Imagine that: the Taliban called to congratulate him...

I read Heather Cox Richardson's "Letter" this morning, and I'm once again shook. Not only are we in for a rough go of it, but seriously-- the clear and present danger is just how indebted Trump is to Putin. Add to that, the Taliban congratulated him on his win.

"Afghanistan’s Taliban offered its congratulations to the American people for 'not handing leadership of their great country to a woman'."

The loss of agency for women, and now, even for men, in Afghanistan is devastating. New rules prohibit the sound of a woman's voice outside her home. That is truly frightening. And men are starting to chafe under new restrictions as well. They are apparently starting to think that they should have spoken up before putting the Taliban back in power.

This is a cautionary tale to the 70 million or so who voted to give away our country. Do they think it can't happen here? Granted, not quite so strict, but the fact is, people have given away the keys to the country to a small group of dysfunctional narcissists who can't even get their paperwork in. They despise the Constitution because it puts limits on their ego. So, there will be a fight coming-- if there is no push-back, no defense of any of the norms of our society, then Putin, the Taliban, and all the other demagogues win. 

In the meantime, the transition team for Trump is in woeful disarray, there is a power struggle in the Senate over who gets to be in charge, and the rest of us are sorting out what we need to stockpile in our homes. I bought extra coffee yesterday.

And it looks like we will have to get G. a new car. The insurance company has declared his totaled, after the literal run-in with the deer on election day. They wanted to take away the damaged one in two days--um, no... we can't just get a new one right away. There's some clarification that needs to happen about how/when we'd get the relatively meager payout for his car, and that money is all we have towards a new one. All this, two days before we made the final payment. Sigh. But I suspect that it's all for the better (can't say best): his car has over 123K miles on it, and if things go sideways in our country's economy, getting a car will be one helluva big expense. 

And people were bitchy about the price of eggs? 

Buckle up, folks. Buy a freezer if you don't have one.

C