I can't cope with it any more. Seeing his face, hearing his voice on the news, makes me flinch right to the bone.
I'm about as far away from the USA as one can get and it affects me like this; I don't know how you cope with it when it's your country, your body politic, your lives.
Snowdog, I admire your resilience. I have come to the conclusion that there's no point in debating with people who have imbibed the kool-aid. You need cult level interventio to even have a hope.
Have you seen the RNC adverts? Goebbels would be so proud.
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Impenitent
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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
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If you're interested there's been a bit of a renaissance in Irish Whiskeys. Bang for buck its hard to go past Teeling Small Batch, but for something a little heftier, try their Brabazon Volume IIISnowdog wrote:I'm looking for another bottle of Whiskey to deal with the Tango Foxtrot that is going on right now. Care to share any favourites? I have some Glen Moray Scotch but it's nearly empty.
It gets wearying sparring with trumpshirts on facebook.
https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/index ... ch=Teeling
https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/teeli ... ch=Teeling
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elengil
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Yeah, I've been there for a while. I cannot tolerate listening to him. I am truly afraid of the outcome of this election.Impenitent wrote:I can't cope with it any more. Seeing his face, hearing his voice on the news, makes me flinch right to the bone.
I'm about as far away from the USA as one can get and it affects me like this; I don't know how you cope with it when it's your country, your body politic, your lives.
Honestly eyeballing Sweden at this point...
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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I can't stand listening to him for more than a minute. His voice is like sandpaper on my nerves!
elengil, Canada's not bad...free health care! My biggest expense for my cancer treatment has been parking at the hospital. Because I'm a senior citizen, drugs are free after the $75 deductible you pay every year.
elengil, Canada's not bad...free health care! My biggest expense for my cancer treatment has been parking at the hospital. Because I'm a senior citizen, drugs are free after the $75 deductible you pay every year.
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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elengil
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I mean... Canada did recently remove the US as a safe country, so maybe they'd accept my asylum claim? But I was thinking Sweden. More removed, I actually have a family connection there (I mean, several generations back but still), and I don't know any French!Sunsilver wrote:I can't stand listening to him for more than a minute. His voice is like sandpaper on my nerves!
elengil, Canada's not bad...free health care! My biggest expense for my cancer treatment has been parking at the hospital. Because I'm a senior citizen, drugs are free after the $75 deductible you pay every year.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Elengil, the only time you will need to speak French is if you visit Quebec!
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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You might want to look at Sweden's Covid response before you move there!
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elengil
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Actually that's why I figured Sweden was probably one of the few countries that wouldn't reject me based on being from the US.Alatar wrote:You might want to look at Sweden's Covid response before you move there!
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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These are dark days in America.
I cannot listen to Trump and his lies. But perhaps that is a mistake. Know thine enemy.
Mild mannered comedian Jim Gaffigan lost it on social media last night telling Trumpsters to wake up and that Trump was nothing but a liar and a con. I get where he's coming from.
In our smallish (mostly white) quiet town we have old white men standing on street corners with assault riffles. I don't feel comfortable here how in the hell would anyone of color feel? This is Trump's America. He can't pin that blame on anyone else. Well, he can and he does because of course he does. Nothing is ever his fault, in true narcissist style. But this is what he has wrought.. the nut-jobs, the crazies, the conspiracy theorists.
I'm really hating COVID right about now. We've checked into moving to NZ. It's nearly impossible. Perhaps Ireland? It's truly depressing to see the country go down the drain to this fascist.
I cannot listen to Trump and his lies. But perhaps that is a mistake. Know thine enemy.
Mild mannered comedian Jim Gaffigan lost it on social media last night telling Trumpsters to wake up and that Trump was nothing but a liar and a con. I get where he's coming from.
In our smallish (mostly white) quiet town we have old white men standing on street corners with assault riffles. I don't feel comfortable here how in the hell would anyone of color feel? This is Trump's America. He can't pin that blame on anyone else. Well, he can and he does because of course he does. Nothing is ever his fault, in true narcissist style. But this is what he has wrought.. the nut-jobs, the crazies, the conspiracy theorists.
I'm really hating COVID right about now. We've checked into moving to NZ. It's nearly impossible. Perhaps Ireland? It's truly depressing to see the country go down the drain to this fascist.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
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The NBA, who were the trailblazers of the covid lockdown, are now being trailblazers for voting rights and converting all arenas into polling places. Some MLB teams are doing the same for ballparks.
If you asked me in 2019 to name civil rights heroes of 2020, I wouldn't have guessed LeBron James.
If you asked me in 2019 to name civil rights heroes of 2020, I wouldn't have guessed LeBron James.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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I'm usually up for a good internet punchout, but five years of battling this plague has taken its toll.Impenitent wrote:Snowdog, I admire your resilience. I have come to the conclusion that there's no point in debating with people who have imbibed the kool-aid. You need cult level interventio to even have a hope.
Have you seen the RNC adverts? Goebbels would be so proud.
Hmm.... might have to see of it's stocked locally.Alatar wrote:If you're interested there's been a bit of a renaissance in Irish Whiskeys. Bang for buck its hard to go past Teeling Small Batch, but for something a little heftier, try their Brabazon Volume IIISnowdog wrote:I'm looking for another bottle of Whiskey to deal with the Tango Foxtrot that is going on right now. Care to share any favourites? I have some Glen Moray Scotch but it's nearly empty.
It gets wearying sparring with trumpshirts on facebook.
https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/index ... ch=Teeling
https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/teeli ... ch=Teeling
https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/Teeli ... ch=Teeling
And the week's RNC clowncar has finally passed. Just waiting for October when I get notified that my ballot has been mailed out. Like my primary ballot, it likely won't arrive here. Fortinately they have a contingency for wayward ballots.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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--Bilbo Baggins
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RoseMorninStar
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Good!Snowdog wrote: And the week's RNC clowncar has finally passed. Just waiting for October when I get notified that my ballot has been mailed out. Like my primary ballot, it likely won't arrive here. Fortinately they have a contingency for wayward ballots.
I think putting serious stock into what countries we could to move to is the only thing keeping us sane. Well, that and the hope that the lying fascist loses in November.Impenitent wrote:I'm about as far away from the USA as one can get and it affects me like this; I don't know how you cope with it when it's your country, your body politic, your lives.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
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Impenitent
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As I've stated before, my expectations are not so sanguine. I won't repeat them because people start avoiding the crazy lady when I do that.
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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
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RoseMorninStar
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Voicing my fears doesn't help, and I've got plenty of them. The situation is not good. It never is when a narcissist is involved.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
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Even if Mr. Trump wins or steals the election. Even if he does his worst, beyond even our wildest imaginations, we will come out on the other side and move forward in ways that we can't even anticipate now.
My perspective has changed a bit over the past couple of weeks.
My perspective has changed a bit over the past couple of weeks.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Why? And how?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Facing the possibility of losing everything that you own has a way of changing your perspective about things.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Very true, Voronwë!
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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"One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters."
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Right on, Maria! I moved a year and a half ago, and because parts of the house still need some major painting and fixing up, a lot of my possessions are still in boxes. Now, with my cancer diagnosis, and turning 67 years old, I look around me, and think 'What have I got all this STUFF for?' 
A major decluttering is in my future!
A major decluttering is in my future!
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.