vol. 6 issue 12
Hello, Friends.
So, would you agree that what once seemed like we Americans were strapped into a plane flying through turbulence has now turned into the sense we are all — atheists and devout alike — petitioning God to either save us or ensure that our loved ones know they were on our mind as our plane plunges in a nose dive toward Earth?
If not, I am keen to know what you do think is an apt metaphor for this moment in our history.
For some of you, dear readers, an offline conversation I had with a mundane astrologer the other day might comfort you: he predicts — well, better to say that if you know how to read charts, he lays out a convincing scenario, — that the Democrats will sweep in November. It’s not for nothing to note that last Friday, he did strongly suggest Biden would drop out of the race.
In our private conversation, we mused about when there will be further developments in Biden’s demise (we both were pretty much on board with the notion that Biden was about to step down, or as I put it, because it’s what I truly think, Biden was about to be deposed) given the current winds of change. I wonder aloud if he has in store a major health event.
For others of you, you’ll possibly be charmed and happy for me that, somehow Don, Jr. got a hold of my cell phone number and texted me the most heartfelt appeal to vote for his dad. That was followed by my having to run to the Dollar Store for milk and my receipt came out to $6.66.
Indeed, the cashier was flabbergasted. With no irony, he gasped, “You got the devil’s number!!!” No, I thought to myself, it seems the devil has my number. (Also, is it just me, or does JD Vance look just like Don Jr., only smarter?)
Well, make of it what you will.
In any case, what we do know is that, as I alluded to last week, it sure is harder by the minute to know just who the hell is running this country.
The level of conspiracy-mongering correlates with the secrecy around things that should not be even remotely opaque, such as why there was such lax security around Trump and why even though many bystanders were pointing to the shooter minutes before he took aim, the Secret Service did nothing; such as how no one at the White House nor in the DNC knew that Biden’s level of with-it-ness was that bad; such as how a massive cyberblooper could be reversed so quickly and an anodyne mea culpa immediately rendered and gladly accepted by all world leaders with not a peep of perplexion from the media. What?
Show of hands: how many believe Biden actually has covid and is “isolating” at his home in Delaware ( which is conveniently not the White House on the day he announces he won’t run again)?
If you’re rolling your eyes at the conspiracy nuts, may I suggest stepping back for a moment and considering that when you allow the powerful to build a fun house and call it government, then freaky deekies will be exactly who run through its halls screaming about the ghouls that are out to get us.
Moving forward, it’s only going to get weirder, which at least is something all of us have in common.
Peace,
Whitney
I'm currently holed up in a hotel room in Auckland, New Zealand - with COVID - and got such a giggle from this post; especially the $6.66. There is no such thing as a coincidence!
The whole world is freaky deaky at the moment.
Thank you for the smile xo
At least you made me laugh...thank you for that!