Another Eye Roll Moment

I have a friend who is married to a LEGAL hardworking man from the Carribean (I don't remember his heritage...he's a sweet guy and VERY supportive of his wife!).

Today she posted they had decided to cancel a VERY IMPORTANT and long-dreamed for cruise, because now they were worried about border crossing.

A) HE"S LEGAL!

B) If you give into fear, then you're letting FEAR dictate your actions, not FAITH. (oh wait....I don't think they're believers??? Silly me....)

C) From what I understand when my son had booked a cruise, passports were not required, since they were on a registered cruise line, not a yacht.

D) See B.

She also is a major complainer about the price of food; granted, she's battling pre-diabetes and has changed her diet drastically to organic (which costs 3xs as much!) and specialty foods from his native lands that he likes.

She is also a major complainer about her income, and recently was in a panic over having to pay THOUSANDS in taxes....my question was who the hell does her taxes?  Granted, I probably pay out less for promo, but if you add in my trips, they probably come fairly close to hers, unless I'm waaaaay off.  The only reason we had to pay the past 2 years was a) we lost the child income credit (last baby turned 18); b) we lost $12K in income, due to him falling off SSI; and c) we paid off several thousands in credit card debt with a consolidation loan, not knowing it would count as 'income'.  WTF???

***Side Note:  This is why I'm trying to keep my CC paid down.  They raised me to $800 last year, and I stupidly used it at the Christmas Show, instead of paying down my medical, like I'd planned to do when it was only $500.  Trying desperately NOT to use it this summer, to get it back down.  I planned to use it in Branson, but canceled my trip to Superman to avoid using it for the hotel and travel expense.  There's an Italian resteraunt in that town that I love, but it will have to wait until next year!  Same with Imaginarium; I'm looking to share with Sandy again, so I only have to pay her $120 for two nights in the room.  Or $180, if I can swing staying until Monday....***

Anyway.....D keeps telling me to unfriend her if she drives me crazy.  I enjoy her books; we have fun when we're together.  And she DID end the rant with the fact that last night was the first time she'd slept through the night w/o a sleep aid.  So instead of bypassing her post, I comm Anxiented to 'always trust your gut'.  

Anxiety over a decision or event is NEVER a good sign. While I never lost any sleep over the 'to-go-or-cancel', I was immediately at peace once I sent the email. It will be there next year, and now I've used the funds to restock my display.

Now if my cover artist would just get with the program and send me a cover I love.....

Interesting Timing???

 Three things came out this past weekend:

1) Book claiming Fmr Pres JB's mental capacities were 'limited', due to dementia (hey, we already knew that!)

2) Previous interview (unfiltered, not the one 'doctored') which showed his obvious confusion

3) Fmr Pres JB has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer.

First and foremost, as I've watched beloved family and friends battle various forms of cancer, I'm deeply sorry.

But you have to admit, the timing of this is fishy.

1) Yes, it is embarrassing for the Fmr 1st family to see truths they've tried so hard to keep hidden come to light, not only in book form, but a whole media tour and the tapes aired across all platforms for everyone to hear.

2) The cancer diagnosis lends an air of 'yes, this happened, but now he's got a potentially terminal illness, so can't you just let it go and give the family some peace in his final months?'

So what is it; has he had the diagnosis for a while, or did the genuinely just now get the news?

100 Day Recap

 Friends have been b**ching about everything the President has done: Overturning EVERYTHING the previous administration put in place, and now the Dems are trying to Impeach him.  FOR WHAT???

-Deporting criminals and illegal aliens

-Closing the border

-New trade deals

-Treaty with Ukrain over Rare Earth Minerals

-Finding Gov't waste and putting an end to it.

But they're still b**ching about the price of eggs, the tarrifs causing things to be more costly or even disappearing from shelves.....here's my response:

"I have lived through Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. In my lifetime have I never seen or heard of a President being scrutinized over every word he speaks, humiliated by the public to the point of wanting to hurt someone, slandered, ridiculed, insulted, and lied to. I have never heard their wives or children threatened, insulted, and humiliated. I am truly ashamed of the behavior of people in this country. I am ashamed of the ruthless, hating, cruel Trump haters who have no morals, and news reporters who feel they have the right to purposely lie and chastise the president. Every past President was left to run the country after they were elected and had taken the oath of office. They weren’t on the news 24/7 being drawn and quartered, every word and sentence dissected, constantly pressured to do this or that without an ounce of moral support.

ENOUGH is ENOUGH! LEAVE THE MAN ALONE. LET HIM DO HIS JOB!"

Holy Hannah....Is This REAL?

 Is Panic Mode Engaged?

Just found this on a friend's page:

I really wish there was a way to get this into the hands of every American before April 20th.

FROM THE MEDIUM:

Part 1: On April 20th, 2025, the United States may Cross the Point of No Return.

It sounds wild. Maybe even crazy. But every step is already in motion. I’d be happy to be wrong. But if this is correct… you’ll be ready.

On April 20, 2025, the United States may initiate its final steps into authoritarian rule.

That’s the day Donald Trump’s advisory committee is expected to release its findings on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act — a move that would allow him to deploy the military domestically and allow Trump to impose martial law. (San Francisco Chronicle). Given Hegseth and Noem are the main “advisors”, the conclusion is foregone.

And as his two months in office has already shown, he won’t stop at just a legal opinion.

Expect an executive order even that same day or the next, officially declaring the Insurrection Act, restricting freedoms in the name of restoring control of the border and perhaps in blue-state cities, and setting the larger plan in motion.

Of course, this won’t be framed as an attack on democracy. It will be packaged as a necessary response to crisis — as authoritarian takeovers always are.

But once it happens, there’s no going back.

THIS WILL BE THE POINT OF NO RETURN.

The roadmap for overthrowing a democratic government isn’t new or theoretical — it’s a well-worn playbook, tested and repeated across history by those who crave power more than liberty. After rejecting it initially, being incredulous, I have realized there is too much evidence suggesting this may be what’s happening now to remain silent.

Telling other people what may be happening, so they can recognize it and maybe together we can stop it, is my entire purpose here.

This is Part 1 of what has turned into a series: Their Coup Playbook: How They Quietly Kill the Constitution in the Coming Weeks and Months

THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY ENDS: HERE’S THEIR PLAYBOOK

It won’t all happen in one night.

Instead, the process will unfold in stages, each step making resistance harder.

Free elections, a free press, and the right to protest will disappear one piece at a time, until there’s nothing left to save.

My entire goal here is to make people aware, so you can recognize it, if it really is what’s happening, and maybe together we can help stop it. It’s all I, personally, can do.

Here’s how it will happen, step by step, after Trump invokes the Insurrection Act with an Executive Order:

1. “Resist!” Demonstrations Grow — Just As Planned

Left-leaning and even more centrist people will be alarmed. Peaceful protests will be organized nationwide, as they already have been being organized now, with growing numbers of people joining protests each week.

The calls to “Resist!” will grow louder, and large-scale demonstrations will begin forming in major cities.

This is exactly what Trump wants. He didn’t invoke the Insurrection Act sooner because he needed his opposition to gather first — so he could use them as a tool for his next step.

He also waited 90 days, instead of invoking it on Day 1 as Project 2025 recommended, so he would have his people in place, and remove those who would oppose them in the government, military, courts, and civil positions.

His cabal is waiting for a strong reaction — they want massive unrest. They need a justification to kick off the next steps in their plan.

2. The False Flag Crisis: Turning Protest into “Terror”

The protests will turn violent quickly. Maybe in a day, maybe during the next big protest the following weekend.

They will turn violent not because of the protesters, but because they will have been infiltrated by agents provocateurs, from militia groups like The Proud Boys, whose goal is to escalate as quickly as possible and give Trump and his cabal an excuse to trigger the next stage.

Expect “terrorist” bombings, targeted assassinations, or high-profile acts of violence, either staged or exploited, to justify the crackdown.

There may even be an extremely high profile assassination of a leading right-wing leader that changes everything in a moment… and the “woke radicals” will be blamed, and the country will rally around more extreme measures to bring back order and control.

The media will be flooded with images of chaos, pushing the public into a state of fear. Calls for “order” will follow.

3. Trump Declares Expanded Martial Law — And Calls for Militia to assist the police and Military

Trump has already invoked the Insurrection Act — so now he now declares even more extensive and repressive martial law, and orders troops into major US cities where most oppose him, branding protesters and opponents as “seditionists,” “traitors,” and the “woke mob”.

He will call on “good Americans” to grab their guns, like the patriots of 1776, and join the militias forming to “restore order” and “take back control” from the leftist threat. Using militias also gets him around resistance from military leaders who might oppose his orders.

The militias already exist — the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, and others— and they are not some distant fringe. They were at January 6. The most extreme and radicalized are all released from prison now.They are ready to roll, and to answer Trump’s call, which they were waiting for four years ago.

The militia members are your neighbors. The difference between them and you? These neighbors own and have been training with AR-15s. You and your friends? Not so much.

This will be framed as “helping the police” and “keeping order.” Law enforcement will quietly welcome them — or, in some cases, will deputize them, with Trump’s support.

4. Mass Arrests of Opposition Leaders

Journalists, Democratic officials, and activists will be arrested under charges of sedition, terrorism, or “inciting violence.”

Expect Mark Milley, Liz Cheyney, and Adam Kinzinger to be arrested quickly and with great press coverage. How long the show trials take is probably a good measure of how much control Trump has established over the courts.

Key Democratic governors and attorneys general will be removed first, ensuring no state-level resistance.

Law enforcement and military ranks will be purged, with loyalty tests ensuring only Trump-aligned officers remain.

5. Military & National Guard Take Over Major Cities

Expect deployments in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and other blue-state strongholds.

Curfews and lockdowns will be imposed, justified as measures to “restore peace.”

Checkpoints and military policing will become the new normal. Expect them in particular along major highways going to Canada or Mexico, and in red states — to identify and detain seditionists, traitors, and people of questionable loyalty.

Trump’s building of detainment centers in Guantanamo, and expansion of the 106 other ICE detention centers, was not actually intended for illegal migrants. And just a few days ago, Blackwater founder and Billionaire Erik Prince offered to help Trump “privatize deportation camps” as has been being done with prisons per Trump’s Day 1 Executive Order. So now Trump has an extrajudicial place to store the disloyal and those who resist, in for-profit camps guarded by militias and loyal military. Until he decides what to do with them.

6. Press Censorship & Total Media Control

Independent news outlets will face shutdowns or takeovers. Those that resist will see their journalists arrested or harassed.

Mainstream media will be forced into compliance. Blackmail, corporate pressure, and legal threats will ensure they toe the line.

Social media platforms like X (Twitter) will amplify the official narrative, drowning out opposition.

Other social media and lines of communication will be turned off. The Internet will be monitored, people identified from this monitoring for arrest, using Palantir technology. Peter Thiel, who I’ve written about before, is co-founder of Palantir. We will fully enter the surveillance state.

7. Borders Close & Dissidents Are Trapped Inside

Passports will be revoked for critics and opponents. If you’re on a list, you’re not leaving. Especially if you’re of Draft age.

No-fly lists will expand to include activists and journalists.

ICE and DHS will be weaponized — not just against immigrants, but against political enemies.

8. Elections Are “Postponed” Indefinitely

The 2026 midterms will be suspended under the excuse of national security concerns.

Red-state legislatures will eliminate Democratic-leaning districts, ensuring permanent Republican control.

By 2028, Trump (or his handpicked successor) will run unopposed. Elections will be a formality, probably still held. But rigged.

PROJECT 2025 AND THE INSURRECTION ACT: THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN

This isn’t speculation.

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 lays out a detailed strategy for permanent right-wing control.

It openly advocates using the Insurrection Act to crush opposition and dismantle the administrative state.

Trump isn’t improvising — he’s following a script.

We Can’t Wait — The Time to Act Is Now

We can’t sit back and wait for Trump to fire the starting gun — because once he does, it will already be too late.

We need to prepare now.

We need to plan now.

We need to dismantle his plans before they begin.

We have one month.

That’s it.

The Only Way to Stop this Coup is by Exposing It

The only way I can think of to stop this conspiracy, which is in final planning stages, is through exposure.

If people see the playbook in advance, they will be less likely be manipulated when it happens.

They might question the narrative. “Wait. This is what they said would happen. I thought it was crazy. But maybe…”

We need to spread this narrative far and wide so that when the moment comes, no one can claim ignorance.

Maybe we will be proven wrong.

Maybe we will look silly.

Or maybe… we will have derailed the plan, by telling people what to look for, to recognize the playbook steps as (if) they happen.

Here’s what we must do before April 20:

Empower the press, law enforcement, military, and elected officials to recognize the game that’s being played. They need to understand what’s happening before they are pressured to go along with it.

Share this post, or write your own. Do your own research. Don’t take my word for it. Talk with your friends and family about this crazy conspiracy theory that can’t rally happen… can it? So if and when the steps actually happen, people recognize it for what it is.

Prepare the public so they don’t take the bait. Trump and his cabal want protests to explode into chaos.

They want violence in the streets to justify their crackdown. We must be ready to outmaneuver them — to refuse to be used as pawns in their game.

Stand up to the militias — and stop friends and family from joining them. The Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other armed groups will be mobilized as Trump’s shock troops. They will be framed as “restoring order” and “helping the police.” We need to be ready to counter this, to make sure our neighbors, friends, and family don’t get sucked in.

Inoculate our fellow citizens against the propaganda. Most Americans are good people — but good people can be misled. They can be scared into compliance. Our job is to make sure they see what’s happening before it’s too late.

The only way to stop this plot is to expose it, reject it, and make it unmistakably clear to every American what is happening. We must stop these malign forces from enacting their will on our country, the world, and each of us and our families.

WHAT IF WE DON’T STOP IT?

If it is not stopped, and Trump enacts the Insurrection Act, at that point we probably only have 48 to 72 hours to try to stop everything from happening after the Executive Order.

Once martial law is imposed, there will be a tiny window — no more than three days — before resistance becomes nearly impossible.

Stopping it before it happens is the best option.

But what if we don’t?

In my next post, I’ll outline peaceful, strategic ways to resist — while we still can. And what our reduced options are if it still happens.

If we don’t act before April 20, then by April 23, it will already be too late.

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I can't find 'the next post*, and again, history will determine if I'm on the right or wrong side.

Are You SERIOUS?????

Was just tagged in a post:  "Please vote for my daughter; she's in a close race to win."

The 'race'?  Is (name withheld) A Super Mom? 

*spews coffee over keyboard*

Pardon me while I pick myself up from the floor, both from shock and laughter.

A little history:

"Pam" became pregnant at 16, and to my knowledge, received VERY LITTLE prenatal care.

This child has a history of histrionics about ANYTHING pain-related, and could barely even TELL ME when she needed feminine hygiene products.  So I seriously doubt she was fully prepared for labor pains, much less giving birth to another human being!

Fast-forward to when the baby was born:  There were medical issues with the infant; he'd had a stroke at birth, and was severely developmentally delayed.

My own daughter lived with them for a week, while she was seeking employment near them, and told me the following:

-"Pam" had moved the baby out of her bedroom into the living room "so she could have her own space and privacy."

      -*needle scratch*  WTH?  You're a MOM, and until you live on your own, and the child is off to school, your 'me time' is reserved for NAP TIME!  Or the occasional babysitter.

-"Pam" revealed she really didn't know who the father of the baby is.

     *blinks* I'd asked her once how she went from 'I-don't-want-anyone-to-know-I'm-on-my-period' to doing things that cause that time of the month to go away....her answer was, 'I fell for a pretty face'.  I call BULLSH*T on that; she was depressed because a beloved family had passed; her own abusive sperm doner had either passed or was on his own deathbed.....I say she was so despondent, she didn't even know what she was doing until too late, then hormones kicked in.  We've all been there; some of us are more responsible than others, and paid attention in Health Class during that subject.  But "Pam"?  I gurantee wss too embarrased to even think about the consequences.

-Her mother was taking care of the baby....bottle feeding, playing, changing diapers, etc.

-My daughter's own observations:  "She's a lazy mom.  Baby cries, she either sticks a bottle in its mouth or turns on the TV after making sure the diaper's not the problem."

-"Pam"'s own mother was falsifying documents in order to qualify for assistance.

Based on this info, and the fact that the child has now reached Kindergarten/1st grade age, and is being 'home schooled' and they're 'looking into getting him the therapy he needs' (I've now heard this for 6 years)....1) Why isn't he IN OT/PT/Speech therapy? 2) Why did you wait so late to get him STARTED in a program?....sorry, went off on a tangent there.....THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL IS "PAM" A SUPER MOM!

I wouldn't even give that title to ME, and I was a Domestic Engineer/babysitter from 1993-1998, and again from 2000-2016!

I'd sooner say "Pam"'s mother qualified.....but even that's stretching it a bit, considering we had both her kids from 2002-2006, then every damn summer until 2016.

*deep breath*

Just went to the site; "Pam" cannot SPELL; she used 'sense' instead of 'since' at least 3 times; the prize is $20K that she would use "for health care, school supplys (supplies, Pam....), to launch her skin care business (I'm assuming it's to join her aunt's business???); and to pay her rent (again, I'm assuming this is so her mom's caught up?), and also to grow her vegetable garden.

*needle scratch* You live in an APARTMENT....how do you have a garden, unless it's at your GRANDMOTHER'S house?

Oh no....that $20K would be blown with the help of your mom and your bonus siblings.

*steps off podium*

Okay. Just had to get that off my chest.

Where's Your Faith?

 A friend of mine is allowing herself to give into panic, and it's mildly driving me crazy, because this is the first thing I saw this morning.

" I don't feel as safe as I did even last year, not by a long shot. I wonder nearly every day what's going to happen to me; will I get taken away to a camp, like all those immigrants and protestors, given just a cup of water per day until I expire? Will I get deported to a labor camp in El Salvador? Or will I just watch as my rights continue to erode, and the public turns more and more against people like me? How long until it becomes a crime to be transgender? We're already not recognized at the federal level, and many states are pushing (and sometimes passing) laws against us being in public life. We're being erased from legal documents, websites, and policies across the board. "

I also see friends posting gleefully about the current filibuster, and friends who are jeering it. What will it accomplish? I really don't know. I'd rather watch escapism TV than immerse myself in that drama.

I have faith everything will even out. That's all I've done for the past 4 years; be CALM, watch the sh*tstorm, and pray. Do I have concerns about the way things are unfolding? Absolutely, but me giving into panic and seeking a corner with my thumb in my mouth with a blanket over my head accomplishes nothing. If I rant about it on a public forum, I get attacked, unfriended, and potentially harm long-term friendships. It's not worth it.

So I rant here, where I choose not to share this post, and if you find it and disagree, that's fine. You have every right to disagree with me. But know I will not engage in a battle of angry words. You have your right to your opinion, and I have mine.

The Far Left Have Lost Their Collective Minds....

 I wasn't able to watch the President's speech last night, due to being at work, so am watching clips this morning.  Borrowing this from a friend who DID watch, and I'm in total agreement:

"Y’all knew I’d have a commentary tonight after Trump’s address…wasn’t that an amazing address by our 47th president?

The lunatic lefties were in rare form…the pink outfits to represent the loss of women’s rights less than 24 hours after these bottom feeders voted against protecting women and girls from males competing in women’s sports was pathetic. All while holding their blue and yellow scarves in support of the disrespectful twit from Ukraine. You know…the former adult entertainer who has grifted us for billions of taxpayer dollars to fight a war that isn’t ours to fight. The one who refused a peace deal…the whole bunch should be ashamed of themselves. It was refreshing to see the race baiter Green hauled out of there like the trash he is though.

I do not know how every American cannot be proud of who we have in the White House right now. Seriously. The man is a treasure. The things he’s done and plans on doing are going to make our country great and powerful again. We will no longer be the laughing stock we were when that joke of a deep state puppet with dementia was shitting his diaper and wandering off like a lost…well…dementia patient.

He’s going to protect our children…bring manufacturing back to the US…reduce taxes…improve the economy…stop the flow of drugs and violent criminals across our borders…yet the dirty Dems refused to acknowledge the good he’s done. Maybe they should have just stayed home tonight instead of holding up their signs…well…I’ve got your sign you worthless pieces of garbage!

These hate filled, money grubbing, corrupt f..cks are so pissed that Elon is uprooting their cash cows as fast as a Bernie Sanders fart dissipates in the wind that they couldn’t even clap for the little boy with cancer whom (the President) honored as a Secret Service member…or for naming a nature preserve for an innocent little girl whose life was brutally ended by illegal immigrants. For him honoring the man who died protecting his family from the crazed shooter in Butler, PA or the police officer who died in the line of duty.

All in all…(the) President's address tonight was a refreshing beacon of hope for our country and I’m grateful we have a leader in the White House instead of a DS puppet. "

I also found this:

This is just WRONG! How can some people hate a person so much that they oppose everything he says and does? Someone even posted earlier this week; the President could announce they'd found a cure for cancer, and the Left would yell, "Fake news! You're putting Big Pharma in jeopardy!"

Or announce something along the lines of our water being cleaner and they'd argue against the treatment plants, saying we're killing the planet.

Give me a BREAK!

I watched several clips, and I don't know who that blue-haired woman with the perpetual scowl on her face with the sign, 'Save Medicaid'.....she obviously never listened to her mom when told her face would freeze....and speaking of a child who's on Medicaid (aka Healthy Indiana Plan), he was able to get his wisdom teeth extracted just fine on that plan. So either he's slipped through the cracks, due to following the rules, or because he's not abusing the system, his medical needs will be taken care of.

As to my views on eliminating the income tax? ("OMG....what about all those tax workers you're putting out of business???"), I don't know if it will bankrupt the economy, or if state taxes will go up to compensate, or if they'll implement the Flat Tax that was floated in the 90's. All we can do is try it for a few years and see what it does. I just hope if they ever reinstate it, they don't make it retroactive. Because there's no way I could ever pay that back.

If they do send me $5K? I would be able to:

-eliminate my medical bills

-pay for ALL of my trip expenses

-Put a nice chunk of it toward next year's NYC trip.

THAT's what I would do with the $$. Not go blow it on 'stupid stuff'.

(Of course, item #2 on that list is what my hubby deems 'stupid stuff', but then again, I guarantee a large chunk of HIS would be spent on groceries, eliminating a credit card, and going out to eat, that last item being his own 'stupid stuff'.)

Okay; rant over. My friends who are on the left, I ask you this:

For four years, I've kept my fingers silent, praying for this day.

If I posted ANY of the type of hate/anger towards the former administration, you'd be taking me to task and unfriending me, instead of agreeing to disagree.

WHY must you try to shove your views down my throat? I let you vent and scroll on by, venting my own anger in private. Why can't you do the same?

Why won't you do the same??????????????