Prickly City by Scott Stantis for December 13, 2021

You want hope? Do not vote for a republigoon.

Pardon me?

If you find it, look for some truth. It’s in shorter supply.

Hope you find it… Uh..

Hard to understand… the strongest economy in like forever, but inflation is the only thing people see. It’s a symptom of a strong economy. Lumber came back to earth. Shipping costs are past their peak. Oil price is falling. Low wage workers are getting better pay. Mid 2022 should see consumer prices stabilized as the supply chain heals. Patience goes well with hope…

of course, Stantis could be referring to the ongoing efforts to dismantle democracy…

New York Times The Morning: America’s anti-democratic movement —

Letting losers win

An anti-democratic movement, inspired by Donald Trump but much larger than him, is making significant progress. In the states that decide modern presidential elections, this movement has already changed some laws and ousted election officials, with the aim of overturning future results. It has justified the changes with blatantly false statements claiming that Biden did not really win the 2020 election. The movement has encountered surprisingly little opposition. Most leading Republican politicians have either looked the other way or supported the anti-democratic movement. In the House, Republicans ousted Liz Cheney from a leadership position because she called out Trump’s lies. The pushback within the Republican Party has been so weak that about 60 percent of Republican adults now tell pollsters that they believe the 2020 election was stolen — a view that’s simply wrong.

Democratic officials, for their part, have been focused on issues other than election security, like Covid-19 and the economy. It’s true that congressional Democrats have tried to pass a new voting rights bill, only to be stymied by Republican opposition and the filibuster. All of which has created a remarkable possibility: In the 2024 presidential election, Republican officials in at least one state may overturn a legitimate election result, citing fraud that does not exist, and award the state’s electoral votes to the Republican nominee.

Try looking on The Road to Zanzibar, or Bali, or Rio, or Singapore…….

Just go look for some intelligent (non-right-wing populist) adults…………………..RWPs?:

Hope is now just a word the Godless have adapted to replace Prayer, they are still calling to a higher power, but refuse to admit it.

I’m currently in a vehicle, where I “hope” to be helping those in temporary shelters later today. Sometimes you just have to get to work, and stop hoping.

Hope dies when men and women of good will give up.

I know where Hope is. It’s down around Texarkana.

At least he’s looking outdoors.

“He who lives on Hope, dies farting.” —Benjamin Franklin

Longer ago than a minute.

But didn’t she used to work for Trump?