Some people appear to seek a relationship more than they seek a person. It perhaps means that every interaction is seen as the early stage of a lasting relationship, every cessation of communication as the ending of 'their' relationship.
There are positive aspects to viewing relationships as something you create and make work regardless of who it's with. There are negative aspects to thinking there's only one soul mate there for each of us in a lifetime and it's destined to be all fireworks and joy.
Perhaps reality is somewhere inbetween, but the 'inbetween' is a big space where we will all have different views.
So Barrett is a devout Catholic, adopted two children and is one of the greatest legal minds, but she took her 7 kids to an event where people weren't practising social distancing, nor wearing masks in the middle of a pandemic which has killed over 215,000 people in the country?
And a few days later many people are testing positive?
I can't imagine why anyone might suggest she doesn't have her children's bests interests uppermost in her mind, or that she might not be the shiniest pin in the cushion.
Keeping cooked food in you fridge for five days is a bit dodgy, especially rice and meat.
Three days should be the maximum, so perhaps consider freezing two meals, or preparing vegetables for the end of the week for quick freshly made meals with pasta, or noodles. Frozen meals can be defrosted over night in the fridge, particularly a good idea if they have meat in them.
If you cook rice, or meat to store, cool it within 90 minutes before putting it in the fridge, or freezer. Portioning it helps cooling speed, as does putting the container in ice cold water. It should be piping hot when reheated.
Trump made voter fraud a particular 'thing' for this election.
There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud outside of government voter suppression, but here we are all taking about the 'thing'.
Trump also made serving more than two terms a 'thing' despite it being unconstitutional. If Trump wins by a landslide it will not save America because you'll go through the whole thing again next time, but with Trump having had another four years to erode the constitution.
Trump also made the threat of Antifa and BLM a 'thing', the support and vigilantism of extreme right wing, white supremacist groups a 'thing'.
The only 'thing' which will perhaps save America is the military fella whose name I've forgotten, who warned the military about distinguishing between legal and illegal orders.
BLM, Black Lives Matter, is a name which states the ethos of the movement, likewise Antifa, or anti fascist. It's external to the individual group members' identity. It's to do with some level of common belief, or understanding even if their are different perspectives with the group.
Names like Proud Boys and Wolverine Watchmen are names which provide identity for group members. Join the group and members get to borrow a personality that lives up to gender role stereotyping.
A name like the Brotherhood is a bit inbetween and indeed has been used more times than you can shake a stick at. In some ways it implies a manifesto of unity, but it can also describe membership idendity with respect to it's masculinity.
The bit that's arbitrary is how important people don't have to abide by health and safety guidelines, but the rest of us do.
The second presidential debate isn't quite a full fortnight after Trump tested positive for covid, assuming when it was announced to the public coincided with the private knowledge. It's not arbitrary to protect other people from infection.
What is your concern about the debate being held via Zoom? Is there any way it could be worse than the first one? Are you worried that the candidates' magnetic personalities aren't going to come across?
Or are you worried that Trump's behaviour can be controlled if he doesn't abide by the rules?
You call instituting safety measures in the middle of a pandemic when people from the White House are testing positive left, right and centre, arbitrary?
And maybe the consultation process should bypass the people who are acting recklessly, endangering others and can't debate without interrupting and talking over each other.
It seems like the grown ups are having to intervene, only it's like step-parents being left in charge and they can't actually confront, or discipline the children.
I imagine a lot of people who work in the White House, like the ordinary people who clean the toilets after the important people, won't be allowed to keep themselves safe without risking their livelihoods.
I haven't developed an apathy towards Biden, Iotooa.
I have never deemed him an appropriate presidential candidate for a number of reasons, and have been very vocal about that.
The only reason that Biden is worth voting for is on a tactical basis to avoid another four years of Trump who is clearly and overtly dangerous. It's not because Biden would be a worthy president.
If Biden had had any sense, he would have patiently waited everytime Trump interrupted him, he wouldn't have interrupted Trump and he wouldn't have resorted to name calling.
That would have shown Trump for the inappropriate presidential candidate that he is, whilst not demonstrating that he's almost as inappropriate.
It's such a simple technique. A presidential candidate who doesn't know how to conduct himself and doesn't know the impact of conducting himself appropriately shouldn't be entrusted with the complexities of leading a nation of any size, never mind one the size of the US.
A hot mess and an excruciating embarrassment, indeed.
Like you ignored my very clear comment about the drones assassinations a few days ago when you were trying to project Trump as Mother Theresa incarnate?
I'll try and read your post again, but y'know, paragraphs. They are not easy to read, so I do frequently bypass your comments.
I imagine some of mine aren't easy to read for many people, but I don't think that one about the drones was one of them. Most of it was a quote from the Reprieve website.
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Some people appear to seek a relationship more than they seek a person. It perhaps means that every interaction is seen as the early stage of a lasting relationship, every cessation of communication as the ending of 'their' relationship.There are positive aspects to viewing relationships as something you create and make work regardless of who it's with. There are negative aspects to thinking there's only one soul mate there for each of us in a lifetime and it's destined to be all fireworks and joy.
Perhaps reality is somewhere inbetween, but the 'inbetween' is a big space where we will all have different views.
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