The Long Road Out

In the "too little too late" category, this from my ex who left and ghosted me over three years ago because she was attracted to an dominatrix.  My guess is that this message benefits her by allowing her to say " see how thoughtful and reasonable I am?" to herself and in stilted conversations with others.  Then, as now, I am not the intended recipient of her good intentions. I am simply a failed member of her audience.   As always, thank you for the interest payment. It is very helpful.  Schenectady was in the air last week--Happy would have been her Birthday to your mum on Friday. And that same day, I saw in FedEx tracking that a package of mine was passing through schenectady. Plus Kurt Vonnegut came up in conversation (a misquote of him, I think, but I'm not enough of a Vonnegut-knower, so not sure).  I hope there's skiing for you, if you are still excited about the prospect. I'm headed to AB for a month on ...

Hey—these guys released millions of documents. Not a single one includes facts about the perps. But bank accounts, addresses and emails and nude pictures of over 100 teen women were disclosed due to "redaction errors." This isn't an investigation. The Justice Department is the leading global producer of porn!!! The Porn Department. Bondi Porn Enterprises. Hey, it's all an out the articles, right????

Take some hope in the fact that bitcoin is off 40% and still sliding. Trump and his nepo-babies own some of that. I hope it hurts him a lot, though he's now funded by your tax dollars. Great gig if you can steal it. Meanwhile, our peacenik goon president is silent as Putin and Netananyu accelerate their murders. Worst day yet yesterday for the Ukraine—4500 drone attacks in one day all on the power grid. And have you vacationed in Gaza recently? Excellent peace there, Donald. You murderer. NATO realigned against the real threat: US imperialism. All is NOT quiet on the European Western Front. NATO is weak compared to the US threat of violence. Macron is funding it against us, not in support of us. Europe knows which way the wind blows. Why do ICE employees wear masks? Their uniforms are sloppier than a Mogadishu teen militia so I'm thinking it's not military precision. This isn't the Brits during the Boer War. They wear masks because they are ugly. Embarr...

This is a personal note on preparing for the violence and isolation and suffering we are about to experience as a nation. Personally, three years ago I could not have imagined facing the terror of the jackboot without the love of my life. Now she's my ex. I have a new community and I will fight to stand together with them, and admit others in need of protection after government violence. To my ex: I am shocked to find that you are profoundly unwelcome now. We will go through Krystal Nacht separately, and whatever happens I know I will never see you again. Nor, should we pass each other in ICE prison camps, will I recognize you. I never thought I would feel that way about you, Mina. I'm that terrified. I don't even wish you good luck—like me you'll just be another person who suffers in the face of tyranny. Together maybe we meant something, and I would have said Kaddish for you, when no minion exists. I will never be with you now.

Arresting journalists today. Feels like we're only a week or two from a major incident—injuries, arrests, murders? These are banal people who have never had a thought more sophisticated than "root for the home team" or " it's her fault that I hit her." Terrifying to watch. KrystalNacht in two weeks? Borders closed in three?

So now Minneapolis St Paul has 600 cops, 3000 Ice agents, and 2000 National Guard on the streets. All armed against some group of US citizens. Barricades on the streets.  The 2026 version of Les Miserables with a shitty soundtrack. All it appears because Tim Walz  ran for VP?  Anyway it seems unlikely that we won't end up with full militarization, curfews, hundreds of deaths????  Minnesota officials in secret detention camps?? Only one guy can defuse this and as usual he's pouring gasoline on his own creation.