More Wealthy Traffickers Appealing to Trump: The Tate Brothers Are Now Free And In America (Florida)

 

Pretty soon, America is going to be known as the sanctuary of the world for drug and sex offenders- but only if you support Trump!

For those who don't know, Andrew Tate - and his brother, Tristan - are conservative "manosphere" influencers and have been charged in the U.K. and Romania of sex-trafficking, rape, and assault and battery, multiple times.

Most recently, they were barred from leaving Romania while a case  was building against them for raping and beating a 15-year-old girl.

(FYI, they made their money by running a porn business, in which they have bragged about convincing women to be in their films and then robbed them of their profits.)

However, they were just freed for what reasons we don't know, but the NYT obtained a text from Andrew dated January 14, 2025 stating: 

“I had word from The Trump admin that theyre on top of things. Ive been told ill be free soon but Trump needs to see me in Miami”

The order came down for their immediate release and they were in Florida within 24 hours. 

Also, the NYT claims that Barron Trump had a Zoom meeting asking the brothers about dating advice sometime last year, and that the Tate brothers are friends with Don Jr.

Yes, conservatives - let's hear some more of your rhetoric about how much you hate drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and pedophilia, only for your hero, Trump, to turn around and pardon them if they're wealthy and support him.

Disgusting. 

Conveservatives?

This is is some shady sh*t you're either ignoring or you don't know about because your press doesn't tell you.

 At what point are you going to stop turning a blind eye to criminals - the same crimes you claim to abhor - just because they agree with your politics and/or mention Jesus?

Biggest Bombshells from "Sean Combs: The Reckoning"

 

So apparently Diddy's lawyers have now sent a Cease and Desist letter to Netflix to stop airing it, claiming it's 'stolen footage.'

Yeah, good luck with that. 

There's a lot of people you can silence with enough lawyers, money, and hired henchmen, Diddy, but Netflix isn't one of them. They just bought Warner Brothers?

I'm not sure how they got the footage from the filmmaker you hired to follow you around before your trial, but I highly doubt it was "stolen." 

This film went unfinished, this is business, and people gotta get paid, which you aren't fond of doing -  so the more likely scenario is, the project was axed and the filmmakers needed the money?

And here's a question - why did you have a filmmaker following you around pretrial anyway, Diddy?

Telling your lawyers to get it done on film, sooo sure of yourself and your money and power that you'd get out of it?

Not only is that the epitome of arrogant presumption, but very telling of your character/your power-abuse pattern overall, isn't it?

"Here's some money and threats - make it go away."

And then having the audacity to say on camera, more than once: 

"God told me to do nothing."

What the ???

Did God also tell you to pimp out your then 19-year-old girlfriend, Cassie, and then knock her down, kick her in the stomach, and drag her back to the hotel room when she tried to leave?

Or lace the drinks of your new young artists and production team with GHB (a "date-rape" drug like Rohypnol) and pimp them out to celebrities, too, and never pay them - not only for their non-consent prostitution for you, but for their actual production/artist work?

I don't think so.

I am SO sick of horrible people getting out of justice with their money and power, but I'm ESPECIALLY sick of them bringing God into their dastardly deeds, mentioning Jesus to cover a multitude of sins, using Jesus like some kinda Get-Out-of-Jail Free card, aren't you?

And worse - it actually works!

Acting like God speaks directly to them and supports the horrible choices they make and things they do, it's crazy.

God doesn't have a thing to do with what you've done, nor the trial outcome, Didds -  that's all you and your power abuse, which Jesus was NOT a fan of.

Regardless, I don't think any of us were very happy with the outcome of the Diddy trial -  guilty on 2 counts of transportation of prostitution and 50 months in jail - and that's it?

No sex trafficking, racketeering, no physical or sexual abuse/assault - just transportation of prostitution.

After that video of him kicking Cassie while lying on the ground and dragging her back to the hotel room?

After the testimonies of his former business partners and assistants and other witnesses with text proof?

After his prior history or proven violence, both domestic and in business?

(Charges either settled or dropped.)

Story after story after story - matching stories?

Dang, he like the black Trump, a paper gangster getting others to do the dirty work (except smaller women), throwing around enough money and threats and paid muscle to get him out out of anything - no wonder he's appealed to Trump for pardon, he's exactly like him! 😂

Now, I know that rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) produced this film, and he has a lot of beef with a lot of people, but you gotta admit, this documentary was super well done. 

And I also know that successful celebrities have to contend with a lot of people coming for them out of jealousy, trying to get a piece of them, and extort them -  but there are too many people, here, telling the same stories about working for him that sometimes never even met.

I bet he wishes he'd paid these people like he promised now, right? 😂

And celebrities coming out to defend him?

Yeah - they are now suspect for being cool with the freak-offs 😂

That isn't a crime in itself - UNTIL - you find out most of the non-celebrities weren't there by their own consent and half the time were drugged without their consent, some of them being artists he was using. 

And other celebrities coming forward to defend him NOT part of the freak-offs (as far as we know)?

Duh - of course he was nice to YOU, you're not new to the business and you have money, power, and influence - he can't easily quash you. 

Dang, it never ceases to amaze me how even smart people pull the "Well, I don't believe it, he never did that to me, he was nice and generous to me" card.

People?

Why is it so hard for you to comprehend that all power abusers - from common bullies to actual predators - have 1 thing in common: They are very specific in whom they target. only "punching down."

Power abusers only choose people with less or no power, money, or social support, often new to the field, and thus haven't built credibility.

In fact, even sexual crimes are motivated by power abuse, sex is just the method. 

Thus, you cannot compare your own personal experience  - especially as an existing celebrity - with the experience of a new artist to the business who has none of these things yet!


They are very good at quickly assessing the power structure/hierarchy in situations - so they really ARE super nice to people above them or lateral to them who've been in the business longer - because you have at least some power, money and influence versus some new nobody in the business.

But don't make the mistake of thinking you can trust him - Diddy is about Diddy - if he can find a way to stick you with the bill, he will (ask Notorious BIG's family).


Again - he's like the black Trump. 😂

Biggest bombshell for me?

That he actually billed Biggie Smalls estate for that lavish funeral he hyped and cheated the family out of future income to the estate. 

It doesn't surprise me, but that's some cold-blooded stuff. 

Most compelling story?

Kirk Burrows, his former business partner and former co-owner of Bad Boy Records.

Yeah, he looks rough now, but he didn't always look that way - dude's been through some shit including homelessness after Diddy  allegedly physically threatened him with a baseball bat to give up his shares of the business they'd built together, fired him after he refused to go along with billing Biggie's estate for the funeral and cheating them out of profits then blacklisted him from the business, which is all he knew.

He was actually very articulate, very intelligent, and told the story calmly and without emotion (except for his eyes), very detailed.

And of course, the fact that absolutely believes Diddy had something to do with Tupac's murder.

Related to this bombshell was the LVPD got a confession out of Keffe D" Davis, a high-ranking member of the South Side Compton Crips, who received an offer of $1 million dollars from Diddy in a room full of NYC Crips gang leaders to kill both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight, only receiving 500K because they did not successfully kill Suge Knight, and he had to fight to get that.

Last Vegas PD tapes you actually hear for yourself in this documentary, mind you.

Keffe D Davis is set to stand trial for Tupac's murder in 2026.

I think the participants in this film were correct by explaining the acquittals away by a starstruck jury - that one chick acted like Diddy was her best friend, though they'd never met, just because of how he acted on TV - it was super odd.

Now - I have to say that many moons ago, I said to someone: "Yeah, Diddy acts like he's all innocent and like he's herding cats with his gangster artists, but I think he's actually the worst of them all, he's got his hands in some shit we'll never see."

At the time, Suge Knight from Death Row had the roughest reputation - but at 6' 2' and 265 pounds, he did the deeds himself.  He was also straight outta Compton. He also is serving sentence for involuntary manslaughter  - not for Biggie - but many suspect he was behind killing Biggie in retaliation for Tupac's murder.

Diddy, on the other hand, was from Mt. Vernon, New York, went to private Catholic school, and was 5' 11" and about 160 pounds soaking wet. 

Diddy did NOT come up hard, and not only wasn't capable physically of doing the things Suge Knight did, but he had them done by others to keep his nose clean.

I thought he definitely knew who killed Tupac and Biggie, for sure, but with gangs, you don't involve the cops and squeal - even if it's a rival gang member. 

Did I ever think Diddy actually ordered it?

No - but I do wonder, now.

I may have thought there was a possibility he ordered it, just because the rivalry between Death Row (West Coast) and Bad Boy (East Coast) was so contentious, and there's a possibility of anything, but there was no solid proof.

Lemme just say this now - after Kirk's story - and especially the tapes of Keefe D from the LVPD -  I definitely believe that if Diddy didn't order it himself, then at the very least, he may have had knowledge beforehand of the hit.

As for Diddy's "talent," we never thought he had any musically.  He can't sing, he can't rap, he can't mix, and he can barely dance - he's a wannabe artist and a wannabe gangster.  

We knew his talent/brilliance was in spotting talent and marketing - and being a good manipulator (which go hand and hand). 

We also took note of him inserting himself into every video of his artists in some way, noting that he had no true talent.

I remember specifically my little sister and I talking about Diddy performing "I'll Be Missing You" at the VMA, with Biggie's wife, Faith Evans, stuck off to the left wing singing - but worse, sticking Sting off to the right wing singing, looking like "What am I even doing here?" 😂

Well, now we know why Sting was even there - because Diddy mixed the The Police song "I'll Be Watching You" without permission from Sting or The Police, and when Sting found out, his lawyers got a hold of it and Diddy has to pay him $2,000 a day for the rest of his life AND insisted he co-perform alongside Diddy.

The $2,000-a-day thing is absolutely true - here's Sting confirming it.

@vsgentertainment @theofficialsting @Diddy has to pay me $2,000 a day for life for sampling my song without permission. #sting #diddy 🎥 @The Breakfast Club ♬ original sound - VSG Entertainment

Hehehe. 

Talk about stealing some more, why don't you, Diddy?

He joked it was $5,000 a day on Twitter, but said he was joking - but he really does pay Sting 2K a day for the song.

Again, this was Diddy acting like the black Trump, thinking he could just steal a song then lawyer up - and though Diddy can muscle and sue a lot of the powerless people and the up-and-comers, but Sting - above him on the hierarchy by decades, with equally powerful lawyers and money?

Good luck - you lose!

Hehehe.

We also thought it was Diddy using Biggie's death to shine the spotlight on himself - again.

Who sticks Faith Evans and Sting - the REAL talent - off to the side wings while you ramble out a semi-rap song?

Yep - and worse, he acted like it was a tribute, but the whole time, he was billing the family for all of it?

Ugh, that's just disgusting.

And let's not even go there with the amount of violence, domestic and otherwise, as well as sexual assault, that follows him where he goes. 

The only former girlfriend to successfully escape his web was J.Lo, but only because during their relationship, she hit super stardom after not only her first album, but playing "Selena" in the film - and became more powerful, rich, and influential than Diddy -so he wouldn't dare, at that point.

Remember what I said about only 'punching down' - though Diddy worked on her first album, he wasn't the only producer/it wasn't his company -  plus she also had powerful friends in the film industry  as well, as she'd just wrapped "Selena."

Though I suspect J. Lo wasn't completely unscathed, as she cited "infidelity" and "emotional turbulence" as reasons for their breakup  - but unlike Cassie and others, she could get out easier -  having attained more money, power, and influence than Diddy by the time their relationship ended. 

Plus it was the perfect time - that nightclub shooting incident where Diddy pulled a gun happened just a couple of months earlier. 

Diddy, on the other hand, says he went into therapy over that breakup. 

Great job, Diddy's therapist - he only got worse, after that! 😂

I suspect that for Diddy -  being a very clear narcissist/sociopath - his short time in therapy was less about heartbreak and more about one of the few times he completely lost control of the woman he was with. 😉

Say what you will about J. Lo, but there's that, at least - she got her own money, power, and influence and thus was able to get the heck out! 

Now - if Trump pardons him, too, he will expect something in return, no doubt.

Like maybe Trump, Diddy, Juan Hernando Hernandez, Vito Guzzo - and other pardoned mafia, cartel, and street gang members - can have one of Diddy's famous "White Parties" at the new White House ballroom, then have Trump's propose UFC fight on the White House lawn, only using interns and immigrants, who fight to the death for them like gladiators. 😂

We laugh so we won't cry - because this is the state of America now.

Holiday Fare: "Champagne Problems" on Netflix - Approved!

Netflix has made it very clear, this year, that they want to dethrone Hallmark as the King of Christmas movies.

Can they do it?

They just might!

So the #1 rule of being in Netflix's Preview Screening Club is - you can't talk about Netflix Preview Screening Club - UNTIL something you've reviewed is released - then you are encouraged to help hype it, it you liked it.

As an aside, if you're interested in being in the Netflix Preview Screening Club, the thing is - and this is gonna sound snootier than I mean it to -  but you have to be invited?

I have no idea how I was invited, I've never been invited to any special club in my life.  😂

The only thing I know is my watching patterns as a movie geek, my demographic, and sometimes they'd send a blast email asking us what we thought of stuff after watching, and being a former aspiring screenwriter, I'd write them a detailed eyeful 😂 raving about what worked and gently touching upon what didn't. I think they also ping out to see what's being talked about social media (which I'm not on) and blogs, etc.?

So if you want to be in it, I might suggest that you watch a bunch of Netflix (and not just the mainstream stuff), fill out the blast-email review requests afterwards (the more specific and detailed the better) -  not just the thumbs up button, but the random after-premiere ratings they ask for - and review what you've watched on Netflix on your social media or blog.

The caveat being, of course, if you are in NPSC already, you can't write or talk about what you've previewed until it's released, you signed an NDA - but after it is released, you can talk about it all you like, as it helps with promotion.

The really cool thing is, they DO listen to your suggestions and make changes/tweak stuff!

Now, without further ado ... 

I approved "Champagne Problems!" 😂

It's currently #2 on the Netflix Top 10 movie list, just dethroned by Jingle Bell Heist 😂

(FYI, the new Stranger Things is on the the TV show list, rather than the movie list, because it has episodes; thus, it is deservedly #1 on that list, about to be dethroned by the Diddy tapes thing.)

So the problem with Christmas Rom Coms is they're usually long on "Rom" to the point of corny, very short on "Com" part. 

HOWEVER, this one brings the "com" - mostly due to these 2 members of the supporting cast  ... 

Sean Amring as party starter, Roberto Salazar ...

... and Flula Borg who is NOT that ... as weird, morose, but somehow still loveable Otto Muller ... 

Roberto snaps out the ice-breaking one-liners, and Otto's bizarre tales of his traditional austere German Christmases, which apparently involve Krampus, ashes, dead things, and robotic dancing (think Mike Myers as Dieter from Sprockets on  SNL, but more loveable) should at least bring a smile to your face.

So most of these holiday rom coms are overly formulaic, right?

Quirky, over-privileged white girl, who doesn't realize how good she's got it, is forced by either business or family to visit some idyllic Christmas spot we all only wish we were sent to, but bitches about it, classic fish-out-of-water (or returning fish to water).

She either brings a sister or a best friend or meets one, who convinces her she needs to chill and believe in the power or love and Christmas magic. 

Then there's a "meet-cute" where she, like, bumps into what will be her love interest with an entire tray of hot coffee or something, only she doesn't realize it's her love interest until she meets him again later.  

Mayhem ensues, girl gets boy, girl loses boy somehow, girl gets boy back, she realizes her old life elsewhere wasn't so great after all, they settle in new town - boom,  then end.

That is the formula - and if they stray too far from it, the movie won't fly.

So the trick is, how to hide the formula better or at least make it more interesting, and if they can, be wittier, funnier - which Champagne Problems does!

BTW, for those unaware, the phrase "champagne problems" means the type of problems rich people have, so it's already kind of a wink to the usual overprivileged people in these movies, but in this case, it really is about champagne as well. 

(There's also a little Pretty Woman hotel concierge moment in there and I'm not sure why, considering the story line, but it works nonetheless.)

TBH, Jingle Bell Heist, is even better at it - it follows the formula somewhat, but you may not recognize it at first, which is why it's #1.

Minka Kelly brings more warmth than quirky as the lead role. In fact, at the beginning, I didn't know if she was gonna pull off the sharp business lady role, the killer deal-closer role, but then I realized - that's the point.

Spoiler alert - though as I just said, you should know the formula  of these things by now anyway - she doesn't really want or need to have a killer instinct to be successful, after all, and success has many definitions. 

And don't even get me started with how much I knew the ladies would love Tom Wozniczka as Henri Cassel.

It's not just the French accent ... okay, it's a lot about the French accent ...

... but his twinkly eyes, his crooked little grin, his understated sense of humor, and controlled passion when he speaks in French, which lets us know what he's saying without even understanding French?

Oui, oui, be still my heart!



And Les Etoiles, the Parisian bookstore they meet-cute in and he wants to own and run?

I know it's just a set, but I want to go wherever it is and live there, forever.

(I couldn't find any decent pictures of it at present, except the hallway between rooms, which doesn't give you the feel - sorry.)

And I learned a French phrase, which I think is a better way of saying "I miss you" than we do - "Tu me manques" - which means "You are missing from me."

Isn't that great?

It's saying "a part of me is missing without you."

Considering it's so personal, I doubt they throw that phrase around as casually and insincerely and as often as we do, either, right? 

Who knows, the French love to be passionate, and they do mean it sincerely, at least for the moment 😂

So is Champagne Problems the best thing I've ever seen?

No - but it's better than the usual Hallmarky Christmas fare. And we do love our Holiday Rom Coms in America 😊

This one was approved by the Netflix Preview Screening club - and me. 😊

Enjoy! 

Sabrina Carpenter VS. Trump - PLUS - Trump Just Pardoned an Actual Honduran Drug Cartel Lord

 *Edited - Sabrina's X tweet added, ER story added

But before I go there ...

So I took a little break from blogging until I had fully extricated myself from an overly competitive, creepy, and intermittently completely unhinged coworker -  then a few days later, my husband got Flu A with pneumonia, for extra fun.

It was weird, because I took him to the doctor the Monday before Thanksgiving because of a 104.2 temp, the flu swabs were negative, but the doc heard crackles in both lung bases, so she pronounced him with pneumonia, prescribed 2 antibiotics, and sent him home.

The temp came down to near normal, then suddenly spiked back up to 103.8 the day before Thanksgiving, he was coughing incessantly, so the doc said to take him to the ER. 

ER doc said she heard crackles in both lung bases, too, but the chest x-ray read out that the pneumonia had resolved/was resolving, but he now tested positive for Flu A. 

Guess he had both, I don't know, but I haven't seen my husband that sick since his stroke.

Needless to say, Thanksgiving Day was ... quiet. 

I still cooked, though, because damn the flu, I say!

He didn't eat much on actual Thanksgiving Day, though, except the pumpkin pie.

(Hey, I feel like he earned the right to eat whatever he even felt like eating, at that point!)

He did later, though, that entire turkey was gone by Saturday lol.

I'll be honest -  it was a little harder to find my gratitude that day, but I'm pretty practiced at it already, so I still found a few things, like ...

For starters, good food, Ziggy, and having each other, as well as all who called, texted, or wrote us to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving/check on Mark.

Then there's the ER staff at the brand new Baptist Health Lexington Hamburg facility that just opened last Spring- they were AMAZING!  

The Hamburg location is an ER/acute care hospital, as well as Baptist's new cancer treatment facility; however, Lexington is very slow to change/anything new and apparently still prefers to go to the main hospital?

Listen up, Lexington - GO HERE - it's so much better than the old Baptist Health Main, it's fantastic!

(Or actually, no - keep going to main, because then the rest of us can get in and out faster at the new one😂)

I figured I'd take him to this new one instead of main, as greater incentive for him to go 😉

Brand new, super clean, super swanky, and the entire literally smiling team greets you as soon as you're taken back to your ER room - doc, nurse, EMT, phlebotomist. 

(And yes - built after COVID, they are actual individual ER rooms with sliding glass doors - no more of this contagion separated only by curtains stuff anymore.)

No waiting on the doc, labs, vitals - all immediate.  They x-ray image at the bedside immediately.  I was super impressed, I've never seen such efficiency, all done with smiles.

In fact, the staff had great senses of humor. 

For instance, I told them I had a hard time getting him to do as the doctor ordered, come to the ER, not just because of his prior stroke, but because we'd just watched the "Murder by Medic" series on Hulu.

So ... although the show includes all medical professionals who murder, it's mostly about medical serial killers. Mark developed a sudden half-hearted irrational fear about someone accidentally or on purpose injecting him with something as a 60+ man! 😂

So on the way there, he says ... 

Mark: "And if someone comes in with a shot of anything the doctor didn't order?" 

Me:  "Then I will punch a bitch - in the face!"  😂    

 

"No, not really -  but what I WILL do is what I did when the hospitalist doc accidentally ordered you the standard stroke protocol regimen which included Eliquis (powerful blood thinner) on top of aspirin, despite a heavy active bleed.

I said, Whoa, wait, hold up... so ... he has a heavy active bleed from a kidney stone also passing, right now. If we give him Eliquis plus the aspirin, couldn't he bleed out? That's the reason he didn't get tPA at onset. Can someone please check? "

"And those medical serial killer stories are ultra, ultra, ultra rare, Honey. Even fatal medical accidents are rare." 

"Also, you should know that ever having to take you to the ER again has switched me over from Ripley-hiding-from-the-world-under-the-covers-with-her-cat mode into hypervigilant, kick-ass Ripley overdrive mode. Nothing gets past me, right now." 😂

When  I told the ER team about his watching this show just beforehand and it freaking him out, and they got a kick out of that, and then said: 

"What we'd put in this IV bag - is it really D5 saline or is it a bunch of insulin though you're not diabetic?  You'll never know and neither will the coroner. Mwahaha!"

Nyaaak! 

😂😂😂

Gotta love that morbid sense of humor in the medical field as a coping skill.

Mark's eyes widened, then even HE laughed - and yes, he came home sufficiently rehydrated and breathing better. 

No long wait for discharge either, but at this point, Mark actually didn't want to leave yet, he was so warm, comfortable and pampered.  In fact, we took a picture and sent it to his family, calling it his "spa day." 😂

And a special thanks and shoutout to our friends and former neighbors, Rico and Angelie,  who actually surprised us by dropping off a bottle of authentic coquitos that they special-ordered from Puerto Rico for us, after I fell in love with coquitos after spending last Thanksgiving with them, but we were unable to do so this year - love you guys 🩷

I actually teared up at that surprise, it happened at a perfect moment - we had returned from the ER, I had just gotten Mark bundled in bed, medicated up, and settled, and I was in the middle of baking the cornbread for the dressing the next day, so I was pretty stressed, exhausted, and overwhelmed - so what a great surprise!

So I did end up getting the flu too, this past weekend, one week after him, but it's milder, despite being a smoker.

The difference?

I got the flu shot, Mark didn't - so get your flu shots, people!

Just like COVID shot, the flu shot doesn't necessarily keep you from getting the flu (especially mutated/new strains), but it does keep it from getting too severe - I could tell at onset it wasn't going to be as severe.  Also helping was I took Tamiflu the 2nd day, it shortens it/mitigates the severity.

He's going back to work tomorrow, and I'm almost better, so there's that. 

But I'm grateful that I'm a week behind him, so I could care for him properly and still cook his favorites for Thanksgiving, even if it was just us, this year, and even if he could only handle a small slice of pumpkin pie at first. 🥰

And one more thing to be grateful for - I found out last week that I was accepted into the program I applied for at the University of Cincinnati! 

(From UK Wildcat to UC Bearcat😊)

In other news, singer Sabrina Carpenter blasted the White House administration via X today, over ICE using her song "Juno" for a video about ICE arrest raids.

Considering she's 4'11" and still at the beginning of her career, it's like watching David and Goliath - Go Sabrina, work that slingshot!

Then Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson responded via statement: 

“Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?

Hahaha! 

So what's actually funny about that is that you think that's a good clapback, Abigail.

I guess it could be -  if you were mentally incapacitated in some way  - AND  ... 

1) IF if your sentence - "deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country" - even made sense. 

Are there murderers, rapists, and pedophiles who aren't "criminal illegal?" 

And  ..."criminal illegal?!?"

How proud the Trump administration must be to continually put on public display their superior command of English grammar and punctuation! 

(Cough, cough)

So much for stupid and slow. 

 

2)  IF you managed to even accidentally stumble into capturing and deporting even just 1 legitimate murderer, rapist, or pedophile during your ICE raids, instead of just poor families with children, just trying to survive, who simply have darker skin.

At what point, do you think, will Trumpists finally realize their 3rd-grade bullying tactics of calling us "libtards," stupid, etc., are ineffective at turning us to the dark side?  

I mean, maybe that stuff works on themselves and other weak-minded, gullible individuals, but we're immune. We don't feel stupid or ashamed or whatever they're trying to bully us into feeling - we just roll our eyes, walk swiftly away, and avoid them like the plague.

Also, I couldn't help but notice that the top rationale of "drug-cartel trafficking" that had been previously used to justify ICE raids is curiously missing from that sentence.

Why?

Oh,  wait, I know!

Maybe it's because Trump just pardoned convicted Honduran cartel drug lord Juan Orlando Hernandez - the former President of Honduras - currently serving sentence in a West Virginia prison.

BTW, JOH is is also a Christian Evangelical cult leader, who blames the "radical left" and "deep state" for "setting him up" and crediting God for his release. 

Hmm, I'll take things cult leaders say for $1,000 Alex?

(Tack on calling others corrupt in deflection/projection of their own, tack on cult leaders also calling other people "pedophiles, rapists, and murderers" when methinks, in their case, the smellers are the fellers.)

Also, Trump et al calling anyone that doesn't agree with him corrupt, a murderer, rapist, or pedophile is starting to lose its effect. 

The sad thing is, the pedophile accusation in particular has become so frequently used that I fear society may become desensitized to it  or wave it off like wolf-crying and people stop taking it seriously anymore.

And why would the U.S. government go to all the trouble and expense just to set up a president from a small country and actually bring him here for conviction and imprisonment, as some sort of setup, hmm?

All of this to say, this is proof positive that Trump doesn't actually care if you ARE a "dangerous criminal illegal murderer, rapist, or pedophile (or cartel drug trafficker)" - as long as you support him -  especially if you made a ton lot of money doing so, which he can use to support himself. 😉

Erm - that IS the definition of corruption, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Oh my, aren't you glad I'm back, folks? 

Don't answer that 😂

Thank You ...

 

... to whomever hit this post from 2023  multiple times yesterday.  

Not sure if that was pure coincidence or someone's way of reminding me, but either way, thank you 😊

I didn't see it beforehand, but it's still good to remember when self-doubt creeps in. 

My tracker shows general location, not specifics, and there's more than 1 person it could be - so if you were trying to to draw my attention to it, let me know who you are through private channels so I can thank you personally?

Whatever the outcome, I faced a major life fear yesterday!

PS - I Did It :)

 

I wouldn't say I conquered my fear, but I faced it ... not gracefully, somewhat awkwardly, somewhat rambly ... but at least I didn't pass out or throw up ... I did it.

It was virtual, and I did this awkward little wave goodbye at the end, I'm not sure why I did that. Just because I always do that on Zoom or Teams or FaceTime. 

Then I thought to myself "What are you doing?  That was weird."

OMG, I can be so neurotic -  like Monica on Friends is sometimes, only minus the OCD about cleanliness - or the beauty, talent, or nearly as funny. 

Oh, well, at least I did it. Nobody ever said I was smooth lol.

She was professional-nice, no grilling, no interrogation, just the facts (what I could prove).

Thank you, to friends and family with me in spirit today ... including Marian (or at least I like to believe she's with me, in true meaning of the word "spirit")  😂

Why I Fear Reporting Anything at All to HR, While Still In the Workplace ...

This is my blog and has been my voice years ago, when I otherwise didn't have one and was completely powerless - so whatever happens, this stays up - because it's truth.

This is something that happened 17 years ago that even my daughter doesn't know, because I shielded her from more than she will ever know - but at 31, she might need to know - because once upon a time, this was the reality for women in the workplace, and it still is, in some places, even after #metoo.

Also, I want her to know, if/when she reads this, that after the "trial" part happened and I quit - it happened to be the same day of her 14th birthday party. I went on and had her party with 20 people at my second job at a restaurant, acting like nothing happened, and she was none the wiser.

Because that's what you do as a mom.

This was just after we left Granny's for Northern Kentucky - just after leaving/divorcing Jon in Florida (the other person who these words below in light yellow bold).

Being that US-MT contract companies had already begun falling before the recession, with the advent of offshore outsourcing and check-the-box EMR/EHR systems, I took temp jobs in the day and waited tables at night, until I could find something permanent. This was the first permanent, corporate job I took.

But before I go into that, I thought of Nietzsche, this morning, who said "That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

Oh, yeah? 

I disagree.

In fact, ask even once bad-ass war veterans if they feel 'stronger' after their war experiences and injuries, inside and out.

Not only would most say "No," but they would also likely punch Nietzsche right in the face, if they could lol. 

I think "once bitten, twice shy" is more accurate.

Then I thought of my "spiritual mom," Marian, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2023, who often said something like:

"The thing you fear most in life is going to keep coming back until you overcome it, you can't outrun it/avoid it, as hard as you try." 

"Because it's an opportunity from God for you to learn and grow, for you to feel you handled it more successfully than the last time." 

"It may look different, talk different, act different, and the situation itself may be different - but in the end, it's the same fear you will have to face, until you finally conquer it. " 

I've found that's true, whether you want to blame or credit God, your subconscious choosing it because it wants to make peace with your fear, or it's just random and plops in your lap out of nowhere, you will have to face the things you fear most in life again and again until you overcome them.

I would like to believe she's with me today, even if it's not true, because it makes me feel better.

Now - here we are today, trying to conquer a major fear  - so this is a letter that I just wrote to my current HR, last night, about why I feared speaking with them about anything while still in the workplace ...

___________________________________________

Okay, so ... 17 years ago, I was sexually harassed in the workplace by the head of the company. I mean, it was a real Fantine situation (Les Miserables). When I told HR, I realized HR wasn't there for us, they were there to protect the company.


I felt like I was on trial instead of him.

"Did you say no?" "Did tell him to stop? " Why didn't you say it louder so people could hear or ask for help? Did you ever wear anything that could be construed as provocative? Isn't the truth that you were in a relationship, he broke it off, and you're bitter?"

That was almost more traumatic than the harassment itself.

Of course there was no relationship - he asked me out 1,000 times and I turned him down 1000 times, he just launched a preemptive strike before I got to HR. 

I told nobody, being professional - he told everybody this lie that he could.

So I ended up quitting, because nobody believed me, I was retaliated against and was bullied beyond belief, including physically.


But here's the good news ...


He did it again, 6 months later - another new girl in town, another single mom without support - she reported it, too, and then he was fired.


That is what I was hoping for here - I could report it, instead of going through "the trial," the disbelief, the false rumors to discredit me - someone could file it away, you could think I was a Karen or a nut - but when it happened again with somebody else, you'd know then I was telling the truth and that person wouldn't have to go through all of it.


But most people, including my therapist, say HR has changed, and it depends on the company - that it's possible to both protect the company AND you, not either/or.


So I would like to believe this about ______ and give it a shot?


Also, just an FYI, I was afraid if I mentioned this to management as the reason I didn't go to HR like they initially suggested, they'd think I go to HR habitually or something, like Karen, right?


Regardless, whatever happens, I would like to make it clear that I did NOT report this to them simply because "she yelled at me" - I'm not that precious! lol


It's because of what she said to me on the phone that day: Not verbatim, but close:

"Go ahead and try to tell anyone about this call, they won't believe you, they love me here. You're new and have no proof."

That gave me chills - and I never thought I'd hear those words again in my life - especially from another woman.

(*This isn't of a sexual nature.)

I didn't have any support, last time, as a single mom in another city, I do now and wanted them with me, but I respect your wishes.


And I don't mind your questions, but please - if we're going to put me on trial again, instead of her - can we just ... not?


Because if that's the plan, I'd prefer you believe what you like, file away what little I have told you (the quote above in bold), chalk me up to being a nut or a Karen - until it happens to somebody else. Then you'll know I was telling the truth, right? And she won't have to go through the disbelief, the doubt, the trial on top of the stuff X does.


Thanks for your time. Let me know?

Better Women - Cynthia Erivo (and Michelle Yeoh), Protecting Ariana Grande

 

Yesterday, I posted about Megyn Kelly, hair-splitting the definition of pedophile, in what appeared to be semi-defense of Epstein for what reason we don't know (but could guess, since Epstein's emails allege that her own pimp, Trump, knew all about the underage-girl trafficking).

Today, however, we're gonna talk about the sort of women who don't throw other women under the bus so they can shine. 😊

For those who haven't seen this yet, this is Ariana Grande's costar, Cynthia Erivo, jumping into action immediately to protect her costar, who was charged and grabbed by a fan, at the premiere of "Wicked: For Good" premiere in Singapore.

Because security was not in proper place, it took several seconds for them to even react - but Cynthia Erivo jumped into action immediately.


She began forcibly prying the attacker's arms from her, pushing him towards security, while Michelle Yeoh wrapped her arms around Ariana like a mother, as did Cynthia after dealing with him, both with their arms around her and shielding her.

Then -  as this video shows you - because security didn't throw him out afterwards  - HE DID IT AGAIN -  until security finally turned him over to authorities and arrested him.

This man does this serially for attention on social media and thus shall remain nameless.

In fact, he jumped on stage with Katy Perry last summer. 

And that's the thing -  if there's no consequences for this boundary-less behavior, they'll do it again - they don't stop themselves, because they can't stop themselves - so they have to be stopped. 

And Jeff Goldblum? 

I love you, but ... so disappointed in you, just standing there, doing nothing, letting the women deal with being ambushed themselves.

As you can see in Ariana's eyes, she's checked out completely, floating around in a full PTSD bubble (she has openly revealed she has PTSD from the terrorist incident in London).

THAT is what you do as a costar, teammate, fellow woman, and a human being.

There's a saying "character is what you do when no one's watching."

It's also a true test of character if you put yourself in harm's way to protect a friend from an immediate threat, without hesitation, regardless of the audience.

Unfortunately, women are particularly skilled at behaving one way when people are watching/the cameras are on versus off/no one's watching. 

They spend a lot of time and energy trying to control public perception of who they want to appear to be, rather than authentically being that person.

However, note that in this situation, though everyone was watching, Cynthia didn't even have time to think about appearances or care - , she put herself immediately in harm's way to protect her costar.

It's times like these where you can see that some women really are the person they appear to be.

Fellow women - in moments like these, do you protect your costars, other women, or do you throw them under the bus so you can shine?

Cynthia Erivo and Michelle Yeoh both proved their character by instinctually jumping into action to protect her, putting themselves in harm's way to do so, and wrapping their arms around her.

And they're actresses, supposedly the most competitive, cutthroat women on the planet!

Go Cynthia and Michelle - especially Cynthia - willing to put yourself in harm's way to protect you costar and friend!

Women?

Please believe other women when they try to tell you something is wrong or you can see something is wrong -  until you have a reason not to - whether the threat to them is male OR another female. 

Because sometimes, like in this situation where security failed her, all we have is each other. 

_______________________________

PS 

And by "gives you reason not to believe them" I do NOT mean using efforts to discredit the person like smear campaigns and their associated pile-ons, etc. -  that is not proof, and mob rule rarely makes the mob right.

Though this doesn't necessarily apply in this particular situation, especially because it's all on video, it does when women try to tell someone what happened, whether the perpetrator is male or female.

If you're ever not sure who to believe in a situation, remember these general guidelines as to what to watch for  ....

Victims ....

Initially question themselves or even blame themselves for bringing it on themselves somehow, stop talking, isolate, and even quit or leave because they fear not being believed (until they learn to fight back). 

They also enter therapy, at some point, which is when they learn how to fight back.

Perpetrators ...

Never doubt or blame themselves for bringing it on themselves, even initially - and they never isolate -  in fact, they usually do the opposite and try to rally support for themselves by playing the false victim, sometimes even enlisting others to help them attack on this false premise.

They almost never enter therapy, unless their lawyer advises them to for appearance sake or they are court-ordered to do so.  

Even then, they don't stay in therapy, especially if a therapist questions or confronts them (which any good therapist will do with every client, at some point, trying to better understand behaviors).

These are not hard-and-fast rules, but general guidelines of how to tell a victim from a perpetrator, when both are claiming victim.

You Know You Wrong, Megyn Kelly ...

... splitting hairs on the definition of pedophile regarding Epstein.

Who does that, on either side of politics?

Especially considering that she, herself, is the mother of a 14-year-old girl?

WHY would she do that?

Read on ... 

So Megyn Kelly - desperately trying to stay relevant after being fired from every legitimate news source in America, to include even Fox News - has found herself a new career in podcasting, in which she panders exclusively to the worst kind of white males in America.

(I mean, damn - how dishonest and ethically challenged ARE you, if even Fox News won't ever work with you again? 😂)

Not even posting a picture of her or linking to her podcast, because that's why she says this inane, ignorant stuff, to get attention for her podcast.

So after this post, I will never mention her again, hoping she once again falls into disgrace and obscurity.

Because this week, after the Epstein emails were released, she said:

"He was into the barely legal type. Like, he liked 15-year-old girls. And I realize this is disgusting. I'm definitely not trying to make an excuse for this.  I'm just giving you facts, that he wasn't into, like, 8-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby."

“We have yet to see anybody come forward and say 'I was under 10, I was under 14.' There’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old.”

What the ???

Um - 15 is NOT "barely legal" - it's unequivocally illegal!

In fact, it's still 3 years away from legal!

There's also a "world of difference" between a 15-year-old girl and an 18-year-old girl, Megyn - physically, emotionally, and intellectually.

(In fact, being that I was underweight, I was underdeveloped and didn't have my period until I was 16. I developed by leaps and bounds by the time I was 18, physically, emotionally, and intellectually.)

So pray tell, Megyn -  WHY are you playing the semantics game in semi-defense of Epstein?

Could it possibly be that Epstein's emails clearly state that your pimp, Trump, knew all about it? 

What if somebody took your now 14-year-old daughter to a private island, gave them illegal drugs, sold them to the highest bidder, then dared them to tell anyone or their life would be destroyed?

Would you nitpick the legal definition of a pedophile then?

I don't think ya would. 

(Well, in your case, you might, if someone paid you enough.)

Go former Hollywood child stars, Melissa Gilbert, Valerie Bertinelli, and Christina Ricci for taking her on!

However, at the same time, I think we should all just start to ignore her, because we're giving her what she wants  - more publicity for her white-male-power-abuser- ass-kissing podcast, because no credible news source will hire her.

Speaking of Melissa Gilbert and Megyn Kelly, Megyn Kelly imagines she's good at clapbacks, but she always ends up embarrassing herself.

Because the truth is -  she's not very bright.

She seems to only comprehend the literal, almost incapable of thinking outside of the box, or thinking through her own arguments very well, before she says them. 

Case in point, what she said about Netflix's forthcoming Little House on the Prairie reboot:

Kelly: "Netflix, if you wokeify Little House on the Prairie, I will make it my singular mission to absolutely ruin your project." 

 

Gilbert: "Ummm…watch the original again. TV doesn’t get too much more ‘woke’ than we did. We tackled: racism, addiction, nativism, antisemitism, misogyny, rape, spousal abuse and every other ‘woke ‘ topic you can think of. Thank you very much."

Doh! True.

Go Melissa Gilbert!

But go ahead and imagine you even have the power behind you anymore to "ruin" it, Megyn Kelly - from your tiny little whiny podcast that no one listens to until you say something awful.

I'd like to see you try - you, and your tiny band of pedophile, rapist, and other misogynist nobodys who even listen to you? 

Whatever you want to call Epstein - OR his enabler, Trump - those underage girls from poor, troubled homes were tricked, sold to the highest bidder, then threatened with destroying their lives if they told.

YOU - an over-privileged, 54-year-old woman from a wealthy, supportive family - CHOOSE to be a political whore,  enabling and protecting your Pimp In Chief! 

God, there is little more nauseating than the type of women who  unnecessarily compete with, betray, sell out, bash, and/or throw other women over either male attention or their own ambition, currently on a delusional power trip - even preteen/teenage girls?!?

Again ... ewwwwwww!

God, that is so early last century - and gives the rest of us a bad name.

______________________

PS

I admit it, I'm finally pissed about my personal situation.

It's taken me a while to get here, but I am.

And it felt good to take it out on Megyn Kelly, as the worst-case-scenario poster child for the type of woman who dismisses the concerns of other women, or worse, throws them under the bus, to  get ahead or to get what she wants.

And guess what?

I'm not sorry. 

In fact, I feel better!

Thank you, Megyn Kelly, for being an absolute sh*t of a woman and human being, so that I could use you as my verbal whipping post and feel a little less powerless in my own situation? 😂