Erin Burnett At Her Wits' End With Right-Wing Psychos Or Q? Really?

    Personally I feel that you might be just a little out there like alien abduction victims are if you believe the shit that Q is dishing out. Bat Shit Crazy. The fact that some evangelical church goers are susceptible to this crazy shit shouldn't be a surprise. This kind of shit is candy for simpler minds. Minds that already believe some pretty crazy shit. They already believe that 40,000 true believers will be Raptured into Heaven when the End of Times starts. Many of them are looking forward to those End of Times and actively helping bring it about. Stupid is as stupid does with those beliefs. They're putting targets on those of us who disagree with their perverted view of what would Jesus do? We are surely sinners and not true Christians by their reckoning. Believers that wouldn't know a true Christian if one knocked on their front door. Judge not lest you be judged by that same measure. The Sword of Truth has 2 edges for a reason. Speak your "Truth" with this in mind. I certainly do.      

Elon vs Big Pharma: It Begins

    Nice to hear some truth making it's way into more people's lives. Russel Brand asks the questions we should all ask ourselves. That is, unless the answers will clash with your view of the world. Open your eyes and see what's there in front of you. That is my wish for humanity in general.

Roe V. Wade Overturned According To SCOTUS (LEAKED) Draft Opinion

    No surprise here if it's true. But even if it turns out to be a false report it's still only a matter of time before they overturn it for real. After all, this was what the Right has been all about from the start.  Get their people onto the Supreme Court to overturn Roe V. Wade. They did it. Congratulations you stupid fucking old rich motherfuckers, you put women back in their rightful place as second class citizens in our fucked up country. Make America Great Again my ass. This is a large step in the wrong direction for American equality. My heart hurts to think of the pain and suffering this will inflict on those least able to defend themselves. All this from the party that supported Trump and his greed over whatever constitutional oaths they swore in order to remain in power. Losers one and all. Thank God for that at least.

Sign of the King Snake

 

    Here's a California King Snake that I saved from death via vehicle on the way to pick up my mail. I took the picture after releasing him by our woodpile. He's the second snake I've run across this Spring. When I say run across I'm saying that I got my hands on them. I personally inspect all captured critters then put them back. Under one of our rocks in the front yard was a Sharp-tailed Snake which was only a little over 6" long. All and all snakes are good signs in one's dreams and in the real world. They're about personal power and growth. That's a sign of things to come if Putin refrains from starting World War III but that's another post.  

The Five Laws Of Stupidity or Why Things are So Fucked Up

    Stupid has nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with bad behavior. Behavior that's not only damaging to everyone around them but to the stupid fucks themselves. Stupid people are their own worst enemies. Donald Trump comes to mind along with his supporters who are all very stupid fuckers. Then there are Republicans that, for the most part, are also acting quite stupidly. Add many of Democratic persuasion to that body of stupidity if I'm being 100% honest. Then ask yourself "Who will save us now?"   

The Rant is Due for a Sign

     Here's what I'm going to send to Lewis Black for his "The Rant is Due" series. Hope he gives it a read.

    Howdy Lewis. I've been a fan of yours for a long time and during that time I've heard you say a great many things exactly as I would have if I chose to rant online. I have even developed a fairly good imitation of you when you're in full rant mode which I'm told is the sincerest form of flattery. Thought you might like to give this rant the treatment it deserves.

    What has me foaming at the mouth lately is the bad behavior of miracle face cream and health care sellers. They advertise free fucking samples of a proprietary formula that makes your face look decades younger or cures your COPD. They show you before and after photos that I'm sure remain untouched by our current technology and testimonials that we're told are from satisfied customers (not). Then there's the health care quacks favorite tactic of subjecting us to long detailed videos that you can't fast forward through while they drill their bullshit deep into your frontal lobes. Anyway, the best part where they tell you that all you pay are the shipping costs. Just think, for only a few dollars you can try out our fantastic product and enjoy a whole month's worth of creamy smooth skin or better health. Everybody wants to look and feel better after all.

    So my wife, like many boomers, looks in the mirror and sees a face that doesn't look like she feels. She hates what gravity does to us all once we've reached retirement age and would like to reverse some of that damage. Along come the miracle face cream adds on Facebook or where ever and she'd like to try one of them. I got her a gift VISA card so that she could pay the $6.95 shipping and handling fee and not expose us to any financial shenanigans. These assholes refused it and would only take a credit card in her name. That's when I waded through their “Terms and Conditions” and you'll never guess what I found. By ordering the free bottle you're committing yourself to a monthly subscription cost of $129! You heard me, 129 fucking dollars a month! They'll bill you 14 days after they ship your free sample so that you'll have plenty of time to cancel the fucking subscription that you didn't know you were fucking signing up for in the first place. By the way, the number they want you to call to cancel that fucking subscription? I tried it out and it's been busy every time I called it. What the fuck? Talk about buyer beware. These unethical sellers depend on their customers/victims lack of understanding of online business practices and the fucked up tactics they use to get their greedy fucking hands on your money. I can easily imagine retired folks falling for this crap and if they're on a limited income that barely keeps them afloat like we are, that surprise deduction can mean the difference between feeding the cat or eating its food.

    I read every “Terms and Conditions” now at these type of sites and they're basically the same. Sometimes it's right at the beginning but usually it's near the end of that vast sea of bullshit that few of us can read properly let alone understand. It's hard to get my head around the amount of money that these cocksuckers must have taken from their unsuspecting customers. All I can say is Fuck those greedy fucked up thieving bastards with their extravagant fucking claims for the next miracle cure. Fuck them all.

US Authorities Zero in on Detained Super Yacht in Fiji!

    So sad. So enjoyable to watch as incomprehensibly wealthy Putin and his cronies lose their expensive toys. The rule of thumb is it takes 10% of whatever the cost of the Super Yacht to maintain it for a year on the sea. Some of these obscene pleasure boats are well over a football field long and can cost over 200 million dollars. There are currently over 3 billion dollars worth (soon to be 4 billion if it isn't already) in Super Yachts that have been detained. I am so fucking entertained by this channel as it helps the balance a tad. I give not one fuck for the hidden owners losses. Fuck those rich bastards. They're the greedy fucks that screwed their workers to pocket the profits. They are reaping what they've sown in some small way by losing their stuff. Personally I'd rather see them repent and use their money to help give this world of ours a future. But since that will never happen I'm more inclined to entertain the hope that they will get their just desserts sometime in the near future. 

    Here's what I'd like to tell them: Losing the yacht should be taken as a sign that you're on the wrong path and you might want to keep your eyes open for further losses if you continue as you have.

Signs of the Times

     There's one fact that chaps my hide and that's the fact that most Americans are clueless. They have no idea of how complicated issues are these days and insist on clinging to simple solutions for these issues. They are blind to the inherent racism built into our society nor do they wish to be reminded of it. They blame the wrong people for problems that are of their own making. Too many of them watch Fox News (which is more propaganda than news) and believe the bullshit they're peddling there. 

    Most damning of all is the Right's support for Putin and their continuing adoration of Trump in all his felonious glory. What the fuck is wrong with Republicans? Are they tired of Democracy? How can you support someone who is such a piece of shit that he belongs in a prison cell? Someone who lies constantly and is too stupid to understand how our Democracy works. Someone who failed to meet the pandemic head on for fear that it would ruin his presidency. 

    I'm also fucking tired of the constant 24/7 news cycle that has turned into bullshit corner instead of real news. I don't need to hear anyone's fucking opinion about how we almost lost our Democracy. I need to see this felonious piece of shit that we recently voted out of office on trial for his crimes along with all the scum of the Earth that he brought with him. Drain the swamp? He populated it with like minded assholes bent on profit and lean on caring for anyone but themselves. 

    Most of all I find it exasperating that so many Americans are buying into this bullshit while so many others are ignoring it entirely. If this continues we are fucked as a Democracy and will descend into the chaos that marks the end of a once great nation. Just sayin'.  

Second Sign of the Thumb?

     I haven't decided if this is a sign or more of usual things that happen in one's life. Shut the Honda door on my thumb yesterday and if it didn't hurt so bad I would have laughed at myself for trying to use that same hand to open the door. Once it was clear that my left hand was held from doing its normal duty by my thumb, I switched hands and finally released my crushed and bleeding thumb from the door jam. Nothing was broken but it looks as though my thumbnail may not survive. Only time will tell. Meanwhile I'm wondering at any deeper meaning other than to pay attention to what I'm doing. Shit happens. 

Lawrence: McConnell Knows Evidence Against Justice Thomas Is 'Damning'

    I've known that since before the second Bush Administration. His wife was an off the hook Tea Party fan and he didn't recuse himself then either. From what I've heard from credible sources, he's a partisan fucking hack with the personality of a garden slug. I've known that he's not qualified to hold a position on the Supreme Court since his confirmation hearings. Everything he's done since has confirmed my initial assessment so the current hullabaloo is no surprise to me. Mitch waxing eloquent on his work was amusing to say the least and does imply that he knows it looks bad for his Right Wingnut Justice this time. He didn't recuse himself from a high profile case that involved his wife's political activities, not the first time he's failed the oath. Hopefully this piece of trash will eventually be removed to a place where he won't bother us anymore. As for me, I'm not holding my breath for that to happen anytime soon.      

The Sign of the Thumb

    This is me removing another piece of scar tissue from my thumb a few days ago. I've been doing this for more than 3 1/2 decades now and still haven't gotten to all the wood I injected in it. I was assembling a piece of furniture with 1 3/4" staples and glue and while stapling a miter corner, one went through and into my thumb. This was over 40 years ago. The injury initially healed over and looked normal until it began swelling 4 years later. I'd already been back to the doctor's about it previously as it was still painful when used certain ways. Dr. Slater was no help at all. He didn't believe that it hit the bone despite my statement to the contrary. So I'd been putting up with it until it began swelling during a particularly busy period of guitar playing. It increased in size to the point where I needed to have it lanced. 

    The doctor's at the clinic told me that it was unlikely that there was wood still in my thumb but after putting some of what came out under the scope they were proven wrong. They removed as much of the scar tissue surrounding the wood as they could but were unable to go all the way to the bone to do so in the clinic. For a while afterward it looked like a normal thumb but soon it began swelling again. I was at work when it popped and drained some ugly looking puss all over the parts counter (my nickname there was Thumbs). One last stop afterwards at the doctors resulted in a negative bone scan and that was it for me. I was left with a ball of scar tissue the size of a small marble next to the bone after it stopped draining. The drain hole never closed. I've removed scar tissue from it every month or so since then. 35 years and my thumb is still rejecting pieces of wood/scar tissue. It's now nearly gone with a small bump left near the skins surface that hopefully will finish ejecting the foreign material and seal over soon.  

    The first time it was lanced was after I'd booted my cheating wife out of our apartment. For the next 2 days everything I'd denied while she was out and about played back in my memory, like a never ending stream of YouTube videos commemorating the high points of her infidelity. So I had known all along but could neither face nor acknowledge it before the final confrontation. I knew who. I knew when. I also observed my behavior throughout and found disliked what I saw. I beat myself up over and over with it and swore I'd never let it happen again (a promise I failed to keep). The feeling I got from the initial draining was religious in nature. I let my internal rage go and reached an understanding that I was going to survive and learn from this. I reached an understanding that If I live long enough and help remove the material it expels I'll see the day that my eternal wound finally heals. 

    This whole experience parallels my internal healing process to the bone. Buried traumas from my childhood seek the sunlight. They no longer hide exclusively in my subconscious. They ask for an accounting and incorporation into a healthier mental state. They want to be dealt with in a loving and kind way. They want to be understood and accepted before becoming part of my whole person. So that's what I continue to do. Hopefully I will continue to heal both physically and mentally as I continue forward.                         

Signs that Putin is in the Drivers Seat

     Republicans can blame Biden all they want but the truth is Trumps treatment of Putin while he was in office helped set this war in motion. Add up all the attempts at mitigating sanctions on Russia along with holding military aid hostage to Ukraine for dirt on the Bidens and this is what you get. Trump also trashed NATO during his divisive fours years in office so the bullshit Republicans spew that Biden caused this doesn't fly with me.  

    As far as what can be done to stop Putin, Republicans have no clue. Seems to me that anything more than sanctions will risk nuclear escalation by Putin as he's made it clear that he's prepared to end the world as we know it. For our world to be safe the Russian people need to remove Putin from power. That's the only solution that comes to my mind that won't risk nuclear war. If anyone has a better idea or ideas they should share as we need possible solutions, not recriminations.   

Trump Suggests Putting Chinese Flags on U.S. Fighter Jets to Bomb Russia...It's a Sign

    Republicans are blaming Biden for the invasion of Ukraine but I put the blame squarely on Trump's shoulders. As far as Biden being weak, what would Republicans do? I haven't heard a realistic plan from them that will do any more than what's being done now. Putin has nuclear weapons and has made it clear that he will use them if we get too involved. Trump set this situation into play with his fawning over big strong Putin. Putting Chinese markings on our jets is a great idea if your 5 years old. Thank God he's not still president.

Signs of End Times

    Here's one of the channels I watch to keep up on inclement events around the world. The Two Preachers are an over the top version of disasters with a religious end time theme. Lest one think that there are many more disasters, natural or otherwise, one needs to take into account that everyone has a smart phone these days. We see more now than ever before due to the internet and the videos that inhabit it. Balance is the key to deriving input from these sources.   

Signs That I Am Not Entertained

     I am not entertained when Putin decides to invade another country.

    I am not entertained when Trump praises Putin's intelligence for killing innocent people.

    I am not entertained by Republicans calling Biden's response weak when it's been the opposite. Biden helped unite the world's governments to respond to Putin's insane power grab. Republicans got shit to say about what they'd do different.

    I am not entertained by people dying in a war and the media bringing this to our attention 24/7. Nothing but hot air and bullshit as the networks compete for our attention. 

    Last of all, I am not entertained as I watch America slowly but surely tear itself apart. That's Putin's ultimate goal and he's getting closer to achieving it than he's ever been.  

Signs of Weakness

    Trump set the stage for this invasion. Taiwan is next. All due to his love of strong men in charge. Traitor.

Signs that Trump May Be Reaching The End Of His Rope

    It was too much to ignore. All that free cash. All that power. He went at acquiring it with his usual mix of larceny and bullshit and now that he's no longer president it's time to pay the piper. Justice fucking matters and the rule of law should apply to all of us equally. It's Time!

BIGBUG = I Am Entertained

    Fun watch. This one is really out there yet still keeps you entertained. Manufactured security workers who believe they are smarter than humans and see no need to take their orders anymore. Realistically points out the end result of where we're headed as a society if things continue as they are and it's not pretty. Ignorance never is.  

Signs of Willful Ignorance and Denial

    It's mostly a discussion about Don't Look Up, the #2 watched Netflix movie of all time, which highlights the Republican aversion to facts and the consequences there of. It rings so true that it resonates across one's senses. Stupid people are deadly when given the opportunity and they scare the shit out of me. That's what I got out of it. What's your take?   

Signs of Kevin Hart's Super Power

    What is Kevin Hart's super power? It's his ability to bring out the best in any group or person he engages with. That's what makes him so enjoyable to watch. His personality is the tool he uses to lift those around him to the same level as entertainers. The chemistry videos have all been Kevin Hart along with the Rock or Snoop Dog or whomever. Kevin is the common denominator, the go to funny guy that drags everyone else into the zone with him. He's da bomb.