Today, the attempt on Trump's life. Polite, politic for Biden to offer sympathies, especially after his own speech, it's what you do. The bad thing about this is we run the risk of Trump becoming a martyr to degeneracy. Trump becoming a martyr to any cause is unacceptable.
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I'm unsure how I feel. The sides - both of them - have become so radicalized that it seems this election is at best a precursor to Civil War. I would have guessed Biden would have had the attempted assassination. That Trump did surprised me. It's the MAGA folk who keep going on about guns and power and shit. I understand very well the threat to democracy Trump represents, and feel that as he has willfully incited violence (on the Capitol, for example - that resulted in deaths) that he should face some of the repercussions - which might include violence visited upon himself.
It might be time to turn off the news for a few days.
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I find it curious, everyone has done the thought experiment that if you could go back and time and kill Hitler, would you?
And maybe somebody has done it, only realizing the time is now. But that's not a media take.
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In other news, both Richard Simmons and Dr. Ruth died today. You would have hoped in each others arms, or - if not - at one of his private Aerobics classes. Sadly the news didn't offer up such fun. The take-away from it all is given a choice - Sex VS Fitness, choose Sex. You'll live longer. I'm getting neither.
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Tomorrow, innumerable creative projects to be begun. I've been stalling. Stalled. Time to get them all underway. And to start the car and run it and maybe go off and find some treasures, crystals, aquamarines, an emerald mine, anything, just enjoy the day...