Where is Kamala?

 Kamala, along with Hillary, thought they were going to beat the Orange Cheeto without much effort.  Wow.  Know your audience (or should I say voters).  They were too self-absorbed, unplugged from the real angst of middle class Americans, and over confident believing their own bs to think otherwise.  

Yup.  They were high off the smell of their own farts.

Here's where it is at.  Kamala owes a lot of money to her campaign.  Vendors and contractors are going unpaid.  Somehow, the media does not want to talk about that.  Just *how* will Kamala pay off her campaign debts?  Will she beg for a public bailout like everyone else who can't manage their own finances?  

Angry Muslims

 What is it with angry Muslims driving their cars into crowds where people are gathered to have a good time?  There was the recent incident in Germany and now in New Orleans.  WTF is their problem? 

Christmas Past, Present, and Future

 The holidays are loaded with emotions, aren't they?  Family and childhood emotional hurts come bubbling to the surface like hot lava spewing from the deep bowels of a volcano that was almost thought dormant.  Well, there's a reason suicides and domestic violence peak in December along with the consumption of drugs and alcohol.  

I digress.

Here's one thing I give credit for this Christmas.  

We had a houseful....and I mean a HOUSEFUL.  It was just like Christmas Past with little kids running around, dads putting together toys on the living room floor, and grandpa making gin fizzes at the bar while auntie makes Danish aebleskivvers on the stove.  It was glorious and loud chaos with the sounds of Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians singing the sounds of Christmas in the background on Amazon music

Wait.  Minnesota is part of Canada, right?  Wait. The incoming president of the US thinks Canada is the 51st state?  There are several provinces in Canada that will want their own identity much like our states.  Oopsie!!!  I am OFF TRACK.  That is for another rant.  LOL

Again, I digress. Back to Christmas 2024 in Sonoma County, California.

The past 5-6 years or so have been tainted with the rumor one family member has been having an affair with another (not a blood relative, so get the banjo out of your butt) and battle lines were drawn with camps on both sides.  My household was of the camp of, "It's none of our business as to whom is allegedly getting naked with whom, and quite frankly, we don't have the time nor energy to judge."

The other camp was of, "Well.....how DARE they have a deep and meaningful relationship" as there is no actual proof of any sexual escapades, only phone calls and text messages where two people were lost and bewildered in the family dynamics and they were trying to console themselves and each other.  

How phone calls and text messages took the leap to sexual interactions is a mystery to us.  And again, I don't have time to dissect and judge.  Life is complicated.  I have a hard time keeping track of my own life let alone anybody else's.  

Bottom line:  The "victim" of this alleged tryst is now dead, and the trumpeter of the so-called scandalous news of the phone calls and texts to the family announcing the illicit allegations is now barred from the family as she has shown her true colors in other forms as to how manipulative and poisonous she really is.  

Karma works.  

Christmas present was delightful without the added drama of the "trumpeter" who only wants to stir the pot.  Christmas future promises the return of family and friends who just want to have a good time.  I'm honored that it is standing room only at my house on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.  It's a compliment.  Mind you, our house is *not* on the cover of any magazine.  Martha Stewart does NOT live at my house....and I will remind you of that upon entering.  If you want pretty perfection, turn right around and leave because you will be sorely disappointed. 

Merry Christmas :)

p.s. Even if the "affair" is true, if any guy can get a boner at age 83 with a menopausal woman aged 79 to have passionate sex more power to the both of them ;)  No judgement from this corner. 

Boss Beggars

 I'm getting rather tired of people trying to raid my pocketbook whether is is professionally or personally for (fill in the wonderful and indispensable cause here).  I am a generous person.  However, I'm tired of "repeat customers" thinking that because I have donated in the past X amount that I will continue to do so indefinitely -- as if my resources are indefinite - for which they are NOT -- and that my past donations are somehow stamped into their next years budget going forward as an automatic "gimmee."  

I got the email today begging for money.  What makes it weird is that the solicitor is my treasurer's wife.  She is all wound up in this organization that is supposed to help kids aging out of foster care.  The cause sounds all good and what not, but here is the raw truth.   The organization is being sued for having one of their take-ins murder their social worker (yes, the murderer had a track record of violence that was overlooked).  

Sorry, not feeling it this year.  We have donated $10-$15 thousand each year for the past 10 years or so.  I wish we got an accounting for our donations.  We don't.  The cause sounds all legit and all..... helping homeless kids who are aging out of foster care find their way.  We were totally into helping.....until we are not.  We feel like chumps and being taken advantage of.  

All we get is a dog and pony show at their annual beg-a-thon dinner held in their wine country vineyard where they try to rape their donors even more and guilt them into donating even more money for which we have no clue as to where it actually goes.

I feel sorry for the kids.  They are pawns in this money grab.  

I keep going back to the basics.  I housed kids on the verge of being homeless.  I still do to some extent.  I was not associated with any charity nor did I receive donations.   I fed them and housed them on my own dime.  I did not need to set up a "non profit" to help kids out and try to make a tax-exempt salary for myself.  

Bottom Line:  Take in a couple of struggling kids.  They will eventually get it together and the love will pay it forward tenfold.  Trust me. 

 

Luigi Mangione: United Health Care Murder of Brian Thompson

 The Santa Rosa Press Democrat had an article today stating that suspect Luigi Mangione had been apprehended for the murder of United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson.  The main stream media has gone on to state that murder was not an acceptable form of protest for the high insurance rates and frustration of the multi-layered, inhuman bureaucracy that drives countless Americans into bankruptcy or death due to deny, delay, and depose due to tactics to avoid paying for treatments that could save lives.

Wait.  Murder was not an acceptable form of protest?  I disagree.  The insurance industry murders thousands upon thousands each year due to their byzantine practices and impossible to decipher policies written in incomprehensible legal gobble-de-gook that makes sense to none, but of course, is ALWAYS turns out in favor of the insurance company. 

Sorry, I'm NOT crying for Brian Thompson earning over $10 million annually while people who are suffering from a multitude of illnesses get DELAYED, DENIED, DEPOSE....and die before their authorizations come through.  

Who needs $10 million annually?  Really?  I'm so glad (not) that denying a cancer treatment drug to one of my loved ones helped you pay for your effing yacht, mansion,  and private school tuition for your spoiled brat offspring.  I'm sooooo glad you PROFITED off our illness and suffering.  FUKR!.

Sorry....no mercy from this corner.  

Brian Thompson:  I hope upon death the first thing your spirit guide asked you for was for "prior authorization" to enter heaven as you have not gone through the proper channels to enter and you will be denied entry.  Burn in hell....and take the rest of the health insurance rapists with you. 

That's a Great Question

 I detest hearing any politician reply to a citizen, "That's a great question."

Translated, that means the citizen caught the politician in a lie or the politician got caught feeding the populace bull s+*t and the politician does not have a clue, either. 

There is something very condescending and patronizing about hearing, "That's a great question."

Below is a pathetic example, but you will get my vibe.

Citizen:  You want to promote density housing with no parking as the government is pushing public transportation and electric vehicles.  Yet there is no plan for parking nor where people would charge their electric vehicles.  Public transportation is inadequate to get people and families to their jobs, schools, doctors appointments, etc.  Exactly how will people get around, where will they park and charge their electric vehicles with all this new density building with no parking and no real public transportation system, and how do we meet our carbon emission reduction goals simultaneously?

Politician:  That is a great question!

Bottom line:  Hearing "that is a great question" is the equivalent of hearing "I have no effing idea myself and I am full of bull-oney."  Any political campaign manager who encourages his client to use "that's a great question" when caught in a lie or flat-out does not know the answer should be fired immediately. 

Thanksgiving :) and Orange Cheetos

 My favorite holiday is just around the corner - Thanksgiving!!  It will be a very manageable number this year and cooking for them will be a joy rather than penance.  I have shed the ingrates, as I've made it clear that I will not be disrespected - especially in my own home.  I have no idea where they are going to leach a Thanksgiving dinner.  Not my problem.  

Hey, have you heard the Orange Cheeto will be our commander in chief?  I'm certain you have.  I refuse to name him as any kind of attention feeds his ego.  I have very mixed feelings about it.  I listened to him live during the debates where the media could not spin anything.  I thought he was worse than Biden as far as mental decline.  And no, I'm not a fan of Camel Toe, either.  I know too much of her backstory in San Francisco.

I can honestly look in the mirror and know that I did not vote for either one of them.  I can honestly state that I voted my own way, and trying to convince me that I was "throwing away my vote" fell on my deaf ears.  I do not believe any vote is wasted.  That is what the two dominant political parties want you to believe because their worst fear is competition.  I honestly believe there are more people like myself who were not impressed with either candidate, but felt compelled to hold their nose and vote for one of them, as they were successfully manipulated into thinking that "they would be throwing their vote away" if they did otherwise.  

The Orange Cheeto has a stupid mouth.  While I do believe our borders should be more secure - there is a BIG difference between LEGAL and illegal immigration - I don't think his solution of rounding them all up in a mass deportation will get anywhere.  However, every country has a right to orderly entry.  If you think I am full of it, try emigrating to another country - LEGALLY.  You won't like the forms, expense, wait times, and other requirements for entry.  Why should rule breakers trying to get into the United States get preferential treatment?  There are MILLIONS of people who would LOVE to live in the United States.  What is our answer?  We coddle the rule breakers, and punish those who are patiently waiting their turn.  

Controlling entry into the United States will benefit immigrants from employers looking to exploit them.  If they are here legally, immigrants will be more confident in exercising their rights by calling out employers who treat them poorly.  We all benefit from that. 

I can understand the appeal of the Orange Cheeto as he is really the only option we have had as far as candidates who were not already pre-selected, career, politicians.   He does support law and order - but to a fault.  I think many Americans feel abandoned by the democrats who tend to want to "de-fund the police" and provide (at tax payer expense) sex change operations for incarcerated felons while we, who are law-abiding citizens, can't even afford basic health insurance. The democrats were too busy wringing their hands and obsessing about which pronoun a person uses (rather than just focusing on the person) whist the rest of Americans just wanted a steady paycheck (and hopefully benefits) and hope that they will get out from underneath oppressive rent, health insurance, homeowners insurance, auto insurance, taxes, and grocery expenses.

We would not be in this mess had the democrats been honest about Joe Biden's mental decline (as many of us had suspected for a LONG time and our accurate speciousness was adamantly dismissed by the media) and put forth a candidate who could stay up past 6:00 PM.  We would not be in this mess had the republicans put forth a candidate who was not a bombastic blow-hard and could conduct themselves in a more refined fashion.  One would think name calling and bullying were limited to elementary school yards.  Nope.  

Well, I got off on politics and turkeys.  What's the difference?