To Rule Over Ashes

 We had such a hard time finding Princess T's shitty cheap Ornaments that Five Stores later we only found part of what she wanted, the rest she'll have to order Online anyway!  *Le Sigh and LOL*   Yeah, it was a Joy for me forever and ever.  *Bwahahaha*   She intended to pay with her own Account with her Phone, but the Store we found them in finally, Wal-Mart, doesn't take Tap Payment, can you Believe it!?   Wal-Mart, of all places, doesn't take the Method most Young Adults use to pay for everything on their Phones!   So, I had to pay for it all, Old School Style, with my Debit Card and Swiping it, and she'll have to reimburse me!  If she hadn't of had a Dinosaur with her, she couldn't have Bought any of it!   Who knew?  *LOL*

So, she did get more of her Pink Fairie Light Sets and some Icicles, but, she wanted some more Pink Ornaments and they only had Champagne Pink and Bubblegum Pink, not the Pastel Pink she wanted.  In fact, it took all 5 Stores to locate the Right Icicles... all the others were allegedly all 'Wrong'!   *Le Sigh*  Five Stores later I was pretty wiped out, with an increasingly upset Teenager in tow, obsessed and fixated with what we couldn't find anywhere.  I was so relieved when she was even too weary to carry on and try to locate the balance of what she wanted... and relented, saying she'd just have to order them Online instead.  *Hallelujah, Thank You Baby Jesus and all the Saints!  Smiles and Whew!!!*

She did Buy me a Grinch That Stole Christmas oversized Coffee Mug with a Plush Mini Grinch in it, well, when I get reimbursed.  *LOL*    Not that I NEED another Coffee Mug, but, I did WANT it.  *Smiles*   And, when she said she'd get it for me, since I took one for the Team and drove her around endlessly looking for elusive Icicles and the Right Shade of Pink Ornaments and Fairie Lights, it was the least she could do.   She also picked up a rolling Clothing Rack, since, her Closet isn't that large, none of them are in this House actually and we got Spoiled in the previous Home where they were enormous Walk In Closets, hers even had Windows!   Yeah, The Villa McManse was a ridiculous House, but, such opulence you sure can and do get used to and Miss once you've had it.  First World Problems my Friends... no Big Deal.  *Winks*

We also got the best Starbucks Drinks we'd ever had, the Barista at the TARGET location we went to prepared them better than any we'd ever had before, OMG!!!   Usually when I order an extra Espresso Shot in my Iced Coffee, I can't even taste it and wonder if they even gave me what I paid extra for or not?   But I could taste it Strong and it was Wonderful!  Plus you get your TARGET Red Card 5% Discount, so, Yes, we'll go to THAT Starbucks Location from now on.  *Smiles*  Princess T and I are Coffee Snobs, we really are, and we like nothing better than an exceptional tasting Coffee, Hot or Cold.   I've even had Restaurants say they'll contemplate some suggestions I gave them to put on their Menu, when I ask for Lavender Syrup in my Iced Coffee now.  Starbucks did come out with a Seasonal Lavender Coffee for Summer.

And while we were trawling MICHAEL'S Craft Store for Ornaments they didn't have, I did Score this large Audrey II Halloween Decor Piece for 60% Off, so, I didn't come away empty Handed.   And TARGET had my Pumpkin Spiced Covered Pretzel Rods for 70% Off too!   Some places had the remnants of Halloween at 90% Off now, but, I didn't see anything promising we wanted.   We had a good yet frustrating shopping experience.   The HOBBY LOBBY was insanely busy, so I'm rather glad we didn't find anything there she wanted, since the Lines at the Registers were all ridiculously long and slow moving.  *Whew*  They were still putting Christmas Merch out, but people obviously were Holiday Decor Shopping early... and most of it was Sale priced already.  Weird and Suspicious to me when you're JUST Stocking Seasonal Inventory and already marking it 50% Off.

When I got back Home The Son and I watched a Comedian Special on NetFlix by Tom Papa.  We really like him and The Son has met him in Person and had Pixs taken with him, said he's gracious with his Fans.  It was nice to have good hearty Laughs, it was a very good Special he'd done in New York City, he's hilarious and we enjoy his Style of Comedy.    We also watched a couple of Horror Movies, they were Okay.  One was very suspenseful and good... well, until the very End, Crap Ending IMO, which is always needlessly disappointing when the rest was Written so Well.  What, did you suddenly run out of Good Material at THE END?! The other was Mediocre {Eli ~ 2019}, but with a Surprise Ending I didn't see coming.  I probably wouldn't recommend either one tho', but, had the first one had a better Ending, it would have been very good, since, 90% of it was Suspensefully well Written and Acted, great Prop Special Autopsy Effects too, just a poor End IMO.  {The Autopsy Of Jane Doe ~ 2016}

We watched both Movies all the way thru, and, tho' just Okay, I didn't feel we couldn't get thru either one.  I'll probably look up some more Comedy Specials, so far none have been disappointing and I'd never seen them before.   Now of coarse between Tuesday and Friday I will be wanting to find out the Election Results.  I think we probably won't know until closer to the end of the Week if it's really as close as Polls suggested, but, Polls can be Off.   I'd rather we get to know earlier than later, perhaps less controversy then... tho' I do expect controversy from the Alt Right.  They've started controversy way before the Election is even over and already strongly suggested a Steal to promote another Big Lie if they don't get the results they want or expect.  Perhaps, IF they Win, we all should do the same thing, just to give them the High Drama and needless Expense they always make... just to be equally outrageous and ignoring Reality?  *Winks and LOL* 

Well, of coarse WE won't, we didn't in 2016 even tho' Hillary did Win the Popular Vote by Millions, and it was the archaic Electoral College that put him in Power the first time.  Otherwise we could have avoided all of this nonsense and unprecedented Political Corruption and Violent Fascist Rhetoric and Actions for the past Decade, had the Popular Vote prevailed.  Every Vote Counts my Ass!!!  Until we do away with the Electoral College, that's the Lie.  When Millions of Citizen's Votes can be ignored and install who they didn't want via The Electoral College's decision instead... that's a Problem IMO.  The Laundry List of Criminals and Grifters in his Administration is Mind boggling, and I can't Believe everyone still Supporting him regardless, has Amnesia about all of that.  They KNOW and since then damned near all of his Inner Circle and extended Family have come forward with dire Warnings.  So, everyone has been adequately Informed, by those who know him best, worked for him, or are related to him, and were closest to him and chosen by him during his Administration.  There are no dirty little Secrets, it's all been Exposed and out in the Open now.

Anyway, those who still Vote for him have that on their Conscience and the Blood on their Hands, should everything go further Sideways than it already has.  I don't have it on mine... and I will Blame them, every One of them actually, complicit by their Support and KNOWING, yet, backing it all anyway.   Nobody can really claim Innocence or Ignorance at this juncture, they KNOW who and what he is and what his Agenda is, it's all be said Out Loud and out of his own Mouth on numerous occasions.  Most of them have been in attendance, so, they saw and/or Heard it.   And Lord knows we all had to and apparently our disgust wasn't theirs.  So, I don't wanna hear any more excuses for them either, you can't excuse the inexcusable nor justify any of it.  The whole Criminal Enterprise he's got going on has a fairly predictable Play Book and MO, may the consequences of it fall on him too, heavily.

Within Days now we'll know if the American People want and Voted in a Democracy that is functional or an Authoritarian Regime that is not and will fuck America up for ALL of us... and possibly the World too!  It is consequential beyond our Borders and our Allies know this.   I can't say I'm not Anxious about this Election, too much is clearly at stake and the fact it's a close race within the Margins and decided by a few Swing States, is deeply disturbing to me.  I'd like to Imagine America is filled with well Informed Sane Voters who used discernment and intelligence enough to know what is on the Right side of History and Right from Wrong.   I'd like to Trust my fellow Countrymen to do the Right thing and Support what is Good and Just.  But, I just don't know anymore that there are enough of us on that Side of the Vote, I really don't. 

When I woke up this Morning it was 44 Degrees, so Autumn has mos def arrived now!   Princess T and I had a discussion on the way in to her Work that it feels Weird to her that she's the only one Employed in the Household now and she's only making Minimum Wage.   I can tell it troubles her becoz of all the Media focus on what the Alt Right plans to do.   With Social Security, Federal Employees and their Pensions, affordable Healthcare, Women's Reproductive Health, stripping away Voting Rights and decimating the Rule of Law and it's Legal System, the Economy, Tariffs on Imports, Immigration with a focus on deporting anyone not Lily White, locking up anyone who didn't Vote for Hair Furor, the whole Retribution and Revenge Tour.   It's just A LOT to unpack and process and is an Anxiety ridden shitshow!

They were saying on The News that Surveys have revealed that 65% of Americans are equally Anxious about it all.  I'm just Surprised it's ONLY 65% becoz in a Sane Society it should be closer to 100%, Right?!   The Fact that almost 40% have no Anxiety about all that shit, makes me realize Sanity isn't prevailing as much as it Needs to be!!!  That's an unhealthy chunk and disturbingly high percentile of Insanity in any Society to be perfectly clear!!!   Do we really want or find common ground with that high percentile of folks so out of touch and untethered to Reality now, that we could enter into rational dialogue with them at all?  Or to move the Country forward in a Positive or healthy functional manner grounded in Sanity and Truth, respecting the Rule of Law, having a Moral Compass, and how important it is to have those attributes?   I just don't know really, I don't.  Their utter Devotion to a Madman is evident and just hasn't been swayed.

I don't wanna go thru the next Four Years or MORE despondent and Dealing with complete Chaos and the ruination of America.  They had DonOld's Nephew Fred Trump III on an Interview about his Uncle.  What he said was absolutely Chilling and Shocking.  You see, he has a Developmentally Disabled Special Needs Son and his Uncle's response to that Great-Nephew, who he has never Cared to meet or know, was, they should just let him, and all Children/Adults like him, just Die!!!   Yep, very Hitleresque and he meant it, about his own Blood Kin, just think about that for a Minute won't you?   And the potential Fate of all Disabled or Sickly Humans within OUR Society.  If a Sociopath like that, with no regard for Human Life and rigid about who Humanity should even extend to, obtains absolute Power, over Life and Death in America.  

Fucking Sobering.   Can't enuf People closest to him come Forward to give dire Warnings and be taken Seriously and Heard?!  You see, DonOld held the Trust of his Nephew's Inheritance and the Needs of his Disabled Child, his Uncle told him THOSE PEOPLE Cost too much Money, we should let them just all Die!!!   Transactional to an extent, who else is gonna Cost too much Money in his demented Sadistic Mind next?   The Old, those with certain Illnesses, the Poor, Middle Class Lower Income Families, Ethnicities he Hates, your Pets even?   I mean, what segment of Society that he Targets next will finally Move any of them who are currently so fucking Devoted?   To where they Wake the fuck up and pay attention until he's coming for them next and it's too late.   When the Guy's own Family has nothing good to say, it's very Telling.   When even the most Corrupt of his own Inner Circle are deciding to sound the Alarm too and say he should never be President again... well... when it's a Bridge Too Far for even THEM, Think about it!!! 

I know I Preach to the Choir here on my tiny slice of a Platform.   But, if even just One of his Cult Members were to show up and be swayed, it would be Worth it.   To expose them to something different than what they may be being fed to formulate their Beliefs that he would be Good for ANYONE, because he will not be.   He would Sacrifice and throw anyone under the Bus for his own Gains and he has proven that over and over again ad nauseum.  And to be sure he's not the whole Problem with what's gone haywire in our Society, his Base and Sycophants have shown us that, they'd Sell Out America too and seem determined to in fact.   I have to Wonder what's in it for them that they've compromised and degraded themselves so thoroughly?   Definitely they at least Believe there's a Payoff for them Personally to Sell everyone else Out or Burn the whole Place Down to Rule over the Ashes? 

Today, once it Warms up beyond Chilling, The Man and I are gonna drive around the Cemetery across the Street to see the Decorated Graves.  It is Heart Warming to me to see People Honoring their Dead, but Sad when some of Society cannot even Honor the Living, you know?   I do Wonder what makes some folks Behave that way, where Honor means nothing to them and Humanity is absent from their Hearts and Soul?   Basic Human Kindness, Respect and the Fruits of the Spirit are lacking in some folks and I have to Wonder what happened TO them to make them that way, or, were they just Born that way and completely corrupted Bad Seed?  And, more importantly, how best to redeem those that can be?  I really don't wanna vilify or judge another Human Being based on differences of how they are, or what they happen to Believe.  I can Harmoniously Agree to Disagree.  But to live among them in Harmony can be treacherous to navigate, that's for sure, when Harmony is NOT their Goal at all.  We've been "Othered".

I'd rather NOT be "Othered" or considered an Enemy of my fellow Countrymen, since, I'm NOT.   We're fellow Americans and Unity of any Nation is vital for continued Success, Division and Infighting never works out well.   Nothing ever gets Done if you Obstruct every Option that would get things Done... even if it's not 100% your way all the damned time.  Any Mature Adult knows that.   So, if deliberate Obstruction is their Goal, then they don't want anything to actually get Done.  Just have it be a handy thing to continue to Run on and Gripe about incessantly, they were never interested in actual Solutions.  The Problem actually has some Benefit to them Personally, whether they will admit to that Fact or not.  And when someone isn't part of any Solution they ARE part of any Problem, plain and Simple.  They ADD to the Problem actually, regardless of how much they gripe about and dramatically pound their Chests about said Problem.

  Example is 45 Blocked and Shot Down the Bipartisan Support of Policy and Options to Solve a lot of the current Border Issues, he didn't want Solutions.  Why?  Becoz he NEEDED and fully Intended to Run on the Platform of a more Unsecure Border and the Fear it instills in his Base of Supporters.  It's some of his Red Meat Bait in fact.  He knows they LOVE to be thrown that Red Meat Bait and gobble it up hungrily.  He NEEDED the Immigration Issue to Run on, so, it couldn't get better or it defeats and derails his Purpose of having it be worse for his own Agendas, then Blame the Opponents for Why it's still a Problem.  And, to be Fair, it's been a Problem for over Half a Century under all Administrations and if you follow the Money, you'd Understand Why that is.   An exploitable Labor Force is Big Business for those who Profit most from it my Friends... and a handy Scapegoat to Blame when times are tough as well.   Capitalistic Greed can be dirty Business.  If we can now catch a Rocket Ship in a Device done smooth as Silk, don't tell me we can't Solve some Problems.  But, Who most Benefits if we DON'T?

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Stay Thirsty for Knowledge my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian