And put bleach in those sprinklers, no Covid, either.
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And put bleach in those sprinklers, no Covid, either.
This sounds like yet another thing we’re going to wait for on pins and needles believing it will save our asses.
There’s a conference table somewhere at which sits right now a phalanx of Christian Nationalist lawyers working out how Roberts and his court can decide that it’s constitutional for red states to gerrymander but not blue states.
I’m only in about 60 pages, but this book is starting with the conquistadores: bookshop.org/p/books/why-...
If I had kids in Florida, this would make me move. Schools will be dangerous places.
A couple of days ago he said he was going to arrest goons if they acted illegally. Sounds like he’s changed his mind.
Let’s do it this way instead: bookshop.org/p/books/afte...
We’re doing the same thing with detectives: Perry Mason, Columbo, Mannix, Poirot.
There’s not a lot of new info in this doc, but it does make clear why Christian nationalists are willing to sacrifice their consciences and others’ lives and why there is no way to talk them down. youtu.be/5sNrZK26-TI?...
I know it would ratchet things up dangerously, and maybe we’re not there yet, but a couple of days ago Pritzker sounded like he’s ready to arrest ICE kidnappers in the act. Now he doesn’t.
Not a lot of new info, but it makes clear why there’s no talking to these zealots. youtu.be/5sNrZK26-TI?...
I can’t wait to hear from Roberts why it’s constitutional for red states to gerrymander, but not blue ones.
Texas’ murder rate is bad because Abbott has been busy eliminating rape, which he promised to do to offset the effects of his abortion ban. It’s working just as you’d expect: hawc.org/rate-of-rape...
Thanks. Listifications. I’ll see if I can figure it out.
He didn’t write that.
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
So the poor and the sick exist so that Johnson, et al, have a destitute population on which to practice Jesus’ boot-straps capitalism.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Duck Soup.
This is what I’m making today, but I have no bacon, so I’m gonna use a slurry of butter, anchovy paste, maple syrup, and liquid smoke instead. You think it’ll work? ohsweetbasil.com/instant-pot-...
Even if tourism comes roaring back, what are they gonna do when Lake Powell reaches deadpool? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
I do not watch or listen to his bullshit, though I’ll watch or listen to people talking about it—some: Colbert, Maddow. His greatest wish is to be the center of everyone’s attention, and that’s the only thing a nobody like me has the power to deny him.
I remember when you had to qualify and pass tests to homeschool, and when books like “Why Johnny Can’t Read” we’re bestsellers. Then corporations realized that stupid people were easier to manipulate and began dismantling the public schools.
Think of the state-sponsored health care system California could build with that money.
And Vance will know he can’t get elected in spite of the destroyed economy like trump can, so he might let people who know what they’re doing fix some of it.
That’s the most gobsmacking fact of the Trump phenomenon: that so many people, especially people who’ve hated him ON THE RECORD, have rolled over for him for a Big Job. And they’re all pretending like it never happened.
I read a lot of Agatha Christie when I watched David Suchet playing Poirot. That was fun.
Where’s our new woke Chicago Pope? The one who told San Diego priests to watch the immigration courts.
That explains a lot.
She’s so full of love she hates democrats.
I get that when Trump is gone, the machine is still churning, but there’s no one to replace him who can bully people like he does or whom the MAGAts revere as much, or who would be as unpredictable to world leaders. We might not get back to normal, but I think there’d be improvement.
Why anyone would bank at Welles Fargo I do not know.
There is nothing hipper than a homemade sweater.
This is gonna be interesting.
Lips blow-job ready.
Holy cow. I don’t know what list I got on, but suddenly many many people to follow back. I’m working on it.
Healthful food for poor people!?! Republicans will put a stop to THIS!
Trump and his butt snorklers don’t care about Babbitt or her family. It’s all about throwing meat to the MAGAts and driving us nuts.
I bet Jen Psaki says, “No Mike. Not OK.”
How do you occupy the top seat on the US supreme court and not know how the law works?
Years ago I asked a Starbucks employee for a large coffee and she insisted I call it a—something else, largo? Latte grande? I forget. That remains my only experience of them.
I’m sure Putin requires the butt snorkeling, but on camera at length like this? Maybe I missed it.
They saw Jaws and identified with the shark.
I hear ya. It’s been a bad week. I’m rewatching Columbo.
That’s a simple enough memo that even MAGAts can understand it.
That’s likely to appeal to YouTube MAGAts, too, who are exactly who need to see it.
Wait until it gets to Roberts and watch the fascist justices weasel their way to deciding that it’s constitutional to gerrymander red states but not blue ones.
We’ll see. Enough vote suppression and they might win with anybody.
They’ll have all the autocratic machinery in place. The loss of the cult leader might not make as big a dent as we hope.
I see an all new playdate calendar in the future.
I grew up near Anaheim. We went to Disneyland almost every year in the 60s. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
Volunteer to shelve your library’s books a few hours a week and you’ll understand why they cull the collection.
Lincoln isn’t using the dog bed. I bet he wouldn’t mind if you used it.
You’re describing my new Bosch dishwasher.
$58. It doesn’t look worth that much.
I’m kind of a weenie who caves easily under pressure; still… I could not kiss Trump ass like that. Not and want to live in my skin any longer.
What a coincidence! The baby deer in my neighborhood are also named Bambi!
The law is all about the details.
We were all shocked when Nixon said it, and then we spent the next fifty years making it true.
My family clinic of 30+ years is holding an autumn vaccine-palooza.
No shit. She HAD to have the red/blue city crime stats at the ready. WTF.
I was going to argue with you re: apples, but I think you’re right that pineapple is more versatile. Gotta have some in sweet n sour and in lemon chicken, too.
And after he went to all that trouble she probably stiffed him anyway.
There’s no such thing as too many hash browns.
Wha? They’re following a court order?
I hadn’t heard that. Yeesh. You wouldn’t WIDEN the field if you have plenty of prime applicants.
In Texas, too. Yay.
If the ICE guy had been any kind of thinking human with just a touch of hip, he’d have caught that sandwich, torn it open, and shared it around with the other cubes.
Test her sincerity; send her your bank account numbers.
This talks about blue states throwing up every obstacle they can. Suing or arresting the guards, soldiers, cops individually for violating law or their oath—whatever applies—would keep the feds very busy. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...
Last time I was there years ago they served me a big plate of really salty goo studded with broccoli, and that’s the last time I was there.
Is it gone when you’re done with the pills?
Paxlovid makes your mouth taste terrible! Bleeeaaah. 3.5 more days.
If you button the pockets, which my husband doesn’t do, so when he’s missing his phone or keys or money, it’s fallen out of the cargo shorts into the bucket seat.
So they’re leaving it to us to just figure that whatever it is they want to steal or destroy or control deserves it because it’s “woke”?
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...
The first depressing two-thirds of this are necessary to make clear how there’s no way out but the extreme plans described in the last third: blue state consolidation and rebellion. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...
Why do you think Roberts told him hands off the fed?
I haven't read all the Trump bios, maybe how his feeling alienated, disrespected, rejected, unintelligent, unwanted, unattractive, untalented, and slow all his life built his vengeful, evil brain has already been discussed.
Maybe we’ll get a twofer and they’ll decide on the same day why it’s constitutional for red states to gerrymander but not blue ones.
The people who need the protection of their rights explained to them don’t get it and don’t care.
Texas’ republican politicians are a special breed of pond scum, but no one is quite the performer of hypocrisy that Paxton is. His peers are a step above in DC.
It’s jaw-dropping that you can take these statistics to the feds, say “Here’s what works,” and the result will be that the DOJ starts investigating Scott.
I do, too.
Today is too much. I’m gonna rewatch Columbo.
Holy hell. This photo.
Yeah, this has been scrolling by for about a year now. Nice marketing strategy, Grindr.
If I were planning to murder someone, an anvil would be the last weapon I would think of.
Wordle 1,527 2/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Holy shit.
Defeating fascism in Europe in 1945 was a historical mistake. It’s time to compensate the victims. by JD Vance
I just watched an episode of Mannix in which rich woman Barbara Rush proposed to him and Mannix said, “No, no… I wouldn’t know how to deal with the 90% tax rate.”
Nothing says “truth” like something written on a cap.
Im not in New York, but I watched Cuomo during the pandemic because he seemed to be the only person with a plan. Then a reporter asked him, “What about nursing homes?” And he said (I paraphrase) “Nursing homes? I got nothing for nursing homes.” On camera! That’s when I realized he’s a fraud.
Abbott promised to eliminate rape to offset his abortion ban. Wonder how that’s going. fibichlaw.com/blog/texas-r....
When kids told me (a reference librarian) their teachers wouldn’t let them quote wikipedia, I’d say, “You don’t have to. Go to the bottom of the wiki page on your subject. You’ll find an incredible list of resources. Start there.”
In 2008 Jon asked why we don’t bail out the homeowners. The banks will get the money because the homeowners will pay their mortgages, and the homeowners get their houses. I don’t remember what government nabob he was interviewing, but he laughed and said, “Oh Jon… Jon…”
We need to get over our pack-the-court jitters, too.
Bleah. Tried it twice on roadtrips. Salty goo.
I’m a woke lib globalist and I gave it two chances because freeway, driving, tired. Much southern gravy goo all over everything.