And this is why people were so stupid in 2016. The die was cast that Election Day and we all knew it. Any chance of “Universal” anything good was lost for at least 40 years because even if we somehow pass it the Supreme Court will block it.
When the Hortmans were murdered in their homes, MAGA (including Republicans in Congress) made jokes. When Paul Pelosi was hospitalized by a would-be assassin, MAGA (including Trump's family) made jokes. When Robert Mueller died, Trump proudly said "I'm glad he's dead" on social media. When it's one of them targeted, MAGA is all crocodile tears shrieking about civility and respect.
Today I need to call bank of America because it says online that one of my bills was paid, but there's no check issued or cashed for it. There's a confirmation number, but the money hasn't come out of my account yet. I hate money.
If you pay it online at the BofA web site, they credit it right away but the bank doesn't notice for a day or two. At least that's how it works for me with Citi.
Happy Friyay to you all, and happy payday to so many of yous. I am, sadly, already broke this pay period, but all my bills are paid, so I'm happy just dining in.
So where am I with my tax refund? I've gotten two emails from ID.me telling me to keep waiting to have my documents processed. The letter I got said I have until May 23 to remedy my tax forms or else who knows what, they'll send me a check? I don't know. Anyway, I sure would love my tax refund. It's my damn money, give it over. Maybe the form I sent in #3911 will get some help, too.
Or maybe the letter was a mistake as Spotts said he and Calysson got the same letter and they owe. Who fucking knows where my tax refund is, but I'm not letting my $1500 go.
Today we start the change to how we run the needle exchange. From now on, Fridays we will post up at the corner of S. 25th and Robinson for people to come to us. There's a van that delivers meals at the same location, so we think we'll be pretty busy. I packed enough stuff to service 45 needle users and 30 pipe users. That should be plenty of supplies. Since we're doing the drop instead of delivery, I know have Friday nights off!
From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
We have precinct official training in the next few weeks. The forms this year are asking for much more information on election workers than they have in the past. I'll be curious as to the changes over all.
I hated that book when reading it (required reading). The people in it pissed me off, like actually angered me. They never DID anything! It was infuriating! At one point, I launched it against the wall I was so disgusted.
By the time I got to the end, I realized that that had been the point the entire time and quite liked it
Mr woke up and told me that our young friend, who lives a few doors away, took our old dog to get a Pupper Cup and Dutch Bros, then took the dog to her house to spend the night.
My little buddy Hobbs!! is named so because of the movie "The Natural", which Brimley is in. My lovely lady would call me Pop (Brimley's character name) when I would yell "Hobbs!!" at the cat, just like Brimley did at Robert Redford's Roy Hobbs. Which was very apt because I call her Red, which was Brimley's bench coach's name.
My lovely lady thought I should have called him Sterling. I called him Hobbs!! because when he was a kitten, he reminded me of Roy Hobbs, naturally handsome and super athletic.
Back on Disqus when KB left I got curious where he went and checked his profile. He was commenting on a site called ‘The Centrist Watering Hole’ or something like that. It seemed to mainly be a book review site.
Black Napkins and Joe Beese have been on here post Disqus. BN seens to show up more around election time. The last time I saw JB was in the runup to ‘24 presidential election I think.
As far as I know, there are no appetizers offered at breakfast places, only sides. So here is a little today in history appetizer. Also, I just realized that my non-comment shows my time zone bias.
1975—Tom Polgar sends CIA’s last cable from Saigon: “…we have lost.…Let us hope…that we have learned our lesson. Saigon signing off.”
Humans never learn. We have been warring for millennia.
TFG is warring over oil, a resource. He has the oil from Venezuela. He will destroy the ability to export oil from Iran and other ME countries, forcing the world to buy oil from the US.
This sort of implies more cognition than he has. I have a little hope his grift-bros with competing grifts will interfere with each other, but I suspect detailed analysis will show they just make things exponentially worse.
>>Saphier got her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados, according to her LinkedIn profile. She then completed a radiology residency through Creighton University School of Medicine. She joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2016 and has been a Fox News contributor since 2018.<<
I'm not saying Ross is one of them, but Caribbean medical schools are reputed to admit 3 classes of students annually but to graduate only one; yes, that means 2 out of 3 students will fail out along the way or at the licensing exam. So their student body includes many who have the cash to buy a spot in the Caribbean but not the MCAT scores (it's the SAT for med school), GPA, or other credentials to make it into any continental US school. That said, to land a residency at Sloan Kettering would seem to indicate that she acquired the chops to do so. We'll just let the Fox thing slide.
>>She is also the founder of Drop Rx, a herbal supplement business...<<
And this is why people were so stupid in 2016. The die was cast that Election Day and we all knew it. Any chance of “Universal” anything good was lost for at least 40 years because even if we somehow pass it the Supreme Court will block it.
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WELCOME IMMIGRANTS
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When the Hortmans were murdered in their homes, MAGA (including Republicans in Congress) made jokes. When Paul Pelosi was hospitalized by a would-be assassin, MAGA (including Trump's family) made jokes. When Robert Mueller died, Trump proudly said "I'm glad he's dead" on social media. When it's one of them targeted, MAGA is all crocodile tears shrieking about civility and respect.
Nah. Fuck that.
srsly.
Where the fuck was the press screaming about Lowering the Rhetoric when Democrats were /actually killed.
Lone wolf lone wolf lone wolf! Never mind he was a fucking local republican spewing the same hate all over the internets! Totally lone wolf!
Time to try to go to sleep again.
Same!
Today I need to call bank of America because it says online that one of my bills was paid, but there's no check issued or cashed for it. There's a confirmation number, but the money hasn't come out of my account yet. I hate money.
If you pay it online at the BofA web site, they credit it right away but the bank doesn't notice for a day or two. At least that's how it works for me with Citi.
Happy Friyay to you all, and happy payday to so many of yous. I am, sadly, already broke this pay period, but all my bills are paid, so I'm happy just dining in.
So where am I with my tax refund? I've gotten two emails from ID.me telling me to keep waiting to have my documents processed. The letter I got said I have until May 23 to remedy my tax forms or else who knows what, they'll send me a check? I don't know. Anyway, I sure would love my tax refund. It's my damn money, give it over. Maybe the form I sent in #3911 will get some help, too.
Or maybe the letter was a mistake as Spotts said he and Calysson got the same letter and they owe. Who fucking knows where my tax refund is, but I'm not letting my $1500 go.
Today we start the change to how we run the needle exchange. From now on, Fridays we will post up at the corner of S. 25th and Robinson for people to come to us. There's a van that delivers meals at the same location, so we think we'll be pretty busy. I packed enough stuff to service 45 needle users and 30 pipe users. That should be plenty of supplies. Since we're doing the drop instead of delivery, I know have Friday nights off!
It isn't all trump's takeover ... add the "christian" nationalists and broligarchs, also too.
𝟴 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 “𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿” 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover-takeaways
He should have been thrown in jail after his last insurrection.
Bring me the head of Merrick Garland that I might skull fuck it!
DR;WSR -- Didn't Read; Wrist Slitting Risk
We have precinct official training in the next few weeks. The forms this year are asking for much more information on election workers than they have in the past. I'll be curious as to the changes over all.
1. Do you own a gun? 2. Can you shoot accurately? 3. Will you defend the right to vote no matter what?
Well, no, worse: questions about racial and personal demographics. I've never had to indicate my race or marital status before.
Black marker out, redact the invasive questions.
See what they do.
WTF business of theirs is any of that?
It isn't.
Drawn by the presence of new toys, Li'l Feller showed up at Workstation this morning.
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Wearing his "WHAR TACOS?" face
Situation: Normal.
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Every day since the 20th of January 2025.
Never go full Oblomov.
I hated that book when reading it (required reading). The people in it pissed me off, like actually angered me. They never DID anything! It was infuriating! At one point, I launched it against the wall I was so disgusted.
By the time I got to the end, I realized that that had been the point the entire time and quite liked it
I'm in bed a lot. Nothing to get up for except to exchange fluids.
You need to get up to tend to the crew. They also need time and attention.
They are the other reason I get up. Or to visit Wonkette and drop some snark.
I'm glad you are here. Makes my day/night better.
And open the door for Simba's taco delivery.
Very good advice.
Mr woke up and told me that our young friend, who lives a few doors away, took our old dog to get a Pupper Cup and Dutch Bros, then took the dog to her house to spend the night.
Neighbor dog is the best dog. You can get all the happy benefits of Dog without paying for one
Slumber party!
So he not only stinks metaphorically, but literally also too.
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adam kinzinger ALWAYS says this.
I heard some other politician say that he smells like butt, sweat, and diapers.
Butt, Sweat and Diapers is the name of my new classical rock tribute group.
Great horn section.
...if they could only catch their breath.
We are in the process of inventing a musical rescue inhaler.
Better make it full face mask.
Musical CPAP masks are my new sleep aid invention.
In case you didn't know, Wilford Brimley came back as a cat.
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My little buddy Hobbs!! is named so because of the movie "The Natural", which Brimley is in. My lovely lady would call me Pop (Brimley's character name) when I would yell "Hobbs!!" at the cat, just like Brimley did at Robert Redford's Roy Hobbs. Which was very apt because I call her Red, which was Brimley's bench coach's name.
And now you know...the rest of the story.
Hobbs is a great name for a cat. Imaginary or not.
My lovely lady thought I should have called him Sterling. I called him Hobbs!! because when he was a kitten, he reminded me of Roy Hobbs, naturally handsome and super athletic.
I kind of miss King Beau before he went nutty.
Back on Disqus when KB left I got curious where he went and checked his profile. He was commenting on a site called ‘The Centrist Watering Hole’ or something like that. It seemed to mainly be a book review site.
Yeah, pity about old Donut.
He saw the Fetterman backstab coming. Shame he chose to share that in the way he did.
There's a bunch I wish were still around. Black Napkins, Joe Beese, even the oh so controversial Cafeen Man.
Yeah, whatever happened to Black Napkins? Cafeen Man and I still email sometimes.
Seems the move to Substack thinned the herd a bit.
Black Napkins and Joe Beese have been on here post Disqus. BN seens to show up more around election time. The last time I saw JB was in the runup to ‘24 presidential election I think.
As far as I know, there are no appetizers offered at breakfast places, only sides. So here is a little today in history appetizer. Also, I just realized that my non-comment shows my time zone bias.
1975—Tom Polgar sends CIA’s last cable from Saigon: “…we have lost.…Let us hope…that we have learned our lesson. Saigon signing off.”
There's only one breakfast appetizer: Coffee. If you dump enough sugar in it, it becomes a pastry.
Humans never learn. We have been warring for millennia.
TFG is warring over oil, a resource. He has the oil from Venezuela. He will destroy the ability to export oil from Iran and other ME countries, forcing the world to buy oil from the US.
This sort of implies more cognition than he has. I have a little hope his grift-bros with competing grifts will interfere with each other, but I suspect detailed analysis will show they just make things exponentially worse.
Nah.
Morning all. ☕️
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Morning, Diane.
Good morning D. FIVE DAY STREAK noted and applauded.
This is definitely my second longest streak!
May Day! May Day! May Day! Democracy is Down! But Not Out!
Meh. Pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan.
*Primal yawn*
Another day in the "Land of Dumb" ...
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘅 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹
Trump lashes out at Cassidy while announcing his new nomination.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/trump-nominates-fox-news-doctor-to-be-the-next-surgeon-general/
>>Saphier got her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados, according to her LinkedIn profile. She then completed a radiology residency through Creighton University School of Medicine. She joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2016 and has been a Fox News contributor since 2018.<<
I'm not saying Ross is one of them, but Caribbean medical schools are reputed to admit 3 classes of students annually but to graduate only one; yes, that means 2 out of 3 students will fail out along the way or at the licensing exam. So their student body includes many who have the cash to buy a spot in the Caribbean but not the MCAT scores (it's the SAT for med school), GPA, or other credentials to make it into any continental US school. That said, to land a residency at Sloan Kettering would seem to indicate that she acquired the chops to do so. We'll just let the Fox thing slide.
>>She is also the founder of Drop Rx, a herbal supplement business...<<
Victrola Needle Scratch dot mp3
We're done here.
It really, really, really is all about grifting.
All the lies, the hypocrisy, the hate spewing, the harm to people, the leap into fasicism....all of it to make a buck.
He coulda gotten Doogie Howser, except he's gay.
Trump is a Loogie Browser.
"Land of the Dumb" sounds like a campy 60s Irwin Allen TV series.
Trump has never met a quack he doesn't like.
This is so true.