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Hekate's JournalTrump Trial/MSNBC: today was apparently the day the bat-signal went out for thugs to show up...
…wearing the blue suit & red tie Trump-supporter uniform. (My words regarding the bat-signal, but it was Nicolle and her panel who called these men thugs)
This was late on the first hour of Nicolle, in discussion with Danny Deutsch and Weismann. They gave a slew of names — and I missed them. Some guy who’s a Hell’s Angel.
Anybody else catch the names?
Live long enough, see enough elders in agony or just profoundly diminished by age, & you'll get it
My mom raised me with the mantra that suicide is the coward’s way out. Long before she herself aged into chronic searing pain I had figured out the flaws in that one-size-fits-all statement.
No, she didn’t kill herself. But in her last illness I think the Dark Angel came near and she leapt into his arms.
I admired Dylan Thomas’ poetry from a young age, can still recite some by heart. But I came to realize that “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” was written by a very young man, one who never grew old enough to understand in his own flesh that “rage, rage, against the dying of the light” was not necessarily a one-size-fits-all prescription.
🔥As Senator Katie Britt proposes a national data base of pregnant women, a historical reminder of Romania
… and the loathsome Nicolae Ceausescu.:
Sen. Katie Britt Introduces Bill to Create Federal Database of Pregnant People
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218938770
Historical reminder: Romanian Decree 770, signed into law in 1967 by Nicolae Ceausescu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770
🔥Remember Nikolae Ceausescu of Romania? Decree 770 was the forced birth edict that filled orphanages...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770Enjoy the read — it took me awhile to even find it. The main Romania article has nothing on this decree except a tiny birth rate chart and tiny link to a separate article. I mean, zero in the main article, and this action was so utterly disastrous it’s all that comes to mind when I hear “Romania.” .
What happens to Seeing Eye Dogs who flunk out? Are they shot? This country loves dogs...
… and those pups would have a new home without question.
Noem’s very young “failed” hunting dog would also have had a home with someone else, as a companion for rambunctious children, in the chickenless suburbs.
As for the stinky billy-goat, what was she doing with him the first place unless she had him for a stud? If her children had gotten him as a cute little kid, why didn’t she have him neutered straight off? For a rootin’ tootin’ gun totin’ rural character, this woman sure is stupid. (See my source below)
By the numbers, the rural way of life is dying — few in the country are still there. But millions upon millions who will never brand a calf or milk a cow or bust sod romanticize the way of life all to bits, especially the hunting in the woods part.This is the Real America, by gum.
Noem has made what I hope is a fatal mistake to her public career. She’s sadistic, uncaring, not self-aware, and not aware of life in this nation outside her own cultural bubble. She really didn’t know this behavior and her boastful retelling would not play well? Gods, what that says about her.
Cricket deserves to be reborn in love and kindness and understanding.
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My source: The Homesteader’s Handbook to Raising Small Livestock by Jerome Belanger, 1974. Also my friend whose parents kept a couple of goats, including a male who would put his head between his legs so he could piss on his own head.
The mid ‘70s were a time of financial anxiety — many of us thought the whole world economy was about to collapse. There were a fair number who prepared to go back to the land if necessary — my response was to buy this book and study up. It was a great read, I learned a lot, thought a lot, and still have it on my shelves.
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In honor of Theoden King of Rohan, aka Bernard Hill
Other threads were started yesterday, but I just discovered this lovely video on YouTube.
May Symbelmyrne bloom ever on your tomb. Thanks for the memories.
🔥 Links here. It's been around since the Apprentice. My comment upfront: Mental health of a POTUS/the Dark Triad...
🌸The knowledge of his condition has been available since The Apprentice. My comment upfront: the concern is Mental health of a POTUS and the Dark Triad of psychopathy.
His behavior around his bowel incontinence is not one of self-care or any kind of adult modesty — instead it ranges from apparent unawareness to outright aggression, which are traits of infancy and toddlerhood. Anyone who has potty-trained toddlers knows this behavior — and normal people outgrow it.
The real issue is his mental health, which now includes dementia — and imperils all of us. Psychiatrists & psychologists have been warning anyone who would listen for many years. In his case, his behavior around his bowel incontinence is but one manifestation, shown in his attitude toward others.
You and other DUers are dealing with health challenges as best you can. The rest of us are dealing with a would-be dictator who has convinced enough followers that he is a demi-god and enough oligarchs that it is to their advantage to back him, that he may well become that dictator.
Which is to say — it isn’t about you, it’s about bringing down the demi-god and dictator.
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The term “Dark Triad” refers to a trio of negative personality traits—narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—which share some common malevolent features. The construct was coined by researchers Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dark-triad#
Noel Casler of The Apprentice:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/18sa3cl/whats_going_on_with_trump_and_diaperssmells/
Answer: The comic Noel Casler worked on Celebrity Apprentice for six seasons. Unlike his colleagues, Casler thwarted his nondisclosure agreement, enabling him to tell us what he witnessed over his time working on set in close proximity to Trump:
He's [Trump] incontinent from all the speed, all the Adderall he does, the cocaine that he has done for decades. All that stuff has a laxative effect on your bowels and his are uncontrollable.
Casler said that Trump has been wearing 'diapers since probably the 90s'. Adding that they often had to stop the show in order for Trump to change his diaper, Casler said that Keith Schiller's job was to take Trump offset and wipe him down. "Our nickname for Keith was wet wipes."
Casler added that Trump does it and he almost sits there unaware of it, and one time he saw Ivanka have to kind of go whisper in his ear and then Keith came and took him offstage.
Trump not cleaning himself when changing out Depends, it is because he wears a hard plastic girdle and he doesn't have the freedom of movement. It's why you see him turn his body from the waist so strangely when standing.
He would soil himself often after flying into a rage and cursing out the Script Dept because he couldn’t read a word. One time there was the word 'arbitrage' on a cue card and he freaked out and started screaming that the script department was setting him up then very loudly evacuated his bowels and you could smell it.
I should also mention that Casler originally came out about this in 2019 (around the start of the pandemic), but the story was mostly buried. This discourse was reignited by a recent tweet from former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger:
“I’m genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven’t talked about the odor. It’s truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can.”
Google 'noel casler trump' and you will find even more Casler interviews on YouTube. There are too many to post here.
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To prove the audio isn't doctored I'm also linking the full press conference from CSPAN's view and the same conference from PBS's view.
(End Reddit quote — go there for live links)
Nicolle Wallace champions puppies, joined by Mark Elias, Charlie Sykes, & Eddie Glaude...
Governor Noeme is gonna be toast with the American people.
Edited to add: Elias and Sykes have always had paintings of their dogs prominently displayed behind them every time they are on. Glaude also has dog.
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