Atticus
Atticus's JournalAches and pains from one 72 year old's perspective------
I had to use the push mower this morning on a slope too steep for the rider. The combination of struggling to control the path of the mower while walking across the incline did what it usually does: it gave my arthritic joints more stress than they could accommodate without complaining loudly. Wrists, knees, ankles---all began to "sing".
At one point, I paused to relieve the discomfort and started to feel sorry for myself. Why, I wondered, did I have to endure this? I have rheumatoid arthritis and that's plenty of justification for taking it easy at my age. And, then, I reminded myself of friends who died "before their time" and others who are so physically debilitated that they are housebound or bedridden. I shamefully admitted that I am one of the lucky ones.
Before finishing the slope, I mentally repeated something my Dad used to say: "It's easier to stay up than it is to get up."
The day will come when I will no longer mow that slope but, for now, I'm staying up.
A science primer for trumplicans:
The earth actually orbits around the sun; not the other way around.
Maggots do not simply arise from inside spoiling meat; they hatch as pupae from eggs deposited on the meat by flies.
Women's reproductive systems do NOT "shut down" during "true" rapes to prevent conception.
By definition, ALL islands are "surrounded by water".
Ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, bleach and ultraviolet light suppositories are totally ineffective in preventing or curing covid.
The vaccines now being used by most sane people to combat covid are the safest and most effective ever devised----period.
Finally, there are no known examples of human beings with naturally orange pigmentation.
Once upon a time, a Democrat agreed to play chess with a trumplican.
The Democrat opened: pawn to E4.
The trumplican responded: pawn to B3.
The Democrat then moved Queen's knight to C3.
The trumpllcan then reached across the board, grabbed the Democrat's King, threw it on the floor and crushed it under his heel. He then swept the board and all remaining pieces off the table and broke his chair over the Democrat's head before snarling "CHECKMATE, CUPCAKE!".
That evening, Tucker reported "Like I've been telling you---Democrats just aren't smart enough to play chess. Is it any wonder they aren't fit to govern us?"
I am afraid that my patience has worn awfully thin. The outrage---the no-holds-barred "pissed
offness"--- is bubbling just beneath my surface and I am not a damn bit ashamed of it because it is JUSTIFIED!
An out-in-the-open mob of fascist traitors ("hyperbole" my ass!) are planning to end our democracy and place a known monster back in power.
We know they will enrich themselves at our expense.
We know that anyone who is gay, non-white, female or simply is unwilling to kiss the appropriate asses will be mercilessly persecuted.
We know that they will either ignore the laws or simply create new ones that "legalize" their cruelty and immorality.
We know they will not do diddly shit about climate change because they THINK they will not have to deal with the hardships and strife in their lifetime.
We know----well, we know THEM for the shameless greedy thugs they are.
We KNOW all this, yet we are cautioned not to give voice to our rage lest we be judged "uncivil" or "counterproductive".
Damn it! We can disagree about what type of "drastic action" should be taken, but SURELY we can agree that drastic----perhaps (shudder!) UNPRECEDENTED---action must be on the table if we are to turn these criminals out and retake our country!
We cannot afford to give an inch anywhere.
We cannot cut any trumplican any slack for any reason.
We cannot afford to pass up any opportunity to contradict, impede, embarrass or defeat any one of "them".
If we don't get off our asses, they're going to hand them to us next year. Unlike us so far, their only rule will be "Whatever it takes".
McConnell insists Democrats "name a number" as the limit for spending before they will "allow"
an extension until December. I have the number.
$7,800,000,000 ---7.8 trillion dollars. That will just cover the amount that tfg added to the national debt during his four year squat in the White House.
You DO want to pay your party's bills, don't you, Mitch?
"---you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will."
---from "Vincent", by Don McLean .
This passage just seems to be relevant as we continue to try to get the unvaccinated to "listen".
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