Category Archives: border family separation

Carry the Future

Posted on 2018/12/17 by circuskitchen

December 17th 2018   Just in time for the holidays, Dear Hubsand and I have found ourselves on a streak of purging and organizing.  There are few things so gratifying as getting things OUT of your environment that are no … Continue reading →

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Clowns Without Borders: No Laughing Matter

Posted on 2018/11/20 by circuskitchen

Monday, November 19th 2018   After a year of Hospital Clowning under my belt I finally feel ready to start trying to join Clowns Without a Borders.  Here is a documentary of an example of their exploits, in Lesbos three years … Continue reading →

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Toilet Chronicles: Oh What a Night

Posted on 2018/11/16 by circuskitchen

Somewhere between November 13-16th 2018 After taking care of my sweet son throughout a night of vomiting and diarrhea, it is apparently my turn.  “Things are not boding well for me,” I inform my husband as I clutch my cramping … Continue reading →

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Gillum, Abrams, Beto

Posted on 2018/11/07 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, November 7th 2018 My son’s first question this morning, “Did the Democrats gain a majority?” Well… in half of Congress we did (the House).  So there is hope yet. And though I am seriously bummed about Beto O’Rourke losing … Continue reading →

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What’s Old is New Again

Posted on 2018/10/24 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, October 24th 2018   Our “president” has e x p l i c i t l y self-identified as a Nationalist. U.S. firms (and presumably our federal government) are currently making billions of dollars in military grade arms deals … Continue reading →

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There is No Low They Will Not Go Below

Posted on 2018/10/17 by circuskitchen

October 17th 2018 Sarah Huckabee Sanders claims that most kids taken from their families “actually self-separated.” https://shareblue.com/sarah-sanders-kids-taken-families-self-separated/?fbclid=IwAR05UyAFZ2r7BGbmV73Z6u2-qK_448iKHSE5lPntlBkjP58qqnRcBjmcSss There is no bottom. The free fall continues. There is no low that they will not go below. They pull unfathomable impossibilities out … Continue reading →

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Life in the Dream

Posted on 2018/10/11 by circuskitchen

Thursday, October 11th 2018 I just love how my daughter’s reading has caught fire.   And how my son loves (needed, choose and appreciates) his new sneakers. And how he is a lanky jumble of limbs with shoes; just like … Continue reading →

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Beto for Texas

Posted on 2018/10/04 by circuskitchen

October 4th 2018 A single live take, 30-second ad by Beto O’Rourke for his campaign to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate:   I sure hope Texans figure out they can still have their BBQ without giving us the human … Continue reading →

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HELL NO to Kavenaugh: Top Ten Reasons

Posted on 2018/09/28 by circuskitchen

Friday, September 28th 2018 (I will corroborate the following claims asap.  Meanwhile I’m writing these quickly before work today because there’s no time to waste.) HELL NO to Kavenaugh: Top Ten Reasons   1)  93% of his records remain undisclosed. … Continue reading →

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Kavenaugh, Corruption and the Cookie Jar

Posted on 2018/09/11 by circuskitchen

9/11… 2018 or… 1918??? Transcript from Judiciary Confirmation hearing of SCOTUS-Nominee Judge” Brett Kavenaugh”: Senator Kamala Harris Grills Brett Kavanaugh On Robert Mueller Investigation | NBC News [2:25]:    The Judiciary Committee is to vote -perhaps on September 20th- on whether … Continue reading →

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