A Grifter’s Gonna Grift, Grift, Grift

A Grifter’s Gonna Grift, Grift, Grift

So now Felon SHITHOLE has posted on his SHITHOLE site that he will take “executive action” on his first day in office to allow TikTok to continue operating in the US temporarily, while suggesting the US government could take partial ownership of the social media site.

A few things to note from this sentence. It’s doubtful that any “executive action” will take place tomorrow, as Felon SHITHOLE doesn’t get illegitimately “sworn in” until the afternoon. Then it’s this event and that event and MAGAASS party after MAGAASS party well into the night. Although I guess SHITHOLE did state on his SHITHOLE site that “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security. The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.” Then maybe Felon SHTHOLE needs to be held to his word.

Secondly, keep in mind that the TikTok ban was part of a bill that the GOP majority Congress passed to keep the government running until March, when they get to do it all over again. Because, unlike a “real” Congress, ours is greatly made up of whiny babies, fascists, racists, law-breaking losers and hypocrites (on both sides) because those are the same kinds of people who elected them. That’s why we can’t have (and haven’t had for quite a while) a government spending bill in place for more than a few months. I’m not really sure how an “executive order” is going to fly with a decision Congress made as part of a government spending bill.

To continue on, Felon SHITHOLE is insinuating that the U.S. government could take partial ownership of the social media site. Felon SHITHOLE proposed the US could take a “50% ownership position” in TikTok as part of a “joint venture,” suggesting that could mean cooperation with parent company ByteDance — or with new owners “set up between the U.S. and whichever purchase we so choose.” Pay close attention to that italicized bit.

First of all, Felon SHITHOLE, like the grifter that he is, is trying to make money off ByteDance and the desperate American souls who want to be able to use it again. I’m sure many creators who have already moved on to other sites (RedNote, YouTube, Instagram, whatever-else-may-come-down-the-pike), don’t want to keep jumping back and forth from TikTok to who-knows-what and back again when bans are in effect or lifted. I know my kid doesn’t want to have to keep chasing the TikTok accounts she follows all over the place just to see them talk about life with their one leg or watch some guy talk and sing to himself as he mows the lawn. And I’m certain many creators don’t want the U.S. government involved even a quarter percent, much less fifty percent. Considering that the CEO of TikTok is kissing Felon SHITHOLE’S ass and sucking his dick at the same time, I’m not really sure what ByteDance is thinking/planning to do. All I know is if they cater to the Felon SHITHOLE, they will regret it, just as everyone eventually does.

Finally, as most people already know, anything Felon SHITHOLE touches, looks at, breathes at, associates with, etc. eventually dies. Especially in a business sense. Even the people he surrounds. I mean, just look at First Cunt Melanoma. She may still be breathing but how alive is she really and sometimes it’s not even really her!

Today I Saw The Future

Today I Saw The Future

Today was Saturday.

After sitting in stuffy classrooms all week, children long for Saturday.  Just like their adult counterparts, they use the weekend to unwind, to have fun, to maybe do things they didn’t have time to do during the week because of their school obligations.

But because of the NRA and the members of Congress who support the NRA (and are ass-fucked by the NRA), children who would normally be spending time at the mall, going to the movies, maybe a birthday party, or just chilling with Mom and Dad or doing whatever, spent their Saturday marching the city streets of America, even the city streets of other countries, in a march for their lives.  Saturdays shouldn’t be spent like this for anyone, least of all children.  Yet in 2018, here we are.

The kids who spoke and marched today are the future leaders of our country and the world.  They have shown more than once that they are strong, they are resilient and they won’t take shit from anyone.  My thirteen year old daughter is one of them.  The NRA and members of Congress, especially the GOP, should fear the future.  I, for one, look forward to it.

#MarchForOurLives

You Are Not Alone

You Are Not Alone

Like so many others, I find all the revelations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and pedophilia coming out of Hollywood, Alabama, The White House, Congress and other places to be disturbing.  What has happened to these women and men is wrong and should not be happening to anyone, anywhere, ever.

I think the #MeToo movement has been great.  It’s given women and some men a means to speak out.  Maybe it will help them finally heal after so many years.  As a victim of child molestation myself, I healed many years ago when I was a teenager.  I don’t dwell on what happened.  To me there is no point.  I can’t change what happened to me but I can make sure it doesn’t happen to my daughter or niece.  If you dwell on something that happened in the past you’ll never move forward.

These women and men have come forward, told their stories and destructed the men who hurt them.  As long as it makes them feel better, that’s all that matters.  I’m not sure if they were planning to get anything else out of it but the abusers certainly got what they deserved.

Aside from my own experience, I admit I have been the witness to sexual harassment and did nothing about it.  Both incidents were very embarrassing to see, one especially since I knew the woman involved and considered her a friend.  When you are in a crowded room full of men and women what are you to do?  There were so many on-lookers during both of these incidents, any one of us could have said or done something.  Even the women it happened to could’ve said or done something.  The woman presenting an award who was forcibly kissed by the recipient and then had her breast groped by the recipient should’ve slapped the recipient right there in front of everyone.  It would have served him right and certainly would’ve bruised his ego. The woman who was conversing with her boyfriend when the celebrity man came up behind her and pinched her ass should have had her boyfriend punch the celebrity’s lights out.  I doubt he’d be pinching any asses after that.

I’m sure these abused individuals had their own reasons for staying silent for so long.  Whether it be from fear, threats, embarrassment, etc.  What we need to understand now is that it is not okay to remain silent.  If you were attacked on the street would you remain silent?  Why should it be any different during an audition, during a meet-and-greet, during a party?

There are laws that exist that protect people from sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination.  Right now there are numerous cases/lawsuits happening.  To read about these, as well as obtain more information on what to do in these cases, especially if they occur in the workplace, check out the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission web site at www.eeoc.gov.

You are not alone.

Pursuing Happiness

Pursuing Happiness

Although I have lived in America all my life, these past six months, particularly the past six weeks, have really made me think about where we’ve come from and where we’re headed.

To get where we are we fought hard for our independence.  Now I feel we are at a crossroads, still independent and yet timid in expressing our freedom.  I feel our democracy slowly slipping away from us and we can’t let that happen.  No matter who may want it to happen.  We fought too hard for it.  Many battles were won.  Many lives were lost.  To get where we are today fifty-six individuals signed a document stating that Americans were free to seek “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.

Today when I think of these three words it occurs to me that in order to pursue “happiness” we must first have “life” and  “liberty”.  The fact that a lot of money-grubbing politicians want to make access to healthcare unaffordable or even impossible for most puts a damper on the whole “life” thing.  It’s kind of difficult to lead a productive life if one has to worry about being able to afford medical care for themselves and their loved ones while trying to put food on the table as well.

The definition of “liberty” is:  “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views”.  Apparently some people forgot this word was part of the Declaration of Independence when they decided to ban individuals from coming to America because their life was full of turmoil somewhere else in the world.  The meaning was forgotten when they decided to ban people of a certain religion, but only the ones of that religion from specific countries.  Nobody in North Carolina knew what “liberty” meant when they felt it necessary to create a “bathroom bill”.  Obviously the White House has no idea what “liberty” means as every day they oppress the very people who are America’s first eyes and ears:  journalists.  They should really pay attention to the key words in the definition of “liberty” that say “free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority”.  And apparently even people in Congress have no idea what “liberty” means.  If they did know they wouldn’t be seeking the voter details of American citizens.  You want my name, address, age, last four of my Social Security number, party affiliation?  Fuck you.  Because it’s my “liberty” to keep that private.  Especially from the likes of what is clearly appearing to be a very corrupt United States government.

Right now because of our rights to  “life” and “liberty” being tampered with, I don’t know how anyone can pursue happiness.  Who can be “happy” with all this shit going on?

America may have come a long way in 241 years but it still  has a very long way to go.  With luck the direction will be forward instead of backwards.