Long Suspected

 

Morning

Remember a year or so ago, when a photo would be a white rectangle with a small colored square in the upper left corner? For the past week, some photos have again been failing to render. I've found that a mouse click on it will usually bring up the missing image.

Unlike the comment issue I had yesterday, for some reason. There seemed to be no fix for that.

Many have long suspected that Epstein and Maxwell trafficked in both genders. One man, Sascha Riley (Barros), an Iraq war veteran, spoke out two months ago --- and Mainstream Media seems to be not only ignoring it but questioning the validity of his accusations. As usual. Male victims of sexual abuse and / or domestic violence are very rarely believed.

While SNOPES has tried and failed to get evidential corroboration to connect Riley to Epstein, Trump, or other noted men (Lindsey Graham, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan are mentioned) Riley accuses, it admits stonewalling by agencies, which cited privacy issues or lost records. It shouldn't surprise anyone that when men report abuse and / or violence of this nature, law enforcement rarely fully investigates or documents it.

My take: It should surprise no one that male victims exist. Why? Because, for Epstein and Maxwell, it was all about making money; serving wealthy, prominent people who could afford it.

Have a good weekend.

Life is short. Play naked.

My Anxiety

Morning

My anxiety went down as soon as his plane took off. It was nice to have three days to recover. We did whatever running around and errands we needed to do on Friday morning and spent the rest chillaxing.

Blogger is not cooperating (again!) today. I wasn't able to leave comments for everyone on my rounds.

Have some Monday Giggles

No Shame

This is something of a delicate subject for me...and it's never been covered here on the blog. Domestic abuse is not reserved to the realm of men against women. The most unreported cases by victims are men. Statistics say that 1 in 4 women are victims; 1 in 7 are men. It's believed that those numbers would be equal if men reported the abuse. Straight guys are even more afraid to file a report than anyone. They are afraid of the ridicule by the police; and denial by the justice system.

In November 2017, police were called to the scene of a double murder-suicide. A man had shot and killed his wife and 5-year old (?) son, then shot himself in the head. Upon further investigation, it was revealed the man had called police numerous times, filed complaints, filed charges that went nowhere, and asked for restraining orders.

Just as there's no shame in what you were born with,

 

take no shame in protecting yourself.

Male or female, if you are a victim of domestic violence, do not remain silent. Tell someone, seek help, seek shelter. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline:

1−800−799−SAFE (7233) or TTY 1−800−787−3224