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Would you like to learn more about you hed gif artist, Elisabetta Sirani? Well then, scoot on over here: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/elisabetta-sirani-trailblazer-and?sd=pf

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The gifs seem to render much nicer here.

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*DESIRE TO LEARN MORE INTENSIFIES*

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Did you see I left some links at the bottom of that page for "further reading?" I'm service-y like that :)

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Does having a hed gif guarantee citizenship?

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Citizenship of Martiniville? I'm going to assume that's what you are on about, and to answer your question, citizenship is guaranteed to the glamorous, so then... yes!

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:( not glamorous; can I petition for asylum?

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Such a prolific 27 year life.

Loved the slick picnic pics, chick

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I knew it was an Italian! So flashy!

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Very cool. One of those portraits looks like Vermeer.

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How do *you* know what Vermeer looked like?

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Sorry, can’t resist. Bananas and guns make this sketch obligatory.

https://youtu.be/piWCBOsJr-w

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You come for the 10th Doctor, you come for us all, Motherfucker.

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Just spent two and a half hours in a dentist's chair. They were working on the molds for my new dentures. But they use a stinky nasty tasting wax. But the water bath that they use to soften the wax wasn't working. Finally my dentist went and took one from someone else's station. Got to go back tomorrow for another hour and half of this. I did find out that I share a birthday with my dentist. After leaving it started pouring rain of course because I'm unholy and god hates me. But now on to a bunch more running around. It's gonna be a long day.

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Ohhh, the stinky nasty tasting wax! I'm going through that with a bridge. Pilbattt, plllbbbbllaattt...be right back, gotta go get a mint to clean out even the thought of that stuff!

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It took all day to get the taste out of my mouth, mouthwash, coffee, soda, nothing worked.

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Do you remember the big red wax lips you could buy as candy? To think I actually voluntarily chewed on a few of those.

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When it rains, it pours, of course.

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Greetings from Germany, wonkers! Day 4 of vacation. The weathers gorgeous (it’s not blistering up in Berlin like it is in southern Europe. Thank goddess.

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"Faroe Islands government said there are concerns that the high levels of mercury and PCBs in the whales can have detrimental health effects and said that “ocean pollution by heavy industries and industrialized agriculture has resulted in the pollution of whales.”

Choke on it.

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Fox: "McCarthy's closed-door video sets up bombshell hearing on Hunter Biden/IRS investigation"

Sometimes I wish Congress would investigate the weaponization of government.

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They got a different Chinese spy who's under indictment for arms trafficking?

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So a funny thing happened today when I attempted to add an image of HR Giger's Cover art for Debby Harry's antique album Koo Koo.

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The giant squid that is in the Smithsonian washed up on Plum Island, where I lived at the time, in 1980. But I was away at a week-long overnight camp that our middle school did every year so I never saw it.

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Yeah, right. When linking to material coming from Donald Trump, always always always prefer the version that was edited by Marcie Wheeler.

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1681299450969591808

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If the edit removes only the whining and lies then there's nothing left to read. Not that that's a bad thing....

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Perfecto

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Smile and Nod is the other name for Husbanding 101.

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Certain kinds of wifing, also too

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MSNBC: Trump received target letter in Jan. 6 probe, has 4 days to report to the grand jury

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Oooo! Morning nice times!

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Kirk Cameron's white nationalist Christian asshole parade is coming to my library on August 5

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My my, Trump writing a nasty letter because he got a nasty letter from his favorite Jack.

https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1681297564639936513

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Wow, that run-on sentence in the first paragraph.... agrieved much, Mr Trump?

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Will the Court jail Trump, awaiting trial, in DC? He's a clear danger to the public, a flight risk, and will be charged with extremely serious crimes. Equal justice for all?

LOL. I am so ridiculous, and arguably a bit funny on occasion. Better question: Will Judge Cannon wipe the filth off her face, after she chauffeurs The Donald back to Mar a Lago? Or just show off her orange lipstick to her MAGA lovers?

Enquiring minds ... are sick of this stench.

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This is the latest on the docket in the Florida case. There is that pretrial hearing this afternoon.

PAPERLESS ORDER: The parties shall be prepared to discuss the Government's Motion for Continuance and Proposed Revised Scheduling Order 34 at the CIPA Section 2 pretrial conference scheduled for July 18, 2023, including the proposed deadlines contained therein [34-2] and particularized objections thereto, in light of 18 U.S.C. § 3161, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the CIPA. Signed by Judge Aileen M. Cannon on 7/17/2023. (kts) (Entered: 07/17/2023)

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Today's Ponderable which I am pondering: would you consider Arizona to share a border with Colorado?

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It's called "Four Corners State" for a reason, so yes.

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