Radicalized old grump, looking for companionship in a chaotic world. Supporting protest, civil disobedience, and a return to decency. Someone, get me a shot of bourbon. Make it a double. ๐ธ Oh, and I'm a ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ lover.
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Considering tariffs and the push to make everything in America, saving these patterns is a necessity. Now, where to get the cloth? Or do I settle for using old drapery? Actually, it's a true story. I wore trousers cut from my grandma's window dressings throughout first class in primary school.
Im using emphysema and recurrent pulmonary embolism.
The transformation is happening before our eyes.
"They didn't call it fascism. They painted it red, white, and blue and called it Americanism." One of the least known and darkest of the Hepburn-Tracy movies. And the threat she described is the one we face today.
How many days did it take for Hitler to suspend the German constitution?
Im going with invading Venezuela
Im betting we're bombing Venezuela
Under Burns, interest rates were kept low under presidential pressure. What could go wrong? The US dollar dropped, inflation exceeded 6% for a decade, wages stagnated, stocks dropped >40% from a record high.
Remember when the only vegetables you could get in winter were corn, carrots, squash and lima beans? Succotash. Then, we started to import inexpensive vegetables from South America. I hate succotash.
Can't wait for Biden to outlive Trump.
It sounds like the US in the next few months....
Now he's competing with Elvis.
If it wasn't for New Hampshire, I'd say secede. It's a clean break.
Who wrote this insane, but actually Lucid post? It has punctuation! It uses big words! Is HE dead?
The only thing more disgraceful than having groveling cabinet members so willing to debase themselves in this shameless way is having such a damaged, insecure, and needy president that they know desperately needs to hear this BS.
The most important thing about the Cracker Barrel logo is the Epstein Files.
Are those black uniforms with the letters SS on the sleeve?
Been saving one for too long, and didn't know why. Now, i know.
All that collagen is weighing down their brain.
Maybe not, but its deal. When I was in training, picking up trash was how the sergeant kept us busy when we had too much free time.
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
Decent affordable child care could also help.
Thank you.
My threshold ended with the white Virginia police officer who raped my sister in 1987. A story that is one of hundreds of men born here, including policemen who use their position to harm rather than protect. So yeah, my family was impacted.
Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation that operates as a private company, but the U.S. government owns its stock.
The Venezuelan story was in 2023. That year, the US had 945,000 applications for asylum. The Brazilian entered the US illegally in 2024, one of more than 500,000 migrants. That's 2 in a million +. I'm sure there are more, but the numbers suggest migrants aren't the problem ( in the US or UK).
It's loud so that you can put the receiver down and keep working while you wait.
Personal attacks on physical appearance show you have no strong position. It's just flinging shit. Kristi's transformation from simple beauty to this raises different concerns. What does it say about her self-image and mental health? If her actions were not so damaging, I'd find it sad.
As the kind woman who raised me told me over and over, "Son, never make the black lady mad." 'Cept, I think she was specifically referring to herself. Still good words of advice.
Hoping for a nice category 5 storm to hit Florida. No FEMA, and $30 million+ of disaster relief resources wasted on a failed immigration detention facility.
And how much will this wasteful spending impact the cost of my country fried steak, with mashed potatoes, gravy, and apples?
Fight like its 1789.
How many times did America vote for FDR? A good president gets reelected without cheating. Even during war.
Take one look at this brilliant woman and answer this question: Of 7 members of the Fed Reserve Board, why is she the one Trump is targetting?
And why is this the way I found out?
A victory for the original Americans. And the cost of dismantling Alligator Auchwitz to Florida tax payers? Florida Department of Emergency Management estimates $15 million to $20 million to tear down the fencing and other infrastructure. All you need is one bulldozer.
There actually is a part of me that misses Gordon Brown.
What part of "this is part of your job" does he not understand?
Im bothered by hearing "Washington DC is safe". When is the last time you, as a single woman regardless of color, felt comfortable taking the subway home at 10p or walking to pilates at 6 am? My daughter has been accosted multiple times, and the cops witnesssesing it shrugged their shoulders.
Like me, but I swung (swinged?) 8+ years ago....
No one said he didn't have the right to fight whatever injustice is being committed against him. And i defend his right to fight back. There is a difference between indifference and lack of sympathy.
Do you forget he refused to cooperate with the law, twice? Enablers like Bolton and Barr thought their refusal to cooperate with supoenas and buck the legal process protected them. Bolton at least timidly, finally spoke out. Barr hides in silence.
And he couldn't testify at the impeachments either...
And did Bolton consider the best way to save his own skin might have been to cooperate with the first impeachment? Nah, he decided to go on a book tour. Most of those killed during the Night of the Long Knives were members of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party.
Artist's impression of Trump's proposed extension to the White House:
Sorry, the US beat you to it. Different flag, but yeah.... 'Cept, we should have let them keep the confederate battle flag. It was more honest. Although, arguably, the English flag has its own difficult history.
John Bolton had his chance during the two impeachments... then he decided to sell what he knew in a book. Sorry, but of anyone I might have sympathy for, he ain't it.
It's a little like the Conrad hotel in Beijing, but there the books are facsimiles with a small selection of totles from English classics and blank pages.
"It mustn't happen again, we can't let it happen again. "
Is there any reason the administration can't let the story quietly die? With Abrego Garcia home, the story will fade from the headlines. They just can't help making it worse. BTW, release the Epstien Files.
DiSantis can't get farther up Trumps butt, can he?
For me, it's the "energy efficient" appliances. They die sooner than the old ones and need to be replaced twice as often. My dishwasher that I have to run twice for clean plates, or the drier that doesn't dry towels.
I see now. At least it reported the discrepancy, even if it stopped short of meaningful discussion.
I'm not sure there was more to report than Vance's spin, but he was preaching to the tone deaf choir. But, I'm in complete,agreement for better headline writing.
โDo you really want government officials getting involved in cultural institutions, determining the content?โ @GillianHTurner out here making actual sense on Fox News โ better hope the whitewasher-in-chief wasnโt watching ๐ฌ
How?
What's the other side here that wasn't covered?
What is incorrect in this story? Im missing what upset you.
I doubted something ChatGPT said, so I asked for a reference. It gave me the terms for a Google search. I asked for the specific reference it had used, and it said it gathers info from many sources. When I asked for a list of those sources, it told me it was unable to comply due to restrictions.
๐จBREAKING: Both chambers of the California Legislature have passed the bill in support of Gov. Gavin Newsomโs redistricting plan. The question will now appear on the special election ballot on November 4, 2025.
How about my state taxes, asks a West Virginia resident?
Best headline of the day. Now, how about all the under qualified men un the cabinet?
๐ง๐โ๏ธ NOT FOOLING ANYONE ๐คจ FIRST Avelo painted their planes white in order to ๐hide their shame๐ over flying humans around in chains for ICE. NOW Signature Aviation in Seattle is ๐covering their logo๐ on the equipment servicing those same planes. ๐
It was only 6 earlier in the day...
I still doing the math, and the math doesn't math.
What? Bill, you've only just figured that it out? Folks, dont wait for 2026. November, 2025 is more important than ever with General elections in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. And everywhere else, your local representatives, mayor, city council, sheriff matter.
In Virginia
To prove himself a candidate for a Nobel Prize, Trump keeps saying he ended 6 wars. Ukraine and Gaza are still on going. We're bombing Yemen. India and Pakistan rejected outside intervention. He started the fight with Iran. Maybe Azerbaijan and Armenia are "at peace" Which peace am I missing?
Or a commercial....
Bitchy Karen still gets more respect than Doormat Debbie,
Guess you haven't tried to take a train in the US? By comparison, England was a delight. And that includes the 3 hour delay when my train was stuck between Milton-Keynes and London. Meanwhile, Thames Water just jacked up my rates here in New Jersey....
Uh, are we negating the fact the effective vaccines are mRNA based?
Has he played a 34 button accordion?
Can we just focus on getting rid of the morons governing us? The ones who failed high school science? Seems to me, fixing one will fix the other.
Anyone remember what happened to Louis 16? Similar taste in decor...
Check the toilet at Maralago first.
"The U.S.-mediated agreement is between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been battered by fighting with more than 100 armed groups. The most potent is backed by neighboring Rwanda, and it is not clear if it will abide by the deal as the group wasnโt part of the negotiations."
I love the smell of a mimeographed math test in the morning,
Does anyone remember the part where Trump asks Zelensky to investigate Crowdstrike and Hunter Biden before he can have the missiles Ukraine needs to thwart an expected Russian invasion?
To prove himself a candidate for a Nobel Prize, Trump keeps saying he ended 6 wars. Ukraine and Gaza are still on going. We're bombing Yemen. India and Pakistan rejected outside intervention. He started the fight with Iran. Maybe Azerbaijan and Armenia are "at peace" Which peace am I missing?
Nah, but getting closer to pellagra
That assumes we are still allowing science.
And said with pressured high pitched tone of voice that sounds like a toddler terrified, you'll find out the cookie jar is empty.
Packing up. Be there in 10 minutes!
Hide inflation from America? How? Very few of us pay attention to the published numbers since they don't represent our reality at the grocery store, the gas pump, or our utility bills. Can't wait to see the magic trick.
I expected a tyrant with an iron fist, not a clown with a spray tan and swollen ankles.
I vote to cede the original 13 colonies to Great Britain as an act of good faith.
Having never had a period during my 50+ years on this earth, and my wife being a few years post menopause, the two of us decided to download the app and start putting in our own information. My periods of very infrequent. I'm worried I might be pregnant.
Start naming names
contrarian.substack.com/p/dont-be-fo... this may be the most important thing you read on DC
I've found my new band to listen to as I wind down this summer. Dolly Mavies. open.spotify.com/artist/5I3vY...
The first dip around 1890 likely was due to improved access to clean water, school lunch programs, and other public health initiatives. The second correlates to introduction of pediatric vaccines (Pertussis 1914, diptheria 1926, tetanus 1936, polio 1955, measles 1963).
Levenger has great stuff! Miss getting their catalog. But no, this one is from Monticello. It's a replica of one owned by Thomas Jefferson.
I have the junior ranger version
Hedy Lamarr 