Every day I say that things can't get any worse

And every day things get worse!
It started with the pandemic, I think - no, it was always there
We did have a bit of relief at times
But then things got worse.

Every day I come here hoping for some reprieve - some good news.
But every day things get worse.

We've been quibbling a bit with each other about this and that.
Issues that are surely important, but the most important is saving our nation from complete destruction.
Every day gets me closer to existential despair.

But I'll employ the strategy that I gave my children when they were feeling this despair.
Yes, kids do experience it and I thank my lucky stars that I have such a relationship that we can talk about it.

Live every day for the moment.
Do what you can do to make things better, but don't take it on as a personal burden,
Notice tiny miracles - like a seed sprouting, or your cat not vomiting on the carpet.

Acknowledge the importance of community.
Bottom line, it is so important to support each other, hear each other and consider others' viewpoints.
Survival is going to be a team effort.

Thank you DU

We get the print version of the NY times on weekends

There's NOTHING about the LA confrontations until page 20.

Something just occurred to me

With all of these ICE detentions, what happens to those people who are taking medications that are keeping them alive? Observing their behavior, I fear that the issue doesn't occur to them.

I have been taking Warfarin for more than 30 years for a blood disorder. If it were denied to me I would be at risk for a heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism.
Who is liable for the death of a detainee who dies as a result of their imprisonment?

They have Kornacki on the Kentucky Derby!

Ugh.......

Dammit, I have nothing more to say.

This is a root cause of dumbing down of America .....

AM radio!

I decide, for a change of pace, to tune in to AM radio on my way to my doc.
Heavens!

There were several religiously based shows and also several talk radio shows - all MAGA.
Even the music was religiously based. As long as the right wing has the monopoly of AM radio
there will be a good portion of the American populace that is brainwashed.

I do have to say there was one talk show that was discussion wedding etiquette and trends in wedding attire that was kind of interesting.

My usually traveling radio entertainment fare is WBGO and WQXR -FM

United Health Care

I just got a rate increase notification of more than $30.00 per month.
From $320.47 to 357.67 It's not as if the rates didn't go up last year too.

It's not as if my property taxes are not going to go up......... gotta redo those artificial turf fields and the playground at the town pool which is supposed to be self sustaining ....


GET OFF MY LAWN !!!!!

OMG! OMG! OMG!

The house with the huge Trump banner saying "Daddy's Home!" has taken it down!

This is big.
I think the flags are down as well - will check when I pass by again.
Do you think it was the Pope's funeral that put this guy over the top for these Magats?

Corey Booker at my local Hands Off protest

Am I being paranoid?

We're having our back porch restored and repainted. The men working have been here every morning at 8:00. They work incredibly hard and have been reliable. They are Hispanic - most don't speak English.

They haven't shown up for the past two days - no texts, no phone calls - radio silence.
It's a goddam sign of the times that I am now assuming that they have been "disappeared."
Mr. Mossfern is the person whom they usually contact, but he refuses to reach our for some reason.

This is insane!

60 Minutes tonight

Their prime story - happening right now - is about smuggling across the Canadian border by Mexican cartels. Somehow I feel that the network is complicit in Trump's campaign against Canada.