I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!

Deep inside, our integrity sings to us whether we are listening or not. It is a note that only we can hear. Eventually, when life makes us ready to listen, it will help us to find our way home.

Rachel Naomi Remen

I'm not at all knocking Pres. Biden as president, but seeing former Pres. Obama back at the White House today giving a speech on the ACA, just brought back so much recall of 8 great yrs. with these two men who so complimented one another. Hard not to feel nostalgia. Pres. Biden is on his way to really enhancing the ACA and it's perfect that he chose former Pres. Obama to help he and V.P. Harris.

On another note : I had to go to the local hospital to have a test this a.m. My SIL and Dh were in the waiting room with some other gentlemen. Well, needless to say it wasn't all that pleasant. They sounded like Q-a-nons. They let my family know that within a couple of weeks Trump would be back in the WH. Then went on and on about the stolen election and other stupid stories with no basis. Son-In-Law and Dh went over to another part of the room to ease out of the current conversation. Non-believers can only listen to lunatics a short period of time and just that one "return to White House" was enough for them.

I'm wondering how many times can you extend a date???? I mean it seems I've been hearing the RETURN for some time now. Silly me though -- I keep wondering why some of them don't figure out that the date extensions are ad infinitum. When ( if ever ) do you HAVE to see the truth and stop believing. Or --maybe they just move on to the next thing and pretend no one has noticed they were totally wrong. Anyway, my family just couldn't take crazy that early in the morning. Completely un-palatable.

and Betrayal, I agree with everything you had to say about the vermin Reps.

One of those couldn't decide days -- enjoy.Take time today to appreciate beauty -

natural beauty, art, people.

Slow down, breathe deeply, smile.

It's a beautiful world.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

- John Muir

clouds and winds, stars and flowers,

stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes -

every form of animate or inanimate existence,

leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

- Orison Swett Marden

Yes I do wonder --- do they really believe this nutty stuff or are they just being provocative in hopes of kissing the ring and keeping their seats. Weren't these people considered at least rational at one time or other and why is it so easy for them to give up that designation. Bordering on insanity is not something I'd want on my resume.

Cardreader, I read that piece some time right before you posted. I do think it could be quite true. Not only in the fact that many people are pulling away as much as they can (without seeming to) from orange Loon. Only the truly hardcore -- like say the "My Pillow guy",just won't even consider other possibilities. Others who have a few un-twisted as yet brain cells can see a lot of the writing on the wall. They GET that the government doesn't take a bona fide election win from one person and re-install the loser of said election. So, I am hoping that in time, but I do thin these same people while they might change their minds on the Loon and some of the strong - right wing maneuvers people like Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz and others attempt -- they will stay Reps. I just hope they outnumber the extremeists of the party -- and actually that most of the real extrremeists get dumped. They are dangerous to us.

I love it, Ruth.

If it can be verified, we don't need faith. . . . Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys. -Madeleine L'Engle

illinoislady - besides blaming Pelosi for the riot and that he wanted to March to the capital, but the “secret service said he couldn’t go”, there’s this quote -

"The crowd was far bigger than I even thought. I believe it was the largest crowd I've ever spoken to. I don't know what that means, but you see very few pictures. They don't want to show pictures, the fake news doesn't want to show pictures," he said. "But this was a tremendous crowd."

I keep hoping when we’ll go back to normal. President Obama, Stacey Abrams and others need tostart to excite younger voters.

AWESOME:

Was it on here that I saw the meme about raising your daughters like Ivanka and Tiffany? I do not think that Tiffany got half of what Ivanka has ever gotten and really is mistreated by her father. It's sort of like being the skeleton in the closet that is brought out for display whenever you wish to appear as a benevolent patriarch. I think Tiffany has tried very hard to ingratiate herself within the family's inner circle but they keep her on the perimeter. While I do feel sorry for her, it is not enough to overlook the disasters her sperm donor father has wreaked on our democracy. Being a lawyer brought her some cachet but I am not sure she is working, what type of law she studied or plans on practice but wonder what future plans she has. This has been a very long engagement for someone who seems not to have any obstacles to having a wedding. Perhaps daddy dearest needs to rip off some more donors before he can foot the cost of a wedding? She'd be better off just eloping.

I still wear a mask for the few places I go. I consider myself still in recovery mode and just feel a bit safer. We are in an area that has a sparser population, but while the county numbers go down, there still are some cases. I'm not sure when and if I'll really feel safe enough to go without a mask. I do worry about the fact that my daughter works in a convenience store but it is difficult to remove yourself from all risks.

JMO, but Amy C. Barrrett, along with Brett Kavanaugh should have never got within shouting distance of the Supreme Court. One of the things I'll never forgive Moscow Mitch for by the way. Still amazes me that for the most part the Democrats go by the book on things so to speak while the Reps. have not one iota of a conscience showing up while they take the the low road everywhere. Foisting people like Barett and a rapist on us in the court.

Yea, the beautiful deed is done -- we now have Justice Jackson.

The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday, making her the first Black female justice.

In a 53-47 vote, Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah joined all 50 members of the Democratic caucus in support of Jackson. She is slated to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Jackson is currently a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Read more here.