Day: May 15, 2019

Civics Test

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6A67E217-FB27-46F7-AE18-3AA20111D693So I just read that Trump is planning to make a big splash tomorrow when he rolls out a two-pronged immigration proposal that would make sweeping changes to the legal immigration system. One of the two prongs includes requiring potential immigrants to take a civics test.

In addition to mandated checks, like a health screening and background check, immigrants would be required to pass a civics test.

“They don’t need to be Shakespeare,” one official said, “but they should have the ability to navigate the law.”

I’m curious if Trump would be able to pass that civics test. He seems to know little to nothing about civics and has a total disregard for the law.

Oh the irony.

Written for these daily prompts: Ragtag Daily Prompt (splash), Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (curious), and Your Daily Word Prompt (irony).

#100WW — Hide and Seek

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C2396F9A-C8FC-4639-A6E9-BBAF9D16C84DJack was at the kitchen table when he heard the sound of breaking glass. Nina, his wife, screamed, “Oh crap. I just dropped the bottle of olive oil into the sink. Can you go into the pantry and get me another bottle?”

“Sure,” Jack said. He got up, walked into the pantry, started looking around, and was struck by the lack of organization. “Where is it? I don’t see it.”

“Sheesh, Jack, open your eyes,” Nina said. “It’s there.”

“Looking for something in here is like playing hide and seek, ” Jack asked.

“No,” Nina said. “It’s seek and ye shall find.”

(100 words)

Written for this week’s 100 Word Wednesday prompt from Bikurgurl. Photo credit: Adriana Velásquez. Also for The Daily Spur (glass).

In Other Words — Pink Flamingos

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17194ABB-B12F-4867-9BDB-8E7886DC5B0AShe said, “Let’s go to the movies and see ‘Pink Flamingos’ at the local art house theater.”

“If we want to see a pink flamingo, wouldn’t we be better off going to the zoo?” I asked.

“Oh no, ‘Pink Flamingos’ is a campy movie that was directed by John Waters and starred Divine,” she said. “I’m sure you’ll love it.”

It was awful; the worst movie I ever saw and I hated it.11F3AD74-5F5A-4FBA-9349-B55819D5E5C7

In other wordsWritten for the In Other Words prompt from Patricia’s Place. The challenge this week is to write a story or poem of five lines or fewer using the picture above and/or the word “flamingo.” Top photo credit: Len from Pexels.

One-Liner Wednesday — Women’s Rights

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2BDDE02E-48FB-4AB5-AA5D-A3AC11983B40“Congress should pass a Woman’s Heartbeat Law, which mandates that if a woman has a heartbeat, you can’t ever tell her what she can or cannot do with her own body.”

Anonymous

This quote, from whoever made it, seems particularly relevant these days as state after state, including Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota, have passed laws that make it illegal for a woman to have a legal abortion if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is usually when a fetus is about six weeks old and before many women even know they are pregnant.

Just yesterday, the Alabama State Senate just passed a near-total abortion ban, that provides no exceptions for rape or incest. The bill now heads to Republican Governor, Kay Ivey. If she signs it, which is likely, the bill will become law. Further, the Alabama law would criminalize the procedure, reclassifying abortion as a Class A felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison for doctors.

And this Alabama law, if signed by the governor, comes hot on the heels Georgia’s new law prohibiting abortions after six weeks and granting full legal personhood to fetuses. The Georgia law goes so far as to hold a woman who travels out of state to obtain a legal abortion to be subject to arrest and prosecution for conspiracy to commit murder, which is punishable by up to ten years in prison.

Welcome to America, the land of the real life Handmaid’s Tale.

Written for this week’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt from Linda G. Hill.

Fandango’s Provocative Question #23

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FPQWelcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question. Each week I will pose what I think is a provocative question for your consideration. By provocative, I don’t mean a question that will cause annoyance or anger. Nor do I mean a question intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.

What I do mean is a question that is likely to get you to think, to be creative, and to provoke a response. Hopefully a positive response.

I don’t know about you, but I know that I’ve been pretty stressed out lately. The world, over the past several years, has become a chaotic place and many people are finding it disquieting and disturbing.

Most people, at some point in their lives, feel stress. Whether our stress is due to political, financial, personal, or other matters, we all have to figure out how to best cope with it. So my provocative question is this:

“How do you manage or deal with stress? Is there a specific strategy or approach that you’ve found to be particularly effective?”

If you choose to participate, write a post with your response to the question. Once you are done, tag your post with #FPQ and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments.

And most important, have fun.

Note: some bloggers have had issues with pingbacks not showing up lately, so if you don’t see it shortly after you published your post, you might want manually add your link in the comments.