WTF!?!

So, in the news this weekend, an Orthodox priest has declared that what makes people gay is when their mother is carrying them and has anal sex...

And enjoys it! 

The Captain is just going to leave this right here...

 

An Open Letter to My Neighbors

Today’s blog is an open apology to my neighbors.

Dear fellow landlubbers,

The Captain extends a sincere apology for the condition of the exterior of the home port.

In truth, it has been a trying month.

At the end of June me dear mother wrecked her car in an accident that was not her fault. I have spent the last three weeks dealing with insurance companies and, ultimately, car dealerships to get her rolling again.

And I did.

In the meantime, the First Mate was preparing to host a week-long family vacation at the lake.

Ten relatives sharing a lake house for a week.

The next “reality TV” show.

The preparations were busy and stressful and interrupted by the illness and death of one of my church members.

Fortunately / unfortunately, the family set the funeral for Sunday, the day vacation started.

Regrettably the Captain wasn’t very helpful during that critical weekend.

But we survived.

The First Mate’s parents have stayed on a week after the vacation, even though we both had to return to work.

And for the Captain, “work” meant a 4-day revival at one of my churches. A dear friend preached, but that did not relieve the stress of the situation.

In the midst of it all, the roof was leaking due to high winds that flipped up several shingles on the roof.

In the background of all this was the clean-up of the marina after a freak storm that damaged four of the six piers in the marina.

The Tiki Hut was safe, but in the ensuing recovery effort, she has been shuffled from slip to slip as workers have needed to do the necessary repairs to the piers.

As usual, your Captain has tried to be patient and understanding, but on Wednesday, when I sought to take her out, the Marina employees didn’t know where The Tiki Hut was.

“We normally move them to the main pier; you could look there.”

No, YOU look there! I am not going to wander around the whole freakin’ marina looking for my boat!

And then there was the usual stuff.

Did I mention I had to go back to work?

So yes, dear neighbors, because of the constant rains this Spring / Summer, the shrubbery has grown to where it is brushing the overhang of the roof. Weeds have grown up as tall as an elephant’s eye.

[The grass is only mowed because we pay someone else to do it.]

I was hoping to begin addressing these shortcomings immediately, but as of this writing I have another church member hanging on by a thread.

And a funeral to attend in the morning.

And the saga of my dear ol’ mother is not yet ended.

And all the usual stuff…

I’m sorry. I need a vacation…

More Outrage!

Continuing the line of outrageous news stories reported in my last blog [the woman who was shot but accused of manslaughter… the rapist who was let off because he was an Eagle Scout…], today’s bit of outrage concerns another rapist.

Read on, dear mateys.

So, this Church of God preacher was accused of raping his adopted daughter multiple times starting when she was 14 until she turned 16. He was convicted on multiple felony charges and faced the possibility of 72 years in prison.

This is when the Captain lost it: 30 members of this pervert’s congregation showed up and pleaded that he be released.

“He’s a good Christian man!”

“Our church needs him!”

And the judge, looking at this “good Christian man” who had done “so much good” for his church and his community while also raping his daughter multiple times over two years, sentenced him to only 12 years in prison.

Mates, the Captain is definitely upset by the judge’s sentencing. 

But I am totally outraged by the congregation’s pleading to let a convicted rapist go!

They want him back in the pulpit of their church!

They still want him to be their pastor – their spiritual leader – even though he raped his daughter!

What the hell is wrong with these people?!?

You see, it’s not just Donald Trumpf anymore.

Yes, Trumpf, who commented during his campaign that he could shoot someone in the middle of 5^th Avenue and not lose a single vote.

Yes, Trumpf, who has been plausibly accused of raping and abusing women many times.

Yes, Trumpf, who has filled our White House with scandal upon scandal.

And yet his base voters still support him!

The Republican party still supports him!

Evangelical Christian leaders still support him!

The man is vile! He is putrid! He is a blight upon our nation!

And yet the likes of Jerry Falwell Jr. and Franklin Graham defend him at every turn!

And now that shit is leaking out into other arenas of life.

There is no justice.

There is no accountability.

The Captain is not even sure if common sense still exists!

If Trumpf is not voted out of office in 2020, our beloved nation is seriously screwed! With no possibility of him getting re-elected in 2024 – unless his enablers in Congress change the law – he will have free reign to do whatever he likes over the next four years.

That is a thought your Captain does not relish.

Captain’s Note: You say, “Surely that won’t happen! Surely Congress won’t change the election laws, the term limits on the Presidency.” Based on what I have seen the past two years, I think it’s a very real and terrifying possibility!

So vote!

Trumpf must go.

McConnell must go.

All of Trumpf’s political appointees must go.

Dignity, accountability, and the rule of law must be restored.

Before it is too late.

A Rant About a Lizard

[Mates, no pictures today. This is a pure rant. If you don’t want to hear it, move along.]

The Captain was in the process of writing a post about the current battle being waged against abortion rights in America, but it has gotten derailed by other idiocy going on in my world.

Actually, the current abortion battle is about a woman having control over her own body.

As has been noted by others, a woman can have sex with 200 men and only get pregnant once, whereas a man can have sex with 200 women and impregnate all 200 of them; yet men are still writing laws concerning a woman’s sexuality!

Captain’s Note: Did you know there is a law in at least five states requiring doctors to tell patients that a chemical abortion can be reversed? It can’t be, but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from writing these stupid laws!

But what triggered my anger about abortion was the news that a pregnant woman in Alabama was shot in the abdomen during an argument with another woman (about the parentage of the fetus). The fetus died, yet the shooter was set free; the pregnant woman was charged with manslaughter.

According to the local sheriff, the woman intentionally endangered the life of her unborn child by engaging in the argument. He maintains that once a woman becomes pregnant, her only job is to protect the fetus.

Apparently pregnant women in Alabama are supposed to stay at home for nine months?

[Charges have since been dropped.]

But that almost seems sane compared to the almost-daily barrage of reports of judges letting teenage rapists go because “he was a good boy with a bright future”. I thought we were past this, but the latest is the case of a teenager who raped a drunk co-ed at a party, filmed the whole thing with his cellphone, and distributed the video to his friends for a month with the message, “My first time was a rape!” But because he was an Eagle Scout, made good grades in school, and was likely to go to a good college (not just any old college, mind you), the judge let him go free.

Captain’s Note: Yet another argument to dismantle the Boy Scouts completely!

Fortunately, an appeals court was outraged by this verdict and now the [alleged] rapist will be re-tried, this time as an adult.

And Donald Trumpf is still President!

OMFG!!!

He has taken over the annual 4^th of July fireworks show in D.C. and is turning it into the military spectacle he had wanted to his inauguration – complete with military jet flyovers, marching troops, and tanks (at least on display at the fringes). Such deployments cost the U.S. military millions of dollars, and the U.S. Parks Department has had to divert millions more to cover the extra cost.

To make matters worse, the GOP has been given VIP tickets to hand out to its largest donors, putting them front and center for the overblown “bi-partisan” extravaganza.

If Trumpf’s speech (yes, he is giving a speech) turns into a campaign rally (which it probably will), the American public will be paying for it.

Which is a violation of all kinds of ethics rules.

But what does Trumpf care? He continues to stonewall Congress on so many fronts, he has instructed his people to ignore subpoenas, etc., and although the Supreme Court ruled against his request to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census, his people are planning to keep the question on the form.

But this week the craziness got personal.

Because all the Captain’s problems are not “out there”.

On Sunday the Captain’s dear mother was involved in an automobile accident.

She (and my niece who was also in the car) is fine, thank you for asking.

Her car is not.

She was sitting at a traffic light. When it turned green, she went. But another motorist ran his red light and a collision resulted. The police report is clear: the other driver was at fault.

So on Monday the Captain called the other person’s insurance company to file a claim.

It is GEICO.

I tell you that because, should you ever be involved in an accident, you need to pray GEICO is not their insurance company.

After dragging their heels for three days – during which time I spoke with their adjustor several times, and sent them the police report and photos of my mother’s car – the little green lizard declared that its customer was only 80% at fault and they would only be paying 80% of her claim.

Maybe.

Now, how is it that the other driver was only 80% at fault, you ask? According to the lizard’s representative, it was my mother’s responsibility to look and make sure another car was not going to run the red light before moving into the intersection.

Which reminds the Captain of an old joke that goes like this:

Two friends were out driving one day. The carefree driver zipped around town and when he came to a red light he proceeded on through. His friend pointed out, “Hey, you just ran a red light!” To which the driver said, “It’s okay. My brother drives like that.” This happened a second time, and again, the passenger cried out, “You just ran another red light!” And again, the driver said, “It’s okay. My brother drives like that.” But when they came to a green light, the driver slammed on the brakes. The surprised passenger, thrown against the windshield, yelled, “What did you do that for? The light was green!” The driver said, “Yeah, I know. My brother might be coming…”

Sometimes you just have to laugh at your misfortune.

So now my dear sweet mother has been without a car for 3 ½ days, and there appears to be no end in sight to this travesty of justice. GEICO said she could rent a car and submit the receipt to them later and they “might” pay up to 80%.

How do others survive this?

The damned lizard hasn’t even looked at her car to assess the damage.

My guess is the car will be declared a total loss… but we don’t yet know.

I have consulted an attorney but have not received a response.

So we are filing the claim with Mom’s insurance company, State Farm, who promises to fight that little bastard lizard on her behalf.

And I am worn out.