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On the Eve of Doom

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On the eve of a very, very dark day in American history, the second inauguration of Donald f—king Trump, I find it necessary to make this post about things I’ve gradually come to realize over the last 5+ years. Trump is the front man for the extreme right, led by a handful of the One Percent. (Not all of them. It only takes a small number of people with that kind of wealth and influence. After all, a single CIA agent brought about the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and the Iranian Revolution in the late 70’s. He wasn’t wealthy but had the security clearance and resources of a CIA agent. Think what a group of mega billionaires could do with a network of corrupt officials on their payroll.)

The FBI warned us about  increasing right wing extremism after Jan. 6, 2021. The warning was a bit late, I’d say, but that’s not surprising since Trump had control of the Justice Department for four years at that point.  The far right are the perpetrators of many harmful and twisted schemes.  Their victims are called targeted individuals and the methodology they use is called gang stalking.  I know because I’m  one of the targets.  I’ve been aware of it for at least four  years now.  It started about ten years ago.  Actually, it may have started more than 30 years ago!

The perps are very cowardly and covert.  They do harm to people just because they’re told slander about them by their organizers.  In their warped and feeble minds, they may actually believe that they’re the good guys!  Many of them are Q-anon Theory-adhering  fools.  The far right Q-anon conspiracy theory says that liberals are running human trafficking, sex trafficking, and drug trafficking networks and producing child pornography, and it even goes so far as to claim that they drink the blood of children! Tens of millions of people are accepting such nonsense.

When I first read about the Q-anon theoy, I assumed it was just complete fiction made up by far right nut jobs, but the more I learn about them, I can only assume that those claiming that this is happening are actively engaged in such activities themselves. Indeed, there have already been incidents of law enforcement busting human trafficking rings, like a large one in Ohio last year.  (The incoming VP’s state.)  Trump and the far right always accuse others of the very things they themselves are doing.  It’s known as projection.  Putin and other despots do it as well as Trump.

Trump was buddies with Epstein who died in prison during Trump’s first term.  Virtually no one believed that it was suicide.  There are many conspiracy theories surrounding his death,  but the only one that makes sense to me is that he was silenced so that he couldn’t give away Trump’s connection to the human trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors which was Epstein’s trademark.

Then you have Matt Gaetz who was Trump’s first choice out of anyone in the country, to be Attorney General, head of the Justice Department and top law enforcement official in the nation!  Gaetz was under investigation for sex trafficking and, hooking up with prostitutes and illicit drug use when he resigned from the Senate.  Q-anon nonsense says there’s going to be a large roundup of these alleged liberal networks.  I believe the far right will use the exposure of these networks (their own)  to frame their political enemies  and  hand-picked targets  as an excuse to institute martial law, or at least to expand the government’s power to surveil, search and “inivestigate’ U. S. citizens without cause, much like the Patriot Act did, but much more aggressively.

 Gaetz has probably been involved with the Q-anon activities for years. Who better to frame innocent people for the extreme right’s activities than one of the organizers? Gaetz knows who they have been setting up as scapegoats.  Now he’ll have to do it indirectly by telling Pam Bondi, another Trump loyalist, who to go after.

After that, Trump may even try to suspend the Constitution and eventually rewrite the Constitution, a long time dream of the far right,  with a Constitutional Convention.  That will be the end of the U. S. as we know it. This isn’t just waiting out four years.  Trump and the far right and a few one percenters are playing for keeps.

Trump’s army (TRASH –  Trump’s Radicalized Army of Sadistic Haters) have been carrying out many criminal activities for years to pay for their agenda, and to bribe officials, pay their operatives and acquire properties and equipment for their electronic harassment  and much more.  They all use Trump’s methodology , trained as con artists.  Trump is a third generation con man and he invented gang stalking, inspired by his family business and the mobsters he rubbed elbows with :  American, Russian and everything in between.

Next time:  Gang stalking against me goes back at least 30 years, but TRASH’s schemes go back at least 50 years.

Introverts, Be You!

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   I’ve just started reading a book about an introverted young woman trying to be an extrovert for a year.  The title is “Sorry I’m Late. I Didn’t Want to Come.” It’s pretty good so far.  I’m also an introvert, but thankfully not a shy introvert anymore like the author is. I was painfully shy until my mid teen years and it was a long slow process coming out of my shell. 

   As I said, I’m still an introvert but I do enjoy social events now. I love hanging out with friends, going places and doing things, and meeting new people. I just need downtime to reenergize in between. A good example would be back in my late twenties when I worked in the Men’s Department at Sears and we had “Super Saturdays” every week of the Christmas season. We had four registers and the lines were all a mile long.  I actually enjoyed the stimulation and the holiday atmosphere.  I cheerfully waited on customer after customer, for two or three hours. Unfortunately, it went on a good hour longer than my energy lasted. By the time I got a break, I was emotionally exhausted. I just felt drained, not anxious or depressed or angry or anything like that. Just pretty tuckered out. But after a somewhat secluded break, I felt rested.

   When I was younger, I had a lot more anxiety and the above experience might have been more intimidating, and not so enjoyable. I had both generalized and social anxiety. I don’t have much anxiety anymore. Frankly, I don’t care too much about what other people think as I’ve gained experience and confidence. I’ve also met a lot of nasty or arrogant people.  Their negativity is their problem, not mine.  It’s very freeing when you realize that, while not perfect, you’re one of the good ones and there’s no need to be fettered by jealous haters, snobs, well meaning friends and family, or malicious sociapaths. (I’ve met all kinds.) Focus on the good folks you meet and don’t worry about the rest, or their judgment. It doesn’t matter.

   You be you!  And have the confidence and sense of adventure to keep developing who that is.

Honor

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I wrote most of this several years ago and saved it as a draft.  I just finished it off now.–

I worked at a theater a few years back that showed independent films, which attracted an older audience than the multiplexes. Most of the people were more polite and considerate too. I remember one incident when a patron was quite unintentionally inconsiderate. He had forgotten he was wearing a blue tooth ear piece that was flashing a blue light. It wasn’t very bright, except for the person directly in line with it a couple rows back.

After the other viewer alerted me to the mini-beacon going off in his face, I went in to ask the wearer of the light to turn it off. It turned out to be an Asian gentleman in his mid fifties, I think. When he realized his blue tooth was still on, he froze for a second, then quickly pulled it off.  In that split second before he moved, he looked absolutely mortified. Obviously, he felt very badly about his offense, even though it was completely unintended.

I don’t know if it’s still true, but a lot of Asian cultures (Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc.), have always considered a sense of honor to be a vital part of society. It seems like they didn’t even have to think about it. It was just part of who they were. They deeply respected their elders, teachers, and religious and community leaders. And the objects of honor acted in a way that showed respect back to the other person and placed value in them.

I can’t speak for other places as I have not spent time abroad, but I think we’ve lost any sense of honor in America. I don’t mean that we’re all just no good, or that we necessarily act dishonorably. It’s more of a complete absence of concern for “honor”. We just don’t think about it. It’s not a term you hear much. You hear the word “integrity”, though not as much these days. I suppose integrity is pretty close to honor, and it’s certainly a good quality. A person with integrity does have honor, but I think the old time type of honor is something more. It’s not just a code of conduct, it’s a mindset, a way of life, and an almost spiritual discipline.

In my opinion, honor goes beyond just trying to act appropriately according to what you’ve been taught, or following social mores. Again, those are worthy endeavors. Honor just takes it to the next level. Integrity is doing the right thing and reflects good character. Honor is a sense of just-ness and regard for others with inclusiveness and non-judgmental view that is second nature.

I feel that I’ve gotten an old school sense of honor from both my parents. I also feel my dad’s presence in times of doubt and his ever steady quiet goodness and love. I’ve always striven to be honest and fair and unassuming like he was. Many people try to take advantage of that or try to bring you down just because they know deep down that they don’t have what you have, and never will.

It’s extremely difficult to not get caught up in their games and petty attacks, but a person of honor will stride past these folks and rise above on any given day.  Like the Good Book says, never weary in doing good.  God knows there are those who never tire of doing evil and trying to tear others down. We good people have to reach out to one another and encourage, affirm, and build each other up.

Be good. Be strong. Walk with honor.