We're Riding in a Clown Car of Crazies

Kristi Noem will be Trump’s secretary of Homeland Security? RILLY? WTF?!?!?! This is the puppy murderer, right? She shot Cricket and left him in a gravel pit. She shot her family’s pet goat too. Bast only knows how many other family pets she’s offed.

She’s lied about meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Noem claimed she’d “stared him down.” When caught out she said that she, like totally, could have intimidated the fuck outta the murderous, nuclear-armed dictator. Howzat? Because she used to look after “little tyrants” as a children’s pastor. (BTW, “christian” children’s pastors are rather well known for abusing their charges—google it. Pedophilia isn’t just for Catholics—it never was.)

Noem claimed to have canceled a meeting with French President Emanuel Macron. She didn’t. She never HAD an appointment with him nor had she been invited for so much as a cup of tea.

“While in Paris, I was slated to meet with French president Emmanuel Macron,” Noem wrote. “However, the day before we were to meet, he made what I considered a very pro-Hamas and anti-Israel comment to the press. So I decided to cancel.” (source)

Nope, this was just another product of her fevered imagination. Also, WHY would the president of France want to meet with the governor of a state whose entire population is less than half the size of his capital city? I mean, fer fuck’s sake, she’s a nobody, a nonentity even in her own state. ALL nine of South Dakota’s Native American tribes have banned her. Instead of apologizing for her lies about them she doubled down, claiming tribal leaders were profiting off of Mexican drug cartels.

Girl went OFF about the “war zone at the border.” What borders South Dakota? North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. Not Mexico, not Canada.

She’s a power-mad, ridiculously incompetent doofus. A pathetic clown.

I only mention it BUT her promise to deport US born children of undocumented parents violates the 14th Amendment.

AMENDMENT XIV
Section 1.
 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (source)

I read that the Orange idiot has chosen Jesus humper Mike Huckabee to be the ambassador to Israel. Brilliant choice, eh? Who better to bring about Armageddon than an inept christofascist pillock? FYI guys, the rapture’s a fairy tale. You can try to force your god’s hand but I think you’ll be disappointed. Also, probably dead.

I’m guessing that all the Palestine protest voters will be pleased with themselves when they see Donnie Dipshit and Bibi finish off the Gaza Strip. 

Marco Rubio, who’s usually busy tweeting absurd bible verses, is expected to be the next Secretary of State. Looks like Trump/Rubio will be giving Putin Ukraine as an Xmas gift.

Prick Scott, best known for monstro Medicare fraud, is hoping to be the next Senate Republican Leader

Rick Scott was in New York yesterday skipping votes, kissing up to Trump, and reminding everyone that he oversaw the the largest Medicare fraud in history.

Mike Luckovich

Scott mistakenly thought no one would remember how he “took responsibility” for his company defrauding Medicare recipients and military families out of millions. (source)

Extreme toady, Elise Stefanik, will be the ambassador to the United Nations.

Stefanik’s sole contribution to foreign affairs recently has been her extremely vocal defense of Israel as it continues its onslaught against Gaza. Beyond that, her diplomatic skills might be a little atrophied. (source)

"her diplomatic skills might be a little atrophied?" Yeah, that’s putting it mildly to say the very least. Hand-job Barbie and Marge Greene are the only choices that would have been worse.

Unsurprisingly I now have R.E.M.’s song, It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I feel fine), stuck in my head.

Words, Gods, Cookies, and Sharks

Wazzock
     noun
A stupid or annoying chump.

Originally meant "bull's penis" (originally described to me as "bull's prick"). See also "wazz" …used for human urination in the West and North of England (source)

The Adderall snorting, illiterate, burnt orange prez-elect is a complete wazzock.

Chump
     Noun
A person who is easily tricked : a stupid or foolish person

Etymology: 1703, "short, thick lump of wood," of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of chunk (n.) or a nasalized variant of chub (compare chuck/chunk and Old Norse kumbr for kubbr "block of wood"). Meaning "blockhead" is first attested 1883. (source)

Trump is a chump. All it takes to dupe this dope is flattery. He’s so needy and stupid he actually believes every word.

Pillock
     noun
A stupid or annoying person : a simpleton : fool

Etymology: The origin of pillock is believed to go back to the 16th century meaning penis. From the Norwegian word pillicock, presumably akin to the slang Dickhead meaning inept fool. (source)

Trump = pillock on industrial strength steroids.
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Jen, Oni, his brother Kevin and I have just started watching Kaos.

Kaos is a darkly funny riff on Greek mythology. Zeus, Hera, Prometheus, Dionysus, Cassandra, Orpheus and Eurydice are all alive in current day Crete.

• Zeus (played by snackalicious Jeff Goldblum) is paranoid, vain, and neurotic.
• Hera’s got spies everywhere and is keeping a close watch.
• Prometheus is plotting.
• Dionysus wants to be given more, real responsibility but Dad and Mom (Zeus and Hera) don’t seem to think the party boy’s up to it.
• Eurydice’s no longer in love with rock star Orpheus but leaving is hard.
• And no one pays attention to Cassandra...of course.

I can’t wait for the next episode!
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Are macarons just French (by way of Italy and Catherine De Medici) Oreos? I love Oreos but macarons? C'est magnifique! 

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A good response to the dickheads repeating that deranged, psycho Fuentes’s your body, my choice tweet? Dead men don’t rape—said while staring the fuckfaced dipshit straight in the eye with a fierce mien. Finish with a frightening, condescending laugh.
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Did you know?

Orcas are hunting sharks in the Gulf of California, targeting large species including bull sharks and blacktips, scientists reveal. (source)

Apparently, this is normal. Orcas eat sharks—also yachts. Okay, they just attack, not consume, the rich fuck’s boats. They also aren’t so much into making meals of people. Why not? Undoubtedly the yacht set are full of nasty chemicals (Botox) and inedible plastics. ISH!

They've been around so long that sharks are older than a whole bunch of things we think of as having always been there. The exact date of the emergence of sharks is a matter of ongoing research but it's generally accepted that they showed up in the world's oceans between 450 and 400 million years ago. (source)

Humans, on the other hand, have only been around for 300,000 years. Fucking newbies.

Sharks are older than the rings of Saturn which formed 10 and 100 million years ago.

Trees? Younger than sharks. They’ve only been here for 390 million years.

The North Star (AKA Polaris) is somewhere between 45 and 67 million years old.

Once again, sharks for the win at 450 to 400 million years in existence. MAYBE sharks came here from Kepler-138 c and Kepler-138 d—planets which, due to their low density, may be largely composed of water.

Water wasn't directly detected at Kepler-138 c and d, but by comparing the sizes and masses of the planets to models, astronomers conclude that a significant fraction of their volume – up to half of it – should be made of materials that are lighter than rock but heavier than hydrogen or helium (which constitute the bulk of gas giant planets like Jupiter). The most common of these candidate materials is water. (source) 

So, sharks might have been the first visitors to planet Earth. I wonder what their spaceships looked like. Did they run out of rocket fuel and get stuck here?

A Confederacy of Idiots

Okay, okay, I think I’m starting to ease off my intense skepticism regarding the accuracy of this horrific election.

This election wasn't rigged. Democratic voters and voters who were gettable for Democrats just didn't feel as much urgency to defeat Trump as they did when they were experiencing his rule in real time. The Democratic presidential candidate wasn't white or male, in a country where there's still a great deal of racism and sexism. (source)

One bit that inflamed my doubt and distrust in the election results is that I just didn't want to believe that so damn many of my fellow Americans are this irredeemably racist, mysoginistic, shortsighted, tiny-brained and/or lazy.

I've gotta face it though—we, the United States of America, are a confederacy of utter fuckwits. With the popularity of reality teevee, I should have known this by now.

We had a chance to stand united against fascism, authoritarianism, racism, and bigotry, but we did not. We had a chance to create a better world for not just ourselves but our sisters and brothers in at least some of the communities most vulnerable to unchecked white rule, but we did not. We had a chance to pass down a better, safer, and cleaner world to our children, but we did not. Instead, we chose Trump, JD Vance, and a few white South African billionaires who know a thing or two about instituting apartheid. (source) 

Fewer people voted this year than in 2020.

Michael Morgenstern

Harris had won about 67 million votes as of Wednesday afternoon, compared to the approximately 81 million Biden garnered in 2020 — a difference of about 14 million. But that gap is decreasing as the vote count continues. No state has counted 100% of its ballots yet. 

Trump is, so far, lagging behind his 2020 total by approximately 2 million votes, but this gap is also decreasing as more votes are counted. (source)

Basically, what it comes down to is that more than half of US citizens don’t give a flying fuck about the rights of anyone who isn’t a white, wealthy, healthy, male, het, and cisgendered. A majority of Americans have the same amount of compassion as the scorpion had for the frog  —it’s just not in their nature to give a shit. This includes the 53% of white women who voted for that burnt orange grotesquerie.

I’m mostly unsurprised but still aghast at seeing how many citizens are devoid of intelligence, critical thinking skills, empathy, and a desire for equality and equity for all. I knew that trump’s cult was nothing but dimwitted failures of humanity but it amazes me that so many others are horrifically callous, uncaring and bereft of good judgement and sense.

IF there is a god, which I seriously doubt, his/her/its biggest mistake was creating people. Orcas, sharks, octopuses, otters? All good. Cats, dogs, rhinos, elephants? Exceptional! Crows, ravens, ducks, vultures? Yeah dude, straight up! Butterflies and moths? Bats, hedgehogs, camels, skunks? Oh yeah. Humans? Nope. If there’s some sort of celestial science fair, god should def not make his exhibit about us. We’re no more than autocannibalistic snakes without the ability or desire to learn and evolve.

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.
~ Assata Shakur

Micro-brained Schmucks

Nick Fuentes is, apparently, a very stupid, hate filled, micro-dicked, pile of crocodile shit and, unsurprisingly, he can’t get a date…not even with an undiscriminating sex worker. This repugnant, barely sentient, trump fanboi seems to believe that, since the rapey, convicted felon, and regular on Epstein’s Lolita Express was elected, it’s now open season on women. In his worm-eaten skull, rape is now legal and he’s BIG encouraging it. To him and his fellow santorum-sucking trolls, women are nothing but sex slaves and sammich makers. And pedophilia is now “normal.” 

Fuckwit Fuentes is 26 years old. His only accomplishment to date seems to be inciting his fellow bullying, imbecilic, virgin halfwits to violence. His hero seems to be the follicly challenged  Andrew Tate, the human trafficking rapist who’s currently under house arrest in Romania.

Manosphere influencer Andrew Tate, in a post on X on November 7, stated: “I saw a woman crossing the road today but I just kept my foot down. Right of way? You no longer have rights.” The post received 688,000 views in under two hours. Another X user, stated: “women threatening sex strikes like LMAO as if you have a say”; the post has received 10 million views.  (source)

“My (Tate’s) job was to meet a girl, go on a few dates, sleep with her, test if she's quality, get her to fall in love with me to where she'd do anything I say and then get her on webcam so we could become rich together," he wrote on the page - which was subsequently taken down in February 2022. (source)

The agency said the defendants used the coercive “loverboy” method to exploit 34 vulnerable victims who were forced to produce pornographic materials for a fee online, and that more than $2.8 million (2.5 million euros) it generated was kept by the defendants. (source)

To girls and women, young and not so young—start taking self defense classes NOW. Practice, practice, practice what you learn. If you can’t afford a class and/or your parents won’t pay for one—find some instructional videos online.

• Learn how to say no clearly, directly, and with force. Keep saying it LOUDLY.

• Learn the human body’s weak points—eyes, nose, throat, groin, etc.

• It’s hard to remember anything when you’re overwhelmed and panicking. Keep basic moves in mind and practice.

• Be aware and observant of your surroundings, trust your instincts. Be prepared and don’t buy into the republican party gaslighting.

More tips here.

Are you a guy? Are you sane? Are you an ally? If one of your buds says some delulu misogynistic shit, respond with:

“What a weird thing to say”

“Do you hear yourself right now? You sound like an incel.”

“That’s a disgusting opinion to have”

“Shut the fuck up, dude”

“That’s fucked up bro. Why would you say that?” 

Ridicule, insult, condescend—do NOT treat what these deeply insecure degenerates spew as anything but the despicable insanity that it is.

Your daughters, wives, loved ones aren't safe. WE are not safe. FIGHT and do NOT surrender!

And Now for Something Completely Different

Two great books by Sarah Gailey—The Echo Wife and Magic for Liars.

In The Echo Wife, Doctor Evelyn Caldwell is a brilliant scientist researching human cloning. She’s discovered that her husband, Nathan, has used her work to create Martine, a clone of Evelyn herself. Unlike Evelyn, who is strong, independent, and very much focused on her career, her clone has been programmed to be meek and submissive—a trad wife type, a bang maid, a baby incubator.

Nathan was also a scientist but a sloppy one—not one for details. His slack attitude leads to Martine developing a mind of her own. Hilarity does not ensue.

The Echo Wife is a science fiction thriller in which none of the characters are two dimensional sketches. The depth of their personalities unfold slowly.

I was reminded a bit of the replicants in Blade Runner and Ripley in Alien Resurrection. Also, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

There were a lot of stop-reading-and-write-it down quotes—here are a few:

“Never apologize just because you think someone is mad at you," he said. "Never let anyone make you say that you're sorry just to appease them.  

 This is advice Evelyn’s father gave to her. It reminds me so much of the wisdom my father imparted to me.

Why would you ever cut the blooms off the rosebush?

It was one of the only truly useful things she ever taught me: Stress stimulates growth. Sometimes, in order to make something develop in the right direction, you have to hurt it.

I only mention it but, if stress really does stimulate growth, sane, smart Americans would all be 20 feet tall (and still growing) by now. By spring we'll all be the size of Godzilla and have no trouble rescuing the country from the abominable, greedheaded, fuckfaced, weasel shits. Right?!

No one would look at the seams that held me together and guess that they were scars.
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The way I see it, you mostly stop loving a person the same way you stop respecting them. It can happen all at once if something enormous and terrible falls over the two of you. But for the most part, it happens in inches. In a thousand tiny moments of contempt that unravel the image you had of the person you thought you knew.
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There’s no winning. Either I’m a bitch who needs to control everything, or I’m an easy mark.

This is what it’s like to be a woman in the US. We’re either harridans and dragon ladies or submissive doormats.

It was a place that could have been charming, if only it had been entirely different.

And this perfectly describes the last house and the last town where I lived with my parents and siblings.

Gailey’s book Magic for Liars is a murder mystery set in a prep school for kids who are magically gifted. It’s more than that though. This isn’t Hogwarts‚no one’s playing quidditch. Kirkus Reviews calls it a poignant and bittersweet family tragedy disguised as a mystery but with a magic all its own.    

Being brave means holding your fear in one hand and your responsibility in the other.
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“It’s a lot like sticking your hand into a black box that may or may not have cobras in it.” I blinked. “That’s the most coherent explanation of magic I’ve ever heard.

It’s also the best simile I can imagine for life on this bleak, benighted planet.

One last quote (NOT from Sarah Gailey):

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.
~ Joe Biden

Hatred Runs Deep

I’m not a people person and I’ll bet that surprises precisely NO ONE. This election has validated all my fears, disgusts and despisings of humanity.

I live in a predominantly white neighborhood which has always weirded me out. Now more than ever though—it just doesn't feel safe. Yes, I'm probably overreacting—falling victim to my panic over what's to come in January.

Our neighbors to the right are immigrants from somewhere in Eastern Europe. They don’t speak much English (from what Jen tells me) but they aren’t at all unfriendly. Our neighbors to the left are awesome—supportive, warm and definitely, rationally left wing. I know there are a few republicans around here but, after 20 years in the neighborhood, they seem quiet. Hopefully they'll remain so.

I know...how would I know if they’re flaming, loud mouthed bigots or not? I keep to myself, rarely go out, and I'm not outgoing. Also, I’m deaf. Also too, when I’m out walking, I’m very much focused on staying upright, not falling over while watching the seagulls and waves. I don’t socialize beyond maybe waving hello. My walks are about building strength, attempting to improve my balance and getting a little fresh air. It's about rehab, not mix and mingling.

Being a misanthropic, deaf and disabled woman living in blue, blue Massachusetts means that I’m mostly shielded from the clueless, unevolved motherfuckers who poison the planet with their monstrous stupidity, their cruel and abysmally myopic hatred for all those who aren’t exactly like them. 

I know that, once Trump kills Medicare and Social Security, my death won’t be as far off as I’d like. Without affordable healthcare, without the bucks to fund my unfortunate surgery addiction, I die. All because a majority of Americans cherish their hatred of anyone who’s not a white, wealthy, straight, “christian” more than they care about reality. OR they just couldn't be arsed to vote.

And now a poem by Charles Bukowski:
The Genius Of The Crowd

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock

their finest art

NEED BON BONS NOW!

Word for the day:
Recrudescence
     noun
the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve. To become raw again; to become worse

The US has welcomed a recrudescence of full on racist, woman hating, immigrant scapegoating, LGBTQ despising government. We're fucked.

Here we are. This is more horrifying than 2016. We didn’t know for sure back then, just how awful and incompetent and vile Trump is. We ALL should have known better this time.

Seven states in the US have approved measures to protect or expand abortion rights, but bids to restore protections for the procedure failed in Florida, South Dakota and Nebraska. (source)

In March of this year Trump said he supported a 15 week nationwide abortion ban. Toward the end of the campaign he said states should determine their own abortion policies. We already know how badly that’s playing out. How many more women must die before the Fascist Party understands or even cares that abortion IS healthcare. Apparently, to the rightwing control freaks and christians-in-name-only, women are nothing but expendable bang-maids.

What will he do once he’s back in office? My money’s on him doing whatever the fuck will line his pockets with buckos. He has zero core beliefs or care for women’s health and safety. He’ll say and do anything as long as it ultimately serves his purposes.

It’s probably more important to see what J.D. Couchfucker says. After all, he and his Heritage Foundation puppet masters are the ones who will actually be calling the shots. Trump’s just their frontman.

Those seven states that voted to amend their state constitutions to protect abortion rights? Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and New York.  HOWEVER:

Trump’s return to the White House means those hard-fought efforts may amount to nothing. Despite the gridlock in US Congress, a nationwide abortion ban could soon become a reality: anti-abortion advocates hope that Trump will resurrect a 19th-century anti-vice law to effectively implement a nationwide ban. Access to other forms of reproductive healthcare, such as contraception and in vitro fertilization, are also at risk.

Because he’s barred from a third term Trump can now do whatever he wants without fear of electoral consequences, said Mary Ziegler, a professor at the University of California, Davis who studies the legal history of reproduction.  (source) 

IF Trump makes it through the next four years without being Amendment 25ed OR succumbing to his Big Mac, Coke and Adderall addictions, will there be elections in four years? I'm not betting on it.

Also, so much for US citizens caring about how old and infirm the president is, eh? I guess being elderly is only an important factor if the candidate’s a Democrat. Trump is closing in on 80 and is obviously in physical and mental decline. He’ll be the oldest president ever to assume office AND the only convicted felon.

We’ve just handed the guy who’s promised public tribunals and firing squads, unlimited power. I hope every single person who voted for Trump and Stein contract painful, fatal diseases and can’t afford healthcare.

"This is not a time to throw up our hands," Harris said. "This is a time to roll up our sleeves. This is a time to organize, to mobilize and to stay engaged for the sake of freedom and justice and the future that we all know we can build together." (source)

It's gonna take me a few days to get to the roll up the sleeves point. Right now, I’m still trying to reduce my panic levels. Maybe a couple million bon bons will help?

The Big Day

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