Monday, September 28, 2020

Oy

 


Oy!  I took one Advil P.M. last night before bed--one!--and this morning I feel as though I've been shooting heroin.  Sometimes they have no effect on me, even if I take two.  Today, I am in thick fog.  My body, especially.  Wobbly legs.  Uncoordinated movements.  Drooling.  Well, not really, but that is the way I feel.  

Waking late this morning, I had recieved a number of texts about Trump taxes.  I have not watched the news for about five days now, and I had no idea.  So I read the papers.  I see.  The N.Y. Times have illegally gotten Trump's tax returns for the past fifteen or so years.  He paid no taxes.  Huh.  Big surprise.  I read through the lengthy Times story.  It is not straightforward.  Facts do not always make a complete truth.  There are mitigating factors in the report.  Tax laws are convoluted.   That's why there are specialists--tax accountants, tax attorneys.  The laws were made that way to protect the wealthy.  How many of you have used your tax credits?  That's right.  Like you, I have to ask, "What is that?"  Trump is a cheater, sure, with lots and lots of help.  He's corrupt.  But the tax thing will not sway his supporters.  The tie that binds them is their hatred of government.  They do not want to pay their taxes either.  They often want to collect their government disability checks, get their food stamps (do we still have these?), and make their money under the table.  I.E--they cheat.  They will cheer Trump, not turn on him.  He knows how to "work the system." And the reporter who ratted him out?  He needs to go to prison.  That's the twisted logic of the right.  

And what about ACB?  She's a true feminist.  All those liberal theorists are showing their colors now. She worked hard, raised a family, made it on her own, and now those lying liberals are against her because she has faith.  Liberals are dishonest scum.  

And so it goes.  Trump may lose, but he will not lose his base.  He will be voted out by a gang of people who do not support Biden/Harris.  Out of office, Trump will be more popular and make more money than ever.  He will be beaten but not defeated.  

Oh, man. . . maybe it's the drugs talking.  

I watched a YouTube video last night with Larry King interviewing Norm Macdonald.  Evidently, Norm realizes that he is gay.  He says he is deeply closeted, so deeply closeted he will never admit that he is gay.  He no longer has sex as he thinks it is shameful.  He masturbates, but he won't say what he thinks about when he does.  I'm conflating the Larry King interview with an old Howard Stern interview which I also watched.  Somehow, though, it all makes sense.  Macdonald's caustic humor could be seen as evidence of his own self-loathing.  I don't know if I am ashamed to have gotten such a kick out of him or not.  Not because he's closeted or gay, but because he is just so fucked up.  

Still, I may read his "memoir".  

O.K.  That is about all I have in me today.  I'm still sailing in that over the counter storm cloud.  I have every intention of clearing my body of chemicals and toxins this week.  The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions, they say.  

You know, "them."  

Oy. 

2 comments:



  1. You are not supposed to read the news - but I know, I know you have to answer your peeps.

    Everything you said is spot on. Perfect, really.

    It's only the little people - like me that get fucked by the IRS. I had to hire an attorney - been in fighting mode (not me him - he is a former IRS tax attorney who now helps the po people) for years.

    It is a long story and I can't even remember if I've told it here. It helped close my business. Well the IRS did. I was actually worn down by the business - 24 hours a day 7 days a week -of crazy million and billionaire clients is enough to make anyone feel like a bag of dry bones - but the IRS sure helped.

    Before I hired the attorney, I did manage to get them to clear me for 2014 (the first of 4 successive audits). My accountant was shocked - he had never seen a lay person win. He was sure I was going to have to pay something. But it took a lot out of me. So now I don't think about it and let Ron deal. I have every piece of paper, mileage logs, receipts, even tiny toll receipts. I just gave over all the boxes to him.

    I am awaiting two years of audit reconsideration, presently. It's a paperwork fight. Cause that's all they care about - forms etc.



    Ugh. Let's not talk about it.

    But yet you are absolutely right. Trumps people will think he is a bigger hero now.

    Re: ACB. I haven't read the news but get lots of information from the Insta. Marriage is between a Man and a Woman - Life begins at conception. The ACA is unconstitutional -

    But she's a judge right? So it is the law that matters - and I'm not talking about the Biblical Law. or her Catholic beliefs. Those shouldn't play a part in her decisions about the Constitution and the U.S. Law.

    I know. Wake up, Lisa.

    Sometimes, it seems We the People have to pay a hefty price to understand how our little experiment in democracy (less than 300 year old) is supposed to work.

    I can't do anything about it. I called Mitt Romney's office the other day and left a message. Who cares? Not him.

    Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

    No news, except a scan of the headlines for this girl.


    You shouldn't take those drugs. They aren't good for you. Leave that shit to the professionals. I smoke a shit ton of weed but if I take those rx pills - I feel wasted for days. Xanax is a pill for flying long distances.

    I tried one of the 5 my hairdresser paid me for babysitting, I was out of it the entire next day. I haven't had a muscle relaxer - maybe ever - is Valium that? I do like that drug they give you when you go for a colonoscopy tho. It did kill Michael Jackson But man you come out of that shit show feeling so well rested.

    I've seen what those drugs do to people. One Reindeer Lane dude killed himself with them. Two others are so off their rockers half the time it is like they were lobodomized. I think that is spelled wrong.

    Anyway. Monday is in the books. Well. This one. It got dark so early. It is time for beauty routines, a Peter Gunn episode and soon after sleep.

    I'm tempted to a tub - but it seems too early in the week for that. But a soak would feel good. It is so dark.

    Did they not stucco on purpose ? To make it look like something? That exposed brick? Those little half pot roof tiles - never see them up here - we got shingles - and that roof line - again. Nice seeing U.

    For a druggie.

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    1. Sometimes you just can't take another night like the one you had before. What did Neanderthals do to ease the pain? God knows.

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