Hey 2021, Adios, Arrivederci, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen, Sayōnara, Don't let the door hit you in the butt...
Ice, then Snow......kind of describes the year, doesn't it?
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They say that the snow in the mountains is exceptionally deep for this time of year--but we can use a lot more.
ReplyDeleteColorado wildfires destroy hundreds of homes as tens of thousands evacuate [Click] “Gusts of up to 105 mph whipped up flames, destroying hundreds of homes [near Boulder] and prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency.” Good heavens.
ReplyDeleteOne of my dearest friends in all the world lives 5 miles from what was the mandatory evacuation area. Another friend, his wife and their toddler live 1 mile from that line. A cousin's in-laws live ACROSS THE STREET from the evacuation line, and are in their 80's. It was a long night. But they all came through it okay. =Whew!= Ah, but far too many did not. Such a fast moving fire (winds hit 115mph in one town!) Devastating.
DeleteIncomprehensible.
DeleteGlad all your frinds are safe.
DeleteThanks, Bill.
DeleteI am AMAZED no one was killed. The photo of a (contractor style) truck abandoned on a roadway and completely burned out really hit me.
Ted Cruz confuses Washington state with Western Australia in attack on Covid ‘kill-joys’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteI am still hoping that twitter is a fad like the hula hoop.
DeleteI could accept that.
DeleteI Grew Up Celebrating New Year’s Eve Like Frederick Douglass [Click] I don’t know if I ever heard of this.
ReplyDeleteGhislaine Maxwell and Epstein thought they could get away with anything [Click] “2021 has been quite the year. To call it a dumpster fire would be an insult to dumpster fires. . . And yet, there have been glimmers of hope”
ReplyDeleteI'm finding it hard to wish a Happy New Year to anyone this year. I feel very apprehensive about 2022 since our democracy seems to be in genuine peril. I feel a little as if someone had stuffed me into a barrel and pointed me toward Niagara Falls.
ReplyDeletePartisan control of elections is not democracy. The process has been hijacked by factions and we, the people, are in the process of wresting back our authority. The factions are bound to be resistant. Both partisans and the press like the feeling of being in charge and are not keen for the people to govern.
DeleteIn 2016, the partisan candidate pretended to be a man of the people and then he and his cohorts on Capitol Hill betrayed them.
Coming to terms with the fact that one has been tricked is difficult. It will take a while.
We need to focus on getting better candidates.
Ah, Susan, what gave me some hope was reading last night's post by Heather Cox Richardson. A very worthy read in which she recaps the whole year, but ends with this (and it's the middle paragraph that gives me hope)...
DeleteAnd yet, as we move into 2022, the ground is shifting. The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol is starting to show what it has learned from the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and a review of more than 35,000 documents. The fact that those closest to Trump are refusing to testify suggests that the hearings in the new year will be compelling and will help people to understand just how close we came to an authoritarian takeover last January.
And then, as soon as the Senate resumes work in the new year, it will take up measures to restore the voting rights and election integrity Republican legislatures have stripped away, giving back to the people the power to guard against such an authoritarian coup happening again.
It looks like 2022 is going to be a choppy ride, but its outcome is in our hands. As Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), who was beaten almost to death in his quest to protect the right to vote, wrote to us when he passed: “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-30-2021?r=a0zry&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Trump appointee at FDIC to resign after partisan [disagreement] [Click] Her acting replacement, an Obama appointee, sure looks well preserved for being 88 years old!
ReplyDelete🎉GOOD NEWS!!!
ReplyDelete2022 has arrived on the east coast! Sending it your way soon!
Just realized that I missed posting here as the New Year reached Chicago. Hope it's a good year for everyone. Or at least better than 2021.
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