So the world didn't come to an end on the 23rd as some fella had predicted. In spite of dodging that bullet, there's plenty else to stress about.
Things like a potential nuclear pissing contest between two immature egotists; Texas and Florida still stunned by hurricane damage while Puerto Rico is in desperate trouble, lacking food and drinking water as well as . . . well, everything. Threats to our environment everywhere and a total disinclination on the part of this regime to address these threats.
What else? Rampant racism on our streets; men with swastikas and men with sheets. The muddle immigration is in and the threat to DACA; health care -- the Republicans have tried yet again to destroy the ACA and failed, for the moment -- though the current regime is doing everything possible to sabotage what remains. Next up is tax reform and if history is any guide it'll be big cuts for the 1% and pocket change for the rest of us.
I could go on. There is so much to be angry/worried/sad about; so much division in our country . . .
The fact that some Congresspersons are talking about a bi-partisan effort to improve the ACA gives me a tiny bit of hope. Perhaps at some point good sense and common humanity will prevail. If not, there's this: the same crazy prophet who was wrong about the end of the world a few days ago has recalculated. It's not till October. Still time to get our act together.
