John Hartman

One glorious day, I am going to wake up, open Bluesky, and see everyone talking excitedly about the one thing I long most for in all the world, and that is going to be such a joyful, happy day. 🙏

How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life

Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

A masked ICE agent sprays David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. Sept 19 2025 Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church in chicago being hit in the head with a pepper ball Sept 19 at the Broadview ICE facility

An unidentified federal agent fires a chemical weapon into Rev. Jorge Bautista's face during a protest outside of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: David Bacon

ICE vs the clergy

Um, let's see.
1. Music
2. Comics
3. MST3K
4. PDQ Bach
5. Asia and Asian Culture
6. Writing
7. Dogs and Cats (but Mrs is allergic, so no)
8. Space
9. Star Trek
10. Good Food

Turn To Stone, ELO
Love Is Like Oxygen, Sweet
Go All The Way, The Raspberries

Turn To Stone, ELO
Love Is Like Oxygen, Sweet
Go All The Way, The Raspberries

It's like finding out that McDonald's has hamburgers for sale.

I got to a point where if a boss sent me an email saying, "Look at this" with no context, I spammed it.

"But what about Bill Clinton and any other Democrats that are involved?"
String them up, too, if you gotta.

I have worked for so many functionally illiterate people in my life.

Oh snap

Lol

Does this explain why the NYT can’t bring themselves to use the word CHILDREN, when describing sexually violent crimes committed against “underage” victims?

Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.

Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.

one of my bigger flexes is that i’ve never been accused of pepper-spraying children

This is what they said would happen when the minimum wage in the city went up. And when they put the tax on sugary drinks. And when the light rail went in. And when the World’s Fair came to town. And when

WE TOTALLY BELIEVE YOUR TWEET AS OPPOSED TO THE EVIDENCE OF OUR OWN EYES

looking forward to finding out if Katie Wilson will Sell Out Progressives and Become Literally Hitler (aka make any compromise on any issue at all, especially homelessness and/or police) or Fail To Listen to the People and Be Disgraced for Being a Pie in the Sky Progressive (allow any crime at all)

I’m still a little cranked up from this, so Imma go to the gym and run it off. Fuck that guy though

Sumbitch knew he’d fucked up too because he then cut across four lanes of expressway just to be away from me. Own your mistake, you coward

Hey, Dude on the Honda in a VinaMilk coverall who blew past me so tight you knocked my mirror and my phone mount almost clean off my bike: you are very lucky that I have other shit to do this afternoon. Also, fuck you.

He’s little, sure, but so was that crazy little tiki doll in “Trilogy of Terror.” Probably runs at you yelling “AI YI YI YI YI YI!” or something

A crisp $50 bill to the first “journalist” who asks T on the record, “Are you just making this up or are you some kind of fucktard? Because this isn’t how economics work.”

Getting around Saigon by scooter is just fine once you take yourself out of Responsible Motorcyclist Mode and into Klingon Goblin Downtown Bike Messenger Mode. Everyone here rides like they’re out of cigarettes.

Ah yes, from the famously overcrowded state of Texas.
I suspect his definition of "foreigners" might be a little different from mine, since there aren't 100 million foreigners in the US to start with.

Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

Now I've had Fatima Mansions lyrics stuck in my head all afternoon.
CAN YOU DRAW THE CHINESE FLAG?
IT'S, UH, THREE BLUE LINES AND SIX DAHLIAS

And as a reminder, one of the late Cathal Coughlan's earlier works (1984) with his first group Microdisney (!) was entitled: "We Hate You South African Bastards!" He is missed.