‘Truth Tellers’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

One of my far-more-conservative relatives, whom I love dearly, has been ranting about how fucking old Biden is. This person kind of got worked up about it more than once. And I, too, have admitted that Biden is really old — and acts it — but I simply hate MAGA too much to use Biden’s age as any sort of excuse to vote for…ugh…Trump.

Now that Biden appears to be about to leave the race, it seems like it’s time to contemplate the OTHER thing my far more conservative relative has gotten worked up about — the COVID restrictions of a few years ago.

Is my far more conservative relative right about all that? Should there be “consequences” — even criminal — for the people responsible for those restrictions?

Nope. I keep thinking about what happened and why and I just can’t agree with such severe political views. And, what’s more, there just isn’t any political will all these years later to do anything like arrest the CDC en masse. I suppose Tyrant Trump might do it, but…I don’t know.

That’s a maybe. He might have bigger issues to contend with going forward. Anyway, I just don’t see the point in going after the people who did the COVID restrictions. It was a time without any leadership and no one had any idea what to do.

We can just hope the Fire Next Time will be handled better — hopefully because Trump won’t be in charge.

Please, Leave Me Alone

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I am well aware what a kook I sound like. But I’m harmless. Absolutely harmless. I just get worked up sometimes. I have a few novels to work on. Please, please, leave me alone.

The Hot Chick To MAGA Pipeline Is Strong

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I have an eye for beauty. But these days, I stop cold with some of the political views of some of the Twitter and Instagram hotties I admire. Now, I’m just way to lazy to give you any examples of what I’m talking about.

But, trust me, time and again I see smoking hot babes ranting about how much they fucking love fucking fascist Trump. He is such a piece of shit — especially to women — and they are so hot that it causes considerable cognitive dissidence.

Oh well. It will be interesting to see what happens next, I guess.

We Need A Brokered Democratic Convention

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I have no idea what’s going on with Biden, but all things being equal, he should drop out of the race and let an open, brokered Democratic convention take place. Then all this weird angst going on within the highest ranks of the party can have some catharsis.

The goal would be, of course, that after all the yelling — and amazing TV — that the party would be far more united against Trump and the forces of tyranny and fascism that he leads. But, I don’t know what to tell you. I’m getting a strong 1872 American election mixed with 1933 Germany election vibe with this current election.

Biden is so old, it’s very, very easy to imagine him shuffling off this mortal coil at, like, the absolute worst moment — which would be any time after election day. But I’m known to be really paranoid about such things. And I am prone to magical thinking.

So, I dunno. I do think that Biden has lost the collective Mandate of Heaven when it comes to the leadership of the Democratic Party and, as such, he should step aside, even if he continues to have a lot of support with the base. I’m kind of indifferent.

I still support Biden and think he can win, but, it definitely seems as though that’s kind of moot at this point. The momentum is there for him to drop out and, well, there you go.

The Nuts & Bolts Of Collapse

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I still can’t game out what is going with the United States at the moment, it makes you think about the nuts-and-bolts of collapse. There is a great book that goes into this some by David French called Divided We Fall.

But let’s talk about other things — if things actually got as bad as I fear, how would we distinguish between Blue forces and Red Forces? We both can’t use Old Glory.

A would, of course, depend on what specific nature of the division would be. My fear, of course, is that Trump wins, gets deposed then the country collapses because Reds freak out and their states begin to leave the Union.

That’s the fear.

But we’ll see. It will be interesting to see if someone comes up with a flag Blue forces to use. I think the Reds will either use an all-red flag, or maybe one with some sort of stylized lion on it. It will be interesting to see — if such a dystopian thing happens — if the Reds call themselves Trumplandia during the middle of the catastrophe.

I really, really, REALLY don’t want ANY of my dystopian hellscape fears to come true. But I can’t help myself. I keep worrying about how, exactly, the USA might collapse.

An Eerie Premonition

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

For various reasons, I keep going back to a very, very specific part of Maryland these days. And I keep wondering, “Should I become a domestic political refugee when the country collapses, am I somehow going to see this place again?”

I keep imagining a bunch of Blue military soldiers shepherding me around this very, very specific area of Maryland and me thinking back to how I keep visiting it a year or so before.

But who knows. I *am* prone to overthinking things — and magical thinking, too. So, maybe it’s nothing. Maybe I’m just way too worried about what seems to be the inevitable collapse of the country I love so much.

The Plot Thickens

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Someone from the New York City area searched for me specifically and came to this site. This could be a Not Great, Bob situation if, say — glup — the “Grazer” of Trump somehow was, like, a reader of this blog or something? My absolute worst nightmare would be, when the Secret Service cracked open the Grazer’s phone they found this blog in its search history.

Or something.

Ugh. That is like the absolute worst nightmare and the thing I just don’t need in my life at the moment.

Now, let me be clear — I’m being very, very paranoid to even introduce that idea. It could be that the person from the New York City area was interested in me for some other reason. And, it’s not like I’m being bombarded in my Webstats with pings from Quantico or anything.

So, for the time being, I’m ok. I hope.

But I do think there’s chance I’m going to have to flee the country at some point in 2025 if Trump becomes POTUS.

‘The Graze’ & Simulation Theory

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m just a crank living in oblivion and no one listens to me, so I can have fun like this. Is it possible that the weird nature of the “Graze” of Trump is indicative of evidence that we live in a simulation?

Is it possible that someone outside the simulation — our reality — decided to take over an NPC (the shooter) and have them do the Graze for…what? What possible reason? To make it absolutely sure Trump wins in the fall?

Who knows. It’s one of those things we can never, ever prove for various reasons, but is fun to think about. And I thought it all up clean sober!

‘The Trump Youth’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m very alarmed by how many young men on Twitter have gone all-in for Trump after “the Graze.” It’s very, very disturbing. It’s like we’re seeing the creation of the Trump Youth in real time.

Young men, for some reason, really like the idea that Trump is a thug. This is a “Not, great, Bob,” type situation fora number of reasons. But, here we are, with the very real possibility that a “Trump Youth” organization will be established in the first few months of 2025.

Good times!

I am really, really going to have to figure out how to get the fuck out of the USA if that happens. At least I have a passport.

MAGA Is So Hypocritical

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I don’t know what to tell you. The next week or so — especially in the context of the Republican National Convention — is going to be completely fucking bonkers. It’s going to be a political orgy of fucking fascists preening and demanding that everyone who opposes them, “Bow before Lord Zod.”

Fuck that and fuck them.

We still have an election, you know.

I hate violence and one of the reasons why I’m so angry — and hate fucking MAGA so much — is they LOVE VIOLENCE. They love to rant about how much they want to physically hurt PEOPLE LIKE ME.

Anyway, I’m using capitals too much. Sorry about that. But I’m getting worked up a little bit. It’s beginning to dawn on me that….uhhh…I may have to flee my home, or the USA altogether, at some point after Election Day 2024.