My 01/27/2021 comment posted to Footless Jo You Tube video uploaded 12/20/2020
I agree with Jo. I would forget the tropes, problematic comments and clichés...visit with scented candles, imported soaps and aloe hand creams while just moving on to another topic. Maybe like Bridgerton, would I wear that, is that person attractive and most importantly will there be a season 2? I am not being flippant, having been (luckily) temporarily in that situation you need distraction not consolation.
My comment posted on 01/18/2021 to Footless Jo You Tube Channel "Faith" uploaded 01/18/2021
Religion can be so comforting, providing ethical context to our interactions and yet be the reason a war starts or people die. Being on different paths does not mean we have to isolate only within our group. I respect all religions that respect all other religions. Tribalism does not suit us, it just divides us. BTW that cat is such a cat. I have 2 who also only cuddle according to their rules regarding when, where and for how long.
My comment posted on 01/18/2021 to Footless Jo video uploaded 09/14/2020
Should be a no brainer to have an expert in along with a person who has a specific condition, on set. Studios should start always using a varied/random group of individuals for background scenes. Just watch many mid-twentieth century movies and count people of color in the crowd, usually 1 or 2 right? Now take most films and try to spot people (extras) with canes, crutches, wheelchairs, guide dogs and prosthetics. The result here would be probably more towards zero. We humans are primitives, anything different or unfamiliar makes us fearful (and if one knows Yoda one knows where that leads). So get those secondary players to be more varied and maybe those primary roles will follow. Anything in video or print regarding this issue is headed in the proper (I would have said right, but too political 😉) so thank you Footless Jo.
My comment made 01/16/202 posted to Fandom Entertainment You Tube video uploaded 01/15/2021
I never thought that this series would work! However it has me quite hooked and absolutely riveted (spotting some Easter eggs both relevant to old sitcoms and to Marvel-verse). I am a little miffed though, why did critics get THREE episodes? So I am still tiptoeing around the internet to avoid potential spoilers. I have even avoided the trailer for this series.
SPOILER: anyone spot the watch face in ep 2?
My comment posted on 01/05/2021 to Late Night with Seth Meyers You Tube - uploaded 01/04/2021
If that phone call was a proposed skit for SNL, it would have been criticized as being repetitive, gibbering, irrational and just not funny. I would agree with some of those hypothetical descriptions except, not funny. That call was bats*** crazy and hysterically funny. What is not funny is sycophants who call themselves Republicans supporting an EX-president's rage and rants due to low opinions of their own constituency. In other words, they think that we are all mindless fools. Prove them wrong, vote them out.
My comment posted on 01/10/2021 to Philip DeFranco You Tube - uploaded 01/08/2021
Twitter did Trump a favor by banning him. It prevents future tweets being used in any impeachment or state legal process. No my favorite media vs. idiot match was the one where Simon & Schuster cancelled Senator (ugh, please Missouri vote him out or issue a recall) Josh Hawley's book. Being the uneducated idiot that he is, he compared this act to George Orwell's novel, 1984. https://www.newsweek.com/josh-hawley-book-simon-schuster-twitter-1560071
My comment posted on 01/14/2021 to Dr. Todd Grande You Tube - uploaded 01/14/2021
Assuming the information is correct Trump's behavior when the riot began answers any doubt. According to information (which I do not have the source for): (1) Trump watched the riot in progress (2) Took no phone calls (3) Did not request assistance from any security or military groups. The lack of any timely attempt to control the mob that was exhorted to march and to fight should provide insight into Donald Trump's state of mind on January 6 2021.
My comment posted on 01/16/2021 to The Late Show/Stephen Colbert YouTube-uploaded 01/15/2021
I am both relieved at the rioters' stupidity and depressed at their lack of any moral, never mind knowledge of criminal, code. Just a little FYI, you can delete, block or even mark it private, but EVERYTHING stays FOREVER online along with eager hackers available to crack open your "private" file. I hope that the FBI and NSA have comfortable chairs, they will be doing a lot of sitting and viewing.
My comment posted on 01/18/2021 to David Pakman (Will Trump Pardon Capitol Rioters?) 01/17/2021
I agree that Trump doesn't care about the people he incited to riot. However, pardoning these individuals might also encourage the base of his base (not a typo I am referring to those who like the Joker, just like to watch the world burn). So I agree that any formal indictments should be left until one hour after Biden's inauguration. I never had a problem with the election being in early November and yet the sitting president allowed to remain in power to do...whatever until January 21st. Now literally every hour after Biden's election has given Trump the time to further damage the U.S.
My comment posted on 01/19/2021 to Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube video uploaded 01/18/2021
Having lived through a dystopian Alice-In-Wonderland for the last 4 years, I am guessing that Pardon-ball is probably fairly close to the truth. I mean can anyone picture Trump actually studying legal documents to find the 100 (even choosing that particular number is so telling about Trump's ego) most deserving incarcerated people. Innocence Project data anyone?...insert cricket audio here. Also I know my college degree does not cover a vast amount of knowledge, but how can individuals like Trump progeny be pardoned before even being federally indicted or imprisoned?
List of all January 20 2021 Trump Pardons:
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/transition/full-list-all-the-pardons-and-commutations-issued-by-president-trump-in-2021/
My comment posted on 01/21/2021 to The Humanist Report You Tube video uploaded 11/18/2020
This is horrible. Both the mishandling of the pandemic since literally day one ("...it will be gone by Easter..." that was Easter of 2020) and the resulting deaths. However, it is possible that these final moments of these poor people is beyond "normal" denial. These are people who were/are not getting the quantity of oxygen that they desperately need. As a result, there is significant impact on cognitive function. That being said, there is considerable denial going on out there with people who have plenty of oxygen yet do not wear masks and consider social distancing a myth not a need.
My comment posted on 01/26/2021 to LegalEagle You Tube video uploaded 01/26/2021
I was wondering about those "other" crimes. All deference to LegalEagle, but I had always felt that our courts were over burdened by lawsuits (aka SLAP suits) and overly ambitious DA's. Now I am smiling and hoping that Bannon and others get another chance to enjoy proper use of governmental expense in really big gated housing.
My comment posted on 01/26/2021 to David Pakman Show on You Tube video uploaded 01/26/2021
I knew that Peter Doocy was asking inane worthless pointless questions, but seeing them grouped is beyond cringe. I think that inadvertently Fox News has discovered another use for masks, they muffle the chuckles and giggles from the real...oops meant rest of the...reporters at the briefings.
The characters around Trump, if placed in a movie script, would be kicked out in editing for being unbelievable caricatures. It would all be funny, if we did not have so many people believing every word they utter.
I know not to challenge their beliefs (RE: Trump conspiracies) or try to talk them out of their views. That behavior makes them very defensive and highly argumentative. After that it becomes problematic. I usually default to silence and avoidance. I know that is not healthy or productive but when contact with these individuals is unavoidable I have no other option. I have the naive hope for time and daily news of improvements in the economy and health in healing the insanity.
My comment posted on 01/26/2021 to CNN on You Tube uploaded 01/25/2021
Whether fair or not it is the enablers who allowed Trump to continue in power. Our current situation is primarily their fault. Trump was the final symptom of the disease. While it is nice to hear the denials of former supporters, trust in their judgement and their words will take a very very long time.
My comment posted on 01/26/2021 to MSNBC on You Tube uploaded 01/25/2021
It chills me to hear that there was such a concerted effort to downplay the virus. I will never understand how people can work so hard at obfuscation and misinformation. While they could have spent the same amount of time on science and truth that might have saved lives and livelihoods.
