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I can do the dishes and I could climb your walls
So, look, all sorts of things are wrong with the world right now and I'm sure tomorrow will add to their list, but the Republicans' much-vaunted, stupidly cruel "American Health Care Act" went the way of the Hindenburg this afternoon (I have been saying to people that I can't even admit to feeling schadenfreude, because I don't feel at all bad about rejoicing in this misfortune of 45 and his administration) and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rushthatspeaks and I made sesame candy from a cup of toasted sesame seeds, a half-cup of jaggery, and a tablespoon of butter with results that were almost indistinguishable from the storebought (there was a faint smokiness that we will eliminate next time by crushing more of the jaggery first so that it doesn't have to spend as much time over the heat melting) and I found one of those things on Tumblr that makes me basically happy, in this case people discussing seriously which of the various Powell and Pressburger incarnations of Roger Livesey is hottest (I saw him first as Torquil, but I do like Frank) and it's been a very long week and I'll take the good things I can get, but the failure of the ACA repeal is a very good one.
rushthatspeaks and I made sesame candy from a cup of toasted sesame seeds, a half-cup of jaggery, and a tablespoon of butter with results that were almost indistinguishable from the storebought (there was a faint smokiness that we will eliminate next time by crushing more of the jaggery first so that it doesn't have to spend as much time over the heat melting) and I found one of those things on Tumblr that makes me basically happy, in this case people discussing seriously which of the various Powell and Pressburger incarnations of Roger Livesey is hottest (I saw him first as Torquil, but I do like Frank) and it's been a very long week and I'll take the good things I can get, but the failure of the ACA repeal is a very good one.
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Oh, I'm so glad. I haven't wanted to look.
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It was the last news I saw before leaving the house this afternoon; I got back to my computer to much rejoicing.
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Me too, me too. I don't feel bad taking pleasure in their defeat either. Not that I think they want try to rally and attack again, but it was a nice surprise and relief too. What they were touting... *head to desk* and all this push to repeal/gut NOW was not about insurance or anything but a power play and internal politics and winning (IMHO).
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I agree with you. These people care a lot about winning and dominance and not much else. So I am perfectly happy to see them fail to enforce their will.
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You're right; I've corrected the post accordingly.
I'm glad they all failed.
Amen.
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Me too, me too. I don't feel bad taking pleasure in their defeat either. Not that I think they want try to rally and attack again, but it was a nice surprise and relief too. What they were touting... *head to desk* and all this push to repeal/gut NOW was not about insurance or anything but a power play and internal politics and winning (IMHO).
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It genuinely delights me.
I also applaud the fact that even Republicans wouldn't vote for it.
I know! That also delights me. May all of their political aims be as successful.