“He repeated until his dying day that there was no one with more common sense, no stone cutter more obstinate, no manager more lucid or dangerous, than a poet.”
— Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera (via quotespile)
The Kappa is one of Japan’s most famous cryptids. It is described as a childlike river imp with thin arms and legs, always leaving a trail of slime behind wherever it goes. The depiction of this strange little being has changed over the years and they are sometimes described as having a turtle shell. They are held responsible for the drownings of children. Strangely enough, they are sometimes considered benevolent and aid people in danger. On the flip side there are also legends of the Kappa raping bathing women. Kappa even kill victims for their livers and shirikodama - a magical ball located in the anus. Kappa must retrieve the shirikodama from the victim before the person dies or it devours the liver.
Say what? According to Republican Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Donald Trump having an affair with Stormy Daniels—shortly after his youngest child was born—and then paying her hush money to keep the story under wraps before the election, is okay in his book because it just proves that Trump really, really loves his family:
“I honestly think this president loves his family … I think it has as much to do with trying not to have public discussions about something that is, for him, a private matter … and I don’t think he wanted his family to go through this.”
Some might suggest that Trump could have better proven his love of family by not having an affair with a porn star—again, shortly after his youngest child was born—but hey, who can argue with a family values guy like Mike Rounds? Of course one does wonder if Mrs. Rounds is somewhere thinking, “If Mike loves me that much, I’ll kill him.”
