Glad you have survived the reelection of Donald Trump. What is next worries me greatly, Katharine. How we resist is important. I figure there will be 2 years before we can regain control of the House and the Senate. In the interim, we must block the efforts to dismantle our Constitutional Republic. (See Write you Senator, below.) I will help you with math if you will carry my word-smithing burden. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/write-your-senator?r=3m1bs
Yes. Stay active. The mind stuff is tough. They say puzzles don’t help much. I think the best thing you are doing for your mind is your writing. Making your thoughts make sense is a good exercise.
Don’t be discouraged by the political chaos. A closer look reveals the world has always been run by greedy power hungry people. Harris, as a woman, would have been an unbelievable breakthrough— and she didn’t.
Katharine you are 3 years my senior and you are setting me an excellent example of how to stave off senility. You mention Bob Dylan. His "The times they are a changing" is probably more relevant now than it was when it first came out. I even played a version of it in the latest of my little community radio broadcasts*. We have survived this far. We must all keep fighting for the good and fair things in life. Thanks for your inspiration!
Thank you, Richard B. I’m so glad I was able to help. “The Savage Poodle” gives me some inspiration too. And the thought of my old British passport gives me comfort in these weird times. Is it lawful to revert? Just asking in case . . .
Thank you Katharine. We are allowing hundreds in by the day, so one more will I am sure be welcome. The only problem is that you will have to start somewhere in Europe, find your way to Calais, pay a kind gentleman several hundred dollars and risk your life on an overloaded rubber dinghy in the crowded seas of the English Channel. However, the way things are here, you may not find that it is worth the effort. Best to stay put at the moment I guess!
Timothy Snyder, "ON TYRANNY": "Don't obey in advance." Which is exactly what people are doing instead of disqualifying him as President elect because he is a convicted felon, and wants to destroy America.
It seems like everyone thinks everyone else voted for him, and is busy blaming people instead of looking into what actually happened.
Stephen Spoonamore (Data scientist) has said the e-poll books were connected to Musk's Starlink internet 😮 In 2016 JenniferCohn1 tried to warn about voting machines connected to the internet. While everyone was accusing Dominion voting machines, she said it was ES&S machines that were the problem.
They are STILL using voting machines, when Vote By Mail is used in other states. Washington State and Oregon have used VBM for YEARS.
Noticed people were dismissing VBM this year, assuming because it works and is extremely difficult to interfere with.
3 weeks before the election every registered voter is sent an info pamphlet. 2 weeks before every registered voter is sent a ballot. Voters mark the paper ballots with permanent marker, put the ballot in the return envelope (no postage needed), Sign the back of the envelope and put it in the mail, or drop box by the end of voting day. (Seattle area had 80 EIGHTY drop boxes).
Voters can check to see if their ballot is received and voted. No waiting in line in all kinds of weather, no being handed "provisional" ballots. Just voting in the privacy of your own home and walking it out to the mailbox.
Using VBM, a person can feel confident that their votes were counted and not dismissed.
So here we are. Sitting here hoping like hell SOMEONE will STOP🛑allowing DT to be POTUS.
People sigh and say, "Oh darn, there is nothing we can do." There is. DOJ can stop him. Congress could stop him. We can stop him, but without intervention we are just sitting and waiting for Armageddon. Have seen posted that VP Harris is looking into what happened. If Russia interfered with 2016, why wouldn't they interfere in 2024? There is still time to stop the on rushing devastation to America.
Accepting the "results," it feels like a "make believe" election, and people are not looking behind the OZ curtain to see who is playing us.
The candidates for agencies are keeping everyone busy, and delaying focusing on Trump until the Inauguration. If candidates will be accepted, they win, if candidates aren't accepted the clock is still ticking to D day in January, and we are wasting time. Millions of Americans have DIED 😢to allow America to stay up and running. Not always smoothly, but consistently trying to uphold the goal of allowing people to live free, without dictators.
Trump has broadcasted WHAT he intends to do. So...connect to each other (bluesky?), connect to your House rep and Senator. Don't let Congress ignore us by taking "Christmas holiday." Connect to DOJ.
If we don't STOP 🛑 DT/Vance there will no longer BE "holidays," only sorrow and grief.😢
And I hear that at 99 Dick Van Dyke was able to dance in a film.
As for next month...At noon on the 20th I will crack a beer and try to find a shaft of warm sunlight in which I can sit and guzzle. If I could never hear his voice again or see his face (or the face of the Melon Husk) it would please me greatly.
Yes, Don. The article I read about him was that he was trying to drag a hose out to quench the fire. Amazing to think I might have another 20 years of hanging out here—one day at a time.
Glad you have survived the reelection of Donald Trump. What is next worries me greatly, Katharine. How we resist is important. I figure there will be 2 years before we can regain control of the House and the Senate. In the interim, we must block the efforts to dismantle our Constitutional Republic. (See Write you Senator, below.) I will help you with math if you will carry my word-smithing burden. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/write-your-senator?r=3m1bs
Thanks for the offer, Carl. But quite happy to leave the maths to others. One day at a time.
Yes. Stay active. The mind stuff is tough. They say puzzles don’t help much. I think the best thing you are doing for your mind is your writing. Making your thoughts make sense is a good exercise.
Don’t be discouraged by the political chaos. A closer look reveals the world has always been run by greedy power hungry people. Harris, as a woman, would have been an unbelievable breakthrough— and she didn’t.
IMHO you need help. Trying to be caring. You have my email
We all need friends and connections.
Yes. Plus crises can occur.
Absolutely, Gloria.
Thanks again for a good chuckle, JBR.
You're fine. I just have experience with these issues. I need help.
Katharine you are 3 years my senior and you are setting me an excellent example of how to stave off senility. You mention Bob Dylan. His "The times they are a changing" is probably more relevant now than it was when it first came out. I even played a version of it in the latest of my little community radio broadcasts*. We have survived this far. We must all keep fighting for the good and fair things in life. Thanks for your inspiration!
* https://www.poppylandradio.co.uk/shows/legal-seagull
Thank you, Richard B. I’m so glad I was able to help. “The Savage Poodle” gives me some inspiration too. And the thought of my old British passport gives me comfort in these weird times. Is it lawful to revert? Just asking in case . . .
Thank you Katharine. We are allowing hundreds in by the day, so one more will I am sure be welcome. The only problem is that you will have to start somewhere in Europe, find your way to Calais, pay a kind gentleman several hundred dollars and risk your life on an overloaded rubber dinghy in the crowded seas of the English Channel. However, the way things are here, you may not find that it is worth the effort. Best to stay put at the moment I guess!
I want to use all the laughing emojis because today is the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. TTFN
Me too.
Timothy Snyder, "ON TYRANNY": "Don't obey in advance." Which is exactly what people are doing instead of disqualifying him as President elect because he is a convicted felon, and wants to destroy America.
It seems like everyone thinks everyone else voted for him, and is busy blaming people instead of looking into what actually happened.
Stephen Spoonamore (Data scientist) has said the e-poll books were connected to Musk's Starlink internet 😮 In 2016 JenniferCohn1 tried to warn about voting machines connected to the internet. While everyone was accusing Dominion voting machines, she said it was ES&S machines that were the problem.
They are STILL using voting machines, when Vote By Mail is used in other states. Washington State and Oregon have used VBM for YEARS.
Noticed people were dismissing VBM this year, assuming because it works and is extremely difficult to interfere with.
3 weeks before the election every registered voter is sent an info pamphlet. 2 weeks before every registered voter is sent a ballot. Voters mark the paper ballots with permanent marker, put the ballot in the return envelope (no postage needed), Sign the back of the envelope and put it in the mail, or drop box by the end of voting day. (Seattle area had 80 EIGHTY drop boxes).
Voters can check to see if their ballot is received and voted. No waiting in line in all kinds of weather, no being handed "provisional" ballots. Just voting in the privacy of your own home and walking it out to the mailbox.
Using VBM, a person can feel confident that their votes were counted and not dismissed.
So here we are. Sitting here hoping like hell SOMEONE will STOP🛑allowing DT to be POTUS.
People sigh and say, "Oh darn, there is nothing we can do." There is. DOJ can stop him. Congress could stop him. We can stop him, but without intervention we are just sitting and waiting for Armageddon. Have seen posted that VP Harris is looking into what happened. If Russia interfered with 2016, why wouldn't they interfere in 2024? There is still time to stop the on rushing devastation to America.
Accepting the "results," it feels like a "make believe" election, and people are not looking behind the OZ curtain to see who is playing us.
The candidates for agencies are keeping everyone busy, and delaying focusing on Trump until the Inauguration. If candidates will be accepted, they win, if candidates aren't accepted the clock is still ticking to D day in January, and we are wasting time. Millions of Americans have DIED 😢to allow America to stay up and running. Not always smoothly, but consistently trying to uphold the goal of allowing people to live free, without dictators.
Trump has broadcasted WHAT he intends to do. So...connect to each other (bluesky?), connect to your House rep and Senator. Don't let Congress ignore us by taking "Christmas holiday." Connect to DOJ.
If we don't STOP 🛑 DT/Vance there will no longer BE "holidays," only sorrow and grief.😢
🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦
And I hear that at 99 Dick Van Dyke was able to dance in a film.
As for next month...At noon on the 20th I will crack a beer and try to find a shaft of warm sunlight in which I can sit and guzzle. If I could never hear his voice again or see his face (or the face of the Melon Husk) it would please me greatly.
I do double-acrostics and crosswords every day.
Yes, Don. The article I read about him was that he was trying to drag a hose out to quench the fire. Amazing to think I might have another 20 years of hanging out here—one day at a time.
“ I simply refuse to believe that with all of the information currently available to us that we can willingly march off the cliff.”
We? The way I see it, many of us will be dragged off the cliff screaming, kicking and scratching but, nevertheless, over the cliff we will go.