Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

In my day, never was longer.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

I really should read my own blog.

The National Guard is not Batman.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

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  3. 3.

    FelonyGovt

    I love the idea of these staffers (particularly Jared) in space suits, terrified of getting COVID from the Orange Plague Rat.

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    Jay

    We buried Samaya today.

    The 7 of us, dug her grave by hand, because we share a work bubble, so it’s sort of safe. There is a backlog on funerals and grave digging. Her faith required she be buried within 24 hours.

    The Syrian Cultural Centre donated the grave site.

    I washed and anointed her body, while Dr. Mohammed Arif said the ritual words, via cell phone, then I wrapped her in her shroud. Then plastic. After that, I washed, changed clothes and PPE, sterilized the room and her bag, then made sure I stayed at least 20 feet away from my coworkers and others. I didn’t get to carry her to her grave, because now I am a risk. My coworkers did.

    The Company has given us the time, and free PPE for those willing to attend.

    They carried her out and lowered her into the ground, and then I climbed in and cut away and removed the plastic barrier. So much stuff now that is now a biohazard.

    Praise was said, handfuls of dirt tossed. Roughly a hundred and fifty showed up. Coworkers, members of DERA, members of the Syrian Community, a bunch of Street Medics and Community Activists. About 25 unhoused. Some of my Wife’s people from the Centre. All socially distanced, all masked.

    Can’t even really gather and tell stories. That will happen some other year, because those who knew her, will never forget her. We will remember those we lost, and when it is safe, we will gather, and remember together.

    My coworkers finished filling in the grave, sodded it and put up a simple marker, Paul in Hardware made. Her life story told in two sentences. Granite and verse.

    Such a loss, a young, vibrant, strong woman with an amazing life ahead of her, wasted.

    So now, I’m in a motel, away from my wife and cats, for the next 14 days, using up some of my sick time.

    Fall came in hard today. Wind, rain, cold, grey. And we buried a beautiful, vibrant summer flower far too soon.

    As has now become the tradition, with Covid Victims and other lives cut short, SFU is giving her an Honorary Degree. She would have been so brilliant.

    The Company is sending a team tomorrow, to deep clean her apartment and take care of her estate. All her things will be cleaned, sanitized, then sent to Charities for the Unhoused and Refugees as she wanted.

    23 years old.

  6. 6.

    guachi

    Isn’t Hoarse Whisperer the guy who stated with certainty Trump would never nominate someone to replace Ginsburg?

    Yes. Yes, he is.

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    featheredsprite

    @Jay: I’m so sorry for your loss. A memorial of some sort would be nice. It doesn’t lessen the pain, but know that you do not grieve alone.

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    piratedan

    @guachi: tbf, I think Trump could give a shit because its not really about him… now Mitch McConnell, he gives a shit and and will kiss Trumps ass until Covid-Amy is in place… so I kinda have the feeling that Trump doesn’t care other than its being seen as he, DJT, is enabling the GOP wet dream.

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    Amir Khalid

    @Jay:

    From God Samaya came, and to God she returns. Someday in the After Time, you and your friends will again be able to sit and share your memories of her, and they will bring a smile to everyone’s face.

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    Emma from FL

    @Jay: Oh Jay. I don’t cry much, but this… this makes it impossible not to. What a beautiful thing you all did. The sense of community, of caring for each other… this is what we all should aim for, even if we fail.

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    Jay

    @Noskilz:

    The Syrian Civil War robbed her of her family, she just had us.

     

    @columbusqueen:

     

    @featheredsprite:

     

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    @Amir Khalid:

    The Doctor was originally offended that a man was washing a woman’s body.

    I pointed out that philosophically, I was Buddhist, and washing the body, then sitting with it for 7 days, just in case they had something  to say, was tradition.

    And that not a lot of people were willing to be with someone who died of Sars-Covid 19 immediately.

    She was love.

  20. 20.

    Citizen Alan

    @guachi: There is no shame in being unable to predict the actions of someone incapable of decency or character. Psychopaths cannot truly be understood by non-psychopaths.

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    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Jay:

    I’m sorry to hear of your loss, Jay. You and everyone else there honored your friend and her life.

    My condolences to all.

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    PIGL

    @Jay: Very sorry to hear this. And that you had to do this work. I live just up the hill from there.

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    frosty

    @Jay: Thank you for sharing this. You and your friends did well by her. I am so sorry for the loss of her. We all forget the grief and loss that’s been caused by mismanaging the response. This brings it home.

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    laura

    @Jay: you carried her to her journey’s end with respect dignity and caring. You’ll carry her in your soul and remind the world of her promise to the future and the measure of her loss. Be well in your waiting and rejoin your loved ones safely.

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    Yutsano

    @Jay: Jay…I have no words to assuage your grief. May her light be a light to others in a time of shadows. Would you feel up to giving a dictation about her life to someone? Her story is important, and I think anyway it needs to be shared.

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    Betty

    @Jay: I am joining the others in saying how very sorry I am for your loss and that of he community. She blessed your lives for a short while. Savor the memories.

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    J R in WV

    @Jay: 

    So sorry for your loss.
    Our loss.
    Her loss.

    Your story of the community caring for her after her death is very moving. Hand digging a grave is a moving experience under any circumstances. It is so hard when they are so young!

    Take care as you shelter in place, we are hoping you will be safe.

    Please keep in touch.

  40. 40.

    BroD

    Wonderful post!

    I’m 78 and my goal this year was to live long enough to vote against Trump and donate a hefty slice of my grand-kids inheritance  (which I inherited from elders who would have hated Trump) to Democrats across the US.  To quote James Brown, “I feel Good!“

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