I do wish we could stop referring to HB as a "fuck up." I've known fuck ups and addicts, and they're not necessarily the same. Anybody who can beat addiction isn't a "fuck up."
Joe and Hunter always hug. Joe hugs Hunter like Hunter is 7 years old and had a scary dream or skinned his knee. They had that photo a couple years ago of them embracing that panicked every masculine conservative and puzzled the unloved. Hunter has known love and acceptance, and still struggled for years with addiction. That’s a powerful lesson in how insidious and indiscriminate addiction is, and it’s an acquittal of loving parents who feel guilty and blame themselves.
My parents loved me and my siblings and raised us with imperfect care. My dad was an addict, nearly succumbing to tranquilizers in his 40’s. I was 15 when he apologized for it and promised to be better. He was. For 30 years after that he was a different person. Reliable, dependable, a rock. But I became an addict anyway, and a far more committed one than he was.
We never see Trump embrace his kids in a moment of true affection. Maybe a robust bonus from Trump Org for frantically owning the libs in the press. If they tried to hug, it would probably look robotic, synthetic, or cause them both to combust.
We dote on our young son. I have worked from home since he was born in 2018 and I changed 10,000 landfilled diapers. My wife worked, but only every other day. He always had one or both of us home. I have endless respect for parents now, after days and days and days of patiently sitting on the floor with toys watching him crawl and then walk and then go to school. He’s spoiled, we know that. That’s our fault. This summer, I begged my wife to take the summer off while he’s young. We are dipping into savings to make that work, but he’s only 5 years old once. She agreed. So he wouldn’t get bored or want to play video games inside all summer, he’s signed up for summer day camps and nature camps about a week each month. It gives us some time too, and he’s coming home dirty and exhausted, after playing outside with kids all day.
I wish the Trumps had nothing to do with politics or anything affecting our lives, but I feel badly for the Trump kids, and all kids who aren’t smothered in love and care and structure.
We are lucky our son has always been an amazing sleeper. I miss his 2-3 hour power naps he took each afternoon until he was 4. The naps are gone, but he’s ready for bed early, by 8:30. He sleeps like a rock until 7:00 am. No nightmares yet, knock on wood, no fear of the dark or closet monsters. He’s always seemed secure and safe. Some kids are just incredibly lucky.
Morning all! Seven am on the dot. Granny is still at the hospital, recovering from her surgery. She’s quite shaky so they’re sending her to a rehab unit for a week or so. So everyone gets a bit of a break, her and us.
Have you ever noticed that the weather controlling satellites can only be used for bad weather? No one ever blames them for nice sunny days, or when rain falls where it's needed. Nope. It's only when a hurricane stops you does it have to be a weather controlling satellite.
Well, I'm not an asshole quite as bad as DJTJ, but I do know what it's like to love a self-absorbed, narcissist father. Poor DJTJ, honestly. He's suffering. Also, fuck him.
True, but he's 46 years old, so he's been responsible for his own life for quite some time now and can have certainly chosen to live his life differently.
On the other hand, it is sad/amusing that when one searches him, he comes up as "American businessman ‧ Donald Trump's son"
There are about 80 shark attacks on humans reported per year. There are about 240,000 lightning strikes on humans per year.
Both Peter Benchley (the author of the novel) and Steven Spielberg expressed concern with widespread shark hunts following the success of ‘Jaws’ (1975) and emphasized that the film and book were fictions which do not accurately depict typical shark behaviour.
Statistically, the odds of anyone dying due their electric boat sinking near a hungry shark are probably pretty poor.
The odds of my ever being trapped on an electric boat with the lying Orange Fuckface in some horrific odd couple situation are probably about the same.
The odds if I ever am however that at some point during the incident I will say to him in annoyance something like ‘Jesus fuck you are one monumentally droolingly stupid fucking fascist fuck just fucking die already you disgusting rotting lying sack of useless shit’ are probably pretty high.
I will not comment on what I would do if a shark conveniently showed up in this already extremely unlikely situation as, first, this combination of events is now astronomically unlikely anyway, and, second, probably where this is going kinda skirts the rules.
But Hunter Thompson, in The Great Shark Hunt proved, beyond a doubt, that Shark Hunts lead to drugs falling out of your clothing while in the customs line.
That was not just a case of things sinking though was it? Thought it had lots of contributing factors like the fish were scarce cause of all the war and mines and what not, and the school was in a frenzy at the time the ship went down so the blood in the water drove them ape shit.
I doubt seriously if the wars of man ever affect fish. A ship is infinitesimal to the size of the sea. One volcanic eruption is moe than all the conventional weapons that struck the water.
I have no doubt that the reef fish population was affected at, or near, those islands where assaults took place, and at the time of those assaults, but the Indy sank in the middle of nowhere in 20,000 feet of water.
Hell, if anything, the wreckage is a boon to fish. When the Challenger blew up, within weeks the wreckage became shelter from the current for fish.
Over in the UK, the Tories clung to the few glimmers of good news regarding the country's economy. That's now taken away from them, as the British economy faltered and flatlined in April.
Meanwhile, PM Sunak is still dealing with the fallout from snubbing world leaders at the D-Day commemoration; the ITV interview he bailed on the ceremonies for went over like a shart in a white suit. When he averred that he had 'done without' as a child and asked what specifically, all he could say was "Sky News." Seriously?
Polling trends appear to indicate that the Conservative and Unionist Party might possibly end up behind the Lib Dems when the votes are all counted on July 4th.
Morning The Wanderer, all well? The thing to remember about UK polls is that they are all run from Lunnin' init and look at national figures, completely ignoring the regional parties. So in the last parliament the SNP had something like 4% of the UK vote (as they only stand in Scotland) but 48 seats, more than four times the 11 the LibDems had. But good luck trying to get a UK journalist or pollster to admit the SNP are the third largest party at Westminster by some way. If you can't vote for them in England they don't exist. The Tories will take a caning, as probably will the SNP, but there is no way either will end up with fewer seats than the LibDems.
It's hard enough to get perspective in the UK, never mind furth of these airts. The SNP have had a few scandals lately and people seem to have forgotten why they stopped voting Labour so it could be a tough old time for the us in the SNP. A UK Labour government will at least remind people that they are nowhere near as socialist as they like to think they are. On further review, if there is a lot of tactical voting in England the LibDems could end up with more seats than the SNP depending on how bad it gets up here.
Makes you wonder why they called the election. Or is this one of the ones they HAD to do? Am unclear why they seem to have many elections whenever the ruling party feels like it XD
One guy has a theory about that; basically, Sunak panicked because there seemed to be a move to oust him as Party Leader.
And traditionally the PM has had the authority to call an election whenever they choose; the Commons tried to stop that with a law called the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, which called for an election every 5 years. The Tories campaigned hard for it when Labour was in power, but shitcanned it under Boris Johnson.
If your kid needs a hug, hug them. Hug them until they try to push you away, and then hug them some more.
I was fortunate to have parents that loved me unconditionally, and I'll do the same for my kids, forever, no matter what.
Anything less would be dereliction of parental duty.
I do wish we could stop referring to HB as a "fuck up." I've known fuck ups and addicts, and they're not necessarily the same. Anybody who can beat addiction isn't a "fuck up."
Joe and Hunter always hug. Joe hugs Hunter like Hunter is 7 years old and had a scary dream or skinned his knee. They had that photo a couple years ago of them embracing that panicked every masculine conservative and puzzled the unloved. Hunter has known love and acceptance, and still struggled for years with addiction. That’s a powerful lesson in how insidious and indiscriminate addiction is, and it’s an acquittal of loving parents who feel guilty and blame themselves.
My parents loved me and my siblings and raised us with imperfect care. My dad was an addict, nearly succumbing to tranquilizers in his 40’s. I was 15 when he apologized for it and promised to be better. He was. For 30 years after that he was a different person. Reliable, dependable, a rock. But I became an addict anyway, and a far more committed one than he was.
We never see Trump embrace his kids in a moment of true affection. Maybe a robust bonus from Trump Org for frantically owning the libs in the press. If they tried to hug, it would probably look robotic, synthetic, or cause them both to combust.
Well he does embrace Ivan ka, it then he rubs her butt🤮
We dote on our young son. I have worked from home since he was born in 2018 and I changed 10,000 landfilled diapers. My wife worked, but only every other day. He always had one or both of us home. I have endless respect for parents now, after days and days and days of patiently sitting on the floor with toys watching him crawl and then walk and then go to school. He’s spoiled, we know that. That’s our fault. This summer, I begged my wife to take the summer off while he’s young. We are dipping into savings to make that work, but he’s only 5 years old once. She agreed. So he wouldn’t get bored or want to play video games inside all summer, he’s signed up for summer day camps and nature camps about a week each month. It gives us some time too, and he’s coming home dirty and exhausted, after playing outside with kids all day.
I wish the Trumps had nothing to do with politics or anything affecting our lives, but I feel badly for the Trump kids, and all kids who aren’t smothered in love and care and structure.
We are lucky our son has always been an amazing sleeper. I miss his 2-3 hour power naps he took each afternoon until he was 4. The naps are gone, but he’s ready for bed early, by 8:30. He sleeps like a rock until 7:00 am. No nightmares yet, knock on wood, no fear of the dark or closet monsters. He’s always seemed secure and safe. Some kids are just incredibly lucky.
Morning all! Seven am on the dot. Granny is still at the hospital, recovering from her surgery. She’s quite shaky so they’re sending her to a rehab unit for a week or so. So everyone gets a bit of a break, her and us.
Hope everyone is doing well here!
Denverite wins the Powerball. Media asks him what he's going to do with all the money.
He tells them the usual. New car, new house, pay down debt.
He also tells them that he's buying season tickets to the Rockies.
"What about the Nuggets and Broncos?" they ask him.
"I don't like crowds."
Man runs out of one of Donnie's rallies.
"He's a chicken! A giant chicken!"
You're not a man, you're a Chicken Donnie.
And the Atlantic hurricane season is warming up ...
https://hurricane.terrapin.com/text/977093838536245250
Have you ever noticed that the weather controlling satellites can only be used for bad weather? No one ever blames them for nice sunny days, or when rain falls where it's needed. Nope. It's only when a hurricane stops you does it have to be a weather controlling satellite.
The same applies to God.
I woulda scored the touchdown if Jesus didn't make me fumble.
-Carlin I think? Someone around that time anyway
Jesus Saves! Keegan scores on the rebound
(70s graffitti)
Carlin.
yay memory!
I tell ya, this week, and next, I will refuse to be responsible for any memory holes that appear.
Gonna be a slog
Well, I'm not an asshole quite as bad as DJTJ, but I do know what it's like to love a self-absorbed, narcissist father. Poor DJTJ, honestly. He's suffering. Also, fuck him.
Wonder how he treats his own children.
True, but he's 46 years old, so he's been responsible for his own life for quite some time now and can have certainly chosen to live his life differently.
On the other hand, it is sad/amusing that when one searches him, he comes up as "American businessman ‧ Donald Trump's son"
That's the beauty of growing up with Fuck You money.You don't have to change!
He suffers, and has never made an effort to change that. Instead, he rolls in it.
I think being an addict has a lot to do with that as well.
I would figure if he did imbibe, it would be because of that. Not that imbibing is the cause itself.
Just watching him I get the addict vibe. Might not be true, but what I see. YMMV
:hugs:
𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/after-rare-flash-flood-emergency-florida-19511942.php (AP via local news)
rare? doesn't it flood down there a lot?
Yes, but not usually after an impromptu mass email.
I snork'ed
Shark facts:
There are about 80 shark attacks on humans reported per year. There are about 240,000 lightning strikes on humans per year.
Both Peter Benchley (the author of the novel) and Steven Spielberg expressed concern with widespread shark hunts following the success of ‘Jaws’ (1975) and emphasized that the film and book were fictions which do not accurately depict typical shark behaviour.
Statistically, the odds of anyone dying due their electric boat sinking near a hungry shark are probably pretty poor.
The odds of my ever being trapped on an electric boat with the lying Orange Fuckface in some horrific odd couple situation are probably about the same.
The odds if I ever am however that at some point during the incident I will say to him in annoyance something like ‘Jesus fuck you are one monumentally droolingly stupid fucking fascist fuck just fucking die already you disgusting rotting lying sack of useless shit’ are probably pretty high.
I will not comment on what I would do if a shark conveniently showed up in this already extremely unlikely situation as, first, this combination of events is now astronomically unlikely anyway, and, second, probably where this is going kinda skirts the rules.
But Hunter Thompson, in The Great Shark Hunt proved, beyond a doubt, that Shark Hunts lead to drugs falling out of your clothing while in the customs line.
Unlikely? USS Indianapolis. Things sink, and sharks show up.
That was not just a case of things sinking though was it? Thought it had lots of contributing factors like the fish were scarce cause of all the war and mines and what not, and the school was in a frenzy at the time the ship went down so the blood in the water drove them ape shit.
Something like that.
I doubt seriously if the wars of man ever affect fish. A ship is infinitesimal to the size of the sea. One volcanic eruption is moe than all the conventional weapons that struck the water.
Was pretty sure that they did. In the regions they are being fought in anyway.
Oil in the water, mines blowing things up,, ships churning up schools and chopping them to bits, that sort of thing.
Could have sworn I saw some things on PBS about that with both WWII and Vietnam disrupting the fishing ability of the locals and what not
edit: But then I am questioning my memory this morning so imma go have to hunt that down now
I have no doubt that the reef fish population was affected at, or near, those islands where assaults took place, and at the time of those assaults, but the Indy sank in the middle of nowhere in 20,000 feet of water.
Hell, if anything, the wreckage is a boon to fish. When the Challenger blew up, within weeks the wreckage became shelter from the current for fish.
Hangry shark do do do do do do
I wonder if sharks have better taste than to munch on the orange one ...
Allegedly certain species will eat almost anything...
... I wonder if they might draw the line there though, yeah.
... I also wonder what that much adderall would do to a shark.
What’s that last line in the movie “A Boy and His Dog”?
“Well, I'd say she certainly had marvelous judgement, Albert, if not particularly good taste."
I would at least try to guide the boat to piranha-infested waters.
Examining the odds, winning for the world will require no life jackets that fit and your upper body strength for pushing things overboard.
a peaceful interlude before the rains begin again..
https://open.substack.com/pub/tek01/p/the-calm-before-the-next-storm?r=2lkddo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This must be the infamous Lake Humidity of which you speak so glowingly?
indeed it is!
Someone get the deep state to send us some of that rain.
We got a two week heatwave staring us in the face and not a drop of rain in sight.
It's gonna be like dog breath.
I got to be out in it.
Gonna try to get as much done the next two days to hopefully shorten my tenure and then claim lab work XD
Over in the UK, the Tories clung to the few glimmers of good news regarding the country's economy. That's now taken away from them, as the British economy faltered and flatlined in April.
Meanwhile, PM Sunak is still dealing with the fallout from snubbing world leaders at the D-Day commemoration; the ITV interview he bailed on the ceremonies for went over like a shart in a white suit. When he averred that he had 'done without' as a child and asked what specifically, all he could say was "Sky News." Seriously?
Polling trends appear to indicate that the Conservative and Unionist Party might possibly end up behind the Lib Dems when the votes are all counted on July 4th.
Morning The Wanderer, all well? The thing to remember about UK polls is that they are all run from Lunnin' init and look at national figures, completely ignoring the regional parties. So in the last parliament the SNP had something like 4% of the UK vote (as they only stand in Scotland) but 48 seats, more than four times the 11 the LibDems had. But good luck trying to get a UK journalist or pollster to admit the SNP are the third largest party at Westminster by some way. If you can't vote for them in England they don't exist. The Tories will take a caning, as probably will the SNP, but there is no way either will end up with fewer seats than the LibDems.
HEEEYYYYYY!
Good morning! Yeah, I confess I've been rather narrow in my data uptake from the UK. I am hopeful that the SNP does well.
It's hard enough to get perspective in the UK, never mind furth of these airts. The SNP have had a few scandals lately and people seem to have forgotten why they stopped voting Labour so it could be a tough old time for the us in the SNP. A UK Labour government will at least remind people that they are nowhere near as socialist as they like to think they are. On further review, if there is a lot of tactical voting in England the LibDems could end up with more seats than the SNP depending on how bad it gets up here.
Thanks, and I miss your perspective around here.
What, this place needs more angry ranters? :)
ALL the angry ranters
Makes you wonder why they called the election. Or is this one of the ones they HAD to do? Am unclear why they seem to have many elections whenever the ruling party feels like it XD
One guy has a theory about that; basically, Sunak panicked because there seemed to be a move to oust him as Party Leader.
And traditionally the PM has had the authority to call an election whenever they choose; the Commons tried to stop that with a law called the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, which called for an election every 5 years. The Tories campaigned hard for it when Labour was in power, but shitcanned it under Boris Johnson.
AH! So it is like our recall thing. Championed by Republicans where-ever there are dems, shittcanned once they secure power.
Pretty much, year. The Tories were quite happy to have the PM call an election whenever.
I'm hoping that the Tories come in third or even fourth.
Stupid parliamentary systems!
honestly, our two party thing bites, but the more I see of that, the more I am like...do not want
The part I want is the extremely short CAMPAIGN season.
We could just take the good bits and leave the entire "the ruling party gets to call an election whenever they want so they can consolidate power"
Yeah, I'm all for that. Just 60 days? Sign me up.
The constant campaign pains me. I'd like that shit to stop.
Although I'd love to see the Monster Raving Loony Party have a go at our elections. It could attract all the Qanon folks.
Nooo - the Monster Raving Loony Party were actually really sensible! (not to be confused with Captain Sensible, or Count Binface)
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[A repost from last night because we all can use a morning laugh]
Colin Allred has what I consider the perfect snark error page on his website ...
https://colinallred.com/endorsement/
Perfect. And fuck Ted Cruz.
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