MYOFB!

Didya hear? The Republicans, either in their death throes or so empowered by cheating and lying, are going all in to oppress the women they can never have. Republican dweebs all over the country, elected to state legislatures thanks to gerrymandering, are passing laws like crazy to stop the chicks from controlling their own lives. Powered by white male geeks and gender traitors, these laws are becoming easier to pass. Signed by Republican nerd Governors and almost immediately overturned by the courts, the end game is clear. Get one of these laws to the Supreme Court where professional Catholic Samuel Alito, own the libs and unqualified turd Clarence Thomas, folksy fascist Neil Gorsuch, Justice Ragey Boy and beer swilling loudmouth Brett Kavanaugh, and possibly Chief Justice John Roberts will vote to turn Roe V Wade on its ear and send the country back to the Dark Ages, ya know, when America Was Great.

This blast to the past I think is inevitable. The white people of this nation, led by a proto fascist reality show clown, are in the midst of throwing a tantrum not seen since. well when they think America was great. The fantasy 50's where whites lived in suburbs with perfectly manicured lawns, the blacks knew their place, the gays lived in those suburbs hiding who they were, the Mexicans were all in California, the women all stayed home and drank, the children all went to segregated schools and kids had measles parties where they got dangerous diseases and liked it. Great.

Idiots who believe that the 1950s rocked are strangely delusional. Oh fuck it, no they arent, they are just unwilling to give up their white male privilege. Their collaborator gender traitors, who just cant seem to get their shit together, are the rock in the road forward that allows this to happen. Women, and their male supporters not threatened by them, are the key to this nonsense coming to an end. Im just afraid its too late. If RBG or Breyer leave, its over my friends. Back to the hangers and bleach and suicides . The Handmaids Tale will be a reality. That absurd novel and absurd Hulu show aint so absurd any longer.

I cannot believe that the only abortion policy that makes any sense isn't world wide. That abortion policy is MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS Dont want an abortion, dont fucking get one. And men, well us men. Shut the fuck up! We cause the "problem". We should have no say in its conclusion. Until a man has pushed a bowling ball out of his ass and then wanted to do it again, just be quiet. You should have no say, but instead you elect these Republican assholes to not only control womens bodies, but at the same time get great pleasure in killing death row inmates.

Look, we have a Governor in this state, a cue ball looking jackass named Pete Ricketts (yes that Ricketts of the Chicago Cubs) who bought himself a Governorship with Daddy's money, who wants nothing to so with fun of any kind. He likes to kill people, in fact when the Nebraska Legislature repealed the death penalty and overrode his veto, Pete forked over millions of his own money to get a ballot proposition to bring back the Middle Ages and of course, in this Middle Ages loving state, the death penalty was restored. In fact, Pistol Pete got his wish later when he presided over the killing of a cab driver murderer. Pete hates abortion. Pete likes lethal injection with illegally obtained drugs, but he hates Plan B or the pill or any other contraceptives that prevents future Nebraska Republicans from being born. Unfortunately for Pete, the Nebraska Legislature, a band of Republican hicks, Democratic centrists, and one black guy who keeps them from passing this kind of shit wont pass a heartbeat law. So Pete expresses support for Alabama and Georgia rubes like a helluva lot of us want him speaking for us.

Look for most of these Republican misogynists and their female Aunt Lydias a heartbeat bill would mean one thing. These fuckers could be aborted NOW because to have a heartbeat you must have a heart. These pricks and their dumb bunnies dont.

Cher!

When you get a $20 groupon to get tickets to see a living legend you grab the opportunity. Cher! Ive never seen Cher, never really had the desire to see Cher, but at my age what the hell.

Nile Rodgers and Chic opened the show with a barrage of hits you didn't see coming. Wait he wrote that? And that? Rodgers is a hit machine with songs he wrote and produced for Diana Ross and David Bowie, Daft Punk and of course his own band, Chic. The 50 minute show was a hoot, a throwback to the late 70s funk and disco played by real musicians and damn good musicians. Horns and guitar, a kick ass drummer and a keyboard player who performed Lets Dance with a perfect imitation of David Bowie. Two wonderful singers who could belt out the high notes and take it down to the soul vibe of Rodgers slower songs. Nile Rodgers is a genius from way back, and his personal story of overcoming cancer was inspiring.

Cher!

Hey look, I love Cher. I was a 10 year old boy who didn't really know why but I found Cher very fascinating. She was one of the reasons I knew I liked girls. When the Sonny and Cher show was on, the family watched it. Cher was hot, sarcastic, funny and baby she was my type. A strong woman who didnt take shit from that dweeb Sonny. Little did I know she was not strong and Sonny was a dick.

When I turned into a young adult Cher became a clown to me. Wild hair, questionable choices, overrated acting, she was I hate to say it, irrelevant to me. And it stayed that way for years. But then came the night when she went head to head with one of my heroes, David Letterman, and won. Holy shit, she upset Dave? Ok then, Cher is hot and sarcastic and strong again.

Last night, Cher came to Omaha and put on a 90 minute show that covered a legendary career both in songs and in film. Opening with Womans World and proceeding along thru Strong Enough then came what could be argued was the highlight of the show. Cher told everybody to sit down and began a 15 minute story that went thru her life with Sonny, tax troubles with the IRS, her 40th birthday and the 90's encounter with Dave. Hey, the woman could do a one woman show and I'd go. Write a damn tell all book, I'll read it. The woman is fascinating. I was 10 again.

She sang with a film of Sonny, she did a trio of songs from ABBA, they showed a montage of her movies, she did Elvis, and ended with the re-creation of the If I Could Turn Back Time complete with her bare ass.

This show is worth a Groupon. In fact I feel like, dollar for dollar I won big here. No 73 year old in the world can do what she does. Cher is it, man. If I could turn back time, I'd go back and love her forever. I got uou, babe.

Graduation Day!

Graduations are a chore. They last forever, the speakers generally suck, the awarding of the diplomas takes more time than it took the grads to earn them, the parents and families are rude, and very few of the kids want to actually be there.

But if its YOUR kid. Then it becomes bearable, even if your last name tends to fall into the last 10% of the ceremony.

My kid graduates from college today. Proud isnt even a word I use but dammit am I proud of this young man. He never ever got a B all through high school, it was all A's. His record was perfect. He earned himself a full ride academic scholarship. He put up with a lot of shit in the 4 years on a social level but the kids eyes remained on the prize. He wants to be a lawyer and he will be in about 3 years or so. He earned another scholarship, graduates with high distinction and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

This fall he will enter law school with another prize to keep his eyes on. Things change I know. I remember the original goal of being a paleontologist and searching for dinosaur bones. But this prize is something I hope never changes. The future lawyer wants to help people. He wants to work for the ACLU, or some other group that sticks up for regular people. Immigrants, the downtrodden, the poor, the ones who lose their rights to the upper crust intent on keeping them down. In other words, this putrid administration.

If that happens, and I am pretty sure it will because this youngster cannot be stopped, life has been a success. Who would have thought when the baby came, and didnt even cry, and he looked at me like who the fuck are you, that the result would be this? Look I am not a smart person (and I can show you my transcripts). I am only "well read" as they say. I know just a bit more than most people. But as far as smarts go, fugetaboudit. His mom contributed just as much to this kids ethic as I did. Compassion and empathy came from her. Also a will to stand up for one's self. I am more of a loudmouth who ends most arguments with a big fuck you. She will get results without that fall into the abyss ending (except for the hotel in Denver story woo hoo) I tend to stumble into. Thus, the kid is a combo of loudmouth and pragmatist. I make him think by challenging his views while most of time not even meaning what I pontificate about. She keeps him on the straight and narrow with practical advice. It worked so far.

Anyway, allowing me to brag for a bit is appreciated. We may have made a significant contribution to helping this country stay true to itself with the unleashing of this kid. Fingers crossed.

Trumpistan!

Damn. Is there really enough prison space to hold everyone in the putrid administration who belongs there?

This lawless band of thugs goes way beyond Nixon and his group of liars and cheats. At least Nixon had some sort of patriotism, as warped as it may have been, and a political party willing to throw his crooked ass overboard. Trump and his thieving colluding traitors have nothing in place to stop them. A hack political party that knows its dying out as fast as the oxygen tanks on its base runs out. This party has made a deal with the devil and the devil is the Satan in Chief.

Lets just take this last exhausting month or so. The Mueller Report was released and people like me, still a bit trusting of Government officials to do what is right, clenched our fists in anger as the Attorney General, Fred Fuckstone, flanked by a non blinking jackwagon named Rod Rosenstein, and some bearded lackey that looked like an enforcer, read a statement in effect exonerating the Colluder in Chief of any wrongdoing and that any shenanigans that the Traitor in Chief may have gotten involved in was just because he was "justifiably angry and frustrated" at the pesky Mueller and his deep dive for the truth. Really? Getting out front on something like this is the job of liars like Kellyanne Conway or Sarah the Hillbilly not the fucking Attorney General of the United States. At this moment, despite the lackey press at Fox and the Liar in Chief crowing No Collusion No Obstruction, the Attorney General became just another mob lawyer protecting Big Donnie and the Trump Crime Family.

Jesus this is really exhausting. Led by collaborators like Mitch the Turtle and Lindsay Graham, who MUST be being blackmailed by someone with a tape of him with a live boy or a dead boy, ran interference. Refusing to call hearings or even to release the Mueller Report, this Vichy Government running the United States Senate also became mob thugs protecting the Mobster in Chief. Thanks to America getting sick of this shit in 2018, the House ramped up its investigations after it became apparent they were democracy's only hope.

So the hearings began to be planned. The redacted Mueller report was released. We learned Donnie the Goon thought his presidency was over, he was fucked, and of course he obstructed justice, or at least attempted to, at least 10 times. But because he's so goddamned stupid, and his son is so fucking stupid, no prosecutorial proceedings were beginning, at least by Mueller. Oh great, so if I plan to bomb something, order people to bomb something, yet those people ignore me because I'm so goddamned stupid, I have committed no crime? Welcome to Trumps America 2019. Where crime is only criminal if you have an IQ of room temperature and of course if you're not white.

The Attorney General, a truly despicable toadie from way back, appeared before the Senate this week. Hand jobbed by the Republicans, throttled by a few gutsy Democrats (thanks Kamala Harris your donation is on the way) Barr lied under oath, bobbed and weaved to avoid answering if he was truly Trumps reach around guy, debated the word "suggested" (God remember depends on the meaning of what is is and Republican apoplexy?) and was praised by Fox News and its senile viewers. Barr the refused to appear before the House, a clear violation of the law. Hey, why isnt this truly lawbreaking bobblehead in fucking jail already?

Oh you Democrats. So utterly afraid that people who live in the middle of nowhere will EVER vote for you. Oh we dont want to offend anybody. Oh we might get in trouble. Oh no, Sean Hannity might get mad. Red States might reject us. Jesus Chris fucking man up you preposterous wimps. You are getting no help from anybody on the other side, you're fucked in rural America forever because they see you as the party of the blacks and the Messicans and the sodomites and the uppity broads. The other party is struggling to stay afloat. Their last chance to turn America into a right wing utopia of White Male Supremacy forever is here and they will stop at nothing to achieve it. Passing laws in states to ban the ban of plastic bags, cracking down on pipeline protesters, blatantly defying the Constitution by banning abortion, arming teachers then doubling down by passing more extreme laws to arm teachers, the modern day fascists are using a narcissistic dummy to pack courts with neanderthals and unqualified Clarence Thomases to make sure their draconian laws stay put. Oh yes, it IS a coup all right. Just not the coup that the Victim in Chief cackles about to his cultists.

We are in danger folks. Real fucking danger of becoming Gilead. The Democrats better grow a pair NOW. If this Shitheel in Chief wins again, we are finished. This nation could take 8 years of George W Bush and his boss Dick the War Dog, but not 4 more years of this thuggery beholdened by a political party of collaborating scumbags.

Get out there and fight. And go the fuck away, Bernie, you're only fucking this thing up.