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So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good morning, meese! Saturday …
It is 40 degrees in Madison, on its way up to 47. Cloudy skies are in the forecast. Rain is coming in tomorrow and the high will be … 58!
You know, you can take down a Confederate flag here or there, maybe rename a college building or stadium that had been named after a slave owner or segregationist but those are just the symbols of oppression and the Jim Crow South. As long as cadets at a South Carolina military academy think it is okay to dress as klansmen you have not changed a thing. Either they don’t understand what that means, which is just plain sad, or they know exactly what it means and embrace it, which is heinous. I am a big believer in not dissing Southern states because there are good people there who are treated shabbily by the Republicans and will never be free of those inhumane governments. But I am really having a difficult time finding anything positive about South Carolina. Cradle of treason, filled with secessionists and racists … run by a governor whose father is a Sikh yet who thinks that as long as she is a Republican, she will be safe from the bigotry that her party directs at everyone who is not them. Meh.
The government will stay open for another 5 days, until Wednesday. Congress wants to leave for the holidays on Friday, December 18th so if there is no omnibus there will be coal in the stockings of anyone who depends on the federal government for their livelihood or survival. Bah humbug say the Republicans!
I am going to guess that the president will speak in today’s weekly address about the the replacement for the No Child Left Behind law. I have not had time to read about it yet (I have a few bookmarked stories) but I understand it will de-emphasize testing which would be a very good thing.
See all y’all later!
Up for ungodly hour workout. Ugh, that alarm was early. There’s a 30% chance of rain, so I’ll take a rain jacket. It increases mid day, when I’m going to my church’s prayer service countering the pro-gun thing. Sigh.
Looking at headlines:
Police: Person Detained Over Arson At Southern California Mosque
The mosque is about 75 miles from San Bernardino.
Ugh.
Have company so just popping in.
Good morning! It’s 49 F. on a gray and gloomy morning, although They say there’s no rain in the forecast. Going up to 69 F. today.
Sitting here in my dressing-gown wishing I didn’t have to do all the housework I have to do, but there it is. Tonight I’m attending a party in Northwest Washington. I don’t see well enough at night to drive, especially in a unfamiliar neighborhood (last time I went to that house it took me an hour and a half in broad daylight), so I’ll very expensively have to take Lyft from my son’s house. I wouldn’t actually go except that the priestess who is giving the party is one of the two I’ve asked to officiate at my memorial service when that time arrives, and I want to keep on her good side. :)
Plan not to pay much attention to the outside world today, there’s too much going on in my own life. Hope it’s peaceful and nothing untoward happens!
Good call! It would not do to have someone at odds with you speak at your memorial service!!
Good morning, 43 and cloudy in Bellingham. Our youngest grand girl will be with us today and I hope her feelings of Christmas cheer are contagious because so far I’m just trudging through the season.
I’ve just started Midnight Tides, book # 5 in Steven Erickson’s Malazan series, and I also have the newest Louise Penny book tempting me. So all I really want to do is get cozy by the tree and read and ignore my endless lists and the depressing news of the day. Sorry to sound so grouchy!
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345299.Midnight_Tides
http://www.louisepenny.com/
I’d also forgotten how much of the day this training group takes this time of year. Just got home. Not gonna make the prayer thing at my church, which is a shame because I really want to register a protest against the ammosexuals. But that’s just not happening. I did get home in time to see my pastor interviewed on MSNBC, which was cool.
Walked 6.5 miles, once again mile 5 was the fastest. Fighting the urge to take a nap.