Uh oh. They’re on to us.
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I created a Facebook account in 2012 but didn’t really post much until 2014. In 2018 I deleted my account (for secret reasons). It was a relief to let it go, but also a little sad. I quickly lost tabs of friends and extended family. Of course we still talk now and again, but I am much less aware of what’s going on in their day to day lives. Nevertheless I’m glad I left.
In an act of unbridled vanity, I have archived all the old posts here.
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Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe. Martin Van Buren (who, incidentally, never really managed to excite any multitudes…)
No words.
Definitely just ordered both my daughters “Nevertheless she persisted” t-shirts.
Fun Fact: From 1836 through 1844 it was against the rules in the House of Representatives to discuss, debate, or consider anti-slavery petitions.
This is widely considered a violation of the first amendment, specifically “the right of the people…to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
I stand with Elizabeth Warren and etc…
Google News just recommended a (particularly nasty) Breitbart article to me so I did the only logical thing.
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Doing my taxes and now I’m a Trump supporter. #maga
The nation…has no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers, sincerely attached to the principles of the Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill the place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln. Supreme Court Justice David Davis, 1866
The Arizona legislature keeping it classy as usual.
Also, regarding this: “the state needs to have some say over who comes here.” No it does not as clearly established in the constitution and settled law. Sigh.
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We are all survivors of Bowling Green.
I’ve already had two people question why I oppose Trump’s Muslim ban if I never complained when Obama banned refugees for six months. Sigh.
It is a terrible shame, in the midst of all the fallout from the Muslim ban, that Trump’s first military operation killed the innocent child of a terrorist. Obviously that wasn’t the intent but I assure you our enemies will recall that Trump promised to do exactly that while campaigning. We’re making ISIS’s job easier.
Words matter.
New rule: If Trump publicly picks a petty fight with someone, they have the right to meet him in hand to hand combat.
I’m 98% sure Rosie O’Donnel will take him down, but if he plays dirty, Schwarzenegger is on deck.
Facebook’s always like “We’re sorry you had this experience…” and I’m like “It’s ok. It wasn’t a bad experience. I just like blocking things…”
How I use Caller ID:
If I don’t recognize the area code I don’t answer. If it is a Phoenix area code I assume it is someone who wants to talk to me, which is never fun, so I don’t answer. If it is a California area code I assume it is someone from work who, frankly, should be emailing me, so I don’t answer. If it is any other area code I’m paralyzed with indecision and end up not answering.
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I’m no political strategist (far far from it) but honestly I’d like the dems to just vote on Gorsuch’s record and qualifications and not play games. Demonstrate how grownups behave. Yes, the Republicans blocked and blocked and even threatened to block Hillary’s nominations for four years. And yes McConnell has zero credibility. But:
I’m not sure it does the nation any good to use the worst behavior of the Republicans over the last 8 years as a template moving forward.
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Please no. I hope this is not true.
Our immigration policy is now racists, we’ve turned our backs on refugees entirely, our president sets the standard for meanness, the KKK is dancing with joy, ISIS is running ads reminding potential radicals that the USA is actively at war with Islam itself (and they’re not wrong…), the national security council is now politicized and crippled, the state department is in shambles, the park service is in open rebellion, and the Queen of England is probably planning to feign a cold to avoid having to shake our president’s tiny little hand…
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Hey Trump, while you’ve got the cap off your pen, we need an Executive Order to outlaw this crap please.
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Fun Fact: Supreme Court justices have been disappointing the tyrannical aspirations of their appointing presidents since Thomas Jefferson contended unsuccessfully with the “sophistry … and personal malice” of Chief Justice John Marshall.
Credit where credit is due. It’s a small thing but the first thing I’ve seen where Trump has made the right and humane decision. And considering the reports of and draft language from a possible reversal order, and Pence’s widely recognized abhorrent positions on LGBT issues, it seems likely it was Trump himself that pushed this outcome.
I also think there’s a reasonable chance the clear voice of the American people protesting over the last two weeks helped ensure this decision.
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Sophia was VERY SPECIFIC that I MUST pick her up EXACTLY on time today because she has a busy night planned baking an elaborate cake for Portia de Rossi’s birthday.
Why? Because Sophia defies classification. That’s why.
Free to an unsuspecting home: The two worst cats in the history of this good earth.
Winona Ryder during this acceptance speech is all of us the last 10 days.
Sally Q. Yates, the first hero in this, the end of the Age of Men.
Look up! Moon / Venus / Mars. A lovely reminder that some things are immune to human affairs.
“To assume that just because of someone’s age or gender or whatever that they don’t pose a threat would be wrong” — Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer when asked about the appropriateness of detaining a five year old at the airport.
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F Scott Fitzgerald apologizes to his host for yelling at a Hitler supporter during tea. Seemed relevant.
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I guess it costs the American taxpayers about $1.5 billion a year to house, feed, clothe, and transport the president and his family. And apparently it costs about $65,000 over five years to resettle and establish a single refugee family. So here’s an idea…just throwing this out there:
Let’s accept 100,000 refugees a year and ban Trump from entering the country instead. We can spend the leftover savings on a really nice inflatable president doll.
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Mike Pence two years ago: “Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.”
Mike Pence today: 😶
Fun fact: Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian immigrant.
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Giuliani clarifying that this is not a Muslim ban because (his words):
“When [Trump] first announced it he said ‘Muslim ban’. He called me up and he said ‘Put a commission together. Show me the right way to do it legally.’”
That makes things perfectly clear. 🙄
Jeff Flake and Kirsten Sinema have both condemned the Muslim ban. Where are you John McCain?
Me perusing my inbox: “We value your…” [delete]
If you’re struggling to decide for yourself whether or not torture is an effective means of interrogation, perhaps this irrefutable fact will help you come to the right conclusion:
IT DOES NOT MATTER.
I was going to skip breakfast today because it is pulled pork lunch day at my work cafeteria, which must be respected. But then two coworkers walked up with big plates of “duck hash” with a fried egg on top. You can’t really rationally skip a breakfast like that either…
Long story short: I ate too much.
I live in a nation that spitefully walls off its neighbors, fearfully banishes people based on race and religion, hatefully turns its back on refugees, and sickeningly wants to torture its enemies. There is no lower we can go and nothing I can say…
“Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.”
Huh. 😶
“Kindness” covers all of my political beliefs. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world.
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Sophie convinced us to watch the Netflix A Series of Unfortunate Events together and my verdict is that it is delightful.
I read one of the books to the girls years ago and then they did several others but I never liked them much. It wasn’t until years later when I heard Daniel Handler interviewed (and immediately sought out a few more of his interviews) that I realized embarrassingly that I really read the book wrong.
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This makes me happy.
I’m so thankful to live in a nation with the constitutional fortitude to facilitate a smooth and peaceful degradation of power.