Politics, Motherhood, and Politics

  Today, I voted. As it should come as no surprise to you all, I voted Democrat all down ticket. The good news is that the line for early voting was long at the Oswego Village Hall. Hooray, Democracy! I wish it was always like that for every election, but this one seems to be the most important. The volunteer at the polling place was glad it was busy, and I responded, “As a fan of our electoral process, I am very happy to see a line this long and it’s not even voting day.” Regardless of how either one of us felt, she smiled and agreed very much. For someone who is a big fan of our electoral process, I was happy to see all these people taking part in our democracy!  I want it to continue!  But then a great sadness came over me.  One of the candidates has no respect for our electoral process, one said that in 2020 the election was stolen from him, the same candidate is running on using our military, the military he consistently degrades, to go after his pol...

As the election draws closer, my nerves are in knots. Will the American voting public choose common sense and democracy, or will they choose a shit-show version of fascism that comes in orange and wears a red tie?  I have no faith in the American voting public at all, not since 2016. Actually, I am convinced that my fellow Americans are masochists and not the fun kind.   But before I get into my main topic, I have an interesting social media story to tell you all. (See my 10/14/24 post, "Troll or Not?" for background.) I just recently experienced someone who is in the Orange cult, in real life, it was my neighbor. She has been a “friend” on FB for a year, and I knew her political views, but I paid no attention to her except when she would post happy family pictures, because, regardless of someone’s political leanings, I always wish them love and it’s nice to see it.  So when she commented last week on my post about my inquiry about JD Vance’s name changes (there are three...

  "The problem with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell. I hate it when I doubt what I know is true. But it will eat me up until I prove myself right (and sometimes wrong). So here I am because a Trumper neighbor tried to gaslight me. (Pun intended, wait, is it a pun?) Gas prices were not lower before the pandemic than during the pandemic.  Here is the data: Source: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/leafhandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m The only way the American government lowers gasoline prices is to pressure the OPEC nations to increase production, like get their money for investments like the Orange Bastard's s on-in-law did, or give oil companies more corporate welf are. And that is the way of the world. Gas prices are a bitch to contend with...but if you look at the data and apply inflation, gas in 2017 ($2.76) would be $3.53 in 2024. So, the price of gas is on par with inflation. B...

  Trolling is a term used for accounts that always have a reply for posts on social media or other media platforms. This term is named after a monstrous fictional creature that usually hides under bridges and eats baby goats trying to cross them. I must admit this has happened more often than not on social media, and since I have decided to “put myself out there,” it has become commonplace. Now, I can have “fake” accounts doing this for money or scams, but I do get real-life people going through my feed and having a reply for a lot of my posts. It is difficult to distinguish sincerity from those just trying to be mean.  I would not have the time or the patience to do this to others, plus it just seems plain mean. What would drive someone to do this? I mean, I go through people’s posts to see if I want to follow them back or want them in my circle, especially on FB. But I wouldn’t reply to any of them. It’s just a weird way to be, scrolling through someone’s feed and commenting...