It was so fun! The weather was not perfect and folks had to drive through rain to get there, but get there they did!
I don’t post pics on Substack but Holly-yep its me posteda couple and I have a group shot of us, reach out on the MeetSomeWonks@gmail and I can send it to you.
Cute, clumsy Babby rhino stumbles, but gets up and keeps on going! And he didn't even look around to see if anyone saw it, like some people do (I'm not naming names).
I have to respectfully disagree with Clymer. I spent my entire working life around soldiers, sailors, and airforce beings. It would take real effort for that many soldiers to stay that far out of step for so long
Thank you for the link to Charlotte Clymer. I read another article she wrote, and it reminded me of another incident, the stain of which, had it been anyone else, would linger for a lifetime. I bet this would be an “oh yeah I’d forgotten about that… “ read for most of us.
I saw clips and I thought that they might have been cherry-picked - just picking up shots of units group-walking the way you would on a road march or hike in between areas where people were actually watching. However, from all that I've heard, that's pretty much for the whole parade route, possibly even in front of birthday boy. I was in an Army JROTC unit while I was in high school, and by jingo, we marched and drilled and looked as sharp as a bunch of West Point cadets. We'd march in local parades for 40 miles around, sometimes in late April or early May when the SENC weather was beginning to turn to summer and we were wearing our wool/polyester dress uniforms with the suit jacket and tie. We still took pride in how crisply and smoothly we moved.
Damn skippy. Not only that, but it's actually fun to perform in a tightly controlled group. Maybe it's a little like being dancers in a Broadway show, but if you're going to put any effort into what is essentially a public performance, you want to do it in as professional and joyful manner as you possibly can.
I just woke up, but already I have...thoughts. So let me spell out part of why it pisses me off that Medicaid no longer covers HRT for trans folks.
For a moment let's just assume that gender dysphoria is strictly and solely a mental health issue. Depression is as well. We have well-established treatments for depression--namely, anti-depressant medications. Similarly, there is a well-established treatment for gender dysphoria. It's called HRT and transitioning. Doctors are well aware of both of these conditions and their respective treatments. But then politicians step in with their religious zealotry and biases, and because they don't think trans people are "moral" or "God's plan" or whatever, these politicians insist on making life as difficult as possible for less than 1% of the population.
What this is is politicians getting between patients and doctors. It's something Republicans love doing while claiming they are completely against it. Same with abortion access.
Giant ‘Dictator’ Statue Of Trump Mysteriously Appears On National Mall
A massive statue of a gold thumb crushing the Statue of Liberty mysteriously appeared on the National Mall early this morning, featuring quotes about Trump being a dictator. “Dictator approved,” reads a faux plaque on one side. Underneath it, another faux plaque offers a real quote from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a dictator himself: “The most respected, the most feared person is Donald Trump.” [HuffPost]
How does one bring in and erect a massive statue on the National Mall without anyone noticing? I know it was dark, but what if it was Al-Qaeda putting together a suitcase nuke?
You'd think Pete would have noticed something on his way home from the bars.
Does anyone really think Trump has any input on who gets deported and who doesn't? He's basically a carrot at this point. A really wide carrot leaking piss and shit and angry confused words. Wait, a wide carrot is a pumpkin. A leaky confused and angry shit piss pumpkin.
The Mild Jrs (who are Middle School teachers) spend a lot of time bemoaning how much ground their students have lost due to COVID, and thru the students use of flat-things (as Paula Poundstone calls them).
What I don’t get is the Mild Jrs use of ChatGPT both at home and in the classroom. If Mr or Mrs Mild Jr don’t have an answer at hand, they will use “Chatty” to come up with an answer. I don’t say anything, but it does bother and puzzle me.
This kid lived in my area of town. He just graduated HS. Really good kid. He was arrested by ICE at a routine check in and taken from his family.
The community protested and when someone reached out to DHS about helping him Tricia McLaughlin basically told them to fuck off and then they secretly transferred him out of the local jail to another location. No criminal record, star soccer player, did everything right. Https://bsky.app/profile/wcpo9news.bsky.social/post/3lrsdlaymyd25
I was in color guard in high school and we marched with the band in many many parades, and our marching was WAY better than those guys at the parade. Sure, we had the drummers pounding out the street beat, but c'moooooooooooon
Article in the local paper that references a decision I wrote when I was a judge--made me happy, because it was an EXCELLENT decision and I'm proud of it, and I was totally right, and (I know, don't read the comments) but the comments to the extent they mention me are always positive.
I had sort of forgotten about it, and then there I am.
No, he’s a Pisces. I’m talking about Mike, who we lost a few years ago. One of the smartest people I’ve had the joy of knowing. He was the night watchman at a museum in Hudson Valley, NY. He’d hang with us on the Wonkzoom most nights, along with the museum cat Ginger.
Oh, that is nice of you to remember him. Sounds like he is was a dear friend. So, I have not heard or seen El Bastardo in some time. Have you ? Mavbr on WonkZoom?
That our christian domestic terrorist allowed himself to be captured alive instead of suffering a martyrdom at the hands of the secular humanist state run oppressors of christianity reveals a shocking lack of FAITH in the promises of Jesus! Did his faith waver at the moment of truth? How sad that his martyr's crown in heaven must be awarded to someone else. I understand a protestor in Salt Lake City did die during their protest so the martyr's crown won't go to waste.
Meanwhile the people in Minnesota still attended the NO Kings rally in St. Paul in spite of the organizers cancelling the event because of the christian terrorist still running free.
Every person who attended that rally on Saturday held their faith in the Constitution, exercised their faith in basic civil rights and put their lives on the line for Democracy.
Well done thou good and faithful servants in St. Paul, Minnesota! You are the real Saints!
Cute but clumsy baby rhino in your hed gif, source info here: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/rhino-baby-misstep
And your meme chat for today: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/f066610c-2888-4f4d-b637-c54de8284556
When your heart says pointe shoes and your feet say clown shoes.
Being an odd-toed ungulate, I don't think it buts it's mother's milk bag with its head when its thirsty. It always looks so brutal when they do that.
Speaking of odd-toed ungulates, here it is in operatic form (http://www.familyopera.org/drupal/RainDance#Video-Start-7, go to 20:40).
Combat unicorn in training!
Bonzai Rhino!
I MEANT TO DO THAT!
Awwww, baby rhino things it’s a gazelle. Lookit those adorable feetses!
Beautiful baby.
Suzie how did the Wonkmeet go, did you post pics?
It was so fun! The weather was not perfect and folks had to drive through rain to get there, but get there they did!
I don’t post pics on Substack but Holly-yep its me posteda couple and I have a group shot of us, reach out on the MeetSomeWonks@gmail and I can send it to you.
Where did you get video of me running?
SNERK
While running across the grasslands
At such a speedy clip
Tiny Rhino takes no vacation
Merely a little trip.
That is one formidable babby, once the dynamics of guiding that much mass are figured out...
that baby rhino is my spirit animal.
Whee, babby rhino getting its charging practice in!
Wait till it gets its first Mastercard.
No way is it getting a Visa.
LOL
Babby RINO!
love it!
Could've been a much bigger problem if he'd been big enough to have grown his horn out.
Nice recovery, though.
Cute, clumsy Babby rhino stumbles, but gets up and keeps on going! And he didn't even look around to see if anyone saw it, like some people do (I'm not naming names).
Didn't try to pull off the cat's "I meant to do that" look, either.
That is a cat superpower
Rhinoseplant!
LOL!
I have to respectfully disagree with Clymer. I spent my entire working life around soldiers, sailors, and airforce beings. It would take real effort for that many soldiers to stay that far out of step for so long
The ACLU or some other legal aid group needs to get with Alejandro Reyes and sue the ever loving shit out of those ICE agents.
Thank you for the link to Charlotte Clymer. I read another article she wrote, and it reminded me of another incident, the stain of which, had it been anyone else, would linger for a lifetime. I bet this would be an “oh yeah I’d forgotten about that… “ read for most of us.
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-hardest-job-in-arlington
Sadly that's me too. Never forget.
I saw clips and I thought that they might have been cherry-picked - just picking up shots of units group-walking the way you would on a road march or hike in between areas where people were actually watching. However, from all that I've heard, that's pretty much for the whole parade route, possibly even in front of birthday boy. I was in an Army JROTC unit while I was in high school, and by jingo, we marched and drilled and looked as sharp as a bunch of West Point cadets. We'd march in local parades for 40 miles around, sometimes in late April or early May when the SENC weather was beginning to turn to summer and we were wearing our wool/polyester dress uniforms with the suit jacket and tie. We still took pride in how crisply and smoothly we moved.
I was a Civil Air Patrol Cadet. Even at 14, we were tighter than that parade.
Damn skippy. Not only that, but it's actually fun to perform in a tightly controlled group. Maybe it's a little like being dancers in a Broadway show, but if you're going to put any effort into what is essentially a public performance, you want to do it in as professional and joyful manner as you possibly can.
I just woke up, but already I have...thoughts. So let me spell out part of why it pisses me off that Medicaid no longer covers HRT for trans folks.
For a moment let's just assume that gender dysphoria is strictly and solely a mental health issue. Depression is as well. We have well-established treatments for depression--namely, anti-depressant medications. Similarly, there is a well-established treatment for gender dysphoria. It's called HRT and transitioning. Doctors are well aware of both of these conditions and their respective treatments. But then politicians step in with their religious zealotry and biases, and because they don't think trans people are "moral" or "God's plan" or whatever, these politicians insist on making life as difficult as possible for less than 1% of the population.
What this is is politicians getting between patients and doctors. It's something Republicans love doing while claiming they are completely against it. Same with abortion access.
Giant ‘Dictator’ Statue Of Trump Mysteriously Appears On National Mall
A massive statue of a gold thumb crushing the Statue of Liberty mysteriously appeared on the National Mall early this morning, featuring quotes about Trump being a dictator. “Dictator approved,” reads a faux plaque on one side. Underneath it, another faux plaque offers a real quote from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a dictator himself: “The most respected, the most feared person is Donald Trump.” [HuffPost]
How does one bring in and erect a massive statue on the National Mall without anyone noticing? I know it was dark, but what if it was Al-Qaeda putting together a suitcase nuke?
You'd think Pete would have noticed something on his way home from the bars.
Does anyone really think Trump has any input on who gets deported and who doesn't? He's basically a carrot at this point. A really wide carrot leaking piss and shit and angry confused words. Wait, a wide carrot is a pumpkin. A leaky confused and angry shit piss pumpkin.
I refer to him as a rutabaga, because it's a funny vegetable name.
“Using ChatGPT is literally making you dumber.”
The Mild Jrs (who are Middle School teachers) spend a lot of time bemoaning how much ground their students have lost due to COVID, and thru the students use of flat-things (as Paula Poundstone calls them).
What I don’t get is the Mild Jrs use of ChatGPT both at home and in the classroom. If Mr or Mrs Mild Jr don’t have an answer at hand, they will use “Chatty” to come up with an answer. I don’t say anything, but it does bother and puzzle me.
This kid lived in my area of town. He just graduated HS. Really good kid. He was arrested by ICE at a routine check in and taken from his family.
The community protested and when someone reached out to DHS about helping him Tricia McLaughlin basically told them to fuck off and then they secretly transferred him out of the local jail to another location. No criminal record, star soccer player, did everything right. Https://bsky.app/profile/wcpo9news.bsky.social/post/3lrsdlaymyd25
Oh, that is sickening...
Re: the bad marching at the parade
I was in color guard in high school and we marched with the band in many many parades, and our marching was WAY better than those guys at the parade. Sure, we had the drummers pounding out the street beat, but c'moooooooooooon
OMG
I was in color guard in the mid 80s, so it wasn't the director acting like a jerk, it was our friends on the sidelines
How does one sponsor a Wonkmeet? I'd like one in Eugene, Oregon!
You do what everyone in the Army tells you to never do. Volunteer.
I think I will do that!
Article in the local paper that references a decision I wrote when I was a judge--made me happy, because it was an EXCELLENT decision and I'm proud of it, and I was totally right, and (I know, don't read the comments) but the comments to the extent they mention me are always positive.
I had sort of forgotten about it, and then there I am.
Happy birthday, you Big Bad Bald Bastard. We still miss the hell out of you.
Is that El Bastardo you are referring to?
No, he’s a Pisces. I’m talking about Mike, who we lost a few years ago. One of the smartest people I’ve had the joy of knowing. He was the night watchman at a museum in Hudson Valley, NY. He’d hang with us on the Wonkzoom most nights, along with the museum cat Ginger.
Oh, that is nice of you to remember him. Sounds like he is was a dear friend. So, I have not heard or seen El Bastardo in some time. Have you ? Mavbr on WonkZoom?
There you are! I haven’t seen you around since forever, and wondered if you were doing all right.
We certainly do!
Babby rhino’s shoes are too big!
That our christian domestic terrorist allowed himself to be captured alive instead of suffering a martyrdom at the hands of the secular humanist state run oppressors of christianity reveals a shocking lack of FAITH in the promises of Jesus! Did his faith waver at the moment of truth? How sad that his martyr's crown in heaven must be awarded to someone else. I understand a protestor in Salt Lake City did die during their protest so the martyr's crown won't go to waste.
Meanwhile the people in Minnesota still attended the NO Kings rally in St. Paul in spite of the organizers cancelling the event because of the christian terrorist still running free.
Every person who attended that rally on Saturday held their faith in the Constitution, exercised their faith in basic civil rights and put their lives on the line for Democracy.
Well done thou good and faithful servants in St. Paul, Minnesota! You are the real Saints!
Heading out with Tab's and Coffee in the Morning ☕💯👍