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Hopalong:
Happy naps!

I'm not allowing myself to be distraught about it, or even our shockingly disorienting news -- democracy here just came damn close to collapsing and new forces that will challenge it again have risen to a genuinely threatening degree. So it's possible America will never be the same, will hold on halfway, or will really be altered in indelible, irreparable ways. No more shining city on a hill.

BUT. I do not want to keep mulling over people who aren't responsible about the pandemic OR politicians who've sold out or are compromised. Out of our control.

The news about both subjects will continue every day. But I don't have to get sucked in or even if I do keep up (always do) -- I don't want it to seep through my day. I think I've said really all I've got to say about the pandemic and its deniers.

Really, won't be anything new that isn't already a headline about case counts and resistance.

It's sunny here, had a great evening, I'm warm and safe, Pooch is napping in the sun stream, and I'm both lucky and verrrrry grateful.

Gotta get cracking.

hugs
Hops

sKePTiKal:
And.... keeping myself happy and able to share that is why I'm baking enough for my whole county Tupp. It keeps me home a lot too.

The stuff Hops was talking about above - I just want no part of - despite holding very strong opinions on it, myself. It's not a fit topic for polite conversation. And since none of US can do anything helpful about it, I'm just keeping my mouth shut and a sharp weather eye for more crap rolling downhill. Yeah, I know it's everywhere. I'm taking my reality and my way of life - where simple kindness makes so many things easier - and locking the gate and digging a moat. Till I feel I'm ready to deal with the other stuff again.

First flakes of the snow storm are here; Hol woke me up asking if I had Dr. Strangelove in the library. LOL. Pretty sure I do. I don't think S has seen it. Coffee pot (Bunn) died yesterday - again. I just got a french press and except for quantity, it does make good coffee - sans electricity. Thinking about not replacing the electric coffee maker... it would open up my counter space.

Hopalong:
I'm with you, Amber. And I'm a little shocked I went on such a political rampage here. It was like a lot of stuff bubbled out that I'd been keeping a tight lid on, but it also breaks the "contract" here, which I know is important. I'm sorry for that. Won't do it again. (Or if I do, yell.)

I'd also much rather respect our sacred support space and keep our moats full and flowing.

Alligators! Or floating cookies! Whatever it takes.

hugs
Hops

sKePTiKal:
It's perfectly OK with me Hops; I am famous for unexpectedly erupting over the same topic.

We is humanz and we can't control ourselves all the time - or life would be one long case of terminal ennui.

Meh:
Some claim that there are many moderate Republicans and many moderate Democrats, looking at news etc one would think America is a tempest of extremism.

I will say I'm not impressed with the Republican leaders who have made light of mask wearing and decided to focus on the idea of mask wearing as a concept of freedom or lack of freedom, their rebellion against authority. It does start to appear like rebellion against social responsibility, rebellion against common sense, rebellion against human kindness even. With so many people dying I find it disgusting really. Recently I was watching an interview of Kat Cammack and she talked about how taking her mask off was a little "act of rebellion" she laughed about it, in this moment she sounded like a kid. She also didn't acknowledge any sickness or death, it was left out of her conversation entirely. In the end it's like both political parties have too strong of a personality cult indoctrination where all Republicans are chanting the same chant and likewise all the Democrats are chanting the same chant too. 

I shouldn't be saying anything at all about politics here because maybe this isn't the best forum for it. Politics causes so much strife. I'm not sure how many people are anti-maskers but I would like to think it is not most people.

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