Yeah, I don’t know. This kind of thing makes middle-aged liberals feel edgy and rebellious. They watch, pout, and feel ferocious.
The scenes from LA are sad and embarrassing but there are many people who will find inspiration in the dysfunction.
Yeah, I don’t know. This kind of thing makes middle-aged liberals feel edgy and rebellious. They watch, pout, and feel ferocious.
The scenes from LA are sad and embarrassing but there are many people who will find inspiration in the dysfunction.
I’m really shocked at how easy it is for me to read in French. I haven’t practiced for a year, yet reading goes as a breeze.
The human brain is extraordinary.

Very happy for you. It’s the right decision, and it’s going to be amazing. I have no idea how this thing works but work it does in the most extraordinary ways.
Yes, psychoanalysis had a magical effect on my life but it’s not only that. N might not even be alive today without it. I also recommended it to several relatives and friends, and it worked for all except one who dropped out after two sessions.
My recommendation is prepare to be frustrated and work through it. Psychoanalysis is not therapy. It doesn’t aim to soothe you. Soothing has a temporary effect. You will keep needing more and more. That’s why I don’t recommend therapy. It’s situational and doesn’t have an end point. The real transformative change only happens through frustration. If you feel there’s something you really don’t want to talk about, it’s a sign that this is what you need to talk about. I didn’t explain this to the friend who quit, and her analyst immediately identified the pain point and went for it. She wasn’t prepared for that and couldn’t tolerate it.
Accept that you don’t know how your mind works. If you did, you wouldn’t need to seek help. Also accept that you don’t know how the process works and don’t need to understand. Like when you go to a dentist for a root canal, you open your mouth and sit there. Relax, relinquish control, and let the specialist work. Also, prepare for the realization that what you think is your problem is probably not remotely the actual problem.
Another thing is, don’t plan what you’ll say on advance. The more spontaneous it is, the better. If you need to sit in silence, then do that. Don’t try to understand the process through logic.
Do it, my friend, and prepare for wonderful things that are about to start happening.
Can anybody explain why remittances haven’t been taxed so far? And why they will only be taxed at 3,5% even now? The whole point of exporting illegal migrant slaves for many countries (and for the slaves’ families) is to get these remittances. They should be taxed at 15% at the lowest. Ideally, I’d go to 30%.
This is the best way of stemming the tide of migration. And the best part is that not only will it cost nothing, it will be very profitable.
The suffering of these poor people who are thrown out and forced to migrate by their horrible, greedy families is a tragedy. I know such people, and my heart bleeds for them. They want to be back home, living their lives but they are forced to remain in exile, slaving away and living in terrible conditions to finance some ludicrous whim of more valuable family members. Sometimes, the families keep the migrants’ young children hostage. If you don’t send grandma a thousand dollars this week, you won’t get to see your 2-year-old on FaceTime.
I know stories that would make your hair stand on end. And we can stop all of this by simply taxing remittances. There’s no argument against doing it, none.
I’m behind on the Q&As, for which I apologize. I will start catching up immediately. Here’s one question:

These sanctions are a nothing burger. There have been years of sanctions, and they have had zero effect. Russians don’t react to poverty or a plunging standard of living. The only people impacted are middle-class, and they are a tiny percentage. Nobody gives a crap about what they want.
The problem is much bigger. Nobody knows what to do. Trump is trying to recreate Hillary’s “Russia reset” that was a re-creation of George W Bush’s policy which was a replay of Bill Clinton’s policy which was identical to Bush Sr’s policy. Thirty-five years of doing the exact same thing and getting the exact same terrible result not because anybody wants a terrible result but because nobody knows what else to do.
I also don’t know what to do. There was a chance to spare us all this crap back in 1990. That chance was pissed away. Since then, nobody found the courage to state openly why it was pissed away. You can’t solve a problem you are afraid to name. So we are stuck. We will continue beating our heads against a wall that grows thicker with every hit.
In order to avoid placing unaccompanied minor children crossing the border into “cages”, the Biden administration sent them to unvetted volunteers. These were random people who wanted to take in these children for unknown reasons. There was no supervision of what the volunteers did to the children that the American government gifted to them. Nobody tracked them, nobody knew where those children are.
Then the volunteers started raping them. The whole operation was one huge gift to pedos. Example:
A 37-year-old illegal immigrant man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing at least one teen girl who the federal government sent to live with him as part of the Biden administration’s scheme to place “unaccompanied alien children” in the homes of unrelated, loosely-vetted “sponsors.”
Wilson Manfredo Lopez-Carillo was arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office in Florida on May 22 and charged with three counts of sexual assault on a minor.
Of course, we’ll never know about most of these cases.
Given that the vast majority of Americans wants to put an end to mass migration, this exercise in human trafficking was conducted by the Democrats against the express wishes of the people.
This was supposed to be a debate about Canada with a Canadian film-maker who disagrees with me on things I’ve been saying about the Canadian election. But it turned out to be very non-confrontational. Posting it anyway with a promise to get off the subject of Canada because enough already.
I’m in favor of using 26 as the new age of adulthood if we also raise the voting age to that same limit.
Russians want Trump to be impeached. That’s interesting!
Are you for Trump or Musk in the ongoing showdown?
I’m for Trump. Musk should go into rehab for his drug addiction.
Trump is panicking really badly. Internal polling must be atrocious. If he hadn’t gotten himself into the Iran quagmire, we’d…
“one of her compositions. Atrocious” It’s like temu Dr. Seuss….
OT: In other terrible news… Musk is severely limiting Starlink in Ukraine (probably at Trump’s request since his jihad to…
“Cage a Swallow Can’t You But You Can’t Swallow a Cage Can You” is one of her compositions. Atrocious.
Another literary AI scandal: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/10/caine-prize-winning-short-story-seems-be-ai/688967/ Telling line: “the writers implicated in three major literary scandals this year were all nonwhite…
Really? I’ve always heard about her poetry. Autobiography of Red, The Glass Essay (which, confusingly, seems to be a poem…
For some reason, this was announced as awarding a poet when she’s not really a poet. It seems to be…
“her most important work is in prose” From what I gather she’s also done translations from Ancient Greek that those…
He’s great. I touched upon him briefly here: https://clarissasblog.com/2018/06/16/canadian-literature-exists/
Robertson Davies is a Canadian writer I’ve long thought intriguing …and entertaining!
The Ukrainian one, at least in my part of Ukraine, doesn’t have any poppy seeds. Not that any kind of…
In SA, the things people are most hostile to are mass immigration from the rest of Africa and separatism. I…
Your mother sounds interesting. I will pray for the repose of her soul and for you. By the way, I…
I’m sorry to hear of your loss, and I’ll be keeping you and your family in my prayers. As for…
My parents wanted to be buried at a cemetery that’s about an hour and a half’s drive from Montreal. It’s…
I’ve also been disinherited. This confuses people. Because she didn’t have much of a relationship with my sister, while I…
“kutia. It’s a really yucky dish” I’ve had the Polish version (associated with Christmas) made with wheat berries instead of…
My grandmother died at the hospital like your mother in Canada. One of the best things was that we did…
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It’s a good thing your mother isn’t around to hear this…
Well, I’m realizing my joke isn’t really funny with the warning that it’s coming, but oh well.
VERY open. Everybody is treating me like a precious vessel and I’d rather go back to being the crass, crude…
Let me know if you’re open to a dark, tasteless joke about this situation (you’ve mentioned Ukrainians enjoying this but…
Sorry for your loss and for being away from home through it.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family.
Peace and strength to you and your loved ones in this difficult time
My condolences, Clarissa
I am very sorry. Please accept my condolences.
My condolences.
I am sorry Kid.
Condolences Clarissa. Stay strong.
You and your sister are in my prayers, Clarissa.
I am so sorry for your loss, my dear friend. Ol.
Sorry for your loss Raymond R
Deepest condolences for your loss. Processing it will take time and is liable to come in bits and pieces rather…
I am sorry for your loss. Your family is in my prayers.
It often takes a while for things like this to hit emotionally. I’m sorry for your loss.
I’m sorry, Clarissa.
I’m sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing.
I am sorry for your loss. There’s no correct way to grieve and it sounds like you are accepting where…