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I've just been complimented,.................................
On my parking, came out of the shop to a note on my windscreen (thats windshield for you yanks) and it said
'PARKING FINE'..................
'PARKING FINE'..................
TDS - Trump Derangement Syndrome
What is TDS or Trump Derangement Syndrome ?
It is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike and utter hate for Donald Trump to the point which they abandon all logic and reason.
Symptoms can be very diverse ranging from hysterical outbursts to a complete mental collapse.
It is prevalent on TV with the daily outbursts from 'The View' panel to "Saturday Night Live' skits mocking the President.
It is visible in politics with TDS being obvious in Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, Barack Obama, and many more.
President Trump did not make liberals insane his election simply helped bring it out into the open.
It is obvious in social media. I cannot look at my Facebook home page without seeing it with mentally deranged friends of mine who are stressing themselves out with constant whining about the least little thing this President does.
It is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike and utter hate for Donald Trump to the point which they abandon all logic and reason.
Symptoms can be very diverse ranging from hysterical outbursts to a complete mental collapse.
It is prevalent on TV with the daily outbursts from 'The View' panel to "Saturday Night Live' skits mocking the President.
It is visible in politics with TDS being obvious in Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, Barack Obama, and many more.
President Trump did not make liberals insane his election simply helped bring it out into the open.
It is obvious in social media. I cannot look at my Facebook home page without seeing it with mentally deranged friends of mine who are stressing themselves out with constant whining about the least little thing this President does.
Killer Motives
(This blog was inspired by “Why do men rape women?” A blog written by fiftyshadesofgra)
I’ve recently watched documentaries about serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. They were both before I was born so I wanted to culture myself a bit and get up to speed with the both of them. Dahmer said he raped and killed because he felt like he had no control over anything in his life. Bundy did it for possession and control. There’s always some form of control there.
I feel like I have no control over my life sometimes but that doesn’t drive me to hurt someone. However, I noticed a difference. My parents are still happily married. 51 years. Ted and Jeffrey didn’t have that.
Still though some people have had terrible childhoods and turned out just fine and great childhoods and turned serial killer/rapist. It’s really something I can’t wrap my head around either. Perhaps I should turn the tables and find out why people from bad backgrounds turned out fine as well to get a better picture. Ted said he did it because he wanted to, not explaining a motive. This is telling me he is inherently bad which goes with the fact that we are all inherently sinful.
I am leaving you all with this. My opinion is that the enemy played on their insecurities to get them to do his bidding. If you have an area where you’re weak he’s going to try his best to use that against you. I hate to say this but they allowed the devil to use them as his vessels. Dahmer even said he was going to build a shrine to the devil had he not been apprehended using the heads of his victims.
One of my friends asked me how can you watch that kind of stuff? I don’t because I know how the enemy works. I said I do too but it’s good to know how the mind of a serial killer/rapist works so that you can avoid it. I commend her for not watching those films though. I really shouldn’t be watching them either except for the reasons I mentioned.
I’ve recently watched documentaries about serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. They were both before I was born so I wanted to culture myself a bit and get up to speed with the both of them. Dahmer said he raped and killed because he felt like he had no control over anything in his life. Bundy did it for possession and control. There’s always some form of control there.
I feel like I have no control over my life sometimes but that doesn’t drive me to hurt someone. However, I noticed a difference. My parents are still happily married. 51 years. Ted and Jeffrey didn’t have that.
Still though some people have had terrible childhoods and turned out just fine and great childhoods and turned serial killer/rapist. It’s really something I can’t wrap my head around either. Perhaps I should turn the tables and find out why people from bad backgrounds turned out fine as well to get a better picture. Ted said he did it because he wanted to, not explaining a motive. This is telling me he is inherently bad which goes with the fact that we are all inherently sinful.
I am leaving you all with this. My opinion is that the enemy played on their insecurities to get them to do his bidding. If you have an area where you’re weak he’s going to try his best to use that against you. I hate to say this but they allowed the devil to use them as his vessels. Dahmer even said he was going to build a shrine to the devil had he not been apprehended using the heads of his victims.
One of my friends asked me how can you watch that kind of stuff? I don’t because I know how the enemy works. I said I do too but it’s good to know how the mind of a serial killer/rapist works so that you can avoid it. I commend her for not watching those films though. I really shouldn’t be watching them either except for the reasons I mentioned.
The Nightmare On Long Street
My cousin James owns the house with the highest street number in South Africa, and is threatening to sue government for US$5 million. He claims that his house is a tourist attraction and he will loose millions in income if the city council is to continue with their plans for he will no longer have the highest street number.
This is in response to our local government disowning him of a piece of his property extending the road to gain access to the marshlands behind which they intend to fill in to build four more houses on Long Street. It enraged the residents of Long Street and 762 home owners are protesting at the civic center.
I also happen to know the fellow who lives at number 3 Long Street and he said that he won’t go home until this matter is resolved. He added that he realizes that he is very low in the pecking order, but what is happening now is going to bump him another four steps down.
Yesterday the postmen and garbage collectors joined the cause. They say that they already have a hard time on Long Street and they cannot possibly service another four houses.
The protesters got rowdy, throwing stones at council officials. In response to a call for help from the mayor, the minister of defense mobilized the army, but only seven able bodies reported for duty.
The minister commented that this is probably because 66% of the forces are HIV positive, 60% are obese and 75% are too old for active duty. When asked about it, he said that it is not as bad as it sounds, as most people suffer from more than one condition. As an afterthought, he said that he may have to invade Swaziland to get the attention away from Long Street.
A spokesman from Greenpeace said they will not interfere with a domestic quarrel and if another marshland must perish then so be it.
Have a great Valentine's Day
This is in response to our local government disowning him of a piece of his property extending the road to gain access to the marshlands behind which they intend to fill in to build four more houses on Long Street. It enraged the residents of Long Street and 762 home owners are protesting at the civic center.
I also happen to know the fellow who lives at number 3 Long Street and he said that he won’t go home until this matter is resolved. He added that he realizes that he is very low in the pecking order, but what is happening now is going to bump him another four steps down.
Yesterday the postmen and garbage collectors joined the cause. They say that they already have a hard time on Long Street and they cannot possibly service another four houses.
The protesters got rowdy, throwing stones at council officials. In response to a call for help from the mayor, the minister of defense mobilized the army, but only seven able bodies reported for duty.
The minister commented that this is probably because 66% of the forces are HIV positive, 60% are obese and 75% are too old for active duty. When asked about it, he said that it is not as bad as it sounds, as most people suffer from more than one condition. As an afterthought, he said that he may have to invade Swaziland to get the attention away from Long Street.
A spokesman from Greenpeace said they will not interfere with a domestic quarrel and if another marshland must perish then so be it.
Have a great Valentine's Day
When was the last time you got laid?..............
Two years ago this month for me so my two year anniversary, starting to feel like a monk,.............
Letting off steam and poking at the media
Porky pies – Cockney slang for lies. Everyone tells porkies. I don’t know how many honest profiles there are on CS but I know mine says ‘a few extra pounds’. I should change that but I can’t be arsed, I’m sure I’ll lose that Covid stone any time now. In the meantime I look, so I was told by an acquaintance on Sunday, very healthy. 
when an English person says you look very healthy you know you look like a tethered weather balloon. Meh. The “very healthy” option isn’t on the CS dropdown list.
Since CS is now dedicated to the activities of the American president, I shall get in my token political comment quickly so that this blog qualifies. All politicians lie. Some call it political necessity. Some apologise. Some pretend they never told the lie in the first place. Meh. The media dedicate a LOT of time to counting the lies told by Ramapoes who runs the country where I once lived, by Boris and indeed Wee Cranky who run the country where I formally lived, by Sánchez in the country where I now live. Wherever you live, I’m sure you have media tracking the honesty of your leaders. Some of you have entire singles websites dedicated to it.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who counts the lies of those who count the lies?
This quote from realclearpolitics.com – the media distorts and misleads, takes statements out of context, treats assumptions as facts and in general seems to want to sow as much rancor and fear as possible.
Yup.
The Harvard Business Review comments that media and government are entwined in a vicious circle of mutual manipulation, mythmaking, and self-interest. The media fails to do what it claims to do, what it should do, and what society expects it to do.
Yup.
Columbia Journalism Review has an article titled the fall, rise, and fall of media trust. They point out that as far back as Washington newspapers were full of lies.
Yup
Etc etc etc
You probably agree, at least about media supporting views other than your own. And yet – we all read this crap. We all argue about this crap as though it was worth argument. We let ourselves be panicked by this crap. Social media, some would argue, is the last uncontaminated source.
I’d love to see 48 hours, just 48 hours, lie-free, across the world, across all forms of media. Nothing but facts, or rumours clearly highlighted as rumours. No whipped up dramas. No inflated twisted biased items. Just facts. Wondered if anyone who has read this far would agree, or if the media are right and most of us WANT the soap opera.
Meanwhile – breaking news – peaceful talks in Southern Spain break down after a visiting English delegate referred to a local Spanish delegate as now looking like a tethered weather balloon
when an English person says you look very healthy you know you look like a tethered weather balloon. Meh. The “very healthy” option isn’t on the CS dropdown list. Since CS is now dedicated to the activities of the American president, I shall get in my token political comment quickly so that this blog qualifies. All politicians lie. Some call it political necessity. Some apologise. Some pretend they never told the lie in the first place. Meh. The media dedicate a LOT of time to counting the lies told by Ramapoes who runs the country where I once lived, by Boris and indeed Wee Cranky who run the country where I formally lived, by Sánchez in the country where I now live. Wherever you live, I’m sure you have media tracking the honesty of your leaders. Some of you have entire singles websites dedicated to it.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who counts the lies of those who count the lies?
This quote from realclearpolitics.com – the media distorts and misleads, takes statements out of context, treats assumptions as facts and in general seems to want to sow as much rancor and fear as possible.
Yup.
The Harvard Business Review comments that media and government are entwined in a vicious circle of mutual manipulation, mythmaking, and self-interest. The media fails to do what it claims to do, what it should do, and what society expects it to do.
Yup.
Columbia Journalism Review has an article titled the fall, rise, and fall of media trust. They point out that as far back as Washington newspapers were full of lies.
Yup
Etc etc etc
You probably agree, at least about media supporting views other than your own. And yet – we all read this crap. We all argue about this crap as though it was worth argument. We let ourselves be panicked by this crap. Social media, some would argue, is the last uncontaminated source.
I’d love to see 48 hours, just 48 hours, lie-free, across the world, across all forms of media. Nothing but facts, or rumours clearly highlighted as rumours. No whipped up dramas. No inflated twisted biased items. Just facts. Wondered if anyone who has read this far would agree, or if the media are right and most of us WANT the soap opera.
Meanwhile – breaking news – peaceful talks in Southern Spain break down after a visiting English delegate referred to a local Spanish delegate as now looking like a tethered weather balloon
R. I. P.
Will you Rest In Peace?
There are several choices in how one can spend eternity after they die:
1) Mausoleum buried in an above ground tomb surrounded my others (indoors)
2) Traditional buried 6 feet underground
3) Cremation
4) In an above ground cement casket outdoors (seen in Greece)
Recently I've been bombarded with marketing materials for a cemetery nearby my home. Once a week for the last couple of months I receive this brochure in the mail telling me of this special offer for a cemetery plot 50% discount. Now seriously who doesn't like a deal??? They have a plot with a nice babbling brook under a shade tree....ON SALE......
So, I start thinking, why do they keep sending me this literature? Do they know something I don't? What if the babbling brook overflows in a heavy rain and my casket starts to swim downstream? What if when everything dries out and they put me back in my spot they put me in the wrong spot? Now my headstone says Carol Crimshaw instead of Sands88......now I have people visiting me placing flowers on my grave because they think I'm Carol Crimshaw.....
Not sure if I want to invest in a grave there. What if I move? What if I get married again and she already has accommodations for two at her location? I don't want to have cemetery plots all over the country or world for that matter. I would start to feel like a male whore, sleeping all around......
I liked the one in Greece, I believe it was on the Island Crete. They had about 25 concrete caskets on the side of a church and over each casket they had like an enclosed bookshelf for their special memorabilia there were eye glasses, jewelry, coffee cups, books and other types of artifacts that the deceased person felt were special. I was thinking that I would have my IPhone along with my tablet, and a universal remote control in my little bookcase.....and my favorite cufflinks ( I like cufflink shirts).
My parents and sister are deceased and they were all cremated with their ashes spread over the same lake. But, what if I'm not a good swimmer, I could drown. Or just have my ashes blown in the wind like a song by Kansas called Dust in the Wind....
For those that like planning ahead, what would be your selection?????
There are several choices in how one can spend eternity after they die:
1) Mausoleum buried in an above ground tomb surrounded my others (indoors)
2) Traditional buried 6 feet underground
3) Cremation
4) In an above ground cement casket outdoors (seen in Greece)
Recently I've been bombarded with marketing materials for a cemetery nearby my home. Once a week for the last couple of months I receive this brochure in the mail telling me of this special offer for a cemetery plot 50% discount. Now seriously who doesn't like a deal??? They have a plot with a nice babbling brook under a shade tree....ON SALE......
So, I start thinking, why do they keep sending me this literature? Do they know something I don't? What if the babbling brook overflows in a heavy rain and my casket starts to swim downstream? What if when everything dries out and they put me back in my spot they put me in the wrong spot? Now my headstone says Carol Crimshaw instead of Sands88......now I have people visiting me placing flowers on my grave because they think I'm Carol Crimshaw.....
Not sure if I want to invest in a grave there. What if I move? What if I get married again and she already has accommodations for two at her location? I don't want to have cemetery plots all over the country or world for that matter. I would start to feel like a male whore, sleeping all around......
I liked the one in Greece, I believe it was on the Island Crete. They had about 25 concrete caskets on the side of a church and over each casket they had like an enclosed bookshelf for their special memorabilia there were eye glasses, jewelry, coffee cups, books and other types of artifacts that the deceased person felt were special. I was thinking that I would have my IPhone along with my tablet, and a universal remote control in my little bookcase.....and my favorite cufflinks ( I like cufflink shirts).
My parents and sister are deceased and they were all cremated with their ashes spread over the same lake. But, what if I'm not a good swimmer, I could drown. Or just have my ashes blown in the wind like a song by Kansas called Dust in the Wind....
For those that like planning ahead, what would be your selection?????
Some day at Christmas
By Stevie Wonder (1967)
"Someday At Christmas"
"Someday at Christmas men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free
Someday at Christmas there'll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life's really worth
There'll be peace on earth
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas we'll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
Our world where people care
Someday at Christmas there'll be no tears
All men are equal and no men have fears
One shining moment, one prayer away
From our world today
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Hate will be gone and love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime "
Will it EVER happen ?
Will there be lasting peace on earth ?
Will people put the welfare and safety of others above their own desire for more & more non-essential stuff ?
Will starvation end ?
Will morons stop fighting over whose (non-existant) god is better than another (non-existant) god ?
How long will it take for mankind to evolve past greed, hate, prejudice, and jealousy ?
100 years ? 500 ? 1,000 ? 10,000 ? 100,000 ? 1 Million ?
Will humans pollute and destroy the planet before it happens ?
When will our species learn ?
"Someday At Christmas"
"Someday at Christmas men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free
Someday at Christmas there'll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life's really worth
There'll be peace on earth
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas we'll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
Our world where people care
Someday at Christmas there'll be no tears
All men are equal and no men have fears
One shining moment, one prayer away
From our world today
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Hate will be gone and love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime "
Will it EVER happen ?
Will there be lasting peace on earth ?
Will people put the welfare and safety of others above their own desire for more & more non-essential stuff ?
Will starvation end ?
Will morons stop fighting over whose (non-existant) god is better than another (non-existant) god ?
How long will it take for mankind to evolve past greed, hate, prejudice, and jealousy ?
100 years ? 500 ? 1,000 ? 10,000 ? 100,000 ? 1 Million ?
Will humans pollute and destroy the planet before it happens ?
When will our species learn ?
online today!
Beauty inside out
Beauty is inside where the deepest of compassion and humility, kindness and generosity permeates among mankind.
That is what the true face of beauty is. Sadly our world evolved and falling into the abyss of the opposite.
We must recognize it is in our individual strength put together that we can truly achieve what is right. What is just and I am but a lowly hopeful.
Are you?
Note: 1. I am harassed and continuously labeled as a hater, racist and all that is too negative. But like Trump, I believe in my inherent right to fight for what is right, when someone is bent to kill me, I will definitely fight back. I don't care if you will negate my act to support for life, I am not the killer, I am definitely not the inciter, I am simply bent to defend the right to live. You are either with me or against me. I sure hope you would know who the enemy is.
That is what the true face of beauty is. Sadly our world evolved and falling into the abyss of the opposite.
We must recognize it is in our individual strength put together that we can truly achieve what is right. What is just and I am but a lowly hopeful.
Are you?
Note: 1. I am harassed and continuously labeled as a hater, racist and all that is too negative. But like Trump, I believe in my inherent right to fight for what is right, when someone is bent to kill me, I will definitely fight back. I don't care if you will negate my act to support for life, I am not the killer, I am definitely not the inciter, I am simply bent to defend the right to live. You are either with me or against me. I sure hope you would know who the enemy is.
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