tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post7137177931663913102..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: LA Poster Edged - Comics, Costco Liquor, Burmese Halal, and SkateboardsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-20581624397145235362017-12-18T12:47:36.680-09:002017-12-18T12:47:36.680-09:00You are energizing me with your California trips &...You are energizing me with your California trips & pics. <br /><br />I was born in La Crescenta, CA and lived in Santa Barbara/Montecito, too. I grieve for the fire threats to beautiful Montecito! and all the other places that have been destroyed. WHERE IS THE NATIONAL GUARD? eh, Trump?Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-35382591473513375122017-12-18T09:46:41.249-09:002017-12-18T09:46:41.249-09:00And you have picked up the ball for me while I was...And you have picked up the ball for me while I was taking a break. Thanks. <br />I do think there is a difference between distraction and re-energizing. If we're simply finding ways to escape our problems so we don't have to deal with them, that's distraction. And there is also distraction that is intended to keep us from noticing more important things - like many of the insulting Tweets. But exhaustion is also a problem and we need to renew ourselves by enjoying our families and the beauty around us, and by physical exercise, so we can get back into the fight. <br />Just so long as we stagger our breaks and carry on for each other - as you have done with your comments on this post. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-35667117056076535452017-12-18T09:31:46.340-09:002017-12-18T09:31:46.340-09:00Poster edges is a great filter -- most of the rest...Poster edges is a great filter -- most of the rest are useless as they look contrived, but PE can be toned down to almost nothing, but it still provides some grit for the photo. :D<br />Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-52736881306870799232017-12-18T05:19:32.057-09:002017-12-18T05:19:32.057-09:00And here it is -- I just opened this 9:15 AM EST ....And here it is -- I just opened this 9:15 AM EST ...<br /><br />http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.ca/2017/12/rep-jackie-speier-says-there-is-rumor.html<br /><br />Rep. Jackie Speier says there is a rumor on the Hill that Trump plans to fire Robert Mueller on December 22nd while Congress is in recess.<br /><br />Chilling.<br />Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-57391546349355644562017-12-18T04:54:10.757-09:002017-12-18T04:54:10.757-09:00You said, "As you can tell, I'm avoiding ...You said, "As you can tell, I'm avoiding more current event posts for a bit...." This is probably how Fascism works, the wearing down of people's resistance/attention to it. George Orwell said Totalitarian regimes bank on people too involved with their (selfie) screens to bother looking up.<br /><br />Already too many decisions (like the Senate 2 AM voting on a tax bill nobody has read and no hearings allowed and the judges who have been appointed, the threat by McConnell to now allow Jones to take his seat before the next tax vote) are under the radar for most people. 1/3 or more of Americans are enthralled by a Strong Man (who will "make it all better" like daddy did), the toxic cult of White protection, hatred of The Other and just plain meanness to care what freedoms they lose -- as long as they can stick it to the Libtards. So much revenge out there is frightening.<br /><br />And a man-child who take the earth hostage to get revenge on petty slights is no small matter. I lived through the Cold War & the Cuban Missile Crisis and expected The End then. I only hope I live long enough to see this crisis, as well, resolved or at least dialed down... The pendulum usually swings back, but this time feels different: governmental checks and balances, the Rule of Law, now seem impotent... <br /><br />Trump's regime will thrive on our fatigue -- and set up more voter suppression, elimination of environmental protections, etc. Counter suits by organizations against Trump's decisions are dull fare for most people. And the number of pleas for $$$ coming into my Inbox has become spam. Ditto petitions, altho I usually add my name. It's the least I can do. And I have to protect my health: how can I dwell & stress out on so much I can do nothing about? -- esp. since I live in Canada... I grieve for my birth country.<br /><br />And now the distraction of the holidays -- expect a load of crap (even Mueller's firing)...and who will "take to the streets" and neglect their families and festivities? <br /><br />Anxiety -- any strong emotion -- can only last so long -- and then, we adjust to it. Should we? How can we not?<br /><br />Hope is beginning to feel so feeble. But this is a marathon, not a sprint. Courage, mes braves. Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.com