Now called the Medal of Meaningless Bullshit.
Retired writer, editor, and software developer. Very liberal fan of Bernie Sanders. Proponent of letting people make their own choices rather than letting the government tell women to not have abortions and the families of trans kids to not have treatment.
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Now called the Medal of Meaningless Bullshit.
Trump and his treasonweasels are the only things that hallucinate more than AI.
As I often say here on Bluesky: Block early, block often. In other words, don't waste time giving a troll a chance. Just block 'em.
Hello to Fuzz Butt! It may not have been the plan, but I’m glad you’re keeping one of the kittens. Fuzz Butt would have been my choice. I’d call him Fuzz But the First, often referred to as Fuzz Butt the Magnificent. 🙂
Damn good advice. Don't let anyone pull the wool over your eyes.
As you should be.
I grew up in Wyoming, which has 97,813 square miles. Great Britain (all of it, not merely England) has 94,058 square miles. Wyoming has about 600,000 people. Great Britain has about 60,000,000 people. People in either place have a REALLY hard time visualizing what the other one is like.
Same here in TX. I've lived here for 27 years now, and there's been talk of high-speed rail from Dallas to Houston (sometimes with Austin and even San Antonio in the mix) the whole time. Nothing has ever happened with it.
Have fun. 🙂
They want you to believe that the president* has implicit power over elections when, in fact, he has no power over elections. *I don't capitalize it for any R after Ike.
I hope the R boat sinks.
Not to worry. They'll find a new outrage next week.
Like a cheap fiddle covered in fake gold.
A little something to lighten the gloom. 🙂
Good one. 🙂
I didn't know it had gotten that high. I sometimes indulge in just one when it gets way up there.
Maybe if they'd care for women rather than declare war on them....
Because we wouldn't want those pesky voters to have any say in how we run our state! Sigh.
How are they going to do it? The taxes that employees and employers pay go straight to the IRS, not to the states in some intermediate step.
He and his Supremely Corrupt Court gave us a tyrant. That's some legacy. His grave should be a public urinal.
It's priming the pump for having troops "monitor" elections.
He and the rest of the right on the now Supremely Corrupt Court gave us a tyrant where we used to have democracy. When we set up the guillotine, those people can be at the front of the line.
May you all be hugely successful.
The desire for money is the root of all evil. Our politicians succumbed to the temptation over and over and over again, and here we are in a dictatorship that rigs everything to benefit only the very wealthy. #TaxTheRich
Yes. To say otherwise, is to give in to despair, as the authoritarians want. Don't do that.
Truth. If you live in California, please vote yes on 50. I'd prefer non-partisan districting, too, but, until the GOP stop doing it, our only recourse is to beat them at their own game.
America's Himmler.
America's Himmler.
It's OK to throw in the towel and take a break, so long as you get back in the ring the next day. Do what you gotta do to rebuild your strength and come back. We can't give up for good (in both senses).
I wish it would last only a week.
What a wonderful trio. I'm glad you got them started on their way to better lives.
I have no such problems, but my policy is block early, block often, so that I don't engage with asshats.
It had a role? Oh, I know it pretended to have a role for a while, but it never actually did anything.
It's obvious to anyone who sees the images coming from Gaza for almost two years now, but the politicos have to be convinced of it. And there's a chunk of what's wrong with humanity.
We wouldn't be under a dictatorship now if journalists had done their jobs in the first place.
If you ever get the chance, go see Monet's works in person. Because of the way he applied paint, they have texture and can change quite a bit depending on one's viewing angle. Fascinating.
I have the copyright on my books, and I just added my name and books to the lawsuit. Maybe in two years, I'll get 50 cents, but at least the bastards will have to pay something for their theft.
I do have to wonder just exactly what the Navy CAN parade down a street.
Democracy Docket is doing great work. I encourage everyone to subscribe.
My subscription money is well spent. I encourage everyone to subscribe.
We wouldn't want facts to interfere! Loud fucking sigh.
With a poisoned cactus.
Yes.
As it should be. 🙂
A LOT more.
That was the Art of the Kneel.
And many will close.
Not available in the US, of fucking course. Gotta buy "the big iron" if you live here.
Fucking insane. I swear they think it's their job to dig a new bottom every day. I hope people are taking names, so we can prosecute and imprison these fuckers when the backlash hits.
Ow.
Fair. I do, too.
Ouchy detour. At least you use the route only for fun. I really feel for the folks who have to make that daily commute.
Without meaning to collect anything, I have amassed a fair pile of board and other games. Up to about 175 now. That's enough collecting.
My only source of amazement is how any woman supports this garbage. Stockholm syndrome on steroids.
10 that were recorded. How many more weren't?
Gotta wonder what happens if we meet a species that's hornier than we are.... 😉
I saw that segment. Bang on target.
Oh, Hell, NO! I hate the damned motorcycles and ATVs in the forests. The REALLY should NOT be in wilderness areas, too.
And again and again and.... It's maddening that the politicians will do NOTHING.
I'm watching an interview of a 10-year-old whose friend laid on top him. The friend got hit. Kids should NOT have to go through this shit. It's maddening that the politicos will do exactly fuck all about it. #MassShooting #SchoolShooting #Guns #USA
His delusional followers will somehow convince themselves otherwise.
👍 If it is reliably accurate, I'd use it. Working as well as Google Translate would do well enough.
Sure. I also remember that science developed the chemical weapons used in WWI. I'll continue to assert that the general arc of science has been positive and aimed at a better future.
The Grandmaster of Projection speaks again.
You win the Internet today, at least for me. 🙂
Because science is pro-people. It's always been about building a better future for everyone, and that's dead set against fascism.
Good. It makes sense for scientists to get onto the platform that does a better job of supporting real conversations rather than algorithm-driven clickbait.
And give up bombing brown people?! Perish the thought! (Yes, that's sarcasm, for the inevitable nitwit who can't tell.)
His domestic policy is also lethally bad. Letting RFK, Jr., loose on us is going to get a lot of people killed, as as his overseas nonsense.
I've recommended just about all of your books to one friend or another. Starter villain set up a classic moment, though. Me: "You should read Starter Villain." Marie: "I love that book!" We had both finished it the day before, Marie on audiobook and me on e-book. 🙂
The stupid is strong with MAGA.
And being too proud to admit it.
Good idea.
It's performative cruelty.
He lies like I breathe.
Wasn't the NRA supposed to stop this? /sarcasm
Beats me how we're going to get our democracy back, but we have to do it. Also, may he die today.
This shit is how we got here.
And the horse he road in on, his orchestra, and even his damned dog.
With a poisoned cactus.
The Supremely Corrupt Court is already fully in the bag for Traitor One.
Hmmmm. Now where did I put my sympathy? Oh, that's right! It's busy in Gaza and Sudan and Ukraine. Fuck Russia.
Definitely an Amen for this one.
We didn't. We have basically one shot at seizing it back from the fascists.
In fact, clearing camps makes homelessness worse. The cops are very happy to throw away these people's few possessions, often including the very ID they need to get jobs and housing. They've even thrown away people's dentures. As ever under Traitor One, the cruelty is the point.
Amen, and I'm not religious.
Same. If all politicians were like Lloyd, we'd have a great nation. I'll be sorry to see him go. I think Greg Cesar will do a good job, too, though.
Three Cat Nap - the band no one heard of. 😉 What a great gang of kitties. 🙂
45 years of GOP fuckery and Dem complacency is how, starting with Ronny Raygun.
My day would be a lot better if I thought we could get to the point of punishing the people who made my nation into a dictatorship within my lifetime.
A Zenith Heathkit with 128K RAM. 1986.
It's already too late. Now we have to overthrow the dictatorship that has taken over our nation.
We now live in a dictatorship.
The students see it. How do so many others not? I get that it's a cult, but it still amazes me.
Yup. Just a mouthpiece for the dictatorship. Yet another Mouth of Sauron.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
It's already a dictatorship. We have about RIGHT NOW to reverse it. RESIST!
Fuck indeed.
Zombies are smarter and more honest.
Ya think? Black people (and other minorities) aren't stupid. They can see through bullshit as well as anyone (and quite possibly better than white people, who can safely ignore it while minorities cannot).