Sunday, October 25, 2026

 Some predictions:

- Talarico is up over Paxton in both the polls and voter enthusiasm for Texas senate.  Abbott and his challenger are both about equal in the polls for Texas governor.  This is how is stands now 11 days away from election day. 

I predict that both Paxon and Abbott with 'win' their respective races.  Not because they actually got more real actual votes than their opponents.  No, they'll 'win' because Republicans have controlled Texas for 30 years and both these men are the current governor and attorney general of the state. 

They, or the party machinery in charge of the state, will find 'a way' to win both elections.  And I don't think either of them will be close.  They'll win them outside the margin of what's required for an automatic recount so the Democrats have to pay for one, and that would be expensive.  Remember, Musk is basically funding Paxton's campaign himself, and remember what happened in 2024 with the 7 swing states all going for the orange shitgibbon at margins just magically slightly bigger than what would have triggered a recount.  That will happen again here. 

- Despite what I said above I think the Dems will have 52 seats in the Senate (including the independents who will caucus with them) and the Republicans will have 48.  In the House, the Dems are gonna gain between 20-25 seats, despite all the gerrymandering the orange shitgibbon and his slavering lackeys did.  

- Whoever wins the NFL East this year, Dallas, The Giants, The Eagles or Washington, will do so with a record below .500.  An 8-9 or 7-10 record could get them into the playoffs and hosting a Wildcard Game.   All four teams and just dismal this year.   I mean, in the last two weeks, 8 games total, exactly NONE of them have won a game.  And two of them played each other!

- Following the election on November 3rd, gas prices will swiftly increase by large margins.  Oil company CEOs are greedy sons of bitches, but they want to keep Republicans in control of Congress even more, to ensure they're obscene tax cuts, subsidies and lack of regulation and oversight.  So despite everything that's going on the Middle East they have been suppressing gas prices.  Oh, they've let them rise, cause they ARE greedy but not as much as they could have.  But once the election's over, no matter who won, there's not need to keep them down, and the prices will skyrocket.  Honestly, by the end of the year, I won't be surprised to see gas prices above $6.00 a gallon for regular gas.   And yeah, the American people will scream bloody murder.  but what do the oil company CEOs care?  If Americans want gas, they'll have to pay whatever those greedy bastards charge, right?   It will not be pretty. 

- Also, this last one is the one I'm least sure of just because I do NOT want it to be correct.  I think "something" will happen, a "terrorist attack", "Iranians bomb something", "credible threats of attacks on polling places", etc.  I put them all in quotes because they will either be total bullshit rumor or some terrible tragedy perpetrated by the Federal Government itself in order for the orange shitgibbon and his ass-kissing lackeys to fuck around with the election in 10 days.  I predict IF this happens, and God's know I don't want it to, it will be Sunday, Monday or very early Tuesday of next week.  That way, whatever "it" is, there will be less time for sensible Americans to do anything about it.   Just watch how there will be "trouble" in places like Philly, or Minneapolis, or Detroit, or Houston, or other big cities with big Democratic constituencies in either swing states, or states with a close Senate election.   Anything to stifle turnout among Democratic voters.   Remember, the orange shitgibbon sent his minions to the Capitol to overturn an election and potentially hang his own Vice President.  He'll do ANYTHING to get his way, and killing innocent Americans is not something new to him (see Good, Renee and Pretti, Alex).  But damn I really REALLY hope I'm wrong about this one. 

And there we have it.  I'm traditionally not terribly great at these predictions (ask President Kamala Harris from 2024 or the three-peat Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs  about my accuracy with these things), so we'll see how well things go with these. 

POLT

Ring through me ears and string my eyes, your Spanish lullaby (Part 25)...

 Hispanic Heroes Month


Silverclaw

Maria de Guadalupe Santiago was born in the Central American nation of Costa Verde.  She has the power to mimic the abilities of animal native to her land: jaguars, anacondas, cockatoos, monkeys, sloths, pumas, crocodiles and the like.   She came to New York City to attend college and ended up helping the Avengers on a case.  She became a reserve member of the team. 

She was created by Kurt Busiek and The Maestro George Perez, who drew the above illustraion.  She looked interesting...she was actually a pretty dull and uninteresting character.   And by the way, Costa Verde is of course a made up country, but it was made up in 1966 by Stan Lee in Avengers #35!

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5792)...

 Check This Out!

Yep, this is exactly how I feel about it. 


Cringey is a perfect word to describe it. 

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4619)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today, we have the Big Three of the Avengers by Neverknew_Lane.

Captain America, Thor, Iron Man
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And today we also have a gender bent Storm cosplay, shirtless, thighs all out and thighing, cape, headdress and contacts ready to go!


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I took the road less traveled by (Part 4225)...

 MAPS!

Today's map shows how much of each state is taken up by Corn Fields. 


Guess there's a lot of corn mazes in Iowa in September & October. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1925)...

 Where To Put It? 

So where should this sexy, bald, Black guy in a string bikini go?  Fetching Faces?  Shirtless Mondays?  Real Men Wear Pink?  Thursday Thighs possbily?  Check This Out!? 


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Check this out real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5791)...

 Check This Out!


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Rita Hayworth, gave good face (Part 1182)...

 Fetching Faces


And a sweet hairy chest as well!

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That night in Toronto with it's checkerboard floors (Part 153)...

 Toronto Time!



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The truth is I never left you (Part 1818)...

 TRUTH In Spite Of Convicted Felon Mar-A-Taco tRump


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5790)....

 Check This Out!


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I need to be dazzling, I need to be rainbow high (Part 827)....

 Pride Prisms


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Appreciate, then you can, ring my bell (Part 113)....

 Perez Appreciation Post

Today, by the Maestro George Perez, we have the Avengers battling Thanos and the Grim Reaper, which is an unusual combination as I don't think they ever teamed up before. 


Top: Vision, Beast, Grim Reaper
Middle: Thor, Scarlet Witch
Bottom: Captain American, Iron Man, Thanos

But again, look at the detail: The Perez Rubble, the 'Kirby dots' around Thanos' hand, the pile of skulls, the stars in the sky, the clouds on the planets... I mean it's all Classic Perez, and why he's one of the greatest artists of all time. 

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Put your love to the test (Part 1924)...

 Where To Put It? 

So this pic belongs where?  Possibly Fetching Faces?  Real Men Wear Pink?  Luscious Licks?  Shirtless  Mondays?  Check This Out!? 


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5789)...

 Check This Out!

Today we have the cast of the iconic and amazing Netflix series: Heartstopper!


I've also read off the graphic novels about which this TV series is based on written by Alice Oseman.  Teen love, gay, lesbian, trans, and asexual, all shown and explored with care, compassion and reality.  Just a wonderful series.  

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 Today would have been Ag's 61st Birthday.



For approximately a dozen year in the late 90s/early 2000s, she was my best friend, my nearly constant companion.  We made about a dozen and half trips to Toronto.  We went to probably ten Gay Pride parades together.  I got her to move out of the drafty, falling down trailer she was living in into an apartment in my building. We were, I think, like brother and sister (and I say that not having any siblings, so I can only surmise). We had fun together, but she also irritated me sometimes.  As siblings do. 

When she married we kinda fell apart from each other, which only makes sense.  She was spending time with her husband, not me.    And when they moved out into another place, I don't know what i saw her but once a year, if that.  And that was only in a store or somewhere, where we just said hi.  Friendships do change, grow, grow old, and die. 

She died 5 years ago in December 2021 from COVID.  It was sudden.  She was sick like Tuesday, entered the hospital Friday and died Monday. 

But today is her birthday.  I'm not drinking alcohol today, but I may open a Stella, and give a toast to her memory.  Rest in peace Stephanie Lohr aka Ag. 

POLT

My birthday song, my happy world (Part 398)...

Badass Birthday

On this date, in 1838 on Paris France, Georges Bizet was born. 


I know next to nothing about opera.  Even so, even *I* know of "Carmen"!    Habanera & The Toreador Song....I would think most everyone has heard those. I certainly have.  

And really, anyone how can get ME to know opera music is someone's who just a badass!

Bizet passed away in 1875 at the age of just 38 years old, from a heart attack. 

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Let's get unconscious honey (Part 869)...

 UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS


Halloween week means 10 Random Halloween Words and what first comes to my mind when I hear them. 

1. Black Cat :: Evil
2. Blood :: Red
3. Macabre :: Gross
4. Ectoplasm :: Slimer
5. Scream :: Yell
6. Banshee :: Screaming
7. Cauldron :: Witches
8. Cobweb :: Tangled
9. Crypt :: Tomb
10. Skeleton :: Bones

Total props to LunaNina who ran this on her blog for years.

POLT

I drive my mini-Cooper and I'm feeling super-dooper (Part 893)...

SUPERMAN SUNDAYS

This is Halloween week, so today we have Superman Jack O'Lanterns!






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Saturday, October 24, 2026

Ring through my ear and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby (Part 24)...

 Hispanic Heroes Month


Rictor

Julio Esteban Richter was born and raised in Guadalajara Mexico.  He is a mutant with the ability to generate and control seismic waves.  He's been a member of the training program of X-Factor, the the New Mutants Team, of X-Force, among others.  He's also one of the few out gay characters in Marvel Comics, and in a relationship with teammate Shatterstar. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5788)....

 Check This Out!


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I took the road less traveled by (Part 4224)...

 MAPS!


For us Americans, 1,000 km = 621 miles, roughly.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4618)...

 Superhero Anydays

Don't know the artist but it's a pretty great rendition of the Avengers, circa late 70s.


Counter clockwise from upper right: Iron Man, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Scarlet Witch, Captain America, Hawkeye and The Vision
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And today we also have a cosplayer doing the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four!


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Put your love to the test (Part 1923)...

 Where To Put It? 

So where does this fella belong?  Shirtless Mondays?  Real Men Wear Pink?  Thursday Thighs?  Check This Out!? 


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5787)...

 Check This Out!


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Rita Hayworth, gave good face (Part 1181)....

 Fetching Faces

Today we have a fetching face (eyes, lips, jawline, facialhair, hairthing...all of it) on an internet celeb who's name I can not recall at this moment.  But enjoy it nonetheless. 



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The truth is I never left you (Part 1817)...

 TRUTH In Spite Of Convicted Felon Mar-A-Taco tRump 


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I used to live in a tiny bubble (Part 605)....

 SUDS

Not all suds occur in a tub.  Here, but way of proof, we have a sudsy shower. 


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5786)...

 Check This Out!

Some people are just absolute idiots.   It's just a shame their innocent children have to suffer for their parents' ignorance. 



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I wish I knew the color of my hair (Part 45)....

 Hairthing Happenings 

This is internetceleb August Endurance and his amazing hairthing!


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You say your lines but do you feel them (Part 74)...

 Quintessential Quotes


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Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 937)....

 Gemini Guys

This is the Shoneye Twins, in a club somewhere, taken from above. 


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5785)...

 Check This Out!


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My birthday song, my happy world (Part 397)...

 Badass Birthday

On this date, in 1915 in New York City, Bob Kane was born. 



Who is Bob Kane you ask?  Well you may not know him, but you know his work!

Back in 1937, in Detective Comics #27, along with writer Bill Finger, Bob Kane was the artist who co-created Batman.   Together, they also co-created the Joker in Batman #1, and Robin in Detective Comics #38, among many other characters in Batman mythos. 

Bob Kane left the Batman comics books to focus on the Batman newspaper comic strip.  He retired from comic book art in 1966.  He passed in 1998 at the age of 83. 

But cocreating Batman?  How could he be anything BUT a badass? 

POLT

My baby's got a secret (Part 1016)...

 Secret Saturdays

These come each week from www.postsecret.com 

We're fully into Autumn and Halloween is next week, so this week, we have Secrets And Orange Stuff!











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