Folk #1: Yes. Cognitive Dissonance. For instance, I am stuck on the conundrum, "People are the Problem, and People are the Solution." I also think Pogo's famous line: "We have met the Enemy and it is Us," rings oh so true. These ideas are floating in my head this morning. Midterm Election Day. I suspect we will see if the "fever has broken." Have the common folks had enough of this Fascist Shit Show? You know a party, a platform & administration of Racism, Nonsense & Corruption. Cruelty & Punishment too. Mass Deportations, Concentration Camps, Murders by ICE, prices sky-high, Billionaires on a crime spree, American Oligarchs crushing Democracy with their filthy lucre, & another pointless war in the Middle East. Pretty sure the answer is "Yes. It's All Too Much," for many of us, the majority of us. To the Opposition, it seems America is still a multi-cultural melting pot; wildly & proudly diverse. Black Folks, Hispanic Folks, Asian Folks, etc. Truly a Very Woke, Rainbow Coalition including every Race & Creed imaginable in a thriving stew of influences & inclinations. The Nazis & the "White Christian Nationalists" can't change the reality on the streets of America, and they are badly out-numbered, by a lot. Will all the various folks & factions Stand Up & Be Counted, united in oppostition to the Shit-Show? The signs are very positive. We shall see. Damn the Torpedoes.