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…and, Trump

My sister and I both loathed Trump – not only as an ‘erstwhile’ ‘president,’ but as a person. He is objectionable, loathsome, a misogynistic bigot, a racist, authoritarian PIG.

He was elected only with Russian interference, and his election should have been declared null and void from the get go; no, he should have been disqualified, before he even was selected as a bona fide nominee.

HIS administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a mirror-image of the president’s overall performance: utterly feckless, incompetent and utterly disorganized. WE knew this was coming, back before JANUARY; efforts should have been initiated at the FEDERAL level, immediately, to coordinate, organize and ensure that sufficient equipment and personnel were available, WHERE they were needed – BEFORE the pandemic hit. Instead, Mr. Trump dismissed the danger as a ‘hoax,’ a political plot by the democrats, a minor illness which would ‘magically disappear….’

Well, here we are, where we are, as a direct result of Trump’s incompetence and Narcissism. Tens of THOUSANDS have already died as a result of his misdirections and misinformation; how many MORE will die as a direct result of his incompetence and Lies??

Meantime, back at the Ranch… I’ve been self-isolating and social distancing for over a month now, shopping by Amazon as much as possible for staples, or early-morning (7 – 8 AM, ‘Senior Hours’) guerrilla raids for specific needs (meat, dairy, eggs, fresh produce, frozen fruits and vegetables). I had to forfeit my monthly massage, for now, and RideConnection and the county library are temporarily shut down to my volunteering (since I’m a fragile senior). I’ve continued my cycle of two hour workouts every morning, alternating cardio/ aerobic and weightlifting sessions, then, currently, walking three or four times a day – about 3 – 4 miles, total. Neighborhood dogs are my friends, since they all know I carry a supply of dog biscuits.

It is dawning, slowly, discomfitingly that ‘this,’ as stilted and ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ as it feels, may be, the ‘new’ normal, for a long time. Harrowing…

My reality was even further rocked when I chanced to come across an article scribed by none other than William Kristol – a right wing zealot, albeit, but at LEAST a right wing zealot with some manner of Intelligence (as opposed to those utterly besotted by he-in-the-white-house-who-shall-NEVER-be named:

In the article (link, below), Kristol notes:

‘And the conservative movement? Having long since bent the knee to Trump, it fell into full prostration. The movement which under Bill Buckley had been mostly—not entirely, but mostly—a force for liberty and against populist demagoguery, consummated its embrace of demagogic and authoritarian populism. ‘

The Bulwark https://thebulwark.com/february-2020/

Disquieting, Scary times, indeed.

‘So… I continue to continue… to pretend, my life will never end, and flowers, never bend, with the rainfall….’ [Simon and Garfinkel ]

The ongoing plot of this blog will simply be varied doggerel about Life… ‘NOW,’ with observations, remembrances, ideas, fears, hopes, and perhaps, one hopes, humor – which is critically necessary for any quality survival, especially in these far too dystopian times…