Cleanliness Is Next To Donaldness!

The Domestic Donald video on the right won't make it any easier not to have some kind opinion about the Donald and his race for President, but it does illustrate the concept that anything we might see, think or believe  now is merely a snapshot of this current moment.          That said, enjoy this short video of the Donald hawking laundry detergent :)

Rep Cleve Loney's Vendetta- Why?

http://montanalegislature.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=17987

http://billingsgazette.com/news/group-pickets-in-front-of-child-protective-services-in-downtown/article_834a4b52-1d91-5442-b88c-e7b078e6e54a.html#utm_source=billingsgazette&utm_campaign=most-popular-tabs-2&utm_medium=direct

Does anyone know how he has managed to get himself elected?

Check this out

Zachary Klundt Sentencing Today

I expected to be there while Zachary Klundt was scheduled to be sentenced for terrorizing long time health care provider Susan Cahill by trashing her clinic at 2:00 p.m. today. While the young Mr. Klundt was apparently struggling with some life issues and addictions after his divorce, but his crime did not happen in a vacuum. You may be aware, or you may not, that Klundt's mother is heavily involved with our local pregnancy crisis center. Update 

 A large nicely framed "Golden Rule" Norman Rockwell print hung right inside the entry to Cahill's clinic on Meridian before Michelle Reimer, director of our local crisis pregnancy center, bought the building to evict her.

Rumor has it that Reimer let the building go back to the bank some time after Zachary Klundt ruined this picture and every picture in Susan's newly reopened clinic on First Avenue East. Every picture. Why on Earth did the police/ prosecutors wait until yesterday to reveal that Klundt was coordinating with his mother before he chose to smash the pictures of Susan's family?

I know that Susan was looking into Restorative Justice in Kalispell without much luck, but anything else is insufficient address to the choices that created this tragedy.
Five Years

She's Beautiful

In the past, my thoughts about transgendered persons have been really all about me. First of all, there is the awkwardness of having to ask how they want to be addressed and not having a clue about proper etiquette for the situation. Then there is the gratitude  that I would never have to have the experience of making the difficult choices about how to proceed with life simply because I am what I was born to be.

 Caitlyn, though tempts me to say "I'll have what she's having"
 

Brunch With The Unholy Trinity Was Last Sunday

I don't get it, there are so many decent people that support them.
Why?  Millions of Montanans want to know.

Easter Feast

Enjoy this interesting read about the links between Passover and Good Friday, particularly notable because they fell on the same day this year.

Is Easter Christian or Pagan?

Oregon man purposely donates 33 bitcoin cents to the Snowden Fund in defiance of Obama's executive order.
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Church attendance as an indicator of political preference.

Have you considered nutrient density rather than strict calorie counting to lose weight?

God rest your soul, Sarah Brady, you were quite brave to fight for common sense gun laws. Is the second amendment (as well as racism) a byproduct of the slave trade? Are the Moors to blame?

Enjoy your Easter today for tomorrow we will look at Mithras, Dionysus, Attis, and Horusas. Also, we can take a look at policies that affect families and poverty.

Restorative Justice

to focus on healing the harm caused by crime;

to require/expect the offenders, to whatever extent possible, to take responsibility for making amends and healing the harm they've caused;

to recognize that crime is a community problem that can be addressed successfully only with active community participation -- not by delegation to law enforcement agencies, courts and corrections systems.

Although restorative justice might not be appropriate for someone that bites the head off of a hamster, it is certainly appropriate for a young man that terrorizes a physicians assistant by trashing her office.