PHEW!!

[malaise]

Last edited Sun Apr 12, 2020, 07:50 PM - Edit history (1)

Thank you - we're back.

I think I handle Covid-19 better than losing DU
Thanks Admin

[Baclava]

1. We wuz attacked! Man the lifeboats! OK, its better now, that was close, good work fixing the holes!

[malaise]

4. Watched the slow down last night

I knew this was coming

[Baclava]

6. Yeah, i was in the slow down thread when it tipped over, spooky

[tblue37]

63. I found the slowness had returned when I tried to post at 6:00 this morning. nt

[malaise]

66. Same here

[Lulu KC]

2. I didn't know how dependent I am!

And blocked a whole bunch of sad and angry people on Twitter as I waited.

[malaise]

8. Thing is I don't do Facebook or Twitter

but Admin put up a notice that we were down through no fault DUs

[Lulu KC]

41. The DU Twitter page

has people who visit who are mad at DU.

It was like this is a clubhouse and there are these little gangs who have clubs where all they do is complain about being kicked out of this club. It was all very childish behavior and I felt sorry for them. But they were obnoxious so blockety block block.

Bizarre experience. Glad to be back in here where people argue and correct one another etc. in a healthy way.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

100. Facebook also

There was one guy ranting we were all a bunch of corporate Dems. Sucks to be him I guess.

[Hekate]

59. I couldn't get through to Facebook either, except for front page photos. Nt

[True Blue American]

79. Our Church said they

Are going off Facebook because of so much going on.

Will be UTube and Email. Sounded pretty fed up with Facebook.

[GetRidOfThem]

88. Same here, don't do facebook or twitter...

The only one I do occasionally is Linked-In, which I understand is owned by Facebook...

Did not experience the slowdown. I would have panicked! I depend on this site of my sanity...

[lagomorph777]

101. No Twit or Falsebook for me either: Putin's Platforms.

[mucifer]

3. Do you know what happened to DU?

[malaise]

5. Admin will tell us soon

Just glad we're back

[Baclava]

10. I bet it was a virus!

Too soon?

[malaise]

13. From the Branch Covidians?

Stole that from a DUer

[Baclava]

22. No touching! Now wash your hands!

[RVN VET71]

93. And it Covidiot worshippers?

[malaise]

94. Yes indeed

[MyOwnPeace]

16. I've got my mask on!

but I'm waiting for Ivanka or Jr. to sell me something better......

[lagomorph777]

102. COVFEFE-19

[MyOwnPeace]

7. IT HAS RISEN!!!!!!

Ironic, right?

[malaise]

11. Perfect

DUzy

[UTUSN]

9. The wingnuts now know how to really *GET* to us!1

[bluestarone]

12. YES!

A BIG TY to all who got us back!

[Butterflylady]

14. I was starting to panic.

Never knew how dependent I was!!!!

[lastlib]

23. And on Sundai when I hadn't seen SCE LOLCats!!

OMG, gonna die!!!! The World is coming to an end!! Apocalypse Now!

I really am addicted to this site!

[Laffy Kat]

32. Me,too. I'm glad I didn't find out last night because I would have had a panic attack!

[lastlib]

68. I was having flashbacks to 11/8/16!

--- --- ---

[Laffy Kat]

70. How long was it down? nt

[PatSeg]

86. Me too

That was really creepy.

[Scarsdale]

42. Me, too!

I kept trying to log on, and couldn't. Talk about panic! Then the announcement was posted. Bigly relief. This is my #1 source of news with people who think like I do.

[Iggo]

15. Exactly!

Phew!

[Stuart G]

17. I am so glad that DU is back...K and R Democratic Underground. Today & Every Day!!!!

[mopinko]

18. i thought i might have pissed off the gods. out of jail one day,

and the whole damn thing crashes the next.

glad to see i am not under some kind of spell.

eta- i dont believe in such, but people leave some strange things on my farm.
the other day i got a bundle of pheasant feathers and some sort of soft, long straw.
true story.

[malaise]

19. Not you

[mopinko]

20. see my edit.

[mucifer]

21. Finding out I am way too addicted to DU

[NBachers]

24. I was here at the slowdown- It kept getting slower and slower. It was way way late where I live, so

I just signed off and hoped for the best. I'll be interested to find out what was happening.

[BlueMTexpat]

25. I second that!

I had flashbacks to Nov 8, 2016 and thought, oh, no, here we go again!

Thank heavens that I checked the DU FB site and saw the message there.

[malaise]

29. Yep that was my first thought

[Zoonart]

56. Me too.

Flashed right back to Election Day 2016. That's when I knew I needed to pony up more often. DU is too important to me.

[malaise]

73. LOL

[Zoonart]

74. Be well Mal.

[Laffy Kat]

26. I noticed the slow-down, too, and thought it was just my laptop.

OMG!

[hlthe2b]

27. That was stressful to wake up to. Thanks, admins for the quick fix.

[c-rational]

28. Losing DU was most upsetting. Also, my wife was on a different site when her screen went to

a window blind look. Attempting to tun off her computer cleared that issue. I just do not Iike the feel of this. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but there is too much gaslighting going on for my comfort, too much holding up the dumpster, and too much obfuscating of the truth.

On a separate note there is a great article in the Washington Post this morning on the politicization of the supreme court (yes I will use lower case), Supreme Inequality (sorry I cannot link) that is a should read...goes back to the Powell court. I particularly liked one comment on the declaration of person hood to corporations from the Santa Clare County vs. Southern Pacific decision where this caveat was inserted into the "headnote" by a court secretary of a former railroad man.

[BComplex]

52. I'd love to see that article. I am really scared of this supreme court. Another reason why we have

to quit electing republicans if this country is going to survive as a democratic republic.

NMRE
No More Republicans EVER

[c-rational]

97. See link below. Hope this works , i.e. I did this correctly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/08/high-court-has-been-siding-with-rich-against-poor-since-nixon/?arc404=true

[BComplex]

103. Thanks, C-Rational! That article is EXACTLY why Elizabeth Warren was the BEST candidate to

elect for president this next term. She could have written that article herself.

[Bettie]

30. Me too

Now I have my blankie...it's going to be OK.

[Aristus]

31. I quit DU, and it was the worst four hours of my life...

[Auggie]

33. Phew indeed -- painful withdrawal over

[C Moon]

34. Last time they did that so we couldn't discuss that it appeared the election was being hijacked.

[2naSalit]

35. Good thing I didn't know about it until half an hour ago!

Appropriate for Easter, I guess.

Thanks Admin.!!!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

91. Me, too. I slept right through it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

36. I'm with ya there. nt

[DemoTex]

37. Big Yellow Taxi

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone ..

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

[malaise]

38. Except I think we know what we've got here

[notdarkyet]

45. Been listening to miles of aisles this morning as my substitute for DU. Which I turn on the

Minute I wake up.

[NRaleighLiberal]

39. Mental and intellectual lifeline restored! Happy Happy Joy Joy!

thanks, admin buddies!



I did notice things acting a bit squirrely the last few days

[gibraltar72]

40. I was Jonesing.

[nolabear]

43. Oh thank heaven! I always check when I wake up and freaked!

Well I didn’t quite freak—I went back to sleep. But Twitter seemed down too.

[Alliepoo]

44. Oh, me too, Malaise!!!

You said it perfectly- PHEW!!!!! Holy cow-I don’t know what I’d do without DU and my family here. So glad we’re back up and running. Wishing everyone a peaceful Easter day. Our admin ROCKS! Good job and Thank You!

[malaise]

48. Back at you

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. It has risen.

[marieo1]

47. Staff at DU

Thank You, staff at DU. Missed you!! Have a wonderful day.

[secondwind]

49. PHEW is right!!!!!!!!!!

[underpants]

50. No kidding

[rocktivity]

51. You took the "Phew!" right out of my mouth!

But what caused it -- Russian interferers


rocktivity

[guillaumeb]

53. We were out for an after breakfast walk.

Soon we will go for our after lunch walk.

So DU was off-line, so to speak?

[NoRoadUntravelled]

54. Yes!

[Zoonart]

55. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So glad we are back.

Thanks Admins for getting us up and running.
Almost had a seizure this morning when I found out we were down.
Oh Happy Day, DUers.

[Hekate]

57. Amen. It was a terrible thought, which led to other terrible thoughts of a dystopian nature.

Thanks, Admins.

[calimary]

58. Man, gotta say I gritted my teeth when going to this tab I keep open to DU on my laptop just now -

Wasn't sure I'd get to - well - HERE. I found, via iPhone, that when the "nobody here" empty screen is what came up, I couldn't hit the back-arrow and restore what I'd started to read on the screen last night.

A relief that DU is back - and that YOU ALL are back!

I'm still suspicious about why DU suddenly disappeared, though.




Happy Easter everybody! Even DU rose from the dead.

[panader0]

60. Well, I got some chores done.

Thanks admins.

[malaise]

71. ROFL

I had a homework session with the lil one but that ended and still there was no DU

[C Moon]

85. :D

[dweller]

61. dammit ! my star membership expired !

sorry i guess i shut it down ?
🤔

back on again!

✌🏼

[trickyguy]

62. What could I do without DU to keep me going. This was scary. And what about the

other vital services like the U.S. Postal Service. Just read a very long Facebook post

from a postal worker: a history, what it means to all of us and what we can do to keep it afloat.

He said it would take just $20 from everyone to get them out of the hole and I would gladly

pay that. Can't imagine not getting mail - especially these days. And DU is a similar situation.

When these things are gone, we realize just how much they meant to us. Thank you DU.

[smirkymonkey]

64. I was actually having withdrawal symptoms.

I didn't realize quite how addicted I was to DU.

Thank god it's back!

[blueinredohio]

65. Agreed Malaise, I was starting to panic.

Thanks admin for getting us back online.

[Chemisse]

67. I must have 2016 election night PTSD - that was all I could think of today.

So glad DU is back up.

[backtoblue]

83. Me too

Thank goodness you guys are all back!

I freaked for a minute.

[sellitman]

69. Good to see you all again

Thanks Admins

[mshasta]

72. Thank you

.....very suspicious..

[Dem2theMax]

75. There is something to be said for sleeping very late into the morning.

Sometimes you miss scary things that happen.

[True Blue American]

76. Spectrum Cable

Is having problems,too. Off and on this afternoon. Phone call, they are having technical difficulties.

At least the SunRise Sevice was nice.

Always darkest just before Dawn. I am praying for that in our Country.

[Turbineguy]

77. DU down is a double whammy.

Along with waking up and finding out that tr.....

Nope, not going there.

[LAS14]

78. Thanks! & r

[Alacritous Crier]

80. Thanks for getting it working again!!

I was going through bonafide withdrawals!

[onecaliberal]

81. Thank goodness.

[safeinOhio]

82. It's all tied together.

DU down, the return of JFKjr, 5G, new flu and Agnon.






just kidding

[samsingh]

84. Great that DU is back!

[Demovictory9]

87. did it go down? for how long?

[malaise]

89. Several hours

[Demovictory9]

92. yikes

[pansypoo53219]

90. ooh. it wasn't my puter.

[Pepsidog]

95. This site is my source for daily mental health treatment and keeps me sane.Thank you for all you do.

[niyad]

96. PHEW!!! Indeed. 2016 flashbacks! Wondering what orange death was up to.

A great big, heartfelt THANK YOU to our amazing admins.

Resurrection!

[tclambert]

98. Covid-10? I think your watch is 9 years fast.

[malaise]

99. Thanks - corrected