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Happy Thanksgiving
I reflect on Thanksgiving that with all the evil going on in the world, I'm really blessed. I have shelter, food, friends and supportive family, and generally live a pretty happy life.
Last Thanksgiving I was a month post surgery on my left foot, didn't know what the ultimate outcome would be, was wearing an inflatable balloon cast and couldn't walk at all, and not put any weight on the foot at all. This morning I walked my old standard poodle a half mile.
I'm thankful I've got my dog. She's almost 15, and standards usually live to about 12.
Then there is my Mom who defies gravity. She's still with me despite being told last March she had days to live, being told in September when she went on hospice that she had days to live, and she celebrates another Thanksgiving, undoubtedly the last one. But she's 99 and has lived a full life.
I plan to take what comes this next year and fight for good between now and next Thanksgiving.
Thought people might enjoy Gavin Newsom's holiday release. I am gagged.
"HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE EXCEPT THE SERIOUSLY DEMENTED PIGGIE WHO TURNED THE OVAL OFFICE INTO A REVOLVING DOOR FOR “GRIFTERS & CROOKS,” A TRUE DISCOUNT BIN ADMINISTRATION, DIVIDING OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WHILE SHREDDING THE CONSTITUTION IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. THIS CLOWN SLAPPED TARIFFS (A TAX!!!) ON THE WORKING MAN & THE WORKING WOMAN, COZIED UP TO DICTATORS LIKE THEY WERE PART OF HIS MAR-A-LAGO REWARDS PLATINUM MEMBERSHIP, AND SOMEHOW MADE AMERICA WEAK AND MORE IN DEBT. SICK! HE AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY ARE A WELFARE FAMILY FOR FOREIGN GRIFT, CRYPTO SCAMS, TAX BREAKS (YOUR MONEY!), AND GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS. THEY ARE LITTLE PIGLETS SUCKING ON THE PUBLIC TROUGH, MILKING WORKING PEOPLE (YOU!) FOR EVERY PENNY. AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON HIS DIMWIT AVENGERS, INCLUDING KASH “MONEY” PATEL, DUMB DUMB PETE, KOSPLAY KRISTI (THE FAKE HORSE RIDER WHO MANY SAY SENT $200 MILLION TAX DOLLARS TO HER FRIENDS), AND THE WHOLE GANG OF DOZY DON’S SICKOS COVERING UP FOR CREEPS LIKE EPSTEIN. WE CAN’T EVEN USE THE 25TH AMENDMENT BECAUSE JD “JUST DANCE” VANCE IS TOO BUSY WITH “THE COUCH” AND WOULD PROBABLY BE WORSE. DON’T WORRY, HOWEVER, BECAUSE CALIFORNIA, UNDER THE GREAT GAVIN C. NEWSOM (ME!!) WILL RESCUE AMERICA FROM THIS SICK, SICK SCUM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! — GCN"