Wild Life

Yes, this (below) is a real thing. It's honestly not satire. This particular incident comes out in the book RFK Jr: The Fall and Rise (due in stores next month) by Isabel Vincent. The author was given access to Junior’s private journals back in 2013. Why? Why would anyone, especially someone with a famous name, voluntarily share their personal diaries with a journalist? Oh right…narcissism. Nevermind.

In his diary, he writes about cutting off the penis of a road-killed raccoon in 2001, while his “kids waited patiently in the car,” so that he could examine it later. (source) 

WTF!!!

I imagine Junior’s batshitness is partially genetic but a fair amount of it has to originate in the circumstances of his childhood. I mean, between being born to extreme wealth, fame, a political dynasty, having 11 (!!!) siblings, your uncle – the President – being assassinated, and then five years later, your very own father being murdered. Junior was 14 – that's a dicey age – maybe they all are. He started on heroin shortly afterwards. All of this had to seriously jank up his developing brain. Some of his stand-in father figures were...interesting and the times – late '60s - early '70s – were desperately electric.

...then there’s just a wide range of RFK Jr. weirdness and questionable (if not scandalous) behavior. This includes dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park; decapitating a dead whale and taking its head home; allegedly sexually assaulting a babysitter; keeping a sex diary of his many extramarital affairs during his second marriage; hailing his past use of heroin; reportedly sexting with a reporter (while married to his third wife); and causing concern at an environmental group he led over his puzzling distribution of tens of millions of dollars. (source) 

Despite all this, he was once a well respected environmental lawyer. I actually remember those days. They existed! The press didn’t cover his skeevbagian actions – his roadkill obsession, sex predations, lies, delusions, possible financial offenses…his obvious craziness though.

A forceful and articulate public speaker who has mastered the art of appearing to be well-informed, Kennedy has repeatedly showed that he is unfettered by reality and facts and that he is an erratic and stubborn pitchman for unfounded conspiracy theories and dangerously false propositions.

When you’re a wealthy, white man from a famous, well respected family, society gives you a LOT of rope before you’re cut off.

I wonder if any of Junior’s six children are as mentally unwell as him. 

Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy III is 41. IMDb says he’s a writer and director though there’s nothing new listed for him after ’21.

Kathleen Alexandra “Kick” Kennedy is 37 or 38. According to Business Insider she’s done a little acting (been on a few teevee shows) but is now primarily working with the environmental nonprofit Well/Beings in some undefined capacity. 

Conor Richardson Kennedy is 31. He, secretly, actually and REALLY joined Ukraine's International Legion of foreign fighters even though he had no military experience. He was on the northeastern front. He’s been arrested a few times for protesting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and worked with worked with Ocean Alliance. Also, he’s a musician of some sort. Sounds like a real stand up kid. 

Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy is 30. She’s a “socialite” according to Business Insider. The column says she likes to go to fashion shows. Sounds like a person with all the depth of a cookie sheet. 

William Finbar “Finn” Kennedy is 27. Not a lot out on the interwebz about him beyond that he likes to ski and is keen on wildlife. 

Aidan Caohman Vieques Kennedy is 24 and I can’t find out shit about him. I just hope he’s not a batshit, drug addicted, fuckhead like his old man.

I wish the kids luck and good therapists. I hope they succeed in ducking the privileged lunacy of their father. Yes, even Kyra.

Raccoon Island at dawn – at low tide we can walk out there.