Reading the Tea Leaves (political post)

OK, team - been a minute but time for me to do a little political tea reading.

If you have not been in a cryostasis tube on your way to a teeth intensive visit to an alien world, you've heard of Hillary "Never tell the damn truth" Clinton's health issues.

For the record: The Crazed American is completely NON-PARTISAN.  F--k 'em both.  I will NOT VOTE FOR EITHER OF THESE TWO CLOWNS.

If she, like a lot of the "Alt-Right" (Read Alex "DOOM is nigh, buy my diet supplements and neutraceuticals" Jones) is correct and she and her campaign are lying about her health and she does have some sort of chronic neurological condition or trauma, and there is some evidence of it (seizures, some of her unexplainable reactions, coughing fits, her handler with what looks to be like some sort of diazepam pen, and the whole DNC contingency plan), then it is obviously exacerbated by stress.

I cannot fathom the stress of having to compete against, much less debate someone like Donald "I'm not bothered by facts" Trump.

If you think there is some for of criminal conspiracy to keep Hillary's health a secret, then the sheer level of dealing with DJT's bullshit would send you over the edge.  Long story short is this:  if she is truly healthy, as her camp says she is, no worries, the debates will be merely a sad commentary on the train-wreck that is American Politics, and a road-map of lies the politicians will tell each other and the electorate.  Then points against the conspiracy folks.

But, when confronted with the bombast and attitude of "let's not let facts cloud the issue" attitude of Trump, what would be the reaction, pray tell if Clinton was to have a seizure from stress, on stage, on TV?

So in the debates, upon advice, he'll push her, confront her, trying to ratchet the stress level up.  It'll get her flustered, off balance.  If she does have some form of neurological condition, that'll be a perfect storm.  Stress, bright lights, fatigue from campaigning, crazy bullshit from the person on stage with her.

Imagine the optics of Trump rushing over to catch a falling, ill old lady.  He'll be quietly noble.  He'll be the closest person to her. He'll be the first person to tell the American Public that we should come together and pray for her speedy recovery, because there will literally be a microphone and a dozen TV cameras putting the whole thing out, live in full HD.  Then we'll have a **Shudder** President Donald J Trump, and I will prepare for an apocalypse.


Or, if she really is healthy, and just had a brief bout of pneumonia, then the debates will allow me to be an asshole non-partisan, grumbling into the whiskey that I will be drinking those nights.  Then we might have a President Hillary R Clinton, and I will prepare for an apocalypse, more distant, but still probable.

I hope she's healthy.  I want the debates to happen, unmarred.  I want the parties to be politically bloodied by this.  Let them spew their bullshit.  People are waking up.

Crazed American, out.

Face Black, Eyes Red.

So, we as a nation are in grief.  I for one grieve for the loss of innocent civilians on American soil.

My hometown is Orlando, Florida.  All of my formative young adult memories took place there.

First love, first time making love, first true heart break, first job, met Mrs. Crazed American II there.  I acted on stage and TV there.  I went to a great high school there, had great teachers.  I love that crazy, weird, touristy town.  I left from Orlando, to join the US Army and attend a small engineering school in the Hudson Valley of New York.

I dropped out of that school, and returned home, although, home wasn't back in Orlando.  My parent had moved, so I think, even to this day, going back to Orlando (which I haven't spent a lot of time in since) always feels great.

A warrior of the caliphate of the Islamic State entered a crowded night club (one apparently that he had been a regular at, and he apparently had a Jack'd account (like Grindr) as well), with a SIG MPX (AR15 variant, I guess - takes STANAG mags and has a different gas system) and a pistol, and killed 50 people, wounding 53 more.

I do want to state for clarity that there is a possibility that a few of the killed and wounded may have been a result of friendly fire. It is heartbreaking, but also a reality of a firefight, especially in a crowded, kinetic and life or death struggle.  I hope it not to be the case, but if it is, I hope all involved realize that that pig, that defiler of his purported faith, that slayer of the unarmed and innocent, HAD to be stopped before he killed many, many more. 

The Crazed American is a proud ally of the LGBTQ community.  I am a proud son of Orlando.

I call on the POTUS to petition Congress to pass an Act, a Declaration of War against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Anything less is cowardice.  If we are going to be at war, then we should be at war.

How many more acts of war must a people endure?

Crazed American, out.

Note:  I am not voting for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, not now, not ever.

Wish I could be a fly on the wall

So Sanders is having a sit down with El Presidente tomorrow

Figure the conversation is going one of three ways:

1) Quit and Hillary will make you her VP

2) Don't quit and you'll get buried

3) Time to nut up for the big game - you're it, 'cause I'm letting the FBI indict Hillary

Time will tell, 

Crazed American, out.

Lemme spell it out for ya...

Honestly its shit like THIS  and THIS that amkes those of us on the Pro-2A side of things not trust those in favor of "sensible" gun control. 

If you cannot make your case without having to resort to deceptive editing, then forgive us for not feeling like "engaging and interfacing" with you on the issue.

...and this was just this week. 

Crazed American, out.

Mark my words...

http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-email-terrorism-sloppy-communications-463605

If true, this is fairly damning, and it shouldn't be long until the indictments start rolling along.  

I'm thinking the Obama Administration is about to throw The Clinton Campaign under the bus. 

No secret that Obama and Clinton do not like each other much. 

Popcorn on standby. 

Ready for the Plagarist in Chief?  Uncle Joe Biden might just be the Democratic nominee...

But, of course, i could be wrong. 

Crazed American, out.

Announcement

I have officially found the new T-Shirt that will be work around Basecamp Ponderosa

http://16sucks.com/t/t-shirts

This guy gets it. 

Crazed American, out.

Shenanigans

 

 

 

404: FILE NOT FOUND: PAGLIANO.PST 

 

Wait, an "IT guy" worked someplace for 4 years and has NO emails? Not even the barely HR tolerable, almost inappropriate joke-meme emails, or "Servers and phone switches are going to be down tomorrow while we work on a UPS issue" emails???

This, the same guy that set up SecState's Email Server of Questionable Legal Status.

I call Shenanigans. It cannot be. Before any of you decry my lack of ability to comment on this, please know that I was an "IT guy". **0_o**

In modern history , the true damage never comes from the initial transgression, it is ALWAYS from the coverup.

Well, Mr. Pagliano's about to find out what the undercarriage of a bus looks like.  But he is currently being held on a close leash by J. Edgar's boys.  

Interesting times, 

Crazed American, out.

 

 

Words have meaning

In this time of the Novus Populares (Trump and Sanders) versus Novus Optimates (Clinton et al), this kind of language has meaning:

Bernie Sanders

There is nothing I would like more than to take on and defeat Donald Trump, someone who must never become president of this country.

and the Glenn Beck / Brad Thor: #neverTrump and #NeverEverTrump

OK.  If it is true that if you encourage your followers that Trump "must never" become president.  How far do you think your followers (or an unhinged follower) might take it?  Pretty easy to interpret this in a very negative and permanent way.

Told the Missus the other day that it looks as though our current time frame is beginning to rhyme with the very late Roman Republic (40-30 BCE).  This is illustrative for those who might consider executive protection and being a bodyguard as a line of work.  Don't do it.  Early 21st Century America might become known as an era known for political assassination leading quickly into organized violence. 

Lord help us have cool heads, and realize that the world won't end if someone is elected and rules are followed and everybody acts like rational adults. 

Rational adults in 2016 America?  Oh.  We're fucked.

Crazed American, out.

Lying Populist Hack Demagogue v. Same

It's over!  Cruz (Partisan Religious Demagogue) has FINALLY suspended his campaign after being trounced by a Lying Populist Hack Demagogue. 

So the race, barring a victory by the Democratic Socialist in the race, will be one Lying Populist Hack Demagogue -R versus Lying Populist Hack Demagogue -D.

The Republican Party is DEAD.  Good Riddance.  One down, one to go.  Your turn to eat yourselves alive, Democrats. 


The American Republic has been on life support for a while.  Lots of people like Glenn Beck have been asking if our current situation was closed to 1914 or 1939.  I counter that currently we're skating along at about 32 BCE. 

All it will take is a Caesar.  None of the clowns currently running fit that bill. 

Interesting times.

Build local community and local networks.  We're DEFCON 4 (with option to upgrade) 'round here, and I don't say that lightly.  Put some essentials aside, needs and some cash. 

Crazed American, OUT

The passing of a legendary legend.

Good night sweet Prince. 

Purple Rain (the movie, the album, the idea) was one of those formative moments in life. 

He will be missed. 

Apparently, His Sacred Purpleness has thousands of unreleased works in a vault in his compound in Minnesota.  I think I have divined the plot of the next Indiana Jones movie. 

Sadly,

Crazed American, out.