Um... you really have to ask?

Hey Aristus, with Christmas coming soon,

seems to me NOW is the time to appreciate all the good and steel oneself against the bad that, unfortunately, is probably inevitable for the next few years.

That’s probably why I hang out here so much. The people here buoy me up and remind me that I’m FAR from alone in objecting to (and fighting against) trump. USE that! Don’t forget it. You have more and more people joining our resistance movement by the day, as more people start waking up.

Just come here and weigh in, and unload, whenever you feel the need to. I believe it was our Skittles who once said “someone’s always here.” And I have used that little three-word reminder to help myself stay sane.

THISE are the “three little words” that help me keep going - and yes, keep fighting AND resisting.

Aw man...

Why can’t people be nice to each other even just for a couple of weeks? Just for right now, during the holidays - holidays that pretty much everybody celebrates in some form or other.

Just for right now? No more of this bad, sad, angry, bloody, heartbreaking stuff - just maybe for the next two weeks?

Oh No!

Now elleng is gone, too?

Damn. Such a vibrant member of this little hangout.

Damn.

He is a gift to ALL of us, everywhere!

Happy Birthday, Dick Van Dyke!!!

And congratulations on hitting a milestone THIS BIG!!!

He’s brought smiles and cheery feelings to more millions of people than it’s possible to count. And for such a good long run!

The main reason why I sometimes wish I were king.

Or President. Either one. As long as it gives me unilateral power to Get. Rid. Of. The. Damn. Fucking. GUNS.

Damn! This part, in particular:

“If this shelf exists, it seems to operate under its own laws of physics—one where money multiplies when spoken aloud and disappears the moment anyone asks to see a receipt.”

That’s the dynamic that seems to rule the day, if you’re a Republican, and especially if you’re a trump Republican.

...unless most of those voters are willfully blind.

Or maybe they’re just not caring, if it doesn’t directly impact them.

Will Bunch certainly nails it.

“But it’s just as gutting as Uvalde, Newtown or hundreds of other mass shooting, in a nation where Congress disappeared for 2 months and the president is building a ballroom.”

Priorities priorities.

We DESPERATELY need to address guns!

When is enough finally ENOUGH???