Open Thread 12-31-21-Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

It's the last day of 2021. What a year. Personally I'm glad it's almost over and let's hope 2022 is better.

Any predictions for the upcoming year?

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Anybody think Joe Biden will still be the president this time next year?

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TheOtherMaven's picture

@JtC

so who knows?

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There is no justice. There can be no peace.

enhydra lutris's picture

2022 will have 365 days, some (many) of them will suck, some won't

There will be weather

Russia will not invade Taiwan

Nobody will talk about Quemoy and Matsu very much

Biden

official prognosis:

governmentbullshit

Remember as you enter these uncertain times:

be well and have a good one

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

@enhydra lutris
all great predictions:

2022 will have 365 days, some (many) of them will suck, some won't

Had to check to make sure it wasn't a leap year, but you have made an accurate prediction.

There will be weather

Another accurate prediction, you're two for two so far.

Russia will not invade Taiwan

Hmmm, not so sure about this one. Russia could use another warm water port.

Nobody will talk about Quemoy and Matsu very much

See my answer above about Russia and warm water ports. Makes sense, no?

Biden

official prognosis:

I think the level should be severe.

Bag of weed?

Yup. Things are better with a bag of weed!

Great predictions! Thanks mi hermano.

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enhydra lutris's picture

@JtC

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Lookout's picture

However he is a good warmongering puppet. My hope is he proves dysfunctional at that too.

Russia and China continue to forge stronger ties. They could collapse the US by issuing a combined ruble/yuan gold based currency, but I'm not really expecting that. Wouldn't surprise me to see the the dollar replaced by Fed Coin or some digital money to better track the citizenry.

I expect ever more weather weirding. Sad to say that's "baked in" for the remainder of our time. Perhaps we'll see more communities of like minded folks coming together. I hope so.

I plan to keep growing food and buying from my local farm producers. Come spring I'm cranking up regular music sessions here. Already planning on the FL folk fest in late May, and a week long music gathering in July. So I expect a return to a new normal anyway.

Always plenty to do around the place. More trees to plant next month. Already time to start onion seed, and past time to order vegetable and flower seeds. Got to buy a new tractor battery next week, mine gave up the ghost. So staying busy and pretty content given the state of the world.

Wishing you both a wonderful new year ... treasure one another and the days you have together... as we will here. Hope you got my card.

All the best to C99 and the happiest of new years to us all!

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

he appears to be in some sort of demented nirvana.
If the PTB find it useful to prop him up while they do
their dirty deeds 'behind the scenes' he may just have
to make cameo appearances to continue the farce.

My wish for the 2022 calendar is to see C99 continue to
question authority, break down the propaganda, educate and
explore the possibilities of a better world.

Thanks for all you do!

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That being said, I think every President since Eisenhower has been informed as to who is really running the country within the first couple of days of being in office.

I start my 71st year tomorrow. I don't know what to wish for other than not having to spend the last years I have ducking viruses and watching the country tear itself apart.

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"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin

@Fishtroller 02
Hope it is fun for you.
My younger brother was born on Christmas Day, we called him purple jesus
just cause when he came home, his color was sorta purple haze.
So we celebrated his birthdate 6 months out on June 25th, to make him
feel special. But he always got twice the presents at christ mass, just because
he was the baby of the family.
Must be fun to celebrate your date on the first?
Good luck!

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@QMS

My parents would not be in much of a mood to celebrate because they were "tired" from celebrating New Year's Eve.

It got better as I got older because people always remembered to call me after midnight. I have not been able to figure a way to get double presents.... sometimes I get double the drinks...ha!

This year we will spend the day packing up in hopes of getting from Helena to KY (3 days) before the next storm hits. I'm going to work even harder this year to keep my thoughts within the boundary of the day I am in in order to slow time down. I will need luck for that!

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"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin

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much longer. How many times has he said something that the WH has to correct later on? lol..that was the first giveaway. I think it’s Blinken, Powers and other Obiden rethreads who are running the show as well as the donors who are the real people in charge. And of course the military industrial complex. I do dread thinking that Kamala will be president.

I’m predicting that our reservoirs will be a little Fuller this year and I’ll be a year older with my hair being more white than salt and pepper. And thinner it looks like too.

Thanks for another great year of hosting the blue blog and everyone for making it what it is! Especially the lurkers. Say hi once in awhile, mkay?

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

for Truth and hopefully accompanying Wisdom and Compassion in the face of idiocy, deception, and despair.

2022 will I am sure, be "interesting".

Personally, in the next few days I will be entering the final quarter of school for now in my long held pursuit of a Bachelors Degree (Sustainable Building Science Technology). I am hoping the school will fund my tuition this quarter as I am currently unable to.

It is quite challenging to school oneself as a middle aged working class person. I also need to find work/ employment ASAP. I believe I will be having one interview next week, but that isn't enough to hang my hopes on. Hopefully things will smooth out a bit by February and beyond.

Even though I don''t comment a lot because of school or exhaustion I near daily appreciate the work done here and am humbled to be in the company of so many great and critically thinking minds.

Happy New Year!
May we all gently prosper in our own way,

Robert

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@BORG_US_BORG

you can make it if you try

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yeah, 2021 has bad memories, and Brandon made one huge goof after another, but at least the oligarchs are happy.
I lost count of how many times groceries were shared between me and my neighbors. How many errands and favors did we all do for each other? I lost count on that, too.
I hope to be, and resolve to be, resistant to sniping at anybody of that exclusive 99%. My main New Year's Resolution will be to save my ire for the 1%.
My prediction is the 99%ers will be drawn much closer by economic circumstance.
I also predict we will be ready to stand beside one another.
Let's be positive and prepared, brothers and sisters!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Dawn's Meta's picture

letting us work out how to negotiate our ways of saying what we believe is going on. We definitely stumble once in a while, probably say things in a way we would rather not.

I think and hope we are giving each other room.

I hope this next year gives each of us and the planet a better healthier life.

I'm hoping sustainable and regenerative ag, local communities, and music will see us through.

All the best to you and yours and to all here at C99.

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A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Allegedly Greek, but more possibly fairly modern quote.

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I shared this on joe shickspack's Christmas thread, but this time, I MEAN IT!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dave-barry-s-year-in-review-wait...

Well, *I* did something this year I'd never done before: Made a New Year's resolution and kept to it!: I declared Saturdays my 'Internet shabbat' - and now that I've made it, I think rather than call it good, I'm going to expand on it next year: I'll be moving my 'hard shabbat' to Monday (Muslims do Friday, Jews Saturday, for Christians it's Sunday - I figure Monday must be the Satanist shabbat), and in addition, my Sat/Sun Internet-use shall only be for certain games; maybe I'll figure out other boundaries later.

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In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.

Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!

LO's Sunday news roundup, but you can catch it later.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

for the 99%, things will get worse. Not everybody, all at once, but everyone will have a chance. Dems, r's, RWNJ's, liberals, progressives and the unaffiliateds will all get their turn. Worst of all when things get bad for us, there will be the 1% telling us that it's someone elses fault, through the media and the politicians, and that's who we blame. We'll watch the r's play their part, and we'll wait in vain for the dems (who say they'll fight to the death for us) wimp out and stand helpless while telling us they are our only hope. I just don't see anything changing, ever.

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@janis b @janis b Happy new year! Hope there is music, champagne, and caviar in the living room!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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@on the cusp

I wish there was caviar. I'd consider dressing up for that ; ).

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@janis b sheath recently. I did a google search, and it is now day time or work appropriate!
I am going to wear it my next court appearance! Lol!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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@on the cusp

swaying the jury, that is. On the other hand they might not take you seriously ; )

That would make a great scene in a comedy film.

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@janis b for either the probate docket, so as to lighten the mood for 30 people showing the Will of their deceased loved ones, or criminal docket, to lighten up the spirits of the prisoners sitting in their chains and cuffs, awaiting their chance to get in front of the judge. They will get a huge kick out of it! Lol!
I will reserve jury trials for Basic Black, or amongst lawyers, "Badass Black.
Happy New Year, and it is my fervent hope this year will be normal for us all.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981