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There’s been rioting here in Colorado too (Denver and the Springs that I’m aware of). Denver had a curfew the other night. I haven’t heard of anyone getting seriously injured but then I’m not watching the news frantically either. Most of the protests and looting are downtown areas and I’m at least 30 min from downtown so I feel safe here at home. Crazy times.
I missed the hair discussions but I’ve got an appointment Friday that I’m going to keep I think. My hair is now really long and heavy so layers and some color to cover the gray. Speaking of 80’s hair though – did anyone here ever use a crimper? I still have mine! It’s hot pink and still works. Maybe I should find it…
I have mostly straight hair so it worked well for me. It just took sooo long to use (but I feel that way about curling irons and flat irons too). I always wanted naturally wavy hair. My mom has curly hair but my dad has straight so I got mostly straight (sometimes it’s wavy when I don’t brush it after washing it).
Have you tried one of those waver irons where you press your hair between 3 barrels?? A little like crimping but gives you a nice natural wave.
I saw Proud Boys showing up at one protest throwing white power signs. I’m sure they’re not the majority but there is definitely an element of undesirables using the protests as leverage, a chance to cause chaos, whatever. Either way I still support the protests 100% and I think if police were better at dealing with them there would be a lot less rioting.
Yes, Snopes says that at least 4 members of the Proud Boys were spotted on the fringes of one of the protests, and there were some other extremists there as well. Definitely people with different agendas are showing up and complicating things, but I’m very confident it’s not an organized conspiracy.
Things are super getting out of hand right now, in particular at the White House. This is absolutely insane.
Some of today’s protests have been in my immediate area. I could tell something was happening locally when I was walking my dog because of the helicopters, but wasn’t sure where in the area it was until I happened upon it. It was peaceful, a big crowd sitting in a circle in an intersection. I stayed for a bit to listen, but didn’t march with them. A ton of businesses right by me boarded up their store fronts, expecting more break ins and looting. It was super weird walking the dog this evening. It’s normally pretty lively around here but tonight at like 7-ish, it was very quiet.
Testimony from the rector of the church Trump decided to pose at about how peaceful protesters were treated. They were literally driven away and injured so Trump could stand there with a bible. I hate that man so much:https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157575422089624&id=530944623
I was watching that live, and all I could think when he was walking over to the church was “Shoot him! Somebody kill him!”
I explained to my mom how the entire Rose Garden speech was one long dog whistle to his core base of white nationalist Christians. This was before he made his way to the church, we went out for a walk and got that update and I just screamed “See! Scared White Christians!”
There have been so many white agitators. I have seen video of tiny white girls who look like they are teenagers throwing bricks through the windows at a Minneapolis Police Station in the middle of the day. There were a lot of white men with baseball bats and literally axes patrolling neighborhoods in Philly last night. And so many others.
And the tear gas employed by Trump to move peaceful protesters! I just… I’m not religious but he used “a bible” as a prop. That’s in quotes because someone asked him if it was his, and he said, “it’s A Bible.” After tear gassing a peaceful group to get out of his way.
It’s actually incredible how much one man and his team of goons have destroyed this country in four short years. I hate using sexual organs as insults, but he is the biggest fucking pussy. He hid in a bunker the night before and shut off all the exterior White House lights. He’s a disgrace. I’m so heartbroken and angry.
America is in literal and figurative ashes. He’s supplied the gasoline and matches. He can’t supply any states with much needed medical supplies, but he can start a war.
All of this shit has always been here, it’s our curse, but he’s really activated and given oxygen to the worst of it, and his weakness and frankly his evil are allowing it to tear the country apart. Encouraging it!
