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  I fully comprehend the irony as I write that we need to stop writing about Natalie Harp. She is a distraction from real issues. Trump's dick is limp. He has no interest in a sexual relationship. He keeps Natalie around because she's obviously mentally ill and he adores the pawing and fawning and her self deprecation.  As I noted, we the dumocrats are being used by someone in the regime who is clever enough to come up with this scheme for us to rid him (I'm guessing Stephen Miller) of Harp. Y'all are doing his job just as he had hoped. Good job, dumocrats. Ya see, ya gotta start thinking like them. They will stoop to slug slime to get their way. Some of us are a bit naive into thinking some influencial left winger is behind the kerfuffle. Harp has been around awhile. Why all the sudden interest to get rid of her now? She's Trump's potty handler. She picks up after him and tells him what he wants to hear- not because she's seeking to be the next Melania, but...

 I no longer read like I used to. The thrill is gone which is like losing my best friend. As a child I rifled change from Mom's purse to buy a book from the Scholastic list whenever I could. It was something I looked forward to because I always had a book in my hand.  Then something amazing happened. What's this!? Six books for 99 cents!? Well, sign me up. I'm sure there was a warning somewhere in there that said you had to be eighteen or older. That didn't stop this fourteen year old from perusing the catalogue of free books. Naturally there was a hook. You had to buy a certain number of books throughout the year. Details, details. Meh. It took me a long time to choose from the seemingly countless array of choices and not because they looked so enticing, but they didn't peak my interest. If I recall, there were quite a number of romance novels. I didn't need or want those. Mom had a pile I had already been through and even to this teenager they seemed insipid. ...

  It's easier for me to get into the mindset of a male conservative rather than a woman. I have no clue as to why any woman would choose to be a part of the boys club. They clearly are not welcome other than to be objects to goggle and grope. They must look like a Stepford wife and not a Susy Wiles, who is the exception to the rule, although Wiles remains in some sort of closet and only comes out when summoned by the orange man. Even Trump at first was unwilling to have her in his regime but realized she could be an asset as long as she stays out of the public eye. For me, Karoline Leavitt is the easiest to profile. She grew up in a traditional home where man was ruler and women were pretty things who learned how to use men to get what they want. She married her Daddy and lives the life every MAGA woman desires. In my opinion most of the women who support Trump have been groomed from an early age that they are nothing without a male figure. They accept their role as the traditional...

  My Dad died shortly before 9/11. My ten year old nephew found him lying on the kitchen floor with a cookie in his hand. For my nephew, his buddy was gone. Neither of my parents were in good health during their lives. They lived in an era where doctors smoked with them in hospital rooms. I'm glad he never saw what happened on September 11th and I'm glad he will never read the tweet from our recent president who claims the North Korean dictator is his friend. What a fucking slap in the face to all the men and women who fought for their freedom. I was just a child who sat at our kitchen table and watched my Dad go somewhere else as he stared off into the past. I remember him describing a day they were hunkered down in a field as Chinese soldiers fired upon them. He then said he had never felt so cold. It seeped into their skin and bones and he could smell the death of his fellow soldiers. Eventually, he stopped talking about those days to us, but he never stopped thinking about ...

 This won't be a popular post, but let's start with something we probably all will agree on. Ya gotta be some kind of stupid to treat military personnel like garbage. These sailors and soldiers come from the MAGA base. Mom and Dad are flag waving, blue collar conservatives. They all go around thanking everyone for their service to this country. They are proud to send their child off to a possible war, or even worse, no toilet paper, moldy bathrooms, insufficient food, long hours.... Whatever a young person's reason is for joining the military, they are the ones who will risk their lives for all of us.  I saw an alleged picture of one of the USS Abraham Lincoln's bathrooms. I dunno, every movie I've watched about soldiers and sailors have them cleaning their temporary homes with toothbrushes. As one in high command noted, there's probably a little truth to both sides about the conditions on the ship. Word from angry parents is that their children are literally ju...

  Back in my younger days, I read books to the end, even when they were pretty awful. I don't do that anymore. I will read a few chapters and if it's not bringing me in, I don't waste time anymore. Many people consider our flag sacred. I feel the same about books. I threw away one book in my life and that was, 'Hillbilly Elegy,' by JD Vance. I don't know if he had a ghostwriter, but the book was actually well written and it held my interest - until the very end. I can't even recall the moment that made me toss the book away. I think I felt duped. Throughout the book he talks about growing up poor and living with his dysfunctional family. I related to that. But if I remember correctly it was at the end where he seemed to blame the people he grew up with for their place in life. If he could break away, surely these lazy people could do better as well. That was his message and still seems to be his message so it's no wonder the people of his hometown haven...