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  Really, what can I say? I have read only a small amount of the latest release of the Epstein files. The degradation, the depravity is limitless. The way these men talked to each other about women just drops me to my knees. It's like they're ordering livestock and demanding the best of the roundup. These are men who have daughters. These are men who absolutely knew what they were doing was wrong as they write to Epstein in coded messages and slimy innuendo. It's the bro club protecting each other so they can rape girls.  Now that we have seen more of Epstein's empire, where he not only provided powerful men with girls, he kept track of all their dirty secrets to possibly use against them. I never really believed Epstein was murdered in prison, but after seeing how perverted these men are and how desperate they needed Epstein to remain silent, it is absolutely possible he was murdered. I'm glad he's dead, but that leaves the possibility that someone who didn...

I learn something new every day. I don't have to know Latin (well, maybe a little) to see where this word is going. This seems to be the latest malady our orange man suffers from. Here's the definition... Okay, that's of Greek origin. Uh, loquacity... (Be right back..) That's Latin for running of the mouth! For those in the know, Trump has always rambled. I prefer not to listen to him anymore if I can help it, so I cannot, at this point verify his incessant word flow. It would not surprise me. We can see he is visually falling apart. It reminds me of an episode of, 'Tales from the Dark Side,' or something like that, where old gramps refuses to die. He sits at the dinner table, also rambling whilst body parts fall into his soup. No one believes me that this show exists, but I have seen it. And now we can all see what happens when the regime cannot stop the melting man from channeling his most inner chaos onto the rest of us. Eventually, someone has to take Grandp...

  It's no surprise the White House likes to use AI images where they post them on the official  government website. They have no problem lying right to our faces, so this is nothing new. The ten images The Guardian shared are clearly interfering with reality and should be dismissed as most of what comes out of Trump's and Karoline Leavitt's mouth are, with the exception of a few that will tell you everything you need to know about this regime. The people in the White House remind me of the bullies I went to school with. They are relentless in their cruelty. They have fine tuned their ability to dig deep inside and pull out their most vile thoughts and behavior. They feel immense satisfaction, like a serial killer, after they have hit their mark. For the most part, those who became the victims of their tormenters stood mute. For me, I just wanted to do my time, as if a prisoner running out my sentence, knowing there would be no help from the guards, in our case, teachers or...

When I see a story in the news about a horrible event like a shooting, I think I'm like most people who want to know who could do such a thing. I want to see a face to connect to the monster. Knowing the identity of the two ICE agents who murdered Alex Pretti won't change anything. I don't plan on seeking them out or threatening them in any way. I just want to see what they look like. Usually there are no clues revealed. It's a human face, nothing special, nothing otherworldly about it, but I still try to find answers there. Why did you kill him? How could you kill a human being who was no threat to anyone? What happened in your life that made you think it was ok to eliminate anyone who disagrees with your world view? Mostly, I just see another person looking back, eyes fixed, face grim and there is nothing to give away any explanation to the whys. Some people get angry when the public focuses more on the suspect rather than the victim. That's understandable. As oft...

  Honestly, the only people I can listen to lately, regarding the Trump regime is The Daily Beast, mostly, Joanna Coles and Michael Wolff. In this video they discuss how very angry Melania is because the shooting of an innocent man has taken the focus away from her and her fabulous documentary. I did see a clip where she begs the people of Minneapolis to be peaceful. Bitch, that's all they have been doing! Tell your husband to call off the goon squad. Wolff does hint that Melania has gone to the orange man and complained. No one wants the first lady to be angry, especially Donald.  Besides that, business as usual in the White House with lots of finger pointing and enough blame to go around. Wolff brought up that Barack Obama has finally spoken. Only after the second murder has Obama decided to say something like, "Hey, let's get together and peacefully protest." Yeah, thanks for that. Bravo, Michael, for saying out loud what I have been saying out loud- Obama has fai...

  This video is a bit long and pretty boring, actually, but Magas are having a fit over it. It's Erika, not yet Kirk, who was auditioning to be a part of the Amazing Race with her then boyfriend, JT Massey, a minor league baseball player when they made this  video. Erika and JT were allegedly engaged at this time. In the video they talk about their world travels and education. Considering their age they've been around. Erika talks about her faith and how important it is in her life.  It was a boring and nice video. He seems like a good guy, albeit, immature, but there is nothing here MAGAs should be upset about. At one point she's pulling on his shirt and jokes that sex sells. It was a silly joke. She seems exactly as she does today. She is a touchy feely person as she clings to Massey and is flirty with him. I don't see much change except she loads on the makeup now and cries at the drop of a good camera angle. The harsh feedback might actually be intentional from tho...

  But how was the movie ? While most of the world is in grief and terrified because of what is happening in this country, the complete lawlessness of thugs who have the permission of the current regime to kill American citizens, an elite group of swine will watch the documentary, 'Melania.' I recall watching a movie, not Melania, where citizens are hunted down while the uber rich watch from their safe enclaves. It seemed a tad over the top, yet, as George Takai would say, "Here we are."  The film was directed by Bret Ratner, who had some sort of downfall in Hollywood, but now has the backing of billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, who pitched in millions to get this movie out there where it will be shown on Prime video as well. I don't need to tell you what I think about anyone still using Amazon to buy things they don't need. But, I will. Stop fucking contributing to these awful people. Stop! Anyway, back to Melania and her propaganda film. I see Bret Ratner as t...

  Before Alex Pretti was murdered- before Trump and company claimed that ICE agents are the victims- before we see video of an agent clapping after Alex Pretti was shot, Michael Wolff talked about Renee Good and the people in Minneapolis who are fighting back. The Trump regime made a mistake by thinking if they go into a small blue state rather than New York they'd have a better chance at intimidating people who were peacefully protesting what is happening to this country. Some might say this is Trump's other distraction amongst a list of distractions from the Epstein files. What they never expected was people pushing back. They assumed these Midwestern nobodies would go hide in their homes, terrified and meek, willing to let murdering thugs round up children. We have all seen the videos, many many videos of what actually happened with Renee and Alex. It was pure rage and unlimited use of power that has allowed these inhumane actions to occur. Trump's poll numbers are at th...

  Why do rich people give their children weird names?  I can sort of understand when you have the sperm donor, Elon Musk. He seems to think the weirder, the cooler he is. I don't know much about his baby mama, Grimes, who allegedly is a star in Canada. She's been busy lately taking care of her brood whilst Elon spreads his swimmers elsewhere. Musk has been in the news, this time regarding his plan to get back into American politics. Grimes has been in the news because she mentioned she wasn't happy when she heard word Daddy Musk brought the insufferable number one son to the White House. She was so relieved her son behaved. I guess yelling at the orange man and picking your nose are just what kids do. She doesn't like her spawn mentioned, although she boasts that one can command crows to do their bidding. Yeah, sure. It's a gift only children of the Uber rich have. See, it's ok to be nuts when you have money. The rich are excused for being, "eccentric....

  Man, I did not see that coming. The Beckham's. You know, Bend it Beckham and Spicey Beckham. I'm not sure why they are still in the news. Seems they peaked in the 90's and now just go to fashion shows. Word is Mama Spice hates her son's wife. Ah, so familiar. No one's good enough for the son. Apparently, Bronx, no, Staten, no, Brooklyn, their nepo baby has had enough and claims to never speak to his parents ever again. Whatevs. It's a story since time began. Seems these images of Victoria ruining the wedding have been going around. It's laughable, actually, and AI generated.  But, I digress, because I don't care about the Beckham's. They were never on my radar. There are a lot of things I choose not to care about. The Kardashians, rich housewives, Mormons, coding ... That doesn't mean I remain in a bubble. I'm always checking out our current world events. But, there really are people who choose not to know what's going on around them. I...

  This is it, kids, the day America froze. It's still early and the deep freeze is expected later today with wind chill factor -40F. I'm sitting in my toasty warm apartment as you should as well. Not in my apartment. Sit in your own abode. No one should be out there, especially when you aren't used to this extreme cold. The news has been warning you, even going so far to tell you to beware of exploding trees . A bit of hyperbole there. The trees are affected by the cold. They do expand and they do crack and that can be very loud. I imagine if your walking in the woods on this day and start to hear loud cracking like many rifles going off, it would be a bit frightful. That's why you need to stay home. Exploding trees is not fun. Mother Nature is amazing. She's also pretty mean. I live in Wisconsin, so strange weather is not surprising. I once nearly went snowblind when I was walking through a farmer's field to get to work. I remember the story of the couple who h...

  So Jack Smith will go before the House judiciary committee to testify to the fact that our sitting president is a law breaking thug. How noble. And, what's the point? Smith claims Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results. When it was clear that the orange man would be our next president, everything stopped. Smith and company knew it would be nearly impossible to go to trial with their findings.  This is like finding out thirty years later your sister was secretly sleeping with your boyfriend and now needs to confess. It changes nothing other than we have more reason to despise Trump and have zero faith in the rule of law. I've lost any sense as to why people stand behind this foul and soulless cretin. I don't understand it. It's not just his supporters but those who oppose him who have allowed him to spew absolute nonsense, to threaten allies, to murder his enemies, to allow five year old children to be questioned and detained. What is happening in this coun...

  Okay, I'm freaking out right now. A few days ago I tried to go to Blogger and received a message that my browser (Chrome) no longer supports Blogger. I thought this extremely odd, but I know nothing about technology. I was shown a list of browsers and installed Opera. I managed to get back into Blogger. I also did some research to see who owns Opera. It's a Chinese owned browser, which doesn't make me feel safe at all. Especially after just watching the movie, 'CTRL,' where a woman downloads an app that allows complete access to everything. After the movie I tried going to Blogger using Chrome and it let me in. I'm freaking out. If I disappear one day you'll know why. The Chinese have me. Chris LaCivita. Boom . These gold coin commercials really bug the hell out of me. I truly think I'm ageist, which is goofy considering I'm not young. This woman talks about how she had been buying gold coins behind her husband's back for a few years but finall...

  In the near future I plan on doing a thorough spring cleaning. Usually this involves taking everything out of closets and organizing them into the three essential piles: keep, donate, toss. I will also pull out my carpet shampooer and clean the carpets. Many other countries also abide by this cleansing ritual. And that's about where we (US) part ways regarding chores.  In Germany, during the Winter season, they burp. Burping involves opening every window in the house for five to ten minutes each day to air out the house.  I do not burp, although I leave open one window a tiny sliver. A washing machine in Japan is essential. You will find a machine in even the tiniest of apartments. They even have machines which do a wash/dry cycle, but in most cases, Japanese still hang out their wet clothes to air dry. This is something apparently verboten in this country. This is how my mother did it. It's how I did it (and got dirty looks from neighbors) and I still air dry my clothe...

  The New York Times asks, "Is there anything we can agree on?" Yes! Dolly  Parton .  Parton turns 80 years old today. Every once in awhile a phenomenon occurs. The planets align, there is peace in the valley, a child is born who will lead the way. Born in a one room cabin near the banks of  the Pigeon river, Dolly was number four of twelve children born to an illiterate sharecropper and her mother who had twelve children by the age of thirty-five. Her mother was Dolly's musical influence, passing down her knowledge of songs sung in the old country. Dolly claims she started writing songs at the age of five, with now over 3,000 attributed to her. She married one man and stay married to one man until his death in 2024. Dolly's Imagination Library has gifted over 300 million books over the past thirty years.  It doesn't take much imagination when comparing Dolly to that other almost 80 year old. It's like darkness to pure light. One, born into a family of wealth ...

  Hmm... maybe it's time to say goodnight to SNL. I believe Kam Patterson might be right when he claims the show is just for white people. I think it was supposed to be a sarcastic monologue since he's biting the hand that's feeding him. But, for how long? He mentioned he has no clue who most of the guests are and I have to agree. I'm too old for SNL. It lost any relevance decades ago. I did notice a bit of a kerfuffle, mostly coming from right wings rags, regarding Finn Wolfhard's appearance on the show last night. I believe he's the first host of the new season and maybe it didn't go so well. Castmates from, 'Stranger Things,' joined him in the monologue about going into their puberty years while working on the series.  Ok, maybe I'm just too sensitive. It's meant to be funny. I guess if your audience is a group of incels raging in the manospehere. SNL wants to be edgy. Let's say some really shitty and nasty things because we can.  One ...

  No, I did not start this rumor. Does it surprise me? Lol. Ok, I need to backtrack here. Last year, Aaron Rodgers claimed he had married, in June, a woman named, Brittani. He claims Brittani with an I, likes to keep a low profile. Very low, because it's now mid January and no sign of his bride. No one has seen her. I wonder if Aaron made sure we got her name right? Very odd, indeed. As we now all know, this once very cool, very talented football player morphed into a conspiracy theorist nutcase. Perhaps he was always a weirdo. That could explain the family estrangement. What was little Aaron doing as a child to make them keep their distance? (((shivers))) Oh, yeah. Brittani. Word is she may be an AI chat bot. Seems rather ridiculous doesn't it? Well, I never thought I'd see the day Aaron would lie about taking the Covid vaccine. Instead, he listened to the orange man's suggestion about taking bleach and invertmitcen, or whatever it's called. I call it dangerous and...

  Hey, she's new. New to me. Another maga maha pops up to impart sage advice for those struggling to buy groceries. Brooke Rollins suggest anyone can eat a well balanced meal if only they were creative, like using her suggestion 👇 Yes, one chicken piece, one broccoli floret, one tortilla and another, "thing." All for $3 per meal. Let's go shopping, shall we ..? (Walmart) A five pound bag of chicken legs-$5.56 One head of broccoli - $1.95 A ten count bag of tortillas - $1.87 And something else... Hmmm... One three pound bag of apples - $2.58 Wow! There's even enough left over to make this again! So, five nights a week - one chicken leg, one broccoli floret, one tortilla and an apple. For a family of four that is so doable. Well, I take it back, Brooke Rollins is a genius! Let's see what else we can come up with. 12 count pack of ramen noodles- $3.57 Three pound bag of oranges- $3.57 One 8 oz bag of snap peas- $2.67 cents Aaaand, one loaf of bread, no butter $...

  So let's just think for a few minutes, rationally. What would actually happen if AI took over the job market? People go into hysteria at the very idea of machines and math taking over what humans have been doing since the beginning of the neanderthal. Farmers would no longer have to get up at the crack of dawn to feed hungry cows. A machine could milk the cows (already in progress) plant the seeds (ditto) pick the produce and drive it to market. It can also create a plan, a budget, solve further future problems and give you eight beautiful hours of sleep where you don't have to go to bed at dusk. You could go to a movie in your self driving truck. You now have precious free time where work is not 24/7. You might receive a text in the middle of the night warning you a cow is sick but AI farmer is on it. It has diagnosed the problem, ordered the medicine that will be sent by drone and all you need to do is comfort the cow in the morning.  Police officers will no longer worry a...

Oprah's looking good. She was on an early morning talk show discussing fat. She believes obesity is a disease and not the fault of the person. The AMA agrees with her. I'm betting Dr. Oz, the man she was responsible for sharing with us, would probably not agree. Having gone up and down the scale my entire life, I say, I'm not a doctor. Oprah's not a doctor. The only doctor here is a pseudoscientific quack. But, let's ask... Well, I hope that was helpful.  Cher says Kristen Bell could do better than Dax Sheppard. Cher never did have a filter. I once knew a couple who I thought were completely wrong for each other. She was a sweet and caring person whilst he was a moody, sarcastic asshat. She once posted a picture on Facebook of her, him and their two adorable children. I actually made a comment, something about three beauties and one beast. Maybe this comment made her take a look at the man she had married because shortly afterwards she left him and has been with a r...

I rarely follow the advice of the majority when it comes to leaving the dead in peace, even if they were miserable human beings. We're not supposed to say they were miserable human beings. My father wasn't a monster, but he was not involved in his five daughter's lives unless it was to yell at us. There were moments he stepped up as a dad like the time my sister got stranded 400 miles away and he drove to get her. He was good with helping others. He kept road flares in the trunk of his car in case there was an accident and someone needed help. He shared the vegetables he grew in his garden with the bar hops at his favorite watering hole. Like all of us he was a complex human being. He was raised in a time where men showed no emotions other than anger. So on the day of his funeral I remained mute after the pastor asked if anyone wanted to get up and say a few kind words for M. You could hear the clock in the hallway tick because of the silence. Finally my brother in law stoo...

  Is she real or AI? Word is 20% of YouTube videos are AI generated. I disagree. I believe that percentage is much higher. Probably 98% of the Shorts on my feed are AI. Most are rage bait videos made to get you involved and angry. The last one I watched was of a seven year old girl in court holding up her drawings she was selling because her brother needed an operation. The bully town sheriff fined her for not having a permit. The judge dismissed the case. What kills me is how these creators prey on the vulnerability of the elderly and those not aware this is garbage. It makes me sick to see this because these people get paid for posting this nonsense. I think I'm pretty good at weeding out the fakery, but there are times I'm not so sure because the world of AI is definitely becoming more sophisticated. I regularly use an art generator to add an image to my posts. I never take credit for the art because all I'm doing is creating a prompt for the machine to spew out somethin...

This Bluesky post (below) sounds suspiciously troll created, especially when I noticed another feed from a different account using almost the exact same wording.  We have been protesting, but the majority of Americans work forty plus hours a week, then do chores, family time, sports and protesting on the weekend. Paying bills trumps standing outside holding a sign. It really hasn't been very effective when millions go out there and stand against the tyranny. Especially not against this administration where facts don't matter. People don't matter. Lies roll off their tongues like snake oil. We're trying to hold it together, lady/troll. What more can we do- breach a certain building (use the east side) and kidnap the orange man? Stop with the football, forget watching a movie! You must feel the pain every time you breathe! Now, go out there! Get off your asses! No fun until the world is once more in harmony.  Eh? Never happened. This Earth has never been in harmony. Never...

  I wasn't going to write about Malala Yousafzai's book, 'Finding My Way,' because for me it was just sort of looking in on a person I admire. I wanted to see how she was doing after having read her first memoir years ago. In this book, Yousafzai writes about her time at Oxford where she finally learned to be independent and break away from an overbearing mother. This is also the time she started to have flashbacks and panic attacks after years of not remembering the day a man walked onto a bus, demanded to know which girl was Malala, then he shot the fifteen year old girl in her head. She still suffers paralysis in her facial nerves but after dozens of surgeries she seemed to have crossed many hurdles - until the nightmares began.  I like Malala. I admire her tremendously, something she doesn't understand. "Why does everyone think I'm a hero?" runs through her mind throughout the book. Because at the age of eleven she spoke against her Pakastani gover...