Via HuffPost: JERUSALEM (AP) — Detained activists from a flotilla that tried to get past the Israeli blockade of Gaza arrived Wednesday in Israel. Video released by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir showed him walking among some of the approximately 430 detainees. The videos drew a backlash abroad and in Israel, where a fellow government minister called them inappropriate and “disgraceful.”
One video shows activists with their hands tied behind their backs kneeling with their heads touching the floor inside what appears to be a makeshift detention area at Ashdod port and on the deck of a ship. Ben-Gvir waves a large Israeli flag and tells the detainees: “Welcome to Israel, we are the landlords.” One handcuffed activist shown in the video shouting “Free Palestine” as Ben-Gvir was walking past was immediately pushed to the ground by security personnel.
In a second video, Ben-Gvir says the activists “came here all full of pride like big heroes. Look at them now,” while appealing to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to grant him permission to imprison them. “I say to Prime Minister Netanyahu, give them to me for a long, long time, give them to us for the terrorist prisons, that’s what it should look like.”"
HuffPost: "In his first public comments since granting clemency to Tina Peters, Colo. Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he thinks his decision to free the 2020 election denier and disgraced former county clerk “will be remembered fondly.” “I think this will be remembered fondly,” Polis said at an event moderated by The Colorado Sun. “The nation needs to have a reconciliation and healing.”"
What does Trump expect to happen with this ballroom? Does he think he can lock himself in on January 20, 2029 and run the country from there, impossible to reach?
Weld the entrance shut, change the wifi password, and move on. Trump doesn't drink, so we aren't even out the cost of a cask of Amontillado.
"Georgia Democrats failed to educate voters about a court race.
There were more votes cast in Georgia in the Democratic primary for governor than in the Republican one. And yet two State Supreme Court candidates backed by Democrats — including former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris — failed to oust incumbents appointed by Republican governors.
The difference suggests that Georgia Democrats did not have a turnout problem as much as they did a voter education problem. The State Supreme Court races are officially nonpartisan, but unlike in Wisconsin and other states where justices and judicial candidates have become identified with a party, the partisan votes did not translate in Georgia.
The result: Georgia’s Supreme Court will remain firmly controlled by conservatives. Eight of the nine justices were appointed by Republican governors."
Judicial races in Ohio, considered non-partisan, used to not have party designations on the ballot. Then, we had a race for Chief Justice where the Democrat was named Brunner and the Republican candidate was named Kennedy.
The Republican legislature quickly passed a bill appending party designations to the names of supreme court justices on the ballot.
Spring lawn care season is full upon us in Chicago. "Know Your Rights/Conoce tus derechos" signs are popping up everywhere, like flowers after a gentle rain.
Your beary maternal hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/ride-and-dine-bear-cub
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/42940806-31a4-47e4-b9da-1800d5004e01?utm_source=share
That is the sweetest mother/child moment I've seen in a long time.
“Mom’s got groceries! Mom’s got groceries!”
Breakfast and ride in one. That's one super mom.
Babby forest doggo!!!
Grocery shopping with the kid.
So cute, I can bearly stand it.
Are we bear yet, Mooooommmm? I’m hongry.
Beware the Grizzly Bear
he'll give you a scare
unless it's a female
then she will
(that was the first one I wrote back in 2014)
I drink brown bear milk because it’s so nutritious. Also, I get a great workout trying to obtain it.
I see it with my own eyes
So I find it to be so
That there are bear-back riders
At fishing rodeos.
LOL!
I've got an earworm, now.
"I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life..."
"Oh boy! Salmon again! Thanks, Mom"
A swim, then dinner!
A grub trout for a cub scout.
The re-enactment of the 'Fable of the Frog and Scorpion' wowed the Ursine PTA meeting.
Go grizzlies!
UBear Eats?
Are you a Dad? Because that is a good (or bad, depending upon your point of view) Dad joke.
I told a Dad joke to my seven y/o granddaughter. She rolled her eyes at me and said “Bro”
*groan!*
Bearly afloat….
Crime pays, and pays well.
$1,776,000,000 pencils out to a $1,000,000 payout for 1,776 criminals.
Any questions?
You know, if Trump stopping threatening to send random nations "back to the Stone Age" we wouldn't have to build a drone-proof dance hall.
𝘌𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘋𝘌𝘔𝘖𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘊 𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘚 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2020 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
What's next? Will they be confirming a holocaust denier to the Supreme Court?
38+8=46
52-8=40
Wow. They really are trying to lose!
Lol Dems trying to lose in November! God forbid they win and are expected to do one single goddamned thing for the 99!
Grocery Clerk: Paper or plastic?
Clavicular: Ribbed, for my enjoyment.
Is this what they mean by "Dance like nobody's watching?"
https://bsky.app/profile/charlotteclymer.bsky.social/post/3mmavyi37422y
Via HuffPost: JERUSALEM (AP) — Detained activists from a flotilla that tried to get past the Israeli blockade of Gaza arrived Wednesday in Israel. Video released by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir showed him walking among some of the approximately 430 detainees. The videos drew a backlash abroad and in Israel, where a fellow government minister called them inappropriate and “disgraceful.”
One video shows activists with their hands tied behind their backs kneeling with their heads touching the floor inside what appears to be a makeshift detention area at Ashdod port and on the deck of a ship. Ben-Gvir waves a large Israeli flag and tells the detainees: “Welcome to Israel, we are the landlords.” One handcuffed activist shown in the video shouting “Free Palestine” as Ben-Gvir was walking past was immediately pushed to the ground by security personnel.
In a second video, Ben-Gvir says the activists “came here all full of pride like big heroes. Look at them now,” while appealing to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to grant him permission to imprison them. “I say to Prime Minister Netanyahu, give them to me for a long, long time, give them to us for the terrorist prisons, that’s what it should look like.”"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-security-minister-ben-gvir-humiliating-gaza-flotilla-activists_n_6a0dc591e4b079e4ea34aba0?origin=home-latest-news-unit
Drop Ben-Gvir off in the middle of Gaza and let him fight his way out.
HuffPost: "In his first public comments since granting clemency to Tina Peters, Colo. Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he thinks his decision to free the 2020 election denier and disgraced former county clerk “will be remembered fondly.” “I think this will be remembered fondly,” Polis said at an event moderated by The Colorado Sun. “The nation needs to have a reconciliation and healing.”"
"will be remembered warmly". As in, with the heat of a thousand suns. FTFY.
Oh for fuck sakes…
Yes, we need reconciliation and healing. That's why we need accountability, JARED, you dense mutherfucker.
🐻 Tab's and Coffee in the Morning ☕💯👍
What does Trump expect to happen with this ballroom? Does he think he can lock himself in on January 20, 2029 and run the country from there, impossible to reach?
Weld the entrance shut, change the wifi password, and move on. Trump doesn't drink, so we aren't even out the cost of a cask of Amontillado.
The plan won't work. Trump spends more time golfing than he does in the White House.
But it will have drones to "protect Washington" militarily.
So what? We changed the wifi password.
Let’s not forget that Massie will be doing the very least he can do after supporting GOP slander clown Donnie Trump for the last 12 years.
He’s still a massive turd who remains in the Republican Party.
He reminds me of those Nazi generals who waited until 1944 to notice that Hitler was bad for Germany. But without the courage.
Or a serial killer who’s not as bad as some of the others because he only killed 199 people instead of 200.
still going take whatever mischief he (and cassidy) want to throw out there...
One thousand, seven hundred and seventy six million dollars.
Is that a lot? It sounds like a lot.
Interesting, from NYT. The courts are important!
"Georgia Democrats failed to educate voters about a court race.
There were more votes cast in Georgia in the Democratic primary for governor than in the Republican one. And yet two State Supreme Court candidates backed by Democrats — including former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris — failed to oust incumbents appointed by Republican governors.
The difference suggests that Georgia Democrats did not have a turnout problem as much as they did a voter education problem. The State Supreme Court races are officially nonpartisan, but unlike in Wisconsin and other states where justices and judicial candidates have become identified with a party, the partisan votes did not translate in Georgia.
The result: Georgia’s Supreme Court will remain firmly controlled by conservatives. Eight of the nine justices were appointed by Republican governors."
Judicial races in Ohio, considered non-partisan, used to not have party designations on the ballot. Then, we had a race for Chief Justice where the Democrat was named Brunner and the Republican candidate was named Kennedy.
The Republican legislature quickly passed a bill appending party designations to the names of supreme court justices on the ballot.
How the 1776 fund will be doled out to J6ers
“You’re getting a million dollars”
“Fuck yeah”
“Now the Trump organization gets a “finders fee of 60 percent for arranging the fund”
“Oh okay. That’s still…”
“The attorney provided to you by the Trump organization get 35 percent for closing the case”
“Yeah but”
“And then finally court costs of $90,000”
“But we’re just sitting in an office”
“So here’s that check for $10,000. And no we don’t validate parking”
Of course, the IRS is going to come after you for taxes on the full million. That $10K should cover it. Maybe.
Spring lawn care season is full upon us in Chicago. "Know Your Rights/Conoce tus derechos" signs are popping up everywhere, like flowers after a gentle rain.
Typical, mama bear does it all 🙃