Let's At Least Escape Visually Coz It's A Controversial Weighty Read

Public Service WARNING: Controversial Weighty Read Ahead... *Winks*

I'm Emotionally Raw so the Read will be too.  But, ALL of these Images are Compliments of my Talented Brother Syd at an Event in Cali he was covering.  They are the Post Fluff to give you Respite and Escapism.  I always Love his Photography, he does it now as a Gift to his Event Friends now he's Retired. This Morning The Son and I got busy on the back Patio and filled 10 Boxes with Donations to take in to where Princess T Works.  So that cleared out a lot that can't be Sold at the Antique Mall, clears Chi too when you dispose of a large amount and activates the Laws of Reciprocity when you Give generously too.  All the Clothing was nice, so were the Accessories, but, they weren't Vintage or Specialty T-Shirts we Sell in our Showroom.  Most were Pants, dressier Tops, Casual Wear, Baseball Style Hats from what The Man Purged from his excessive Hat Collection, Military Logo Shirts.  We filled up one of their Big Rolling Donation Tubs and joked with her Female Co-Worker in Receiving that we were giving Princess T and the Back Workers lots to do Today.  *Winks*

It got rid of a lot of the Boxes that The Young Prince had unpacked his Cargo of too.  He broke down a lot of the larger Boxes and I'll probably put them in the Burn Bin coz they're too large for our Recycle Garbage Container and Bulk Garbage only comes once a Month.  I could use a Big Bonfire right about now and set some stuff on Fire.  *LOL*  With The Son's Help we got a lot done and he was saying he may apply where his Niece works coz they seem to need strong efficient Guys with a good Work Ethic there and it would do him until he gets Work in The Trades again.  He has experience with having Worked at a Super Wal-Mart and Total Wine, with Retail, tho' it's not his chosen Career Field coz it doesn't pay hardly anything and generally provides no Benefits. 

 Almost every Wal-Mart Employee is on Social Services Programs due to low Wages.  While the Company makes Billions in Profits and Taxpayers are subsidizing their Workforce they're exploiting.  The Son HATED working at or for Wal-Mart, he refuses to even Shop there ever since he had to Work there when The Trades were not Hiring.  He said even the Manager of that Super Wal-Mart, who was a hard Working Thai Immigrant and became a Friend, was working a 2nd Job to make ends meet!!!!!  That's just Crazy.  He said those not working a 2nd Job or 3rd Job had to be on Welfare Programs provided by the Government.  But I won't even get started on the Oligarchy of Billionaires and their Companies exploiting the American Worker or Outsourcing to 3rd World Countries to exploit those Workers even more. 

Nurse Remi just left, all of The Man's Numbers were very good Today, he's doing better than during her last visit.  Any Good News is great of coarse, if he's stabilizing even some or improving even a little, it's better than the alternative.  So, he was Happy with his visit Today and so was she, she always enjoys visits with us and asks how the rest of the Family is doing.  She's a genuinely Caring Person and good at her Job, we're fortunate to have her and she's been authorized for every Two Weeks still for next Month as well... so Two more Visits ensured and approved by the VA.   I just Need another set of regular Professionally Trained Eyes on his progress and/or deterioration, it's Helpful to get him whatever Services he's in Need of, or I'm in Need of as his Caregiver.

In regards to the Fur Baby Photos my Brother took, he really excels in Photographing Pets too and getting the best out of them.  So, when he's covering any Event, he's obliging a lot of the Pet Owners by Photographing their Pets they bring when they are in Costume and sometimes even the Pets are.   This was the 2026 Riverside Dickens Festival Oliver Twist & Community Storytelling Event.   He'd told me the problems with now covering the Renaissance Festival in Cali due to the New Owner now allowing Professional or even Amateur Photographers and Attendees to take Photos, which is gonna Negatively impact attendance, for sure.  I wouldn't want anyone to presume to tell me I can't bring or use my Cellphone or take Pixs if I'm attending, or, I probably wouldn't choose to even go.

This Event looked like a lot of Fun and he got such great Imagery of it for the Participants of it.  Many of which make their own Costumes and appreciate all he does as Press Quality Photographers covering it and promoting it.   I do Hope you enjoy the Escapism Visually that it provides?  I sure did and was glad he Shared them and always lets me use them to Share as well and Credit him with the fantastic Images and Coverage he does.  I miss going to Event with him and watching him Work.  He never really 'Retired' from his Passion for Photography or doing it for his Friends as a Favor, even when he was no longer doing it as a Career.   But his Health Issues made it so that he couldn't continue doing it at the capacity he always did when he was in high demand as a Professional Photographer with a lot of Clients.

Whether you're a high profile Celebrity and Professional Entertainer or just regular folk enjoying being in Costume and attending an Event you're participating in as an Amateur at it, he'll get the best of you in front of his Lens.  He always captures the Essence of the Person and I just Love that.   Even if a person is generally Shy of being Photographed, he can make them feel at ease and get some candid shots of them that they end up Loving of themselves.   Since we're Hopeful everyone will be Well enuf and we'll have the Budget for me to take The G-Kid Force to Arizona's Renaissance Festival next Month, it ends at the end of March and has been running thru February.  But this Month wasn't remotely a possibility for us to attend and I'm Hopeful next Month will be coz we usually try to go at least once.  The Young Prince hasn't gone with us for a few Years.

I just watched Denzel Washington in "Equalizer 3" {2023}, I like all his Movies, this was another good Sequel of the Equalizer Series and Character he developed for it.  We've got HULU which has replaced what we used to pay for and they are Free and have Movies I haven't seen, so, it's all good.  I don't watch much TV so there's a lot I haven't seen that probably all the rest of you saw a long time ago?  *Smiles*  To me it's 'new' even tho' it's not, and there's not a lot of Movies I even wanna watch actually, so when I find one I do enjoy, it's a good Evening.  I slept most of the Afternoon away, I needed to catch up on the Sleep I lost taking the Grandson to the ER and all that the Night/Early Morning before, I was exhausted, Physically and Emotionally.  He's doing quite a bit better now the after effects of the Food Allergy or Tainted Soup finally subsided.  Can't say for sure which it was coz I had the French Onion Soup instead. 

Everyone left me be to Sleep so I felt Rested when I finally woke up at around 9:00 p.m..  If I now get a good Night's Sleep too, I'll be recalibrated again.  I don't think we have anything on the Calendar now that The Man's Nurse came for his bi-Weekly visit.  I'll probably just work on Inventory Pricing to bring in.  The Weather has been excellent so I can do a lot of the Work in the Non-Climate Controlled areas or Outdoors.  It's still 81 Degrees at 11:40 p.m.!  Unseasonably Warm for February and even tho' some Evenings it's been close to Freezing with Frost on the Roof, so, Schizo Weather still.  You just can't predict how Warm or Cold it is gonna be Day to Day anymore really.  And probably why so many folks are getting Sick, the temperature spread is vast from Day to Day.

I don't have any fill-in Shifts Scheduled to Work at the Antique Mall right now, but I never know when I go in to Work my Spaces if they'll try to snag me to Work one on The Fly?  I'd like more advance notice, but, that's not how it's been working out to fill-in for the No-Shows, Call Ins, and such... they seem to have a flaky permanent Shift of Key Dealer Vendors who aren't very reliable or considerate IMO.  Of coarse if they'd Comp us more, say, even at Minimum Wage Rate, folks would be more Invested and feel it's more worth it.  Any Comped Rent helps defer the high cost of Rents these days, but, it's exploitation to not Comp at least a Minimum Wage Rate per Hour Worked.  Most Vendors are Elderly and only doing what they do for something to do, to supplement a Fixed Income that's harder to make Ends Meet on, to Downsize their possessions since their Heirs don't want any of it as an Inheritance.  Heirs just want Cash, not Investments or to have to do any Work to Liquidate Assets just given to them.

I do think the Generations coming up want to have Experiences and not Stuff, which, is Fine, but I don't see many of them making Investments for their Future either.  So, once they're older I feel they're gonna be truly fucked with not being Financially Smart or have anything to fall back upon.  There's not a lot they can count on relying upon from this Government, which I do feel is fleecing the Country right now and illegally enriching themselves while leaving the American People fucked for the Future.  That's my Opinion, not that anyone is listening.  Seems most folks are going about their business and life as if it will always be as it's always been... and... it's so NOT.  It already isn't, but most aren't really paying attention and have their Heads in the Clouds or up their Asses it seems, oblivious or in Denial.   Our VA Home Nurse is from Africa and she's seen a Homeland downfall, she sees it coming here and said America is so unprepared and poorly able to prepare for what's coming.  I agree. 

She said most folks have had things rather Soft, so they don't know how to have it Hard, I also Agree.  When she's tending to The Man we always have a little bit of Deep Conversation.  She's a very Deep Thinker and has seen and been thru a lot before she was accepted as an Asylum Seeker from a brutal Regime that was massacring African Christians in her Country, burning them Alive in their Homes and such.  She still has a 90 Year Old Mother in Africa she worries about, she's about my Age and said so many Clients she has are already in dire circumstances and she knows it's only gonna get worse.  So, she doesn't even know what to say to them, most are vulnerable Adults incapable of fighting the Systems that are now failing them and being gutted by this Administration that Cares Not for them.  Most can't even figure out the Insurance Plans they have or Deal with Problems they're having with any of it, and it breaks her Heart coz she's their Nurse, not an Advocate, yet, she's often all they have coming to their Home.

 

She's always telling The Man that he's fortunate to have me coz I will Fight for my Family and am still capable of putting up a Fight.  Plus, I was Raised differently than the Garden Variety American, so may be somewhat better prepared for what's coming?   Having an Immigrant Parent and an Indigenous Parent, I know that the ways of my Parents and their Life Experiences were not the Garden Variety American kind for their Generation either.  So, they had a totally different Filter to view Life from and prepare us for, when we were Growing Up, I'm Grateful for that.  The Wisdom and Sage Advice they passed along, I pass along to my Kids and Grandkids too, it's still as relevant now as it was when I was Growing Up.   The Son was talking to me Today about it and I told him, hey Tick-Fucking-Tok Son, you Kids gotta get this Down coz I'm on limited Time now to Be here for you or run damage control behind all that's going Wrong or Sideways.  So, step up your Game.

I'm liking this Pix of the Mermaid, I do Need some Fantasy Escapism right about now, Reality is particularly harsh these days and not improving.   Ever the Guarded Optimist I'm having to wrestle lately with the Pessimism I deeply Feel and would like to shake, but cannot.  I did not watch the ridiculous State Of The Union LieFest.  I know they'll cover it, so I'll get the dismal hilites of the Lies, incoherent Ramblings, Anger and projection of Bitterness and Hatred spewing out of the Mouth of this deranged person we've got in the Top Position of Leadership.  Of a once Great Nation on the decline Globally, that's lost all respect and credibility now of the World, becoz we can no longer be Trusted, and that he's utterly destroying the Reputation of with the assistance of those who are just as demented, Evil, Criminal and corrupt as he is.   I can't stomach watching his wretched Shitshow and Bullshitting, so I turn the Channel anytime he's on it.

It still slays me that his "Approval" Ratings are still at 39%-40% of Americans, that's still way too fucking stupidly high IMO after all he's done and is still doing.  When they Interview those who are still "On The Fence" and "Undecided" I'm like, REALLY!?!  Are you fucking kidding me?  Then someone needs to just push you Off that Fence then, coz you're not capable of making Rational Thought, or making any coherent Decisions for yourself, and you're likely Wishy-Washy as fuck, Clearly.  They're waiting perhaps for a "Winning" Side and then that's the Side they will decide to be on or something?   Yeah, better the Devils you know than the Devils you don't, the "Undecideds" being the most volatile and dangerous of those you simply could never Trust coz they go with whatever way the fucking Wind blows.  Critical Thinking isn't their Jam and they'll Side with whoever, whenever, they're just that Weak and pathetic.

The "I'm Waiting To See" Folks I have to ask, what the Fuck are you actually WAITING TO SEE?  They never have an Answer becoz they really can't and won't choose, they'll just go along with anything and everything, or anyone, that's the Reality of that indecisive Statement they've made.   And they'll get exactly then what they deserve by being a Fence Sitter on everything.  I have Zero Respect for Fence Sitters and I don't Trust a single one of those ilk, you can't and you shouldn't either.  To me they're beneath the Opposition coz at least we know who they are and where they stand... you can't know who a Fence Sitter even is coz they don't even know who they are on any given Day, it's subject to Change without Notice.   And Side Switching constantly and Selling anyone Out or throwing anyone under the Bus like Cowards.

I'd hedge a Bet that they make up a lot of that 39%-40% percentile that is too fearful to say they Disapprove of anything, so they'll pretend to Approve until they Switch to whatever they feel will be the Winning Team.   Doesn't matter to them if it's the Good Guys or the Bad Guys, coz, do they even know the difference?  Probably not really?  Have they ever made a Solid or Brave Decision in their Lives, naw, probably not really either?   Would I personally vouch for or stand up for someone like that?  Nope, by not making a Decision they actually did make one.  And if you're not part of a Solution you ARE part of the Problem, simple as that Fact.   I choose to eliminate Problems coz that's the only route to having Solutions.   So, if you're part of any Problem, I eliminate you from my Orbit, coz I got 99 Problems and you don't need to be even One of them then.   Bye-Bye, Be Well and just Be Gone, you're on your own by not taking a Side, figure it out and good Luck with that, coz it probably won't Work Out Well for you.

Can you only tell I'm in a very Dark Dawn Frame of Mind?  *Winks*  I've lost tolerance and patience for a lot of the Mindless Public right now.  No matter how many Red Flags go up and are thrown down Creating a dangerous Gauntlet, they are wandering around apparently fucking Clueless and either ambivalent or stupidly meandering thru it all.  So, if they don't make it, I chalk it up to Natural Selection at Work.   A lot of that Type didn't even make it thru the Pandemic and were Culled, but some got Lucky with Dumb Luck.   And I guess I'm both disappointed and angry that so many Citizens seem not to think our Democracy is worth preserving and fighting for, so would just voluntarily give it away to corrupt and Evil Leadership and actually support that.  Far too many Patriotic Americans have given their Life to ensure we have the America we have been privileged to be a part of.  And the rest of the World respected enuf to be our Allies and many envied and left their own Countries to become a part of.

My own Family has had Generations of Loved Ones who joined the Military and defended Freedom and Democracy.  Who fought against such things that are now bringing America down becoz we've installed something just as vulgar and vile to Lead us and seek to destroy what America has stood for and stood against.  The better Angels among us have now had to Face Off against many of our own Countrymen.  Those that have shown themselves to be the Enemy from within and do not share any similar Values, compassion for fellow Human Beings, a conscience, Humanity, and either don't have a Moral Compass or are willing to compromise any Morality and Honor they might have once had.  Sometimes I feel the only thing I can and could do is shout it out here on the old Blog coz I'm tied to my Home Caregiving so much of the time now... and I'm now an Old Woman and not so much a vibrant strong Warrior or effective Activist and Advocate for worthy Causes as I once was.

Even here I don't feel as though I'm reaching who should be hearing or reading any of it actually?  Most of our Blogs are reached by Dear Readers who are Kindred Spirits.  And Readership and frequent Visits isn't all that often by someone who shares a lot of different perspectives enough to ever drop by very often, if, at all.  They might stumble upon it, but if it's not their Echo Chamber they want to Hear, and Parrots what they align with already, they're certainly not gonna stick around for what they NEED to Hear.  If they've bought into the Long Con, they're pretty much convinced they are being Righteous even if it's a really messed up Cause they're participating in now that has gone completely Off Rails.  Becoz Approval Ratings show me that Statistically, the segment of our Population being Polled that Approves STILL, is all on Board with what is happening and they WANT it to happen enuf to Support it wholeheartedly.

Listen, I don't know what they're getting out of it or think they will?  I really don't.  I don't know what they assume they're 'protecting' or 'improving' with installing a Career Criminal Madman and his Henchmen?  I can't see the Appeal when they look at someone as revolting as he is that is a Villain and not at all any kind of Hero?  I have to just assume many are driven by Fears, Angers, Hatreds, Biases, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Religion they've aligned with, or perhaps they are Corrupt and have Dark Hearts to their Cores too?  I have seen too many who seemed, on the Surface anyway, to portray a semblance of decency and normalcy.  Which is what has made it so shocking to me that indecency, corruption, lawlessness, cruelty, blatant racism, and abnormality are perfectly okay with them.  I thought I knew them, and I stand corrected, I did not.  But now I do.

 

Having that different Opinion of them now has made a huge difference and impact too.   I don't know how they view folks like me, who are not 'Like' them?   I suspect I was fooled into assuming they thought of me and mine, and many others around us, as their Neighbors or even their Friends, and now I'm just not so sure at all.  Did they always view us as their Secret Adversaries?  Did they always want to exclude us from the American Experience?  Did they always want to be so Exclusive and Excluding?  And BTW, how many of them have Ancestors who came here as Immigrants too, to make America Home?   Coz frankly not a single one of the MAGA Movement devout I happen to know are 100% Native American.  And those who live around here in Arizona ought to know their History better, that this used to be part of Mexico.  So many Hispanic Neighbors here were always here and only crossed a River, not an Ocean, to be here, ever, they have deep and long Ancestral Roots to this Land I'm presently occupying and sharing!!!

One MAGA Official has even suggested that all First Nations Tribal Members should be 'Deported' too!!!  To where?!   This is their Land, it has always been their Land, it was stolen from them, not the other way around.  He seems indignant that they were allowed to retain any of it and be tiny Sovereign Nations within our Nation.  Since he felt they were conquered and therefore should no longer Exist here.  Or mebbe even exist at all.  How very Colonial of him.   He's outright saying he'd like to repeat some very Dark and deeply disturbing History that would include or at least not rule out Genocide!!!   That ought to alarm his Constituents, but, clearly they Voted someone like him in... so mebbe they actually stand in Agreement and Why they installed him too?  I think too many are Romanticizing what a lawless Nation led by Criminal Enterprises and a vindictive unraveled Career Criminal Felon will be like for Reals if Democracy absolutely fails?

He likes to Act Tough, but was a Cowardly Draft Dodger and it's not his Children or Grandchildren he'll send to fight the Wars he starts, it will be yours!  The Billionaires and Elected Officials don't fight any of the Wars ever themselves, they send the Peons to do it for them, those they find to be disposable and dispensable commodities to use as they see fit to.  I would venture to Guess he doesn't even see the Humanity of you, you're Nothing to him and his.   He has claimed our Veterans and Active Duty who Defend America are a bunch of Suckers and Losers, so why any Service Member Supports him is beyond me?!?   But I know some who do, I can't explain Why they do, perhaps they couldn't explain it to us rationally either, I dunno?   

The same with Women or Minorities who still Support him, even tho' his disdain, contempt and disrespect of any Female and any Person of Color is clearly displayed and voiced by him.  This is a Man who is an adjudicated Sex Offender and has some Victims who were underaged when he violated them.  And that's of Record, with Interviews of Victims accusing him done by our FBI and Documented.  Mostly redacted and being covered up now, since, Wow, we've got a Pedo Rapist President leading America, what to DO about that seems to be what the dilemma is.  In the Past it wouldn't have been even waffled about what should be fucking DONE about that, he'd be out, he'd be Prosecuted for his Crimes and face the consequences of Criminal Behavior.  But now, well, the DOJ and FBI seem to have been seriously compromised, haven't they.  He's installed his own Henchmen and Sycophants just about everywhere doing his bidding.  And if you don't think that's a Problem now, you're in for a rude Awakening.  And being Woke isn't some horrible thing, it's just the Opposite of being ASLEEP!!!

  

RFK, Jr. will have the Blood on his Hands too for the Crazy implementations of very Bad Conspiracy Theory Health decisions he's making for this Nation now.  Our Healthcare System needs reform, I personally think we need the same kind of access to Healthcare all other First World Nations already enjoy and functions quite well for their Citizens.  I've lived in those Countries and been the Beneficiary of their Healthcare Systems.  America would greatly benefit from similar Healthcare reform here, where access and ability to pay aren't the Gold Standard most can't remotely even consider becoz it's so far above their means, or their Insurance Plans will provide and cover.   The Leading Cause of Bankruptcies {66.5%} in the United States IS caused directly by Medical Expenses or Sickness related Job Loss.  

 So, for the roughly One MILLION Americans filing for Bankruptcy in a Year, Medical Debt is a primary driver.  I used to run the Bankruptcy Depts. of Major Financial Institutions that impacted their Real Property Loans and Losses, the number of Bankruptcies filed in America is still very high.  Nobody "Wins" when someone has to file Bankruptcy due to inability to Pay their Debts.   Anyone they owed Money to gets Hosed and has to recoup those Losses some kind of way, usually by increasing Costs to those who CAN Pay, there are no Free Rides really.  The Orange reckless Mis-Manager of Financial Affairs has Filed Bankruptcy a half Dozen times himself.   So, don't think he's Managing your Tax Dollars any better than he Managed his own Money.   All Banks, both American and Abroad, quit Lending to him, why do you think that is?  I'll wait... 

You've Written that Felon a Blank Check with your Tax Dollars and he'll squander it so recklessly, and Steal so much of it for himself and his Cronies, that if any is left by the time he's finished, I'll be quite Surprised actually.   And you'll never get it back, no Restitution for America of what he illegally and immorally makes disappear of it.  It will just be Forever GONE.  It's already in the Billions, so if you were the least bit concerned about the National Debt, well, he definitely wasn't the one to improve it, that's for damned sure.  Bye Bye Bye to  your Tax Dollars, he'll wipe it all out if he gets enuf Time to and Bankrupt America.   And alienating all of our Trading Partners and our Allies, and trying to Extort them, that's Bad Business any way you cut it.   And Tariffs, YOU Pay them, it's a fucking Tax, that can't be said often enuf to sink in for the American Public to understand what it actually is and how it works.   But, hey, if you LIKE higher Taxation and are Okay with Paying higher Taxes... illegally implemented, he's your Guy.

Okay, I'll Stop now, got it off my Chest for Today.  *Bwahahahaa*  And at least I gave you the Escape Visually of some great Imagery provided by my Younger Brother.  I can't say my Little Brother coz he's 6'4" and I'm 5'2".  *Winks*   And I'm Adoring the Pet Pixs he took at the Event, just look at this precious Disabled Pup just preening for the Camera and giving Good Face!!!  It just makes me Smile in spite of all the Fuckery, and it's Why I Need some Escapism and to get out in Nature to decompress from all this Political Turmoil we're embroiled in the onslaught of continuously now.  I think he just Bombed Iran... so I told The Man, please don't put The News on right when we Wake Up, watch your Reruns Honey... I don't wanna cringe about what he's done NOW while we've been Sleeping!!!   And so, since I'm out of Words, but not out of Imagery... I'll just now leave you with the balance of the great Visuals, so you can recoup from the Content of what I knew was a Controversial and Weighty Read.  *Winks*

My Baby Brother, who all the Credit goes to for the Fabulous Visuals he's Shared and allowed me to Re-Share with you for this Post my Friends.  If you managed to Read all of this Content, well, you's a Soldier, I Salute you!  *Bwahahaha ha*

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Stay Strong and Stand for what is Righteous my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian