Cruelty and the #TrumpShutDown

Monday I shall be working for you for free, if the #Trumpshutdown continues. No need to thank me. The fascists set this up by refusing even to vote on the bipartisan DREAM bill, and I don't mind a bit of sacrifice on behalf of 700,000 people who came here as children.

The Trump supporters among my immediate family unfriended me because they couldn't stand being contradicted, so I can't ask them at what point a 5-year-old child (now a DREAMER) becomes a criminal: when her mother approaches the border or immediately after?

Under what possible theory do they think that 5-year-old should say, "Mommy, I am leaving you because it's illegal to enter the United States."

That's what we're talking about. That 5-year-old grew up here and is now 25 and working somewhere, and my fascist friends and families want to send her back to a nation she never knew, to be absorbed. How she would then live we can only imagine. On this basis alone I call Trump supporters cruel.

This is all on purpose. Trump cancelled DACA six months ago and the Republican leadership in Congress refuses to allow a vote on DREAMER reform - it would pass if they allowed a vote, but they are cruel people. They should have re-authorized CHIP four months ago, but they are cruel people. Now they are holding CHIP hostage to their DACA cruelty and demanding the Democrats (and a few Republican allies) to make a Sophie's choice: CHIP children or DACA children.

It is a fine distraction from them picking your pockets and deflecting from Russia's continuing attack on America. We are losing the information war with Russia because our current leadership are fellow travelers.

My sacrifice is small, and I'll probably end up being paid anyway. Don't worry about me. I am content never to be deliberately be a part of cruelty.

What is the excuse of Trump supporters for their cruelty?

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For Martin Luther King Jr. Day: his Nobel Lecture

Read it at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/lecture/

Spin Dry Yoga

TODAY I LEARNED that while indeed you can launder a yoga mat on the gentlest cycle (the inaptly named "hand-wash") yet its appearance of having been gently spun dry can be deceptive.
I let it hang dry overnight, and then tried a "Yoga With Adriene" youtube. The standing technique were fine because the surface was dry, but when it was time to lie down, I discovered that spongy material is spongy.
Fortunately I did this at home, as I dislike going "EEEEP!" in public, not to mention displaying a soggy seat.

Tried "Hand Wash" setting

Tried "Hand Wash" setting. Saw no hands. Is machine defective?

Nixon and Trump

I supported Richard Nixon right up to the moment he resigned, and a little bit after. I simply could not believe that he was the criminal that people were portraying him as, and if he was, well it was ok because he was better than McGovern, and anyway liberals were all hypocrites who were just trying to get me to admit I was wrong.

Youth and inexperience made me wrong and foolish. These are crimes of which we have all been guilty, but we're supposed to learn our lesson.

Today my few remaining Trump supporter associates are doing the exact same thing. Some are young and will learn better. Some are old and simply refuse to learn.

Stubborn pride goes before a very hard fall. Trump is a criminal and supporting him is just like supporting Nixon. Isn't it better to admit the mistake before history rubs your nose in it?

Pyrex Food container Half-life

The half-life of the common pyrex food container appears to be about one Earth Standard Year (ESY).
To measure this, a dozen such containers, suitable for packing leftovers to lunch, were purchased last January. Six remain.
The mechanism of the disappearances remains a mystery, although in two cases percussive impact with tile floors were observed; the mechanism appears to be gravity catalyzed by a feline interaction in one case, and in the other a human catalytic agent (this author) associated with either a deficiency of caffeine (C₈H₁₀N₄O₂) or an excess of ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH) or both. The disappearance of the rest remains an unsolved mystery.
I am writing to apply for a grant to continue this experiment. An additional half-dozen containers would be purchased, and means developed to observe their expiry.
Please advise.

They have landed in Seattle