.@CapehartJ's "Bye Line" this week links the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, with the moral task the Senate faces regarding #Trump's impeachment trial. #SundayShow pic.twitter.com/HeysRS3NWP
— The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (@TheSundayShow) January 17, 2021
This is not the chaos of the beginning of something. This is the chaos of the end of something.
Because the 40 years of this plutocratic takeover — of the ideology that said if you're torn between doing what's good for money and what's good for people, always do what’s good for money; these stories about lazy workers and welfare queens; and any number of other fraudulent tales that were meant to justify life in the Hamptons — if I allow myself to feel this way on a good day, it all actually feels like it's burning down.
And on matters of race and identity, likewise, the Trump era doesn't have the crackle of a launch. It has been a mourning. A mourning for white power. A mourning for a time when simply to be white and show up was enough. A mourning for an era in which simply to be a man, and not necessarily an especially capable one, could get you ahead of other people. A mourning for a time when you could be the default idea of an American and not have to share your toys.
We must understand that what we've been living through is backlash. Backlash. It's not the engine of history. It is the revolt against the engine of history. Then we might remember — just to pat ourselves on the back for a second — that what we are actually endeavoring to do right now is to become a kind of society that has seldom, if ever, existed in history. Which is become a majority-minority, democratic superpower.
(snip)
We are living through a revolt against the future. The future will prevail.
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Greetings, comrades.
Well - we have lost one of our furbabies over the weekend. Poor Miss Fantasia quit eating on Friday. She declined rapidly over the course of the day Saturday, and we did end up sending her to her maker on Saturday evening.
They couldn't really diagnose what was wrong. It was a suspected intestinal blockage or twist, and while correctible via surgery, she was nearly six years old and the prognosis for recovery would not have been good to begin with.
Poor thing. She was showing no real outward signs of physical discomfort, but as a prey animal, they generally cover that up until the bitter end.
Lemonade remains.
Quote by TriSec:
Greetings, comrades.
Well - we have lost one of our furbabies over the weekend. Poor Miss Fantasia quit eating on Friday. She declined rapidly over the course of the day Saturday, and we did end up sending her to her maker on Saturday evening.
They couldn't really diagnose what was wrong. It was a suspected intestinal blockage or twist, and while correctible via surgery, she was nearly six years old and the prognosis for recovery would not have been good to begin with.
Poor thing. She was showing no real outward signs of physical discomfort, but as a prey animal, they generally cover that up until the bitter end.
Lemonade remains.
Quote by TriSec:
Greetings, comrades.
Well - we have lost one of our furbabies over the weekend. Poor Miss Fantasia quit eating on Friday. She declined rapidly over the course of the day Saturday, and we did end up sending her to her maker on Saturday evening.
They couldn't really diagnose what was wrong. It was a suspected intestinal blockage or twist, and while correctible via surgery, she was nearly six years old and the prognosis for recovery would not have been good to begin with.
Poor thing. She was showing no real outward signs of physical discomfort, but as a prey animal, they generally cover that up until the bitter end.
Lemonade remains.
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Also, I dropped almost $300 on a gaming monitor yesterday (That's better than mine! - Javi) because I finally got MSFS 2020 running.
Well guess what - now the friggin' thing won't update and I can't fly right now.
Thanks, Macrohard!
(So - on to Star Wars Squadrons, I guess.)
Grumble, grunt, rant, rave...