71,000,000 of my fellow citizens voted for this horrible waste of protoplasm. And now the whole world is laughing at us… Chaos and destruction to fulfill this psychopath’s delusions of grandeur and the Evangelicals’ End Days delusion.
Happy Birthday to You
Saturday night Señora and I went to dinner with two other couples. For our outing the group chose Lu Lu Seafood & Dim Sum, a Chinese restaurant. To call Lu Lu’s a Chinese restaurant — given the American perception of what a Chinese restaurant is – smacks of comparing Mexican high cuisine to Taco Bell. It very definitely is not the Tex-Mex of Chinese food.
St. Louis has an older area that is more or less informally known as Chinatown. There are many Chinese restaurants, supermarkets and other Chinese ran businesses in this area. Much of the Chinese population lives nearby. I looked it up, and the demographers put the St. Louis Chinese population at around 13,000. I thought it was much larger than that. For comparison those same demographers put Continue reading “Happy Birthday to You”
Quote of the Day — Robert A. Heinlein
“… I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy . . . censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,” the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free.” “ Robert A. Heinlein in Revolt in 2100
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Soy americana, también
I have been working with a young Ecuadorian lady, Micaela, for years for Spanish conversation practice via Skype. She is interesting, curious, and intelligent. I pay for an hour of her time on iTalki, but we frequently find ourselves still conversing 10, 15 and on occasion 20 minutes after our allotted time, if she does not have a class backed up against mine. She does have one trait that reminds me of my son. She frequently plays Devil’s Advocate to whatever I say. Sometimes I think this is just her personality, but I sometimes think it is her method of keeping the conversation going. I have mentioned Devil’s Advocate Micaela in previous posts.
Awhile back we were having a conversation of which I do not remember the theme. For some reason I made the comment Continue reading “Soy americana, también”
A Sane Politician – Gov. Pritzker
Unfortunately for me, Pritzker is across the Mississippi River in Illinois. Missouri Republicans have absolutely lost touch with reality.
I Cried Myself to Sleep
Okay, this most likely will only be of interest to family members… if anyone at all. I am not quite sure why I got to thinking about this.
We moved to Italy in 1964 for a stay of a little over three years. My father would have been 33 and my mother 30, turning 31 in September of that year. I don’t know about you, but in my early 30s I still had a lot of growing up to do, but then again, I took a long time to mature. I am not sure I am there yet, and I hear my second childhood knocking (down?) on the door.
I would have just turned the ripe old age of 12 when we moved there. My father had already been there for two or three months, and he had an Continue reading “I Cried Myself to Sleep”
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 DJT, 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 embracing DJT 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.
The EASIEST countries to move to as an American.
I will never pry Señora out of St. Louis, and I am very fond of her… If not for that, I would definitely see this as a possibility. I thought Costa Rica was a wonderful country with very friendly people. Panama I would have to visit to get a better feel for. The thought of living in Spain has always intrigued me. I hear wonderful things about Portugal. While Italy is not on this list, it has a warm spot in my heart. My Spanish is passable enough that it would not be an issue in 3 of the countries, although English is widely spoken in those three too. My main issue with Central America is that golf courses are few and far between, and not particularly cheap. Of course if my back continues its downward journey, that will cease to be so important. I know that four of the six countries on the list have large ex-pat communities. The other two might, but it would need some research. I am sure he does not really mean it, but I have a long standing offer of housing in Honduras.
I just cannot get over the fact that 71 million of my fellow citizens voted for the monster that is tRump, especially with every sane, main stream Republican screaming at the top of their voice that the Emperor is wearing no clothes, please vote for for the Democrat. There is something fundamentally wrong with the soul of this country. I won’t bore you with a rant about what I think that is.
I may be an American, but I am not a proud American, in fact I am the complete opposite after this election.
We’ll Get What We Voted For – Charles P. Pierce
He sums it up better than I ever could.
Quite frankly I fear that the experiment that has been the United States of America is crashing in the most obscene manner possible.
Racism and Misogyny have won out
Kamala Harris is infinitely more qualified to be President of the United States than the tRump. I just do not understand how so many people could vote for this horrible, terribly horrible person except by explaining it by their fear of a woman of color holding the office – racism and misogyny. They also rejected Hillary Clinton, who was probably the most qualified person to run for the office in my lifetime.
I am having fantasies of checking out of this world rather than living through the next four years of the cluster fuck that is going to be a second go round with this monster. But I am not likely to do so as Señora has had enough pain in her life, plus I doubt I have the courage. What is about to come down the road, however, might make me desperate enough.
As a military brat I always had a great love and pride of country. No more. With tRump, Christian Nationalism, Project 2025, etc., I have come to hate what this country has become, especially since they seem to be doubling done on the awfulness. It does seem like from all the history I have read, that in the long run, evil generally wins out over good. tRump is evil incarnate.
Truly if there is a god as detailed in the religious texts, he hates humanity, as we keep getting leaders of such low caliber. I really thought that when tRump was elected the first time, it was one of the worst days of my life. I was wrong. Since we know what a monster tRump is this time around, yet he was elected, this time feels and is significantly worse.
The only positive thing to come out of last night is that Missourians did vote to repeal the draconian ban of abortion. However, I fully expect tRump and gangsters to make a national abortion ban law.
May the Devil save us as apparently God is not going to do so.
And so it should not go.