. You know you are old when almost everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.

People look at you strangely when you ask for a piece of tinfoil for the leftover pizza.

One minute you’re young and fun, and the next you’re turning down the stereo so you can see better.

At 16 you loved it when your favorite song came on the radio, and then at 21 you loved hearing your favorite song in a bar, and then you started hearing your favorite song in the grocery store.

You have become that person that gets really excited for gifts like a high-quality pair of slippers, a programmable thermostat, or a set of durable socks.

When you used to tell people your age, they’d always say, “Oh, you look so much younger,” but now you just get an awkward silence. But don’t worry about aging, you’re still gonna do dumb stuff, only slower. And don’t think of it as getting old, think of it as outliving the warranty.

Thank you and Good Night!!!

Once More: This Ain't America!

It’s been a little more than a week since the ICEstapo, terrorizing the citizens of Minneapolis, murdered Renee Nicole Good, and then lied about it.

Border Barbie, Kristi Noem, claimed the ICEstapo officer, Jonathan Ross, felt his life was in danger because she was coming at him with her car and yet the shots that wounded Good—yes, she was still alive after the shooting but died before medical attention could be given to her—all came from the driver’s side window meaning Ross was next to the car and not in front of it.

Simply put, Renee Nicole Good was shot by ICEstapo agent Jonathan Ross and then left to die on the street; she was murdered.

And, of course, then came Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old preschooler, who was taken out of his father’s car upon arriving home from school and then told by the ICEstapo to knock on the door of his home asking to be let in, “in order to see if anyone else was home; the ICEstapo used an innocent child as bait.

Marc Prokosch, an attorney representing the family, said the family had an active asylum case and shared paperwork showing the father and son had arrived in the US at a port of entry, meaning an official crossing point. They did everything right … except for the color of their skin and the language they speak.

Liam and his father are now be held in a concentration camp in Texas.

And now here we are again, another citizen in Minneapolis has been murdered by the ICEstapo, shot between five and ten times, after a scuffle.

The Cankles Regime, with Fascist Kristi Noem painting  Alex Pretti as a dangerous man hellbent on violence. Sure, Alex was a gun-owning outdoorsman, but he had a right to carry a weapon; he was also a hiker, scientist, and a Veteran’s Affairs ICU nurse who helped critically ill military patients.

Noem claims Alex Pretti —according to an official DHS statement lie—approached  fully armed ICEstapo murderers with a  9mm semi- automatic weapon when actually, all he had in his hands was a camera And he was trying to help a woman that the ICEstapo had shoved to the ground. The murderers then took on Pretti, trying to force him to the ground; onlookers say Pretti told the ICEstapo he had a gun, and a permit to carry.

As many as eight agents were attempting to detain Alex Pretti, and one is seen on video emerging from the scuffle holding Pretti’s gun. That agent had bent down, reached toward Alex Pretti and lifted a gun from his back near his waistband; the agent turns and begins to walk away while holding the weapon, pointing it toward the ground.

Another agent, standing beside the agent who had Pretti’s gun, unholsters his gun at virtually the same moment and points it at Pretti’s back at close range. At least two agents are attempting to hold him down. A split second later comes the crack of the first gunshot, though the videos do not show which agent fired. Pretti gets up on one knee and falls over as the agent who had unholstered his weapon fires in rapid succession while other agents back up and also discharge their weapons.

It appears that 10 shots were fired at Alex Pretti while he was unarmed, already shot once, and laying on the ground and while a woman is heard screaming:

“What did you just do?”

According to court filings, a witness, whose name was redacted, is a physician who lives near where the shooting occurred. The witness went to treat Pretti’s wounds and said ICEstapo agents were not administering first aid:

“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side because that is not standard practice. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”

Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, Leavitt, Cankles and Tiny Man Greg Bovino, playing dress up as a Nazi all say that that Pretti was the aggressor; he was “threatening” the ICEstapo; they say he came at them with a gun and they were just defending themselves; he’s a Leftist extremist; and he got what he deserved when he attacked these so-called officers.

Last week the House, with the help of these Democrats—Representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen of New York, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, Jared Golden of Maine, and Don Davis of North Carolina—voted to increase ICEstapo funding by billions of dollars. This week the Senate is expected to vote.

In the names of Renee and Alex, call your Senators, write your Senators, Tweet at them, scream at them over social media. Demand action before other citizens are murdered in the streets.

Oh, and if you want proof that this regime doesn’t give a fuck about murdered Americans but instead blames the dead for what happened, take note that Fascist Attorney General—and just about the most hate-filled vile human alive—Pam Bondi, mere hours after the ICEstapo murdered Alex Pretti in the street, demanded access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, directly tying the Regime’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.

They’re killing Americans in the hopes of rigging elections.

The Funny Papers

Gary Huck, Michael de Adder, Max Espinoza, Clay Bennett, Mike Luckovich, Nick Anderson, Lalo Alcaraz, Pedro X Molina, Matt Wuerker

Why Is It ...

… that I always regret making a good first impression because there is no way I can keep that shiz up.

… that I don’t make the same mistake twice but I can make it 5 or 6 or 40 times just to be sure.

… that I remember the time when I thought a new hip joint meant someplace I wanted to go on a Friday night.

… that people don’t understand that I find out about everything … I even know Victoria’s Secret.

... that when my boss asked why I was late I said, “I cut someone off and they told me to go to Hell. At first I couldn’t find it, but now I’m here.’

… that even though some things are better left unsaid, I have a habit of saying them

…. that I will burn bridges while I’m still standing on them just so people know I am serious about my crazy.

… that I don’t mind coming in to work but waiting eight hours to go home is bull shiz

… that I bought a co-worker a Get Better Soon card and she didn’t like it. I mean, she’s not sick, I just think she could do better.

… that there are many times I am in mid-conversation with someone and will say, “Look, I don’t care.”

… when I shut down, I shut down for real … like McDonalds ice cream machine real.