AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND

And it is, of course — but he's saying it's corrupt to prosecute Donald Trump.

Sweet Jeebers, these people don't give a shadow of a fart about America.

Slavoj Zizek

Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.

   
John Barbata
rock'n'roller, the Turtles

Rick Bevel
forgotten person

Sean Burroughs
baseballer, Long Beach Little League

Roger Corman
made movies without spending millions

Moo Cat
cat

Mark Damon
producer, The NeverEnding Story

Michael Gill
good guy

Bill Holman
jazz composer, "Invention for Guitar and Trumpet"

Terry O'Connor
rock-climbing doctor

Cyril Wecht
conspiracy pathologist

   
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... The demonstrations, part of a broader rightwing effort to sow unrest and undermine an alleged “liberal agenda” at US schools, have at times been marked by violence and drawn far-right participants from around the region, including people associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and fundamentalist Christian churches.

Manuk Grigorian, one of the organizers of some of the southern California “Leave Our Kids Alone” protests, was also present at the counter-protests at UCLA on 30 April. Grigorian frequently appeared on Fox News to discuss the school board demonstrations last summer, where he leveled false claims that certain public education districts were “grooming” children to develop LGBTQ+ identities.

Michael Ancheta, a former mixed martial arts fighter who in the past associated with southern California Proud Boys and assaulted a journalist at a 2021 anti-vaccine protest in West Hollywood, was spotted among the pro-Israel crowd at UCLA on on 28 April, when pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters staged dueling rallies near the encampment, and again on 30 April. Ancheta, who until recently ran an Instagram account under the handle “Antifahunter”, has been a frequent participant in the Leave Our Kids Alone demonstrations. Me again: These are not 'counter-protesters'. ...

"… I really don't feel terrorized or threatened yet. Let's walk through, give everybody a chance to assault me or insult me or terrorize me..."

Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.

   
Steve Albini
rock'n'roller, poker player

Zoey Alexandria
voice actress, Dead By Daylight

Susan Buckner
actress, Grease

Antonio Cantafora
actor, Supermen Against the Orient

Anne Innis Dagg
giraffeologist

Duane Eddy
rock'n'roller, "Rebel Rouser"

Lynn Ellsworth
made Eddie Van Halen's guitar

Jeannie Epper
stunt performer, Wonder Woman

Ian Gelder
actor, Torchwood

Bernard Hill
actor, Titanic

Alice Holloway Young
teacher, human rights activist

Robert Martin
human rights activist

Benjamin "Nature" Beeman
forgotten man

Frank Stella
arty guy

Richard Tandy
rock'n'roller, Electric Light Orchestra

   
Previously dead