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Once again into the breach! This is my Nth blog, for those of you keeping count. This blog has a special purpose, that purpose being that I am writing a novel in 30 days for National Novel Writing Month and I need your support. I will be writing an average of 10 pages a day. I will be conducting research in nearby towns. I will be printing out scads of pages. I will probably need to have pizza delivered.

Your contribution will help with the purchase of printer cartridges, bus fare to Querétaro and Guanajuato, and what passes for pizza in these parts.

My goal is to raise $200, but there are stretch goals! If I raise $500, I will commission Graham Chaffee to illustrate the cover.
If I raise $1000, I will be able to print physical books via Amazon. If this happens, I will send a copy of the book to everyone that has donated $50 or more.

There are "prizes" for donations.
Donate $100 and pick the name of a character in the novel, receive the special edition ebook, (and receive a physical book if I reach the top goal).
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Donate $25 and receive the regular edition ebook.
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Thursday, September 10, 2020

Polishing Turds and Kissing Pigs

 Polishing a Turd and Putting Lipstick on a Pig


These two picturesque phrases indicate in similar ways the idea of dishonesty trying to improve the appearance of something of no or little value.


The first phrase, however, indicates the futility of making a turd shiny (and thereby attractive) because it will still be visible as a piece of shit.


The second phrase, putting lipstick on a pig, offers the idea of beautifying something, making it more attractive than it is to a gullible person, such as touting a worthless stock as being valuable. The idea is that the lipstick applier is concealing the true nature of the thing he is trying to sell.


I was thinking about these two phrases this morning, as they relate to Donald Trump and his followers. Our current crises have been either created or made worse by Trump and his administration henchmen—and he’s gotten away with it by using the two techniques of turd polishing and pig beautifying, just as he’s gotten away with all manner of scams his entire career.


And you’d think by now, his base would have figured out that they’ve been kissing pigs and eating shit. Obviously, some supporters have learned this, some quite recently, and have left the fold.


But those that are staying? Will they ever be convinced that Trump is a bad man? Will they ever realize that they’ve been lied to along? Even if we can stop Trump now, is there hope that these ultimate victims of Trump’s duplicity can be recuperated?


I’m thinking no. These are people that cannot be brought to reason for the simple reason that they LIKE to eat shit and kiss pigs. In fact, their favorite thing to do is getting fucked by lipsticked pigs and their favorite food is shit.


Look, I don’t want to kink shame. I don’t want to judge. I’m a live-and-let-live type of person. The problem here is that we’re not safe from these shit eating pig fuckers because they also want to force everyone to eat shit and fuck pigs, and they expect us to like it. Or else. Or else we can die face down in shit, our corpses humped by pigs.

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