I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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I've got my Kit Kats so I'm okey-dokey!
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You are so welcome!
Yay! (Not that it counts for much in this totally solid Democratic state....) (but still)
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The beloved 56 year old priest in my town just died of Covid on Friday. I'm not Catholic, but a couple of my Catholic friends are devastated. Since his death, I've watched a couple of his Utube videos and I see why they loved him. He was kind, had delightful observation about this and that, and was hysterically funny. When churches reopened this summer, so many of his parishioners complained about wearing masks; that the Catholic church went from mandating, to suggesting, that they be worn.....and now their priest is dead. I wonder if the anti-maskers will connect the dots back to themselves. It makes me very sad, very frustrated, and very mad.
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Sandy, it’s true how the written word can be taken so out of context. Twenty years ago, before social media, when email was the hot form of communication, dh and I had a major falling out with his two sisters. The sisters were sending nasty emails and dh and I stood our ground in return emails.My attempts at finding resolution were met with outrage when I referred to one SIL as “fragile”, a word I specifically chose as I thought it was a kind way to say, oh, things bother you more easily than I realized. The relationships were forever changed, altho I came to realize they (older than dh and I) only wanted superficial relationships anyway so what did I lose. It was like a big stock market correction, I thought I meant something to them but turns out, nah. Big lessons learned.
Fast forward to one of their sons questioning me on FB recently about my choice to get a Covid vaccine asap. He rambled on about Bill Gates sterilizing women against their will in Africa, among other things. I kindly and firmly told him I respected his choice to do as he saw fit, asked him to respect my choice and that my energy was better spent on things other than FB debating. Then I wished him the very best. He lives in Denver, works in the cannabis industry and admittedly gets high every day. So why waste my time. Or start another family fight.
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Ruth, what a sad story about the beloved priest. It does make you wonder what his parishioners think, how they feel now, it's tragic, really. Age 56! In his prime! It did not have to be.
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Hi Ruth.....So sorry to hear that someone in your community has perished from this......I hope those mourning him will realize how important masks are--such a simple thing, yet so effective!
A gal I know who lives in the New Orleans area (never met her--know her from the eagle cams I watch--whom I suspect is a Trumper after I went to her FB page and saw that one of the folks she follows is Rush Limbaugh...she's very subtle about it....things she says about false positive covid tests and false negatives and can you trust the tests and how she hates to wear a mask and gets funny looks from people 'cause she sometimes doesn't wear one etc)---just wrote me on Messenger this:
is this true? I asked her if those folks she heard this from are WASHING their masks after every use.....which I was told to do and do faithfully.... haven't heard back from her.....Sandy, you have any thoughts on this?
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Yeslama, I only get basic cable, so no Fox, CNN, Msnbc or any other cable news. Like you, when RBG passed away, I stopped watching any nightly news on the big 3, nbc, cbs, abc. I check out google news which gives a hodge podge of news from different sources. I cant access their WaPo, WSJ or NYT articles because no subscription and I wont open Fox stories. I took a similar approach last election and was one of the few not surprised when Clinton lost. I am careful what I read. Even on this thread, I verify stories that are posted because it's just smart to do.
But google news is Big Brother. Often when I mention a subject here, a related story will pop up in google news the next day. So I'm not sure how news smart I actually am or if the internet gods are messing with me!
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This is so gross......
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My case in point about google news being Big Brother: I just clicked on it and saw a Newsweek article that says a major Pittsburgh newspaper endorsed Trump, citing Biden is too old and “fragile”. Just the word I used here in a few posts back, plus mentioned Pittsburgh, So there's that.
PA is becoming one of the key battleground states, Biden and Lady Gaga campaigning in Pittsburgh tomorrow. Not sure what effect the newspaper endorsement will have. 1st time since they endorsed a candidte since 1972.
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Trill, I'm not Sandy but as a retired nurse, my opinion matches yours. If a mask is worn once and then washed with soap and water and dried with heat, there should not be a problem with contamination or self infection. Yet another fairy tale being spun and it has not appeared in what I read and watch!
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Trill, your friend in NOLA is full of s#*t. You can't get pneumonia from re-inhaling your own exhaled air. You can tell her I have asthma--and I took my pulse-ox while wearing a mask: O2 sats were 98%. There is no physical medical reason for not being able to wear a mask: I've even seen them fit over a nasal oxygen cannula. Only kids <2 yrs. old, claustrophobics and people with certain PTSD experiences can't wear them--and psychotherapy can solve that. Besides, if they're so emotionally fragile that they can't mask, they should be the ones who stay home (or at least keep their damn distance) rather than endanger us or keep us locked down at home.
Those "articles" and "papers" that say otherwise? Kooks like the "Plandemic" discredited pseudoscientist or that lunatic African doctor who believes women can get pregnant from demon sperm during sex dreams. Over & over again the "maskholes" cite Fauci's advice back in early March--before studies were done and when even paper surgical masks (now sold in bulk for a buck each at Target, ferpity's sake) were too scarce for first responders & medical personnel.
I have an array (about 15 or so) of cloth masks, which I disinfect for 2 days in direct sunlight, or machine-wash & then iron at >170F. The surgical ones are disposable. I rarely need to wear a mask more than an hour at a time (except during a medical appointment)--there's no need to wear one while alone in your car. I don't wash my cloth masks unless I've worn them for at least 3 wearings of an hour or more.
(Speaking of masks, my new Bears surgical mask is still sealed in its packet--I only wear Bears gear during a game and then ONLY the day after a win. I retired my "Real Bears Fans Wear Pink" shirt now that Pinktober 2020 is history).
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Divine, you are indeed being messed with, by "Al"--"AlGorithm," that is. I don't use Google for news, and that's one reason (targeted ads drive me nuts too). The aggregator to which I subscribe by e-mail is AppleNews, which has stuff from a very wide variety of sources (e.g., Vanity Fair, NYT, USA Today, WSJ, Bloomberg, Boston Globe, WaPo, New Yorker, etc--even FAUXNews).
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Thanks Beaver and Sandy! I appreciate hearing this--what I've been thinking is true all these months...nothing about what she wrote made any sense to me but wanted to run it past you regardless....I may pass some of this on to her--don't know if she'll believe it.....I may, though, as a friend--in hopes that it will un-fog her brain a bit!
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I've been reading icky stories about the slow-down in mail deliveries and how the new USPO head sez that he feels overtime will be abused by postal workers in getting all ballots delivered etc....(what kind of a fucking REASON is that anyway?) and about how it's up to the states how and when and what mailed ballots get counted ad nauseam......each being different.....
Yuck! What a freaking awful scenario! No WONDER things are screwball!
I'm all for state's rights and responsibilities, but the General Election is the NATIONAL US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!
Shouldn't it be handled differently?
Let the states have their own elections how and when etc they want to--
but let the Fed run this one.
What's wrong with a federally run and funded elections department?
What's wrong with OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER being THE number we use to vote?
And voting solely ELECTRONICALLY??
How about voting computers everywhere so all can get to them--or be taken to them-- and using JUST ONE NUMBER:
OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
to cast THE ONE VOTE WE ARE ALLOWED TO CAST.
We use our social security numbers--and they are BEING used--millions of times per day perfectly securely.
The IRS depends on it. Medicare depends on it. Social Security depends on it.
Why can't this most important act we have in our power be treated with as much economy and security as the Medicare we utilize and the taxes we pay and the Social Security $$$ we receive very efficiently and reliably month after month, year after year?
Ok--off the soapbox.
That's my idea for the day.
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I've been reading icky stories about the slow-down in mail deliveries and how the new USPO head sez that he feels overtime will be abused by postal workers in getting all ballots delivered etc....(what kind of a fucking REASON is that anyway?) and about how it's up to the states how and when and what mailed ballots get counted ad nauseam......each being different.....
Yuck! What a freaking awful scenario! No WONDER things are screwball!
I'm all for state's rights and responsibilities, but the General Election is the NATIONAL US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!
Shouldn't it be handled differently?
Let the states have their own elections how and when etc they want to--
but let the Fed run this one.
What's wrong with a federally run and funded elections department?
What's wrong with OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER being THE validating number we use to vote?
And voting solely ELECTRONICALLY??
How about having voting computers/devices everywhere, so all can get to them--or be taken to them—in Walmart, food stores, drug stores, senior centers, libraries, post offices, banks--and using JUST ONE NUMBER--
OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER—
to be able to legally cast THE ONE VOTE WE ARE ALLOWED TO CAST?
We millions use our social security number—and each is BEING used—perfectly securely.
The IRS depends on it.
Medicare depends on it.
Social Security depends on it.
Why can't this most important act we have in our power be treated with as much economy and security as the Medicare we utilize and the taxes we pay and the Social Security $ we receive very efficiently and reliably month after month, year after year?
And stop this madness?
Ok, off the soapbox.
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One very good reason not to use one's SSN to vote, especially online: RUSSIA. Our states' election databases have been hacked (IL's was as far back as 2017--they did it just to show us they can). How would you like a bunch of Gen-Zers in a St. Petersburg (not the one across from Tampa) FSB troll farm to have your SSN? Thought not.
And the problem with a unitary federal election system is which Administration's Federal gov't is running it. Would you rather have your state Election Commission/Sec'y of State's office, operating under codified state statues, or Bill Barr's DOJ deciding who votes, when, where, whose votes get counted and when? The only uniformly Federal aspects of a Presidential/Congressional election should be the nominees, the date, and (I can't stress this too strongly) Election Day being an official holiday with mandatory paid time off to go vote.
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Good points all, Sandy. Well, it sure felt good while I was typing it out!
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I'm a retired pharmacist, worked in hospitals for years, and I echo what Sandy said. You can't give yourself pneumonia from breathing your own air in a mask. Otherwise, doctors, nurses, resp therapists, etc, would all end up with pneumonia!! Hospital workers are wearing masks for HOURS!
I got after a woman who was exposing her nose, and she complained that she had asthma and couldn't breathe with the mask up. I told her that I do too, and I could wear a mask properly. I have seen people wearing masks over their oxygen nose tubes, Sheesh. I'm so sick of these people.
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And Ruth, I'm so sorry to hear about your local priest. That is such a shame. I do hope those people not wearing masks will realize the consequences of their actions.
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So nice to read your opinions on this "safe place"! Thanks gals... You know, I found these "mask frames" from Amazon! Liked them so much I ordered a few more.... They fit in any mask, and hold it away from your mouth and nose, and they are a lot more comfortable...
And like some of you, I only have one on for usually less than an hour... unlike my youngest Daughter who lives here and works in a grocery store... AND both my Grand-sons, who are in hospitals every day! They wear the disposable ones, and change all the time.
And I am not watching the news coming up.... I'll hear about it soon enough.... I'm just afraid... So I'll probably just keep "listening" to you guys.... Is it because I'm much older? So glad my girls all believe in the same things I do....and that I can talk things over with them. I just hope and pray for good news the next few days.....
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Glennie you stay safe at the polls tomorrow. Rainey needs you!
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Trill, imo, your friend doesn't want to wear a mask, will never wear one, and searches for reasons that align with her choice not to wear them. Once she finds information that tells her what she wants to hear, she won't question the validity of it. She will just hang on to it for dear life because it gives her a pass to do what she wants. Case closed. You can try to get your point across to her but why waste the time and energy?
Sandy, I had the Apple news app for a couple years but deleted it. I felt it, too, was algorythm-y. I wish I could just wean myself from internet news altogether.
Chevy, interesting about the mask frames. I may have to try them. I wonder if dh would use them, he wears a mask during the day at work.
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I hate Lindsay Graham. He said women have a place in America as long as they follow traditional family structure, are pro life and embrace religion. Hearing that makes me want to hyperventilate. Men like him need voted out of office. He harkens back to the June Cleaver in a dress and pearls doing housework days.
Carly Simon wrote/sang “That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be" back in 1971 with the lyrics:, “You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf". That's what Graham's words take me back to, and that was almost 50 years ago! Allow women only a very narrow set of permitted socially accepted lifestyles. Take away women's birth control, too, Linsday, and then go after them wearing shoes so's you can keep 'em barefoot and pregnant! Omg.
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Imagine how our lives might be if everyone had even a bit more of the Wisdom that comes from seeing clearly. Suppose people everywhere, simultaneously, stopped what they were doing and paid attention for only as long as it took to recognize their shared humanity. Surely the heartbreak of the world's pain, visible to all, would convert everyone to kindness. What a gift that would be.
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I agree with the sentiments expressed about Lindsey Graham. Why do you think he was such a solid supporter of the latest SC judge? She epitomizes his ideal woman. Meanwhile, who is the significant woman in his life? Not sure he has one or has ever had one.
Glennie the info about extradition countries was interesting. The Ukraine would be out because it is busily being reannexed by Russia and Russia would not tolerate his presence, something about 2 dictators in the same arena? Putin likes Donald, but only at arm's length and where he can be manipulated to exert Putin's desires. Maybe he could go to North Korea and kiss up to that lunatic. A North Korean diet may just be what the doctor ordered for drumpf.
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