there's a crack in everything that's how the light gets in

 

1. "E se esta não fosse a escuridão do túmulo,  mas do útero?"
Respire fundo e faça força: este apelo de Valarie Kaur, defensora dos direitos civis sikh-americana, foi feito no primeiro mandato de Trump - e está cada vez mais actual. 

2. Um texto que encontrei no facebook, feito de sabedoria:

"From a friend:  this is not going to be a popular comment but here goes: someone told me their Frump loving, flag-flying neighbor just lost their job. i am just outside of DC and know a ton of people who are living in fear of job loss. my response: GO CATCH THEM. bake them cookies, bring them a beer, listen to their stories. 

if we don't CATCH THEM, WHO WILL? Frump's successor??? these people have been in a cult, following the rantings of a madman, a brilliant orator and a madman. i'm not sure what the phases are of surfacing from a cult, but my guess is there will be shock and rage, a ton of blame shifting and "yeah but...ing" and then the grief, maybe shame? i dunno. and i am not calling on people to embrace their inner Buddha...okay, maybe i am. but come up w/ some standard lines..."i'm so sorry...didn't see this coming." or just say nothing and keep cracking open another beer. 

we have to CATCH THEM if we are ever going to surface from this, if Frump is ever going to lose his power. he has to FAIL HIS FOLLOWERS for them to wake up from the trance, and when they do we have to be there else the wound festers and grows. we will all suffer along the way...but i believe it is the only way through this. this are very difficult days"

3. Bem sei que os estrategas políticos sugeriram às figuras de proa dos democratas americanos que se façam de mortos. Mas levo a mal a um Barack Obama, por exemplo,  não vir a público dizer: "meus caros concidadãos: nós não somos assim. Nós não somos isto. O país que temos construído ao longo dos séculos, e que tantos motivos de orgulho nos dá, não é assim, e nunca será great desta forma."

4. Pequeno desabafo: que saudades do tempo em que o maior escândalo que um presidente dos EUA podia fazer acontecer na Sala Oval era uma cena de sexo de filme low budget...