Tuesday, January 03, 2017

So, how's that swampy drainy thing working for ya?

THIS IS NOT NORMAL
NEVER LET IT BECOME NORMAL
EVER!

DON'T GIVE UP
DON'T GIVE IN
STAY ANGRY
trump voters stayed angry for eight years,
which is why we are having this conversation.
     
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Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders! 

Isn't it interesting that the first thing on the House Republican agenda first day back at skool wrecking the country was to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics--the only independent oversight that exists to provide Congress-critters with a bare modicum of accountability and to provide the American public with a few crumbs of information they need to know to vote the bastards out of office when they step over the line from typical corruption to Yuge Corruption Bigly? (Remember, Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats stood up OCE in response to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, the conviction of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) for violating election law, the resignation of Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) amid allegations that he sent sexually explicit messages to congressional pages, and bribery scandals involving former congressmen Randy “Duke” Cunningham and William J. Jefferson, just to name a few.)

Isn't it interesting that, rather than standing themselves up to act as a check and balance on hair furor's already-apparent self-dealing interest-conflicting racketeering (before PEWtie-poo and his fat orange meat-puppet have even been inaugurated yet), House Republicans took their cue from Donald john trump's egregious corruption, figuring they'd preemptively shield themselves in preparation to mimic behind closed doors whatever larceny that orange hitler seems able to get away with? (Is it just me, or are you, too, put in mind of a hoard of cockroaches trying to figure out how to turn off the kitchen lights so they can scuttle around unseen and unhindered?)

Isn't it interesting that, after House Democrats and watchdog groups set up howls of protest, pressuring House Republicans to cease and desist, crybaby chump pouted and whinged not that dismantling OCE is a bad idea but that it should not have been the first thing on House Republicans' agenda?

So, mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging trumptards, I have a question for you: how's that swampy drainy thing working for ya?

News flash: "#dts" doesn't stand for "drain the swamp"--it stands for "donald trump SUCKS!!!!!"

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Meanwhile, our elected Democrats seem poised to bend over and grab their ankles--and force us to bend over and grab our ankles--for the pussygrabbing narcissist-in-thief and his minions in the House and Senate: Merrick Garland's SCOTUS nomination is dead, and, with it, any chance of a reasonable SCOTUS appointee.

We are so fucked.

Once...just once...I wish that Dems would put the American people first--ahead of whatever seems to be stopping them from doing the right thing right now to thwart chump and the Rethuglikkkants rather than rewarding the evil bastards for bad behavior. Just once, I'd like to see the Dems grow a pair and do what's right for the country.

If they're not for us, they're against us.

And they sure as fuck don't seem to be for us...which means that nobody is for us.

Friends, we're on our own, and we're going to have to fight ALL of them--filthy, greedy, murderous Rethuglikkkants and spineless Democrats alike.

I dunno about you, but I've been sharpening my claws and teeth over the holiday break, and I'm ready to raise hell because--guess what--my ass, my dad's ass, my family's asses, my friends' asses, and y'all's asses are on the chopping block, and there's no fucking way in fucking hell I'm going down without a fight. Although no one knows for sure whether Ben Franklin actually said it, the revolutionary sentiment is more timely now than it's ever been since our founding as a nation: "If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately."

Personally, I can't wait for Dickless Donald john "LOSER" trump to call me by name when he wrings his stubby little hands and whinges, "The people are revolting!"

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If you've been following the blawg, you know that I don't have TV and that I watch YouTube videos instead. Walp, the li'l YouTube gremlins that recommend videos offered me one on narcissistic personality disorder (NPD); out of curiosity, I watched it.

Hooo-leeeee SHIT.

Once I got a taste of what NPD entails, I ended up binge-watching videos on narcissism from a host of YouTubers--counselors, victims, and even the occasional actual narcissist.

Friends, I knew from the start that there was something very wrong with my poor Tea Party Christian friend...but I was shocked--shocked, I tell you--to find that he has full-blown NPD.

Obviously, so does Donald john trump--so says Sam Vaknin, a narcissist himself. Any half-wit familiar with the criteria for NPD can draw the same conclusion from watching just a little of trump on TV or reading just a few of the trump twit's tweets. But it's validating to hear it straight from the horse's mouth.

Dear ones, please go to Sam Vaknin's website and read up on this important topic--educate yourselves, I beg you.

Not only will it help you understand what to expect from chump, but it can help you protect yourself in personal relationships. Romantically, professionally, or just flapping around in society at large, you will likely encounter narcissists if you haven't already, and it helps to understand what does and doesn't motivate them so that you can deal with them safely.

Yes, safely.

You see, narcissists have no empathy. They get a charge out of hurting other people--your pain feeds them. Narcissists are not reasonable--their reality filters died long ago. They live in fantasy worlds all their own, are subject to magical thinking, and are more gullible than average people. And they can be vindictive, violent, and dangerous.

Yes, dangerous.

If that little nutshell of narcissistic personality disorder doesn't describe Donald john trump, I dunno what does.

Friends, please-please-please go read up on this topic and watch Dr. Vaknin's YouTube videos. If you're romantically involved with one of these often-subhuman people, you may be in for a bumpy ride when you've finally had enough of the abuse and decide to disengage...and you'll want this information in your hip pocket for the next person you're interested in dating.

The ass you save may be your own.

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Republican weather forecast:
Today's weather will be whatever you want it to be!

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Christian auto mechanics:
No need to take anything apart--just pray your car all better! If your faith is strong enough, your car will be healed!

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Don't forget to read Dot Calm's shadow's favorite independent sources of news and information:
  
Daily Kos
AlterNet
Democracy Now!
Vox
Conservatives are Destroying our Future
Conservative Clown Car
God, the Good Lord Above
...skip the media outlets in the boycott list unless you want trump propaganda. And TELL their advertisers WHY you are boycotting those media outlets!
      
And check out these great channels:
...or, if you just want something mindless and fun, try Tested

Peas, friends. Take care of yourselves for me. Trust me--you're worth it! And go have a Fireball and some chocolate while you still can, will ya?
  
- Dot Calm's shadow

Consider the preemptive Blogger phuqued-up phormatting disclaimer to be in effect. Grrr.
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Until further notice, the purpose of this blog is to provide tools to help protect and preserve our rights, our liberties, and our country from the wrinkled fat orange clusterfuck that is Donald "dickless LOSER" trump. As I track down more information, I will continue to refine these tools.

If you value my work, please support me on Patreon: just point your browser to https://www.patreon.com/ and type "Dot Calm's shadow" into the search box at the top--thank you! Even a dollar a month from 20 people would really help right now--it would cover part of my Internet. Show me that there's more out there than just a lonely chorus of crickets!
    
Action List

PROTECT yourself financially, reproductively, and medically.

1. If you need a loan, get it NOW--rates have already gone up; they went up at least three times the first week or two after the election. MOVE your retirement out of the stock market and into a stable fund that is guaranteed NOT to lose your principal--if you're not risk averse, keep your money in stocks until after the inauguration...but move it out ASAP afterward because, once chump and the Rethuglikkkants deregulate Wall Street, we are in for a bust that makes chimp's Great Recession look like O'Bama's recovery. Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, and their guest speakers agree that the Rethugs and chump will crash the economy by deregulating the stock market so quickly our haids will spin. The boom-bust cycle repeats every 80 years or so--as long as it takes for the last people who remember what a depression was like and fight the greedsters to die off. We're phuqued.

2. If you're a woman of reproductive age or a man who knows and loves women of reproductive age, stock up on as much "Plan B" (the "morning after" pill) as you can afford NOW. Plan to take one pill either immediately after unprotected sex or the morning after unprotected sex, and plan to take another pill 24 hours later. No matter what else you do, STOCK UP NOW on Plan B because even the best contraceptives fail, and you won't be able to get an abortion once chump and the Rethuglikkkants take over.

3. If you're a woman of reproductive age and don't already have an IUD or contraceptive implant, get yours NOW. Mirena has progestin, not estrogen, and can reduce your period; the copper ones without hormones (like Paragard) can cause cramping and heavy bleeding that doesn't go away until the device is removed (think having the second day of your period for a year at a clip). Of these two IUDs, women seem to prefer Mirena, but the device can still fall out. Cosmopolitan has a great discussion on these and other IUDs, what's involved with getting one (not a big deal, but you'll bleed for at least a week afterward), what's involved with having one removed (also not a big deal, but you'll bleed for at least a week after). "Managing Contraception" has an article on Mirena (not scary). If I were you, I'd skip the Skyla--it only lasts 3 years, so you wouldn't even be done with the orange fuckwad's first term if you get one. Planned Parenthood has a video about contraceptive implants and great information about all forms of contraception. And if you think you might need a do-it-yourself abortion some time in the future, go talk to Planned Parenthood NOW and see if you can stock up on mifepristone now--the options for DIY abortions at home using substances like vitamin C seem promising to desperate women but don't have any scientific backing. You can also try womenonwaves.org and womenonweb.org.

4. Don't take any new drugs approved after 2016 without doing your own research into whether they're safe and effective. Republicans are weakening the FDA to the point that it will no longer be able to verify that new drugs will work and not harm us.

Now, make your daily calls and do the rest...

DAILY CALLS!

CALL your U.S. Senators and Representatives DAILY at their LOCAL offices. SHOW UP in person if you can. Call each day with ONE issue--and KEEP CALLING. The staffers track your calls by issue, so don't give in to the temptation of giving them the whole laundry list all at once. Here is our list of demands:

0. Call your members of Congress now to ask them to denounce Stephen Bannon. And Jeff Sessions, and Mike Flynn, and Mike Pompeo, and MORON Ebell, and the rest of the swamp monsters. Just call and tell your elected representatives to denounce and block ALL of trump's appointments because they're all reality-denying bigots who hate so many actual Americans that they are unfit to serve all Americans.

1. DEMAND they support Barbara Boxer's bill to ABOLISH the Electoral College--popular vote only. DEMAND paper ballots only, and DEMAND audit trails be published in local papers. DEMAND they LET ALL Americans vote (undo voter roll purges and other Black voter suppression) and MAKE Election Day a national holiday for all. And STOP gerrymandering.

2. FIGHT trump's personnel appointments and FILIBUSTER ALL trump's SCOTUS appointments. Supporting Citizens United or opposing the rights of women, immigrants, non-whites, non-Christians, LGBTQ+, and the poor are UNACCEPTABLE. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE.

3. DEMAND trump's impeachment--DEMAND he be investigated NOW for corruption and conflict of interest. DEMAND to see his taxes. trump has already committed impeachable offenses, so DEMAND that he be held accountable NOW.

4. REMIND them THEY'RE FIRED if they don't obstruct, obstruct, obstruct trump and the Republicans from Day 1. If they resist, REMIND them that Hillary WON the popular vote by over 2.25 million and climbing.

5. DEMAND restoration of the Fairness Doctrine--DEMAND fair, fact-based, accurate media free from the false equivalencies and unchecked free coverage that foisted trump on us.

CALL President Obama every day:
 
1. DEMAND a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR to investigate FBI director James Comey and Donald trump for interfering with the election.
 
2. DEMAND the Army Corps of Engineers go to Flint to dig up and replace all the poisoned pipes.
 
3. PARDON Edward Snowden and consider pardoning Hillary Clinton--even though she's innocent--to stop the Republican witch hunts, especially since one of trump's campaign promises was to jail her: Republicans hate her so much that, if she'd as so much as farted, Republicans would have had her in jail faster than Martha Stewart. The fact that Hillary isn't in jail is proof positive that she's innocent, which is proof positive that the Republicans will keep coming at her.
   
4. STOP DAPL. DOJ MUST investigate the atrocities being committed against peaceful, non-violent water protectors who just want clean water and tribal sovereignty over their own lands. MAKE Standing Rock a national monument. The US Army Corps of Engineers MUST revoke all permits to build DAPL. STOP the construction NOW, PERMANENTLY.

5. DEMAND that NSEERS be dismantled to make it harder for chump to set up his Muslim registry.
   
6. DEMAND that the government release ALL of its data before trump gets into office and lets the Republicans hide it all and make shit up.
   
7. DEMAND the immediate release of every wrongly-held prisoner and anyone else who will suffer unfairly if not pardoned.

AND THE REST!!

SIGN UP for daily headlines from Daily Kos, AlterNet, and "Democracy Now!" SIGN petitions. ATTEND town halls and protests. Jeremy Scahill's publication "The Intercept" is another high-quality resource of investigative reporting you'd be hard pressed to find elsewhere. GET INFORMED and GET INVOLVED!

If or when trump really does set up his Muslim registry, SIGN UP! Trevor Noah suggested this to be funny, but it's gone viral because the racist bigoted assholes can't deport us all, now can they? If I can do it as a proud anti-theist atheist, then so can you as whatever religion or lack thereof that you are. Keystone Progress has a page where you can pledge to sign up: Pledge to register as a Muslim if Trump creates a registry.

VOLUNTEER for and DONATE to all the organizations that D. LOSER trump is targeting. Get on their mailing lists and donate as much time and money as you can to Planned Parenthood, NRDC, American Civil Liberties Union, and causes that matter to you. Change your cell phone carrier to CREDO, which is a Sprint re-seller that supports blue causes. Planned Parenthood is especially important to support right now--women will die if we don't. You can also donate to WomenOnWeb, who help women get safe abortions online.

ORGANIZE to TAKE OVER the Democratic Party: FIGHT trump and the Republicans, CLEAN UP Democratic Party failures, WIN the midterms, and apologize to Bernie and America for failing.

PROTEST all media that inflicted trump on us--BOYCOTT their advertisers and TELL them why. This includes FUX Noise.

GRAB the pussy-in-thief by the wallet: BOYCOTT businesses that sell trump products and TELL them why.
   
JOIN SOPROUD by joining organizations working to protect our future! SIGN UP at http://workingfamilies.org/ and find an emergency meeting near you!

And don't forget to SUPPORT those in The Resistance who support YOU! If we all chip in a buck o' five, WE CAN DO THIS THING!!!!!
    
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Boycott List
 
Boycott media!

Don't bother with these media outlets any more unless you want trump propaganda--these media outlets have whored themselves out to trump for access for the low, low price of "fancy" cocktails and a "fancy" dinner, consisting of Donald's shriveled orange acorn dick, at chump's "fancy" (aka FAKE PLASTIC, just like everything else about trump and his FAKE PLASTIC family) "resort" in Florida. What an upstanding, responsible response to trump's denying press conferences since 27 July 2016...retch. So much for comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable, and speaking truth to power to keep that power reined in and in check...!

  • Axios
  • Bloomberg
  • CNN
  • FOX because of course
  • MSNBC (includes Joe Scarborough, but Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes may still be OK as long as their corporate overlords allow it)
  • NBC (they also have the reality TV show conflict of interest)
  • POLITICO--I know because I've been seeing more and more of it showing up there, to my infinite disgust
Don't forget to contact these media outlets and their ADVERTISERS and TELL them all why you're boycotting them! So what if we spend a little less money overall? The money we save now may give us enough breathing room to jump ship before trump crashes the economy.

Boycott vendors that support trump, sell trump shit, and otherwise pander to hate!

Boycott Victoria's Secret--they kick out shoppers who are guilty of shopping while Black!
   
Here's a twofer: let's save our money for when dump tanks the economy and grab the trumpussy grabber-in-thief where it hurts most--by his wallet!

Want to boycott trump? There's an app for that!

And here's a list of trump companies.

There's also a spreadsheet of trump supporters and vendors that carry trump merch that includes the vendors below.
Don't forget New Balance, who praised and supported trump: 1 (800) 595-9138.

Here's the list from Mindy Fischer, featuring 28 vendors that sell trump merchandise. BOYCOTT them all and TELL them why!

6pm
Contact info: (888) 676-2660, HQ- (702) 943-7777
cs@6pm.com

Amazon
Contact info: (888) 280-4331 HQ- (206) 266-1000
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/contact-us/general-questions.html?skip=true

Belk
Contact info: (866) 235-5443 HQ- (704) 357-1000
http://www.belkfeedback.com/(X(1)S(sbbxm3z11e1guxbtctk2wdkc))/Index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Bloomingdale's
Contact info: (800) 777-0000 HQ- (212) 705-2000
http://survey.medallia.com/?blm-tuwyt-com

Bluefly
Contact info: (877) 258-3359 HQ- (212) 944-8000
flyrep@bluefly.com

The Bon-Ton
Contact info: (800) 233-7626 HQ- (800) 937-5449
http://investors.bonton.com/contactus.cfm

Bed Bath and Beyond
Contact info: (800) 462-3966 HQ- (908) 688-0888
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/selfservice/ContactUs?…

Burlington Coat Factory
Contact info: (855) 355-2875 HQ- (609) 387-7800
http://www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com/contactus.aspx

Carson's
Contact info: (800) 945-4438 HQ- (317) 971-6200
http://investors.bonton.com/contactus.cfm

Century 21 department store
Contact info: (877) 350-2121 HQ- (888) 221-2551
https://www.c21stores.com/contact

Dillard's
Contact info: (800) 345-5273 HQ- (501) 376-5200
http://www.dillards.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContactUs

DSW Shoes
Contact info: (866) 379-7463 HQ- (614) 237-7100
http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/customer_service/send_email.jsp

Hudson’s Bay
Contact info: (800) 521-2364 HQ- (800) 521-2364
https://www.thebay.com/webapp/wcs/stores…

HSN
Contact info: (800) 284-3900 HQ- (727) 872-1000
https://www.hsn.com/cs/email_us/default.aspx

Jet
Contact Info: (855) 538-4323 HQ- (844) 538-2255
help@jet.com

Lord & Taylor
Contact info: (800) 223-7440 HQ- (212) 391-3344
https://www.lordandtaylor.com/webapp/wcs/stores…

Macy’s
Contact info: (800) 289-6229 HQ- (513) 579-7000
http://survey.medallia.com/?mcy-tuwyt-com

Marshalls and TJ Maxx
Contact info: (888) 627-7425 HQ- (508) 390-1000
https://www.marshallsonline.com/contact-us

Neiman Marcus
Contact info: (888) 888-4757 HQ- (562) 463-9333
https://www.neimanmarcus.com/assistance/contactUs.jsp

Nordstrom
Contact info: (888) 282-6060 HQ- (206) 628-2111
https://nordstrom.custhelp.com/app/ask/incidents.c$sent_queueid/12

Overstock.com
Contact info: (800) 843-2446 HQ- (801) 947-3100
https://help.overstock.com/app/ask

Perfumania
Contact info: (866) 557-2368 HQ- (800) 228-3489
http://perfumaniaholdings.com/contact

Saks Off Fifth
Contact info: (877) 551-7257 HQ- (212) 320-4700
https://www.saksoff5th.com/contactus

Stein Mart
Contact info: (888) 783-4662 HQ- (904) 346-1500
http://ir.steinmart.com/contactus.cfm

Wayfair
Contact info: (866) 263-8325 HQ- (617) 532-6100
https://www.wayfair.com/help/faq.php

Winners
Contact info: (514) 788 4949 HQ- (905) 405-8000
https://www.winners.ca/en/contact

Zappos
Contact info: (800) 927-7671 HQ- (702) 943-7777
https://secure-www.zappos.com/contact

Zulily
Contact info: (877) 779-5615 HQ- (206) 724-0500
http://www.zulily.com/contacts

OK, friends--let's get busy!

posted by Dot Calm @ 7:11 PM