Sunday, December 20, 2020

Hope . . .

                                         

(from https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwKjwwJNSJgnzLzDQhXWrcghplf) ". . . The Republican Party has become more hostile to democracy than ever. Both the Trump and Bush presidencies concluded with America a smoking ruin. Only Trump has ensured that nearly half the country doesn’t see it. . . Trump failed to capture America, but he may have irrevocably broken it. . ." 

I hope NOT!




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Saturday, December 19, 2020

Same . . .

 . . . and more of the same . . . 

". . . In an autocracy, the autocrat decides who should be investigated and prosecuted. The problem with allowing the head of state to decide whom to prosecute is obvious: It opens up the temptation to prosecute political rivals. Rule of law gives way to the whims of the ruler. Trump's attempts to force the Justice Department and the FBI to do his bidding are some of his most blatant and dangerous assaults on the rule of law. . ."



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Friday, December 18, 2020

Cheer . . .

Where's the cheer 
That I should feel 
Inside my heart 
This time of year,
While all the televisions
Newspapers and billboards count 
The shopping days for me?

It appears 
To me that I’m 
The only one 
Who doesn’t see
The fine and natural 
Attraction to what seems part race, 
Part obstacle course, I believe. 

Long ago I 
Heard that we 
Celebrate this season;
Anniversary of the birth 
Of someone named Jesus.

Through the years,
How my perception 
Of it all 
Has gone awry,
When so much manufactured 
Hype and pressurized requirements
Make it all seem a lie.

How I wish, 
Since its the time 
Of year that dreams 
Can come alive,
That you and I see one November, 
When without the retail forecasting,
Some peace on earth, 
Goodwill to all arrives.





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Thursday, December 17, 2020

Regrets . . .

 

When I start into thinking 
About the things that might have been,
I find that my imagination has no end. 
And though they’re not without their own attraction,
I can see, each time you look at me, 
I am exactly where I want to be.

And maybe I’ll never have that house in the country.
You won’t see me visiting those ritzy discotheques.
But I have no regrets. 
No I have no regrets.
See I have no regrets. 
No regrets . . . 

It’s a human kind of feeling.
It’s one that everybody knows
At least one time, if not another, as they grow, I do suppose. 
And though these things cross everybody’s mind 
I’ve got the key grasping reality. 
It’s the dessert I’m glad I didn’t eat.

Everybody is searching for something
That they’re afraid they might have missed.
And no matter how hard that you’re wishing
To have a second chance.
Don’t regret that you missed the dance,
Because the past is the past and you’re not gonna change it.

If it looks like I am distant,
Like I don’t hear a single word,
All the times that I’m not listening, but you think I really heard,
It doesn’t warrant any serious 
Concern, you see. It’s still the same old me,
And like a glove you fit me to a tee.

 



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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Increase . . .

. . . your BUZZ . . . 


" . . . In 1963, he (Buzzy Linhart) moved to New York City and became friends and roommates with John Sebastian. He also became a protégé of the senior guitarist and folk singer Fred Neil. One of his first bands, with fellow musicians Steve De Naut, Serge Katzen, and Max Ochs, was Seventh Sons, who released a raga-rock LP for ESP Records. Linhart later released a series of solo albums from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s starting with his Philips debut buzzy (the title with a small "b") in 1969. . ."





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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Winner . . .


 ". . . The Electoral College cast its votes for president on Monday, officially electing Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. . . All 538 electors met in their respective states to cast their votes for president based on the election results that were recently certified by all 50 states and Washington, D.C. California's 55 electoral votes pushed Biden over the 270 threshold needed to win. . . "



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Monday, December 14, 2020

Only . . .

. . . NFL executive have such worries? . . . 

". . . Executives from some teams are concerned about whether the seven players left behind on each team truly will quarantine all weekend and obey the league's COVID-19 protocols while their teammates remain in a controlled NFL environment. By reducing travel squads, the league's goal was to reduce the risk and exposure to large groups, but teams believe that those players were around the team all week anyway, and by removing them from that equation, they now are introducing unnecessary outside risk. The league continues to update its protocols and is doing what it can to preserve and prolong this season, and most moves have been successful. Additional scrutiny for the reduction comes from the potential logistical headache created in the event of late-week positive tests. . ."

 



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