Donald R. Koelper
@donaldfromhawaii.bsky.social
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Streaming random thoughts of consciousness to anyone who will listen.
"Слава Україні!" ("Glory to Ukraine!")
Pronouns: Me, Myself & I
Streaming random thoughts of consciousness to anyone who will listen.
"Слава Україні!" ("Glory to Ukraine!")
Pronouns: Me, Myself & I
Rest in peace, Anthony Geary (1947-2025). 40+ years ago, he and "General Hospital" co-star Genie Francis turned Luke and Laura Spencer into a household word, "Lukeandlaura." Their soap opera storylines were often contrived and thoroughly implausible, but never dull - and we loved every minute of it.
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Rest in peace, Anthony Geary (1947-2025). 40+ years ago, he and "General Hospital" co-star Genie Francis turned Luke and Laura Spencer into a household word, "Lukeandlaura." Their soap opera storylines were often contrived and thoroughly implausible, but never dull - and we loved every minute of it.
The eerily prescient opening paragraph of an L.A. Times article from Sept. 15, 2015, when director Rob Reiner was promoting his semi-autobiographical drama "Being Charlie," unwittingly foretold of the tragic fate that would overtake him and wife Michele yesterday. 😲
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Rob Reiner and his son exorcise drug demons with 'Being Charlie' at Toronto Film Festival
For years, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife struggled as their son Nick was addicted to hard drugs, rotating in and out of rehab facilities like they were shopping malls.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The eerily prescient opening paragraph of an L.A. Times article from Sept. 15, 2015, when director Rob Reiner was promoting his semi-autobiographical drama "Being Charlie," unwittingly foretold of the tragic fate that would overtake him and wife Michele yesterday. 😲
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
You know, in a perverse sense I have to give Donald Trump his due. Every time I think that he can't possibly sink any lower morally, he somehow always manages to crash through that floor and plummet to new depths of despicability. His cruelty and depraved indifference cannot be contained.
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You know, in a perverse sense I have to give Donald Trump his due. Every time I think that he can't possibly sink any lower morally, he somehow always manages to crash through that floor and plummet to new depths of despicability. His cruelty and depraved indifference cannot be contained.
It’s hard enough for a director to create one movie that’s considered a classic. Rob Reiner had several of them. Others will also have their own favorites but for me, Reiner's signature film is his poignant coming-of-age masterpiece "Stand By Me" (1986) with its heartbreaking and bittersweet ending.
December 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It’s hard enough for a director to create one movie that’s considered a classic. Rob Reiner had several of them. Others will also have their own favorites but for me, Reiner's signature film is his poignant coming-of-age masterpiece "Stand By Me" (1986) with its heartbreaking and bittersweet ending.
According to the L.A. Times, Los Angeles County Jail records show that Nick Reiner, 32-year-old son of director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, has been arrested on suspicion of homicide in his parents' deaths with bail set at $4 million. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Rob Reiner's son arrested on suspicion of homicide, records show
Los Angeles police were investigating the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner as a homicide after the couple’s bodies were found at their home.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
According to the L.A. Times, Los Angeles County Jail records show that Nick Reiner, 32-year-old son of director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, has been arrested on suspicion of homicide in his parents' deaths with bail set at $4 million. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Rest in peace, Rob Reiner (1947-2025), Hollywood royalty who burst on the scene in 1971 as Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law Mike "Meathead" Stivic in the iconic CBS sitcom "All in the Family," and parlayed that success into a legendary directorial career. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Hollywood Reacts In Shock Over Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Deaths: “Legend Isn’t a Big Enough Word”
Reiner and his wife were found dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday night.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Rest in peace, Rob Reiner (1947-2025), Hollywood royalty who burst on the scene in 1971 as Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law Mike "Meathead" Stivic in the iconic CBS sitcom "All in the Family," and parlayed that success into a legendary directorial career. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
LAPD homicide detectives are presently at the Brentwood home of acclaimed director-actor Rob Reiner where two currently unidentified individuals, ages 78 and 68, were found stabbed to death inside. Those are the ages of Reiner and his wife Michele. 😲 www.latimes.com/california/s...
Police investigate apparent homicide at home of Rob Reiner after 2 are found dead
Los Angeles police are investigating an apparent homicide at the Brentwood home of Rob Reiner, where two people were found dead Sunday afternoon.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
LAPD homicide detectives are presently at the Brentwood home of acclaimed director-actor Rob Reiner where two currently unidentified individuals, ages 78 and 68, were found stabbed to death inside. Those are the ages of Reiner and his wife Michele. 😲 www.latimes.com/california/s...
FINAL, National Football League
AFC West Division - Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles Chargers 16, Kansas City Chiefs 13
The Chiefs, who won five AFC titles and three Super Bowl championships over the prior seven seasons, are now out of the NFL playoff race. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
AFC West Division - Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles Chargers 16, Kansas City Chiefs 13
The Chiefs, who won five AFC titles and three Super Bowl championships over the prior seven seasons, are now out of the NFL playoff race. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Mahomes exits hurt as Chiefs' playoff hopes end
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a left knee injury late in Sunday's loss to the Chargers, which eliminated Kansas City from playoff contention.
www.espn.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
FINAL, National Football League
AFC West Division - Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles Chargers 16, Kansas City Chiefs 13
The Chiefs, who won five AFC titles and three Super Bowl championships over the prior seven seasons, are now out of the NFL playoff race. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
AFC West Division - Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles Chargers 16, Kansas City Chiefs 13
The Chiefs, who won five AFC titles and three Super Bowl championships over the prior seven seasons, are now out of the NFL playoff race. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old Australian Muslim, risked his own life today to single-handedly disarm one of the gunmen who was firing on a Jewish Hannukah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach. His heroism likely prevented even greater carnage. www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
The Jewish world should honor, praise Ahmed al-Ahmed | The Jerusalem Post
Ahmed al-Ahmed belongs in that moral family tree of the "Righteous Among the Nations."
www.jpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old Australian Muslim, risked his own life today to single-handedly disarm one of the gunmen who was firing on a Jewish Hannukah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach. His heroism likely prevented even greater carnage. www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is presently under an international war crimes indictment for the deaths of over 60,000 Palestinian non-combatants (including an estimated 18,000 children) in Gaza, needs to just shut the fuck up. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3...
Netanyahu says he warned Australia of policies fueling 'antisemitic fire'
Netanyahu said he warned Australia's prime minister in August that calling for Palestinian statehood "pours fuel on the antisemitic fire."
www.washingtonexaminer.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is presently under an international war crimes indictment for the deaths of over 60,000 Palestinian non-combatants (including an estimated 18,000 children) in Gaza, needs to just shut the fuck up. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3...
I don't care if one is angry about Israel's abhorrent treatment of Palestinians. That doesn't justify targeting and attacking Jews a half-world away. The Jewish diaspora is not monolithic, any more than are respective universes of Christians and Muslims. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Gunmen kill at least 16 in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach
Two gunmen have killed at least 16 people during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it an act of antisemitic terrorism.
www.latimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I don't care if one is angry about Israel's abhorrent treatment of Palestinians. That doesn't justify targeting and attacking Jews a half-world away. The Jewish diaspora is not monolithic, any more than are respective universes of Christians and Muslims. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Nine now-former DOJ attorneys investigating antisemitism in the University of California system ultimately resigned from the department, rather than submit to the Trump regime's pressure to violate ethical standards and issue fraudulent findings. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit
The Times spoke to nine former Department of Justice civil rights attorneys tasked with investigating antisemitism complaints at the University of California. They all resigned during their investigat...
www.latimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Nine now-former DOJ attorneys investigating antisemitism in the University of California system ultimately resigned from the department, rather than submit to the Trump regime's pressure to violate ethical standards and issue fraudulent findings. www.latimes.com/california/s...
36 years ago on December 13, 1989, South Africa's President F.W. de Klerk met for the very first time with imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela in Cape Town. Two months later, de Klerk freed Mandela and the two men commenced the successful four-year transition from Apartheid to black majority rule.
December 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
36 years ago on December 13, 1989, South Africa's President F.W. de Klerk met for the very first time with imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela in Cape Town. Two months later, de Klerk freed Mandela and the two men commenced the successful four-year transition from Apartheid to black majority rule.
Advertisers and viewers alike have very good reason to be wary of Bari Weiss. She's not a journalist. She's a pundit and provocateur. Putting her in charge of CBS News as editor-in-chief is a mistake. TV broadcast news does not need more gaslighting. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Advertisers and viewers alike have very good reason to be wary of Bari Weiss. She's not a journalist. She's a pundit and provocateur. Putting her in charge of CBS News as editor-in-chief is a mistake. TV broadcast news does not need more gaslighting. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
MEMORANDUM
To: MAGA Republicans
Fr: Donald R. Koelper
Re: Charlie Kirk
Actor Amanda Seyfried spoke truth to power when she characterized the late Charlie Kirk as "hateful," whereas you adored the man because his racism, misogyny and homophobia mirrored your own. www.huffpost.com/entry/amanda...
To: MAGA Republicans
Fr: Donald R. Koelper
Re: Charlie Kirk
Actor Amanda Seyfried spoke truth to power when she characterized the late Charlie Kirk as "hateful," whereas you adored the man because his racism, misogyny and homophobia mirrored your own. www.huffpost.com/entry/amanda...
Actress Refuses To Back Down, Will Not Apologize For Charlie Kirk Comment
“What I said was pretty damn factual," the actor added.
www.huffpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
MEMORANDUM
To: MAGA Republicans
Fr: Donald R. Koelper
Re: Charlie Kirk
Actor Amanda Seyfried spoke truth to power when she characterized the late Charlie Kirk as "hateful," whereas you adored the man because his racism, misogyny and homophobia mirrored your own. www.huffpost.com/entry/amanda...
To: MAGA Republicans
Fr: Donald R. Koelper
Re: Charlie Kirk
Actor Amanda Seyfried spoke truth to power when she characterized the late Charlie Kirk as "hateful," whereas you adored the man because his racism, misogyny and homophobia mirrored your own. www.huffpost.com/entry/amanda...
In decision after decision, Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court's retrograde and MAGA-addled majority appear committed to strengthening the power of the unitary executive and curtailing the public's inherent right to self-governance. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/roberts...
Roberts on Cleanup Duty as Court Prepares to Kill Independent Government Agencies
Chief Justice John Roberts scrambled around with a verbal broom and dustpan...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In decision after decision, Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court's retrograde and MAGA-addled majority appear committed to strengthening the power of the unitary executive and curtailing the public's inherent right to self-governance. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/roberts...
A rather bizarre scandal is unfolding at the University of Michigan, where head football coach Sherron Moore was fired by the university over an allegedly "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer, followed by his arrest for an undisclosed matter. www.latimes.com/sports/story...
Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore held in jail hours after being fired by Wolverines
Michigan fired coach Sherrone Moore after finding 'credible evidence' of 'an inappropriate relationship.' He was later jailed in connection with an investigation into an alleged assault.
www.latimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A rather bizarre scandal is unfolding at the University of Michigan, where head football coach Sherron Moore was fired by the university over an allegedly "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer, followed by his arrest for an undisclosed matter. www.latimes.com/sports/story...
My fear is that we're going to stumble into war with Venezuela in much the same way we went to war in Iraq, with a duplicitous administration willing to brazenly lie about the underlying cause, and a media generally unwilling to push back on the deception. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
Using U.S. forces to seize an oil tanker is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
www.latimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My fear is that we're going to stumble into war with Venezuela in much the same way we went to war in Iraq, with a duplicitous administration willing to brazenly lie about the underlying cause, and a media generally unwilling to push back on the deception. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
AERIAL ZEN: Aboard Southwest Airlines Flt. 1602 from Oakland on a magnificent fall afternoon, looking down from about 13,000 feet at Ojai Valley and Lake Casitas Dam and Reservoir as we descended toward the Los Angeles area on our way into LAX.
(Sept. 23, 2015)
(Sept. 23, 2015)
December 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
AERIAL ZEN: Aboard Southwest Airlines Flt. 1602 from Oakland on a magnificent fall afternoon, looking down from about 13,000 feet at Ojai Valley and Lake Casitas Dam and Reservoir as we descended toward the Los Angeles area on our way into LAX.
(Sept. 23, 2015)
(Sept. 23, 2015)
Seeking to undermine both NATO and the European Union, Donald Trump has gone far beyond proclaiming that the U.S. is no longer a reliable ally. He's baselessly asserting a false right to interfere in their internal affairs on behalf of far-right "patriotic" parties. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
Unpacking a Trump Twist of the National Security Strategy
The Trump administration released its much-anticipated National Security Strategy this week. CFR convened seven of its experts to discuss the implications of a document that could reorient the United…
www.cfr.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Seeking to undermine both NATO and the European Union, Donald Trump has gone far beyond proclaiming that the U.S. is no longer a reliable ally. He's baselessly asserting a false right to interfere in their internal affairs on behalf of far-right "patriotic" parties. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
Today in "Christian Pastors Who Are Facing Felony Charges - and You Get Three Guesses Why":
Pastor Douglas R. Overmyer of Zion Hill Church in Matoon, IL is presently being held pending arraignment. www.wcia.com/coles-county...
Pastor Douglas R. Overmyer of Zion Hill Church in Matoon, IL is presently being held pending arraignment. www.wcia.com/coles-county...
UPDATE: Mattoon pastor facing child porn charge was ‘suspended immediately’
Update: 6 p.m. MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — The Mattoon pastor who is accused of sharing child porn has been “immediately suspended” from his church, officials said. Douglas Overmyer ha…
www.wcia.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today in "Christian Pastors Who Are Facing Felony Charges - and You Get Three Guesses Why":
Pastor Douglas R. Overmyer of Zion Hill Church in Matoon, IL is presently being held pending arraignment. www.wcia.com/coles-county...
Pastor Douglas R. Overmyer of Zion Hill Church in Matoon, IL is presently being held pending arraignment. www.wcia.com/coles-county...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) held a hearing in Washington today that featured testimony from U.S. citizens of Latino heritage who were detained illegally by DHS personnel on suspicion of being Mexican immigrants. www.commondreams.org/news/ice-arr...
Senate Report Shares Stories of US Citizens Assaulted, Unconstitutionally Detained by DHS | Common Dreams
"Masked ICE and CPB agents chillingly seizing Americans isn't the nation we know and cherish," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. "Totalitarian tactics have no place in our democracy."
www.commondreams.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) held a hearing in Washington today that featured testimony from U.S. citizens of Latino heritage who were detained illegally by DHS personnel on suspicion of being Mexican immigrants. www.commondreams.org/news/ice-arr...
Following the Fighting Irish's self-perceived snub by the CFP selection committee and supposed betrayal by the ACC, and their subsequent refusal to play in a bowl game because hey, that'll show 'em, Notre Dame has updated its football team's Leprechaun logo (right). 😎
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Following the Fighting Irish's self-perceived snub by the CFP selection committee and supposed betrayal by the ACC, and their subsequent refusal to play in a bowl game because hey, that'll show 'em, Notre Dame has updated its football team's Leprechaun logo (right). 😎
(Sigh!) Chief Justice John Roberts and his MAGA-addled Supreme Court majority are the most brazenly partisan, intellectually dishonest, ethically compromised and morally corrupt cabal of jurists I've ever seen on the bench in my lifetime. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Supreme Court poised to strike down Watergate-era campaign finance limits
The conservative justices signaled they are likely to rule for Republicans and President Trump. It would allow parties to enlist the help of wealthy donors.
www.latimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
(Sigh!) Chief Justice John Roberts and his MAGA-addled Supreme Court majority are the most brazenly partisan, intellectually dishonest, ethically compromised and morally corrupt cabal of jurists I've ever seen on the bench in my lifetime. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
From the producers of "¡Anastacio!", the stunning musical about the life of late Nicaraguan strongman Anastacio Somoza, comes the heartwarming story of an ambitious Brazilian ideologue who wouldn't take no for an answer. Jim Caviezel is Jair Bolsonaro in "Dark Horse." 🙄 www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/a...
Biopic of Brazil’s jailed former President Bolsonaro will star actor Jim Caviezel | CNN
A new film about Bolsonaro’s career is on the way. Entitled “Dark Horse,” the film stars Jim Caviezel, the American actor and conservative activist best known for portraying Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
From the producers of "¡Anastacio!", the stunning musical about the life of late Nicaraguan strongman Anastacio Somoza, comes the heartwarming story of an ambitious Brazilian ideologue who wouldn't take no for an answer. Jim Caviezel is Jair Bolsonaro in "Dark Horse." 🙄 www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/a...