The world is changing way too fast. No sense in trying to keep up! Nope. TIME TO GO CAMPING….PERMANENTLY. Peace quiet solitude. A good book, couple of movies, sketch pad, map of the park, hiking trails, fishing gear, 30 amp plug in, camp fire, can of beans, hotdogs, hamburger and life is good again.
An old political cartoon of mine from 2018 recycled for current 2023 events.
(I would draw new cartoons of Trump but he just isn’t worth the time or effort. Someday he will disappear and with American’s short attention span … be forgotten also.)
My wife went to the library for her biweekly batch of recreational reading material. This collection included “The Panther” by Nelson DeMille. She was trying out a new author neither of us had read before. Charting unknown territory. Hey … No guts, no glory.
I saw “The Panther”, picked it up, read the inside jacket, and decided to peruse the novel. I found I could not put it down.
It is written in first person. Full of bantering, witty dialog and funny conversations masterfully woven into the story. Since we all read in our mind’s voice it felt like I was in the room with the main character as he carried on. Sorta like hanging out with the guys … bullshitting.
When you are retired there is a certain degree of social isolation. This book filled the void.
My wife heard me laughing and wondered what was up. I told her about the book and that I was really enjoying this author’s work. I googled the DeMille website so I could learn the order in which his books are written. I got his first “John Corey novel” called “Plum Island” and gave it to her to read. She really liked it!
She kept calling me to the room, then she’d read me a paragraph that had us both busting a gut laughing. So many things in it easily relatable.
I like his “John Corey” character … especially the wisecracks, cynicism, irreverence, and political incorrectness. I am a retired ICU open heart recovery nurse but chose to work the night shift to avoid tight ass, by the book, ladder climbing, stereotypical administration types. You know, the “self-important, chosen ones”, if you will, that dominate the day shift corporate scene. Since they sleep at night I decided that was the shift for me. (It was a career saving choice.)
Now I have books with a main character that remind me of the free spirit, free thinking, competent crowd that got the job done, without the mandatory ass kissing of today’s corporate workplace.
Yeah, yeah …. I know the novels are fiction but there is a lot of truth in them and the books are well researched. Character development is superb and the story line fun to follow.
So, if anyone is looking for me, I have 22 plus DeMille novels to catch up on. I will be out at Wolf Pup Condominiums …. reading a John Corey novel while sipping Hot chocolate.
Barbara Walters has left the studio at age 93, and she was important: she shattered the glass ceiling of the Old Boys Club and made a difference to the culture. No matter what you thought of her journalism, her contribution to our society and culture is enormous and we all benefited from it. Generations of women journalists are standing on Walters’ shoulders; she showed us all what women can do.
My Cult45 family members will never read this blog and if they did they would whine about something unrelated to distract. They vote and support the enemy within and can’t admit they are wrong … ever. I had to reblog this post … Excellent Blog Scot!
I did this cartoon in 2017 during the tRump administration. I probably posted it somewhere on my blog … somewhere in the archives. Well, it is time to update the cartoon and add “NFT” to the “What You Need” list for money laundering.
To further explain I ask you to take a few minutes (16 or so to be exact) and watch the YouTube video linked below.
I first heard about this in the Daily Kos article “Trump’s Trading Card Grift is Worse Than You Think” by Kurt Eichenwald which this video gives credit to at the 15:20 mark.
I can’t explain this any better than the video or the Daily Kos article …
“Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution…”
I emailed that post to a self-proclaimed, freedom loving, US military worshipping, Christian relative that lives in a red state.
I received the typical right-wing e-mail reply when you show a clear, indisputable sample of Trump’s anti-American/anti-Constitution colors to a diehard, brainwashed, cult follower:
“Don’t send me your political stuff any more!”
“Dear Robert, Don’t send me political stuff any more because, irregardless of what you send, I am supporting and voting for “wetards” like Senator Lee of Idaho, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Ken Buck from somewhere, Sharron Angle, John Boozman from Arkansas, Chuck Gwassley of Iowa, Dan Coats from Indiana, David Vitter from Louisiana, Roy Blunt from Misery, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Richard Burr, from Louisiana … that are all trying to take away social security and Medicare. These programs make sure working Americans have a dignified, financially secure retirement but I prefer to give my hard-earned retirement, and yours, to the likes of Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, and Josh Haa-wee. FOX News says to support them, and I do as I am told. I t dwink wine every nite, but I am not a dwunk. My husband likes multiple martinis but he is not a dwunk . We are social dwinkers; at least that is what we tell the Highway Patrol when we get stopped. Remember when you asked us not to come to your campsite with alcohol, when you were camping, but we disrespected your wishes and came drunk with booze anyway? I hope you will forget about that disrespect and respect my request that you Not send me any of your political stuff no more, especially stuff that shows the candidate I voted for(Trump) is a traitor and con man that is dangerous to democracy, the US Constitution, the freedoms of all Americans, and our way of life for the last 233 years.
I will never admit I am wrong and I will never try to improve myself.
Sincerely,
Your MAGAt, Fascist, Neo-Nazi Sibling that cain’t think for herself”
Right wing deniers all eat shit; but say,” We don’t mind the taste … NO, not one bit!” Creeps like Herschel Walker, an original Planned Parenthood Stalker, professed Abortion denier, yet all his impregnated girlfriends prove he is a typical republican liar. Also in this year’s race is snake oil salesman Mehmet Oz. He is nothing more than a rubberstamp for the fascist cause. His opponent is John Fetterman, by leaps and bounds the better man! The Republican shit show goes on unabated and their danger to DEMOCRACY can’t be overstated!
I cast my vote today for Democracy. Hope to defeat the game rigging, cheating, right wing Autocracy!
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