my sister is running. we need you du. now on actblue!!!

we need tshirts for parade season and walk pieces to reach the 30k dem voters in her district.
30,000. think about that. we will be knocking doors, and doing lit drops, and begging sean casten to carry our lit and we will carry his.
but just printing those pieces is huge expense for a shoestring operation.

please consider just $10. we will help flip the 6th, we will help send bruce rauner packing.

blue tsunamis are made up of raindrops at the bottom of the ticket.

please chip in. if you cant do $10, then give $5. but please give what you can afford.


https://secure.actblue.com/donate/flipdupage#

eta- please knr if you cant give. that matters, too.
also, please follow her on twitter, and i will follow you back.
@sheila rutledge

eta paypal link for those who are not fond of actblue.
https://sheila4dupage6.org/donate/

call me crazy but mitt romney could get the mormon church to dna

these families for free.
either voluntarily, or to settle some dispute.
23andme, i'm thinking about you, too.

cuz that is what i think this is going to come to. see-disparado.

none of these parents should be deported w/o their kids. period.

give them an ankle bracelet, and let them find their kids.
at this point, it's gonna take dna to match them back up. (wonder who will make big bucks off this?)

for any of these kids to get left behind here is a GOD DAMNED CRIME. kidnapping. aggravated kidnapping.

it's a cut. a cut that may not heal.

sadly, these days, i suspect if spanky ordered the guards at these jails to cut off a finger or a toe of these babies, many would obey that order.
but most would not, i hope.
but what we are doing is the same.
we are injuring them as surely as that.

and then, some we will stitch up. some we will give a couple bandaids. and some we will simply allow to bleed, because they are not to be touched.
hell, some would stand by and watch as gangrene grows.

what we are doing is just.like.that.
some of these kids will, in fact, end up dead. maybe soon, maybe after years of trying to cope w with these invisible wounds.

it might be more honest to just physically, actually cut them. it's what some wish they were allowed to do. and many would stand by and watch and get their yayas.

and this is who we have become under this monster.

there are no democrat laws or obama laws. there are laws. period.

there are laws of the land, you orange disgrace.

spanky lacks the language skills to do this. we have to go by his recollection?

or hope kim takes good notes?
he cant carry on this conversation. we have a 4th grader who thinks he can pass the lsat. and the mcat.

he might as well be deaf and mute. actually, we would be better off.

hey du old timers- do you remember cliffordu? UPDATE-2.

he hasnt been on for a while, since the switch to du3.
i didnt know him well on du, but i bumped into him on fb, and have gotten close to him the last year or so.

the other day he got some very sad news- he has an aggressive form of als. he is a viet nam vet, and this is a service related disability, caused by agent orange.
he was in good health last summer, but over the winter had many weird symptoms, and finally was unable to breathe easily or walk.
he is in the v hospital in portland, or.

he doesnt know i am posting this, and i hope he is not mad at me. but i thought a thread w good wishes from old friends would cheer him up.

if you have a good story about him, please share for the younguns.

i will share this w him when it get to the top of the greatest page, which it gosh darn well better.

update- cliff has been aware of this thread, but is currently being poked and prodded.
he is a little overwhelmed, tho.
so lets keep it going.

update 2- i talked to cliff last night. he is going to try to log in today. he isnt sure he knows his password any more, but his account is still listed as active.
this thread has def cheered him.

it has fallen off the greatest, but lets try to keep it going here in the lounge.

The Privilege of Mental Health JULY 5, 2016 / JOHN PAVLOVITZ

Because here’s the thing: Your mental health is a privilege. It’s gives you an advantage that many do not have. This isn’t your fault and it’s not something to feel guilty about, but as with all privilege it does come with responsibility.

Look for those of us who are hurting and move toward us. Even if we tell you we’re fine, look deeply enough to really see us. Many times you will have to overcome us just to get to us.

we sent a hospital ship that sat empty. that's why they died.

like the helicopter was never invented.

first day of hurricane season. but, hey, there are still snowballs, right?