I feel like suing for mental anguish. I cannot properly express myself, nor receive the uplifting cat photos or validating memes that allow me to cope with this timeline.
A social worker was pretty mad at me when I told her that I would absolutely not be attending the celebration of the finalization of an adoption arising out of a child protection case. "We're all on the same side here!"
"No, we're quite literally not. If you can't think of a single reason I wouldn't attend a party celebrating my client's parental rights being terminated, you really don't understand what we're doing here."
That sounds both heartbreaking and enraging. The details are none of my business but even in my ignorance I am feeling enormous empathy for you at the moment.
The other day, a judge ordered Peter Navarro to turn in presidential records that are in his possession and are the property of the federal government. He has until March 21 to do so or come up with a reason why he can't . There are 600 documents.
Meanwhile, this idiot still is not in prison because the Bureau of Prisons has not set a date for him to report . The wheels of justice are stuck in the mud.
Seeking social media stardom for their underage daughters, mothers post images of them on Instagram. The accounts draw men sexually attracted to children, and they sometimes pay to see more.
See, in the old days, mothers would have to drag their daughters to "beauty pageants." But now they can bring an audience right into their living rooms, and viewers don't even have to leave their own homes. Isn't technology wonderful?
I have a feeling "taking a Silkwood shower" will be a popular response 'round these parts for some of the articles telling us about the ickier parts of the Christofascists/GOP.
I know women like this. They peaked in HS and are still trying to be The Cool Kids. Their kids are just a means to gain past vainglory and not actual people to them.
If they are anything like the fathers of girls my kids have known whos mothers pushed them into "cool" things in order to relive their own glory days, they are mostly busy with mistresses.
I seem to recall their savior separating the two rather specifically, directing followers to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's and give unto gawd what is gawd's.
None of these proselytizing prats ever READS their Buybull...
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
I imagine it’s a cross between cheeseburger farts and garbage can juice with just a hint of Calvin Klein’s “Obsession for Men” on top to try and mask the unpleasantness.
City Officials Warn Residents in Elyria Township, Ohio to Stockpile Supplies and Stay at Home During the Total Solar Eclipse in April
Elyria Township Fire Department issued the following statement:
"It is in the best interest of our residents to prepare for this event in the weeks prior. This includes stocking food, picking up prescriptions the week before, keeping your cell phone battery charged, and scheduling all appointments before or after the event’s weekend.
PLAN TO STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE!
If you plan to view this event, please get the best eye protection for you and your family. Solar eclipse glasses are available online and may be available at local retail outlets as we get closer to the event."
Why are they telling them to stock up? It's not a weather event - it's just going to be dark for a bit when it normally wouldn't be. Everything should still work.
It's the last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous U.S. for 20 years. Hotels on the path of totality have been sold out for months. People who want to gawk and can't get a hotel will be driving in and parking along roads to get a front row seat. Does that clear it up?
No. What does clear it up is that everything remotely near the 'path of totality' is and will continue to be gouging like there's no tomorrow. All greed, all $$$$. amurriKKKa.
Seriously, though, it annoys me the way we talk about that. People spent a lot of hours working to fix the problem before that day came. Sure, some of the worry about what would happen was overblown, but the real reason it turned out to be absolutely nothing was a lot of hard work that we've all just forgotten about.
I'm old, so I smoke my lids.
LOL, love that picture of Biden.
Peskov was accurately named by his forebears. Whenever I see his name the word "pest" immediately comes to mind.
O'Donnell's been KILLIN' it lately
What's so disheartening is that plenty of people can, the problem is that they don't.
Did the TABS and the OT get mixed up or something?
''Biden also called Putin, accurately, a “butcher” and war criminal.” ''
PUTIN: I know I am but what are YOU? Neener-neener.
/gives OHJB a purple nurple and an atomic wedgie/
So tired of PUTANA.
It's been fun reading Tabs from different authors. Variety is the spice of Wonkette. Wonder who it's gonna be today.
It's time for something completely different.
https://substack.com/profile/157525103-hoovervilles/note/c-50174919?r=2lsb5b
Good grief Charlie Brown; it's really dumb that it's necessary to click a linky to see what should be able to be seen right here.
I feel like suing for mental anguish. I cannot properly express myself, nor receive the uplifting cat photos or validating memes that allow me to cope with this timeline.
Agree 100%
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Once I got it, the neighbours were easy peasy!
Buncha dudes named Stan?
A social worker was pretty mad at me when I told her that I would absolutely not be attending the celebration of the finalization of an adoption arising out of a child protection case. "We're all on the same side here!"
"No, we're quite literally not. If you can't think of a single reason I wouldn't attend a party celebrating my client's parental rights being terminated, you really don't understand what we're doing here."
i know nothing about thr case, obviously. But a child being adopted by loving parents is a good thing, IMHO
Regardless of how good a thing it is here, I doubt you'd want someone who represents you to join in a celebration about you losing.
If the government took your kids away, how would you feel about your lawyer showing up at a party to celebrate it?
It would be completely wrong, as you have pointed out.
I assume that the social worker awkwardly just meant that the kids will be safe and
loved.
...seems kinda flippant for the state to be throwing a party about this
It's evidently common in this particular county. Even the judge shows up.
Even the judge? That seems, ah, fraught.
That sounds both heartbreaking and enraging. The details are none of my business but even in my ignorance I am feeling enormous empathy for you at the moment.
Having a seriously hard time getting motivated for work this morning..
That makes all the sense. (It's my weekend.) Bit I find getting stoked for wotk challenging.
(coughs politely) Could you please write me a similar note? Thanks.
Hell yeah! Thanks! ☺️
The other day, a judge ordered Peter Navarro to turn in presidential records that are in his possession and are the property of the federal government. He has until March 21 to do so or come up with a reason why he can't . There are 600 documents.
Meanwhile, this idiot still is not in prison because the Bureau of Prisons has not set a date for him to report . The wheels of justice are stuck in the mud.
If his name was Jose Navarro and he'd stolen a TV, they'd find an empty prison bed for him.
They'd throw a mattress down in a hallway.
I think I'll skip breakfast:
𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐧
Seeking social media stardom for their underage daughters, mothers post images of them on Instagram. The accounts draw men sexually attracted to children, and they sometimes pay to see more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/instagram-child-influencers.html
See, in the old days, mothers would have to drag their daughters to "beauty pageants." But now they can bring an audience right into their living rooms, and viewers don't even have to leave their own homes. Isn't technology wonderful?
[gets up to Silkwood shower]
I have a feeling "taking a Silkwood shower" will be a popular response 'round these parts for some of the articles telling us about the ickier parts of the Christofascists/GOP.
"But she’s been doing this so long now,” she said. “Her numbers are so big. What do we do? Just stop it and walk away?”
Yes, ma'am. That's exactly what you do.
Her big numbers are more important to that "mom" than her daughter's safety.
Gruesome
People are completely fucked up.
JUST BLARRRRRG!!!!
I am seriously starting to DESPISE digital media and the vile machinations it so readily propagates among the most vulnerable.
Been saying this for the past ten years.
literally pimping out their daughters for cash.
The actual fuck.
Not unprecedented: cf. The Jackson Five.
To my knowledge, their dad never sold sexy pics of them to pedos tho.
Can you say "Child Endangerment"? Greed, Pride, and Envy top the list of the Seven Deadly Sins around these parts.
Can't upvote, sorry.
Understood.
WTF is wrong with these mothers?!?
They seek to live vicariously through their daughters.
They're vain, selfish [very bad word; plural].
That’s what those women wanted when they were young. Jeez.
I know women like this. They peaked in HS and are still trying to be The Cool Kids. Their kids are just a means to gain past vainglory and not actual people to them.
This is a major front page story and quite thorough, but there is not one word about the fathers of these girls.
If they are anything like the fathers of girls my kids have known whos mothers pushed them into "cool" things in order to relive their own glory days, they are mostly busy with mistresses.
So if they're busy, it's not child neglect?
It is still 100% child neglect. But they do not care.
They're only girls. The only times the dads get involved is if there is a purity ball or a boy comes around.
You would think in 2024 this would no longer be a thing, but unfortunately, it very much is.
UGH.
Perhaps, maybe, they shouldn't have been parents?
“God created government,” he told Enlow, adding that it’s “heartbreaking” that “we have let it go into the possession of others.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-parker-alabama-ivf-embryo_n_65d7ea34e4b0cc1f2f7b3e26
There it is, MAGA. You are supposed to vote for God, not Trump. Otherwise, you go straight to hell.
I seem to recall their savior separating the two rather specifically, directing followers to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's and give unto gawd what is gawd's.
None of these proselytizing prats ever READS their Buybull...
They read only the hate/murder/rape parts--the ones that get them going.
I have ultimate respect for those who take their personal faith seriously and act accordingly. The Carters are fine examples.
These people are hypocrites who use their "religion" to get more power. Greed, pride, and envy ... three of the seven deadly sins.
Absolutely and amen, comrade.
They'll explain what The Gospels *really* meant.
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
― Barry Goldwater, 1968
And saw this FIFTY YEARS AGO.
He oughta know. He was the one who married the evangelicals to the GOP
And Ronnie Raygun made their White House invitation permanent.
Hey, Tish, seize the jet first.
Eh. Not a whole lotta value in that hand-me-down hooptie Paul Allen palmed off on him.
Yeah, and it smells like ass and old ketchup
Much worse than ass. It smells like Decaying Diaper Donnie's dead Depends.
But it would make his mushroom dick shrink even more.
Since embryos are persons in Alabama, shouldn’t someone call CPS? Surely freezing children is cruel.
Pffft
-Ted Cruz
That's F. Ted Cruz
Ye beat me to it, mate.
They can't dial 911 with those frozen little fingers ...
Froze babies are not people
Froze babies are not people
Froze babies are not people, that's right
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𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 $99, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 (𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩), 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 (𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥: 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤) 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 (𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩).
𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂!
The former US president has launched a cologne and some sneakers. Lucky us.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-stinks-and-so-could-you/
He’s the shabby flea market of US presidents
Ha!
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What does Donald Trump smell like?
I imagine it’s a cross between cheeseburger farts and garbage can juice with just a hint of Calvin Klein’s “Obsession for Men” on top to try and mask the unpleasantness.
Remember this? Good times!
𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑'𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝐼𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑎 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 "𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡" 𝑜𝑛 "𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒."
Reminds me of "collusion is not a crime".
I do not even want to contemplate what sort of sticky sweet stench emanates from those salacious vessels.
You're in luck. Politico did.
I can only hope their olfactory capacities weren't adversely affected by that dubious odor.
City Officials Warn Residents in Elyria Township, Ohio to Stockpile Supplies and Stay at Home During the Total Solar Eclipse in April
Elyria Township Fire Department issued the following statement:
"It is in the best interest of our residents to prepare for this event in the weeks prior. This includes stocking food, picking up prescriptions the week before, keeping your cell phone battery charged, and scheduling all appointments before or after the event’s weekend.
PLAN TO STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE!
If you plan to view this event, please get the best eye protection for you and your family. Solar eclipse glasses are available online and may be available at local retail outlets as we get closer to the event."
The sky is falling.
The. Sky. Is. Falling.
THE SKY IS FALLING!
BE VERY AFRAID.
IT'S THE Y2K OF ECLIPSES!
Frankly I find it a tad insulting to be told to stay home during such a celestial event.
I have enough sense NOT to gawk an solar eclipse.
Apparently some people don't have enough sense..
https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/104664803-RTS1CPFG-trump-eclipse.jpg?v=1529452347
I just CANNOT stand it sometimes...
Why are they telling them to stock up? It's not a weather event - it's just going to be dark for a bit when it normally wouldn't be. Everything should still work.
It's the last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous U.S. for 20 years. Hotels on the path of totality have been sold out for months. People who want to gawk and can't get a hotel will be driving in and parking along roads to get a front row seat. Does that clear it up?
No. What does clear it up is that everything remotely near the 'path of totality' is and will continue to be gouging like there's no tomorrow. All greed, all $$$$. amurriKKKa.
Unless…….it heralds the beginning of the end times!!!
Fear mongering pure and simple.
Maybe you can't get raptured if you can stay out of Kroger's
It's an insult to their citizen's intelligence to publish such patronizing instructions.
FFS, Maynard. Has this not occurred to the editor?
I am going to rely on my Y2K stockpiles
Shoudn't you "update" your stockpile? I mean, Jim Bakker Disaster Slop Buckets can be shipped straight to your door!
Twinkies still good
There are still a few MREs left from paul's military service stashed in our downstairs food pantry. Those damned things keep for freakin' ever.
I don't know if they're still good.
Seriously, though, it annoys me the way we talk about that. People spent a lot of hours working to fix the problem before that day came. Sure, some of the worry about what would happen was overblown, but the real reason it turned out to be absolutely nothing was a lot of hard work that we've all just forgotten about.
Paranoia remains a profitable industry in the US.
*remembers source code reviews ad infinitum*
So Elyria doesn't normally get tourists, then, I take it.
I was wondering why, and it's because of the sudden influx of out of towners expected. Can't trust the coastal elites, they'll rob ya blind.
And don't stare at the Sun like a common Trump.