The Dementia Tax

Oh my dear Nojo, what a fucking shitshow. I am so sorry that you are going through this hell with your parents. Un-fucking-believeable. Hugs to you.

@SanFranLefty: Well, it’s manageable, and we’re a very practical family. What happens if Medicaid goes south is another matter.

Goddamn. Better to invest in lottery tickets and/or cyanide and/or a gun with one bullet than retire.

Just found out one of my best friends dad tried to kill his mom, but was thwarted by the cops. A brain scan showed serious brain deterioration compared to the last one. Probably going to spend the rest of his remaining days in a mental ward.

@nojo: (hugs)

@¡Andrew!: Thanks, but we’re notoriously not huggers. A crisp handshake and slight nod of the head is sufficient.

Note: Does not apply to critters. We have to take out our sublimated affection on something.

So did we learn anything new from Granny Clampett today? Did he commit more perjuries?(I couldn’t stand even reading his testimony, since it’s sure to be 100%, weapons-grade buuullllssshhhiiiit).

@¡Andrew!: Listening to Rachel’s recap right now. Between her and TPM Josh, sounds like Sessions ain’t no snitch.

“Why do we have a Second Amendment? It’s not to shoot deer. It’s for shooting at the government when it becomes tyrannical!”

— Rand Paul, noted crisis actor and Alexandria playfield hoaxer
June 23, 2016

@¡Andrew!: America needs to address its White-on-White violence.

@nojo:
Guns don’t kill people… it’s a false flag op… it’s all a hoax… Rand Paul is a crisis actor… if they’d just rushed the shooter, they could have stopped it… did I miss any of the usual sickening lies spouted by those evil scumbags?

Oh yeah: Twits ‘n Prayers!!!

@¡Andrew!: Some Congresscritter today dropped the Good People With Guns line, overlooking that (1) Capitol Police were there, and (2) we arming softball teams now?

@nojo: Two black cops, one of them a lesbian, got shot protecting a homophobe who’s called himself “David Duke without the baggage.”
I should think those GOP reps would have some ‘splaining to do as to why they weren’t packing heat at the time. Why were they cowering like babies in the dugout instead of returning fire?

Some good news!

Both Ireland and Serbia (!) have made history as they both now have gay and lesbian prime ministers, respectively. The Irish PM is the son of Indian immigrants(!).

AND

On the red carpet at this year’s Tony Awards, Patti LuPone told a Variety reporter that she hopes Donald Trump never makes a trip to Broadway to see her in War Paint.

“Because I won’t perform if he does,” she said.

“Tell me why,” begged the reporter.

“Because I hate the motherfucker. How’s that?”

@Mistress Cynica: From what I’ve read of Sleazy’s (R, KKK) injuries, it sounds like his recovery is gonna be a living hell, followed by a sweaty, screamin’ opioid addiction. I hereby wish him a lifetime of angry, militant African American nurses.

@¡Andrew!: I will admit to impolite thoughts when I heard the news yesterday. I will further admit those thoughts have not abated.

(Meanwhile, Some Geek needs to reboot the server tonight.)

(We still here? First reboot in a year, explains why all those server updates weren’t firing.)

(Nudder reboot, to shake out any remaining gunk. I hope.)

(Hour later, server hasn’t hollered.)

@nojo:
“Those who ignore history are condemned to retweet it.”

— David Brooks (yes, it’s gotten so bad that I can stand reading David Brooks)

@¡Andrew!: Broken clock, such as.

Our mom is 86, on dialysis 3 times a week, and generally miserable, but she still has a razor sharp mind. What can I say to you?

@blogenfreude: I, of course, take it personally: This is the first evidence of dementia in my family, mainly because previous generations had heart attacks first. None of us saw it coming, least of all Mom. (Dad’s also become a bit dotty, but it’s hard to tell what’s the post-surgery medication, and what isn’t.)

Me, I’ve been put on notice: I have twentyish years to prepare for a life of leaving Memento notes to myself, and a just fate of not getting my own obscure references.

@nojo: Not to nag you, but I will because I care. Are you still smoking cigarettes or have you switched to vaping weed now that you’re in the Mile High state?

@SanFranLefty: Vaping nicotine for a few years. The opportunity to enjoy legal THC has largely been lost on me, seeing as it cane roughly thirty years too late.

@SanFranLefty: I’m totally that person with my friends, especially after a couple drinks. “I care about you and it makes me sad that you smoke. Please stop.” And I don’t mind playing the “Smoking killed my grandpa!” card. Whatever it takes.