Dearest Hoopleheads

 It is blasphemy for a Hooplehead to leave the Fox Bubble and read real news, but let's give it a try. Today in the New York Times the email of Tucker Carlson is featured. If you are a Hooplehead you can read it and see what a lying scoundrel Tucker Carlson is and also find out how Fox operates. However, Hoopleheads know the danger of real news and how real news can burst their bubble, so they will never read it. 

Hoopleheads take such care to remain stupid. Yesterday Kadizzle filled the car with gas. What appeared to be a Hoople with an old beat up truck was also filling gas. The simple minded Hoople made some remark about the price of gas and of course blamed it on Biden. Kadizzle explained to the Hoople that gas adjusted for inflation was not priced that high. Of course the Hoople does not understand how inflation affects everything. Kadizzle explained to the Hoople that Biden cannot control the price of gas. As scripted by Fox the Hoople launched into the pipeline from Canada story. Kadizzle explained to the Hoople that pipeline was carrying tar sand oil and had nothing to do with gas prices. The conversation got heated and Kadizzle had fun shooting facts at the old goat Hooplehead. This Hoople was a classic. The Hoople was obviously busted flat driving an old jalopy of a pickup truck. Now doubt he was scraping by on social security while Trump shoveled tax breaks to the rich. Rest assured he had his gun, and Trump flag. These poor Hooples are lost in the cult world and now that Tucker Carlson cannot spin their heads who will?

Tony Bender Post

If you hear explosions in the distance it means a Hoopehead has read Tony Benders post below. Since it is copied from the Fargo Forum you will find it chopped up. Just keep scrolling down to read the entire thing. Tony Bender is a very talented writer and can shoot a Hooplehead with words at a hundred miles away. 

Tony Bender

Thankfully, 64% of Americans oppose another Trump administration, according to a recent Marist poll. Because they're not out of their ever-loving minds. Embarrassingly, though, 71% of Republicans still support this career criminal.

This after he almost got Mike Pence lynched. This, after the Russians went to Trump Towers to not collude. Which got him impeached. Then, Trump got impeached for blackmailing Ukraine. Both times he was saved by senators cowed by the debased, the rocket surgeons with AR-15's shooting Bud Light cans in Yeti coolers.

Along the way, he repaid $25 million to Trump University victims, another $130,000 to Stormy Daniels. The Trump Organization has been convicted of tax fraud. Now, he's the defendant in a rape case. We'll gloss over the Trump International Hotel where internationals paid a presidential toll when in town to curry favor. Or the grifting of $2 million from taxpayers for Secret Service lodging.

Say, didn't you used to be the Party of Law and Order? The Party of Family Values?

I get it. You've gone gangsta. You sure can't win on the issues.

Curiously, parents don't want kids ducking bullets in math class or getting singed during book burnings. And how's that Dobbs thing working out? You've lost suburban women. They somehow believe they've become second class citizens.

Republicans can't win fair elections. That yacht has sailed. GOP presidential candidates haven't won the popular vote in 20 years. Thus, voter suppression and gerrymandering. Thus, Jan. 6, 2021.

What exactly do you have going for you? Beyond insurrections? Inspire me.

Now, I remember. Fiscal responsibility.

Not so fast, Darryl and your other brother Darryl. Even pre-pandemic, Trump's fat cat tax cuts engendered record deficits. Then, he botched the pandemic — people are still pulling lightbulbs out of their butts — while increasing the national debt 25%.

And before that, Dubyah took Clinton's budget surplus and crashed the economy. That's the Republican playbook. Plunder the economy, let Democrats fix it. Obstruct, and blame them when they don't fix it fast enough.

I haven't even gotten to the scary part for authoritarians: 68% of independents oppose another Trump presidency, and a shrinking GOP has no chance without them.

As long as Republicans ignore the slaughter of classroom innocents in the name of freedom, as long as they govern wombs like Communist China, sorry, Goober, the libs are gonna own you but good. Gayness will be mandatory. The babies libs don't eat will be doing bongs at recess and book reports on "Slaughterhouse-Five." RuPaul will be your librarian.

In other words, things will get better.

But Biden's old ... So? Trump will be 77 if hell freezes over. Meanwhile, Nikki Hail Mary is demanding aptitude tests. Cool. I'll take Biden and spot you 100 IQ points.

You've got one chance, Republicans. Dump the chump.

So, DeSantis? Naw, He's getting his clock cleaned by Tinkerbell. Chris Christie, perhaps. Tough to make the case he'll outlive Biden, though. You could dust off John Kasich. He's prickly enough to own the libs.

Maybe Joe Manchin. No, because he's a Democrat? Who are you kidding?

I know. Liz Cheney. One of the last credible Republicans. She'd swing independents. Plus, she still believes in democracy. Republicans could even add that back to the platform.

Hey, don't be that way. I'm just trying to help. Seriously, Liz Cheney.

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Time is flying by

Sylvie, aka the snoochel is turning 14 today. Her dad was in the delivery room when she was born and walked out with the prize to where the grandparents were sitting. Now we have a teenager, with all the teenage girl problems. The blasted snoochel is now taller than her mom and still growing. 

Our neighborhood victory of crazy man RD was featured in the Payson Roundup. Kadizzle did not like the spin. The whole issue was portrayed as a NIMBI deal. To some extent it was, but the reporter overlooked an important element. Payson has some rotten areas in town filled with junked cars and other trashy crap. Those areas could be used for high density housing. This would accomplish two goals, cleaning up the slum area, and providing affordable housing. 

The bumbling dolt that loved to lie, Michael Heather

Once upon a time, there was a bumbling dolt named Michael Heather who loved to lie. He would lie about the smallest things, like what he had for breakfast or what color socks he was wearing. Michael was always looking for ways to make himself seem more important or interesting than he really was.

One day, Michael was walking through the park when he saw a group of children playing soccer. He walked up to them and started bragging about how he used to play professional soccer in Europe. The children were impressed and asked him to join in their game. Michael eagerly agreed, but once he started playing, it became clear that he had no idea what he was doing. He tripped over the ball, kicked it in the wrong direction, and fell on his face several times.

The children quickly realized that Michael had been lying to them and they lost interest in playing with him. Michael was disappointed, but he didn't let that stop him from telling more lies. He went home and told his friends that he had been offered a job as a famous actor in Hollywood. His friends were skeptical, but Michael insisted that it was true.

The next day, Michael went to the mall to buy some new clothes for his big movie role. As he was walking through the store, he bumped into a famous movie director. Michael quickly introduced himself and started talking about all the movies he had starred in. The director looked at him skeptically and asked for his name. When Michael told him, the director just laughed and walked away.

Michael was humiliated, but he still didn't learn his lesson. He continued to tell lies and make himself seem more important than he really was. Eventually, people stopped believing anything he said and he became a laughingstock in his community.

In the end, Michael realized that his lying had only made his life worse. He decided to stop lying and start being honest with himself and others. It was a hard lesson to learn, but Michael finally realized that the truth is always the best policy.

Up in the Morning

The new screen door has been installed in the bedroom and Winky is delighted. Sleeping in cool evening air is a delight. Had a nice conversation with Honest Omar yesterday. We are all getting old and that 80 number is right around the corner. Kadizzle knows he is old because his snoochel is going to be 14 tomorrow. Sylvie is now taller than her mother. 

Life goes on. Getting old means slowly crumbling. Along with crumbling comes pains.  Winky has hip pain, and Kadizzle is suffering pain from the motorcycle crash along with some new pains down the legs.  What fun crumbling is. 

 We attended two social events yesterday. In the morning the Kadizzles went to the Tonto Natural Bridge for breakfast. The setting would be hard to beat. The spectacular mountain was the backdrop. In the afternoon we went to the Quitip Concert. Well that is not really the name of it, but there were a lot of older women with white hair there. It was fun to see the young high school kids who won scholarships perform. The choir itself was older people. 

The word old has taken on new meaning. Kadizzle does not realize he is old. Kadizzle always thought as you got older inevitably you got smarter. Nope, just go to the Tea Party meeting and you will see that getting old often means getting more deluded. You know those magic pills they now sell to improve brain power? Well now Fox is the magic pill that destroys the ability to think. Yes, you can get high and drunk on lies. Tucker Carlson made millions lying to the Hooples. 

Hooples are so much like children, they love being scared, and a good story will make them scream with joy. The Hooples are not intellectual, but they are emotional. The Hooples watched too many westerns and believe a gun can solve any problem. The macho man is the hero of the Hooples. Give the Hooples a lying man with a gun, and they fall in love. Trump is the head of the Hoople cult. Trump figured out the Hooples love a good story with a great lie. Trump's latest story with no basis in reality is that South American countries are releasing mental patients into the United States. It could be true there is a guy here from Brazil in the Republican party that seems to be a mental patient. 

Battling the Hoopleheads

Payson our new town has an infestation of Hoopleheads. Fortunately the town council was freed from their influence, but it is not over. The Hooples are trying to recall the entire town council. Imagine trying to conduct town business with an audience made up of mentally ill Trump supporters. The Hooples show up and make crazy accusations. Trump is currently claiming South American countries are releasing mental patients to come to the United States. This is the sort of thing the Hooples come up with. A Hoople claimed Payson council members are hiding 44 million dollars. Like Trump the local Hooples don't mind fabrications. 

Life on the mountain

The landscaping at the new home has been a massive project. In the last week ten tons of gravel have been hauled to the backyard with a wheelbarrow. The garden of delight and now the garden of tranquility are graveled. In Arizona you don't grow grass you grow gravel. It saves a lot of water. The term hardscape is popular in landscaping. We got nothing but hardscape. Mrs. Kadizzle says we are almost done. 

A great benefit to moving to a different planet is new friends. Payson is full of characters. There is no shortage of rednecks, but everyone seems nice. Cannot recall meeting any real mean grumples except maybe a Tea Party nut case or two. The best grumple test is to stand on Highway 87 with a Jail Trump sign. Then you see the grumples. The grumples will give you the finger or yell and obscenity as they go by.

This is surely the land of Tattoos.  Winky mentioned yesterday how many people are covered with body art. Of course most of the people covered with body art are also covered with debt. 

Reading Comprehension

 Way back when Kadizzle took various test in school there was a category on test called reading comprehension. Did you understand what you read? It left out one important thing, did you read anything? The Hoopleheads don't read, period. If they did they would see how they are played by the Republican party. Tucker Carlson is a master violinist when it comes to playing the Hooplehead fiddle. Today the NYT has an excellent article showing how Tucker can play a Hooplehead. Of course no good Hoople would ever read the New York Times. The only thing the Hooples read are the Trump stickers on bumpers. 

Although Hooples don't read, they do listen and watch. What? They listen to right wing radio, and watch Fox. This fills the cavity behind their nose with right wing manure. 

What to ask Charlie Sarafin on KMOG radio

 Call Charlie on his talk show and ask him this.

You often make claims that are not supported by facts or evidence. How do you justify spreading misinformation to your audience, and what steps do you take to ensure that your statements are accurate and truthful?

Even though you may be some distance from Charlie you will hear the steam hiss from his ears. When Kadizzle asked him this question on the radio this morning he went into super spin. Of course he did not answer the question. That is right wing radio. 

Full of hate and anger

When you get old Charlie cornered on KMOG his only response is you are angry and hateful. Apparently being factual is hateful. Charlie could not answer the question " How do you do your research?". He doesn't research, he just repeats the right wing nonsense. Then Charlie has two choices, talk over your, or hang up. Charlie's logic is great for the barroom or a Tea Party meeting, but in college he would have failed. 

Comments Welcome

Perhaps the cowards have been driven away, but Kadizzle has not heard from the bunch afraid to put a name by their comment. There was some fun in reading the notes from the deranged. As much as the Hoopleheads like to throw rocks from the bushes at times they have to come out in the open. The current foray by the Hooples to recall the city commission means they must come out of the dark. There is no way of knowing, but Kadizzle would bet most of the hard core Hoopleheads did not have any higher education. 

To be educated college is not necessary, but it sure helps. Kadizzle knows many well educated people who simply educate themselves. They read a lot and the reading is quality material. Education is really achieving the ability to reason, think, absorb, and act rationally. These are things the Hooples are incapable of. Thinking is painful for the simple minded, that is why they avoid it. Well written material often requires the reader to think, none of that for the Tea Party bunch. A good reader questions what they read. Does this really make sense? That rule does not apply for the demented. Were the people who smashed windows at the Capitol tourist? Of course to a normal person that does not make sense, but to a Tea Party Hooplehead that is just normal tourist behavior.

One thing you can rest assured is that a good Hooplehead is clueless about how to do scientific research. If grandpa said it that is good enough for a Hoople. If a lot of people believe something, then it must be true. Hoople reasoning is convoluted nonsense, but that works for the simple minded. Between Hunter Biden's laptop and the Bible where else do you need to go to understand the universe?

 

 

Radio Hooplehead day KMOG

At 9:oo A.M. Charlie will pretend to be Tucker Carlson on KMOG radio in Payson. Back in North Dakota Kadizzle remembers Scott Hennen. Scott used exactly the same playbook Charlie does on KMOG. Riling up the Hoopleheads with things that start out " I don't know, but..."  That is the magic, throw it out there and then spin it. Of course Charlie will be upset with the transgenders, the liberals, and all the regular bad guys like Biden. 

Holding Charlie to the truth is so much fun. When you get poor old Charlie cornered with reality he has to hang up on you and let a Hooplehead that worships him call in and ramble on. 

Like all good right wing bumblers Charlie starts the show with a prayer. We pray to God they will quit picking on Trump and bothering poor old Trump about a rape or two. We pray God will rain tax breaks on the rich from whence cometh everything.

The latest Hoople gambit is to recall the entire city council. It could be just too much fun going after Charlie and the gang of idiots on that one. Another thing the Hooples are vulnerable on is  transparency. This one is of the chart in irony. The Hooples think it is fine for Trump to hide his taxes, and all his crimes, but it is the city with the hidden 44 million that is a problem. The Hooples favorite word is transparency, but try to go to one of their meetings, nope, closed to outsiders. 

Hypocrisy is the fuel the Hoople wagon runs on. 

 

Prayer Insanity

People should not be forced to endure prayers at football games, government meetings, or public functions. Last night Kadizzle attended the city council meeting. An anti abortion activist gave the prayer to start the circus. All prayer like it or not is political. The person firing out the prayer is asking God to support their agenda. We all know God chooses who wins football games. 

The people who allow someone to drone on with a prayer before a meeting don't know the dangerous door they have opened. What if Kadizzle wanted to lead the prayer. Here is how it would go:

In God's name we ask that our leaders, especially the ones in Florida tell the truth. We pray the lord will give all his children the ability to know facts from fiction. We ask that all people respect the results of elections.  As children of God we ask that you lift the fog of Fox News from our loved ones. In the name of the Republican party Amen. 

What if the Hoopleheads had their own newspaper? Well they do

 Pity the poor people on the town council. The job itself is bad enough, but every time they meet a contingent of Hoopleheads shows up. These Hooples are hard core delusional. Basically they come to harass the poor people trying to run city government. A wallygomper shows up for the Hooples and hands out the Idiot's Gazette. It is labeled Payson News, but should really be called My favorite fantasy. The so called news is a combination of lies, innuendos, and last but not least a good dose of Jesus. Some Journalism teacher would love to have the Idiot's Gazette to show the class every violation of being a journalist. One good thing about the Gazette is you can actually see in writing the contorted mind of a Hooplehead trying to make sense of the world. 

One thing is clear the Hooples don't trust experts. A Hoople principle is the more you know about something the more you get confused. Why study when you can just make something up. The Hoople's dogs must have excreted homework. 

At the town meeting last night a Hoople accused the town of having a hidden 44 million dollars. A CPA explained where all the town money is, but that never satisfies the Hooples they just claimed the independent auditor is in cahoots with the city. They do the same with the city attorney. In the Hooplehead's Idiot's Gazette an article is titled " Attorneys are just word smiths".  It has not occurred to the editor of the Idiot's Gazette that he is just a word smith that could not make a horseshoe. 

The town meeting starts with a prayer. That in and of itself is hard to endure, but the prayer last night was by some anti abortion preacher. The prayer had a very political slant. At a former meeting another prayer asked God for everything but a cup of coffee. The meeting last night went on for four hours. There was a whole lot of nothing and it seemed like a sitting contest. 

The "Payson News "  is so bad that Kadizzle can hardly bear to read it, but picking it up again he found a statement about why the Idiots Gazette was founded. It says " We demand the TRUTH".  Wow, they demand the truth, then lie like Trump. Farther down it says " We check the facts".  It should say " We make up the facts".  To call this paper a rag would be a compliment. If you gave monkey's a typewriter you would get better results. 

Tony Bender just shot the hell out of the Fox Gang

Who in the hell is Tony Bender. Tony is the best writer ever in North Dakota. Tony has a column in the Fargo Forum. You can read it. Kadizzle loved it. Anyway after reading Tony  shoot up the Hooples a thought came. The Hoopleheads have the minds of kids. When you tell the Hooples there is no Santa Clause, it does not phase them, they just think you are mean. The Santa Clause for the Hooples lives in Florida, and he takes on all the mean people like Tony Bender who make fun of the cult. 

Trump has mastered the " I m on your side buddy" routine. Trump shoveled tax breaks to the rich, and blasted holes in the goats trailers, but the goats think Trump sticks up for them. What an accomplishment. Remember when Jim Jones got the Hooples to drink coolaid. It just shows how you can lead an idiot to water and make them drink coolaid. 

If Trump ever becomes president again, kiss the country goodbye. It will be over. The simple minded will tear our democracy apart. Books will be banned, sex will be outlawed, and the Bible will replace the phone book. 

The Hooples have been orphaned, they need a new liar Daddy

Trump can still produce twenty lies a day, but the Hooples need more. With Tucker gone the Hoopleheads are homeless. Fox will surely provide a new liar, but can the Hooples wait. Anxiety sets in for the Hooples when they run short of conspiracy theories. Too many of their lying heroes have been shot down by that terrible thing called the truth. The Fox Bubble seems to be made from cement, the same substance heads for the Tea Party are made from. No matter that every respectable news organization has condemned they Fox lying machine, Fox is still able to bilk millions from the simple minded. 

Friday is coming and the local KMOG Tucker wanna be will be stirring the Hoopleheads. 

It has been so long since Kadizzle was young he can hardly remember, but back in the college days young people got going. Now what do young people do when their country is under attack by the idiot cult of Trump? The young will be the ones to suffer most from Republican oppression. Since the Republicans gave everything to the rich there will be nothing but crumbs for the young. 

Speaking of crumbs the goats are living on crumbs. Look around any area in Arizona and you will find old goats living in ramshackle trailers and doublewides. The goats are on the fringe of disaster, and the Republicans want to take away the only life raft the goat have. 

The miracle of the Republican party is the ability to get the poor to shoot themselves in the foot for the Trump cult. Trump has no sympathy or respect for the poor. Trump is a psychopath. If you can't figure that out, here is some help. Trump turned on Pence without hesitation. That is what psychopaths do. They have no empathy. Trump has turned on so many people. Then you have the lickspittles like Ted Cruz, and Linsey Graham, they love to grovel for the Trumpster. He would turn on them in a moment. 

The future could be here any time

The final battle with RD happens today. RD is the crazy man bent on irritating everyone in our neighborhood with the threat of building slum tenants nearby. RD is obsessed with putting up no trespassing signs and other obnoxious crap on his property. We live in a nice neighborhood with nice neighbors, but almost every Wednesday it seems we have to go to a meeting to keep RD in check. 

Looks like a nice day about to pop over the horizon. The local Hooples want to recall the entire city council. The Hooples keep talking about transparency, but when they hold idiots convention it is a closed meeting. 

Can you bust through to the Hoopleheads?

There is a flood of evidence about how Fox News is nothing but a lying machine. Fox Has lost in court once and more losses are on the way, but the Hooples will never face truth. Some other lying machine will always sell lies to the Hooples. Locally the Hooples go to the Tea Party to hear lies. How ironic to have a lying festival at a church. On the other hand the church tells stories that are unbelievable to normal people and the Hooples love those stories, then they go back to the same church to hear political lies.  The church is like the Walmart of lies. It has a big selection.