I started off writing this as a comment ... but doing so may have seemed I was attacking someone for their views and that wasn't my intent - cause I don't disagree. So y'all get my ramblings as a main page post instead rather than a response to another comment.

A friend of mine watches too many podcasts about wuflu and politicians and health and pedophiles and ... on and on and on. I tell him to quit paying attention to that crap: it's fake or click bait or the equivalent of poking a hornet's nest. So crap is coming down on the nation. Can you do anything about it? Is it affecting you directly in this right now here and now?

So whacha gonna do, eh?

Write your congress-critter?
Wait for God to do something?
Start shooting up the streets?

I don't disagree with the sentiment - I also rant and rail at the never-ending "news" about everything and nothing - but we're on the roller-coaster - the bolts are loose, the rails are pulling up, and the people in front of you are puking into the wind in your face; it's rolling along, up and down, rocking sideways - apparently out of control ... but we're the riders, not operators - and we can't get off to get to the controls.

Regardless of the Electoral College (and assuming the vote numbers are correct - a dubious assumption), Trump only won 49.8% of the vote (77.3 mil) and the whore won 48.3% of the vote (75.0 mil). The country is split near-on 50%.

So whacha gonna do?

Me? I sit back, pretend life is "normal", and realize I have no say in the matter - good or bad. I deal with this web site and friends I have here as a result, I build models, fiddle with electrons, and have no problem paying for or obtaining supplies for either. I'm not hungry, I have shelter and a wife who loves me in spite of all the crazy things I do. Money in the bank, no debt except house payments which are reasonable. More than reasonable in today's market. Neighbors are OK, my vehicles work and I can come and go as I feel like.

Life is good. Better if I ignore the news ... which I can't seem to do.

The kids are their own future - let them deal with it; my future is limited - I don't invest in 20 year bonds, I don't adopt puppies or kittens as pets. We - baby boomers and older - lived through the best times as adults the world has ever seen. Yep - it's too bad the best of times have passed but as someone said, "the old live in a foreign country"

If y'all believe "God's will be done", then it doesn't matter, does it? It's in God's hands and He will do what He will do.

If you believe in "God helps those who help themselves", then do what you can - little as it may be outside of local community, friends, and family - to prepare for the likely.

If "end of the world as we know it" is likely, then prayers to Murphy may be in order ... and isn't Murphy a manifestation of God? So live life like there's no tomorrow - cause there may not be ... and there's not really a damn thing any of us can do about it.

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