Great Elk Day

Kadizzle has been waiting for awhile for the elk to come by. Our neighbor Greg gave us a heads up they were on the way. About 15-20 went through the back and front yard. One poor creature has a broken leg. May have been hit by a car. One older bull and a couple young bulls, and then mostly cows. The elk almost seem to be migrating into the higher ground. The locals are used to them beast trapsing about, but the Kadizzles still get a buzz out of seeing them.  

Turn the Page

The page is about to turn to a new year. We escaped a Republican dictatorship by a narrow margin. The danger is still there. 71 million idiots are loose in our country. They cannot tell fact from fiction. Hopefully 2023 will be a year when we awake from the terrible dream that included the Donald.  

The big question is will the Republicans be obstructionist or will the world be allowed to progress and move ahead? Since our new home is in Arizona we breathed a sigh of relief. The Hooples were defeated, but again it was a shot at and missed event. 

Will the Hooples become conscious is the big question or will they remain in the right wing fog of Fox News? A Hooplehead can run into a wall of facts and still not notice a lie that has come crashing down. 

Spray for bugs. You do not spray for bugs just once. The effect wears off. Although the Hooplehead infestation has been beat back, you can be assured they will return. How do you know you have an infestation? One good thing about the Hooples is they like to make sure everyone knows they are mentally challenged. The MAGA hats were the sure sign of the most recent infestation. School board attacks are another sure sign of an infestations. Book banning, and the spread of home schooling are also signs the education meter is going backwards. 

Since we live in Payson Arizona fire is a danger. What does the town do? Fire breaks, and brush clearing are in progress to protect the town. How do you protect the town from Hooples? When a Hoople makes and absurd statement you say " Do you really believe that?'.  You can also say " Where did you get that information?".  Any chance you get to challenge the Hooples you must. As students we all learned how one fly can reproduce thousands. The same is true with most rodents. Kill one and you have killed a hundred. Enlighten one simple minded person and perhaps you can keep the cult mentality from spreading. 

Education immunizes people from Fox News, and the right wing lies. Science, math, logic, and just plain reasoning are critical to stamp out the cult behavior. Republicans realize the danger of education. That is why they want to destroy public schools, and sponsor religious schools. 

If things are going to get better the young must be recruited into the adult world of voting, and paying attention. The last election was probably pulled out of the fire by the young. They have the most to lose in an infestation. 

 

Trump's taxes reveal his lies

The cult's job of spinning and story telling gets harder every day. Now, with Trump's taxes out in the open the spinners will have to work 25 hours a day to concoct stories about how he is just a saint, and a wonderful businessman. If nothing else Trump's tax returns show he has no compunction about cheating. According to him that is what all good businessmen do .

Trumps days are over. The Hooples are just left with an empty sack of lies that make no sense. A billionaire that sells baseball cards?The market for sand will go through the roof. In order to keep their heads in the sand the Hooples are going to need more sand. Light bulb sales will plummet, the Hooples want to stay in the dark. 

OK, Frank, Jeff B. LPM. please let us in on the tax spin. How can you defend these liars and cheats. Trump paid less than the poorest Hooplehead. Oh, that shows he is a smart businessman, or perhaps it shows he is a scoundrel and a tax cheat. 

To Ramona

Below are the words to the song "To Ramona".  If you go to the post below you can hear the song. Kadizzle loves some of the lyrics in this song. They sum up so much in life. Often in the head some of these words ring out. The words in red are the ones that are sheer genius. 

 Ramona, come closer

Shut softly your watery eyes

The pangs of your sadness 

Will pass as your senses will rise

For the flowers of the city

Though breathlike , get deathlike sometimes

And there is no use in tryn'

To deal with the dyin'

Though I cannot explain that in lines

Your cracked country lips 

I still wish to kiss

As to be under the strength of your skin

Your magnetic movements

Still capture the minutes I'm in

But it grieves my heart love

To see your trying to be a part of 

A world that just don't exist

It's all just a dream babe

A vacuum, a scheme, babe

That sucks you into feeling like this. 

I can see that your head 

Has been twisted and fed

With the worthless foam from the mouth

I can see you are torn

Between stayin' and returnin'

Back to the South

You have been fooled into thinking

That the finishing end is at hand

Yet there is no one to beat you

No one t' defeat you

Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad

I've heard you say many times

That you're better than no one

And no one is better than you

If you really believe that

You know you have 

Nothing to win and nothing to lose

From fixtures and forces and friends

Your sorrow does stem

That hype you and type you

Making you feel 

That you gotta be exactly like them

I'd forever talk to you

But soon my words 

Would turn into meaningless ring

To Ramona - Sinéad Lohan

Denomination Blues, Pt. 1

You can go to your church, you can go to your school, but if you don't have Jesus your an educated fool. Listen carefully to one of the best songs that sums up religion. The words are terrific. Yesterday Kadizzle went to the library. On a cold rainy day out in front of the library were two Jehovah Witnesses. Sorry, but what a waste of humanity. Instead of sitting outside freezing, the dingers could have been inside teaching some poor little kid to read. They could have been reading inside themselves. Now imagine a God that would rather have them sit there and freeze than be inside helping a young child. The two people could have done so many kind useful things, but God wants them to waste their time selling their version of the afterlife. If you need a God chose one that has some sense. 

Fire Out a Comment

If you are inspired comments are welcome. For years Kadizzle paid no attention to the remarks, but now he finds them amusing. Let put the comments into three categories. There are pro, con, and neutral.

The nasty agitated Hooplehead comments are fun.  One thing Kadizzle has always notices on any platform is those full of right wing foam from the mouth cannot put together coherent arguments. Look at the right wing replies, what do you see? No rational thought, just some swearing, and the usual " Own the libs" nonsense. It does serve a  purpose. Normal people can get some insight into the anger pent up in a Hooplehead cornered by lack of ability to write or malnourished on education. 

Hoopleheads like simple solutions. Shoot it is the best, but if you cannot shoot it give it the finger or shout an obscenity. Back on the street with Emil Kashuntz protesting the Hooples would go by and give the finger or shout an obscenity. Now, once in awhile a Hoople would stop and try to explain away Republican lies. A few made a half decent attempt, but the majority ran when they could not fire back when the truth hit them. Usually when a Hoople saw he was drowning in your logic the Hoople would leave with a cuss word.  

 You don't need a degree in psychology to see how lack of verbal ability frustrates the Hooples. Like little children who do not have the vocabulary to express their needs the Hooples live in  head that cannot get coherent words out. When you know you have limited ability your best bet is to write without using your name. Now there is a strange twist to this. A lot of people put a tag on themselves with a Trump had or a Brandon sign. These people are proud of their deficiency. It is like the guy who drives a goofy truck with a loud engine. That guy wants the world to know he is short on cards. 

Start our second year on this planet

 The Earth spun, the sun rose, and the Kadizzles are about to embark on year two on the planet Payson. Generally speaking the aliens on the planet are great people. We have made many new friends. New neighbors show up at our door with home made cookies. The Kadizzles have been invited to some great diners. Some close neighbors love to cook.  Does it get any better?

People on this planet are outdoors people, hunters, four wheelers, hikers, bikers, and walkers. This is not the desolate plain we left. Out the door across the street and you are in a vast wilderness where you can see 9,000 ft. mountains. Elk roam through the yard along with the coyotes and javalina.

Something is always going on here. It might be at the rodeo grounds, or down at the Green Valley Park. This is not the boring dead town we left. 

Of course there is a terrible Hooplehead infestation, but that is just another bit of fun to observe and mess with the Hooples. When ever you need some excitement you can poke a stick in the beehive of the Hoopleheads. The Hooples here are a much meaner bread when they get riled. However, if you give a Hoople here a little humor and a chance  you  can get close enough to pet them.  

Probably the best thing about this planet is the proximity to other planets. Planet Roosevelt lake is where we have the Earth Module parked for the winter. In an hour we can be at the Earth Module in a different atmosphere.  Planet Phoenix is just down the road as close as Bismarck used to be. Phoenix is a sprawling mess of old people. Phoenix is the largest nursing home in the universe. Old goats drive and cause wrecks for fun. Planet Phoenix can supply just about any need to us up here in the mountains. 

The weather is the main reason old goats, and outdoor goats come this way. The climate is hard to beat.  Most Americans do not comprehend Arizona is not all desert. Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah have any biosphere you want. Arizona has skiing, forest, and dense jungle like vegetation if you know where to look. Most people who visit Arizona go to the rotten desert, and never see the other places. 

Kadizzle used to think only cakes, wimps, and geezers ran south in the winter, but like a Republican liar Kadizzle now has to justify his new planet. 

Republicans patented lying

 Republican Santos has shown just how far lying can go. Most of his life is a lie. Trump set the stage for the Republican party to monopolize lying. In North Dakota the Republican politicians could not wait to become Trump style liars. Moving to Arizona we found the people in North Dakota were amature liars compared to the guest at the Tea Party. 

Reality has left the room. Yesterday talking to the Jesus dingers Kadizzle asked why Trump had to sell trading cards if he was a billionaire. Instantly the answer was he needed to do it for publicity. Hmm, why couldn't he give the cards away.  Logic went out the same door the truth did. 

Kadizzle has read a lot of buzz about artificial intelligence. Somewhere deep in Republican headquarters is a machine that cranks out artificial reality.  You can set the dial to lie about anything. Set it on sex scandels, set it on economic, set it on the Capitol riot. Republicans love lies. 

What if you get caught lying. There is a standard way out. You misunderstood me.  Everyone cheats.  No has proven I lied. Of course there is always the " What about Hunter Biden's laptop".

The New York Times again has some excellent articles Frank, Jeff B. about how Santos and Trump compare in their lying careers. Of course you will not read them it will destroy your belief in Santa Clause. 

Spinning with Jesus

 Kadizzle cannot resist engaging Junior Jesus down at the thrift store. He likes to go around in circles with right wing politics. Today when the debate started another right wing fellow jumped in. When Kadizzle brought up any crime Trump committed or lie for that matter, both the right wingers immediately used the " Well everyone does it" excuse. According to the spinners Trump stealing from college students was fine because they let him and other colleges also defrauded college students. Trump's tax fraud was what any normal businessman would do. Anything Trump did that was dishonest was easily dismissed by citing something someone else did. Strangely the dingers did not deny Trump's thieving ways. 

After a judge found Kari Lake was a lying scoundrel of course the Hoopleheads at the thrift store still insisted she won, she just could not prove it. There is no way to penetrate the minds of these people in the Trump cult. Trump is incapable of doing wrong. 

Asking the other man in the store to explain Trumps cheating of college students the man launched into a lecture about how congressmen have special stock trading privileges. Somehow this was supposed to justify Trump bilking College students. 

No matter what facts you confront the cult with Trump is innocent, just like Kari Lake. When Kadizzle confronted Junior Jesus about Trump wanting to change the Constitution Junior said Kadizzle took his words out of context. It was sort of like when Trump said grab women by the pussy, people just took it out of context. He meant their cat. 

Farting through Silk a tribute to Arthur Little.

Arthur Little was the first black friend Kadizzle ever had. There were no black kids in grade school, but in high school Kadizzle got to meet Arthur. Arthur was a wiry little guy, but he was quick witted, and a great boxer. Arthur could hit Kadizzle twice before Kadizzle could launch one. Kadizzle identified with Arthur. He seemed to be a stranger in a strange land. No doubt all the black kids felt that way in a predominantly white high school. The school was a great mixer of social classes. The poorest went to school with the richest. It was a good thing for everybody. 

Kadizzle used to have gym class with Arthur. Kadizzle has always remember when Arthur talked about farting through silk. When you were rich you farted through silk. One thing Kadizzle learned about the economically disadvantaged was you enjoyed what you could. Maybe you did not have a nice car or house, but you could have silk underwear. 

In recent weeks Kadizzle has decided to upgrade from cotton to silk. Well it is not really silk, but a good imitation. Indeed farting through silk is a great pleasure. 

The best memory of Arthur will always be him reciting when he saw me " I am nobody, who are you? are you nobody too?" .  It was a great lesson about humanity. 

Getting it all wrong

Kadizzle was just in the executive suite sitting on the executive chair thinking about how the mind can insist on fooling itself. Back in the engine room Kadizzle will recall a distinct memory. Way back in the era of the early 1970's Kadizzle was in charge of training for Consolidation Coal Company in Eastern Ohio. One day someone offer to take Kadizzle on a tour of the Silver Spade. The Silver Spade was the largest mechanical shovel on tracks ever built. Often the shovel was featured with a picture of two greyhound buses backed into the bucket of the shovel. The Spade was a huge machine. It is hard to convey how big the shovel was. 

To get to the operators cab which was about five stories above the ground you first went up a set up steps that were lowered to the ground. After you reached the top of the steps you boarded an elevator. The elevator was small and round because it went up the center pin of the shovel. The entire monstrous machine rotated around the center pin, which contained the elevator. 

Now we get to the point where the mind insist on believing a falsehood. When the door on the elevator opened the view was of a room bigger than a basket ball court. Since the machine was operating when we stepped off the elevator an incredible optical illusion occurred. Kadizzle had the distinct sensation the elevator was rotating. It just seemed it had to be this way. The mind instantly concluded a room the size of the interior of that machine could not rotate. So the mind did what it had to do, it told Kadizzle the elevator was rotating. Of course the conclusion was wrong. 

The mind takes what it sees and instantly tries to make sense out of it. This is where the Hoopleheads get off the track. Once you make one erroneous conclusion the rest come easy, and you can believe anything Trump says.  A magic phrase like fake news makes it easy. 

Once you get to the operators cab and look out the window you realize indeed the entire monstrous machine is rotating. When do the Tea Party people look out the window? Recently there was a window for the Hooples to look out. Kari Lake went to court and the Judge told the public she was clearly a lying scoundrel. The doctor can tell you that you have cancer. You can chose not to believe it, but it will be hard to deny. The Republican Party has a cancer of liars, Trump being the foremost. At what point do the Hooples realize they need chemo therapy?

Somehow Kadizzle has to get in another delusional story. This story is a repeat, but it illustrates so well how hard the Hooples will work to support their fantasy. W.C. Fields is in his row boat and it is sinking. W. C. Fields refuses to accept the fact that the boat is sinking, instead he declares " The river is rising".  The Hoopleheads just cannot come to grips with the fact that they are being abused by the rich, not the poor. How do you lead the Hooples to the window to let them look out?

History is the answer. The simple minded don't care for history. They would prefer it not be taught unless it is the history of Jesus. There was a time called the great depression. It was a time when the wealthy threw millions into poverty with their greed. Currently we are headed down the same track. The Hooples are oblivious. 

If only they would read something real

The Hooples are experts at avoiding reality. Kadizzle has been studing the Mormons and they take the prize for fantasy. The Hooples and the Mormons are cults. Kadizzle is up and just was reading an excellent article in the New York Times about Trump and his mental problems. (Three Ways to Understand Trump in today's NYT) No good Hoople would touch the New York Times, nor would they let anything of real substance contaminate their delusion. On more than one occasion Kadizzle has offered to pay a Hoople to read something of real substance. Nope, aint goin happen.  

Why do the Hooples like Fox, and all the silly right wing shows like Hannity, and Tucker?  Most right wing dingers who report news are not journalist, nor have they ever been to college.  A real journalist has ethical boundaries, not a Fox homemade reporter. The New York Times has Pulitzer prize winning writers, not Fox. The Hooples just plain don't like educated people. Instead of science and math the Hoople prefers conspiracy and lies. Trump fed the Hooples exactly what they thrive on, fear, hate, lies, and paranoia. Go to a Hooplehead meeting and it will feature all the Trump specialties. 

Republicans have no policies or agenda, just grievances. Republicans don't want to improve things, just destroy them. The Republicans song is always we need to do away with .......  Let Jesus run the sewer plant, and drive the fire truck seems to be the answer. 

How crazy can people be? Back to the Mormons, Kadizzle watched a program with about four X Mormons telling about all the bizarre nonsense in the Mormon church. From sacred underwear to performing marriages for dead people the Mormons have more crazy stuff than voodoo.  They have 80,000 missionaries making more crazy people. Like all good cults they rake in the money. Selling salvation is a bonanza. Maybe the Mormons can sell Jesus trading cards and compete with Trump. 

Bottom line, there is not shortage of people willing to buy into anything, be it bitcoin, Tea Party, stump preachers, or Trump preachers. The fish are in the water waiting to be hooked with some insane palaver. 

Kari Lake will pay for lying.

 A dream come true, Kari Lake will have to pay the cost of her lying. A Judge has ordered Kari Lake to pay $33,000 for her lying and abuse of the court system. Of course the Hoopleheads will continue to insist she won, and the conspiracy theories will go on. Nothing matters to these people. Did Fox News put out a spin on it yet?

This is exactly what liars should have to do is pay for their sins. Alex Jones has been bankrupted for his lies. If only Trump had to pay for the lies he has shoveled at the public. 

The strangest thing about the Hoopleheads is they cannot comprehend it is Republican judges that are finding against the liars like Lake and Trump. 

Socialism for Absolute Beginners (Danger, danger, Frank, Jeff B. do not read or watch)

As mentioned many times on this blog Hoopleheads love fantasy, and the cult mentality. One word that the Hooples love to misuse is socialism. Your average Hoople is clueless about what socialism is and why people embrace it. The cult has used the word socialism as a replacement for dictatorship, or communism. For the Hooples it works just fine, misusing the term helps cult membership. 

Now if Frank, or Jeff B. or for that matter any of the Tea Party gang watched the video below it might open up their mind to a new way of thinking, but that would be very uncomfortable. So they are not going to watch. Wouldn't it be magic if the Tea Party showed the video at one of their meetings. That would be true education, much different from indoctrination. Once you have a new knowledge base you can have new discussions. Wow, imagine that.

Try talking to someone in a cult, like the Mormons. When you introduce reality they just stare at you with a blank look. The cult people have been isolated from certain realities. In the case of the Mormons they have never read the real history of the Mormon cult. All they know is the indoctrination they received. Same with the Trump cult. Only the doctrine of Fox, Trump, and Hannity have been in their world.

What is the danger of opening your mind? It can be uncomfortable. That is why people stay in their isolated sect. 

Can you pound nails into concrete?

Can you get a Hooplehead to change? Kadizzle came across an interesting Youtube video about " The working class" .  It takes a little patience go get through the entire video, but it would be a great education for your typical Hooplehead. None will take the time to educate themselves, it its much easier to tune into Tucker.  

A bedrock belief of the Hooples is that poor people are the problem, when in reality it is just the opposite. The youtube video explains it, but again the Hooples don't want to hear it. Republican shills who represent the rich, like Trump, Kari Lake, and the rest of them always want the poor to fight with the poor. It is the oldest trick in the book. The Irish fought the blacks, the blacks and Italians fought each other. Who benefits when the poor fight? You got it, the rich sit there and have one poor person fight another poor person. 

Hoopleheads don't like unions. Guess who this works great for? You got it beanbrain, it works for the company owner. 

As  the video points out most people think they are just temporarily embarrassed millionaires. This works great to exploit the working man. Every simple minded fool thinks someday he will be rich, so the fool supports the policies that benefit the rich, not him. 

Why are you poor? Why don't you have anything? Of course the Republicans will gladly tell you all your resources are going to feed welfare cheats. If all the goods were going to the poor then the poor would not be poor. On the other hand when 400 families have half the wealth of the country, it is obvious to everyone but the Tea Party where the money is going. 

A Hoople could endure the video below, but it would bust the cult dream. 

Why You're Not “Middle Class”

Up Early

 5:30 is what the clock on the microwave says. Yesterday we had a nice fire in the backyard with the neighbors over for some appetizers. The last two days have had very nice weather, but the rain is about to fall. 

Kadizzle has a new routine of going out to get the newspaper late at night. Strangely the paper must be delivered after midnight. A lot has been written in the Payson Roundup about the trail systems in the area. Hopefully they trails will be revived. 

Kadizzle has finished his stone bridge over the small drainage in the backyard. Mrs. Kadizzle has built a stone retaining wall for one more little garden. 

Lying has become very popular. The Republican congressman in New York has admitted he lied numerous times about his college degree and his career. He called it embellishment, you and I would call it lying. Of course here in Arizona lying is just part of being a Republican. Hopefully the judge is going to make Kari Lake pay for her lying. 

Some lies are not too hard to detect.  When Trump is selling baseball cards with him on them you know he is lying about being a wealthy smart businessman. Con men like Trump have mastered lying.  Now, Trump has made the falsehood a popular thing. Fox News has weaponized lying, along with Putin, and the entire Trump gang. 

Hoopleheads, here is a hint. When someone takes the fifth amendment, more than likely you are dealing with a liar. Incidentally you may want to check how many times the Donald, and his gang have avoided court where they might be forced to tell the truth.  A classic for the Trump gang is " I don't recall".   Trump's lawyer told witnesses to use that excuse. 

On a different subject. Last night Kadizzle looked into the history of the Mormons.  The con man who started the Mormon church was a grifter on the scale of Trump.  How does one man take in so many people with nonsense? It is a story that repeats itself over, and over. Read or watch the history of the Mormon church. You will see the same tactics the Republicans use today. Just make stuff up, claim your ideas come from God, and you are off to the races with a flock of Hooples right behind you. 

Good Neighbors

The calender says we have been in our new home for about a year. The Kadizzles were the first to move into the new development. Now there are six occupied homes and two more will be filled shortly. A nice group of people have purchased the homes. Having good neighbors is a blessing. You always will have some issues, but such is life. 

Last night we were invited for a splendid prime rib dinner. Another neighbor made their house available for our kids at Thanksgiving. We have been greeted at our door on a couple occasions with cookies from our new friends. 

Good neighbors water each others plants, check on the dogs, lend and borrow. Just about all of our area homes are older people. The median age in Payson is 50.  Three little girls will move in and that will give us some semblance of reality. 

With all the good news there is an assault on the zoning. A fellow trying to scrape together a retirement is trying to put up some high density housing on the edge of our single family home retreat. The battle is on and the range war will rage. 

A major reason for moving to Arizona was climate. The weather in Payson has worked out about as expected. There are burps in the winter and summer when it gets a little to hot or cold. Almost every day the sky is clear and the temperature around noon is fine. Hardly a day goes by that you cannot work in a T shirt. 

The rock work here is never ending. Mrs. Kadizzle has become obsessed with pretty rocks and has moved tons of them into her new rock walls and structures. Kadizzle has completed his bridge made from stone. 

The fire pit is functional and today we may sit outside and enjoy a fire. 

Check out the comment by RC.

 RC had some good remarks in his comment, check it out. 

Some major problems with the Ten Key Principles of the Payson Tea Party

 Lets examine the Tea Party Principles vs reality

Principle 1. America is guided by morality, having an origin in God. Human rights are not granted by the government but by our creator. 

America is guided by morality? These are the people who support Donald Trump, one of the most immoral people ever to breath air. Add to that supporting all the election deniers. On a local level these are the people who have spread false rumors, made false police reports, and promote every lie and conspiracy theory promoted by Fox News, the Republican Party, and right wing candidates. This is the party that supports court cases with no evidence. 

Innumerous people are moral people and do not claim any help from god to be moral. If God hands out morality he failed the Republicans and the Tea Party miserably. No moral person would deny hungry school children lunch, nor would a moral person spread false claims and rumors. 

Principle 2. The U.S. Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. Government has a duty not to usurp rights given to the states and the people.

Recently Donald Trump suggested the Constitution be changed to elect him president. How does that work? The Constitution promotes free speech. The Payson Tea Party wants to exclude anyone who disagrees with their policy, even if it is in a forum outside their meetings. The Constitution requires elected officials to defend the United States against insurrection. Donald Trump instigated an insurrection. 

Principle 3. The Second Amendment guarantees the right to self defense and is the key to all the other rights. ( Fair elections and honest politicians are the key to all of our rights ). Free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and free press are secured and kept secure by an armed citizenry. 

As our children and loved ones are gunned down every day at school and in the public the twisted interpretation of the second amendment is used to arm every insane person wanting a gun. Guns are not the answer to problem. Donald Trump showed us all how the second amendment can be abused when he sent armed people to the Capitol. The second amendment was designed for slave owners to put down rebllions, not attack the Capitol. The Hoopleheads are not real big on history, nor can they explain how other countries control fire arms succesfully to protect people. 

Free speech? The Tea Party makes a mockery of free speech. Kadizzle is banned from the Tea Party for the free speech he exercise's right here. Tea Party members made false police reports when Kadizzle and his friend held up Jail Trump signs. It was armed citizens that came out from Republican headquarters and tried to intimidate when we protested. The armed men were not protecting free speech, they were preventing it. Freedom of assembly, another Tea Party joke. Sure you can come to their meeting if you agree with them, otherwise stay out. 

The Tea Party forgets the government also protects us from religion. We are ruled by rational people not some fantasy group. Religion has been used to bilk the public for private schools, and subjugate women. It is the job of government to protect us from religion. 

Principle 4. States rights must be protected. Many Federal Government programs must be returned to local and state control. 

States rights are another abuse of the Constitution. States are now taking away women's rights to control their bodies. It was southern states that kept black people from voting, and attending public schools. The Federal Government has had to protect the rights of women, minorities, the disable, and on the list goes. It is the states that the Republicans are using to deny voting, and claim their candidates won in elections they lost. States rights have been massively abused by the Republicans.

Principle 5. Free enterprise and capitalism create jobs... the government does not.

This is a lallapaloosa. Only the most poorly educated would buy into to this. Basically demand creates jobs. When people demand bread, bakers have jobs. When people demand highways, construction workers have jobs. There are so many falicies that all good comes from rich people giving poor people jobs. Cooperatives employ people. Cooperatives like the credit union, cooperative phone companies and electric companies are socialist organizations. Trickle down economics has been a massive failure. If the curent economic system worked 400 families would not own half the wealth in the United States. Unions were formed to protect workers from the abuses of capitalism. Republicans hate unions. If government does not create jobs then how can the Hoopleheads claim the government destroys jobs? The government decides to fund highways, the military, the water plant, the fire department. The idea that the government does not create jobs is such a simple minded falacy. Eliminate the Forest Service right here and see how quickly jobs go away. The government initiated the space program. Even the dumbest Hooplehead can see how much science, and how many jobs came from NASA.  Can the Hooples really be this naive? Well it sounds good at the meetings. 

Principle 6. The government has a responsibility to provide for border security and national defense. Illegal immigration has proven costly to education, health care, and public services and must be stopped now. 

Scaring the Hoopleheads works, plain and simple. Are there any benefits to illegal immigrants.  Wake up Hoopleheads and watch people get paid in cash. These people came across the border, and clean your yard, haul your garbage, and do all the dirty work cheap. American companies are screaming for workers. Where do we get them? Who picks the vegetables, roofs the houses, and does the drywall? Check and you will find many of these people are second generation illegals. They lying about illegals is a winner for Republicans. Take the crime rate. The actual crime rate for illegals is lower than that for American citizens. Nothing works for the Hoopleheads like sensationalizing an illegal immagrant story. Why not take the time an do some real research into the cost, vs the benifits to illegals. What if they did not come? The price of everything would skyrocket. Immigration is just a cheap political trick to scare the poorly informed. Keep in mind Hooples, each of us is an illegal immgrant. The native Americans never gave us citizenship. 

7. Government normally does not solve problems. People do. Big government usually is the problem; therefore the government that governs best is the government that governs least. 

If you want to get a dinger fired up this one is great. There are so many ways to punch holes in this nonsense who knows where to start. One might ask the dinger if they are ready to give up their social security. Ask a dinger if polio or World War II would have ended if not for the evil government. The government provides endless benefits from highways, to new drugs, to schools, and on it goes. The Hoopleheads are like little kids they don't like to have to follow any rules. The real paradox with the Hoopleheads is the flag waving and all the praise they heap on the government. They think the United States is the best at everything, yet they hate the government that brings us all we have. Trump tried to destroy the government. The goverment has protected us from thieves and liars like Trump, Wendy Rodgers, Kari Lake. 

Principle 8. The welfare state must be dissolved and replaced by private charitable organizations. 

What is the welfare state? Welfare implies you get something for nothing. The Hoopleheads cannot comprehend the biggest welfare cheats are the rich. For generations they just pass down wealth and do nothing. Trump paid less tax than any Hooplehead at the Tea Party. When daddy leaves you a billion, that is welfare, admit it. The poorest 20% of the population only consumes 2% of the GDP. The so called welfare cheats run like an economy car. They are gas sippers. On the other hand the top ten percent use up 40%.  Who is the cheat?

What do private charities do? First, there is a lot of fraud and cheating. Look at the crooked preachers. Then look at who the private charities are. They have an agenda. Usually it is a religious agenda. Are the private charities going to feed gay people? What about the books. Will the private charities open the book so we can see where the money goes? 

Principle 9. Public education is broken. Reforms must come from local and state government. 

Yes public education is broken. Why? Republicans are funneling the public school money to religious schools, and propaganda schools. Arizona has some of the worst education in the country. Republicans have harassed teachers with the silly nonsense about "groomers", " Critical race theory, and a host of other paranoid nonsense. No person in the right mind would want to be a teacher subjected to the insanity of the Tea Party crowd. Look at charter schools in Arizona. The fraud is rampant. The religious schools are the same. Both of the fraudulent school systems bilked the government out of covid money. Add to all this those schools can teach silly stuff like creationism, and all the insane ideas the right wing can dream up. In the fake schools the kids don't get an education they get indoctrination. 

Principle 10. "Government money " does not belong to the government. It belongs to the taxpayers who worked for it. Taxes can and must be lowered and federal agencies eliminated. 

Hoopleheads love to portray the government as some vast conspiracy. The Hooples forget the government is people we elect and pay. The people in government are honorable decent people. They have no vested interest in destroying out country. However, portraying the government as a vast conspiracy works well for the right wing paranoid game. Taxes have been lowered as the Hooples wish, but only on the rich. That is the problem. Elaborate games can be played about who pays what, but the truth is when someone like Donald Trump shows that he paid nothing in taxes for several years and in other years paid less than five percent, you know what the problem is. 

Ok, lets summarize. We have an organization of hypocrites that will not openly discuss any of the issues outlined above. The Tea Party in Payson violates every principle they stand for. The selfishness, and hate they promote goes against everything in the Bible. If the Tea Party stood on sound ground their ideas would withstand criticism, but they know they cannot stand up to logic, so no one is allowed to attend their meetings and express differing views freely. If you really believe, what you believe, you should be able to intellectually defend what you say. 

Chaos at the next Tea Party Meeting.

We just finished watching the grandchildren open Christmas presents via facetime. What has the world come to?

For Christmas Kadizzle put lie detectors under the tree of every Hooplehead. When someone tells a lie the detectors flash lights, buzz, and give out a wail. Imagine the noise and frenzy at the next Tea Party meeting when Kari Lake, or Blake masters shows up. Of course the lie detectors come with fuses in case you go to a Trump rally. 

The nice thing about the lie detectors is you can set it in front of the TV.  Turn on Fox News and listen to it buzz and wail. 

A favorite gift the grandchildren got was a karaoke machine. Kadizzle got his favorite Hooples a Republican karaoke machine. You push a button and it says " What about..?".  Then you say Hunter Biden's laptop or Obama, or the money Biden got from China.  It comes with a whole bunch of right wing phrases. The machine even has a fake news setting. You read from the newspaper anything about Trump, Kari Lake or a good Republican and the karaoke machine automatically yells " Fake News". 

Kadizzle put some truth serum in the Donald's stocking and a dose in Kari Lake's. It is labeled as Maple Syrup. Imagine their shock when they open their mouth and say " We lost fair and square".  

Hopefully the judge at Kari Lake's recent trail will give her attorneys the bill for the fakery. Once lying and deceit have a price tag the Donald and Kari may want to cut back. Fox News could get a whopping bill for lying about the voting machines. If the hooples paid attention they would know Hannity admitted Trump lost and knew Trump was lying all along. 

In the old days Santa used to put coal in your stocking if you were bad. Looks like Santa put the truth in some Republican stockings.

Guess what Kadizzle got for Anonymous, and Unknown? Name, tags. Now they no longer have to be embarrassed when they write something. They can use their real names.  

Hiking in Arizona, we can help.

 If you want today's rant about the Hooples wasting taxpayer money, the story is below. Here is some good news. We live in an area with excellent hiking, and there are a lot of outdoor people who enjoy it. 

The Kadizzles have volunteered for the National Forest Service for almost ten years clearing and improving hiking trails in the Tonto Basin area. As a result we intimately know just about all the trails. We have been learning the trails in the Payson area. 

Hiking, bike riding, and just walking about we meet other hikers. Everyone would like to hike some new trails. Going south from Payson one of the first spectacular trails is the Barnhart Trail. It is just a little past Rye. There are three nice trails a little farther down the road across from where you turn left to Tonto Basin. The Deer Creek trail is our favorite

Most of the Payson hikers do not venture as far as the Roosevelt Lake trail system, but for a nice change in topography and scenery Kadizzle highly recommends that area. Many of the trails lead up to the Arizona Trail. Also down that way you have the Sierra Ancha Mountains with a lot of wonderful trails. 

If we can help you find a trail or give you some hiking advice we would be glad to share our experience. Get in touch with us through the visitor center at Tonto Basin or ask a question in the comment section. 

Kari Lake runs into reality, she lost

Good morning and happy holidays to everyone in Hooplehead land. Of course it would be more happy if Kari Lake had won. Poor old Kari cannot pull of election lies like her hero the Donald. Jeff B. and Frank must be in tears. The lawyers for Kari Lake had a bad day, the judge asked them to provide evidence. Exactly the problem Trump always runs into. 

Will the Hooples ever come clean and admit to themselves they had a pack of liars feeding them insane ideas? Unlikely, the Hooples live on paranoid fantasy. Someone will have to cook up an new explanation for how Kari was cheated. The amazing thing about the cheating is the Republicans basically run the election. Republicans judges and officials had the job of telling the Kari gang she lost. 

Now for the zinger. Kari Lake wasted a lot of taxpayer money, a lot of lawyer money, and a lot of her credibility with the public. Kari Lake should be made to pay for her lies. 

How about right here in Payson, AZ? The local Republicans cooked up a lie about Kadizzle, claiming he threatened to assault Kevin Cramer. That little scheme cost the Tax Payers about 7 or 8 thousand dollars. Apparently one of  the Hooples called Cramer's office and claimed to be Kadizzle. Two Capitol police were flown from Washington, D.C. to Payson to debunk the claim. This is just one of many false police reports the Hooples have made. The Hooples have called the Payson police at least five times because Emil Kashunze and Kadizzle held " Jail Trump" signs in front of their nest. Kadizzle has discovered no trick or lie is too low for a riled up Hooplehead. In other post you may have read they are spreading the idea Kadizzle is a psychopath. Law enforcement has better things to do than respond to false claims from a bunch of deranged people who believe Trump and Kari Lake won the election. What about the money it cost to respond to lies. Look at the damage to the Capitol building, and the police officers that were injured because of Trump's lies. But what about Hunter Biden's laptop? 

Play fair is pretty much what the Constitution says. Yes, Frank, Yes Jeff B. that is the same Constitution that sits at the entranced to the Tea Party meetings.  Read the parts about checks and balances.  When someone cheats there is a remedy called the court system. Kari Lake tried it, and it worked, not for her but for every honest person that breathes. 

The cowards that make up the lies and stories will not testify. The people starting the rumors and riots refused to come to court. If they came to court they sang the fifth amendment. Those are the people you love and admire Frank, Jeff B. Those liars, wasters of tax payer money, and grifters are your heroes. Then you have Trump's lawyers urging witnesses to give false testimony. What is that all about?

The only way out for the Hooples is to drink more lies, tell more stories and keep the fog machine going. 

Would Frank or Jeff B. ever read a good newspaper? It is very doubtful, but Kadizzle just read a great article in today's New York Times about how lying cost the Republicans the election. It was Republicans who turned against their own party that saved the day for our democracy. Here in Arizona the liars could not have been thrown out without some good Republicans who prefer the truth. The steam whistle in Payson should go off at noon, and five. If you hear one at any other time it means Frank, or Jeff B. read the New York Times. 

Report to the Hoopleheads on Trump's taxes.

 Dearest Hooples, you can read it for yourself, or you may just want to shout fake news.  Trump in most recent years paid no taxes because of his fraudulent tax schemes. However, when he did pay, the rat paid at a rate of 4%.  Frank, and Jeff B. 's hero thinks cheating the government shows you are smart. Even poor old Kadizzle pays way more than four percent. 

Most people would think a person who calls themself a billionaire would end up paying some taxes, not the Donald. If you are a good liar or cheat, that is something to be proud of. 

How do the Hooples that go to church vote for Trump. Even God demands ten percent. Apparently God would even get cheated if he taxed Trump. 

Why didn't Jesus sell trading cards?

Evangelicals love Trump the grifter, now Trump is selling trading cards and a chance to have dinner with him. Why didn't Jesus  think of this? Imagine a chance to attend the last supper. Evangelicals hold Trump in the same esteem as Jesus. Most people think Trump lies, but talk to an evangelical and you will find it just is not so. Trump has never done anything wrong, he is as pure as Jesus. That is why the people who worship Jesus vote for Trump. Trump is so Christ like. Anyone can imagine either one of them selling trading cards for $99.

Jesus rode around on a Donkey. Trump missed that and bought his own Jet donkey. Jesus lived very humbly, he was born in a manger, and his dad did not give him $400,000.  However, Jesus and Trump are very similar. Jesus chased the money changers out of the temple. Trump invited them in and gave them some tax breaks. One can see how anyone could get Jesus and Trump mixed up. Not sure what Jesus golf handicap was. More than likely every shot Jesus made was a hole in one.  Why doesn't the Republican miesha hit more perfect shots on the course? Trump tied bilking people with casinos, steaks, and his fake college. What about Jesus? Jesus did not even charge for the water he turned into wine. Do you call that a good businessman? All the fundies admire Trump because he is rich and a great business man. Poor old Jesus is not in the book as even having a coffee shop or a meat shop to sell donkey steaks. 

If Jesus were alive today no doubt he would be a lot like Trump, yelling fake news and selling trading cards.  Surely Jesus would be a great sandel salesman. Imagine the endorsements Jesus could get. One endorsement for sure Jesus would get today would be from Trump. No doubt Trump would have Jesus at his rally telling the flock about the New New Testament that is full of tax breaks for the rich. On stage Jesus would perform a miracle and make Trump's tax returns disappear. 

 

Tucker Carlson, barnyard droppings doing the work for Russia.

 A shill for Russia does his work on Fox News. Few low lifes exist that can outdo Tucker Carlson. He compared the Ukrainian leader to a strip club owner. Watch or read Tucker Carlson playing into the hands of Russia. Wake up Frank, Jeff B, and all you Hoopleheads. If you cannot see through Tucker Carlson all hope is lost. 

No one has mastered making the Hooples dance like Tucker Carlson, except perhaps Trump. Tucker has realized the more absurd the better. Trump is showing that with his trading cards. 

Children love scarry silly stories, and Fox News can provide them. Giving up on Santa Claus is hard. Devils, and demons are fun. If you want to hear fun listen to a Hooplehead light up when they say " Hunter Biden's laptop, or Nancy Pelosi". Abra cadabra, magic. 

Nothing is better than saying magic words you don't understand. Two classics are radical left, and socialism. Just say it, don't embrace any understanding of it. Saying the magical words is just like a Catholic crossing themselves. Obama was a magical word that has faded. Magical words come and go. Sometimes you don't know what to think. It seems like Mitch McConnell might be turned into a magical word. He used to be one of the saints, but maybe the Trump can turn him into a demon. 

Conversations are interesting. If you wonder if you are talking to a Hoople just listen for the magical words. Federal Reserve is a warning you are about to embark on a field trip with a Hoople.  Run if you hear the phrase " One world order".  The danger light should light up quickly once you hear about Biden being a pedophile or Hillary running a sex ring.  

Way back in Jesus time the custom was to draw a fish in the sand to let people know what gang you are in. Gang symbols have flourished. Today you can put your gangs symbol on the car with an NRA sticker or a Trump sticker.  Of course the ultimate gang decor is the MAGA hat. Maybe it is the imagination but the people wearing MAGA hats seem to have faded away. Kinda like KKK suites it has become unfashionable. 

Back to the spoken word. If you want to get to know someone new say Nancy Pelosi, or bring up some other favorite cult belief. It is just like a covid test. 

It is easy to spot a Hoople with a MAGA hat.  On the other hand there are the undercover Hooples that may take a little more work to uncover. No good Hoople will believe in climate change, education, or unions. If you want to ease into your investigation bring up a mild topic. Don't go for the throat with a known Hoople trigger. 

Be careful. A lot of people you assume are simple minded may not be. Often good people  don't let on they are conscious.  They have to live among the Hooples and are forced to pretend. Kadizzle knows several businessmen in this community that dare not admit they are not in the cult. When nearly half you cuttomers are in the cult, you dare not let them know you don't believe their fantasy. 

Upon this rock I will build my church

Building your church on solid rock is usually a good choice, but if the rock is a sponge of fantasy and lies you have a problem. A rock is solid, so are facts. Can you rely on what is written? Isaac Newton wrote down how fast an apple would fall to Earth. You can test what he wrote. It appears to be true. Donald Trump said he is a billionaire. You cannot find out, nor can you test it. The Donald has hidden his taxes so you cannot know.  Kari Lake said she won the election, it is impossible to prove. Are. you going to build your church on those rocks?

When people don't have knowledge, they use faith. Faith occurs when you take the easy way out and don't require proof. Obtaining truth usually requires effort. However, you can read nonsense twenty four hours a day and never get closer to the truth. 

If you want to believe something that is not true, you get a bunch of people to profess the same belief you have. You can call this a cult, a church, or the Tea Party. Surely if a lot of people believe something it is true. It must be true, grandpa believed it, and so did dad. 

There used to be a widely used cough medicine for children. Kadizzle gave it to his children.  After many years it was tested and found to ineffective. It was merely a mild sedative. A lot of people were fooled including doctors. You can test things to see if they work. People have done scientific test on prayer.  It does not work.  

What happens when masses of people step from reality to faith? Hitler took a lot of people on that journey, and it did not turn out well. Trump almost convinced his cult the constitution should be changed to get his kingship. How's that working for you?

Why do you send children to school? Education gives a child a sifter. The child learns to sift fact from fiction. Every child in the class gets the same number for the addition problem. 

So if you want to give your child a sifter with a hole in it what do you do? You send your kid to a religious school, or you homeschool your child. 

Does this make sense, is the basic premise of reality.  Your reading a book that says the Earth is about six thousand years old. Does this make sense? The same book says a man walked on water, and performed tricks Houdini could not accomplish. Does this make sense?

If you believe this book you get a prize. To get the prize you have to pay tithes.  The God in the book wants ten percent. Does something seem odd about this?  The God in the book approves of Donald Trump. Does this make sense? This is where faith comes in. Just throw out common sense and listen to someone tell you what you want to hear. That is Fox News, that is the Republican Party. 

Volodymyr Zelensky gave a rousing speech before congress yesterday. If you missed it you missed a great event. Congress was unified in his support. That unity is something our country has lacked for a long time.  Who benefits from our discord? The answer is clear, Russia. 

If you are so naive to think Russia has not used St. Donald to disrupt our society you are living in the dark.  Putin has no tool more effective than Donald Trump for destroying our country. Trump has poisoned the court system, attacked our Capitol and destroy people trust in the FBI, CIA, and other government institutions. Does Putin love this? Trump and Putin both built their church on lies. When you support Donald Trump what are you supporting? It is not the ten commandments. 

 

Report to the friends on the right

Some mislead people have been spreading the rumor Kadizzle is a dangerous psychopath. A person supposedly in great danger from the mentally disturbed Kadizzle is Shirly, the head of the Tea Party in Payson. Kadizzle and Shirly had a great breakfast together today. She may be ostracized for her sins, but you have to give her credit. Having breakfast with a psychopath is no mean feat. Kadizzle ate the eggs and bacon, but manage to leave Shirly alone. Shirly has what too many lack. She has the courage to step up to the plate and confront problems head-on. Even if you disagree with Shirly's politics you have to give her credit for being open minded and willling to discuss problems.

Shirly and Kadizzle had an amicable breakfast most of the talk was exchanging histories, and very little toxic politics. 

How do we sew up the great divide in this country? We have to learn to listen to each other. We all love to talk, and Kadizzle is more guilty than most, but the willingness to listen is a real skill. 

Shirly summed up her role very well with the word triangulator.  When you get to warring factions someone needs to step in and add some order to the mess. This is not always a good job, nor an easy one. For mom to settle battles between siblings, or different family factions makes being mom difficult. One old technique that was used was to put two opposing side in a room and tell them to accomplish some task together. 

Guess what? The two opposing sides have a task. We have to save this planet, this economy, this health care system, this country, and so many more things for our children. That is the task. 

Kadizzle has told the story before, but when he worked with coal miners in southern West Virginia the black and white miners got along pretty well. Why?  It came down to a simple matter. When the roof fell on you, you did not care what color the man was who pulled you out. The roof is falling on us. Climate change, crooked politicians, and so many other problems are that roof. Who is going to pull us out? Is it going to be a Democrat, or a Republican? Who cares as long as we survive. So how do we mend fences. Step one, might be quit lying. Step two might be admit when you lost. Those used to be two old simple rules. 

When you attend an athletic event everyone gets to see the results. It is fairly easy to see who won the race, but there is one new problem. Maybe that person is on drugs. That is where transparency matters. Transparency involves that magic thing called evidence. If you have it you show it. If you don't you don't just make something up. This is a lesson Trump and Kari Lake failed. Guess who  gets to decide evidence. Nope, not the Tea Party, nor the coffee club. It is the court system. Once that goes to hell and honorable men no longer sit on the bench we are doomed, but so far that system has held.   

Is it hopeless?

Once  someone moves into the fantasy world, can you get them to come out? Once you believe on absurd thing the rest come easy. How do you deal with people who go to church and believe in Trump? The two things are so contradictory. The same people believe in Jesus and Black Masters, Kari Lake, and a host of people who lie and deceive. How do they square these to things? Simple denial usually works wonders. 

When my granddaughter came for Thanksgiving Kadizzle showed her a card trick. The trick gave the appearance Kadizzle could read her mind. After Kadizzle showed her the trick she could perform it well. Since she goes to acting school she knew how to add some stage effects and razzle dazzle. 

Logic would tell any rational human you cannot read their mind. However, the razzle dazzle does a lot. Trump is a master of the razzle dazzle. Trump loves to fool the Hoopleheads that he is rich. Now any person who actually wanted to know if Trump had the cash he claims would ask a few simple questions. First the bank usually ask for four years of income tax returns so you can get a loan. Know anyone who will not show their income tax returns. Of course it is St Trump who paid no taxes for many years. Another test might be Trump's lifestyle. Do you see a lot of people who are finically secure standing on the corner begging. No, but Trump is now shilling of all things cards with him as a superhero. Even a kid would suspect something here. Real rich men do not have to resort to cons to raise money, but if you want to believe in Trump go for it. 

Now back to religion and Trump. The famous religious charlatan Pat Robertson said to his flock he fleeces that he had a dream. In Pat's dream he went to heaven and guess who was sitting at the right hand of God? Nope, it wasn't old Jesus. It was none other than the Donald. So Christians equate this world class thief with Jesus. That is your Bible lesson for today. 

You can be informed

Two events took place this week you could watch. The president of Ukraine addressed congress it said a lot about this country. Secondly the Jan 6th hearings had their conclusion. If only those on the right would indulge in reality. 

Ask your favorite right wing person if they watched the hearings. Good bet the answer is no. These people do not expose themselves to reality. Ask they same person what they read and watch. You know the answers before they give them. 

When you ask someone a question and you get an answer from the Bible, time to be cautious.  

Isolating yourself and your children from reality is a path to problems. Home schooling is an attempt to isolate children. What is the net result? If you have your own brand of science, and reality, you don't wanted tainted with other ideas. 

One marvelous thing about the brain is it can be logical regardless of what you do. The dumbest animal will stay away from a place where it was harmed. Dogs remember mean people. 

Reality is a tough wall to run into. Trump has hit a couple reality walls recently. 

What is fairness?

A lot of people apparently read this blog who don't like a lot of what it says. Why not? In some cases they disagree in other cases they think groups or people are being treated unfairly. What about fairness? If you or your group get to make absurd statements about the " Radical Left, does Kadizzle get to make what you think are absurd statements about the radical right? Seems like the rule should apply to both sides. However that is not how some see it. Kari Lake can lie and distort, Trump can lie and distort, but anyone who challenges that is not welcome at your meeting. Does there seem like something inherently wrong with that? 

One simple rule should be you don't get to just make things up. Ideally what you say should have some basis in reality. 

Kadizzle just had a conversation with someone who told him the Tea Party participants feared Kadizzle might lose control and harm them. Where did they get this idea? Well they just made it up. Most of it is based on the fact that Kadizzle once raised his voice in an argument with some right wingers over gun control. Now, if you were in danger from everyone who raised their voice at you, more than likely you have a twisted view of reality. 

Kadizzle is 73 years old. Old Kadizzle has never struck anyone out of anger. Do the Hooples just get to make this stuff up? The ideal thing would be if they could point to an incident, or proof. 

Kari Lake is in court today trying to have the election in Arizona overturned. Unfortunately the hero of the Hooples has been asked to provide proof. That is how it works. You cannot just make things up. 

One possible way to know something is to confront a witness directly. That is why so many Trump people refuse to appear in court. However, if you heard a story about Kadizzle, a rumor, or anything you want to know, won't is be the simple thing to just go up to him and ask him. Now, he could lie, like Trump, but that is the chance you take. At least you have done the honest honorable thing. 

On the other hand simply passing on a story with no clue to it's validity goes against all the principals of decency. False stories have had a history of bad results. 

Now here is a special message to those who object to the way their group is treated on this blog. There is a comment section. Feel free to refute anything. Secondly, write your own post. Kadizzle will publish every word of it. If you truly believe your group has been wronged and demeaned unfairly write it down, ask in a comment how to get hold of Kadizzle, and it will be published on this blog. 

Now consider how different this is from a Tea Party meeting. If they disagree with you they don't ask you to come explain yourself, instead they ask you to stay away. Anything wrong with that scenario?

Reward for information

What if you got a free Trump trading card worth $99?  Kadizzle will buy one for anyone revealing who the Republicans are who have spread lies, and false police reports about Kadizzle in Payson. Let Kadizzle know who the scoundrels are and you might even win the dinner with Trump he is offering. 

Imagine telling your Hooplehead friends you had dinner with one of the greatest frauds, con men, liar, and election cheat in history.  No one lies like the Trumpster. If you win the prize you could have St. Donald autograph one of his favorite lies. 

Now imagine if you expose the local liar Kadizzle will buy that liar a Trump card to. For a minor league liar to meet the biggest liar of our lifetime would be a real honor. 

The ultimate scheme the Republicans fostered about Kadizzle cost the tax payers of the United States at least $7,000 dollars. If you have the courage to confront Kadizzle directly he can explain it, and see if you can deny it. Lying always cost the innocent tax payer money. Think of what it has cost to expose the lies of St. Donald.

 Classic liars do not have the courage to come out into the sunlight. Look at the people surrounding Trump. Today his ethics lawyer is denying he told a witness to lie. Who pleads the fifth amendment? Trump's gang has refused to tell the truth using the fifth amendment as a shield. Look at Kari Lake and her lying. Her court antics are costing you and me. Hopefully the judge will make her pay for her fraud. 

Artificial Intelligence.

 Unable to go back to sleep around 3:30 A.M. Kadizzle did as he often does and started reading the NYT.  An article on artificial intelligence caught his eye, and he tried it out. You can inquire about many things and Kadizzle would give it a B-.  Although people are excited about artificial intelligence, it has a long way to go.

As computer geeks improve artificial intelligence the real kind is tanking.  The Hoopleheads have proven in Arizona you can get half the population to buy any lie Kari Lake or Donald Trump can produce. 

Yesterday Kadizzle shoveled a ton and 1/2 of gravel into the wheelbarrow and hauled it to the site of the new bridge in the backyard. Perhaps today more bridge work will get done. It is a bridge to nowhere. That is the essence of life. 

Kadizzle made his trip to the casino yesterday. No matter how many times you visit you must be amazed at the mass stupidity of the people pouring their social security checks into the machines. Hearing the Hooples get excited about a near hit is astounding. Who ever invented the slot machine knew more about how to bilk Hooples than Trump, and Kari Lake combined.

How do the Hooples hide from reality? There is no climate problem as their mobile home floats down the river. No income inequality problem as the rich purchase all the Republican legislators. Our country is number one, but all the real numbers say we are losing in health care, education, and poverty. Not to mention gun violence. 

Well if there is a problem it is caused by Biden, the radical left, and the immigrants attacking. More tax breaks for the rich would solve everything if people would just attend a Tea Party meeting and find out. 

Delusion is what keeps us alive. Yes, my lottery ticket is going to be a winner, and Jesus will support my football team. The reality is there is so much we do not now and we are going to die. Even the Hoopleheads admit death does occur, but that problem is easily solved by voting for Trump and going to church. Trump will make life on Earth perfect, then you ask Jesus to give a perfect life after you die. There is no question Jesus will live up to his obligations, but Trump needs to raise money selling his Trump cards to fulfil his Earthly plane for all his disciples to have their own Mar a Lago where they can cheat at golf and lie endlessly. 

Aw, Yes, Cheating. When my precious Sylvie was here for Thanksgiving she insisted we buy a monopoly game. Searching for the game Kadizzle found out there is a version for sale which encourages you to cheat. Now think about Trump and his silly Trump cards. Couldn't Trump come up with a board game based on Tax cheating. In his version you would under value everything for tax purposes, and over value it to get loans. In the game you would have to get the other players to lie about what your property was worth. In the game you could buy Kevin Cramer, or John Hoeven. In Arizona you could buy a nice selection of cheats.  

Imagine a board game where you could buy Steve Bannon, and Trump's crooked accountant. There are so many nuances to the Trump Tax cheat game it could be so much fun. You might draw a card that says " Tell a big lie" or maybe instead of a get out of jail free card there would be a card that simply said " Hunter Biden's laptop".  There could be penalty spots on the game board where you land on the truth. Might be a card that says " You have to show your taxes". Frank, and Jeff B. would love the game. A simpler version could be Election Cheating.  You have to invent ways you were cheated out of a win. 

Now everyone knows in monopoly you gave game pieces, like the top hat, or train. Imagine game pieces like little statues of Trump, or the Republican supreme court gang. The fun could be endless. Buying a selling scoundrels has endless possibilities. 

Anther game could be a version of chess. The pieces could only do certain things, like lie, or cheat at taxes. Republican pawns would only be allowed to move backwards. Trump could lie, cheat, and steal in any direction. Congressmen could only cheat in stock schemes. Fox News could move in any direction but the Truth. To win at Trump chess you would have to corner him with enough truth to jail him. 

Rock Hunt

Mrs. Kadizzle once told old Kadizzle we were moving to Arizona to get away from yard work. What she did not say the new yard would be our rock collection. Yesterday we played find a rock and bring it home. That was day two of rock hunt. Mrs. Kadizzle is in love with pretty rocks. Pretty rocks have green moss growing on them. The weight of the yard has increased by at least ten tons. Big rocks, small rocks, and a big rock with a hole in the middle. Mrs Kadizzle came home and reported she found a rock with a blast hole. Of course we brought it home to make a fountain out of the rock. It weight about 250lbs, but we struggled and now we have one more precious rock.

Mrs. Kadizzle is up early and going to head down to the lake for a few days. Kadizzle got up in the middle of the night to get the Payson Roundup. No opinion page. What? Maybe the Hooples will report on Friday. 

In the background Kadizzle can hear the wife listening to a commentator. The woman is amazed as is Kadizzle how the Hoopleheads can spin yesterday's news. Trump is the victim of a witch hunt. Hunting witches with facts is a new sport. Trump is doing his best to whip up some diversions, and of course the Trump lickspittles are right there to yell fake news. St. Trump is a piece of work. 

The poor Hoopleheads are under attack. The truth is raining down on them. The Arizona liars, Kari Lake, and that bunch of deniers are having their last breath in court. St. Donald is on the ropes, and of course we are frightened about the immigrants making their way toward our sandwiches. 

With all this bad news the Hooples can get each other the greatest Christmas present. Imagine the smile on a Hoopleheads face if he found a pack of Trump trading cards under the tree. Frank, and Jeff B. can now trade the Trump cards Maybe Frank will have to give Jeff B. two cards with the lasers coming out of Trump's eyes, for one of Trump in a superman suit. Oh, the fun Frank and Jeff B. will have. Just imagine those two on Christmas morning with their Trump pajamas on. A tree decorated with a Go Brandon flag on top, or maybe a Trump angel. No doubt they will get new gun holsters and lots of ammo to shoot the "Radical Left " when they attack. The stockings will be stuffed with Trump bumper stickers and Trump 2024 flags. It will be glorious. Don't forget with the Trump cards you get a chance to have dinner with St. Trump.  Frank, and Jeff B. could have dinner with Trump and he could tell them lies right then and there. Could it be any better?If Frank, and Jeff B. win the dinner with Trump maybe they can go in the restroom where Trump has hidden classified documents. 

No doubt Trump will show them all the classified information about Hunter Biden's laptop. They will pee their pants anticipating their return to Payson to tell the Tea Party about their adventure in the Kingdom of the Donald. They might get to play a round of golf with the Donald and watch him cheat. 

Frank and Jeff B. Open the window shades

Kadizzle just checked Fox News, no mention of Trump's problems today. One of the most historical things ever to happen to a president, and Fox News missed it. Wow Frank, Wow Jeff B. Wow Tea Party Gang are you really that blind. They recommend criminal charges against your hero, and Fox does not even mention it. You have to be kidding. You just cannot fathom that you live in a vacuum? 

Fake news, fake news, buy some Trump trading cards for $99 each. Why is a billionaire selling trading cards? The Hoopleheads are spinning faster than wind generators. Reality got suspended today. The cult leader is in deep trouble, and we will just ignore it. Of course Frank and Jeff B. did not watch the hearing today. Their brains could not face the reality. They are in love with the Cult master, the Donald. St. Donald to them. Do we really live in this distorted world?

Had to double check the Fox News website. No mention of the hearings today. Imagine if a nuclear bomb was dropped on New York City and Fox News did not report it. You would think Frank and Jeff B. would sense something wrong. Nope, just another day. 

Fox is doing it's best with a diversion about the border problems. Can't see the game Frank? Its called a fake, a diversion. 

Chinmaya Dunster - On Sacred Ground

Thought you might enjoy this. Give it a chance. This is a lesson in how to think slowly. Many times quick conclusions get us in trouble. Slowing down has so many benefits. Kadizzle hikes slower then the other guys, and he seems to see more. Kadizzle calls this mumble walking. You have seen an old person stumbling along mumbling haven't you? On the trail Ken has become a fan of mumble walking. Winky and Cliff like to go fire ass style. They miss a lot. Slowing down is a key to a long life. Accidents do not usually seek out the slow people. When you back your car into the mailbox slowly it is much more fun than the ramming technique. Old people are slow. Think about it, that is how they got to be old. They did not rush into anything. 

Sun Struggling to rise

The longest night is close upon us. The NYT had an article about darkness. The article mention the fact that LEDs have made lighting cheap, so what do Americans do? Leave the lights on all night. This cancels out the real gain from energy efficiency.  Seeing the night sky is wonderful, but the same people who leave the light on all night are the same people with a gun strapped to their side. What are they afraid of. If you keep the light on you will at some point still die, and then it will be plenty dark. 

 Arizona is a strange state that tries to follow the dark skies initiative. Since the state has many large telescopes darkness is essential. Long ago we visited in Rimrock. There were no street lights and the skies were full of stars. It was wonderful.  

The city slickers love lights at night. When they come here to the boonies they always want to leave the porch light, and garage lights on all night. The sneakers don't seem to care. The sneakers still manage to steal their share of the GDP.  If sneakers could be stopped with lights we need to shine a bright one on Trump. 

The rat will be on display today when they have hearings about what to do with the rat. Like the lickspittles that bow to Trump, odds are no one will have the courage to put the rat behind bars where he belongs. No person has ever had such clear evidence against them and still remained at large. If you lie do it often and go big, that is what we learned from Trump. 

Be assured of one thing, the Hoopleheads will be tuned to Fox, and will not know a thing about what their king did. Ignorance is bliss, right Frank, Jeff B.?

Fake news will be on the loudspeaker at the Trump rat nest. Trump yelled yesterday " Kangaroo court".  Kadizzle just checked to see where the term came from.  The term refers to judges jumping from court to court and acting too quickly. No one could say the Jan 6 hearings acted to quickly. Of course it will all go over Frank, and the Hooples heads. 

Jailing Trump, or at least keeping him from running would be like an enema for the Hoopleheads. Once their god is rinsed from their system perhaps their brains could function again.  The Hooples are watching Trump fade and now have to pick another messiah. No doubt there will be competing crazies. Just how crazy should you be? Trump set the bar pretty high. 

The Rise of the Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else | ENDEVR...Frank, Frank, watch this.

Frank will not watch this. The steam coming from his ears would blow him apart. Republicans cannot comprehend this. Jeff B. will not watch this.  Amazing, but about 86 people now have as much wealth as the rest of the world. 

Sixteen Tons - Southern Raised (low bass singer cover)

Kadizzle came across this song, and it brought back memories of his life as a coal miner. Thinking about loading coal, Kadizzle thought about operating a shuttle car. As a shuttle car operator Kadizzle could load about 20 tons in under two minutes. The shuttle car hauled the coal from the miner (the machine that cut the coal lose and dumped it on the floor) to the conveyor belt. A loading machine was behind the miner and that machine could load the shuttle car in under two minutes. Things have changed. In modern mining they use longwall miners.  These machines are much more efficient than what Kadizzle was involved with. 

They ae spying on me

If you listen carefully you can always find the latest buzz going through the minds of the Hooples. Recently Kadizzle has randomly spoken with some Hoopleheads. Lately the right wing media has been pumping the Hooples full of the idea the government is spying on them. An old gay Hoople said the government was intruding on his video chat. Another Hoople warned how Alexa spies on you.  Last but not least was the person who said they did not want the government controlling their thermostat.  

Paranoia is the water that quenches the thirst of idiots. Fox News, and all the other right wing sales agents always feature some " The government is after you" plot.  Why do the Hooples like to think someone is after them. Of course someone is always after their gun. Another sub plot is someone is after their money, guess who. Yup, it is the welfare cheats. 

Now imagine what a massive effort it would be to spy on everyone. Thousands of people, maybe millions would have to be sitting somewhere listening to all the Alexa's in the world. Sadly what would they hear? They would hear the TV in the background, and maybe some family fights, along with a whole lot of nothing. That makes no difference, it is fun to think the government cares what you are doing. 

Now flip the coin. The local Hoopleheads searched the internet to find everything they could about Kadizzle. What did they do with the information? The Hooples twisted and lied about what they found. Now listen closely. If you are just going to make stuff up about people what need do you have to gather real information?  The Hooples themselves ignore real information, like all the facts indicating their favorite con man is a scoundrel. Information in the world of the Hooples is meaningless. Remember "Fake News". 

Cults rely on people who are highly capable of ignoring reality. The Trump cult has been the best display of this since Hitler. In World War Two the Japanese were operating on a Tea Party like cult atmosphere. It was the emperor who told young men to commit suicide in kamikaze planes. The current emperor Donald wants the cult to commit economic suicide buying Trump cards. 

Back to the government spying on us. Most of us lead boring lives. If the government knew where the cookies were hidden in our house, what would they do with the information? The government has spied legally on Donald Trump. Agents went to his nest and found condemning material. Nothing will happen to Trump. Another thing the government might have trouble with in court. How did you get the information someone ask? Oh, we heard it on Kadizzle's Alexa. Oh no, now everyone knows we listen to them.  When you put any Hooplehead paranoid idea to a logical test it quickly falls apart. That doesn't matter. Children learn very early the fun of fantasy. The children at the Tea Party are there to hear the fairy tales of right wing fear and how the "Radical Liberals" are coming to get your cookies. 

Part II:  Kadizzle cannot resist reviewing an old W.C. Fields clip. You cannot help but see Trump when you watch the old comedian. Fields was such an upfront fraud, and he had a dozen ways to get away with it. Trump selling his silly cards is a trick W.C. Fields would have loved. In the latest clip Kadizzle watched someone called him a tarfluffle.  W.C. Fields had no idea what a tarflufle was. A tarflufle is an imposter, just like Trump. W.C. ask the man insulting him if there are male and female tarflufles.  Just like Trump yelling fake news. Frank, take some time to review the old W.C. Fields movies and you will see what Trump would have looked like back in the old days. 

Trump treats the Hoopleheads like children

 When Trump tries to sell the Hoopleheads his version of baseball card you know what he thinks of the Hoopleheads. Trump has always preyed on those with underdeveloped minds, but selling the simple minded baseball cards with Trump hero pictures? Trump's marketing, or grifting is something you would pull on a ten year old. 

One thing the Hooples cannot figure out is why a billionair has to sell baseball cards. You don't see any of the real people with billions selling T Shirts, and trinkets to raise cash. Trump is famous for cheap scams. His college where he stole 25 million from young stupid people was a classic. 

When you think Trump can go no lower. he does. The stump preachers showed Trump how much money you can extract from a cult. Jim Jones showed us you can even ask cult members to commit suicide. Trump set his followers up for jail with his January 6th coup attempt. 

The Putins and Trumps of the world are psychopaths. They have no compunction about robbing old ladies or abusing the Hoopleheads. The ability to sell nonsense was discovered long ago. The Catholic church was the first organization to sell scary verbiage. The church fried and tortured people and the Hooples thought it was the will of God. To this very day the Mormons are telling their flock they get to have their own planet when the die. Imagine a person so shell shocked by stupidity they would give the Mormon church 10% for the chance to be God of your own planet. The Hooples always love the far off chance of winning the lottery. Is there anything less probable than becoming God of another planet. Selling chance is an old scheme by those like Trump.  Of course if you buy one of his Trump cards he is telling you that you may have a chance to have dinner with him. Wow, wouldn't it be great to tell your friends you had dinner with Hitler or one of the worlds biggest scam artist named Trump? Also Trump might autograph something for you.  Maybe you could get him to sign a paper saying " I was duped by Trump".  

What is more immoral than preying on the vulnerable. Vultures at least wait until you are dead. Trump is picking the bones of the Hooples clean.  Who in their right mind would send a man who claims to be worth billions $99 dollars. It is the same guy who is at the grocery store buying lottery tickets. It is the same guy with the Trump sticker on his car and a gun on his hip.