Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Are We Tired Of Winning Yet?

 Incitement of Insurrection.
And that is the charge that got Donald John Trump impeached for a second time. 

It's amazing how quickly congress can act when its members were in dire peril of being murdered by a mob. I have a lot of thoughts about that. First off, I am really glad that they got the job done in such short order. I'm also glad that ten Republicans reached in their pants and found their balls (metaphorically, at least- they weren't all men) and joined with Democrats to approve the measure. But what I heard from a whole lot of other Republicans during the day only made me despair more as they talked not about the violence of last week, but about the BLM protests and "antifa" protests which also led to violence in some cases and about how it's time for the nation to heal which according to them can't happen if the president is impeached. 

Look- I'm not a doctor but I know damn well that if someone has a raging infection, there generally has to be surgery to remove the source, the pus, the nastiness before any bandages can be slapped on. 
And Donald John Trump is the source, the pus, and the nastiness. 
Slice. It. Out. 
Nancy Pelosi held the scalpel today with a sure hand as she made the first incision and I love that woman. 

But. 

Why was it possible for them to so quickly get that job done when we still don't have stricter gun laws? You would think that after oh, let's say ONE school shooting that they could have been enraged enough to do something about that.  
Well, I guess that's not really helpful in today's conversation but it is a thought I'm having. 

I went to town again today which was as scary as ever. Another result of having DJT as president is the fact that the pandemic is raging with higher numbers than ever of both cases and deaths. This is certainly not the time to become complacent and I am not. I rolled through Costco, got my tomatoes and cucumbers, pine nuts, and supplements and then I went to Publix where I got everything else. Oh! I bought $21.99 worth of toilet paper at Costco because they had the stuff all piled up in an aisle and let me just say that that's a lot of toilet paper. I've not once, since this whole thing started, hoarded toilet paper nor could I see the need to but I am just thrilled to know that I won't have to buy toilet paper again until possibly some time this summer. Charmin extra soft wide rolls. 
Hell yes. 
I don't know how it is where you live, but around here, we all have "our" Publix. We get to know those stores like the back of our hands. And I generally go to the same one myself- my Publix- which is the closest to Lloyd but sometimes, just for the hell and excitement of it, I go to a different one which is right down the road from Costco. I did that today because I was looking for oat bran which my Publix hasn't had lately and I did find it which made me happy and I also found this.


Guava shells! I have been craving something that Granny Matthews used to make which was a guava shell pie. As I recall (and I was a child) she simply made a pie crust, lined it with the guava shells and poured the syrup from the can over them, and baked the whole thing. She served it with a little bit of cream cheese on each piece. So I am going to try making one. 

I guess that overall, it's been a good day. I mean- hell- Trump was impeached for a second time, I got the shopping done and found guava shells and I took the trash and found something else to bring home. Not anything as cool as cake plates or tiny Fiesta Ware pitchers but still, something practical and useful. 


Chicken wire, thoughtfully wrapped and corded. 
Oh, the joys of country living. 

And because I think they're funny, here are two other pictures I took today. 


When I got up this morning, Maurice was on my feet and I carefully moved them out from under her and then covered her up so that she would be comfy and there she stayed for quite awhile. I wanted to make the bed but I just could not disturb her. She was still lying there when I went to take a shower but when I was done and walked back through the bedroom, this is what I saw.



Is he scary looking or what? 
For some reason, I didn't have as much sympathy for Jack so I gently lifted him off the bed and made it and he's been back on it all day long. 

It's still gray here. It's cold. We haven't seen the sun in four thousand, nine hundred and thirty-eight days. 
I trust though that we will soon. 

Love...Ms. Moon





25 comments:

  1. I am so, so happy the fat old bastard is just about out of here! He may be up to his fat old neck in debt with no money coming in to pay it! The wife, daughter and sons may be broke before long, too. Boo fucking hoo! I love karma and i lived long enough to see it!
    Other than that, my jeans are getting too tight and i’m not happy about it! I guess i need to put the fork down and get to work!
    I hope you find some sunshine! We had some today and it was glorious!
    Debbie

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    1. So happy you got to see the sun. It makes a huge, difference, doesn't it?
      I wonder how much Trump really is worth? I mean- he has a lot of property but how much of it does he own and how much of it do banks own? I guess we'll find out soon enough.

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  2. I don't know, Mary. Realizing how much planning went into this insurrection and how half the country still loves the traitor, I'm worried for the safety of Biden and Harris, and of the safety of the people who protect them.

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    1. Oh, me too, Joanne. Without a doubt. I'm just trying to stay calm about it all which is basically impossible anyway.

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  3. trumpians have been on simmer up to boil for a while , now that it has boiled over and caught on fire, we are paying attention...Putting a lid on that shit! It will take a while for them to become irrelevant i suppose, they are broken people, and nazis...so...Anyway glad to see the entire military ensconced on Capital hill to keep Joe safe for now. Social media is a cancer! I love your cats. I love your thumb, *kiss*.

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    1. I think the whole damn pressure cooker is in danger of exploding. I honestly doubt that the Trumpians will become irrelevant in my lifetime. I think they've gotten too poisoned with it all to give it up.
      Joe and Kamala- let them be safe.
      Thanks for loving my cats and your kiss on my thumb helped. I swear!

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  5. Shirley played some joke audio for me last night. It's a Trump supporter "Goddam right Donald J. Trump is genius - that's what the "J" stands for!"

    By the way, what was Trump referring to when he said "our movement" in his latest insincere video? "Movement"? I thought he was a member of The Republican Party which is not a "movement". Eerie.

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    1. Ha ha, I love that audio! Sadly it's probably not even a joke!

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    2. The only movements he should be talking about are his bowel movements and we really don't want to hear about those.
      Yeah. He's a genius with a "J" for sure.

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  6. Highlight of my day yesterday was taking photos of the huge impeachment headlines on the NYT and WP websites.

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  7. Well, he was Impeached a Year ago and not much changed except that things got worse, so tho' I'm glad on a Historic level, until they make it so the 2nd Impeachment means he can never hold Office again, I won't pop the Champagne and Celebrate. I am concerned about more Domestic Terrorism as the Inauguration gets closer, so I hope they have that figured out from a National Security standpoint better than what transpired on the 6th? I've stocked up on some things too, AZ has the worst numbers in the WORLD right now and being No. 1 at that is terrifying! That along with the Civil unrest reaching Civil War status.

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    1. I'm not really stocking up on anything. But yeah, domestic terrorism is no joke. Unfortunately, the security was. I can't even contemplate the idea of a civil war.
      So Arizona is beating out Florida? Congratulations!

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  8. PS: Your Cat Images cheered me up considerably this Morning, they're precious! Maurice so Zen and Jack with the Attitude! *LOL*

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    1. Maurice always seems to be posing like a model. Jack- he's a lurker, isn't he?

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  9. There were other republican representatives who knew they should vote yes and would have under other circumstances but several spoke (not publicly) about fearing for the lives of their wives and children so I can sympathize with that somewhat but if they are too fearful to do their jobs then they should resign. I'm confident that once Biden is in and it's his Senate and there will be so much more evidence that they will vote to impeach also just to make sure he can never run for any office again. only a small core really are with him I think at this point.

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    1. Can you believe that we've reached the point where if someone votes for the right, moral thing that they receive death threats? Damn. That's a sort of victory right there for the assholes.
      Do you really believe that about the small core? I'm not sure about that at all. I think the man still has millions of supporters.

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  10. I'm still very anxious about the safety of the inauguration. And Trump, as the New York times put it , was the First president to be impeached twice on Wednesday. They have fired all the proofreaders I guess! It was exciting enough that he was impeached once on Wednesday. Impeachment is only part one, the bringing of the charges. It's incomplete until part two, the trial by the Senate. And this time it looks as if there will be a trial, unlike last time when the Senate refused to go to trial.

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    1. It is quite a process and one would THINK that the evidence is so strong that it would go to trial quickly. But...who knows? Yes. I want him to go through the whole damn process and see him end up in prison. I really, really do.

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    2. Apparently Trump's first impeachment was also on a Wednesday (Dec 18, 2019) -- though whether that's what the Times meant, I'm not sure. LOL

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  11. I was shocked that one of our local congressmen, Tom Rice, voted to impeach him. I never thought I'd see the day I'd approve of something Tom Rice did! Yet, here we are. Several Democratic/liberal groups I belong to on Facebook went to his page to thank him for doing the right thing, me included, because he was getting crucified by the Trump supporters.

    Your cats look as spoiled as our dog! He has an old comforter folded into a pallet for him at the foot of the bed as well as three additional soft blankets. He loves being wrapped up like a doggy burrito when it's cold!

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    1. That was pretty brave of him. I sure am glad he's getting some positive reactions. Those Trump supporters can turn on a dime and they are vicious.
      A doggy burrito! If I tried to do that to one of my cats, I would be maimed for life.

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  12. I'm feeling something more is coming. As an aside, I love your quilt!

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  13. Good question about the gun laws. If I thought Trump would just vanish, never to be seen again, I wouldn't care so much about impeachment. But it does seem like the surest way to guard against him running again. (God forbid! The Republicans would be fools to nominate him, but you never know.)

    I've never heard of eating guava shells, in a pie or otherwise. I thought it was the pulp of a guava that people eat. Or do they eat both?

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