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The EASIEST countries to move to as an American.

I will never pry Señora out of St. Louis, and I am very fond of her…  If not for that, I would definitely see this as a possibility.   I thought Costa Rica was a wonderful country with very friendly people.  Panama I would have to visit to get a better feel for.  The thought of living in Spain has always intrigued me.  I hear wonderful things about Portugal.  While Italy is not on this list, it has a warm spot in my heart.  My Spanish is passable enough that it would not be an issue in 3 of the countries, although English is widely spoken in those three too. My main issue with Central America is that golf courses are few and far between, and not particularly cheap.  Of course if my back continues its downward journey, that will cease to be so important. I know that four of the six countries on the list have large ex-pat communities.  The other two might, but it would need some research.  I am sure he does not really mean it, but I have a long standing offer of housing in Honduras.

I just cannot get over the fact that 71 million of my fellow citizens voted for the monster that is tRump, especially with every sane, main stream Republican screaming at the top of their voice that the Emperor is wearing no clothes, please vote for for the Democrat.  There is something fundamentally wrong with the soul of this country. I won’t bore you with a rant about what I think that is.

I may be an American, but I am not a proud American, in fact I am the complete opposite after this election.

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Racism and Misogyny have won out

Kamala Harris is infinitely more qualified to be President of the United States than the tRump.  I just do not understand how so many people could vote for this horrible, terribly horrible person except by explaining it by their fear of a woman of color holding the office – racism and misogyny.   They also rejected Hillary Clinton, who was probably the most qualified person to run for the office in my lifetime.

I am having fantasies of checking out of this world rather than living through the next four years of the cluster fuck that is going to be a second go round with this monster.  But I am not likely to do so as Señora has had enough pain in her life, plus I doubt I have the courage.  What is about to come down the road, however, might make me desperate enough.

As a military brat I always had a great love and pride of country. No more.  With tRump, Christian Nationalism, Project 2025, etc., I have come to hate what this country has become, especially since they seem to be doubling done on the awfulness.  It does seem like from all the history I have read, that in the long run, evil generally wins out over good. tRump is evil incarnate.

Truly if there is a god as detailed in the religious texts, he hates humanity, as we keep getting leaders of such low caliber.   I really thought that when tRump was elected the first time, it was one of the worst days of my life.  I was wrong.  Since we know what a monster tRump is this time around, yet he was elected, this time feels and is significantly worse.

The only positive thing to come out of last night is that Missourians did vote to repeal the draconian ban of abortion.  However, I fully expect tRump and gangsters to make a national abortion ban law.

May the Devil save us as apparently God is not going to do so.

And so it should not go.

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #2,350

yeah I know you did not ask!

You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.

Given the prevalence of the Irish curse on both sides of my family, I work very hard to monitor my drinking.  I am prone to a nightcap a few nights a week, and if we are socializing or partying I will have a few. I do this if for no other reason than the hangovers hurt like hell at my advanced age, plus it is not really how I want to live my life — in an altered state of mind.  We won’t even mention the havoc excessive alcohol consumption could have on your body.

HOWEVER, given the way this election cycle is going, I may violate my personal mandate and start drinking early election night, November 5th.  If tRump comes out the winner, I mostly likely will not stop until the next century. I cannot imagine living in a world that tRump and the Republicans with their 2025 agenda and bellying up to dictators will fashion.

May Shiva save us all.

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Robert Reich: Kamala Harris in 90 Seconds

Robert Reich: Kamala Harris in 90 Seconds (well… a little more than 90 seconds)

IMHO, it is a very clear choice this election cycle, fascism and theocracy with tRump and Vance, or two genuinely good folks in Harris and Walz whom are running for office with service in mind as opposed to tRump’s need to self-aggrandize. And then there is Vance, ambition for ambition’s sake and a need to force his Draconian wrong-headed values on the rest of us.

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Early Voting

Not sure what this portends in this obscenely deep red state of Missouri, but this is the line for early voting at a library close to our house.  Missouri opened no excuse early voting starting October 22 and continues right up the day before election day, November 5th. From everything I have been reading, it is a very popular.  This picture was taken on Friday, October 25th around 10:30 in the morning.

The line once inside the library was two or three times as long as the line outside as they had us snaking around like we were in an airport TSA line. All in all though, it went smoothly.  From the time I parked my truck — we had to walk a ways back to the library — it took us an hour to vote.

Just as an aside, one thing I do not like about Missouri elections is Continue reading “Early Voting”

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Quote of the Day – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“We have not come this far without a struggle and I assure you we cannot go further without a struggle. We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob. ” ~~Franklin Delano Roosevelt during a campaign speech… which, though given 88 years ago in the Garden on 31 October 1936, rings remarkably contemporary, a speech for “the restoration of American democracy” and its “preservation”.

For an interesting read on the parallels of Trump and Adolph Hitler check out The Guardian article: A week before the election, Trump will hold his most unsettling spectacle yet

To see more Quotes for Day, visit this link: Quotes for the Day

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Frozen Bird      

This article needs just a tad of an introduction.

Being a man of certain age, I Am Official Old,I have some minor problems with arthritis, fortunately they are still not a daily preoccupation. The major culprits are my ankles, my knees, my left shoulder that was injured in a car accident, and my hands, principally my left hand.  I broke the ring finger and the finger next to it on that hand many moons ago in a fight. Plus I wonder since Continue reading “Frozen Bird      “