This Week's Cup...

And it is hard to know where to begin.

I will start with  the good news. Because a lot of it this week, isn't.

Emma all fixed up for her FIRST Homecoming Dance! Looking so grown up and beautiful!

And Hannah...with James and Nicole- beautiful and doing the cheerleader thing!

And...well the weather has been gorgeous.

I am usually the positive, optimistic, nothing really gets me down, any more...person.

But this week...OMFG.

 

After last week's INSANITY about taking the knee, patriotism et al...

You would think Donald Twitter-Thumbs would give it a rest.

You would (of course) be wrong.

Oh,  he is still on about the NFL...in fact he issued a stern "Don't Take a Knee" this morning. Yada Yada Yada...

And he has spent the week vilifying each and every person who was remotely involved in quashing the Graham-Cassidy Proposal...

but everything he has managed to say or do has paled in comparison to the absolute hate, bile, non-compassion, invective heaped on the Mayor of San Juan,Puerto Rico during the past few days.

(...three of the 18 Tweets he did in one day...)

This Woman.

...who has literally been wading through the San Juan flood-waters with a bullhorn and helping rescue people.

While the President...HER President...takes another weekend at the golf course...oh and managed a TWEET-STORM about her of such nastiness even some members of the GOP are distancing themselves.

Ohio's John Kaisich has already said he is considering leaving the GOP all together. 

All but his die-hard supporters are aghast at this latest development...and to be honest...after the last 9 months...I am not sure WHAT (if anything) it would take to open their eyes.

By Friday night I had hit an emotional wall.

Slowly pulling it back together. People (overall) are generally kind,compassionate, good hearted and generous. Our (current) President may be a damned IMBECILE...but there are so many amazing people from all over the globe who

1.  Have acknowledged TRUMP is an Oxygen Thief.

2. Are coordinated in their offers of immediate assistance to Puerto Rico...whether that assistance be food, clean water, money, or wading  from home to home helping survivors.

An anecdotal story to underscore how grim the situation really is was told by a nurse about a unit at one of the hospital. She reported that when they lost emergency backup power midweek...every patient on the critical unit died.  Every one.

 Consumer Report lists the best ways to Help Puerto Rico.

https://www.consumerreports.org/charitable-donations/how-you-can-help-hurricane-victims-in-puerto-rico/

And it is NOW October!

 So that is nice!

Baking, most mornings, to take the chill off the house....er...apartment....er..HOME.

Spiced tea, and even Hot Chocolate with a pinch of chili powder is preferable in these cooler morns.

Looking forward to an Orchard trip...both with my buddy, John, and later with the grands! So all is not doom and gloom!

We lost both Monty Hall and Hugh Hefner this week.

Attention...you Martyrs who were expecting your 72 virgins in the afterlife...you might want to hurry...just sayin'

and a reminder for those active in The Resistance

This is where our focus needs to be in the Midterms.

And this week's (and for the foreseeable future) hashtag to #45...
simply

#RESIGN


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