Here are the rants, opinions, musings and myriad insane ramblings of one slightly crazed SubGenius preacher man. Light up a bowl of Frop and stay awhile.
For the longest time now, the GOP and the right wing propaganda media outlets have been convincing their base that Covid-19 is a hoax and discouraging people from getting vaccinated. Now it's coming back to bite them in the ass. The Delta variant of the coronavirus has been running rampant around the world. Cases in the U.S. have been on the rise primarily in states with low vaccination rates. And most of those states are, you guessed it, Republican leaning states. Now they're freaking out because the Delta variant is killing their base. This cartoon sums it up succinctly. Trump supporters are dying because of the disinformation being spread. Check out this article and this one. It's difficult for me to feel sympathy for people this fucking stupid.
Fox News has been displaying split personality disorder recently regarding vaccinations. Hypocritical motherfucker, Sean Hannity, is now calling for people to get vaccinated. Here's the video.
This is the same Sean Hannity that downplayed the severity of Covid-19 in the early stages of the pandemic.
Despite the sudden turnaround of Fox hosts like Hannity and Steve Doocy regarding the vaccine, other hosts like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have railed against it. They've railed against so called 'Vaccine Passports' even though Fox News has instituted a strict Covid-19 policy involving a vaccine passport. I'm not sure what the endgame is for these people and other right wing media outlets like Newsmax and OAN. The more they convince their base not to get vaccinated, the more their base will suffer the effects of this disease. The mixed messages they're sending is only going to add to the problem. So why are they doing it? Ratings according to an ex-Fox reporter. Here's the video.
Ever since Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter, the orange skinned dipshit has been looking for a way to get his message out. His blog proved to be not at all impressive and was shut down after less than a month. Trump's deal with Parler fell through because, as part of the deal, Trump wanted everyone that criticized him on the platform to be banned. The guy that whines about how his free speech rights being violated wants to censor the free speech of people that criticized him.
Crackhead My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell tried to launch Frank, a right wing "free speech" site. The site went down just days after being declared an 'epic success'. Here's the video.
And then we have Gettr. This "free speech" site is supposed to be a haven for right wingers It has suffered quite a bit since it launched. Here's another video.
For more regarding Gettr's problems, look here.
Now Trump wants to sue Facebook, Twitter and Google for banning him from their respective platforms. This motherfucker and the rest of the contards whine about cancel culture but only when they're the ones being cancelled. They'll happily try to cancel anyone they don't like. They want to control the narrative. They want to control public opinion. They want to silence everyone else.
The Trump family has been using these lawsuits as a means to grift more money from supporters. It should be noted that, as private companies, Facebook, Twitter and Google can censor speech on their platforms. The First Amendment of the Constitution states that the government can't censor speech. This lawsuit is a sham and will amount to nothing. The fact that "billionaire" Trump and his family are begging regular citizens to send them money to pay for their lawsuits is pissing some of his supporters off.
The contards aren't interested in free speech. They want to be able to spread their lies, conspiracy theories and other verbal diarrhea while silencing dissenting views and opinions.
The granddaddy of all roleplaying games, Dungeons & Dragons, is going to get its own museum in Lake Geneva, WI. The game was created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974. The game was an offshoot of the medieval war game, Chainmail. Both games were originally published by Tactical Studies Rules (TSR, Inc.)
I had the pleasure of meeting both Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson at Gen Con. Gary signed my copies of the Chainmail rules, the 2000 Gen Con guide and my first edition Dungeon Master's Guide. Arneson signed my copies of the original Blackmoor campaign setting and the 3.5 edition update.
Dungeons & Dragons, and roleplaying games in general, have been a big part of my life. I started playing in November or December of 1979. My mom had a subscription to Games Magazine at the time. During the holiday season, the magazine had an insert listing the top 100 games of that year. D&D was listed among them. I purchased one of the early boxed sets from the local K-Mart.
Now, some 42 years later, I have a sizable roleplaying game collection. I have horror based games like Call of Cthulhu, science fiction games like Gamma World and Cyberpunk and humor based games like Hol and Paranoia.
I'm an admitted geek. I love sci-fi, fantasy, comic books, horror and roleplaying games. One of my more dweebish pursuits has been early calculating devices. These include the abacus, the slide rule and the addiator. These devices predate the modern electronic calculator and, for the most part, are little used today. Some countries, like Japan, still make extensive use of their version of the abacus, the soroban.
In this pic, you can see my 23 column soroban, an Arithma addiator, an Exactus pre-decimal English currency addiator and a Pickett N600-ES six inch slide rule. I've playlisted several YouTube videos demonstrating how to use these devices. Here are some videos.
Despite their age, these devices still have their uses. I can use the Arithma to help keep track of my hit points in roleplaying games. The Exactus can keep track of money in Cthulhu by Gaslight and The One Ring games since both use a monetary system based on pre-decimal English currency. The Exactus separates currency into pounds (libra), shillings (solidus), pence (denarius) and farthings. 4 farthings equal a penny. 12 pennies (or pence) equals 1 shilling and 20 shillings equal 1 pound sterling. That was the English monetary system until Feb. 15th, 1971-Decimal Day.
Most of these devices were relatively easy and cheap to acquire. The Exactus was much more expensive. I got it from an Australian eBay seller. It came with a case and complete instructions. I've made it a point to preserve the instruction booklet and put it away in order to keep it intact.
While I known how to use these devices to some degree, I've by no means mastered them. The Arithma and Exactus are easy to use. I can use the slide rule to a decent degree but I haven't used some of the more complicated scales. I can add and subtract on the soroban, but I haven't mastered multiplication, division, square or cube roots yet.
As all SubGenii are aware, July 5th is X-Day. This is the day when all loyal followers of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs will be Ruptured and join the Xists and the Sex Goddesses on their space ships. Of course this hasn't happened yet.
My Loot Crate Demogorgon arrived a while back. I've placed it with my 4th edition Orcus, the Balrog and my Colossal Red Dragon minis. Here's a pic.
My 4th of July was uneventful. I worked the early part of the day taking care of people's orders. I came home and had some brats and potato salad and laid down for a while. The Black Widow movie is finally hitting theaters after being delayed several times by the pandemic. I really want to see it.
