I am so so sorry everyone, I went to the hospital to see my mom and absolutely forgot there were drafts to edit and post today. She had surgery and her lung cancer has spread more than they thought, so they've moved her from Stage 2 to Stage 4 or 3B. Two days later they are like "she is ready to go home!" I told them I thought that would be a bad idea.
So! I came home and cleaned her room in case they send her home anyway, and I fucking completely forgot!
No worrries, precious Editrix. You just focus on your mum's care as well as maintaining the stabilizing levels of cheeky snark and scathing wit that maintain the sanity of your immediate family as well as that of we, your Wonkette waifs.
Please give your mum a gentle kiss on her forehead from this eastern Washington wild child and know how absolutely and immeasurably you are truly and genuinely loved.
Sounds like you have way more important stuff on your plate right now. We can manage to entertain ourselves for one afternoon. Take care of your mom and family. We understand.
I think this was from Tabs a few days ago, but I finally got around to reading it. I ask again: If TFG were intentionally trying to weaken America's long-term influence, respect, and power on the global stage, what would he be doing differently?
'The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift'
-- 'Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.'
'The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps.
'Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.'
...
'Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to [“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush, created at FDR's request, which has served as the blueprint for federal support for science for 80 years] and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies.
'While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements.'
Spousal unit made a blueberry buckle cake yesterday. Really good, but as she was beating the batter — who says baseball is boring — all of a sudden, the entire bowl of batter glommed onto the eggbeater in a swirling ball of goo. Looked like something out of a sci-fi. She literally held it in the air, swirling about, no bowl necessary.
Based solely on the fact that I have some left-over Gruyère cheese and some onions in the kitchen, I'm making onion soup for supper. With a garden salat and a big-ass loaf of fresh Cuban bread.
'Citing “fear for their lives,” Uvalde police cowered for three hours while an armed terrorist mass murdered children. But now, citing “fear for their lives,” Austin police opened fire in 3 seconds to murder an unarmed child in distress holding a water bottle.
'This begs questions.
'Why is “I was scared” a magical get out of jail free card for cops? Why are we arming feckless cowards with deadly force, when they’re clearly not able to control themselves under pressure? And most of all, what the hell is the point of police to “protect us” if every time they get scared we end up with more dead kids?'
...
'If the Supreme Court has made clear that police have no duty to protect the public, then why does anyone think we increase public safety by increasing police budgets? Well guess what—the data already proves that increased police budgets do *not* increase public safety—but something else does.'
...
'In short, the U.S. Supreme Court argues, perhaps better than any entity in existence, that public safety does not increase with more police funding, in part because police have no obligation to protect the public from harm and death. And while likely unintended in their cruel decision making, the Supreme Court’s draconian rulings force us to recognize that we must stop seeing public safety as a Police matter—and instead see it from the lens of societal needs. A lens that accounts for (but is not limited to) things like addressing poverty, addiction, mental health access, suicide prevention, homelessness, and other similar social services—all things police officers are *not* trained to do but asked to do anyway.
'As I’ve said before, law enforcement *responds* to crime, but a living wage, food and water security, accessible healthcare, affordable housing, addiction treatment, and public education *prevent* crime. So if we want safer communities, then it is critical we invest in building up people, not meting out punishments.'
That's Julia Child's easy dessert: one scoop ice cream, spoon on a coupla tablespoons of alcohol of your choice, one of powdered coffee or chocolate, serve with cookie. Et voilà.
I am so so sorry everyone, I went to the hospital to see my mom and absolutely forgot there were drafts to edit and post today. She had surgery and her lung cancer has spread more than they thought, so they've moved her from Stage 2 to Stage 4 or 3B. Two days later they are like "she is ready to go home!" I told them I thought that would be a bad idea.
So! I came home and cleaned her room in case they send her home anyway, and I fucking completely forgot!
Do not beat yourself up over this. Family over friends.
Sending strength.
I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. Sending love and hugs your way.
Take the day off. Take several days off if you want.
No worrries, precious Editrix. You just focus on your mum's care as well as maintaining the stabilizing levels of cheeky snark and scathing wit that maintain the sanity of your immediate family as well as that of we, your Wonkette waifs.
Please give your mum a gentle kiss on her forehead from this eastern Washington wild child and know how absolutely and immeasurably you are truly and genuinely loved.
Sounds like you have way more important stuff on your plate right now. We can manage to entertain ourselves for one afternoon. Take care of your mom and family. We understand.
I'll devote love to you and yours tonight.
Sending all my love xx
All the best.
Have fun! ---D.J.Trump
We'll be fine, please take care of your Mom first.
Sending loving wishes to you and mom, Glorious Queen Rebekkah, First of Her Name...
You are always good to me....
Linus and FoxFox send love!!
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So sorry to hear, if you want me to look at clinical trials (free to subjects), please let me know. There are 112 trials just for immunotherapy in the USA for LC. Happy to jump on a Zoom call to answer any questions. I'm not a clinician, so cannot offer clinical advice, but I can help guide you through the maze. Link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?locStr=USA&country=United%20States&cond=Lung%20Cancer%5C(NSCLC%5C)&term=Immunotherapy&viewType=Card&aggFilters=status:rec&page=2
home? not to an in-patient rehab?
"CARDINAL! Poke her with the soft cushions!"
If you want to be excused, you'll need to being us a note from your Mother.
Being a decade plus into this trumpian bardo, my younger sister may have the healthier approach.
I'm all pissed off and consumed with vinegar.
She retired early (cause trump) from the EPA as a water fuckin engineer. Keeping people alive in Thailand than Wyoming amongst other locals.
She moved to a Buddhist collective in Calif recently as I continue to bleed spiritually.
She votes but ignores as best she can the crap that eats at me.
Cindy is a lot fuckin smarter than I.
She refuses to allow her zone to be flooded.
I think this was from Tabs a few days ago, but I finally got around to reading it. I ask again: If TFG were intentionally trying to weaken America's long-term influence, respect, and power on the global stage, what would he be doing differently?
'The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift'
-- 'Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.'
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/michael-kratsios-research
'The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps.
'Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.'
...
'Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to [“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush, created at FDR's request, which has served as the blueprint for federal support for science for 80 years] and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies.
'While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements.'
Spousal unit made a blueberry buckle cake yesterday. Really good, but as she was beating the batter — who says baseball is boring — all of a sudden, the entire bowl of batter glommed onto the eggbeater in a swirling ball of goo. Looked like something out of a sci-fi. She literally held it in the air, swirling about, no bowl necessary.
— 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 —
Okay: That made me fucking laugh aloud.
Yup, looks about right...
https://bsky.app/profile/philoof.bsky.social/post/3ms4down2cc23
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
BURN, BABY, BURN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYqbT6DjjA8
Blueberries are a dollar a pound at the farmers market this week, how fortuitous! I can pick up a bunch and freeze them!
This looks absolutely lovely cakes and very worth the weight !
(I can’t get AutoCorrect to correct that for some reason so it stays)
Oh dear Rebecca, my heart goes out to you and your dear mama!
Just don’t buy the blueberries frozen from Publix grocery stores.
Seems that you've a story to share...
E. Coli. Seriously. There’s an FDA recall. Of course, in Canada, they don’t have to worry, having only lingonberries.
Mr. Demme managed to get some fresh, but old and huge rhubarb (I love it!).
Would it make a good fool?
Rhubarb fool is classic British dessert, as I understand it.
Based solely on the fact that I have some left-over Gruyère cheese and some onions in the kitchen, I'm making onion soup for supper. With a garden salat and a big-ass loaf of fresh Cuban bread.
So, there.
You're also inviting us over. We'll bring refreshments.
There'll be plenty - c'mon along!
"Refreshments"
I only have restalements. : (
Okay, okay: a cooler of absinthe.
And a jerry-can full of some mixture Grey Goose vodka and V-8
Hail, Bloody Mary, full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails...
Redemption has never been so tasty.
[backs tanker truck onto the property]
*beep* *beep* *beep*
(drooling uncontrollably)
Need to borrow my trepanning rocks?
You really should have that looked at by a qualified veterinarian (or a 19th-century
Russian-Soviet neurologist/physiologist).
We have him scheduled to float his teeth tomorrow. It’s the cribbing that’s worrisome.
soooo,
when Pavlov heard a bell,
did he think of his doggos?
It's quite possible. Meat powder at a minimum.
A phrenologist is what is needed here.
I suggest trepanation.
I know a guy.
Joe? Heard of him. Does good work on the cheap.
That's him.
Why not both?
I’m sure big insurance will pay for it.
okaaaaaay once again the weekend reaches the wind-it-up stage, alas, as yrrrr
smoking lamp is lit!
(goes thumpingly well with fool, you know!)
'Austin Police Kill A 17-Year-Old Black Child—Because Police Have No Legal Duty to Protect Us'
-- 'This isn't clickbait, it's established Supreme Court precedent, and we need to talk about it if we're serious about public safety'
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/austin-police-kill-a-17-year-old
'Citing “fear for their lives,” Uvalde police cowered for three hours while an armed terrorist mass murdered children. But now, citing “fear for their lives,” Austin police opened fire in 3 seconds to murder an unarmed child in distress holding a water bottle.
'This begs questions.
'Why is “I was scared” a magical get out of jail free card for cops? Why are we arming feckless cowards with deadly force, when they’re clearly not able to control themselves under pressure? And most of all, what the hell is the point of police to “protect us” if every time they get scared we end up with more dead kids?'
...
'If the Supreme Court has made clear that police have no duty to protect the public, then why does anyone think we increase public safety by increasing police budgets? Well guess what—the data already proves that increased police budgets do *not* increase public safety—but something else does.'
...
'In short, the U.S. Supreme Court argues, perhaps better than any entity in existence, that public safety does not increase with more police funding, in part because police have no obligation to protect the public from harm and death. And while likely unintended in their cruel decision making, the Supreme Court’s draconian rulings force us to recognize that we must stop seeing public safety as a Police matter—and instead see it from the lens of societal needs. A lens that accounts for (but is not limited to) things like addressing poverty, addiction, mental health access, suicide prevention, homelessness, and other similar social services—all things police officers are *not* trained to do but asked to do anyway.
'As I’ve said before, law enforcement *responds* to crime, but a living wage, food and water security, accessible healthcare, affordable housing, addiction treatment, and public education *prevent* crime. So if we want safer communities, then it is critical we invest in building up people, not meting out punishments.'
What do you call a dessert that plays practical jokes on your diet?
A fruit fool!
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Srsly, tip your waitress.
GET OFF THE STAGE!!!!
And you thought vaudeville was dead.
[passes cream pie]
"Slowly I turned..."
…step by step…
...inch by inch...
Cal Fire has sent the Incident Management Team that worked the Palisades fire to Spokane. Cal Fire knows their business. Those fires are scary to me.
“They need to rake the forest floor.”
Being an efficiency guy, I'm trying to combine Cakes and Hooper.
Fuck already, throw some clear liquor in there.
I'd suggest using a little booze in the fruit compote.
That's Julia Child's easy dessert: one scoop ice cream, spoon on a coupla tablespoons of alcohol of your choice, one of powdered coffee or chocolate, serve with cookie. Et voilà.