My favorite month. I love the colors, the dry leaves to crunch through, the cool temps, the sky in the evening. Been a long day, so not a lot to say because I am just too tired to think, but happy October, everyone.
OCTOBER
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ANOTHER REASON THEY LOVE THE ORANGE DISGRACE
https://greattransformation.substack.com/p/the-mirror-we-deserve-what-the-ryder
He has given them permission to do these things and worse. To be the worst versions of themselves, and they seem to be reveling in it. I am truly ashamed of my fellow countrymen.
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GOOD NEWS
Good Article
https://www.theindex.media/p/donald-trump-can-t-make-cowards-of-us-all
Profit over integrity.
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I LOVE THIS
It’s part of a longer quote, but this is my new favorite insult:
“You’re the reason shampoo bottles have instructions.”
I have been struggling with pain and fatigue like never before, but got a change in my meds and am slowly improving. Hoping to start blogging again soon. 🙂
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HELP WITH RENT AND UTILITIES IN RHODE ISLAND
Found this elsewhere:
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JUST FYI
It keeps getting worse. Thank you, MAGA morons.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna227794
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MY YEAR OF RAPID DECREPITIZING
Seriously, after having been in an ambulance twice in my life, and in hospital 4 times, two of them for childbirth, this year along I have been in an ambulance and in hospital four times. Four. February had the major bleed requiring transfusions, April had covid (no ambo, no hospital), June had TIA, and now, August, had two stays,one Tuesday for several hours, and again Wednesday for three days. Worse pain of my life. Actual screaming in ER. Tuesday was in agony for 4 or 5 hours til they tried Haldol, which eased the pain. Tried Taradol and Morphine to no results. So home I go, thinking it must be the PMR. Had x-ray and ultrasound with nothing showing in the shoulder. Wed night startup again 10:30 pm. Ambo, Er, several hours of agony, finally tried oxycotone (sp) which helped. MRI showed severe rotator cuff tear. Home Friday evening, much better, but being extremely cautious with arm movement, because barely enough oxy to last til I see the surgeon on the 22nd. Fun times, people. Fun times.
Actually, there was some fun. and not. The not is when a doctor told me she was getting me some pain meds and never returned, nor did anyone else with pain meds. Then same doctor asked me to stop screaming because I was scaring people. Seriously? That was the only bad parts, except for hours of the worst pain of my life. Thursday kitchen guy came to get my lunch order. I picked fish, mashed pots, and do I want gravy with that? Sure, might as well go all the way. He says, ‘When in Rome’, stopped briefly and started laughing. “Cracked myself up’, he says. We both were hysterical by then. Next day he comes back, asks me something, gets that look. I say, ‘You are going to start laughing again, aren’t you?’ and we both did. It was really funny. Then I had a lovely walk and funny chat with guy from rehab. So overall, except for that one doctor and the horrific pain, it was not a bad experience at all. We are lucky to have a really good hospital where I live. Also my Mass Health insurance co called me to check on how I am doing and see what I need. Really. I have Tufts and cannot be happier that I dropped that horrid United Health a while back.
Hot and muggy and ick, but the three weeks of workmen installing the new central air was so worth it. Nice in here. Enjoying my new Samsung tv. So much nicer than my old one. And bigger. And cheaper. Forgot the brand already, but starts with a V. Vizio,I think. My cognitive abilities have taken a real hit, I think (hope) down to the pain and stress. Wed before the pain reappeared, I was def having a traumatic experience reaction to the Tuesday pain. i would not even wish that kind of pain on the people/person I despise the most. The one I am thinking of particularly is orange, btw.
So being very, very tired, almost too tired to even read my Kindle, but I guess my body is doing some recovery from that experience. Fortunately, DD is here and taking excellent care of me. Putting on the lidocaine patches, making sure I take my meds, making sure I get my meals. Would not be able to survive without her help. She turned out really well, so I plan to keep her. 🙂 Later. Stay safe, emigrate if you can.
Here is baby rabbit outside the vet’s office in July.
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TAXES
You resent paying to help other people. Your taxes paid for the food for starving children this administration withheld and then burned. Are you angry about that, as well, or not, because it was not YOUR children who were starving? Good Christian values here. Nope.
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BEST THING I’VE SEEN ONLINE TODAY
OH HAPPY DAY
My new kindle battery came yesterday, put it in the kindle just now, and it works. IT WORKS. Oh, happy happy happy happy day! Cannot tell you how much I have missed my kindle keyboard. This is my second one actually, the screen on the first one did weird stuff I do not know how to fix. This is what was on it when it died, and this is what is stlll on it now. I am so excited. Screw you, Amazon. With your shit Oasis and touch screens and Buy This Buy That crap. Oh happy day.
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KIND OS SAD
When you think about it. Humans programming got messed up somewhere along the way, I think.
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DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE
The attitude of the Republicans who ALL voted to take away life-saving services from their constituents.
This one is all over the web:
‘…this act is likely to lead to deaths of people who have their Medicaid taken away. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa was told this at a town meeting and replied with sarcasm, saying “We all are going to die.”
The below is confirmed by SNOPES
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SO MUCH ANGER, SO LITTLE SPACE FOR IT
STUFF. LOTS OF STUFF.
This is my new new favorite quote, from incrediberry on Instagram: If you call yourself ‘pro-life’, you should be helping people who are….alive.
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THE COMMENT IS MY NEW FAVORITE QUOTE
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AND ON THE SUBJECT OF IGNORANCE
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iT’S JUST SO DEVASTATING, WHAT MAGA HAS DONE TO US
The bill delays the harshest effects of its Medicaid and SNAP provisions until after the 2026 midterms, pushing enforcement into fiscal year 2027. According to page 69, Section 21101(c), “The amendments made by this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning on or after January 1, 2027.” This delay applies to the rollout of mandatory Medicaid work requirements, including budget cuts and redeterminations that will lead to mass disenrollment. It’s a political calculation—keeping consequences off the radar until the voting is over. On top of that, SNAP restrictions are postponed even further for some states. Page 707, Section 44101, allows states with a high “payment error rate” to delay implementation until fiscal year 2030, pushing some of the most punishing changes well past multiple election cycles.
The reason for these delays is straightforward: control the optics. By holding off cuts until 2027, lawmakers avoid immediate voter backlash in 2026. That gives #DonaldTrump’s Project 2025 time to hardwire structural shifts without public resistance derailing them. Voters won’t feel the Medicaid loss or SNAP tightening until it’s too late to vote the architects out. This strategy front-loads appealing tax breaks while backloading economic pain for the working poor, single mothers, disabled people, and low-income seniors. It’s political insulation disguised as policy timing—and it sets up the next administration to carry out the cleanup without fear of electoral blowback.
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MORE BECAUSE I AM JUST SO FED UP
I’m not sure about the rules for posting things from other sources, but this is from the same post. It’s a comment. Do I need to attribute or keep the people anonymous on here? Not sure, but it’s worth the risk of whatever.
“Many of these folks are from sects affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, which broke away from the Baptists in 1845 because the Southern Baptists wanted to continue to support slavery.
In other words, it isn’t surprising that these Republican “Christian” senators apparently have a warped view of what Jesus would want them to do.”
They truly seem to have no knowledge at all of what Jesus taught, they are just using his name to justify their greed and cruelty. They are a disgrace.
strangely peculiar 