70sEraVet
70sEraVet's JournalCertainly something to be thankful for, this season.
I've just realized why I prefer to get my news through this site.
Other news sites end up giving me feelings of depression and helplessness.
But on DU, I get the news accompanied by comments from (for the most part) thoughtful, caring individuals. Instead of a feeling of helplessness, I feel like I belong to a community that is working to hold back the evils of our society.
If Joe changed his middle name to 'Brandon', those yard signs would become HIS signs
Joe needs to embrace the 'Brandon' thing.
Maybe change his middle name to 'Brandon' (he probably never liked the 'Robinette' thing anyway).
You know, like Obama did when they started calling his American Cares Act 'ObamaCare'. And when he did that great video making fun of the 'Thanks Obama' meme.
A holiday in rural Tennessee in the plague years
On Thursday, my wife and I attended a Veterans Day Program in our town in a rural Tennessee county. It was held indoors in the Community Center/hurricane shelter. I was a bit dismayed right away, when I saw how full the parking lot was - the building would be full capacity.
We were greeted at the door by one of the hosts of the Program, and I said out loud, "Oh, my mask" while fishing in my pocket. "No, you don't need masks", he reassured me. We put our masks on.
We walked into the room, looked around at the sea of faces (maybe 150?), and my wife whispered " Nobody is wearing a mask!" I said "Well, were providing a service. If somebody wanted to wear a mask, but they were shy about, they'll see us and go 'Oh look! They're wearing a mask'."
Anyway, the guy who greeted us at the door started the Program, announcing who was going to give talks, etc. And he mentioned that Reverend so-an-so was supposed to give the Invocation, but he had Covid. He assured us that it was an asymptomatic case.
I'm sitting there, and thinking about that Reverend, about how I'm sure he's a nice friendly guy - no doubt he shakes the hands of all of his parishioners, probably even hugs those who seem downcast. You might even say, he's a very WARM guy (103 degrees?). And of the people who are in attendance today at this Veterans Day Program, maybe half of them are active members of that congregation. So, there's a 50/50 chance that the person sitting next to me was a handshaker; maybe a 10/90 chance that I was sitting next to a hugger (he DID seem a bit downcast).
It was hard to enjoy the rest of the Program. But everyone else seemed to have a nice time.
I'm sure the Reverend will be glad to know that I was thinking about him.
Utah Rep Chris Stewart (R) presented a "socialist laundry list" of Biden's BBB plan on Twitter
Obviously, Stewart was trying to rile up his base.
The only problem was, the items on the list are very popular, even with Republicans; child care and universal pre-k, expanded child and earned income credits, Medicare hearing benefits, in-home care access, affordable housing, worker training and higher education, etc.
I especially liked one Twitter user's comment:
"This list is awesome! These items will help millions of people live better lives. If only the Democrats could message this well!"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-stewart-build-back-better-tweet_n_618ea215e4b0ab5f28493bed
Either stupidity, or clever comedy writing. Which?
Am I the only one who sees that this article is packed with absurdities? Here's the title;
"Extremism expert warns that unhappy QAnon believers are now being lured into far-right extremist groups"
https://www.rawstory.com/right-wing-extremist-groups/
"Unhappy QAnon Believers" ?? Have you ever met a HAPPY QAnon believer? I mean, 'unhappiness' is kind of a requirement, isn't it?
And, "being lured into far- right extremist groups"?? Like catching a fish by 'luring' it into water?
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