Been on the phone with a client, but I saw this coming up. Getting a late start, but jump to the beginning of Biden for a pretty emotional start.
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Been on the phone with a client, but I saw this coming up. Getting a late start, but jump to the beginning of Biden for a pretty emotional start.
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Vice-President Elect and soon to be Second Gentleman:
Enjoyed every bit of this while drinking my morning coffee.
Just Some Fuckhead sent along some cute kittehs, Monkey and Jumbo, that I’m happy to share:
And here are some winter ducks for you. Unlike those crazy Vermont ducks who run inside at the first sign of snow, mine love snow. I often have to shovel a path so they aren’t up to their little eyes in snow, but they do love it. I also shovel out the area under the bushes so they have somewhere to warm their feet.
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I’ve been out and about and missed this, but you can start at the beginning (18:32) and the team is talking now:
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Full video at @MSNBC: https://t.co/JM6em7GNou
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) January 16, 2021
It’s scary out there right now. It’s going to be scary for some time to come. What has been unleashed, what has been revealed, is ugly. It is what makes democracies die.
In the despair, it is easy to lose perspective. I certainly do all the time. But from time to time, I step back and try to remember where we are as a country on the arc of things.
And I see then that this is both a very dark time and, potentially, a very bright time. It’s important to hold these truths together.
When I look down at the ground of the present right now, I feel depressed. If I lift my head to the horizon, I see a different picture.
This is not the chaos of the beginning of something. This is the chaos of the end of something.
When I’m not overtired and overwhelmed, this has been my feeling. I keep hoping to have the energy to turn back to climate solution research and action.
Here’s a kitty, hoping against hope it will be warm enough for the patio door to be opened (they won’t stay outside if the door is closed because, I don’t know, cats?) As long as they stay in the backyard and come when I call, they will continue to have backyard privileges. Just not when it’s 30 degrees out.
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I’ve decided 2020 has broken me. I’m finding it more and more difficult to focus each day. I’ve had a lot of complicated financial work to do and have been second-guessing myself on the more complicated documents. I’m just keeping my head down and hoping it gets better.
I did get my parents on the list to get their vaccine as soon as their county goes to level 1B. The woman I spoke with said it wouldn’t be long – but that was before the horrible news broke today that, shocker, the orange disease administration lied about the vaccine numbers.
I’m also on a list, only because Kaiser is gearing up to start vaccines (again, before news broke today). I have absolutely no qualifications – age, pre-existing or work related reasons – and I’ve already had Covid, so I’m okay being at the end of the line. There have been very few reported cases of re-infection, so masks and distance it will be for the foreseeable future.
I stumbled upon this video from Twitter and I wanted to share. Two blue-eyed white comedians go undercover to the insurrection rally thinking they’d do what they’ve done many times before – record funny bits for their comedy vlogs. What really happened, well, it’s worth a watch, especially to the end. I fast-forwarded through most of the really awful magats, but the commentary and riot video around it was worth wading through that.
I hear the awful-one wants a big send-off on Wednesday. I think, despite the reporting, it won’t happen, but they’re telling him this to get him to the plane. Like dropping M&Ms one by one for him to follow until they can slam the door shut behind him and signal the pilot to gun it and take off.
I will try to post some respite this weekend. I’ve got some cute animal photos…maybe some food. We’ll see.
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I meant to add, Leslie Jones live tweeting TV gives me life.
Ok Jason filling in!! Juanita you dressed up for Jason? pic.twitter.com/7UDUBO7XF7
— Leslie Jones ? (@Lesdoggg) January 15, 2021
Please someone tell me what is up with this dude!! pic.twitter.com/WesAtvEIYL
— Leslie Jones ? (@Lesdoggg) January 16, 2021
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And boy do we need a rescue…or at least a plan.
I know you guys could probably use a good respite post, but I’m just not feeling it. I keep trying to do anything but obsess on current events to no avail. But I do hear WereBear has a new housemate and she’s going to share with us soon, that’ll be good for a bit of a break.
Meanwhile, let’s relish in our new and improved President and try and keep this post sedition-free (but I’ll understand if we drift).
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I decided to check in on how things were going today…
Colin Powell: “I can no longer call myself a fellow Republican." pic.twitter.com/6xGnzeUg4Y
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 10, 2021
So far, 4 major corporations say they won't donate to any of the 147 GOP members of Congress, including 8 Senators, who objected to certified results of the Electoral College: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Marriott International, Commerce Bancshares, and Citibank. A start.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 10, 2021
Forever you will be Ted Coup. https://t.co/2ruEsLufCQ
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) January 10, 2021
BREAKING: Eric Gavelek Munchel, who brought zip ties to the Capitol insurrection, has been arrested by the FBI. pic.twitter.com/xi36sIJwk6
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 10, 2021
Larry Rendall Brock Jr. has been arrested in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Brock is the retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who was seen wearing a combat helmet and body armor and holding zip-tie handcuffs. https://t.co/aPTsK0M3VU
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 10, 2021
And if you haven’t seen this video…well it awful and I’m not going to embed it. They drag a DC Metro Officer down the stairs and beat him, repeatedly. With. An. American. Flag.
JFC
I’m going to go eat my feelings now.
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