Assuming that Washington doesn't agree to an extension of these emergency benefits, this is the doom that we are facing.

Well, first and for most, it is their "job" to represent "the people". Right? That's why we choose to elect them, right?
They campaigned on pushing for a Healthcare for all type system. Is it not reasonable to hold them to their campaign promises? They told us if we elected them to office they would fight for us, right?

‘You can say that again’  ~ the Wizard of Id

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Why aren’t we actually revolting (yes, we’re deplorable useless eaters, a different matter altogether)?  Our ruling Kleptocrats don’t care if we live or die, but most make noises as if they do.  ‘Elect me! I’m not him!’  Or engage in Congressional Virtue-signaling Tweets, but don’t vote as they Tweet.

The Peasants are useful only to serve their needs, pay taxes from the Fruits of Our Labor to fund our own further immiseration and precarity!

Are we dead or just asleep?  Do we keep on believing that Voting really matters?

‘If voting made a difference, it would be illegal!’

~ Emma Goldman

Revolutions, Resolutions, and Resilience

Another revolution around the sun. Time to take stock and plan for next year. Looking forward and back like the namesake of the upcoming month. We got in our seed order last week. I expect dwindling supplies, so you might want to put in your seed order as well. One of my resolutions for next year is to do a better job keeping seed from my heirloom plant varieties. I've ordered some more American Chestnuts to plant, and plan to get some elderberry and mulberry trees in this winter too. We're spending way too much time cooped up inside and it is reflected in our poor health. (h/t Magi). “There was a study of more than 7,300 [COVID] cases in China, and guess how many people caught the disease outdoors?” Leung asks. “Just two.” Being outside in nature is curative on many levels.

We just watched as the DNC rigged the 2016 and 2020 primaries against Bernie so why vote in 2022 if they are just going to cheat?

Covid Democracy vs. The Orange Fartcloud
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Nobody asked us how to fight this thing. We just got told, here is how it is going to be. There is firm logic behind the premise that you cannot fight a war by democracy. You cannot vote on when to stage D-Day and you cannot let “the people” decide on how to protect human life from covid.

Old Time Rock n Roll with Lee Douglas - Christmas Party as broadcast 12/22/2020 on Remember Then Radio: Some of the greatest, funniest and well known Christmas songs by the super stars of Rock n Roll and even comedy. Listen Here

If ever there was a year to observe a blue Christmas, this is that year. So nothing political today ... just the blues and holiday stories from the pages of THE SUN.

If we make it through December
Everythings gonna be all right I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the fallin snow

If we make it through December
I got plans of bein in a warmer town come summer time
Maybe even California
If we make it through December we'll be fine

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I got laid off down at the factory
And there timings not the greatest in the world
Heaven knows I been workin' hard
I wanted Christmas to be right for daddy's girl
Now I don't mean to hate December
It's meant to be the happy time of year
And why my little girl don't understand
Why daddy can't afford no Christmas here

If we make it through December
Everythings gonna be alright I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shivver when I see the fallin' snow

If we make it through December
I got plans of bein' in a warmer town come summer time
Maybe even California
If we make it through December we'll be fine