Thingy

  I wrote this a year ago, June 16th. A friend got me hooked into the Karen Read trial where she was charged with second degree murder for hitting her boyfriend, a Massachusetts police officer. She was eventually acquitted and those of us who were on her side sighed with relief. There were just too many unanswered questions to charge her with anything. One thing we did learn is how absolutely corrupt the Canton police department is. I have a feeling it's the norm in most police departments. Read has decided to sue the department for negligence and cultural bias. I told my friend she should probably let that go and move on until I read the texts of a few of the officers. John Proctor was involved in the Read/OKeefe investigation. At the very beginning before the evidence was gathered he told another fellow officer, "The cunt is guilty. End of story." So we knew he was a piece of garbage. He was eventually fired, not because the department was outraged by his behavior, but...

  Ok. I think I've made it clear in the past I was not very fond of the Bidens. They're a zillion times better than the orange man, but they always seemed like my distant cousins who I usually only met during funerals and special anniversaries. They were snobs, but, like Brady Bunch snobs. They were the type who had the priest over for Sunday dinner or just over to chat. The children, all eight of them were all perfectly perfect. I was twelve years old when we were at their home for some occasion. It must have been a Saturday night because I watched the girls, in their pink bedroom, get ready for their dates. The boys were outside playing basketball in the driveway. I admit I felt a bit jealous, but also kind of annoyed because they completely ignored us. They always ignored us as if we were Satan's spawn. So, ok, it didn't help that our mother was smashed to the gills and dancing the twist in their living room.  I get the same whiff from the Bidens, although Joe seems ...

  Jeez, get a grip, New Yorkers. Poor Elmo didn't want to take sides in the latest game which keeps you occupied and stops you from anarchy - basketball. One commenter told Elmo to take a side, you ungrateful New Yorker, fuck.  Y'all know it's a puppet, right?  Lay off my friend!!

Hey, this will be a first. I've never written about Joe Rogan. Somehow, I've managed to stay clear of his ramblings, but he mentioned something about the debacle which will take place on the White House lawn on the 14th. Of course we know it as Trump's Folly.   Rumor on the street is that the UFC fighters are backing out. So far, not true. They are grumbling about it, but still in it. Even, Bryce Mitchell, who sat at a press conference bashing Trump, almost fooling me until I looked further into this guy. Ya know, sometimes there's a reason a stereotype is a stereotype - this guy. He abhors gays and thinks Hitler might have been a decent guy, someone he'd go fishing with. I'm not exactly sure why they're all getting on Trump's back right now. Maybe they realized they're getting paid in Rump watches and phones made in Chiiina. But, back to Joe. I must admit I used to watch, 'Fear Factor,' and shamefully, I enjoyed it. Now, I want to rip my eye...

  Friday. Let's look on the bright side of life. This guy. The Daily Mail tries really hard to find something bad to say about him and fail. He's young, he's handsome, he's intelligent and he's on our side. He is doing what he said he would do, although, don't ask a New York librarian right now. They might break their own "shhhhsh" rules. Seems Zohran promised them enough funds to keep the libraries in good shape. Unfortunately, the funds weren't there. He says he hasn't forgotten his promise and will do everything he can to make things right. Landlords might hate him, too. Billionaires, as well. The common folk, that's you and me, we like him. Except for Debra Messing. She blames him for 9/11. He was nine years old.  And children. Just watch how they are at ease in his presence, how they can talk to him without him telling them that there's a war raging and they better behave- something you know who would do.  I have zero interest in ...

  As a nonbeliever in a higher spirit, I'm usually rational about the death of a friend, relative or someone who has made an impact on me. But, times like these I'd like to shake my fist and scream into the ether, "Why do you have to be such a bastard?"  I've just learned Marjane Satrapi  has died today. Her family says she died from a broken heart after the death of her husband. Satrapi was born in Iran, an although she had more privileges than her fellow citizens, life was a bitch, because it's Iran. She eventually left and wrote about her life. Satrapi wrote and illustrated the graphic novel, ' Persepolis ,' about a young girl (herself) and life in Iran. Naturally, the bluenoses have fought to ban this book. This book stayed with me for a very long time. I will never understand why anyone would try to silence what she and others in Iran go through every day.  She deserved to live a good and long life. It breaks me when I'm faced with the reality...