FOREVERS ARE ENDING ALL AROUND YOU

November 10th

Forever ends. Again and again forever ends and you live past the end. Not only are forevers ending all around you even as you read this, but you yourself are constantly, if imperceptibly, moving towards the end of what had once seemed like lifetime commitments, your interest waning, your body aging in such a way as to make difficult the trick that you had for so long loved to do ...

— Shane McRae, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun

Right after the French Revolution, they came up with new names for the months. I rather feel we should institute this now, here, among those of us who take the direst view. (Not so damned complicated, though.) I wistfully smile when folks suggest that in four years, we will be done with him and MAGA. I don't think so. Perhaps I am still reeling from what seems to be such a rout, and thus in a heightened state of alarm and pessimism, however, I think this situation is more like Hitler and Stalin and Putin, than a re-run of 2020, election-wise. 

MAGA has been revving up and planning to take over for more than four years now. Their goals have been clearly stated. They have the judiciary, Congress, and the executive branch locked. Any hope that reality or sanity will soak in to the MAGAs is unlikely, even given that many of them are going to be terribly terribly hurt, clearly they are neither educated, nor informed, nor truly engaged enough to analyze the reality of what is happening. Clearly, they could not understand that raised prices were the result of unbelievable price gouging and the aftermath of the pandemic, which they can thank Trump for ignoring and denying so that it was as bad as it was.

Perhaps in a few months, I will find some optimism (Sonia, and the rest of youse, stop laughing.) 

I remain devoted to (most of the ideals) of the USA (although I hate the name and the flag even more ... bad colors). Yes, we have a lot to criticize in "the founding fathers" ... but they did, collectively, have some noble ideals (even if they were largely self-serving). However, knowledge and understanding of the Constitution and the government are what MAKE THE USA. If we don't have agreement about the US Constitution was/IS don't really have loyal citizens of the US. 

Misogyny. I guess we will never ever get away from that.