“When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.” ~ Maya Angelou
Posted by Michelle Moquin on August 11th, 2016
Good Morning!
Olenka: Sorry to make that mistake about your name.
Yes, I read about the Russians and their drug use. One of the US Olympic swimmers Lilly King has been pretty verbal about not being happy with the IOC’s decision to let the Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova compete after being linked with a World Anti-Doping Agency report into systematic government-backed doping in Russian sport.
Bridget: I agree with Zen Lill. That tape was over the top. Why anyone still listens to him is shocking. Oh yeah…sorry forgot he is white. That seems to be the common thread lately between those that get away with shit or are pardoned, and others…let me be clear…OTWs, that don’t. That’s a nod to you Lori.
Horace: I’m with the guy in the red behind Trump – aghast. And Thomas: I’m not buying his BS either. We all know what he meant. It’s amazing how much he gets away with because of white privilege.
I think this is a perfect time to introduce today’s topic.
Yes, it’s been in the news but in my opinion, not enough. Thanks to a dear friend who brought it to my attention, I decided to blog it. I mean c’mon, this is a man who is running for president.
From The Huff Po:
Why The New Child Rape Case Filed Against Donald Trump Should Not Be Ignored
An anonymous “Jane Doe” filed a federal lawsuit against GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump last week, accusing him of raping her in 1994 when she was thirteen years old. The mainstream media ignored the filing.
If the Bill Cosby case has taught us anything, it is to not disregard rape cases against famous men. Serious journalists have publicly apologized for turning a blind eye to the Cosby accusers for over a decade, notwithstanding the large number of women who had come forward with credible claims. And now history is repeating itself.
In covering a story, a media outlet is not finding guilt. It is simply reporting the news that a lawsuit has been filed against Mr. Trump, and ideally putting the complaint in context. Unproven allegations are just that – unproven, and should be identified that way. (Mr. Trump’s lawyer says the charges are “categorically untrue, completely fabricated and politically motivated.”) Proof comes later, at trial. But the November election will come well before any trial. And while Mr. Trump is presumed innocent, we are permitted – no, we are obligated — to analyze the case’s viability now.
No outsider can say whether Mr. Trump is innocent or guilty of these new rape charges. But we can look at his record, analyze the court filings here, and make a determination as to credibility - whether the allegations are believable enough for us to take them seriously and investigate them, keeping in mind his denial and reporting new facts as they develop.
I have done that. And the answer is a clear “yes.” These allegations are credible. They ought not be ignored. Mainstream media, I’m looking at you.
1. Consider the Context: Mr. Trump’s Overt, Even Proud Misogyny
The rape case must be viewed through the lens of Mr. Trump’s current, longstanding and well documented contempt for women. Men who objectify women are more likely to become perpetrators of sexual violence, just as one with a long history of overtly racist comments is more likely to commit a hate crime.
Mr. Trump has relished calling women “dogs,” “slobs” and “pigs,” and cyberstalked and derided journalist Megyn Kelly for having the temerity to ask him to defend his own words. He threw out the most misogynist of attacks, attempting to undermine her professionalism by accusing her of menstruating. He’s cruelly ridiculed the appearance of a female opponent (Carly Fiorina) and an opponent’s wife (Heidi Cruz). His campaign even openly acknowledged that it disqualified all women for consideration as his vice-president.
Mr. Trump has a long history of debasing women he’s worked with, crossing the line on a regular basis. He’s taken lifelong joy in objectifying women, including his proclamation: “Women, you have to treat ‘em like shit.”
This cannot be ignored. Decades of abusive language does not make him a rapist. But it does show us who the man is: a callous, meanspirited misogynist who no sane person would leave alone with her daughter. As Dr. Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.”
2. More context: two prior sexual assault court claims have been made against Mr. Trump
But Mr. Trump has been accused of worse than just misogynist language. Two prior women have accused Mr. Trump, in court documents, of actual or attempted sexual assault. (Mr. Trump denies all the allegations.)
Under oath, Ivana Trump accused Mr. Trump of a violent rape.
First was Ivana Trump, Donald Trump’s first wife, who said under oath in a 1989 deposition that he had violently attacked her, ripped out her hair and forcibly penetrated her without her consent. According to the Daily Beast, she claims he was wildly angry that she’d referred him to a cosmetic surgeon who had botched a “scalp reduction” job (to cover a bald spot) and caused pain in his scalp – hence the vindictive yanking on her hair. At the time Ms. Trump said she felt “violated” by the alleged “rape.”
A few years later, after their divorce was settled, Ms. Trump claimed that she did not mean the word “rape” in a “literal or criminal” sense.
Note: virtually every settlement of a case involving a high profile person paying money to a former spouse – or anyone – requires the person receiving the money to agree in writing to ironclad nondisparagement and confidentiality. In plain English: you promise to be quiet and not say anything bad about the party paying you money. This has been the case in hundreds of settlement agreements I have worked on over the years. Ms. Trump was almost certainly contractually prohibited after she signed from saying anything negative about Mr. Trump. And it is also common to attempt to “cure” prior negative statements with new agreed-to language – like, I didn’t mean it literally. (You didn’t mean forcible penetration literally?)
A business acquaintance accused Mr. Trump of sexual harassment and “attempted rape”.
A second woman accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, in 1997. According to The Guardian, then thirty-four year old Jill Harth alleged in a federal lawsuit that Trump violated her “physical and mental integrity” when he touched her intimately without consent after her husband went into business with him, leaving her “emotionally devastated [and] distraught.” The lawsuit called the multiple acts “attempted rape.” Shortly thereafter she voluntarily withdrew the case when a parallel suit against Mr. Trump brought by her husband was settled. When The Guardian reached the woman in 2016 to ask whether she stood by her sexual assault allegations, she responded, “yes.”
In a court filing, according to a report, Ms. Harth alleged that while she and her husband were trying to do a business deal with Mr. Trump regarding a beauty pageant, he repeatedly propositioned her for sex and groped her, culminating in this frightening alleged incident:
Trump forcefully removed (Harth) from public areas of Mar-A-Lago in Florida and forced (her) into a bedroom belonging to defendant’s daughter Ivanka, wherein (Trump) forcibly kissed, fondled, and restrained (her) from leaving, against (her) will and despite her protests.” In the court document, she said that Trump bragged that he ”would be the best lover you ever have.”
Recently Donald Trump issued a statement that women’s claims of sexual harassment, documented in a lengthy New York Times investigation which included Ms. Harth’s lawsuit, were “made up.”
Jill Harth responded angrily on Twitter last week: “My part was true. I didn’t talk. As usual you opened your big mouth.”
In other words, she is standing by her story.
3. The new Jane Doe child rape claim against Mr. Trump is consistent with verifiable facts about Mr. Trump and his friend Jeffrey Epstein, and has a powerful witness statement attached to it.
A third woman accused Mr. Trump of rape very recently. According to the Daily Mail, a woman filed an April 2016 lawsuit claiming that when she was thirteen years old she was held as a sex slave to Mr. Trump and his friend Jeffrey Epstein. The woman claimed to have a witness, “Tiffany Doe,” to the incidents. She filed the case in pro per, that is, without the assistance of a lawyer.
The case was dismissed by the court for technical filing errors. She then obtained a lawyer and the case was modified and refiled in New York federal court, against Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein.
I’ve carefully reviewed this federal complaint. It is now much stronger than the one she filed on her own, which makes sense because she now has an experienced litigator representing her. Jane Doe says that as a thirteen year old, she was enticed to attend parties at the home of Jeffrey Epstein with the promise of money modeling jobs. Mr. Epstein is a notorious “billionaire pedophile” who is now a Level 3 registered sex offender – the most dangerous kind, “a threat to public safety” — after being convicted of misconduct with another underage girl.
Jane Doe says that Mr. Trump “initiated sexual contact” with her on four occasions in 1994. Since she was thirteen at the time, consent is not an issue. If Mr. Trump had any type sexual contact with her in 1994, it was a crime.
On the fourth incident, she says Mr. Trump tied her to a bed and forcibly raped her, in a “savage sexual attack,” while she pleaded with him to stop. She says Mr. Trump violently struck her in the face. She says that afterward, if she ever revealed what he had done, Mr. Trump threatened that she and her family would be “physically harmed if not killed.” She says she has been in fear of him ever since.
New York’s five year statute of limitations on this claim – the legal deadline for filing — has long since run. However, Jane Doe’s attorney, Thomas Meagher, argues in his court filing that because she was threatened by Mr. Trump, she has been under duress all this time, and therefore she should be permitted additional time to come forward. Legally, this is calling “tolling” – stopping the clock, allowing more time to file the case. As a result, the complaint alleges, Jane Doe did not have “freedom of will to institute suit earlier in time.” He cites two New York cases which I have read and which do support tolling.
Two unusual documents are attached to Jane Doe’s complaints – sworn declarations attesting to the facts. The first is from Jane Doe herself, telling her horrific story, including the allegation that Jeffrey Epstein also raped her and threatened her into silence, and this stunner:
Defendant Epstein then attempted to strike me about the head with his closed fists while he angrily screamed at me that he, Defendant Epstein, should have been the one who took my virginity, not Defendant Trump . . .
And this one:
Defendant Trump stated that I shouldn’t ever say anything if I didn’t want to disappear like Maria, a 12-year-old female that was forced to be involved in the third incident with Defendant Trump and that I had not seen since that third incident, and that he was capable of having my whole family killed.
The second declaration is even more astonishing, because it is signed by “Tiffany Doe”, Mr. Epstein’s “party planner” from 1991-2000. Tiffany Doe says that her duties were “to get attractive adolescent women to attend these parties.” (Adolescents are, legally, children.
Tiffany Doe says that she recruited Jane Doe at the Port Authority in New York, persuaded her to attend Mr. Epstein’s parties, and actually witnessed the sexual assaults on Jane Doe:
I personally witnessed the Plaintiff being forced to perform various sexual acts with Donald J. Trump and Mr. Epstein. Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein were advised that she was 13 years old.
It is exceedingly rare for a sexual assault victim to have a witness. But Tiffany Doe says:
I personally witnessed four sexual encounters that the Plaintiff was forced to have with Mr. Trump during this period, including the fourth of these encounters where Mr. Trump forcibly raped her despite her pleas to stop.
Tiffany Doe corroborates, based on her own personal observations, just about everything in Jane Doe’s complaint: that twelve year old Maria was involved in a sex act with Mr. Trump, that Mr. Trump threatened the life of Jane Doe if she ever revealed what happened, and that she would “disappear” like Maria if she did.
Tiffany Doe herself says that she is in mortal fear of Mr. Trump to this day:
I am coming forward to swear to the truthfulness of the physical and sexual abuse that I personally witnessed of minor females at the hands of Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein . . . I swear to these facts under the penalty for perjury even though I fully understand that the life of myself and my family is now in grave danger.
Given all this, and based on the record thus far, Jane Doe’s claims appear credible. Mr. Epstein’s own sexual crimes and parties with underage girls are well documented, as is Mr. Trump’s relationship with him two decades ago in New York City. Mr. Trump told a reporter a few years ago: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
Powerfully, Jane Doe appears to have an eyewitness to all aspects of her claim, a witness who appears to have put herself in substantial danger by coming forward, because at a minimum Mr. Epstein knows her true identity.
Jane Doe has not granted any interviews, and we don’t know anything about her background, or Tiffany Doe’s, or the details of their stories. Much information needs to be revealed to fully assess this case. Perhaps they will be discredited on cross-examination. Perhaps they will recant. But if we’re going to speculate in that direction, we should speculate in the other direction as well. Perhaps Jane Doe and her lawyer will have more evidence and witnesses to corroborate her claim. Perhaps witnesses from Mr. Epstein’s notorious parties will come forward. We just can’t know any of that at this point.
But based on what we do know now, Jane Doe’s claims fall squarely into the long, ugly context of Mr. Trump’s life of misogyny, are consistent with prior sexual misconduct claims, are backed up by an eyewitness, and thus should be taken seriously. Her claims merit sober consideration and investigation.
We live in a world where wealthy, powerful men often use and abuse women and girls. While these allegations may shock some, as a lawyer who represents women in sexual abuse cases every day, I can tell you that sadly, they are common, as is an accuser’s desire to remain anonymous, and her terror in coming forward.
What do you call a nation that refuses to even look at sexual assault claims against a man seeking to lead the free world?
Rape culture.
We ignore the voices of women at our peril.
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Readers: This is stunning, right? I mean are we really allowing a man who is accused of sexual harassment and rape to run for president? As the article states…a man seeking to lead the free world?
We hear so much about Clinton’s “emails” but so very little about Trump being charged for “rape.” This is just sickening knowing that this is out there, and women are still voting for him. Women! We’re the majority of the vote and we can’t even get women to see this man for who he is.
Even if you aren’t a huge fan of Clinton, to vote for this man who is accused of sexual harassment and rape, has repeatedly dissed women in horrific ways by name calling and making misogynist and sexist remarks (yes, I know these words are the same but I use them both to make a stronger point) who blatantly objectifies women…and now threatening Clinton…this just so puts me in a pissy mood because I am so dumbfounded and irritated by the fact that people support him. As much as I know men are going to, the fact that so many women are is just disheartening.
What more needs to happen before women come together and say “Enough mother fucker, I’m with her?” #WomanUp
George, WP: sigh…Will you ever get over the fact your wife dumped you for many a pleasurable ride on a BIG BLACK dick?
Ira: Your sentiments cannot be said enough. At best because so many are ignorant, and at worst because they’re racist and refuse to be accountable for the actions…uh..lack of actions. Ditto Silvia.
Kendricks: Again, something that cannot be stated enough during this crazy election. Because we have that open appointment and a SCOTUS appointment is for life, this election is probably even more important that we get coattail than it was with Obama.
I just love it when people make silly and stupid comments to me about Obama as if I’m ever going to change my mind about what I think of our president. I haven’t been doing my blog for over 9 years in support of him because I know absolutely nothing about him, his values, smarts, integrity, his feeling about “country,” intelligence…(I can keep going) Really?
Say all you wish as this is an open forum, but don’t expect me to cower to your derogatory comments, or think for one minute that I’m going to change my mind about a president, that in my opinion, is the best we’ve ever had to date.
Bob: Let’s make sure you have this straight. I never said, I’d like Obama to forget about Congress and make like a king. Please don’t put words into my mouth. Anything and everything Obama has not been able to do is because we have a republican Congress. Period.
They, and I am going to assume you are part of the party, are the party of no and obstructionism is the name of the game…where the players’ main goal, since Obama got into office, was to block him for accomplishing anything. That is the MO of repubs: block Obama at all costs and then bitch because he doesn’t get anything done. It’s amazing to me just how much he actually did get done in spite of that.
Read Andrew’s comment and then I suggest you go read my blog post on civics because it seems you are totally confused on how our government works.
Blog me.
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August 11th, 2016 at 3:24 pm
Hmm sickenening and if they end up ‘recanting’ it’ll be bc they were paid to shut up (or just shut up if you want to let your family live) they’re definitely at risk females though I admire them for bringing the information forward (what was the assistant thinking setting up adolescent girls this way though, she should be up on charges also) …
It isn’t an indictment or a guilty yet but there is enough back up info for me to think it’s quite possible this candidate is questionable (and may just be above the law due to lack of media coverage) rape culture indeed…we’ve got burger commercials suggesting 3 ways and all kinds of objectification going on to devalue women and said models/actors need the pay I guess (they don’t see it?!) … Anyway back to T-rump I think him and his friend may need ‘fun times’ as someone other fellow inmates bitch.
I was taken into chambers once bc I stated that I would not listen to a case as a juror about a man accused of molestation by multiple girls under 13, the judge and attys wanted to know more this the chambers…must’ve really needed a juror badly but I just said even if it were one girl I would have to have her back not that of a man accused of inappropriate fondling let alone multiple cases of it, he can hang for all I care. There were no words for a few minutes then I asked to be excused, the judge mumbled a yes.
Horrifying story and I hope it gets air time now, thanks for posting, Mischa
Luv, Zen Lill
August 11th, 2016 at 11:59 pm
Michelle, thanks for the mention. But did you notice how excited the woman next to the guy was when he explained to her what trump was alleging? She was ecstatic with glee.
I’m white, but I don’t know those people who attend those trump rallies. If I were an OTW, they would scare the hell out of me.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:05 am
Zen Lill#1, my wife did the same thing when she was on a jury. I told her that it was her civic and moral duty to stay on that jury and find the bastard guilty. It might be difficult for a person to sit through a case like that, but how much more difficult must it have been to live it.
Those 13 year old girls needed a champion when they were experiencing that creeps advances. It would be a double tragedy for them to not get justice because someone could not “listen” to what they went through.
Anyway that was my opinion to my wife.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:08 am
Sorry, Michelle, I posted to the wrong day because I followed my calendar listing of your blogs. My post was to this one by Alycedale:
Alycedale Says:
August 11th, 2016 at 11:01 pm
They have let us get into the pool. And what else we got GOLD. RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in swimming Thursday night, tying for gold in the 100-meter freestyle with?Penny Oleksiak of Canada.
Manuel and Oleksiak both touched the wall in 52.70 seconds, breaking the Olympic record by one-hundredth of a second.?Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom took the bronze in 52.99.
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Brittany Says:
August 11th, 2016 at 11:15 pm
Right on. Alycedale, my family just went ballistic. This is the first time I have seen them root for a black person in a pool. My mom loves swimming. She was a coach for 30 years.
She’s been telling us for about that long that black people can’t swim because they have too much body fat. She always said that Anthony Ervin, the only other black American to win gold back in 2000, won because it was only a 50 meter freestyle.
Mom was especially excited about this one because no American has won gold in the 100 meter freestyle since Nancy Hogshead did it in 1984. That’s 32 years ago.
Congratulations Simone Manuel. You brought the gold back to America. And put the lie to another white myth(hope) that blacks can’t swim like they used to say a black can’t quarterback in professional football.
I don’t have any black friends, accept here( I like to think I can call you friend, Alycedale. You can go off sometimes, but if we can accept the crazy bullshit from Trump, you go girl.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:12 am
Too soon to decide if it’s total bullshit or explosive, but that’s a lot more than nuisance litigants normally bring to the table.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:13 am
got nothin to say. Except contempt for Dump and for the media that so damn blind to mysogyny.
I think a lot of people don’t notice Contempt; wouldn’t know that it’s in the same family as Hate.
Notice the article finally uses the word–CONTEMPT–to describe Dump’s behavior.
Contempt towards women is a typical characteristic of groupthink that’s easy to see in certain all-male groups.
Like fraternities.
Mechanic shops.
Sports organizations.
Gangs.
State legislatures.
Congress.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:15 am
This pretty much sums it up.
Edited with a warning who may have just eaten. This is a creepy photo of Trump and his then very young daughter.
https://goo.gl/images/sLlBm9
August 12th, 2016 at 12:16 am
Blanche#6, you are quite correct. the contempt comes through so clearly, it is a wonder he has not
choked on it. how any woman with an atom of self-respect can be around him is a mystery to me. and the good old boys’ clubs will continue reveling in their contempt for women. amazing to see in the second decade of the 21st century.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:17 am
Sorry, try this one: https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.fdncms.com%2Farktimes%2Fimager%2Fu%2Fblog%2F4266104%2Ftrump_birds.jpg%3Fcb%3D1463865304&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arktimes.com%2FArkansasBlog%2Farchives%2F2016%2F02%2F01%2Fted-cruz-withstands-orange-crush-of-trump-wins-iowa-rubio-third&docid=7WZjbq1g0BvycM&tbnid=mvA1XbhPU_5FHM%3A&w=506&h=514&hl=en-US&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim
August 12th, 2016 at 12:21 am
Sonja#7, Oh god, that’s nauseating!
If this accusation proved to be true, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least. He is such a creepy lech he even expresses lust toward his own daughter in public, shamelessly! He’s revolting. I would put nothing past him.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:21 am
Michelle, You’re right, the story shouldn’t be ignored, the allegations are believable enough.
His megalomania, belief that he’s untouchable, jet-assist misogyny, the jaded sex activity he’s bragged about, the sworn deposition of rape that Ivana never went back on. There’s plenty of reason to think he has incidents this terrible in his past.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:23 am
Michelle, you will do anything to get your candidate elected. There really isn’t much to go on or even report
The accuser is anonymous. There is also the issue of New York’s statue of limitations. A judge would have to rule on that issue before the case can even move forward.
The accuser is going to have to come forward before anyone in the mainstream media will take this seriously. You can’t accuse a presidential candidate of rape 4 months before an election and then remain in the shadows and expect the country to believe you.
Also, do the Clintons really want Jeffrey Epstein in the news right now?
August 12th, 2016 at 12:24 am
David#12, this is not the first most of us have heard of this, and it does speak to his character.
Besides trump has no legs to stand on. He slanders everybody who competes against him.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:26 am
Michelle, isn’t this an old story? I’m not arguing against its significance, mind. I’m just wondering.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:28 am
I agree with you Zen Lill#1, If that man raped teenage girls, he belongs in the Big House, which is not the White House.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:28 am
Personally, I doubt it, Michelle. Epstein has long been rumored to traffic in underage girls, but I think we’d have had rumbles and rumors abut Trump before now.
In addition, the guys who have a thing about very young girls don’t generally have the kind of relationships to adult women that the Donald seems to. We’ll see. If this story does get traction wait for Bill Clinton to get splashed with it too.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:29 am
I agree Michelle, Why have the major news outlets not brought this case to light — for information as least?
August 12th, 2016 at 12:31 am
You bastards will do anything to stop Mr. Trump, who will be the next president of these United States. The Daily Beast very thoroughly covered this. they talked to every Epstein contact they could and even traced some history of the complaint past the court cases to an attempted Gawker sale years ago. They are interested – but pretty skeptical.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:32 am
Henry#16, Yeah that’s the problem. We already know that Bill Clinton’s definition of “young gals” is 20-somethings, so he probably thought (or rationalized) that Epstein’s definition was the same. Uh oh.
All in all, our best strategy re. Trump is to stick to using his own statements on video, that he cannot deny. Anything that isn’t backed up with that kind of hard evidence, he can argue or obfuscate.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:33 am
The Media and officials ignore this, they ignore the emails sent to foreign nationals asking for campaign donations but they jumped all over Bill and Hillary (along with Loretta Lynch) for Bill speaking with A.G. Lynch before they both boarded their respective planes. I guess they should have just snubbed each other.
August 12th, 2016 at 12:34 am
Mr. Trump told a reporter a few years ago: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
August 12th, 2016 at 1:28 am
How Can I Reduce Nasal Mucus?
How Can I Reduce Nasal Mucus?
I have a continuing problem with mucus. I’ve been checked for all types of allergies and everything shows up normal. I’ve tried nasal sprays, antihistamines, and probably every antibiotic over the years and nothing has helped.
My sinuses run all day—so much so that my throat is sore sometimes and every morning I’m coughing up mucus that has drained into my chest. Can you give me any suggestions?
First, it would be advisable to eliminate all milk products. Pasteurized milk is sometimes hard to digest and it can produce mucus. If you have a source of “certified milk” (raw milk), try it—it shouldn’t cause the same problems.
You also need to drain the sinuses and there’s only one way to do it: lie on your back with your head hanging down backward off the edge of the bed. After they’ve drained, you need to get some type of antiseptic into the sinus cavities. Salt water can be used when placed in a nasal spray bottle.
The best antiseptic I have found is a substance called D.A.G., which can be purchased at most health food stores. D.A.G. is made from sea water, iodine, and seaweed. Certain herbal teas help break up nasal and chest mucus, especially Fenugreek tea. Chest mucus can also be broken up by sipping fresh warmed lemon juice (about ¼ cup) with a little honey.
There is also an herbal combination that works well for a lot of people. It’s called Sthenos, made by Chemedic Company, Inc., and it can also be purchased at your health food store.
August 12th, 2016 at 1:32 am
That was low, even for you Michelle. I hope the bitch chokes on that black dick.
August 12th, 2016 at 1:37 am
Yeah, Michelle, I shut my husband up when I cut out and posted your blog on civic in our living room and our dining room.
Out 3boys and 2 girls got an eye and head full. They started challenging the stupid shit their father has been spouting for 21 years.
Oh, how good it is!
August 12th, 2016 at 1:38 am
OMG are you stupid George,WP, she’s swallowing it and loving it.
August 12th, 2016 at 1:42 am
George,WP, it is not aways about the big dick. I left my husband with a bigger dick than the black guy I left him for.
Joel has a smaller dick than my ex husband, but he knows how to move with it when it is in my pussy. All my husband knew how to do was shove his big dick into me like I was a piece of stubborn concrete and he was using a pile driver to break through.
August 12th, 2016 at 1:44 am
George,WP#23, like trump you can dish it out but oh how you complain when it comes your way.
Oh, and I’m sure she is choking on it real good!
August 12th, 2016 at 1:49 am
Zen Lill#1, I had the same experience a few months back. Only the judge refused to dismiss me. I sat through the trial and it made me sick to discover how long the creep had been getting away with his disgusting behavior.
When the verdict of guilty was read to him, he smiled and sat down. The judge gave him 5 years, with 2 off for time served. He will end up serving 1and a half years. The 12 year old girl that we convicted him for raping over a 2 year period killed herself because of the negative press she received.
August 12th, 2016 at 2:39 am
Maurice, I walked through that little chat in my head myself and then I decided I couldn’t listen and the people who could listen would know to put him away.
As Keisha stated, pedophiles who prey on young girls often get the guilty as charged but the time for the crime is patheticly lame and as she stayed above often it’s the girls who pay the real price for his unwanted actions.
Keisha, it’s a fact that girls or women often don’t come forward bc of that fear, that a man will walk and they’ll end up taking the heat. A very sad ending for a young girl who’s only ‘crime’ was being a young girl.
David, hmmm, the woman are anonymous bc of fear for their lives if they are exposed, what part of the article did you miss? When and if the case is pursued and they can be protected we will likely find out true identities.
Why that Epstein is out walking around is amazing, he must have protectors himself bc if everyone knows about his ways, why hasn’t he been bright up on charges? White male privilege plus power equals immunity?
Joyce, yes I dont care who you are, presidential candidates included, you harm young women you go to the big house.
~ ZL
August 12th, 2016 at 7:01 am
Simone Biles has barely won the All-Around Gold and the racism has already started.
To the “media loves her just because she is black” crowd: The media loves her because she is the greatest ever at her chosen sport. She won by a wider margin than the last 9 all around champions COMBINED!
I’m sorry it offends you that a black woman is the greatest ever at a sport that has historically been lily white. Personally I’m proud that America produced such an amazing athlete, and that even from very difficult life circumstances our country allowed greatness to thrive.
She is the epitome of American greatness and your kneejerk whining is the remnant of our country’s lingering darkness.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:03 am
Not taking anything away from this young gymnastics phenomenon, but it’s nevertheless amazing how much attention she’s getting by the national media because she just happens to be an African-American, also.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:04 am
Don#31, You just took something away from this young (American) gymnastics phenomenon. Dixie. It’s a new world. Why don’t you join us?
August 12th, 2016 at 7:05 am
Don#31, I don’t agree at all. All the U.S. gymnasts who have finished with gold have been given this much attention. Nadia Comanici (Romanian) did as well.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:06 am
Don#31, That’s just BS. This is one of the biggest events of the summer olympics (at least for Americans) and she’s no more hyped than Mary Lou or Nadia.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:07 am
I’m sorry but I see the media just doing their black political correct thing, who is Mary Lou or Nadia? do not see them. only see this black lady all over the places.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:09 am
Simone Biles looks like she could be a close relative of RG3. I’m NOT saying she looks like a man.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:10 am
I know very little about gymnastics, but here’s what I saw: Raisman and Biles were heads above the others on the floor exercises in degree of difficulty, the speed at which they completed their routines, the smooth transitions from one element to the next, and the height that they reached above the floor.
The latter was incredible, and then to land like that? I can’t even imagine the talent and work that those routines required. Congratulations to both of these young women, and thanks for representing the USA so well.
The Olympics is one of the few places (pictures of our armed forces serves this as well) where people around the globe can see what makes the USA unusual— our diversity in background and ethnicity.
We are not unique in this respect (think our northern neighbor Canada, as example), but we and the countries like us are still unusual in this world to be able to transcend race, religion, ethnic origin, and gender in our ability to allow God-given attributes to shine. Go USA, and NEVER FORGET one of the characteristics that makes us great.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:10 am
Biles’ dominance and Raisman’s poise in the face of the juggernaut are both to be commended. Well done. Let’s hope our track and field athletes can keep up the display next week.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:11 am
I find that media poses faces of african american players more than players of other races. check it out yourself.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:12 am
Carolyn#39, winners get their pictures in the paper
August 12th, 2016 at 7:12 am
Carolyn#39, let that racism just flow right out, ya piece of crap.
August 12th, 2016 at 9:01 am
Refer to #30 Luisa, sorry to all else but Simone nailed it all by a WIDE MARGIN seriously what part of that is not just PHENOMINAL to you?! *smh*
~ ZL
August 13th, 2016 at 10:01 am
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