Thank you for this. I'm an owner of a Boston Terrier who hates water. Nevertheless, this little guy is terrific. Whenever I feel down today, I'm watching this.
I do not care WHO the shooter was "dating". His mom gave that info out, after his grandmother proudly stated that everyone in the family is a MAGAT. The fact that he learned hate at their knees and how to use a rifle as a matter of course couldn't be more ironic.
Well, I am in Michigan (not the Detroit area tho) and I am *very* interested in our upcoming Senate race so I signed up as a "virtual guest" for Rebecca's fundraiser and threw in a little extra. Looking forward to chatting with some folks. PS I don't look anything like my picture ;)
Just to be clear, and as pointed out by Josh at TPM, being in love with a transitioning person says NOTHING about your politics. We still have no idea what Robinson's politics were, if he even had any measurable bent in any direction.
I've been to Olive Garden a handful of times. Each time, the decision was made based on specials they were running seen in TV commercials. Each time, they didn't have the special.
Just a corporate chain trying too hard to feel like an Authentic Italian Restaurant!™
I realize this sounds like a conspiracy craziness, but those 'texts' don't sound like any 22 year old I've ever been, raised up, or known. They have his phone, and the roomies' phone. I would not put it past them, as they are filthy monsters, of sending these texts to support their version that he was a left wing loon with a trans lover. Is there no one who can figure out when these were really sent or if they were sent 'later'. Jimmy Kimmel was absolutely right. Also too Jimmy, said nothing derogatory about Kirk.
Re: Tyler Robinson’s “politics” (read “corporate media mindfucking”), his grandmother has already said the *entire family* are “staunch” (read “idiotic”) Republicans; that’s good enough for me.
It is entirely plausible that he was raised MAGAt and then later came to change his mind about one particular thing (LGTBQ rights ... because he went to college outside the family and news media bubble and met an actual living breathing person) while still retaining the fucked up radicalization from his upbringing that says "violence is a proper response to injustice".
So, the right radicalized him. But then he decided that the injustice that mattered to him the most ... just happened to align with a left-wing ideal.
That does not take away from the fact that it was right wing radicalization that drove him to kill Charlie Kirk. However inconvenient that is for the simple minds on the right to understand.
Olive Garden is an above-average casual dining chain and doesn't deserve the hate from one sector or the idolatry from another. If you emerge from an experience there thinking "Italian food is the best", good on you for trying something new; you have an entire world to experience. If you emerge from there thinking "that's a solid Italian-American take on casual dining", you are indeed correct.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk on the most important issue of the day in Tabs.
NYT: "While boasting about his administration’s efforts to solve wars, Trump flubbed one of his favorites. He said that he had helped stop the war between Azerbaijan and Albania. He meant Armenia."
[Remember when JRB Jr mistakenly called the Egyptian leader ‘president of Mexico’?]
Today we went to get Mrs Mild’s eyes measured for her upcoming cataract surgery next month. It took less than ten minutes and the tech was very friendly.
Mrs Mild has been complaining a lot recently about double vision, seeing halos around lights, etc. The opthamologist also recommended that I get the surgery, but her vision is much worse than mine.
Besides, she wouldn’t be able to drive me to and from the surgery and follow-ups with her vision like this.
“The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.
Nothing Kimmel said here was false. The right was working hard to characterize the shooter as not one of them* and they have been trying to score political points from it. Those are indisputable facts.
*and as I posted last night, I’m still not convinced that text exchange hasn’t been forged or altered. He may be an ultra maga. Or maybe he’s not. Nothing is certain and we have no reason to trust any evidence produced by this regime. Either way, it doesn’t change what the right had been doing in the lead up to Kimmel’s monologue .
Hi there! It’s your twirling, twirling gif source link: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/doggo-becomes-the-whirpool
And meme chat (with bonus vacation photos): https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/6cb79956-8d02-4cf5-bef2-bdaedbd326d8?utm_source=share
They only have one setting, spin cycle.
Thank you for this. I'm an owner of a Boston Terrier who hates water. Nevertheless, this little guy is terrific. Whenever I feel down today, I'm watching this.
Woof-tee-do!
Nice to see joy in the midst of so much negative news.
When the water pot is shown him
Our boy gets real busy
How can he get quite that wet
And yet still not be dizzy?
Doggeral for reals.
Who let the doggeral out?
Woof!
There's a fella who knows what he likes and pursues it gleefully...
And he's right, it's the simple pleasures
Ok. They broke the cute meter this morning!
Good Gods, that gif was needed!!! LOLOL and Thank you!! Now, I can brave the TABS!!
Pure joy. Thank you.
Lemme guess - the dog's named Charybdis?
That's basically me anywhere there is a swimming opportunity
A bit of laundry soap and toss your dirty clothes in there, and that's one job taken care of.
Forward thinking. Needed.
Aside from the hair and dog slobber residue, it could work.
Yep, probably a slobbering little beast when not twirling.
That's what I call a tempest in a teapot.
I am the W̵h̵i̵r̵l̵w̵i̵n̵d̵ Whirlpool!
I do not care WHO the shooter was "dating". His mom gave that info out, after his grandmother proudly stated that everyone in the family is a MAGAT. The fact that he learned hate at their knees and how to use a rifle as a matter of course couldn't be more ironic.
Well, I am in Michigan (not the Detroit area tho) and I am *very* interested in our upcoming Senate race so I signed up as a "virtual guest" for Rebecca's fundraiser and threw in a little extra. Looking forward to chatting with some folks. PS I don't look anything like my picture ;)
"40 Italian Phrases You (I) Need to Learn Before Your (My) Trip to Italy, HEART EYES EMOJI!"
Left out:
"I am not a MAGAt."
"I did not vote for Donald Trump."
"Tariffs are a stupid idea."
"They won't release the Epstein files because Trump's name is all over them."
"Do not come to the USA, it is not safe there."
Just to be clear, and as pointed out by Josh at TPM, being in love with a transitioning person says NOTHING about your politics. We still have no idea what Robinson's politics were, if he even had any measurable bent in any direction.
I've been to Olive Garden a handful of times. Each time, the decision was made based on specials they were running seen in TV commercials. Each time, they didn't have the special.
Just a corporate chain trying too hard to feel like an Authentic Italian Restaurant!™
I realize this sounds like a conspiracy craziness, but those 'texts' don't sound like any 22 year old I've ever been, raised up, or known. They have his phone, and the roomies' phone. I would not put it past them, as they are filthy monsters, of sending these texts to support their version that he was a left wing loon with a trans lover. Is there no one who can figure out when these were really sent or if they were sent 'later'. Jimmy Kimmel was absolutely right. Also too Jimmy, said nothing derogatory about Kirk.
Re: Tyler Robinson’s “politics” (read “corporate media mindfucking”), his grandmother has already said the *entire family* are “staunch” (read “idiotic”) Republicans; that’s good enough for me.
It is entirely plausible that he was raised MAGAt and then later came to change his mind about one particular thing (LGTBQ rights ... because he went to college outside the family and news media bubble and met an actual living breathing person) while still retaining the fucked up radicalization from his upbringing that says "violence is a proper response to injustice".
So, the right radicalized him. But then he decided that the injustice that mattered to him the most ... just happened to align with a left-wing ideal.
That does not take away from the fact that it was right wing radicalization that drove him to kill Charlie Kirk. However inconvenient that is for the simple minds on the right to understand.
Olive Garden is an above-average casual dining chain and doesn't deserve the hate from one sector or the idolatry from another. If you emerge from an experience there thinking "Italian food is the best", good on you for trying something new; you have an entire world to experience. If you emerge from there thinking "that's a solid Italian-American take on casual dining", you are indeed correct.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk on the most important issue of the day in Tabs.
Agreed. Not a restaurant that I seek out but a good choice if you are trying to feed tweens and old people at the same time.
Jake Tapper, please answer the Courtesy Phone!
NYT: "While boasting about his administration’s efforts to solve wars, Trump flubbed one of his favorites. He said that he had helped stop the war between Azerbaijan and Albania. He meant Armenia."
[Remember when JRB Jr mistakenly called the Egyptian leader ‘president of Mexico’?]
Can we close Villa?
Today we went to get Mrs Mild’s eyes measured for her upcoming cataract surgery next month. It took less than ten minutes and the tech was very friendly.
Mrs Mild has been complaining a lot recently about double vision, seeing halos around lights, etc. The opthamologist also recommended that I get the surgery, but her vision is much worse than mine.
Besides, she wouldn’t be able to drive me to and from the surgery and follow-ups with her vision like this.
Sadly I haven't seen any coupons for BOGO for cataract surgery.
Do they offer a two-fer deal?
Wouldn't it be a four-fer?
I’ve read what Kimmel said like 10 times now and I still can’t figure out what he is supposed to say in his apology or to whom.
"sorry that my opinion didn't match the right wing talking point of the moment"
Gotta have my Tab's and Coffee in the Morning ☕💯👍
OT!
Leave Barry alone. He left the job ten years ago.
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1968460216959386024
But he’s still one of the most eloquent, and popular, leaders we have, so the more he wants to speak up, the better.
Thought he handled the jackass heckler pretty well.
“The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.
Nothing Kimmel said here was false. The right was working hard to characterize the shooter as not one of them* and they have been trying to score political points from it. Those are indisputable facts.
*and as I posted last night, I’m still not convinced that text exchange hasn’t been forged or altered. He may be an ultra maga. Or maybe he’s not. Nothing is certain and we have no reason to trust any evidence produced by this regime. Either way, it doesn’t change what the right had been doing in the lead up to Kimmel’s monologue .