Seth takes a closer look at Trump secretly testing positive for COVID before coming into contact with more than 500 people, including President Biden at their first debate, while Republicans and Fox News suggest the new coronavirus variant is a liberal hoax.
Natania Barron is a writer, and does other things. Every week or two, she does a series of tweets called “Thread Talk” and it’s about fashion and culture. Today’s thread is about Christmas, how it wasn’t originally the huge celebration it was, how it became that celebration, and how people dressed.
1 - Welcome to #ThreadTalk! We’re talking #Christmas frippery. 🎄🎀🎅
Fair warning: If you came for an uncomplicated, nostalgic look at this winter celebration, I suggest you take your eggnog & jingle along, Santa baby.
Still with me? Cool. Let’s don our gay apparel & begin! pic.twitter.com/JDXmnGKhq5— Natania Barron (@NataniaBarron) December 6, 2021
And she meticulously documents the museums/auction houses/etc. where she gets the pictures of fabulous dresses and other items from. Anyway, I do love her Thread Talks, so am sharing with everyone.
On a personal note, my mother used to complain when I was a girl that up until Christmas it was Advent, NOT Christmas, and it wasn’t properly Christmas until Christmas Day, and the celebration kept going until Epiphany on January 6 (which also happens to be her birthday). She really had a thing about Christmas going for those 12 days, which may have been to spice up Christmas leftovers, but hey…
From last thread:
re: #151 Patricia Kayden
That reminds me of when I had to crawl to get to my car during a particularly harsh winter in Takoma Park, Maryland. The nice waiter at IHOP came out and helped me to my car but it was scary. 😂
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re: #1 mmmirele
You bring up a fascinating question on how Christmas was observed before our generation. Unfortunately, I cannot add much to the conversation beyond some Boomer interpreted historic songs like this one:
1970’s English folk rock:
please be something cool and weird and scary https://t.co/PDWD2tPUwx
— 🍂𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗🍂 (@slimyswampghost) December 6, 2021
The first few of a thread:
Hey everybody I have a bit of a personal announcement so if I could have your attention for a moment that would be great, thanks.
— I am Stupendous! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (@movinmeat) December 6, 2021
I have lived with gender dysphoria for my entire life. My strategy of “ignoring it and hoping it would go away” has proven ineffective. Fortunately, there is an effective treatment for this: gender transition. I have been engaged in this process for some time now.
— I am Stupendous! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (@movinmeat) December 6, 2021
My pronouns, as the kids say, are she/her. I have also chosen a name more in alignment with my gender: Áine (pronounced “Anya” not “Annie”). Yes, I had to choose an oddly spelled Irish name, sorry, it’s in my bylaws. I’d be grateful if y’all were to use it.
— I am Stupendous! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (@movinmeat) December 6, 2021
re: #4 Belafon
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips (@FormerDirtDart) December 7, 2021
A company makes a virtual reality simulator to help companies practice diversity situations, and uses white people to voice miimnority characters.
re: #8 Belafon
I’m sure a lot of us are hoping for something like that.
I’m thinking it’s a piece of space junk, myself.
re: #10 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
I don’t see the flying saucers with BalkenKreuz…
Ummm…. WAT…
QAnon conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed “prophet” Johnny Enlow claims that people are lost in “the fog of war” and therefore can’t see the truth, which is that for the last year, Trump has actually been President of the World: “The proof will be forthcoming.” pic.twitter.com/iys55w1ogi
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 6, 2021
If anybody has contact with Joe Bacon, I think that he might be interested in this article:
Pennsylvania on Friday announced that it has awarded a $6.6 million grant for the rebuilding of the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill.
The funding will help transform the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history into a place of hope, remembrance and education, state officials said.
…snip…
Tree of Life has said its plans for the rebuild include restoring and modernizing the synagogue’s large sanctuary. The sanctuary was not being used on the morning of the attack. There are also plans to demolish and replace other parts of the structure, including the chapel and other areas where the killings took place.
Pennsylvania awards Tree of Life synagogue $6.6 million grant for rebuilding project
post-gazette.com
re: #13 Teukka
Ummm…. WAT…
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All I can think is that Steve Shultz must be racking it (you know, filthy lucre) in by letting these nutters spout on his dime. I can’t see any other reason why anyone would do this.
re: #4 Belafon
Turn around, walk away. Have we not read/watched any science fiction in the last 50 years?
This is the alien version of “we’ve discovered a new burial chamber and are opening it up without translating the inscriptions”
Is there any new info on omicron? Are we still being hopeful that picking up rna from a cold virus is going to make it much less deadly and more like a common cold rather than *waves hands at last two years*
re: #15 mmmirele
All I can think is that Steve Shultz must be racking it (you know, filthy lucre) in by letting these nutters spout on his dime. I can’t see any other reason why anyone would do this.
I just do not understand where all this money is coming from? Clearly it is in fact there.
But there cannot be that many grandmas donating their SocSec checks and lost souls who work marginal hourly jobs giving their kids’ food money to these ghouls.
re: #16 KGxvi
They’ll approach it and be greeted over the radio with the phrase “we’ve been trying to reach you about your rovers warranty “.
re: #18 ckkatz
I just do not understand where all this money come from? Clearly it is in fact there.
But there cannot be that many grandmas donating their SocSec checks and lost souls who work marginal hourly jobs giving their kids’ food money to these ghouls.
340 million people in the US… if even 1 million have a $5 monthly subscription that’s $60m a year. It is, and always will be, all about getting the grift to work at scale
re: #19 A Cranky One
This does kind of remind me of the Giants series by James P Hogan. Starts off with NASA finding a thousands of years old skeleton in a space suit on the moo
re: #18 ckkatz
I just do not understand where all this money is coming from? Clearly it is in fact there.
But there cannot be that many grandmas donating their SocSec checks and lost souls who work marginal hourly jobs giving their kids’ food money to these ghouls.
It’s not just donations, he sells space on his front page to all sorts of hucksters. Apparently you can also pay to get your prophecy featured and then YOU can get the largesse. Finally, there’s this at the very bottom right hand corner of the front page (behind the link because it’s barftastic).
jJwQvnIxuHQGZU9g16oXpkyTJ8KEzDBsEJqANY8wExLlNNzDICr3LLt3jidrbOGuSqPEYm7rCu61Zvy17xcduj8S5agZ4G6VaOeddK+crfUClmCvBLHu6611nXWad4zHBKx6fuuwqhuo4Tr84UsWFqNAGcJXXHxKu8plKlAcrRWD2+i0UZYEXmQMs2aAqy2YvOQArT9BuQZreBurtmoTcWvvsBc+ftgT8S385SJqISDC9TKv+ooiPXFNAo8XPctVyh17Ax0wV79nj5+jjGoyoXipPYcQHr4xzINh8MHEUuzqr/EZ/ab5uZ9Z4mXfVLXqaBG4CCv5l7AxAOqxsL75lKROrgb+kIfNzpLl1nB3N0fXDyHDbvU5gK5XysU2tknV
12-year-old Eli Fritchley dies by suicide after being told he’d go to hell for being gay.https://t.co/Q9gnZ6PSrp
— Bill Madden (he/him/él) (@maddenifico) December 6, 2021
Where are the “Pro-Life?”
re: #5 Belafon
Thank you for posting that. It is a journey, that’s for sure. Sadly, for many of us, it’s also a death sentence.
re: #27 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I keep thinking ‘Mordor!’ while watching that.
Been really sad all day. It’s the third anniversary of my mom’s passing.
She was an amazing loving person. When she was first hospitalized, one of her big concerns was the 3rd world kids she was helping with monthly donations.
She would help anyone in need.
After my dad died, she struggled with giving away any of his things. Mrs Cranky finally convinced her to give us his ties.
Mrs Cranky used them to make a memory quilt. You can see my mom’s reaction when she opened the present.
Mom said it was her most precious possession. She also confessed to being very angry at herself because she held back a handful of his favorite ties.
I really miss her.
re: #29 Dave In Austin
I’m thinking that the EggMaster is a ‘Nope’.
re: #30 A Cranky One
One quick mom anecdote.
First time my mom met Mrs Cranky, I asked the (to be) Mrs Cranky to get me a beverage. She replied “what, are your legs broken?”
My mom said “you need to marry that woman”. Heh. And I did.
re: #25 DodgerFan1988
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This is stepping on my last fucking nerve.
Because there are so many kids trying out, all region tryouts were split into two parts, the first, on Saturday, removed 2/3 of the kids, and the second, today, after school, was to do band and chair placement. My son did really well on the fist day, placing in the top 15%. Today, though, he didn’t do very well, and is one of the alternates.
I can only tell him I’m proud of him so many times. There were a number of things going on. This was his first time to go that far. We had kept him home last year, and, while he did virtual band, I think he lost some ground. He’s also an introvert, and I think he needed someone to talk to him to calm him down and pep him up after the first part of.tonights tryout. And it was after school, and we had to drive 20 miles in a rush to get to the school where the tryout was.
re: #33 mmmirele
This is stepping on my last fucking nerve.
That kind of bullying that results in suicide needs to be considered intentional homicide.
re: #34 Belafon
Congratulations to your son! I have no doubt that he will persevere and conquer.
re: #31 ckkatz
Had me laughing like a 14 yr old……
re: #30 A Cranky One
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your Mom. No matter how long ago, losing our parents affects us to our core. But it sounds like you are bearing witness and testimony on all the good she brought.
re: #19 A Cranky One
They’ll approach it and be greeted over the radio with the phrase “we’ve been trying to reach you about your rovers warranty “.
Perhaps that’s why Vice-President Harris is avoiding Bluetooth headphones. /s
re: #35 William Lewis
That kind of bullying that results in suicide needs to be considered intentional homicide.
This is so sad. The bullies usually are children themselves; it is ultimately the adults who teach them this hatred of those who are different. This cruelty has always been around but I have to believe that Trump served as a role model that encouraged this behavior.
re: #34 Belafon
I’d just suggest that the first tryout was a good reflection on his abilities. There was more pressure for the second, which probably affected his performance. Happens to everyone.
So of course there is disappointment. But he put himself out there, and being willing to take risks is a sign of maturity.
re: #35 William Lewis
That kind of bullying that results in suicide needs to be considered intentional homicide.
Yes, my first thoughts were:
1. Why was a poor defenseless child thrown into that situation?
2. Where were the adults who were supposed to be responsible for the school and what went on in it? At the very minimum, they should have recognized that the situation was out of their control.
re: #41 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That is a beautiful quilt.
[[[ACO]]]
Thanks. We have it on the guest bed, so I see it everyday. Seeing it today was harder.
Better pics of the quilt;
re: #31 ckkatz
I’m thinking that the EggMaster is a ‘Nope’.
I’m thinking gift for one of my family members.
G’nite all time to head to bed.
And of course, the requisite ‘Dad’ joke:
Why can’t drummers come back from retirement?
Because there will be repercussions.
re: #45 A Cranky One
Thanks. We have it on the guest bed, so I see it everyday. Seeing it today was harder.
Better pics of the quilt;
*snif* you got a CuriousLurker upding on there…
re: #49 wrenchwench
*snif* you got a CuriousLurker upding on there…
I really miss CL. I don’t do any social media and only comment on this blog. She motivated me to join by being a person I wanted to know.
I was also one of the folks who teased her about posting long comments after a thread ended (hence being CL’d).
So everytime I see that expression, I miss her.
I understand how frustrated everyone is that the 1/6 top-dog bad guys aren’t already sitting at the defense table. But c’mon.
Garland was sworn in 9 months ago. And it took another couple months after that to get all his appropriate deputies into place. Since then, 700 low-level defendants and several groups of conspirator-defendants have been indicted. One builds cases from the bottom up. And it’s a GOOD THING they’re not sprinkling all the details out into the media; they’ve had some grand juries that have kept quiet until they were ready to indict. Who knows how many more grand juries are currently empaneled; this admin isn’t nearly as leaky as the last one.
The Congressional committee has been in effect for less than 6 months. They’ve deposed 250 witnesses, gathered stacks and stacks of documents, and announced they’ll be doing televised hearings starting early in 2022. This will all play out on TV while the midterm campaigning is going on.
It took 2 years from the Watergate burglary until there was enough evidence to force the Capo di Tutti Capi to give up. 2 full years.
I’m relatively able to control my impatience. Now let’s talk about this voting rights case DOJ is bringing in Texas.
Mitch McConnell is hatching a plan to avert future government shutdown — but it would give credit to Democratshttps://t.co/ThmW5r4WeJ
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 7, 2021
The plan, however, would have Democrats cast a vote to raise the debt ceiling. It’s something Republicans did three times under former President Donald Trump, adding over $7.8 trillion to the deficit. McConnell assumes that the vote would be toxic for Democrats, but the reality is that shutting down the government would be toxic for Republicans.
To accomplish his goal, Raju writes that Republicans will need to cooperate under the Senate rules, and break the filibuster. That would mean McConnell would have to find ten Republicans that would agree to allow the debt ceiling bill to come up and then vote against raising it.
So Yertle thinks he’ll get political mileage out of avoiding a default by forcing Dems to vote for it? Oh please, PLEASE don’t throw me in that thar briar patch…
re: #16 KGxvi
Turn around, walk away. Have we not read/watched any science fiction in the last 50 years?
This is the alien version of “we’ve discovered a new burial chamber and are opening it up without translating the inscriptions”
Nah. There’s some guy in Ohio waiting for his FedEx package, and we’ve got good news and bad news.
re: #52 Targetpractice
So Yertle thinks he’ll get political mileage out of avoiding a default by forcing Dems to vote for it? Oh please, PLEASE don’t throw me in that thar briar patch…
I seriously doubt he gets ten Republicans. They have been trained to be incapable of cooperating on anything.
Plus, one sign of weakness out of Mitch McConnell and he’ll find a metaphorical shiv between his ribs by an even bigger wingnut.
I have no doubt that someone like Sen. Hawley or Sen. Cruz would love to have McConnell’s spot.
re: #51 sagehen
[…]
It took 2 years from the Watergate burglary until there was enough evidence to force the Capo di Tutti Capi to give up. 2 full years.
[…]
The Right and the Power, Leon Jaworski
A great read about those 2 years.
re: #54 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I seriously doubt he gets ten Republicans. They have been trained to be incapable of cooperating on anything.
They’ve also been trained to vote however Mitch tells them, whenever he tells them.
If this is something he seriously wants to happen, it’ll happen.
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re: #56 sagehen
They’ve also been trained to vote however Mitch tells them, whenever he tells them.
If this is something he seriously wants to happen, it’ll happen.
He’ll pull together votes from anybody who A) is retiring after next year or B) isn’t up for reelection next year and then make up any missing votes by offering up all sorts of promises of what he’ll do for them after the midterms when he’s back in charge.
re: #58 Targetpractice
He’ll pull together votes from anybody who A) is retiring after next year or B) isn’t up for reelection next year and then make up any missing votes by offering up all sorts of promises of what he’ll do for them after the midterms when he’s back in charge.
Anyone other than the 8 Senators who voted to decertify Biden, those who celebrated July 4th in Moscow, and Rand Paul might be willing to collaborate with McConnell. But who knows with this party these days?
We’re climbing to the top again!
Nebraska ranks 13th in new COVID cases; hospitalizations are highest in almost a year (Omaha World-Herald, one hour ago)
Nebraska continued to rank among the nation’s hot spots for COVID-19 last week, with cases and hospitalizations both rising again.
Meanwhile, a new pandemic player — the omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 — appeared on the scene.
Six cases involving the variant were identified late last week in southeast Nebraska, in a resident who had returned from Nigeria and in five members of the person’s household.
COVID-19 cases caused by omicron had been reported in at least 17 states by Monday. But the delta variant remains responsible for more than 99% of cases in the United States.
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That’s on the opposite side of the state from me … SE Nebraska is nearly four hundred miles from here. With a 75mph speed limit on I-80 it could be here by morning.
Mrs Cranky has been going stir crazy. She went to a restaurant with a close friend ( not happy about that, but I understand and she went to a place with good distance between customers and demonstrated safety protocols).
But OMG. Here is her order (specialty for this place, cocktails and cupcakes):
Cider on tap.
Just the pictures raised my blood sugar.
re: #61 A Cranky One
Mrs Cranky has been going stir crazy. She went to a restaurant with a close friend ( not happy about that, but I understand and she went to a place with good distance between customers and demonstrated safety protocols).
But OMG. Here is her order (specialty for this place, cocktails and cupcakes):
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Just the pictures raised my blood sugar.
um…. you call this a restaurant? It looks to me like a bar. With snacks.
From my backyard: TCAPS receives four threats in last week
upnorthlive.com
Disgusting.
re: #63 Eric The Fruit Bat
From my backyard: TCAPS receives four threats in last week
upnorthlive.comDisgusting.
I note that in the body of the article the school says they’re not aware of one specific person both bullying and making a threat to the school, but they will investigate.
At this point regarding bullying in schools, it seems like school self-investigations are like police self-investigations regarding alleged brutality.
“We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong.”
I’m on-board with independent investigations of school bullying as well.
re: #1 mmmirele
On a personal note, my mother used to complain when I was a girl that up until Christmas it was Advent, NOT Christmas, and it wasn’t properly Christmas until Christmas Day, and the celebration kept going until Epiphany on January 6 (which also happens to be her birthday). She really had a thing about Christmas going for those 12 days, which may have been to spice up Christmas leftovers, but hey…
Advent is a big thing in Germany: the four Sundays before Christmas. Kids get an Advent calendar with a sweet treat for each day of the month and it is (a relatively modern) tradition to light an advent crown with four candles, lighting one candle on First Advent, etc., sorta like Hanukkah.
And Christmas Eve is the high point of the celebration, the other days are just follow up.
re: #25 DodgerFan1988
Where are the “Pro-Life?”
“Hate the sin, love the sinner. But if they snuff themselves over their sins, that’s just too bad!”
Pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas:
“The Biden Administration is the ungodliest administration in the history of our country—I don’t care how many rosary beads they rub.” pic.twitter.com/HJu7uVS2WO
— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) December 5, 2021
re: #67 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas:
“The Biden Administration is the ungodliest administration in the history of our country—I don’t care how many rosary beads they rub.”
Neither of the Two Corinthians could be reached for comment.
re: #67 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That thread is full of commentators showing their Christian love. By which I mean hate. Lots of Catholic bashing. Lots of Bible quoting.
re: #69 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That thread is full of commentators showing their Christian love. By which I mean hate. Lots of Catholic bashing. Lots of Bible quoting.
When they say “America is a Christian Nation!” they mean a Fundamentalist Protestant Christian Nation
re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
When they say “America is a Christian Nation!” they mean a Fundamentalist Protestant Christian Nation
They also mean to marginalise (at best) anyone who they disagree with, or kill outright (at worst).
re: #71 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They also mean to marginalise (at best) anyone who they disagree with, or kill outright (at worst).
they have a very narrow view of what sort of people “deserve” basic human needs like food, shelter or medical care…
After a long time, Frog said ‘Toad, it is getting dark. We should be going to sleep now.’
— Frog and Toad Bot (@FrogandToadbot) December 7, 2021
Turning Point USA publishes a “watchlist” of Univ faculty they don’t like for political reasons yet they showed up at a University of Nebraska Regents meeting threatening to sue a faculty member because he published a list of their local members. You can’t make this stuff up.
— Jeff Weber (@nebweber) December 5, 2021
Christmas was popularized in the United States during the American Civil War, when Harper’s Weekly featured the image of Santa Claus visiting the Union Army on its front page. https://t.co/eZ0pWbCLQl
— Star-Herald (@sbstarherald) December 7, 2021
Keep it classy, UK Conservative Party. You’re making the news in Scottsbluff, Nebr. again.
LONDON (AP) — British parliamentary authorities are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found at numerous sites in Parliament.
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he was contacting police after the Sunday Times reported that illegal drugs were being used inside Parliament buildings.
The newspaper said tests using drug detection wipes found traces of cocaine in 11 locations that are only accessible by accredited parliamentary lawmakers, staff and journalists, including a washroom near Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s parliamentary office.
“The accounts of drug misuse in Parliament given to the Sunday Times are deeply concerning — and I will be raising them as a priority with the Metropolitan Police this week,” Hoyle said in a statement. “I expect to see full and effective enforcement of the law.”
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UK police contacted over report of cocaine use in Parliament (NBC Scottsbluff)
Brr.
There is the potential for accumulating snow across portions of the region. The best chances appear to be across northwest and northern Nebraska, but everyone should stay tuned for further updates as the forecast track may change. #NEwx pic.twitter.com/RitsF6Fy5n
— NWS North Platte (@NWSNorthPlatte) December 7, 2021
re: #76 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
British parliamentary authorities are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found at numerous sites in Parliament.
and right on time in typical Boris Johnson old-school-tie hypocrisy:
Users of class A drugs in UK face losing passports, say reports of proposals
Boris Johnson expected to launch 10-year plan this week to tackle drug-related crime
re: #75 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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As I like to note to my friends, most of what we associate with a “traditional” Christmas in the West really came about as a result of a single novel: A Christmas Carol. Before it was published, Christmas was largely becoming a rural holiday as the increasing industrialization and urbanization of major nations left people feeling that the holiday could not be properly celebrated in what was largely a dreary and bleak existence for many in the growing cities.
re: #80 Targetpractice
As I like to note to my friends, most of what we associate with a “traditional” Christmas in the West really came about as a result of a single novel: A Christmas Carol. Before it was published, Christmas was largely becoming a rural holiday as the increasing industrialization and urbanization of major nations left people feeling that the holiday could not be properly celebrated in what was largely a dreary and bleak existence for many in the growing cities.
Plus in the early United States it was viewed as largely both a British holiday and a pagan one. Christians throughout the new country suppressed celebrations of Christmas as both pagan and unpatriotic.
Christmas was not made a federal holiday in the USA until June 26, 1870.
Logic: Non-religion is a religion. Also, you can’t say what you think if it offends me.
No reason for this kind of nonsense statement either.
Fanatic #atheism is a religious worldview and shares an active belief system as nagging as most orthodox religious groups. The world’s newest major religion is no religion.#justsaying— 🍁 Mila 🍁 (@streetartlover_) December 7, 2021
re: #83 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Sir Patrick Stewart providing the Star Trek connection
re: #81 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
…Christmas was largely becoming a rural holiday as the increasing industrialization and urbanization of major nations left people feeling that the holiday could not be properly celebrated in what was largely a dreary and bleak existence for many in the growing cities.
Midwinter was a time when there was little to do in rural areas but hunker down by the fire and celebrate.
In urban and industrial areas, there was work, work, work year-round.
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Midwinter was a time when there was little to do in rural areas but hunker down by the
fire and celebrate.smoking peat and starve.In urban and industrial areas, there was work, work, work year-round.
Hibernicized that fer ya.
(a) You’re not a Catholic; and even if you were, the Sacrament of the Confession should not be used to cover up crimes in a nation ruled by law.
re: #86 Decatur Deb
Hibernicized that fer ya.
We burn corn cobs here, at least the ones cattle don’t eat. Not a lot of peat.
re: #82 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Logic: Non-religion is a religion. Also, you can’t say what you think if it offends me.
There is a salon article about the overlap between the “new atheist” and right-wing grift.
But there is one point of atheism that a lot of people cannot get their heads around: it is not only not a religion, it is not organized in any sense, which makes it very different from any established church or sect.
It has no scriptures or doctrine or prophets or ministers. Just individual atheists who - for what ever reason - do not believe in God.
re: #88 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We burn corn cobs here, at least the ones cattle don’t eat. Not a lot of peat.
I thought you burned cow chips…
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I thought you burned cow chips…
Those too.
Maybe I should put in a question to the HVAC installers of our new furnace if there is a cow chip/corn cob hopper I can load to save money on natural gas. /s
Used to work as a beekeeper as a student sideline job in the desert outside of Tucson.
They put me in charge of the smoker, which meant gathering cow chips and igniting them with burlap to blow smoke on the hives to calm them down.
re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Used to work as a beekeeper as a student sideline job in the desert outside of Tucson.
They put me in charge of the smoker, which meant gathering cow chips and igniting them with burlap to blow smoke on the hives to calm them down.
That sounds fragrant.
The so-called liberal Pope:
Pope Francis has compared the EU to a dictatorship in its attempt to impose ‘woke’ rules on language.
The pope, 84, said the bloc risked falling apart if it became a vehicle for “ideological colonisation” as he left Greece following a four-day trip.
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Pope compares EU to dictatorship for attempts to ban Christmas (The Telegraph, December 6, 2021)
Pope warns the EU not to take the ‘path of ideological colonisation’
Well, after several days of racking my brain, I finally figured out my sister’s Christmas gift this year. At this rate, I might figure out gifts for my folks sometime before the heat death of the universe.
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The so-called liberal Pope:
(more)
Pope compares EU to dictatorship for attempts to ban Christmas (The Telegraph, December 6, 2021)
Pope warns the EU not to take the ‘path of ideological colonisation’
paywalled.
Europe used to be relatively free of the War on Christmas hype.
But it has spread to here as well…
I’m going to head off to bed.
Tonight I worked on some Advent and Christmas songs on the hammered dulicmer. I got about twenty minutes of playing in before my hands really started burning in pain.
I’ll leave this here on the way out: O Come O Come Emanuel (2:35, on the Dusty Strings model I asked my wife to buy)
re: #2 ckkatz
Thanks!! Good investment if you live in a state prone to snowstorms.
Morning Lizardim from the bitterly cold and snowy wild north country. Today, we are coming out of a day of single-digit temperatures, with yesterday’s high actually being early in the morning, at 8 °F (-13.3 C), and this morning’s walk was conducted in a light breeze at 2 °F (-16.7 C) standing air temperature, with a wind chill of -8 °F (-22.2 C). How go things among the lizardfolk on this brutal winter day?
re: #76 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It appears there is now a UK version of the “War on Drugs” thing going on. So I expect a lot of stories about various chemical addictions to pop up in the British news outlets.
This isn’t good.
A total of 68 doctors and nurses who work at a Spanish hospital have tested positive for COVID-19 since attending a massive Christmas party last week, officials said Monday.
The infected medics work in the intensive care unit at University Regional Hospital in Malaga. They were all present at the Dec. 1 celebration that had 173 attendees, according to the Andalusian regional government.
The source of the outbreak was still under investigation and authorities said a large meal for hospital staff could also be to blame.
The cases are all considered mild.
All the staffers who tested positive had either received their third booster vaccines or antigen tests before the party.
re: #102 Shropshire Slasher
This isn’t good.
A reminder: No vaccine is 100% effective. Even boosted, it’s still important to take all the best mitigation steps you can, to avoid outcomes like this.
re: #103 Dopamine Fish
A reminder: No vaccine is 100% effective. Even boosted, it’s still important to take all the best mitigation steps you can, to avoid outcomes like this.
But 40% of the attendees get Covid?
re: #104 Shropshire Slasher
But 40% of the attendees get Covid?
What variant, to what degree, etc? There isn’t enough information in this article to say much of anything. In addition it’s the Post, the Faux of print.
This alone should disqualify him from running again.
Trump and Meadows hid Trump’s positive test from his inner circle and from top public health officials.
By the end of October, more than two dozen people in his orbit would test positive.
Must-read @AshleyRParker @jdawsey1 deep dive:https://t.co/lrGDs4Vhbr— Matea Gold (@mateagold) December 6, 2021
re: #105 William Lewis
What variant, to what degree, etc? There isn’t enough information in this article to say much of anything. In addition it’s the Post, the Faux of print.
Vaccination is intended to give one an immediate response to the presence of a virus, instead of letting the virus replicate before your immune system fully responds.
Thus being vaccinated is not a goal of never catching a virus. A virus particle will enter your nasal passages regardless of whether you’re vaccinated or not.
Local data (San Diego County) suggests that the vaccinated are thirty-ish times less likely to die or be hospitalized than the unvaccinated.
Those Spanish medical personnel all report mild symptoms. Now, it will be interesting going forward to see how many mild cases of Covid-19 occur each season.
It is my suspicion, based on what virologists seem to be saying, is that we’re going to have treat ourselves with regular (annually, or biennially) coronavirus vaccinations, as we do for the flu.
re: #107 Shropshire Slasher
From that BBC link, the most important line:
“The infected staff were all fully vaccinated and are showing no symptoms, health authorities said.” (bolding by me). This shows that the vaccination has helped. If they were all seriously ill, I’d be worried. This is just more of the same as we’ve been seeing for some time.
re: #101 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It appears there is now a UK version of the “War on Drugs” thing going on. So I expect a lot of stories about various chemical addictions to pop up in the British news outlets.
Boris needs a good diversion from his war on the UK economy.
LOL
An aide to Vice President Kamala Harris responded to the exodus of staffers from her office by publicly proclaiming how much he loves his job — only to get roasted online.
Following a blistering report in which Harris was described as a “bully” who dishes out “soul-destroying criticism,” David Gins took to Twitter to say he’d never been happier.
A large photo in a gilt frame on the wall to his left showed Harris standing behind a desk next to second gentleman Douglas Emhoff.Gins’ tweet quickly racked up more than 7,000 comments, many of which suggested he was being less than candid.
“blink twice if you need help dave,” one commenter mocked, likening him to a hostage.
I have had jobs like that
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There was a photo floating around a couple of days ago of BoJo in a policeman’s garb, as a way to draw attention to his War on Drugs.
Said photo was of course mocked endlessly.
re: #114 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
There was a photo floating around a couple of days ago of BoJo in a policeman’s garb, as a way to draw attention to his War on Drugs.
Said photo was of course mocked endlessly.
Waiting for a photoshop of him busting Keith Richards…
re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Waiting for a photoshop of him busting Keith Richards…
With Paul doing “Band on the Run” as the soundtrack?
re: #3 ckkatz
You bring up a fascinating question on how Christmas was observed before our generation. Unfortunately, I cannot add much to the conversation beyond some Boomer interpreted historic songs like this one:
1970’s English folk rock:
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Big up-ding for Steeleye Span. They are a very long-lived and wonderful group.
re: #102 Shropshire Slasher
This isn’t good.
I’ll take it if boosted individuals are only getting mild cases.
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re: #106 Patricia Kayden
This alone should disqualify him from running again.
it should, but it won’t, because his cultists don’t care. In other Covid news, the winter surge has begun in Kentucky. I just got the morning update, and almost every county in the state is in the red again.
re: #120 No Malarkey!
it should, but it won’t, because his cultists don’t care. In other Covid news, the winter surge has begun in Kentucky. I just got the morning update, and almost every county in the state is in the red again.
It’s a hoax, it’s nothing worse than the flu, etc. No biggie.
750K dead? Co-morbidities and over-reporting because they get Soros money for reporting Covid deaths…
re: #14 ckkatz
If anybody has contact with Joe Bacon, I think that he might be interested in this article:
Pennsylvania awards Tree of Life synagogue $6.6 million grant for rebuilding project
post-gazette.com
I see Joe often over at SorryAntiVaxxer. I said Hey the other day and told him I missed him.
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It’s a hoax, it’s nothing worse than the flu, etc. No biggie.
750K dead? Co-morbidities and over-reporting because they get Soros money for reporting Covid deaths…
Everytime I sneak a peek at rightwing media, they are pushing antivaxxer talking points. Yesterday, I listened to a few seconds of Hannity, and he was pushing hydroxychloroquine.
re: #102 Shropshire Slasher
This isn’t good.
If you wear a seat belt, but attend a demolition derby in you car, you’re probably going to get hurt.
re: #113 Shropshire Slasher
LOL
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I have had jobs like that
I have, too, but it was the president, the secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, and my captain on the wall.
This is just speculation, but I’ve been wondering what, if any, standard the Court might set if they decide to treat women as something more than “earthen vessels” and preserve some shred of bodily autonomy when they reverse Roe v. Wade. There didn’t seem to be much interest in Roberts’ “I personally think that 15 weeks is long enough to decide whether or not to get an abortion” test. If they wanted a bare minimum standard, maybe they will allow women the right to an abortion to protect women who face disabling or life threatening conditions if the pregnancy continues. The media might then present this as a “compromise” preserving a right to an abortion.
‘many Portlanders no longer feel safe in their city. Business owners have closed up shop for fear of doing business in high-risk areas. Commuters fear for their safety, whether taking public transport or going by foot. Parents are scared to let their children play outside.’
They have $62 million extra to play with this year, I am sure crime stats will go down.
re: #123 No Malarkey!
Everytime I sneak a peek at rightwing media, they are pushing antivaxxer talking points. Yesterday, I listened to a few seconds of Hannity, and he was pushing hydroxychloroquine.
that will never go away.
and god, had it proved even the least bit effective against Covid, it would have meant that Trump would still be President, he would have been praised as savior of America and the World and avatar of science and proof that those elitist guys with their college degrees and years of experience in their fields of study are just pawns of Soros.
Speaking of last nerves…
My last nerve is absolutely getting stomped on this morning. Why do I even bother with Christianity when at all points the men in charge treat me and every other woman like their property? /signed single, never married, childless, 61 YO and so very very very tired.
— Dee *on a social media hiatus* Holmes (@mmmirele) December 7, 2021
John MacArthur thinks of himself as a Bible scholar…well, he obviously can’t read the text. It says nothing about husbands being saviors of wifes wives. /spelling!
re: #1 mmmirele
jeebus, what on earth is going on in this painting? especially at the right side of the table…
5 - This Pieter Brueghel the Younger (before 1616, Netherlands) painting gives you a good idea of what I’m talking about.
Poultry running amok! Child unattended near flame! Bagpipes! Costumes! Ornamental garlic?
But clearly, common people shit. pic.twitter.com/RJCHD20BDa— Natania Barron (@NataniaBarron) December 7, 2021
re: #131 mmmirele
Oh, Patriarchal men. You just have way too high a view of yourselves and way too low a view of women.
and their obsessive cult of purity and virginity, which is based on the notion that “damaged” property has a lower market value, because otherwise one cannot ensure that a man’s herds and lands will be passed along to his own spawn…
OH HAI
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— Jeremy Kamil (@macroliter) December 6, 2021
re: #87 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
(a) You’re not a Catholic; and even if you were, the Sacrament of the Confession should not be used to cover up crimes in a nation ruled by law.
The judge in the case stomped all over this. Josh Duggar’s attorney was trying to get Bobye (pronounced Bobbie) Holt disqualified as a witness because her husband was an elder in Jim Bob Duggar’s home independent fundamental Baptist church. And gee, wives of elders are covered by clergy privilege? Nope, said the judge. Bobye Holt was the prosecution’s last witness yesterday. It was apparently harrowing testimony (scroll down).
The case currently is with the defense and they’re trying to throw up various bogus defenses to build some, ANY, doubt.
re: #135 Belafon
I clicked on that link, then the California link on that page and got a stream of CA specific Covid data.
Actually a useful page.
This seems like a good thing, but I bet antivaxxers will go nuts:
And now for some good news! Beautiful work by @Lab_Harrington showing tet+ Spike-specific T cells directly ex vivo in breastmilk- and they increase in number with boost!!🤩 https://t.co/cYMf8TOJqT
— Dr. Marion Pepper (@PepperMarion) December 6, 2021
re: #139 Belafon
This seems like a good thing, but I bet antivaxxers will go nuts:
mothers poisoning innocent babies with beelzebub’s milkshake of perdition!
re: #138 darthstar
I clicked on that link, then the California link on that page and got a stream of CA specific Covid data.
Actually a useful page.
The original link is the one that Twitter is including at the bottom of every covid tweet.
It’s time for Republicans to ask why God is hardening their hearts:
persuasion and mandates have gradually pushed up vaccinations among those initially hesistant, including Blacks and Hispanics
they haven’t melted hard-core resistance among Republicans, who now make up 60% of unvaccinated Americans, according to @KFF https://t.co/vX2r7TcRXO— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 6, 2021
re: #29 Dave In Austin
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how did this manage a mere 5 updings?
i’ve got tears rolling down my face
re: #82 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Logic: Non-religion is a religion. Also, you can’t say what you think if it offends me.
It makes them feel better about themselves.
re: #82 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Logic: Non-religion is a religion. Also, you can’t say what you think if it offends me.
Not breathing is a form of breathing.
re: #103 Dopamine Fish
A reminder: No vaccine is 100% effective. Even boosted, it’s still important to take all the best mitigation steps you can, to avoid outcomes like this.
68 people sitting together eating means no masks. Why would anyone have 68 people together without masks? That doesn’t affect efficacy, it’s just plain stupidity.
And all cases were mild so the vax is doing its job.
Humans, however, are not.
re: #107 Shropshire Slasher
Might want to start with one of those. If it’s anything from the post, personally, I just go past it without reading anything because they are not a real news source.
re: #129 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I originally captioned my pic ” Swallowtail caterpillar in the parsley sacrifice zone”, but the the caption was eated.
I wrote the caption in the pop-up when I dragged the file into the comment box, but I wanted to check that the caption was not overlaid on the photo so I entered the image library and saw that it that option was selected. I changed it to ‘outside’, hit save and then clicked insert without noticing that the caption box was blank.
I’ve noticed that behavior before but forgot. Not sure if the overlay option is the default or if it was because it was the last selected.
re: #109 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Vaccination is intended to give one an immediate response to the presence of a virus, instead of letting the virus replicate before your immune system fully responds.
Thus being vaccinated is not a goal of never catching a virus. A virus particle will enter your nasal passages regardless of whether you’re vaccinated or not.
Local data (San Diego County) suggests that the vaccinated are thirty-ish times less likely to die or be hospitalized than the unvaccinated.
Those Spanish medical personnel all report mild symptoms. Now, it will be interesting going forward to see how many mild cases of Covid-19 occur each season.
It is my suspicion, based on what virologists seem to be saying, is that we’re going to have treat ourselves with regular (annually, or biennially) coronavirus vaccinations, as we do for the flu.
Something else that would interest me is how many in their own personal circles have gotten the virus from them, how they fared, and their vax status.
re: #113 Shropshire Slasher
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I have had jobs like that
So, you’re assuming that he is a hostage and not happy with his job? Really?
re: #139 Belafon
This seems like a good thing, but I bet antivaxxers will go nuts:
Too late; antivaxxers are already nuts.
re: #150 jeffreyw
I originally captioned my pic ” Swallowtail caterpillar in the parsley sacrifice zone”, but the the caption was eated.
I wrote the caption in the pop-up when I dragged the file into the comment box, but I wanted to check that the caption was not overlaid on the photo so I entered the image library and saw that it that option was selected. I changed it to ‘outside’, hit save and then clicked insert without noticing that the caption box was blank.
I’ve noticed that behavior before but forgot. Not sure if the overlay option is the default or if it was because it was the last selected.
I was just amused by the similarity of the pictures. That was my neighbor’s parsley that the caterpillars denuded twice. Enough time between generations this summer for it to recover.
re: #89 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is a salon article about the overlap between the “new atheist” and right-wing grift.
But there is one point of atheism that a lot of people cannot get their heads around: it is not only not a religion, it is not organized in any sense, which makes it very different from any established church or sect.
It has no scriptures or doctrine or prophets or ministers. Just individual[s] atheists who - for what ever reason - do not believe in God.
there are no meetings.
exactly the same as aphilatelists
re: #147 Belafon
Not breathing is a form of breathing.
We’ve been over this ground before, and I have to leave anyway. But simply put, there is a difference between nonreligious and antireligious. The latter has led to persecutions as major as anything religions have done, and since the nonexistence of God is no more provable than the existence, forcing it down other people’s throats counts as promulgating religion.
re: #152 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So, you’re assuming that he is a hostage and not happy with his job? Really?
How many Trump employees (outside immediate family) were the least bit satisfied with their jobs (for as long as they held them)?
But this is Kamala, and when it comes to her, our media are basically (Obama + Hillary)³ when it comes to negative reporting.
re: #139 Belafon
This seems like a good thing, but I bet antivaxxers will go nuts:
I hope so, but they do not have data on whether it does any good yet.
Yes! We’re working on this next
— Harrington Lab (@Lab_Harrington) December 7, 2021
re: #155 Dangerman
there are no meetings.
exactly the same as aphilatelists
trying to force their non-hobby on those whose entire life is based on it
Here’s a shocker:
Anti-Vaxxer Who Treated His COVID Infection With Bleach Ingredient Dieshttps://t.co/iV0FXMUo8N— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) December 7, 2021
re: #156 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
We’ve been over this ground before, and I have to leave anyway. But simply put, there is a difference between nonreligious and antireligious. The latter has led to persecutions as major as anything religions have done, and since the nonexistence of God is no more provable than the existence, forcing it down other people’s throats counts as promulgating religion.
That persecution is part of the Marxist belief system, which is itself a secular cult promising a future utopia, in every respect a religion except that it lacks a supernatural component.
re: #163 No Malarkey!
That persecution is part of the Marxist belief system, which is itself a secular cult promising a future utopia, in every respect a religion except that it lacks a supernatural component.
Marxist anti-religion was a result of the organized churches generally being ardent supporters, allies and enablers of the autocracy and aristocracy, making them Enemies of the People..
re: #164 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Marxist anti-religion was a result of the organized churches generally being ardent supporters, allies and enablers of the autocracy and aristocracy, making them Enemies of the People..
“The opiate of the masses.”
re: #154 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I was just amused by the similarity of the pictures. That was my neighbor’s parsley that the caterpillars denuded twice. Enough time between generations this summer for it to recover.
We see the same thing every year, here’s a Swallowtail chrysalis from July of 2014.
I plant two or more containers with parsley every year with them in mind. They also love dill.
re: #128 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
that will never go away.
and god, had it proved even the least bit effective against Covid, it would have meant that Trump would still be President, he would have been praised as savior of America and the World and avatar of science and proof that those elitist guys with their college degrees and years of experience in their fields of study are just pawns of Soros.
The truly insane bit is had Trump handled the pandemic in any semblance of semi competency, he would have easily won reelection. But his insane choice to purposefully make the pandemic as bad as possible for as many people as possible doomed his chances - killing 500,000+ Americans isn’t good for the resume of an American leader.
re: #165 No Malarkey!
“The opiate of the masses.”
That is one thing. Marx simply meant that they were what the disheartened masses turned to to ease their suffering.
But massive Communist anti-religion was based on political expediency: remember that that the Pillars of the Russian Empire said to be Autocracy and Orthodoxy.
Do not forget the close relations between Franco and the Catholic Church, and of course the British Monarchs are still titular head of the Anglican Church, etc…
re: #167 lawhawk
The truly insane bit is had Trump handled the pandemic in any semblance of semi competency, he would have easily won reelection. But his insane choice to purposefully make the pandemic as bad as possible for as many people as possible doomed his chances - killing 500,000+ Americans isn’t good for the resume of an American leader.
That would have called on him to actually display leadership: to name and appoint competent people and listen to their counsel and recommendations.
That was never his style. He was much more concerned with the economic fallout, especially to his heavily-leveraged commercial properties.
re: #167 lawhawk
The truly insane bit is had Trump handled the pandemic in any semblance of semi competency, he would have easily won reelection. But his insane choice to purposefully make the pandemic as bad as possible for as many people as possible doomed his chances - killing 500,000+ Americans isn’t good for the resume of an American leader.
The real pity and frustration of all this is that his behavior, and that of the Republicans in support of it, should have led to a 30+ exile to the political wilderness for the party if not its outright extinction. With Trump being relegated to historical footnotes and a very high rating in the Worst Presidents Ever list.
There was an active shooter around the Kentucky Capitol this morning, but he was apparently just a car thief and not a terrorist. His accomplice, who did not fire at police, is still at large. No reports of injuries. kentucky.com
re: #171 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
The real pity and frustration of all this is that his behavior, and that of the Republicans in support of it, should have led to a 30+ exile to the political wilderness for the party if not its outright extinction. With Trump being relegated to historical footnotes and a very high rating in the Worst Presidents Ever list.
The fact that such a revulsion did not occur tells us things about the American people that we did not want to know. But we need to.
re: #172 jeffreyw
State TV host expressed her hope that the escalating tensions wouldn’t ultimately lead to nuclear war, but quickly reiterated Putin’s assertion that if that were to happen, the Russians “will go to heaven, as martyrs,” while the other side will simply die.https://t.co/SScd0rTVGs
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 7, 2021
re: #174 Decatur Deb
The fact that such a revulsion did not occur tells us things about the American people that we did not want to know. But we need to.
And the state of our media, who had a clear financial interest in keeping a reality TV star in the White house to guarantee sensationalism and high ratings.
re: #174 Decatur Deb
The fact that such a revulsion did not occur tells us things about the American people that we did not want to know. But we need to.
Good article about the growing insanity in the GOP and Republican cowardice in the face of it.
Peter Meijer is no hero, but the article is a good read about the insanity that has gripped the GOP, and the cowardice of GOP officials who are prepared to welcome the end of democracy to preserve their own careers.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) December 7, 2021
re: #167 lawhawk
The truly insane bit is had Trump handled the pandemic in any semblance of semi competency, he would have easily won reelection. But his insane choice to purposefully make the pandemic as bad as possible for as many people as possible doomed his chances - killing 500,000+ Americans isn’t good for the resume of an American leader.
he could have been a leader.
but then he then would have turned off some of his base.
the anti-science/anti-intellectual who today are still cowering in fear and demonizing CDC, WHO, Fauci, etc.
as the broken ego that he is, who just has to be loved, maybe he couldnt risk this.
or maybe he would have upped the rally schedule and been even more careful about who got in (now only the ‘right’ kind of R’s).
finally, the guy’s a coward.
he was never going to ‘lead’; that wouldnt be him.
he took the temperature and decided he was ok with it wherever it went.
re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Even if he was solely concerned about his properties, his refusal to deal with the pandemic in any rational manner resulted in more economic harms to him, the economy, and the population.
re: #181 lawhawk
Even if he was solely concerned about his properties, his refusal to deal with the pandemic in any rational manner resulted in more economic harms to him, the economy, and the population.
Remember the half a trillion dollars in financial aid to investors (with minimal oversight) that he released? You can damn well bet that a good chunk of that was shell-gamed around to help keep his finances afloat.
re: #169 darthstar
My ten inch isn’t big enough for me to see the non-lunar objects to the left of Jupiter.
“I dare say, from many of my understanding of many of your viewpoints, you also promote, like, the way of interacting with women. And I go, ‘Have you been in a relationship with a woman,’” asked Watson.“No,” replied Fuentes, who is 23.
re: #184 Belafon
My ten inch isn’t big enough for me to see the non-lunar objects to the left of Jupiter.
Hey now…. this is a family site. /
re: #184 Belafon
My ten inch isn’t big enough for me to see the non-lunar objects to the left of Jupiter.
Part of my problem is that I wouldn’t know if I was staring at Neptune.
Can’t wait for people to realize there’s a legit shortage of grown Christmas trees this year.
Or that the reason there’s a shortage is that growers curtailed their crops in wake of the Bush recession in 2008. It takes 12+ years to get trees to market size.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) December 7, 2021
re: #189 lawhawk
Its much easier just to blame Joe Biden.
re: #184 Belafon
My ten inch isn’t big enough for me to see the non-lunar objects to the left of Jupiter.
re: #190 No Malarkey!
Its much easier just to blame Joe Biden.
That is part of the job of being President.
The last guy was just very successful at ignoring/deflecting the blame and not doing his job of fixing the problem regardless whose fault it was.
re: #187 Belafon
Part of my problem is that I wouldn’t know if I was staring at Neptune.
What about Uranus?
(ba dum bum)
re: #177 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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These things look a bit like colorful mobile pieces of pipe cleaner.
Those fuzzy bits are stingers
re: #193 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What about Uranus?
(ba dum bum)
There’s a reason I chose Neptune. I’ve been informed that this is a family web site.
I dont know who this is, but considering the musical tastes here someone might: Folk singer Bill Staines died of cancer on the fifth.
re: #195 Belafon
There’s a reason I chose Neptune. I’ve been informed that this is a family web site.
Since when?
(not to be redundant)
re: #192 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is part of the job of being President.
The last guy was just very successful at ignoring/deflecting the blame and not doing his job of fixing the problem regardless whose fault it was.
And, of course, according to TFG, every problem was always Somebody Else’s fault…..
The developed world monitors America so closely as a precautionary measure pic.twitter.com/NXyamGuZTh
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) December 7, 2021
Hold him in contempt of Congress.
Just in: Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will stop cooperating with Jan. 6 committee, his attorney George Terwilliger says on Fox News
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) December 7, 2021
The statute of Confederate General and first Grand Wizard of the KKK Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed this morning. The statue was visible from I-65 in Tenn. Video from WTVF. pic.twitter.com/taGblqKDFM
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 7, 2021
re: #202 No Malarkey!
Hold him in contempt of Congress.
He’s just barely smart enough to realize that they are asking questions he can’t answer without implicating himself (and others).
Carnac the Magnificent sees a contempt citation in his near future.
re: #204 No Malarkey!
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re: #204 No Malarkey!
So was that the weird painted fiberglass (?) statue of Forrest looking wild-eyed and waving his sword? *
IIRC, that had been set up on private property, so its removal may well be because it is going to be relocated to someplace even more prominent (it’s Tennessee, after all)….
*ETA it looks like it
re: #205 The Squire of Logos
He’s just barely smart enough to realize that they are asking questions he can’t answer without implicating himself (and others).
Carnac the Magnificent sees a contempt citation in his near future.
some people are definitely cooperating
it’s gonna make it real hard to assert exec priv or some other legalese
- “xxx already testified so the committee already knows…”
- “how can you assert exec priv* on the same info when xxx didnt”
* plus it’s not your call in the first place
re: #209 Belafon
I sense a pettern…
Probably because as sane, intelligent beings, we all want that thing destroyed. Not only because of what it represents, but because it was as fugly as hell.
There appears to be an outage with Disney Plus right now.
Upon further digging, it appears to be an outage at AWS affecting multiple services.
re: #204 No Malarkey!
Wasn’t that the insanely weird statue of the KKKer treasonweasel insurrectionist Forrest?
You got it.
It was removed one year after the guy who erected it died, and the executor of the estate ordered it removed.
re: #218 Jay C
Dorris’ will left his estate to three parties:
The Sons of Confederate Veterans
The Battle of Nashville Trust
And his border collie Lulu
so he was every bit as bonkers as his statue
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, what on earth is going on in this painting? especially at the right side of the table…
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re: #206 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Can’t really tell from the video, but was it that ugly gold monstrosity that was sitting on private property?
Speaking of ugly gold monstrosities…
re: #217 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Owner of the land died a year ago.
Can you image someone wanting that hideous thing to be their legacy?
🤢
re: #222 The Squire of Logos
Can you image someone wanting that hideous thing to be their legacy?
🤢
Sadly, yes.
I can easily envision the estate auctioning it off and it being bought by some jackwad (or consortium of jackwads) who will likely re-erect it in some place even more visible than before, and probably seriously fundraise off of it over “triggering the libs” or whatever…
Oh well, at least Lulu the Border Collie will have her kibble and vet bills taken care of for the rest of her life: maybe they can keep one of Forrest’s boots for her to use as a “fire hydrant”…..
re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg
Upon further digging, it appears to be an outage at AWS affecting multiple services.
That would explain why I couldn’t get Amazon to search for the cat water fountain replacement filters I was looking to order a few minutes ago.
re: #222 The Squire of Logos
Can you image someone wanting that hideous thing to be their legacy?
🤢
If your cause is white supremacy, yes.
re: #202 No Malarkey!
Hold him in contempt of Congress.
And start throwing these fuckers into a jail cell.
re: #224 Eventual Carrion
That would explain why I couldn’t get Amazon to search for the cat water fountain replacement filters I was looking to order a few minutes ago.
I’m guessing Duolingo is in AWS as well.
re: #227 Eclectic Cyborg
I peed in that toilet when it was on display at the Guggenheim a few years ago.
NEWS: Nation Observes 80th Anniversary of Attack on Pearl Harborhttps://t.co/5YKJtOjGom
— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) December 7, 2021
BREAKING: A French judicial official says a suspect in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been arrested in France.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 7, 2021
Khalid Aedh Al-Otaibi was one of over a dozen Saudi officials sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2018 over Khashoggi’s killing and dismemberment at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 7, 2021
Just hours before the call got underway, Ukrainian officials charged Russia was continuing to escalate the crisis by sending tanks and snipers to war-torn eastern Ukraine to “provoke return fire.”
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 7, 2021
Eric Trump was just booked as a speaker for this weekend’s Q-Anon friendly ReAwaken American tour in Dallas, Texas.
The Trump family is fully embracing the Q conspiracy folks. pic.twitter.com/7LZPpAt8tW— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 7, 2021
Eric Trump has taken Lin Woods’ spot on the event’s flyer.
Looks like Roger Stone dropped off too. pic.twitter.com/XTTVLRZeeq— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 7, 2021
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
Donald Trump on the other hand, would be trying to convince the Generals to send troops to support Putin.
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is such cringe graphic design.
FLASH: Judge sets Steve Bannon criminal trial for July 18, 2022. In dc fed court https://t.co/1wF1xtAazh
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) December 7, 2021
re: #237 Eclectic Cyborg
Donald Trump on the other hand, would be trying to convince the Generals to send troops to support Putin.
And blaming Joe Biden for stirring up the Ukrainians - probably to “cover up Joe and Hunter’s corrupt dealings”…..
re: #228 darthstar
I’m guessing Duolingo is in AWS as well.
And Xfinity just took a dump. It’s a good thing Charles runs this site from a Commodore 64 in his garage.
re: #116 jeffreyw
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LIFE RULES
Never go to the supermarket when you’re very hungry.
Never click on a link to the Daily Mail.
Say hello to sheep.
Say hello to horses too, but in a posh voice.
Buy the budget brand Tortilla Chips.
Insulate your house with books.
Pretty sure that’s everything covered.— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) December 7, 2021
As we mark National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we honor the patriots who perished, commemorate the valor of all those who defended our nation, and recommit ourselves to carrying forth the ensuing peace and reconciliation that brought a better future for our world. pic.twitter.com/I12XoYnwCK
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 7, 2021
Hey don’t dis the C-64. I ran my first BBS on one. Ran All American BBS software with a D9060 10 meg, yes meg, HD using a Skyles Electric Works IEEE 488 interface/adapter and a 28.8 kbs modem. It was considered cutting edge back then.
Ted Cruz, a Republican well known for standing up to the White House.
You know, like when Trump called Cruz’s wife ugly and accused Cruz’s father of murdering a US president and Ted was like, yes, Mr. Trump, my wife totally is a hideous troll and my dad killed Kennedy. Sir. https://t.co/hyrkU2FDGY— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 7, 2021
Good Tuesday all.
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re: #241 darthstar
And Xfinity just took a dump. It’s a good thing Charles runs this site from a Commodore 64 in his garage.
Same with Comcast Business in the suburbs of Chicago. Back up now.
re: #234 A Cranky One
I have a nephew about 12 years younger, who, I was told was just like me when I was his age.
There were several times when I found myself with my hands around his little neck, but then thought “Well, they let me live!” and relented.
re: #247 nines09
Good Tuesday all.
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re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hilarious from the guy (not man) who couldn’t stand up to the failed former President when he called his wife ugly and his father an assassin.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) December 7, 2021
re: #250 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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This is the USS Arizona Memorial with USS Arizona below her as she appears today. A place of extreme reverence. #PearlHarbor80 pic.twitter.com/XW0nevb5iQ
— USS Arizona (@USSArizona) December 7, 2021
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Let us not forget how quickly the USA went about getting those women back out of the workforce and back home to raise kids after the war…
re: #256 The Squire of Logos
Looks like Amazon is back up.
Amazon said in a post an hour after the outage began that it had identified the root cause and was “actively working towards recovery.” It did not disclose more about the cause.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 7, 2021
Amazon warehouse?
— Harmony CalloWay (@HCareworker) December 7, 2021
Yup, all DSP in Roseville are on standby, no routes are assigned or picked.
— Joe Martinez (@jmartsacto) December 7, 2021
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Vlad might want to go look up how Democratic presidents react to needing to use force.
re: #259 Belafon
Vlad might want to go look up how Democratic presidents react to needing to use force.
and how leaders of a coalition react
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well it was, I was back to shopping at least for a bit anyway.
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
As usual, Ted Cruz opts for the most simpleminded interpretation of events so he can bash Democrats.
reuters.com
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
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LIFE RULES
Never go to the supermarket when you’re very hungry.
Never click on a link to the Daily Mail.
Say hello to sheep.
Say hello to horses too, but in a posh voice.
Buy the budget brand Tortilla Chips.
Insulate your house with books.
Pretty sure that’s everything covered.— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) December 7, 2021
- accept that things you don’t like are still the way they are
- recognize impermanence
- never think you have anything under control
re: #184 Belafon
My ten inch isn’t big enough for me to see the non-lunar objects to the left of Jupiter.
At this point, it has become an ear caterpillar.
I have a white vinyl 10 inch Dickies record.
re: #264 wrenchwench
At this point, it has become an ear caterpillar.
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wow it took y’all long enough
re: #256 The Squire of Logos
Looks like Amazon is back up.
And I was able to order the cat fountain filters. Bunny will be happy.
re: #266 Eventual Carrion
And I was able to order the cat fountain filters. Bunny will be happy.
I am still adding to the cart so we’ll see if the website stays up.
Yay for Bunny!
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some years ago I sent my middle daughter to Hawaii for the summer to get her away from some bad influences in Houston. She visited the Arizona memorial and was so inspired to do her part for the country she joined the Army.
Just substitute the words childcare for healthcare and you’ll realize Mitch is just selling you the same argument he used to try to undermine Obamacare.
“Toddler takeover.”
Lol. Ok Mitch. https://t.co/Cy8T37z7q5— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) December 7, 2021
I have a feeling “Toddler Takeover” is not going to be a thing.
Devin Nunes’ new job is a clear ploy to establish defamation damages. “See, my reputation is so destroyed by the pretend cows and stuff that I can only get a job with this clearly fraudulent enterprise run by a dangerous lunatic.”
— Black-HeartedEvilPopehat (@Popehat) December 7, 2021
re: #269 jaunte
“The Democrats have written their Toddler Takeover in ways that would turn families’ finances literally upside down.”
You mean it would make it possible for them to be able to raise a family and offer their children a chance at a better future?
re: #272 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Imagine spending the money you now spend on childcare on food and clothing!
re: #273 jaunte
Imagine spending the money you now spend on childcare on food and clothing!
or (god forbid) helping finance their education!!!
re: #274 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The World Turned Upside Down.
re: #264 wrenchwench
At this point, it has become an ear caterpillar.
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I saw them, the Ramones, and Iggy Pop at a show in Chicago. The tinnitus from the event lasted a year.
Opinion | I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I saw Kamala Harris using wired headphones.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 7, 2021
re: #247 nines09
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re: #276 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I saw them, the Ramones, and Iggy Pop at a show in Chicago. The tinnitus from the event lasted a year.
Fast and loud. {{{ears}}}
re: #279 wrenchwench
Fast and loud. {{{ears}}}
All bands that I like, but for the third band, I could just hear crunching sounds as my ears were wrecked.
re: #272 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“The Democrats have written their Toddler Takeover in ways that would turn families’ finances literally upside down.”
You mean it would make it possible for them to be able to raise a family and offer their children a chance at a better future?
That’s totally upside down to Republicans. We and our children are supposed to beg for scraps and be damn happy for whatever crumbs are thrown our way. Only the rich are supposed to succeed.
Totally upside down to them.
re: #281 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That’s totally upside down to Republicans. We and our children are supposed to beg for scraps and be damn happy for whatever crumbs are thrown our way. Only the rich are supposed to succeed.
Totally upside down to them.
I lifted this from here a few days back and will now return it:
2000: Go to college or you’ll be flipping burgers!
2008: What do you mean you can’t find a job, is flipping burgers too good for you?
2016: You want $15/hr for flipping burgers?! Millennials are so entitled.
2021: Why does no one want to flip burgers anymore?
re: #281 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That’s totally upside down to Republicans. We and our children are supposed to beg for scraps and be damn happy for whatever crumbs are thrown our way. Only the rich are supposed to succeed.
Totally upside down to them.
As their base cries for the whites to have more children. But, of course, not one cent to go towards educating them and helping ensure they are healthy. Unless you’re wealthy enough to afford it.
re: #276 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I saw them, the Ramones, and Iggy Pop at a show in Chicago. The tinnitus from the event lasted a year.
I saw Deep Purple back in the 1980s and my ears rang for three days. Wore ear plugs to concerts after that point.
re: #269 jaunte
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I have a feeling “Toddler Takeover” is not going to be a thing.
Disagree: I think the GOPers are totally going to try to make it a “thing”, though Mitch’s blatherings about “families’ finances” are, IMO, just a blind for their real (ideological) objections: i.e., that if the G gets involved [even more] in childcare and pre-K, the “woke left-wing mob” will seize on the programs to indoctrinate “our” kiddies into becoming America-hating, sex-crazed, atheist, Communistic race-shamed America-haters, and undermine “parental authority”, like woke Commies always do…..
Mitch McConnell might avoid being so blatant about it, but I’m sure MTG or some other member of the GOP Krazy Kaukus will step right up to make the argument much plainer.
re: #164 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Marxist anti-religion was a result of the organized churches generally being ardent supporters, allies and enablers of the autocracy and aristocracy, making them Enemies of the People..
Now do Southeast Asia.
re: #215 lawhawk
Wasn’t that the insanely weird statue of the KKKer treasonweasel insurrectionist Forrest?
You got it.
It was removed one year after the guy who erected it died, and the executor of the estate ordered it removed.
i was curious about how this happened since it was on private property. apparently, the guy who put it up passed away and the executor of his estate made the decision.
also, one of the three parties that are beneficiaries of his estate is his dog. https://t.co/DhlmHnpWeq— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) December 7, 2021
re: #277 Eclectic Cyborg
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I am totally both sidering this
re: #285 Jay C
Disagree: I think the GOPers are totally going to try to make it a “thing”, though Mitch’s blatherings about “families’ finances” are, IMO, just a blind for their real (ideological) objections: i.e., that if the G gets involved [even more] in childcare and pre-K, the “woke left-wing mob” will seize on the programs to indoctrinate “our” kiddies into becoming America-hating, sex-crazed, atheist, Communistic race-shamed America-haters, and undermine “parental authority”, like woke Commies always do…..
West Germany was proud of its lack of child care for a long time as it was promoted as “proof” of their economic (and moral) superiority over the Communist East: “we can afford to let our mothers be housewives!”
That has changed greatly, especially since reunification and subsidized preschool is now (theoretically) guaranteed by law.
I am the second of seven kids in my family (first girl). Twins were born when I was 8. I started babysitting at 12.
The Toddler Takeover is real.
re: #288 Dangerman
I have a set of Bluetooth headphones but they are wired to each other
I am totally both sidering this
I used to have a phoneless cord
During Brett Kavanaugh’s controversial 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, President Donald Trump ‘strongly considered’ dropping the nominee and instead going with a ‘stronger candidate,’ according to a new book by Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows,” Politico reports.“It wasn’t because of accusations that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford while in high school, but because he’d professed that he ‘liked beer’ during his hearings and was, in Trump’s estimation, being too apologetic.”
What an ignoramus
Just texted an old friend to see how they are. Tells me 8 weeks ago him and his wife were driving to the shore and felt ill. Got Covid. Mild case. He lost sense of smell and taste and had a fever after they got there. His wife, who has medical issues, had a less severe reaction. He says the booster a week before saved his wifes’ butt.
I’m not asking him how. But he’s among that group of old time friends who just were reckless IMO.
But when you tire of the isolation….
And if anyone wondered why my pool was visitor free this summer…..
And I’m invited to a soiree out in my old stomping grounds this Friday. One of my best friends who went full on Trumper and I’m not sure I can ever look at him the same way. His daughter was besides herself. His wife is a self righteous know it all. Guy is talented. But he’s a sucker. And he’s unable to level with you.
Like a habitual liar. But we always made fun of that. Not any more.
Uh, well, ahh…..NOPE.
re: #287 No Malarkey!
I hope the dog gets all the money.
A source close to Donald Trump tells the New York Times the former president hates Mark Meadows’ new book and feels betrayed by him.
You hired him.
Only the best!
re: #167 lawhawk
The truly insane bit is had Trump handled the pandemic in any semblance of semi competency, he would have easily won reelection. But his insane choice to purposefully make the pandemic as bad as possible for as many people as possible doomed his chances - killing 500,000+ Americans isn’t good for the resume of an American leader.
Jonathan Karl’s Betrayal has a very disturbing section (am about a third into the book) about a conversation he had with Will Steakin after Trump’s rally in Grand Rapids right before the election. He asked Will what he thought and Will said “I think he’s going to win”, a conclusion he had reached after attending multiple rallies and seeing the enthusiasm and excitement among the large numbers of Trump supporters, supporters who even before the election bought into the assertion that Trump could lose only if the election were rigged. Trump received 11 million more votes than in 2016 — he came within about 40,000 votes of winning, despite his disastrous mishandling of the pandemic.
He is the leader of a mindless cult, he is Hitler reborn with an uncanny skill at attracting followers, and almost the entire GOP party is either onboard or is too afraid to challenge him. Our future is bleak indeed unless we can find someway of dispelling the enchantment he holds over almost half our nation.
re: #295 Decatur Deb
I hope the dog gets all the money.
The article I read said originally the dog was getting 5M, but the executor of the will got that cut to 30K as sufficient for the rest of the dog’s life.
Assuming there was 5M in the estate that means someone else is making out.
re: #296 Dangerman
*I* could have told Meadows that would be Trumps reaction.
re: #299 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
The article I read said originally the dog was getting 5M, but the executor of the will got that cut to 30K as sufficient for the rest of the dog’s life.
Assuming there was 5M in the estate that means someone else is making out.
Dog should sue. Or bite.
The latest on the world chess championship, which is almost over. fivethirtyeight.com
re: #302 No Malarkey!
The latest on the world chess championship, which is almost over. fivethirtyeight.com
They’re covering it like women’s sports!
The day began full of promise. Nepomniachtchi arrived at the board with a fresh haircut, without the man bun that had become his trademark, and with fresh reinforcements.
When I was young I saw many a big act. We went to Strawberry Fields concert in Mosport Ontario. Among the many acts was Grand Funk Railroad. To this day that was the most painful band to ever try and kill with volume.
And then in a form that has repeated itself to me time after time, years later driving Bunky Big Rig I’m on my way to Lindsay Ontario and pass the Mosport Speedway sign on CN route 35.
I…………I’ve been here before……
doo doo doo dooooo…
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re: #294 nines09
I know several people who are going through withdrawals needing to do something, anything. One is considering flying from her home in FL to Chicago for NYE. I’m like, honey, no. We’re all wanting to live life but I’d we don’t get this under control there won’t be a life to live. She said she was bored. I told her at least he was breathing on her own. That made her think. Not sure what she’ll do but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ what are you gonna do? I’ve done my bit. It’s up to her now. I hope she makes the right decision.
re: #297 Hecuba’s daughter
Jonathan Karl’s Betrayal has a very disturbing section (am about a third into the book) about a conversation he had with Will Steakin after Trump’s rally in Grand Rapids right before the election. He asked Will what he thought and Will said “I think he’s going to win”, a conclusion he had reached after attending multiple rallies and seeing the enthusiasm and excitement among the large numbers of Trump supporters, supporters who even before the election bought into the assertion that Trump could lose only if the election were rigged. Trump received 11 million more votes than in 2016 — he came within about 40,000 votes of winning, despite his disastrous mishandling of the pandemic.
He is the leader of a mindless cult, he is Hitler reborn with an uncanny skill at attracting followers, and almost the entire GOP party is either onboard or is too afraid to challenge him. Our future is bleak indeed unless we can find someway of dispelling the enchantment he holds over almost half our nation.
Trump will be dead within a few years max. It’s not like he’s a young man whose influence will go on for decades. Who’s after him? Jr is a fuck up. Ivanka is a girl, and one who’s actually pretty dumb. Eric is just dumb and has no personality. There’s no one to pick up the cult mantle.
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