High Energy prices may be the only way to save our childrens future.

 Five dollar gasoline has been a firebrand for everyone right now, with the right pointing to how inept Biden is and how his policies are causing high gas prices, they are not. 

The left is freaking out too because the poor "cannot afford to live" some truth to this, although their own inability to try and better their own life and make sound financial decisions is the real culprit, but that is another blog. 

Overall the United States is the worlds highest Carbon Emitter with a close tie to china. This is incredibly alarming considering the US has 330 million people while China has 1.4 Billion, a substantial population difference. For those at this point who are wondering, yes it's real, if you've ever opened a chemistry book it is undeniably listed as a cause for the planet warming. The concensus with scientists is nearly unmatched, which as Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson says "Almost never happens as Scientists argue over everything."

The United States also wastes 50 percent of the worlds food, production and distribution of food contributes to to Co2 emissions with the less obvious being the production of food itself. Moreover the US unmatched in the world beef consumption also contributes to warming via cow farts and belches, yea my children would laugh right now too, why are you? The US food portions are also grossly larger than anyplace else in thew world where. we also lead in the consumption of garbage food which has at times been proven to have the nutritional value of cardboard. 

Moving on here is the key, Democrats, like good capitalists they are, keep trying to push ways to keep our economy afloat and keep their current presidency and slim margin in the Congress, I get that. However point in fact it requires even more carbon and nature degradation to "Save us" all to keep the corporations happy. 

This is absurd, if we simply regulated and taxed energy, especially oil we would lose the dramatic ups and downs of the oil market, which gives us greater stability and incentivize people to go "Green" this means less consumption and less expulsion of greenhouse gases and a healthier planet. Now you can argue about what those green solutions are, that's fine, however point in fact over consumption in every aspect of American life is the major culprit here. If we were to simply slow our consumption that means less factory  output, less driving, more dependency on mass transit, less building mega homes, less food consumption ect. 

Without it, we go extinct as a species within the next couple of hundred years. This is an emergency and it's time we acted like it. 

A Blue Collar Guide to Understanding Economics in todays world.

 Economics is fairly simple, at least on the long term, however politicians, who are not always looking out for the countries better good make it difficult. When you operate in a political environment focuses on Business profits over the people, we end up where we are now. So this will be an easy to understand guide for those of you confused on how basic economics effect your life. 

Tax cuts. 

This is the stalwart of the Republican party, cut taxes fuel spending, maximize profits, which is what it does. When taxes are cut spending ensues, usually in the form of corporate buy outs and take overs, money which would go to the Government to pay for their projects, instead goes into their pockets. The myth being they are going to reinvest, which sometimes they do, not always in America. 

During the Raygun tax cuts, the government suffered such a deficit that taxes were raised in 12 different area's to pay for the declining coffers, this is where Social Security and Medicare taxes came from. 

https://www.ssa.gov/history/InternetMyths2.html

Tax cuts rarely benefit the common man as they are given to those at the top tier, they do fuel spending overall however and I will explain at the end why too much spending is a bad thing. 

Interest Rates; 

The Federal Reserve controls interest rates, which is the amount you pay federally on money borrowed. Low interest rates sound amazing, I mean who doesn't want to pay less in interest rates? The less money in interest rates you pay the more money you have in your own pocket. At the common persons level a half a interest point is negligible in our lives, where as people dealing with hundreds of millions or billions it makes a HUGE difference. Eventually the cuts keep going and more spending again occurs as lenders have more money to spend. To slow spending the Federal Reserve then raises interest rates which makes industry slow. This sounds bad but it actually can be a good thing as it slows the rate to which homes for instance are purchased. Too low of a interest rate and spending goes wild which fuels inflation, high home prices are a direct result of our previous record low interest rates as people can borrow with more money and buy a higher priced home, thus raising hte prices. Not difficult in the least bit to understand really. 

Employment; The result of both as I noted means industry has extra money to spend on it's pet projects or investing, this means growth. Growth requires jobs to fill lowering the overall unemployment, this sounds great but it means you will inevitably be short of workers, which is where we are now. As industry runs short on workers they must raise their prices to compensate, thus more inflation. Moroever too many people employed means you have less of a workforce to fill down the road, less people going to college and less educated growth in the future. 

While current thinking has stated that worker shortages mean higher pay, that is proven to be somewhat bunk as employers have not raised wages accordingly to fill those jobs. Instead they close or limit hours, which again means higher prices. 

Tariffs; These are used when trading internationally, if a country is protecting all people, it uses higher tariffs to push away investment which will hurt their own industry in that area, if they are short on goods in an area, they will use tariffs at a lower price to encourage import. Currently America has some of the most lax tariffs in the industrialized world which has created a lord of the flies effect, or only the strong survive. This means less stability. 

Trade; Directly proportional to the above, especially Tariffs, this means we again work at a international level to trade our goods. Good relations mean more trade which is a good thing overall. More Trade means more industry in a country and more employment which lowers the number of Immigrants either leaving a country or in our case, coming to a country. Idealy wages are raised to keep employment, however with America's lord of the flies and flip of the switch supply chain economics, indsustry is unstable with our trade meaning at a moments notice that can change with little regard or incentive for long term stability. We experienced this recently with Trump trade wars, where competition and bidding wars started, this destabilized the supply chain creating bottle necks and supply problems which inevitably means higher prices=inflation. 

The President and Congress; Overall the POTUS normally has little direct control over all of this as we do not live in an Autocracy. He does however oversee it all and makes calls for adjustments, suggestions if you will. He proposes a budget  or idea's which is pushed to Congress who then write laws around it. If congress wants the POTUS to approve their idea's, then they captulate and make amends in at least some area's. In short hte POTUS is an executor, or a figurehead who signs laws and trade agreements into power. Ideally the POTUS is neutral in this regard, looking into the future and making sure the good of all is met. Clearly this does not always happen and some POTUS, such as I mentioned Trump and Reagan, put immense pressures on Congress to get what they want. 

In the end if all are working properly, you have a slow growth equal to the birthrate but not more than the retiring rate. When they are out of sink you end up with too much spending, too much growth and inflation. The worst case is hyper inflation where currency can become worthless, we are NO where near that as of yet, but we are at a point of near record inflation all of which could have been easily avoided save certain people in Government not working for the people, but rather working to maximize profits quickly for themselves. 

Did you know that Roe V Wade was actually about a womens right to privacy?

 The MSM and I hate to use that anacronym, is dominated by catholics and their reporting often reflects as such. The reporting often focuses on things which are stewards of the catholic faith such as immigration, refugees and the poor, all of which the Bible is clear on, you will not restrict and you will help. 

However the Vatican, which picks and chooses when to follow the Bible has decided to dig in on Abortion, in order to do so they have pushed the constant narrative that Roe V Wade was about a woman looking for a convenient way to dispose of a unwanted child. 

The reporting overall has left out that Roe was specifically about a woman's right to privacy per the US Constitution, while that right is not explicitly listed, it is implied. 

Moreover the reporting over and over again has ignored the medical reasons women may have to seek an abortion, the court flat out ignored the roughly 40 million women this year who will get one for a fake religious dogma that does not exist in the bible beyond more made up fantasies. 

This will have far greater implications with more of a big brother oversite that no freedom loving person should want in any capacity. 

I want to be clear, I do not like Abortion but I have always maintained it's none of my goddamn business what you do as I don't want the government looking into every aspect of your life. This is a stance I have on sexual transfmations as well, I sure as hell don't understand them, but being a private person, I respect your right to do what you choose with YOUR body. 

Make no mistake if we take that route, a fetus is an extension of a womens body until she gives birth. Every aspect of her life, from mental health, to toxic exposure is transferred to that fetus. Her decision on smoking and diet directly effect the health of that baby, factors often beyond her control dictate if it's viable or not. Unfortunately at times it is not. 

In the end we need to make sure women have privacy and the ability to make a safe decision regarding their own well being and their potential childs. We also need to make sure all people have the resources to raise healthy, productive happy children. Forcing women to have a child does nothing in this regard, in fact it can create a bitter resentful mother/child relationship. Moreover hardships create problems at home, since a certain political party insists on 'pulling yourself up help be damned' approach this is exasperated. 

Let's move forward, not backwards. 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/roe-v-wade-was-overturned-heres-how-your-phone-could-be-used-to-spy-on-you/

https://healtheducationresources.unesco.org/library/documents/roe-v-wade-and-right-privacy

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-14/section-1/privacy-after-roe-informational-privacy-privacy-of-the-home-or-personal-autonomy

The Hypocrisy of the Truckers protest is mind blowing.

 Over the past few years conservatives have made it clear that if you want to come into a country, you follow the laws of that country, if you do not, you are therefore Illegal. They clapped in delight as "Illegals " were deported and stomped their feet in rabid support as children were torn from the arms of family members"  they made sure you knew "If you come here, you do it legally!" 

They made trolling an art when black people were shot by police "Follow the Law' and later under Trump had the "We are the Party of Law and Order' with one of their favorite statements "Play stupid games win stupid prizes" 

Well, by November 7th we knew the last part was BS as a Stubborn failed game show host refused to accept votes, by Jan 6th 2021 the Law and Order crowd was trying to overthrow legitimate elections. 

Since then the turmoil has raged with the same crowd digging their heals in against Vaccines and Mandates which per the History of the US are nothing new, claiming 'They are unconstitutional" Oh please, that's like touting the Bible, which the same group has never read, nor has any interest in actually following either. 

So here we are, without me wasting anymore time with the Law and Order Crowd, the same crowd who would tell you at a whim they are not racist, but brown people need to follow the law down south all the while they scream and yell at vaccination to help the public good. To make it even more absurd, they ache Illegally entered another country to shut it down and protest their requirements. 

As a world traveler, this is truly baffling, I do actually believe in following the law, except in a time of desperation when someone starving or running from war should indeed be largely exempt from rules with an expedited system set in place to help get them into compliance. Principals I was raised with you know, helping all for the good of everyone. 

But hey, this means we get into the tangled web of Immigration and I really don't want to get there, but I do want to point out how fucking absurd it is for one side to be so law and order all the while completely ignoring it at. every turn. 

Last the same crowd has been belly aching about inflation, the price of goods and empty store shelves, how much more will goods cost as trade is stifled? How much more will the cost of products go up as availability goes down? Hell for that matter, with a serious shortage of truckers who will take the truckers place if some of them contract covid and die? 

Let's use Conservatives own numbers here, lets say 10k truckers participate in the protest, with the 1 percent number of deaths from covid, that means that 100 of these truckers will die. Not counting missed work do to being sick and of course long covid which will undoubtably stop some from working for potential weeks, or even months. 

From a Humanity stand point the entire debacle is humiliating and self defeating with a huge stain on America as a group simply decides the law no longer applies to them. From a political standpoint it's hard not to call these people what they really are, Anarchists, people intent on destroying the rule of law for their own self gain and inability to understand civilization. 

10 books that should be on every bookshelf

I have always been very well read, but sometimes what you read is everything. 

In high school I averaged 5 books a week, the problem was, most of them were fantasy books, which of course keep you engaged and get your imagination working, but don't really help much in History or Science. 

 One thing I have always been fortunate about in life is the quest to read and learn and not be afraid of being challenged. 

I would read my first physics book in my 20s, which dealt primarily with Nuclear Physics and I absolutely loved it, but the Math was beyond me and I abstained from then, nevertheless I now realize how incredibly important physics is in our life and it should be taught to all. 

About 8 years ago I changed my mind and realized I needed to know more, I was on the losing end of online arguments, something I have wasted much of my life doing, but in the process I have learned a ton, mainly how much I don't know. 

I also have had a curiosity about the world around me, finding out that Pakistan had a Female Prime Minister not once, but twice made me realize that most of what I knew from the American Educational System was severely lacking. So with that lets get started. 

"Science Matters; Achieving Science in the 21st Century; Seems straight forward enough but is probably something all people need to read. While there is nothing ground breaking in it, you will get a reminder how much you simply forgot over the years of schooling while you learned "Reading, writing, reading writing its all I do" My oldest daughter in grade school :P or maybe never really knew. Nevertheless it covers a wide variety of scientific topics and is good for probably everyone. 

The American President from Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton; Great book and I am honestly still chewing on it, so why recommend it? Easy, I am now on Truman and this book gives you a short biography of all those Presidents and some before, in it you will learn some aspects of why and how different laws came into being. It's beyond outstanding. 

Benjamin Franklin; An American Life' This is a favorite of some of the Entrepreneurs in America, you will learn the journey of a piss pot poor young man to America's first self made millionaire, a must for everyone. 

Reconciliation; Islam Democracy and the West; This book written by Pakistans first and only Female Prime Minister will debunk the misconceptions you might have about Islam in the first half, and the second half lay down an absolute brutal take on Islam, Colonialism while simultaneously leading you down a path of Nation Building. To boot this book was written while she knew people wanted her dead, it starts out with an IED attempt on her life. Hard to pass this one up, especially for women wanting to go big in life. 

The Might of Nations; This book has a wonderful breakdown of Colonialism as well as how we got to the UN and why its s important, published over 50 years ago it's a must for every household. 

Guns Germs and Steel; the fat of Human societies.  I was recommended this book many times over the years and I ignored it, reading it however is a game changer as it truly helps you to understand our history and impact on each other as the name somewhat suggests. 

Rocket Men; The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts who made mans first journey to the moon.  This book was amazing and will strike the sense of adventure in every young adult. 

Undaunted Courage; The Pioneering Mission to Explore America's Frontier. About the Lewis and Clark expedition, this book truly again nails the spirit of adventure with the combination of early science. 

1776 by David Muccullah; Several books with the title are out but non can match the wit or accuracy of acclaimed historian Muccullah. I read this the same year I read Hamilton, Jefferson and Washington's biography, to say he captured the high points and spirit of the revolution is a understatement. Another book which should be required reading in every High School classroom. 

Pirates Coast; Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines and the Secret Mission of 1805. Barbary wars you say, I've heard it all! Probably not, as one of those who grew up singing the nonsense patriotic indoctrination songs "From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli" I really learned nothing from the song other than, well Patriotism. This book digs into the contributing factors of the war up to the end. Zacks is a wonderful engaging historian, you won't be disappointed! 

My letter to the Justice Department

 It has not escaped mine nor anyones notice that Fox News not only peddles misinformation, but helped give the messages for Jan insurrectionists. To make matters worse we are now on the brink of war and Tucker Carlson Purportedly parrots Kremlin Talking points with nothing done. Moreover their blatant misinformation on the virus and masks are killing and maiming people.

Now I was always told you could not scream fire in a crowded theatre, that there was a limit to our first amendment freedom. Common sense would dictate that treason or going against the public well being would be that limit. That was verified through Charles Manson getting life imprisonment for encouraging his followers to murder some people. They were brainwashed we were told. I remember seeing the bloated bodies on tv of the Jonetown Massacre, nobody hesitated calling that what it really was, but the refrigerated Reefers in front of hospitals all across the US largely filled with victims of similar rhetoric of people being told to breath deep, to inhale, it's not real. Would that not be intentionally telling people to commit suicide? If they were openly asking people to play Russian roulette, would you not act? That is what this is. Last your charges against the insurrectionists in the capital riot are laughable, I live in Montana and have lived and worked among people of that mindset my entire life. I see the Trump flags, the bumper stickers saying they have a bullet for Biden and they mean it. Every time you let off one of "Theirs' with house arrest, they are emboldened and emboldened some more. While I am sure you think these are just dumb hicks, that is true, but they are armed, dangerous and motivated to the point I can no longer argue with them at work as it's not safe. We all know it, we all know they are no longer right in their minds and are ready to go off at a moment's notice. These are not normal times you need to act strong, swift and with the full force of the law.

Putting Mega Billionaires Extreme Wealth Into Numbers You Can Understand

 Warren Buffet with a purported net worth of 111 billion dollars just eclipsed the worth of Mark Zuckaberg with a net worth of 104 Billion.  

Sounds like a lot right? Let's put it into perspective. 

Their combined wealth is worth 214 Billionaires  or if we take Trumps claimed wealth of 3 billion then it would their combined wealth would be equal to 71 Trumps. 

Still sounds like a lot? Now get ready to have your mind blown. 

One billionaire is equal to 1000 Million Millionaires. 

The average US Household has a net worth of 106 Thousand Dollars, so would take 9 HOUSE HOLDS to equal the wealth of one millionaire. 

Still think your vote matters? 

 

The Pandemic is real and worse than the Spanish flu, here's how we know.

First off, I want to be clear, I am not a doctor, I am not a medical professional, I am just a guy who is factual and likes to do research. I don't feel it benefits anyone to have more people to claim they are someone they are not spreading misinformation on the internet. I pride myself in being accurate, honest and open in my blogs. I can assure you this however, this will be reviewed by medical professionals who are close friends and not afraid to tell me when I am wrong. 

There has been debate on if this pandemic is real and if it is how severe it is, one thing most agree on is it's not as bad as the Spanish Flu and the 50 million people who died form it worldwide. The problem is people often skate past the estimated 675k which died in the US alone.  https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html

First off I want to clear the air on the Spanish flu, it was only listed as such as a Spanish Newspaper broke the story on it, the label was used to slander the Spanish who were neutral in the war and it stuck. The exact location of the flu is unknown although America is one of the places it possibly originated in was Fort Riley Kansas. Possibly American soldiers being shipped to Europe carried it with them and spread it.  https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

Now with all that said and the immense numbers shouldered by the Spanish Flu how could I possibly think this one is worse? Easy, here are my reasons. 

1. Clean water, at the time clean water was not something fully understood and not available to everyone, in fact basic sanitation was still in its infancy. 

2. No Antibiotics; Antibiotics had not yet been "invented" and secondary infections were a leading cause of death at the time, that means if you caught Pneumonia from it, there was no treatment other than to wait it out. 1928 was the year that Flemming would come to understand Antibiotics, ten years after the Spanish Flu! 

3.  Assisted living;  People struggling from air clearly did not have the ability to so much as have oxygen and the famed "Iron Lung" would not even come into being yet. 

4. Longterm Effects: While anytime your lungs sustain damage you can have lasting effects, recipients generally did not suffer from the multitude of side effects such as blood clots, organs damage, strokes and even hallucinations. 

5. Vaccination, something which again was still largely in it's infancy, vaccination against the flu was not something available as yet, not to be available until 1945. Other forms of inoculation were used dating back to our own Revolutionary war when George Washington would force Inoculation on our own Revolutionary Troops against Small Pox.  One thing which people seem to be confused on is being vaccinated does not necessarily stop you from getting a virus, but it does prevent you from having the severe side effects or long term effects that can be associated with Viruses such as Polio, Measles and Mumps. In the case of Covid19 the vaccines developed had an excellent result up to 96 percent prevention initially, but that dwindled as the virus mutated down to 35 percent with Omnicon variant. 

6. Masks; Now this part is interesting as history tells us people masked up for the most part to do their part. In an ideal situation I would be able to say "our masks today are superior to then and readily available" that of course did not happen as masks quickly sold out and people were forced to make their own for the better part of a year. Since that part has ended, so has restrictions and masking is almost not a thing at all. I will therefore abstain in this respect. 

I realize this is not perfect, but they are my thoughts on the issue for a while now. We are living in unprecedented times with nearly 900k people to date dead already, that is confirmed just in the United States. The Refrigerated Reefers outside major hospitals should be a grim reminder how serious this is as should ford having converted a manufacturing plant to make respirators, yet sadly America is still arguing. 

Folks you can believe what you want, but it's to your best interest to take this pandemic at face value, it would do you even better to realize it is nearly as dangerous when put into perspective as other Pandemics the world has seen. The fact we have modern medicine and healthy sanitation to mitigate it should also be brought into your consideration. 

I hope this helps, please, for the love of all that is pure and good, take this seriously. 

How I ended up Backpacking/Eurailing Europe

 I was working at a bar, making great money in tips, had a great trailer next to a river (I am from Montana, trailers used to be a luxury :P) and actually liked my job. 

I was doing some Amateur kickboxing and training easily as much as I was drinking, both were nearly daily.  

One day I was talking to a friend I had met who was an exchange student from Denmark, he was also a kickboxer, who  mentioned he could probably get me some fights across the puddle. 

A light went off, I hung up the phone, went to the bookstore bought two books on how to back pack Europe on my way to work and gave a months notice to my employer. 

People of course thought I was nuts but thought it a grand Idea for a young guy to do. One lady who frequented the Casino was a financial advisor who would give me a 50 dollar bill as a going away saying "Make sure you save that for a special investment down the road, you will know when it is time" I would end up saving that 50 for 8 more years, tucked neatly away in my wallet until I purchased my first house, that Fifty would be party of the downpayment! She was right, it grew and I would buy another house renting out my first, but that's another story. 

My GF at the time was sort of on board but pretty sure I should just camp out with her instead asking "Why Europe?" 

 "Because it sounds good and I can get fights" 

"oh ok" she would reply with the usual female eye roll super excited female voice, this guy's a moron going through her mind I am sure. I did not shack up with her, which on one hand is a unfortunate as she was truly an Amazing person, but had I would I have continued my trip? I'm not so sure. 

I really had no Idea what I was getting into as at the time was the end of the Cold War and years of American propaganda flooded my mind. I still believed that Europeans lived way behind us and it would not have surprised me if they still pee'd in a can and dumped it out the window. I was sure they could barely eat and lacked creature comforts of America. Did straw beds filled with bed bugs await? Would the lanterns be burning whale blubber at the local Inns? I voiced my concern to my friend in Denmark who assured me "Everything is the same just different, just pack like you are going on a normal trip, dummy"

I set a date and was ready to go, sure that I should go and get blitzed at Octoberfest in Germany, however I would mention to a friend my plans who decided he would go as well, but needed an extra month to take time off work so he could go with me, why not I thought? His Idea was also to see Europe in December to make it special so we could also see how "Other countries celebrated Christmas' now that sounded grand but ultimately would make the trip a real pain in the ass, more on that later. 

So I scrapped the plan of getting passed out under tables in Germany and settled for getting bloody noses in Denmark and  seeing the rest of Europe by Train. 

I would give up my luxurious trailer by the perfect River, load up everything I owned (Should have sold it to be honest) and head to crash at my Pa's place for the next month until I left. 

That time would be spent procuring the Eurail Pass, finishing up the books I was reading and getting whatever I deemed necessary packed 

https://www.eurail.com/en?gclid=CjwKCAiA_omPBhBBEiwAcg7smWjqgCwdWpzdTQnSWgDw2wZpd3ldiCyz8EWYu_sHc7X7F-AUY1rR0RoCGX4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

During that time I tried hard not to get sidetracked, there was a real cool Ar15 I could buy, but that was my train ticket, better not, the Ar would be there when I got back. 

A house came up for sale by a friend for the low low price of 10k, I had the cash and was super close to buying it as it was an incredible deal, but of course did not. (Crazy how cheap you could buy homes for in SW Montana 28 years ago!" Again, had I bought that house I would have made the trip. Mind you it would have paid for itself several times over, but damn it, trips are where it's at! 

Finally I needed to find a safe way to spend money, which at the time and according to my books were travelers checks. I was also sure I could see Europe on five dollars a day, one of the books I read was titled that and I was naive enough to believe it.  Wow would that prove to not only be erroneous, but a complete fabrication. 

First my trip to Denmark where huge fights awaited, glory, women and great beer! two months there then my friend would meet me, we would hit the train and off we would go. 

I would spend my last two days not sleeping, I hung out with friends, my favorite cousin (I know she's reading this now) and finally a early morning flight to Europe. 

Next up, the Journey begins

Why I am a proud Birther, in every single election.

 I love the Birther name and derogatory nature of it as it shows I am on the right track. 

I proudly railed for Obama to confirm who he was, his birth for his qualifications for the highest Position in the world. Obama dragged his feet, laughed, joked and prolonged, finally in 2008 he would release his Birth Certificate and laugh it off some more. Democrats claimed it was a racist hit and in truth, it probably was. However as an employer at the time, I had to by law, require three forms of ID in order for anyone to legally be qualified for employment as a birth certificate alone would not suffice. The President is your employee, you realize that right? 

https://www.politifact.com/article/2011/apr/27/obama-birth-certificate-timeline/

Moreover as a contractor working with the state and federal government I would have to submit tax forms and a background check to prove I was the contractor I said I was.  The more sensitive the contract, the more paperwork which had to be submitted, any security clearance obviously required levels as well. But the Presidency? Well I ran for office and claimed I am who I said I was, appalling. 

To buy a firearm? Again, I need an ID and a background check, Joe Bob dipshit who watches CONN and Faux? Well he just has to get signatures and wallah, he can now be in office. 

Never mind the Democratic qualifications for a candidate seem to be "Are you a Minority? Believe Businesses are a unnecessary burden on society? Think teenage boys should be able to use a girls dressing room?"  YES! You are perfect!  

Republican qualifications seem to be  "Do you own a gun? Have a Bible that you have never read? Hate socialism? Fly a Flag in defiance of the US Flag Code? Commit various financial crimes?" Perfect, sign here! 

Don't get me wrong, there was a time I believed all people who ran for office were qualified to be there, that they were upstanding citizens and out for our best interest, whether I agreed with them or not. 

I argued that Democrats foot stomping over Obama would lead to worse, I was right. 

In 2016 as Trump, a conman recently fired from his own TV Show and fresh off a Guilty Money Laundering Plea regarding his Taj Mahal Casino stormed the Presidential Nomination for the Republicans, I knew we were screwed. Did I forget to mention he was also under indictment for Fraud and Racketeering during the 2016 election? not to mention sharing a child rape case with Epstein, I kid you not. https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-fines-trump-taj-mahal-casino-resort-10-million-significant-and-long 

His previous and current crimes did not even allow him to purchase a firearm, think about that for a minute, the man who would become our POTUS could not pass a simple back ground check to own a gun. He did not understand nor care about the three branches of Government and flat out campaigned against the US Constitution. To make things worse he refused to release his tax returns something that empty heads in Washington did not think was required as the Constitution did not explicitly ask for them. I disagree, the Emoluments Clause, which states you cannot accept bribes from a foreign government would have to require it to prove this. The fact this is supposedly beyond the powers that be is simply jaw dropping. To make matters worse Trump has an immense connection of foreign networks as well as debt to foreign government and banks. Insert massive face palm here. 

Congress is filled with people of low character with no knowledge or understanding of our own government traditions and could care less, be it for their own interest or those of a big corporation they are not in it for us, and seemingly we have no recourse to prevent them save the average idiot not voting them in. To make it worse many have a criminal background and slime balls like Matt Gaetz are even under investigation for sex trafficking, his constituents could care less. 

So I am picking on the right you say? correct, I am,  the corruption of Trump both before and after the he entered the Oval Office are beyond unprecedented however, the corruption opened under the Trump administration is now normalized. The village idiot whom we call the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi just stated the "Free Market Economy" allows Members of Congress to buy  individual stocks. This of course allows for someone to sponsor bills and vote in a matter according to THEIR pocketbook over anyone else's.  Joe Manchin has a family owned coal business, his own interest is in a 'Blind Trust" yea, that helps explain yet another vote for green energy. Rand Paul? Guess who's wife has stocks in a drug used to treat Covid consistently votes against safety measures. Is one a bigger puke than the other? 

Do you see where we are now? We truly are where we worried and talked about and the average person is not doing anything, anything at all. Once your government stops representing you, then what is it representing? https://news.yahoo.com/nancy-pelosi-defends-lawmakers-rich-170643326.html

SO I ask you to write and call your elected officials and push for a law to require back ground checks and mental capacity tests. I would also love to see a Civics Test although with the bazaar alternative reality currently in our country I am not convinced any of them in power could formulate anything coherent enough beyond asking why Elmer Fudd did not get Bugs Bunny 

It gets worse from here folks, time to nip it in the butt. 

Lessons from the Rittenhouse Trial for everyone on all sides.

 I will admit I did not bother watching the trial beyond a couple of clips here and there, I have always found public spectacles regarding trials repugnant. I did watch another circus trial however way back when a scum bag named OJ Simpson was found innocent.  That trial like this one was an absolute circus focusing more on the Judge and the Defendant than the facts of the case. Both Judges took the time to bask in their new celebrity in different ways, the later pretending he did not "Like" the attention while admonishing the Press, but seemingly performing for the camera's nonetheless. 

In America, everyone is supposed to enjoy the presumption of innocence which is impossible to do when the press has you convicted before you even walk into the court room. 

I know, I have been close to losing my freedom as well for a street altercation when someone tried to run me off the road.  Only one witness was even close regarding what happened and the other dozen or so not only could have seen, but flat out fabricated what they saw. Nevertheless the press wrote a nasty story about me in which I was even convinced I belonged locked up at the end of it. The Police per my history of loving a good street brawl during my earlier years had determined my guilt right off as well, facts be damned. I would get off, but I can assure you not being allowed any kind of innocence truly sucked. I could have lost my freedom right there and then, that is wrong. 

So this is where it matters. No Person should be named for any sort of crime before it happens, period, this allows a witch hunt to proceed and plenty from both sides to manipulate minds. I believe it is Ireland which does not allow the release to the press, I agree with this. 

On to the case at hand. 

The case itself is bazaar with a 17 year old being driven by his mom to a neighboring state to stop evil black people from rioting. I suppose if you watch Faux that is all you will get out of it, Negro's bad and destroying everything. Not sure what kind of a parent would drive their kid like that but here we are. 

Regardless of what you think, as a Hunter I never take my rifle unless I intend to shoot something, let's just be honest about this. What are the facts beyond that? Honestly I don't know, I would like to know why he was chased  but that seemed to be put on the down low, right or wrong however he was found innocent and that needs to be respected. 

He deserved per our own US Constitution a trial by his peers, which he received. Our system is far from perfect and a news blackout would help immensely. Nevertheless that happened so please honor it and leave this young man alone. 

As such his defense attorney's did not deserve to be threatened anymore than the prosecution did, both should be allowed to do their job, whether you agree with it or not. 

Nobody should be celebrated for killing someone and the fact that Kyle was awarded an Ar15 and received job offers for simply shooting inferior human beings is beyond repugnant. This shows a HUGE degradation in Morality and society in general from the right. No surprise you can reference my Hitler to Trump compassion, the far right is that far gone where people deemed inferior are killed. 

The left did not do enough to curb businesses being trashed and burned, this is wrong as well. I have been on the receiving end of a Burglary, which the insurance did not cover and also had windows shot out of my equipment, which insurance did cover. Businesses are there to serve the public, leave them the alone. You should not be absolved of arson or robbery, period. If you are a business owner and defend your property with a firearm, that should be supported by everyone but again, not encouraged. 

There are protests now and that is part of our first amendment right, so be respectful, Some have gotten out of hand again and that is wrong, see how easy that is? 

The lies, anyone who knows me will tell you that I am honest to the point of being brutal, you can hate me for it, but I tell you the damned truth and you know where I stand. The lies told by the Press, and yes Faux, Breitbart and the other Propaganda networks fall under "the Press" should be pushed back by everyone. 

Not all white people get off so the "White Privilege" bullshit needs to go, anyone can look locally to see a pile of white people going to prison, that shit just pisses everyone off.  

Was Kyle a Racist? well photos published show him flashing a white supremacy sign and hanging out with the Proud Boys, who are white supremacists so there is that, beyond that I don't know and honestly don't care. 

The blacks trashing businesses pretty much confirms their bias as to what they think about that 'Race" so in short, don't give them fuel for the fire, period. 

With that said White Supremacists have been found to have participated to incite the rioting and looting, so again, do your part in a protest to keep it civil. 

Both sides seem to be angry at the government for different reasons, often reasons which make no sense, just remember, we have a system which we have a say in. You can run for public office, work for a campaign, volunteer, write, call and yes even protest. If you do not like what is going on, be the change. 

The nut jobs on the right are doing just that, they have organized and are running for every damned office they can, why aren't you? 

Last, Kyle has said he wants to pursue a career in nursing, so regardless of what happens here, if he stays on that path at least he, for now wants to do good and atone for his sins. 

Out of all this it seems to be the only Noble thing which has came out of it. 

Biden walks into bushes, Trump is crazy, Reagan had Alzheimer's, Nixon was Mad, can we stop this please?

 In the last 50 years four of our ten US presidents had some sort of a mental problem if you will.
If I labeled Alzheimer  or possible dementia wrong as a mental problem I don't care, this is about the well being of our Nation and ultimately the WORLD. 

If Biden walking into the Bushes is news to you, then you are missing out on the right wing media having an absolute blast with Biden's age and life long gaffes,  here you are. 

Joe Biden 'got lost in bushes' while walking into White House - VIDEO | World | News | Express.co.uk

Running up steps, ok, I think every POTUS has done slipped at least once, but COME ON MAN! 
#BREAKING: President Joe Biden FALLS multiple times while boarding Air Force One - YouTube

Oh boy, what the hell are we doing with someone this old in office? Do you think he's going to get any better? 
BTW, this is not an anomaly, have you ever actually listened to him? 
Biden tells voters 'you ain't black' if you're still deciding between him and Trump – video | US news | The Guardian

IMO Biden is and always has been a gaffe machine which I have never cared for, moreover his political Career was IMO absolutely appalling, however this is about his current mental ability or lack of while performing the duties of the President. 
Joe Biden didn't just compromise with segregationists. He fought for their cause in schools, experts say. (nbcnews.com)

 In the last 50 years four of our ten US presidents had some sort of a mental problem if you will.
Biden is clearly not all there, his speech problems have constantly been linked to his stuttering as an excuse, come on now, we can all listen to the guy and here his aged speech often making no sense whatsoever. Do you really think you could wake him up at 3 am, expect him to jump up and take on a possible armed conflict?  
"Hold on, while I get my orange juice and east some pancakes, I will see you in the bunker"- Joe Biden 
Ok not really, but that is how I imagine him after 10 minutes of trying to wake him up. 
Regardless he is an easy target for the right and I am sorry, but they are correct pointing at his age and Gaffes just as Democrats were at pointing to Trumps mental inability and his advanced age while being elected.


Look, the other day I had a random conversation with a 79 year old man who was very well read and intelligent, he was however on oxygen. Being well read is impressive at any age, being sharp is as we all know an anomaly as we age, the last a sad indication of his aging body. The Presidency wears on everyone they need to be physically fit, alert, able to make snap decisions and available 24 hours a day. 

The US Constitution only has three requirements for being President which are outlined in Article 1 Section 2 Clause 5
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Well that's just wonderful, it does not list any real requirements, wouldn't you agree?

So let's take a look back at my claims and I shall offer up some simple solutions. 

Richard Nixon in ins prime was a very intelligent conservative and arguably a rising star. 
He would receive his Law Degree from Duke University and served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific during WW2. 
He would rise through the political ranks to the Presidency at which point his Paranoia was setting in and his mental decline readily apparent. 
He was so far gone he ordered a carpet bombing in Cambodia to impress friends and of course the famous water gate sandal would lead to his ultimate resignation. 
What you did not know is Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger issued orders during his final days of Presidency, that any order to launch a Military Strike would go through them. 
He was that off the wall when he left. 
To boot the corruption in his Administration would be one of the 5 most corrupt in US history. 
The Madman and the Bomb - POLITICO Magazine


Ronald Reagan, the loveable actor  with his snappy wit and ability to produce a one liner seemingly at will. 
A graduate of Eureka college having studied economics and sociology. He would then be President of the Screen Actors Guild, a position of people pretending to be someone qualified him for his later political career, sigh. 
Don't get me wrong we all remember him standing at the Berlin wall telling Gorbechav to "Tear down this wall" 
A few of us even remember the Presidential Debates with Mondale where Reagan would arguably win the debates by, well watch the video, I love this 
Reagan-Mondale debate: the age issue - YouTube
Yea, that was great, but the problem being, Reagan was not all there. 
He kept a jar of jelly beans on his desk and distrusted anyone who did not eat one, seriously? 
He often repeated himself and at the time we did not know what Alzheimers was. 
When Did Reagan's First Signs of Alzheimer's Appear? | Psychology Today
Ok, but they are under immense stress you say and everyone has their quirks. 
He had a Psychic tell him when it was safe to leave the White House. 
He labeled his chaotic cabinet "The Zoo" and relished at the in fighting. 
Strange considering even during his mental decline, presented himself so well. 
Reagan would join Nixon in having one of the 5 most corrupt Administrations in US history. 

Donald J Trump 
Where to go here? It baffles my mind that I even have to put forth any kind of a synopsis of this imbecile, but here we are. 
Trump would have his cousin take his SAT exams and one of his Wharton Professors would purportedly say "Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had" 
Now I am not much for hearsay, however Trump did not even understand Time zones. 
He had no concept of the three branches of government, no understanding of the US Constitution and even less understanding of Business with a record of failures that should make anyone ashamed. 
During his Presidency he did not understand NATO funding or what the purpose of the UN was. 
No understanding of modern trade deals and even less of a understanding of Climate Change or the risks it presents. He did not even understand the Paris Climate agreement or why it helped better American industry. IT WOULD HAVE KEPT US AS A LEADER IN INNOVATION! 
But I digress, Trump was a man of inmmense corruption and could not even legally purchase a firearm during the 2016 campaign. In fact, based on my research I am not sure he  could ever even own firearm at anytime as an adult do to being under constant indictment for his criminal activities. 

Bat shit crazy he had the understanding and ability to explain anything like a small, very small immature child.
Donald Trump says Puerto Rico is 'an island surrounded by big water' | The Independent | The Independent

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/04/23/trump-suggests-injecting-coronavirus-patients-with-light-or-disinfectants-contradicting-experts/?sh=b99309a40884

Water is wet from the standpoint of water! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4WvkTK_I

FinCEN Fines Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort $10 Million for Significant and Long Standing Anti-Money Laundering Violations | FinCEN.gov

Trump was likely the most corrupt POTUS and administration in US History. 
I could go on but I really do not need to, so what now?

Well first off we need to have a Mental Capacity test for anyone running for ANY public office. 
Do I want one? NO! but we have to have one. 
Trump for instance mistakenly called a Dementia test a Intelligence test *lols* and found it hard. 
Trump touts five-word memory test as showing he is 'cognitively there' (yahoo.com)
He challenged Joe Biden one and he refused. Honestly I am not sure if Biden would have done any better. 
It should have been required, a pinky swear someone is mentally capable does nothing in my opinion. 

We should have a Civics Test, something I overlooked until I took a Government job and my wife, not from America was furious I did not have one. Turns out that a Government employee in her country has to take at least a 100 question civics test. Not asking too much and I can assure you, the bulk of geniuses you see in office, probably could not pass one. 

Back Ground Check, this seems like a no brainer, anyone working for Government does have to have a basic background check, although I am not sure how intrusive it is. When I worked with explosives I had to have the ATF investigate my past as well. 
Seemed like a great Idea then and even a better Idea for POTUS. In fact in order to have top secret clearance you must show your financials, something Trump never did. 
Remember when being a Birther was a thing or something to be laughed at? Yea I am and still am a Proud Birther for all POTUS. It was a slap in the face when Obama taunted Republicans and we were again supposed to "Take his word" for it. Just show the damned thing, all of us getting a job have to show three proofs of ID, why is the POTUS any different? 

Age restriction; This summer former President Bill Clinton would turn 75, younger than both Trump and Biden, having been out of office for 21 years, really folks? 
While this certainly would not have stopped Nixon, it is a start for the next four. 

In  the end it is left to our own recourse for voting in who will be POTUS, well sort of. 
No third party candidate has a chance at being elected as short of the Libertarian platform, NONE have enough recognition to even be on the ballots in every state. 
Remember Ross Perot? Yea he never could have won.
"Come on Man!" 
That belies the fact that of our two Major Party's who nominate candidates, only the Republican Party allows a vote as to who will be their Presidential Nominee, the Democratic Party appoints someone with their delegates FOR YOU!
How Democratic of them, they do not even trust their own base to select who will be the next President. 
Perhaps if they did, Trump never would have been elected against a Hillary that virtually nobody liked beyond her hardcore base. 
Perhaps if they did, we would not have an aged, former segregationist Named Joe Biden as POTUS now. 
But alas, they are Private entitles and are beholden only to themselves. 
But hey, what about Trump? yea he was elected by a base that thinks "The Apprentice" was real. 
It was not folks, not by a long shot. 

Leave your comments as to what you think, and what you would like to see for future POTUS. 

As an afterthought I included this book as I believe it not only shows why Trump should have been excluded for office, but why Biden likely would have been as well. 
It also lays out a case for other public officials being screened. 
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays: Lee, Bandy X., Sachs, Jeffrey, Lifton, Robert Jay, Sheehy, Gail, Doherty, William J., Chomsky, Noam, Herman M.D., Judith Lewis, Zimbardo Ph.D., Philip, Sword, Rosemary, Malkin Ph.D., Craig, Schwartz, Tony, Dodes M.D., Lance, Gartner Ph.D., John D., Tansey Ph.D., Michael J., Reiss M.D., David M., Herb M.A. Esq., James A., Glass M.D. M.P.H., Leonard L., Friedman M.D., Henry J., Gilligan M.D., James, Jhueck L.M.H.C. D.M.H.P., Diane, Covitz Ph.D. A.B.P.P., Howard H., Teng M.F.A. L.M.S.W., Betty P., Panning Psy.D., Jennifer Contarino, West M.A. L.L.P., Harper, Kessler M.D., Luba, Wruble M.D., Steve, Singer M.D., Thomas, Mika M.A. L.C.P.C., Elizabeth, Fisher Ph.D., Edwin B., Gartrell M.D., Nanette, Mosbacher M.D. Ph.D., Dee, Soldz, Stephen, Kaschak, Ellyn, Merikangas, James, Post, Jerrold M., Washington, Kevin, van Susteren, Lise, Ghaemi, Nassir, Eisen, Norman, Gourgechon, Prudence, Bramble, Rosa: 9781250212863: Amazon.com: Books

Comparisons of Trump and Hitler, are they valid?

 I think over the years we have all used to terms too often "Fascist" and "Communist" 
Unfortunately most people are too poorly read and educated in history to know what either truly is. 
It's taken me years of reading to realize that Fascist is fairly fluid and Communism is as  well. 
Example, while the Nazi Party is indeed considered Fascist, it diverges from Mussolini's party in many ways. 
Communism has different attributes as well with Mao Communism being different from Stalin.

Nevertheless this is on comparisons to Trump and Hitler, where there are parallels and where there are not. 

I've read article after article claiming there was no link to Trump and Hitler and to why Trump is not a Fascist and a handful claiming he is. 

A handful have made valid comparisons with most stopping short.  I am not sure if they are afraid or if they are historically that ignorant. "The Atlantic" is one of the few I am aware of who correctly asserted that Trump sounds a lot like the Klan. Donald Trump’s Language Is Similar to the 1920s Ku Klux Klan: Nationalism and Anti-immigration - The Atlantic
Here is the kicker, the Germans took from the Klan, not only in rhetoric, but in actions as well  using America's own Jim Crow laws (racist laws) for their own race laws. Unfortunately for Americans we hear a lot about Jim crow but again, most have no concept of what it actually was . Jim Crow Laws - Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Hitler called the Jews and Undesirables "Illegals, animals, disease infested"
They were also responsible for many of Germany problems and took your jobs. In fact the Klan (Again Nazi's took from the KKK) also used the same rhetoric to keep Negro's subhuman. Escaped slaves were called  Illegal. 
Hitler was against socialism and the socialists were some of the first who the Nazi's went after. 
The Nazi's destroyed Unions and went after Homosexuals. 
 
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew." 
Martin Niemöller  
Martin was a Lutheran Pastor who spent several years in Nazi Concentration camps. 

Hitler raged against the unfair Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations and promoted isolationism. 

Trump railed against NATO, the UN and Unfair Trade Agreements 

He was a rabid "Patriot" and National Socialism is arguably the extreme end of Fascism do to it's patriotism and promotion of White Supremacy, something which went beyond Mussolini. 

Hitler was to be promoted as the Savior of Germany. the Nazi's would go so far as to replace Bibles in churches with Mein Kampf, Hitlers book called "My Struggle" 

Is that what the point of this photo op was after gassing protestors? I don't know, but Mussolini said you take small steps like plucking a chicken. 

The Trump campaign also has used Nazi Symbols, unfortunately for the typical American, they only recognize the Swastika. Facebook which IMO has not even done a very good job containing the dangerous Rhetoric, even removed these symbols. 


The use of White Supremacy codes using 88 words which are 8 lines long, not to mention 88 Ads. 
Why 8? H is the eighth letter of the Alphabet and two put together say......."Heil Hitler" 
Facebook removes Trump ad over 'Nazi hate symbol' - BBC News

Facebook removes Trump campaign ad with Nazi concentration camp symbol  - Vox

Trumps CPAC Stage was even shaped with the Othala Rune. 
CPAC's stage resembled a Nazi symbol, the Othala Rune, critics say - The Washington Post
Conservative groups deny it, but come on, after all that is above I think it's safe to say if it walks like a duck...
This is a interesting article and IMO, it deserves your consideration as well. 
The Fascist Messaging of the Trump Campaign Eagle (hyperallergic.com)

Undesirables were disinfected. 
Thoughts of the Ages: With a seemingly sly comment to "Disinfectant" for treating a disease, did Trump just give a nod to Genocide?

 I think we all know the diary of Ann Frank, except few know, that like the majority of Illegals, she would die of a fever in appalling conditions. 
The fact the Trump administration argued AGAINST human conditions should anger any American, sadly it was denied and deflected. 

Trump Administration Argues Detained Migrant Children Don't Need Toothbrushes, Soap (newsweek.com)


I think even fewer understand that Hitler was not elected and was appointed after harassing Hindenburg, an old man into giving him chancellorship.   Nazi Germany as we all know it did not start with the immediate persecution of Jews, it took a few years of rhetoric and actions to make the  concentration camps a reality. 

Fascists have thugs, Hitler had his famous SA to do his bidding which attacked political opponents and of course the unwanted. Arnold does a great break down but unfortunately missed the multitude of White Supremacists who killed police and burned police stations in recent years. 
The Nazi's would have the "Reichstag' fire which burned their parliament building, they would of course blame it on their opponents. 
Arnold Schwarzenegger compares pro-Trump rioters to Nazis - YouTube

Last Hitler, like all authoritarians attack the free press, Trump of course was famous for calling the press fake, Hitler used "Lugenpresse" or lying press. to discredit them. 


Honestly I could keep going but I would end up writing a book, the comparisons are scary similar in many ways, in others, not so much but far too many that should not exist at all. The rhetoric coming from the Trump camp is strikingly similar. 
Nevertheless Trump is indeed a fascist whether or not you consider my comparisons valid for him as Hitler. 
In the end Americans on both sides have a infinity for Authoritarianism and are fully convinced that one leader, one Man or possibly a woman will fix everything for them. 

That is how it begins folks, that is how it always begins. 

Yes masks work against respiratory viruses, here is how and the studies, plural to prove it.

 It's been over a year since I argued with a close friend who was at one point a respiratory therapist on this. 
He correctly stated that viruses are too small for any mask fiber, that is true, what he missed and I tried to explain to him unsuccessfully at the time, is that they are transmitted on water particles, which are not to small and can get caught in fibers or membrane. 
To note, not all masks are the same, nevertheless without wasting anymore breath here are the multiple studies from various organizations to prove that yes, they can and do work. 
The easiest way to understand this is to put on a mask and sneeze what comes out? 
Some will of course, but even then particles distance are drastically reduced which is still a form of success. 
For Medical Professionals working in a high risk environment quality of mask is paramount do to constant exposure. 


A rapid systematic review of the efficacy of face masks and respirators against coronaviruses and other respiratory transmissible viruses for the community, healthcare workers and sick patients - PubMed (nih.gov)

EPA Researchers Test Effectiveness of Face Masks, Disinfection Methods Against COVID-19 | US EPA


Face masks against COVID-19: Standards, efficacy, testing and decontamination methods (nih.gov)


Do cloth masks actually work? | MIT Medical



Large Study Confirms Masks Work to Limit COVID-19 Spread (webmd.com)



Still Confused About Masks? Here’s the Science Behind How Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus | UC San Francisco (ucsf.edu)

Arizona's Bias Audit Proves Trump Lied, Wake Up And Stop Feeding The Troll!

Let's just start this out right THE FRAUDULANT ELECTION CANVASSING EVEN CONFIRMED THAT TRUMP IS A GODDAMN LIAR!


It goes without saying that election officials have tried very hard to do their part from sea top shining sea.   Laws everywhere have helped to give us largely secure elections with yes some mishaps here and there, but by enlarge they have tried their hardest and we should all be thankful. 

Then along comes Trump, a man off a recent guilty plea to money laundering at his defunct Taj Mahal,
 FinCEN Fines Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort $10 Million for Significant and Long Standing Anti-Money Laundering Violations | FinCEN.gov  under indictment for fraud and racketeering for his fraudulent University, Trump University asks for trial delay until after inauguration (cnbc.com)Trump would sweep the 2016 elections all the while proudly proclaiming in public his Russian connections. 

Donald Trump Calls On Russia To Hack Hillary Clinton’s Emails | TODAY - YouTube


The Mueller Report would confirm that Trump was aided in propaganda by the Russian Government and the GOP would side with Trump in open hearings. Key Findings of the Mueller Report | ACS (acslaw.org)To make it all more appalling the Bi Partisan Senate and House Intelligence committees would both find extensive Russian meddling in the 2016 Elections, most of which was as I mentioned, propaganda and trolls.  Senate Intel Releases Volume 5 of Bipartisan Russia Report - Press Releases - Mark R. Warner

I'm not sure if they were were so short sighted, did not care, or wanted what would come next in 2020, but the obvious would happen. 

For months before the 2020 Election Trumps own words per his spoiled history would state again in the open that "he should be allowed a third term" "would not accept the results" and per his Anti Constitutional Rhetoric throughout both his 16 and 2020 Election, Donald Trump, Enemy of the Constitution – Reason.com not to mention he did his damndest to ignore America's base laws while acting as POTUS. 

He dragged America into a gutter none of us knew existed during the debates with Biden and Lied, Lied Lied and Lied some more. 
No Surprise he at one point had a ZERO percent fact check rating during the 2016 Presidential Debates, again what did you think would happen? 

Enter Jan 6th, where I would thought Americans would finally come together to stop this clown, when our hallowed quarters of our capital were overrun by treasonous thugs. 

I was wrong. 

The ring wing media took and ran with it doing as they did when a Traitorous Ragygun Administration made dealing arms with terrorists and drug dealers patriotic. 
Fly a flag, you did it for your country!
Sadly its working. 

Apparently the country can only be saved by Trump, mostly from his own policies. 
If we listen to Trump  god only knows what he wants as he flips like a fish out of water. 
PolitiFact | Tracking Donald Trump’s flip-flops in his first 100 days

Beyond that he is a clear and undeniable Troll who says and does anything for attention. 

The results of the 2020 election could not be overturned then, and they cannot be now. 
Pence could not do anything and he apparently tried to fuck America seven ways to sunday, that puke is no Hero in any capacity. 

So here we are, where not only a POTUS willing to lie at will is taken as gospel, but the trash that surrounds him with more lies are also now being interviewed and their repugnant anti American ideals being made mainstream. 

https://www.startribune.com/explainer-as-arizona-election-audit-ends-new-ones-begin/600100702/

 
Will we survive? Unlikely, but god damn it lets try! 


Title corrected for mainstream media's inability to correctly put Trumps lies out where they need to be. 

The Minnesota Black Militia.

 Like everyone, I keep seeing images of black men and women walking around with firearms in tactical vests and looking intimidating. Recently I saw pictures of them at a funeral and found this a bit absurd, so I thought I would read into it. 
 I want to be clear, I think walking around with a firearm exposed is asinine; well unless you are out hunting/outdoors and ran in to grab some gas, etc and left your pistol in your holster. 
For those not from Montana where we are very laid back in this regard, it's perfectly normal, with that said I still largely do not support open carry. 
With that said there is definitely a white Supremacist movement trying to start a race war and I feel that minorities especially have to take it upon themselves to be properly armed and trained. 
What is interesting is the approach this "Militia" group in Minnesota is pursuing. 

First, they want to be clear they are a buffer, ok fair enough not sure what the difference is yet. 

Second, they wanted to protect businesses from looting vandalism, ok same shit different story. 

Third they want to be clear they are fathers, sons, uncles, professionals and business owners. Ok now I am listening to a little more. 

Fourth, they are having a meet and greet with the community to get to know and shed the scary image. 
Eh, so does the Hells Angles so that means little. 

Sixth; They want to work with, not against police, again, same story. 


Seventh; Now this is where it gets interesting, they are actually seeing psychologists, wait, what?

Now this is something new and suggests a new kind of seriousness in what they are doing and a level of professionalism. I still do not want armed Militia on the streets but apparently, this will be the new America. Or maybe not, remember the Black Panthers were an armed response to police/government brutality in the 60s, old Ronald Reagan then Governor was quick to pass open carry laws restricting them. With tensions at a high and police as well as civilians being shot, I get it. 

I am not sure what their training background is, but I hope they get proper firearms training as well, perhaps some already do. I do know the short guy with the Krimkov style AK is not going to have a stable shooting platform, so I have trouble taking him seriously beyond the presence he is trying to convey. 


Full interview with their leader can be found here, I would encourage you to read. 
'Freedom Fighters' look to shed 'scary' image, solidify role in the community | MPR News

Here we go again, Trump attacks America's favorite passtime, Baseball.

 I have to say never in my life have I heard a President degrade America in my lifetime so. 
In fact, having to date read at least the annotated Biography of over 30 US Presidents, I have never heard of a President attacking and degrading American Institutions and Pastimes before. 
He spent his two-year Presidential Campaign attacking a Kneeling Negro in the NFL, followed by his encouragement to boycott of football. Cause you know that scary Negro doing unamerican things. 
He attacked our automotive industries, cities, neighborhoods and of course basketball. 
He stooped to all time low's attacking loser POWs, but his supporters cheered.
He spent his first year hiding from the rain and calling soldiers in WW1 Losers, while it's the one thing not on tape considering his disdain for the common man and those serving, this is hardly surprising. 
What you say? Trump loves servicemen and women? Sure, he loves anyone willing to do his bidding, but not enough to serve himself, nor to have his boys sign up for selective service. In fact they had to sign a contract that if they did, they would be disowned. 
Then of course he bad-mouthed every living President and trashed most of our dead ones too. 
Even the cherished Abraham Lincoln trump proudly proclaimed, was beneath General Lee. 
During the Pandemic it was all about him and per his entire life, lie, deflect responsibility and degrade. 
Now he takes on baseball as they made a moral business decision to pull out of Georgia for the all star game do to Georgias recent voter suppression law. 
Good for them. 
It's sad we have to wait for America's corporations to be the beacon of Humanity, god knows it left the GOP about 20 years ago, stampeding to everything it always proclaimed to have stood against. 

I have no doubt if Trump runs in 2024, his supporters which apparently hate America with their every fiber, will line up to support him and his hate. 
I don't get it, he is everything they detest, everything we all detest but there they are, cheering for their own downfall and the demolition of their supposed beloved country. 

What a Trans Person can teach us all about Humanity

 Its been nearly 25 years ago since I first found online chat and gaming which lead to an addiction of both. Fortunately, computers went obsolete so fast I could not afford to keep buying a fast enough computer to keep gaming, so my time waster turned to political chat. 
Politics is likely the only A  I received in high school and the only class I did not fall asleep in. The Teacher even remarked that I was the only student who actually enjoyed his class.
Fast forward a few years and that Political chat room I would waste countless hours arguing and just having fun.
It would bless me with several people in my life whom I would talk to for years after that program went by the wayside. Two of those chatters have since passed so I can say with certainty they were lifetime friends.
But this is about Trans and as far as I know one of my first exposures to that "Ideal" never mind the Girl on our high school football team, she was built like a boy and played as well as one so she does not count. Oddly despite being MT, none of us cared.
It probably is at this point I will confess I don't really understand the Transexual/Transvestite nonsense and I hope I never do. In fact, after I am done with this post I hope it is irrelevant to us all.
With that being said Pagan,  someone from Australia whom I shall use her online name may even be a Hermaphrodite, I dono and do not care.
I do know this, Politically we are mostly polar opposites and we argued like it day in and day out until it came out she had her own BDSM service which oddly I felt was my business to know about.
Really it was no one's but if nothing else to ridicule her for it as it was then I found out her sexual identity was in question.
I'm not really sure to date why I cared about either, maybe it was Faux news, maybe just something to mock, but I did. 
The point is over the years we both chatted with a mutual person online named Katie, whom we both would meet in person.
I have always been pretty good about not caring whom someone else was friends with but after Pagan's visit to America, I did ask Katie what it was. She pretty much made clear it was none of my business, and she was right it was not.
Katie lived in AZ and after about eight years of chatting I met her at a medieval event, I was participating in called n"Estrella" in Pheonix.
She had a bubbly amazing personality online and was such a special person in my life I will do a blog regarding her and some others.
We stayed friends over the years as Katie did with Pagan.
Now if you are wondering, there was nothing sexual, Katie was deeply in love with her soul mate but was open minded and liked Pagan as a friend.
Katie was one of those people who could not catch a break and after losing her Partner to cancer she would end up with it as well, just a few months later.
She and Paul were never married and she was not entitled to his pension or SS so things were hard on her with America's often cruel medical system she would find herself on Chemo, unable to work all the while having her things repossessed.  
Times like this are when you find out who your friends are and many of those in-person went absent.
She had another mutual friend, Rodney  from the same chat room and another state fly in to help and if that was not incredible enough, Pagan would fly in from Australia to as Katie put it "Hold my hair back while I puked in the toilet"so few friends would step up
I was Gobsmacked, having cared for my Terminal father I knew how few people not only understood what caring for a sick person was but how few would step up to help. 
Katie would beat that round of cancer and live a few more years to only pass from another form, through that time she shared a close friend to Pagan.
So Pagan as I said I do not understand your lifestyle choices and like most and  I do not understand the chemistry in your body, but damn, hold your head up high, you are what all people should aspire to be, a true humanitarian and beyond that a True Friend.
I hope from this, you the reader learn that some things are not our business and those going through things we do not understand are still humans too. Sometimes better humans than we ourselves and why not, they have had to deal with not only being ostracized from society but their families too.

A Prominant Conservative Authors Bizarre Alternate Reality on History and My Correction

 First I want to say that History is fluid based on the information at hand or possibly changing information from released records, Archeological or Anthropological findings. A good Historian will quantify and provide a Bibliography. With that said I  have read enough Conservative books & articles to realize that far too often they are not only inaccurate but intentionally misleading and little more than propaganda.
Thats not ro say it does not exist on both sides, it does, but I also want to remind people that there is a middle area where I think most of us want to be, which id where I try to be and ogically is the most stable.
Here is the Book synopsis and my reply is below.


The Presidents: White House Leaders or Residents - Sal Martingano

I try to approach each article and book with an open mind, however, the supposedly well-educated Professor has an understanding of our history that is roughly equivalent to the typical American who read a book or two in their lifetime.

So lemme help Sal and the poor unsuspecting person who might fall for this terrible historical hack.

The League of Nations created a point where countries could talk and make decisions on the good of society as a whole to help prevent another massive war, to help cope with famine and other issues which inevitably affect us all.

A big mouth who railed against Socialism and Liberalism stormed onto the scene in 1933 named Adolf Hitler would help destroy the League of nations descending us into an era of nationalism and the predictable disaster which would lead us to WW2.

Next we fast forward to Ronny Reagan whom he pins as some kind of an anomaly and accidental leader. He failed to mention the Actor had already been Governor of California where he helped sign into law the state's first Emissions law. He also signed off on more evil socialism as he attacked cheap affordable firearms and squashed carrying a firearm.  As POTUS He would oversee two recessions and until the next failed actor, the largest drop in the stock market in history,. He also spent America into oblivion with his Tax Cuts and the nonsense arms race. He also oversaw the most corrupt administration of the 20th century with the Iran Conta Scandle with dozens in his cabinet becoming felons.. To be fair Reagan himself was not corrupt but had Altizmers and was easily manipulated. The Russians never took him seriously as he was after all an Actor.  

While Reagans policies by todays standards are extreme liberal, Phones for the Poor the ADA, 86 Assault weapons ban Etc,. with that said there is a direct correlation to his policies and the fall of the middle class.

Remember The Fringe Religous Zealots We Used to Laugh At? They are Mainstream and Politicians Now.

It came to me like a flood when I was watching the 2001 Movie "Bubble Boy". The theme was a Boy Kept Sheltered by his wacked out religious family. The Boy was in love with a girl next door whom his mother called "The Whore Next Door"
The movie would go on to make fun of typical Teenage Sins such as waking up with a hardon, which his loon mother dealt with by having him say the Pledge of Allegiance over and over again until it went away.
This fit the narrative as the boy did not have indoctrinated public schooling and instead learned alternative facts from his mother.
Sound familiar? 
I was raised fairly conservative and not being allowed to watch movies that other "kids" my age could, such as Star Wars, Red Dawn and even Police Acadamy. In fact my sister had to argue to get her ears pierced when she was 16. Why? because the Bible says its a Sin.
With that said they did not limit us as much as other "Bible" families or communities. Do you remember the movie Footloose with Kevin Bacon? Yea that was loosely based on a real Town in Oklahoma where Dancing was forbidden as it caused people to become intoxicated and sexually aroused.
Sounds absurd but it gets worse as I've personally met families who believe Dancing wakes the Devil, is this what they are referring? Who knows it is so absurd, yet that is the point of this post, absurd fringe Ideas which are mainstream.
To make it worse they now have Universities teaching "Alternative Science" and even "Law"
As religious as we were growing up we never doubted Evoluti8on and I never heard of the Earth only being 6k years old until an argument with my Egangilical Cousin who was about to graduate College with his Associate Degree.
He truly believed Noah Saved the Dinosaurs, Truly.
Now I find out there are non Evolutionary Biologists, Really?
Now that's goofy, but the Governor of Montana, a wealthy business man who used computer science and the science of marketing to make himself very wealthy. Now here is the problem with Socirty, we often relate intelligence with success. While Gov Giaforte did use science his understanding of science in general is appalling. Believing in the myth of noah is ok, but to believe the Earath is only 6k years old is fucking ignorant. To make it worse he stated people do not need to retire as Noah lived to be a few hundred years old.
(4) Noah Was 600 Years Old When He Built the Ark So Americans Don't Need Retirement - YouTube
Religous nutters in offices in other states have went so far as to push to make Abortion and even a Miscarriage criminal. 
When a Miscarriage Becomes a Crime (elle.com)
We have the county Clerk in Kentuckt who became famous for denying homosexuals a marriage license as the Bible says homosexuality is an Abomination, that is True but it also says Adultery is a cardinal sin to which she was guilty in a previous marriage.
I would also mention that the Bible also does not allow a woman to have voice over a man. Do we really want that mainstream?
It gets worse when these kind of people are on the Board of Education to decide what is in our Text Books. Netflix has a great mini documentary on this dealing with the Texas Board of Education, 
Netflix USA: The Revisionaries is available on Netflix for streaming (newonnetflix.com)
The point is this people, you have the right to believe as you choose and you will, but you do not have the right to push that belief on other people, that is our Fist Amendment Right to speak and worship freely but also to be free from religious ideology forced on us from the Government.
We already have a Conservative Supreme court that has not been this radical in nearly a Century, that's bad enough. We are likely to see a repeal of rights and things we now take for granted, there is almost nothing you can do about it.
Analysis: The Supreme Court hasn't been this conservative since the 1930s - CNNPolitics
Lets put it back on the fringe where it belongs, or so help me I am going to make VooDoo mainstream and start putting pins in Dolls.