9/11 - The 20th Anniversary

"I had just been released from hospital the day before and was still on sick leave. My father called me on the phone and told me to turn on the TV at once because there was something going on in America. Swedish television was broadcasting live.

Just a few seconds after I had turned on the TV-set - and before I understood what was going on - the television screen showed a passenger airplane flying suspiciously low close to the tower that had been hit first. Then I saw the plane steering right into the second tower, flames erupting around the hole that had been caused in the structure halfway up on the building.

I was baffled, shocked, sad, angry, and frightened. After seeing that I remained in front of the television all that day and well into the night to follow the news. There were many speculations concerning the number of casualties, so once the true numbers were released, I was strangely relieved that they were much lower than the initial speculations. 

2,977 people died in the attacks (and 19 hijackers committed murder–suicide), and more than 6,000 others were wounded, it's a scary thought that I could feel relief at such a high toll.

In my mind's timeline there will always be a before or after 9/11, Everything changed, or at least my outlook on everything changed."

(The above has previously been posted in 9/11 - In Memoriam.)

---

We must also always remember that the terrorists are an extremely small minority in any community, religious group, or society. In the words of the American president Barack Obama, "We don’t differentiate between them and us. It’s just us."

Happy New Year, 2021

I give thanks to the Babylonians, The Lincoln Project, my friends, and my relatively patient spouse Tomais for the fact that I survived 2020 without a total nervous breakdown.

Americans will never fully comprehend the importance of their country, and their chosen leaders have for the rest of the democratic world. When the U.S.A. is on the verge of a coup d'etat - lead by their president and his devoted minions, no less - we follow the developments closely and with trepidation.

But now, as we start a new year and there are only 19, 5 days until the next president is sworn in, I can start breathing more or less normally again, 

"Here's to 2021" by Wayne Allan-GoodmaNZ

I wish you all great happiness and success in 2021, May it be our best year ever, we certainly deserve it!

Election Day in the U.S.A.

America will vote. Trump will lose. Trump will leave.

...and the rest of the World will take a deep sigh of relief, with the singular exception of the autocrat Vladimir Putin and Russia.

Elections have consequences, so vote, vote, vote!

Happy 244th!

Happy 244^th birthday, U.S.A!

Your country is so much more than the present president and the vile sycophantic trumpanzees. This too shall pass and you will recover. I still believe that, and so should you!

You were given a Republic, now work to keep it! Vote in November!



This Land Is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway;
I saw below me that golden valley;
This land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.

I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me, a voice was sounding;
This land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.

In the squares of the city, by the shadow of the steeple;

By the relief office, I saw my people;

As they stood there hungry, I stood there whispering;

This land was made for you and me.

A great high wall there that tried to stop me; 
A great big sign there said "Private Property"
But on the other side, it didn't say nothing;
That sign was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.

Nobody living can ever stop me, 
As I go walking on Freedom Highway
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.

Live & Learn - Juneteenth

The American president recently announced that he was going to hold his first rally after Covid-19 hit. The rally was announced to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19^th.

June 19^th is known as Juneteenth Day and celebrated as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day because, on that day in1865, the Emancipation Proclamation (whereby all previous slaves were freed) was read to newly freed African Americans in Texas.

The problem is that Tulsa is most widely known for the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, (url to Wikipedia article) were 39 confirmed (75–300 estimated by a 2001 commission) were killed and more than 800 were injured.

Some people see the choice of date in combination with the place as a deliberate provocation.
---

I had never heard of Juneteenth before and now I also understand the uproar about choosing Tulsa.

The Cure

So, yesterday "doctor" and President Donald J Trump rambled about his thoughts on cures for Covid-19. The comedian Sarah Copper, gives us this hilarious reenactment of those moments.

How to medical pic.twitter.com/0EDqJcy38p

— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) April 24, 2020

I cannot stop watching it and two moments, in particular, break me up 1) when she administers the light anally and 2) when she is Dr. Birx reacting to his questions.

Happy New Year 2020

I wish all my readers, friends and family a happy and prosperous and wonderful new year! May all your dreams, hopes and wishes come true, or at least the most important ones.

Although I have not made a new year's resolution this year, I will share a few of my most important wishes for the year.

With all my being I hope that we - through the results of the presidential election this year - will finally have a world free of Donald J. Trump (and any of his progeny and allies) as president of the United States of America.

It is also my hope that the Russian Federation will be freed of the tyrannical and imperialistic influences of Vladimir I. Putin and his cohort of survivors of the Sovjet days.

Finally, I hope that the murderous Bashar al-Assad and his willing accomplices will be removed from power in the Syrian Arab Republic. If he should die, I will not grieve him.

The Torturing Dog

Today it came to my attention that I have been nourishing a torturer.

The dog torturer himself

I woke up this morning with a really bad nightmare where I thought I was fending off kisses from the presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States of America - the two men I detest most in the world (Not having met or knowing all men - yet.).

As I discovered when I woke up it was my dog Bilbo sticking his tongue under my upper lip and dragging it all the way to the other side of the mouth and then repeating it fast and furiously. The movement continued despite me trying to turn my head away. I was in a real panic when I finally woke up and discovered what was going on.

The whole awful experience reminded me of a time when I kissed a guy in Gothenburg, he apparently was well known and much loved for his oversized tongue. Well, I can tell you that I did not enjoy being kissed by him. He stuck his exceptionally long tongue all the way in and then started whisking it about furiously as is if there was a motor on it. The only thing stimulated by this was my vomit reflex. 

Trump Impeached

Here's what newspaper front pages across the country looked like the morning after Trump's historic impeachment pic.twitter.com/CGrKMVtddV

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 19, 2019

Privates

Ms. Stormy Daniels is an American woman mostly known for receiving USD130.000 to keep quiet about having an extramarital affair with Donald J Trump, who later went on to become the president of the United States. Ms. Daniels also works in the porn-industry as an actress, screenwriter, and director.

According to an article at www.guardian.com, Ms. Daniels in an upcoming tell-all book on her brief affair with President Trump describes his penis as “smaller than average” but “not freakishly small”.

“He knows he has an unusual penis,” Daniels writes. “It has a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool …  I lay there, annoyed that I was getting fucked by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart ... It may have been the least impressive sex I’d ever had, but clearly, he didn’t share that opinion.”

---

Talking about someones private parts reminds me of a story told in my hometown (Lund, Sweden) about an old woman who for decades sold herring at Saint Martin's market. She was known to be very blunt and rather uncouth.

One time, the story goes, there was a young woman at her fish-stall who took an inordinately long time trying to decide which herrings to buy and kept touching the products. Finally, the old fishwife couldn't keep her temper any longer and burst out, "Herrings are not like dicks, they don't grow when you fondle them!" 

On the Brink of A Global Trade War

Mr. Donald J. Trump, Esq.
president of the U.S.A.

The president of the United States of America, Donald J Trump, this morning announced that the European Union (amongst them the Kingdom of Southern Charm), Canada and Mexico would no longer be exempt from tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminum (10%).

The European Union, Canada and Mexico have retaliated with raising duties on imported American products. We are now at the brink of a trade war that can potentially have massive effects on the world's economy and could - if it continues to escalate - lead to a global financial crisis. 

Similar protectionist measures led to The Great Depression in the 1930's.

The Much Honored Bock McMillan,
laird of Southern Charm

The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm, prince of Cascade Falls, Sovereign Ruler of the Commonwealth of the Southern Enchantment Region and Outer Territories and finally UN appointed Protector of the Mount Whitney sim in SecondLife, in an attempt to calm the worried princes and princesses of the nation, announced that he was working tirelessly with other world leaders to prevent the crisis from deteriorating further.

On Funerals

Today I am thinking about funerals.

This is because I read about Mrs. Barbara Bush's funeral today and how the current president Donald J Trump had been asked please not to attend which made me think about this quote from Yogi Berra*: "Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't go to yours." 

I hope there will be droves and droves of people at my funeral and that no one will have to be asked not to attend. There is nothing quite as sad as a funeral with very few people.

*) Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees.

P.S. "Food, serve them good food and drink and they will come!", I thought. So now I am going to set aside a good sized amount in my will for food and alcohol for the funeral lunch. 

Throwing Stones In Closets

Did Julian Assange sexually molest, unlawfully coersce and rape women in Sweden? Yes.
Did Julian Assange break bail of £240,000? Yes.
Did Julian Assange abscond to a closet in an Ecuadorian embassy? Yes.
Is Julian Assange still living in that same closet six years later? Yes.

— Bock McMillan™ (@BockMcMillan) February 10, 2018

There is a proverb that says, "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." The same applies to people who live in closets and support presidents who support spousal abuse.

---
P.S. It seems I responded to a fake account. Damn! But I'll leave it up as a rebuttal to the fake-Assange tweet anyway.

Perhaps A Step Too Far? (NSFW)

This cute guy is Abel Azcona, a Spanish queer performance artist, who doesn't like Donald J Trump, president of the U.S.A., at all!

Recently Abel decide to show his dislike for the president in what has to be an extremely painful manner, by tattooing the words of the president’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again”, in a circle around his anus.

The tattooing of the phrase occurred in the Defibrillator Gallery in Chicago. Azcona told The Huffington Post that he considers the statement to be "a queer, political act".

If you are sure you can handle it, click Read more for a picture from the performance and the result.

You Got Me At "Extremist Propaganda"

As soon as I read that this - or some other similar picture (no one is certain because a picture wasn't added to the directive) - had been outlawed by the Russian Federation as "extremist propaganda", I k-n-e-w I just had to publish it.

The simple reason is because I consider Vladimir "Little Father" Putin, president of the Russian Federation, a.k.a "The Murderer in Moscow", on of the five most truly evil people alive.

According to the Chicago Tribune the directive reads as follows: "Item 4071: a picture of a Putin-like person "with eyes and lips made up," captioned with an implicit anti-gay slur, implying "the supposed nonstandard sexual orientation of the president of the Russian Federation."

May he rot while he still walks among us and then forever more in hell.