Happy New Year to all my friends in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Russia, Nigeria, Everywhere in Europe and in Orbit around the Earth!
May 2017 turn out to be filled with love and joy and all good things!
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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 30, 2016
2016 - The Horror Story
This is such an amazing short film. The creators brilliantly captured the essence of 2016 in a nutshell, and it's a hillarious way to put the fucking year to bed.
(Although, I was reminded it ain't over quite yet.)
The flip side is that they also capture my deep and terrified sense of dread for 2017. I've never been more afraid of a year ahead than I am now.
I mean, the rolling over of the calendar is a completely arbitray and artificial construct, as a way of measuring the passage of events and quantifying history, but that doesn't change dread of the future.
I am SO the woman with the axe. Dread, anger and "bring it on, motherfucker."
2017 - gonna be a handful.
(Although, I was reminded it ain't over quite yet.)
The flip side is that they also capture my deep and terrified sense of dread for 2017. I've never been more afraid of a year ahead than I am now.
I mean, the rolling over of the calendar is a completely arbitray and artificial construct, as a way of measuring the passage of events and quantifying history, but that doesn't change dread of the future.
I am SO the woman with the axe. Dread, anger and "bring it on, motherfucker."
2017 - gonna be a handful.
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
My fear of death, or lack of, you know?
I "fear" death because it's so bloody inconvenient. As much as being here makes me crazy, it's where I am, and I'm rather enjoying the opportunity to be here and experience the here, and interact with the here.
Death is Something Else,, i.e. Not Here, and as much as here makes me batshit crazy, I'm not ready to be anywhere else right now.
2016 - now the whole stupid mess makes sense! Blame GRRM!
George R.R. Martin takes responsibility, and suddenly the entire fucking mess that was 2016 makes sense!
Sunday, December 25, 2016
RIP Old Warhorse
Mic, I didn't know you well, but I learned a lot from you in a very short time.
Maybe next time around the wheel, I can take you up on that offer to hide in your basement, while you train me up on Marine Corp survival skills, during the ZomPoc.
RIP Old Warhorse. You earned it.
Maybe next time around the wheel, I can take you up on that offer to hide in your basement, while you train me up on Marine Corp survival skills, during the ZomPoc.
RIP Old Warhorse. You earned it.
Friends don't let friends blog drunk
Reminder: If using a friend's phone (because your battery is dead), verify which account you're logged into before running your mouth.
**cough** **cough**
(Jeff Richards as SNL character "Drunk Girl")
Friday, December 23, 2016
Gorgeous Goth - Valentin Winter
Just because she has an awesome look. I'm thinking "Half-Elf Necromancer." Hang on, I'll get around to a write up.
Valentin Winter (aka Valentin van Porcelaine)
Valentin Winter (aka Valentin van Porcelaine)
Sometimes I just want to do a post for the fun of it, with no other reason than I think something is cool. And here it is. Ha.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
From Obama to Trump - how did Americans lose their fucking minds?
I'm doing this as a blog post, because I want to capture it for permanence. By putting it here, instead of on the noise stream of G+, it is easier to find. I want to make my views on "President Elect Apparent Trump" very, very, very fucking clear (as if somehow anyone could possibly have missed all of my posts about Trump in the last two years).
How to appraise the presidency of Barack Obama as the specter of President Trump looms? The clearest way to reconcile the two perspectives is to understand how Obama’s presidency, and all that it accomplished, could have led to the election of Trump. I think there are basically two tweet-length explanations:
1. America elected a black man president, and about half the country proceeded to lose its goddamn mind.
2. The white working class realized that the American dream is a sham. Then a con artist promised to restore it, and they bought the con.
60 million people lost their fucking minds, or went total selfish apeshit off the rails. It doesn't fucking matter. Christopher Hayes summed it up nicely in the above quote.
Go read the original piece and form your own opinions.
I'm still trying to get past the "I want to punch 60 million fucking morons in the face" part. Maybe I'll get there in 10 years, if human civilization is still around.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Just be nice to each other
Sometimes the meme just speaks for itself., Seriously, if you can't be nice to people, because you've got your ass in a bunch over some hair-splitting detail, then grow the fuck up.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Dear Berned - Focus, People, Focus
Oh, probably same as they are now - 30 days late. Only back in the Berner time frame the circus had moved on, and the news story had shifted to trying to make sure November votes weren't suppressed.
Now, we're in the "Trump is about to fuck your world" stage, where Trump and the GOP - who spent a year rigging elections and screaming about it - are suddenly doing everything they can to suppress recounts and suppress efforts to clean up the voting machinery.
And there is no other circus to distract from trying to figure out of the new President-Elect was helped by Russia or if he is owned by Russia. Which is good, because Trump doesn't actually care about America, but he does care about $600m he owes Russian banks.
Sanders got screwed. The American people got screwed. Let go of the "Sanders" part already, and refocus to the "Lets make sure elections don't get rigged ever again" part. Otherwise, tweets like this make things worse, not better, by being distractions and focusing on the wrong damn things.
Now, we're in the "Trump is about to fuck your world" stage, where Trump and the GOP - who spent a year rigging elections and screaming about it - are suddenly doing everything they can to suppress recounts and suppress efforts to clean up the voting machinery.
And there is no other circus to distract from trying to figure out of the new President-Elect was helped by Russia or if he is owned by Russia. Which is good, because Trump doesn't actually care about America, but he does care about $600m he owes Russian banks.
Sanders got screwed. The American people got screwed. Let go of the "Sanders" part already, and refocus to the "Lets make sure elections don't get rigged ever again" part. Otherwise, tweets like this make things worse, not better, by being distractions and focusing on the wrong damn things.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Trump plans to raid your cookie jar
Yep. Been like that since the "trickle down" policies of President Reagan. It hurts the brain how many people continue to refuse to accept the truth of that this bullshit "conservative" policy doesn't work. (And I use the quotes around "conservative" deliberately, as I believe real conservatives aren't as selfish as the GOP.)
Trump has absolutely no intention of changing how things are - he isn't "draining the swamp" of politicians and insiders - he's raiding the swamp for alligators and putting them in charge of the government agencies designed to protect people - he's going to feed your sorry ass to himself and his billionaire buddies.
The GOP don't give a rat's ass about you - President Bush (43) claimed he would "reach across the aisle" - he never did. He dictated what he wanted, and demanded that the GOP fall in line - anyone who didn't fall in line was labeled a liberal, unpatriotic and an enemy. Kind of exactly what Trump does - anyone who stands against him is villified and attacked (Sen Ted Cruz's father), and then he'll flip-flop again the instant someone is useful (Ted Cruz for Attorney General?).
This isn't new - Trump has zero plans to do anything differently than that which as come before.
Wake up and smell the farts - the shit is about to fall on you.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016
"liberal logic" memes are insulting to basic human intelligence
The main thing about "liberal logic" memes is the tortured logic they employ to appeal to the special snowflakes of adults who are just emotional children.
Seriously, play this game a minute. Pretend that instead of the word "liberal," the average "liberal logic" meme used the word "Martian" or "Eric, the Toaster." For example, that it was mocking Little Green Men (LGM) from Mars, instead of humans from Earth?
Now, unravel what the meme says literally, and ask "for that to be true, what must come before?"
In other words, for little green men to be "opposed to Christianity" what must be true?
Well, they have to not be Christian, right?
Funny thing that most little green men are actually Christian, and do a better job of caring for their neighbors and being nice to strangers than the fake Christians (let's call them "Christians," in quotes, so we're clear that I'm talking about the fakes).
And, how rude of those little green men to oppose "Christians" telling other people what to do, right?
I mean, here you got little green men dropping by to visit their neighbors, and self-proclaimed "Christians" are telling the little green men that little green men are oppressing "Christians" by not letting "Christians" make laws telling little green men that they have to be "Christians," and by the way, little green men aren't allowed to marry each other, because the "Christians" never see any little green women, therefore LGM marriage is obviously "some kind of sin."
And then before the little green men can use the bathroom, they have to show some piece of paper with proof of their DNA, otherwise someone may try to look in their pants and judge if that's a winky or not. (Oh, and whoa if the little green me use the "wrong" bathroom, because a "good Christian: will commit violence against the invader.)
I mean, funny thing how the little green men get a little upset at the unprovoked and completely unnecessary mistreatment, but you know, it's those little green men "being hypocritical and uppity" and "pushing their LGM agenda" by asking to be treated in a civil manner and allowed to go about their business of not hurting anyone.
Yeah. Like I said, the thing I find most offensive about "liberal logic" memes isn't that they insult liberals - it's that they insult basic human intelligence by treating the reader like a goddamn moron.
(The fact that people behave like goddamn morons and laugh and laugh like mentally damaged toddlers who lack empathy - and take pride in it - is an entirely different problem altogether.)
Seriously, play this game a minute. Pretend that instead of the word "liberal," the average "liberal logic" meme used the word "Martian" or "Eric, the Toaster." For example, that it was mocking Little Green Men (LGM) from Mars, instead of humans from Earth?
Now, unravel what the meme says literally, and ask "for that to be true, what must come before?"
In other words, for little green men to be "opposed to Christianity" what must be true?
Well, they have to not be Christian, right?
Funny thing that most little green men are actually Christian, and do a better job of caring for their neighbors and being nice to strangers than the fake Christians (let's call them "Christians," in quotes, so we're clear that I'm talking about the fakes).
And, how rude of those little green men to oppose "Christians" telling other people what to do, right?
I mean, here you got little green men dropping by to visit their neighbors, and self-proclaimed "Christians" are telling the little green men that little green men are oppressing "Christians" by not letting "Christians" make laws telling little green men that they have to be "Christians," and by the way, little green men aren't allowed to marry each other, because the "Christians" never see any little green women, therefore LGM marriage is obviously "some kind of sin."
And then before the little green men can use the bathroom, they have to show some piece of paper with proof of their DNA, otherwise someone may try to look in their pants and judge if that's a winky or not. (Oh, and whoa if the little green me use the "wrong" bathroom, because a "good Christian: will commit violence against the invader.)
I mean, funny thing how the little green men get a little upset at the unprovoked and completely unnecessary mistreatment, but you know, it's those little green men "being hypocritical and uppity" and "pushing their LGM agenda" by asking to be treated in a civil manner and allowed to go about their business of not hurting anyone.
Yeah. Like I said, the thing I find most offensive about "liberal logic" memes isn't that they insult liberals - it's that they insult basic human intelligence by treating the reader like a goddamn moron.
(The fact that people behave like goddamn morons and laugh and laugh like mentally damaged toddlers who lack empathy - and take pride in it - is an entirely different problem altogether.)
Thursday, December 8, 2016
I think I have a stalker - Troll Ken Simpson
Okay, is this Ken Simpson guy just creepy, or what? He's been stalking me for over a year, just randomly dropping these one-liners, and resisting efforts to engage him in actual conversation. So, fuck you, Ken, now the world can see what a sad little wanker you are. Finally, just yesterday, he blocked me. Good riddance to his mentally-damaged ass.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Reality has a Liberal Bias
Or, rather, reality doesn't have any bias, but so-called conservatives have gone off the rails batshit crazy twisting facts to create their own reality - a fantasy reality that is in opposition to the facts. A fantasy reality that appeals on an emotional level, and supports an agenda of transfer of wealth and power from the masses to an elitist few. Not coincidentally is it those elitist few who are creating the false narrative.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Soros - Magical Liberal Sugar Daddy
Hey, Soros, you skinflint, where's my check?
I've been a good libdem fucktard. You taking a page from Trump's book now and breaking contract just because you can?
Come on, this girl needs her fairie dust to fly around the sky at night.
Hey, right? If you're going to sign on with a mythical bogeyman, sign in with the best.
If you believe even one rwNJ blog, Soros is bigger than the Illuminati.
I've been a good libdem fucktard. You taking a page from Trump's book now and breaking contract just because you can?
Come on, this girl needs her fairie dust to fly around the sky at night.
Hey, right? If you're going to sign on with a mythical bogeyman, sign in with the best.
If you believe even one rwNJ blog, Soros is bigger than the Illuminati.
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Post 500!
So, just about six years ago I went online with Faceborg. I had a nice, quiet run there for four years, before they decided they wanted photo ID, and I told them to piss off.
Then I came here. And “quiet” is definitely the wrong word. G+ and blogger definitely suit my need to express myself very well.
I've been blessed to build a wonderful community around myself. I think this is because I Am A Personality. Not for everyone, but at least I'm colorful.
Two years later, I've got 500 live posts here on Icarus Rants! That doesn't include the hundred-ish each at Church of the Ignorant Fool and I Tell You, You Decide if You Care (which, as JC pointed out, has “deify” in the URL, which was pure serendipity, I assure you).
And my numbers!
Monday, December 5, 2016
Why we care if Trump pisses off the Chinese
For those (understandably) asking the (obvious) question "Why should we care of President-Elect-Apparent pisses off the Chinese by talking to the Taiwanese? Well, there's actually a really fucking important reason.
China is the world's second largest economy right now, and they're going to kick our asses pretty soon. They also have the world's largest army, and continue to jocky with India for largest population Everybody needs to give a shit what the Chinese think.
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Also, consider this: If the Chinese slap a trade embargo on the US, how fast will our store shelves dry up? I mean, seriously, look around your house and how much shit says "Made in China"? The US can no longer survive without China. Sucks ass, but true.
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Friday, December 2, 2016
Foul Actions In DC
Is it just me, or does anyone else think there is something fundamentally foul about the mere idea (and reality!) that Donald Trump is already cutting deals with big corporations to ship jobs out of the country (and giving them big taxpayer money as a reward) AND pissing off one the major world superpowers (China) and...
...wait for it...
...HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN RATIFIED - LET ALONE SWORN IN - AS PRESIDENT YET??
...wait for it...
...HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN RATIFIED - LET ALONE SWORN IN - AS PRESIDENT YET??
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Haters Suck
Okay, not a brilliant title, but does it need to be? Really, "haters gonna hate," and all that crap. But you get your range of whiney babies to full on violent criminals in such a broad stroke. That's a LOT of negative energy.
Specifically, those that really suck are hate-groups - the bigots of the world who just exude negative energy toward people who scare them. And, yeah, haters hate because they're little chicken shits, who can't pull their shit together, and gotta blame someone else (invariably the wrong people) for the failings of their petty little lives.
Suck it up and keep moving. Did Jesus whine about gay people when he carried the cross to Calvary? Nope. He sucked it up and did His duty. Did He bitch and moan about dark-skinned people picking on Him while he was up on the cross? Nope. He sucked it up and did His duty.
Haters gonna hate, but they still suck rocks.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
I want a bumper sticker
Saw a "Trump/Pence" bumper sticker on a battered old pickup truck, and realized I want a bumper sticker that says "Don't cry to me about your butthurt; I voted Blue."
The GOP is going to keep abortion LEGAL
Listen up you anti-abortionist chuckleheads, because you're all naive idiots.
No, Im not even talking about the part where outlawing abortion won't solve a single fucking problem you seem to have some daft hope it will, and it will actually create numerous more problems that anyone really and honestly pro-life is already aware of and accepts as fact instead of pretending isn't a problem
I'm talking about the fact that your boys won't ever make abortion illegal.
I'll spell it out really slowly, not that it will help, because you've already stuck your fingers in your ears and I can hear you chanting "lalalalalalalala."
The Supreme Court has been dominated by conservatives for 45 years - including the most conservative skew in living memory under John Roberts and - wait for it - ABORTION IS STILL HERE. What does that tell you? Oh, wait, you're deaf to reality calling, so never mind, I'll talk to the reasonable people in the room.
Ask yourself, how many right-wing political tools would you really have voted for if they hadn't promised you they'd make abortion illegal again (yes, we've tried the illegal thing, we already know all the things wrong with it)? I've had several people straight up tell me that was their deciding factor for voting for racist, elitist, incompetent businessman conman Trump.
So, you think the GOP - or any right-wing demagogue tool is ever going to give up that cash cow vote machine of abortion? If you really think so, then you're hopelessly naive and divorced from reality.
Abortion is here to stay, chuckles, because it's such a useful way to lead you around by that cattle ring in your nose.
No, Im not even talking about the part where outlawing abortion won't solve a single fucking problem you seem to have some daft hope it will, and it will actually create numerous more problems that anyone really and honestly pro-life is already aware of and accepts as fact instead of pretending isn't a problem
I'm talking about the fact that your boys won't ever make abortion illegal.
I'll spell it out really slowly, not that it will help, because you've already stuck your fingers in your ears and I can hear you chanting "lalalalalalalala."
The Supreme Court has been dominated by conservatives for 45 years - including the most conservative skew in living memory under John Roberts and - wait for it - ABORTION IS STILL HERE. What does that tell you? Oh, wait, you're deaf to reality calling, so never mind, I'll talk to the reasonable people in the room.
Ask yourself, how many right-wing political tools would you really have voted for if they hadn't promised you they'd make abortion illegal again (yes, we've tried the illegal thing, we already know all the things wrong with it)? I've had several people straight up tell me that was their deciding factor for voting for racist, elitist, incompetent businessman conman Trump.
So, you think the GOP - or any right-wing demagogue tool is ever going to give up that cash cow vote machine of abortion? If you really think so, then you're hopelessly naive and divorced from reality.
Abortion is here to stay, chuckles, because it's such a useful way to lead you around by that cattle ring in your nose.
You're conservative, not stupid
I'm fed up with the farcical narrative of the modern Democrats being KKK, which is as stupid as the legend of Lincoln being conflated with modern Republicans. Only an idiot would think Lincoln - who freed the slaves - would be part of the racist GOP today.
Nixon flipped the racists to the GOP as part of a power struggle. And yes three politicians flipped. This isn't rocket science, it's a garbage narrative right-wing fools tell themselves so they can feel like the good guys when they're not.
And let's talk about the deceased Senator Byrd who left the KKK in 1952 and spent 57 years opposing them so much the NAACP honored him in 2010.
But, you know, fact checking is hard.
And, it's so easy to confuse six decades ago with six months ago
Trump spent the last six years hate-baiting white supremacists. And calling for race-based intimidation at the polling places.
So, yes, the President-elect is directly responsible for the race-based hate crimes going on right now.
Further proof is that those who commit the crimes say they have been empowered by their Great White Savior.
Interesting how those who have felt their loss of privilege, confused by inability to adapt, started spewing hatred years ago, and now say it isn't their fault that they are hateful petty violence-living assholes. Funny thing their concept of "personal responsibility."
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
May the troubles of the world stand still for one day, and may you have time to enjoy friends and family.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Electiongeddon2016 - calls for transparency
A FEW MORE CRITICAL PHONE CALLS for Today .
- CALL Senator Lindsey Graham's office at (202) 224-5972, push 2 if you get the recording. Tell the staff member "I support Senator Graham's investigation into Russia's participation in the election of Donald Trump." [SERIOUSLY, this is important]
(I'm working on verifying this one.)
- CALL the House Oversight Committee (202-225-5074) FIRST THING to support the call for a bipartisan review of Trump's financials and apparent conflicts of interest. It takes two minutes, and the woman on the phone said that they are absolutely tallying calls - the more they get, the more likely the Committee is to demand ALL of Trump’s financial information. Time is running out on this one - it will come up immediately after Thanksgiving Break!
(I'm working on verifying this one.)
- CALL Paul Ryan's office express your concern about Trump's business conflicts of interest, his appointments of racists to his cabinet, voter fraud and Trump repealing Obamacare call (202) 225-3031.
(I'm working on verifying this one.)
And a Bonus Action: The Department of Justice is tallying phone calls regarding those who want the 2016 Vote Audited. A shift of just 55,000 Trump votes to Hillary in PA, MI & WI is all that separates the two candidates. They are starting to recognize there really is something off about the election results as they come in. Considering everything that is at stake, a vote audit should be done. Call the DOJ at 202-353-1555 and tell them you want the votes audited. Even if it's busy, keep calling. It takes a few times to get through because of all the calls being made.
(Snopes rates this Unproven)
#Electiongeddon2016 - because government is too important to be left to politicians
- CALL Senator Lindsey Graham's office at (202) 224-5972, push 2 if you get the recording. Tell the staff member "I support Senator Graham's investigation into Russia's participation in the election of Donald Trump." [SERIOUSLY, this is important]
(I'm working on verifying this one.)
- CALL the House Oversight Committee (202-225-5074) FIRST THING to support the call for a bipartisan review of Trump's financials and apparent conflicts of interest. It takes two minutes, and the woman on the phone said that they are absolutely tallying calls - the more they get, the more likely the Committee is to demand ALL of Trump’s financial information. Time is running out on this one - it will come up immediately after Thanksgiving Break!
(I'm working on verifying this one.)
- CALL Paul Ryan's office express your concern about Trump's business conflicts of interest, his appointments of racists to his cabinet, voter fraud and Trump repealing Obamacare call (202) 225-3031.
(I'm working on verifying this one.)
And a Bonus Action: The Department of Justice is tallying phone calls regarding those who want the 2016 Vote Audited. A shift of just 55,000 Trump votes to Hillary in PA, MI & WI is all that separates the two candidates. They are starting to recognize there really is something off about the election results as they come in. Considering everything that is at stake, a vote audit should be done. Call the DOJ at 202-353-1555 and tell them you want the votes audited. Even if it's busy, keep calling. It takes a few times to get through because of all the calls being made.
(Snopes rates this Unproven)
#Electiongeddon2016 - because government is too important to be left to politicians
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Giuliani - history's cruel joke
No reasonable historian will ever call former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani a good man, let alone a great man.
He should have been relegated to the dustbin of obscurity except for a fluke of timing (or a last concession from God, maybe) that meant he was still mayor and able to bring his 20 years of experience to bear when New York most needed someone who knew the city well. But, "9/11" gave the incompetent boor a new life he was unworthy of - and not up to the requirements of - and proceeded to demonstrate that every time he opened his mouth.
Still, and pathetic as Giuliani was and has been - and even if it is justified karma - it is always tragic and heartbreaking to watch someone publicly and high profile lose his mind.
He should have been relegated to the dustbin of obscurity except for a fluke of timing (or a last concession from God, maybe) that meant he was still mayor and able to bring his 20 years of experience to bear when New York most needed someone who knew the city well. But, "9/11" gave the incompetent boor a new life he was unworthy of - and not up to the requirements of - and proceeded to demonstrate that every time he opened his mouth.
Still, and pathetic as Giuliani was and has been - and even if it is justified karma - it is always tragic and heartbreaking to watch someone publicly and high profile lose his mind.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
"Liberal butthurt" - that one makes me laugh.
"Liberal butthurt" - that one makes me laugh. ** (footnote)
Especially since the people Trump is going to fuck most are the daft fools who worship him.
Trump runs a cult of personality, and always has. It's really amazing how people worship his massive ego.
Trump has absolutely no clue how to run anything - the man has destroyed countless businesses - he's like the only one ever to lose money running a casino. How incompetent does one have to be to lose money on a cash cow?
He has no concept - and no interest - in running a government - which is not like running a business.
Even if Trump wanted to run the government, he'd fuck it up, because he has no clue how.
Trump doesn't want to run the government - he did the entire thing as a publicity stunt.
But, now, a bunch of fools have given Trump the keys to the biggest damn cookie jar in the world - and people expect him to do anything other than raid it for his own personal benefit, fuck everyone else?
The man routinely tramples the little guy - and now the Trump Special Snowflakes expect Big Daddy Trump to Make Everything Right in their special little worlds?
OMG, talk about naive!
Liberals at least know WTF Trump is, and Liberals at least know to take steps to protect themselves against Trump's depredations.
Trump Special Snowflakes are going to have to look up the word "depredations," and then will still think Trump will fix their little worlds and be terribly, painfully, butthurt surprised when Trump - and the entire GOP - do what they've always done, which is Fuck America.
This isn't rocket science. It's just digging your head out of your ass long enough to notice reality calling.
** (This was cathartic to write, in response to a bunch of idiots [way down at like comment 125]. It was also worth reposting here.)
Especially since the people Trump is going to fuck most are the daft fools who worship him.
Trump runs a cult of personality, and always has. It's really amazing how people worship his massive ego.
Trump has absolutely no clue how to run anything - the man has destroyed countless businesses - he's like the only one ever to lose money running a casino. How incompetent does one have to be to lose money on a cash cow?
He has no concept - and no interest - in running a government - which is not like running a business.
Even if Trump wanted to run the government, he'd fuck it up, because he has no clue how.
Trump doesn't want to run the government - he did the entire thing as a publicity stunt.
But, now, a bunch of fools have given Trump the keys to the biggest damn cookie jar in the world - and people expect him to do anything other than raid it for his own personal benefit, fuck everyone else?
The man routinely tramples the little guy - and now the Trump Special Snowflakes expect Big Daddy Trump to Make Everything Right in their special little worlds?
OMG, talk about naive!
Liberals at least know WTF Trump is, and Liberals at least know to take steps to protect themselves against Trump's depredations.
Trump Special Snowflakes are going to have to look up the word "depredations," and then will still think Trump will fix their little worlds and be terribly, painfully, butthurt surprised when Trump - and the entire GOP - do what they've always done, which is Fuck America.
This isn't rocket science. It's just digging your head out of your ass long enough to notice reality calling.
** (This was cathartic to write, in response to a bunch of idiots [way down at like comment 125]. It was also worth reposting here.)
9-11 never forget - 11-9 always regret
Sigh. Some people have described the shock and despair of "11/9/2016" as feeling very much like "9/11/2001" - and frankly, given the nasty, fascist rhetoric of President Trump * during the campaign, anyone who is not white, not Evangelical Christian, and not male, _does have a lot_ to worry about, so the sense of displacement, fear, and "WTF happens next??" is legit. ** BUT - I wrote this piece, and I meant it. The office of the President of the United States demands a certain decorum and respect. It doesn't mean I have to agree with a damn thing President Trump *** wants, and I am free to oppose him at every lawful and ethical opportunity ****, but I will show some respect for the Office. This is going to be a long couple of years.
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(* Yeah, I threw up in my mouth a little bit, just writing that.)
(** Fuck you white men who are too wrapped up in yourselves to grasp that people have very legitimate reasons to be afraid of the new President. As a woman, here are a few to help you get started:
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(*** Hang on, I need to go rinse out my mouth.)
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Non-violence
As a general rule, I'm not a physically violent person. I prefer dialogue and negotiation to mutual benefit over any kind of force.
But, anyone grabs my crotch, and I'm punching him in the throat.
But, anyone grabs my crotch, and I'm punching him in the throat.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Psych warfare from the White House
Trump has the cult leader skill of making everything about him, and making it always appear that people are picking on him unfairly, and by extension being mean to those who worship him.
It's that psych warfare that tricked tens of millions of people into voting for him, in spite of the absolute bullshit he spews constantly.
Progressives - Hell, anyone sane and reasonable - needs to figure out how to battle a cult leader and reprogram his flock on the fly.
Musical Monday - Dead Or Alive - That's The Way (I Like It)
I can't stop laughing, uh-huh, uh-huh...
OMG, I remember this song from when I was a kid. Who let this video get made?? The 80s were such a fashion disaster.
The sound is still fun, but I can't listen while watching. It's too funny - it's just too bizarre. And the Pete Burns prancing through - his hair is EPIC, but those moves - I swear this must have been a case of "video killed the music career," right? No way were the 80s ready for that ;-)
Too funny!
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Don't try to out scumbag a scumbag - you'll lose every time
Okay, listen up lefties - "When they go low, we go high," wasn't just a talking point. It's important. It's one thing to petition Electoral College Electors to change their votes, but - this is important - DO NOT MIMIC YOUR "CONSERVATIVE" COUNTERPARTS BY MAKING THREATS.
Let me repeat that: the righties have a long tradition of making threats of violence, rape and death, but lefties will not fall to that level of scumbaggery, which only validates the righties belief that being a scumbag is just and proper behavior for righties.
There's lots better options than being a scumbag to a scumbag. You can't out-scumbag a scumbag, because the scumbag is just looking for any excuse to feel validated, so he can be a bigger scumbag.
Obviously, the people at hotair.com have a political bias, and love to use the loaded words, but the point remains that lefties are being idiots about how to petition electors.
Don't be a tit. Be smarter and better than your enemy.
Friday, November 18, 2016
A call for leadership in crisis
Kristi Simkins is a Seattle filmmaker. She's quiet, but brilliant.
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I first ran across Kristi at a film festival, where I saw her short film, Something Special.
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I first ran across Kristi at a film festival, where I saw her short film, Something Special.
Turns out Trump is an even bigger racist than anyone realized
But my anger is not about any given policy of the new president. No, it is about him, about the election of a fundamentally unsound, unserious and unfit man, a misogynist who brags about sexual assault, a bigot cheered to victory by the Ku Klux Klan. I have no idea how to “heal” woman hating and no desire to “come together” with the Klan.
Yep. That's exactly how I feel. The election is over and done, the Electoral College won't flip (dear God, there are reports of Electors threatening lawsuits against people suggesting they flip).
Barring some anomaly along the lines of divine intervention, Trump will be sworn in as President, and all of his deeply fucked up, idiotic ideas he spent 18 months spewing forth in the biggest publicity stunt ever (which bit him on the ass when it worked, and 60 million idiots decided bigotry wasn't a problem) will become official policy - and that's what I'm opposed to.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Rethink your priorities little troll
Yeah, listen, if your ability to have a satisfying life is in any way constrained by me being around to have an argument with, then you need to rethink your priorities. Seriously.
George Soros - one man Illuminati
Oh, boy, that George Soros is such an awesome bogeyman. Bastard has his fingers in everything. I just heard he's paying those thousands of high school kids protesting the future policies of the most incompetent, unqualified, scummiest man ever to be President-Elect.
Soros is that powerful! He is - all by himself - even more powerful than Fox News, the indisputably evil Koch Brothers, those Rothchild wimps and even the Illuminati itself!
(Okay, so while I totally made up the shit about Soros and Burger King, it turns out there really are some bizzaro conspiracy theories about Burger King. )
Soros is that powerful! He is - all by himself - even more powerful than Fox News, the indisputably evil Koch Brothers, those Rothchild wimps and even the Illuminati itself!
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Turns out Burger King is just a front-operation for mind-washing the next generation of libdem fucktards until the fucking mind-control lasers are finally perfected (talk about over-budget!). I mean, Soros needs something right? Since the stupid chemtrails sprayed daily across the American heartland don't seem to be doing fuck-all to unwarp the minds of the Conservative Middle and turn them into thinking human beings.
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(Okay, so while I totally made up the shit about Soros and Burger King, it turns out there really are some bizzaro conspiracy theories about Burger King. )
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
I am committed to ethical resistance
A few months ago, I committed to accepting and recognizing the President of the United States, because the lawfully elected and sworn in person is my President, regardless of what I think of him as a person. Now, that does not mean I have to blindly accept whatever incredibly stupid policies he tries to implement. But, unlike the GOP obstructionists in Congress, I'm going to resist ethically.
More importantly, as Patrick Tomlinson points out, that doesn't mean I have to stand by while the scrum and idiots that lick his boots mistreat people.
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The Trump children are crap, too
I think Trump's kids are no better than he is.
Ivanka has shown the same lack of ethics, but is a lot classier about it. I think this comes from her being a woman. She cannot get away with being as brusque or brutish as the men, so she has learned how to avoid saying anything too stupid, and actually donates to, and works with, charities, because it looks good and builds social influence.
Eric and Donald, Jr., have both shown themselves as boorish, prejudiced, entitled and unscrupulous as their father. Especially entitled. In their favor, they are more competent, but thankfully they lack their sire's charisma.
Tiffany is a fruit basket, which is why she was largely ignored by Trump during the election. She is also quite possibly the only one of the bunch with a scratch or ethics, but that's hard to tell, since she hasn't been given much opportunity to screw people in business.
Barron is going to grow up to be the most entitled little prick ever. Melania seems to have a few scruples, but she's also bright enough and cunning enough to play the dutiful wife in order to keep her position as a pampered princess (everyone knows Ivanka is the queen, as a titular role, not as some perversion). Barron will never have a normal grasp of the world - his life has been the iconic "ivory tower" isolation of absolute wealth and privilege. Without a miracle, he's going to be a tyrant to put all his relations to shame.
It is to this brood that President-elect seeks to give power, authority and more privilege over the American people - all for the enrichment and entitlement of the Trump clan brand, and always at the expense of everyone else.
The Donald has thumbed his nose at the American people for years, and during the campaign, he thumbed his nose, bit his thumb, waved his naked bottom and then said "All you idiots smell of elderberries, and you love me! Haha!"
The Orange One openly said he was going to defy American tradition and NOT isolate himself from his business operations. Every President for years has turned over the financial empire to a closed trust as a way of avoiding conflict of interest. This is important for legal reasons and more important for credibility reasons.
But, the Bombastic Ape cares nothing for tradition, nothing for the American people, and has already proven - and mocked - that the American people mindlessly worship him like beaten dogs worship their masters. And 60 million people voted FOR him to beat them more, in defiance of decency and common sense, all hoping for a soft pat on the head or a few table scraps.
The elder Donald Trump is extemely good at navigating the law. He has very expensive lawyers (whom he then doesn't pay) to make sure he does not break the law (or that it gets buried when he does). Ethics, common sense, honesty, integrity, compassion, and basic courtesy mean nothing to him - especially not if he can make a lawyer make it all go away.
Donald Trump, Sr., is a con-man (and not a very good one), who sucks at business and cares nothing for the American people. He will do anything that makes him look good.
That last point could be the saving grace. Donald Trump cares only about his brand and his legacy. He may Do Good Deeds, simply because doing so could leave a positive legacy in history.
Like Donald, Sr., his kids are morally bankrupt, but they are competent.
Only time will tell how badly the rest of the world gets screwed by handing the world's biggest cookie jar to a bunch of scumbags.
Ivanka has shown the same lack of ethics, but is a lot classier about it. I think this comes from her being a woman. She cannot get away with being as brusque or brutish as the men, so she has learned how to avoid saying anything too stupid, and actually donates to, and works with, charities, because it looks good and builds social influence.
Eric and Donald, Jr., have both shown themselves as boorish, prejudiced, entitled and unscrupulous as their father. Especially entitled. In their favor, they are more competent, but thankfully they lack their sire's charisma.
Tiffany is a fruit basket, which is why she was largely ignored by Trump during the election. She is also quite possibly the only one of the bunch with a scratch or ethics, but that's hard to tell, since she hasn't been given much opportunity to screw people in business.
Barron is going to grow up to be the most entitled little prick ever. Melania seems to have a few scruples, but she's also bright enough and cunning enough to play the dutiful wife in order to keep her position as a pampered princess (everyone knows Ivanka is the queen, as a titular role, not as some perversion). Barron will never have a normal grasp of the world - his life has been the iconic "ivory tower" isolation of absolute wealth and privilege. Without a miracle, he's going to be a tyrant to put all his relations to shame.
It is to this brood that President-elect seeks to give power, authority and more privilege over the American people - all for the enrichment and entitlement of the Trump clan brand, and always at the expense of everyone else.
The Donald has thumbed his nose at the American people for years, and during the campaign, he thumbed his nose, bit his thumb, waved his naked bottom and then said "All you idiots smell of elderberries, and you love me! Haha!"
The Orange One openly said he was going to defy American tradition and NOT isolate himself from his business operations. Every President for years has turned over the financial empire to a closed trust as a way of avoiding conflict of interest. This is important for legal reasons and more important for credibility reasons.
But, the Bombastic Ape cares nothing for tradition, nothing for the American people, and has already proven - and mocked - that the American people mindlessly worship him like beaten dogs worship their masters. And 60 million people voted FOR him to beat them more, in defiance of decency and common sense, all hoping for a soft pat on the head or a few table scraps.
The elder Donald Trump is extemely good at navigating the law. He has very expensive lawyers (whom he then doesn't pay) to make sure he does not break the law (or that it gets buried when he does). Ethics, common sense, honesty, integrity, compassion, and basic courtesy mean nothing to him - especially not if he can make a lawyer make it all go away.
Donald Trump, Sr., is a con-man (and not a very good one), who sucks at business and cares nothing for the American people. He will do anything that makes him look good.
That last point could be the saving grace. Donald Trump cares only about his brand and his legacy. He may Do Good Deeds, simply because doing so could leave a positive legacy in history.
Like Donald, Sr., his kids are morally bankrupt, but they are competent.
Only time will tell how badly the rest of the world gets screwed by handing the world's biggest cookie jar to a bunch of scumbags.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Hedge Zero - zero proof, zero credibility
My first concern about Zero Hedge was the reference to Wikileaks docs but not even a link to Wikileaks let alone the supporting evidence. Sorry, Zero boys, but when your claiming bogeyman, burden of proof is on you, not your reader.
Zero Hedge full of shit about magical billionaire giving such a shit he's got lackeys paying for buses to move people hired (apparently with no paper trail anywhere - that's missing cash on the level that Haliburton employees lost in Iraq).
And here is my favorite "Hey, unlike those guys at Hedge, here are our supporting links to sources outside our own blog" fact checkers (what a concept) at Snopes explaining why buying Hedge's story at face value is just silly.
The protests are about future policies, not the election results
The protests are not about the election. Everyone accepts that the least competent person ever to run for President now owns the office. Everyone accepts that Mr "The Elections Are Riggged" Trump somehow got 60 million people to decide that sexual assault, racism, tax-dodging, veteran insulting, and general "fuck America, I'm in it for me" doesn't matter, and that somehow Trump has magical powers to fix their petty little lives.
60 million people threw ethics, morality and common sense out the window, and Mr Incompetent is already filling the most important jobs in the country with sycophants who can barely tie their shoelaces.
That's what the protests are about - to tell 60 million people that Trump's policies are going to fuck them along with the other 200 million Americans, and that some of us are not going to put up with it.
Musical Monday - Hipster Disney Princess - THE MUSICAL
I'm a girl, I did my share of time as a Disney Princess. I'm also a nerd. This video makes me laugh.
Friday, November 11, 2016
It's a new world order
It's Friday. It's been a long week. I'm out for the weekend. Going to see about karate classes and firearm training.
Yeah. That's how scared I am. I'm thinking about something I never ever thought I would think about doing. Ever.
See you Monday.
Yeah. That's how scared I am. I'm thinking about something I never ever thought I would think about doing. Ever.
See you Monday.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
This is what Y'all voted for
Every once in a while, a meme needs no introduction. It is entirely self contained. Congrats to the United States - we have President Trump and all the bigots he spent the last ten years winding up.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Where are Trump's tax returns?
Hey - ANONYMOUS - where the fuck are Trump's tax returns, you pompous sanctimonious wankers?
Come on, ASSANGE! You got off on taking down Clinton and the DNC, aren't you a proud little scrotum? Congrats! Now, show some courage - grow a pair of ovaries and do something positive with your life - like produce Trump's tax returns - you sad little celeb wannabe.
Edit: (27-January-2017) - found a meme to go with this one, especially since Lying President Trump persists in having ZERO intention of revealing his tax returns. Ever.
Hold My Beer
"Hold my beer" - I'm pretty sure that's what Nero said, before spending the night playing his fiddle.
It's a very "meta" kind of metaphor. It requires you to recognize a couple common legendary memes (one very modern, one very old) and then understand how they are fitted together to vomit out a deep look into the shit that is.
So, you're either scratching your head, or you're trying not to feel sick (laughter is a great way to dodge that sick feeling).
I Choose To Be Polite
I don't have to be polite. I choose to be polite. Given how much fucking stupid exists in the world, it's amazing how polite I am. Imagine if I gave up and met the stupid head-on with the beating it so richly deserves.
Dear Berned: Shut the fuck up
No, really. Get over yourselves. Have you looked at the numbers who turned out for Trump?
Are you really so stupid as to believe "all" of those people would have voted for Sanders?
Stop being as stupid and self-congratulatory as the Trumpettes.
This goes for Hillbots, too: the Berned didn't cost you anything. The truth is there are too damn many Trumpettes.
Trump is about to usher in the most inept, corrupt and destructive term in history not because people don't like Clinton, but because people are so goddamn naive and stupid as to have embraced Trump.
Polls showed Clinton ought to have won. You expect polls showing Sanders scoring well against Trump months ago meant shit yesterday? Yeah, point to shit and tell me it smells nice. That's the same logic that swept Trump into office.
The Berned didn't mean shit to November 8 turnout, because people bought the shit Trump was selling.
That and that alone is why today is such a fucking mess.
The American people voted massively in favor of the GOP - the party that has been fucking the American people for 40 goddamn years
The American people have embraced the discordia being sold by the GOP. The American people have embraced the lunatic message that the very people who are fucking them are somehow not the people fucking them, but that by embracing their tormentors is the only way to be safe from their tormentors.
Yeah, the America people have embraced the mental equivalent of "Amanda Berry giving Ariel Castro everything he wants so that he will protect her from the police."
That didn't work for Berry, and thank God she was finally able to escape.
Unfortunately, the American people aren't as smart as Amanda. The American people have continued to embrace the idea that Donald Castro is their saving god - some all-powerful authority figure who will take care of them and "make everything all right," even as he tells them in very small words he's going to beat them and hurt them.
It's the very definition of abusive relationships.
So, listen, Berned. Be angry. Be pissed off. But realize you're in the same shit the Clinton supporters are in - that 80 million Americans have embraced Ariel Trump and want to watch him fuck you as hard as he fucks them.
The Hillbots and the Berned are in the same ship. Now it's time for both groups to quit bickering and realize they have a xommon enemy, and that battle is going to take a long time to sort out.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
There is no excuse for this: the human experiment has failed
Fuck the rainbow, HEY GOD - burn the human race to the ground. The experiment failed and the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil has been wasted. There is no excuse for this stupidity.
Trump and Pence are unabashed bigots who have been embraced by white supremacists - people who advocate for the return of torture and murder of non-whites for amusement and spectacle. There is no excuse for any non-white to vote for these guys.
Pence has enacted some of the most anti-women policies as governor, and Trump brags about sexually assaulting women. Any woman who voted for these men has effectively said "Daughter, you are nothing but a play toy for men, now start learning to cook and suck dick."
There is no acceptable justification for being this disconnected from reality.
Trump doesn't give a shit about the fantasy you have created in your head. He is going to fuck us all, and if you voted for him, when he fucks me, I am going to beat your sorry and Trump-fucked ass with your own goddamn naive stupidity and then kick you to the curb.
I feel like I'm watching 2004 election day night all over again. Where "No sane universe would elect Bush to a second term!" and it turns out Americans are just as fucking stupid 12 years later. Nothing learned, just more fucking stupid than before
I don't know how I keep underestimating human stupidity and selfishness. Somehow, despite my piles of cynicism, I keep having faith in humanity.
I'm so fucking naive.
I don't know how I keep underestimating human stupidity and selfishness. Somehow, despite my piles of cynicism, I keep having faith in humanity.
I'm so fucking naive.
NOT a referendum on white people, so quit whining
With poll numbers like this, I predict you're going to be hearing that #Electiongeddon2016 was a "referendum on white people."
Well, it wasn't. It was a referendum on stupidity, selfishness, ignorance and greed. And also racism, sexism, and if people had any kind of working moral compass whatsoever.
Now, what Electiongeddon2016 poll results like this say about white people ain't a pretty sight.
It means we got a lot of house cleaning to do, to flush out the racists, sexists and generally stupid people who can fall for a total bloviating conman like Trump. And fall hook, line, sinker, and dumb fuck ignorant ball of whole-nine-yard wax.
God, Electiongeddon2016 is a humiliating critical mass of the American people standing up and screaming "We're total suckers!"
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