During the 2020 election cycle, my wonderful sister who never cared about politics predicted that Trump would make The Purge a reality. He's just the guy to do it.
"His handlers should know by now that cartoons and soft foods are probably best."
Just as long as the cartoons they allow him to watch are recent -- the classic cartoons contain too many scenes showing violence that might give him ideas. Plus, the Fulvous Flatulence might actually believe that Wile E Coyote doesn't get hurt when an anvil falls on his head or he runs off a cliff, or when Elmer Fudd shoots Daffy Duck and the only thing that happens is Daffy's beak gets pushed off-center which Daffy just moves back into place.
What, no hamburders and fries? Served with lots and lots of ketchup that he can throw at walls when he is upset.
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"Who are the undecided voters, really? This says it’s not people who legit aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or Trump, but people who aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or just not vote."
Those (not legit?) undecided voters are entitled to more time to decide who they want as POTUS. (Before anyone decides to slam me for my POV, it's important to note that there are still voters weighing the large number of negatives that come with the Pumpkin Pustule but like some of his policies... but I'm not one of them.) OTOH, those choosing between voting for VP Harris or not voting at all are actually voting for the Amber Ardipithecus ramidus, whose cultists will turn out in force.
One reason I suspect front men like Bill Maher are starting to push the "of course Harris is going to win" meme is to give his viewers an excuse not to vote in November: thus advantage Trump.
Maher's audience is about the same size as the population of Wyoming, and it's a testament to the human appetite for bullshit that it's even that big, but when he says something outrageously eyecatching he still gets retweeted all over the place as if some Delphic oracle had spoken. This one is getting retweeted like crazy, in hopes, again, I suspect, of pushing "undecideds" into thinking they can sit it out because their vote won't be needed.
My main thing today is to watch the videos of the judges' conference that I wasn't allowed to attend. 16 in all. I'm the weirdo who enjoys a lecture. Still mad that I couldn't attend and had to cover everyone else instead, and that I get credits towards being a judge but not attorney continuing legal education credits (as we got last year). I have to watch them all quickly otherwise get removed from the bench.
I started with the one on sovereign citizens which was a mistake--I should have saved it for dessert. It's wonderful.
I'm far more petty and rude than Your Honor is, because I'd just constantly be reminding anyone and everyone that if they have a problem with my work, the wholly unqualified person waiting in the wings can come in right now and take over (I know it's not the system's fault but rather the party).
The problem is that I LOVE my job--I'm squeezing in every moment of it I can. I love doing something that I am so perfect for. It's such a great feeling to be fantastic.
Did you see that she asked my fellow judges to try to get me to quit early so she can take over? Now I'd be staying for spite even if I hated it!
I will second the BOY AND THE HERON recommendation, as it is both beautiful and bonkers. The English language cast includes Christian Bale (who sometimes slips into his NEWSIES New Yorkese accent), Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson as a crazy squawking bird man, which left me wondering "You needed THAT voice and you hired Robert Pattinson for it?" But they did, and he made that noise, and they even already had Mark Hamill right there available, voicing another character.
I like Miyazaki generally, but this film in particular lost me. It is gorgeous but the plot was way too convoluted and jarring. But I generally am not into art films, either, so your mileage will vary.
I've never heard that song before (unusual for me with Randy Rainbow). Loved it as always!
Our office manager is SO MUCH LIKE RANDY it's unreal--same voice, look the same--I once asked casually if he'd ever heard of RR and he said no and I didn't want to press.
We still have not heard from a friend in Western NC. My ex and his wife are ok being a little further NE than her and we know that her parents are on a ridge. It could just be the comms are down but we are worried.
We finally heard from our friend. She was lucky to get some food and water but they are waiting for FEMA and The Nat Guard for assistance in little teeny Spruce Pine.
I heard late last night that I-26 was open to Asheville so it will be easier for relief supplies to get there. I visited some of my wife's cousins there a few years back. I liked Asheville, even if it seemed to be trying too hard to be "weird".
That's good news! The roads being cut off (or destroyed) was the worst part of the issue from what I understand, now that the floodwater has started to recede.
When Sandy hit New York we were unreachable for close to two weeks. Our phones didn’t work at all because all the cell towers were taken down prior to her hitting us. I am sorry but you may have a wait in front of you.
I’m so happy for you. We didn’t know where my aunt was for close to a week. Nobody had working phones and she had surgery in a hospital that got evacuated we didn’t know where she got sent. Not being able to get into contact with people is so scary during times like this.
"Who are the undecided voters, really? This says it’s not people who legit aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or Trump, but people who aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or just not vote." So, small victory? Still, what the fuck is wrong with you, undecided voters? Is it really that difficult to choose continuing with democracy, putting at least a little effort into combating climate change, and not fucking over the most vulnerable among us over abandoning democracy and embracing a dystopian fantasy in exchange for tax cuts for the very rich?
I think David Sedaris really nailed "undecided voters" when he wrote for the New Yorker:
"To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”
I was going to say they probably are the ones frozen by indecisiveness in their own life. Rudderless. Adrift. Decisions are made for them by others or factors that come about by their lack of decision.
I saw The Boy And The Heron in the theater. I think I lost my sanity when they got to pelicans eating unborn baby souls. Well, Princess Mononoke ends with a god trying to get its own severed head back.
I recognized some of the places in Asheville from the drone footage -- when I was showing horses, Asheville was on our rotation (The Blue Ridge Charity) and, hands down, it was my favorite of the shows -- more son than the World's Championship. Asheville is a great community, fun outdoors stuff to do (white water rafting), and a surprising foodie scene, not to mention beautiful. I love Asheville. Oh, and Josh can go fuck himself.
The last great thing I did with my sister before her untimely death was to float down the French Broad River together - just a beautiful, tranquil day. It's difficult to imagine THAT river turning into the massive, roaring monster that it did.
We were on the Green River doing white water rafting -- not tranquil -- but equally wonderful and beautiful. It is so beautiful in Asheville. I saw Biltmore Village underwater which a neat restaurant/shopping area near the Biltmore Estate.
"She may not be the perfect candidate for every voter, especially those who are frustrated and angry about our government’s failures to fix what’s broken — from our immigration system to public schools to housing costs to gun violence. Yet we urge Americans to contrast Ms. Harris’s record with her opponent’s."
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You thought they could spare a word to explain who has stopped Dem policy efforts from "fixing what's broken"? LOLOLOLOLOL.
Naw, they dump on Trump (for once, and thank goodness) but shy away from criticizing the party that cuts the Sulzbergers' taxes.
(Also fuck auto-correct that changed Sulzbergers' to Sulzberger's.)
NAME ME ONE FUCKING PERFECT CANDIDATE IN FUCKING HISTORY, YOU FUCKING FUCKS. Just one. I'll wait.
(And don't come at me with Lincoln. The entire south fucking hated his ass, and he went into office believing that the way to handle the slaves was to send them back to Africa. Was he a perfect candidate? No - but he was the right man in the right place at a desperate time. Same goes for FDR and Joe Biden.)
To be even clearer about Abe, he only got the GOP nom by being the 2nd choice of all the leading factions and even in the general election he would have lost if a)the Dems could have come up with a consensus candidate and not split 3 ways and b) relatively recent state admissions hadn't eroded the South's historic advantage in the Electoral College. He only got a plurality of the popular vote, but all the EC votes of the North and that was enough.
As per uze, your hed gif source: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/centrifugal-hamster
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/1b833a70-5e20-48de-964a-77cfae5ef45b
You know they do that deliberately. Like kids jumping off a swing.
Pedant says: *centripetal* hamster.
like
You must be this small to ride.
I love the way s/he gets right back on!
I've had that centrifugal hamster feeling...
Centrifugal Hamster Feeling would be a good name for a college dorm room experimental prog-rock band.
Do hamsters puke?
Apparently not.
Have you tried showing it videos of the Orange One?
Why you hate hamster?
“WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Today, we are all hamsters.
That’s a pretty high life form for a Republican.
"And here we see the inner workings of the SubSlack Chat engine."
Maximize your Slack!
Bob agrees!
PRAISE BOB!
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/p__/images/e/e9/Smilingbob.jpg/revision/latest/thumbnail/width/360/height/360?cb=20170208205900&path-prefix=protagonist
The hamster’s buddy is like - “Cool man, sure do it again.”
Hamster in a blender!
The best part is the very end, where it appears Ham is ready to go back for more.
Attempting and failing at suicide is addictive. Skydiving anyone? Mountain climbing? SCUBA? Homemade submarines? Wait, scratch that one.
What do you call a mink in a microwave?
.
.
.
Pop goes the weasel.
Arg
OUT! ----------->
"Give me another beer. Now hold this beer."
😂
No, it's a Monday, and I shall not play a 'Hamster Dance' video.
Fun Fact: The Hampster [sic] Dance song is a speeded-up sample from "Whistle-Stop", from Disney's Robin Hood.
https://youtu.be/0OT72M380i0
(badger, badger, badger)
Aww.. please do!
And it’s all because your hamster won’t dance
and your daddy was an elderberry
Monday creeping in
And the news out there is scary
Except for Spotts and Cally
Who just this week got married
yay spotts and cally!
HEY my niece also just got married!
Just up of a sudden? You sound sorta surprised.
Oh no, I knew about it enough to travel up there ^.^ Just was a weekend of good weddings
It’s in the air!
Aaarg! Earworm!!
It's 7 AM, and I've already completed one load of laundry. The second one's in the dryer now.
Coolest part of the day.
You and I are on very different wake/sleep cycles.
I've been up three hours already. (sighs)
Lucky. I've been up since about 4:00 am, after turning in around 1:30
No need for Monday inspirational hamsters for you!
This guy wanted to Fuck Ted Cruz before it was cool:
https://www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com/
Most aliens can fake human better than him.
During the 2020 election cycle, my wonderful sister who never cared about politics predicted that Trump would make The Purge a reality. He's just the guy to do it.
#VoteBlueFFS
"His handlers should know by now that cartoons and soft foods are probably best."
Just as long as the cartoons they allow him to watch are recent -- the classic cartoons contain too many scenes showing violence that might give him ideas. Plus, the Fulvous Flatulence might actually believe that Wile E Coyote doesn't get hurt when an anvil falls on his head or he runs off a cliff, or when Elmer Fudd shoots Daffy Duck and the only thing that happens is Daffy's beak gets pushed off-center which Daffy just moves back into place.
What, no hamburders and fries? Served with lots and lots of ketchup that he can throw at walls when he is upset.
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"Who are the undecided voters, really? This says it’s not people who legit aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or Trump, but people who aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or just not vote."
Those (not legit?) undecided voters are entitled to more time to decide who they want as POTUS. (Before anyone decides to slam me for my POV, it's important to note that there are still voters weighing the large number of negatives that come with the Pumpkin Pustule but like some of his policies... but I'm not one of them.) OTOH, those choosing between voting for VP Harris or not voting at all are actually voting for the Amber Ardipithecus ramidus, whose cultists will turn out in force.
fnord
One reason I suspect front men like Bill Maher are starting to push the "of course Harris is going to win" meme is to give his viewers an excuse not to vote in November: thus advantage Trump.
Maher's audience is about the same size as the population of Wyoming, and it's a testament to the human appetite for bullshit that it's even that big, but when he says something outrageously eyecatching he still gets retweeted all over the place as if some Delphic oracle had spoken. This one is getting retweeted like crazy, in hopes, again, I suspect, of pushing "undecideds" into thinking they can sit it out because their vote won't be needed.
If anything, Trump is sounding more like James Austin Johnson's impression of him.
My main thing today is to watch the videos of the judges' conference that I wasn't allowed to attend. 16 in all. I'm the weirdo who enjoys a lecture. Still mad that I couldn't attend and had to cover everyone else instead, and that I get credits towards being a judge but not attorney continuing legal education credits (as we got last year). I have to watch them all quickly otherwise get removed from the bench.
I started with the one on sovereign citizens which was a mistake--I should have saved it for dessert. It's wonderful.
I'm far more petty and rude than Your Honor is, because I'd just constantly be reminding anyone and everyone that if they have a problem with my work, the wholly unqualified person waiting in the wings can come in right now and take over (I know it's not the system's fault but rather the party).
The problem is that I LOVE my job--I'm squeezing in every moment of it I can. I love doing something that I am so perfect for. It's such a great feeling to be fantastic.
Did you see that she asked my fellow judges to try to get me to quit early so she can take over? Now I'd be staying for spite even if I hated it!
I know and appreciate your diligence and respect for your job.
I didn't see that but it sure sounds like something that should give the judges pause when it comes to dealing with her when the time comes.
I will second the BOY AND THE HERON recommendation, as it is both beautiful and bonkers. The English language cast includes Christian Bale (who sometimes slips into his NEWSIES New Yorkese accent), Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson as a crazy squawking bird man, which left me wondering "You needed THAT voice and you hired Robert Pattinson for it?" But they did, and he made that noise, and they even already had Mark Hamill right there available, voicing another character.
I like Miyazaki generally, but this film in particular lost me. It is gorgeous but the plot was way too convoluted and jarring. But I generally am not into art films, either, so your mileage will vary.
I will agree it was weird and kind of confusing and fever-dreamish.
New Randy Rainbow!
https://x.com/RandyRainbow/status/1840754777040281861
Or wherever you get your fine parodies.
He’s a treasure.
I've never heard that song before (unusual for me with Randy Rainbow). Loved it as always!
Our office manager is SO MUCH LIKE RANDY it's unreal--same voice, look the same--I once asked casually if he'd ever heard of RR and he said no and I didn't want to press.
We still have not heard from a friend in Western NC. My ex and his wife are ok being a little further NE than her and we know that her parents are on a ridge. It could just be the comms are down but we are worried.
My friend in Ashville said the power, water, phones, and cell service are all down.
We finally heard from our friend. She was lucky to get some food and water but they are waiting for FEMA and The Nat Guard for assistance in little teeny Spruce Pine.
I heard late last night that I-26 was open to Asheville so it will be easier for relief supplies to get there. I visited some of my wife's cousins there a few years back. I liked Asheville, even if it seemed to be trying too hard to be "weird".
That's good news! The roads being cut off (or destroyed) was the worst part of the issue from what I understand, now that the floodwater has started to recede.
When Sandy hit New York we were unreachable for close to two weeks. Our phones didn’t work at all because all the cell towers were taken down prior to her hitting us. I am sorry but you may have a wait in front of you.
She in contact and she is ok. Thank you.
I’m so happy for you. We didn’t know where my aunt was for close to a week. Nobody had working phones and she had surgery in a hospital that got evacuated we didn’t know where she got sent. Not being able to get into contact with people is so scary during times like this.
Sending good vibes your way.
Hope that they are OK.
"Who are the undecided voters, really? This says it’s not people who legit aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or Trump, but people who aren’t sure whether to vote for Harris or just not vote." So, small victory? Still, what the fuck is wrong with you, undecided voters? Is it really that difficult to choose continuing with democracy, putting at least a little effort into combating climate change, and not fucking over the most vulnerable among us over abandoning democracy and embracing a dystopian fantasy in exchange for tax cuts for the very rich?
I think David Sedaris really nailed "undecided voters" when he wrote for the New Yorker:
"To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”
I was going to say they probably are the ones frozen by indecisiveness in their own life. Rudderless. Adrift. Decisions are made for them by others or factors that come about by their lack of decision.
Or to remember how much you hate airplane food, and decline to eat anything at all.... in the case of the non-voters.
(Even though you are on a 12 hour flight and you know in your heart this is your last chance to get food until you land.)
RIP.
https://x.com/DannyDeraney/status/1840521335405007196
The time Kris Kristofferson consoled Sinead O'Connor after she was booed mercilessly for telling the truth on SNL in 1992.
It costs nothing to be a decent human being.
God speed Kris Kristofferson.
I saw The Boy And The Heron in the theater. I think I lost my sanity when they got to pelicans eating unborn baby souls. Well, Princess Mononoke ends with a god trying to get its own severed head back.
Your link to THINK FUTURE made my day. Thanks.
I recognized some of the places in Asheville from the drone footage -- when I was showing horses, Asheville was on our rotation (The Blue Ridge Charity) and, hands down, it was my favorite of the shows -- more son than the World's Championship. Asheville is a great community, fun outdoors stuff to do (white water rafting), and a surprising foodie scene, not to mention beautiful. I love Asheville. Oh, and Josh can go fuck himself.
The last great thing I did with my sister before her untimely death was to float down the French Broad River together - just a beautiful, tranquil day. It's difficult to imagine THAT river turning into the massive, roaring monster that it did.
We were on the Green River doing white water rafting -- not tranquil -- but equally wonderful and beautiful. It is so beautiful in Asheville. I saw Biltmore Village underwater which a neat restaurant/shopping area near the Biltmore Estate.
I'm obsessed with the Biltmore Estate.
Fuck the Fucking NY Times:
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"She may not be the perfect candidate for every voter, especially those who are frustrated and angry about our government’s failures to fix what’s broken — from our immigration system to public schools to housing costs to gun violence. Yet we urge Americans to contrast Ms. Harris’s record with her opponent’s."
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You thought they could spare a word to explain who has stopped Dem policy efforts from "fixing what's broken"? LOLOLOLOLOL.
Naw, they dump on Trump (for once, and thank goodness) but shy away from criticizing the party that cuts the Sulzbergers' taxes.
(Also fuck auto-correct that changed Sulzbergers' to Sulzberger's.)
Buttery males!
Buttery males!
"Vote for Harris - she's mediocre."
So they’re *endorsing* her in the most back-handed way possible?
Fucking fuckers.
NYTimes clearly really wanted to endorse Trump but he's just too deranged now even for them.
Legacy media declares Democrats unable to fix what Republicans have broken without Republican help.
But somehow without using the word Republican.
Even when they’re endorsing her they still can’t help getting a little BOTH SIDES in
Once a bitch, always a bitch.
"She may not be the perfect candidate."
NAME ME ONE FUCKING PERFECT CANDIDATE IN FUCKING HISTORY, YOU FUCKING FUCKS. Just one. I'll wait.
(And don't come at me with Lincoln. The entire south fucking hated his ass, and he went into office believing that the way to handle the slaves was to send them back to Africa. Was he a perfect candidate? No - but he was the right man in the right place at a desperate time. Same goes for FDR and Joe Biden.)
To be even clearer about Abe, he only got the GOP nom by being the 2nd choice of all the leading factions and even in the general election he would have lost if a)the Dems could have come up with a consensus candidate and not split 3 ways and b) relatively recent state admissions hadn't eroded the South's historic advantage in the Electoral College. He only got a plurality of the popular vote, but all the EC votes of the North and that was enough.
More than that -- they said perfect candidate "for every voter".
Good fucking gravy.
So, an impossibility.