A Lexdate and Some Twittervism
Good evening, folks! No substantial update other than the slush reading has ended. . .for now. I still have some work to do for the day job CE credits. I've read everything that needs reading, just have to finish up the exam. I plan to answer the questions in the book during the mornings this week then do the online exam over the weekend. I'll come back in full force afterward. [DC, swampier after 45] Launch probes! Congressional GOPers try desperately to take focus off Trump - CNNPolitics https://t.co/d9bKpgEucz Is it 2016 again? It seems like we're talking about the same stuff. Yellow rain, Hillary's e-mails. . .. *GROAN!* [I'll admit, I'm working on last two] What decent men can do in response to #MeToo (opinion) - CNN https://t.co/6jrXfTbYO9 A8: Only #Flushots rec. for 2017-18 season. Options include Everyone, EVERYONE listen to this episode. Vital. https://t.co/52lrpVaM0r The “it’s about the 1%, not race” argument is absurd. [No compassion for him, but this makes sense] Donald Trump Is An Untreated Al-Anon | GOOD Health https://t.co/KoA8pYPaB5 [More signatures needed to try fighting] Trump is trying to gut access to birth control | CREDO Action https://t.co/kivmVYYNjT Good background on N Korea during Clinton-》Bush transition. Clinton had deal set up then Bush dashed it. Thanks GOP. https://t.co/OsFzPqmEa1 [Citizen happiness lowering costs makes sense.] CVS-Aetna merger? Here's what the 'good friend' CEOs have said. https://t.co/FYUSzQ6Htq Not surprised by arrest of Mannafort, even if for anything pre-Election 2016. Dude did a lot of sleazy & evil lobbying & advising. After NPR interview this morning White Lives Matter woman re: minorities "forcing themselves" on whites, I want to scream CHECK YR PRIVILEGE Some people with low enough incomes could get no-cost Bronze health plans. Doesn't hurt to look! https://t.co/89qrUg06n9 The [45] White House trying to make a Clinton shield. https://t.co/QhajAaJyUs Ah, it's the Koch brothers ideology that Trump, Bannon, & Mercers don't like. That's divide from GOP establishment. https://t.co/6LEqHFAZ9Q CSRs cut down on front-end bureaucracy, the kind that people HATE! Keep it in the back end, please. [Could play prevent mass violence & terrorism?] Stuart Brown: How Does Play Shape Our Development? : NPR https://t.co/acGN1K26wm Apparently this approach to gamifying for improving life has some level of success. https://t.co/LM9bfU4Mxl #Election2016 will never die. I now will call it a zombie election, a walking dead election, fear the walking dead election. [Not Surprised, but Argh!] Gender Ineqality: It's Getting Even Harder to be a Woman - CNN Money https://t.co/iV4gXpU7Gp Bannon/Trump vs Establishment GOP ~ Mercer Family vs Koch Bros = Really just two Aristocratic families facing off, not populism. Right humor: 8-chan harassing hateful bigotry punching down. Left humor: Pointing out untruth & absurd decisions punching up. [Another example of tax bill to screw the commoner] House tax plan would kill the student loan interest deduction https://t.co/nkPSQ2WKGD [I laud this woman.] Woman who flipped off Trump says she was fired for it - CNNPolitics https://t.co/PWxtemC9EJ Some may see this as too local of a victory, but State elections need winning. Gerrymandering & fight Koch Con Conv https://t.co/SVAmMx8kUy GOP using savings tax legislation in fight against abortion while destroying benefits to people paying off loans. https://t.co/Vb8sYOCfdX Happy about Dem wins last night, BUT the wins happened around the Northeast Megalopolis. Dems, don't get too full of yourselves. I just convinced a co-worker that the ACA is a good thing because Medicaid us income based, & conversation started out with her asking me if premiums were too high. Eric Garner was strangled to death by police who suspected him of selling loose cigarettes, Roy Moore is suspected of child molesting yet is set to be elected to the US Senate ... and @GOP are perfectly satisfied with both outcomes. Corporate tax cuts should be tied to increased minimum wage legislation. I have now read Mr. Moore’s statement and listened to his radio interview in which he denies the charges. I did not find his denials to be convincing and believe that he should withdraw from the Senate race in Alabama. Today in 1956, the Supreme Court ruled against racial segregation on Alabama buses. https://t.co/e06ZUJEN8A pic.twitter.com/82pZr52AgM Karen Aguirre and Karen Spears continue to prove the point that our generation — and the ones that come after — can be a beacon of hope and change for us all. https://t.co/FDAexjxFjJ
Working on these credits really only takes away twenty minutes to a half hour on weekday mornings from writing. Those small periods of time add up, though, so I've missed out on a bit of writing accumulation. This weekend especially made me miss the frequent writing. Sunday morning, I wrote a scene that had emotions welling up and had me close to tears. Damn my allergies to my own writing.
In other news: The Wife and I have signed a lease on the apartment down one floor and across the hall. It provides a little more space (including a pantry and especially in the kitchen), some nice quality hard-vinyl floors that we thought were laminate, and upgraded appliances, including a dishwasher, which we currently do not have. Plus, since a new building had gone up right next to ours destroying the amazing view that we had, we'll get a better view.
We get the keys on the Friday after Thanksgiving and have about a week to move. Exciting but also a bit anxious about the whole thing.
I enjoyed "free reading" today instead of reading the slush. The fact that reading something nonfiction as relief reading discomforts me a little, but I'll take what I get. The same goes for jumping back into my RSS feed, which includes my Twitter feed interspersed with blog entries and news articles.
Give me a little time to ingest some material and inspiration and to generate some rage and other emotions, then I should get back into the rhythm of things again. I still owe you a little bit more about my campaigning for Pawar, at least the contemplation I've done on it. The ideas for the entry won't change that much but coming out the tail end provides some perspective. Plus I want to somehow get back into the fray again, though entering the hibernating winter season with who knows how cold the weather will get here in Chicago, I might find myself contemplating more than engaging in affecting change.
In the meantime, check out some Twittervism:
-Standard dose
-High-dose (for ppl 65+)https://t.co/rxqR75FHpd #FluChat https://t.co/pNLw4FOwnE
*NINETY-SIX PERCENT* of the top 1% are white. That’s not coincidence. It’s the point.
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