What happens when you let the gremlin get wet. By Hal M. Brown

 

It did’t literally rain on Trump’s parade, but it still sucked. In fact, for him the entire day sucked. Between the protests and the news coverage of the Minnesota shooting, not only did the non-Fox and other far right media not give it, I mean HIM, uninterupted coverage all day, but for many people, even his supporters, it was just boring.

If you are one of the six people in the country who doesn’t know the plot of the hit movie Gremlins, this is from Wikipedia. Those who know the plot about what happens when a gremlin gets wet can skip this quote.

Struggling inventor Randall Peltzer visits a Chinatown antique store to find a Christmas present for his son, Billy. In it, Randall uncovers a small and furry creature called a mogwai (Cantonese: 魔怪, 'devil'). The owner, Mr. Wing, refuses to sell it to Randall, but his grandson secretly does, warning Randall to remember three important rules concerning the mogwai – do not expose the creature to light, especially sunlight, which will kill it; do not let it come in contact with water; and above all, never let it eat after midnight.

In Randall's hometown of Kingston Falls, Billy works at the local bank, but fears that his dog Barney will be put down by widowed miser Ruby Deagle. His father returns and offers him the mogwai, now named "Gizmo", as a pet, and informs him of the rules. Gizmo is friendly and docile, but when Billy's friend, Pete Fountaine, accidentally spills water on Gizmo, five more mogwai spawn from him – a more mischievous sort led by the aggressive Stripe, named after the white mohawk-like tuft of fur on his head. Billy shows one of the mogwai to his former elementary school science teacher, Roy Hanson, spawning another mogwai, whom the latter experiments on. Back at home, Stripe and his fellow mogwai trick Billy into feeding them after midnight by severing the power cord on his bedside clock. They form cocoons, as does Hanson's mogwai, which soon hatch, emerging as destructive and reptilian imp-like monsters called "gremlins". Hanson is murdered by his gremlin, while those at the Peltzer house torture Gizmo and assault Billy's mother, Lynn.

Trump’s parade day birthday extravaganza was a big bust, and not the kind that prompts him to grab women.

He and Melania couldn’t even manage to effect a glimmer of a smile. They were pictured in the media looking like they’d been sucking lemons as they realized that what, at least Donald, hoped would be a bunker busting parade was bombing like the Broadway play, the aptly named Frankentein, which after 29 previews, closed after one night. Put this fiasco of a farce on this list of Broadway plays that closed after one perfomance on the Great White Way. This was supposed to be a the show of shows for Trump’s great white America… instead it not only was boring but so poorly managed that numerous people gave up on waiting in long lines in the heat and went home.

Even Trump’s speech, such as it was, was a dud. The only thing it had going for it for anyone who decided to watch in person or on TV was that it was mercifully short. I figured Trump was so bored he didn’t bother embellishing it by going off script and just wanted to get home.

It didn’t take long for Trump to realize that his parade had been rained on. Like the aggressive gremlin Stripe, he unleashed his malevolent self with what is probably the first formal presidential order given by a social media post. (Clicking below will enlarge the image, not go to Truth Social):

The post screamed “I’ll show you muthaforkers not to rain on my parade.”

Here’s a HUFFOST artilce about what he did: 'Openly Admitting': Critics Rip Trump For 'Dehumanizing' Sunday Night Announcement.

Trump desperately wants to be like the tough guy shown below. He has the power to inflict great pain on those he considers his enemies.

He’s really this guy:

(Click the above images will go to the YouTubes of the songs.)

Putting aside whether Trump will directly help Israel attack Iran, which would be an act of war, with this TRUTH he has declared war on half of America.

He will go down in history not only as the president who made himself dictator, destroyed democracy, but as the vengeance and retribution president.

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Even Febreze, with its HPβCD, wouldn't take out the stink of what Trump's psychopathic Gestapo are doing.

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I was watching Ali Velshi this morning and he was showing videos of, and describing, some of the more horrifying ICE arrests. He noted that Trump’s administration had ordered ICE to triple the number of arrests. He talked, for the umpteenth time, about what he and others have said “that for Trump and his minions the cruelty is the point.”

Then he went to a commercial for Febreze.

This is what Wikipedia tells us abut how Febreze works:

The active ingredient in several Febreze products is hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrin (HPβCD). The molecule traps and binds volatilized hydrocarbons within its structural ring, retaining malodorous molecules, which reduces their volatility and thus the perception of their scent.^.The active ingredient is produced from corn cobs.

In LA, deputy sheriffs have become members of the Trump psychopathic Gestapo and they are doing their own spraying. They are attacking peaceful protesters with tear gas. Needless to say, not only does this hurt, but it can inflict serious harm.

Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from Latin lacrima 'tear'), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial self-defense spray, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears. In addition, it can cause severe eye and respiratory pain, skin irritation, bleeding, and blindness. Common lachrymators both currently and formerly used as tear gas include pepper spray (OC gas), PAVA spray (nonivamide), CS gas, CR gas, CN gas (phenacyl chloride), bromoacetone, xylyl bromide, chloropicrin (PS gas) and Mace (a branded mixture). From Wikipedia

Do they care? I doubt it. The cruelty is the point. 

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In more innocent times, aka, Trump’s first term, the baby balloon was effectively used to mock Trump. Now we have a president who wants to come across like this:

Now the baby balloon is wielding an assault rifle:

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Who are those masked men? They certainly aren't Lone Rangers. By Hal M. Brown

 This is the first episode of the Lone Ranger TV show where the question “who was that masked man” was asked and then, by themselves in front of the sheriff’s office, Tonto asked the Lone Ranger if he’d ever take off the mask when they were fighting the bad guys and he explained why he wouldn’t. Watch the video here. In the early radio shows, the TV show, or movies, in closing scene just before the “hi-yo Silver away” someone always asked something along the lines of “who was that masked man?’

Follows is the creed of the Lone Ranger. It was written by the creator of the Lone Ranger Francis Striker. He also created the Green Hornet and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon:

I believe that to have a friend,

a man must be one.

That all men are created equal

and that everyone has within himself

the power to make this a better world.

That God put the firewood there but that every man must gather and light it himself.

In being prepared physically, mentally, and morally to fight when necessary for that which is right.

That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.

That 'This government, of the people, by the people and for the people'shall live always.

That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number.

That sooner or later... somewhere...somehow... we must settle with the world and make payment for what we have taken.

That all things change but truth, and that truth alone, lives on forever.

In my Creator, my country, my fellow man.

Now we have a cadre of masked men and women who aren’t fighting for law and order. There’s no way they follow the Lone Ranger Creed, let along the U.S. Constitution. If they we wouldn’t see them trampling on the cherished rights of people accountable to nobody. They are behaving like the villains the Lone Ranger and Tonto (someone Trump and his anti woke minions would consider a DEI hire) brought to justice.

No doubt you’ve followed the story about the mayor of Newark and the members of Congress who tried to get into the New Jersey detention center and were arrested.

What made me sick inside and sick for my country was watching all the federal agents. 

Some had uniforms, some bullet proof vests with ammunition and others wore light jackets with names of various Trump SS-like agencies on the back, others just seemed to be in regular clothes. I wasn't able to count how many, but there seemed to be at least 20. They look like they might be preparing to raid a drug cartel hideout.

You can see them in action in the video on the left below.

A few of the agents had their faces exposed but most of them were masked. The simple explanation as to why these agents decide to be masked is that they want to hide their identities. I think there are other reasons. One is that this enables them to feel empowered to be more violent than they’d be if their face was exposed. The other is that it is more intimidating to be confronted by someone in a mask wearing dark sunglassed. When interacting with someone who has this kind of power you want to look them in the eyes, you want to see their face.

It was, to put it mildly, a chaotic scene:

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Why doesn't the fashion conscious Trump and his psychopathic and sadistic Himmler, Tom Homan, get them all to wear the same uniform instead of a hodgepodge of outfits? After all the country is fast becoming Nazified. If they want their own SS or Gestapo they might as well all wear the same uniform. Camo fabric might be the most intimidating, but whatever they wear red arm bands with T on them would be appropriate.

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With Trump's ordering his armed thugs to emulate the Nazi Schutzstaffel, or the Waffen-SS, we might as well call the country the USSA. By Hal M. Brown There could be 10 million cold-hearted people diagnosable as psychopaths in the country to take jobs in Trump's SS.

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I made the SS illustration above by adding a U and an A to an SS. The motto of the SS was telling in the context of today's Trump regime. It was Meine Ehre heißt Treue. This translates to My honor is loyalty. Of course their loyalty was to Adolph Hitler. Certainly not all, but some of Trump’s armed thugs, whether in ICE or other so-federal law enforcement agencies, are loyal not to the Constitution despite taking an oath to uphold it. They are loyal, like the Nazis, to one person. That person is Donald J. Trump.

The Trump SS are not upholding the law unless you consider Trump’s law, “The Law.”

They are not what I’d call real cops who protect, serve, and enforce the law. A real cop may write you a speeding ticket, hopefully making you a safer driver, but they also protect you from real ciminals. They get drunk drivers off the road. They help you if you’re in a traffic accident or if someone breaks into your house. 

If your child is doesn’t come home from school you call your local police. You don’t call ICE unless you think they were arrested in a raid. I wouldn’t be confident that you’d get a reassuring response in the later case.

The people who may or may not be members of violent gangs are being treated like they are bloodthirsty beasts who, were they not chained and bent over, might turn and rip the throats out of their captors. Who wants to treat fellow human beings this way?

Whenever I see pictures, like the one below, of an ICE officer wearing POLICE on their uniform it enrages me because they don’t deserve to be called police.

I take this personally because I have had lots of experience with the police. This is because I was an auxiliary police officer for 20 years in two different cities.

I feel strongly about this because I knew dozens of police officers. In the two departments where I was an auxiliary officer I rode with regular officers countless times. What we did most of the time on late night shifts was look for drunk drivers. In Mason, Michigan our department was honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving with their Lifesaver Award twice. As a psychotherapist one of my specialities was police stress. I had the number one website about this for years, Police Stressline, and some of my articles were published in police magazines.

Today the ultimate boss of federal law enforcement has broken, bent, or ignored the law. He is their role model. They not only don’t have an incentive to consider that what they are doing defies the Constitution, but that there would be swift retribution if they refused to follow an unconstitutional or illegal order. As for them being a decent person who feels empathy for everyone except the most brutal criminals? Fuhgeddaboudit.

Trump has a group of people roaming the country with guns many of whom have charateristics which would fit the textbook defintion of being psychopaths. So do their bosses.

Studies show that 1-3% of the US population (3% of men) are psychopaths. While this may seem like a small number, if we say the total population is around 350 million this adds up to over 10 million people. There are certainly enough of them to take jobs in one of Trump’s SS agencies.

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This is related to this Substack: Combine DOGE and ICE and we could have an American Gestapo armed with both guns and computers. Trump could be Hitler with a giant mainframe database of undesirables who are poisoning the blood of America.

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