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whitehotharlots · 4 years ago

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Previewing the 2024 Democrat Primary

Within a couple weeks of his being sworn in, just about every person on earth will wish Joe Biden was no longer president. Sure, the few surviving John B. Anderson voters will be thrilled to see 4 years of crushing austerity and half-assed attempts at Keynesian stimulus. But most people will begin dreaming about a brighter future.

Good news! The 2024 Democratic primary field is going to contain dozens of options. Bad news! They are all going to be disgusting piles of shit.

The “top tier”

While it’s too early to do any handicapping, these are the candidates the media will treat as having the most realistic chances of securing the nomination.

Kamala Harris

Kamala did not win a single primary delegate in 2020. This is because she dropped out before the first primary, and that was because no one likes her. She has no base beyond a few thousand of twitter’s most violent psychos. Her disingenuousness approaches John Edwards levels: any halfway incredulous person can see immediately beyond her bullshit. She has no principles whatsoever, and while that may be par for the course for Democrats, she lacks even the basic politician’s ability to intuit anything that might, hypothetically, constitute a principle.

Even better: she is an awful public speaker. She sounds like how a talking dog would speak if he were just caught stealing people food off the kitchen table. She communicates in weird grunts and faux sassy squeaks, which is how she imagines real black women sound like, but something about her is unable to sell the bit. She begins her sentences in halfhearted AAVE, stops and panics halfway through as she realizes that maybe this sounds fake and offensive, and then reminds herself oh wait, no, this is okay since I’m black. This doesn’t happen once or twice per speech. This is how every single sentence sounds.

Kamala is like Nancy Pelosi in that no sketch show will ever impersonate her correctly, because anything that came close to authenticity would be considered far too cruel. This might benefit her in the primaries, as she exists in the minds of Democrats as someone and something she absolutely is not in reality. Nominating her would be like allowing your child’s imaginary friend to attempt to drive you to the store.

Andrew Cuomo

Easily one of the 50 worst people alive, Cuomo has a solid chance because Democrats, same as Republicans, are unable to differentiate between electability and self-serving ruthlessness. Cuomo used the deadliest public health crisis in American history as a pretext for cutting Medicaid and firing 5,000 MTA workers, and his approval rating increased. New York Dems are little piggies who love eating shit. If we assume that the political media will continue their habit of refusing to discuss the legislative history of right wing Democrats, Cuomo might well cruise to the nomination and then lose to literally any human being the GOP nominates by an historic margin.

Joe Biden

The party loves him because he is a right wing racist. “Progressives” tolerate him because black primary voters over 40 supported him, and their opinion is supposedly a magic window into god’s truth. Everyone else can tell he is manifestly senile. I don’t put it above the DNC to pick a candidate who is in horrible health, dying, or even dead--whatever the financial sector wants, they’ll get. But I would be shocked if his approval rating is above 39% by mid-2023, and by that point deep fake technology will be advanced enough they’ll put out a very lifelike video in which the Max Headroom version of Joe explains he’s proud of his accomplishments--that budget’s almost balanced already--but, man, I gotta abd--I gotta abdica--, uhh, I gotta, I, uhh, I gotta move down, man.

Wild Cards

These candidates would have all have a chance if they ran, but they could all much more easily retire to Little Saint James off of kickbacks they’ve gotten from Citibank and I.G. Farben.

Rahm Emanuel

Rahm is going to receive some hugely influential post in the Biden administration. Let’s say he becomes Secretary of Education. His signature achievement will be replacing all elementary school teachers with Amazon’s Alexa, which saved the taxpayers so much money we were able to quadruple the number of armed police officers we put into high schools. This will give him several thousand positive profiles on network news programs and the near-universal support of the Silicon Valley vampires who will own 99% of the country by the time Biden’s term ends. They will use their fancy mind control devices to convince geriatic primary voters that Rahm’s the one who will bring Decency back to the white house. His candidacy will be the paragon of wokeness, as expressing concern toward the fact that he covered up the police murder of a black guy will get you called a racist.

Rahm has a bonus in that Jewish men are now Schrodeniger’s PoC. When they are decent human beings, they are basic, cis white men who are stealing attention from disabled trans candidates of color. When they love austerity and apartheid, they become the most vulnerable people of color on earth and criticizing them in any way is genocide. No one will be able to mention a single thing Rahm has ever done or said without opening themselves to accusations of antisemitism, and that gives him a strong edge against the rest of the field. The good news is that an Emmanuel candidacy would result in over 50% of black voters choosing the GOP candidate--which, I guess that’s not really good but it would certainly be funny.

Gavin Newsom

Newsom is every bit as feckless as Cuomo, but he doesn’t put off the same “bad guy in an early Steven Segal movie” vibes. He will mention climate change 50 times per speech and no one will bother to mention how he keeps signing fracking contracts even though his state is now on fire 11 months of the year. If anything, this will be spun into an argument about how he’s actually the candidate best suited to handle all the water refugees gathering on the southern border. Look for his plan to curb emissions by 10% by the year 2150 to get high marks from Sierra Club nerds. He’s also a celebate librarian’s idea of what constitutes a handsome man, so he’ll have some support from the type of women who claim to hate all men.

Larry Summers

I mean, why not? Larry, like most members of the Obama administration, has politics that are eerily similar to those of Jordan Peterson. In normal circumstances, this makes a person a dangerous fascist who should not be platformed. But if that person has a D next to their name this makes them a realistic pragmatist who has what it takes to bring suburban bankers into our tent. If current trends in Woke Phrenology continue apace, Larry’s belief that women are inherently bad at STEM will be liberal orthodoxy by 2023, and his dedication to the Laffer Curve could see him rake in massive donations. Seriously, I’m not kidding: cultural liberalism is now fully dedicated to identity essentialism and balanced budgets. Larry is their ideal candidate. If he were black and/or a woman, I’d put him in the very top tier.

Jay Inslee

Unlike Newsom, Inslee’s attempt to crown himself the King of Global Warming won’t be immediately derailed, since his state is only on fire because of protestors. This, however, poses a different problem. He’s going to be a good test case for the Democrat’s uneasy peace with the ever increasing share of the electorate who become catatonic upon hearing a pronoun. On the one hand, you need to take their votes for granted. On the other hand, they’re not like black people or regular gays: most voters actively, consciously despise wokies, and associating yourself with them will ruin a campaign even in deep blue areas. There’s still gonna be riots in a year. Biden’s gonna announce the sale of all our nation’s potable water to the good folks at Nestle and some trans freak named Sasha-Malia DeBalzac is going to use that as an opportunity to sell their new pamphlet about how it’s fascist to not burn down small businesses. No matter what Inslee does in response, it’ll end his career.

AOC

I’m not one of those “AOC is a secret conservative” weirdos, but I am aware enough of basic reality to know she has zero chance of coming close to the nomination. The right and the center both regard her as a literal demon. The party is already blaming her for the fact that a handful of faceless Reagan acolytes failed to flip their suburban districts even though they ran on sensible pragmatic proposals like euthanizing the homeless. The recriminations will only get more unhinged when the Dems eat shit in the 2022 midterms. She will be a Russian, she will be white male, she will be a communist, she will be a homophobe: any insult or conspiracy theory you can name, MSNBC will spend hours discussing. Her house seat challenger will receive a record amount of support from the DNC in 2024 and it’ll be all she can do to remain in congress.

Larry Hogan

Don’t be dissuaded by the fact that he’s a Republican. Larry is the DNC’s ideal candidate: a physically repulsive conservative who owes his entire career to appealing to the most spiteful desires of suburban white people. He’s an open racist in a material sense--if you’re old-school enough to think racism is a matter of beliefs and actions, rather than the presence of cultural signifiers--but his is the beloved “never Trump” style of racism that Dems covet. He’s also a Proven Leader who thinks the role of government should be to finance the construction of investment property and give police the resources they need to run successful drug trafficking operations. Few people embody the Democrat worldview more than Larry.

The Losers Bracket

These people will have at least a small chance due solely to the fact that the Democrats love losing. They have lost in the past, and in the Democrat Mind that makes them especially qualified.

Joe Kennedy

The man looks like a mushroom-human hybrid from a JRPG. Trump proved that physical hideousness need not doom a presidential bid, but a candidate still needs some kind of charm or oratorical abilities or, god forbid, a decent platform. Joe aggressively lacks all of these things. A vanity campaign would be a good way to raise money and perhaps secure an MSNBC gig, so Joe might still run.

Mayor Pete

I am 100% convinced that Pete’s 2020 run was a CIA plot meant to prevent working class Americans from ever having a chance of living decent lives. I am also 100% aware that Democrats are dumb enough to enthusiastically support a CIA plot meant to prevent working class Americans from ever having a chance of living decent lives. If we have some sort of military or terror disaster between now and 2023 the Dems are sure to want a TROOP, and wait wait wait you’re telling me this one is a gay troop? Holy hell there’s no way that could lose!

Stacy Abrams

Never underestimate the power of white guilt. She lost the gubernatorial race to Gomer Pyle’s grandson, and her spiritual guidance of the Dems saw the party lose black voters in Georgia in 2020. Nonetheless, she is regarded as a magic font of fierceness within the DNC. She might stand a chance if she can establish herself as the most conservative non-white candidate in the field, but there’s going to be stiff competition for that honor.

Elizabeth Warren

Liz is probably angry that the party so shamelessly sold her out even after she was a good little girl and sabatoged Bernie’s campaign for them--yet another example of high ranking US government officials reneging on their promises to the Native American community. Smdh. The fact that this woman hasn’t been bankrupted a dozen times over by various Wallet Inspectors genuinely astounds me. So Liz is probably going to run again, and her campaign will be even sadder the second time around.

It might surprise you to hear this if you don’t work at a college or NGO, but Liz diehards actually do exist. She’ll get even less support this time because there will be no viable leftist in the field for her to spoil, but she’ll still hang in long enough to make sure the very worst possible candidate beats out the second worst possible candidate. Maybe she’ll fabricate a rape accusation against Sherrod Brown. Maybe she’ll spend her entire allotted debate time doing a land acknowledgment. With Liz, anything is possible--so long as it ends in failure.

Amy Klobuchar

Amy was the most bloodthirsty of the 2020 also rans. She will double down on the unpopular failures of the Biden administration, explaining that if you weren’t such a selfish idiot you’d love the higher social security retirement age and oh my god are so such a moron you think you shouldn’t go bankrupt to get a COVID vaccine? There’s a non-unsubstantial segment of the Democratic base that’s self-hating enough to find this appealing, but it won’t be enough to make her viable.

Martha Coakley

She lost Ted Kennedy’s senate seat to a retarded man who was pretending to be even more retarded than he actually was. Then she lost a gubernatorial race to a guy who openly promised Massachusetts voters that he would punish them for electing him. Her record of failure is unparalleled, making her perhaps the ideal Democrat standard bearer for the twenty twenties.

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hanzi83 · 5 years ago

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Probably the Longest Blog You Will Ever Read.. fuck it. Very Necessary Tho

Since I have not been constantly writing down my thoughts other than the occasional blog, that never seems to get any type of feedback, probably because no one is paying attention other than a few dedicated trolls, who I presume have been sent to fuck with my mental health, even if it is not true, the illusion of trying to implement some kind of devastating fear, and every time I decide to write a blog that expresses what is transpiring in my mind, it is met with no acknowledgement, and when it is acknowledged, it is the cult like trolls who will convert it to audio, so people will not bother to give me a click on where it is posted. I don’t know where this blog will particularly go since I never plan these out, and just write from the heart, and my will has not been into jotting down my thoughts, I still have point form notes on my phone dating back to last June about experiences and topics that have transpired, but for the most part it has mainly been me explaining how I think it is organized and wondering where it is all leading because it has meaning symbolically and how the seeds are planted, it has become clear since I stopped writing stuff down daily to get the frustration out of my system, that I have become exhausted mentally and can barely retain anything, whether it is reciting why capitalism is bad or if it means memorizing a movie or television show reference, mixed with how now to watch this entertainment that I have to read on the discourse about something not being woke enough, or if it something seems woke, then it just people pushing agendas, and then lesser known people expressing the fake wokeness that exists, and I just realize I am too stupid for this world so I just remain in the wrestling bubble, just like I began last decade.

I need to set this up because I am trying to think rationally as I write but I know in the middle of this blog, it will probably fall apart but it is a good thing that most people don’t take me serious, and I am not really on the masses radar, even though important people are constantly on the lookout for me, that is why my broadcasts on periscope are interrupted, my social media posts are practically shadow banned, my facebook lives are not giving out people notifications, so clearly they are trying to censor me, and it shows this is real censorship, not the marketing tool censorship where the masses are aware of the censorship at hand.

I have been writing blogs on a certain person on youtube, who has become completely unhinged, and then a group of people on the application periscope, that I feel have felt they did not get all of their use from me, so now are trying to align with people who have been waiting for anyone to have a mutual distaste, and what is weird is that I am this irrational and irrelevant mentally ill person they dismiss as just some delusional caller but these same people need to try to destroy any good that I try to create and try to bring me down so badly that I lash out with irrational anger that makes me want to go back to my ignorant ways after years of trying to deprogram myself since I was dumbed down majority of my life and fell for the ignorance, and because mental illness to the mainstream is just described as someone being sad, and not the fact that there are darker elements in mental illness people will not want to discuss, but rather they ignore it so when someone else is having a legit mental breakdown, they will pile on them all the while maintaining the “woke” points for addressing the stigma of mental illness, even if it means it is presented in such a limited way,

My trolls also realize that I have not been writing lately so they figure it will be easier for me to snap since they know I am not getting my thoughts out and the plan is for me to be piled on mentally so much, in such a pseudo intellectual way, that I will just snap and lose my mind and then the people paid to harass me can take the audio of me losing my mind and saying some hurtful shit to people encouraging a mentally ill person to go kill himself, and constantly hint that I will be targeted. It feels this aggressive trolling has begun on periscope when I was discussing these Howard Stern leaks, and it feels like we are at the precipice of Howard finally getting canceled because his past will come back to haunt him, so the person that will be of interest to people in the media might be me, and before that could happen these people need me out of the way. If my theories are correct, then these people could probably be sacrificed when they strike down on Howard’s image.

One of the other problems was that when I initially broadcasted on periscope, I would not really follow anyone and just broadcast while promoting it on twitter. Last summer, I got suspended on facebook and twitter and I decided to browse the app and see what kind of people are there. There were plethora of characters etc that existed and I have tried to become friendly with people, a lot of sex workers, musicians, gimmick personalities etc. It seems friendly but also if you browse by the random broadcasts you will see thumbnails of people I perceive to be young and I have to report because I feel people running periscope allow some type of exploitation on there that is truly disgusting, but overall it has been kind of a positive experience, and I am so full of low self esteem I have to constantly name drop I was part of an institution to present myself to stand out but also interview different walks of life and get some good discussions going on, and also because I feel Howard has a stake in periscope, again it is my theory I name drop to see if people who are there are kind of answer to him since I feel the elite use these apps to sell people, but I could be wrong but if I am wrong at least I make a friend out of it. It feels like people also get sent to me, and since I don’t have the resources to do background checks on people, I always wonder if the system is sending people who are not good people to be associated with me, so it damages my reputation further. Even when I talk to people on there, I have to ask their age because if they are not over 18 I have to dismiss them from talking to them because I don’t like talking about the content I talk about in front of people who are not of age, even though I can control who comes into my broadcasts and don’t interact.

So before I get accused of setting a narrative and speaking out like it is fact, I have to preface this by saying whatever I have written on here has been just my opinion, when I do my videos, I express my opinions and I might vent out of frustration because if I don’t express myself I will probably end up harming myself and I don’t want to do that and since I do feel bad and get to reflect when I say some evil shit when being pushed by people, others just want to cross the line and then pretend they never did anything negative while pointing out all my flaws. So I don’t know where to go with this because I am not intelligent enough to deal with the nuances of good storytelling, or maybe I am just underselling it.

This lady came to my scope last summer after people who have been trying to troll me for years were in there and immediately I did not take her seriously because she was presenting herself as an alien and she would full of mystery all while having this soothing voice. I always have my guard up and I do want good content, as long as the people in my periscope are willing to come up and talk etc. I am creating content, and hopefully I can try to move on to a podcast, but there are a lot of people who somehow have some investment in me without knowing and if I don’t move on their watch, they will then start showing their true selves eventually. I entertained this lady’s presence for a while but then when someone from her past came onto my panel when they called into my periscope, that alien schtick went down the tube and I laughed because as a wrestling fan it would be like if the Undertaker was confronted by someone in real life and then him immediately dropping the Dead Man character and freaked out. I was not aware of the drama scopers on this app, because apparently a lot of doxing goes on and organized harassment, basically what I have predicted in my own life, but I am kind of watching it play out to others and it is just completely fucked up.

There was another nice man I met on scope who I gelled well with when discussing stuff and even though we did not agree, he clearly has some resources and his full of encouragement when people want to go for their dreams and if he is cool with you he will help you out but because I was suspect of this alien lady who would not ever address any of my questions for her, and I did not want to talk to her in private because apparently she belongs to some former patriot groups, and when I hear that I can only imagine these can’t be good. It is one thing to have a conversation with someone who might not be politically correct, but I have learned some people who lean right are not as bad and are anti imperialistic, while others are just defensive of anything criticizing Trump. I feel with these conversations I am able to at least talk to someone who I don’t agree with politically and get them to deprogram themselves from the ignorant propaganda, the same shit I used to kind of fall for. This woman does not seem like a Trump supporter but she is an enigma because she will play the Jewish card but still associate with people who have been fucking with me and bothering me to join their podcast network, and these people are insanely racist and bigoted. This lady puts it all on me when she comes into my scopes, and her supposed harassers come in, and because some of them seem like they could be dangerous, I try not to rock the boat with more enemies, but as far as I know they have been nice to me, but then again my trolls do the same thing where they endear themselves to people I try to make friends with and when I flip out they will claim I am the one bothering them. I just kind of wish she would have stayed out of my lives, I even blocked her because she was becoming a disturbance in my sessions, but the nice guy I became friends with would always kind of vouch for her and I did not understand why. The only thing I could come up with, is the typical “Are these 2 fucking?” because I don’t understand how you could just know someone for a month or so and suddenly just become these great friends, I did eventually unblock her and tolerated her but she would kind of want me to have conviction in protecting her when I don’t even know her like that because she has not presented any proof of this happening

The fucked up thing is she claims to be someone that just observes but she is following all the trolls who have been following me nonstop, and these people have become extra aggressive since making new friends on this app, like they are lashing out about me not paying attention to them and having people of color on my panel since I did not know that there were so many black and brown people on the app. They then start saying I am so anti white because I rail against a white supremacist system and then they discredit me with rumors of me beating up a gay couple, or beating my mother. They create accounts where they take pictures of me and blacken it because they think I want to be black. They are doing deep fakes of me talking, and then leaving suspicious messages instilling fear about me being kidnapped and killed. They have a sub reddit dedicated to me, and then when I become rational enough to analyze their mental illness, because if I am so irrelevant and useless and such a drain on society, then why wouldn’t you do something better with their lives? The answer is they can’t, because as useless as I have been, these people are even more useless for the last several years and clearly need to latch onto me to exist, and because people end up having problems with me they all connect because of their mutual hatred for me, but the truth is none of them are interesting without me and they lack creativity.

The alien chick and the supposed innocent dude would be in these scopes with these people witnessing my meltdowns on the Stern Show and apparently questioning them is a big no-no so I assume they get the advice of these trolls who study me that if they are nice enough and I don’t fall for it, it can be easily pushed against me that this is what happens and this is why I was kicked off the Howard Stern Show. They try to be like Howard and Robin and try to dismantle your psyche. I did not trust this lady and I felt like the dude I was cool with was just going to take her side regardless and because I feel like she is hanging out with my trolls, and I figured she was recruiting me for some kind of cult or wanted to capitalize of any value I have so they could get some clout, even though I barely have it on the surface. I am going all over the map and kind of leaving some details out but overall these people she claims were bothering her came into my scope, but according to this innocent nice dude, these are legit gripes, and I am supposed to have some kind of conviction, but not them because they are associating with people who have made my life hell, and they dismiss my claims even though there is a legit thread I have made on twitter on my pinned tweets where you can see the supposed threats made to me.

So the innocent dude eventually blocks me because I had the gall to get mad that I was not trusting him because he was in this dude’s scope who is harassing me, I got tired of periscope so I started doing facebook lives, and then the cult of trolls would fuck with that too by people not getting notifications and there would not be many there and I was so set out on doing it with low views for the principal, because I know when you are supposed to be popping, you will have a plethora of views, and when they punish you they dumb them down, but either way it is all organized. I eventually go back to periscope in December, and the alien lady has choice words for me because that innocent dude had “helped” me and he did but there was something they weren’t telling me, like there was some hidden investment with me, and it set their plans back by me leaving periscope for a bit. She would give me more attitude, and honestly I would have preferred to speak to the dude, instead of this chick who I feel has brainwashed this dude. That is the way I see it, they will probably read this and get mad that I am presenting it as fact, but a lot of the videos are on my facebook public page and there have been a lot of witnesses who can attest that I am presenting the events truthfully mixed with me presenting my theories, whether they are valid to you or not, depending on how low the totem pole I am in social media.

(Blog continued 2 days after)

Now I have been out of practice from writing since I used to do it consistently in my life since 2007, and felt I had to make up for the anger I had years before, and I had a lot of deprogramming to do, it went from writing in notebooks and barely understanding what I was writing, or that I would have to write on my computer so I could read it back and maybe sustain some material for it so I could write a book of my irrational thoughts, but I scare myself with the anger I had and how my opinions would differ often and barely being able to retain shit, so sometimes I felt I would guess people were watching me and monitoring my computer so I would suspect different people and write things to test anyone and see what would prompt them to move my mouse so I know their presence is lurking digitally in some hacker like way.

Anyways, writing a blog has even drained me and I felt I was not aligning the stories well because I have been used to just talking more often on my platform than writing. I had to take a break from it and since the developments are breaking every single day I had to hold off and debate if I wanted to write a blog because it will seen as some act of social media war that will further encourage more harassment, that most people who have power and set the narratives can use to their advantage to further make me feel like a useless piece of shit, more so than already. If I vent, I am supposedly doing the woe is me gimmick, and constantly feeling sorry for myself, because I don’t want to hold in my irrational feelings or I will snap and maybe that is the wave right now.

So I did not bother to know where I left out because I am too lazy to read it so I will try to pick it up from where I left off and there is a good chance that I might repeat the same shit but at least if you are going to read this, I at least came up with an interesting angle of how to write a shitty blog that people will pretend does not exist, or maybe they just don’t know and I have to act like I am this important person being spied on.

I think it was from the time that I got blocked by this one guy from periscope, while he defends the alien lady. I know I should present names but if you been following it you already know the names, but I need to express this and I don’t want to be accused of putting their name out there and seeing as lying on their names, when I have explained ad nauseam that these are my theories, and no one ever listens to what I say and by people being scared people might believe me, it will contradict the whole thing of me being irrelevant and that maybe beneath the surface more people care about what I think.

I just feel when I took a break from periscope because I did not want to deal with more betrayal, at least from my perspective, do these trolls actually wish me harm or are they just testing me and toughening me up mentally and putting me through some shit, or these people are aligning with trolls who have tried to drive me insane by spreading rumors of me hitting my mother, or beating up a gay couple etc, and they put out misleading titles of what my periscope is about so when people do search my name, they will get these negative and untruthful shit at the top of google etc. That was my beef with these new people who wanted to be friends with me, but it seems like I am only supposed to take their safety seriously yet they will be following my trolls who have constantly pushed me to the brink of insanity and make me want to say some irrational shit that I will regret, because the system is so against me, if I irrationally talk shit and tell someone to do something horrible to themselves, they will suspend me. They push me to that so they can twist it into me being seen as threatening

I don’t know if the trolls have been aligned with these people from the beginning or do people approach anyone I make friends with and when I try to create some content with interesting discussion. The trolls hate me for not acknowledging them as much and because I have different people of different races/ethnicities/nationalities on and they spread this shit of me hating white people even though I talk about the systemic corruption and the grander white supremacy that exists on a pseudo intellectual type of way.

I took a month away from periscope, so my facebook lives would suffer when I would do decent numbers prior and suddenly I would be lucky if I would get 5 people in there but out of principle I would still do it and it would anger the trolls even more, because even though I was not broadcasting I was still being a guest on people’s periscope. They got it banned and I had to write a repeal on it and they gave it back. So it was like a test. I don’t know who helped do this but I eventually came back, and this time instead of dealing with the constant disturbance I would just block these trolls and not unblock them, because when I did, they would say I want the drama and want them to come in so when I become strict with it I then angered them even more and they will keep leaving cryptic messages on different troll accounts about them going to execute MK Ultra on me, or that they will kidnap me and that they are continuously watching me and monitoring me and showing so by knowing when I have therapy appointments etc.

It felt like this dude I met on periscope who really helped me for a bit, and this alien lady really wanted to teach me a lesson and maybe fuck with my head but overtly finding all the trolls, when there are people I roll with who have discussions with people who might seem more conservative, and I will have discussions and not budge from my point of view while still having the discussion, and some people I can get through but some have their minds made up on believing Trump is actually anti establishment and I can’t deal with it. So there was these 2 black dudes I have conversations with and enjoy their scopes, but they are constantly getting harassed by a lot of white people or people with Zionist leaning ideals and harass black people for not wanting to give them the time of day and think they are entitled to these people’s time. So when one of the guys lost account after account for defending himself, he had a enough and I shared his scope, because when he comes back with a new account I share it so more people can see it but the guy had a periscope saying “Jew Jokes’ not the best title, but he was trying to get at these Zionists fucking with him, and he even cleared it up that he is just doing that for that purpose, because he was pissed, the other guy, who loses account after account, wanted to troll with someone black in Nazi fatigue, and I expressed concern with it and he was just so pissed about being banned and I had to approach him privately and explain that even though I know what he is doing it is wrong to do it because it feels like you are cosigning some white supremacist shit, and it that people try to discredit black people a lot, that it gives the Zionist more ammo because ultimately it won’t matter if they did racist shit first, it will be all put on the black dudes. So this alien lady, who often tells me that the people harassing her are anti Semites, and I don’t hang around them enough to know, they only come in when the alien lady comes on my scope, and I am expected to just block them, when she won’t even unfollow the trolls harassing me. She starts this campaign that I am hanging out with anti Semites and she seems to dismiss what others are going through, while she is hanging out with anti Muslim type of people who also say anti Semitic shit and actual real generalizations. That is why I hate generalizations and specify Zionism, even though they are starting to say that Zionism and Jewish is the same. The guy I talked to privately was thankful for my advice, because he was so irrationally angry he wanted to do something to upset them, because he is constantly being called the N word and having money taken off his table by getting his broadcasts suspended and making people rebuild.

So this is when I was like I had enough of this shit because it hurt me to know this dude I met on periscope who became friends with will defend this chick for some reason. Why does she get to follow all these people who are often anti Black and anti Muslim? I don’t even know where this is going but if these people are aligning with my trolls, and they are actually trying to do harm to me, because they want me on their playing field where all my trolls are, and think I am using them for entertainment on my platform, which is what the app is for, but when something organic is to be discussed I don’t mind that, but they wanted me in their platform because it supposedly was not for entertainment while all these people in there are guilty of putting fear and severe paranoia in me.

The trolls will constantly try to pretend they turned a new leaf and that they are done harassing me but will still have sub reddits trying to dox me, or mislead with the titles to paint me in a bad light, and the stuff they claim I am saying that is fucked up when I am angry is what made them fans of me on the Stern Show, while probably being associated with people like that dude Jimmernam, who has probably been behind the attacks as well.

Jimmernam has become much more unhinged and he has started to fucking with the True Crime community because everything else has fallen apart and since he pissed off his old crew so much and has done so much fucking damage in people’s lives, wherever he goes to endear himself and then destroy it because that is what he does, he has done it to some poor woman named Limonade. I was done after the summer where I wrote the blog and believing that there are lies about him being a child groomer, and how he has changed from the old guy, but he has that venom in him and he is still full of lies. He hates me for not cosigning his show the first time and not believing his sob story and how he tried to use Wendy to gain sympathy, and then people expected that she was taking her donations to give to him, and he would play dumb about giving it back and change the topic. He even caused a beef with me and that Ross Dawg guy, because he knew I was protective of Wendy so he would get her to say different people are bothering her so I would be insanely angry about it, and it almost started something ugly because even though I don’t like the general way Stern has trained the public to talk to Wendy, I have to understand she is used to that and she gravitates towards that kind of thing and I don’t want to feel she can’t have fun and joke like normal with people etc. So when he fucked with this Limonade chick, I really felt for it and it was like a united front with people who I did not see eye to eye with, to help this woman against Jimmer, who turned her friends against her, constantly doxing her, and her family, and putting out threats within 12 hour streams, all while taking over her community of True Crime and wanting to be the number one guy in town. And the sycophants have become a lot worse, I don’t know how he has convinced these many people to help him and be completely blinded by his tactics, and the ones who are standing up for themselves as doing dirty tactics, when it is not nearly on the same level, and it is being done out of self defense. I don’t agree with everything people say on the panel, but I have enjoyed discussion I have had with certain people because without being this preachy SJW, I try to teach people that the shock jock type of humor is not really the edgiest and it doesn’t mean it can’t be funny but I would rather have people agree with me with systemic shit, and let them do their shock jock style of humor, but Jimmernam’s crew will take stuff and make videos to discredit any type of criticism towards him and create false narratives about him. It feels like what he pretends he is going through, he actually does it to me, so it sounds like me and him are kind of the same, but this guy copies everything, Howard Stern’s personality, Bill Burr generic whit woman voice, NBA commentators closing tags and even channels Chris Jericho by calling himself Le Champion. When he sees that this woman has backup, he will try to get in on the Stream Yard link and claim he wants to talk when he just wants to insult her and project things on to her and questioning her parenting and her divorce, when he is the guy who can’t see his kids because of the shit he is doing. He will send his teenage audience into this woman’s streams and then make videos of how she is grooming him, when he is the one who has had a kid audience and played adult content for them and constantly bringing up how people are calling him a pedophile because he let a kid in his discord in 2018 and it had porn in it, and he will claim the videos of him are being edited, when it is not and that is him. He lost his mind when he lost that reddit money, so now he has just become a lot bitterer and he is threatening me and others.

He did not like that I was on her panel and making new alliances and friendships, especially with people I didn’t think I liked before because I assumed they were just doing ignorant shock jock humor when they are a lot more deeper about their discussions. Now Jimmer did not like that and it gave me confidence to stand up to him seeing how this Limonade chick was standing up to him, even though she has been getting a lot of shit on her from her former friends, one of which is a gay guy who seems so scared he just hangs out with Jimmer, and Jimmer has constantly been kind of homophobic and does not regret any of the hurtful things he has said to people, It feels like that Kitty chick, who he doxxed when she did not have his back, is back with him time to time, even though she is good at hiding her role in doing any dirt, so as far as I know she has nothing to do with this, but it feels like if they want to make money in a field and continuously create drama, they will. I could be wrong though. It felt for a while that he was going to get caught for what he is doing, but he just comes back more confident and making some threats and dedicating streams to putting out private information, and it seems youtube does not want to do anything. He does not like that I aligned with this woman to give her support about what he has been doing, and I did it because maybe if people in that community did not believe the others who are informing these people about the past of this guy and to watch out for him, I would have more credibility since I am a former celebrity essentially and since we in society value someone who seems to have greater value unfortunately because of how “famous’ they are, I thought I would put it for good use, and now Jimmernam aka Misery Box has threatened to come after me, which is aligning with the original trolls who are now constantly bothering me and sending people to my scopes, and maybe get shady people to befriend me so I will be associated with someone I don’t know well. I don’t have the resources to do background checks, I kind of assume if this person is just roaming around I want to believe they are not all scumbags, even if they put on a false bravado of being anti PC, they are buying into ignorance,

So this all ties into the alien lady because she followed me when one of the guys who has power with the app came into my scope, and since I blocked her he and the trolls have become a lot more aggressive, but I also know that these people are associated with Jimmernam, and these people seem hella racist, and bigoted, and this alien lady keeps making it seem like I am the one rolling with racists, while she is claiming to be someone with special powers who can put people into rehabilitation, so maybe she is someone special and I don’t realize it. I am having a hard time understanding what is going on because there is another guy involved who she calls my producer, who started out as a troll, but he and I have gotten a long, but sometimes I wonder since he had a friendship with her and that other dude I met on scope, he has kind of seem iffy by wanting me in their clique and to believe them, but when I don’t give in, he will be on my side, but then the lady will tell me he is the one that is stirring all of this up.

I realize by not giving specific names, I may be confusing people, but keep in mind that no one gives a fuck about these stupid blogs but I did an outlet to write about it and the more I write, I just fucking shake my head how I am so bad at explaining all of this and what makes it worse is that you can’t keep up with people who I am referring to other than a few people. The trolls will be so much more outward aggressively with admitting they want me to kill myself and encourage me to take pills, and what hurts about this, what if I am not the only one these people do it to, and how many people who have killed themselves have dealt with targeted harassment. So while I am tougher mentally than a lot of others, I can take it, even though it hurts my fucking soul, because these people can be protected and say the worst shit and do the worst shit and me standing up for myself is what is magnified because I am supposed to be the better person, even though people want to pile on me and making me a miserable person.

When I separated with the dude and the lady, I figured they would get mad at the fact I am moving forward so they have to try and show up in different scopes I am in and maybe tell people to come and be spies for them. So sometimes when I am hurt about how my friendship with this dude was from the summer, I might be irrational and talk shit and I do this knowing he will hear about it, and he will act like I am talking shit about him, and he will say he does not want part of drama, but he is still monitoring me, and because I am not giving in, this is all I suspect in a theory not fact, that they need to start with me but look like the rationalized ones. I was willing to make peace but because they dismiss what I am going through and claim that I am endangering this lady because she insists on observing my scopes, but hates that her followers are there, like it is my problem, I don’t encourage hatred toward her and continued harassment. I might talk shit about her when she makes my broadcast about her, but she will claim she finds it funny or whatever, but when it is convenient she will then use it as a prime example of why I am an asshole.

Last weekend we had a blow up where I was on her scope with the trolls, who are aligned with Jimmernam, and the dude I was friends with who does good community work, who seems to have conviction, because he did end his friendship with people who treated Wendy like shit, which is admirable but all I did was bring up is that he is careful of his image but he is hanging out and following trolls who might be aligned with someone who might be grooming children, I did not say that he is the one who is a child predator or anything but I can understand why he is mad, but I am making a point that I am getting hated on for people I don’t want to fuck with and get doxxed by, because I let them in my periscope but not following them while he and this alien lady are following someone like this account Gorilla Bacon, who will restream my shit and play my worst calls. Sometimes I don’t know if these people are actual fans and they are just toughening me up or if these people are punishing me and becoming more aggressive because it is their job to get me out of the way before Howard ends up getting canceled when his past and his potential corruption might be brought to light.

These trolls don’t realize that the only reason people are aligning with them is because they all have mutual hatred for me. It could be anyone, it could be this dude on periscope, the alien lady, the trolls, Jimmernam and his kid army, or maybe people in my life who probably hate me. Either way their lives are all better than me and yet they need to make me feel like shit and rub it in my face I am on welfare, like this was not the plan from the system, because there are different rules in this world, and they blacklist me from making a living anywhere else so they can say I am not trying to monetize anything because I am not doing it on their time.

Any chance for anything embarrassing they will run with. Here is an example, if I say something that might be about agendas by the upper echelon of the LGBTQ, they will say homophobia but then if I say that I would consider having sex with a post op Trans woman, then they will mock me for it like they are homophobic. They will say the most racist shit against Muslim women or black people, and then a story comes out from someone as a joke about how I asked a Muslim woman out because we both live in Toronto, and she is a cool chick who has a good sense of humor, she asks me how much I will pay for her and where I will take her and I am willing to pay for something small on first date because it is about getting to know each other but I believe if we should pay our own shit on the first date, but she jokingly said I need to spend more money and I said “I will spend 50 bucks at most” and when I was given the option of over 100, I said “For that kind of money I better be getting laid” but I did not mean it literally because it was my way of conveying that it is ridiculous to expect a man to pay so much on a first date to get to know each other, just like it is ridiculous for me to expect sex on the first night. But the trolls ran with it and said that I am harassing a woman so it becomes a top google search when you look me up. It feels they are amplifying it because if Stern does get exposed, and I am someone who has been a prime target for calling him out, then when the general public looks me up, they will see these false narratives about me, and that is why it hurts to see these people who I thought were good, to align with these trolls who are doing it, and because they are not getting the shit they wanted out of me, they will have no issues to act like I am this dangerous human being who is lying and causing all this pain, and that won’t work. You will not point out at me and discredit me, because I am such an easy target who has no backup.

No media outlet even gives a fuck and it is sickens me because it will continue and it feels like they will only care until something horrible happens to me so then they can pretend they give a fuck about the situation, kind of like they are what they claim the MSM is and maybe someone is investigating and I am wrong but it feels like the worst possible shit has to happen in order for it to be exposed. You know how fucked up that is? It is like no matter what people have to profit off the pain and it shows that all these things are predetermined and will have solutions after the fact. It does not matter and I wrote this in 2 parts and made it this long because I hope if you are reading this, I hope you got a headache from reading all this convoluted mess of an explanation. I know most of you will not get through it all so you might as well put it on vocaroo to so you can get through it easier. Make sure you set it on some stereotypical accent.

I wrote this part with the fact that lately it has been more peaceful but when I was given the choice of not wanting this lady in my scope or wanting her out of my life, they did not take it kindly because if I gave in then I wanted her in my life, but by saying no because she has fucked with me too much and changed the narrative on me to paint me as the bad guy because she couldn’t make me fall for her spell, like she seems to have on other people, she is now coming into scopes of other people I have met and is kind of trying to poach them from partaking in my lives, and now she is coming back to my scope and pretends she is just automatically being put there and that the whole ambush on me on her scope was just comedy, Now that I let her back on, she will twist that, and say I forced her to be put on.

I don’t know what the fuck is going on anymore. I will close with this, that if you are someone of importance and power, you need to check in on this Misery Box guy and what kind of fucked up shit he has convinced his people to do. He has ensured that I will not go on that Limonade chick’s panel because he has threatened me and encouraged me to kill myself, and tell me how my parents don’t love me because I am such a disappointment, even threats of doxing them when people are not well, and I have tried to document this, if you go to my twitter page and look at the pinned tweet where I show old audio of Howard in 97 jokingly threatening the media if they fucked with him he would have dossiers on them to ruin their lives, and in that thread I have documented some of the cryptic videos, and threats of something happening to me, and it just does not matter anymore. I don’t know if the alien lady has anything to do with him but she is allowing some of the people she is associated with.

By the way on a scope where this bigoted guy who I hate was threatening to kill myself because his periscope girl friend cheated on him. Even though I hate the guy for how fucked up he is and feels no remorse I don’t like seeing anyone lose their mind, but he was one of the guys who I used as an example of the alien lady being friends with, who constantly says racist shit when she would point out because I shared the scope of the black atheist dude who was being harassed by Zionists, and now being labeled an anti Semite. So I called into the guy’s scope to see if he was for real and if he was fine, and if this situation was so real, that alien lady chose the time where he was threatening to kill himself and people, to come and tell me it was my fault and that I don’t care. She has no problem with just blaming me flat out and just making up lies, and then act like she is a victim afterwards if I point out her bullshit. It has become such a fucking mess. I don’t even know what this blog will accomplish. I am trying to move forward and it feels these trolls will not allow me, and they have me in a constant state of fear and paranoia, and when I explain myself they will even make more of a mockery because of it. It is so fucking gross and sick.

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jasminesroses · 6 years ago

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WHAT I’VE BEEN WATCHING (◕‿◕✿)

1. BlackkKlansman

Spike Lee’s “BlackkKlansman” is loosely based on a true story of a black officer, Ron Stallworth, who infiltrated the KKK.

I really enjoyed the conflict Lee explored with Stallworth’s character, played by John David Washington, in the beginning of the film. Stallworth is the mix of two entities bitterly divided against one another- the black community versus the police force.

An emblazoned heart inspires Stallworth to prove himself as more than just a rookie cop, a Jackie Robinson of his department, and anything but a “pig.” He starts engaging in phone calls with Klan- ahem- “Organization” members and leads his first investigation.

“Did you just use your real name?”

Adam Driver plays Flip Zimmerman, Stallworth’s “white counterpart” in the investigation. Driver’s sharp wit keeps up the comedic pacing of the film but it’s his growing vulnerability that gives his character an arc. This is not like any other job- a realization Zimmerman, of Jewish faith, comes to find with a nudge by Stallworth and a heart-stopping confrontation with the Klan.

Overall, this movie was beyond words... the paralleled sequences between the separate hosted events by the Klan and Black Panthers only build suspense towards the explosive climax. This film doesn’t need my late recommendation after winning an Oscar for best adapted screenplay and being nominated for Best Picture.

All I gotta say is- don’t wait (like I did) to watch this movie if you haven’t seen it yet and please don’t write it off if you think Lee’s voice doesn’t agree with your political views. Above all... it’s a story about hate.

2. Three Identical Strangers

Right after I watched BlackkKlansman, I knew I had to watch another great film. So why not go through my Oscars “unwatched” list. I really wish I tried better this year- only watching Bohemian Rhapsody (only half- couldn’t bear to finish), Green Book (got bored and never finished!), Free Solo (good), and Spiderverse (loved). Oy.

Anyways. Three Identical Strangers is a documentary that starts light and then leaves you off feeling unsettled. I won’t even think about spoiling it- even though it is off of real events but it’s a story of triplets who found each other.

I really loved Bobby’s story which kicks off the movie and immediately hooks you... stepping into school on the first day and you’re instantly the coolest guy around.

I, being obsessed with myself, tried to think about what I would’ve done if I saw my twin- let alone my twin’s twin who’s also my twin? BAH! I’d lose it- I would never blink again probably just looking at myself and myself.

Their story captivated the nation and sent these boys into instant stardom- they went viral without the Internet! Also, can you believe how this story kicks off without Facebook, without Instagram, without Twitter- all before we were all socially connected and can find just about anyone with a twinge of curiosity and a search bar.

This success of this film shows how we are still in awe of their story but this documentary isn’t just about how they found each other... but how they were separated in the first place....

3. Logan Lucky

Ok, I may have been on an Adam Driver binge these week (and may still be..) and I blame New York and I blame my co-workers who have seen him on Broadway.

Ugh.

So I decided to give Logan Lucky another try... and I loved it. I remember trying to watch it months ago and just. didn’t. get. it. I think I watched the first 20 minutes and within five minutes it became background noise.

Amazon Prime believed in me and so I tried it again with full attention. It starts off with devoted father, Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum), who is down on his luck and in desperate need of fast money.

“CAULIFLOWER!”

In an instant, Jimmy pulls his brother Clyde (Driver) into another one his schemes and the whole movie turns into an “Oceans” heist- and I’m all for it. The Logans manage to convince Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) and his bumbling brothers to join their plot to rob the Speedway on Memorial Day.

There’s a scene where Bang tells the Logans that everybody sees them as “simple” to which they are offended. Looking back, I saw this as the heart of the movie because much like NASCAR, this movie switches gears and goes full throttle.

My eyes were wide nearing the end and when the movie finally went to black, I sat there as if the Logans pulled a fast one on me. I definitely recommend... this movie is fun and it’s smart and it’s unpredictable. There were scenes that were just unbelievably funny I had to rewatch in that moment just to fully appreciate the quick-witted writing.

4. Isle of Dogs

“Did somebody say wit?” quietly asks Wes Anderson from a distance.

I am just the worst probably when it comes to liking movies on the first watch. This was another film I tried to watch like two or three times before it finally captured my attention. That’s not to say it’s a bad film- OH IT’S NOT- I think it’s so deliciously sweet and symmetrical and smart... it may be hard to swallow.

It’s 100% me. I forget how much I love Wes Anderson movies because they are just too sweet. But boy do I love Wes Anderson movies- they are like triple chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and chocolate sprinkles.

So this movie is set in a dystopian city in Japan where all dogs have been exiled to trash island.

Our little hero, Atari (Koyu Rankin), makes an unexpectant crash-landing on the island during his mission to rescue his dog, Spots (Liev Schrieber). He’s rescued from the wreckage by a pack of dogs, who were once housepets- with an exception of Chief (Bryan Cranston) who lived as a stray before exile.

I just loved the interaction between the dogs especially the frustration Rex (Edward Norton) has with the rebellious Chief.

“All in favor say ‘Aye.’“ “Nay.”

I honestly thought I just loved Bob Balaban voicing King but I loved Jeff Goldblum and Bill Murray along with the rest of the pack. I honestly couldn’t stop smiling during their interactions especially right after they get separated on some sort of ski-lift contraption.

The fluidity of the stop-motion animation along with Anderson’s attention to detail and signature composition make it (of course) so pleasing to watch.

I also just love how this movie also captures the different, individualistic, human-like personalities dogs develop... another favorite is Tilda Swinton’s seer pug- who really gets her visions from a television. Brilliant.

#movie recommendation #what i've been watching #movies #wes anderson #spike lee #steven soderbergh #adam driver

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SO what do you what will happen now with the whole fake Bomer guy supposedly be a trump supporter? Do you think the blue wave will restart or is it too little to late?

The most significantrevelation of the mail-bomber incident was that the Republicanmainstream – not the usual fringe kooks, but the levelheaded,respected commentators – immediately suspected it to be amanufactured “October Surprise.”

Some of those knee-jerktweets have since been deleted, likelyfor the same reason that I was more alarmed that I could entertain a“false flag” theory in the first place than I was by the possible“false flag” itself. Embracing asinine conspiracy theoriesis, to me, a hallmark of left-wing agitprop, an indelible impressionfrom my formative Bush-era youth when ~Halliburton~ and~Bush’s cabinet of puppeteers who have Jewish last names~was unceasingly invoked in anypolitical argument. And yet, despite knowing theoverwhelming odds of a lone lunatic being the perp (as indeed theywere) and my own decades-old biases against conspiracy theories, Istill found myselfmuttering dubiously.

Iwasn’t alone in that impression – the NewYork Times picked up on it too, and as is their wont managed todisclose their unique myopia as well. In their effort to equate allright-wing media to Alex “Lizardman Chemtrails” Jones’s usualconspiracytainment bullshit, theydrop this revealing paragraph:

Mr.Jones has been largely pushed tothe fringes of the internet — kicked off Twitter, Facebook and adozen other services — and his cries for attention now seem mostlypitiful. (This week, he was filmed yellingat a pile of manure outsidea rally for President Trump in Texas.) Buthis spirit lives on in the larger universe of pro-Trump media, whichhas fused the conspiratorial grandeur of Infowars with an unshakablefaith in Mr. Trump’s righteousness.

Theyautomatically equate media exposure of an idea with how manyviewers believe the idea. The thesis of the article lies inthese two sentences; Alex Jones has been silenced, but the moremainstream right-wing media has picked up his ideas, and that’s whythey’re still alive.

Thisalone speaks volumes about the media’s worldview, but to reallydrive it home see thisarticle wherein the reporter blames Trump’s attacks on themedia for their plummeting popularity, as if the Great PresidentialPumpkin can sway millions of Americans into hating themainstream media via his eldritch mind-control rays. This is why theyspeak of “an unshakable faith in Mr. Trump’s righteousness-”leftists view the world in terms of stupid mobs and the influentialdemagogues that sway and lead them. They simply cannot comprehendthat their own actions have shattered the public’s trust in them,despite the problem long predating Trump (one of my Journalism 101professors cited trust polling that consistently put Journalistsbelow used car salesmen back in 2007!) They find it easier tobelieve that their vast media empires’ combined megaphone is beingdrowned out by RumpleTrumpskien pied piping on his magical racistdogwhistle than to admit that people might think for themselves longenough to call them out on their egregious lies.

Thisdovetails nicely with recent revelations thatthe FBI leaked information to the press, then cited said “reporting”to the Justice Dept. as justification for further investigations,including FISA wiretapping warrants. Whilethe media’s lunacy is frequently amusing – reporters leaningdramatically into nonexistent wind, CNN’sfit over a panel truck blocking their stalker peephole in the hedge,or going bugfuck insane because Trumphad dinner without informing the media – nobody’s laughinganymore. And it’s precisely because of the growing understandingamong the populace of how the media has wantonly abused its power toaid the abuse of Federal power to nullify the results of a democraticelection.As Ian Miles Cheong said; “if the media can lie about somethingas insignificant as a koipond feeding ceremony, what else are they lying about?”

Well,now we know – and the people don’t seem amused.

I’vecovered the media’s worldview and demonstrable myopia before; Iaddress it in this instance to show thatthe media simply cannot adapt their message. Indeed,the NYT article on fringe-to-mainstream cites the mocking/pol/ “suspicious devices” meme without apparentunderstanding of how it undermines their implicit assumptions mereparagraphs prior of deplatforming speakers equalingthe silencing of their ideas. Theleft-wing “mobs and demagogues” is more than theory to them; it’show they organize – which is why John Oliver’s sick Friday nightburns are being repeated ad nauseam on Facebook by early Saturdaymorning. Theleft truly cannotmeme;it’s simply how they function. So when RumpleTrumpskien needles themedia into talking All About Themselves instead of the issues at handyetagain, iteffectively makes the mediathe issue at hand – and given that pollingconsistently shows that many Democrats are coming to distrust themedia of late, that’s not a strong issue for the DNC.Conversely, right-wingers will be shitposting the latest dank memeswith or without Alex Jones’s Twitterfeed, comehellor Maxine Waters.

Thusly,I conclude the mail bomber incident won’t have a significant impacton the electoral map – notjust because of widespread cynicism engendered by constant mediafalsehoods, but also because the structural problems that producedsuch alsocripple the media’s ability to exploit such incidents. In fact, themedia’s incredible blindness makes them likely to harmthe left-wing’s cause by doubling down on narratives that wereasinine the first time around. There is no bad news for the DNC thatthe media’s mental illness cannot make worse. Takethe latest example of thesynagogue shooter thatturnedout to be a Trump-hater who thought POTUSwas controlled Jews. Theusual hate-mongeringWaPo crowd actuallydug up the “star-shapedbackground graphic in a campaign ad” gem that was laughablelunacy beforeTrumpmoved the US embassy to Jerusalem and made defending Israel in the UNa cornerstone of US foreign policy. Thisis placed at the topofthe article, as if it’s a powerful and convincing lead-in to thelong-winded paranoid rambling of “troll armies” motivated by theusual mystic ~coded signals~ mentioned later on. Eventhe more sober-sounding takes likethis NYT hit-piece must open by blaming Trump for the crimes ofTrump-supporters andTrump-haters,which obliges the author to afascinating attempt in pissing up a rope without getting wet.

Itnaturally follows, then, that breathless media polling reports citing85% and upwards chances of a “blue wave” retaking the House areabout as trustworthy as similar polling in 2016. Even Nate Silver’smuch-vaunted “538” polling agency has come under prettypointed criticism for the number of times they’ve shrugged offsimilar “80%” predictions that haven’t come to pass – froma Harvard professor, no less. Furthermore,midterm elections are different in many ways – local issues oftenhave people more fired up (read, pissed off,) especially regardinggubernatorial elections. Since midterms are traditionally very lowturnout, a popular gubernatorial candidate can have a huge impact on“down-ballot” races – i.e. people show up to vote for thegovernor, and vote straight party ticket for alltheother candidates, US House included. In short, the polls mean jackdiddly squat, soeveryone’s simply reporting what they want (if you don’t believeme, look no further than Fox News’s reportinga nail-biting dead heat currently, then thisSeptember 22ndarticle on how dismissing “blue wave” rhetoric as the bullshit itis could suppress the Republican vote via overconfidence.A “dead heat” narrative is the safest way to turn out votes; norisk of overconfidence or hopelessness keeping people away from thepolls.) Soto evaluate the potentials, we must turn to the murkiest of allpolitical-forecastingcrystal balls - “energy levels.”

There’sbeen multiple media-exacerbated own-goals for the left in thatregard, most notably the mind-blowingly vicious smear campaignagainstJustice Kavanaugh that only managed to rile the right wing via sheeroutrage even more than the left. I could roll this one around fora while – talking about the surprising pluralities (note therelatively high numbers of Democrats and low numbers of Republicans“Very Angry” over Kavanaugh’s suffering; a surprisinglycenter-right plurality,) or how big the Republican benefit really was(Republicans being moderately more outraged than Democrats amounts toa low gain if Democrats enteredthe fray with high outrage already; but it’s likely that manyRepublicans who didn’t care at all before are outraged now).Butthere’s a larger factor to contend with – the historical realitythat the party controlling the Executive usually loses seats in theHouse in midterm elections. It happens with regularity for the samereason PoliSci101 shows you a “standardized plot” of Presidential approvalratings over time – human nature. Whoever’s in charge gets blamedfor everything bad, simply enough – so even popular Presidents willshed a few seats in the mid-terms. Combine this with the importanceof turnout in midterm elections and the oft-lamented anti-Trumpobsession on the left, and everything seems to point to Democratsbeing more motivated.

However,I’m not so sure they are.

Youtuber“Aydin Paladin,” an advanced psych student who usually talksabout psychology in a political context, did a video 11 months agotitled “LeftistLethargy and Low Energy,” specifically addressing how aconstant state of horror and outrage at every single damn Trump tweethas the inevitable consequence of emotional burnout. One cannot stayoutraged forever. At some point, you simply stop caring. Onecould debate Ayadin’s point that the left was demonstrablyhittingthis point a year ago, or posit that they’ve had time to recover –but I personally believe the lethargy lingers. Myevidence? A quick jaunt through the New York Times’ editorial page:

*A Halloween op-ed about Trump literally being worse than the fuckingbogeyman (“WhenNightmares Are Real” by Jennifer Finney Boylan,)

*An article begging Democrats not to take a usually-safe votingdemographic for granted, Native Americans

*An article on “how to turn people into voters,” featuring a modelspecific to “black Southerners,” who are a safe Democraticdemographic – but only when they actually turn up to vote,

*Andmost tellingly, an article titled“You’redisillusioned. That’sfine. Vote anyway.”

Blindand narcissistic they may be, but I trust the media to know their owntribe – and theiroutlookon the base’s revolutionary fervor looks rather dim. Once again themedia’s endless talent for own-goals is apparent. The continuingdemonizingof Trump as theworst nightmare ever onlyensures that a choir that tired of the preaching a year ago willremain so. The struggle to get black voters to actually turn out isan old and ongoing one, but pissed-off Native Americans isn’t justElizabethWarren’s fault – it was mostly the media that accepted her DNAtest showing some squillionth of a percent of native DNA asvindication,andthen gallopedover to Trump to triumphantly flaunt it at him, giving him a goldenopportunity to mock it on national TV – on their own live networkbroadcasts, even.

You’llnote that the point regarding the media’s self-sabotage of theleft-wing movement was made many paragraphs ago, but it continues torear its awful head as a salient factor in almost every exampleillustrating any otherpoint in this article – this is how pervasive it is.

There’smore to Democratic lethargy than the media pissing off key left-wingDemographics in western states with important House races, however –there’s also the overall lack of a message. Instead of coalescingon a single one, Democrats appear to be taking a local-issuesapproach, which is rather awkward given they – and the media –have spent the last two years making absolutelyeverything aboutTrump. They’re stillmaking everything about Trump (e.g.synagogue shooter) even now,inthe eleventh hour. Thenthere’s the notable and growing strain between old-schoolblue-collar union Democrats and the “progressive wing” (viz.privileged wealthy white socialists) whichdivides their messaging on the economy – especially tellingconsidering the record-low unemployment and rapidlyrising wages. (It’s hard to tell people they’re living inObama’s economy whenyou were telling them it was Trump’s climate a few months ago.)

Andof course, the cherry on this shitstorm sundae is the latest greatestmigrant caravan advancing through Mexico – seven thousandstrong, originally – which took Trump’s single greatest electionissue and slam-dunked it in the middle of the debate again. Thecaravan is significant because it tangiblyprovesTrump’s long-standing point regarding immigration problems, and isexactly the kind of thing a big wall would hinder – awall Trump can’t build if he can’t get a funding bill through theHouse.

Insum, the left still lacks a coherent message, is still desensitizingtheir electorate with constant panicked screeching, is frequentlypissing off their own key constituencies with their ham-handedagitprop, and are helping to suppress their own vote by portraying anelection that’s all but won. Meanwhile the Republicans have aPresident who’s actually delivered on many of his promises, has agreat recent event to showcase how delivering on the rest rides onthis next election, and, in general, have optimism.Somethingabout Kanye West’s recent visit to the White House stood out to me– he saidhe had nothing against Hillary’s campaign slogan, but when he puton a MAGA hat, he “felt like Superman.”

“Feltlike Superman.” That’s a sentiment of empowerment.Obamaunderstood the power of positive messaging – it’show “Hope and Change” swept him into office in his first term.Democratsthis year simply don’t.

Ican’t call it either way. But I cantell you that anyone who thinks this election is all over but for thecounting isnuts. The battle lines of 2016 have only been dug deeper, and thesimple truths of human nature make for an uphill fight – but by thesame token, Democrats have badly misplayed the hands they have, arecompletely incapable of real self-reflection on any significantscale, and Trump’s been President for two years with realsuccesses, with the much-ballyhooed Trumpocolypse yet to descend.

Insofaras I can call anything, I’d say this election is going to be close.I’d tell you to go out and vote, especiallyif you don’t want to see the party encouraging mob intimidation andstoking racial hatred controlling the House – which they’ll useto launch endless sham investigations of Trump long after Mueller’scharade finally gives up the ghost, in addition to impeaching himjust for the hell of it. If Trump loses the House he- and his agenda- will be a lame-duck for the next two years, because any seriousbill needs to be passed by both House and Senate.

Onceagain, everything is on the line.

I’mnot sick of winning yet.

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Books I Read in 2016_::_The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy by Nikki Loftin

“When my mom was alive, she read me stories every night.

‘Use your imagination, Lorelei,’ she’d say, ‘and your whole life can be a fairy tale.”

I wanted that to be true. But I should have paid more attention to the fairy tales.”

When Lorelei’s old school mysteriously burns down, a new one appears practically overnight: Splendid Academy. Rock-climbing walls on the playground and golden bowls of candy on every desk? Gourmet meals in the cafeteria, served by waiters? Optional homework and two recess periods a day? It’s every kids’s dream.

But Lorelei and her new friend Andrew are pretty sure it’s too good to be true. Together they uncover a sinister mystery, one with their teacher, the beautiful Ms. Morrigan, at the very center. Then Andrew disappears. Lorelei has to save him, even if that means facing a past she’d like to forget – and taking on a teacher who’s a real witch.

What Lorelei and Andrew discover chills their bones – and might even pick them clean!

1.85/5 stars

So I read this book a while ago, and the first time I read it, I really liked it. Not love, but I enjoyed it just fine. I’m not snobby about the target age of my reading material: I love Dragons Love Tacos as much as I love Red Queen as much as I love The Night Circus as much as I love Aru Shah and the End of Time. And I read The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy at a dark time in my life (I have many) when my depression went undiagnosed and therefore untreated and I couldn’t handle much in the way of length or high-high stakes or grimdark or anything like that. So this book was perfect because it had stakes but it’s easier to care about one kid’s life than about, say, the war for the Iron Throne on top of all your faves possibly getting killed by ice demons or zombies. And I enjoyed this book.

More recently, I’ve reread it, and…well, I didn’t love it or like it as much as I had the first time. I didn’t hate it, but I definitely didn’t love it.

People talk about purity culture, which is hecka toxic, and I’m not here for that (I don’t judge people’s reading material unless it’s something drastic, like shouting from the rooftops how much they enjoyed Mein Kampf because, um, yikes). If there’s a book that I’ve heard is problematic, I may or may not read it for myself, depending on the nature of the issues and whatever. No media is perfect, it’s a balancing act. If I’m titchy about the person getting my money, I’ll buy that book secondhand so they don’t get any of my money (this is what I did with Stephenie Meyer, Suzanne Collins, Cassandra Clare, Anne Rice, James Dashner, & JK Rowling, for example). Not difficult to do. The obsession with consuming so-called “pure media” can be super bad and result in things like anon harassment or even death threats. I’ve seen this happen. On the flip side, the push against both problematic content and purity culture, when dealt with rationally, has led to some really great discussions regarding media analysis and critical thinking with regard to story consumption, and that’s great.

Why is this relevant?

So I reread Splendid Academy after some exposure to articles, essays, blog posts, and tumblr posts about several topics - including the pervasiveness and lethality of fat-shaming (among other things, like the silencing and condemnation by society of justified female anger). I did not go looking for these posts, they just trickled into the fringe of my social awareness as a result of using social media. I’d read them, reblogged and retweeted them, but I didn’t consciously try to apply those posts to Splendid Academy when I reread it. But this time through, the book made me super uncomfortable, although at first I didn’t quite understand why. I had to sit and, as they say, “think muh thoughts” all the way through a few times before I figured out what was bothering me.

The very basic dual premises of this book are sexist and fat-phobic. Now, I’m fat. There’s a lot of stigma around being fat. I mean, people have died of treatable, not-fat-related medical ailments because their doctor refused to look for those things, falling back on “just lose some weight and you’ll be fine” instead - and then boom, it’s something like cancer (which is not exacerbated by being fat) and the person dies.

(I am not Google. You can Google this information if you really want to. It’s all over Tumblr, Twitter, and Google. Don’t bother me about it)

The sinister nature of Splendid Academy is that its run by three witches fattening up all the kids to be eaten. Typical “Hansel and Gretel” motif, right? Except! In “Hansel and Gretel,” the kids are literally starving when they come upon a food source, an adult tells them to eat and eat and eat (it’s not their idea), and Hansel ends up locked in a cage by the witch and force-fed because the witch* threatens to kill his sister if he doesn’t. A lot of fairy tales (original ones in Grimms collections and by Andersen and whatnot, I mean) have morals of various types. The moral of “Hansel & Gretel” is not “gluttony should be punishable by death” or “being fat makes you a worthless human and it’s why bad things happen to you.”

(*By the way, the stereotypical long-nosed warty witch who eats Christian children is an anti-Semitic caricature of Jewish women and it’s gross; luckily the author doesn’t do that)

But in this book, the kids almost seem to bring their imminent demise on themselves by eating too much junk food. Sort of like how the narration says Augustus Gloop ended up turned into semi-sentient fudge in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory because he was a greedy glutton and not because Willy Wonka is a colonizing* sociopath who should never be in charge of minors.

(*Three words: Fucking. Oompa. Loompas.)

All but one of the kids attending Splendid Academy are snackers. These twelve- and thirteen-year-olds will snack on Skittles or sunflower seeds or whatever while they do homework or school work. They’re fed gourmet breakfasts and lunches in the school cafeteria every day. The food is enchanted, of course, to be highly addictive and also enchanted so that it transforms immediately into fat, apparently? Bypassing the stomach entirely, I guess, because the kids never get full and literally just eat all day every day that they’re in school.

Wait, you say. If the food is enchanted, it’s not the kids’ fault they’re eating it. That’s not fat-phobic at all. What?

I said all but one kid has fallen for these magical machinations. One boy (not our protagonist Lorelei, but her friend Andrew) is basically immune to the call of the candy. If the One Ring of Power was candy, he’d be movie!Faramir and Lorelei would be Frodo. And why is he immune? Because he’s got a fairy godmother? He’s magical himself? He’s a total nerd and studied mythology and knows how to spot ensorcelled edibles a mile away?

Nah. It’s cuz he went to fat camp.

Y’all can’t see my face right now.

Now, to be fair, apparently Andrew was a compulsive eater and needed some kind of intervention because he was out of control (which, also being fair, is a ridiculous and tired trope about how fat people can’t control themselves around food and we need to kill that with fire and not spoon-feed the idea to tweens, thanks). But even with the blegh back story of compulsive eater, YOU DON’T SEND A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD TO FAT CAMP, OHMIGAWD. Unless he’s got PICA (that mental illness where you compulsively eat dangerous or non-food shit like glass or soap or carpet lint) or whatever, he’s not compulsively eating because he’s the next Augustus Gloop and he’s a spoiled brat who hates the word “no.” I used to be a compulsive eater as a kid (which is oddly not how I got fat). I developed the habit if “eating my feelings” because I WAS SUICIDAL AND FOOD WAS THE ONLY THING THAT EVEN HELPED A LITTLE BIT.

And you know what helped me curb my compulsive eating when my depression got really bad? It wasn’t the taunting about being fat or my mom telling me I needed to go on a diet or my dad asking me constantly if I really shouldn’t put back that second cheese stick or applesauce cup. What really helped me stop compulsively eating WAS TREATING MY FREAKING DEPRESSION.

Ahem. However, the book does do one thing sort of right with this kid - because he HAS UNTREATED DEPRESSION went to actual therapy (for the compulsive eating specifically and not anything else that might be wrong) while shipped off to fat-person exile because his parents are horrible people, he can recognize “trigger foods”* - the foods that he would compulsively eat and would make him overeat when he was upset, foods he now avoids. They got that part right. But it also means he’s more selective about what he eats (which is fine) and has more self-control than the other kids (um…), self-control he learned thanks to an entire summer at fat camp (UM…), and his sheer determination alone to not “stuff his face” helps him shake off the herion-addictive magic laid on the school food.

ExCUSE me???

(*Side note, I’m on meds now for non-food stuff that screw with my appetite and also I’m a broke bitch but as a kid/teen, my trigger foods were bread, apple pie, cake, waffles, and fruit bagels. I can still, if I had money, eat an entire angel food cake but that’s not a trigger, it’s just super fluffy and delicious)

So our sidekick is a former fat kid with untreated mental health issues who got sent to fat camp and thanks to the miracle of fat camp has now overcome his unhealthy dependence on food AND has the will power (forged from denying his inner fatty) to throw off three witches’ worth of addictive magic. Something Lorelei only manages to do after she eats magical dead-kid bone chips. Because she and the other kids have no self-control and so just eat and eat...apparently.

Alrighty then…

But Andrew’s not our lead. Lorelei is. And Lorelei interesting as a middle grade protagonist. Her mom recently died of cancer and Lorelei blames herself (because that’s what kids do) and she’s filled with even more confusion, fear, self-hate, and anger than a typical tween girl as a result both of her mother’s lingering illness and ugly death as well as the fact that Lorelei at one point jerked away from her mom during an argument and, due to chemo-induced weakness, her mom lost her balance, fell, and broke a bone.

Lorelei is lost and angry. She makes friends with Andrew and finds out about the witches and their cannibal plot while still struggling not only with her mom’s death and her own guilt, but the screwed-up situation with her family. What situation? Her dad and older brother are 100% emotionally abusive and treat her like she’s some kind of bratty little monster because she’s feeling sad and guilty and scared and angry all the time.

HER MOM JUST DIED YOU BUTTHOLES, SHE’S GOING THROUGH PUBERTY WHICH IS A HORMONAL HURRICANE OF DEATH THAT RUINS EVERYTHING, AND YOU POOP-WAFFLES ARE HELPING NOT AT ALL AND YOU SUCK.

This is a MAJOR pet peeve for me because too often emotional abuse is normalized in middle grade fiction, especially when it comes from parents (this book, The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary, All Four Stars by Tara Dairman, Young Wizards by Diane Duane, and even in Harry Potter, perpetuated by some of the so-called heroes) and it drives me bat-crap.

This is a middle-grade review, so I’m trying to keep it PG13.

The head witch, Ms. Morrigan, is drawn to Lorelei because of her anger and how lost she feels, and instead of eating her, wants to adopt her and make her into a baby cannibal-witch. This would be kind of a cool angle except once again, it reinforces that Lorelei being angry about her mom being dead is a flaw iin her character and not a completely understandable psychological response to a tween’s universe being ripped in half by the concept of her mother being gone forever.

Her dad and brother are “good guys” and disturbed/horrified by and condemning of her anger, grief, guilt, and fear, and they punish her for it. Ergo, according to the narrative, her anger is bad. The evil witches who literally eat children admire her anger and say it proves she should be one of them, too. Ergo, her anger is double bad. She only stops being tempted to join with the witches once she realizes being angry about her mom dying is “immature” and “bad.” Ergo, blah blah blah, girls should never be angry, it’s unladylike and turns you into a flesh-eating witch.

My parents spoon-fed me “demonstrating anger in any way for any reason is bad” along with a HUGE helping of “being angry about feeling powerless makes you a bad person” for six years of my adolescence, then wondered why I started self-harming, developed depression, and attempted suicide on multiple occasions before I was twelve. The message that a child’s anger in the face of powerlessness, death, or sudden and unpredictable changes to their homeostasis is an inherently bad thing that should be punished and makes them bad or evil can be incredibly damaging. Her mom died. A twelve-year-old girl is allowed to be confused and sad and hurt and angry about that.

Like I said, I didn’t hate the book (although these two things I ranted about made me suuuper uncomfortable while reading and the more I thought about them later, the angrier I got). But I didn’t love it, and I didn’t like it as much as I did during my first read-through. The fat-shaming was annoying and gross, and I’m suuuper tired of angry girls being shamed for their feelings, especially teens and kids. Young people feel things so intensely. And they don’t always have the experience or the vocabulary to parse out how certain aspects of a story make them feel or why, or resist internalizing toxic messages about how feeling intensely or feeling a particular way at all is bad. Thre’s a big differene between asking an eight-year-old to consume their media critically and someone twice or thrice that age. And yeah, parents have a responsibility, family discussions, if they rely solely on books society has failed them, blah blah. Unfortunately, a lot of parents suck and a lot of parents shame their kids for having feelings the parets don’t think they should. Especially young girls. The normalizing of emotional abuse by parents in middle grade books proves how “normal” many adults think such things are.

Did I Enjoy This Book: yeah, for the most part, I guess. But I won’t be reading it again anytime soon.

Would I Recommend It: No, I wouldn’t. I can’t think of anyone I would feel comfortable recommending it to, who would actually enjoy it.

Plot: .35 star

Word Choice: .5 star

World Building: .5 star

Characters: .5 star

Realism: .75 star

-¼ star for fat-shaming

-¼ star for normalizing emotional abuse

-¼ star for shaming female anger

Total Score: 1.85/5 stars

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Nicole Kidman as Principal Trapp Michelle Pfeiffer as Ms. Morrigan Bryce Dallas Howard as Ms. Threnoddy

#book review #aesthetic #nikki loftin #sinister sweetness of splendid academy #suicide m #fat shaming tw #sexism #misogyny #middle grade #food tw #emotional abuse tw #character death tw

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

And Saul approved of their killing him.

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 8:1-3

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you also.” John 15:18-20

Well before He was arrested, falsely accused and convicted, beaten and abused, and then crucified on a cross at Calvary, Jesus had warned about the future for those who would choose to be His disciples. He knew they would be treated as badly as He was and He wanted to give them advance warning.

As the eighth chapter of Acts open, we see the prophecy from John’s Gospel fulfilled.

For the Sanhedrin, their ears closed to the history lesson provided by Stephen, a history lesson intended to prevent them from repeating the mistakes of their ancestors, dragged Stephen outside the city and sanctioned his execution by stoning. The killing was gladly supervised by a fervent Jew by the name of Saul. We’ll spend most of Acts looking at Saul’s story and how he comes to Christ and becomes a great apostle named Paul, but for now, we need to remember that Saul was a master persecutor who never hesitated to kill a Christian if the opportunity presented itself.

He wasn’t alone for we read where the Jewish religious leaders capitalized on the stoning of Stephen by going full throttle in persecuting the Christian church in Jerusalem.

How severe was this persecution?

So severe that all Christian disciples, with the exception of the apostles, scattered and dispersed to the regions of Judea and Samaria to avoid Saul’s onslaught as he went from home to home, dragging off Christian believers and incarcerating them. The goal was stopping the spread of Jesus followers but the Jewish religious authorities and their chief persecutor, Saul, actually served to advance the Gospel through their actions, and in doing so, fulfilling two other predictions, one by Jesus and the other by a Pharisee named Gamaliel as he sought to advise the Sanhedrin during their trial of the apostles. We’ll look at Gamaliel’s words first and then Jesus’.

“A Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: “Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” Acts 5:34-39

At the time, the Sanhedrin was persuaded and didn’t put the apostles to death. As a result, a dispersing never materialized. But it didn’t take long for the Sanhedrin to forget Gamaliel’s wisdom because instead of seeing that by fighting Stephen, they were really fighting God, which was always going to be a losing proposition, they executed Stephen and witnessed first had why Gamaliel had warned them as he did. For the disbursement of disciples occurred and the Jewish religious authorities immediately lost any control they may have had in trying to stop the cause of Jesus.

Of course, as mentioned, Jesus also had predicted this as He addressed His disciples before His ascension. Going back to the first chapter of Acts, we find Jesus saying these words:

“…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Jesus foretold how the Gospel would be spread. There was a playbook that would be fulfilled and followed perfectly because Jesus was calling the plays.

After the Holy Spirit, the Gospel would first take root in Jerusalem and the apostles made sure that happened as thousands upon thousands of new believers joined the church.

And now, with the killing of Stephen and breakout of persecution in Jerusalem, the Gospel spreading plan was entering stage 2 where we’ll see it shared in Judea and Samaria before heading to the ends of the earth.

Over and over again in the scriptures, we find the pattern of prophecy followed by fulfillment. We can always count on things happening just the way the Lord says they will happen because His words are always perfectly true. Never forget that when you start to be dismayed with the way the world is going. For we know the world will enter into a steady decline and spiral into evil and wickedness but we also know that Jesus is going to return and all those who placed their belief and hope in Him will be ushered into glory forever, to a new eternal home where we’ll never ever have to see persecution happen again.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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24th March >> Fr. Martin’s Gospel Reflections on John 11:45-56 for Saturday, Fifth Week of Lent: ‘Jesus was to die for the nation’. Saturday, Fifth Week of Lent Gospel (Europe, Africa, New Zealand, Australia & Canada) John 11:45-56 Jesus was to die to gather together the scattered children of God Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did believed in him, but some of them went to tell the Pharisees what Jesus had done. Then the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting. ‘Here is this man working all these signs’ they said ‘and what action are we taking? If we let him go on in this way everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy the Holy Place and our nation.’ One of them, Caiaphas, the high priest that year, said, ‘You do not seem to have grasped the situation at all; you fail to see that it is better for one man to die for the people, than for the whole nation to be destroyed.’ He did not speak in his own person, it was as high priest that he made this prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation – and not for the nation only, but to gather together in unity the scattered children of God. From that day they were determined to kill him. So Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but left the district for a town called Ephraim, in the country bordering on the desert, and stayed there with his disciples. The Jewish Passover drew near, and many of the country people who had gone up to Jerusalem to purify themselves looked out for Jesus, saying to one another as they stood about in the Temple, ‘What do you think? Will he come to the festival or not?’ Gospel (USA) John 11:45-56 To gather together in unity the scattered children of God. Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.” But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.” He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God. So from that day on they planned to kill him. So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples. Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves. They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?” Reflections (4) (i) Saturday, Fifth Week of Lent In today’s gospel reading, Caiaphas, the high priest, speaks at a meeting of the Jewish ruling council. The high priest at that time was closely associated with the Roman ruling power. The Roman governor gave the high priest a certain autonomy in running the affairs of the people, provided he was loyal to Rome and ensured that the people remained loyal. Caiaphas would have been concerned to ensure that the Romans were kept on side, so as to maintain his own position. We can hear that concern in the words of Caiaphas in the gospel reading, ‘If we let him (Jesus) go on in this way everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy the Holy Place and our nation’. If Jesus, the Jew, starts to gain a large following, especially in Jerusalem, the Romans will take action and everyone will suffer. This leads Caiaphas to state his pragmatic solution, ‘it is better for one man to die for the people, than for the whole nation to be destroyed’. The individual can be sacrificed to the perceived good of the collective. This is a way of reasoning that has always been with us and remains with us today. Individuals don’t really matter; what matters is the nation, the people, the collective, the state, the institution. In the ministry of Jesus, the individual mattered a great deal. He related to each person with respect for their uniqueness and individuality. It is above all the individual human being who is precious in God’s sight and needs cherishing by others. The good of the collective can never be pursued at the expense of the individuals who make it up. Jesus was put to death for the people, to preserve the perceived good of the nation, to keep the status quo. For the evangelist, the irony is that Jesus did die for the people, but not in the sense Caiaphas intended. He died out of love for all, to gather together into one family of faith the scattered children of God. We are all members of that new family that was formed through the death of Jesus. As members of that family that has Jesus as our brother, we are called to relate to others with the same care for the individual as Jesus showed. And/Or (ii) Saturday, Fifth Week of Lent Pragmatism is a quality that is often admired in political leaders. In this morning’s gospel reading we have an example of a rather deadly form of political pragmatism. Caiaphas, the high priest, declares to his fellow religious leaders, ‘it is better for one man to die for the people, than for the whole nation to be destroyed’. Jesus was threatening the status quo, therefore he should be eliminated. This particular individual is expendable for the sake of the nation as a whole. That outlook of considering one individual as expendable for the sake of the perceived good of the majority is not unique to the time and place of Jesus; it has always been around and is still around. It is the opposite to the outlook of Jesus. For Jesus the individual was everything. Jesus is the good shepherd who calls his own by name; he called Lazarus from the tomb by name; he called Zacchaeus down from his tree by name; he called Mary Magdalene outside the empty tomb by name. The individual was of infinite value to Jesus. The Lord calls each of us by name; we are each precious in his sight. He also wants us to call on him by name, just as the good thief did on the cross, when he prayed, ‘Jesus, remember me’. And/Or (iii) Saturday, Fifth Week of Lent This evening we begin Holy Week, a time when we reflect on the last week of Jesus’ life, beginning with his entry into the city of Jerusalem. In the gospel reading we have just read, a formal decision is taken by the Jewish authorities to have Jesus put to death. As a result, according to our reading, ‘from that day they were determined to kill him’. The gospel we have just read immediately follows the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. It was this life-giving action of Jesus that sealed his fate, according to John’s gospel. It was because he gave life to others, in various ways, that he was put to death. Yet, without their being aware of it, those who were responsible for putting Jesus to death enabled him to continue his life-giving work in an even more powerful way. In the words of our gospel reading this morning, Jesus died ‘to gather together in unity the scattered children of God’. In and through his death Jesus was able to reveal God’s life-giving love more fully and more powerfully, and, in so doing, to gather people together around the cross, because they recognize it as the revelation of God’s unconditional love. This coming Holy Week, we are invited to allow ourselves to be gathered together around the cross in response to the Lord’s great love that flows from the cross and embraces us all. And/Or (iv) Saturday, Fifth Week of Lent At the end of this morning’s gospel reading, a decision is made by the Jewish authorities to put Jesus to death. He was considered a threat to the status quo, from which the authorities benefited. In every age and culture, those who are perceived to be disturbing the way things have always been are silenced in one way or another. Jesus was disturbing the status quo just by being true to his deepest calling from God. He came to bring God’s life to the world. He had just raised Lazarus from the dead and brought joy to a grieving family. It was this liberating, life-giving work that was perceived as threatening. It was because Jesus came as the Life-Giver that he was put to death. In giving life to people like Lazarus, Jesus lost his own life. Yet, the further paradox was that in losing his life, in having his life taken from him, Jesus continued his life-giving work. Jesus was the Life-Giver on the cross, as much as when he walked the paths of Galilee and the streets of Jerusalem. In this morning’s gospel reading, the evangelist declares that Jesus’ dying had a gathering effect. He died ‘to gather together in unity the scattered children of God’. Jesus’ death was an even fuller revelation of God’s life-giving love for the world, than his life had been. God’s love pouring from the broken body of Jesus drew people to Jesus and gathered them together around him. This is one of the ways his death was life-giving for others. That is why we call the Friday on which Jesus was crucified Good Friday and why we venerate the wood of the cross on that day, rather than simply grieving over it. Fr. Martin Hogan, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Clontarf, Dublin, D03 AO62, Ireland. Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Parish Website: www.stjohnsclontarf.ie Please join us via our webcam. Twitter: @SJtBClontarfRC. Facebook: St John the Baptist RC Parish, Clontarf. Tumblr: Saint John the Baptist Parish, Clontarf, Dublin.

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artificialqueens · 8 years ago

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Toledo (Trixya) - Joanne Elizabeth

AN: Hi there! Long time reader, first time submitter. I’ve had this fic in my files for a while, but have been too nervous to submit it. But with a sudden gust of courage and absolutely no beta, I bring you this outdated Trixya fic. I wrote it right after Katya was saying all of the things on stage about Trixie. [Male pronouns, male body parts]

“I know that’s the joke, and that you’re all flooding your haunted caverns over it, but it’s real to us. I did try to fuck her, she did turn me down four times, and we are still friends despite my neuroses and her hot Jewish sausage packer of a boyfriend. But let me tell you this, Tracy Joanne Elizabeth Martel is my best friend and soulmate. She is the light in my dark tunnel of life, and I thank the good Lord of Hell Lucifer himself each and every day I get to exist with her beside me. But I would like to request that you let me live that truth every day without interjection, because I would never want to disrespect her or upset her. That is, until she shows interest, Barbara. The second either that egg shaped heela-monster or that blonde Barbie bitch shows an inkling of interest in me, oh, it’s on, bitch. The sequel. I’d give up both nuts and my ding a ling to so much as kiss a single hair on her bald ass head, not that she’d want me without this exquisite package anyway. But enough about me and my unrequited and unsolicited and unhealthy love for my best friend, let’s start the next song!”

Katya burst through his dressing room, eyes going straight to the table where he had left his cigarettes, because fuck did he need one. What the hell had he just done? But something stood in her way. Someone.

Fuck.

“What in the hell is wrong with you? Actually?” Trixie wasn’t laughing. And he was in full drag. Katya could feel her brain trying to work it out.

“I didn’t know you’d be here” was all he managed.

“Would that have fucking stopped you from telling a crowd full of people with camera phones our full story?” Fuck, he was mad. Madder than Katya had seen in awhile.

“I didn’t - I didn’t plan it. Why are you here?” Katya was still stunned. Trixie was wearing the tropical swimsuit that made her padded hips pop with the white cover up that Katya had bought her in Brazil. She looked amazing, despite her angry face showing through the four pounds of makeup.

“I was going to surprise you, you bitch. But I can’t fucking go out there now, can I? Fuck, Katya, I didn’t even bring my stuff to change. It’s all back at your fucking hotel. You’re so selfish!” Katya stood still as Trixie paced the small area of the dressing room.

“I’m sorry,” Katya began, “I have to go back out soon. Stay here. We can ride back to the hotel together.” Trixie nodded sharply, throwing himself down on the small couch.

Katya left without his cigarettes and without knowing if it was even his time to go back out. He finished the show on auto pilot, thankful his meet and greet was before the show at this venue.

When he returned, he saw that Trixie had packed up all of his things, better than Katya would have done.

“Thanks,” he muttered, putting his backpack on. He assumed untucking and changing here wouldn’t be okay in the ways it was normal for them. Katya led them to the entrance and lit a cigarette the second his foot touched the pavement. He sucked roughly on the end of it, watching their cab pull closer. They climbed into it, without Trixie saying anything the whole way, or even looking her direction.

Once in the elevator, Katya chose six while Trixie pressed four. When the doors opened, Katya opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Trixie.

“Cmon,” she grunted, sticking his arm out to hold the elevator. Katya jumped and followed him by impulse. It wasn’t until Trixie’s door shut behind him that he realized that she had willingly walked into another fight.

“Trix, let me explain,” Katya began. But he couldn’t finish. Even when his friend, crush, best friend, soul mate, love interest, and life partner signaled him to continue.

“Okay, then I’ll start,” Trixie snapped. But his eyes softened before he spoke again, “Did you mean it?” Katya’s heart sank. That was the one thing she didn’t want to talk about.

“I don’t want to fuck up what we have. I know you’re with Jason, and I know it’s not a thing, and I promise you I am so, so fine with being friends. But you can’t break our friendship over this, you just can’t. I’ll die. I don’t know why I said that shit, except that to be honest I missed you like crazy and our phone calls aren’t helping because sometimes just being in the same room as you keeps me in my fragile state of pseudo sanity, except for obviously right now. But Tracy please, you have to tell me what to do to make this right. Yell at me, hit me, I’ll get a fake boyfriend and put him on Instagram so the fans lay off, but you can’t–”

He froze when Trixie placed a hand on his forearm. His hands were rough, like he’d been playing the guitar a lot.

“So you meant it?” Katya nodded before he could think of another ramble.

Trixie laughed, the loud cackling laugh that always made Katya jump in his skin. The hand on his arm tightened it’s grip and yanked him into an embrace that smelled like baby powder and hairspray and Trixie.

“Thank you, I’m so sorry, I’ll make it up to you,” Katya sighed, pulling back to look at him. But his friend wasn’t smiling like he was. Katya’s head tilted in confusion at the small tracing movements he could feel on his lower back by one inch baby pink nails. Trixie’s head tilted the other way, his eyes slowly closing, and - - OH

Katya leaned in to meet his lips and felt the exact moment his entire world flipped.

–

Trixie pulled him closer, refusing to break the kiss despite being light headed. He pushed Katya towards the wall, needing some stability in his six inch pumps and his six hours of nerves about this moment.

He both heard and felt Katya moan under him and used it to his advantage, kissing his way into the open mouth.

He loved licking the taste of cigarettes from Katya’s tongue. Whether it was because he was midwest trash, because he was borderline addicted to them as well, because he was crazy, or worst - because he was in love with him, Trixie didn’t know. He only knew how his tongue chased the taste. Hungrily, effortlessly, as if he had wanted to do it his whole life, as if he had been doing it his whole life, as if he was destined to do it for the rest of his life, their life. It was the last thought that made him suddenly pull back.

“Katya,” he huffed, placing his hands on the other man’s shoulders. He was fascinated at how much pink lipstick he saw on his face. He wondered how much red was on his own.

“No, no, please,” Katya murmured, his eyes never opening, leaning back in.

“Brian,” he softly shook the other’s shoulders and was met with piercing blue eyes that said more than Trixie herself was brave enough to say.

“I think you should go back to your room.” The shorter man’s shoulders fell. Trixie shook him again. “Stop. I’m not saying no to this. I just need some space to think.” He had a plan! And the plan definitely didn’t involve making out with Brian before they could have a serious talk about their feelings and treat this practically. He knew it would all fall apart if they weren’t smart about it.

“There’s so much spaaaace,” Katya parroted without thinking. They both chuckled softly.

“Seriously. Let’s take off this awful shit, and get some rest, and see each other tomorrow,” Trixie said gently. Katya nodded, clearly biting his tongue against a slew of words that Trixie knew all too well were close to falling out.

“I’m not mad,” Trixie placated, “I don’t think I am, at least. I need to think.” Katya nodded, still clamping his lips shut. He pulled his best friend into a hug, squeezed tight, and released him.

“When you jack off to that later, mama, please remember that you’re the one who started it,” Katya trilled as he shut the door behind him. He could hear Trixie’s laugh following him down the hall to his own room.

–

The door had barely slammed shut before the knife printed dress was on the floor, followed immediately by the wig and tights and bra and everything else that suddenly felt like it was suffocating him. He yanked the lashes off as he turned the shower on and glanced into the mirror. Yep, just as much pink was on his face as he had left red on Tracy’s.

The hot water was burning his skin but he turned it up higher because he wasn’t sure what else to do. He scrubbed until his skin was raw and then snapped the water off and sat down in the tub.

He had kissed him. Trixie had pulled Brian into her arms and had placed those overdrawn lips on his own and they had made out and it wasn’t for cameras or fans or fueled by alcohol on Trixie’s end. Brian had confessed his love for him for the, what was it, third? Fourth? time this month and they had fought and he didn’t lose him. He got a hot as fuck kiss and a promise that they’d talk later.

Brian stood slowly from the tub and, without drying off, rummaged through his suitcase for some shorts and a t-shirt. He threw a baseball cap on and grabbed his cigarettes, room key, and cell phone before slowly walking towards the exit of the hotel, skimming through his messages. He didn’t dare check twitter – his phone had blown up the last time he’d done one of his weird-ass-please-take-more-medication monologues. He stuck to What'sApp and saw that there were four messages from Alaska.

Hiiiieeeeee. Are you okay?

Shit, I meant, like how are you emotionally, not ya know, drug stuff.

This is about the Trixie speech tonight.

Obviously.

Brian cackled and shot a quick message back. “I’m okay, and I think I’m either really good, or really bad. I’ll let you know when I figure it out. Thanks for the concern, snake.”

The blip of the lighter was his favorite sound. He did it a few times more after he had lit the tip of his cigarette and taken his first, long drag. He sat for a few minutes against the brick wall before realizing what was missing. Usually, he called Trix on his post-show smoke break. He twirled his phone a few times, waiting for a response from Alaska to distract him, but nothing came.

“Fuck it,” he muttered, tapping in his passcode and pressing the phone icon.

“Um, hello?” Katya could hear the confusion in his voice when Trixie answered.

“I’m smoking and we usually talk while I’m out here, and I definitely don’t want to periscope,” he explained quickly, “Can we just pretend it’s normal for ten minutes?”

“Uh, yeah. Yeah, that’s okay,” Trixie said, sounding distracted, “How was your show?”

Katya’s laugh burst through his chest, “It was fine. Normal, nothing to write home about.” Trixie laughed as well.

“Okay, so this morning, I’m standing in line at the CVS and there’s this ancient, I mean literally historic lady is two people in front of me, and she’s got head to toe purple on. I mean, purple pumps, purple tinted tights, a fucking purple mini dress, a purple fur jacket, a fascinator that she had clearly dyed herself. I swear to god Katya, I saw Violet Chachki’s future. This bitch even had a little purple clutch so she could store her lottery tickets.”

“Oh mama, please tell me you took a picture of that to send to Violet,” Katya responded between the wheezing laughter.

“No, I’m a fucking idiot and didn’t think to because I was there trying to load up on Red Bull.” Trixie’s laughed died off. “Honestly it wasn’t at the CVS, it was at the airport.”

“Oh,” Katya nodded, taking another heavy drag. “Sorry I ruined your surprise, Barbara.”

“It happens,” Trixie sighed.

“It doesn’t, but thanks,” Katya said, “Why’d you come out anyway? I’m sure Toledo isn’t the most luxurious place to spend your days off.” Katya felt his heart hammering and he knew it wasn’t the fact that he had already lit her second cigarette.

“I uh,” Trixie groaned, and Katya could hear the bedding rustle underneath him, “I’m not sure.”

“You got on a plane to Ohio and you’re not sure why?” Katya responded without thinking, and then, “Sorry, I’m pushing. I push too much.”

“No, it’s okay, I like being pushed by you sometimes,” Trixie chuckled.

“Mother, I’m pushing my friends away again,” Katya intoned. An amicable silence followed their laughter, and Katya stubbed out his cigarette.

“So, um,” Trixie began, “Jason and I broke up.” Katya’s heart fell to his ass in one final beat. His friend had sought him out after being horribly dumped and devastated, and Katya had to ruin it all by making jokes that weren’t jokes at all about how he was in love with him, when all Trixie needed was someone to eat ice cream with and throw pillows at romantic movies on the television.

“Oh, honey,” Katya cooed, “I’m so sorry. What happened? Was it the travelling again? Why can’t you find someone who is okay with the travelling? A werewolf, maybe, you could travel during a full moon. I know you like them hairy.” Katya heard Trixie’s laugh both in the phone speaker and behind him. He turned to see a sweatpants and tank top clad Trixie walking towards him, phone pressed to his ear.

“I broke up with him,” Trixie had stopped walking, maybe fifty feet from where Katya was leaning. He sat up, and followed Trixie’s suit by keeping his phone to his ear.

“Why?” Katya breathed.

“He asked me if I’d rather be with you,” Trixie said, so quiet that Katya had to strain to hear it through the phone.

“Don’t,” Katya warned. He stuck his finger up, pausing Trixie, who had started to walk towards him. “Don’t.”

Trixie stopped. “I told him yes.”

Katya couldn’t hear anything, so he pocketed his phone. He sat back down, not trusting her legs.

“I came out here to see you,” Trixie called from where Katya had stopped him. Katya didn’t know if he meant Toledo or the sidewalk, but it didn’t matter anymore. He was there. Trixie had come to see him and he was there.

“Can I come closer?” Katya nodded slowly, eyes stuck to the ground.

“I need to talk and I need you to listen and then when that’s done, if you want to talk, you can. And I’ll try to listen. And then I am going to insist that we go back inside and make out until the sun comes up and we have to get back on a plane.” Trixie was stopped five feet in front of Katya. He could see his dorky brown moccasins, lined up with his own black flip flops. Katya nodded again, blipping the lighter with his thumb.

“I always thought it was a sex thing. Even after we were friends, I thought you only wanted to fuck me once or twice, like trade. I thought we were friends and you wanted to fuck me and that was it. And you know that’s not how I see sex, so I wasn’t into you like that. And then you started spewing your fucking mouth at your shows. Honestly, I was worried you were on something when I saw the first one. And I realized that maybe you didn’t just want to fuck me, but maybe you wanted to like, do all of the dumb shit I like too. And then I thought about how maybe I wanted that. And then I got really drunk and watched your speech on youtube in a private browser for an hour until Jason called me and I broke up with him because I don’t want that shit from him. The marriage and the house and the kids and the dumb dogs. I don’t even know if I want that from you, or like, at all anymore. I just want you, I think. I’d like to try just having you.”

When he was done, Trixie took a rattling breath that told Katya he was probably crying, but he still couldn’t look up from the ground.

“Do you know what I’m saying?” Trixie asked hesitantly. Katya stood up, stretched on his legs, and pocketed his cigarettes.

“My room or yours?” Katya asked, extending his hand. Trixie laughed so hard that he doubled over, slapping Katya’s hand away.

“You fucking bitch!” Trixie screamed, still giggling, “I take it all back, you fucking cunt.” Katya grabbed him around the waist and pulled him into his chest.

“No, you don’t,” Katya whispered into Trixie’s ear.

“I don’t,” Trixie agreed, leaning down to kiss him.

—

Trixie had an alarm set for seven am and it was already nearing on 2 am, but he had no intention of sleeping. Katya was on top of him and and both of their shirts were gone and he had his hands down the back of Katya’s shorts, squeezing his ass. The movement made him grind down onto Trixie’s mostly hard dick, which then made the man groan.

“Ugh, I totally have to pee, give me a minute,” Trixie said, tapping Katya lightly on the ass, “Get up.”

The blonde rolled his eyes and fell to the side. “Do you have an alarm set?” He called as Trixie padded out of the room.

“Yeah, for seven.”

“Fuck, I need six probably.” Katya pulled his phone from his pocket to see a slew of messages from Alaska.

That’s my job as queen, ya know. Worrying about my peasants.

I don’t know what that means? The being good or bad thing?

You haven’t let me know anything.

Okay I know this is the anxiety talking but pls let me know how you’re doing

I assume you’re getting trade but srsly shoot me a text before passing out with cum on your face

Katya laughed and pressed the video call button.

Alaska answered almost immediately.

“Waiting up for me again, mother?” Katya asked.

“No, I’m on fucking reddit for some reason. Can’t sleep. They’re obsessed with you right now,” Alaska drawled.

“Don’t fucking remind me,” Katya groaned. “I’m good, by the way. Things are good.”

“Did you talk to her yet? Is she mad? I know she was mad last time.” Alaska seemed so concerned, and it touched Katya’s heart to know they’d actually formed that close of a friendship.

“Yeah, we’ve talked a little tonight,” Katya said vaguely.

“Who?” Trixie asked as he opened the door from the bathroom.

“You and I,” Katya responded, spinning to face him, “We’ve talked a little.”

“What?” He looked between Katya’s face and Alaska’s on the screen. “You called Alaska?” Trixie placed his head on Katya’s bare shoulder and began nibbling at his ear.

“The bitch was having a panic attack about my well-being,” Katya sighed. Alaska’s jaw was dropped.

“I’ve been sitting here worrying about you relapsing and you’ve been balls deep in this bitch the whole time? I’m gonna kill you, you commie.”

“In his defense, we have not yet gotten to the balls deep part of the evening, but you’re welcome to stay on the air for that,” Trixie purred, smoothing his hands across Katya’s chest.

“You guys suck,” Alaska sighed.

“Each other, mother,” Katya responded without a beat.

“Gross, bye.” Alaska ended the call. Before Katya could put the phone down, there were little kissy faces and hearts being sent in messenger. He set the alarm he wanted, and silenced the phone. Trixie climbed on top of Katya and resumed their make out session.

“Can I be disgustingly gross?” Katya asked softly between kisses.

“Oh god,” Trixie groaned, “What?”

“I don’t want to fuck you tonight,” Katya whispered.

“I swear to god if you say I want to make love to you, I am leaving,” Trixie giggled.

“No, actually, I don’t want to have sex. I want to wait. Take you on a date. Make it special. You deserve special,” Katya continued to shower him with kisses.

“Um, that’s,” Trixie started. He was blushing, and tried to hide it in Katya’s neck. “That’s like, super gay. But so am I, so… cool.”

“I wish I would have made that decision before I got hard,” Katya laughed.

“I can help you with that,” Trixie whispered seductively, sliding down Katya’s body.

“I’m Roxxxy Andrews and I’m here to make it clear, I know you love me baby, that’s why you brought me here!” Trixie practically shouted at Katya’s dick.

“Was a bitch on season five, I’m here to make it right,” Katya joined in, sitting up.

“Not like my comedy I’m killing on this rhyme!” They finished together, clasping hands.

“God, I hate you,” Katya laughed, standing up to remove his shorts.

“Hate you more,” Trixie responded. They climbed under the covers. Katya hit the lights, and spooned up behind Trixie, their fingers interlocking.

–

At six o'clock, they both jumped at the blaring alarm from Katya’s phone.

“Nooo, fuck,” Trixie whined, “Nooooo.”

“What, what’s wrong?” Katya was on edge immediately, as he always was when he woke up.

“I was going to set an alarm after you fell asleep and make you get up early and go get breakfast with me. Then I was going to tell you it was a date and suck your dick before you went to the airport.” Trixie rolled into the pillow and sighed loudly.

“You little dick pig.” Katya smacked Trixie’s exposed ass and sat up. “C'mon, I only said six because I wanted to stay with you longer. I gotta get going soon. Are you coming with me or staying in bed?”

“I’ll come, but you’re paying for the uber,” Trixie groaned, hauling himself out of bed. He loved that he knew that Katya woke up wide awake and fell back to death within ten minutes of standing, just like Katya knew he woke up slowly but would remain alive without caffeine, if not just a little crabby.

He picked his belongings up and packed them in comfortable silence, trailing behind Katya as he did the same in his own room, the bed still untouched. They made it to the hotel lobby and located coffee before the uber arrived.

“I can’t believe you flew to fucking Toledo just to see me,” Katya whispered once they had buckled their seatbelts.

“It felt like I needed to,” Trixie shrugged.

“Glad you did,” Katya murmured against Trixie’s knuckles, kissing them.

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mcdouglecompany-blog · 6 years ago

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Israel is one of the most free and most prosperous countries in the world. Not only is Israel a booming economy and a wellspring of innovation, it is the only democracy in the Middle East. So why is it so controversial to support the Jewish state? Stephen Harper, the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, lays out several fundamental truths about America’s most critical ally.

Script: When I was Prime Minister of Canada, I was often asked this question: “Why do you support Israel?” My response, in effect, was always the same: Why wouldn’t I support Israel? Why wouldn’t I support a fellow democratic nation where open elections, free speech, and religious tolerance are the everyday norm? Why wouldn’t I support a country with a vibrant free press and an independent judiciary? Why wouldn’t I support a valuable trading partner and a well-spring of amazing technological innovation? Why wouldn’t I support our most critical ally in the Middle East, and in the international struggle against terrorism? In a rational world, in a world where simple common sense prevailed, the question “why do you support Israel?” would be like asking “why do you support Australia?” or…”Canada?” But we don’t live in that rational, common-sense world. So the case for Israel has to be made over and over. I, for one, am happy to make it. Let me start with this: Every military action Israel has ever taken has been to protect itself. Israel is not an aggressor state; it’s a defensive state. This has been true from its founding to this day. As a fledgling nation in 1948, Israel was immediately attacked by its Arab neighbors. Their goal was not to contain the tiny new country; it was to annihilate it. No nation came to Israel’s aid—not the United States, not my country, Canada, not the United Kingdom—no one. They all thought Israel would lose. But it didn’t lose. It won. In 1967, Israel’s neighbors again sought to utterly destroy the Jewish State, a nation that had then existed for two decades. Again, Israel prevailed. And It survived another all-out attack in 1973. Those are the big wars, but I’m not sure there has been a single day in Israel’s entire history when some act of terror has not been waged against it—inside or outside its borders. There have been two bloody waves of terror, so-called intifadas, in the late 1980s and the early 2000s, when Israelis were blown up on buses, at pizza parlors and celebrating weddings. There have been incursions from terror groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon. There have been thousands of rocket attacks from Hamas in the Gaza Strip—even after Israel completely withdrew from that territory in 2005. In between the wars, in between the terror, Israel has sought peace with its neighbors. And it has achieved peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. For others, however, every Israeli gesture for peace is met with incitement and violence. I recount this history for one reason: Any nation that has endured what Israel has endured could easily have become a police state. But through it all, Israel has never abandoned its commitment to the rule of law, to democracy, to tolerance. One-fifth of its citizens are Muslim. They enjoy the same rights as Jewish citizens. They occupy key positions in the nation’s courts, press and government. And they have their own parties representing them in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. To say that Muslims in Israel are the freest Muslims in the region is an understatement. How about this as a human rights test: Prisoners in Israel, be they Jewish or Arab, are well-treated, well-fed, and have access to the best possible medical care. Parents and spouses of these prisoners know where they are and that they are safe. Who else in the region but Israel can make that claim? For the complete script, visit https://www.prageru.com/video/why-don...

Published on May 13, 2019

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Venezuela is putting the final nail in the socialism argument.

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Glenn Beck

Published on Jun 4, 2019

Venezuela is the biggest disaster for any country since WWII not due to war. Now that's saying something. Watch this clip to hear about the latest developments in the devolving socialist utopia. ► Click HERE to subscribe to Glenn Beck https://bit.ly/2UVLqhL ►Click HERE to subscribe to BlazeTV: https://www.blazetv.com/glenn Connect with Glenn on Social Media: http://twitter.com/glennbeck http://instagram.com/glennbeck http://facebook.com/glennbeck

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Ann Coulter talks w/Lars Larson 5/29/19

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Published on May 29, 2019

Ann Coulter talks w/Lars Larson 5/29/19

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The Gad Father: Glenn interviews the OG of the 'Intellectual Dark Web'

Glenn Beck

Premiered May 14, 2019

Before there was an 'Intellectual Dark Web' — there was Dr. Gad Saad. This is one conversation you don't want to miss! ► Click HERE to subscribe to Glenn Beck https://bit.ly/2UVLqhL ►Click HERE to subscribe to BlazeTV: https://www.blazetv.com/glenn Connect with Glenn on Social Media: http://twitter.com/glennbeck http://instagram.com/glennbeck http://facebook.com/glennbeck

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Why You Need to be Tough

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Published on May 23, 2019

What happens when things don't go your way? This meltdown after the election of President Donald Trump shows exactly why, as Stephen Marmer explains, resilience is needed! Never miss a new video: https://www.prageru.com/join/

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Discipline = Freedom

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Published on May 20, 2019

In this year’s 2019 PragerU Commencement Address, Navy Seal (Ret.) and best-selling author Jocko Willink offers some hard-learned, practical advice. It all starts with Discipline. That’s what will get you on the road to personal fulfillment and success – and keep you there. Watch and find out why.

Script: There are no shortcuts. There are no hacks. If you want to take the easy road, I promise you: it’s longer and more painful than the hard road. I know. I’ve lived it. I’ve ventured down the easy road at times in my life and it never led to anywhere good. The positive things in my life always came when I faced the biggest challenges. I joined the Navy. I took the hard road in the Navy and made it into the SEAL Teams. There, I had the honor of leading men in combat. I learned some lessons along the way, lessons that have been tested on the battlefield and, when implemented, lead to success in any arena. One of the best things I’ve learned is that anyone has what it takes to travel the hard road—to walk The Path that leads to success. That includes you. It won’t be easy. It will demand everything you’ve got to give. But you can do it, and I want to give you three key principles I’ve learned that will help you to get it done. Principle number one: Discipline. Equals. Freedom. That’s not a contradiction—it’s an equation. Discipline might appear to be the opposite of freedom. But, in fact, discipline is the path to freedom. Discipline is the driver of daily execution. Discipline defeats the infinite excuses that hold you back. Some people think motivation is what will compel them to get things done. But motivation is just an emotion—a feeling, and like all feelings, it’s fickle: it comes and goes. You can’t count on motivation to be there when you need to get through truly challenging times. But you can count on discipline. Discipline is something you dictate. Motivation won’t make you exercise every day; discipline will. Motivation won’t stay up late and finish a project for you; discipline will. Motivation isn’t going to get you out of bed in the morning; discipline will. Make discipline part of your daily life and your daily life will get better. Principle Number Two: Stay. Humble. In life, you are going to have to do things that you don’t want to do. Maybe things that you don’t think you should have to do—things that offend your precious ego. When I got done with Basic SEAL Training and reported on board SEAL Team One, you know what I was assigned to do? I was assigned to clean toilets. That’s right—despite having just graduated some of the most difficult military training in the world, despite being assigned to an “elite” commando unit—my first mission at the actual SEAL Team was to clean toilets. Not exactly a glorious job. But you know what? I did it. I did it to the best of my ability and took pride in doing it well. And that attitude got noticed: if I cared that much about how clean the toilets were, people knew I would do a good job with even more important assignments. After a short period of time, I got those more important assignments. But it was humility that opened the door for me. Now, being humble does not mean that you shouldn’t be confident. You certainly have to believe that you are a capable person. But don’t let confidence turn into arrogance. So keep your ego in check and stay humble. For the complete script, visit https://www.prageru.com/video/discipl...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Climate Change to World War 2

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Published on May 14, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed the world would end in 12 years because of climate change, then changed her claim. 97 percent of scientists agree: AOC should really think before speaking.

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