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From Mummy Feet to Teddy Bear Nightmares: News That'll Curl Your Toes
Trump's sudden dismissal of the Epstein files as "radical left Democrat" fabrications raises eyebrows, particularly since both Epstein and Maxwell were arrested during his presidency. What exactly is motivating this abrupt desire to "move on" from a scandal that's captivated public attention for nearly two decades? The timing feels suspicious, especially considering authorities seized evidence while Trump was still in office.
The news cycle takes an even darker turn with two profoundly disturbing stories that showcase humanity's bizarre side. A Wisconsin hospice nurse amputated an elderly patient's frostbitten foot without permission, planning to display it in her family's taxidermy shop with the ghoulish warning "Wear your boots, kids." Despite facing charges that could have resulted in 40 years imprisonment, she escaped with no jail time and minimal fines. Meanwhile, California authorities were sent scrambling after discovering what appeared to be a teddy bear wrapped in human skin—later revealed as a macabre creation from an Etsy shop specializing in horror props. The shop's robust 4.5-star rating suggests a disturbing market demand for such nightmarish items.
Between political distractions and genuinely bizarre news, it's easy to lose focus on what matters. As Miranda Devine suggests in her New York Post piece, perhaps this Epstein drama serves primarily to distract from more pressing political concerns. Before wrapping up with lighter fare about salad preferences, there's a recommendation for Mr. Shons' thought-provoking guest post "Four Revolutions That Need to Happen If We Need to Save the Republic" at anamericanist.com. In a world where truth increasingly seems stranger than fiction, maintaining perspective becomes more challenging—and more necessary—than ever. What strange headlines have caught your attention lately? Share your thoughts and don't forget to subscribe for more morning musings that venture beyond conventional headlines.
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Good morning, good morning. Good morning, it's Monday. Man, where did the weekend go off to? I don't know. It went by so fast. Let's see. We have a couple of disturbing stories for you, but before I get into that, let's talk about Epstein Files and Trump for a second.
Speaker 1:He put out on his Truth Social. I guess it was Saturday morning, maybe Maybe it was Friday night, I don't know, I can't remember, but y'all. Now he wants us all to move on from the Epstein files and get this. He says that it is documents made up by the radical left Democrats, just like the dossier and the laptop and the Russia hoax, all of that. What in the world is going on? Why do you think he wants us to move on from this? Now I wrote a couple of pieces.
Speaker 1:One on the Victor Girls was my latest. One on the victor girls was my latest one on the victor girls blog, asking this kind of the same question. You know, is there any real, after nearly two decades, of all of us out here hyping it up and talking about it? Maybe there really isn't anything there, or or what's really probably happened is they were all that. All of it was destroyed because they had plenty of time to do so, when four years of Biden was in office. Now, get this, get this. Remember, though, epstein was arrested, and so was Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested when Trump was president, so they seized all of this when Trump was president. So they seized all of this when trump was president. So I'm just saying, you know, hmm, makes you go. Hmm, all right, let's move on to these disturbing stories. I don't know why I picked these things. I just think they're fascinating, but they're kind of gross too.
Speaker 1:All right, hospice nurse who amputated patient's foot without permission for use in sickening taxidermy display escapes jail sentence. What, oh my gosh? What is wrong with these people? A Wisconsin nurse who amputated a patient's frostbitten foot Okay, here's what I don't get. I thought frostbitten feet were from being in the cold, but this is not so In this case. We'll read on. She removed a patient's frostbitten foot without authorization and planned to use it as a ghoulish display in her family's taxidermy shop was given a sweetheart plea deal in which she will serve no jail time and she'll only got to pay $443. 443. Why 443? Where do they come up with these amounts? I don't know. Mary k brown is her name, 40, she's 40 years old.
Speaker 1:Pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor. Misdemeanor charge of negligently abusing a 60 62 year old patient at spring valley senior living health care campus. Oh my gosh, oh. The patient died days later, so she's not being charged with murder, though no definitive link was made between his death and the amputation. According to criminal complaint, she was initially charged with intentionally causing great bodily harm well, I guess so and mayhem and physically abusing an elder person. But the felonies, which could have been carried a maximum of sentences 40 years were dismissed after pleading guilty to a lesser charges. Why, why, why did they offer her to plead guilty to lesser charges? I mean, this is insane. If I was the family, I would be highly pissed off. So get this.
Speaker 1:The victim, doug McFarlane, was being treated for severe frostbite in both feet after suffering a fall in his home. His feet had become necrotic, remaining attached to his leg by only a tendon and two inches of skin, and he was moved to hospice care later After cutting off his right foot, which she referred to as mummy feet, she told nursing home colleagues she planned to preserve the foot and display it in a taxidermy shop owned by her family. As a graphic warning about the dangers of frostbite. She planned to display a sign with the foot that said wear your boots, kids. According to the charges, this lady is gross and sickening and I don't know why they offered her lesser charges. All right, moving on, another gross and disturbing yes, I know, gross and disturbing.
Speaker 1:Monday, a teddy bear purportedly wrapped in human skin left on California sidewalk, spooking locals and cops, in a twisted prank. That is right, folks. You've seen it all over X this morning. It not real, it's a prank. It's not real skin that we know of. Okay, here we go.
Speaker 1:A teddy bear that appeared to be wrapped in human skin was left on a sidewalk in california of course california spooking locals and authorities who opened an investigation into the gruesome find, which is believed to be a twisted prank. Um, so this person evidently bought this, these, somebody makes these on, they have an Etsy shop and they make. They have a picture of it too. By the way, if you go over to my ex file and click on the story, I don't have a picture of it. It's gross. It's gross but it's not real. Um, otherwise, I don't think they have a picture of it. Apparently, this person has an Etsy shop that does this kind of thing. Why, I have to ask why Is there a demand for this? Apparently? And here's the thing, now that they know this is an Etsy shop person, watch, this person is going to be inundated. Flooded with orders. Now this is gross, okay. Flooded with orders now this is gross, okay.
Speaker 1:Uh, authorities in california, san bernardino county, rushed to a local convenience station on bear valley road yes, it's bear valley road after receiving reports of human remains left outside. Around noon on sunday, they found a teddy bear sitting on the sidewalk, but the figurine lacked the typical soft fur the Cuddly Kids toys are known to have, and instead featured an almost leathery, human-like skin that had been stretched and pinned to its body Y'all I'm this is gross. Its body y'all I'm this is gross. The bear, too, featured humanoid. Okay, let's move on to the. Okay, we're moving on with two.
Speaker 1:I don't want to describe it well while the investigation continues. The bear may very likely have been planted on the street at some sort of as some sort of prank etsy seller dark seed creations said, taking credit for the horror movie prop yes, I made the bear in the news video. Yes, that's my Etsy shop screenshot on the news article. Yes, I did ship that bear to an Etsy customer in Victorville, california last week. Yes, you can still order one too. No, I did not have any knowledge of the buyer's intentions, nor was I involved in a prank on the other side of the nation from me.
Speaker 1:The user wrote on facebook dark seed creations, a shop on etsy with four and a half star ratings, sells an array of macrby products, all featuring human-like skin on normal objects Ew, why? Like ties with faces on them or a stomach-churning $100 human leather baseball hat? Ew, why do you do this? Why would people want this type of thing? This is gross. I'm not going to finish reading that. Ugh, my stomach is turning.
Speaker 1:There's another story here I have from the New York Post, if you want to go read it. It's from Miranda Devine and she. This is what it says Epstein drama is an unnecessary distraction for Trump admin and plays into the hands of malign Dems. So there you go, go read that piece. A lot of people are saying don't be distracted by this. You're playing into the Democratic's hands with midterms. Don't fall for it. Keep steady, keep focused, keep Republican and conservative All right.
Speaker 1:We need to move on to the question of the day. Oh, but before I get to the question of the day. Please go check out my blog at anamericanistcom. Mr Shons has written a guest blog post over there and it's called the Four Revolutions that Need to Happen If we Need to Save the Republic, and it's a very good piece. It makes you think. He gives you just enough information to make you go, hmm, and maybe think for yourself. It's a great piece. Go read it and share it too.
Speaker 1:All right, question of the day what goes on your salad or what goes in your salad? I like to have you know, of course, regular lettuce, romaine, whatever iceberg. I don't really like spin, I'm not necessarily a spinach or anything like that. I like my regular iceberg or romaine lettuce. Then I like cherry tomatoes, bell peppers meaning you know the red, yellow, orange ones cucumbers, maybe some green onions Do you call them green onions or do you call them shallots or scallions or shallots, I don't know. I call them green onions salads, I don't know. Uh, I call them green onions. Um, I like, just almost.
Speaker 1:I don't like raw, I like okay, I like baby carrots, but I don't, I don't like carrots in my salad. I don't really particularly care for that. I don't really like cheese on my salad either. So I'm a pretty basic, boring person when it comes to salad, and I like thousand Island dressing. Uh, is this a funny thing is I didn't used to like it when I was younger, but now I love it. Okay, that's it. That's the question of the day. All right, gotta go. Thanks for listening and love y'all. Bye.
