Dwain Northey (Gen X)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/naacp-travel-advisory-florida-says-state-hostile-to-black-americans/
Remember the good old days when there were only travel advisories and or ban for, what some would call, third word countries? Well now because of the vile vitriol of one Governor Ron DeSantis the state of Florida, a vacation destination, has received a travel advisory by the NAACP.
The wannabe future President has made the climate so venomous in Florida the anyone who is a part of any minority group does not feel safe in the state. Black, Brown, LGTBQ+, these are all groups that are under attack in the Sunshine State. The majority Republican legislature and their fearful leader has passed laws that make almost everything a jailable offence and the fact that the state has very loose gun laws and a stand your ground law makes it more dangerous than being a blonde female in central America.
Florida residents are able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The law, which goes into effect on July 1, means that anyone who can legally own a gun in Florida can carry a concealed gun in public without any training or background check. This with their ridiculous stand your ground law, ‘Florida’s “Stand-Your-Ground” law was passed in 2005. The law allows those who feel a reasonable threat of death or bodily injury to “meet force with force” rather than retreat. Similar “Castle Doctrine” laws assert that a person does not need to retreat if their home is attacked.’ Makes it really sketchy to go there.
This in top of the don’t say gay rule and the new trans ruling that just passed.
“Florida lawmakers have no shame. This discriminatory bill is extraordinarily desperate and extreme in a year full of extreme, discriminatory legislation. It is a cruel effort to stigmatize, marginalize and erase the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender youth. Let me be clear: gender-affirming care saves lives. Every mainstream American medical and mental health organization – representing millions of providers in the United States – call for age-appropriate, gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary people.
“These politicians have no place inserting themselves in conversations between doctors, parents, and transgender youth about gender-affirming care. And at the same time that Florida lawmakers crow about protecting parental rights they make an extra-constitutional attempt to strip parents of – you guessed it! – their parental rights. The Human Rights Campaign strongly condemns this bill and will continue to fight for LGBTQ+ youth and their families who deserve better from their elected leaders.”
This law makes it possible for anyone to just accuse someone of gender affirming care to have their child taken from them this would include someone traveling from out of state. This alone justifies a travel ban to the Magic Kingdom for families.
Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned DeSantis holy war with Disney, the largest employer in the state. I really hope the Mouse eats this ass holes lunch.
Well that’s enough bitching, thanks again for suffering though my rant.
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Actions
Dwain Northey (Gen X)
We live in a world of BIG TALKERs, but their actions don’t seem to add up to the rhetoric. One blaring example is the Freedom Caucus that continues to cry freedom while taking right away from those they pretend to represent. Most recently the Freedom Caucus held the debt ceiling hostage nearing causing a National default if they didn’t get what they wanted. What did they want you may ask, well mostly they wanted all or most of the infrastructure funding stopped because they are unhappy that the Democrats passed the bill during the last session of congress. None of them seemed to understand that the debt ceiling isn’t about future spending, it is about spending that has already happened. They also refuse to acknowledge that 25% of the debt they the nation has was accrued during 45s time in office… yes nearly 250 years of national debt and one quarter of it belongs to the Republicans and Trump form 2017-2021.
That faction of the GOP aren’t the only people in this country that aren’t providing the action that their words specify. Florida Governor DeSantis proclaims that his state is the freest state in the Union, yet he has banned books, LGTBQ+ events, drag show, transgender treatment for minors with gender dysphoria, teachers from even mentioning anything about gender all the way till 12th grade, he has also banned Black studies in primary school and universities base on his distorted definition of Critical Race Theory. That really doesn’t seem like it is free to me. He has also gone to war, in a legal sense, with Disney because they had the audacity to disagree with his ‘don’t say gay’ law.
People that have co-opted the moniker of Patriot but then attack the very government that they proclaim to hold so dear… again ACTIONS not words show everyone who you really are. Those that proclaim they are for LIBERTY and even use the word in the title of their groups but continually step on the right of others… ACTIONS not words.
I want ACTION and so far the only group that are consistently working for the Nation and its people is getting drowned out by the words of that non-actors. It is time to take back the words that define what we stand for FREEDOM, LIBERTY, PATRIOT from those that use them but don’t understand the ACTION necessary to keep them.
Thank you for reading and I hope you take ACTION.
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How important is spirituality in your life?
Spirituality is
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“Weaponization”
Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)
The term “Weaponization” keeps coming up with reference to the DOJ and the FBI and just about any department or organization that is actually doing the job they were created to do. This is especially true if that job is looking at corrupt activity and specifically if that effort is directed toward Trump and his attempts to overturn the election, stealing classified information or sticking his fingers is someone’s body orifices.
Why is it weaponization but rather, they are doing their jobs. The reason is that with investigation there are certain things that are being exposed and the result of catching someone with their hand in the cookie jar or finger in an orifice is leading to rather large settlements or jail time. Neither of these options make T happy because, “I could shoot someone on the streets of New York and get away with it” is not having great luck in the “getting away with it” category.
It is unlikely that he would shoot someone, that would take involvement. The only thing he knows how to shoot is his mouth and that never seems to be out of ammunition, most of it fictitious, or an out and out slanderous lie. So we talk of weaponization and we have T right in the middle of winding up those that believe his line of horse shit and they are all ready to go do the dirty work for him. The ones that stormed the Capital are finding out how much he thinks of them, as I am guessing he has yet to pick up the legal fees for any one of them.
Then we have members of Congress that have someone run against them and they go to the effort of finding out about the family to see if there is anything useful, as in a way to cause problems. That is weaponization for the purpose of being an ass hole. The person that is running against you should be your focus, not family members, they are not running for office. Then you go get a “News” media involved and possibly endanger someone for the sake of your campaign.
Well if the party you are running against finds out that you worked as a Stripper to get through college or maybe the Mustang Ranch, wouldn’t that be great in a headline. Those are just two examples of the things that could be dug up and of course with scab newsagents running around your reputation could go down the drain in short order. That outcome would be deserving as you have weaponized the media to make life difficult for one, it is only fair they hand it back.
The one thing I would like to see coming from Congress is that they can all present themselves in an adult fashion. All we have seen for at least 7 years is childish nonsense, pointing figures, name calling, and in general slapping one another around and getting nothing done. How about you all remember why you got elected, to take care of the nation’s business, not the party’s business, and get on with it.
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How do you practice self-care?
I unfortunately don’t
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Writing on the Wall(?)
Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)
With the polls showing that 6 out of 10 Americans do not want a return visit by DJT it seems like a major political party would have the moxie to cut him loose and look for a different horse to run in this race. Is the reason they have not done so because they fear him? He is potentially dangerous, not in a personal sense, he doesn’t have the balls to get physically involved, maybe he’s afraid of the sight of blood. His danger comes in that he knows how to wind up the crazies that follow like little sheep. Any one of them could be turned loose and who knows where that might go.
So many of you like theories about things, and the T followers are always talking about a new civil war, suppose that the incident on the highway in Pennsylvania was one of the things that was done to get the war started. All the shootings we have had around the country, are these tied into a plot to get people riled up enough to go postal? Is that far-fetched, well I heard that same theory proposed over the school shooting in Connecticut under a different administration as an attempt to take our guns away. Now we have a derailment of toxic liquid in the Yellowstone River because of a “faulty “ bridge. Was it or had someone helped it collapse? The new banking system is supposed to be just another way that big brother is watching you, and so sneaky. More fuel for the fires of the imagination or talking points for the people that believe in the rumor mill.
Why do so many tiny minds think that they have the answer to our problems by doing really terrible things? Why do people believe that they can make our country better by putting a man in the WH that is such a shit businessman he even lost money on a casino? If no one is paying attention then why is it that every problem that comes up, and they arise daily, are solvable if you donate a few dollars. This is not one side of the aisle or the other, it is coming at you from both sides. Where does all that money go? Have you had a nice vacation in the last couple of years, everyone in Congress has.
During the Civil War the rich men could hire someone to take their place in the military. Of course that did not mean they were well protected and always came home in one piece, no way they had to take whatever was dealt. No one, or at least history does not tell us, but no one made derogatory comments about these rich men and bought their way out of service. During WWI they had conscientious objectors and they were shunned and beaten and generally treated pretty badly by those around them. We still have very few rich men that are willing to serve and lead is the thing they feel they should do. Again, money makes the difference.
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Russia Trouble
Dwain Northey (Gen X)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66006880
As if Putin didn’t have enough trouble holding his seat of power now his paid mercenary group has risen up against him.
Earlier this weekend the Wagner Group, who are a paid military group, rose up and took over the Russian staging area for their Ukraine offensive. The group claimed that Putin staged an attack on the group killing and injuring fighters.
I find this amusing considering that the invasion of Ukraine was according to Putin only going to take day to accomplish and now the Russians are getting their asses handed to them by the Ukrainian forces after over a year of fighting.
According to Trump if he were in power the conflict would never have happened because Putin was afraid of him. That’s amusing because Putin in a sociopath and has zero compunction about murdering anyone that gets in his way, Trump on the other hand is a narcissist that has never been in a physical fight in this life. I am sure that there probably would not have been a conflict because Trump would have rolled over to Putin and refused to support Ukraine in any way. He would have probably tried to perpetuate Putin’s lies to the American public and throw our military behind Russia. I don’t think he would have been successful but as Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces he could have potentially ordered his generals to strike Ukraine. This may have concluded with the military rising up against a sitting President or at least the huge fracture in out Armed Forces and weakening our standing on the world stage.
Remember Trump wanted to pull the U.S. out of NATO on the ruse that we pay to much and smaller NATO countries need to step up if they want the Americans to protect them. It always comes down to money with Donald.
I am happy that Biden is in office and sincerely hope that the Ukrainian conflict is over soon. Two pluses would be if Putin were to be removed from power in Russia and Trump ended up in federal prison. I can dream.
Thanks again for indulging me.
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How do you waste the most time every day?
If what you do puts your mind at peace it is not a waste of time
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Rumor Mill
Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)
The rumor mill is up and running in the Republican Party. They are yammering about the “Deep State” which no one can define, name names, show existence of, or have heard of except from the people that are so negatively impacted by it. Amazing to say the least. Biden is corrupt and the charges go on and on with no proof of anything, just a lot of hot air because that is how he does things. We heard all this crap before 2016, more crap 2020, even more since 2020 and with luck the Deep State and the majority of those that believe it’s true will have slipped in the shower or something and will no longer be with us by 2024.
The DOJ, the FBI, the CIA, All members of the military regardless of rank or duty assignment and let’s include Air Traffic Control, Most college administrations are corrupt and are liars for no other reason than he said so. It is hard to imagine that the entire nation is incapable of having even one citizen, save DJT that knows how to tell the truth.
His web site, social media platform is Truth Social and it is not turned off yet cause the cows are still not in. So says the man that runs everything. The problem with all the labels is that none are correct. The web site is not about truth, it is about his imagination and what he wishes were true. He and his followers are not Patriots, they are the thugs that burned out the Jewish centers in Germany and helped Hitler put people to death because he did not like them or wanted what they had in riches. That will be our fate here should we be stupid enough not to bar him from office, not lock him up for treason, or at the very least not elect him.
Make America Great Again is a slogan that does not apply, it is referred to as Make Attorneys Get Attorneys as they seem to quit very shortly after being stiffed for payment. If you really want to put them in their place consider this, one call to arms during the revolution was “The Red Coats are Coming” I rest my case.
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How Quickly We Forget
Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)
It has been 78 years since the end of WWII and we once again are facing an enemy that was hopefully done away with all those years ago. Fascists are again running around making claims about how they are going to make things better.
The tactics used then were to create distrust and hate between various groups in society. The German race was superior to all others and the rest, especially the Jews, were not to be trusted. They may have created partnerships with Italy and Japan, but they did not trust or care for those peoples.
Their dress code required that they be wrapped in the flag and sing patriotic songs, and claim their honor more vigorously than others. They were going to shape a new world order and it would last 1000 years. We know that did not happen.
The role that women had in their world was children, kitchen, church and nothing more. So we have states that have taken away reproductive rights from women, they are attempting to turn the clock back at least to the 1950’s and possibly further if they can get away with it.
The new order wants to get rid of the Constitution, its power limits what the leaders can do and ensures rights to the people, can’t have that nonsense. Claim to be patriots, which could well be why some signed up, but the truth is a long way from patriotic. Get out of the UN, make friends of our enemies and enemies of our friends, or so it seems. Remember above all else, you are superior to all others that walk the earth.
We continue to hear nonsense about the election in 2024 will be the most important one in history, and he will win and you shall all be saved. This is of course, the last thing we need is another term of daily doses of derogatory comments about all those that he hates, which is pretty much everyone outside of self, and more of how great I am.
His crimes should put him behind bars, one of two places. Fort Leavenworth Kansas or the max facility in Colorado. If as a former Commander and Chief he can be buried in Arlington then he should be a candidate for internment in Leavenworth. Either way cut him off from everything and let him rot.
Does any of this even phase the republican party? Doesn’t seem too they go on having the time of their lives trying to shut down democrats. The followers, sheep, of DJT talk about the need to start a revolution and take the country back from, well I am not sure back from what. The definition I am hearing does not make it sound like the “Home of Brave and the Land of the Free”. Maybe it is to take it back so that we can return all citizens that are not Male, White and Rich to a state of servitude to those that are all those things and the only ones with the power, as it should be.
These rather slow-witted individuals say that this country was founded on Christian principles and yet most of the founding fathers were masons and they only ask that you believe in something not necessarily in Christianity. If that is what you believe in, so be it, however with the attitude that violence is an answer to the current political situation, it is doubtful that you qualify as Christian, more like rogue dipshit.
Religious teachings and practices do not keep violence out of the equation of interaction with others. The wars in Africa between Christian and Muslim, the takeover of Afghanistan and Pakistan the inquisition of old all this tells us that violence is very much a part of religion. Religion is based on books written by men and we have no idea the driving force behind the writing except seeking the benefit of being the writer and therefore taking the high ground for self.
Everyone knows how a fairy tale begins, “Once Upon a Time”, and a war story begins “You Ain’t Going to Believe this Shit, But it is True”, and a Myth begins “In The Beginning”. Take from there and see where it leads.
All the current legislation in most of the states is being written for the benefit of the party that holds the majority. Everything you can think of that puts power in the hands of those in charge is being done with hopes that it will not change at the next election. So much needs to change even before then to put this nation back on its feet.
When we hear that is it time to stop talking and take action then it is most definitely time to start talking and communicating. That means all parties come to the meeting in their big boy pants and leave the name calling and all that at home. Resolve the issues as civilized people should. Kick the radicals out of the meeting, and do not let them make decisions as their mind set will not allow for common sense and humility to be a part of the process.
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Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?
A&W root beer floats