Jeeesus... another 37 Year Old Civilian was Shot and Killed by ICE today in Minneapolis, 3rd Shooting by ICE, 2nd Lethal One in less than a Month in that City! Ten shots fired, while the Guy appeared to already be down, since several Agents had already put him on the Ground, taken his Gun out of his Holster {he had a concealed Weapons Permit, Legal in his State}, before Shooting him numerous times while unarmed and still Down, reasons unknown. He's a U.S. Citizen and a VA Intensive Care Nurse. Of coarse immediately the White House called the Victim a Domestic Terrorist, with no Investigation whatsoever, just seems their instant Spin default to defend ICE Assassinating Citizens in our Streets, like a Band of roving Murderers Assaulting and Provoking People constantly, escalating Situations.
I think all these Concentration Camps being Privately Run need to be filled up for Profit, nobody is actually being Deported and they don't Care who they fill them up with actually, no Oversight is being Legally Allowed!!! We can't Trust the Federal Government to do any Fair Investigations or abide by our Laws anymore. There are Police Officers who spend their entire Careers without discharging their Weapons and can't go around Executing Citizens as a first response with Civilian Contact, even with Criminals! Videos are seeming to contradict what the Feds say are happening. Fortunately Citizens are Video Recording ICE Raids becoz of all the Illegal things they're doing constantly and the excessive Force and Violence they're capable of. They are only supposed to be enforcing Immigration Policy, not Killing Citizens!!!
Reporters and Witnesses on the Scenes are saying ICE is making our Streets like a War Zone, not Safer!!! People aren't Feeling Safe at all with these Rouge Agents. If Citizens opposed to our Streets and Cities being Targeted and under Siege are getting under the Skin of these Officers, the Agents are not properly Trained and they're not supposed to be Policing the Interior of our Country, and it's escalating Situations. There's a real Credibility Problem with what our ICE Enforcement and Government are telling us, that isn't Lining Up with the Truth or what happens to the Victims. There's no Relationship between Local and State Police and Border Patrol... the Government is blocking Locals as if Covering Up Illegalities ICE is perpetrating.
ICE quickly released a Photo of what they say was the Weapon/Gun used by who they Killed. But, it's sitting on the Seat of a Vehicle and the Evidence has been removed from the Scene. The Victim had a Permit to own and carry a Concealed Weapon in his State, so, a REAL Investigation needs to happen to find out if the Victim had possession of the Weapon when he was Shot when 5-6 Officers were ON him and began discharging their Weapons so many times?! A lot of Questions, and Answers requires Investigations that are not Corrupt. And this Administration is so Corrupt that basically nobody Trusts them anymore for good reason.
And Standard Protocol is being hindered and experienced good people who do Investigate these things for the FBI and Civil Rights Divisions are Resigning like Crazy. Becoz of the Wrongdoings of what's happening internally by White House Orders preventing them from Investigating the Shooters and only concentrating on trying to dig up dirt on the Victims and their Families, to attempt to justify Executing/Murdering them. I don't know what American Citizens think any of this is Okay and Acceptable, but, it's NOT... the Legality of it all is Questionable and Human Rights are being seriously violated each time.
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Here's more of those adorable Dog Biscuit Treats that I thought were Human Cookies and almost bought some for the Family to Eat! *LOL* I haven't been getting out much, clearly. *Ha ha ha* Work was super busy on Saturday Night, we weren't having a Sale but we almost had 1,000 Customers thru the Doors!!! Which, means most of the Cases were going to Last Call all at once, we were run ragged, it was exhausting, but it made the Night go by real fast and Sales were Strong. I couldn't tell ya Why? My Sales were up and decent, I even Sold one Primo item instead of just Smalls. The Customers were nice and were patient about having to wait. Those I was working with were slow for the most part and a couple of them weren't with the Program. One not feeling well and another couple kept messing with their own Booths and not keeping up with Case demands.
But, overall it wasn't a Bad Night and I wasn't filling in for Jackson, as it turns out I was filling in for my Friend Patrick instead. Patrick has been MIA a lot, I don't know Why? He picked up some permanent Shifts that I don't think he really wanted, that others had given up and they had nobody willing to Work, Saturday Nights being one. I have refused permanent Shifts since I don't want to feel Obligated on any certain Day anymore, I got too much going on in my Personal Life to make the commitment right now. Plus, I'm Retired and I wanna feel like I am. Especially since the gig doesn't come with a For Sure Paycheck Earned for the Work. I'm not Working, Selling my Merch, and yet not getting a Check sometimes, makes no sense. And Sales are so unpredictable now you can't ensure you're making Money all of the time anymore doing this.
I refuse to get all Political for the rest of this Post even tho' America is unraveling at an accelerated pace and it's deeply disturbing and exceedingly dangerous. The One Party now stands behind executing and murdering American Civilians in our Streets and abducting Children with NO consequences, just think about that for a Second!!! So, I have no Words. Board of Peace my Ass, this Cartoon Meme really Nails whose on that Board. I don't recognize America anymore. In my Lifetime it's collapsing from within. I am barely keeping my Head above Water these days and treading Water to stay afloat during all the Storms pummeling the average American from our own Government being The Enemy and considering us The Enemy too. I Feel very Fragile right now.
On a Positive Note you saw my Two newest Fugglers in the Lead Images, one is a Bigfoot and one is Sponge Bob Square Pants. Princess T saw them at Work as she was getting off and called me about them. She couldn't Buy them for me coz they'd just hit the Floor, but I did, they didn't cost much plus I had a Coupon for a Discount on the already low price for them. Some Retail Therapy is helpful sometimes, and I was so excited that her Co-Workers got a kick out of it. I swear I'm in my 2nd Childhood Full On. *Bwahahahahaha* I also, at Work, got the Two items below. A Valentine's Prim Doll by the Vendor who makes them and I've Collected from her for Years now. And I went back to the new Troll Vendor and got the Troll Of The World from India for $4.50. I got a 10% Discount on the Prim Doll. That Vendor, except for her Prim Dolls she makes, sells crappola not worth giving away. She must be an Eccentric? *LOL*
Along with my Two small Purchases I did snap a few Pixs of Inventory that is Valentine's Day or Easter related, there wasn't much there which was particularly Editorial for Blog Fodder IMO. My Friends Cindy and Jeff had the Anna Lee Holiday Collectibles for both Holidays. I talked to Cindy, who is a Retired VA Nurse and she said no way was that VA ICU Nurse who was Murdered a Domestic Terrorist. The VA has a rigorous Background Check for every Employee, and I already knew that, but folks who work for the VA, REALLY know that. Plus what Domestic Terrorist is gonna spend a Lifetime of Public Service Caring for our Military Veterans pray tell? Exactly! They are True Patriots Caring for those who are Sick or Disabled who have Honorably Served our Country in the Military. I Respect that far more than I have even an ounce of Respect for any Nepo Hires of this Regime who aren't Serving the Public at all, just Serving themselves.
Cindy was actually The Man's VA Nurse before she Retired and I just happened to also know her from them being Vendors at our Antique Mall. Her Husband Jeff is also a very good Friend of mine and we have such Fun working Shifts together when he's on a Shift with me, he's a Riot. She was an excellent VA Nurse and was Dr. Kline's Nurse. She's also a Cancer Survivor, as is her Husband Jeff. They are the most delightful Couple and I Adore them both. They carry The Good Stuff at our Mall and their Spaces always look so well Merchandised and Showcased, they have several Booths and Cases. Some of their Booths are devoted to various Holidays specifically Year Round. So, over the Years I've Bought some great Vintage Halloween from them and some Vintage Christmas now and again. And they always have Anna Lee Merch and the big Holiday Vintage Blow Molds.
They Specialize in the Christmas Village Merch too, which I don't Collect, but many people do who are doing Extreme Christmas Decorating or have those Train Sets and develop a Christmas Village or Victorian Village around it. So they have a lot of "Department 56" and "Lemax" Christmas Village Merch. I Sold my entire Christmas Village Years ago at the Antique Mall, we weren't Displaying it anymore after the Grandkids got older and Storing it took up a lot of Space for the Boxes of it. I did very well Selling it coz mine were some hard to find Retired pieces that Collectors of it covet. I had zero attachments to any of it so Letting it Go was painless.
I do however have some Halloween Village pieces I just couldn't Let Go of and do sometimes Decorate with for Halloween. They were not as many and are too Vintage Halloween to part with. I may eventually set them up in a permanent Display Case in The RV Garage Mahal. I think my Halloween Village pieces were by "Lemax" and by "Department 56" too, a mixture of Makers. I'm no Purist of a specific Maker of such things. Above, one of the Vendors had the LP of "The King and I" with Yul Brynner, I used to have such a Crush on him when I was Young. He was a very Colorful Celebrity, Handsome and Exotic, his Voice... OMG, so Sexy. I didn't have many Celebrity Crushes but he was definitely one of them that I'll admit to. *Winks*
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In Real Time it's a Sunday, Princess T is off and at her Boyfriends, so I'm not playing Unpaid Gramma Uber Today and am footloose and fancy free for The Man and I to do whatever we want. We're broke, since, it is EOM tho', so it has to be something Free. *LOL* We have a Park Pass so may go to One of the Two Mountain Parks nearby, either Estrella or White Tanks, perhaps both, I dunno. I'd like to do The Desert Botanical Gardens but that's too much Walking for The Man and he's not a Fan of going there either, it's boring for him and too many People, especially on the Weekends. So, I'll save going there for another day when I can go by myself, perhaps Monday, since Princess T doesn't Work that Day either so I have no Time constraints to provide transportation. She and Rusty have been looking at Vehicles for her... and then she'll have to Learn to Drive tho'. She wants me to Teach her tho', Pray for me. *LOL*
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The Young Prince Messaged me Today that he might get his Ticket before February 2nd as originally Planned. So, we'll see. I went over House Rules with him again, since, last time he was testing limits, Guys in their 20's tend to do that, which is Why living with them is more challenging. His Housekeeping left a lot to be desired and nobody is his Maid Service, and, he wants to have random Guests and unless I KNOW someone, I don't want them at our Home, Period. Meet them somewhere else, I don't want Rando 'Friends' coming over constantly, I don't like the Risks of folks I do not know and perhaps he doesn't know that well either. Young People make Friends easily but don't always 'Know' their New Friends well enuf to instill Trust in me. I'm cynical and Trust has to be Earned. There are folks I KNOW that I don't want over here, okay... so Randos I definitely don't want over here. *LOL*
He's Grown so I can't tell him how to live his Life and the Gay Scene has Hookups and I acknowledge that fact, once he's no longer with Allen, he'll have Hookups. But, not HERE, get a Motel or go to their Home. This ain't Party Central and I don't want One Night Stands around. He's very Open with me about everything, so, there's no 'Secrets' and never has been, and I'm Glad he feels comfortable telling me anything and everything. But, my Standards are different than his and that's Okay, but, this is our Home. When you have your own Home, you can then make your own House Rules. Or, make other Arrangements if my Rules are incompatible with how you wanna Live. It's Okay. *Winks*
Princess T is probably my most Traditional Lifestyle Child in the Household and so she's even more intolerant of the Life her Brother, her Mom and her Uncle wanna Live. And we do Talk about it freely, she'd just as soon they all had their own place, coz when it's just the Three of us {she, Me, Grandpa}, she said things are never so Crazy and are a lot more Harmonious every Day, and she's not Wrong about that. The Three of us Live in complete Harmony, the other Three of them struggle with that, mostly with each other, their Personalities and way of just Being is more abrasive and the Drinking doesn't Help. Princess T swears she'll never Drink coz there's already too many Alcoholics in the Family, I agree. The best way NOT to BE one, don't Drink. That Simple.
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*Winks* I'd be a fucking raging out of Control and Mean Alcoholic if I Drank, on the Warpath all the time, so, I don't and never have indulged hardly at all, even when Young. Get Two Beers in me and I'll Fight anyone and become Mean as a Honey Badger. Or so I'm told. *Winks* Anyone who ever talked me into having Two Drinks said they would never do that again. *LOL* So, I refrain and never liked Alcohol anyway. Beer is vile to me and Hard Liquor I have a very low tolerance for that Fire Water. I'm too much of a Control Freak and Drunks are never In Control. Neither are folks who are High so Drugs never Appealed to me either. I was that Clean Hippie that didn't get High and wasn't a Lush, so I was always The Designated Driver of all my Friends that did partake. The reckless and Crazy shit I did was done completely Clean and Sober. *Smiles*
And those of us with Native American Heritage don't do well with the Fire Water, it's a scourge to the Indigenous. I'm glad Princess T feels the same as me about Alcohol. The Man doesn't Drink either. I was Married to an Alcoholic the 1st time, who was also part Indigenous, and it's a Trigger, The Man knows this. The Man Drank some when I met him, but was Raised Mormon and was Okay giving it up. He said early in his Military Career and after Vietnam, he felt he was becoming an Alcoholic, relying on it to dull the Memories of War and the Killing of so many People he had to do as a Sniper, so decided it could become problematic for him too. All Substances do is mask and add a layer of Problems to what you're already not Coping with appropriately or adequately.
I know my Alcoholic Kids, who also had Drug dependency Issues, just mask their Mental Illness and dull it with Substances of some kind. But, the Mental Illness is permanent and you have to just Learn to Cope with it some other kind of way. Especially if you cannot tolerate Psyche Meds coz of the Physical Damage those Meds eventually do to your Body when you're on them long-term. Both of my Adult Kiddos and The Young Prince can no longer take Psyche Meds due to the Physical damage Risks to them now, having been on them too long and having to go off them completely. If it will crap out your Major Organs, then it's not worth the Risks of taking it for Mental Health reasons.
The Young Prince said it best when he said with the Meds he risks the Meds Killing him. Without the Meds he risks Killing himself. So it's choosing the lesser of the Two Evils now, which is tragic, but True. All Three of them have very Self Destructive and Risky Behaviors that they Live with and try to Manage as best they can then, it's a delicate Balance. And a very Troubling one to me as a Parent/Grandparent that wants the Best for them and see the Self Destructive Patterns that aren't conducive to them enjoying a good or long Lifespan. I don't wanna Outlive any Child and I'm Mentally Ill, so I'm not without a Point of Reference that Coping with permanent Mental Illness isn't easy and is a Daily Challenge. Whatever doesn't Kill you does indeed make you Stronger, that's not just a Saying, it's the Truth.
I had Tormenting Premonition Nightmares all fucking Night too so I had very restless Sleep. It's all very vivid like I'm watching a Trailer to a Disaster Movie that I'm in and can't just be a Spectator of. Hey, you're all pretty much IN it too my Friends, so, it's just quite Tormenting to have it Visiting me in my Sleep State and waking me up with my Heart Pounding. I got up Four fucking times like that, becoz it got to the place in the Nightmare, each time, where I had to Wake Up coz I didn't wanna be IN that Space of the Premonition anymore. I'd rather not 'Know' than to 'Know' at this juncture. It's not something I have any way of preventing, or I fucking would. I'm just getting the Heads Up it's Coming. And it's causing me some extreme Anxiety... and Agitation too, and Stress Sweat.
I don't like having these kinds of Premonitions at all, Wish I didn't fucking have them. And the Unbitten Tongue HAS to say something here on the Ole' Blog, Sorry, I can't just Keep it to myself. Guarding one's Words is something I do try to do and not have uncontrolled Speech, coz, like I said, I am that Control Freak. And if what I'm about to say isn't an improvement over Silence, I usually don't Say it. I don't have a failure to restrain Speech, but, I don't Bite my Tongue if I shouldn't either. Long Time Dear Readers know I Keep it 100% all of the time and don't blow Sunshine up your Asses ever. If you can't Handle the Truth, I'm not the Person to Talk to then. *Winks* I absolutely don't Trust Liars, and you can't, and so I've never been one. Above is my Brother's Realism Tattoo of our Mom.
And so I feel compelled to say something about an Observation that not just I made, but a couple of Young Lady Customers made Last Night too and asked me about. There has been a marked increase in Buyers of Nazi Memorabilia, disturbingly so in fact. The Two Young Women were Buying Jewelry and were probably Princess T's Age, Two Young Pretty Twenty-Something Girls, both White. And they suddenly asked me if People were Buying a lot of that Nazi Merchandise coz they'd noticed a lot of folks lingering near those Locked Cases that Specialize in it. I had to admit, Yes, I've seen an increase in interest and purchases of that kind of Antique Militaria. They found it deeply disturbing and said so, I too find it to be Creepy as Fuck. I don't even like handling that Merch, the Mojo and Energy or Attachments to it, and History, are all Bad IMO.
And the fact Buyers might BE Neo-Nazis and not just Militaria History Buffs is always Questionable as well to me. Some of them seem to practically be Orgasmic and far too Excited to where they can't contain themselves when handling or Buying that kind of Merch which is really fucking Sick. I told The Son about it, he speaks fluent German, so well that Germans who are Tourists or Training to be Pilots at the nearby Training Facility that Trains Foreign Pilots, have told him he speaks it like he's Bilingual with it. Anyway, he made a Joke of it while we were at the Mall, when we were near those Cases that holds the Nazi shit and he said something in German while rolling his eyes up in his Head as if he's having an Orgasm and said, "Yeah Mom, is it like this?" *LMAOROTF*
Well, unfortunately Yeah, it IS Son, and he said, well, that's really fucked up and you should tell your Manager and refuse to wait on a Perv like that. Which, I actually have, if a Customer is a repeat at those Cases and Creeps me out too much by how much they're Getting Off on Handling it. And often, not even Buying it, just wanting to fucking Fondle it like it's how they Sexually get aroused!!! Ewwwwwwwwww!!! Yeah, it's getting Creepy like that too with some folks who live among us and might look Normal, but fucking, are NOT Normal. And probably also Get Off on all the Violence happening being wrought by this Administration and Support it.
Do you know Luna Moths have no Mouths, so cannot drink or eat after becoming a Moth and only live long enuf to Mate and literally will Die horribly within a Week of their very short Lifespan, of Thirst and Hunger!? Their sole Purpose is to Mate and Reproduce during that Week! They don't have a Digestive System and rely totally upon reserves built up during their Caterpillar Phase. It's energetically wasteful to have a Digestive System when this Phase of their Life is only 5-10 Days, so won't Live long enuf to need Food or Water. But, it seems like a Cruel brief existence of such a Beautiful Creature during this Phase of their Metamorphosis, doesn't it? Sorry, my ADHD is showing... and randomly shit will just pop into my Head to change Subjects about... LOL.
I'm still sitting here in my Jammies at almost 11:00 a.m. coz it's only 56 Degrees Outside and I'm not going out in that. In the Desert, you just don't own a lot of Warm Clothing, no Need to usually. I barely own anything with Long Sleeves and probably only own Two Coats. Both of which would be too Warm to wear once it's Cool but not very Cold, so, you wouldn't be comfortable with or without it. I don't want to go to Shops coz, broke. And, don't wanna Buy anything anyway or be Tempted to either. Plus, Honestly, even most of the Events have suspended Hosting any for the whole Month of January too. Many Vendors are downsizing their Inventory as well, it's been meager offerings I'm Witnessing everywhere. Even at the Chazzas, they got empty Shelves and Racks, they're not getting the Donations.
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I had Priced another Milk Crate full of Smalls and got them into the Showroom by Sunday Afternoon, the Mall was very busy again, so, hopefully Sales pick up? Took me all Sunday Morning to Price them in The She Shed once it warmed up enuf to go out there and Work on it. The Daughter and Mando kept me Company, she'd had her Yard Sale the day before but didn't do well at it, a lot of Work for not much return. She had it set up real nice too, like a little Shop, Displayed well, but the Yard Sale Crowd just wasn't out this Weekend Buying. Had they been they'd of gotten some Deals coz she had most things priced at a Dollar, just to move it quickly. But you can't Sell when nobody shows up.
A few Vendors I don't know real well stopped and talked with me, some didn't know Showroom #140 was our new Location. They had deducted we weren't in Showroom #114 anymore, clearly now it's not our Aesthetic or Style, so I guess they thought we'd moved out completely? The New Vendor who Rented Showroom #114 aren't doing much with the Space, tho' they put Shelving in the Back Wall of it and an expensive Light System, they have a lot of Wasted Unused Space not being utilized effectively and hardly anyone I ever see going into the Room. I don't even go into the Room, at a glance you can tell there's nothing in there worth taking a closer look. I'm Surprised they haven't already moved out.
The next Event in Mid-February will be a Theme of "Gardenology" at "Sweet Salvage". I don't anticipate anything else in February. There's just not much going on in the Industry anymore. And I don't keep in close contact with Industry folks to talk about what's going on much, I see some of them mebbe once a Month for a few Minutes. Even at our Antique Mall we don't have the Vendor Meetings and Get-Togethers like we used to so the camaraderie is not as close as it once was either. I have some I'm close to who've been there a long time like I have, but we don't get to know most of the New ones very well before they're gone. And if they were a Vendor that left, they often don't come back as a Customer afterwards or for Social Visits.
A lot of my Favorite Vendors have scaled back so much they barely have a presence anymore or much Merch in what little and reduced Space they still maintain. I'm always disappointed when we lose another good one. So few good ones are left anymore locally. And even Nationally, some that had a strong presence you just don't see any Social Media about anymore. I don't even know if they quit doing what they did or not? Some of the Older ones might have decided to do Full On Retirement? Some of the Younger ones might have gone on to more lucrative things when the Industry along with the Economy began faltering? I mean it's gotta make Money or why bother?
I got Two more of my Meditation CD's I'd Ordered, so now only one more to arrive. And that Tupperware. I'm no more Unpublished Posts ahead now coz not much is happening and I don't wanna Write about World Affairs, too depressing and disheartening as America unravels before the entire World. I'm glad I have an International Following of Blog Friends who are sympathetic to our plight under this Regime. I don't want the whole World to assume the majority of Americans are okay with any of this, we're not, we didn't Vote it in and would like to end it any way possible, the sooner the better.
If only Kamala had been Voted in, she had the Popular Vote, this Psycho has never Won the Popular Vote. So, we can Blame our Electoral College actually, they should do away with that shit immediately and Win ONLY by Popular Vote. Or, what's the Point of every Vote actually Counting? We wouldn't have even had 1.0 had the Popular Vote been Honored. But, America seems so hung up on Gender and so Patriarchal and Misogynistic, that they'd rather have a Geriatric Madman in the White House than a Woman. A Woman on her Worst Day couldn't have fucked things up more than this demented demon of a man. He's pure Evil. And he can't FOAD soon enuf, Today would be Fine.
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