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Category Archives: Truth
Ugly as Dorian Gray
‘maggie the cat’
I would like to know why tax-payers money is being used so the President can go to Mar-a-Lago almost every weekend since the Inauguration & members of his family can go to Aspen or other locations – for business and pleasure – at the people’s expense.
Mar-a-lago (Not a Complete View)
A Partial Inside View of Mar-a-lago
A Partial Inside View of Mar-a-lago
Local businesses & residents have to endure a total disruption to their lives and livelihoods, with incomes suffering and even identities being called into question when they are returning to their private homes. Not to mention the strain put on the cities of New York and Palm Beach. It costs approximately $3 Million per weekend at Mar-a-Lago. Five visits so far equals approximately $15 Million. Add that to the costs to the nation of securing Trump Tower and you’re talking approximately $100 million from the national treasury to allow him and his family to live in the opulent luxury to which they were accustomed. And he’s only been president for 2 months. The total costs of Mira-a-lago & Aspen & other jaunts down the road are inestimable.
A Partial View of Trump’s Penthouse in Trump Tower NYC
A Partial View of Trump’s Penthouse in Trump Tower NYC
Who knows exactly how much the Trump-family bilking of the National Treasury will cost us, the tax payers, to cover all these unnecessary expenses for the continued future of this presidency. The White House is a palatial residence. Camp David is there for Presidents to go to relax. And to meet with other heads of state. He is the President & not meant to live in gold-plated luxury. Living his high life when he turns around and rips up all the programs that help the less fortunate is shameful. If he refuses to use the residence and security provided all previous presidents, then we should, as a Country, send him a bill for all these added expenses. I would also include New York City’s expenses to maintain protection for Trump Towers which the President has not been using. Of course, it would make sense for his wife to move with their son to the White House & be protected. It’s the polite thing to do – they’re not the only people who call Trump Tower home. And I am sure there are great schools in the Washington D.C. area. Maybe a charter school is available.
Aspen is described as the quintessential American ski town
Luxurious architecture in Aspen during the climes of winter
Since the President obviously wants to destroy the public schools & all other, non-defense departments of the government, it might do his son good to associate with children from more honest, moral backgrounds. They might be able to teach him lessons his father never will. The games Bannon & the President are playing are not as invisible as they might think. Just leave the White House & stop ripping off the people you promised to help if you were elected. Oh, that’s right: in actuality you didn’t win the election. The Electoral College is obsolete & your Presidency is nothing more than a joke. I am waiting for you to leave voluntarily before you are found out and tried for treason. And I would like you to know we know you lie all the time & then spin the lies about your lies, trying to cause a disoriented sense of reality. You are not fooling anyone. Soon the despotic emperor will be seen for what he is: in place of his new clothes, there will be nothing but his small-handed, naked self. Ugly as Dorian Gray’s portrait in the attic.
Camp David with outside swimming pool during the frost of winter
Camp David Aerial View
President Clinton at Camp David talking with Matt Damon & Ben Affleck – A viewing party for film Goodwill Hunting – Hilary – Robin Williams & other members of the Cast & Crew
John F. Kennedy with John Jr. & Caroline on her pony walking grounds at Camp David
Camp David was Good enough for John F. Kennedy and his family, why Not-My-President? Is it not opulent enough for you? Maybe you need to take a visit with Nature. It might just clear your mind and enable you to see the world with a keener eye. OMG! I must be losing my mind. Who do I think I am talking to?
Shawn MacKenzie
A COLD UNFEELING NON-EMPATHETIC CRUEL HEART
LESS POOR-EXCUSE FOR ANYONE HUMAN. HUMANS ARE ANIMALS & HE DOESN’T LIKE ANIMALS SO MUCH. LOGIC LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION HE DOESN’T LIKE HUMANS MUCH EITHER. – j.kiley
Are There No Heroes?
It is important to stand up to tyranny. Those who choose the tyrant’s path are nothing more than cowards and bullies. No more. It is a more than appropriate message for all to heed. Times are changing. And change is not always a good thing. Only when change leads to better circumstances does it deserve to be brought forward to thrive. The US leaders are killing with their changes and must be stopped. Are there no heroes left to stand up to bullies who want nothing more than to destroy what is good and thriving. They must go now. They were never meant to have power. Their weakness will take over their minds and destruction will be their own. – j.kiley 2017
An Open Letter To Donald Trump From Some Angry Women.
Damn straight!
Dear Mr. Trump… can I call you Mr. Trump? Is that ok? I want you to be happy, that’s very important to me.
Before I get started, let me say this letter isn’t from all women. The Trumpettes surely won’t approve of this message. But this is from most women.
We see right through you. We have all known you at some point. Your ways are not unfamiliar to us. We see through you because we’ve been dealing with you our whole lives.
We heard you call women pigs. And disgusting. And stupid. And bimbos.
We watched as you called a former Ms. Universe “Ms. Piggy” and then spent four days continuing to insult her.
We see your weakness. Your lust for attention at any cost, your need to denigrate women. We see all of it. And we’re mad.
Yes. We’re mad. And fired up. And here’s the thing about us……
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Save the Day
Couldn’t have said it better.
Bullshit!
An important message for all those who want to understand what really is Bullshit. It’s not a lie. That can be found out. It would be nice to live in a world without so much Bullshit. Instead to have some honest reality. Thinking and developing one’s ideas and sharing them. Listen to a wise message coming from a person who shows wisdom which is refreshing. – j.kiley
BULLSHIT! – Harry Frankfurt
Harry Frankfurt is an American philosopher and author of the New York Times Best Seller “On Bullshit”. Although first conceived as an essay over 30 years ago, his theory on bullshit is more relevant than ever before.
BULLSHIT! aims to further our understanding of what bullshit is, why there’s so much of it, and how it can be a greater enemy to the truth than lies.
Posted on ‘the secret keeper’ Friday 8th July 2016
July 4th 1776 We hold these Truths…
True independence and freedom can only exist
in doing what’s right.
“Without freedom their is no art.” – Camus
Posted on July 4th 2016 on ‘the secret keeper’
Remembering All Lost to Terrorism
For All of Us Who Are Different – Who Do Not Fit [ I know I keep changing – Couldn’t possibly comply] – Please Stop Trying to Destroy Us – We No Longer Will Be Invisible and Quiet Ever Again – Stop Trying to Make Us Live by Rules that Shouldn’t Exist [it’s an extensive list] – Stop Trying to Attack & Kill Us – Being Different Is Exceptional – We Are Different – Brilliant! – Viva la Différence! – kiley
flowing scarlet © kiley 16
SLITHERING
by kiley
We look for reasons
Where there are none
We categorize people
When it makes no difference
Not one thing makes someone kill
They are not mentally ill
Violence is a whole different thing
It isn’t one chime with one single ring
A soul makes a deal with rules
Others forced to join him on his kill
Innocents must die as a sacrifice
To drown out the demons in his heart
Hatred overpowers what’s living inside him
It satisfies – it justifies
His consciousness is abandoned
Voices from the dark occupy him now
‘Kill the infidels – kill the faggots
Kill the aliens corrupting the world’
Feeding his kingdom with blood sacrifice
Cleansing his world with destruction and hate
The killer obsessed – filled with hatred building
His eyes only see a cry for the slaughter
When he’s done with what he’s done
It’s time to exit – by bullets or bombs exploding
Stealing answers – secreting away the motives
Leaving behind bloody red pieces – a bizarre puzzle
We need revelation’s purpose
Hoping for visions – the clarity of secrets
Writing stories – organizing pieces
It’s what we think should be done
Gradually closing down the nightmares
Ignoring awareness – that others will come
Different locations – unknown and random
One crushing blow follows another
Inside Time – the future waits
The unpredictable guaranteed it will happen again
Invisible the next creepy crawling creature
Slithering from out of any shadow
© kiley 16
Lesbian in Solidarity
Posting on ‘the secret keeper’ simultaneously
Shame on You AOL/Huffington! NO More Literary Booty Calls
Writers have value. Anyone who tells you to do it for FREE is so wrong. Great Post from Kristen Lamb.
Kristen goes FULL VIKING.
Okay, so I just about calm down then see something that fires me up. So yes folks, I put on my war paint. And Huffington Post? You have simply gone too far.
Enough.
Some of you may be asking what has gotten my panties in such a bunch. A friend of mine, Chuck Wendig, who’s a fantastic writer and legendary blogger brought this quote to our attention yesterday in his post Scream It Until Their Ears Bleed—Pay the Fu&%ing Writers. In Chuck’s post, it’s easy to tell what set him off. Check out this quote:
Um…bite me?
THIS Folks, is what happens when we let FREE get out of hand. FREE has side-effects and one of the primary side-effects are hallucinations that the other person likes it and needs it and actually you’re doing them a favor.
Jackass.
Before we go any further, yesterday I…
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Truth vs. the GOP’s BIG LIES
In my lifetime, every election has seen more and more (mostly) white, poor-to-middle class Americans buying into the GOP’s big lies and voting against their own self-interest. They latch onto the fear of “the other” (minorities, immigrants, women, LGBTQ, you name it) being peddled in place of honest policy by those who are deep in the caverous pockets of the 1%, and despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, refuse to let go.
With the Iowa caucuses just around the corner, we here at Off the Rails are going to try to combat the Big Lies with – shock! – a little truth. We may be preaching to the choir, but always better to light a match than simply curse the darkness.
For starters, a brief video by Robert Reich, economist, former Sec. of Labor under President Clinton, and all round progressive guy.
This is truth, verifiable economic truth. No more, no less. Listen and remember when you go to the polls.
