Monday Morning Smile

 

Regarding Chalie Kirk's Death

 BREAKING: A prominent Black influencer goes viral with a powerful post about Charlie Kirk, condemning the assassination as "absolutely horrific" while being bluntly honest about how history will remember the right-wing demagogue.

It's crucial that we push back on attempts to whitewash this man's hateful legacy...

"America lost Charlie Kirk a couple hours ago, violently, tragically, and in a moment that was recorded, and is circulating social. I will not post it because it’s absolutely horrific," wrote The Hungry Black Man wrote to his 300,000 followers on Facebook.

Kirk, a hardcore pro-gun advocate and professional racebaiter, was tragically shot and killed yesterday at Utah Valley University. The killer remains at large.

"Charlie was not a figure of grace or empathy," continued The Hungry Black Man. "History will not remember him as a voice of unity or a champion of justice. He will be remembered for the words he chose, words that often wounded and divided. As he lay bleeding out onstage, those words, once weapons, became dust."

"When he was shot, he was speaking about one of America’s deepest wounds: mass shootings," he went on. "When asked about school shootings, his response was not measured compassion but deflection. 'Counting or not counting gang violence?' he said, as if the grief of families who send their children to school only to bury them could be minimized by a technicality. And then, almost instantly, a shot rang out. He fell, his voice instantly silenced."

"This is not eulogy-flattery," he continued. "This is memory. We remember the things he said about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 'MLK was awful. He’s not a good person.' We remember his calculation on gun violence: 'I think it’s worth … some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.' These are not the words of healing, not the words of unity. And yet they, too, are part of the ledger he leaves behind."

"So what do we do with a legacy like this? First, we tell the truth. We acknowledge what he said, how he said it, and the hurt it caused," he went on. "Second, we resist the temptation to let violence beget violence. For if this act tells us anything, it is that political violence has become a siren call to the unhinged, a spark they would gladly use to ignite the tinderbox of racial and class resentment. Today it was a conservative voice silenced. Tomorrow, it could just as easily be a progressive one. We must not let this become the currency of politics."

"We should also understand the warning buried in this moment," he wrote. "What we say matters. How we live matters. The words we choose, the causes we defend, the way we treat one another, these become the bricks of our legacy. Kirk’s words were often sharp, sometimes cruel, but they are now etched into his memory as surely as his death. Let the rest of us take note: legacies should be rooted in love, in justice, in equality, not in division or deflection."

"Rest, if you can, Mr. Kirk. May your final act teach us something lasting: that even in grief, we are called to choose better," the post concluded.

Kirk's assassination is a dark moment for America and it's a direct result of allowing a country awash in guns to descend into hyper-polarized politicization. His death is a tragedy, but so is every death caused by gun violence. If we want to create a safer, more peaceful nation we must turn away from the hateful rhetoric that Kirk spread and embrace a vision of America where equality and understanding are celebrated.

FUCK FOX AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS THERE

 I don't give a shit that Charlie Kirk is dead.  He was an evil human being and I'm glad I don't have to see that goofy face anymore.

Now we have Brian Killmead saying on the morning of September 10, 2025,  advocated for the killing of mentally ill homeless people during a discussion.

link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/brian-kilmeade-fox-news-host-kill-homeless-b2826035.html

Fox News is getting dangerous by saying things like this that get MAGATs stirred up. WTF is happening in this country?

THIS Wacko

 

Monday Morning Smile

 

Drumpf is collapsing

 Trump’s 2AM meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren’t part of a predetermined strategy — they’re collapse. A malignant narcissist, weak and unhealthy, colliding with the one thing he can’t escape: DEATH. And his team knows it, which is why they’re going full-fascist now. (THREAD 🧵) 

As a psychologist, I can tell you: when malignant narcissists lose control, they don’t fade quietly. They escalate exponentially — rage, smear campaigns, humiliation, projection, even violence. Every move is about punishing those who expose their weakness to claw back control. 

This isn’t “toughness.” It’s disintegration. In my field we call it narcissistic mortification: the sheer terror, shame, and dread of being forced to confront one’s own fragility. To them, it feels like annihilation — as the false self they’ve lived behind for decades shatters. 

Mortification hits with both physical and psychological shock — chest pain, burning, panic, humiliation, obsessive thoughts. They feel exposed, worthless, desperate. That desperation is what fuels the meltdowns you’re watching play out in real time like an SNL skit/horror film. 

For Trump, the trigger is being faced with his own mortality. He can’t sue death. He can’t cheat it, bribe it, or con his way out of it. It’s inescapable. And for the first time in his life, he’s powerless — and the panic shows in every crazed rant/wild attempt to project control 

That’s why you see him suddenly fixated on things like getting in to heaven (LMAO NEVER going to happen, Don), legacy, and being remembered. Humiliation is the narcissist’s deepest wound — and nothing humiliates more than colliding with the truth that you can’t escape the end. 

The Epstein files serve to make this terror far worse. Not only do they expose what he’s spent 30+ years concealing, but if they surface after he’s gone, he can’t spin them. The thought of being defined by that humiliation — with no power to control the narrative — is devastating 

When narcissists face both mortality AND exposure, collapse deepens. They don’t reflect or accept responsibility. They deflect, rage, lie, smear, and escalate authoritarian grabs. Anything to keep the mask intact just a little bit longer — no matter who gets hurt in the process. 

So when you hear “Many people want a dictator” understand: it’s not strategy. It’s the desperation of a cornered man. His inner circle knows his health is failing, which is why they’re sprinting to consolidate power for Vance and others before Trump’s decline makes it impossible. 

And this makes him even more dangerous. A collapsing narcissist doesn’t calm down — they grow increasingly volatile, reckless, impulsive, and destructive. His unraveling is personal, but its consequences — given the office he occupies — will not just be national, but global. 

History shows what happens when leaders in collapse drag nations into their death spirals. The personal breakdown of one man becomes political crisis for millions. That’s exactly what we’re seeing now. 

Trump’s rants aren’t strategy. They’re symptoms. His unraveling isn’t just about him — it’s about the danger of what desperate men do when humiliated and terrified. As a psychologist, I see this clearly: Trump is unraveling. And he wants to take America (and the world) with him. 

Trump isn’t “playing 4D chess.” He isn’t following a plan. He’s mentally unraveling — and when men like him unravel, they burn everything around them down. That’s the terrifying moment we’re in. And it’s everything those of us in mental health warned about for years.

🧵END🧵 

written by 

Andrew—#IAmTheResistance—Wortman

@AmoneyResists

A True Leader

 

Eyes on the South - Katrina 20

 In this brand new #EyesontheSouth feature, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Clarence Williams documents the impact of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans’ recovery as a survivor. He writes, “‘Katrina 20’ is more than just a collection of photographs; it is a testament to the enduring strength of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity.”

Content warning: This photo essay contains graphic content, including images of deceased individuals. Viewer discretion is advised.

Reflect on the visual narrative here: https://oxfordamerican.org/eyes/katrina-remembered

Williams also created a page that documents the 10 year anniversary of Katrina https://oxfordamerican.org/eyes/the-katrina-decade

Before and after pictures presented by VOA here

https://www.voanews.com/a/destruction-of-hurricane-katrina-2005/2934747.html

In the days following the storm - it took FIVE DAYS for any Federal response - Green Day's song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" became popular in Katrina's wasteland.  Here's a youtube video to give you and idea of what was going on, waiting for Bush and FEMA
https://youtu.be/BlmaCBn1djk?si=EBqjQjtX15LrWvZ1

Time Waster for a Monday

 

First word I saw was Progressing

Monday Smile Returns

 
I'm still alive and feeling pretty good.  As long as I can, I will be publishing when I can.

Thanks for visiting!

Twenty Years

 I remember creating this blog in 2006, right after Katrina.  

I was a babe of 50 years and had just gone through an experience of my lifetime, along with the rest of the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

I'm now 70 and am dying of fucking cancer.  So I'd like to finish this up with this last post.

This blog encompasses our collective fear, loss, sadness and rebirth.  I'm proud of what I've put into it:

It contains posts about Ray Nagin, mayor of "The Chocolate City".

LINKS:  https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/31361101?q     

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Post Katrina was the era of the New Orleans blogosphere.  Some VERY GOOD writing came out of this.  Here are the links to the writing of those folks from that time.  

Combing thru my list of Katrina related blogs created in 2006, I am making a list here of the blogs that are still available to read.

Toulouse Street , in my opinion the best Post Katrina blog. The writing, the feelings and pictures Mark Folse creates were addicting to me.

Michael Homan's (RIP) account of going through the storm and the aftermath was riveting as well as heartwrenching.

Mosquito Coast, written by Swampwoman. You'll get a good feeling of how it was back in July of 2006.

After the Deluge, by Josh Newfeld . Josh remembers events via comics (not the funny kind), using real people's experiences after the flood.

Varg Vargas, an artist and reverend, recalls the haunting and hilarious after the storm in New Orleans.

NOLAblogger brings back those "great memories" from 2006.

Library Chronicles . Jeffrey - who acts like the grumpy old man he WILL BE in 40 or so years - will give you a great perspective of what was happening in his world back then.

Metroblogging New Orleans. Check out the list on the right side of the screen for the blog authors. The ones that begin with 'no_' are your post Katrina blog observations. Good reading here. Especially Craig.

MANY  more bloggers at this link:  https://archive-it.org/collections/7625


If you read any of the links above, I hope you will come away with a bigger picture in your mind about the way this area has healed since Katrina the bitch visited us. Thanks to all.

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If you need a laugh, take a look at my #MondaySmile posts

https://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/search?q=Monday+Smile

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For a while, I shared my  photos of interesting windows in the NOLA area

https://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/search?q=windows+wednesday

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Here are posts detailing the rebirth of the Gulf Coast, from 2006 to 2010-ish

   https://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/search?q=rebirth

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Thanks for reading this blog.  And goodbye.