The Election!

 I was shocked. Yeah, it was a gut punch when the American public decided a felonious piece of crap like Donald Trump was preferable to a black woman. Well, you spoke. And now you will have to deal with your choice. Project 2025, Agenda 47 whatever the fuck it is coming because the far right controls the 3 branches of government and they can do what they want. Obnoxious assholes like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott and the rest all won easily. This country is incapable of change even if their Rep is a pedophile, a crazy person, a hand job artiste', a Medicare thief or a werewolf.

Trumps dark message of hate, despair and gloom and doom appealed with a majority of the voters. It was yet another white man, male Latino and white women tantrum. That black or Indian broad was just to goddamned joyful for the white men and the women they tell what to do. White privilege is real and whether we admit it or not, we like it. And we wanna keep it. Oh yeah, we tell pollsters we love our minority neighbors and have no problem with the gays, but deep down when the doors are closed and the windows down and we are among our white friends and family we don't particularly like them. They are too loud, too demanding, too ungrateful we freed them, and they dress funny. Why can't they just be like us? Dull and less flamboyant. When the cops pull us over, we want to laugh and joke and try and get out of the ticket because the cops are just like us. White meatheads. And if those obnoxious blacks just sat there and took it like we do, they wouldn't be murdered killed by scaredy cat cops who are just like us, scared of anything unlike us. And the gays, oh don't get me started, if they just read the Bible or stayed in the closet, or better yet converted, none of their problems would be known like the good old days. And why do they all dress up like women and groom kids? Ya know, like youth pastors or Republican legislators. White privilege rocks, vote fascist and deal with it, losers!

The hidden Trump vote. It's there and we must acknowledge it. The polls lie, we all know it, if a Democrat leads by a little or is tied they are toast. People tell pollsters they hate bigotry and hate discrimination, and that Trump is a bad guy, but a certain portion are lying. They love all that. Yet, they for some reason feel obligated to be "woke" when they are anything but. The question I have is if you think that way, yet lie to pollsters, you MUST think what you actually believe is wrong. Think about that. What you believe is wrong in your own mind, so you lie about it. Thats some fucked up psychological shit there. Get some help, on the DL of course cuz men don't need any help or you're a sissy. 

Here in Nebraska. Holy cow! This is one fucked up state. We voted for medical marijuana huge, we voted for paid sick leave bigly, we repealed a law that gave tax money to private schools, YET, we voted to restrict abortion and allow our super majority legislature to eventually ban it Texas style and rejected codifying abortion, the ONLY state to do so when asked. Go Big Red baby. We sent back to the Senate the most worthless woman in the Senate named Deb Fischer, we sent back a trust fund baby name Pete Ricketts to the Senate for two years and we sent back 3 utterly worthless backbenching Congress critters named Bacon Flood and Smith, a really bad law firm. Now here in Omaha and Lincoln, the places where people actually live, we voted for Kamala, we voted for Dan Osborn to oust Fischer, we voted for Preston Love to send Ricketts back to Daddys bank vault, and we voted for Democrats to be Congress Folks, BUT, the rural voter demands dullness and the 1950s and thus, we lose. We voted to codify abortion bigly, we voted against abortion bans, yet rural voters doing what their charlatan pastor tells them vote in such overwhelming numbers unlike us its impossible to overcome. If Omaha/Lincoln votes 55-45 or even 60-40, the 85-15 or even 90-10 against us beats us everytime. It sucks to live here sometimes. But the Blue Dot remains and thus so do I. 

Yes, this blows, just like Trump and a microphone, but there are decent people I pal around with. And really this is all that matters right? Gawd, even I don't buy that and I so want to. 

I dont know what lies ahead, my predictions suck, but I see darkness and pain, I see polio and new viruses undealt with, I see grocery prices soaring after the mass deportation, I see everyday goods rising 30% due to tariffs, I see pain for young women and their rights, I see pain in the Latino community as they lose family members, I see black folks getting no breaks unless they kowtow to the white power structure that deep down hates them anyway(see Byron Donalds) and I see white women being just as terrible as white men. This is a stupid country. Yesterday proves it.

Good luck to Ukraine, Gaza, and western Europe, you are gonna need it.

The Ellipse!

 75,000 people showed up to hear Kamala Harris exorcise the demons and the stench that lingered over the Ellipse since Jan 6, 2021. 75K showed up or in Trump math, a million plus. She spoke, briefly, compared to that other guy who rambled on for what seemed like days, then sent his goons to the Capitol to kill people who were in his way of keeping power forever. Much like Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Kamala has the ability to put an end to a movement of slithering snakes nobody knew existed (or at least hoped the didnt exist) that has seeded chaos for 9 years of some of the most turbulent times in American history

"Nearly 250 years ago America was born when we wrested freedom from a petty tyrant....They didn't do that only to see us submit to the will of another petty tyrant". Harris went on "We the people, declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal, is the star that guides us still, just as it guided us through Seneca Falls, and Selma and Stonewall". Oh my. She brought in women's suffrage, civil rights and gay rights and left out MAGA obsessions like Confederate names on bases, 1798 laws about imprisoning entire races of people and being an asshole. 

Now unfortunately, President Biden (it's hard to remember he's still running the show) made a statement about the comedian bigot calling Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage by stating the only garbage he sees is his supporters. Now whether he meant the comedians followers or in fact MAGAts isn't relevant because the professional victims that are Trumpers never miss an opportunity to cry that they are so oppressed and looked down on by the "elites". Not a timely move Joe. It allowed Fox News to go on a 24 hour whinefest about the Biden comment. Despite the fact that their boy has used the term garbage to describe his opponents, the country itself and tried to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland. Old Joe, the senile one who has no idea where he is, suddenly became an insult comic with a rapier-like wit. Marco Rubio rushed onstage at a Trump rally like Pearl Harbor 2 had happened to announce that the dementia addled Biden had called them all garbage. Pathetic. The garbage became angry, or just angrier.

But back to Kamala Harris, speaking to 75K people, dwarfing the 53K that listened to Trump rant on Jan 6, 2021 (oh sorry it was millions and millions). "Unlike Donald Trump, I dont believe people who disagree with are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail, I'll give them a seat at the table". Harris tried to unify the nation with her words, as impossible as that may be, with an olive branch everyone knows will be spat on. Harris tried out her Medicare paying for in home care, child tax credits which at one time lifted millions of kids out of poverty until the "pro-life" party killed it, and making housing affordable and increasing the numbers of new housing. All of this policy. Not bullshit rage. It's an actual plan, not a concept. But the "liberal" media was honed in on Biden's garbage gaffe. Anything for a horse race, right folks? Bending over backwards to show a gang of low information cult members how goddamned fair they really are. Again, media, they hate you, no matter what you do to placate them. Chrissakes, they are always thiiiiiis close to just attacking you if their bronze god told them to. It's really pathetic, not as pathetic as Marco Rubio rushing onstage, but pretty damned pathetic.

Kamala Harris would be 20 points ahead in a perfect world, keeping the crazy count to 40% (still too high) but the crazy here is rampant. I believe she will win, handily, but I thought that in 2016 too. So, who knows. 

How is this even close?

Burn Baby Burn!

 They're burning the drop boxes; they're burning the ballot boxes. A few ballot boxes in Washington, Oregon and Arizona have been set on fire. Now Im not sure where that idea came from, oh yeah, I do, it's from some twitter asswipe named Wall Street Silver who encouraged this kind of skullduggery because MAGAts have no idea what integrity is. Like their orange hero, if you aren't cheating you aren't trying. The incidents in Portland and Vancouver resulted in hundreds of ballots being destroyed and the voters whose ballots are gone will need to be informed so they can vote again to which MAGA will probably scream they are voting twice. 

Meanwhile in Arizona, some nut with an arsenal of weapons and a crazy ass face shot up a Democratic office in Maricopa County and had planned a mass casualty event. Poorly planned I might add. Then there was another guy who decided to burn drop boxes in Phoenix along with mail boxes which of course brings the Feds in. The genius doing this in Arizona has a history of just weird crimes. He may just be mentally ill and not MAGA (a fine line I know). But more of this is coming because there will be anything done to keep Trump in the running and out of jail. 7 days to go and keep a fire extinguisher handy.

Conservative "humor" isn't getting any better. They lack the gene to be funny as they're always punching down without any self-awareness or self-deprecation. Attack the gays. attack the blacks, attack the Hispanics, attack women, attack migrants while realizing any jokes about their God would be met with expulsion from the cult. Ryan Girdursky, formerly of CNN (he was shitcanned today), last night was arguing the Gaza situation with Mehdi Hassan (formerly of MSNBC he also fired) when he cracked "I hope your beeper doesn't go off" a clear reference to the Israelis blowing people up by hacking their beepers. Hassan, not a wallflower, went all what the fuck which set off the panel into a feces throwing craziness. Gidursky apologized to no avail. Dumbass. Look, I don't understand conservative humor at all. This goes back to my youth when I sat there at a Red Skelton (who I loved on TV) show and listened to him rant about communists and how Nixon was being lynched by liberals, blah blah blah. Then my bro and I sat at a Bobe Hope show, we looked at each other and said something like "This guys supposed to be funny?". Conservative humor doesn't exist. 

Finally, back here in the Good Life of Nebraska (trust me that's an oxymoron) the states AG and the Sec of State who approved the medical marijuana petition to be on the ballot, have suddenly sued to challenge 100,000 signatures and get the petition thrown off the ballot. Without the 100K signatures this thing goes away which is how Republicans cheat. Find the friendly judge, sue, and get the whole thing thrown out. Right, South Dakota? You passed a recreational marijuana ballot issue only to have Governor Puppy Killer find that friendly judge to overturn what the people of South Dakota voted for. Now I don't get South Dakota at all because two years later they rejected the same ballot issue. Maybe Governor Extensions batted her eyes at them and they all fell in love. Anyway, the "trial" began today and the Medical Marijuana executives and workers all went 5th Amendment, not because they have something to hide, but because they fear that this Attorney General , a real tool named Mike Hilgers, will prosecute them for what they may or may not say. The old chilling effect.

Its gonna pass easily. But if its ever implemented well I would be shocked. Pete Ricketts and the Peed Family money talks in this state. What Pete wants Pete gets because the citizens of this state are easily manipulated by TV ads paid for by him. In this case there's no need for ads, the Republicans will just cheat and get the money to do so from Pete.

How is any of this close?

What The Hell Was That?

 What the hell was that? The Madison Square Garden rally from yesterday. Was this a Trump attempt to lose so he can call for violence? Was this just another moronic gathering of MAGA simps? Was this an actual Nazi rally? Was this a mistake? You're goddamned right it was.

Trump is fascinated with New York City. He's from Queens, he moved to Manhattan and the elites and powers that be rejected him as a crude rich boy interloper. He hasn't ever gotten over his rejection by the very people he wishes so bad to be a part of. The revenge has been going on for 50 years. A bitter racist jagoff slamming the celebs and rich people he so wants to hobnob with. Madison Square Garden is the mecca of Manhattan and Trump wants it. He so wants it and thus he may have committed political suicide by holding whatever that was yesterday in his beloved Garden.

Back in 1939, American Nazis like Charles Lindbergh held a pro German Bund rally at the old Garden. Its infamous and thus the comparisons are inevitable. Meet the new Nazis same as the old Nazis. And no MAGAts, the 1992 DNC that nominated Bill Clinton was not a "Nazi rally". Yesterday was a temper tantrum by the people who embrace authoritarianism, want to not only own the libs but "slaughter" them and bigots in a safe space to listen to and laugh at racist jokes about Puerto Ricans, blacks, Hispanics and anybody else not white enough for the Staten Island, Long Island crowd.

Tony Hinchcliffe, "comedian", seems to have drawn the most heat over his racist jokes and general unfunny frat bro vibe. If you think this "comedian" had a bad day, just google him. He's a "comedian" who does Asian accents, uses racial slurs and performs in front of dozens of "comedy" fans who find 1930s racial comedy funny. Yeah, he deserves either all the disdain he's getting (except on Fox News of course whose hosts still can't stop slapping their knees) or he's a plant and meant to bury Trumps campaign once and for all. Probably the former because I don't think The Democrats are that bright. Tony may end up a hero if Trump goes down like the lead anchor he is around fellow Republicans.

This "rally" had crude Noo Yawkers swearing, calling Hillary a "son of a bitch" and the Democrats "degenerates". It had Rudy Guliani screeching about Palestinians "killing us". It had some guy calling Kamala Harris the anti-Christ while holding up a cross like he was fending off a vampire (where was Stephen Miller during this?". The rally had some mook giving the finger. Stephen Miller went into his best Joe Goebbels impression by screeching "America is for Americans" which of course means white people only need apply. We got Byron "the Clayton Bigsbee of the House" Donalds furthering the kids go to school a boy and getting off the bus a girl nonsense. We got "illegal alien" and skipping dipshit, Elon Musk, claiming to be "dark gothic MAGA". We had J D Vance, fresh off being skewered by Jake Tapper, up there being weird. We had Melania speaking in some sort of pidgin English about crime rates. We had the worst marital "kiss" between Trump and his mail order bride since Josh Hawley pretended to enjoy a kiss. 

Then came Trump. Same boring shit. Migrants, enemy of the people, racism, homophobia. transphobia. lies, rambling stories that sent some people home early. Goddamn he has become tiresome. In 8 days, we have the chance to stick MAGA into a tube and shooting it to outer space. This rally may have provided the fuel to do that.

Meanwhile, the Republicans that have the sense to know what they saw, are scrambling to distance themselves from the Puerto Rico joke. The rest of it, blacks carving watermelons instead of pumpkins, "degenerates", "anti-Christ", middle fingers, crude loudmouths dropping f bombs, and calling for "secret plans" between Trump and his Keebler Elf Speaker to steal the election is a-ok with them. Migawd, this is bad stuff.

Anyway, after last night, if you STILL have a Trump sign in your yard, I know what you are. And it's not good.

How is this even close?

Stress Reliever! Plays and Concerts!

 I'm so sick of politics. I'm sick of the stress involved with the closeness of an avowed fascist being this close to overturning American democracy. This race should be over. But there are too many white males who will not give up their privilege, their sexism, their racism and their power without a fight. And they are fighting to keep America a white male stronghold by force if necessary, working in cahoots with their kowtowing women. It's disgusting.

To keep the mind off this 4th Reich, there are distractions.

Angels in America is playing at the Omaha Community Playhouse. It's a tough watch. It's 3 hours of misery and hypocrisy and if you don't know what it's about, just forget it. You wouldn't be interested. The Tony Kushner play is about the AIDS crisis' early days. With stories of a dying man, his cowardly lover, a man in the closet and his nutty wife, and Roy Cohn and his closeted hatred of himself  3 hours will go fast. If you're interested. The local talent is amazing. The story is harsh, there's lot of swearing and even a brief moment of nudity but if you are an adult, you can handle it. If you think watching gay stories will make you gay, yeah, forget it. But if you want to watch a Tony Award winning play in an intimate setting, run don't walk to the OCP and "enjoy".

Last night Korn came thru town dragging some band named Spiritbox and the Olympic famous French metal band, Gojira. I went to see Gojira, period. Korn is of no interest to me any longer.

Spiritbox is a female led metal band with a unique look at heavy metal. There aren't many female lead singers who can do the whole roaring Cookie Monster thing but Courtney LaPlante does it as well as anyone. Their short 30 minute set was fine, I'm still out to lunch on the whole screeching thing that metal bands do, and Spiritbox didn't bring me back. But hey, to each his own.

Did I mention the place was packed? Oh yes it was. much to my shock. I guess the metal starved folks in Omaha will take advantage of any show like this that comes thru town. I get it. We are a place where when country people show up to see whatever Bro is in town(which seems 75% of the concerts).The rural people have to risk their lives to come to the big city (big eye roll) and party in their cowboy hats and PBR. Again, to each his own.

Gojira hit the stage and launched into their version of heavy metal. These French head bangers speak perfect English, talk about the environment a lot and sing songs about whales, climate change, and Marie Antoinette's head. Their hour-long set was LOUD and had the fans moshing on the floor like crazed black clad badgers. It looked scary. I'm sure it was. Moshing is a young man's game. Pass. Gojira was a rocking good time but an hour of growling and loud was enough for me. Crazed drumming and screeching guitars are great, in limited doses for me.

So, after Gojira was done. I left. No Korn for me. I saw what I wanted and since the ticket was cheap I didn't stick. I assume Korn did its job but after looking at the setlist there's no way I'm enduring that for 90 mins to hear Freak on a Leash. Sorry.

Now back to stressing out about the coming fascism.

How is this even close?

Il Douche!

 The guy is getting more and more deranged. It's like the Felon thinks going full Nazi is the path to a big win because he knows nobody in his party is going to call him out on it. Must be the aversion to death threats and the lack of a spine that fellow Republicans suffer from. When General Kelly reiterated that Trump wanted Generals like Hitler had, ya know the kind who would carry out his sick orders to kill half of America, the GOP chickenshits all fell into line to either bash Kelly or dismiss Trumps rhetoric with a oh that's just Trump being Trump. Thanks media, for the sanewashing of this anti-American nutcase. When did the statements that END any other campaign suddenly become normal? Because the media did this over the last 9 years. Hey, its ratings man and more importantly, profits. Remember back in the good old days news on TV was not meant for profit but as a public service? Yeah, me too. Then came the man who started all this bullshit, Ronald Reagan, who deregulated the FCC, repealed the Fairness Doctrine and set up the right-wing malarkey that spawned the dregs of society getting unchecked access to the public airwaves. Limbaugh, Savage and their hundreds of phony local puppets who stink up the AM radio. But Hitler "did some good things"? "It doesn't cost $60K to bury a fucking Mexican, don't pay it." "I want Hitlers Generals".... This madman is running even with Kamala? God this is one sick society normalizing Nazi drivel. 

The polls. They are tightening. Oh, Trumps ahead, no Kamala is ahead, no they're tied. This happens every 4 years as the for-profit media pushes the whole horse race scenario. This increases ratings, increases ad revenue, and keeps their 24/7 talking heads busy. Are the polls close? Hell if I know. I know libs who are in full panic mode because Kamala isn't 10 points ahead, like in any other country of sanity. But here, with its deepening rural/city divide and its devotion to a TV host who "talks just like me", this nonsense is close. Trump never gets more than 47% tops. Thats not a winner BUT here, with its election system invented 240 years ago to placate people who owned other people, its a real possibility that Trump loses by millions and millions of votes, yet still "wins". Congrats Founding Fathers on your eternal fuck up, one of many. The polls are meaningless. Voting is not.

Kamala called a spade a spade last night on CNN. She called Trump a "fascist" which of course he is. Already some media talking heads are criticizing her for it. You can't call another candidate a fascist, thats not presidential. I guess "Low IQ, retarded, enemies within, sleazeball, dumb as a rock, not my type, shit vice president, Komrade Kamala, commie" these are all ok because the guy who says them is a clown. And man is he funny! Just look at the trash behind him at rallies, laughing like loons as their hero describes Arnold Palmer's dick. The Yuengling must be flowing freely if you think that's funny.

Here in the "Good Life" of Nebraska the AG and the Sec of State are doing their damndest to throw a wrench into the abortion Amendment 439 and the legalizing medical marijuana amendments 437 and 438. They know what's coming. Passage of medical marijuana and codifying abortion. That cannot stand here because oh I dont know, cuz we have kids or some such shit. We have kids is the excuse that conservative crackpots have used for years to justify anything from 7 O'clock fireworks on New Years Eve to banning porn sites in the state to banning books and now to overturn what will be passed amendments to the state constitution. The men (and its 99% men) who have the proverbial stick up their ass, never quit. This state's leader's idea of fun is binge drinking with lobbyists (who pay) and secretly jacking it with a "woman" on the internet (both of which happen regularly among the conservative set).  We shall see what happens, but with what we have as an AG, not a doubt he's already lined up the Nebraska version of Aileen Cannon to do what those people do. 

How is this even close?

The Schlong Enthusiast Fry Cook!

 What a bizarre weekend. The former guy is in full insanity mode. While Kamala worked at McDonalds at age 20 or whatever, Trump decided age 78 was the correct time for him to try yet another thing he isn't qualified for. French fries. Trump and his "advisors" thought this would be a good idea to fake like he was working at a McDonalds, a closed McDonalds with only supporters allowed at interact with Donald the Clown. Ooooo that'll show her. This entire stunt was performed so that at the merciful end the Felon (who McDonalds wouldn't hire) could state, "I've now worked 15 more minutes than she has at McDonalds." This very strange obsession by this campaign that Kamala never worked at McDonalds because corporate has no record of her working there in 1984. Yeah, like corporate keeps a list of the millions of employees who have worked at a locally owned McDonalds in the last 40 years. It's a stupid argument that only appeals to the cult, who have probably worked fast food jobs in the past. I mean who hasnt? My time in 1973 at the local KFC is something that probably isn't on paper either but trust me, I knew my way around a steamer and a cutting board. And I also knew that employees don't stick their hands into a fryer to get the fries out. 

In Pennsylvania, Trump rattled off a ludicrous 12-minute spiel about Arnold Palmer because he was at the Arnold Palmer Airport. The screed went off the rails as Trump began an outlandish "story" about the size of Palmer's schlong. Apparently professional golfers back in the 60s and 70s all showered together which is peculiar in itself that he believes this, and these "golfers" all couldn't believe the size of Palmers driver shaft. He was "all man". This type of ridiculous talk may go over well at the boardroom as the yes men all laugh, and it may go over well with the bros and the middle-aged men who never grew up but come on now. Palmer had a huge dick is actually something Trump thinks about. Other people's genitals is a MAGA obsession. They are preoccupied with this sort of thing. What lies in these people's closets is frightening. Palmer's daughter came forward (how uncomfortable) to state her Dad didn't really like Trump and his crass demeanor though he was a die hard Republican. JFC Donnie Darko, please leave your infatuation with golfers tallywackers at home/

The "enemy within". Trump doubled down on his weird McCarthy like bullshit in which he states that Pelosi and Schiff are bigger "enemies" to the nation than his good friends and lovers, Putin and Kim. He said it, he named names and yet the Republican sycophants refuse to admit he means it. Ohhhhh come on now, Donnie is hyperbolic, he means migrants, he means gangs he doesn't mean Americans. Yeah, he does. He said it, he named names. All this shows is that the Joe McCarthy DNA still lives in Republicans. This is their modus operandi for the last 70 years. Commies! You Democrats are commies! Definition of commies? Anybody who disagrees with me. 

All in all, this "enemy within" shit is the most dangerous of all of Trumps uncouth rhetoric. He fucking means it, folks. If this tyrant wins, this "enemy within" hot air will become reality. Is there any doubt that right after Trump ends his federal indictments, he will invoke the 1798 Alien Act, which is what has been used to imprison draft evaders and an entire race of people being forced into camps. 1798 baby! Back when America was "great" Women couldn't vote, blacks were enslaved, Indians were massacred and white men dominated society. I always thought MAGA wanted back the 1950s. I had no idea they actually meant 1798. These people are sick. Trump is deranged.

How is this even close?