It is Not Necessary That They Are Wicked

Saturday, October 6th 2018

The day the third and final branch of our Federal Government falls to fascism.

# Kavanaugh


Posted in activism, fight, fighting Fascism, history, learning, politics, Religious Hypocrisy | Leave a comment

NO TO KAVANAUGH

Friday, October 5th 2018

Check out yesterday’s protesters [30 seconds]:

More to come.
“Believe me.”

#BelieveSurvivors


Posted in activism, fight, fighting Fascism, history, mental health, politics, Religious Hypocrisy, social justice, work | Leave a comment

Mamma Out

Thirsty, October 4th 2018

Sacred in the Mundane:

It’s been nearly *two years* since I’d been OUT; to my “Cheers,” –the Thirsty Scholar- where they actually do know my name and are glad I came and time seems to stand still. I can always find a cold fresh beer, a warm smile, a spot at the gorgeous long wooden bar and an old familiar fellow “regular” or two with whom to shoot the breeze. Also a Hubsand at home who doesn’t mind and is in fact quite happy for me.

These are (still) the days my friend.

If this all seems only Mundane and not also Sacred, then I congratulate you on the great level of privileges and security you obviously enjoy in your present, inevitably fleeting, circumstances.

Speaking of fleeting, here was my curated flight of diminishing Closing Time drinks:

Night night, lol.

#Youcan’tstayhere.


Posted in comedy, faith, family, forgiveness, Friendship, love, mental health, patience, ukulele, work-life balance | Leave a comment

6 Witnesses Say Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath About Drinking • BRAVE NEW FILMS

Thursday, October 4th 2018

We all know the GOP is hellbound and determined to get this post-modern PERFECT REPUBLICAN (ie: lying, entitled, elite, abusive, contemptuous, paranoid, delusional and worst of all PARTISAN) judge on the Supreme Court ASAP; that the FBI “probe” was a TOTAL sham; and that the ENTIRE senate is being given a brief shared viewing of a SINGLE COPY of the FBI’s “findings” like some kind of administrative hunger games.   But here we have Brave Films, among others, doing a job tRump’s Government refuses to do; deal the t r u t h. 

6 Witnesses Say Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath About Drinking • BRAVE NEW FILMS [4:14]

 

  1. You are not supposed to be able to LIE your way into ANY job, much less the SCOTUS.
  2. Furthermore, as #Kavanaught himself has stated, a judge must exhibit self-control.
  3. Above all they need to be unbiased and NONPARTISAN.
  1. M#therF#cker.

All we have to possibly save us now is the possibility of Jeff Flake (AZ), Murkowski (AK) and/or Collins (ME) voting against him.

God help us.


Posted in activism, fight, fighting Fascism, history, mental health, politics, racial injustice, Religious Hypocrisy, social justice | Leave a comment

Beto for Texas

October 4th 2018

A single live take, 30-second ad by Beto O’Rourke for his campaign to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate:

 

I sure hope Texans figure out they can still have their BBQ without giving us the human shart-stain that is Ted Cruz.

For the love of god, Texas, PLEEEAZE!!!


Posted in activism, Bernie Sanders, border family separation, education, faith, fight, fighting Fascism, history, love, money, patience, politics | 2 Comments

Hospital Clowning: Gonzo vs. Grumpy

October 3rd 2018

grumpy girl

No sooner do we gussy up and head out of the office, a child basically stomps by us with scowl on her face and arms crossed staunchly across her chest.  Dr. Gonzo does an immediate u-turn and starts joking with her.  She is not having it.  The mom and grandma come along and I joke with them; “My partner might be in over his head here; I was too afraid to go near her!”  They laugh and I tepidly head over to somehow partner with him in this precarious situation, as is my job.   He is blowing bubbles and the girl is hunkered down shaking her head “no.”  I’m thinking we’re in real trouble here, when out comes the fart gun and he points it at her head.  PLFFFFTHTH.  Her angry frown flips into a smirk.  A SMILE actually.  Oh my god, just like that he cracked open her amour.  A little more goading and goofing and she throws her head all the way back in Full. Belly. Laughs.

The 180-degree turnaround is 100% complete.  Gonzo and I briefly contemplate ending our day on this perfectly high note, but then concede we do in fact still have our full day of rounds ahead of us.  In fact we’re just getting started.

#HospitalClowning


♠♥

Posted in art, childhood, comedy, faith, family, fight, health, Hospital Clowning, Laughter League, learning, love, making art, mental health, music, parenthood, patience, Performing Life, work | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Top 20 *Bart* Kavenaugh Lies

October 3rd 2018

raping lady justice.jpg

Lady Justice under the GOP.

 

The following points were posted yesterday (10/2) by an “Aaron Medina1” under this  video below about Kavanaught’s hearing from September 27th below.  I find his points to be as comprehensive and plausible as I have found yet, about the extent this (you gotta be freaking kidding me) “Supreme Court Nominee” was LYING UNDER OATH to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

false in uno

Here are some of the major lies that Kavanaugh has told:
1.  He lied about Devil’s Triangle. A Devil’s Triangle is two different kinds of sexual acts, involving either a threesome, or three types of sexual intercourse with one woman in one night. It is not a drinking game. He lied about this several times and his classmates have called him out.
2.  He lied about “bouf,” which refers to anal intercourse, and not flatulence. He doubled down on this lie several times during testimony.
3.  He lied about “Renata Alumnius.” That referred to him going on a date with the purported class “slut.” It was not about being her friend (and she recently said she was horrified by his yearbook references.) His testimony directly contradicts a poem about Renata written by one of his close friends found in the same yearbook he refers to himself as a Renata Alumnius, portraying Renata as a cheap and sleazy date.
4.  He lied that the “Beach Week Ralph Club,” which refers to vomiting from drinking at a traditional beach week (which all the schools around here have–we all know the expression). He lied and said it referred to his weak stomach.
5.  He lied under oath about not watching Ford’s testimony. Today. Witnesses saw him watching it. The Wall Street Journal reported he was watching it with others in the Senate’s Dirksen Office Building. There are many press stories on this.
6.  He lied about not knowing about stolen emails from the Democratic members of the judicial committee. He knew the emails were stolen and confirmed it in the emails the Judicial Committee republicans tried to suppress. The Washington Post gave him three pinocchios for this lie.
7.  He lied about witnesses supporting his claims. They did not support his claims as he characterized their testimony. They generally supplied brief statements through lawyers about not remembering the party. This was no testimony. This was no independent investigation.
8.  More specifically, Ford and Kavanaugh’s mutual friend Leland Kaiser says while she does not remember that party, but she believes everything her friend Ford said about it. She has stated this to the press and it came up in testimony today.
9.  Kavanugh lied about his drinking. He drank a lot in the last year of high school and college (and several witnesses say he drank a lot for years afterwards). Several friends of mine who specialize in alcoholism said he exhibited signs of having drunk before this hearing. He was referred to by his college roommate as a sloppy and belligerent drunk. We saw glimpses of that belligerence today. Dozens of his contemporaries have confirmed how aggressive he becomes with drinking.
10.  He lied that never drunk on weekdays in the summer of 1982. In his own calendar, he referred to “skis,” which he admitted refer to “brewskis,” with Mark and PJ on Thursday July 1 in a calendar entry that matches closely Ford’s account. Most of the people in that list were the same mentioned by Ford in her testimony. He drank. On that Thursday night. After working out.
11.  He lied about Judge not remembering what happened. Six weeks after the incident, probably mid-August 1982, Ford reported seeing Judge at the Potomac Safeway in River Road near where we live. Local newspapers have confirmed that Judge worked there at the time Ford said. No one has refuted her testimony that Judge was “nervous” and had “turned white.” The committee is still refusing to interview or depose or subpoena Judge.
12.  He lied that “100 kegs or bust” did not indicate a lot of drinking in 1982-3. He was part of a group endeavoring to drink 100 kegs that year, and his best friend became a serious alcoholic and admitted to sexual assault resembling this assault during that period to his girlfriend. His girlfriend was also not deposed by the committee.
13.  He lied about Trump in the first line of his first press conference as nominee. He lied about Trump doing more vetting than for any other Supreme Court nominee in modern history. In fact, Trump vetted much much less than other modern President’s, admittedly working from short lists provided by two conservative think tanks, which he announced in advance he would limit his choice to. Several books have confirmed that Trump spent little time on the vetting.
14.  He lied that he is “open to any investigation.” He is not and is actively participating in blocking the testimony of eye witness Mark Judge, his girlfiend, and other participants. Judge is hiding out in a beach house on the eastern shore and Judge being interviewed by the FBI. Kavanaugh is actively involved in strategizing about evidence suppression, at all day strategy meetings with Trump’s lawyers.
15.  He lied about the nature of Mark’s book. He said that both it was part of his therapy and coming clean as an alcoholic and drug addict, and called the book “fictional.” It can’t be both a testimonial of a recovering alcoholic and fictional at the same time.
16.  He refuses to answer the question again and again about whether or not there should be an investigation and whether or not his friend Mark Judge should be questioned, further belying that he is “open to investigation.”
17.  He is lying about whether he was the “Bart O’Kavanaugh” in Mark Judge’s book. He knows the drunken and vomiting “O’Kavanaugh” is him.
18.  He is lying about never having forgot anything about the night after a night of drinking. There are several testimonials from classmates to this effect.
19.  He is lying that there is a conspiracy against him and that Ford’s charges are trumped up and part of that conspiracy. The best evidence of no conspiracy is how his high school classmate Gorsuch–they were one year about apart at Georgetown Prep–was subject to no such conspiracy, in confirmation hearings just months ago. Gorsuch is honorable. Judge is lying.
20.  Kavanaugh supporter Whelan helped concoct the story of other men taking credit for assaulting Ford. Whelan has deleted all of his tweets after being challenged on the completely bogus stories he was advancing by his colleagues. The dissembling tweets are gone. Senator Blumenthal quoted the legal principle “Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which is a legal principle that dictates jurors can rule a witness to be false in everything if he says one thing that is not true.” If you believe any of the above is correct, you have to come to the conclusion that Kavanaugh is lying and should not be confirmed.

Honestly, if this mofo gets confirmed I swear ALL HELL is gonna break loose.  Do you have ANY IDEA how many female survivors of sexual assault are being unleashed right now?????


♣♦♠

Posted in activism, animals, fight, fighting Fascism, history, mental health, money, patience, politics, racial injustice | Leave a comment

Ruth Bader Ginsberg Right Here

October 3rd 2018

In OTHER news, can we just f#ck the current so-called “president” and his political rally victim-shaming national gaslighting all the way to hell??   As we teeter on the brink of whether the GOP is R E A L L Y gonna appoint the petulant, lying, anti-women, anti-worker, entitled, alcoholic #Kavenaught to the HIGHEST OFFICE of our nation’s judiciary…

I propose that we turn our gaze to THIS GODDESS RIGHT HERE.

I *still* have yet to see the full length movie documentary about her, but in the meantime here are a couple fantastic gems taking a peek.  ENJOY!!

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Speaks [9:52]: 

 

 

Stephen Works Out With Ruth Bader Ginsburg [6:26]: 

 

#NotoriousRGB

#SuperDIVA


♥♦

Posted in activism, education, faith, fight, fighting Fascism, health, history, learning, love, mental health, patience, politics, social justice, work, work-life balance | Leave a comment

Parenting: Unstuck Update

Wednesday, October 3rd 2018

mysterious unicorn

Unicorns are Mysterious.

 

Parenting a unicorn child can be so mysterious.  I don’t know why my daughter wanted my help getting dressed today, but I was happy to help her.  I don’t know why she agreed to the choices I suggested, then changed out of them afterwards.  And I don’t know why she was DETERMINED to wear her favorite dress TODAY, or why it was so upsetting that I then offered to help her find it AFTER I got myself dressed for work first.  I asked her to help ME get dressed, which she did at first but then went off to weep audibly.  I don’t know why just when I was ready to help her again she outbursted at me.

BUT!  Alas.  I went over to the “Unstuck Cards” and brought them to her, asking if there was anything I could do.  The first one said, “Hug,” and that’s what she did!!  (!!!)  Then she said, “I’m sorry for yelling at you,” as she sniffled up her tears.  Then we went and found the dress -to her DELIGHT- and we were back in business.  Some extra cuddles, zuberts and tickles for the road and we were good to go.

img_8540

She EVEN let me brush her hair (a little bit) at the bus stop… and put a tiny pumpkin balloon in it, lol.

 

ClaraJane if you are reading this in the future, I hope you are not embarrassed.    You are a perfectly wondrous and healthy fabulous young lady.  I write, blog and live to forever learn how to be the best mom for you that you can have. We ALL have breakdowns sometimes.  Today’s is not a big deal.   I just forget the dynamics of breakdowns sometimes and every once in a while it’s good to really examine.

Moreover I’m celebrating our victory in turning our BREAKDOWN into a BREAKTHROUGH!  In this (one, first) case, our “Unstuck Cards” helped.  We’ll see what happens next time.

In the meantime please know two things:

  1.  I love you more than any words or forms of measurement could express.
  2.  You are welcome to yell at me all you need, My Love.  I’m you’re dang mom!

 

Love Always,

(Fart Noise) Mom


♥♥

Posted in activism, art, childhood, domestic life, faith, family, fight, forgiveness, Friendship, health, learning, love, mental health, Mindfulness, parenthood, patience, work-life balance | 1 Comment

Parenting: Unstuck Cards

October 2nd 2018

Emotional Rescue Strategies

 

So that didn’t take long; only 4 months.  Pshah.

Today ClaraJane and I finally made her “Unstuck Cards,” as divined in the June 13th post titled “Parenting: Getting Unstuck.”

I enlisted her help, so she could choose who did the writing (me) and which strategies to choose (see above, including some blank for possibility) and what color they should be written on.  In fact, we’ve since added “Play on an instrument.”

There are a lot of things to update on our inestimable Girl (therapy, going “Sunny to Rainy,” strategies, classroom behavior and work, “First-Then” chart, and more).  But for now this is my update.

img_8537

“Unstuck Cards” in plain view, attached to her designated clipboard.

 

We’ll see how it goes!

#parenting


Posted in activism, art, childhood, domestic life, faith, family, fight, forgiveness, health, learning, love, making art, mental health, Mindfulness, Uncategorized | Leave a comment