Rapper Coolio dies at age 59
"Gangster's Paradise" was his most widely-known hit

Sargon of Akkad's frequent podcasting partner Callum has returned from his insane trip to Kabul and posted his report
BTW, when the Biden Administration tells you the planes and helicopters they left behind are non-functioning, they're lying, he says

Live video of Hurricane Ian from multiple storm chasers' feeds at Ryan Hall Y'all
recommended by Martini Farmer

Hurricane Ian may intensify into Category 4 storm, hopefully on the "weak" side of cat 4, within the next 8 hours
It will start hitting Florida by tomorrow morning. I hope all Florida readers have either evacuated or otherwise made themselves safe and dry. The storm is going to hit almost all of Florida so I imagine aftermath will also be bad, with extensive damage meaning long periods of lack of power and blocked roads and empty shelves. Prayers!

At 7:14 pm (Eastern) the NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will crash into the small and harmless asteroid Dimorphus to see if such an impact could be used in the future to change the path of another asteroid aimed at Earth. The feed is being carried by Bob Zimmerman at Behind the Black. [J.J. Sefton]

No SMOD for you. [Mis. Hum.]

Only in America: Russia school shooting leaves 13 dead, including children [dri]

S2-E5...Joe Mannix joins CBD and J.J. for the Not-Godwin's-Law Episode to discuss: Ex-FBI agent Steven Friend exposes/confirms the FBI as a tool of state political repression and suffers the consequences, Stacey "Tank" Abrams sings "Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat" and attempts shifting the goalposts on when life begins in utero, The looming economic disaster as we circle the drain (to the junta's tune of "Happy Days Are Here Again"), the war heats up in Ukraine as Putin catches a draft, here comes "president" Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants to rescue the Mullahs with the a-bomb and cash to crush the Iranian people, and more!!!

Here's an illustration that must be by the great D.A. Trampier. I don't remember the drawing, so it's new to me. Maybe it's new to you.

Planned Parenthood, a short while ago: In the second month of pregnancy, "A very basic beating heart and circulatory system develop,"
Planned Parenthood now: In the second month of pregnancy, "It sounds like a heartbeat on an ultrasound, but it's not a fully-formed heart..."
Boy, The Science (TM) of embryology is "evolving" faster than The Science (TM) of immunology and virology! And The Science (TM) of human sexual development! I wonder what accounts for this?! They must be making some really great strides in The Science (TM) of embryonic development, right? Maybe one of those "Moonshots" Biden keeps babbling about!

Gay guy goes off on sexual indoctrination in schools
He wants to know why we also aren't "affirming" anorexic girls' body dysphoria -- why aren't we "validating" their delusions that they are grossly overweight, and giving them dangerous diet pills to help them become thinner?
Meanwhile...

Forgotten 80s Mystery Click -- One Hit Wonders' Failed Follow-Ups Edition
A lot of one-hit wonders were one-hit wonders for a reason, you know
Here's their actual one hit

The 80s were a different world

The Norse invasion of the English language

Gandalf and Elrond roasting Rangz of Power
Thanks to Biergood

@MattWalshBlog

Vanderbilt has issued a statement in response to our investigation. They do not specifically deny anything in my report. Their only defense for drugging and mutilating kids is that their parents allegedly consent to it. That's all the confirmation you need.

Thanks to Jane D'Oh

National Review demands that Glenn Youngkin cancel his plans to campaign for Kari Lake, claiming she's a "proponent of the Big Lie"
National Review is The Big Lie. Just admit you're now a Democrat propaganda website. Why are you lying to people? You're funded by Democrats. You push Democrat talking points. You agitate almost exclusively for the election of Democrats -- well, Democrats and the "Republicans" Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who themselves ally with Democrats. If you want any credibility about calling out "The Big Lie," admit your actual current partisan affiliation, and your current financial backing.
By the way, I came across this because National Review's tech monopolist patron Google links it prominently as a "Top Story" for any search for Kari Lake -- of course. It's a mutually beneficial relationship. Google gives them money and traffic, and National Review, in turn, provides them with intellectual cover for their monopoly-powered censorship of conservatives, while also propagandizing for the leftwing politicians Google knows will protect them.
Oh, and commenters there are pointing out that this "article" is a barely-disguised DeSantis hit piece, contrasting the previously "sensible" Youngkin with the crude populist Trumpist DeSantis.
A commenter writes, "Why doesn't NRO get it over with and just run a 'Never DeSantis' issue already?"
Oh, they will. Believe me, they will.
NeverTrumpers always have to be reminded that they're posing as opposed narrowly to the Singular Evil of Donald Trump, and not any and all anti-Establishment, anti-Beltway populist and/or nationalist politicians in general. But they are opposed to them all.
"But his tweets" is The Big Lie. "But he said p*ssy" is The Big Lie. "But I'm terribly afraid he's not really a conservative!" is The Big Lie. They oppose him because they are neoliberals and always have been. They held a precarious grasp on power in the GOP, holding onto power despite having a very unpopular issues profile not only with the greater electorate but within the GOP itself, and could only hold on to that power by lying and smearing all possible challengers. When a single well-funded, credible (if only just) candidate arose to challenge them, we all saw just how very infirm the hold of the neoliberals' on the party was.
And they intend to grab power again the same way they held on to it before: by lying about their actual agenda, and smearing all opponents as racists and "extremists." And they will purge, purge, purge the party down to a few tens of thousands of neoliberals and suburban Karens living in the Acela Corridor if that's what it takes to put them back into control of the GOP again.

Jason Whitlock: The Woman King is neither about a King nor a Woman nor a The. Other than that, it's completely historically accurate.

Karen Meltdowns with metal guitar accompaniment

Cute: The Foo Fighters staged a tribute concert for their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, who died in March at age 50. Filling in for him as drummer on "My Hero" is his son ("about 16 years old," google says) Shane Hawkins.
Story here
Oh -- and Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang played Hot For Teacher. Check out the solo at 2:50.