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live love laugh's Journal
live love laugh's Journal
March 19, 2026

Driving past many strip malls where businesses are closed since the pandemic.

One was a favorite restaurant where a group of us would meet every week. My thoughts wandered to how many of the people at these shuttered places voted for the demise of their livelihood. Quite a few
I imagine and they probably will never connect the dots between their votes and their jobs.

March 19, 2026

Edward Norton performed a spectacular rendition of a Walt Whitman poem on Colbert tonight

Colbert is winding down. The last episode is May 21.
Norton joined the procession of guests seeing him off. Norton performed the work after talking about he is coping with the unrest most are experiencing.

The poem basically says that those who preceded all of us also faced turmoil. It was comforting in the sense that not only are we are not alone but that we too will survive and it gave a nudge to savor life in the present moment.

It’s not on YouTube yet just facebook and TikTok so I didn’t post it but they both show up on Google. I’ll add it if it shows up on YouTube.

March 18, 2026

I didn't l turn my ballot over to finish voting! I finished too hurriedly.

So glad my error didn’t make a difference. I’m happy with the results so far especially Stratton.

March 10, 2026

Trending boil water advisory for NOLA

Apparently a water main broke. But I think that’s a coverup excuse for the expanding effect of data centers on the water supply. New Orleans has SEVEN data centers currently.

Water is essential for life. How can we allow corporations to confiscate our life force?

March 4, 2026

We're on the brink of democratic decimation and people are quibbling


Everywhere I see people pointing to donations from AIPAC / Israel as a reason not to vote for Democratic politicians. They don’t seem to care about this when it’s a Republican btw. The very same people who weaken their own representation then constantly complain about being unrepresented or weak representation.

At this point it seems that all it takes to bring down any politician is to just plant a “donation” from a nefarious organization.

Maybe I’m overlooking something or oversimplifying this but I know that we’re in grave danger. I know that we need to be focused on this country alone right now because things are getting worse. We don’t have the luxury of quibbling as the worst of Project ‘25 goes into effect immediately following the midterms in 2027 and beyond.
March 3, 2026

Talked to someone today who said she's sitting out the primaries and election

and voted independent during the last presidential election. Then she mentioned the Jesse Jackson observances as a nod to his legacy. I said that he and so many others fought for voting rights and that even seeing that votes were recently stolen from Georgians tells you that voting means something. I could’ve been talking to a wall.

I’m tired of listening to stupidity.

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