can't do it any more...I've no words left.
It's all too insane, the way that the country is being systematically dismantled (to serve the welfare of all), recreated to boldly favor the ultrawealthy right wing nutcases.
I will read here, will do what I can for decency and progress, will post an occasional article I find that is worth reading.
But not as often - the last near-year is impacting my mood, my health, my optimism, my joy of life. Nothing makes sense....
There really is nothing to add, no magic words...I've got nothing.
See you around on my occasional pop ins. Hoping for Mueller. Hoping for enough to return to their senses before it is too late. Hoping...
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Enjoy life. 
Go find a Black Gum and enjoy its fall color ASAP.
?ssl=1The little tree is about three feet tall and its leaves are spectacular right now. The catalpa has already lost almost all of it leaves, so the view is unimpeded. It's a thing I have never seen before, but my cousin, who is a botanist, says it's not unheard of though uncommon.
Those tomatoes are beautiful! Thanks for posting the pictures. 
I honestly get it. Hope you feel better soon! 
His way, he reversed course. His genius is to win back the support of people he had condemned, when he needs them, to prop him up.
Anyway, we need some optimism. 
Rest up, take a deep breath. We will be here.
They are using mental tactics well it seems to be working for those 34% they have been brainwashed completely.
Standing firm here.
it is the sense of helplessness that gets to me... I write to my Rep and Senators (Welch, Leahy and Sanders) and they just all respond with... "yah but..." I have marched, I have protested, I have made phone calls... I feel helpless
I need to take this wisdom to heart.
A whole lot of the GOP are going to go with him. The Kochs, the Mercers, Hannity, Limbaugh, Moore, O'Reilly, McConnell, Jones, Ryan, Gorsuch, Pence, I could go on and on. It seems the more the pieces of this puzzle are leaked, the more it seems that they're all guilty. It was a massive, carefully orchestrated, systematic takedown of Hillary Clinton. The whole GOP was in on it - and actively cheerleaded it - top to bottom. And the few people who probably weren't in on it, like Corker, are going to be a bit more difficult to sort out. And it doesn't take Mueller to figure that out. But I am all for him taking all the time he needs. I feel like it's going to be like that court room scene from the Dark Knight - you charge one with a crime, you can charge them all. 
I know I need a few more of these. 
Since it's fall, I'm doing needle felted pumpkins.
There's something satisfying about repeatedly poking a bunch of orange fluff trying to make it into something pleasing 
The countdown clock still has too much time on it before he leaves office for that to be a comfort.
I'm worried about what he'll do next every single day. 
I've been taking a few days a week off myself. I just can't face Trump and his trash everyday, anymore. Don't leave completely. I did that for a few years after the Hillary/Obama wars and I wish I hadn't. I DO avoid all the Hillary/Bernie wars, and refuse to let myself get entangled in those imbroglios.
Trump sucks. He's going to continue to suck for awhile. Sooner or later he will get his though. Then we can rejoice when the next Democratically controlled government repeals every stinking thing Trump ever did, and make this country TRULY great again!
Don't be a total stranger. Peace.
i find i can't turn away.
#Resist
Will miss your contributions, but fully understand. I too have found it hard to post. Usually just echoing what others have already said.
They're not the one-percenters, but they ARE the pawns of the one-percenters.
The ultra-wealthy in this country have a lot of economic power but very little voting power. There's too few of them to get a majority in any state or disctrict. So they manipulate other people to vote the way that benefits the one-percenters by fooling them. Whoever is dumb enough to be fooled, those people become the rightwing base and vote however they're told to vote.
We aren't the ones who've been fooled, so it's easy for us to see what's happening. We can't give up on this. Never stop trying to convince your friends, neighbors and family members that they are wrong and they're being fooled. Some RW people are seeing the light but first they have to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh and Faux News, and hopefully they'll listen to US instead.
Even after Trump has been impeached and kicked out, we STILL have to fight this fight. The one-percenters will still be here even after Trump is gone.
