I Won't Believe Anything Until I Hear Rachel Maddow Say it!

 

 

"You were wrong. There is something more dangerous than a humiliated man. A nasty woman."

 

~Ally Mayfair-Richards 

American Horror Story, Cult

 

 Donald J. Trump Booking Photo

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Watch the clip. It was produced in 2017. The Trump Halloween mask looks exactly like Trump's mugshot, which was taken just yesterday. Do you ever feel like you live in every season of that show? Now, don't get me wrong, I love horror, always have. I grew up on Creature Features with Bob Wilkins, on KTVU channel 2, which aired late on Saturday nights. It was a great cheesy camp. Lots of Vincent Price and Lon Chaney jr. Bella Lugosi too! I have watched horror whenever I got the chance! So when American Horror Story debuted, I fell in love with the show instantly. I have really enjoyed all their seasons to day, but so far the one that has deeply resonated with me was called, Cult. It wasn't quite about Trump specifically, but rather it served as a warning about what we can let ourselves become when we allow ourselves fixate on a single line of thought. Of turning our critical thinking over to obsessive devotion to... well... anything or anyone.

 

Is it a need to belong? Maybe. Is that what the "silent majority" means when they yell and attack the rest of us? Are the just wanting to belong? Maybe. I am not sure,  but one thing is really clear, Donald Trump thought so, and he knew that all he needed was a foot in the door of discontent, even if that foot wore a clown shoe. The circus of the world needed a few hundred thousand court jesters, so the masses came running and the MAGA cult was born. Why not? Insurrections began in other countries for partially, you have to throw in the word "patriotism" and you have the makings of a dangerous situation. But keep in mind, Sarah Palin designed the circus tent during the 2007 election cycle, when the Tea Party Patriots was conceived. She failed, but the circus quietly continued with the help from Ted Cruz.

 

And a little while later the biggest clown now had the biggest big top of them all. He had a circus called MAGA otherwise know as a CULT.

 

And like most leaders of cults, he will not only NEVER love them. He will never satisfy their needs or wants. He will always beg them to literally bail them out, and he will always, always, demand that they do his dirty work, and most of all, he will throw them to the wolves, or perhaps sell them outright. He did that last one once before when he lied about Covid-19 to further his own agenda. He lied about all of it. People died. Nothing changed. He came as close as it gets to shooting someone on 5th Avenue, and got away with it. Charles Manson. Jim Jones. David Koresh. Marshall Applewhite, and the fictional Kai Anderson, the mentally ill leader of season 7 of American Horror Story, Cult.

 

From the start I identified with Ally Mayfair-Richards. She had fears and phobias. So do I. She was a democrat who cared deeply about her country. So do I. Donald Trump terrified her. And I share that too. She let her fears make her act irrationally. Paralyze her. And I pretty much did that too. When I wasn't crying, I was stomping my food in anger. I finally sought help, and today my confidence is almost back to pre-Trump levels. I am happy. I have better skills for handling things. I am exhausted from the last couple years, and really the last few months as well, but I get up, every day, and face life... with a little help from Alan, who has let me retire for a while, while I gain my footing again.

 

I don't know what the next couple years, leading up to the national election, will be like. I have an feeling it won't be good. Hopefully things won't turn out like it did for the town that Ally and Kai lived in. Hopefully, America will give up on Trump's drama. Hopefully, America will embrace rebuilding American ideals of community and and the use of the Golden Rule. Evil has been losing in the last few elections, so maybe the population at large will learn and grow in that. 

 

Now, about that quote. The first episode of Cult, takes place on the night of the election, in 2016. Ally and her wife, Ivy, were holding an election party, and watching the worst unfold. Hillary was losing, and only by a little in their small town in Michigan. Her neighbor from across the street, who also just happened to be a city councilman, pointed out that if Hillary didn't claim more of the swing states, her chance of winning was over. To which Ally replies...

 

"No! That's bullshit.

 I won't believe anything until I hear Rachel Maddow say it!"

 

Ironic, isn't it?

 

Happy 20th Anniversary, Now Where The HELL Is My Body?

 

“There came a time when you realized

 that moving on was pointless.

 That you took yourself with you

 wherever you went.”
 

~Stephen King

  Doctor Sleep

 

Caspian Tern

August 21st 2023

 

Here I am, yet again, gobsmacked that I am still blogging after 20 years! I was on AOL Journals for only a couple years, when that whole project imploded and we all had to decide if we wanted to continue to with this particular social media experiment or give up and run back to the chat rooms and search for friends and frenemies. I am okay. Right here, grannie blogging the tidbits of my life. I don't have many visitors, which is fine, it's difficult to build an audience on Blogger, so it's just my place to dump the head noise, and post some photos of things, wildlife, food and life I see around me. It's all there, begging to be seen, like O.J. in white Bronco, circa 1994. Like I said, I have a grannie blog and I am not afraid to use it. In fact, I am quite proud I stuck with it this long!

 

 1994... sheesh... what a fucked up summer THAT was! As bad as it was, the following one was so much worse. My father died in late August of 1995, and that event, while sad all on it's own, was the catalyst for the beginning of the end of all relationships in my family. I have plenty to say about what I am referring to, as all things have now come full circle, but I am not ready to speak about things right now. I am not trying to be cryptic, it's just that I have not fully processed recent events in my life. But I am okay, and getting better every day. Thanks in no small part to the anti-depressants I have been taking since 2017. Gee, what else was going on around that time? Oh yes, Trump. We will speak more about that a little later in this post.

 

Now, enough of that, I am back out with the cameras and it feels great! The birds are on their way back, and just the other day I spotted some new arrivals at the Clifton Court Forebay, in Byron. There was a Western Grebe family, some Caspian Tern, some American Coot, and some assorted ducks, mostly Mallards I think. Anyway, it was a very happy sight, because there had been nothing there all summer. Not at bird in sight... well maybe a few swallow varieties, and some crows, but otherwise nothing fancy. And there were several reasons for that.

 The avian flu hit the birds really hard this year, but it won't stop the return of the Sandhill Crane in a month from now or so or the usual migration along the Pacific Flyway. I want to be ready for it, which takes planning, my body doesn't cooperate like it once did. In fact, I would like to know just where they HELL it went. Well, I guess I know the answer to that question. It went to age. As the old joke goes, if I had know I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of my body. At any rate, we are beginning a brand new blogging year, and autumn begins in exactly one month from today. I love that symmetry!

 

 

American Coot 

August 21st 2023

 

Western Grebe 

August 21st 2023

Pied-billed Grebe

August 21st 2023

 

But don't forget, in less than 24 hours, Donald Jessica Trump will turn himself in for arrest and booking at the Fulton County Jail, in Atlanta. Rudy Giuliani just completed his intake and, like Nosferatu, is on his way back to his coffin, or other sunless place, so that his head won't melt. So all in all, it's not like things are boring! There is plenty to blog about! Plenty to see. Plenty to do. Plenty to process. And today begins a new year of doing it all here! Thank you, dear blog. I love you!

 

 

 

 

 

LOCK HIM UP!

 

 “And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.” 

~  Stephen King, 

  Pet Sematary

 

I am sorry, I don't usually post in this format, but Trump has done it yet again! What is it he, Trump, has done now? Well, see below.When is he going to be arrested, and made to suffer the same consequences, that all other defendants, would have to face if they broke the terms of their bonds? It's surreal how much and how often he is given preferential treatment. Is it because he is a former president? Does he pay folks to NOT make him have to answer for his behavior? What makes it so he can blatantly break the law with impunity? Will he EVER have to pay for his universal disrespect for the law? Yesterday, it only took him 4 hours and 25 minutes to post on Truth Social something that blatantly asked of him under the conditions of bond. LOCK...HIM...UP! As much as I want that, I predict absolutely nothing will be done by the legal system what so ever!

It Was Not On My Bingo Card For This Week

 

“Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.”
~Susan Sontag 

 

The Southland is having quite a conversation with Mother Nature today. Not only is it experiencing the tiny drops of moisture from the tropical downgrade of Hurricane Hilary, but Ojai, and the surrounding ares, just experienced a 5.1 earthquake. To tell you the truth I kinda have cold chill up my spine about all things nature as I sit there. An earthquake would really not be unexpected, as this area hasn't had one for quite a while. But that doesn't mean I am ready to deal with one more thing! I haven't shared all the recent personal news I have. I just don't want to deal with it right now. I will open up about everything in time, for now I am just working on handling it and being okay. It has been a lot process. What a summer.

Here is what the California Earthquake Authority Says...

It's a lot to think about. We bought the condo last February, so maybe it's time to get the insurance. Shrug. We will have quake eventually. It's just a part of living in the Golden State. 

7?

 

“It isn't against the Law to be an idiot."

 
~ Cassandra Clare

 

  Clockwork Angel

 

Or is it? As far as I know he is only facing 5 upcoming cases.

• The E. Jean Carroll Case, being held in New York..
• The Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case, also being held in New York. 
• Mara-Lago Documents case. being held in Florida

• The January 6th case being prosecuted by Jack Smith in D.C. .  
• And finally, his RICO trial being prosecuted by Fani Willis in Georgia.  

 

And there you have it! 5 indictments. But he said 7! Was it a slip of the tweet? Has he received two addition target letters that he has not formally made public? Sorry, I don't count Truth Social as making it public! I am not sure what's going on, its always like a walk through HELL with him, when it come to trying to figure out what comes next! Stay tuned, and keep the cannoli handy.

 

7?