The one on the left is a Fugler. Creepy little plushies with teeth and often human looking eyes. My 7-year old has that one and about a dozen others including a purple one with 3 eyes that she named Vileaxxe.
Whoever owns the internet was trying to keep from viewing Martini’s healthy gif - but I outsmarted them - I closed my open apps and restarted - wow - it really works -
Anesthesia - we don’t need no stinkin’ anesthesia - just let me read the Tabz while you do that root canal - (Ten seconds later) - ‘Fuck me!’ - No Doc, it’s not you, it’s these muthafuckin’ GQP snakes in my House of Representatives - keep drilling.”
_WHY_ are these fools always comparing someone to Jesus Christ? It's always misplaced, since Josh has been thoroughly wrapped in cloaks of mythology. Even the real guy doesn't have much in common with Jimbo & Donny
I have been seeing EV chargers popping up about Cuyahoga County, (where Cleveland is,) but didn't assume the state had anything to do with it. Interesting.
The apple stuff sounds like its apple crumble, which ,is that actually pie or its own thing? idk, don't much care. might make if my pint-sized apple-fiend leaves me any.
Between this and Lewis' recent dogshit takes on Michael Oher, I'm wondering if The Big Short was not as good as I remember, or it was but it was just a lucky fluke.
Why provide something for free (or as part of something already paid for) when you can charge extra for it?
I just downsized my Medicare Advantage Dental from Hi-test to Regular, and will save about $33/mo starting in January. That should pay for the Netflix and Hulu price hikes.
The Republinazi holdouts are getting a taste of what their lifelong terrorist campaign against POC, immigrants, and LGBT people has been like. Too bad.
Work of art from a LA Times Letter to Editor (today); excerpted:
"Spend any time in that information ecosphere, and you will find the looming 2024 election has elevated the already steady drumbeat of misery, catastrophe and sin into a frenetic cacophony of Armageddon‘s greatest hits.
To them [conservative media], President Biden is an animated corpse controlled by a shadowy cabal of Marxist environmentalist radicals cackling with glee as they let inflation run unchecked. This nefarious glitterati has ground the economy to a halt so your jobs can be given to gang members crossing the border, every one of them with a 100-pound sack of fentanyl strapped to their back.
Meanwhile, God-fearing children are forcibly having their pronouns altered by anti-parent activists who are indoctrinating kids in the dual evils of gender fluidity and historical racism."
Dental insurance always sucked, whenever I looked into it.
However, my current job has excellent dental coverage, however misnamed it might be. Right now it covers 70% of most things, and 50% of the rest. It covered all but $125 of an emergency tooth extraction in June, and all but 79 of my exam and extensive exrays at my last visit (I hadn't had xrays of my mess of a mouth for about 7 years). My employer picks up most of the cost of this, as well - I think my monthly premium (deducted from my paycheck) is about $4.
Thank a Union for this, specifically AFSCME and our local negotiators. Why has it been 7 years since I had anything but the most dire dental needs taken care of? Money. Why will I be able to take care of my fucked up mouth now? Dental Insurance.
It's crazy to me that dental care isn't part of regular insurance, but with theway insurance is currently set up, I'm very grateful AFSCME negotiated what we do have.
Mine covers two cleanings and one set of x-rays per year, then about half of any needed procedures. I went without coverage until I was in my 40s, with predictable results. As long as I still have teeth, I'll keep paying the quite reasonable monthly premium.
Ooo, I should note another piece ASFCME got into the contract:
I'm at 70% coverage for the bulk of dental work until the end of the year. The second year, it goes up to 80%, the third 90%, and the fourth year it hits 100% for most procedures and stays there.
Go UNIONS!
*insert Norma Rae here, also fire up "I'm sticking to the Union" on the jukebox*
I love Salon and hero-worship Amanda Marcotte, but geez, do those people employ copy editors? Single quote instead of double after "Christian nationalist," "Jordan's rise to this be even a plausible Speaker," "exagerrate," "That shows that his a viewpoint that has taken over the Republican party" -- there's more, but you get the idea. This adds to my appreciation of Wonkette, on which I don't believe I've ever spotted a single one of these screwups.
“ Johnson told Insider that "Genius" was his CHS code name. Insider was able to confirm Johnson's identity as "Genius" with two additional sources. The statement does not mention Thiel.”
What. The. Fuck? Chuck Johnson’s code name was “Genius?” Please tell me he picked that himself.
I've accepted the fact that I'm probably going to die young from dental issues. I simply can't afford it. The last time I tried to sign up for credit specifically for dental care, I was denied. My dream is to get them all pulled and get dentures, but every dentist I've been to says that they're not in that bad of shape. I fucking hate living in America sometimes.
I drive 50 minutes to a dental school for all of my dental care. The quality of care is superb, they never try to upsale me in stuff I don’t need, and I can just about afford it.
as if we needed more evidence of that when the evangelicals all made trump their lord and savior in 2016. Is there anyone more not-christlike than Donald?
Do teeth monsters have dental insurance? https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/the-healthy-snacks-that-teeth-monsters
Maybe you could use this. Even if not, it's still amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkyLCuiQA5I&ab_channel=HenryKirkwoodWildlife
😮 very cool!
The little dental office of horrors.
I almost expected to see an old picture of Steve Martin on the wall.
Thanks for the morning mood-lifter!
The one on the left is a Fugler. Creepy little plushies with teeth and often human looking eyes. My 7-year old has that one and about a dozen others including a purple one with 3 eyes that she named Vileaxxe.
Really cute gif this morning - thanks!
I feel an affinity for the donut-shaped one.
Whoever owns the internet was trying to keep from viewing Martini’s healthy gif - but I outsmarted them - I closed my open apps and restarted - wow - it really works -
The Fembassy is open!
Anesthesia - we don’t need no stinkin’ anesthesia - just let me read the Tabz while you do that root canal - (Ten seconds later) - ‘Fuck me!’ - No Doc, it’s not you, it’s these muthafuckin’ GQP snakes in my House of Representatives - keep drilling.”
Wonkette is my go-to when getting blood drawn.
Keeping the children shod is definitely a motivation for sending money!
“It makes Ayn Rand look like Spinoza”. This sounds like a Wonker sentence…ok, confession time…which one of you is Michael Lewis?
“It makes Ayn Rand look like Spinoza”. This sounds like a Wonker sentence…ok, confession time…which one of you is Michael Lewis?
down here in the morning tabs, to keep it on-topic..
After the GREAT week Donnie has had, I'm sure he'll really enjoy this weekend's golf tournament!
𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧! 𝐋𝐈𝐕 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐟’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟐 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥.
_WHY_ are these fools always comparing someone to Jesus Christ? It's always misplaced, since Josh has been thoroughly wrapped in cloaks of mythology. Even the real guy doesn't have much in common with Jimbo & Donny
I have been seeing EV chargers popping up about Cuyahoga County, (where Cleveland is,) but didn't assume the state had anything to do with it. Interesting.
The apple stuff sounds like its apple crumble, which ,is that actually pie or its own thing? idk, don't much care. might make if my pint-sized apple-fiend leaves me any.
There's also a review of Michael Lewis' SBF book at Intelligencer that's pretty great:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/how-michael-lewis-got-duped-by-sam-bankman-fried.html
Between this and Lewis' recent dogshit takes on Michael Oher, I'm wondering if The Big Short was not as good as I remember, or it was but it was just a lucky fluke.
The movie was pretty great. I didn't read the book.
I still don't understand why teeth and eyes are treated like aftermarket accessories by health insurance.
Why provide something for free (or as part of something already paid for) when you can charge extra for it?
I just downsized my Medicare Advantage Dental from Hi-test to Regular, and will save about $33/mo starting in January. That should pay for the Netflix and Hulu price hikes.
The Vox Explainer article tries to explain, but the reality is that it's not explainable.
I'll never understand it, either.
The Republinazi holdouts are getting a taste of what their lifelong terrorist campaign against POC, immigrants, and LGBT people has been like. Too bad.
Work of art from a LA Times Letter to Editor (today); excerpted:
"Spend any time in that information ecosphere, and you will find the looming 2024 election has elevated the already steady drumbeat of misery, catastrophe and sin into a frenetic cacophony of Armageddon‘s greatest hits.
To them [conservative media], President Biden is an animated corpse controlled by a shadowy cabal of Marxist environmentalist radicals cackling with glee as they let inflation run unchecked. This nefarious glitterati has ground the economy to a halt so your jobs can be given to gang members crossing the border, every one of them with a 100-pound sack of fentanyl strapped to their back.
Meanwhile, God-fearing children are forcibly having their pronouns altered by anti-parent activists who are indoctrinating kids in the dual evils of gender fluidity and historical racism."
Dental insurance always sucked, whenever I looked into it.
However, my current job has excellent dental coverage, however misnamed it might be. Right now it covers 70% of most things, and 50% of the rest. It covered all but $125 of an emergency tooth extraction in June, and all but 79 of my exam and extensive exrays at my last visit (I hadn't had xrays of my mess of a mouth for about 7 years). My employer picks up most of the cost of this, as well - I think my monthly premium (deducted from my paycheck) is about $4.
Thank a Union for this, specifically AFSCME and our local negotiators. Why has it been 7 years since I had anything but the most dire dental needs taken care of? Money. Why will I be able to take care of my fucked up mouth now? Dental Insurance.
It's crazy to me that dental care isn't part of regular insurance, but with theway insurance is currently set up, I'm very grateful AFSCME negotiated what we do have.
Dental, hearing, and vision are quality of life issues that should be covered by all insurance policies including Medicare/Medicaid.
Mine covers two cleanings and one set of x-rays per year, then about half of any needed procedures. I went without coverage until I was in my 40s, with predictable results. As long as I still have teeth, I'll keep paying the quite reasonable monthly premium.
We're Fuckin' AFSCME!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mw49mk_x0
Ooo, I should note another piece ASFCME got into the contract:
I'm at 70% coverage for the bulk of dental work until the end of the year. The second year, it goes up to 80%, the third 90%, and the fourth year it hits 100% for most procedures and stays there.
Go UNIONS!
*insert Norma Rae here, also fire up "I'm sticking to the Union" on the jukebox*
Baking fresh bread for breakfast!
I love Salon and hero-worship Amanda Marcotte, but geez, do those people employ copy editors? Single quote instead of double after "Christian nationalist," "Jordan's rise to this be even a plausible Speaker," "exagerrate," "That shows that his a viewpoint that has taken over the Republican party" -- there's more, but you get the idea. This adds to my appreciation of Wonkette, on which I don't believe I've ever spotted a single one of these screwups.
Good thing wonkette doesn't allow comments. You'd see all sorts of weirdnessessessesss....
“ Johnson told Insider that "Genius" was his CHS code name. Insider was able to confirm Johnson's identity as "Genius" with two additional sources. The statement does not mention Thiel.”
What. The. Fuck? Chuck Johnson’s code name was “Genius?” Please tell me he picked that himself.
Nah- the FBI gave it to him, but it was ironic. Like calling a big dude "Tiny."
Or calling the bald guy Curly.
I've accepted the fact that I'm probably going to die young from dental issues. I simply can't afford it. The last time I tried to sign up for credit specifically for dental care, I was denied. My dream is to get them all pulled and get dentures, but every dentist I've been to says that they're not in that bad of shape. I fucking hate living in America sometimes.
I drive 50 minutes to a dental school for all of my dental care. The quality of care is superb, they never try to upsale me in stuff I don’t need, and I can just about afford it.
I found a low-cost clinic that I still can't afford. Looking for a dental school now.
Thanks, honey. I'm sorry you have gone through this, too.
Similarly, Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., told reporters last week, "You could put Jesus Christ up for speaker of the House and he still wouldn’t get 217."
You can’t get a much more blatant admission that republicans really want nothing to do with Jesus or his teachings than this.
as if we needed more evidence of that when the evangelicals all made trump their lord and savior in 2016. Is there anyone more not-christlike than Donald?
Fun watching Qevin debase himself, giving today's nominating speech for Gym.