I can't help but wonder if Trump inspired that hibernation pose. The only difference being that Trump drops off randomly and has actually succeeded in getting his whole head entirely up his ass.
'You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'
Queen Victoria let Charlie Dodgson know how much she liked _Alice_, and requested a copy of his next book. Which turned out to be a ponderous doorstop about symbolic logic. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28696/28696-h/28696-h.htm
Honestly? I always thought it was two words "door mouse". Like "church mouse" or "city/town mouse" or "country mouse". I couldn't figure out how it got that name, sounds like maybe that's the mouse in the tailcoat and white gloves that minds the mouse hole entrance or something.
Just went to the new story. Do I want more of Kash Patel and bestiality in my morning? Not really. I do want to say to the democratic nominee for governor in Iowa: Either you are for human rights or you aren't. FUCK OFF with your right wing talking points about trans folk! I really WISH our "leaders" would STOP pandering to the fuckers who won't vote for them anyway.
Guardian: "Todd Blanche, the US attorney general, alerted reporters at the White House to stand by for what he called “a big development” in the federal crackdown on voting by non-citizens to be announced by Ryan Raybould, the US attorney for the Northern District of Texas. When it came, however, Raybould’s announcement, that his office had charged six lawful permanent residents and one undocumented immigrant for voting in federal elections over the past eight years, hardly lived up to the billing." See, that's the thing. You have all this shouting about voter fraud and immigrants voting illegally, and even a AG in a red state can point to hardly any indictments. Because shouting doesn't require any evidence, but indictments, let alone convictions, do.
Every so often of late, usually when the latest outrage occurs, I fantasize about screaming at my former men friends who thought trump was a good idea. Good thing I haven't run into any of them, I might embarrass myself by screaming shart garglers at them, or worse. I would very much like this sort of thing to just go away because, in the immortal words of Barbara Bush, I don't want to waste my beautiful mind on such things anymore.
I'm finally getting to have a much needed and long overdue real vacation starting this weekend. Finally stopped saying, "no, I can't" to my best friend who invites me to join her on trips to Greece (Aegina) where she has a home that has been in her late husband's family for generations, so that makes it far more affordable. Ahh...the baptism of swimming in beautiful waters again...and photography....oh my...that's another big "yay!" for me. It's been too many years since I've traveled afar and I used to do it all the time. My sister has stepped up to the plate to take over my many mom duties so she's a real champ about that and housemate has the dogs covered. It's been kind of crazy the last few weeks pulling this together and I've been full of nervous energy and anxiety, but it's all set now and I can breathe better again.
I had a long but satisfying day yesterday as a poll worker in Delaware. We had 22% turnout, which they're saying is relatively high for a midterm primary, and it was pretty brisk yesterday. A few Democratic incumbents lost, some to more progressive challengers, so I think there's an appetite for change here. I know I went further left when I voted. Our caucus voted to support a bunch of people who won, so yay us! There was also a surprising amount of intrigue (recorder of deeds scandal!).
So now we try to get these Dems elected because if we net one more seat in the Senate, we will have a supermajority (already have one in the House). I'm tired but optimistic!
"...honestly I’m pretty tired of these weenies on the U.S. Supreme Court who keep siding with the Marxist girls."
There's nothing more "weenie" than following blindly every word of a halfwit wannabe dictator who demands obeisance even when one can see that he's lying. Especially when it was clear from the start that it is "weenie treason"
It’s shown just sheer utter hypocrisy of the “strict constructionists” who for years would lecture how dare anyone infer intentionally broad language could mean anything more than what the framers could have thought of at that time.
“Donald Trump wants to end the right to vote by mail” HE IS OUR SUN KING. HE CONTROLS THE WEATHER. LET HIM.
Good Morning, early bird! Shannah Tovah! Hope your family had a happy Rosh Hashana!
Sounds like there were fireworks yesterday with Kash Patel and the Charles Grassley Committee, and sounds like, from Corey Booker, that 92 year old Senator Vacuum Cleaner lost control of the hearing, as 92 year olds who talk to their Hoovers do. I understand that Senators want to die in the harness, as we all do, but the Senate is not the House of Lords, and a Senate seat is a job, not a sinecure.
KA$H is not a policeman, not a historian, and not even a secret policeman. Ergo, he does not appreciate that this country was late in getting a National Police Force like the RCMP or Scotland Yard or the Surete precisely because the immigrants to this country who came seeking freedom were seeking freedom from the national police forces that were secret police, especially in Germany, Austria, Poland, Russia, and Italy. An Argentinian Policeman who sought to implement national fingerprinting came to a disastrous end. The FBI’s national fingerprint registry still does not have the prints of every person in the USA, as readers of crime novels know, and Americans want it like that.
Oh, my goodness . . . somebody needs to fire that anchor!
Aaron Rupar @atrupar
NEWSNATION: Trump is nearly 2 years into his second term here and we often hear Republicans, including yourself, look back in time of the Biden administration and say you were dealt a hard hand. At what point does this become Trump's economy though? Tariffs were not place under Biden, the Iran war wasn't happening under Biden. At what point does Trump take responsibility for this?
REP. TONY WIED: It's definitely a difficult situation, but if you look at it, these are geopolitical issues that have been going on for decades and decades
2016—D. Trump gets a free 1.5 hour infomercial from all the networks.
2009—Nashua-born news anchor Ernie Anastos tells a weatherman, on air, “Keep fucking that chicken.”
**PG note**--I like how the Editor makes sure to note the man's NH roots even though this famously happened in NY. Ernie passed away a few months ago.
2001—Dick “Dick” Cheney vows to work on “the dark side”—his only side.
1992—Rudy Giuliani uses a bullhorn to lead 10,000 cops in a riot protesting a civilian police review board.
1976—Nelson Rockefeller, Veep, is photographed “giving the finger” to students at SUNY Binghamton.
1975—After winning by 355 votes, losing a recount by ten votes, and winning a ballot appeal by two votes, notorious Red-baiter Louis Wyman [R]—an appointed but not-seated Senator for three days—loses a special election to the droll John Durkin [D].
1968—Richard M. Nixon appears on “Laugh-In” and says, “Sock it to me”—which, eventually, they do.
1964—UC Berkeley bans free speech.
1942—Off the coast of Africa, a U.S. B-24 spots U-156. On its deck: a big Red Cross and survivors of the sunken RMS Laconia. Following orders, the B-24 attacks. The sub submerges; the survivors are left adrift.
1940—The peacetime draft begins.
1932—Peg Entwhistle’s dramatic career comes to an abrupt end at the foot of the Hollywoodland sign.
**PG note**--John Entwistle has a song called "Peg Leg Peggy". Peg Leg Peggy, she really knows how to hop.
1920—A bomb in a horse-drawn-wagon explodes in front of the J.P. Morgan building on Wall Street, killing 38 and wounding 400.
There's no memorial or marker (other than a paragraph on one of the 'Local History' sign things NYC has in the area), but the damage on the J.P. Morgan building has not been - and will never be - repaired.
German U Boat sinks British ship, rescues survivors. That was what they did, because The Sea, until we nobly bombed survivors. Then they changed their tune.
Some nations shoot right through human shields, even today.
It was standard practice to rescue survivors, and either hand them over to a neutral vessel or drop them at a neutral port. If I recall the incident correctly, the U-Boat captain broadcast his position in clear and asked other ships for assistance once he realised how many survivors there were.
There were troops on board so it was a legitimate target.
That's a great song for your mom, Trix, and thank you for sharing it. Good vibes and well wishes to her, you, and your family. The world sure could use more Nicolette Larson, a soaring voice taken from us way too soon.
A-dor-able hed gif critter: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/of-dormice-and-doormen
And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/ab4b9e09-cf71-4b92-9871-12a4715ac5d0?utm_source=share
“Edible”. It’s right there in the name!
I can't help but wonder if Trump inspired that hibernation pose. The only difference being that Trump drops off randomly and has actually succeeded in getting his whole head entirely up his ass.
So THAT'S why his hair looks like that.
Some sort of cute Babby rodent, other than that, I'm stumped.
'You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'
Queen Victoria let Charlie Dodgson know how much she liked _Alice_, and requested a copy of his next book. Which turned out to be a ponderous doorstop about symbolic logic. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28696/28696-h/28696-h.htm
You gonna do a titmouse next?
Cuntbadger or GTFO
“Treacle,” yawned the Dormouse.
(Possible misquote; haven’t read it in awhile).
It should be titmouse to keep it juvenile and tawdry
Girl that thing is so FUCKING CUTE I just briefly became unconscious. 🥰
I admit that I squeed when I found the video post.
Staple some antlers to it, it might look a little more Christmasy.
"Right away, Mr Cross ..."
ISWYDT
The Romans used to fatten those little things up and eat them as appetizers.
Feed your head!
I knew someone would beat me to it!
Never before can I recall contemplating a dormouse, a critical cuteness deficit it has taken entirely too long to rectify.
What a perfectly PRECIOUS little creature!
Thought Lewis Carrol invented them.
Honestly? I always thought it was two words "door mouse". Like "church mouse" or "city/town mouse" or "country mouse". I couldn't figure out how it got that name, sounds like maybe that's the mouse in the tailcoat and white gloves that minds the mouse hole entrance or something.
MTA employees call passengers who clog subway car entrances and won't get out of the way "doorlice."
"Whar did I put that piece cheese?"
Just went to the new story. Do I want more of Kash Patel and bestiality in my morning? Not really. I do want to say to the democratic nominee for governor in Iowa: Either you are for human rights or you aren't. FUCK OFF with your right wing talking points about trans folk! I really WISH our "leaders" would STOP pandering to the fuckers who won't vote for them anyway.
Preach!
Preach Rosy.
They make me so fucking TIRED!!!
Guardian: "Todd Blanche, the US attorney general, alerted reporters at the White House to stand by for what he called “a big development” in the federal crackdown on voting by non-citizens to be announced by Ryan Raybould, the US attorney for the Northern District of Texas. When it came, however, Raybould’s announcement, that his office had charged six lawful permanent residents and one undocumented immigrant for voting in federal elections over the past eight years, hardly lived up to the billing." See, that's the thing. You have all this shouting about voter fraud and immigrants voting illegally, and even a AG in a red state can point to hardly any indictments. Because shouting doesn't require any evidence, but indictments, let alone convictions, do.
Nothingburder
NYT Spelling Bee update: “pwned” is not acceptable apparently. This has been your NYT Spelling Bee update.
Update update: nor is “pion.”
Also a word was pinewood. That's not a word. Eta: M-W says it is. I say they're wrong. It's two words.
(iswydt)
Nor should it be. It isn't a proper word.
Every so often of late, usually when the latest outrage occurs, I fantasize about screaming at my former men friends who thought trump was a good idea. Good thing I haven't run into any of them, I might embarrass myself by screaming shart garglers at them, or worse. I would very much like this sort of thing to just go away because, in the immortal words of Barbara Bush, I don't want to waste my beautiful mind on such things anymore.
I'm finally getting to have a much needed and long overdue real vacation starting this weekend. Finally stopped saying, "no, I can't" to my best friend who invites me to join her on trips to Greece (Aegina) where she has a home that has been in her late husband's family for generations, so that makes it far more affordable. Ahh...the baptism of swimming in beautiful waters again...and photography....oh my...that's another big "yay!" for me. It's been too many years since I've traveled afar and I used to do it all the time. My sister has stepped up to the plate to take over my many mom duties so she's a real champ about that and housemate has the dogs covered. It's been kind of crazy the last few weeks pulling this together and I've been full of nervous energy and anxiety, but it's all set now and I can breathe better again.
(Unsolicited Opinion) You have a pleasant writing style.
Thank you!
Be prepared to be overwhelmed by BLUE.
My favorite color!
horray! This is a nice times and a half. I hope you have the most wonderful time!
Onto must have done something absolutely horrific for Rebecca to want to hang them.
That's onto logic.
DAD!!!!!!
I had a long but satisfying day yesterday as a poll worker in Delaware. We had 22% turnout, which they're saying is relatively high for a midterm primary, and it was pretty brisk yesterday. A few Democratic incumbents lost, some to more progressive challengers, so I think there's an appetite for change here. I know I went further left when I voted. Our caucus voted to support a bunch of people who won, so yay us! There was also a surprising amount of intrigue (recorder of deeds scandal!).
So now we try to get these Dems elected because if we net one more seat in the Senate, we will have a supermajority (already have one in the House). I'm tired but optimistic!
"...honestly I’m pretty tired of these weenies on the U.S. Supreme Court who keep siding with the Marxist girls."
There's nothing more "weenie" than following blindly every word of a halfwit wannabe dictator who demands obeisance even when one can see that he's lying. Especially when it was clear from the start that it is "weenie treason"
It’s shown just sheer utter hypocrisy of the “strict constructionists” who for years would lecture how dare anyone infer intentionally broad language could mean anything more than what the framers could have thought of at that time.
“Donald Trump wants to end the right to vote by mail” HE IS OUR SUN KING. HE CONTROLS THE WEATHER. LET HIM.
How dare those marxist girls demand we...don't disenfranchise millions so that republicans can seize power even if they lose?
What?
Morning Kitten!
https://bsky.app/profile/democratcats.bsky.social/post/3mvkrq6nsns2z
None shall pass!
Touch the belly, get the claws.
Thank you! Needed that after all of the TABS this morning!
AHH! CATZILLA!
Good Morning, early bird! Shannah Tovah! Hope your family had a happy Rosh Hashana!
Sounds like there were fireworks yesterday with Kash Patel and the Charles Grassley Committee, and sounds like, from Corey Booker, that 92 year old Senator Vacuum Cleaner lost control of the hearing, as 92 year olds who talk to their Hoovers do. I understand that Senators want to die in the harness, as we all do, but the Senate is not the House of Lords, and a Senate seat is a job, not a sinecure.
KA$H is not a policeman, not a historian, and not even a secret policeman. Ergo, he does not appreciate that this country was late in getting a National Police Force like the RCMP or Scotland Yard or the Surete precisely because the immigrants to this country who came seeking freedom were seeking freedom from the national police forces that were secret police, especially in Germany, Austria, Poland, Russia, and Italy. An Argentinian Policeman who sought to implement national fingerprinting came to a disastrous end. The FBI’s national fingerprint registry still does not have the prints of every person in the USA, as readers of crime novels know, and Americans want it like that.
Alas, some relatives have gotten involved with DNA ventures like 23 and Me, so I'm not that anonymous.
Oh, my goodness . . . somebody needs to fire that anchor!
Aaron Rupar @atrupar
NEWSNATION: Trump is nearly 2 years into his second term here and we often hear Republicans, including yourself, look back in time of the Biden administration and say you were dealt a hard hand. At what point does this become Trump's economy though? Tariffs were not place under Biden, the Iran war wasn't happening under Biden. At what point does Trump take responsibility for this?
REP. TONY WIED: It's definitely a difficult situation, but if you look at it, these are geopolitical issues that have been going on for decades and decades
8:16 AM · Sep 16, 2026
https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2100197125933977661
January 25, 2025. That is when Trump Takes Responsibility For This.
At least, Jan 25 2021 was about the time The Press started screaming at Biden for not having fixed everything yet
WHY HAVEN'T YOU FIXED WHAT WE BROKE YET??????
"Iran's six months away from a nuclear weapon!"
-- mantra recited ever since the 1979 Revolution
>>Good morning friends, how do you do?<<
steve buscemi music band tshirt dot png
“the Marxist girls”, where can I find them!
They are in Freedonia with President Firefly.
I was thinking 'out on the lanai with Blanche, sipping chilled white wine'...
When you think Zootopia is pron because Shakira is kinda hot in it, you MIGHT be right for the FBI....
How much Rule 34 art is too much?
Inquiring minds want to know.
This date in history...
2016—D. Trump gets a free 1.5 hour infomercial from all the networks.
2009—Nashua-born news anchor Ernie Anastos tells a weatherman, on air, “Keep fucking that chicken.”
**PG note**--I like how the Editor makes sure to note the man's NH roots even though this famously happened in NY. Ernie passed away a few months ago.
2001—Dick “Dick” Cheney vows to work on “the dark side”—his only side.
1992—Rudy Giuliani uses a bullhorn to lead 10,000 cops in a riot protesting a civilian police review board.
1976—Nelson Rockefeller, Veep, is photographed “giving the finger” to students at SUNY Binghamton.
1975—After winning by 355 votes, losing a recount by ten votes, and winning a ballot appeal by two votes, notorious Red-baiter Louis Wyman [R]—an appointed but not-seated Senator for three days—loses a special election to the droll John Durkin [D].
1968—Richard M. Nixon appears on “Laugh-In” and says, “Sock it to me”—which, eventually, they do.
1964—UC Berkeley bans free speech.
1942—Off the coast of Africa, a U.S. B-24 spots U-156. On its deck: a big Red Cross and survivors of the sunken RMS Laconia. Following orders, the B-24 attacks. The sub submerges; the survivors are left adrift.
1940—The peacetime draft begins.
1932—Peg Entwhistle’s dramatic career comes to an abrupt end at the foot of the Hollywoodland sign.
**PG note**--John Entwistle has a song called "Peg Leg Peggy". Peg Leg Peggy, she really knows how to hop.
1920—A bomb in a horse-drawn-wagon explodes in front of the J.P. Morgan building on Wall Street, killing 38 and wounding 400.
https://www.nhgazette.com/2026/09/16/wed-sept-16-2/
The story of that Wall Street terror bombing:
https://www.damninteresting.com/terror-on-wall-street/
There's no memorial or marker (other than a paragraph on one of the 'Local History' sign things NYC has in the area), but the damage on the J.P. Morgan building has not been - and will never be - repaired.
RMS Laconia U Boat rescue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident
Laconia order
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_Order
wait
The ship that sunk it went in and rescued the survivors?
Wouldn't it have been easier not to have sunk it to begin with?
German U Boat sinks British ship, rescues survivors. That was what they did, because The Sea, until we nobly bombed survivors. Then they changed their tune.
Some nations shoot right through human shields, even today.
It was standard practice to rescue survivors, and either hand them over to a neutral vessel or drop them at a neutral port. If I recall the incident correctly, the U-Boat captain broadcast his position in clear and asked other ships for assistance once he realised how many survivors there were.
There were troops on board so it was a legitimate target.
That's a great song for your mom, Trix, and thank you for sharing it. Good vibes and well wishes to her, you, and your family. The world sure could use more Nicolette Larson, a soaring voice taken from us way too soon.
She sounded really good with Neil Young on his Comes a Time record.