What's with the article putting "innocent victim" inside inverted commas?
Sure, they may be quoting a witness, but is there need to quote that specifically? Was anyone thinking that a nine year old child shot having dinner with her family is somehow culpable for the violence done to her?
Easy to let despondence & cynicism override reality, but if it were true that voting does nothing, nobody would put such effort into discouraging us from voting; into confusing us so much that we disengage.
Standing in line to tick may feel too tiny to count, but everything counts, from the mysterious interactions of subatomic particles to your most basic civic interaction with the rest of your nation (voting).
There's been... stuff.
Otherwise, reasonable inroads on neglected household cleaning & even a tiny bit of admin.
Vis the Xanax/alprazolam, have sometimes found that benzodiazapines taken to manage situations I find threatening (irrationally or otherwise), make my head fight the drug as it gravely fears any diminution in excessive vigilance.
Similar may be true of your collie? Probably a stronger dose will sedate her enough, but could make her more frantic than ever.
Accordingly, consider giving her the alprazolam once the perceived threat has passed. This could let her unwind faster & also to come to associate perceived threats as something to notice, but which she can relax about once they've passed on.
Once upon a time I had the belief that such people were merely lacking information. Maybe that they were a little lacking in empathy, but that their positions were primarily a matter of poor exposure to ideas.
I now that though for some that is true, for the overwhelming majority it is not. They back authoritarian views in full understanding of what that entails for their fellow humans, and they like it.
How able are you to evade political violence should it come to your area? Could you get involved with mutual support/defense groups, or form one? People like your team member get away with a lot within civil society, but come asunder should stuff kick off and norms come under strain.
Meantime, be good to yourself. You're far from alone.
We all know that well-funded Tory wonks will have been doggedly scouring for any sign of wrongdoing by Labour politicians & activists, so it is notable that the most they've been able to dig up after all that effort is this possible error which turned out to not even be that.
Do you think, maybe, that even if HRT wouldn't touch the deepest stuff, that it would ease some matters and give you a bit more space?
It hurts to hear your friend is abusive toward you. I hope you can find ways to be as supportive toward yourself as you have been toward others - I get that the idea isn't always so comfortable if there's a lot of heavy history, but tending to yourself is the best way to tend to everything around you.
Knew someone who collected wwii militaria, including Nazi stuff. Claimed that some tiny shoulder or lapel badges were worth close to 6 figures.
Even if they were wildly exaggerating on value, it makes that stuff an easy way to move large amounts of money undetected.
Yeah, if the rest of the house weren't so stagey I'd take the child's room & rosettes at face value. It just feels like an attempt to sell an idea.
Spotted a second rocking horse, beyond the grey modular sofa which overlooks the steps down to the swimming pool.
Christmas stockings hung over the fireplace in the original hall. Pony club rosettes pinned above the window in the "child's" bedroom.
Beautiful.
Some archaeologist is going to find this one day. Be fun to include a plaque with a message for them (and for anyone who uses it after you).