Mental Compartments

Keeping focused yet balanced

May 20, 2025

This letter is a little long. Feel free to scroll to the bottom and skip today’s rant, see some nice pictures. But rant I must. An entire planet is being destroyed by one insane person.

I need to break up my day into compartments. In one, I vent and write, read the latest absurd news, vent some more, learn more…

In the other compartment, I find the joys of life. There are many. I try not to mix the two. For the last week or two I have been trying to have more of the latter. Hence, less posts.

But I woke up today (yea, again!) and asked myself, what could be worse than the loss of the rule of law? What could be worse than a MASKED national police force of questionable characters grabbing people at random off our streets?

The answer is obvious. But we don’t talk about it enough. For many reasons. Our attention is dominated by sensational bad news that is “breaking” every moment.

The credit rating of our nation is downgraded! Tariffs on, tariffs bigger…no smaller, 90 day pause. On again, off again? A deranged child is playing with the world’s economy as if it were a Monopoly game! The uncertainty is unprecedented. Economic chaos.

The president of the United States is INSANE and wildly INCOMPETENT!

Let’s not worry about the mental acuity of past leaders. Let’s stand back and evaluate the current president’s behavior. Let’s live in the present moment.

This is from “Today’s Edition” by Robert Hubbell (highly recommended for facts and perspective)

In just the last month, Trump has

Shared the statement that former President Obama should be tried before a military tribunal for treason
Claimed that he invented the word “equalize.”
While on his recent trip to the Middle East, posted that Taylor Swift is no longer “hot.”
Called for the investigation and prosecution of Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, and Oprah for appearing at Kamala Harris campaign events.
Hours after the public firestorm over Signalgate erupted, Trump said he “knew nothing” about it and asked a reporter to fill him in on what was happening.
Claimed he didn’t sign the presidential proclamation that invoked the Alien Enemies Act that was used to deport hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador.
Claimed not to be in charge of the administration’s positions before the Supreme Court regarding the return of Abrego Garcia.
Posted a bizarre video of himself playing every instrument in an AI rendition of a Journey song. You must watch: See it: Trump posts bizarre video of himself playing Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing'
Repeatedly and consistently demonstrated the inability to string together two consecutive coherent sentences.
And recently, $trump traveled to the Middle East.
Not to help the people of Gaza.
Not to condemn Hamas and demand their surrender.
No. Instead…

Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi - kidnapped and killed by Saudis

$trump embraced MBS - the Saudi prince who ordered the murder and dismemberment of a journalist for the Washington Post.

$trump accepted a $400 million plane from Qatar - the oil rich dictatorship that shelters and supports the leadership of Hamas. Have we forgotten the October 7th massacre? Sounds a wee bit antisemitic to me!

In our small town, masked men are kidnapping people in front of CVS and Trader Joe’s. It is a Horror Show.

Random kidnapping. Crazy ass economic policies. Hugging the enemies of Israel. Insanely inept cabinet members like RFK, Jr and Hegseth and Noem…the list!

But what IS worse than all this? Recently, Paul Krugman, an economist, expressed it better than I can in a column titled “Is This the Year We doom Civilization?”

MAGA calls the “Climate Catastrophe” a hoax. Which is nonsense - realistically and scientifically. Not addressing the Climate Change exacerbated by fossil fuels and modern living is insane and criminal. More so than any other political position in the history of human existence. Imagine a crime where an entire planet’s zillions of organisms are threatened with extinction. What could be worse than that?

Saudi Arabia is planning for a future with less oil. China is leading the world in developing green sources of energy. And America? We are now fully in what must be termed the “New Dark Age” of science denial. Despite producing record breaking levels of oil and gas last year - the US is essentially energy independent - the $trump administration wants to “drill, baby drill”. On publicly protected land. And he is attempting to kill the progress made by the Biden administration to promote sensible sustainable energy. Our current president is clearly insane and stupid when it comes to basic economics. “Clean energy” is cheaper!

AI overview:
”In 2025, multiple climate tipping points are projected to be triggered if current global policies remain unchanged, according to new research. These tipping points, where small changes can cause large, potentially irreversible shifts, could have devastating consequences for humanity. Scientists are highlighting the risk of collapse in major ice sheets, dieback of tropical coral reefs and vast forests, and other environmental changes.”

”World on course to trigger multiple climate 'tipping points' unless action accelerates.”

In the meantime, protest we must. Our legislators should be receiving a deluge of emails, calls and letters every day. And to the streets we must go. June 14th will be the biggest display of our utter dismay. Show up with the rest of sane America. Sign up now to make it clear how big this protest will be.

Don’t turn on the TV to watch $trump’s $100 million parade. IGNORE IT. Then ask Congress to pass a bill for Donny to pay for his own birthday party. He’s got the crypto (graft) to cover it nicely.