East is east, and west is west, and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh, tell me what you know.
I'm only weeks away from fine organic rhubarb on the north side of my house. I like cranberries with less sugar than most recipes. I've made a cooked cranberry sauce, but I haven't cooked them all the way down like applesauce. Yet.
I remembering going to see Animal Crackers in a theater when it was finally liberated from the rights issues that kept it from being shown legally for several decades.
Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You better beat it - I hear they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing. You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.
When I was a little kid there was a sun bear at the zoo in Independence Ks who was confined to a cage which looked like a jail cell. He laid on his back on the concrete and when people threw peanuts in he caught them on his chest and smashed the shell off with his paws and used his tongue to snatch the peanuts into his mouth.
Most other aspects of this zoo were a little less cheerful.
I wouldn't mind if the planet inhabited by the likes of Keir Starmer and Elissa Slotkin slipped out of orbit for a few decades while the rest of us tried to get on a better path.
"Michigan has THE most terrible signage..." Before cell phones were everywhere my wife and her sister were going from Chicago to Cincinnati with the then 5? kids to see Grandma. Many hours past the expected "we are here" call, I called Grandma. No word, Grandma was very worried too. I start to think about all sorts of terrible things. A couple long hours later my wife calls. WTF happened? Nothing! She called back a few minutes later crying saying they turned around when they saw an interstate restaurant they frequented on vacations in their youth - in Michigan. I said how the hell did you go under the giant "Say Yes to Michigan!" sign draped over the highway - and decide to keep on going for an hour or so? We thought it was an ad? Well yea, technically it was an ad. Inside, you know, Michigan. (We are still happily married, most of the time.)
I really wish Democrats would stop backstabbing AOC and take a hint from her. They need to talk to the public to understand what they want from the party. We can't fight this with petty jabs on social media.
Agree with the position that Dems need to go on Faux (as per Rep Ansari on Laura Ingraham). We need to put all this shit in their stupid faces and hear how they justify it, challenge their lies and make them try to defend them, let their slack-jawed viewers see that Democrats STAND for something. Weβve too long been the milquetoast party of polite disagreement and collegial respect for opposing viewpoints. We need to be the party of YOU ARE LYING RIGHT NOW TO YOUR VIEWERS, AND I DARE YOU TO PROVE ME WRONG.
Secretary Mayor Pete we need you back! But the rest of you Blue fuckers need to step up!!!
DeSantis apparently directed that $10 million dollars of a $67 million dollar settlement from a Medicaid contractor that was supposed to be returned in full to the state and federal government be given to a "charitable foundation" founded by his wife Casey DeSantis. That foundation then directed the same amount to two "dark money" PACS that were supporting the Governor's opposition to the 2024 marijuana legalization initiative.
Casey DeSantis has all but declared to run for the Florida governor's office in 2026, so how this scandal rolls out, it can't be good for her hopes. In a response to the press the other day, Casey did not really address the issue, but instead went onto some folderol about her faith - using her religious beliefs to pretend that that "Hope Florida Foundation" was not a "foundation" but an "idea". How can an idea be given non-profit status and paly political games?
This has been another dispatcg about the crooked DeSantis regime in Florida
We are in a trade war an d the leader of our team is a convicted felon who is clinically disturbed, manifestly ignorant and has, on one hand, the attention span of a gnat, on the other hand the intelligence of a gnat, and on the other other hand advisors who think bananaanas cost $10.
When Gavin Newsom breaks bread and wind on his podcast with fascist freaks and encourages Senator Van Hollen to stop being such a distraction distracting people's attention away from Gavin Newsom I want to tell Gavin Newsom to STFU.
Slipping floor mats and car brakes are a bad mix. I only know Toyotas, but those guys fixed the problem years ago by securing the mats with hooks on the floor.
It seems that the Tesla philosophy of thinking outside the box is so rigid that includes the aphorism βIf itβs not broke break it.β
An explainer and source for the hed gif: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/sunny-sun-bear-aint-a-grouch-o
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/a85f1e2d-25bb-4295-a7f4-7cfd82c1646d?utm_source=share
Have a good weekend!
One morning, I saw a sun bear in my pajamas. How a sun bear got into my pajamas, Iβll never know.
wokka wokka wokka!
East is east, and west is west, and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh, tell me what you know.
I'm only weeks away from fine organic rhubarb on the north side of my house. I like cranberries with less sugar than most recipes. I've made a cooked cranberry sauce, but I haven't cooked them all the way down like applesauce. Yet.
Animal Crackers is one of my fave Marx Brothers movies, the other being 'Duck Soup.'
I remembering going to see Animal Crackers in a theater when it was finally liberated from the rights issues that kept it from being shown legally for several decades.
Horsefeathers is my fave, followed by A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
"Inside of a dog..." is one of my favorite Groucho quotes.
I'm rather fond of this book-loving quote.
βWhen I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.β
β Erasmus
Used to have a T-shirt with that quote. God, I miss it.
https://www.etsy.com/market/outside_of_a_dog_a_book_is_mans_best_friend
*Not a recommendation of any specific artist.
I also like the βEasily Distracted by Dogs and Booksβ ones, but I'd need a βcatβ version.
God, I also miss dogs.
Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You better beat it - I hear they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing. You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.
Hail, hail Freedonia!
When I was a little kid there was a sun bear at the zoo in Independence Ks who was confined to a cage which looked like a jail cell. He laid on his back on the concrete and when people threw peanuts in he caught them on his chest and smashed the shell off with his paws and used his tongue to snatch the peanuts into his mouth.
Most other aspects of this zoo were a little less cheerful.
Houser's Grove Zoo in Florida was like an animal jail. It's gone, and the replacement Brevard Zoo is open air, a MUCH better venue and scenario.
A similar thing happened to Lowry Park in Tampa.
GOOD!
WHAR RANCH FOR THIS CRUDITE?
This bear has good taste, and hates ranch dressing.
"I don't want bears with good taste, I want bears that taste good."
~Secretary Brainwormz
OK, Dijon Oili then.
The right to arm bears!
I have that bumper sticker on my car.
I'd rather face a bear in the woods that any maga.
I wouldn't mind if the planet inhabited by the likes of Keir Starmer and Elissa Slotkin slipped out of orbit for a few decades while the rest of us tried to get on a better path.
"Michigan has THE most terrible signage..." Before cell phones were everywhere my wife and her sister were going from Chicago to Cincinnati with the then 5? kids to see Grandma. Many hours past the expected "we are here" call, I called Grandma. No word, Grandma was very worried too. I start to think about all sorts of terrible things. A couple long hours later my wife calls. WTF happened? Nothing! She called back a few minutes later crying saying they turned around when they saw an interstate restaurant they frequented on vacations in their youth - in Michigan. I said how the hell did you go under the giant "Say Yes to Michigan!" sign draped over the highway - and decide to keep on going for an hour or so? We thought it was an ad? Well yea, technically it was an ad. Inside, you know, Michigan. (We are still happily married, most of the time.)
Floor mats don't curl up under a car's brakes, they curl up under the pedals, both brake and accelerator. Just saying...
At this point every time something new gets added to the "they are talking about X" we need to start tacking on "just like the Nazis did in WW2."
If we keep repeating it OVER and OVER again, maybe one of them will stick?!
I really wish Democrats would stop backstabbing AOC and take a hint from her. They need to talk to the public to understand what they want from the party. We can't fight this with petty jabs on social media.
Agree with the position that Dems need to go on Faux (as per Rep Ansari on Laura Ingraham). We need to put all this shit in their stupid faces and hear how they justify it, challenge their lies and make them try to defend them, let their slack-jawed viewers see that Democrats STAND for something. Weβve too long been the milquetoast party of polite disagreement and collegial respect for opposing viewpoints. We need to be the party of YOU ARE LYING RIGHT NOW TO YOUR VIEWERS, AND I DARE YOU TO PROVE ME WRONG.
Secretary Mayor Pete we need you back! But the rest of you Blue fuckers need to step up!!!
Nothing is better than Tab's and Coffee in the morning βπ―π
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6
I just posted it over at Evan's Friday joint, too.
Who's next?
This is REALLY REALLY BAD.
Jeff Tiedrich, this morning: "Donny has a secret plan to end his trade war with China: heβs going to bluffoon his way through it."
"Bluffoon." Is there a better word to describe Trump's modus operandi?
I don't know if anyone has taken note of this, but it seems like Ron DeSantis and his wife have gotten themselves into quite a scandal:
Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5261542-florida-gov-ron-desantis-hope-florida-scandal/
DeSantis apparently directed that $10 million dollars of a $67 million dollar settlement from a Medicaid contractor that was supposed to be returned in full to the state and federal government be given to a "charitable foundation" founded by his wife Casey DeSantis. That foundation then directed the same amount to two "dark money" PACS that were supporting the Governor's opposition to the 2024 marijuana legalization initiative.
Casey DeSantis has all but declared to run for the Florida governor's office in 2026, so how this scandal rolls out, it can't be good for her hopes. In a response to the press the other day, Casey did not really address the issue, but instead went onto some folderol about her faith - using her religious beliefs to pretend that that "Hope Florida Foundation" was not a "foundation" but an "idea". How can an idea be given non-profit status and paly political games?
This has been another dispatcg about the crooked DeSantis regime in Florida
I think the most relevant issue today is China/trade war. They are playing hard ball and there is no way we can beat them.
We have a free market, they have a government-controlled market.
When our consumers feel pain, we speak with our wallets and companies generally listen.
When Chinese consumers feel pain, the government does not let them OR their companies speak at all.
In this kind of war, we cannot beat them. It's only a matter of how bad we're going to lose.
We are in a trade war an d the leader of our team is a convicted felon who is clinically disturbed, manifestly ignorant and has, on one hand, the attention span of a gnat, on the other hand the intelligence of a gnat, and on the other other hand advisors who think bananaanas cost $10.
How the fuck is he still alive??
When Gavin Newsom breaks bread and wind on his podcast with fascist freaks and encourages Senator Van Hollen to stop being such a distraction distracting people's attention away from Gavin Newsom I want to tell Gavin Newsom to STFU.
Is that being 'dark woke'?
We can make fun of his unquenchable thirstβ¦
Slipping floor mats and car brakes are a bad mix. I only know Toyotas, but those guys fixed the problem years ago by securing the mats with hooks on the floor.
It seems that the Tesla philosophy of thinking outside the box is so rigid that includes the aphorism βIf itβs not broke break it.β
Did Toyota ever figure why almost every Camry seems to have that "Toyota dent"?
It's because they're on the road for so long. Reliable cars get dented!
In that scamcoin dinner article:
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