Hi there Cuties,

Here is a real world truth that you can count on.

If you have a secret and you absolutely do not want others to find out then you need to keep it to yourself.

That's right.  Tell no one.

Or as a friend once told me "tell only one other person then shoot them."

Take for example the fact that I was transgender.

I discovered by myself at the tender young age of seven that I was not like all of the other little boys running around in 1966.

In fact I was a little girl who was cursed with a little boy's body and in America during the sixties they had a habit of using electro shock therapy or other nasty things to get you straight.

I guess all it took was an overactive imagination to tell me that advertising that fact would go very bad for poor little me.

Years later I joined Uncle Sam's Misguided Children also known as the United States Marine Corps and considering how they treated gay service members was enough to help me keep my yap shut about it.

I also managed to get myself married/divorced several times and when the last ex-Mrs. me finally heard about my transition years later she was upset that I never trusted her with that secret but if you knew her you would know why I didn't want her to blab it around the world as I knew she would.

Looking back over my life I guess for once I did the right thing.

I did tell one person however and he turned out to be the only person who could keep a secret.

Not because they really cared and cherished the fact that I told them.

Of course I am talking about the "invisible sky daddy".  

Of course I ended up blaming him for having such rotten customer service.  Either that or having a bad sense of humor.

Go figure.

The Epstein Files

 I saw a post on Facebook that made so much sense that I had to share it with you.

Of course this was about Soon to be Ex President Dump Trump and it said

To me that makes perfect sense.

I mean there has to be something in that list that the Trumpster doesn't want us to see.

He even got the FBI to write a report that says:  "As part of our commitment to transparency, the

Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted an exhaustive review of

investigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein."

It goes on to say that: "This systematic review revealed no incriminating "client list."

They go on to say that the files contain a large volume of images and videos of illegal child sex abuse

material.  

Of course they say nothing about the "missing minute" which I saw when I reviewed the tape (and you

can to). Right at 11:59 PM the tape jumps to 12:00 the next day.  The memo is suspiciously silent

concerning this discrepancy which makes you wonder if they just cut out that portion to hide what

someone may have done.

Here is the link if you want to review it like I did.

Video Link

FBI Memo with Link to Video

My opinion is this whole thing stinks like last weeks garbage rotting in the sun.

Do I believe what our "wonderful" government is trying to tell us?

Yea, sure, and if you believe that I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

Mark Twin said:

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

What do you think?

The State of the Union (Holy Shit Batman)

Hi Brothers and Sisters and all others still above ground,

 You haven't heard from me for a while because I haven't been able to look at the news without plunging into a dark pit of depression.

This thing that so many people call America looks more like a Spielberg or Marvel style epic of what if the Nazi's or Hydra managed to infiltrate the American political and managed to get their puppet elected.  The first order of business is the slow erosion of everything that use to make this country worth being part of.

Gone of many of the rights that last year we all had and more are leaving with the stroke of a pen every day.

Concentration camps are being erected as fast as evil corporations can build them before filling them with anyone they can snatch and grab before throwing them in for final solutions can be used to remove them.

Things that we use to be able to freely do are now considered illegal acts in some states and the number of those states is growing.

Martin Niemöller wrote:

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

I can almost hear the masked troopers pulling up for me.

 Hi everyone,

You haven't heard from me for a while because I have been very disappointed with the direction this country has decided to take.

Of course I'm talking about the new President Elect Donald J. Trump and company.

Many of my fellow transgender Americans share my feeling of dread at the thought of what this maniac will do after he and his group of clowns takes office.

I know he has said many things about what he intends to do:

1.  Remove any definition that does not define gender as anything other than what the doctor assigns at birth.

2.  Kick all transgender military personal again.

3.  Enact a bunch of tariffs on imported products.

4.  Begin his mass deportation program.

Of course there is more on the horizon for all of us to look forward to.

One part which he originally touted as being something he was going to fix right away was the price of groceries, a promise that he has since backed off saying that he may not be able to fix this.

The other promise that I have heard is that he will make gas a lot cheaper than it was under Biden.  When asked how his only answer is "drill baby drill".

I'm not sure what he understands about economics but personally I think he slept through much of that class.

The President of the United States does not have the power to raise or lower the price of gas except through the addition of removal of taxes.

Petroleum providers all operate in much the same manner.  When the price of crude oil is above a certain level which makes drilling and refinement profitable and as long as there is a demand for fuel that people are wiling to pay then they will drill.

If the demand for fuel goes down or the price of drilling goes up then companies like Exxon and Chevron will slow down or stop the production of crude into gasoline until the demand goes back up or the price of drilling goes down.

This happened during the COVID-19 pandemic when many Americans were forced to shelter in place and very few of us were out there driving around.  

Trump was president during this time and his answer to this problem was to encourage oil companies to cut production until prices came back up.  Once they did (at the end of the pandemic) they have stayed around that level with little change.

Let's face it.  No company will willingly give up profitable business.

That's only good business.

We see that all across the board in the increase of prices for literally everything from clothes to food to rent.

If they can raise prices and make more money companies will.

Companies like Walmart, Target, Chipolte, General Mills and Starbucks have recorded record profits for 2024.  

Why are prices going up?  

Profit.

Think about it.

Whose getting more boob jobs?

Okay, this one made my jaw drop.

There was a study called "Prevalence of Gender-Affirming Surgical Procedures Among Minors and Adults in the US," which showed that out all the kids that had gender affirming surgery in 2019 approximately 96.4% of those kids were between 15 and 17 out of 150 boob jobs 146 of the surgeries were performed on cisgender boys who had gynecomastia who had boob reduction surgery.

That's right Republicans.  The majority of kids having boob jobs were regular, otherwise normal boys who for whatever reason developed unwanted breast development.

So no Mr. Trump.  The left is not mutilating our children by turning them into sex-changing freaks.

Here is the article published in LGBTQ Nation.

Discrimination

Hi everyone,

First things first.

I'll be willing to bet that the vast majority of my readers (all 6 of them) think they know what discrimination is and what to do if it ever raises it's ugly head at them.

What I'm about to tell you may shock you but I doubt that there is a human being on the planet that is not currently engaging in wide spread discrimination.

In fact I will go out on a limb and state that my readers (yes, all 6) are also engaged in discriminatory practices on a daily basis.

But Meeka, how can that be?  Why I have never once discriminated against anyone in my life.  I swear.

Well boys, girls and others, here is were the rubber meets the road.

The fact is we all discriminate in fact that's all we do.  Why just today when you were picking out your lunch you were discriminating against the rye and the pumpernickel in favor of the white bread which you paired with American cheese, black forest ham and mayo. Sounds yummy doesn't it?

Discrimination by its very nature is the act of picking and choosing either in favor of one item over the selection and use of another.  Broccoli instead of peas.  Pasta rather than humus.  Etc.

And for the most part it is not illegal.

However, if the reason for the discrimination has to do with one or more of the protected statuses listed in Title 7 of the Federal Code of Regulations and only in certain circumstances.

So Meeka, you say.  How the hell can I tell if I have been discriminated against and what can I do about it?

Simple my loyal reader.  You reach out to a professional who knows the law and knows how to go about getting it enforced.

Yes, there are a lot of people who have hung out their shingle in this field so where can you start?

Joseph & Norinsberg is a large firm with offices in more than a couple of major cities but of course they are only a click away.

Take a moment and check out their page on LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace https://employeejustice.com/lgbtq-discrimination-in-the-workplace/.

I think that just reading this guide (which is extensive) will give you enough information to help you take that next step.

Sun Tzu said "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."

Ghosted

Hi everyone,

This is a painful subject because unless you are a very fortunate you have had to deal with being ghosted by some of those in your life.

What I'm talking about is when someone from your life before you came out had a place in your life and responded to and initiated communication with you, and now that you have announced to the world that you are in fact transgender and since then they have been conspicuously absent and silent.

I'll give you an example.

I have a relative who pre announcement had a place in my life and when locality or subject came close to each other we would talk, sometimes meet to catch up and share our lives.

Now this is someone who I have known since their birth.  I watched them grow and learn and become an adult and they have accomplished much to be proud of, rightly so.

But since the day I came out to my family and friends I have not heard a word, not one, from this person.

At first I thought it may be because during most of his life he was told that he was very much like me growing up.  Apparently we faced many of the same challenges and found some of the same ways to deal with them.

I thought maybe he was afraid that the people in his life would assume that he would take after me in other ways, i.e. come out as transgender like me.

I can tell you that if that were true, I would be there for him just like I have always been there for him regardless of the issue or problem.

But just because he likes some of the same things that I do or he reminds his mother of me does not mean he will follow me down every step that I have taken.

But here comes the problem that I am looking for a solution to...

What do I do to the ghosts in my life?

Do I continue to offer my support?  

Do I wait patently for them to decide to reach out to me? 

Or do I grant them the freedom they desire and cut them out of my life?

Don't get me wrong this one person is not the only ghost that I have in my life and frankly I am getting sick and tired of carting around the baggage of their personal issues with my life choices.

Here are the options:

1.  Continue to do what I'm doing right now and silently watch from the sidelines, having no active part in their lives.

2.  Excise them from my lives and treat them as though they were really ghosts in the afterlife.  Accept that they are gone from this world and if we are all fortunate then perhaps we will meet up in whatever comes next.

Personally I am leaning towards number two.  Just start treating them as if they had died in some mysterious incident and only look back on the good memories of the times we had shared.

Now there are people who have been forcibly exorcised from my life and often times this is due to the toxicity of the relationship as a whole.  I mean the only healthy option is to cut them out and leave them out there to drift forever.  

So what would you do if one of these ghosts suddenly decide to pop back into my life?  

I guess I would have some questions and some requirements before opening the door to let them back in.  

I would require an explanation why they treated me like shit and why should I even think about changing my mind.

I mean, why are they suddenly wanting back in now? 

If it is because they hope to gain something from me I would have to respond the same way they responded to me when I invited them to be part of my new life.