12 January 2021
It’s come down to this. I’ve been reduced to bread making. I finally cracked. With my torn biceps tendon and restorative surgery, the pandemic, the renovation of my floors and kitchen, and the insurrection/uncivil war incited by Donald Trump, I have finally given in and started baking bread.
It started with two loaves of white bread with a little whole wheat flour mixed in. Then it got worse. I made sourdough starter three days ago and yesterday made three loaves. Even worse, I’ve taken on the task of feeding the starter once a day. What’s next? Brioche? I’m not even particularly good at baking bread – but it does make the house smell wonderful.
I’m still not over January 6th. If you had asked me at an early age what to expect in the far distant year of 2021, I would never have imagined Proud Boys, Qanon, white nationalists, Nazis, and members of the Republican party to try to overthrow the government of the United States. Hell hath no fury like white privilege scorned.
I say impeach. When the House sends the articles over, maybe there will be 17 Republican Senators that will find a backbone. There will have to be a new classifications for Presidents through history. The top 5 best, the top five worst, and Trump. Even worse, it seems there are plans to attack (I think they use the term protest) the 50 state capitals’ capitols as well as Washington, D.C. again. So much for Blue Lives Matter when the white mob pulled three Capitol Police out and down the steps of the Capitol and proceed to beat them – one with the flag of the United States. Old Gory [sic].
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I admit to going a little nuts on January 6th. The next day, I sat down on Facebook and “shared” every anti-Trump and anti-Republican meme I could find. I’m sure I lost a good many Facebook friends from my home town of Morton, but honestly, enough of this bullshit. One person from the town posted a heart felt missive about enough was enough and Trump should not have done what he did. She was then flooded with replies that were, to be honest, embarrassing. For example, one reply was that the courts didn’t even try to hear any of Trump’s cases. Duh! Courts don’t hear cases with evidence. None was ever presented, even by Trump’s own lawyers’ admissions.
The hate that these groups exude, the conspiracies they embrace, the righteousness they espouse will not go away as long as others continue to stoke their white nationalist insecurities.
My song recommendation is the Beatles “Revolution.”
Stay tuned and stay safe!
Good one. You are going to be stoned if you ever go back to Morton.