There is of course little consolation. I know the generals failed. But there is a bit of consolation that these evil people eventually die. If there were no end to it ever ( and it is often that way or it seems that way) there would be no point in going on, yet people like Vaclev Havel, George Washington, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King persisted. Perhaps our species is irredeemable. Then nothing can be accomplished.
You are so right about the heroes who "never gave up". (That's H.H. the Dalai Lama's motto, BTW. He's another great hero.) You got me thinking: at least, generally, not all of the monsters are alive in all of the places at the same time. That's a good thing. (I'm related to von Stauffenberg, one of the generals who left the bomb to kill Hitler. As you know, it tragically failed.)
"Our" generals? Well, we know that the decimation has begun. I believe that the military will become the orange sadist's weapon to be used against us. Unfortunately I can never think of the orange sadist as a buffoon. He's far too dangerous for any word that has a connotation of humor.
He really is not that bright, heтАЩs cunning and cruel. If his father didnтАЩt bail him out heтАЩd be panhandling. He has kind of a Huey Long charisma that makes people believe that he is going to deliver milk and honey. I live in a nice neighborhood in a blue collar town in a blue state. I stumped for Bernie. The people I talked to loved either Bernie or Trump. My Hispanic cleaning ladies told me that Trump was going after the Venezuelan gangs ( while they clutched their papers in fear of ICE), they knew people who voted for Trump because he was going to send a big check and they no longer had to pay taxes. I checked with my accountant who is Hispanic and she said this was true. It will be a while before they realize just how much he lied.
My niece and her boyfriend came for the weekend. Last night I was (somewhat cautiously) talking about the horror of what happened yesterday. The boyfriend said casually, "I don't keep up with politics." It just came out of me, and I said, "You MUST! It's your duty as a CITIZEN!" He looked very startled. And he said, "I wish someone would write a book about why trump is so bad." I said, "Somebody DID write a book, back in 2016, and she lost her job as a professor at the Medical School at Harvard!" And I went and got "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" -- along with a dozen other books. He said, "I gotta read this!" He started looking through the other books. My niece was interested in Mary Trump's book, "Too Much and Never Enough". I told them to take them downstairs to their room to read if they wanted to. So they did. Whether or not they actually looked at them, I don't know. But it's possible I gave the boyfriend something to think about. (My niece's father is my brother. He's been a staunch supporter of the orange sadist since 2016. I pretty much cut ties in October.)
I interviewed a young woman this morning to pose for a portrait painting. Lovely young actress who actually knew about the Zelenskyy debacle. That is rare. Most people seem to wear it as a badge of honor that they are uninterested in politics. God forbid they fork over money for a newspaper subscription. But politics will come for them. тАЬJust you wait Mr Higgins, just you wait!тАЭ One of the horrors sneaking around is that major insurance companies are pulling out of markets in not only California and Florida, but the Southeast and places like Iowa, tornado alley. Upstanding citizens are just getting their insurance canceled. No insurance, no mortgage. Food prices will go through the roof. 80% of the food production workers are immigrants and over 40% of those are undocumented. You think gringos work in the field at 100 degrees or as knockers on slaughterhouse floors. They are all going to have to change grannyтАЩs depends, same problem, all immigrants. They were hysterical in Massachusetts when the visas for the Haitians were expiring as they made up the majority of the nursing home staff. They are so desperate in nursing homes they allow unvaccinated workers. They are laying off NOAA staff. People think sites like the Weather Channel use their own findings! No! They are ALL from the National Weather Service. All! Trump is decimating FEMA. The North Carolinians have buyers regret now when they realize Uncle Joe isnтАЩt coming to help. I could go on.
Interesting. Do they say what is causing this, specifically? Obviously the insane tariffs are freaking out Wall St. b/o the effect they will have on the cost of things. And kicking out migrants will raise the cost of food. We'll see if the maggots ever get around to putting 2+2 together. I suspect that the majority of them (led by bananon) will blame Joe Biden for the problem
80,000,000 people died by the time Hitler committed suicide. That's no consolation. (And his generals failed.)
There is of course little consolation. I know the generals failed. But there is a bit of consolation that these evil people eventually die. If there were no end to it ever ( and it is often that way or it seems that way) there would be no point in going on, yet people like Vaclev Havel, George Washington, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King persisted. Perhaps our species is irredeemable. Then nothing can be accomplished.
You are so right about the heroes who "never gave up". (That's H.H. the Dalai Lama's motto, BTW. He's another great hero.) You got me thinking: at least, generally, not all of the monsters are alive in all of the places at the same time. That's a good thing. (I'm related to von Stauffenberg, one of the generals who left the bomb to kill Hitler. As you know, it tragically failed.)
I am wondering where are generals are now. IтАЩm also wondering if this dangerous buffoon will collapse like the Hindenburg or something is afoot.
"Our" generals? Well, we know that the decimation has begun. I believe that the military will become the orange sadist's weapon to be used against us. Unfortunately I can never think of the orange sadist as a buffoon. He's far too dangerous for any word that has a connotation of humor.
He really is not that bright, heтАЩs cunning and cruel. If his father didnтАЩt bail him out heтАЩd be panhandling. He has kind of a Huey Long charisma that makes people believe that he is going to deliver milk and honey. I live in a nice neighborhood in a blue collar town in a blue state. I stumped for Bernie. The people I talked to loved either Bernie or Trump. My Hispanic cleaning ladies told me that Trump was going after the Venezuelan gangs ( while they clutched their papers in fear of ICE), they knew people who voted for Trump because he was going to send a big check and they no longer had to pay taxes. I checked with my accountant who is Hispanic and she said this was true. It will be a while before they realize just how much he lied.
My niece and her boyfriend came for the weekend. Last night I was (somewhat cautiously) talking about the horror of what happened yesterday. The boyfriend said casually, "I don't keep up with politics." It just came out of me, and I said, "You MUST! It's your duty as a CITIZEN!" He looked very startled. And he said, "I wish someone would write a book about why trump is so bad." I said, "Somebody DID write a book, back in 2016, and she lost her job as a professor at the Medical School at Harvard!" And I went and got "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" -- along with a dozen other books. He said, "I gotta read this!" He started looking through the other books. My niece was interested in Mary Trump's book, "Too Much and Never Enough". I told them to take them downstairs to their room to read if they wanted to. So they did. Whether or not they actually looked at them, I don't know. But it's possible I gave the boyfriend something to think about. (My niece's father is my brother. He's been a staunch supporter of the orange sadist since 2016. I pretty much cut ties in October.)
I interviewed a young woman this morning to pose for a portrait painting. Lovely young actress who actually knew about the Zelenskyy debacle. That is rare. Most people seem to wear it as a badge of honor that they are uninterested in politics. God forbid they fork over money for a newspaper subscription. But politics will come for them. тАЬJust you wait Mr Higgins, just you wait!тАЭ One of the horrors sneaking around is that major insurance companies are pulling out of markets in not only California and Florida, but the Southeast and places like Iowa, tornado alley. Upstanding citizens are just getting their insurance canceled. No insurance, no mortgage. Food prices will go through the roof. 80% of the food production workers are immigrants and over 40% of those are undocumented. You think gringos work in the field at 100 degrees or as knockers on slaughterhouse floors. They are all going to have to change grannyтАЩs depends, same problem, all immigrants. They were hysterical in Massachusetts when the visas for the Haitians were expiring as they made up the majority of the nursing home staff. They are so desperate in nursing homes they allow unvaccinated workers. They are laying off NOAA staff. People think sites like the Weather Channel use their own findings! No! They are ALL from the National Weather Service. All! Trump is decimating FEMA. The North Carolinians have buyers regret now when they realize Uncle Joe isnтАЩt coming to help. I could go on.
I can only hope that things get bad enough (work-wise, price-wise -- NOT!!! military-wise) that SOME of the maggots wake and DO something!
Fortune magazine headline today The US economy has suddenly been thrown into reverse as key GDP indicator flashes stunning negative forecast
Interesting. Do they say what is causing this, specifically? Obviously the insane tariffs are freaking out Wall St. b/o the effect they will have on the cost of things. And kicking out migrants will raise the cost of food. We'll see if the maggots ever get around to putting 2+2 together. I suspect that the majority of them (led by bananon) will blame Joe Biden for the problem
All those German generals were murdered werenтАЩt they?
Yes.