Dust, Adaptation, and Commotions

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Professor Taboo

Now that my life, and Sandy’s too, are beginning to return to some semblance of normal, dust settling, adaptations employed, and everything that are after-effects of a death, I thought I’d post this short update regarding the completion of Part 2: Of Me, By Me, and For Me. No, I have not forgotten about its incompletion, I have a bit of time to return to it now. I’ve just had to deal with, manage, and put out multiple fires since my mother’s passing November 3^rd, 2025, my sister’s evil antics toward me and Mom between October 2024 and Mom’s death, Sandy’s fall and fracture of her hip followed by her long rehab, the torturous delays that the holidays caused in our legal paperwork and very slow progress, and finally sorting out Mom’s life insurance benefits—one to her estate (probate?), another to her beneficiary, me and all that legal paperwork—and still trying to manage, juggle Sandy’s business and legal transitions from Chattanooga, TN, to Kerrville, TX, which includes her driver’s license change, health insurance transition, her name change, etc., etc. It has been quite exhausting and are all the reasons why I’ve been absent of late on WordPress. Woof, breathe Dwain.

You know, if there is one thing I’ve learned in my life, it is the fact of just how enormously expensive it is to live in the USA, and just as expensive (if not more) to die in the USA. There are always unexpected turns and twists when a loved one or immediate family member passes. Period. Always. It seems unavoidable, and yet my Mom had her Last Will & Testament done in 1995, a Durable Power of Attorney (me), Medical Power of Attorney (me again), and other legal financial matters already documented and executed/applied. Imagine what it would’ve been like for me if she hadn’t done any of those things beforehand!

That said, I did want to mention a few things about the unspeakable things going on in our country and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and that will likely continue given this administration’s track record and M.O. of never backing down, never admitting mistakes and bad policy, and their sheer inhuman and indecent behavior by our Commander-in-Chief (initials DJT) and his cult sycophants and ass-kissers such as Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, and everyone else brainwashed by Trump-Gestapo ideology against perceived opponents (enemies?). Retributions and punishment seems to be the only recourse DJT has against those who disagree with him and all his childish whims he invents!

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
— Lord Acton, letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton

A Whole Lotta Flaky Flip-Flopping & Diverting

After the murders of protestors Renée Nicole Good, January 7, 2026, and protestor Alex Jeffrey Pretti, January 24, 2026, both in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents fatally shot Good and Pretti respectively, as both were demonstrating no lethal or imminent threat to those agents, president Donald J. Trump and his appointed directors Kristi Noem and Gregory Bovino as well as Homeland Security Advisor (HSA), Stephen Miller and many other Trump-MAGA federal cult followers and MAGA media personalities prematurely described the murders against two legal U.S. citizens as ‘necessary and warranted.’ Yet, the reality was that the entire nation watched cell phone videos from multiple viewpoints of both incidents completely differently and contradictory to the Trump Administration’s back-peddling rhetoric and blatant lies. It quickly became one of the most despicable, disgraceful showing of Trump’s second term to-date. And over the following days Trump and his ass-kissing sycophants made it much worse on themselves by continually lying and diverting from the facts of both incidents.

In one interview with reporters Trump called Alex Pretti “stupid” for bringing a gun to a protest. This was from Jan. 27, 2026 outside the White House:

Yes, actually stupid on his part. But the President went even further by incriminating himself and being a bonified hypocrite as well as insulted gun-rights activists and Second Amendment rights he supposedly supports. And worse still he contradicted himself regarding what (his) protestors (or insurrectionists) did January 6, 2021, at the Capitol building:

According to Reuters and all the exhaustive video evidence of the Jan. 6th attack on Capitol Police Officers, Congress members and their assistants, incited by President Dumb-Rump and his radical MAGA supporters, many guns and weapons were present by the insurrectionists (protestors). By the way, the federal government under dictator Trump have removed many of the below links of the evidence supporting this article:

WEAPONS PRESENT

Firearms, tasers and knives were some of the types of weapons used and carried on or around Capitol grounds by rioters, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia, which published the status of prosecutions, related to the Capitol attack as of Jan. 3, 2025 on its website.

For example, police found a loaded handgun on Christopher Alberts, who was dressed in body armor and carried a gas mask, Reuters reported.

A corresponding indictment, opens new tab for Alberts on the “Capitol Breach Cases,” page of the USAO-DC website states that he had carried a semi-automatic handgun on Capitol grounds.

Reuters also reported that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had suspended an agent, Mark Ibrahim, who was off duty but carrying his service weapon outside the Capitol during the attack, according to his lawyer.

A criminal complaint, for Ibrahim includes as evidence a photograph that allegedly shows him near the steps of the Senate and displaying his DEA firearm and badge (page 11).

A search for the word “firearms” on the Capitol Breach Cases page with the list of defendants returns five results, including for Alberts and Ibrahim, while the word “weapon” returns 79 results (one case could include multiple defendants).

Rioters also used “makeshift weapons” including destroyed office furniture, fencing and stolen riot shields, according to the USAO-DC page on the status of prosecutions related to the attack.

One such indictment alleged that two defendants, Isaac Westbury and Aaron James, used and carried a law enforcement shield during the attack. Another indictment, for defendant Shane Jenkins alleged he used multiple weapons, including a tomahawk axe, a flag pole, a desk drawer and “stick-like objects” during the Capitol attack.

During the 2022 congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Trump’s chief of staff at the time, Mark Meadows, also contradicted the claim that rioters were not armed.

Hutchinson testified that both Meadows and Trump knew about people who had attended Trump’s rally at the Ellipse and later marched to the Capitol armed with AR-15 rifles, handguns, brass knuckles and batons, Reuters reported.

— This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work.

Furthermore, it is indeed a crime to destroy or damage federal property according to the U.S. Department of Justice, Article Code 18, paragraph 1666, Section 1361 which essentially reads:

[Protection of] “any property” of the United States or an agency or department thereof, or any property being manufactured or constructed for the United States or an agency or department thereof, from willful depredation or attempted depredation. “Depredation” has been characterized as the act of plundering, robbing, pillaging or laying waste. United States v. Jenkins, 554 F.2d 783, 786 (6th Cir. 1977); cf. Deal v. United States, 274 U.S. 277, 283 (1927) (“depredation” defined in context of postal statute). This section prohibits actual physical damage or destruction of both real and personal property.”

By the way, this federal law absolutely includes the U.S. Capitol building and its property, not to mention the lives of the Capitol Police protecting it! I mean, DUH people!

President Trump called the violent events that day by his cult supporters as “A Day of Love” and “wonderful people.” Why has he never condemned those “protestors,” as they are always called by MAGA, stupid for bringing a gun/weapon to the protest? Why? And why did he pardon and release all of them? Why?

There is no other way that reads or interprets, that is a hypocritical double-standard Trump-MAGA cultist. Period. No debate.

And the diverting that Trump, MAGA, and all his federally appointed directors have always done, attack the actual victims, attack their character, attack their families, and attack their perceived political viewpoints whether it is justified or not. On the contrary, most law-abiding sane, reasonable American citizens know we are by far and away a much greater nation with diverse viewpoints, diverse opinions and arguments, and diverse cultures and populations for the simple fact that our Core Founding Fathers said so: All men (and women and children) are equal, have rights and liberties, especially if they are born here.

It is easy to conclude from these last several days in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that 1) either Trump and his ass-kissing sycophants do not know the difference between Whack-a-Mole, diverting justified criticism by incessantly moving the goal-posts in a ridiculous jig/dance, and using hypocritical double-standards… and their own anal rectums—because the Baby Orange Orangutan (Trump) has pushed their heads so far up their colons—that they are incapable of recognizing facts and reality, or 2) they are so audacious in appearing “right” that they intentionally ignore the obvious facts and rewrite a contradictory new narrative as quickly as possible. Or perhaps it is both #1 and #2. I will call it the way I see it and not mince any words…

Bottom-line, Trump and all his administration are a repugnant sack of feces; they are pathological liars. They are destroying this country both domestically and around the globe with our allies.

Nevertheless America, if the writing on the wall isn’t in bright enough neon-lights for you sane, reasonable, decent Americans right now and in the coming months and remaining years of President Trump’s second term debacle, then I seriously doubt anything else imbecilic and un-American, un-democratic Trump and his MAGA cult followers do will ever dissuade you from your sheer insanity and childish gullibility. If the latter is the case, then all of you belong in an asylum with real lunatics.

Live Well – Love Much – Laugh Often – Learn Always – Don’t Be Stupid Like Trump!

Whining Too Much Too Late

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Professor Taboo

I am beginning to get quite tired of Americans bitching and moaning about how horribly Donny J. Trump is ruining this country, both domestically and in foreign affairs. It is getting annoying and nauseating to keep listening to and reading about American voters getting angry, publicly protesting, and just giving lip-service to what SHOULD have been voiced and acted upon back in October–November 2024.

The fact is, that bitching, protesting, fighting HAD to be waged back in April 2023 when Project 2025: The Conservative Mandate was published for ALL American voters to read… precisely what Trump and his MAGA sycophants said they were going to do to our entire federal government and our Constitution. Surprise! No… no surprise.

But how many Americans actually read the MAGA Republican’s 790-page blueprint to trash the country? No one. Did anyone prepare for their overhaul of our Charters of Freedom and trashing of our Constitution? No one. And NOW they are starting to bitch, moan, and whine far too late? WTF people!

I am getting very tired of listening today to Americans complain to what Trump and his MAGA sycophants said they would do if he got voted back into office. He and the MAGA-eots are doing it. And how many lazy ass, indifferent, apathetic, non-patriotic Americans did NOT vote last October–November? I’ll tell you, almost 90-million Americans did not vote last autumn. That was more than enough American voters to keep Trump out of the White House! Plenty of No-Votes against Trump!

Quit your bitching, moaning, and whining Americans, THIS is what YOU allowed to happen by not participating in protecting our democracy, our Charters of Freedom, and letting a fascist dictator back into the White House! 😡🤬 So shut tha hell up with non-stop whining about what the Orange Orangutan is doing to this nation. Yes, he is ruining it, he is trashing it, and he is indeed a shameful 4th-grader embarrassment that behaves like an immature spoiled, bullying brat! But voting Americans… YOU let him back into the White House. So show some accountability, belly-up, and STOP your god damn effing whining already!

We deserve this. Period.

Live Well – Love Much – Laugh Often – Learn Always

SCOTUS Have Lost Their Minds

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Professor Taboo

Precursor — I am still working on the blog-drafts Conclusion: A New U.S. Constitution and Paul, Acts, Forgeries & Marcion – Part III (the Marcion part). However, this news here was just far too critical to ignore and not write about. Our country is on a very, very dangerous path and the consequences must be fully realized.

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There are five (5), maybe six (6), U.S. Supreme Court Justices that have literally lost their minds and abandoned the core foundations of our sacred Charters of Freedom, the precedents, and what it means contextually to live and govern a nation by laws, not personal opinions or beliefs. Who are the “rogue” federal justices? They are from most radical (MAGA puppets) first, to least conservative at the end:

Samuel A. Alito – appointed under George W. Bush’s administration.
Clarence Thomas – appointed under George H.W. Bush’s administration.
Neil Gorsuch – appointed under Trump’s administration.
Amy Coney Barrett – appointed under Trump’s administration.
Brett Kavanaugh – appointed under Trump’s administration.
John Roberts – the least radical, appointed under George H.W. Bush’s administration.

*Chief Justice Roberts’ Supreme Court, October 2022*

The other three justices which are not ultra Conservative or extreme radical are Ketanji Jackson, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor, the most liberal according to Axios. What is the obvious indication that these five justices (six?) have completely lost their way and forsaken their Constitutional vows? Read this…

On Thursday, April 25^th, 2024, a Trump lawyer argued to the Supreme Court justices that “the president could assassinate a political rival and be immune from prosecution.” But the most shocking, appalling part of this brazen claim is that the five (six?) MAGA Supreme Court justices agreed with him! 😲

Assassinations of political rivals or enemies today happen in countries like Russia (Vladimir Putin & Alexei Navalny), Venezuela (Nicolás Maduro), Saudi Arabia (Mohammed bin Salman), Syria (Bashar al-Assad), or China, if one speaks out publicly against Xi Jinping and his communist government, you disappear in prison for life. But this isn’t supposed to happen in the United States. Our Founding Fathers clearly designed our nation to be ruled and governed by the law, not anarchy, authoritarianism, or societal trends or ideologies.

Furthermore, when the U.S. declared its independence to Great Britain in 1776 then drafted and ratified its Constitution in 1788, it was with the full intention of moving away from the kings, rulers, and despots of unstable colonial Europe.

In America, the rule of law is king.
— Thomas paine, a core founding father

*Left to right: Pol Pot, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Mao Zedong, and Kim Il-Sung*

When I was a 4^th thru 8^th grade History-Social Studies teacher in 2010–2014, I often did a role-playing activity for my 8^th graders called “Rule of Law or Rule of Man.” All my students would receive a Post-It note with words or phrases such as:

Public Safety	Dissent	Dictator
Executive Branch	Constitution	Liberty
Anarchy	Consensus	Freedom
Inalienable Rights	Fairness	Protest
Protection	Lawyer	Mob
Gang	Court	Prison
Responsibility	Legislative Branch	Violence
Hedonism	Democracy	Equality
Abuse	Separation of Powers	Selfishness
Inequality	Checks & Balances	Judicial Branch
Independent Judiciary	Best Interest of Country	Best Interest of One Person

After giving each student about 5-minutes to consider what their Post-It note says, then have them put their Post-It note in the correct column of the Big Chart which is divided in two: Rule of Law on the left; Rule of Man on the right.

Once all students have placed their note in one of the columns—it’s possible that some notes can be in either column, hence ‘on the line’—then ask the 8^th-graders to make a consensus classroom definition of the Rule of Law and the Rule of Man. Next would be a set of discussion questions. For example:

When and where did our system of law originate and how?
How do laws today affect each of us daily?
What functions do laws serve in our society?
- Be sure to discuss at least nine sub-topics of this question.
Are there flaws in our system of law? How are they resolved?
What role does our government’s Separation of Powers play in ensuring adherence to the Rule of Law?
Why is an Independent Judiciary fundamental to the Rule of Law?
It has been said for over 235 years that based on our Constitution, we are “a nation of laws, not people.” What does that mean?
Why is it so critically important to be well educated about our Founding documents and Founding Fathers like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
Why is it critically important all Americans, especially our elected officials, follow the Rule of Law?

These are just a sampling of the important questions I would’ve asked my 8^th-grade students. I would also have my students role-play in groups of 3-to-6 students per group assigning one of them to be the group Director. Following are a sample of the role-playing scenarios students would play:

Scenario #1 — “Brown vs Board of Education,” Little Rock, Arkansas. This case involved the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Scenario #2 — “Mapp vs Ohio,” Cleveland, Ohio. This case involved seized evidence without a legal search warrant was deemed inadmissible in state courts according to the Fourth Amendment.
Scenario #3 — “Gideon vs Wainwright,” Panama City, Florida. This case involved the Circuit Court judge denying Clarence Gideon his right to a state attorney to represent him when he couldn’t afford one himself, according to the Sixth Amendment.

And here is the real gut-punch scenario for the 8^th-grade students:

Scenario #4 — This scenario is based on the Watergate scandal. The Constitution states that an Executive (like the U.S. President) who puts himself/herself above the law and deliberately abuses his or her powers of office may be impeached and even sent to prison. President Richard Nixon obstructed legal proceedings into the scandal by refusing to comply to the special prosecutor’s demands for Nixon’s wire-tapping tapes. Nixon resigned from office before he could be convicted. SCOTUS determined that Executive Privilege was not and is not limitless.

From this above 8^th-grade classroom activity you might have deduced that the Separation of Powers was specifically designed by the Core Founding Fathers to protect against one office, one person, one branch of government seizing total or near-total, authoritarian power. Even 8^th-graders, and 9^th-graders to 12^th-graders grasp and understand these basic Constitutional principles. They all know what a bully is like in the school yard and if not stopped what will eventually happen.

Yet, there is a sizable U.S. contingent within our state and federal governments as well as in the Supreme Court and within the general public who fail to comprehend, protect, and enforce this core Constitutional precept against bullies! Their deliberant naïvety is appalling as well as deeply disturbing. This November Americans might well be adding another man to the above image of history’s most infamous dictators: Donald J. Trump.

Some food for thought and debate…

Should this Trump lawyer’s and the supporting MAGA Supreme Court Justices’ logic somehow prevail and win out for a President’s total immunity to assassinate, should President Joe Biden consider assassinating Donald Trump? After all, you can’t have it both ways or apply the law when it suits you best and disregard it when it doesn’t. Why shouldn’t Biden entertain the idea of erasing Trump while he is the sitting President? Or why not imprison Trump in some remote ~~Siberian~~ location just as Vladimir Putin, Nicolás Maduro, Mohammed bin Salman, Bashar al-Assad, and Xi Jinping all do with regularity? If it is legal for Trump to do it, then it follows that Biden can do it.

What has Trump stated publicly and explicitly he will do if put back into the White House? Here are just three Project 2025 action plans, out of a litany of others, which he and MAGA Republicans promise to execute beginning in January 2025:

Incite violence against anyone, including political opponents, he deems a threat to his ambitions. Trump hasn’t just verbalized this intent, he has actually done it. Just last month Trump posted on his social media platform a video of President Biden hog-tied in the back of a pickup truck, bound and gagged with what appears to be a bullet-hole in his head. Regular threats such as these against the POTUS is in fact a crime.
Completely overhaul and dismantle civil service positions to favor his political allies that will loyally do his biddings. Within Project 2025 there is already a documented plan to replace thousands of agency employees with his own loyal sycophants, then undo hundreds of environmental protections and reduce even more civil rights for Americans.
Turn the FBI and other law enforcement agencies into his personal police state and imprison—just like Putin did with Alexei Navalny—all political or social opponents he deems a threat to himself. These are Trump’s words verbatim, “If I happen to be president and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say, ‘Go down and indict them.’ They’d be out of business.”

Anyone with a quality, fair and well-rounded education of American history and American government must admit that the above rhetoric and promises made by Trump 2024 and his MAGA cult members/minions, including 5-6 Supreme Court Justices, flies in the face of everything this nation was founded on by our six core Founding Fathers and the Charters of Freedom they drafted and the states ratified.

I cannot stress enough nor vehemently enough just how monumental this November will be. Not just for the future of the United States, but also the world. Mark my words right now, if the Orange Orangutan Baby gets back into the Oval Office, that is the beginning of the end of this democratic republic from which we may never recover.