One of my cats is sensible, but the other is an agent of chaos who would probably write in Bill Cipher for president (I mean, an evil triangle would still be better than TFG).
I’m just now getting around to reading the Atlantic article and it is DELICIOUS. Pump that shit right into my veins! I knew the Trump campaign was probably riddled with infighting and backstabbing galore, but now I get to read all the delectable details. It couldn’t have all happened to a bunch of more deserving people.
Polls don't vote. People do. If you haven't voted, get out there and do it. Remember 2016? There was no way she could lose? Can we please not have anyone stay home because they thought someone else was voting and we were winning anyway? Even if Harris wins, every vote is necessary for a blue wave that will make it impossible for him to cry about the election being stolen. I needs to not even be close.
Fluoride in the water. I'm an clear example of why adding fluoride is a good idea. I grow up in the county. drinking unfluoridated well water. I had cavity nearly every time I went to the dentist. My daughter grew up on fluoridated city water. She's had one or two cavities her entire life.
Early Voting was supposed to eliminate the hours long lines to vote on Election Day but we're seeing long lines for early voting, too. Maybe they need more voting places!
The thing that makes that footage of Trump's empty rally all the more remarkable--NTD news is owned by Falun Gong and is full on QAnon, Trump won in 2020, any other conspiracy theory you can think of. When Falun Gong is the one fact checking you, you've lost the plot.
So tfg and LaCivita had a "sit-down" in private on the plane. Apparently LaCivita made his case to the skeptical tfg and was pardoned. If tfg hadn't liked the way LaCivita's numbers added up, would they have given him a parachute?
> A lawyer for Elon Musk’s political action committee says the so-called “winners” of his $1 million-a-day swing-state voter sweepstakes are not chosen by chance.
I remember reading that the school lunch fee is “per deposit”. People with money don’t think about it because they can just put 500 dollars in for the year and pay the small fee one time. But if you are scraping by you might only be able to pay a couple days at a time so you are basically getting charged double for lunch.
I remember when my kids were in school and wondering why these fees were being charged. It was an automation that did away with the jobs of several bookkeepers no doubt.
A similar fee was charged to local water customers for a period of time until public outcry and an investigation put an end to that!
The school lunch payment fee stuff is such a poorly-built money-grab. I imagine a low-rent Betsy DeVos spending her government contract windfall on Stanley cups and Disney trips.
We got lucky this year - our kids' school has the right demographics to qualify for free meals for all kids, no paperwork needed. Such a relief!
Prior to this year, there have been multiple payment systems - was it a new one each year? I think so. Actually, there was a single system, and we paid through it and tracked the kids' spending/eating, but then they added a second system just for the transaction, but the original one was where we tracked the kid's meals was still in effect as well.
They presented a setting to notify us if the balance got below a dollar amount we could decide on, so that if the money in the account dropped below, say, $5, we'd get a notification to add funds. There was an automatic option as well, but we weren't going to give them unlimited refill access to our CC. That's because, as handy as auto-refills would have been, the system never worked. We'd get a storm of texts, emails, and robocalls during dinner saying the balance was below our setpoint, and then when we checked the online balance, it was way below zero! Like Negative $20!! The account had hit our threshold days earlier.
Or, the triple digit funds we'd deposited weren't showing up. "Accounting glitch - don't worry" they would say.
Or, within a few days, one kid had eaten a dozen meals and spent $100 - completely impossible. "You'll have to contact the school about that glitch."
And they could not present a downloadable set of values to check their math. No way to even doublecheck the math in the system. The transactions were out of order and the balances didn't seem to have any connection to the transaction amounts.
The amount of argh bleh smash snort this system triggered was unhealthy.
So, the fact that the school offers food to all kids without these regular headaches and stress-hormone releases is a huge win in my opinion. Better for everyone.
Fear not, the school is run by good people who feed all the hungry kids regardless of funds. They're not one of those sad weak poop schools.
The best part: the kids are stoked because this year, pizza is from Dominos, which we all know gives adults diarrhea, but the kids love it. Last year, it was the plastic-baggy pizza that was microwaved and then thrown in the trash, likely the single largest source of food waste each week.
Some info to go with your hed gif: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/wonkitty-votes-did-you?r=angu9
And your meme chat of the day: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/481ce4aa-99c0-42e9-9590-004b5e854fe1
Good Wonkitty!
Kamala has the 'black cat' vote sewn up.
Is Chococat a citizen?
When it comes to voting
Wonkitty is no quitter
Her vote gets dropped into a box
And Trump dumped in her litter.
Bravo! I currently need some brain bleach, but beautifully done nonetheless.
https://media.tenor.com/tLp3CrC2_3QAAAAM/clap-clap-clap.gif
(Blushes)
They're having their cats vote! UNFAIR! ILL EAGLE! RIGGED! STOLLEN!
One of my cats is sensible, but the other is an agent of chaos who would probably write in Bill Cipher for president (I mean, an evil triangle would still be better than TFG).
Bill Cipher is an evil triangle but at least there is some logic there.
THEY'RE VOTING THE DOGS THEY'RE VOTING THE CATS.
WHY AM I HUNGRY ALLA SUDDEN?
You are having way too much fun with this, Craig! And I am HERE for it.
I promise to CEASE & DESIST any minute now.
<ok, no I don't>
You didn't say "hereby"
also needs an admiralty flag.
I was getting to that. I didn't want to POISON THE BLOOD of all my posts right off the bat.
Oh, please don't! I haven't giggled as much as I have with your dog and cat pronouncements in years. You're doing God's work, my friend!
Happy Holy Week!
😂😂
Wonk Kitty shows how it's done!
Trump's bio on his political years. "Full Seats. Empty Head"
I’m just now getting around to reading the Atlantic article and it is DELICIOUS. Pump that shit right into my veins! I knew the Trump campaign was probably riddled with infighting and backstabbing galore, but now I get to read all the delectable details. It couldn’t have all happened to a bunch of more deserving people.
i'm listening to nicolle wallace coverage right now.
vanity fair and atlantic are both like this unholy intersection of Serious News Journalism and News of the World gossip.
In light of the GOP using images of trans people in their ads without consent, that Anderson cease and desist is laughably disgusting!
Oh MY Gosh RFK jr - YES I loved Captain Crunch !!! Unconditionally
Polls don't vote. People do. If you haven't voted, get out there and do it. Remember 2016? There was no way she could lose? Can we please not have anyone stay home because they thought someone else was voting and we were winning anyway? Even if Harris wins, every vote is necessary for a blue wave that will make it impossible for him to cry about the election being stolen. I needs to not even be close.
That raspy SOB will have to pry my Cheez-its from my cold dead hand. Oh, FWIW, they are great with champagne.
For a little health treat, frozen strawberries float in champagne
I think this is a direct threat to Kamala Harris. It is a well-known fact that Nacho Cheez Doritos are her got-to snack.
I agree about Cheez-its, although I need to try the champagne pairing.
Fluoride in the water. I'm an clear example of why adding fluoride is a good idea. I grow up in the county. drinking unfluoridated well water. I had cavity nearly every time I went to the dentist. My daughter grew up on fluoridated city water. She's had one or two cavities her entire life.
Early Voting was supposed to eliminate the hours long lines to vote on Election Day but we're seeing long lines for early voting, too. Maybe they need more voting places!
They need vote by mail. I got mine in, in Oregon, last month. The firebug not withstanding, it's the safest and easiest way to vote.
The thing that makes that footage of Trump's empty rally all the more remarkable--NTD news is owned by Falun Gong and is full on QAnon, Trump won in 2020, any other conspiracy theory you can think of. When Falun Gong is the one fact checking you, you've lost the plot.
So tfg and LaCivita had a "sit-down" in private on the plane. Apparently LaCivita made his case to the skeptical tfg and was pardoned. If tfg hadn't liked the way LaCivita's numbers added up, would they have given him a parachute?
Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance
https://apnews.com/article/musk-million-sweepstakes-lottery-pennsylvania-krasner-4f683c48eb7dcc57f183e54ef16e7320
> A lawyer for Elon Musk’s political action committee says the so-called “winners” of his $1 million-a-day swing-state voter sweepstakes are not chosen by chance.
Another one I vote goes to jail
Over 4,000 overseas voters’ ballots challenged in Pennsylvania | US elections 2024 | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/04/election-pennsylvania-overseas-ballots-votes
I remember reading that the school lunch fee is “per deposit”. People with money don’t think about it because they can just put 500 dollars in for the year and pay the small fee one time. But if you are scraping by you might only be able to pay a couple days at a time so you are basically getting charged double for lunch.
I remember when my kids were in school and wondering why these fees were being charged. It was an automation that did away with the jobs of several bookkeepers no doubt.
A similar fee was charged to local water customers for a period of time until public outcry and an investigation put an end to that!
The irony, in light of the whole magat movement being about control of women, from the Atlantic piece;
Noem, through a spokesperson, took offense at the notion that “she needs a man to put her up to anything.”
Yeah I LOLed at that
The school lunch payment fee stuff is such a poorly-built money-grab. I imagine a low-rent Betsy DeVos spending her government contract windfall on Stanley cups and Disney trips.
We got lucky this year - our kids' school has the right demographics to qualify for free meals for all kids, no paperwork needed. Such a relief!
Prior to this year, there have been multiple payment systems - was it a new one each year? I think so. Actually, there was a single system, and we paid through it and tracked the kids' spending/eating, but then they added a second system just for the transaction, but the original one was where we tracked the kid's meals was still in effect as well.
They presented a setting to notify us if the balance got below a dollar amount we could decide on, so that if the money in the account dropped below, say, $5, we'd get a notification to add funds. There was an automatic option as well, but we weren't going to give them unlimited refill access to our CC. That's because, as handy as auto-refills would have been, the system never worked. We'd get a storm of texts, emails, and robocalls during dinner saying the balance was below our setpoint, and then when we checked the online balance, it was way below zero! Like Negative $20!! The account had hit our threshold days earlier.
Or, the triple digit funds we'd deposited weren't showing up. "Accounting glitch - don't worry" they would say.
Or, within a few days, one kid had eaten a dozen meals and spent $100 - completely impossible. "You'll have to contact the school about that glitch."
And they could not present a downloadable set of values to check their math. No way to even doublecheck the math in the system. The transactions were out of order and the balances didn't seem to have any connection to the transaction amounts.
The amount of argh bleh smash snort this system triggered was unhealthy.
So, the fact that the school offers food to all kids without these regular headaches and stress-hormone releases is a huge win in my opinion. Better for everyone.
Fear not, the school is run by good people who feed all the hungry kids regardless of funds. They're not one of those sad weak poop schools.
The best part: the kids are stoked because this year, pizza is from Dominos, which we all know gives adults diarrhea, but the kids love it. Last year, it was the plastic-baggy pizza that was microwaved and then thrown in the trash, likely the single largest source of food waste each week.
Betsy’s looking to buy her 10th yacht
She has to. All those poor people untying her boats and letting them do whatever is just beyond the norm.