Awash from every side, flooded, yes flooded, by the planned harm of it all, the discarded morality and caring, what can we do to remain safe, sane, alive, yet productive?  Choose one grievance ,  but…but…  Feeling guilt for my growing resentment against other humans….Confusion about fear of former imagined team members….If only there was a jigsaw puzzle with all the pieces of a future that fit together….But in the meantime the internet is playing with our minds–scheming, scheming…messing with our heads….my old head, anyway.  I may have to gaze elsewhere for awhile?  And as for AI, possibly on its way to mess with our evolution–with the Tech world’s assist–Blah!  I’d curse if I weren’t so old and proper! (Ha!)

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She was gobbled up by a trolling net while singing her last song:

HER LAST SONG

Oh a mother fish’s life

is filled with strife,

raising her young

to spot the hooks

dangled above by

the fisherman cooks

and MAGA crooks.

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Why did a large chunk of hispanic voters along the border in Texas switch their vote to Republican?  Seems like I pondered this question earlier, but I’m still wondering about it.  Do they not recall Trump’s  earlier words and actions?  I read a hispanic man  said it was because hispanic men didn’t want to have a woman as president.  (Who said from the frying pan into the fire?)  [a Greek saying about running from the smoke or the fire into the flame.]

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PROBABLY SENSIBLE:

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What kind of intimate childhood experiences did Donnie have?  Did he have any pets, and what kind?  How long did they live?  Did he love them, care for them?  I’m just having trouble imagining it.  I keep remembering the other woman who was trashed by Donnie about the time of Stormy Daniels. When a broadcaster asked if she thought Donnie had loved her, she said, “I know he did.”  I heard that with my own ears.

This may be an appropriate time to review some of his opinions of women:  His most bizarre and perhaps most puzzling statement was about Vice President Kamala Harris on August 17, 2024:   “I am much better looking than Kamala Harris.”

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Selected other Trump opinions of women:

KAMALA HARRIS has variously been described by Trump as very nasty, the meanest. most horrible, pathetic, totally unlikeable, lyin’, dummy, terrible, mentally impaired, retarded, so fu*king bad, monster, a Marxist, no one likes her, disrespectful…

It should be noted that Trump claims to have great respect for women. “Nobody has more respect for women than I do. Nobody. Nobody has more respect than I do.”  –ABC News via You Tube, Oct. 18, 2016.

Of Whoopi Goldberg on The View, Trump said she was “Filthy, dirty, disgusting, a loser.”  One wonders if he translates black as dirt.

Trump publicly referred to Stormy Daniels as “Horseface.”

And if we go back to Hillary Clinton…there’s a whole lot more.

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WHY AM I WRITING THIS?

I guess I’m trying to make sense out of a situation that remains a mystery to me.  I wonder where he is, inside himself.  He seems very unhappy to me, but remains a mystery.

HELL YES….About the percentage of white women who voted for Trump and/or believed him, after his apparently uncontrollable habit of lying.  Now, it’s said federal restrictions on abortion may be next.  I do, however, appreciate the number of black women who voted for Harris

POUT?

Not enough time to comfort myself.  And unable to choose one battle.  Can’t give up transgender, climate change, refugees, corporations as individuals,  gun control, and racial injustice.  I can’t touch Putin, Ukraine, Mazda and Israel, and nuclear anything, so I won’t even try. (I’d cry.)

NOTE:  I do want to strongly refer you to Diane Ravitch’s blog today–maybe yesterday–featuring a re-blog of Greg Olear: The Grim Reality Begins to Set In.

AGHAST!  What with all the crooked, destructive things AI has caused via the internet, I see on Google you can get your toe in the door for free, but bewarned:   While there are free AI resources available, it’s essential to assess whether the quality meets your standards. Many times, when you pick free options, you may compromise functionality, reliability, and user support.

NAIEVE?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 I thought hispanic Americans would oppose Trump, since he has threatened to bomb Mexico, but I must be naive, in addition to everything else.  Perhaps the hispanics along the Texas border with Mexico who switched party preferences in the very recent election  (to Republican) have become alienated from their natal relationships, or didn’t read about Trump’s words during a campaign rally at the Van Andel Arena on July 20, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as covered by a number of different sources, without much feedback.   There is every reason to take Trump’s proposal seriously, according to https://www.vox.com.  “Presidents tend to at least try to deliver on campaign promises, and they have nearly unlimited war-making power nowadays. As unthinkable as it may sound, there is a reasonable chance the United States will be at war on its southern border in the coming years if Donald Trump returns to office.”  (Read “if” as “when”)

After things settle down, if they ever should, Trump’s words and frame of mind just prior to the 2024 election are destined to reverberate in history books and also foretell a bumpy immediate future for the U.S.   He crassly insulted the sexuality of his opponent Kamala Harris, called Democrats “demonic,” imagined Liz Cheney facing a fusillade of bullets, made remarks about the late golfer Arnold Palmer’s genitalia and promised to prosecute political opponents who “cheat” in the election.  He also remarked he wouldn’t mind if members of the press were shot if there was another assassination attempt at one of his rallies. His campaign denied he was insinuating the media should be harmed. (Another Duh.)

“I have this piece of glass here,” he said of the ballistic glass protecting him at a recent rally in Lititz, Pa. “But all we have really over here is the fake news. And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much.” At another rally Trump  called the Democratic Party “demonic” and accused it of wanting to imprison his supporters.  Over a malfunctioning microphone at one rally, he asked the crowd, “Do you want to see me knock the hell out of people backstage?” While wrestling with the glitchy mike he simulated performing oral sex, resulting in cheers from his supporters.

His worst, most revelatory statement was that he should never have left the White House after the 2020 election.  Most likely he never plans to leave again.

KEITH WILSON SAYS on musingsofanoldfart:  I need to pick my battles. And, I suggest each of you do the same. We should follow our passions and make our voice known when we disagree with the decisions made. But, we cannot fight everything, so be choosy.

I (NAN) am trying to pick my battle.  FOR INSTANCE:

At the end of what will probably be the hottest year in recorded history, with extreme weather driven by climate change wreaking havoc around the globe, the world is confronting a second Trump term.

On the campaign trail, Trump continued to call climate change a hoax, said he would pull out of the Paris accord again, pledged to expand oil and gas production and roll back pollution controls, and threatened to eliminate federal incentives that promote renewable energy and electric vehicles.  (I would choose this cause but feel it’s doomed due to the next president’s strong anti stance and stated active plans to  hurry the end.  And they want us to have more babies to roast?!)

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 ‘Post-Election’ Snarky Snippets

POLITICS OF CULTURAL DESPAIR

Dr. John Persico  (via Aging Capriciously) posted Chris Hedges’  https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/the-politics-of-cultural-despair?r=zfnvi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email,   Still being a “newbie” after nine years, I can only refer you to Dr. Persico’s blog and let you try.  Hedges’  blog seems quite apt.  As Word Press changes its procedures, I fall back.

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Unfortunately, I doubt that I can limit myself to one cause.  I think it’s too late for climate change, the Supreme Court and abortions, even the Corporations, but surely not too late to take on Women for Liberty?  And I cannot even imagine being forced to resent unwanted foetuses!  I have 4 children, all wanted.  And I am obviously no longer fertile, but if I were I would possibly go around saying “Gay,” for spite.  And I suspect I’ll be against whatever Musk is wanting from Trump.  Going against the richest man in the world?  Rots o’ Ruck!

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ALAS THE POOR POET

Who searches and listens

with open heart and a healthy

muse, awaiting the bursting

forth of a metaphor reflecting

that in life which is soulful,

gentle, appreciative of both

nature and humanity,

loving justice, honesty and the

milk of human kindness,

but which arrives full blown

as….otherwise.

Encouragement from David French, NY  Times  columnist:

“The election is over, but our democracy endures. The end of the campaign signaled the beginning of the next phase of the fight to preserve the American experiment. We can grieve the loss, but the period of mourning should be short.

“There is work to be done.”

At least Trump wasn’t talking about abortion when he said he would protect women “whether they like it or not” during a rally in Wisconsin   He was talking about protecting women from the “dangerous” immigrants Harris let in from insane asylums, etc.  Just the phrase, no matter what he was referring to, suggests that he sees women as being inferior to men…needing protection.  Many of us believe women do need protection: from him.

Later, on CBS News, he reflected that his advisers deemed the line about protecting women “inappropriate.”  Duh. Being Trump, he was unwilling to listen to them.

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And today, if the person lying doesn’t experience stress or fear, there’s Fact Check…

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MY MUSE IS A WOMAN
She’s both stressed and depressed,
Mourning clothes yet unpressed.
Of Creativity bereft,
Recovery now unguessed.

MY MUSE’S MUSE
My muse’s muse is transgender
Both sexes present for to render
Loving, healing, warmth so tender
To regain her former splendor.

Nan 10/13/2020