Well Here's A Surprise (NOT) Part 2

   Seems the catholic church has struck...AGAIN. This time, the kiddy diddling clergy in Germany is under fire. Seems some 17 hundred perverts abused almost 37 hundred people between 1946 and 2014. And like the story from Pennsylvania, it's not likely any will face justice. Again, due to the fact that many of the assholes have died, along with some of their victims.

   And like the case in Pennsylvania, the higher-ups apparently did sweet fuck all, other than to move the abusers to other parishes, where they were free to abuse again. How high up? Well, the vatican says they're preparing "necessary clarifications" (whatever the fuck that means), about top officials, including pope Frankie, who may have covered up allegations against an American cardinal (not the bird) in the Pennsylvania case. No word what's going to happen with this new batch from Deutschland.

   You also gotta wonder how long it'll be before we hear more tales of debauchery about these so-called "men of god". All I can say it "bring it". The more, the merrier. And even more hammer blows against a vastly evil institution that needs to be crumbled and turned into dust.

   For the record, I was not brought up catholic, and have (luckily) never been the victim of abuse at the hands of any 'clergy', or others. Regular viewers will know I'm an atheist who sees religion as a demonic invention of man. Now it's up to men, and women, to end it all.

   'Nuff said.

You Want Us To What Now?

      That's 93 year old Russ Nelson, and he's 'president' of the mormon church. And he wants us all, even non-members, to stop using the phrase 'mormon". In fact, he is insisting we stop using the term 'mormon' and use the full name "the church of jesus christ of later day saints". And no more abbreviating it to LDS, either. I think old Russ is on LSD.
   His pronouncement comes after he supposedly 'heard from god in a 'revelation' to make the change from 'mormon'. Sure he did. I'll betcha if ol' Russ actually DID hear from the made up cloud rider in the sky, he'd probably shit his pants, wondering if he'd been 'called home'.
   I dunno how he's going to work the re-branding into the 'book of mormon' or the 'mormon tabernacle choir', rather than the new tcojcolds. Something tells me it won't roll off the tongue like 'mormon'.
   And as for his insistence that non believers quit using the term 'mormon', I don't think so.
   'Nuff said.

Well Here's A Surprise (NOT)

   Seems up to 300 former catholic priests and even higher ups in Pennsylvania have been implicated in a report by a Grand Jury of raping and/or abusing literally THOUSANDS of children over the past 70 years.
   The pedophiles are alleged to have done everything from raping a 7 year old girl, to getting a 17 year old pregnant, marrying and then divorcing her. One of the fuckers apparently abused 5 sisters IN THE SAME FAMILY. And why was nothing done? Because true to form, their higher-ups simply swept it under the carpet, and moved the ass-cunts responsible to another parish. Where they were free to do it all over again. Not only that, but one bishop is said to have thanked one priest who assaulted at least 12 boys, and fucking admitted it, for the "work he had done for god's people".
   How many of these shits will be brought to justice? Probably round about none. A lot of them have probably already croaked, hopefully of stomach cancer in some part of the world where the most potent pain reliever is kiddies aspirin. The other reason, is most of the incidents fall outside the State's statute of limitations.
   This just goes to reinforce a point I've made time and time again. The catholic church is an evil organization, where kiddie-diddling priests don't even get a pee-pee whack for their actions, let alone turned over to the cops for prosecution. It's a scam, pyramid scheme or Ponzi, where people have their money sucked out of them every week so the 'church' can pay off those brave enough to challenge it's 'authority'.
   Hopefully, this will be one hammer blow toward the eventual downfall and disintegration of a corrupt, violent, money grubbing Mafia-like organization.
   And no, you do not want to know how I really feel.
  'Nuff said

They Had A Child?

   Saw this on a friends facebook page, and had to share here. Especially after my last blog entry (They Met Part 2). Some wit at Time Magazine got very creative, and superimposed (or morphed. Whatever you wanna call it) Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin together. Sort of a post summit meeting of the presidents.

   My buddy said something to the effect of if the 2 were ever to have a love-child, this is what it could look like. He went on to thank Time for giving the world Vladonald Trumputin"..

   Only question I have is which one is the others bitch?

   'Nuff said.

They Met: Part 2 ***EDITED***

   This time, U.S prez "The" Donald Trump had a face to face with Russia's Vlad Putin. I'm not a political commentator, nor was I a fly on the wall of the meeting. But it's been interesting to hear and read what American politicians and others think.
   A former head of the CIA says Trump was "treasonous" for accepting Vlad's 'assurances' that Russia did not meddle in the 2016 election. Despite what Trumpty Dumpty's OWN intelligence community has told him (even though Dapper Don says he asked his bestie Vlad personally).
   Reaction from the Democrats was as expected, but even members of Trump's own Republican party are stating to ask WTF is he doing? Not surprisingly, the critics include Senator John McCain, who isn't exactly warm to Trump. And "The Governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger (who is REALLY not a Trump fan) also chimed in, calling the POTUS a "wet noodle"
   And even some of Don's inner circle said he shouldn't have even met Vlad. Did The Prez get played for a fool? I dunno, but I guess this image may be a lot closer to the truth than most of us (especially Trump) would like it to be.

   'Nuff said
   So, no sooner than I posted this, D.T came out saying he "misspoke" at the Helsinki summit, and has "confidence" in the U.S Intel agencies. He also went on to say he accepted their conclusion that Russia DID meddle in the election. Nice back-track Donny! So, if your Intel people ARE right afterall, will you do the honorable thing and resign? Oh, wait sorry. My bad. Trump has NEVER done an honorable fucking thing in his life!

They Met

   Kim Jong Trump and Donald Un did their summit in Singapore this week. Now, we just have to find out exactly what the fuck went on. And if they actually achieved anything. If you want all the political ins and outs, you might wanna check your favourite news feed.

   What I got out of the meeting was a lot of platitudes back and forth between The Donald and his new bestie. There were, from what I've gleaned out of the nearly non-stop coverage, a few vague promises from both leaders. Kim says he'll shut his missile test site (probably 'cause he don't need it anymore), while Donny says he'll halt joint military war games with South Korea (because he says it'll save the U.S money).

   That's all well and good, as far as it goes. Both leaders put on their best smiley faces for the cameras, but I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when they were flying back to their respective capitals. THAT would be some interesting listening, to be sure, as each gave an unfiltered view of the other. With the adult language filter off.

   Still, such a meeting is progress, and Trump apparently invited Kim to the White House, while Kim apparently invited The Donald to Pyongyang. Hopefully, we'll actually see some détente from this meeting, instead of the 2 trading insults and threats.

   But the sceptic in me wonders who played who as the biggest fool?

   'Nuff said.

Better Ideas, Huh?

   Yup! The "Better Ideas" people have come up with a real fucking winner this time. You no doubt know Ford is cutting all car production (except the Mustang, and maybe 1 or 2 others) by 2020. They'll instead shine the spotlight on trucks, SUV's and CUV's, citing customer preferences. So, bye-bye Focus, Taurus, Fusion, Fiesta etc.

   Another reason cited was cheap gas. Bullshit! A litre in my neck of the woods is going for about $1.27, roughly 1 U.S greenback. That means (in my neck of the woods) 1 U.S gallon costs about $3.68, in U.S funds. Taking into account the U.S gallon is smaller that the imperial unit we use here, about 4.54 litres per gallon. Which translates into about $5.65 an imperial gallon.

   I dunno what fuel consumption is like on the newer trucks, SUV's and CUV's, but you can bet your bottom dollar it ain't anywhere near what I'm getting on my Japanese compact. 45 MPG (in imperial measurement).

   I also dunno what insurance costs on the bigger vehicles. Truth to tell, I dunno what mine runs at. I just put money into my expense account 2 times a month, and let things fly.

   Bottom line here is I think Ford is making one huge fucking mistake here. Sure, it's great when gas is (relatively) cheap, but here in Canada, people are already drilling holes into other people's gas tanks and draining them. Maybe (but I doubt it) Ford will come to their senses and rethink cutting almost all of their car production before it's too late.

   'Nuff said.