Wishing Everyone a  Safe, Happy and  Healthy New Year Good Luck !

Hopefully

Happy Holidays !

For Those Who Do:

Choose One:       Seasons Greetings Happy Hanukkah Bah, Humbug

Happy Holidays

A jerryd favorite.

From December 2011, Happy Holidays at Woodfield Mall in IL from T-Mobile is here.

There's Still Time

We're getting close to the holidays.

• Many kids, families and folks go to bed hungry every night.   
• Too many kids will go without a present for Christmas.
• Too many people are homeless & scrounge to find a place to stay before they freeze. 

We can help.   If you can find a few bucks, yes, I know, holiday spending, there are places that help the less fortunate.

• Shove a few bucks in a red kettle.
• Drop a few bucks off at your local church that serves meals or overnights some homeless.
• Your local food pantries help the less fortunate in our communities and can make a few bucks go far.

Remember, we are all humans, regardless of our station or fortunes in life.

Our help can go a long way to easing others pain.   There is still time.   And, you will feel good about helping.   Here, in America.

Thanks

jerryd

A Few Feel-Goods:

Need a couple of items to lift you up?   Try these:


US News and World Report has an article titled: "Australian High School Students Make Martin Shkreli's $750 Daraprim Drug for $2 per Pill" which is here.   Having said that, regulations in the US causes some of the price, but not nearly what Shkreli's (former) company charges.   And, while it is a generic drug, a US loophole allows the manufacturer to charge whatever they choose.

A local news outlet had an article about the Rockford-Freeport chapter of  "Chase the Chill".   That charity's website is here.

A Thanksgiving Wizard of Id strip is here.

Turning Back the Clock.....

.....on Generations of Progress

Over the last 3 or 4 generations, America has made a lot or progress.   Not enough in some cases, but progress none the less.

Now we're in to a era of wanting to turn back the clock on a lot of the progress that was painstakingly achieved over decades and decades.

Walker in WI has been trying this for about 4 years.   No new taxes, increase one tax must be made up for by decreasing another in like amount, eliminating collective bargaining.   And, by most accounts, WI is not much better off, if any at all, than before his Turn Back the Clock agenda.   Even some natives in his own party are getting restless; in this case transportation infrastructure funding.   Article here.

The Governot in IL, Ruiner, has been working on this for about 2 years.   Wanting to break the public employee Union, making voter registration more difficult, drastically reducing higher education funding, reducing or eliminating support for people in need, the elderly, the disabled, reducing wages & the middle class.   Wanting to make taxes 'friendly' for 1%'ers.   IL is close to breaking financially now; billions in unpaid bills.   Bond status for IL nearing junk.   IL is far worse than before this Turn Back the Clock.

Now, we have a #Unfit4Prez who is following the same Turn Back the Clock in many ways, based on his 'hires' for cabinet level positions.  Moving backwards on voting rights, women's rights, installing de-facto people with past racism, antisemitism, hatred, wanting to make taxes 'friendly' for 1%'ers, pushing religious intolerance, moving towards acceptance of  torture and going back towards many of the social diseases of America's past.   One of many articles is here.

And, #Unfit4Prez is constantly whining, yes, constantly, about most everyone and everything that doesn't constantly stroke his ego.

This is NOT the America I grew up with and have known for all the decades of my life.   This IS NOT my America.

God love us all.   And, remember America: Vigilance.   Keep watching every move; every decision & be ready to MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD !!!!

Clay Bennett drawings are here and here and here.

Happy Thanksgiving !

Hope everyone has a wonderful

Thanksgiving Day.

The Belleville News Democrat has a heartwarming story from southern IL titled: "Red Bud couple has their car repossessed.   Here’s what happened next." which you can read here.