They let as many personnel off for the weekend as possible. I’m not sure where the security posts are there but when I lived on base only the two main gates were open on holidays. All others closed because guards were off.
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They let as many personnel off for the weekend as possible. I’m not sure where the security posts are there but when I lived on base only the two main gates were open on holidays. All others closed because guards were off.
He really is a useful idiot to some of the worst people in the world. And a happy volunteer idiot, too.
The Civil War culture is by no means limited to the South. Not by a long shot.
I have, and though as an American I am loath to judge another country’s politicians, he exudes waves of insincerity.
Perhaps we should encourage him to get lost in the wilderness until he finds himself.
Maybe be a little more selective in who you blame. The folks who are doing this mostly aren’t from “the south”. Kegsbreath is from MN, for example. That boy’s spent most of his adulthood in the northeast.
Except he didn’t do the telling.
Not a Federal judge, an Immigration judge. They are only attorneys, employees of DHS, and preside over administrative proceedings, not criminal ones.
To hedge against that, a little, I bought a 5-lb bag of our favorite coffee beans. The week after it went up 20% from what I paid.
We know, we’re soaking in it. Your observations aren’t helpful in the least.
Would you please consider not using gendered insults? There’s SO many other way to express how loathsome he is.
Thanks! This is very much in line with something my spouse is working on.
Sometimes it’s necessary to codify things “everybody knows”.
Absolutely! Which is why POC and folks raised/living in cities, who are much more likely (even now) to be exposed to higher lead levels make up the majority of MAGAts.
I had a therapist like that once. Turns out being an opioid addict isn’t really compatible with being an effective therapist.
A pleated single malt? So a Scotch-Irish Catholic schoolgirl?
“Star Wars was still cool” Reagan’s corpse begins to stir…
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It’s the stupidity, stupid. Excellent thread!
I like carrots.
Oh, so just a Short? Are you even trying, bro?
How soon until “Swan Lake” starts?
Unfortunately, he’s more competent than the Current Occupant and definitely more willing to do anything the Project 2025/Thiel/Yarvin cabal tell him to. File under: Thoughts That Keep Me Awake at Night
Let’s hope she was right about her political career, at least.
I owe my U.S. Gov prof an apology. Or maybe a drink. He didn’t used to drink but these days could drive even a teetotaling Texas preacher to it.
I think they will find the poor people will resist this. Strenuously. After all, they’ll have nothing to lose. And there’s a lot of them. (Us.) Plus, we have 120 guns for every 100 people in this country. A lot of poor people, a lot of guns…what could possibly go wrong?
He wasn’t using that bit anyway.
Of course you do. I bet you just forgot about the one time you smoked when you were a kid, which makes you a former smoker. Good thing it’s self-attested, eh?
Not Texas?!? Color me amazed. I’m sure somebody in our state Lege will get right on that.
I use RatFucKjr.
The list of exemptions for those of us <65 is pretty accommodating. Maybe you’re depressed, or physically inactive, or you smoked just once so technically you’re a former smoker. It’s self-attested so it’s between you and your conscience. My husband is a cancer pt, so I get your concern.
He’s had documented spasmodic dysphonia for decades. Same thing Diane Rehm of NPR had. I hate him with the fire of a thousands suns but fair is fair.
Assault with a deli weapon.
I think volcanoes can cover all three of those at once. Make sure to drop them in holding a bottle of gin or else Madame Pele might spit them back out.
As far as these evil bigots are concerned, one is too many.
Your hope is not in vain, she’s a fluffer from the Daily Wire. Not as smart as the average houseplant and half as useful.
The idea that trans folks should be allowed to live their lives in peace.
You mean their base?
There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.
Fair.
My family says, “Smarter than the average rock but not smarter than a whole box of ‘em.”
Every time I hear or see something about him, I find myself suddenly possessed by the spirit of King Henry II.
*unaccountable
They don’t get full pay and benefits (BAH, Tricare Prime, Family Separation, etc.) until they serve 30 consecutive days. Betcha they get sent home on Day 29.
Other photos show them in orange vests. No grabbers, though. Not standard issue and ordering them probably has to go directly through Kegsbreath so it would take months, at best.
Sounds like you’ve been there. I was going to say I hoped you were the one giving the orders but it sucks no matter which end of the deal you’re on.
Picking up trash beats the shit out of ending up court martialed, which is what’s likely to happen if they refuse.
National Guard cannot unionize.
Based on the number who didn’t re-up after they were in LA, a shitload.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantheré?
Folks re-did it, first with chalk then with paint. www.wftv.com/news/local/p...
/s = sarcasm.
They’ve already said they’re arming the Guard.
Maybe you should try actually reading the article instead of just spouting random talking points. Nothing you posted relates in any way to the actual article.
This time they used paint. www.wftv.com/news/local/p...
Fortunately, this was in the UK. So their bees will thrive, at least.
I’d like him better on a milk carton.
Well, yeah. But also gotta make sure he’s in the box before they nail the lid down.
Never forget, he hates dogs.
I must not think bad thoughts. I must not think bad thoughts. I must not think bad thoughts. I must not think bad thoughts. I must not think bad thoughts. I must not think bad thoughts. I must not think bad thoughts.
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What Granny said.
Yeah, no. I’m in north Texas and it’s currently 84F at 0200. It’ll be ~81F at dawn, which is 3 degrees hotter than inside my house. Plus humidity, 45% indoors, 81% outside at dawn yesterday. At dusk the humidity was equal but it was 102F out there. Your plan would make my electric bill 📈.
I’m in north Texas in a 65-year-old rent house. Bigger than we need but it’s a bargain and we can’t afford to move. I have a whole schedule for the smart tstat to start moving the thermostat up a degree each month starting in June, too. Do the reverse in winter because we have ga$$$ heating.
I’m one of those constituents and I completely disagree. They couldn’t stay away forever (Abbott could just call for endless special sessions) but raising national awareness of this is a BFD. Plus this allows enough time to litigate the redistricted maps prior to the midterms.
That publicity is something that’s likely to result in better outcomes (nationwide, we prob won’t be much better off here) than the other times Dems left the state to deny quorum. I bet you can’t name one time they’ve done that before.
someone I ask, “How have you done that so far?”
I’m nobody and I knew this could happen, because it was reported when they were voting on the Big Bodycount Bill.
All 8 of my family members, in 4 different households, are fully vaxed and not one of us has ever had COVID. Which is good, because Paxlovid wouldn’t much help my 90+ year old parents and my immunocompromised cancer pt husband. Prevention is ALWAYS better.
Not so. There isn’t a “redistricting deadline” only a date when this special session would end. The governor could (and definitely would) call another special session and another, until it passed. This way, there’s enough time to fight the maps in court. I *am* one of their voters.
Nothing for him to cave on, Texas has a bicameral legislature just like the U.S. Congress. He’s a state senator not a state rep.
Where…?
They knew they couldn’t hold out forever, this way there will still be enough time to challenge the BS redistricting maps in court. Plus their breaking quorum this time led to nationwide attention & support (Pritzker, Newsom, etc.) which we didn’t get for previous instances. They did enough.
Also worth noting that activated Guards’ pay is really low. Like, “can’t support your family on it” low. If they wanted to drop their morale into the basement, these deployments are the way to do it. I have wondered if a side effect of this is to hollow out the NG.
Pretty sure they all know that and have been doing it since at least January.
It was your assertion, so it’s on you to provide the example to support your point. Otherwise it appears you have none, which is all you’ve offered so far.
Less my money and more my heart. Chef Andres and WCK deserve it so much.
That’s what I was wondering, WHY would our Dem reps sign such a BS document? Unless perhaps they decided amongst themselves and Rep. Collier agreed to be the hostage for the whole group?
I don’t live in Oklahoma. That doesn’t mean I can’t see and speak out when someone says a horrible and ableist thing about them.
Didn’t Bill Maher make a joke about someone doing that for free?
And then we get martial law for real and JD Vance occupying the Oval Office. I don’t think that’s much of an improvement.
This was just a meeting with the home office.
*Oakleys sold separately.
What a shitty thing to say about the 400k+ Oklahoma residents who didn’t vote for this complete waste of carbon.
The panel would also have accepted “Three Days of the Condor”.
You gotta admit that was certainly a unique way to say, “Fuck you, I quit!”
Some days are like that. Even in Australia. But your message came through loud and clear just the same.
It doesn’t lurk at all. It gleefully sings right out with every word and deed.
I’m afraid I must disagree. It’s spelled “straitjacket”.
As a retired sub sailor’s wife, this made me actually LOL. We used to get an admonishment like this regularly.
Every time I get angry about their God-bothering nonsense, I feel much better when I remember how successful forced religious indoctrination usually is. What these kids will be learning about the actual functions of religion and government in the US is not gonna be what the wingnuts are hoping for.
As a Texas voter, I’m grateful for your Governor’s support and efforts to help our folks out. I’m gonna assume you voted for him, so thanks to you too, friend!
To be more accurate, there are more Democratic voters in Texas than in any other state except California. Our purported political allies sure are quick to toss us under the nearest bus, aren’t they?
Those folks are foolish enough to think that TX is an anomaly, an infection they can cut off & it will never spread. When any fool knows that an aggressor is never satisfied with just ceded territory. IOW, it starts here but it will come to your state soon enough unless you help Texans stop it.
He’s here, too @markhertling.bsky.social
It’s nice to be fully-abled, isn’t it? I wish I remembered what that’s like.
No punks in Boston? Looks like you don’t know much about punk either historically or currently.
I thank you both.
I was thinking of the old joke that ends, “But we don’t print the obits on the front page.” “This one you will.” But yours is better.
MSM is a common shorthand for “mainstream media”.