Normalcy is long gone. And your optimistic tone is obnoxiously one-sided. For half the country, things have never been worse. Ask any normal family and they’ll tell you grocery prices are out of control. Gas prices are out of control. The moral fabric of society is unraveling. Marines are being left to rot in enemy territory while a America-hating anthem kneeler is brought home and celebrated. Everything is upside down. This is not the America of yore. And this pathetic administration, from our bumbling, virtue signaling excuse of a president to cross-dressing luggage stealers, are hellbent on destroying this country from within. Don’t be fooled. They LOATHE normalcy. However, the answer is not Trump or any of the nutjob election-denying politicians seeking office. The answer is a more moderate Washington where compromise is king. This country can’t handle either extreme — left or right. And if people, like the author of this article, can’t see that we have swung dangerously the other way (from what is perceived as “chaos”), then I have no hope for this nation. We’ll just keep swinging violently back and forth — left and right — until the foundation cracks…if it hasn’t already.
Spoken like a true Trump-loving right wing nut job. Grocery prices and gas prices are up because of supply chain issues and simple supply and demand. Inflation is ubiquitous throughout the world and not just the U.S. The "Marine" you're referring to is Paul Whelan who doesn't have veteran status because he was convicted by court-martial for larceny and using a fake social security card. He received a bad conduct discharge charge and is an embarrassment to all those who servicd honorably. This "pathetic" administration is doing what little it can to repair a country divided by hate thanks to a former President who yearns to be an autocrat while his cult following continues to follow him through the gates of hell this very day.
Grocery prices and gas prices are up due to the left's moronic war on oil and their proposal of a single leftist handout bill larger than the national debt it took us more than TWO CENTURIES and 42 presidents to accrue, in a criminal diminishment of the buying power of the world's reserve currency that cascaded around the globe.
When they're not busy stealing elections, silencing dissent or criminalizing opposition, exploitation of the ignorant is what leftists DO, and their consequences of their 24x7 Orange Hitler Hate & Hysteria Jihad targeting the absolute dumbest emotional infants and other cat ladies among us, featuring Bad Grandma's cigar-glazed collusion hoax, speak for themselves, like this simpleton's easily malleable ignorance.
Pretty myopic view mate. Gas prices are way down, the “marine” you speak of was dishonorably discharged and a thief. Russia is collapsing via its own folly and egotism. The economy is slowing but still vibrant. Job growth is still happening, people are spending money, goods and services much more available. The moral fabric argument is weak: In the absence of authoritarianism, people do whatever they want. Freely. Happily. Its not your job or the state’s to interfere in my pursuit of happiness. My bank account is brimming and I’m about to take a month off and I’m a blue-collar dude with zero debt and savings. I busted my ass to get here. Sink or swim bud, that’s the greater law of the jungle and everyone is subject to the fact that nobody owes anybody a damn thing.
Been hearing the “the foundation’s cracked” talk for the better part of thirty years. There is so much help out there for people that aren’t alcoholics, drug addicts, or lazy its ridiculous. There is more raw education and information available to a person with initiative than at any point in time ever in human history. Stop wasting money in Vegas or on restaurant food, learn to cook, eat some tunafish and salad. Get a job, get two. Stop watching so much television and filling your head full of junk food (news.) Costs almost nothing and you’re living a better life overnight.
We are so far from healing the sentiment of this article is hilarious...is it satire? The federal government has metastasized to 25% of our economy from 15% a generation ago...that "10%" is where the fun went, where freedom went, its why the middle and working class are drifting further behind, its why everyone feels like they have to work harder to just keep their head above water...thats trillions a year that getting hoovered up by Washington rather than saved, invested, spent, enjoyed in the private sector...this is what stirs the emotions that led to Jan 6...they dont even know why they feel as they do,, they just know life is a grind and they dont remember it that way 30 years ago... but its only getting worse and now they are fooling around with kids, schools and the sex stuff...nowhere near healing, closer to revolution.
I totally agree, it's so depressing, but I agree whole heartly.
America is split, the hatred has increased and is unrepairable at this point.
RACISM and SEXUALISM is pushed and pushed and pushed by the LEFT and now the battleground is taken to the schools.
I am so glad I grew up in the 70's. and 80's, who did this become the norm and for what purpose?
The LEFT hates the RIGHT, and the RIGHT hates the LEFT, it's apparent and will NOT end.
The current "DEM" party has been highjacked by progressive socialists that hate America.
America no longer is the perfect union; it's best described as a couple that has gone thru intense marriage counseling while hiding from the world that divorce is a better option.
I see this thru a combat veterans' eyes, and I weep for Americas future because the path we are on will lead to violence. Guaranteed.
Congrats, you've been banned! That took a LOT of effort on your part but you really went the extra mile with your comments. I mean, it takes some serious work to be such an asshat that I have to moderate the comments section. Congrats, and don't let the door hit you on the way out!
This is a very strange comment section. I broadly agree that we are returning to something more normal than 2018-2021 and that normal in this case is better if not good.
I think many people saw the chaos/disruption as a chance for significant positive change (everything from abolishing police to overthrowing the "deep state").
For those reactionaries/revolutionaries and also many less radical people who feel that our "normal" is oppressive a return to normalcy can feel like a cell door slamming shut.
Massive sodomy, no jobs yeah just so normal if you mean worshiping satan and destroying the nation as normal. After School Satan and drag queens are the new normal.
Article written by a Liberal who dwells in the Left Coast swamp. Detached from the reality of what real Americans, who love this Country, and the Judaeo-Christian Faith. This is never a question of how things are now, but what are we going to do to preserve this Country for future generations? For those of us who lived the majority of our lives last Century, who worked, fought and knew the Greatest Generation all to well, America is not well, no matter what any media operative states. In the end, we will not do ourselves in. The likes of Chairman Xi, Putin, or Iran will take care of that.
Well what we saw was the violence on the left go unchecked and actually embraced by the left in summer of 2020 to the destruction of federal buildings and attacks on small business. Nothing from the federal government as far as any protection for us citizens from the violent left. Thats what i saw
I'm only getting started hating on the a$$holes who required masks/ 'vax' shots, the public school curriculums and the pervs/racists that teach it, the communists that run this country, and especially fucktards like you who want to erase everything from the last 6 years like it never happened.
Can't return to normalcy with the insane grooming and trans-ification of our babies by the liberal perverse. Also we have to stamp out racist hate groups like BLM and Antifa as well, then we will be on the road to "normalcy".
Dear Ed. You need to get out and get some fresh intellectual air. A teeny bit of research will reveal that trans people exist though they make up less than 1% of the population and most of their identity comes firmly from within. Though brought up with their apparant gender they decisivley reject it. Thinking that people can be 'persuaded' out of their identity is inplausible nonsense and it reflects badly on the gullibility of people who'll believe it. With regards to 'stamping out' BLM and Antifa if they merely criticize American society rather than riot/harm people than you have to ask yourself if you really believe in freedom if you wan't them 'stamped out'. Or do you just want freedom of speech to people you agree with?
See the BILLIONS and MONTHS of death, destruction, destroyed businesses and ruined lives this moron is pretending are invisible. There's a reason why previous generations treated leftists like the societal scourge that they are, and BLM and Antifa embody it.
Dear OptusULTRAnegative. We were discussing ‘grooming’ as applied to trans children. The video you show (from Project Veritas an organization with a proven track record of making fraudulent videos) involves giving sexual information to 18 years olds. This can’t be grooming because they’re not kids. No I don’t like child molesters and frankly hardly anyone does. But the accusation of sexual abuse of children needs proof and making extravagant claims that large numbers of teachers are ‘grooming’ kids needs serious proof. Your ‘evidence’ doesn’t cut it and making claims like that isn’t just stupid. It’s despicable.
If you want to advance your beliefs have a care what you write. What you wrote could be easily put into left wing propaganda pushing the idea that conservatives are angry, irrational and not worth listening to. If this upsets you, I suggest you compare what I wrote to what you have. I didn’t call you a supporter of would be child molesters.
You are upset about made up things that are pushed to you specifically to upset you. The media you consume tells you 5 year olds are being indoctrinated but anyone sane can clearly see this is not the case... It's always the school in the next town or the schools in the big city... No one can ever point to a specific example in their school... Articles about "cat littler" for kids identifying as cats being forwarded was a perfect example of how gullible they think you are, huge laughs were had.
Meanwhile in the real world, sane people just want to work, save some cash and celebrate their freedom doing the things they like. Live and let live. Mind your own business. Keep the government out of peoples lives. That's the normalcy most people want. Those in either extreme are in for an awakening... We dont want you and you will once again be marginalized. Go be crazy on the fringe of society where you belong.
The “Chaos” you refer to on Trump was pure propaganda bullshit. There was no war in Europe. There were no Russia troops on border. There was no Afghanistan debacle. There were no missles flying out of N Korea. There was no Iranian saber rattling. China was on notice. So WTF are you describing as “becoming more normal”????
I'm aware that the Jan. 6 Stalin Show, and the idea that a handful of flag-waving, selfie-taking, hallway-strolling weekend warrior sought to "overturn democracy" in three hours without firing a shot and without missing dinner was the most despicable leftist exploitation of the ignorant since that time they convinced them that black men have more to fear from cops than they do other black men.
When they're not busy stealing elections, silencing dissent or criminalizing opposition, exploitation of the ignorant is what leftists DO. Read something!
Actually I have read stuff. I've read that 12 members of the jury have found in a properly conducted court that some people have been convicted of 'seditious conspacy. That means plotted to take armed rebellion against the government. No most of the mob weren't doing that but some were clearly bent on violent treason. Didn't you read that Bad Grandma? Or do you just read stuff that supports your extremist views?
Actually they were. I work for a defense attorney and all of January 6th clients are die hard republicans. We have yet to find a democrat who was there. Also, I’ve never met anyone who was in antifa. Not sure if they are real. I agree somewhat with the author things so seem to be getting better.
Put Hunters crack pipe down and use your head. and eyes for something other than watching CNN. People like you like to compare Jan 06, 2021, that to an actual Coup d'état when in fact was the opposite.
If those people were serious and Trump was actually leading a Coup d'état, then we would have seen more than fatalities on both sides than Ashely Bobbit, (who was unarmed BTW), Brian Sicknick who was a capital policeman who had a stroke. We would have seen ultra-violence and there was none. Just a bunch of Americans that were pissed off at their government for allow cheating to take place.
You are a complete hypocrite sir, BLM's summer of love and destruction tour caused over 8 BILLION worth of damage to American cities throughout the United States and thru their direct actions killed countless Americans all in the name of equal rights. How many POC lost their homes due to fire, their jobs and their communities all because of a tantrum over a dead black overdosing criminal.
"disruptions" of the George Floyd protests
"violence" of Jan 6
LMAO
Yeah, poor choice of wording there. Reminds me of, "fiery but mostly peaceful protests".
"187 minute tour."
https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1604844996259041280/video/1
GF protests were predominantly peaceful. Considering the number of protests, the violent incidents were few. But they got a lot of play.
Just goes to show ya that one person’s normalcy is another person’s lunacy.
"Tour". 🤣🤣👍
Normalcy is long gone. And your optimistic tone is obnoxiously one-sided. For half the country, things have never been worse. Ask any normal family and they’ll tell you grocery prices are out of control. Gas prices are out of control. The moral fabric of society is unraveling. Marines are being left to rot in enemy territory while a America-hating anthem kneeler is brought home and celebrated. Everything is upside down. This is not the America of yore. And this pathetic administration, from our bumbling, virtue signaling excuse of a president to cross-dressing luggage stealers, are hellbent on destroying this country from within. Don’t be fooled. They LOATHE normalcy. However, the answer is not Trump or any of the nutjob election-denying politicians seeking office. The answer is a more moderate Washington where compromise is king. This country can’t handle either extreme — left or right. And if people, like the author of this article, can’t see that we have swung dangerously the other way (from what is perceived as “chaos”), then I have no hope for this nation. We’ll just keep swinging violently back and forth — left and right — until the foundation cracks…if it hasn’t already.
Spoken like a true Trump-loving right wing nut job. Grocery prices and gas prices are up because of supply chain issues and simple supply and demand. Inflation is ubiquitous throughout the world and not just the U.S. The "Marine" you're referring to is Paul Whelan who doesn't have veteran status because he was convicted by court-martial for larceny and using a fake social security card. He received a bad conduct discharge charge and is an embarrassment to all those who servicd honorably. This "pathetic" administration is doing what little it can to repair a country divided by hate thanks to a former President who yearns to be an autocrat while his cult following continues to follow him through the gates of hell this very day.
Gibbering idiocy.
Grocery prices and gas prices are up due to the left's moronic war on oil and their proposal of a single leftist handout bill larger than the national debt it took us more than TWO CENTURIES and 42 presidents to accrue, in a criminal diminishment of the buying power of the world's reserve currency that cascaded around the globe.
When they're not busy stealing elections, silencing dissent or criminalizing opposition, exploitation of the ignorant is what leftists DO, and their consequences of their 24x7 Orange Hitler Hate & Hysteria Jihad targeting the absolute dumbest emotional infants and other cat ladies among us, featuring Bad Grandma's cigar-glazed collusion hoax, speak for themselves, like this simpleton's easily malleable ignorance.
Oil production in America is way up since Biden took office.
Pretty myopic view mate. Gas prices are way down, the “marine” you speak of was dishonorably discharged and a thief. Russia is collapsing via its own folly and egotism. The economy is slowing but still vibrant. Job growth is still happening, people are spending money, goods and services much more available. The moral fabric argument is weak: In the absence of authoritarianism, people do whatever they want. Freely. Happily. Its not your job or the state’s to interfere in my pursuit of happiness. My bank account is brimming and I’m about to take a month off and I’m a blue-collar dude with zero debt and savings. I busted my ass to get here. Sink or swim bud, that’s the greater law of the jungle and everyone is subject to the fact that nobody owes anybody a damn thing.
Been hearing the “the foundation’s cracked” talk for the better part of thirty years. There is so much help out there for people that aren’t alcoholics, drug addicts, or lazy its ridiculous. There is more raw education and information available to a person with initiative than at any point in time ever in human history. Stop wasting money in Vegas or on restaurant food, learn to cook, eat some tunafish and salad. Get a job, get two. Stop watching so much television and filling your head full of junk food (news.) Costs almost nothing and you’re living a better life overnight.
We do NOT live in the same universe.
America is too fractured; the hate is real.
The BIG IGLOO is coming.
Sadly, your $15/hr. minimum wage now has the buying power of $10/hr.
You idiots.
Why not buy a Tesla from your friend Elon? Then ya don't have to worry about gas prices no more
Stand Tall Always is way off. And How dare you StandTallAlways promote authoritarianism in our country the USA. Im with Dustin
We are so far from healing the sentiment of this article is hilarious...is it satire? The federal government has metastasized to 25% of our economy from 15% a generation ago...that "10%" is where the fun went, where freedom went, its why the middle and working class are drifting further behind, its why everyone feels like they have to work harder to just keep their head above water...thats trillions a year that getting hoovered up by Washington rather than saved, invested, spent, enjoyed in the private sector...this is what stirs the emotions that led to Jan 6...they dont even know why they feel as they do,, they just know life is a grind and they dont remember it that way 30 years ago... but its only getting worse and now they are fooling around with kids, schools and the sex stuff...nowhere near healing, closer to revolution.
It's not satire. It's Communist propaganda.
I totally agree, it's so depressing, but I agree whole heartly.
America is split, the hatred has increased and is unrepairable at this point.
RACISM and SEXUALISM is pushed and pushed and pushed by the LEFT and now the battleground is taken to the schools.
I am so glad I grew up in the 70's. and 80's, who did this become the norm and for what purpose?
The LEFT hates the RIGHT, and the RIGHT hates the LEFT, it's apparent and will NOT end.
The current "DEM" party has been highjacked by progressive socialists that hate America.
America no longer is the perfect union; it's best described as a couple that has gone thru intense marriage counseling while hiding from the world that divorce is a better option.
I see this thru a combat veterans' eyes, and I weep for Americas future because the path we are on will lead to violence. Guaranteed.
I'm sorry kids learning about gay people in school in so tough on you, it must be a difficult world for one as delicate as yourself
Congrats, you've been banned! That took a LOT of effort on your part but you really went the extra mile with your comments. I mean, it takes some serious work to be such an asshat that I have to moderate the comments section. Congrats, and don't let the door hit you on the way out!
Yes, government spending went up considerably under Trump, but it has come sharply down under Biden.
https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_2010_2027USp_24s1li111mciy_F0f
Normalcy? you got to be kidding me
Things will never be like they were.
Too much divide and too much hate.
They expect us to forget what they have done and how they did it.
We will have our pound of flesh.
Sorry, NOT sorry.
What was the worst thing that Democrats did?
NO
This is a very strange comment section. I broadly agree that we are returning to something more normal than 2018-2021 and that normal in this case is better if not good.
I think many people saw the chaos/disruption as a chance for significant positive change (everything from abolishing police to overthrowing the "deep state").
For those reactionaries/revolutionaries and also many less radical people who feel that our "normal" is oppressive a return to normalcy can feel like a cell door slamming shut.
We ran out of food and you guys tried to eat us. Things will never be normal again, we will never forget.
I never ran out of food. What in the actual **** are you talking about?
I think he might be a rooster.
“Protests” for George Floyd, but “violence” on Jan 6. Another far left journalist hack
https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-an-intel-analyst-tried-to-prevent-the-jan-6-attack-but-dhs-failed-to-act-190922453.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1604844996259041280/video/1
Another propaganda piece trying to convince us that Biden is our savior and the Democrats aren't robbing us blind.
Massive sodomy, no jobs yeah just so normal if you mean worshiping satan and destroying the nation as normal. After School Satan and drag queens are the new normal.
Thats not the values and morals we were taught as children, even if they are the lefts values now.
True, and you turned into a hate filled goober whining about middle school girls sports, so maybe your values and moral teaching was bad?
Lol MASSIVE sodomy
Article written by a Liberal who dwells in the Left Coast swamp. Detached from the reality of what real Americans, who love this Country, and the Judaeo-Christian Faith. This is never a question of how things are now, but what are we going to do to preserve this Country for future generations? For those of us who lived the majority of our lives last Century, who worked, fought and knew the Greatest Generation all to well, America is not well, no matter what any media operative states. In the end, we will not do ourselves in. The likes of Chairman Xi, Putin, or Iran will take care of that.
Well what we saw was the violence on the left go unchecked and actually embraced by the left in summer of 2020 to the destruction of federal buildings and attacks on small business. Nothing from the federal government as far as any protection for us citizens from the violent left. Thats what i saw
https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1604844996259041280/video/1
Trump was the head of the federal government in 2020, you goofball.
Piss off bruh
I'm only getting started hating on the a$$holes who required masks/ 'vax' shots, the public school curriculums and the pervs/racists that teach it, the communists that run this country, and especially fucktards like you who want to erase everything from the last 6 years like it never happened.
Whoa, look out everyone! We got a real tough guy here!
You should find a hobby
Not a word about the national debt or the trade deficit or the falling labor participation rate which is a better measure than the unemployment rate.
Every single year during the Trump presidency, the trade deficit hit a new record.
Can't return to normalcy with the insane grooming and trans-ification of our babies by the liberal perverse. Also we have to stamp out racist hate groups like BLM and Antifa as well, then we will be on the road to "normalcy".
Dear Ed. You need to get out and get some fresh intellectual air. A teeny bit of research will reveal that trans people exist though they make up less than 1% of the population and most of their identity comes firmly from within. Though brought up with their apparant gender they decisivley reject it. Thinking that people can be 'persuaded' out of their identity is inplausible nonsense and it reflects badly on the gullibility of people who'll believe it. With regards to 'stamping out' BLM and Antifa if they merely criticize American society rather than riot/harm people than you have to ask yourself if you really believe in freedom if you wan't them 'stamped out'. Or do you just want freedom of speech to people you agree with?
See the BILLIONS and MONTHS of death, destruction, destroyed businesses and ruined lives this moron is pretending are invisible. There's a reason why previous generations treated leftists like the societal scourge that they are, and BLM and Antifa embody it.
The 2 above me are groomer supporters
This only explanation for their postings.
God damn alphabet pedophile groomers.
These people used to hide, now they are doing in the classroom in plain sight.
These teachers are mentally ill, every single one promoting this.
These are kids you sick perverted fuck!
Want to know why I don't like the alphabet people, it's because of shit like this right here in the video at the end of the post.
Yes, I discriminate.
Against groomers, your god damn right I do.
YES, I am a BIGOT who hates child molesters.
I believe in the double tap method of liquidation and removal.
Only good child molester is one that is 6 feet under.
Here is a self-admitted school official who is a groomer, CAUGHT on TAPE!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1600737074193502209?s=20&t=8uxEyXh4gT3Qk4Ab0F4toQ&fbclid=IwAR3SwGx0WA3mlAJiF1qwPI2rPOmH174u83J9HT4mXkpkdZEr0XRARlcfH04
Dear OptusULTRAnegative. We were discussing ‘grooming’ as applied to trans children. The video you show (from Project Veritas an organization with a proven track record of making fraudulent videos) involves giving sexual information to 18 years olds. This can’t be grooming because they’re not kids. No I don’t like child molesters and frankly hardly anyone does. But the accusation of sexual abuse of children needs proof and making extravagant claims that large numbers of teachers are ‘grooming’ kids needs serious proof. Your ‘evidence’ doesn’t cut it and making claims like that isn’t just stupid. It’s despicable.
If you want to advance your beliefs have a care what you write. What you wrote could be easily put into left wing propaganda pushing the idea that conservatives are angry, irrational and not worth listening to. If this upsets you, I suggest you compare what I wrote to what you have. I didn’t call you a supporter of would be child molesters.
You are upset about made up things that are pushed to you specifically to upset you. The media you consume tells you 5 year olds are being indoctrinated but anyone sane can clearly see this is not the case... It's always the school in the next town or the schools in the big city... No one can ever point to a specific example in their school... Articles about "cat littler" for kids identifying as cats being forwarded was a perfect example of how gullible they think you are, huge laughs were had.
Meanwhile in the real world, sane people just want to work, save some cash and celebrate their freedom doing the things they like. Live and let live. Mind your own business. Keep the government out of peoples lives. That's the normalcy most people want. Those in either extreme are in for an awakening... We dont want you and you will once again be marginalized. Go be crazy on the fringe of society where you belong.
The “Chaos” you refer to on Trump was pure propaganda bullshit. There was no war in Europe. There were no Russia troops on border. There was no Afghanistan debacle. There were no missles flying out of N Korea. There was no Iranian saber rattling. China was on notice. So WTF are you describing as “becoming more normal”????
Are you aware that Trump's supporters stormed the capitol in an attempt to prevent the peaceful transition of power?
I'm aware that the Jan. 6 Stalin Show, and the idea that a handful of flag-waving, selfie-taking, hallway-strolling weekend warrior sought to "overturn democracy" in three hours without firing a shot and without missing dinner was the most despicable leftist exploitation of the ignorant since that time they convinced them that black men have more to fear from cops than they do other black men.
When they're not busy stealing elections, silencing dissent or criminalizing opposition, exploitation of the ignorant is what leftists DO. Read something!
Actually I have read stuff. I've read that 12 members of the jury have found in a properly conducted court that some people have been convicted of 'seditious conspacy. That means plotted to take armed rebellion against the government. No most of the mob weren't doing that but some were clearly bent on violent treason. Didn't you read that Bad Grandma? Or do you just read stuff that supports your extremist views?
horse sh*t, antifa and black lies murder did 1000X worse and were given medals by the left. Hypocritical liberal losers..all of you.
They weren't Trump supporters.
Actually they were. I work for a defense attorney and all of January 6th clients are die hard republicans. We have yet to find a democrat who was there. Also, I’ve never met anyone who was in antifa. Not sure if they are real. I agree somewhat with the author things so seem to be getting better.
Put Hunters crack pipe down and use your head. and eyes for something other than watching CNN. People like you like to compare Jan 06, 2021, that to an actual Coup d'état when in fact was the opposite.
If those people were serious and Trump was actually leading a Coup d'état, then we would have seen more than fatalities on both sides than Ashely Bobbit, (who was unarmed BTW), Brian Sicknick who was a capital policeman who had a stroke. We would have seen ultra-violence and there was none. Just a bunch of Americans that were pissed off at their government for allow cheating to take place.
You are a complete hypocrite sir, BLM's summer of love and destruction tour caused over 8 BILLION worth of damage to American cities throughout the United States and thru their direct actions killed countless Americans all in the name of equal rights. How many POC lost their homes due to fire, their jobs and their communities all because of a tantrum over a dead black overdosing criminal.