I was doing good until today.

[RandySF]

I managed to be relatively tranquil through this shit show of a year including that awful night last week. Now I am spiraling with this SCOTUS decision and all I can think about is the media giggling at John Roberts' stupid dancing kid on the day Roberts was nominated by Dim Son himself, George W Bush. Bush who was appointed by the Supreme Court. Bush who got away with so much shit in his background because the reporters liked him and held a grudge against Gore. Bush who was elected with the help of self-righteous leftists thought it might be COOL to vote for Ralph Nader.

I have to get off for a while. There are "Democratic" elites who could cause me to get banned from here if I write any more about them. Years of therapy and medication and here I am ready to throw a chair through a window.


I'm blabbering now. I'll be back when my head is straight again.

[Walleye]

1. Me too, I just got a device to help duplicate my old slides digitally. And a new phone.

I’m gonna play with my photographic gadgets for a while. And watch old TV westerns

[COL Mustard]

10. Take a break

Come on back when you’re ready. We’ll get through this together.

[PatSeg]

16. That should keep you busy

Some years back, I digitized almost 1000 slides. It was a very time-consuming process, plus it was a nostalgic trip to the past. Should be very diverting.

[Walleye]

26. This is going to be tough. I have avoided it because I was in so much grief over my BF's death, but it's been 19 yrs

[PatSeg]

29. Oh yes, trips down memory lane can be bittersweet

When you work with old photos, it is often amazing how many details you notice that weren't apparent before.

The past can at times be emotionally exhausting, but in many ways better than dealing with our current nightmare. And at least with the past you know where the story goes. Today's uncertainties are extremely stressful.

[NBachers]

24. Randolph Scott in Coroner Creek is one of my favorites. It's on YouTube

[XanaDUer2]

35. Have a break

[True Dough]

2. You're doing the right thing, Randy

Take care of yourself first. DU will be here for you when you feel the time is right to return.

Be well.

[Emile]

3. Take a break and get some R & R.

[multigraincracker]

4. I feel your pain. Feels like we are on

a roller coaster ride.

[madaboutharry]

5. I'll leave this here for you:

[livetohike]

6. You're not alone. I'll miss your posts, but taking a break is a good thing.

Rest up.

[Beachnutt]

7. I feel you bro...

[IA8IT]

8. So it's not just me!!! Thank You

[wendyb-NC]

9. I know...

You are not alone. Take some time to be distracted, by nature a good book, time with a pet or pets, make some bread., whatever distracts you in a good way.

[GreatAuntK]

11. Step Back From It

I'm distraught, I've cried a bit, lost my appetite, sleepless. I brought out my paints and some pictures I need to finish. Music helps.

[2naSalit]

12. Do what you must to keep...

It together. Even if you are not posting for a spell, we're still here and we're with you even when you're elsewhere.

[Mossfern]

13. I hear you!

When I learned of the Supreme Court decision, I got dizzy and almost fainted! That is just not me.
I too feel that emptiness in the pit of my stomach that I got when Hillary didn't prevail...and considered taking a break from here...but somehow I can't.

Just keep yourself busy with whatever distractions you can.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Same. Take it easy.

[yardwork]

15. Take care of yourself, Randy. I appreciate your OPs very much.

[niyad]

17. Huggggggs. Take care of you!!! We will miss you, and keep the light on for

you. I am so sick. . never thought I would be making these kinds of phone calls to Dem pols.

[PatSeg]

18. Yesterday my thoughts went back to Bush as well

He was the gift that keeps on giving. I wonder if he has any idea how much chaos he caused in so many ways. One truly bad president's actions can reverberate for decades.

[angrychair]

19. Right there with you

For me it was the ruling to throw out the Chevron Doctrine. I can easily see the courts flooded with challenges now to dismantle every single rule and regulation we have in Federal government.

Then this ruling. The one to rule them all. To make a president God-Emperor is literally insane to me. What were they thinking?!?

Our country is dead, we just don't realize it yet.

[markodochartaigh]

42. "Our country is dead, we just don't realize it yet."

We have one more Code Blue coming up in November. But right now much of the code team is preoccupied watching sportsball and TikTok. And we're going to need more than one crash cart and to crank the defibrillator up all the way. We're going to need all the volts. And make sure that the most experienced anesthesiologist is on his way up now for the intubation. And make damn sure that there is an open bed waiting in CCU.

[Joinfortmill]

20. I hear you, friend. Take care. We have indeed entered the danger zone and....

it is time to take the gloves off. So many folks own a piece of the mess we are in, but none, let me say it again, NONE more than the media. May the forces of good be with us all.

[Timeflyer]

21. Me too. "Took the wrong day to stop sniffing glue," kinda feeling.

[Nixie]

22. Totally understandable, Randy. Take care of yourself and

hope to see you back soon. Your OPs and insight are appreciated.

[emulatorloo]

23. Take a well-deserved break, Randy. See you when you get back.

[AllaN01Bear]

25. hem

[mindfulNJ]

27. Same.

My husband and I have been dealt so many blows recently outside of politics and add this on top of it all it's really overwhelming. I usually go outdoors with my macro lens and take pictures but even that isn't working today.

[Haru]

28. Time to save our democracy

Now that Joe Biden has new powers, he should use them to save our democracy. He should direct the DOJ to arrest the treasonous Supreme Court justices, Thomas & Alito for their unamerican activities.

[allegorical oracle]

30. I posted a Salon mag. link that's a wake-up call to arms to organize to stop the dangerous crazy

Here it is again:
https://www.salon.com/2024/07/02/day-two-of-donald-dictatorship

[wnylib]

36. Excellent article. This article and its topic should be a separate OP of its own.

[mahina]

31. Take care of yourself brother. Breathe deep, rest, reset.

Sending you aloha. We will prevail.

[dchill]

32. You mean "Democratic" elites...

... who didn't want Biden from the get-go?

[alwaysinasnit]

33. ...

[orangecrush]

34. Entirely justified

IMO.

I don't think the reality has set in yet for most people here.

Hope to see you back when you feel up to it.

[wnylib]

37. That's exactly how to deal with the kind of mess

that we are facing now and will face for a while. R&R renews us to keep going.

So, take whatever break you need to get yourself grounded and you will be stronger for it afterward.

[BigmanPigman]

38. I need a Xanax the size of a football at this point.

I did not want to get up today. I threw up all day and night, cried, distracted myself with documentaries about WW2 concentration camps and the 9/11 attacks (things could be worse).

I have stepped back from the news and even DU to a degree. I am trying to take care of myself and tRump does not make it easy. I want revenge, badly. The GQP did this to ME and they must be eliminated permanently.

My thoughts last night went back to our recent history in the US, as well. I was counting all the GQP POTUSes since 1962 (when I was born). The GOP are greedy, hypocritical sociopaths and always will be, therefore elimination must be the goal. If Germany could get their shit together after WW2 and their party was defeated then then the US can, too. We HAVE to!

[slightlv]

39. You're not alone... n/t

[oldsoftie]

40. I'm voting & supporting the push against tyranny. But I'm not letting it get to me

I'm just not going to let trump & his bullshit change how I live and enjoy my life. But I WILL do what I can to stop this ignorant fool from regaining the WH

[Hermit-The-Prog]

41. Take care of yourself, RandySF. Hope to see you back to posting your election news items soon.

[Mblaze]

43. When it comes down to

""Who you'd rather have a beer with", it's time to flip over the table.

[PennRalphie]

44. It's good to take a break

I took a break from all social media. Work and family really keeps me busy. And grounded. Work on your hobby, take long walks, reconnect with old friends. Take time for you.

[Xipe Totec]

45. Take a break. I'm stepping in

Stubborn mule that I am, this is when I dig in for a fight.

[ancianita]

46. I feel you. Take all the time you need.

Rest. Have some peace.

[WA-03 Democrat]

47. Thanks for all you add and do for this board

I am very grateful for it and hope you recharge can come back soon!

[58Sunliner]

48. Hope you feel better and thank you for all that you do.

[Bluethroughu]

49. It's really bad, but it's been this way for a long time.

The old white men want their last stand before they die and take the world with them.

It's ugly, but we are strong, we have the Kingdom, but will we hand the keys to those that will tear it down for themselves.

No, we have plenty of options like remove the 6 traitors on the Supreme Court overturn their rulings over the last 4years and hold public hearings after arresting them, coup plotters, their benefactors for bribing, sedition, funding, and planning a full attack on every branch in our government.

If 2025 and the insurrection wasn't enough, what will it take for justice to be served. Ginny, Meadows, Clark, gohliani, stone, koch, Crow, overstock.com owner etc...are coup co-conspirators lock them all up, hold a trial and if they are found guilty 20 years in prison is what they get.

This country loves Democracy, just because a minority of billionaires hate it and bought the GOP does not mean we can't use the power they just gave Biden...king for a day!

Overturn immunity ruling and back to President the next. With a Democracy supporting court of six new justices.

[struggle4progress]

50. What'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? What'll you do now, my darling young one?

I’m a-goin back out fore the rain starts a-fallin

I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
where the people are many and their hands are all empty
where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
where the executioner’s face is always well hidden
where hunger is ugly
where souls are forgotten
where black is the color
where none is the number

And I’ll tell it
and think it
and speak it
and breathe it
and reflect it from the mountain
so all souls can see it

Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin
and I’ll know my song well before I start singin

It’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall

[claudette]

51. I'm off all news

for a while, too. Watching a great series on Tubi and will NOT go to MSNBC or CNN or ANYWHERE for news. Occasionally I'll look in on DU to see if America has disappeared yet.

[JohnSJ]

53. me too.

[JohnSJ]

52. I don't blame you Randy, I feel the same way.

[Inkey]

54. RandySF , Thank You

for all the Great posts you have shared with us. We all need a break from this from time to time. Recharge your mind and soul
Trying times for us all ahead indeed !!!
We will still be plunging forward.

[mntleo2]

55. I know, Love, I felt the same

...and I had to leave for awhile. Then I found another forum to hang with but they were full of poor people like me and were driven off the Net. Goddess forbid that we po' folk expect to be heard doncha know. It broke my heart too. Now I am back but feeling pretty cautious because I do not own this forum and the owners do not like some of what I have to say.

Good Lord, I wondered, how healthy is it to hide any criticism and pretend everything is hunky-dunky all the time? Well I am just going with the hunky-dunky part when it suits me and I go somewhere else when what I have to say isn't. I belong to The Poor People's Campaign and they are pretty open to most things ~ as they have been bitten enough in the behind to know it comes from all sides, not just here, lol.

Hang in there. If you need a friend PM me sometime. Maybe we can find a place to talk that is more ... open.

Cat in Seattle

[Hekate]

56. Yesterday I got the news along with the rest of the world and thought I was grim but not gut-punched. Wrong.

All day yesterday I was completely unable to catch my breath, dizzy, and shaking.

So yeah, I did feel assaulted. Because we all were.

You take care of yourself, Randy.

[brewens]

57. One thing is that prices are still high and I'm not so sure people on our side that are making more

money than they ever have on their investments because of that even want to do anything about it. If they do anything that really helps, that might close the wealth gap a little and that would be unacceptable to the big donors.

[jaxexpat]

58. We'd do well to think hard on our emotions lest we get a terrible nausea from eating our own.

[greatauntoftriplets]

59. Take care of yourself, Randy.

[The Third Doctor]

60. Personally I would step away from it a while.

This stuff is like a emotional roller-coaster and sometimes it's good to walk away for a while. I've cut back my news consumption and will ignore most of it for at least a week or more. I suggest you do the same. Concentrate on hobbies or get some exercise. This stuff will be here.