THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
Your posts brought me GLEE!
I've been feeling heavy lately too, and now I'm laid low with an upper respiratory virus (because I always get sick a. when I'm stressed, and b. at the holidays). I've been actively avoiding news cycles this week. I have been focusing my attention on stupid TV. My favorite stupid TV right now is The Masked Singer. Yes, it's on Fox, but so is The Simpsons. It's so entertaining, I don't even look up online spoilers, I just enjoy the ride. I recommend watching it with a [spiked] eggnog in hand.
As Solstice approaches, I feel we all need to hibernate just a little, to recharge so we come into 2020 ready to fight the big fights. Donnie Douchebag et al will get their comeuppance...
Happy Full Moon and Namasté!
When your tree fell down again this year yet none of your ornaments broke, is that possibly a good sign? Back in 2017, Trump took over, and succeeded in breaking common decency rules and the Constitution (among other things). Basically, American unity and decency fell. However, this time in 2019, your tree fell again, but none of your ornaments broke. Perhaps this is a sign that Trump will fall, and the things that he has not destroyed will remain intact? That the dreaded "Civil War" he predicts his supporters will launch should he fall fail to materialize?
Speaking of which, several Trump supporters actually approached me today and told me they planned to take up their guns and shoot the democrats if Trump was removed. My response (summary) was this:
"Go ahead. You bring your guns, then we will bring ours. There are over three million more of us than there are of you, and you succeeded in driving many people who voted for Trump in 2016 to our side anyway, so there are more of us now then there was then. If you wish to die for a sexual predator and child cager, we are more than happy to oblige you!"
Their response? Shock. Then they backtracked and tried to justify their actions. "Uh, we didn't mean go after you! We meant the corrupt liberals!"
Me-"I support removing Trump, so that must mean I am a liberal. If being a liberal means I am anti-rape, anti-sexual harrassment, anti-child abuse, etc., then sign me up! What do you think happens when you threaten people? Eventually we get sick of it! So keep up the threats! But don't beg us for mercy when we take you down! Because we will not be intimidated by a bunch of rapist, racist republicans!"
Needless to say, there was more back-peddling and self-justification (with assurances that they didn't actually "mean it," while I responded that I fully planned on defending myself and others if they tried.)
This event brought a new realization. These people are cowards. They think that by threating violence, they will scare the rest of us. But when faced with actual opposition, they back down.
The truly sad thing? There were three of them and one of me! And yet when confronted, they were not prepared with the realization that someone would actually fight back.
Do I think we need to threaten violence as a result? Of course not! WE are of the light, and it is not our way. But I think that if we started confronting these bullies back and make them realize that we can and will defend ourselves, then they will rethink their tactics. It is one thing to threaten people with violence. It is another when the target of your bullying suddenly has a group of friends surrounding you.
The darkness is rising. But so are we!
I've been actively avoiding news cycles this week. I have been focusing my attention on stupid TV. My favorite stupid TV right now is The Masked Singer. Yes, it's on Fox, but so is The Simpsons. It's so entertaining, I don't even look up online spoilers, I just enjoy the ride. I recommend watching it with a [spiked] eggnog in hand.
Let's put things into perspective. I know it's on Fox. I also watch a few Fox shows for entertainment in spite of the name. I too like to watch escape tv. Maybe it will brighten your day to know that while Faux is crowing about how Hannity has been winning in the ratings, they don't say that he only averages 3.25 million viewers. That's about half a million less daily than say, The Young and The Restless. And face it, Y&R is probably more realistic. It's about a third to a quarter of the viewers who watch the Masked Singer. When folks talk about how big his base is, only 60% of those eligible to vote actually showed up at the polls in 2016. That means he was only voted into office by about 30% of adults in the US. How many have defected since then? I also love that the youth of this country who didn't show up for the election in 2016 showed an unprecidented 79% increase in their turnout for the 2018 elections. I imagine that number will climb for the 2020 races, given the stakes.
When I'm up for it I watch selectively. This five minutes from Eric Swalwell was worth every second.
For that matter, when the Chief Narcissist of the US went after a 16 year old on Twitter today, I found it highly amusing that she owned him by changing the 'about me' section of her Twitter page to show him his opinions were inconsequential. Go Greta!
The darkness is rising. But so are we!
Amen to that!
And never back down from a Bertrand, I say. They just don't know what to do with themselves when you flex back.
I'm hibernating right with you, @laura-f. Shoot. With this whopper full moon in Gemini tonight, on top of the Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto/Venus/South Node pile-up happening all in Capricorn, I've been getting the weirdest pressure migraines this week. It feels like the Earth's gravity has ratcheted up a point or two, like something needs to break open soon to release some of this mounting intensity.
Hmm...feels prophetic. ;)
Wow! I had not thought of the falling Christmas trees in that way. I like your thought on on this.
As an additional note, the tree that fell this year is our " tree of many travels" It is decorated with ornaments we have brought home from places our family has traveled to together over the years. We took a trip to DC about 14 years ago and I went again with my eldest daughter while Obama was president. It is filled with relevant DC ornaments including The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights, Lincoln, Washington's Home. The White House, Bo the dog and Macaroni, the Kennedy pony. I also have Independence Hall, The Liberty Bell and Valley Forge from our trip to Philadelphia, colonial soldiers from Williamsburg, presidents from Mount Rushmore and the USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor. I would say our tree is about 1/3 patriotic.
Well, if my symbols of The Bill of Rights, The Constitution and The Declaration of Independence can withstand the Great Fall in my house this year, surely the actual ones can withstand the "Great Fall of Trump 45".
I have been getting the same sort of migraines all week and woke up with a fresh one today. There is definitely a strong, unsettling energy around this week.
I saw that the House Judiciary Committee is resuming their hearing at 10 am this morning and will have their vote in the full light of day. The Supreme Court is also set to decide whether or not to take the cases involving T’s taxes. It is also Friday the 13th. This is going to be a big day one way or another.
I am going to make a special effort today to send good energy to those who are trying to protect the people and the constitution. May good things happen today!
@baba I mostly lurk on here, but have had a really bad feeling the past two days (totally unrelated to impeachment, when I think about that, I feel neutral). I felt compelled to login and reply to your post.
I have a horrible feeling about the US election equipment and that we may not be taking the threat seriously enough. With this Brexit result, I am even less confident we're going to have an accurately recorded and counted election. I wonder if we're picking up on the same negative energy. I am worried we're at a tipping point for democracy and we don't even know it. I know we need to do something, but I'm not sure what we can do beyond what we're already doing as individuals.
The senate voted against election protection measures again this week. You are right to be concerned. I think the only thing we can practically do right now is call our representatives and senators and tell them that we will not stand for them not protecting our elections.
I still think the next few months will give us a clearer idea of what is to come and a lot will be happening. I feel the angst in the collective, but I agree with @VestraLux that we need to keep breathing through this so that we don’t become overwhelmed.
Today during my meditation sending light to the US and those who are protecting us from those doing evil in the US, I had a vision of RBG holding the liberty torch above all of the light workers circling the White House. I hope that bodes well for the decision that the SC is making today regarding T’s tax cases.
Thanks. I actually think the public consciousness is what needs to change.
Those of us who keep up on this stuff (obviously both of us) have already been calling Congress. We need to view this as an urgent message to get out to all Democrats.
This isn't a normal, we just need better security, feeling. This is much different. I've been highly involved spreading the message on Twitter for the last year but something has dramatically changed for the negative in my view.
UK's Brexit vote is evidence to me that the elections still aren't safe. While I know Corbin messed up a lot of stuff, I also feel this wasn't a valid vote and ours is next. Brexit is our warning and we need to heed it.
I hope you're correct on the tax returns. That would be good.