Donald R. Koelper
@donaldfromhawaii.bsky.social
Gold Star family member.
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
South Gate QB Michael Gonzalez consoles William Smith of rival Dorsey High School in an act of true sportsmanship immediately following South Gate's 28-20 victory in the CIF City Section semifinals in Los Angeles.
(Photo by Nick Koza | Los Angeles Times)
(Photo by Nick Koza | Los Angeles Times)
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
South Gate QB Michael Gonzalez consoles William Smith of rival Dorsey High School in an act of true sportsmanship immediately following South Gate's 28-20 victory in the CIF City Section semifinals in Los Angeles.
(Photo by Nick Koza | Los Angeles Times)
(Photo by Nick Koza | Los Angeles Times)
Great Moments in American History:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Great Moments in American History:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
The marketing for the new "Wicked: For Good" movie has been relentless, with TV specials, etc. But while the first "Wicked" was a fun movie, I think that its follow-up, like so many sequels before, is likely going to sink under its own weight of lofty public expectations.
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The marketing for the new "Wicked: For Good" movie has been relentless, with TV specials, etc. But while the first "Wicked" was a fun movie, I think that its follow-up, like so many sequels before, is likely going to sink under its own weight of lofty public expectations.
It's insane that UCLA is poised to abandon Pasadena's iconic Rose Bowl, the most storied football venue in America and the Bruins' home field for decades, a tailgating paradise in a stunning postcard setting - for SoFi Stadium, a shiny but sterile space-age toy that will likely not age well.
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's insane that UCLA is poised to abandon Pasadena's iconic Rose Bowl, the most storied football venue in America and the Bruins' home field for decades, a tailgating paradise in a stunning postcard setting - for SoFi Stadium, a shiny but sterile space-age toy that will likely not age well.
J.D. Vance: "Why don't Russians and Ukrainians, instead of killing each other, start trading, visiting each other's countries, and engaging in cultural exchanges?"
Likely for the same reason they won't be holding hands and singing Melanie's "Candles in the Rain" in two-part harmony any time soon. 🙄
Likely for the same reason they won't be holding hands and singing Melanie's "Candles in the Rain" in two-part harmony any time soon. 🙄
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
J.D. Vance: "Why don't Russians and Ukrainians, instead of killing each other, start trading, visiting each other's countries, and engaging in cultural exchanges?"
Likely for the same reason they won't be holding hands and singing Melanie's "Candles in the Rain" in two-part harmony any time soon. 🙄
Likely for the same reason they won't be holding hands and singing Melanie's "Candles in the Rain" in two-part harmony any time soon. 🙄
Seeking to divert public attention away from her Orange Lord in the Epstein scandal, Laura Loomer has now falsely implied that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) may have killed his late first wife Rhonda.
There is truly no bottom with this cretinous woman.
There is truly no bottom with this cretinous woman.
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Seeking to divert public attention away from her Orange Lord in the Epstein scandal, Laura Loomer has now falsely implied that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) may have killed his late first wife Rhonda.
There is truly no bottom with this cretinous woman.
There is truly no bottom with this cretinous woman.
Bari Weiss's elevation to CBS News editor-in-chief is the most dubious network decision making since UBS CEO Frank Hackett fired veteran journalist Max Schumacher as head of the UBS news division back in 1976 and replaced him with UBS programming director Diana Christensen.
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Bari Weiss's elevation to CBS News editor-in-chief is the most dubious network decision making since UBS CEO Frank Hackett fired veteran journalist Max Schumacher as head of the UBS news division back in 1976 and replaced him with UBS programming director Diana Christensen.
Pedophilia is a sexual attraction to prepubescent children, while hebephilia is an attraction to adolescents. So technically, Megyn Kelly is correct. But morally and ethically, Ms. MAGAbitch faceplanted big time because for most people, that's a distinction without a difference.
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Pedophilia is a sexual attraction to prepubescent children, while hebephilia is an attraction to adolescents. So technically, Megyn Kelly is correct. But morally and ethically, Ms. MAGAbitch faceplanted big time because for most people, that's a distinction without a difference.
248 years ago on Nov. 15, 1777, the 2nd Continental Congress approved the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union," which unified the 13 American colonies then in rebellion against British rule as the United States of America.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
248 years ago on Nov. 15, 1777, the 2nd Continental Congress approved the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union," which unified the 13 American colonies then in rebellion against British rule as the United States of America.
First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Camp Lejeune, NC, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, where she will moderate a public seminar for active-duty military couples to learn how to supplement and enhance the family's income stream with an OnlyFans account. 😳
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Camp Lejeune, NC, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, where she will moderate a public seminar for active-duty military couples to learn how to supplement and enhance the family's income stream with an OnlyFans account. 😳
Rest in peace, Brendan Murphy (1941-2025), photographic journalist for The Irish News whose iconic images of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland chronicled that violent and tragic period of sectarian strife, which began in 1969 and ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Rest in peace, Brendan Murphy (1941-2025), photographic journalist for The Irish News whose iconic images of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland chronicled that violent and tragic period of sectarian strife, which began in 1969 and ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
To be blunt, former CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge is a disreputable broker in the world of journalism. I'm disheartened to see that the Los Angeles Times hired her. As expected, here she is, platforming a senior Trump DOJ official to gaslight the public and promote the MAGA agenda.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
To be blunt, former CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge is a disreputable broker in the world of journalism. I'm disheartened to see that the Los Angeles Times hired her. As expected, here she is, platforming a senior Trump DOJ official to gaslight the public and promote the MAGA agenda.
FINAL, NCAA Football
Mountain West - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii 38, San Diego State 6
The first-place Aztecs strutted into a rainy Manoa Valley last night with the nation's No. 1 scoring defense and fleeting visions of a possible CFP berth. They left in a pine box, their next of kin having been notified.
Mountain West - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii 38, San Diego State 6
The first-place Aztecs strutted into a rainy Manoa Valley last night with the nation's No. 1 scoring defense and fleeting visions of a possible CFP berth. They left in a pine box, their next of kin having been notified.
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
FINAL, NCAA Football
Mountain West - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii 38, San Diego State 6
The first-place Aztecs strutted into a rainy Manoa Valley last night with the nation's No. 1 scoring defense and fleeting visions of a possible CFP berth. They left in a pine box, their next of kin having been notified.
Mountain West - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii 38, San Diego State 6
The first-place Aztecs strutted into a rainy Manoa Valley last night with the nation's No. 1 scoring defense and fleeting visions of a possible CFP berth. They left in a pine box, their next of kin having been notified.
NCAA Football Legacy Porn:
At the beginning of the 2025 season, Penn State (currently 3-6) and Clemson (3-5) were ranked No. 2 (with 23 first-place votes) and No. 4 (with 4 first-place votes), respectively. Does anyone care to explain why we're still listening to the "experts" who put them there? 🤣
At the beginning of the 2025 season, Penn State (currently 3-6) and Clemson (3-5) were ranked No. 2 (with 23 first-place votes) and No. 4 (with 4 first-place votes), respectively. Does anyone care to explain why we're still listening to the "experts" who put them there? 🤣
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
NCAA Football Legacy Porn:
At the beginning of the 2025 season, Penn State (currently 3-6) and Clemson (3-5) were ranked No. 2 (with 23 first-place votes) and No. 4 (with 4 first-place votes), respectively. Does anyone care to explain why we're still listening to the "experts" who put them there? 🤣
At the beginning of the 2025 season, Penn State (currently 3-6) and Clemson (3-5) were ranked No. 2 (with 23 first-place votes) and No. 4 (with 4 first-place votes), respectively. Does anyone care to explain why we're still listening to the "experts" who put them there? 🤣
"THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of 'Royal Highness' and shall henceforth be addressed as 'You Fucking Skank.'" 😎
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
"THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of 'Royal Highness' and shall henceforth be addressed as 'You Fucking Skank.'" 😎
"All roads with you lead to Putin."
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
After a nearly 40-year career, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress upon completion of her current term. God bless her.
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
After a nearly 40-year career, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress upon completion of her current term. God bless her.
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"All roads with you lead to Putin."
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
After a nearly 40-year career, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress upon completion of her current term. God bless her.
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to President Donald Trump
(The White House, Oct. 16, 2019)
After a nearly 40-year career, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress upon completion of her current term. God bless her.
30 years ago on November 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin was shot and killed in Tel Aviv by a far-right political supporter of current PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who was angered by Rabin's peace efforts with Palestinians. It proved an inflection point in Israel's history.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
30 years ago on November 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin was shot and killed in Tel Aviv by a far-right political supporter of current PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who was angered by Rabin's peace efforts with Palestinians. It proved an inflection point in Israel's history.
In the fall of 1989, California sea lions were spooked from their longtime roosts at Seal Rock in northwest San Francisco by the powerful Loma Prieta earthquake. Seeking safety in the Bay itself, they co-opted the city's Pier 39 docks, where they've since become a popular waterfront attraction.
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In the fall of 1989, California sea lions were spooked from their longtime roosts at Seal Rock in northwest San Francisco by the powerful Loma Prieta earthquake. Seeking safety in the Bay itself, they co-opted the city's Pier 39 docks, where they've since become a popular waterfront attraction.
Rest in peace, Diane Ladd (1935-2025), gifted character actress and mother of Oscar winner Laura Dern, who first dazzled us when she pulled the wool over cynical P.I. Jake Gittes' eyes as the deceitful Ida Sessions in Roman Polanski's epic noir classic "Chinatown" (1974).
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Rest in peace, Diane Ladd (1935-2025), gifted character actress and mother of Oscar winner Laura Dern, who first dazzled us when she pulled the wool over cynical P.I. Jake Gittes' eyes as the deceitful Ida Sessions in Roman Polanski's epic noir classic "Chinatown" (1974).
FINAL, Major League Baseball
World Series, Game 7 - Toronto, ON
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (11 inn.)
(Dodgers win series, 4-3)
For the first time in the franchise's 142-year history, the Dodgers have won back-to-back championships in one of the greatest World Series of all time.
World Series, Game 7 - Toronto, ON
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (11 inn.)
(Dodgers win series, 4-3)
For the first time in the franchise's 142-year history, the Dodgers have won back-to-back championships in one of the greatest World Series of all time.
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
FINAL, Major League Baseball
World Series, Game 7 - Toronto, ON
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (11 inn.)
(Dodgers win series, 4-3)
For the first time in the franchise's 142-year history, the Dodgers have won back-to-back championships in one of the greatest World Series of all time.
World Series, Game 7 - Toronto, ON
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (11 inn.)
(Dodgers win series, 4-3)
For the first time in the franchise's 142-year history, the Dodgers have won back-to-back championships in one of the greatest World Series of all time.
In sharp contrast to how King Charles III is now confronting the Epstein scandal by formally rebuking and censuring his own brother for bringing disgrace upon Britain's royal family, Republicans in Washington are continuing to side with the wealthy influence-peddling pedophiles.
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In sharp contrast to how King Charles III is now confronting the Epstein scandal by formally rebuking and censuring his own brother for bringing disgrace upon Britain's royal family, Republicans in Washington are continuing to side with the wealthy influence-peddling pedophiles.
Tonight on Fox News:
"A Whiter Shade of Pale: The Charlie Kirk Story"
Erika Kirk recalls that heartwarming moment when she and Charlie first met, after he had been compelled to abruptly change his travel plans due to his principled refusal to board an airliner with a Black pilot.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale: The Charlie Kirk Story"
Erika Kirk recalls that heartwarming moment when she and Charlie first met, after he had been compelled to abruptly change his travel plans due to his principled refusal to board an airliner with a Black pilot.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Tonight on Fox News:
"A Whiter Shade of Pale: The Charlie Kirk Story"
Erika Kirk recalls that heartwarming moment when she and Charlie first met, after he had been compelled to abruptly change his travel plans due to his principled refusal to board an airliner with a Black pilot.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale: The Charlie Kirk Story"
Erika Kirk recalls that heartwarming moment when she and Charlie first met, after he had been compelled to abruptly change his travel plans due to his principled refusal to board an airliner with a Black pilot.
Effective October 29, 2025, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are now under a single operating certificate (SOC) issued by the FAA to Alaska Air Group. Henceforth, it's one airline - Alaska - that's flying with two distinct name brands and an integrated operations and passenger service system.
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Effective October 29, 2025, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are now under a single operating certificate (SOC) issued by the FAA to Alaska Air Group. Henceforth, it's one airline - Alaska - that's flying with two distinct name brands and an integrated operations and passenger service system.
ME: "Hey, Annie, it's October 29 - National Cat Day."
ANNIE: "Every day is National Cat Day, dumbass."
ANNIE: "Every day is National Cat Day, dumbass."
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ME: "Hey, Annie, it's October 29 - National Cat Day."
ANNIE: "Every day is National Cat Day, dumbass."
ANNIE: "Every day is National Cat Day, dumbass."
And while you're there, be sure to visit La Cuesta Encantada, aka Hearst Castle, in the hills above San Simeon, CA. Designed on commission by famed 20th century architect Julia Morgan, the fabled estate was publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst's Xanadu. It's now a state park.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
And while you're there, be sure to visit La Cuesta Encantada, aka Hearst Castle, in the hills above San Simeon, CA. Designed on commission by famed 20th century architect Julia Morgan, the fabled estate was publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst's Xanadu. It's now a state park.