Biting Dogs

 While we were at SAVERS Chazza picking up Princess T from Work Yesterday, an Old Woman in there was pretending her Young Female Pit Bull was a Service Dog.   You can always tell when someone just wants to bring a Pet along everywhere and pretend it's a Trained Service Dog, they're not fooling anyone, the Dog's behavior is a dead giveaway.  And, most Businesses now Post that Pets aren't Welcome, only Service Animals.  Well, as The Man walked by her in an Aisle the Dog lunged at him and bit him on the Hand!

We told the Manager, coz not only did it hurt him, but what if someone's Child walks by and the Dog does that?!  Pit Bull don't deserve the bad reputation they have, most have a wonderful temperament like our Tyson does.  But if you have a Biter, they have very strong Jaws, stronger than the average Breed of Dog, it's like a Vice or an Alligator!  There are actually several Breeds with a stronger Bite, among them German Shepherd, Rottweiler, Turkish Kangal, Cane Corso, and Bulldogs. But a Pit Bull can hang on and do serious damage if they want to.

Now, this Young Female was not vicious, she didn't bite me nor the Manager when approached and wagged her Tail, licking us.  So, I don't know what prompted her to feel defensive about The Man, it doesn't matter, he wasn't doing anything but walking past when it happened.  He's not one to fuss over someone's Dog either, we respect that it's someone else's Animal, we don't know the temperament of and not every Dog is Social or should be approached by Strangers.   But we're in a fucking Store and shouldn't have to worry about Dog Attacks either!

The Manager didn't kick her out of the Store, since she claimed it was a Service Animal for her "In Training" and Young.  I doubt it.  They are professionally Trained and then given to who they will provide Service to. He told her if the Dog posed a Threat to any other Customer tho' and didn't behave, she'd have to leave.  She agreed and then kept showing up in Aisles we were in.  The Dog kept wagging her Tail but I didn't Trust the Animal now and didn't want The Man to feel it might attack him either.  He does know how to Kill any Threat and he has Dementia, so, it could end up a Dead Dog.  We didn't want that.

This is the only Dead Dog we want, a Veterinarian Training Dog Cadaver, not Real BTW so don't Freak Out!  *LOL*  Luckily, tho' Princess T had to Work late, she was ready to leave right after the Incident and she was Mad at her Manager for not bouncing the Woman and her Dog.  That was no Service Animal and the Company has it Posted that Pets aren't allowed in the Store.  So she loudly voiced, "Watch out for the Biting Dog!", and glared at her Manager.  She is very protective of her Grandpa and everyone knows it and Why, so the Manager knew she was very, very Mad and he said nothing.  So, that was Fun.  *Bwahahahaha*

Above is one of Princess T's Oldest Sisters in Mexico, we keep in Touch. Salvador had a LOT of Kids and Baby Mamas, I don't know all his Kids.  But I digress, The Man is Fine BTW, his reflexes, probably due to his Military Training, are still remarkably fast when he's in a Threatening Situation.  So the Dog barely got the Tip of his Finger with One Tooth when she lunged at him and he quickly reacted.  *Whew*  If it had been someone else, she might have gotten their whole Hand tho' and I still find it alarming this Woman is bringing a Biter into Public places with her and passing it off as her Service Animal, just so she can take it everywhere a Pet isn't allowed.  It's a Pet Peeve of mine {pun intended} when folks pull that shit.  You don't need to bring your Dog everywhere.

And this Emotional Support Animal stuff has really gotten out of Hand.  Used to be when you saw a Service Animal, it had a Blind Person with it.  That made Sense.  What kind of Emotional Wreck are you that an Animal has to be with you all the time and everywhere?  It just sometimes is what I'm wondering?!   I think the Emotional Baggage might be more Psychiatric than the need to have a legit Support Animal with some of these people.  Especially if you're fucking pretending your Pet is one and buying it a Fake Support Animal Vest to get away with the sham!  Above is our Great-Grandpup Tyson, we sure Miss him.  Allen will Keep him in the Divorce, since, it was his Dog.  The Young Prince will miss him a lot... the Dog, not necessarily Allen.  *Bwahahaha*

I needed that Vent coz I've had many a Fake Support Animal, even the Friendly ones, act inappropriately in Public.  Especially the ones that jump up at or on you, start licking you or sniffing your Ass, no Trained Service Dog EVER does that shit!   I don't even wanna come around your Pet at your Home if it Behaviorally doesn't respect my Space and is all up on me, it makes me uncomfortable, I don't Like it.  I don't want any Dog jumping on or at me, licking my Face, sniffing my Ass, nipping at me, or humping my Leg, period.  And don't tell me, Oh, he/she LIKES me as if that makes it somehow Okay, it isn't, and don't then Control or reprimand your Animal either when I expect you to.   Eli's new Cat Tower {Above} he's still very much afraid of and just stares at suspiciously.  *LOL*

We forced Eli onto it, he wasn't happy nor Trusting it!  *LOL*  We know our Cat isn't Friendly and so we Warn people in advance not to approach Eli, and he's not allowed around people becoz of his Behavioral Challenges.   Responsible Pet Owners just should be like Responsible Human Parents, Control your Animal and your Kids and know how they are.  So they're not a nuisance to other people and so that nobody ends up with a Situation becoz of them.  We can't know from the perspective of the Animal what's going on in their Heads.  So I don't blame the Animal ever, I blame the Human responsible for it.  Kids too, tend to behave how they're brought up, so I don't blame the Kid, I blame the Adult of it. 

The Man wasn't upset with the Dog at all, he was upset with the Woman who had the Dog and wasn't in Control of it.   So shouldn't have it in a Store and around Shoppers and Workers.  The Dog clearly had discipline problems and the Woman clearly didn't have it up under Control.  She was actually frail and a little Sprite, so the Dog might even feel overly protective of her for all we know?   And, the Dog was too strong a Breed for her to manage as well, that was obvious.  It kept pulling hard on it's Leash and she was struggling to keep it from misbehaving and doing whatever it wanted.  She wasn't Alpha in that Situation and Dynamic, so the Dog could pose a Threat to her actually IMO.

Okay, now Vent over... it just troubled me coz then The Man wanted to go Home and played up his Injury, the Grandchild was very, very upset and Angry about what happened.  So, then I had a Situation to diffuse.  He was eating up the Sympathy she gave him and showing off his Finger like it was a damned War Wound!   She was wanting to confront the Woman and her Dog, so I hadda get her out of there fast before she did!  Then we'd REALLY have us a Mental Meltdown Situation.  And the Dog really would need to protect it's Owner and perhaps itself, coz she was just as hostile towards that Biting Dog!!!  Oy Vey!  *LOL*

I recall when that vicious German Shepherd jumped our Fence and got in with Tyson the Pit Bull when the Grandsons were living here with us.   Tyson likes other Dogs and isn't vicious at all, so thought the other Dog was just playing, it wasn't.  Allen had said Tyson ended up in a Pound becoz he wouldn't Fight, and sadly a lot of folks get Pit Bulls for nefarious illegal reasons to Fight them.  So, this German Shepherd was being aggressive with Tyson and he was acting like it was no Big Deal, Tyson is like a Tank.  But we didn't want it escalating or either Dog getting hurt, or that aggressive Animal on our Property, so Allen went out to disarm the Dog and remove it.  Tyson has had Obedience Training and is very disciplined, that other Dog was out of Control and uninvited. 

Allen has had Military Training to Train Military Dogs and knows how to safely disarm a Dog Threat without actually harming the Animal.  So, he was successful, but then, the Dog jumped back over the Fence again and went for him this time and now Tyson was like, "Oh HELL No, you don't mess with my Human!"  So, now there was a Dog Fight and Tyson was Winning that one, but, we didn't want either Dog hurt or killed, and yet Allen couldn't separate them.  This is when The Young Prince stepped in, all dressed in Rainbow gossamer Finery and looking like a Renaissance Festival Fairy, but, in a flat out Psychotic induced Rage!!!  Ruh Roh!

Well, I truly Believe that Animals sense Mental Disorders, becoz that vicious Dog immediately quit fighting Tyson and took a glance at The Young Prince and ran for it's Life!  The Young Prince was barefoot and running after it, his ethereal gossamer Rainbow Boho Top blowing out behind him and his Rainbow Dyed Hair too... it was quite a Sight!  *LOL* People in Traffic on the Main Road were slowing down to watch!  Big German Shepherd running like Hell down the Frontage Road with him right behind it!  

Yelling a guttural primeval sound that only someone in a Psychotic Rage can make, it's quite terrifying.  Luckily the Dog outran him, and after a couple Blocks he quit chasing after it.  It never, ever came back to our Property.  *Whew and LOL*   I'm telling you this Story becoz Princess T, when she Mentally flips out, can be like THAT too!   She's usually Shy and very Introverted, until she's Mad, then it's like a scene from the Exorcist and she is practically Pre-Demonic.  Her Friend Crazy Pamela once threw a Bible at her... The Young Prince said, "Well, it was the Right Book!"  *Winks*

And hey, the Incident did give me Blog Fodder.  Not much else has been happening lately for a Blog Topic.  *Smiles*  Tho', our New John Deere Tractor Mower is supposed to be being delivered Today.   We're letting the Dealership dispose of the Old one.  Perhaps they can get it Working again and recoup to Sell it Cheaply for what it cost them to do the Work that Rob approved and the Months of Storing it, which is Fine by me. They Waived all that they were Owed generously on my behalf, since, I wasn't responsible for any of it.  

And I doubt Rob has the Money or inclination to Pay them or he would have by now.  I don't keep broken Equipment on our Property.  We rid ourselves of anything non-functional unless it's handy for the sum of it's Parts, and that wasn't.  I'll be glad to have a brand new Tractor that we will know the whole Service Record of and that has a good Warranty for Three Years.  With this Property you really need one and that Old one did serve us for the first Five Years and was given to us, so I can't complain.  But throwing Money at Repairing it wasn't working anymore either.

I did get my new Canon Camera I bought from E-Bay, it's a $600 Camera I got for under $100 from a Chinese Seller out of Cali.  It arrived nicer than I expected, he'd kept everything like brand new so it doesn't even look used and has an extra Battery as well as the Charger and Memory Card.  His presentation of it was also lovely, in a Velvet Bag!  So, he'd Charged it up and I could use it right away, Thank You Mr. Chan!   It's very User Friendly even tho' an Upgrade from what I've had before.  Sometimes the more expensive Upgrades aren't for Amateur Photographers, so, I was hesitant to buy one I'd never used before.  But, the Buy It Now Feature and price intrigued me since I kept getting Outbid on those like the one I had Stolen, so, it was meant to be and affordable.  The Seller didn't price gouge on the Shipping like some do.

 

I have given him a good Review Feedback Rating and will Save him as a Seller now.  You do meet some of the nicest Sellers via E-Bay, some over the Years have actually become Friends of mine and done Business outside of Auctions.  In many ways it is a lot like the Blog Community where you do find Kindred Spirits who are Selling and Owning things that you also Love, so you might have more in common than you would in the Pedestrian Public.  I've gotten to know International Sellers as well as those in America, I am wondering if Tariffs will fuck up International Sales on Auction sites too?  They likely will and that's a damned shame.  I've probably bought as much from E-Bay International Sellers as I have American ones and often they ship Faster and you receive it quicker than from a neighboring State, go figure!  *LOL*

Anyway, Mr. Chan was from Cali, so, Chinese Ancestry, but here in America... so it didn't come from China, so, no problems with Tariffs imposed on the Chinese.   I find it quite Interesting and Telling that the Orange Fascist is imposing heavy Tariffs on all our Allies and Friends, yet Waiving some on Russia and NORTH Korea, WTF?!   Well, yeah, he's Close Buddies with Putin and Un, Love Letters and all that he's bragged about... very Weird dynamic and Bromance he has with those Two dangerous Psychos!!!   Makes me Wonder how much $$$$$$ he Owes them, since, he's renown for receiving Dark Money when American Banks quit Loaning to him and Bailing him out of his Financial Messes???  Things we should be Asking and demanding Answers to.

I don't know Why any of the Right Questions weren't Answered for this Guy in the first place?  The Conflicts of Interest are staggering, and the Criminal behavior and what he's been Convicted of.  You wouldn't be able to get a Job at a fast food Restaurant with that kind of History and compromised Ethics and Risk factors, they wouldn't Trust you around their Merchandise, Female Employees or Cash Registers!!!  I mean, 91 Felonies is a LOT, and being Convicted of over 30 of the most Serious ones, even for a Mobster, let alone an American President!  At the DA's Office Career I didn't even have brutal Cartel Jeffes with than many Serious Charges against them and being Indicted for!!!  I Kid you not!

But, a large swath of America seem perfectly Fine with all that.  And for the Life of me I can't understand how anyone can profess to be a decent Person, or a Godly Person of any Religion, and Support all of that?  But they do, and to me that's more deeply disturbing than he is.  Coz I know what and who he is, that's been clearly evident since the 1970's, no Mystery about it.  But those who still Support him and Vote for people like him... I don't really know what and who the fuck they really are!??  And they Live among us.  And to say I wouldn't Trust any of them would be an understatement.  Since their Moral Compass and Ethics are clearly dysfunctional and they don't recognize a Devil when they see one, so they cozy up to them.

*******

Blessings, Love and Light from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian

No Clever Hook Title Today ~ I Almost Forgot A Title To This Post!!!

 The Son had to be sent Home on Monday with Stomach Issues and I think he may have given whatever it was to the rest of us coz I'm having it Today and so is The Man?!  My Stomach feels sour and is making Horror Movie Quality Noises.  *LOL*  So, I don't wanna stray too far from a Bathroom, just in case.  So, nix any plans I might have made to get anything done outside of Home this day.  *Le Sigh*

  The Weather is Cold and Windy again, doesn't look like Rain tho' and it did the day before but we didn't get any.  The Clouds just looked ominous all day and didn't have anything productive fall out of them, and finally blew away, clearing the Mountain Ranges without Rainfall.  Usually the Mountains surrounding the whole Valley make the Clouds dump whatever moisture they're holding.

Anyway, I'm looking up the Pool Supply Stores and if one is close enuf, might venture there with the present fairly new Pool Vacuum that quit working, to find an identical one that will fit the Hose hookup to the Pool.  I need to do something even if Brad the Pool Guy won't and isn't.  Brad doesn't know it yet, but he's on thin Ice with us wanting to retain him if he can't get the Pool Maintained right.  There's plenty of competition in the Pool Business so you can't take your regular Customers for granted and expect to keep their Business.  

I'm a Loyal Customer so long as you treat us right and appreciate our Business.  But, I will drop you like a Rock if you don't.  We Hired him becoz the previous Owners and most of our Neighbors do and he got a good recommendation from all of them.  I like the Guy, but of late his personality has shifted and he's not as pleasant and engaging as he has been for Years, I don't know Why?  I sense he's got Personal or Business Problems tho'?  I'm not Personalizing the shift in his countenance and demeanor.  But, it is affecting his Business when he's not in the right Head Space to interact with his Customers or provide adequate Customer Service when there are problems.

A lot of Businesses, especially small Family Owned ones, are struggling and I try to always Support smaller Indie Businesses primarily.  I think it is important to and not just use the Billionaire Owned Companies, that threaten to become Monopolies.   But, I realize most Americans do to save a Buck.  Even if the Billionaire Companies exploit their Workforce and Vendors to undercut Prices and try to run the Small Guys out of Business, most Consumers don't Care if it saves them a Buck. 

 Our Politics have shown us how short-sighted and fixated on saving a Buck the average American Voter has become, they'll Vote for any Devil if they Imagine a Savings to themselves in any way.  Selling your Soul to a Devil to gain something or cut some Deal with a Devil is never a good idea tho'.  NEVER.  The Devil is in the Details as they say.  The Details of a matter are it's most problematic aspect and Devils rely on that nondisclosure... so like to be Vague and use Distractions on Purpose.  And Voters develop Amnesia so quickly about serious Issues, if they ever were even paying attention in the first place and getting information from reliable Sources?!

But enuf of Pool Problems and Politics, both problematic enuf right now that I don't like either Situation.  *Winks*  I scheduled an Appointment with our CPA for 11:00 on Thursday Morning.  My Paperwork was pretty Organized but I never know if the Govt. has sent us everything they should?   Some Years they hadn't and then we had to apply for an extension while they provided what they should have way back in January and didn't.   I Hate it when we're responsible for reminding Officials of what their Job is and they didn't fucking do, that shouldn't be our Job, you know? 

  They get Paid to do whatever their Job is, so just fucking do it properly, is all we ask.  Bureaucracy always has problems in the doing of whatever it is they do.  Anyway, so hopefully by Tomorrow Afternoon in Real Time we'll have Taxes out of the way?  *Whew*   I hope you're not growing weary of Quilt Square Art Imagery coz I got a lot of it from my 2nd visit to that Event.   Hey, I was light on Blog Fodder, what can I say?  *LOL*  And, to me Art is always Uplifting and Positive to behold.  There's enuf ugliness and Negativity in the World that Positivity should be Welcoming to anyone.

Eli's Cat Tree arrived and Princess T assembled it, it's big and right now he's rather afraid of it.  He is a big ole' scaredy Cat even tho' he's a huge Tomcat.  Anything New and he's afraid of it and it will take him a few days of it not going away before he'll have a Peace about it.  *LOL*  She spent $45 on it and really wanted him to like it, he Loved his Old one, which he'd destroyed and it wasn't safe for him to be up on anymore.  With much coaxing he did go over and lay beside it for a Photo Op, but that was all he was willing to risk at this point.  *LMAO*  Pixs I took of it and him by it will be forthcoming in another Post.

Anyway, this one is like a high rise Apartment Complex for Cats and so it's by their Bedroom Door and when you walk in, if he's on the upper level, he will be at Eye level.   So, he should eventually Love it once he gets used to it, he Loves to ambush anyone coming into the Room and have a superior vantage point.  He is very spoiled rotten and has the best of everything, she and I ensure that.  He could be one of the most spoiled Felines in the World.  And he's not at all a Pet Quality Cat, so it's not as if he's Earned the spoiling, he doesn't really People well at all.  He'd be a likely Contestant on that Cat Behavior Reality Show for Jackson Galaxy, the American Cat Behaviorist, to assess.  *LOL*

Only I looked at how much Jackson charges and OMG, I need to become a Cat Behaviorist!   Between $10,000-$20,000 to come to your Home and $5,000-$10,000 for a Virtual assessment!!!  You know what I call that???   A New Cat!!!  *Bwahahahaha*   We have never paid a Penny for a single Cat we've ever Owned, so tho' we spoil them once they Adopt us, I'd never spend that much to Teach my Human Child to Behave properly, let alone a Cat!   I'll continue just issuing my usual Threats to send him to 'Great China' if he misbehaves and stare him down with my Crazy Eyes.  *Winks*  He doesn't know exactly what that means, just that he doesn't wanna find out.  *LMAO*

 

And Honestly, how many actual Clients do you suppose Mr. Galaxy obtains with that price point?   And what kind of People can afford to pay that much to Keep a Naughty Cat they can't Manage or Live with?   Like I said, if the Cat isn't working out that badly, I call that, get a New Cat.  I mean, Dog Training is about $30-$80 per Class for Group Training or $45-$120 per Hour for Private Sessions, which is expensive enuf for a Behaviorally Challenged Dog!   Now, the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan, unlike the Cat Whisperer, doesn't Publicly List his Training Fees, so I'm sure it's Thousands of Dollars for Private Sessions.  Since his average Speaking Events cost $50,000-$100,000!!!  Yowsah, these Reality TV Star Animal Trainers are Cleaning Up!  

Listen, if you'd be willing to spend that much to Teach your Animals to Behave and Treat you Right, it would be Cheaper to have a Human and just pay them to Treat you better than the troublesome Cat or Dog is, Okay?  *Bwahahaha*   Most of our Animals I've had since Childhood up until now, have been responsive to just being Loved and part of the Family.  Some more Chill, Endearing and Social than others, coz, they're not a Monolith, like People, they're a mixed bag of Personalities too.  We only ever had One Cat, Cleopatra, that I ever had to get rid of.  She was a Dumpster Kitten Rescue and a beautiful Calico with Black around her Eyes, thus her Name, it looked like Eyeliner.   But Cleo literally pissed on everything all the time and was fearful of the Outdoors due to her Abandonment in a Dumpster traumatizing her as a tiny Kitten.

We tried everything, a Vet told us there was nothing physically wrong to cause her not to use a Litterbox ever to Pee.   And I finally gave up and had to bring her to a No Kill Shelter where they also rehabilitated Animals with Behavioral Problems before putting them up for Adoption.  They told me if she had to live out the rest of her Days there, it would be better than her being euthanized elsewhere.  So, I Donated a sum to their Organization and several of the largest sizes of Cat Food and Cat Toys galore.  It was very hard to give up even a Cat we couldn't Live with, but I didn't want a Home always smelling like Cat Piss either and she'd piss on things you couldn't clean and had to just dispose of.  But, we Cried when we relinquished her.

Had she been okay with Living as an Outdoors Only Working Cat with some we already had on our Historic Property, we'd of just let her live out Life there.   All our Outside Only Working Cats had always gotten spayed or neutered and could live out Life on our Property doing their Job of Rodent eradication on the Acreage and Outbuilding parameters.  Some of our Mini Farm Neighbors here have Barn Cats who do the same Job to rid their Properties of Roof Rats and Snakes around their Livestock, Feed & Seed, and Fruit/Nut Trees, which tend to attract Vermin.   We sometimes get a Black & White Cat that comes onto our Property from one of the Neighbors, we don't deter nor invite it, but it does no harm and might do some Volunteer Work for us?  *Winks*

We did go out for Brunch since it began Raining like Hell between Breakfast and Lunch and I was Jonesin' for Comfort Food.  We had Tacos at a fav Mexican Restaurant nearby that serves Goat Tacos, which are my Favorite.   The Man had a Pork Taco and it was hard getting just a Taco into him, he wanted to take half of it Home, half a fucking Taco!  I said No, eat 'til full then Stop, and just leave it.  So, then he ate the whole thing.  *Winks*  Whenever he takes something Home he never eats it and nobody else was gonna eat a half eaten fucking Taco!!!  *LOL*  When someone has Brain Damage and Dementia going on, they do the craziest shit ever if you let them.  

I'd just leave him Home, but he asks to go and is let down if you don't take him along.  But, nowadays when he goes to a Restaurant he mostly spends time playing with the Food and not Eating it.  But he messes with it so much, dissecting it and playing with it, that then nobody else at Home wants to eat it either!!!   So he's ruined good Food, not eaten it, and wasted Money buying it for him.   He will also order what he says he wants and when he gets it, tell you he doesn't Like it, or complain about it, as if someone else ordered it for him!!!   I take time to explain to him what he's ordering so he's Aware what it is and remembers what is is before ordering it.  If it's something I know he won't like, I remind him he doesn't like it and gently suggest he order something I know he does like.  Lately he'll tell you everything is Spicy, even if it's not.

Today he did complain his Pork Taco was too Spicy.  But it was just the Carnitas Meat and they put everything else on the side for you to build your own flavoring profile, so, I knew it wasn't as Spicy as he claimed.  And, since he claims literally everything is too Spicy now, even bland foods, you can't trust he's telling the Truth about it.   I'll taste if for him and then if it's not at all Spicy, sometimes even bland, I'll tell him it's not and then he'll eat it as if it's not.  I just don't know what's going on in his poor Brain anymore and a lot of it could be Dementia related Psychosis, so we navigate it as if he's just lost touch with Reality in those moments.  It does cause him significant distress and impairment in his Daily function tho', so you have to finesse each Episode he's having.  

We Deal with all that anyway with those in the Family who have Serious Mental Illness, so I've become quite adept at finessing Psychotic Episodes and smoothing things over.   You can't argue when someone is Psychotic coz it's Real to them, and trying to convince them otherwise will only agitate them further and make them have an outburst.  This is what's happening with this President and honestly I don't know how or why they claim he ever passed a Mental Health Evaluation, he couldn't have and he's getting progressively worse.   The Cognitive Decline between his last Term and this one is significant and he was Bat Shit Crazy during 1.0, now, in 2.0, barely anything he says makes a bit of sense.  He's no longer tethered to Reality at all and can't put a coherent sentence together.  It's Dangerous to allow him to make decisions.

The Man isn't as bad off Mentally as this President is, nor as Old, and yet he can't make any decisions for himself anymore, or for anyone else, and requires full time Caregiving.   He can't pass a competency Test, so I know for damned sure the Orange Menace cannot.  The Handlers and Enablers are so Power Hungry themselves, that they're covering up how bad off he is so they can all keep their Positions of Power and pretend all is well, when, clearly it's not.   And most of them were Nepotism hires and what another Blogger humorously referred to as Honky Hires, and aren't Competent for the Positions they hold either, so it's just one big Cluster Fuck of Incompetency and Radical Ideology.  RFK, Jr. is another one whose completely gone Mentally.  He's so far down the Rabbit Hole in his Conspiracy Theories and Quackery that he's Dangerous and is causing preventable Deaths already, mostly Children's Deaths.

Parents following his Quackery have irreversibly harmed their Children by overdosing them on Vitamin A and causing significant Organ Damage of their Liver and Central Nervous Systems!!!  Rather than just Immunizing them Safely with proven and Tested Drugs that have worked with 98% efficiency to eradicate diseases like Measles for the past 50 Years!!!  It's Insane what people are fearful of in the way of Vaccines, and yet damaging themselves and their Kiddos with Quackery they eagerly Believe and has no proven benefits whatsoever and causes such harm!  They're withholding proven Protection and yet then using Snake Oil Remedies suggested by a Quack who claims Worms ate his Brain, and has no Medical Training or experience.  Unbelievable!!!

When I picked Princess T up at Work they had a Trio of the 1983 Camp Snoopy Beverages Glasses, I'll Sell them in my Locked Case individually.  They had some Christmas Trolls, the small size, in a bagged lot with some Hallmark Ornaments.  And Princess T Scored some Anime and Hello Kitty Plush Toys.  I got a brand new with original Tags Harley Davidson Tank Top I'll be Selling.  And a Led Zeppelin Tie Dyed XXL Size T-Shirt for myself.  And a Dungeons & Dragons Flavors of the Multiverse Cookbook.  Some good recipes and unusual staging of the Foods Photographed in it, almost a Renaissance Vibe, so it's Interesting and visually quite different.

It was so Cold Outside that some of our Rain Today came down as Hail, that hasn't happened in a while and definitely not in Spring!  It's only 58 Degrees right now at 4:00 p.m. and when you think that only a few Days ago at the same Time of Day it was over 100!!!  Schizo Weather, you can't predict how Cold or how Hot it will be anymore from Day to Day.  So, a lot of folks are getting Sick.  That Stomach Bug we had this Morning passed rather quickly, it's part of why we waited to eat or leave the House.  But, no incidents and now both The Man and I feel fine.  The Son and Princess T said a lot of people at their Work have been out Sick with it tho'.  So, it's something going round, a Norovirus Stomach Flu, and it is highly contagious.

This Morning after I dropped Princess T off to Work and came back to our Mini Farms there was a pack of Three Coyote running down one of the Streets.   Coyote are my Spirit Animal so I have great respect for them, they're intelligent and highly adaptable creatures, thriving in spite of us encroaching on their habitat.   It's one of the reasons I'm hesitant to have Chickens since keeping them safe from Natural Predators would be challenging.  When we had Tyson here the Coyote kept their distance, so did the Raccoons, but now he's not here I know they can jump our fences so easily that you have to be mindful of leaving anything around that would attract them.  

Some of the Raccoon that live around here are huge, so they're thriving too.  I don't resent the Wildlife, any of it, we're the Nuisance Animals IMO, this was their Home before it was ours and Humans drove most of them away.  During Pandemic when Humans were in Lockdown, across the Globe a lot of Wildlife temporarily reclaimed Territory, once we were out of the way.  I thought it was Wonderful, Animals were seen in places that they hadn't been seen in for Generations.   I remember in my Mom's Home Country of North Wales, the Wild Welsh Mountain Sheep came down and were grazing on people's front lawns!   I do Wish my Mom had still been Alive to see that.   My Dad would have been Happy to see Wildlife reclaiming Territory as well, he had great respect for all Wild things and things Natural, he passed that along to me.  I'm more comfortable and at Home out in Nature than around what Humans have made.

 

It's in the 40's this Morning tho', so Frosty.  I don't know whether it will warm up or not later on?  Yesterday it didn't and stayed Cold and Windy all day, so I didn't venture out.  I haven't been in to the Antique Mall for a while either, mostly becoz anytime I go in they've been soliciting me to fill a Shift and I really don't want to be pulling too many on The Fly like that.  Makes it hard to pace myself when I don't know in advance that I'll be Working and need to conserve my Energy to pull a Shift.  Most of the folks we fill-in for don't let Management know in advance that they won't be coming in.   And there's so many new people now too that I don't know a lot of them or what they're like to work with?  I like to know whose likely to be working with you, it makes a difference in how the Shift will go.

Yes, I can work with anyone, but I may not want to work with them.  *Winks*  And becoz I'm Retired, I don't have to work, so I'm picky about accepting Shifts now, especially Post-Stroke.  I have to be Mindful now that I need to take it easy still and not push myself too hard, don't wanna risk another Health Emergency.  Sales for this Pay Period seem rather Soft again, people just aren't spending and with Tariffs escalating, when Essentials cost more, it means less disposable income for folks to buy things they don't need.   Let's face it, what we're Selling in an Antique Mall isn't Essential.  Princess T is really upset about the Tariffs on Vehicles coz it may increase the cost of even Used Cars now and she's been Saving so hard to even afford them Pre-Tariff.   Supply and Demand will dictate what happens in that Industry, but I predict it won't be Good with what he's doing across the board.

They were Interviewing even American Car Dealerships and they were very concerned about their Industry as a whole.  From Manufacturing, to Sales, to Maintenance, Prices will soar with these Tariffs and it won't be a short term hardship.   Don't kid yourself that it's a short term problem, Countries we Trade with won't Trust us after this and aren't likely to Forgive what he's doing either.   Not to mention Americans won't Trust any of it after it hits them hard in their Wallets and creates Economic Hardships, a Recession, the Stock Market to Crash, and Job Losses galore.   All that's coming and some of it already has begun to happen, so buckle up Buttercups.   

They are also talking out of both sides of their Mouths again too, especially about saying no Taxes on Social Security and yet also they want to do away with Social Security!  Which, doesn't Square.  Well, unless, I guess you won't pay Taxes on Money you're no longer getting, huh?  *Eye Roll*   And tho' no Taxes on Tips and Overtime also seems like a good Deal for those barely making Ends Meet and have lower Wages so NEED to rely on Tips or Overtime to pay the Rent and such, if everything they Buy costs more, will they be keeping pace with the inflationary aspect of it all?   I mean, my Social Security Check isn't that large that the Taxes saved on not being Taxed aren't likely to be greater than the increase in what it will cost each American with Tariffs imposed.  They say it could cost over $4200 each more we'll be paying Annually for everything, will not Taxing your Social Security Check even break even on that increase or cost you more?

It's like they're banking on the average American not being intelligent enuf to do simple Math?  Or don't even have a rudimentary knowledge of Economics, based on the Bullshit I'm hearing them spew about it all, that they expect all of us to just blindly Believe.  And perhaps some people can't calculate the cost to them this will impose, until it actually happens and they're hurting from the effects of it?   I don't even know what I should be doing to prepare enuf for all of this?   No telling how long it will last?  So, it's difficult to prepare adequately when the chaos is constant. Even Economists are nervous about the long term fallout of such reckless implementation of spontaneous decisions that change almost Hourly, let alone Daily, in such an unstable and poorly thought out way.  His Moods dictate his Policies, or lack thereof and nobody is challenging it really.

 

Anyway, I prepare for the worst and just Hope for the best, it's all we can really do at this point.  After we get out Taxes done this Morning I'll know better how much I have left in Savings, and like many folks, I'm wondering if I ought to be pulling some Cash out and stashing it should Economic Panic set in?   I'm already seeing empty Shelves at Retailers, even the Mega Big Box Stores seem sparse on some Products all of a sudden, which doesn't portend well.  Just how much they had as backup in their Warehouses probably is being exhausted and if Imports are being compromised, well, just the 50%+ Tariff on China is a bigger Deal than people might realize.  Do you know how much is MADE in China now that we rely on?   

 

Well, just a short rundown: 50% of Cameras, 30% of Air Conditioners, 20% of Refrigerators, half the World's Cement and Flat Glass, about a Billion Smart Phones, which is about 80% of the Global total... and about a Third of it's Aluminum.  About 31% of all Global Manufacturing is done in China.   And what has been redistributed to other Countries is predominantly lower value final Assembly.   Imports from Mexico exceeded 6 Billion Annually and the bulk of that was destined for the U.S., it's the 8th largest Exporter in the World, and, we're hitting them particularly hard with his Tariffs too.   

And Canada was an even bigger Trading Partner with close to 8 Billion Exports and Americans exported over 3 Billion to Canadians, that's a lot of Product compromised now.  U.S. Imports from the European Union was over 6 Billion.   I'm a Numbers Person and I'm just throwing some of this Economic Reality out there for people who aren't or think America isn't reliant on World Trade, we ARE, very much so, and have been for over 80 Years my Friends.  Now, that's longer than I've been Alive, so I've never lived in an America that wasn't Partnering with the World on Trade and so I don't know what it would even look like when it comes crashing down due to this recklessness of imposing such severe Penalties on all our Trade Partners?   With the Off Chance he can Extort and Bully all of them, and put every American at Risk as he plays this Game of Russian Roulette at our expense.

And we Produce more than we use in the way of Agriculture, so whaddya think the Farmers are going to do with perishable excess they can no longer Export for Profit?   Do you think somehow it will benefit you either?   We already know the Government has to Bail the Farmers out due to all of this.   There are gonna be massive Payouts to Farmers and YOU will be Paying for it my Friends.  It's reaching unsustainable levels already by Billions of Dollars.   His claims of raking in "lots of Money" via Tariffs isn't likely to offset the hemorrhaging of Funds in Bailouts already implemented and necessary so that Farmers don't go Tits Up.   And who else is gonna need Bailing Out when things spiral further out of Control and Crash N Burn becoz none of this is actually working in our favor?  No wonder he's looking at Stealing from our Entitlements to pay for what he's spending so recklessly and cannot cover.  He's notorious for overspending and owing people Debts he cannot Pay or cover at all.

It makes me jittery since most of us aren't Billionaires able to sustain long term Economic collapses.    Since we don't have unlimited Resources to weather Crisis created by this Administration, which at the same time they're fucking with our Sources of Incomes.   I don't know about you, but I can't cover my Financial Obligations if any of our Earned Income is seriously compromised by someone fucking with it.   And all these Working Folks that's gonna lose Jobs or has already lost Jobs are already in Crisis Mode now and my Heart breaks for each one of them.  Some only barely recovered from the effects of Pandemic and what that cost them in the way of Income when everything Non-Essential was shut down due to a Plague... and now this dovetailing on it will ruin some folks and some Businesses. 

And now a Respite of some Food Porn for ya of our Vietnamese Luncheon from the other day.   It's not a Restaurant we've been able to frequent too often since it's way Downtown, but it's a good one called "Pho Thanh".  It's a small Family Owned Restaurant and not the best Service but you come there for the Food.  I think they only have Family working there and it's always busy, so they do what they can, and so if you're not pressed for time you'll be glad you came, since, the Food is excellent.  Patrons who've been to Vietnam testify it's as authentic as it gets.  Many of the Patrons are from the Asian Community, so, it's not Americanized Vietnamese Cuisine that compromises authenticity to appeal to the American Patrons who aren't familiar with the genre of Cuisine.  

You're not gonna see a bunch of White folk eating with Forks here like in some Americanized Asian Restaurants.  Those are the places I avoid, the food isn't as authentic, even if it's not bad.   And, frankly, it's embarrassing when you visit a Restaurant like that and see Americans walking in and trying to order Chinese Food in a Vietnamese Restaurant!   Yes, that happens a lot in the Pedestrian Vietnamese Restaurants that have a lot of American Non-Asian Clientele.  And worse, when then the Customer can't be made to realize their ignorance that it's Two distinctly separate Cultures not at all the same!!!   

I'm embarrassed for the Ignorant and how they don't even seem to acknowledge and realize how Offensive they're being to the Restaurant Owners and Culture!   Becoz they can't tell the difference between Chinese and Vietnamese People and their Cuisines!   So stubbornly insist on ordering Chinese Food even if the Owner is Politely explaining, we're not Chinese, this is not a Chinese Restaurant, you can't get that here!!!  *Eye Roll*  I once had to intercede when an American Customer doing that got irritated and rather hostile when they could not Order Chinese Food, so got surly with the Vietnamese Restaurant Owner.   He'd done all he could to Politely and Patiently explain, to no avail, and so I told the dimwit that Listen, China and Vietnam are Two different Countries!  If you want Chinese Food you have to go to a Chinese Restaurant... and suggested one nearby.  The Owner Thanked me as the Idiot stormed off in a huff, thinking he'd been the one Wronged.  Unbelievable!!!

Ignorance isn't Bliss, it's just Ignorance and sadly it's being displayed far too much and too often in America now and it's embarrassing.   If someone wants to be better Educated and is actually willing to Learn something I don't mind, people generally do better when they know better.  But, so many of these Dumb Fucks enjoy remaining Ignorant, Intolerant, poorly Informed, and running with Low Information that they hang onto for Dear Life even when confronted with Evidence and Proof it's bogus!   The Truth doesn't matter to them becoz they're so attached to whatever Lies and Misinformation they've chosen to Believe and won't be receptive to realizing is faulty.  They'd rather Trust some Bro Podcaster or Low Rate Reality TV Personality than a highly Intelligent and well Educated Source, becoz, well, I guess Stupid feels too threatened by being exposed to someone Smart, and it challenges their Belief Systems no matter how flawed, I dunno?

*******

Blessings, Love and Light from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian