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Susan Calvin

Susan Calvin's Journal
Susan Calvin's Journal
December 25, 2018

Capehart.

Dunno about you, but he still activates my middle-finger reflex. In stereo.

I will never forget his lie about Bernie, and his failure to retract it when proved wrong.

Watching MSNBC.

November 16, 2018

Yep.

As pushed by Bernie.

I may leave here rather than deal with the stress for saying that, but it is the truth and I am currently unable to resist putting it out there.

October 11, 2018

Google instant apps on Android phone

How the heck do you turn off/remove it/disable it?

Everything I have Googled directs me down paths that don't exist on my phone.

It isn't just that it's something I would never use. It once sucked $10 out of my pocket when it got hung up updating on the data connection I forgot to turn off on my pay-as-you-go phone.

June 23, 2018

OFFS.

Yes, he lost.

He might not have won even in a fair fight.

We will never know, because it wasn't.

June 1, 2018

Watching ABC TV news regarding unemployment.

Lowest since 1969.

And it has benefited us regular people how, exactly?

Interviews with "experts" basically geared to lowering expectations.

As expected....

I blame the multinational corporations. They are too big to exist.

May 20, 2018

On dearie dear.

I wanted to like the royal wedding so much.

Listening to the preacher.

"God's" love is not unconditional. It depends on unconditional belief in "his" "son.". Whom "he" tortured and murdered. Also, the "son" invented Hell.

(I don't believe in any of this except as mythology, so I am using quotes a lot.)

And I have heard bad things about her charity, World Vision, through Kiva. I used to put a lot of money into Kiva through the A&A group, until I became disenchanted with Kiva as well. I wish better than I have heard for both of them.

We really need to recognize mythology as mythology. It can be useful. And it is true as literature and guidance. It's just not true as fact, any more than any work of fiction is.

May 5, 2018

Tracee Ellis Ross for President. That is all.

Well, not all.

a) On Van Jones. CNN.

b) It appears to be a repeat, although it is the first time I have seen it.

She is a first-rate observer, thinker, and communicator.

April 8, 2018

Boston African-American median net worth $8.

http://www.newsweek.com/boston-african-americans-poverty-wealth-inequality-744108

One of Spotlight's most daunting findings is the economic disparity between whites and blacks in Boston.

Using data from the Federal Reserve of Boston, Spotlight found that non-immigrant African-Americans in the Boston area had a median net worth of $8. "That means they owe almost as much as the combined value of what they own, be it a car, or house, or savings," Spotlight writes.
March 29, 2018

Tricare prescription question

I recently went on Medicare and Tricare for life.

My first 90 days of mail-order prescriptions was $20, three prescriptions being $0 and one being $20.

My next 90 days changed to $7 and $24, respectively, for a total of $45.

I'm not complaining - just wondering if this was already in the works or was the doing of our wonderful new administration, if anyone happens to know off the top of their head.

March 11, 2018

Oh lay off Bernie.

I am posting this here because I do not wish to cause annoyance for myself, but still...

Bernie is an FDR Dem, regardless of stated affiliation.

Yeah, I know about FDR's drastic mistakes.

We move on and do the best we can.

Bernie is in better shape than I am; I am many years younger.

Yes, I know we have an unfortunate binary system. Hope to fix it.

I have been banned from both the Hillary group (by my request) and the Bernie group (stupidly, IMHO) in the past.

Please lay off Bernie, and other contenders.

Que sera, sera.

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