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Rest In Peace -United States of America

Rest In Peace
United States of America
July 4, 1776 – January 20, 2025
“Even God could not save her from the religious.”

There needs to be some serious soul searching amongst the denizens of this country.  There was no sane, moral or ethical reason for having voted for the chimera that is Donald J. Trump, especially this time around, as his psychopathy had been on full display for years.

If you voted for him because your religion is preaching an Armageddon / Second Coming of Christ fantasy, and he is the the agent that God will use to fulfill those end days delusions, you need to apply critical thinking skills to what they are  spewing from the pulpits and to religion in general.  But then again, it seems to me, the only way for people to be religious is to forego thinking critically about it.  With the Evangelicals embracingTrump as they have, faith has become a four letter word in my book.

God save us from the religious.

For the first time in my life I am truly afraid, afraid of future, afraid of what this country is becoming, afraid of many of my fellow citizens, afraid of what DJT and his ilk are going to do to this world. The only bright spot I can see in this cluster f*** is that I will not be around much longer to witness it.

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #5,905

yeah I know you did not ask!

You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.

Stephen Miller, Jared Kushner, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, while they do not look exactly alike, they do look very similar.

Coincidence?

I am beginning to believe they are from the same alien race. Kokopelli only knows how they reproduce on their planet or in their dimension, but they all appear to be brood mates. They all appear to be from a species that feeds on the misery of others, from a species that their need to consume this form of substance knows no bounds.  There cannot be too much misery in the world for them and their insatiable appetites .

Wait, you are telling me they cannot be aliens as they have birth certificates.  Well, Obama‘s supposed birth in Hawaii   is proof that birth certificates can be forged.

Perhaps AI can help us come up with a facial template to identify these unwanted visitors.  Wait.  Are you trying to tell me AI is also an import from this same extraterrestrial source? Time to duck and cover.

And so it should not be.

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Vanity Plate for the Day – ILVCOPS

Vanity Plate of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one in the wild that I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  When I was commuting from my home to downtown St. Louis and back, I was spending anywhere from an hour and half to two hours daily in rush hour traffic. I used the exercise of deciphering vanity plates to help pass the time… plus sometimes they are very clever and worth sharing.

This was on the back of black Buick SUV, one of the small ones.  While I did not see the driver, for some reason I always think of this vehicle as a chick car. That is neither here nor there, except my stereotype explains my following comments.

When I first saw the plate, my first random thought was that I thought solicitation was illegal.  Then I thought, “well that is a somewhat small target market.”  Then I thought maybe she had a kink about men in police uniforms.

I am sure the reality was much more mundane than that.  She mostly likely has a loved one who is involved in police work… I hope!

To see more Vanity Plates of the Day use this link: Vanity Plates of the Day

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Matrimonial Log – Star Date 5786.103

“Matrimony… the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Casamiento Segundo, its until-death-do-us-part mission… to explore a strange new relationship… to seek out a new life and new adventures… to boldly go where no sane couple has gone before.”

Well another birthday has arrived, putting my feet closer to the grave.

Last week Señora kept asking me, “what do you want for your birthday?”

I told her the truth, “nothing.”

This went on for innumerable iterations with my response being the same each time.  I really did not need or want anything.

Finally, maybe from a little exasperation from hearing the same question for the umpteenth time, I said, “a ménage à trois.”

I know that eventually Señora will stop laughing and pick herself off the floor… eventually.

One would think after this long on this spinning globe I would have learned, one would think.

Pray for me as I know she will get off the floor.  Sounds like a good time for me to go golfing.

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The Year I Almost Went to The Masters – A repost

I just finished watching what is one of my favorite golf tournaments, The Masters.  I bounce back and forth between this tournament and the Open (British Open), usually played in Scotland.   I thought it a good time to repost this article. 

When I moved back to Oklahoma from Rhode Island I went to work for Coburn Optical.  Their main line of business is the manufacturing of the machines that other companies use to modify lenses to mount in eye glasses.  They also have a division that takes orders to modify and mount lenses.  I was young, still working on my education, and my work experience had been in restaurants, factories and warehouses.  I was a warehouse man there.  I worked there from 1973 to 1976, leaving to move to Oklahoma City to pursue my educational goals.

My father had left his position with Kaman Aerospace and moved back to Muskogee, OK where my mother had been living for a while.  Looking around for a job he found one with Coburn and started there shortly after I left.  He moved up rapidly and after a while was managing the division that prepared lenses for other companies.  Part of his responsibilities involved making Continue reading “The Year I Almost Went to The Masters – A repost”

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A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

A friend made the following comment to me:

“For years I have tried to decipher humanity and figure out if we suffer the Arrogance of Ignorance, or the Ignorance of Arrogance.”

That comment was followed up by a very polemic comment about the current political situation in these here United States of America.  Although I do not know why, since I am way beyond worrying about hurting the feelings of tRump supporters, I am refraining from adding it to to this post.

His poser is a conundrum that I do not have an answer to.

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Quote of the Day – Walt Whitman

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.”  ~~ Walt Whitman

To see more Quotes for Day, visit this link: Quotes for the Day

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A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.

From Dr. Strangelove… Slim Pickens riding the bomb down

The caption of this post is the latest insane quote from our so called POTUS.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” ~~ Donald J. Trump

It sounds like he is threatening to wipe out a whole country. For what? They did not bow down to his royal ass? Of course, this is referring to Iran and oil shipments. The problem with tRump and his malAdministration is that none of them are chess players, they are not even checker players.  They cannot see the global chess board one move in front of them.  How else could they start an immoral, unneeded war that was urged on by the madman in Israel, and the power hungry, greedy leader of Saudi Arabia?

Might does not make right.

Truth is I really do not know what to say.  This is beyond comprehension. This is not the country that I have loved and been proud of for most of my life. Not by a long shot.  This cluster f*** is even worse than I could have imagined. I would have never envisioned the United States as a terrorist country, but we are fast becoming one.

For a more nuance and scholarly take on the the catastrophe that is dangling over us like the Sword of Damocles go to Paul Krugman’s video for today:  Our Darkest Hour (read the transcript – it is quicker and easier)

What has the MAGA mob gotten us into.  May Huitzilopochtli save us all.

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My Investment Strategy

I’ve started investing in stocks.

Beef, chicken, and vegetable…

One day I hope to be a bouillonaire….

I would like to say this was original with me, but I would be lying.  I  do so love puns, though.

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Quote of the Day – Donald J. Trump, Another Day, More Threatened War Crimes

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day, all wrapped up in one in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the fuckin strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell. Just watch. Praise be to Allah.” ~~ Donald J. Trump

Targeting civilian targets like power plants and bridges are war crimes under international law.  Obviously, this man has never heard the poker maxim about not drawing to an inside straight.  At last count his sycophant, Pete Hegseth, has fired 20 generals who were trying to put some brakes on this madness.

Still happy with your vote for this madman, may Allah save your soul.

For a little more nuance on the quote (verified from several sources), here is Krugman’s article: Living in Hell… read the transcript rather than watch the video.

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Quote of the Day – Donald J. Trump, Another Day, Another Faux Pas

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care.” ~~ Donald J. Trump

To put this quote in context, here is his remarks before he said that revealing gem.

“I said to Russell (Office of Management and Budget Director), ‘Don’t send any money for day care,’ because the United States can’t take care of day care. That has to be up to a state,” Trump said. “We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people.”

Here is the CNN article I lifted the quote from: ‘We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care’: Trump’s ill-timed rant 

We are not taxing the ultra rich so El Pendejo can fight an unnecessary, unjustified, and IMHO, immoral war that we, the middle class are paying for, instead of funding day care?  WTF!  For my money that quote tells you all you need to know about Cadet Bone Spur and the Nazi Republican Party… no bread for babies, but billions to bomb innocent people. Again WTF!

May Allah save us all.

To see more Quotes for Day, visit this link: Quotes for the Day

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