Memorial Day

May 30, 2016 18:26

Since this is the first day off that I've had at least a couple of months, I was hoping I could go to the beach, but in fact today it is cloudy and rainy so no go :( I had actually had tentative plans with my neighbor Maria to go to Brighton Beach-- she is Russian and I thought I could've practiced my Russian down there. (I love that about BB, that ( Read more... )

kids, beach, russian, weather, politics, soccer

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wonderpanther May 31 2016, 17:51:11 UTC
It looks like a Gerbera daisy, pretty. The FB stuff is making me tired and even when I do not think that I am inviting it, I somehow end up inviting it. I have had people message me privately saying, "I agree with you but I do not have the energy to continue to wade into this mess." I get it. And I do think people can support who they want to, but what bothers me is the need not only to tell me that I am wrong (okay, fine, if you think so) but to get me to agree that I am wrong and that only an idiot (like me?) could possibly disagree. It is this infatuation with not letting anyone else have an opinion. Here is a true statement: "Bernie Sanders does not have a path to the nomination." This is true, mathematically, because Steve Kornacki reviews those numbers almost nightly and that is a reality. But you can't say anything that could be perceived as anti-Bernie on FB without getting slammed and shamed. It is exhausting. Also, don't forget that the white, straight, cisgenerdered men who are hating on me and Hillary Clinton and ( ... )

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