Saturday, August 31, 2024
Friday, August 30, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
New History Quiz
Here's a link to my latest FunTrivia quiz, "It Happened in 1941[click]." I've been so much at sixes and sevens that it totally slipped my mind to post the link till now.
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Stinky!
I am not entirely satisfied with this one, but can't quite put my finger on what's wrong. Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks.
Sunday, August 25, 2024
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Friday, August 23, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Monday, August 19, 2024
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Suckers and Losers? I Think Not!
My papa, Ronald Neal Thompson, WO1, USN
When draft dodger Trump said to Sen. John McCane, "I like people who weren't captured," I thought that was it. Surely, no current or retired service members would vote for the bastard. I was wrong.
When draft dodger Trump remarked to Gen. John Kelly, who lost a son on active duty, that those who give their lives in defense of our country and what it stands for are "suckers and losers," I thought that was it.. I was wrong.
An optimist I may be, but one capable of learning. Now that draft dodger Trump has been caught on video saying, "...everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers. They're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they are dead," I know it makes no difference. There are veterans, my dad among them, who will vote for Trump.
For myself, peacenik though I may be at heart, as the daughter of veterans I find Trump's remark despicable.
My papa, a career Navy man with seventeen years of service, was lost at sea, on active duty. He is not a sucker and loser!
Mama did a hitch in the WAVES [click] in her early twenties. My dad graduated from the Naval Academy and served thirty years. There is not something wrong with them because they served their country honorably instead of lazing around, partying and corruptly amassing wealth.
It is inexplicable to me and a sorrow that Dad is a Trumper. Nor can I understand any service member or veteran supporting Trump. I do know this though:
Donald Trump is a worthless piece of filth.
I'm a pretty easy going gal - live and let live - and something of a softy. I'm inclined to feel sorry for people who are, for instance, clearly suffering from neurological difficulties and cognitive decline, even if they are creepy crooks.
No more!
He may well be terribly ill. He may have brain worm or brain rot or what-the-hell-ever. He does not deserve one thimbleful of sympathy. Nor does he deserve one vote. He'll get votes from those like my poor dad who have bought hook, line and sinker into Fox News propaganda and other alt right lies. He'll get votes from the hard MAGA haters. But I pray to God those benighted souls are few.
We cannot elect the stinking piece of filth that is Donald Trump to the highest office in the land!
Priscilla Is on the Mend
Priscilla Kitty
Priscilla was very ill earlier this week. Sis caught this photo of her on Monday. We knew she was terribly sick, since she ordinarily doesn't allow anyone near her with a camera.
Mercifully, she has been steadily bouncing back, though she still appears to have intestinal issues. But, she's eating almost normally and drinking water. She joined Dad on the couch last night for snuggles and petting, something she hasn't felt well enough to do for several days. Best of all, she is back to full voice, making herself heard loud and clear last night and today.
A huge thank you to everybody who has been holding her and Dad in the Light - and, of course, to St. Gertrude of Nivelles! [click]
Friday, August 16, 2024
White Hostas and False Dragonhead (Obedient Plant) in the Side Garden
Sis took this photo earlier in the week.