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hay rick

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53. Weird is a too nice a word for evil.

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:51 AM

Nov 2024

You don't have to believe in God , Jesus, Allah, or flying pancakes to recognize and believe in good and evil.

I view the current mess as a bunch of sideshows designed, or at least having the effect, of diverting attention from the organizing principle of current history, which is the looting of the public and the environment for the amusement and enrichment of oligarchs.

As for what we can do, I suggest starting by doing SOMETHING- something that you haven't done before. Complaining about what others are not doing is just a poor excuse for doing nothing oneself.

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Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time? [View all] NewHendoLib Nov 2024 OP

We've got to stop letting them call us "the left". There's maga and then there's everybody else. Walleye Nov 2024 #1

We aren't the left so much as we are the opposition. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #21

It's hard, but keep up the good work Walleye Nov 2024 #25

You As well Magoo48 Nov 2024 #51

We are the Resistance. TomSlick Nov 2024 #104

Yup Magoo48 Nov 2024 #121

I consider us Mossfern Nov 2024 #27

That is accurate Walleye Nov 2024 #32

perfect name! bluestarone Nov 2024 #57

We are actually the conservatives. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2024 #77

Yes, I'm not happy with change sometimes. Specially when it's unnecessary. Walleye Nov 2024 #81

Maggots are extreme far right, us "lefists" are in the center Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #89

This is me all the time now bronxiteforever Nov 2024 #2

The final days of our country Mountain Mule Nov 2024 #96

It is worse than weird, I can't comprehend how someone like Trump could doc03 Nov 2024 #3

More like 'The Stand' Mr.Bee Nov 2024 #33

The parallels are eerie. wnylib Nov 2024 #46

If yoiu think those parallels are eerie, Mr.Bee Nov 2024 #73

So true. After he was elected, I sincerely tried to make myself feel better by allegorical oracle Nov 2024 #72

His most "redeeming" features are laziness, incompetence, and lack of conviction (he has plenty of convictions though). TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #76

The American Empire has ended, and there's no good plan for what's next. Ron Green Nov 2024 #4

I don't even think Delphinus Nov 2024 #5

Try to get out of it as soon as you can Beck23 Nov 2024 #69

I use Bluesky as I used Twitter - as a news aggregate Dennis Donovan Nov 2024 #6

What is BlueSky? bamagal62 Nov 2024 #12

It's a social media website Dennis Donovan Nov 2024 #15

Thx! bamagal62 Nov 2024 #37

Dennis Donovan........ Upthevibe Nov 2024 #82

Did you try logging out-back in? Dennis Donovan Nov 2024 #83

Dennis Donovan.......... Upthevibe Nov 2024 #128

I am having the same issue Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2024 #98

Dyedinthewoolliberal..... Upthevibe Nov 2024 #129

Yoiks. DU by itself is already too much on my plate. hunter Nov 2024 #86

I'm in step with all of you above. Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #7

Reagan was a puppet. They picked a genial actor for a reason. yardwork Nov 2024 #10

Dump isn't the brains behind the destruction of the US. StarryNite Nov 2024 #20

Never have truer words been spoken. usaf-vet Nov 2024 #47

Yes. I agree Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #79

they didn't have a choice NJCher Nov 2024 #109

A genial actor with alzheimers. BComplex Nov 2024 #75

I remember speaking with a LittleGirl Nov 2024 #112

GE Theater Kid Berwyn Nov 2024 #123

So much corruption! yardwork Nov 2024 #124

A crime-line of treason. "Legacy Hires," for instance. Kid Berwyn Nov 2024 #125

He was more of a scumbag than I thought. Dave Bowman Nov 2024 #126

Yep. bamagal62 Nov 2024 #13

And the mass media Dave says Nov 2024 #39

The rethugs vowed during FDR's presidencies that they would someday regain total control and obliterate all that had Texin Nov 2024 #68

It's how I felt after Bush the Lesser was appointed by the courts peregrinus Nov 2024 #8

I'm feeling the same way. yardwork Nov 2024 #9

I'm the first Rec for your post. With one caveat: UniqueUserName Nov 2024 #11

I hear you-me too happy feet Nov 2024 #52

Start by not letting them steal election. With the only REAL response is "thank you let me have another." Where is..... usaf-vet Nov 2024 #54

yup MissB Nov 2024 #14

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I think we're holding fast MissB Nov 2024 #92

Many people can't do that Cirsium Nov 2024 #80

yeah, that is true. I'm able to shave my budget a lot MissB Nov 2024 #91

Yup orangecrush Nov 2024 #16

Longest two weeks of my almost 74 year life. KPN Nov 2024 #17

Processing still... LoCo Cat Lady Nov 2024 #18

I'm in NOVA too. BonnieJW Nov 2024 #58

Hi Bonnie.. whathehell Nov 2024 #63

I don't think Canada wants old people. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. raccoon Nov 2024 #116

They're not actively recuiting them, but whathehell Nov 2024 #127

What I 've Read Recently... LoCo Cat Lady Nov 2024 #84

Sicily peregrinus Nov 2024 #88

Unfortunately... OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #119

They want to dismantle the VA Beck23 Nov 2024 #66

At times it may not seem like it... Hugin Nov 2024 #19

thanks for your most excellent post. NewHendoLib Nov 2024 #22

You didn't mention it specifically... Hugin Nov 2024 #45

Ask Stephen Spoonamore Beck23 Nov 2024 #70

Ghosted Doodles Nov 2024 #48

I agree. It was rigged. BonnieJW Nov 2024 #61

Perfect diagnosis. I'd like to add one thing here, as to your "they cheated" bluestarone Nov 2024 #95

Yes, I'm glad you emphasized that... Hugin Nov 2024 #101

I feel as I have lived to see the fall of the United States. NNadir Nov 2024 #23

You mean that Trump will help Putin destroy Europe and America if he can then yes. It's weird. BradBo Nov 2024 #24

I think I can answer some of these things: Gore1FL Nov 2024 #26

Good points. I can agree withh most of your perspective wnylib Nov 2024 #74

General Strike. Bluethroughu Nov 2024 #28

Left Aaeia Nov 2024 #29

Never did understand that myself k55f5r Nov 2024 #41

The resistance looks like your local Democratic group bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #31

There is a sharp resistance Roc2020 Nov 2024 #34

It's not unprecedented. Black people lived through this in the Jim Crow South. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #35

It sure seems like... WestMichRad Nov 2024 #36

Right with you... MiHale Nov 2024 #38

Welcome to Shock Doctrine U.S.A. Auggie Nov 2024 #40

That should be the headline on every newspaper in the country k55f5r Nov 2024 #43

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism erronis Nov 2024 #59

Very surreal indeed... FirstLight Nov 2024 #42

"There's just a sense that something's gotta give, you know?" sprinkleeninow Nov 2024 #103

On occasion I receive 'words of knowledge', if you will. It happens sprinkleeninow Nov 2024 #107

I can only speak for myself GreenEyedLefty Nov 2024 #44

Yes Beringia Nov 2024 #49

i can hardly say anything to ease your mind barbtries Nov 2024 #50

Weird is a too nice a word for evil. hay rick Nov 2024 #53

There are so many Fox type news things playing round the clock and you can tell Maraya1969 Nov 2024 #55

Overwhelmingly what I hear is that we are numb, Prairie_Seagull Nov 2024 #56

Yes. 1WorldHope Nov 2024 #60

I felt it in 2016... Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #62

Yes it's weird Beck23 Nov 2024 #64

I've never been on xitter Linda ladeewolf Nov 2024 #65

Yep. I feel like I'm on a plane that's going down, waiting for the crash. CaptainTruth Nov 2024 #67

Whatever was in Pandoras locked box is loose, Arne Nov 2024 #71

We're not in Kansas any more, Toto. wnylib Nov 2024 #78

Right and left are not really the main political divide any more soldierant Nov 2024 #85

Strangely "The Daily Show" spoke to me. mwooldri Nov 2024 #87

Dystopian NIghtmare cer7711 Nov 2024 #90

The plan was bdamomma Nov 2024 #93

I feel as if I'm living markodochartaigh Nov 2024 #94

The only part of that I'm not wondering as well is "how so many people have lost their minds" JHB Nov 2024 #97

Our Forefathers seen this and knew this Smackdown2019 Nov 2024 #99

2016 already showed us what to do hydrolastic Nov 2024 #105

The nuclear sabre rattling from russia has been going on for nearly 3 years. Crunchy Frog Nov 2024 #100

I'm not over it. Sucked the juice out of me Jarqui Nov 2024 #102

Yes .. I started a diary today proud patriot Nov 2024 #106

I had to change my laptop homepage away from Google News AdamGG Nov 2024 #108

Beside the billionaires and "Entrepreneur" Lawn service moguls Fish700 Nov 2024 #110

I think the best definition of what many of us are feeling is "anomie" HighFired49 Nov 2024 #111

Surreal is my word...and Fear! Through the "Funhouse" Mirror. electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #113

It's like 2016 - only worse. Marcuse Nov 2024 #114

Me too... NT bee_peaceful Nov 2024 #115

Yes, definitely feeling the same way Blue_Roses Nov 2024 #117

Yeah. Why is that? rambler_american Nov 2024 #118

I know in my guts the election was dirty and the worst criminal in American history is going to be POTUS. Botany Nov 2024 #120

Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people. Vinca Nov 2024 #122

You ask an excellent question about why the left hasn't devoted the resources to countering the right's propaganda markpkessinger Nov 2024 #130

I don't feel weird, but... bif Nov 2024 #131