inthekitty
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Post by inthekitty on Jan 6, 2021 16:17:10 GMT -6
This is absolutely disgusting. Biden and Harris' security team needs to stay extremely vigilant for the next several months.
Very grateful to GA though. Dems got the Senate. Go suck a dick Mitch.
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Post by inthekitty on Jan 6, 2021 17:14:36 GMT -6
vino I'm circling back to the crutch thing again because I'm still flabbergasted by it. As others pointed out it's no different than a stuffy, special blanket, or other comfort item. As a psychologist we literally use the term "tools for the toolbox" regarding finding ways to manage symptoms. Like it's literally our job to help patients find different ways to manage their symptoms effectively. If it works and it's not a behavior that's harming themselves or others, then it's a good tool to use. You're not encouraging B to crush Ambien and snort it before bedtime so there's nothing wrong with it.
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Post by wedding on Jan 6, 2021 17:14:51 GMT -6
wedding poor C, that sounds stressful and scary for him and nerve wracking. Do you think it's anxiety or could it possibly be covid? We have a oximeter here but haven't used it on the kids yet, but they are used to them at the doctor's. Definitely anxiety but I’ll keep an eye.
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Post by wedding on Jan 6, 2021 17:16:06 GMT -6
The anxious child talk is timely. I'm noticing a lot with B lately and it is becoming harder and harder to manage, he has so many little idiosyncrasies that are exhausting. I do my best but it seems it's the 'give an inch and take a mile' so if I 'satisfy' one thing there is always something else, it never ends. I know that he has always been needy but we have had outlets that have really helped in get to the middle ground; soccer, skating, swimming, school, daycare, playdates etc but with all of that off the table now he has time to just be in a routine and get in his head. I casually mentioned this to my neighbour, who is a psychologist, a few weeks back and said that I was looking into getting B a weighted blanket and she made the comment of 'well thats just a crutch'...so now that is in my head and I go back and forth from getting him one and thinking its the worst idea ever. blah...Parenting is hard. We all need a crutch like now. Geez!
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Post by wedding on Jan 6, 2021 17:30:04 GMT -6
Yeah this is scary. My good friend whose 2 year old is at the daycare there thankfully is home bc daycare closed bc of threats. Where is the teargas now?! This is a good time to use it, this is scary. They save the teargas for peaceful BLM protests. I’ve been in the politics board all day. I am disgusted with all of this but the police response here is absolute crap. Taking selfie’s with terrorists, letting them push the line back, taking down the barrier gates. It’s unbelievable.
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Post by wedding on Jan 6, 2021 17:30:22 GMT -6
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Post by kim22 on Jan 6, 2021 17:32:25 GMT -6
vino for like 2 decades I couldn’t sleep without a chapstick next to my bed. It was my crutch but I otherwise led a normal life. Get the blanket.
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inthekitty
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Post by inthekitty on Jan 6, 2021 17:43:31 GMT -6
Yeah this is scary. My good friend whose 2 year old is at the daycare there thankfully is home bc daycare closed bc of threats. Where is the teargas now?! This is a good time to use it, this is scary. They save the teargas for peaceful BLM protests. I’ve been in the politics board all day. I am disgusted with all of this but the police response here is absolute crap. Taking selfie’s with terrorists, letting them push the line back, taking down the barrier gates. It’s unbelievable. They purposefully let them in the Capitol. Any police force that gets the kind of funding and resources as American ones do and can't control a crowd from putting government officials in danger either truly suck at their job or willingly let it happen. I'll actually go with both. They let it happen because they suck. Fire all the complicit assholes. Especially given this wasn't a surprise. It's been vocally planned so they should have been ready.
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Post by vino on Jan 6, 2021 18:20:28 GMT -6
vino I'm circling back to the crutch thing again because I'm still flabbergasted by it. As others pointed out it's no different than a stuffy, special blanket, or other comfort item. As a psychologist we literally use the term "tools for the toolbox" regarding finding ways to manage symptoms. Like it's literally our job to help patients find different ways to manage their symptoms effectively. If it works and it's not a behavior that's harming themselves or others, then it's a good tool to use. You're not encouraging B to crush Ambien and snort it before bedtime so there's nothing wrong with it. 😂 I am most certainly not pushing any sort of snorting. You’re hilarious. Love you.
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Post by lahdeedah on Jan 6, 2021 19:05:48 GMT -6
They save the teargas for peaceful BLM protests. I’ve been in the politics board all day. I am disgusted with all of this but the police response here is absolute crap. Taking selfie’s with terrorists, letting them push the line back, taking down the barrier gates. It’s unbelievable. They purposefully let them in the Capitol. Any police force that gets the kind of funding and resources as American ones do and can't control a crowd from putting government officials in danger either truly suck at their job or willingly let it happen. I'll actually go with both. They let it happen because they suck. Fire all the complicit assholes. Especially given this wasn't a surprise. It's been vocally planned so they should have been ready. This. After seeing capitol police open the barricades up and take selfies with these thugs, I do not trust them to protect Joe and Kamala. They are complicit and need to be held accountable.
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Post by klong11 on Jan 6, 2021 19:48:47 GMT -6
Tonight we played Drone home. That's actually a fun little game. You try to flick your little aliens into the drone and the drone takes off into the air. No arguments tonight, so that was nice.
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Post by tallb on Jan 6, 2021 20:41:52 GMT -6
Yeah this is scary. My good friend whose 2 year old is at the daycare there thankfully is home bc daycare closed bc of threats. Where is the teargas now?! This is a good time to use it, this is scary. They save the teargas for peaceful BLM protests. I’ve been in the politics board all day. I am disgusted with all of this but the police response here is absolute crap. Taking selfie’s with terrorists, letting them push the line back, taking down the barrier gates. It’s unbelievable. I hope they get to the bottom of this and root out who was involved. It was sickening to watch and had to be terrifying for everyone inside. I saw a tweet that Maxine Waters is pissed bc they had a meeting last week with capitol police on how they were prepared for this and knew it was likely to be a threat.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 6, 2021 23:24:00 GMT -6
I have been doomscrolling Twitter and fb all day. I am shocked how easily these people got into the capitol. Security at a concert would have done a better job of keeping these people out. Trumps response was laughable, luckily pence condemned these people. I hope dc police charge all of these people.
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inthekitty
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Post by inthekitty on Jan 7, 2021 0:03:14 GMT -6
PDQ. I've been in the military 12 years (6 in the NG) and not once before this year have we had a full state activation. Now we just got our third notification in 7 months to prepare for activation. We were all activated in June and may be again. America is so great now we need to constantly be vigilant against attacks by our fellow citizens. #winning
I'm so disgusted. What a shitshow.
Eta: found out our governor's mansion was almost breached today and they had to remove him for his safety.
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