Is see where some of Jabba the Trump’s lapdogs have taken to wearing lapel pins with his likeness.
The last time we saw anything like that was when Chairman Mao eradicated tens of millions of his Chinese countrymen during the famines and the Cultural Revolution.
And you say MAGA isn’t a cult – ha!
The only thing I’d use with a Trump likeness is a roll of toilet paper.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
Is see where some of Jabba the Trump’s lapdogs have taken to wearing lapel pins with his likeness. The last time we saw anything like that was when Chairman Mao eradicated tens of millions of his Chinese countrymen during the… READ MORE
Save us from the SAVE act!
Image by Jessica Rodriguez Rivas. CC license.
Those morons in Congress went ahead and passed the SAVE Act. I’ve told you about that stupid law in the past. It makes it damn near impossible for certain groups of people to vote because it requires you to have… READ MORE
Let’s hope the Giant Orange Space Turd goes where nobody has gone before – and stays there!
Well, the Giant Orange Space Turd shut down his tariffs, at least temporarily, and as a result the stock market went into orbit and MAGAts flooded the zone with really awful Star Trek analogies.
“Uh, yeah, man, it’s 5-D chess. The president is playing 5-D chess. It’s all part of the plan.”
Ah, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Listening to MAGAts talk about 5-D chess is like placing a keyboard in front of a lap poodle and expecting it to type Shakespeare.
The ONLY reason the Giant Orange Space Turd delayed his tariffs is because the lobotomites and mouth-breathers who work for him, dumb as they are, recognized this starship was headed toward a black hole.
Sorry to burst your bubble, MAGAts, but the Giant Orange Space Turd is not a Mister Spock-style savant playing the long game with the economy. No no, MAGAts, this cancellation of tariffs is a colossal admission of failure of both policy and mind. It’s as if the Giant Orange Space Turd beamed down to Planet of the Idiots and they forgot to transport his brain.
You want another Star Trek analogy? Here’s one: Let’s hope the Giant Orange Space Turd goes where no one has gone before.
And stays there.
Live long and prosper!
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
Well, the Giant Orange Space Turd shut down his tariffs, at least temporarily, and as a result the stock market went into orbit and MAGAts flooded the zone with really awful Star Trek analogies. “Uh, yeah, man, it’s 5-D chess…. READ MORE
While the rest of us are suffering, President Sex Offender is having fun
I suppose you’ve heard about the four American soldiers who were unalived during a training exercise in Lithuania.
I don’t know if you are aware of the fact that the Lithuanians gave those soldiers a beautiful send-off. Thousands of Lithuanian citizens lined the streets to pay their respects as the soldiers were transported to the airport. The Lithuanian president said that military service in their country is not just a duty but an emotion.
Contrast that with the reception they received at Dover Air Force Base in the United States. Our president was too busy playing golf down in South Florida to attend the dignified transfer. He sent that drunk, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth – gosh, I hope he was sober.
And speaking of golf, I don’t if you knew this but every time the president travels to Florida to play golf it costs the American taxpayers between $3.5 million and $5 million.
Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025. Since that date he has come to Florida to play golf seven times. He also took a trip to the Super Bowl and he visited the Daytona 500, so that’s nine of these jaunts at a cost of $3.5 million to $5 million apiece. By my reckoning, using the $5 million figure because the math is easier, that’s $45 million the American taxpayer has shelled out to haul his fat ass around so he could have some fun.
I understand presidents need to occasionally get out, enjoy life and do some things. However, we’ve been told that times are dire – so dire that Trump had to hire a foreign national, Elon Musk, to come in like the Grim Reaper and slash hundreds of thousands of jobs, lay waste to government services and eviscerate federal agencies, all in the name of saving money. If times are so dire, why are we having to pay $45 million in three months for the president’s fun?
And when you put the numbers together they come out something like this: If he’s averaging two of these trips per month then that’s $10 million, or $120 million per year. If he actually makes it through all four years of his term the taxpayers will have spent almost half a billion dollars on this guy to cheat at golf. People are losing their jobs, federal services are being cut – hell, they don’t even have rangers at the national parks – but the president gets to play golf.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
By the way, there were members of Congress at the dignified transfer at Dover. They were all Democrats. I guess the Republicans were too busy committing sex offenses and stealing our money to pay their respects.
Oh, and I may be wrong about this, but looking at the names of the fallen soldiers, and seeing their photos, I believe three of the four were people of color, exactly the kind of people President Sex Offender is trying to deport.
Maybe he just didn’t have time for more “suckers and losers” as he once put it.
The man is a sorry excuse for a human being. The people who defend him are almost as bad.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
I suppose you’ve heard about the four American soldiers who were unalived during a training exercise in Lithuania. I don’t know if you are aware of the fact that the Lithuanians gave those soldiers a beautiful send-off. Thousands of Lithuanian… READ MORE
Plan? There is no plan. It’s a simple smash and grab
Stock markets around the world are crashing. As east Asian markets came online late last night trading on the Taiwan and China markets had to be temporarily halted as investors scrambled to protect their assets from the insanity of Donald J. Trump.
Over the weekend, all the social media experts, with their PhDs and Nobel Prizes in economics, finance and business, were saying, “Don’t worry. This is all part of a plan. This is the temporary pain we must go through until we come out on the other side.”
What a load of horseshit. There is NO plan that requires the destruction of an asset in order to protect it. That would be like unaliving a cancer patient and then saying, “See there? Problem solved!”
Meanwhile the real economists, the folks with the PhDs and Nobel Prizes in economics, finance and business, the people who went to real colleges for decades to earn their degrees, have to a man and woman said that Trump’s economic “plan” is nothing more than voodoo economics and will end in disaster. They’re all bailing for the bomb shelters.
I don’t know what Trump’s intentions are and thank God I don’t. My brain doesn’t work that way and I’m not evil. But I do know this: He’s either out of his mind or he’s evil, take your pick. He should be in prison – or a mental institution.
He’s destroying people’s lives, and destroying lives is wrong.
He needs to be stopped.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
Stock markets around the world are crashing. As east Asian markets came online late last night trading on the Taiwan and China markets had to be temporarily halted as investors scrambled to protect their assets from the insanity of Donald… READ MORE
While President Anal Polyp plays golf, America burns
The stock market is in meltdown mode. The Dow Jones has fallen 2,200 points in the last two days of trading. Economists the world over are saying President Anal Polyp’s tariffs will plunge the world into a recession. Meanwhile, millions of Americans took to the streets on Saturday to protest President Anal Polyp’s policies.
And what was President Anal Polyp doing during all this?
Playing golf.
That’s right. While you and I were losing our shirts, President Anal Polyp was playing golf. You’ll be relieved to hear he won his flight and will play for the club championship on Sunday.
You’ve heard the expression, “While Nero fiddled, Rome burned”? Its modern analogy is: While President Anal Polyp played golf, America burned.
It almost seems like President Anal Polyp is deliberately trying to crash the economy, and I’ve heard a number of theories as to why that might be. For instance, one theory holds that he’s trying to goad Americans into taking to the streets so he can declare martial law and have himself appointed Dear Leader for life.
Another theory has it that he’s deliberately trying to crash the economy so that all his billionaire buddies can swoop in and buy up the nation’s assets at firesale prices.
I, however, believe in a different theory. It’s called the JPS Theory. “JPS” stands for “just plain stupid.” I think that’s the reason President Anal Polyp is doing what he’s doing, because he’s just plain stupid.
Or it could be the JFI Theory – Just a Fucking Idiot. The JFI Theory and the JPS Theory are basically kissin’ cousins; six to one, half-dozen to another. Either way, I don’t think there’s a lot going upstairs in President Anal Polyp’s brain.
Economists have had a chance to look at the formula being used by President Anal Polyp to “guide” himself in his economic policies, and they say it is the economic equivalent of creation theory. I guess you could call it “magamatics.” Are you guys familiar with creation theory? If not, let me explain it to you. Creation theory has it that evolution never took place, that God simply snapped his fingers and voila! There was a talking pterodactyl with a saddle so Jesus could ride around in style. That’s creation theory.
So apparently, President Anal Polyp is using a theory of talking dinosaurs to guide him in his management of the economy. Let’s just call that “Barney-nomics,” you know, for Barney the talking dinosaur.
So let me just recap here. While the rest of us are losing our shirts in an economic meltdown that threatens to reduce the United States to Third World status, President Anal Polyp is playing golf. Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
And, President Anal Polyp is using a talking dinosaur to guide him in his management of the economy.
Sounds about right. Just another day in the United States of America.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
The stock market is in meltdown mode. The Dow Jones has fallen 2,200 points in the last two days of trading. Economists the world over are saying President Anal Polyp’s tariffs will plunge the world into a recession. Meanwhile, millions… READ MORE
I want my cookie for losing weight!
This is me in 1985, standing at the door of my '84 Firebird. Wasn't I a sleek, svelte little punk? Image by Joyce Stone
Di you enjoy Thanksgiving? I didn’t. I had a plate brimming with guilt, an extra helping of disgust, and I topped it off with a bowl of frosty self-loathing. See, it’s the weight thing. As in, I’m gaining weight. After… READ MORE
Mladen and Del review ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Image courtesy of Warner Bros. and Legendary.
“A Minecraft Movie” Starring Jack Black as Steve, Jason Momoa as Garrett, Emma Myers as Natalie, Sebastian Hansen as Henry, Danielle Brooks as Dawn, Jennifer Coolidge as Vice Principal Marlene, and others. Directed by Jared Hess. 1 hour, 41 minutes…. READ MORE
He IS running the country like a business – like a perpetually going-out-of-business mattress store
Two minutes after I uploaded my Farewell to TikTok video yesterday I came to find out the Hemorrhoid in Chief had extended the deadline on the ban by another 75 days.
In fact, The Associated Press is reporting Trump had been preparing to announce a deal whereby the American affiliate of TikTok would be spun off into a separate company with American stockholders holding the majority shares and the current owner, Bytedance, assuming a minority role.
But Trump’s latest round of economy-killing tariffs angered the Bejing leadership, which scuttled the deal, forcing Trump to extend the ban. It’s hoped by offering tariff relief as an incentive, Bejing can be coaxed back to the negotiating table and an Americanized version of the popular app can be finalized.
People who wanted Trump to run the country like a business have gotten their wish – he IS running the country like a business, specifically that perpetually going-out-of-business mattress store down at the corner of Fifth and Main.
Oh well. You know what this means: Another 75 days of me owning the MAGAts, something I’ve come to enjoy. Yay!
See, there’s always a bright side.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
Two minutes after I uploaded my Farewell to TikTok video yesterday I came to find out the Hemorrhoid in Chief had extended the deadline on the ban by another 75 days. In fact, The Associated Press is reporting Trump had… READ MORE
You voted for this, pain and all
I’m seeing more and more people online saying, “I voted for Donald Trump, but I didn’t vote to lose my job! I didn’t vote for a global trade war! I didn’t vote for Elon Musk to run amok, slashing government jobs and agencies! I didn’t vote for our allies to be set aside and alienated!
“I didn’t vote for this!”
What the fuck are you talking about? OF COURSE you voted for this!
You were perfectly happy with those things happening to OTHER people. It was only when the leopard began eating your face that suddenly, you changed your tune.
You get no sympathy from me. You wanted this and you voted for this.
So you sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor. You need to feel the pain – all of it – because that appears to be the only way you can learn.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
I’m seeing more and more people online saying, “I voted for Donald Trump, but I didn’t vote to lose my job! I didn’t vote for a global trade war! I didn’t vote for Elon Musk to run amok, slashing government… READ MORE
