re: A man set himself on fire outside Trump trial.

Plus ole boy didn’t even do it right. You gotta somehow let everyone observing the spectacle know what it’s all about and why you going to that extreme. Reason being that your cause is supposed to be seared into the minds of those viewing, to drive your point strongly home. Because you probably ain’t gonna get a do-over on that. As it stood in this situation everyone merely dismissed him as a complete wack job. Which he is, but still.

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Was this guy extremely short? That photo looks odd.

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Listed as 5'4" in his FL arrest reports.

Max has passed away.

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Public records indicate Mr Azzarello is a registered Democrat. He also attended the University of North Carolina 2005 to 2009, earning a bachelor’s degree in public policy and anthropology, the school confirmed to The Independent.

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Wonder if he’s been mentally ill most of his life or later in life.

We need to address the mental issues in this country. It was bound to happen. Women dominated education system and lack of male influence with drugs has created emotionally weak men.

I thought the following commentary about the latest act of insanity in our poisoned political culture was on the point:

Max Azzarello: ‘Just Another American Driven Insane by the Past Few Years’

…Many thanks to Sasha Stone for doing a “deep dive on Azzarello” and supplying the summary quote in the headline. Sasha’s main point is that Azzarello is not some kind of “right-wing extremist,” but is in fact the polar opposite.

He was a “Bernie Bro,” who sported an “Eat the Rich” T-shirt to express his support for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. If you read his “manifesto,” you’ll see that a lot of his rhetoric is about Bill and HIllary Clinton being essentially the same as Republicans, so that, in his words, “the Democrat vs. Republican division has been entirely manufactured,” like fake villains in pro wrestling.

This is a common theme of extremists, both left and right, that the two-party system is essentially phony, that leaders of both parties are “sold out” to the same set of wealthy corporate donors. This extremist claim is persuasive because …Well, it’s basically true.

Anyone with two eyes and a brain can see how the Clintons have gotten rich from politics while claiming to represent the interests of “working families.” And any Republican could point to figures on our side of the aisle (e.g., Mitch McConnell) who seem to care more about their corporate donors than they do about the voters who elected them. But however corrupt and phony our leaders may be, we do not surrender to despair.

Despair is the essence of the kind of radicalism that leads people to engage in suicidal gestures (Azzarello died late Friday night). And despite my general cynicism about politics, I consider it my duty to remain hopeful, never forgetting these words:

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“The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.” — Robert E. Lee, 1870.

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truer words have never been written.

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To paraphrase Joseph Heller: “Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.”

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The key to staying sane amid the pervasive lunacy is to ignore politics as much as possible. The endless drama of the 24/7 news cycle, piped into your brain via cable TV and social media, is a formula for psychosis. Turn off the TV, find a hobby, something to distract yourself from the Permanent Crisis

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Couldn't agree more...

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The new High on Fire album dropped today....might be a better choice

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The new High On Fire album is banger! Matt Pike is a riff beast and Coady Willis is an elite drummer.