Friday, October 17, 2025

Coffee shop morning

Thursday was a good day for getting several hours of fall garden work done. There is always stuff to do and I plan on being outside working again later today, but for now I am sipping on a cup of coffee and waiting to meet Chris for a Costco trip.
Neighbor's Mill is more of a sandwich shop/bakery than it is a coffee shop, but they do have good coffee and it tends to be a regular meeting place for people in a coffee shop kind of way. And they have decent coffee, which is a must if you are serving up freshly baked cookies, breads, and pastries.

Tomorrow is the big "No Kings" day event and there are protests in the Springfield MO area. I am considering participating by actually going to an event, but also thinking that a dedicated "No Kings" post is really more my style. While I do believe that the large crowds will have a more effective media impact, damn, I hate large crowds of people. In fact, I begin to feel the inner tension just thinking about going.
I find it interesting that our "No Kings" event has crossed national boundaries and demonstrations are expected in other countries, as well. It turns out that only fascists like fascists and unfortunately, their are large numbers of people here in the US that don't even realize they are the fascists they hate because they are too ignorant to know what fascism actually is. 

If you are unsure of what fascism actually is, this video explains it pretty well.

Whatever I decide to do tomorrow, know for certain that I am opposed to the type of executive authoritarianism that Trump is imposing on the USA. It has to be stopped. 
Are any of you planning to participate in the peaceful demonstrations tomorrow?

John

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