I was new to Wonkette when they visited the SF Bay area and was too introverted/shy to attend. Boy was I stupid! So I'm putting in a plug now to please come to the needs-to-be-blue state of NC, particularly the Charlotte area. I've even got some guest room!
Rebecca, I'd totally love to have Cassidy Steele Dale write on here part time, especially around big events! She's amazing. I'll chip in more for sure.
Welp...downtown we could crash the Zyx/Meccalopolis wedding. Further uptown we could all just show up in ZiggyWiggy's lobby, bash the buzzer and say "HEY! We're here!!"
Note that the reception to both of these ideas would prob be about the same.
A bar with cats...which I'm sure is a thing somewhere.
It's all just dreaming for me. Since I can barely walk anymore, the city is out for me. I'll have to be content with browsing apartments on StreetEasy.
I don't know if it's actually open yet; I haven't gone to check because it requires a special trip on foot unless we're taking the cat to the vet, which is on the same street.
We *must* have enough Wonketeers in Britain where we could arrange a meet-up sometime. I mean, c'mon, the entire UK is about the size of Minnesota, for crissakes. I get so jealous when there are these li'l get-togethers in the States. Rebecca should take some of those millions and instead of putting in her third swimming pool at her MANNNSSSION, get a cheap flight over here and gather all of us ex-pats and Brit fans together for some good beer and snacks. We can be a whole pub full of loud Americans!
I would renew my passport to tag along with our beloved 'Trix for that meetup. We'd be flying out of the same airport, and I crush logistics. Suck at party planning, but point me in a direction and I'm all in for dealing with the details! Just saying......
Yesterday I was commenting on why it would be a lot easier to run an election in a few weeks in the UK than in the US. I used Oregon as an example of a single US state with about the land area of the UK. Of course having a Prime Minister selected by the majority party or coalition in Parliament rather than a sort of popularly elected President makes a difference too, requiring the presidential candidate to spend time in every state during primaries and campaign for months across the country for several months after the conventions.
It's a lot easier to campaign in a country about the size of our tenth largest state by land area, less than 100,000 square miles, than one with 50 states stretching for over 3 million square miles. Although I doubt there are many campaign stops in far north Alaska, a sizeable chunk of that 3 million square miles. Or even Wyoming, which has more land area than all of the UK but less than 600,000 people.
So what's the latest about Joe's emails? Or did he wear a tan suit? I forget.
Anyway, here's PAB saying (= lying) that Biden "just quit, you know." And "that means we have Kamala...She’s so pathetic...She’s so fucking bad.” So good news, they have all the arrogance that they had in 2020, with all the laziness and stupidity that goes with it. (The bad news is, when they lose, they might get violent again. Oh well.)
Love how it's never a specific: just "bad" horrible", etc., while everything the PAB does is "great", "wonderful", and so on ad nauseam. It's partly because he has so few actually positive things to point to, and even those "wins" are unpopular with people who don't have their heads up their asses.
Today I interacted with a young black man and his white girlfriend. His hat said "PRO LIFE" and his shirt said "TRUMP WON". They were as bright as one would expect. But just sayin' they do exist in the wild.
Took my tiny pup for a sniffy walk. It wasn't too hot, and the sidewalk didn't burn my feet. She is 7 months old and has only had a few walks. Had to wait for all her shots, then it was too hot. It's 100F but ok if we stay in the shaded areas.
It's been too damned hot to eat anything around here but I've been motivated and knocked down 2 bottles of nutrition drink this morning. If nothing else they get me ahead a few hundred calories and they were chocolatey and COLD.
I had a thing of mango juice bars in the freezer for what seemed like ages, right up until the second day of our particular bay area heatfest. They went really fast, and we had to get more because kitchen HOT.
Our national anthem is shit, but it does bring a tear to the eye hearing a stadium full of piss heads singing it entirely out of time with the band, each other, and the team.
Never liked the national anthem and especially its ongoing mutilation by singers at sporting events. They should be grateful they can hit the 12th interval and leave the rest of the song alone.
Living in Detroit, the only place in the Continental 48 you have to go South to go to Canada, and pre 911, when the "border" was more a suggestion than an internationally legally binding carefully negotiated territorial line, I grew up singing both national anthems interchangeably. Especially for hockey games.
And as I have remarked, Francis Scott Key was far ahead of his time in acknowledging the many contributions of Hispanic-Americans, right in the opening line: "Jose, can you see ... "
Ours is worse. At least yours goes somewhere, even if it is by a scenic route that makes no sense. The only ones worse than ours are Scotland's and Liechtenstein's.
Oh, Mexico's is pretty terrible: "War, war! with no mercy to any who shall try to tarnish the coats of arms of the Fatherland! War, war! The national banners Shall be drenched in the waves of blood. War, war! On the mountain, in the valley, The cannons thunder in horrid unison and the sonorous echoes resound with bellows of Union! Liberty!"
I like Flower of Scotland, at least it's fun to sing. Scotland the Brave is bloody awful though.
God save the king is a dirge and although they don't sing the 'God grant that Marshall Wade' verse any more.... as Billy Connolly said, 'Rebellious Scots to crush... Oh do you bloody think so?'
WORLDWIDE REVOLT vs KILLER VACCINES. 400 Doctors, Scientists & Academics Call for Suspension and Investigation on mRNA Genetic Serums (From "Gospa. Christian Journalistic Reports")
As an aside,
"Globally, as of 2019, the world had 104 million health workers, including 12.8 million physicians, 29.8 million nurses and midwives, 4.6 million dentistry personnel and 5.2 million pharmaceutical personnel."
The Internet will be the death of us all. I'm often over at Zuckerberg's Hive of Scum and Villainy, and OMFG the number of conspiracy-addled ignorami and numskulls there is ... discouraging.
I mistakenly checked out a book called 2054. Premise is that if you have had an mRNA vaccine, you are vulnerable to (I shit you not) something called "Remote gene editing" that can rewrite your genome from a distance.
"Who turned me into a cockroach? I mean, I woke up this morning, and...hello? Hello? Hello? Motherfuckers! Took me 20 minutes to get through your damned phone tree! Without thumbs, too!"
I was new to Wonkette when they visited the SF Bay area and was too introverted/shy to attend. Boy was I stupid! So I'm putting in a plug now to please come to the needs-to-be-blue state of NC, particularly the Charlotte area. I've even got some guest room!
Rebecca, I'd totally love to have Cassidy Steele Dale write on here part time, especially around big events! She's amazing. I'll chip in more for sure.
Let's Wonk in Southern California! Once the heat lets off a bit, though...
Have you all done a meetup in the NYC area recently? I think we may be due.
Welp...downtown we could crash the Zyx/Meccalopolis wedding. Further uptown we could all just show up in ZiggyWiggy's lobby, bash the buzzer and say "HEY! We're here!!"
Note that the reception to both of these ideas would prob be about the same.
I was thinking someplace with a bar. Although Ziggy has cats.
A bar with cats...which I'm sure is a thing somewhere.
It's all just dreaming for me. Since I can barely walk anymore, the city is out for me. I'll have to be content with browsing apartments on StreetEasy.
How about coffee, books and cats? https://www.asanctuarycafe.com/
I don't know if it's actually open yet; I haven't gone to check because it requires a special trip on foot unless we're taking the cat to the vet, which is on the same street.
I'm sorry to hear that - it must suck so much.
Yeah, it's a (literal) pain. I miss the city. Hell, I miss the Capitol in Portchester, even.
We *must* have enough Wonketeers in Britain where we could arrange a meet-up sometime. I mean, c'mon, the entire UK is about the size of Minnesota, for crissakes. I get so jealous when there are these li'l get-togethers in the States. Rebecca should take some of those millions and instead of putting in her third swimming pool at her MANNNSSSION, get a cheap flight over here and gather all of us ex-pats and Brit fans together for some good beer and snacks. We can be a whole pub full of loud Americans!
I would renew my passport to tag along with our beloved 'Trix for that meetup. We'd be flying out of the same airport, and I crush logistics. Suck at party planning, but point me in a direction and I'm all in for dealing with the details! Just saying......
And there's that convenient Chunnel for the Euro-wonks to get there, too.
Yes, forgive me, I should have included all the European-dwelling Wonketeers as well.
Yesterday I was commenting on why it would be a lot easier to run an election in a few weeks in the UK than in the US. I used Oregon as an example of a single US state with about the land area of the UK. Of course having a Prime Minister selected by the majority party or coalition in Parliament rather than a sort of popularly elected President makes a difference too, requiring the presidential candidate to spend time in every state during primaries and campaign for months across the country for several months after the conventions.
It's a lot easier to campaign in a country about the size of our tenth largest state by land area, less than 100,000 square miles, than one with 50 states stretching for over 3 million square miles. Although I doubt there are many campaign stops in far north Alaska, a sizeable chunk of that 3 million square miles. Or even Wyoming, which has more land area than all of the UK but less than 600,000 people.
This is true. But we don't really need 2 years or more of it.
Wait. We have colors? Do we wear those as bandannas, armbands, handkerchiefs hanging out of the left back pocket?
Always the left, BTW.
Ooohh I want Wonkette "Colors"....bandana for the win@!
Wen Does Dok Host in IDAHO???????????? I would love to meet you all here in Boise sometime!!!
That is all, My Queen.....als Panda cute as a bugs ear.....
So what's the latest about Joe's emails? Or did he wear a tan suit? I forget.
Anyway, here's PAB saying (= lying) that Biden "just quit, you know." And "that means we have Kamala...She’s so pathetic...She’s so fucking bad.” So good news, they have all the arrogance that they had in 2020, with all the laziness and stupidity that goes with it. (The bad news is, when they lose, they might get violent again. Oh well.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/04/trump-golf-cart-video-biden-kamala-harris
Love how it's never a specific: just "bad" horrible", etc., while everything the PAB does is "great", "wonderful", and so on ad nauseam. It's partly because he has so few actually positive things to point to, and even those "wins" are unpopular with people who don't have their heads up their asses.
Trump forgetting things is not the same as Joe forgetting things for reasons!
Today I interacted with a young black man and his white girlfriend. His hat said "PRO LIFE" and his shirt said "TRUMP WON". They were as bright as one would expect. But just sayin' they do exist in the wild.
I saw a small white sedan on the freeway with a Trump 2024 flag so big it was half the size of the car. Morons.
By Your Command:
https://youtu.be/kQVImfdwwdo?si=8Fns55pRfOJ5LDYB
Trump supporters who don't vote are the best kind.
Took my tiny pup for a sniffy walk. It wasn't too hot, and the sidewalk didn't burn my feet. She is 7 months old and has only had a few walks. Had to wait for all her shots, then it was too hot. It's 100F but ok if we stay in the shaded areas.
Pup had a great time. My hip is unhappy.
I atebTaco John's last night for dinner and I'm still paying for it this morning. I'm glad I'm working from home.
Kim chee helped me.
John is thing, not a person
Not a proper taco-making thing, though.
Sports reporters across the UK praying for at least one shot from Switzerland to go wide or over the bar.
Conspiracy Theory of the Day, courtesy of Steve Quayle.
"Hurricane Beryl Course Change: TEXAS LANDFALL MONDAY SQ;ONCE AGAIN THE GLOBAL ELITE ARE ATTACKING THE STATE OF TEXAS-THINK OIL REFINERIES! "
Dan says “Thanks, Steve, for being the most embarrassing Quayle, you dumb potatoe.”
Guess we'd better shut down them there refineries.
Be a shame if something happened to them.
Guess we'll have to raise raise gas prices just in case.
Yup
Why does Biden make us suffer?
Hi Steve! Joe the Jew here reminding you we got the Space Laser charged up and armed! 😏
Jewish or Italian laser?
“ what I don’t know that….”
“ARGGGGGGGGGHHHhhhh “
Aw crap! You had to go and spoil it that we got control of both thanks to the illuminati! 😭
Those darn Rothschilds!
🤣
WE HAVE SHARPIES, AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM!!1!11!!
It's been too damned hot to eat anything around here but I've been motivated and knocked down 2 bottles of nutrition drink this morning. If nothing else they get me ahead a few hundred calories and they were chocolatey and COLD.
If I'm honest that was their primary attraction.
Chocolatey and COLD pretty much every time for the win!!!
I had a thing of mango juice bars in the freezer for what seemed like ages, right up until the second day of our particular bay area heatfest. They went really fast, and we had to get more because kitchen HOT.
There is a large Petalite in the frig with my name on it. I'm saving it for a party on Sunday.
I'm probably going to resort to ice cream bars for brunch. At least I have a nice flavor selection.
Now that sounds absolutely delicious and the ONLY appropriate choice.
There is a wonderful Mom & Pop shop I go to that make wonderful varieties of gelato!
https://www.eccounpoco.com/flavors-in-store
Our national anthem is shit, but it does bring a tear to the eye hearing a stadium full of piss heads singing it entirely out of time with the band, each other, and the team.
What a sack of shit set within a silver sea.
Never liked the national anthem and especially its ongoing mutilation by singers at sporting events. They should be grateful they can hit the 12th interval and leave the rest of the song alone.
Canada's got a cool anthem.
Living in Detroit, the only place in the Continental 48 you have to go South to go to Canada, and pre 911, when the "border" was more a suggestion than an internationally legally binding carefully negotiated territorial line, I grew up singing both national anthems interchangeably. Especially for hockey games.
It tells you all the information you need. It's a helpful anthem.
It's not quite as bad as the battle anthem we Yanks are compelled to endure.
And as I have remarked, Francis Scott Key was far ahead of his time in acknowledging the many contributions of Hispanic-Americans, right in the opening line: "Jose, can you see ... "
He was actually mocking Jose Feliciano, not cool at all...
and the Donzer Lee Light...
Dad joke alert!
Ours is worse. At least yours goes somewhere, even if it is by a scenic route that makes no sense. The only ones worse than ours are Scotland's and Liechtenstein's.
Oh, Mexico's is pretty terrible: "War, war! with no mercy to any who shall try to tarnish the coats of arms of the Fatherland! War, war! The national banners Shall be drenched in the waves of blood. War, war! On the mountain, in the valley, The cannons thunder in horrid unison and the sonorous echoes resound with bellows of Union! Liberty!"
I like Flower of Scotland, at least it's fun to sing. Scotland the Brave is bloody awful though.
God save the king is a dirge and although they don't sing the 'God grant that Marshall Wade' verse any more.... as Billy Connolly said, 'Rebellious Scots to crush... Oh do you bloody think so?'
'Rebellious Scots to crush... Oh do you bloody think so?'
I mean, it's a pretty fair description of what happened.
Yep. True enough. 😂 Bit rude to sing about it though given it's supposed to be the British national anthem.
I mean Flower of Scotland is about Bannockburn - not many other victories to sing about - but it's only for Scotland and 1314 was a while ago.
WORLDWIDE REVOLT vs KILLER VACCINES. 400 Doctors, Scientists & Academics Call for Suspension and Investigation on mRNA Genetic Serums (From "Gospa. Christian Journalistic Reports")
As an aside,
"Globally, as of 2019, the world had 104 million health workers, including 12.8 million physicians, 29.8 million nurses and midwives, 4.6 million dentistry personnel and 5.2 million pharmaceutical personnel."
The Internet will be the death of us all. I'm often over at Zuckerberg's Hive of Scum and Villainy, and OMFG the number of conspiracy-addled ignorami and numskulls there is ... discouraging.
I mistakenly checked out a book called 2054. Premise is that if you have had an mRNA vaccine, you are vulnerable to (I shit you not) something called "Remote gene editing" that can rewrite your genome from a distance.
Sounds cool. Could I get a couple more penile inches and a few less pounds?
"State your name."
"Gregor Samsa."
"What is your problem?"
"Who turned me into a cockroach? I mean, I woke up this morning, and...hello? Hello? Hello? Motherfuckers! Took me 20 minutes to get through your damned phone tree! Without thumbs, too!"
More knee cartilage please