Several of the men involved in the Great Locomotive Chase are buried in the National Cemetery here in Chattanooga. There is a monument with a locomotive on top, a stark contrast to the other identical plain white monuments that make up a National Cemetery .
I will vote for the Democratic nominee no matter who it is, that includes Joe Biden.
I just want to mention I think Harris would do a good job, especially with Biden's excellent staff to help her. Some people in the WAPO are saying she has to EARN it, would anyone suggest Mike Pence had to EARN it.
Many may disagree with me, and that's okay.
BUT...I can't help thinking how sweet it would be for a Black woman to defeat Trump. He'd never recover from that humiliation. Never ever.
I'm definitely on Team Kamala if it's not going to be Biden.
The fact that PAB has any chance at all of winning is insane and I'm not sure I believe the polls showing he's ahead of truth, competence, respect for democracy and decency by 6 points.
Sweet baby Jesus. Email from my 82 yr old stepmother with a link to a Bernie thing. She's all, what do you think?
Fuuuuck me. I'll respond later and gently tell her to settle down. What's scarier is how defeated my dad feels after the debate. He's the most well informed and reasonable person I know, but he's also a little sensitivo about aging and dementia so I can see how this is sitting so uncomfortably for him.
Dad saw what he saw. It's not ideal but Joe has been and continues to be our best choice. The whole family will whole heartedly vote for Joe, including one brand new voter.
Ed Martin, the deputy policy director for the RNC convention’s platform committee said he opposes language in abortion bans that allows for abortion to save the life of a mother, falsely saying on his radio show in June 2022, “It's an absolute scientific fact that no abortion is ever performed to save the life of the mother. None, zero, zilch.”
The problem with Republicans is they’re patently stupid.
Unfortunately, that thinking affect ALL women not just the Republican ones. Perhaps if this asshole lost a truly loved one, like a daughter, niece, or cousin to a pregnancy that went wrong and because she wasn't able to have an abortion lost her life, it might make him open his eyes to his stupidity. But alas, I fear this asshole never learned empathy from his equally stupid parents. So there's that.
They rely on their republican owned media to amplify their stupid. It worked ... mostly for a while. Their audiences are shrinking, so it's less amplification and more echo chamber yelling.
Maybe if they treated their employees better they wouldn't leave?
𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰 — A federal court in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4.
I mean, isn’t that what companies have been arguing is the reason for noncompetes in the first place? I don’t understand how this would be a new and novel argument that would challenge it’s already being struck down.
So at least according to WaPo, the boil water notice is due to a combo of an algae bloom in the water that feeds the aqueduct and needing to keep water pressure high because Fourth of July, some idiot will set Something on fire. They're going to keep doing more intensive testing, but there's already been runs on supermarkets with water.
Me? My parents are on vacation, I'm just going to steal their teakettle (it's easier to pout than a pot) when I go water their plants and use their printer later today.
Yes. I keep a hurricane ditch bag. It’s a small duffle with swimming pool test strips, a flashlight, spare batteries, a one burner camp stove & small pot, one gallon of water, couple boxes of granola bars, a blanket, and a handheld VFH radio.
Water with 1 to 5 PPM of free chlorine is disinfected and safe to drink.
This is a fascinating effect. The “chlorine smell” doesn’t come from chlorine. It comes from chloramines. Chloramines are chlorine that has bound to, and killed, some little critters. The smell let’s you know it’s working.
Test strips are the best way to know, however, that you haven’t gone overboard.
Well, fill the tub. Open the bleach. Fill the cap of the bleach bottle with bleach. Add to tub. Stir the water. That should make the water safe in 10 minutes.
If you have pool test strips, just make sure you have 1 or 2 PPM chlorine.
an event during the Civil War known as the Great Locomotive Chase…
Back to the Future 3?
So is Rishi Sunak the best Tory Prime Minister of the past dozen years?
https://wapo.st/3zFhCeU
Several of the men involved in the Great Locomotive Chase are buried in the National Cemetery here in Chattanooga. There is a monument with a locomotive on top, a stark contrast to the other identical plain white monuments that make up a National Cemetery .
I used to live in Jupiter, FL. Fun Fact: The Jupiter Inlet lighthouse was designed by Meade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Inlet_Light
I will vote for the Democratic nominee no matter who it is, that includes Joe Biden.
I just want to mention I think Harris would do a good job, especially with Biden's excellent staff to help her. Some people in the WAPO are saying she has to EARN it, would anyone suggest Mike Pence had to EARN it.
Many may disagree with me, and that's okay.
BUT...I can't help thinking how sweet it would be for a Black woman to defeat Trump. He'd never recover from that humiliation. Never ever.
I'm definitely on Team Kamala if it's not going to be Biden.
The fact that PAB has any chance at all of winning is insane and I'm not sure I believe the polls showing he's ahead of truth, competence, respect for democracy and decency by 6 points.
Sweet baby Jesus. Email from my 82 yr old stepmother with a link to a Bernie thing. She's all, what do you think?
Fuuuuck me. I'll respond later and gently tell her to settle down. What's scarier is how defeated my dad feels after the debate. He's the most well informed and reasonable person I know, but he's also a little sensitivo about aging and dementia so I can see how this is sitting so uncomfortably for him.
Dad saw what he saw. It's not ideal but Joe has been and continues to be our best choice. The whole family will whole heartedly vote for Joe, including one brand new voter.
Why is Alex Jones the lone voice of warning???
Federal Contractor Exposes Massive Internment Camps Being Built in All 50 States For Trump Supporters Ahead of Martial Law
I hope they include Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster NJ.
Moar projection…
"Why is Alex Jones" is quite sufficient.
I read that in Drax the Destroyer's voice.
Ed Martin, the deputy policy director for the RNC convention’s platform committee said he opposes language in abortion bans that allows for abortion to save the life of a mother, falsely saying on his radio show in June 2022, “It's an absolute scientific fact that no abortion is ever performed to save the life of the mother. None, zero, zilch.”
The problem with Republicans is they’re patently stupid.
Or they could be lying liars.
C. All of the above.
Unfortunately, that thinking affect ALL women not just the Republican ones. Perhaps if this asshole lost a truly loved one, like a daughter, niece, or cousin to a pregnancy that went wrong and because she wasn't able to have an abortion lost her life, it might make him open his eyes to his stupidity. But alas, I fear this asshole never learned empathy from his equally stupid parents. So there's that.
"It's an absolute scientific fact that no contemporary Republican has ever made a good-faith argument. None, zero, zilch."
Even Snopes would have to lable that "True."
They rely on their republican owned media to amplify their stupid. It worked ... mostly for a while. Their audiences are shrinking, so it's less amplification and more echo chamber yelling.
Also flat-out liars.
Jonathon Pie
https://youtu.be/tPGV-_r8JOY?si=IYbycKR8gHEchgaM
Utterly brilliant.
𝘐𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘙𝘺𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮, 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 "𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴" 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳.
Maybe if they treated their employees better they wouldn't leave?
𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰 — A federal court in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4.
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/03/nx-s1-5020525/noncompete-ban-block-ftc-competition-ryan-texas
A court in Texas, eh?
Let me guess -- who wrote the opinion, Krooked Kacsmarzyk (or however we spell that)?
Maybe try sharing the profits.
Seriously, it's not hard to keep talent and knowledge, you just have to pay for it.
I've thought for a long time that unionization is brought about by bad management.
"People don't quit jobs, they quit managers".
I mean, isn’t that what companies have been arguing is the reason for noncompetes in the first place? I don’t understand how this would be a new and novel argument that would challenge it’s already being struck down.
"Freedom hurts our business."
USA #1!!
Word.
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/07/04
But ya still gotta respect your own feelings.
Why is it that every single hurricane there is some fool reporter standing out in it shouting and trying not to get blown over?
That's 'the Cantore effect'
https://tinyurl.com/5n83au5b
The new Dog & Pony Shows
Because that's what they've always done.
It's de rigueur when covering hurricanes.
Yes but also stupid
Many traditions are.
Weather pr0n!
Some people like a good blow job.
I've never had a bad one!
10/10, can confirm.
Rule 34
The Supreme court: https://www.tiktok.com/@mikegotchalk/video/7386837059740142891?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc https://www.tiktok.com/@mikegotchalk/video/7387212133651565866?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Be careful people. Clicking that link can get you executed in the state of Texas.
I've been encouraging ground cover growth over grass for the past few years, and my lawn is really starting to thrive.
https://www.cbc.ca/life/home/the-case-for-leaving-the-perfectly-manicured-lawn-behind-1.6449477
I've always done that. I livebnear a lake and am not putting a bunch of chemicals on my grass. It all looks great when it's mowed; a nice thick green.
MSNBC is covering a study of age groups to succumb to AI generated fake news wondering who is most susceptible.
I can tell them that! The media is the most susceptible to fake news.
So at least according to WaPo, the boil water notice is due to a combo of an algae bloom in the water that feeds the aqueduct and needing to keep water pressure high because Fourth of July, some idiot will set Something on fire. They're going to keep doing more intensive testing, but there's already been runs on supermarkets with water.
Me? My parents are on vacation, I'm just going to steal their teakettle (it's easier to pout than a pot) when I go water their plants and use their printer later today.
Bathtub. Bleach. Problem solved. Ratio: 5 ml to 50 gallons. Mixed units**… you’re welcome.
** rule of thumb, a capful of bleach to a tub full of water.
To cure COVID?
For that you need an enema bag.
1) No bleach
2) Still hard to get the water from the tub to where I need it.
Yes. I keep a hurricane ditch bag. It’s a small duffle with swimming pool test strips, a flashlight, spare batteries, a one burner camp stove & small pot, one gallon of water, couple boxes of granola bars, a blanket, and a handheld VFH radio.
Water with 1 to 5 PPM of free chlorine is disinfected and safe to drink.
“The water should have a slight chlorine odor.”
This is a fascinating effect. The “chlorine smell” doesn’t come from chlorine. It comes from chloramines. Chloramines are chlorine that has bound to, and killed, some little critters. The smell let’s you know it’s working.
Test strips are the best way to know, however, that you haven’t gone overboard.
Don't feel bad. I read it wrong, too.
Well, fill the tub. Open the bleach. Fill the cap of the bleach bottle with bleach. Add to tub. Stir the water. That should make the water safe in 10 minutes.
If you have pool test strips, just make sure you have 1 or 2 PPM chlorine.
The bleach bottle cap. First, measure out one million capfuls of water...
😉
Oops, "caps full".
Algee Blum would make a *great* drag queen name.
If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair