Daily Report
It's been a few days since my last entry. I was busy writing on other things. It's funny how creativity runs in my life. There are times when I simply can't write fast enough to get every idea down, and there are times when it all just comes in bursts. I write a paragraph, and then I have to move on to something else. Yesterday was focused on getting the laundry caught up and getting dishes taken care of. Then there was cleaning up after Clementine who seems determined to find new ways to turn large things into little things while she takes a break from getting the innards of her dog bed to abandon their nice, pretty outer covers. I've got both a long and a short grabber that allows me to reach down and get most of it without having to bend over, so that's a good thing.
Over the weekend, after the storms came through, I discovered a limb had broken off from one of our trees. Clementine discovered it as well. The subject of today's first picture is her decision that Mother Nature had delivered a new chew toy.
I also noticed the county was out trimming the trees in our front yard where they overhang the county road. It's a shame we didn't manage to get all the broken limbs that have accumulated over the past month out there so they could cart them off. Maybe next time...
Mass Shootings Continue
I'd originally titled this section "It's All About the Money," and that's still true. I decided the title needed more focus on the effect because the cause has been well-established. I'm not brave enough to get on a search engine and pull up pictures of people who have been shot by weapons designed for the sole purpose of killing people. I've heard they are horrific, and I'm more than willing to accept that judgment. However, a meme popped up today that drove this home, and I'm going to post it here.
As someone responded in a post following this: SHE HAD NO FACE!
The impact of those four words ought to grab at you and refuse to let go until it sinks in. It ought to be the thing of nightmares. No. Let me correct that. It IS the thing of nightmares. Friends, we took measures to prevent people from putting poison in medicine bottles. They outlawed lawn darts. We wear seatbelts. We have smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Trucks have a bar to prevent cars from going under them and decapitating people. We have to sign and show ID to get certain medicines. They regulate fertilizer. We have regulations to prevent rivers from catching fire from chemicals being dumped into them. There's a massive lawsuit over using weed killer. I'm convinced posting before and after pictures of the mass murder victims would make all of us throw up, but who's going to be brave enough to post them? Heck, who's going to be brave enough to even look at them?
The folks who all claim to be Pro-Life need to go look in the mirror and admit they're liars and hypocrites if they believe the 2nd Amendment trumps mass murder. They aren't shootings! They are murder--plain and simple.
Second Amendment adherents are the puppets of the NRA and the firearm industry. Both manufactured the environment we now live in, and they profit from it. They buy politicians through campaign donations and threats. We keep electing people who fall down and worship at their feet.
It's time to un-elect these sycophants. It's time to do something. Stop supporting those who support the NRA and military grade weapons. Start demanding meaningful reforms.
No one is safe.
Next time, it may be someone you know whose face has been blown off.
It might even be you.
Trump Loses Once Again
This news arrived a few minutes after I'd originally published this entry, but it couldn't wait for my reaction until later.
Donald Trump was found guilty of sexual abuse and defamation in the civil lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll. He has been ordered to pay $5 million in compensation as well as fines. Trump, of course, denied it ever happened, and he was seriously upset over the verdict (no surprise there). While there will almost certainly be an appeal over this, that may take years.
There is also reasonable concern that Trump cultists may attempt revenge by attacking E. Jean Carroll. They were prepared to overthrow our government on his command. I hope she has good security.
That's enough for now.
Take care. Be safe.
cma
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