“Divide et impera” … Julius Caesar, circa a long time ago. In English, it is “Divide and conquer”. Control. A disunited people are far less likely to rise up and oppose a dictator or other authoritarian. Keep them hatin’. Our friend Jeff is angry and so am I …
I’ve said it before, and I’ll repeat it. As it is presently constituted, the GOP represents a small minority of people in this country who think being cruel to people is a virtue.
We all know about the disgraced former president. We’ve seen the hatred he spewed as president and now as a private citizen. He is the standard-bearer for this type of behavior. He’s got a group in Congress who continue to support him no matter what. And, if he’s indicted, we know that support would continue. Many of those same GOP politicians mirror the personality of their dear leader, who relishes every chance he gets to insult and lie with impunity.
And they wouldn’t do it were it not for millions of people in this country who love every minute of it. And they do not cross the former president because they know the death threats and intimidation…
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Thanks, Ned!!!
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How do you et rid of the empty boxes whehn reprinting another’s blog?
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Hmmmm … I’m not sure what empty boxes you’re referring to, Nan? Can you be more specific?
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I already discarded that post. I’ll not discard –oh. I found another example: At the end of my first Mother Earth post, I’ll Try on September 10th, I think. …
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I found it on “I’m Going To Try” on September 3rd … I have no idea what those boxes are!!! I’ve never had that happen to me in all the years I’ve been re-blogging. I think I’m going to have to agree with Prof and suggest you contact the WordPress tech support for their help! Sorry Nan … I wish I could help.
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Might be a good question for the WordPress “ Happiness Engineers” or Tech Rep’s. 🙂 When I’ve had techy questions I couldn’t figure out on my own, they’d usually get back to me pretty quickly and resolve my issue(s).
Hope that helps Nan.
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My comment I left over on Brookingslib blog-post…
As I’ve commented on several WordPress blogs and said in-person to whomever here in central Texas brings up our ‘ southern border and immigrant problem’…
“Then we might as well tear down Lady Liberty in NY Harbor because NOTHING she stands-for or symbolizes is even remotely accurate of today’s United States!”
And dear Mary Plumbago, above/below(?), beat me to the punch-bowl regarding PBS’s Ken Burns series airing now, “ The U.S. and the Holocaust,” that even as Americans were finding out the very true horrors happening in Nazi-occupied Poland by advancing Red Army forces, then Allied forces in southern Germany, and reporting it back, up the chain of command, then finally the Western Press was notified… many/most Americans even then did not want Jewish refugees entering our borders! 😧 Appalling then, appalling now! There’s no difference. Period. With today’s extreme polarizing, vitriol politics from the Right and Far-Right, I am currently ashamed to admit to foreigners that I am an American. Never in my 60-yr life did I ever think that I’d feel that way. Never!
Thanks for mentioning the Ken Burn’s series Mary. I thought of the same thing as I was reading Brookingslib’s post too. It is an outstanding series, as almost ALL of Ken Burn’s productions are.
Thank you Jill for reblogging it. It’s an excellent post! 👏🏻
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I can only watch a little at a time because it is so eerily similar to today…just hating different people…always the hate..then comes the cruelty and then the killing…I’m am so glad I’m old. Maybe not old enough.
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Yes indeed Mary, one must ‘pace themselves ’ regarding unimaginable human atrocities—then and to a significant extent, today and how specific government officials/officers are treating refugees from similarly brutal countries and regimes.
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Like you, Mary, some days I am glad I’m old and won’t have to live to see much more. But other days I am curious to know what the world will be like in 20, 30, or 50 years.
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Yes, I oscillate between the two. But today the hurricane is on my mind..heading right near where I live….very unsettling
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Mary, hope you’re doing okay with the hurricane coming. without being really specific, where are you located, like what state?
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She’s in Florida.
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Central Florida and thank you
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Oh dayum! Mary, PLEASE do be extra safe and plan ahead as much as possible! Keep us all posted how you are fairing, okay? ❣️
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I’ll probably end up without power and WiFi…I hate that!
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👍🏻 Okay. Do what you can, what’s possible given obvious circumstances. Be safe first & foremost!
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Keeping my fingers crossed that you don’t lose power, my friend. But mostly that you don’t get hurt or have any damage to your home.
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Keep safe, Mary … do whatever you need to to keep safe. I’ll be thinking of you and keeping you close in my heart. Hoping for the best, my dear friend. 💖
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Thanks so much…I may be missing in action starting Wed…who knows…thanks again 🥰
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Thank so much… I know Texas can get their fair share too
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Yes, they can, and up here in Ohio we get tornadoes, though thankfully not many of late.
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Some months in the past i’d thought we reached the level of crazyness. But apparently an increase is possible at any time. ;-/ Best wishes, Michael
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It does seem these days as though there is no boundary for cruelty and craziness, doesn’t it? Makes me afraid to ask the question, “What next?” xx
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If you are interested in much more craziness, you can read a prophecy, done some decades in the past, by an old water deviner. Sorry, it’s only in German language. But you can download in MSWord and automatically translate. Here it is: https://docplayer.org/22774995-Alois-irlmaier-1950er-jahre.html xx
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Thanks, Michael! I have downloaded and will read it over the weekend. I have a feeling it isn’t going to give me much hope, is it? Ah well … better to be armed with knowledge. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, dear friend. xx
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