news spins round and round
dizzy with breaking updates
whirlwind vertigo.
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“when men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.”
-frederick douglass
Jan9
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Absolutely right! It’s giving me anxiety and a headache
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not surprised at all – it is so traumatic
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It is indeed
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A superb quote that truly represents the current situation….
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I couldn’t get that word out of my head last night and decided to make it into a haiku
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Too true. People need to stop watching the news.
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I’m always torn, and walk away as needed
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I find myself now torn between wanting to know so that I am not left uninformed, and not wanting to know because it hurts my head. Maybe ignorance truly is the bliss they speak of. Great post, Beth!
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I completely get that, brad. I watch until I can’t, and take a break, return when I can.
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Perfect! I’m glad I have the strength to turn it off when needed.
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Could you please post the directions on how to do that?
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Stand in front of the set. Let a string of obsenities loose, and click off.
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How very original. A new one for the books. LOL Thanks!
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❤
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perfect recipe
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right!
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A friend sent me an email with a link to a whirlwind. I wrote back that I had already seen that one. Old news!
I’m getting so I can predict the storms before they even happen. ;(
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yes, we begin to recognize them earlier and earlier
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On the cable news network we choose at our house, Beth, it seems every single segment now earns the red bar with the words Breaking News, even when it’s the same story line from Nov. 2016 in so many ways. Yet I watch and watch and watch.
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exactly, mark
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I think you guys are pretty challenged with the current happenings.
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absolutely
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I try to limit my consumption of network news. You know, the shows that sell advertising to survive. I like to be informed, but not glued to it. I also read a lot across the spectrum.
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Same
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We’re definitely in a whirlwind in the U.S. right now. Hopefully, calm days are coming.
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I sure hope so, too
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Well that is the best definition I have seen in a very long time!
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🌬
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Someone just posted a sign that said: “I’d like to return 2021. I tried the 7-day trial and don’t like it at all.” I say we have to be patient and know that better times are ahead – I say this because every day I am caught up in a “whirlwind”!
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Right!
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An absolutely perfect quote for what we’ve seen this week.
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I thought he said it very well
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Thanks
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Love that quote!
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Thanks!
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I’m terrified that the republicans (especially the 142 in the House who continued to support trump even after coming out of a safe room) and their ilk will walk free. There’s no gong back to any kind of trust if there are no logical consequences. NONE at all.
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None
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Fitting! We are turned upside down and round and round!
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All over
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For sure!
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just read this, Beth; so true; the news as usual is all about the virus, esp in London
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for us, politics and virus
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always the virus, Beth 😦
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😦
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I wonder how many people will still turn to Twitter for their news…
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There are plenty
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A great haiku style poetry. Thanks for sharing…
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