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  Colorful chemicals pour into the sky A screaming child is zip-tied and pushed A parade of veterans wave on by Two Coeur D'Alene firefighters are ambushed Flags are flown from the house of white  Melissa and Mark lie in state A billionaire weds, any price is right  As the orange man spews his hate  We the people, for the people, are compromised  By Bible thumping hypocrites As Zohran Mamdani is demonized Upon the throne the spinner sits What is there to celebrate? A woman forced to stay alive  An all-night BBB to disseminate  In robes of black they do contrive. My mother always believed this lie "The meek shall inherit the earth" Apathy kills, this democracy will die Or, will you fight for what it's worth?

   Look at that guy. Look at him like the dude on the right is looking at him. WTF. Cosplaying as an ICE agent is every red hatters wet dream. Whether they just want to dress up to look and feel like a real man, or, they want to rape some women, children or men, this is a real thing happening. I could laugh if it wasn't so damn pathetic. What happened to these freaks that they have to play dress up to pretend to be something, a somebody? You can put on a costume. You are still a loser. You are a loser because you are a fraud. You have no concept of what it is to be human. When you put on your fake jacket, plastic badge and neck gator over your face, what are you thinking? I cannot even imagine it.  Repeat after me. "I'm a loser. I'm a fraud. There is something very wrong with me. I need help." *Lord help us if this guy is an actual agent. IDK. The reality is, men are actually dressing up to play macho man. 

   Phew. It's over. The last season of the Squid Game was absolutely amazing, if you like that sort of thing. That sort of thing being people who have gotten themselves into a predicament they have little chance of getting out of. Most are in debt or have family members who are sick, so when the chance to play games for a fortune comes their way, they seize the moment. The violence and brutality may be too much for some people. So what kept me coming back? Mostly because of the main character, Gi-hun, portrayed by, Lee Jung- jae, who was absolutely brilliant. The story begins with Gi-hun, a lazy pos who lives with his mother after his divorce. He steals from his mother to gamble and is in debt to the mob. He has a ten year old daughter who only wants him to notice her, yet he is incapable of human kindness when only concerned with his problems. The metamorphosis of this character through the three seasons is probably the best acting I have seen in a long time. The majority of ...

  "It's concerning." Well, that's what The Guardian says the GOP thinks about Zohran Mamdani . I'm pretty sure the whole GOP wasn't directly quoted en masse, but I could be wrong. We all know they are worried. Why are they worried? I wanted to take a closer look to see what Mamdani plans to do for New Yorkers. Let's see .. Freeze rent hikes. Oh, how dare he. How are landlords going to survive if they can't squeeze another nickel out of tenants? Have cheaper and better bus service. Mother of God, or should I say, Allah, he's a monster! People will be able to get to work, school, and everywhere! No taxes on grocery stores. More local and independent farmers and community involvement. Free childcare and better access to healthcare. Yeah, he's absolutely everything the GOP is concerned about, although it isn't about anything I've just written regarding his plans.  I'm concerned for this young man's life. He is in the cross hairs of ...

  When I hear a news story that is so devastating, I simply cannot take it in with one sitting. It might take days, even months to read the whole story. I still cannot read about Sandy Hook and Uvalde. I cannot stomach the deaths of children. This extends to animals as well. I'm sorry if you disagree or cannot fathom that. I grieve for them because they are the true innocents. Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark and their dog, Gilbert, will lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol. They were gunned down execution style by a right wing, religious fanatic. I won't say his name.  Gilbert, a four year old golden retriever was meant to be a service dog. He failed. Not because he was aggressive or lazy, but because he was just too friendly. The Hortman's then adopted Gilbert. He stood by their side as his family was executed.  I haven't heard much about Representative Hortman in the news lately. Too many other doom and gloom stories in the news to rail about. The reality is we wi...

  Is it shocking that the GOP bring up 9/11 when they condemn  Zohran Mamdani, even though he was nine years old at the time? Hey, doesn't matter. He's a Muslim, so he must be a terrorist.  Let's go back in time, kids~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The year was 1814. James Madison was president. The government ordered the elimination of Native Americans. For every male scalp produced by white men who encroached on indigenous territory, they would receive $100- $50 for a woman or child.  The year was 1955. A fourteen year old boy was accused by a white woman for having the audacity to speak to her. He was beaten so badly he could not be recognized by family. The accuser went on to live a long life. Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly speaking to a white woman. The year was 1963. William Zantzinger and his wife arrive at the country club, already drunk. Zantzinger is abusive towards the staff, calling them the n-word, accusing them of being slow to his demands. He lashes out at 51 ...

  Raise your hand if you give a rat's ass to the Jeff and Lauren upcoming nuptials?  ((( Jeopardy song playing))) Yeah. I thought Bluesky would be a safe zone but apparently not. I don't care that he spent $20 million on the wedding! He's worth (now I have to go look it up) $223.5 billion! So, it's a cheap ass wedding I'd point out.  I know y'all just hate the nerd and his custom made mannequin designed especially for him. Don't blame him because he's super rich and doesn't pay his fair share of taxes  That's not his fault!!!!! It's the way the system is set up for the wealthy to find ways to avoid big chunks of green taken from them. And you can't blame the orange man for this. Bezos and his BFF'S (billionaire fuck faces) were making oodles during the Biden administration as well.  Does it boil down to, aren't we all just a tad jealous? I sure would like to sit on a gondola in Venice as the Venetians threw flowers...no that's...

  Ooh, he went there. Everyone is shocked the orange man said the word out loud. Ok. We know they all say it. Nixon was a walking, talking potty mouth. I honestly can't imagine Barack Obama saying it, but I'm sure he had his moments.  Trump is angry. His plan didn't work. But now I have to try and comprehend what the actual plan was. I'm confused. First of all - when did Iran become a problem? I realize we are mortal enemies. Apparently Bibi hates them, too. Bibi hates everybody. Forgive me for not keeping track of the political goings on in other countries. I have enough problems trying to make sense of what's happening here. So, Trump has claimed way back when that he will end the wars, all the wars in twenty four hours. Instead, we may be on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe, brought on by the faux peacemaker himself. I don't know how he expects a Nobel prize when he bombs empty lots of dirt and cement. Do you think it has finally dawned on him that people a...

  You say potato, I say potahto. It's a scam. Not only does it have misleading information, that scratch or hair is on the ad, not your phone. It is a blatant attempt to get you to click on this ad. What legitimate company starts an ad with, "It's not a scam!" I find it strange that the YouTube AI spies can weed out the words, "dead" and "asshole" yet when it comes to words like "SCAM" it goes silent. I see this ad all the time. I report it every single time. There once was a large amount of ads aimed towards the gullible geezers regarding Medicare Advantage, another greatly misleading ad, until our former government cracked down on it. D-list celebrities would shill for a few dollars to sell granny a bag of lies. I'm sure our current wrecking ball will eventually demand seniors on Medicare find a private insurance group to take care of their needs. Even the weak and not so powerful Dr. Oz promoted M.A. Oz also suggests colloidal silv...

   I hope I never come to a place in my life where I stop trying to be a better person. This video by Parkrose Permaculture discussing bean soup is an eye opener for me.  A woman made a video of making bean soup. I'm not a fan of beans or soup, so I'd move along. But, others who also don't like beans left comments relaying their dislike for them and asking  why she couldn't leave out the beans. Uh, ok. Then this isn't the video for you. Go find a recipe for tomato soup.  Obviously, it's not about the beans. It's about being so self absorbed you cannot comprehend that the world does not revolve around you, but the behavior is so prevalent in our society. People seem to feel they are being ignored or shut out if the material presented is not about them.  There are so many examples of this odd behavior.  To me, Bluesky is bean soup. It has a vast array of ingredients, a recipe with some sauciness, a little spice, some heat. People come for the beans. Lat...

"No." What if we all just said, no? No to another war. No to dead soldiers coming home in wooden boxes. No more fake ICE agents chasing children.  No more real ICE agents grabbing people off the streets. No more news media blatantly avoiding speaking the truth in the guise they want to remain objective. I never understand why people cannot just say, "No more." This absolute train wreck of our democracy has only a few options regarding our future. One: We let the seriously flawed walking subhuman continue to call the shots and get us into another useless war while American citizens can barely pay rent or buy groceries, while people are arrested, jailed and brutalized. We can allow him to destroy social security, Medicare, the healthcare system and on and on. The list of offenses is long. Two: Congress can get their shit together and stop pretending they can make the mad man conform by reason. It is far beyond writing a letter sent to try to shame a regime who lack an...

  Welp. I have to agree with mope, the dope, the big taco. There are too many holidays. I'm sure the people who get eleven paid holidays off enjoy the perks. I just think it's a waste of money, my tax money which allows government employees to take a day off on our dime. Naturally, I don't like what Trumper was referring to when he made his complaint, then jetted off to Mar-A- Lago for another million plus dollar weekend. He'd like to replace Juneteenth with Trumpteenth and have a massive "perade" every year.  I've worked many jobs, some with wonderful special benefits like monthly restaurant outings, expensive chocolate, sporting tickets- to having to sit in a dank and dirty machine shop on the 4th of July.  Let's talk about that religious holiday when the streets are as quiet as a zombie movie. Everything closed except for a Chinese restaurant or bagel shop. People of different religions or no religion at all must partake in the shenanigans as well. ...

  Happy Summer! Let's discuss facial recognition. 😀 People are angry because they've heard rumors the grocery store chain, Kroger is going to be implementing facial recognition. Kroger denies using facial recognition but it does keep track of what a customer buys in those little price tags on grocery shelves.  Facial recognition has been around a long time. Madison Square Garden uses it, as do airports, sporting facilities, Walgreens, Target, Google, Facebook... A lawyer was ejected from MSG after AI recognized him. He had a lawsuit pending against the Garden so was banned.  FR is everywhere. You just don't know it.  Is that a problem? If you haven't seen the movie, 'Minority Report,'  I don't want to know you. Just kidding, but it's a great movie. Tom Cruise may be an asshat IRL but he makes great movies. Cruise plays a cop type of guy who goes after people who will be committing a crime, murder, in the near future. It's a fantastic movie. There i...

June 19, 2025 From the desk on the yacht of Jeff Bezos  To: my black employees only, the rest of you keep working  My fellow subordinates, I see today is a big day for you. It is a day to reflect upon your past and current place in history. Juneteenth is about giving thanks you no longer have to work grueling hours for a pitiful fee. You can now buy coffee and one ply toilet paper, using your 5% employee discount on Amazon. I remember the day I met a black man. I will never forget it. He still works in the shipping department. A loyal underling if ever there was one. And now, I have many employees who celebrate the emancipation of their descendants. So, in honor of you all, I will be sitting on my yacht, thinking of you while you stand nine hours this day, working hard to make America great again. I will drink a toast with D'Amalfi Limoncello Supreme with caviar. By the way, the chocolate pie Minny made smelled quite interesting. Unfortunately, Lauren doesn't allow sweets. How...

  If you remember me when I was a child you will see an unkempt, shy, head down, slinking girl with a book in her hand. Always a book, as if it was another appendage. My parents never told me I couldn't read a certain book. I'm not sure they even looked to see. I don't even recall the Sisters of No Mercy giving me the stink eye regarding the choice of my reading material. They surely knew what I was reading. If I wasn't wasting precious time learning math my face was in a book. Libraries were not an option except when the whole neighborhood came out to meet the bookmobile. Unfortunately, that lasted one glorious summer. So, where did I get my reading material? The Scholastic book list for one. My mom's bookshelf, books found in boxes in our garage. I don't know. I just know I had one. I weep for the children who live in Red states like Tennessee which has recently banned a number of books I've read as a child, along with most LGBTQ and books about the Holoca...

  Just a short rant. I went looking for blogs I'd be interested in such as an art or writing prompt where the blogger gives us an image or word and we write something using that prompt. If you're on Blogger you know how hard it is to find other blogs. At least that's my experience. It used to be you just clicked on a word in your profile likes and hundreds of names would pop up. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I did find one promising blog I thought I'd follow. Every Friday they post a picture and then the blogger must write 100, 1,000 (can't remember which) words using that prompt. Is this still short? Sorry. Anyway, even though it was a Monday I noticed a new prompt, the word being "storm." Yay, I can write something dark and dreary, but then I started reading comments for the challenge. I wish I had taken a screenshot shot before I unfollowed the blog. It was a comment about the "No kings" protests. An asshole, clearly a MAGA, wrote, ...

   I want to cry, actually sob when I see little Bub. That's what the sanctuary has named the sweet baby who was caught in a storm, terrified and helpless. Eventually Bub will go back into the wild. That's a good thing. It's not what makes me want to weep. Bub reminds me of my childhood and the kids I used to hang out with who are no longer here.  The last time I saw Tommy was at a New Year's Eve party he and his wife were having at their beautiful home in an affluent neighborhood where my current boss also had a home. My sister was the one who wanted me to tag along. I wasn't much on parties and I had a feeling Tommy's wife wouldn't be too keen on seeing me.  I was right. It was a big house, enough room to avoid the daggers thrown my way. It was stupid jealousy over a band of children who grew up together, who had two week crushes, then moved on. That New Year's Tommy and I managed a few minutes together. He was as kind and as sweet as he was when he wa...

  Can you tell if this is AI generated? This guy could. Honestly, I don't have a clue how I would use the chat app generator thingy. As Evan Edinger explains how to easily determine whether you are reading a robot or a human I was still sure I wouldn't be able to tell the difference unless it was blatantly weird or didn't make sense. I recently read a blog post I have my suspicions about. I might go back just to test the YouTuber's tutorial to try and prove my suspicions. Here are some red flags according to Edinger... He doesn't mention ellipses which I use... a lot. He does note if you see the em dash, you are most likely looking at a fake. The em dash? I use hyphens, but the em dash is longer and requires some computer wizardry to bring forth.  Maybe I am a robot. There is a funny short story on YouTube where a woman has to click on a captcha to prove she's human. She continues to incorrectly hit the required squares, thereby proving she is a robot. I have g...

 The jury's out, they will decide  The fate of Karen Read on trial  Who told the truth, who outright lied? A band of blue who were so vile To protect and serve their fellowship. We will never know what happened to John  Chloe gone, phones deleted, a video flip The partiality of one Judge Cannone. What transpired between the witching hours,  A hit and run, a drunken fight? Vodka shots, Jagermeisters, whiskey sours  Jealousy precedes cruel words which bite. Can't unring a bell or strike what's said  They determine if there's reasonable doubt  It all comes down to the verdict read Is justice dead or does truth will out?

What he wanted was a Michelin meal  What he got was the blue plate special  An abstract concept in the art of the deal While his flunkies performed a courte-echel He looked so dejected, so utterly confused  While the cool kids partied round the corner  A droopy poopy loner, so battered and bruised the setting was suited for a funereal mourner. I wonder what his Mrs. said as he looked away  "You owe me meester plenty for dis fine deesplay."  M.I.A. his spawn and that funny looking one Brittany? Muffy? Taffy? and the silent son. Who dares knock at his chamber door  To appease the angry beast? Firing away with his tiny thumb so sore All gatherings and parties will be forever ceased. No signs of fat faux kings or a circus clown no tacos, Cheetos, leopard Or when Dumpty Trumpty falls down. Secure, he feels safe from his own petard blasting swathes of bridges burning  He leaves upheaval in his wake  While the planet keeps on turning  We pray h...

   I've had enough of the orange man. Can we move on to other things going on, like this ? I occasionally watch this guy on YouTube who likes to go after scammers. He usually pretends he is a vulnerable old person so that Nigerian men can take all his money. He likes to taunt them, like a cat playing yo-yo with a mouse. The latest video I watched made me angrier than usual because the AI generated images tinker with your empathy button. The scam is a dumb toy doggie which claims it's so realistic, looks and acts just like a real puppy. In the ad it's so obvious the "realistic" puppy is computer generated. If you still decide to pay $35 for a toy which goes for $7 on other websites, well, that's on you. Even Walmart is selling them for $15 each. What ticked me off is when these scammers use computer generated old people who beg for you to help them save their business because it supports a baby orphanage, or a farm sanctuary. It's sickening to watch. The wo...

 I'm sorry. I won't be celebrating Flag Day today because, well, I have never celebrated Flag Day. I'm pretty sure the majority of Americans may have a passing thought about it when they see more than the usual flags waving, and if a certain clown wasn't engaging in another crime by having a parade just for him under the guise it's to pay homage to a piece of material. I realize it's a symbolic gesture honoring our... uh, er, eh. Let's move on. People get sentimental over their flags. Well, some do. My Dad hung one up on special occasions. I never did. We have one on the landing here, but veterans would wheeze and gasp if they saw it. It's faded and torn and dusty and sad.  Hopefully, the orange man's tribute to himself will be a bust. Storms are expected in the area, so that's a silver lining in a dark cloud. But, what if June 14th was just Flag Day on a Saturday? Why, here are some jolly good questions asked by no one human. 1)Yes, it's alw...

 May the winds howl as thunder rumbles Whispering chants as they conspire The wraith shrieks as the orange man stumbles An eye for an ear, ready, set, fire! Electric flames burst upon the charcoal skies She seeks the one who ignites her power All hail breaks loose its frozen disguise  Ice blue shards of a crystalline shower Oh say does that star spangled flag wave as flesh is torn asunder  Bone spurred heels begin to drag Too late to reverse such costly blunder An inferno flows within your iced veins Grilled chicken permeates the ozone in degrees   One last moment of clarity within fried brains  Silence extinguishes your sniveling pleas.

  This past week I've watched two (actually, three) interesting documentaries on Netflix. One is about twins, the other, Led Zeppelin. I wasn't a fan of the Led back in the day. Apparently, I'm a Gen Jones, so I was too young to appreciate their music. It wasn't until I heard Robert Plant sing with Allison Krauss years later and thought, "Damn, that guy can actually sing " that I really started to listen to Led Zeppelin. I'm still not crazy about them. Except for Planet's exceptional range, the lyrics are basic, the guitar playing, ok.  So, I watched the three living band members speak fondly of their early days. They all smiled when they heard the voice of their drummer, John Bonham, in a long ago interview. Gee, what lovely men. They all look kind and grandfatherly now. Good on them. So then I watched the twins, and it wasn't a happy time. The story begins when Alex, who is eighteen when he crashes his motorcycle. He wakes up in a hospital with h...

🎤: "Sir, sir, what are your thoughts about Les Miserables?" 🍊: "Oh, good, very good. Good songs." 🎤: "Can you expand? Did you have a favorite part?" 🍊: "The women were beautiful, very beautiful. Good singing." 🎤: "Why do you think Inspector Javert was so intent on destroying Jean Valjean?" 🍊: "Well, he was a very bad man, nasty, he wasn't nice to women and he cheated, a very bad man." 🎤: "Does this musical remind you of anything or anyone?" 🍊: "Oh, yes. It reminds me of when I met Melania. She only had a few clothes which barely covered her. I didn't understand her at all, but she looked hot. Not like Ivanka hot, but, ok. I took her out of the poor house." 🎤: "Did the French resistors instill some empathy for their plight from you? Were you reminded of the atrocities being committed by masked men who shoot reporters with rubber bullets, who arrest American citizens in Los Angeles? Do y...

  This is where we are.   I made a collage of some interesting information regarding the demographics of our military. It should surprise no one. American white males still make up the majority of enlisted in the military. For many males, the military = big balls. You are considered a man when you are willing to give your life to an ideology.  I don't understand why anyone would choose to sign up with the possibility they may have to kill another human being. If Trump could have his way regarding going into Greenland or Canada in a hostile attempt to take it, would the enlisted still be so obliging, so willing to murder? Donald Trump is a coward. He looks down on anyone who is and was a part of the military.  I know Americans will be tuning in to the biggest, grossest malfeasance, shameful and embarrassing moments in our history and they will look at the soldiers in the audience, cheering and back clapping with their fellow comrades while the clown king puffs hi...

He remains silent as America cries Has he turned his back to spite us, were his words of hope just lies? Our hands are tied by one crooked POTUS  Nothing Nothing But silence We didn't betray you, we didn't forget I believed in you, in your ideals  Of my allegiance I have no regret  replaced by one who makes deals No words of encouragement  do you hate us all so? Do you no longer agree with your statement? Hope is inside, don't let it go.

  The image of Trump with a bulge in his pants has been going around social media. We know it's not little Donnie, because little Donnie is more like Toad. 🍄 I didn't leave any snarky comments because well, even the most vile wretched human on the face of the earth should have some privacy. Then I saw another picture* of Trump from the back, where he has some lumps on his calves. Okay, definitely something going on. But, hear me out. What if he's planning another fake assassination? The first one worked swimmingly. He got the sympathy. He got dumb people believing he was a martyr. His ratings were plummeting. The world hates him. His bff left him. He needs a win. So, his parade is coming up. Let's say some madman in a tank aims his guns towards the orange man and fires! Kaboom! A direct hit! Trump's legs are shattered, bloody sticks, but he still gives the salute as he's rushed away. Miraculously, two days later he walks out of the hospital, his legs covered in...

 

   Welp. He wrote it. He deleted it. He was suspended. The regime has gone ballistic.  Should Terry Moran have been suspended after writing this tweet about Stephen Miller? A big, fat yes. I constantly see criticism of the big news sources bowing to Trump and his regime.  Hellloooo!!! I do not want people who report the news to tell me how to think, who to hate, or what to do. That's what FOX News is for.  ABC made the right decision, but, now what will Moran do? Will he grovel and apologize or will he defend his words which were the honest truth? Please, Terry Moran, please, do the right thing. Be a man who stands by his word. You just cannot do it when you signed a contract stating impartiality. Your job is to report factual content so we the public can make decisions. But you can give a finger to Trump and hop on board the morality train.  When Moran interviewed the nut in office it was obvious what he thought, even though he kept his mouth shut. He did...