“The Possibility I am inventing for myself and my life is the possibility of being a peaceful Taoist and Florida Master Gardener.”
~ Lyn occurs to me as the loving partner I have dreamed of
~ Zac is Joy, CJ is Zoom!
I have let it soak in 5 days now and listened to both sides. Here is where I stand. If you disagree with my premises then there is no need to read the rest.
Premises
1. Donald Trump likely has the largest ego and worst self esteem of anyone most of us have ever met. Combine that with his showman personality and what we get is a charlatan. If you read the DSM descriptions of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Megalomania, and Sociopath you see he is aligned at a 90%+ rate. So, what does this mean? When you have someone who’s #1 driver in life is to be liked/loved/obeyed AND they have a hyper-narcissistic outlook AND their ego “demands” that, above all else, they act in ways to be liked AND they fundamentally do not care about other’s well-being… THEN, it is predictable that truth is irrelevant in their world. This means we elected a charlatan, a carnival barker, a conman as our President who has, and will continue to lie to manipulate perception.
2. What Trump says is irrelevant. His only policy is “Do and say what makes Donald look good.” Charlatan’s lie. And, it makes perfect sense to them to do so. Their #1 driver is to look good, not to be truthful. There basically are no rules other than those that serve his ego. If he ends up looking good, it was “good”. If an action or a person makes him look bad, it was “bad”. We saw that demonstrated and said over and over and over. It’s that simple. SO, those who fell for his conman tale about any policy or stance or action he will take… they got duped because he has no policies.
3. The hate speech, prejudice, racism, misogyny, xenophobia, white nationalism of a narcissistic 70 yr old white bully MUST be listened to however. Governmental policy proposals are merely ego tools to manipulate the gullible to like him. But, when he attacks people that is his true Grinch heart showing.
4. It is GREAT that so many Republicans figured out that their party does not care about them. The Republican party has been a party run by rich white corporate, military, and financial interests. They have used social issues as motivators and diversions to trick low education whites to be Republicans. That game is up. So, who do the low educated whites run to? A rich white conman who used their seeds of racism and fear/hate of “other” to trick them again… a carnival barker who cares about them even less! Bizarre and sad. Trump took advantage of people’s fear and hate. The angry white person was duped! Trump is going to bring coal mining jobs back to North Caroline… RIGHT!!? Yes, I am absolutely saying that Trump voters were not smart enough to see that their candidate is full of shit. Trump’s lack of character will be revealed over time and more and more dumb and/or gullible white supporters will leave the flock. But, those prone to agree with his white nationalism and misogyny will bark louder and louder, they have found their new Hitler. Trump’s “chief strategist” and media arm is a leader of the white nationalism movement, so do not question my use of a Hitler reference.
So, that’s the landscape, we have elected a hateful, full of shit conman to run the world… what do we do about it? We must watch with educated eyes for truly harmful trends, outlooks, and actions to arise. And, we must have plans to speak and act to fight back hard on the following issues. Below is my Alert List, issues to stay alert to and issues we need to alert others to.
- Freedom of the press. Authoritarian leaders, cult leaders, false religious leaders, bully bosses know they must delegitimize those who would speak the truth about them. So, they work hard to discredit the check and control mechanisms in the eyes of their gullible followers. Trump has been 100% transparent in discrediting and attacking the press and others who point out what he is doing. 48 hours after being elected he tweeted that the press has incited the anti-Trump rallies of “paid protesters.” Not only a lie, but further attacks on the press. On Nov. 13th Trump tweet attacked a national newspaper. We MUST point out EVERY one of these actions and do so in the context of “this is what dictators do”. If he can silence the press he can manipulate the dumb.
- Limits on the right to vote. If people are not allowed to vote our government will not be representative and the doors are open to manipulative egomaniacs with self-serving agendas. The Republican have a long history of installing barriers to voting. They were very active in the Obama elections and this cycle they continued to install or try to install barriers to voting in swing states with high populations of black and Hispanic voters. Here is why we MUST be vigilant and have the guts to speak on this issue. This morning The Speaker of the House said, “the Republican party is pluralistic and inclusive.” He referred to Republicans as “the party of Lincoln.” He knows this to be a lie; he knows his party has deliberate, extensive plans to limits the vote by minorities. We MUST call them out and vote them out every time they try to spin that they do not try to cheat on elections by limiting votes and when they say they care about minorities. They do not.
- Lies. Trump and Bannon have mastery over “The Big Lie”. The fact that Trump was proven to lie more than any other Presidential candidate in modern history is bad enough, but it is the nature of the lies they are willing to tell that are alarming. “No one respects women more than me”. “I will get over 90% of the black vote in 2020”. “The Hispanics love me”. “My demeanor is my best quality”. The Big Lie is when you boldly state either exactly the opposite of one of your biggest downfalls or when you strive to make a huge flaw a plus… with outright lies. People who are willing to lie at this level MUST be feared and watched very closely.
- Redistricting and Gerrymandering. Those who seek power through lies and manipulation will lie and manipulate while in office. If they rig the voting districts they and theirs get to stay in power despite the will of the people.
- The Supreme Court. We all understand this issue. Republicans already refused to hold a hearing for Obama’s nominee for 1.5 yrs… they are playing to win… will we? Do we want a racist, lying, misogynistic enemy of free speech and a free press picking who makes our laws for 30 years? Should someone who would choose a white nationalist to be the Chief Strategist to the leader of the free world get to make law to protect other’s rights? That’s the situation you dumb asses have put us in.
- Using government to attack, investigate, jail political opponents. He said he would do this on national TV. We MUST stay alert to this. The FBI influenced this election… how far will “they” go?
- Expanding hidden donations. The Republicans already made it possible for corporations and hidden interests to donate in the dark. We know of Trump’s willingness to lie about taxes and donations, we know he will win at the expense of truth and fairness. We must stay alert.
- Russia. I am not savvy in this area, but I am concerned enough to know that Putin’s good buddy Trump must be watched. I know that an authoritarian leader who hacks to influence American’s elections must be watched. Trump covered for Putin on the hacks. Why?
- Nuclear war or war in general. Giuliani just stated the growth numbers for our military.. this is 5 days after the election. Trump said, “Why have nuclear weapons if we’re not gonna use them.” He stayed up till 3 to attack Miss Universe from 20 yrs ago because she quoted him! Someone that petty and thin skinned can NOT have the nuclear codes… oh, but you ignored that because you were ‘angry’… got it. Republicans stay in business with wars… Trump gets to be John Wayne and play big bad cowboy… it’s fucking ridiculous we are in this situation as a country. Stay alert, oppose war.
- Rights. Women’s rights, African American rights, Latino rights, LGBTQ rights, religious rights, rights of the disabled. We MUST stay alert to protect rights of all minorities and of anyone who Trump see’s as a threat to calling him out on his lies and lack of character. Remember, Bannon is a well-documented racist and anti-Semite and VP Pence has introduced anti LGBTQ laws.
- Roe v. Wade. It’s in danger. This issue may end up becoming the unifying issue to bring together the varying groups of Democrats and Progressives. I just hope we unite before women’s rights are taken away.
- Role Models. What the fuck have we done? Our President brags about sexually assaulting women. He threatens and bullies and “hits down” and lies. He hires people to lie for him. It is truly awful. We MUST be vigilant and be willing to call people out for their stances and behavior. The kids are watching.
Summary
Those who believed any of Trump’s policies and promises were fooled by a charlatan. What a hyper-narcissistic carnival barker says is irrelevant. So, Trump was elected due to lies and manipulation. As a result our President is a dangerous fool. We MUST stay alert, be vocal, and be ready for action to counter the likely horrible trends which will emerge in our country.
I do not support our President and I will not be silent.
It’s true, below is an excerpt. Scrolls found in a dead elephant near Myanmar. These quatrains are of the same style as the greatest see’er in history and have been carbon dated to 1560. Behold, the Dead Elephant Scrolls:
Beware of the charlatan
Who builds towers and walls
The masses are easily fooled
By pompous nonsense spoken loudly
A great manipulator of no substance
Rises from realm 11
To bamboozle simple minds
And hold a party on a cliff
He will cruise past a 3rd bush
To meet a berning woman
Only to betray the trail-or-park dwellers
Who follow he who speaks from his donkey hole
..I wonder if I could be as successful at business as I am at composting…
Shocking- Surgeon General’s public health warning about voting for Trump. All Trump ads, rallies, and all polling places must immediately post this public health warning:
The Surgeon General of the United States has found that supporting Donald Trump may lead to the following conditions:
-Cognition Narcolepsy
-Intolerance Incontinence
-Couth Decay
-Inflamed Self Importance
-Arrogantitas
-Chronic Ego-centrism of the Pompass
-Ego Obesity
-Irritable Jerk Syndrome
-Irrational Desire to Build Walls, Castles, Casinos, and Moats
-Men-no-pause
-Rally-Induced Male PMS
-The Black Death
-Trump Staff Infection
-Increased likelihood of pronouncing Alzheimer as “alltimers”
-Blocks ability to differentiate between talk radio, Fox and news
-Onset Asshole Fascination
-The Common Cold Heart
-Gay Fever
-Hardening of the Hubris
-Susceptibility to Group Suspension of Reality
-To think that chanting “USA! USA!” makes you better than others
-Having the whole world laughing at you because you are stupid enough to vote for a racist hater con man manipulating you on the worst aspects of your ego, upbringing & personality.
-Bizarre thinking that alienating Hispanics, African Americans, ALL persons from all other countries, the LGBT community, women, and all rational voters qualifies you to represent the people of the USA.
-Do not vote Trump if you are gay, have a gay friend, or have ever had a gay thought.. ye, that one.
-Trump can lower your ability to discern reality and identify charlatans, bloviants, carnival barkers, and ego-maniacal self-loving compulsive lying assholes. Electing Trump may cause the aliens to intercede ahead of schedule.
-Tell your doctor is you live in a trailer park, must import illegal alien women to marry, attend Nascar events, or pick your Presidents from reality TV.
-Ask your doctor is Trump is right for you. The election of Trump may cause Progressive Heart Failure, a pox upon our house, loss of multi-syllabic function, and loss of ability to make any sense at all so you just interrupt and yell at people like a loud, spoiled 3rd grade bully.
-Do not vote Trump unless you are an old hateful paternalistic racist southern white man with an elementary education whose parents and friends preach ‘hate of other’. In that case it would be understandable.
-May cause irrational Plan B thinking like “Cruz [the thinking bigot’s AntiChrist Choice] is really a Christian, can bring unity to anything other than a Klan rally, or has anyone’s best interest at heart other than his own and the little Koch Brothers.
-Supporting a narcissistic charlatan racist opportunist bigot may reverse the Enlightenment and other separations that opposable thumbs cannot overcome.
-Note: The Office of the Surgeon General is a pure Socialist institution, tax $ fund it for the betterment of us all. So, if you are a Progressive you get it. If you are a Republican you must continue to bash anything associated with Socialism as you PRETEND like your beloved military is not the largest Socialist entity in the world.
*Personal comment. I am not putting down all Republicans. I am most definitely putting down those dumb enough to not see through Trump’s bullshit and take him seriously. Our country is not a reality TV show and we are not in 3rd grade where you think the asshole bully who puts others down should be your leader. I am TOTALLY glad that you finally realized that the Republican party has used you for years, tricking you to vote in direct opposition to your own financial interests by praying on your social issue beliefs and using fear and hate to get you riled up. BUT friends, Trump is NOT who you should run to! Wake the fuck up before you elect a conman to be our President.
With the current state of our country and politics I think we are ripe for a book. The book will outline the influence of two “wiring mechanisms” in humans.
Paternal vs Maternal
- People are genetically wired either paternally or maternally. The paternal want to be in control, have the money, show they are better than others, and punish. They do NOT care about other humans who do not further their ends. The maternal care about others, want to nurture and believe in the good in all people. They believe some people just need a little help.
- A quality quasi identified as “beliefism” controls the beliefs and behavior of 22=23% of people. We all have this instinct genetically present in us, but 22-23% have it to a degree that it is a major driver in their lives. Beliefism states that people want to and will follow a strong leader regardless of facts. They believe the best course of action their life is to always follow a John Wayne type, someone who speaks loudly with authority and who demands respect. This train was selected for over the millennia. When hominids lived in small bands going out on your own, acting on your own ideas, would mean death. Those who did not follow the strong leader and stay with the band died and did not pass on their “self thinking” tendencies. So, believing in a strong leader no matter what was selected for. This is why people follow Trump and talk radio hosts regardless of the bullshit they say. Truth is not the factor, staying with a strong leader is.
So, I’ve got to write the book to help people understand this and choose a course of action for the betterment of our species.
We must have a government that represents US, not rich and powerful donors.
Well, I don’t think we know yet how to feel about Ferguson.. if the community’s story is more accurate then it was probably excessive force by the policeman.. if the policeman’s story is more accurate then maybe it is understandable that he shot to kill.. maybe.
Either way.. we see just how hopeless and frustrated the African American community is in general.. for many good reasons. Me personally, I am willing to accept some over-reaction by the African American community.. I think a lot of us should be marching in the streets for a lot of reasons! Our complacency just allows the rich powers that be to continue using all of us.
Amino Acids have been found in “hundreds” of comets. Does that mean there is and always has been life everywhere??
as cool as the Trivago guy..
#12 Higgs Boson P
#5 Keyser Soze Rt
#20 Rodinia Red CF
#3 Slim Shady LF
#1 Roy G Biv SS
#6 Dapper Dan 3B
#7 Julio Hoop SS
#19 Pangea Paul 2B
#11 U Rip Adeez DH
#2 Tesla Coyull 1B
#15 Bunt Cake Carlos C
#9 Abner Doubleday P
Signals = Up, Down, Strange, Charm, Bottom, Top
Team Bat = Easton Stro Matt O-LITE
So, it’s OK in Fla to kill a black kid if you think he is a ‘thug’.. by definition he is a threat, so you can kill him…
Well, I can sing word for word many Eminem songs.. does that mean I too am in open season in Fla…??
They have a culture and they have buy-in to that culture..
Pete Carrol created this culture that makes sense and will work if buy-in exists..
Things I heard him and HIS PLAYERS say..
“Separation is in the preparation”
“..go to the Super Bowl and put on a show..”
“Championship mindset”
“positive synergy”
“we have ballers all over the field”
“players who play with great heart, but are talented”
“this is our LANGUAGE” [he gets it]
“It’s never about them; it’s always about us”
“..championship preseasaon..”
“We planned on executing well”
“stick to your plan and how you see things going for yourself”
“Why not us?!”
“Why not you?!”
..holistic, healthy, whole player..
“This is what we envisioned from Day 1”
“Leave no Doubt”
“Sea Hawks 24/7”
“We look forward to the next challenge”
“I believe in this stuff”
“..not having regrets..”
“..excel in all 3 phases of the game” [what are our 3 phases??]
“stay on schedule and trust the preparation”
Very good stuff.. I will mimic what I learn here..
Well, I’m doing it.. in compliance after 9 hrs 🙂
OK, here I go.. again. It is time, like really. I’m fat and gaining, it’s harder to breath when I tie my shoes, I get winded, I don’t like how I look. We are going to move in the next 6 months and I want to be strong and fit for that also, a minor motivator.. but, the last move pointed out that I need to be more fit.
So, today I pulled the trigger and signed up for the Advocare 24 Day Challenge. This will be my catalyst to get on the right track. My # is 1311510.
So, Tue or Wed my challenge starts. Wish me luck this time!
Are we a country that see’s ourselves primarily as the enforcer and bully for the whole world? Or, are we a country that primarily seeks to care for it’s own countrymen? Choices. The choices we make define who we are. Where we choose to spend AND NOT SPEND our money define our self image.
It can be argued that there are two types of people- maternalistic and paternalistic. Those of us who are wired to be maternalistic tend to view choices in terms of who should we help. Those of us who are paternalistic tend to view choices in terms of who can we punish.
If we are going to borrow 10 billion more from the Rothchilds (and pay it back with money we buy from the Rothchilds, with interest) then should we be maternalistic and spend it on serving our own countrymen or should we be paternalistic and ignore our own country’s needs so we can punish someone half way across the globe?
What we choose here tells us who we are.
The paternalistic option for what to do with 10 billion we borrow from the Rothchilds is simple, “Wahoo! Let’s go blow some motherfuckers up!” We’ll teach them a lesson and show the world- if you do something WE don’t like we’ll borrow some more from the Rothchilds to blow you up too!” Borrowing money to bury us further in debt is irrelevant; choosing to spend money to NOT help our countrymen is irrelevant.. IF we have the chance to punish someone. Is that who we are? Obviously that IS who we are. Is that who we want to continue choosing to be?
The maternalistic options are many. We all know our country has a long list of it’s own needs that are going unmet. If we are going to borrow 10 billion from an entity that doesn’t care about us, from an entity that makes sure we are eternalistically their slaves, if we are going to borrow 10 billion more from the Rothchilds then here are some other options we can spend it on:
~ Rebuild New Orleans. Do what we should have done right after Katrina- hire the locals who lost their homes and jobs to rebuild their own city.
~ Build 200 modern schools and refurb 1000 that need it.
~ Or, pay the top half of teachers in America $5,000 more
~ Create a 10 year, ten million dollar job training program in 1,000 American cities. This can prepare over one third of our population to be hirable in TODAY’S job market.
~ Give a $500 laptop to 20 million American school students who don’t have a computer.
~ Repair the worst 300 bridges in America hiring mostly unemployed workers to do the labor.
~ Use the 10 billion from the Rothchilds to grow some balls and educate America on why we are now going to print our own money and never again buy or borrow money from the Rothchilds.
~ Invest 10 million dollars in 1,000 pre-prequalified American companies which develop or support renewable energy so our political donors quit pressuring our politicians to bomb/invade/rebuild OTHER fucking countries so we can keep buying oil from them.. and so the Rothchilds still have control of their national banks and national debt.
~ Buy everyone on Earth a popsicle a day for a week… or ANYTHING but bomb another country rather than investing in our own fucking country! Geesch.. just how attached are we to our ego and narcissism that we think we need to bomb someone else rather than help our own??
Choices. Choices define who we are.
So, even if you usually view the world paternalistically.. what if, just this once, we chose to spend our 10 billion borrowed dollars to do something for ourselves? ‘Just an idea.
Joe Harmon
Sunny
Bonobo
..and Cher
Summary.. it WAS a case of a Barney, wannabe profiling someone who was merely walking home.. then, SOMETHING happened to get them face to face and Barney who was pre-disposed to kill “them”, “those assholes”, the kid who “is up to no good”, the “fuckin punk” ..well, he shot him.
I do not believe Zimmerman’s story about being the poor, non fighter, who got attacked.. I do not believe he got his head “banged repeatedly” on the concrete and “had to” shoot Trayvon.
Zimmerman took MMA training for over a yr.. total bullshit that he couldn’t be aggressive.
How the violence escalated.. we don’t know. But, the signs point to Zimmerman being a prejudiced racist who caused the escalation by following.. and probably vocalizing something aggressive to Trayvon who then responded.
I don’t know who was screaming.. I don’t know what happened the 5 seconds before the trigger was pulled. It does seem VERY likely Zim had his gun OUT when he approached the “fuckin punk” who was “up to no good”.. the one who “always get away”.
So, if he had his gun out.. THEN everything else is probably a lie too.
The jury has the case. The prosecution Marsha Clarked it. Sporadic.. no vision painted of what happened.. THEY brought reasonable doubt into possibilities.. focusing on minor points that don’t matter anyway and ignoring or skipping around the big points.
The talking heads expect manslaughter. I didn’t hear the prosecution prove that and I did hear the defense bring 30 reasonable doubts.. at home we may think manslaughter is appropriate, but in the courtroom it wasn’t proven.
Will be interesting to see what happens…
view of earth from mars..
picking out the cola and root beer bottle caps
soak rice vermi 10 min warm water
soak rice paper 5 sec on hot water, let dry a bit on cloth, roll edge so can grab it
add ingredients.. don’t overstuff, don’t understaff
mango is good
roll and tuck ends
have very good sauce.. garlic/s0mething or peanut sauce
eat it
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt.
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SOMETHING TO PONDER: George Carlin
George Carlin’s wife died early in 2008 and George followed her, dying in July 2008. It is ironic George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s – could write something so very eloquent and so very appropriate. An observation by George Carlin:
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve done larger things, but not better things.
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Remember to spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent.
Remember, to say, ‘I love you’ to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
And always remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by those moments that take our breath away. ~ George Carlin
Sarah Beth is a yogi.. she reminds us..
1. You are not your mind. You know that, right? The mind is a mere tool, an instrument to the functioning of the entire system of the body. Humans have about 65,000 thoughts a day, 90% of which thoughts of yesterday, repeat today. That’s a lot of clutter and noise to navigate through! Especially if they’re negative thought loops or patterns that just repeat- over and over and over again. You are a human being with thoughts, with the capacity to think, BUT you are not your mind. You are the thinker, but not which is being thunk.
I think I’ll go circummambulate..
Dis and DATT evolved today… 90/10
75 push ups and sit ups, 30 min walk.. Lyn says a walk helps lose wt better than a job.
..edit, I just did more.. 100 push ups and sit ups.. the every other day thing seems the way to go..
Big Rock Step ups, rock curls.. more tonight.. including a walk
Work going well.. I’ve done a good job ..I too will be assimilated..
60 push ups
75 sit ups
Walk 1.5ish with some rocks
plus a baseball practice
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