This sounds delicious. When we kept a fully stocked bar, we always had several rums and St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram for tiki type stuff. Will have to try Falernum.
I just peeked, and saw that Ohio doesn’t have Total Wine. Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, and a fuckton of other states do. But apparently Ohio and Pennsylvania don’t 🤷♂️.
If you are ever where they are, take a look. I’ve never seen so much alcohol in one place. They make BevMo (the liquor warehouse chain we used when I lived in California) look like a corner store.
We’ve got Total Wine here in NC but all they sell is wine and beer (which you can also buy in the grocery store, the Target, the Walmart etc.) Hard Liquor sales in NC are strictly state-controlled. The upside is our state liquor stores are clean and well-organized and you tend not to have sketchy characters around. The downside is there aren’t many of them especially in rural areas, and the hours can be limited. Not to mention that getting an ABC store permit is often “pork” for big political donors.
I remember prepping for a 4th of July party circa very early 90’s (‘89 maybe?) in Slovak Village - when the State Stores were only freestanding - the insane line of us snaking down the street. At least now you just have to hang out by the veggies in the Giant Eagle to wait for the magic doors to open 😂
In the fall I went there because their website showed they had a seasonal cream.liquor I couldn't find anywhere else. Turns out their inventory showed they had a bottle *somewhere* from last year. Once I assured the very nice young lady I work retail and 100% understand and was in no way angry she test tasted several ( I wasn't driving! I swear! Non drinking friend was!) different liquors and helped me find a new one. Yeah, selling shit is her job, but hand to the higher power you believe in being nice and understanding without being creepy * do NOT keep repeating my name!* goes a very long way with a retail ground level drone.
I shopped at a Total Wine today. I was blown away when I walked in. Eventually I found the High Noon section and they had all the flavors, and I mean all of them. I don't drink much wine anymore.
We have Total and Spec's and they are in a shit kicker's version of CVS and Walgreens around here. In N. Fort Worth, they both built megastores right across the street from each other. If you can't find a wine you love in either, you are incapable of love. They both have the largest selection of wine and spirits I've ever seen and Total sells THC fizzy drinks as well. They make me gassy so that ain't a perk for me, but if you like to be high and farty, it might be a factor...
Asshole has also contributed to Greg Abbot cuz “cost of doing business”, tried to buy MD’s junior Senate seat, spent out of ass and still lost to Alsobrooks in the primary
Why when you stand out side of a church on the side walk you are "in front" of the church. Yet you walk across the threshold you are suddenly in the "back" of the church? I could never explain that architectural flaw.
This sounds like a really nice drink. I'm not that much of a rum guy because Bacardi and Coke was the first thing I drank myself sick on, and near a half-century later it still gives me the heebie-jeebies thinking of it, but I'm sure that it would be great as part of a well-balanced cocktail.
Speaking of cocktails, my go-to lately has been a Manhattan, up. Does anyone have a favorite bourbon for this?
I prefer Bourbon Manhattans myself - I use a reasonable Kentucky bourbon (I don’t know if Hooper would approve). They were my Dad’s drink of choice - at home he made them with Canadian whisky, but I think he ordered rye when he was out. Love you & miss you, Dad! 🥃❤️
I remember ordering a rye Manhattan in a noisy place and they brought me what I guess was what they thought was a "dry Manhattan" - basically a glass of bourbon with a cherry at the bottom.
We had a discount package store chain called Kappy's. One of my big regrets is the half gallon of Kappy's 'scotch' we bought one weekend at college. Oh, yeah, it got us drunk.
Have you ever had the Spirit Pilot version of this? Popov Vodka, Dollar General Diet Cola and a couple of sugar packets swiped from McDonalds. Swirl stick is a gently used Q-Tip.
The war is costing the US (US!, I should say) $1b per day. People lose their minds when they think an ill eagle is getting $100 worth of SNAP, but this is OK? Gas going up is OK? I thought that was one of those "kitchen table" issues.
My daughter and I decided not to go to my Trumpy sister's house for Easter. I still love her, but she pulled the lever and I just can't anymore.
Have done the same. I have not gone to visit the sibs since that fateful november. They're only half and half trumpy but if I go to visit the ones I can stomach the other ones will be there too and I just can't
Disowned sister who attends/plans every family event recently told my bro to tell me to pull my head out of my ass and stop ignoring the family. Simple fact is, she's unfailingly at every family get together and I don't want to be around her.
I'm sad. We usually don't talk about politics during family gatherings, but over Thanksgiving, daughter and nephew got into it, with daughter giving facts and nephew basically saying "fake news". She's afraid it's going to happen again.
We don't talk about politics either, but THEY always bring it up anyway. Little digs, snide remarks, lol lol ain't I the witty. Wonder if your nephew did the same. They just cannot help it, they gotta stick their foot right in that mouth.
I decided I either remove, or end up hating half my family. It seemed wise.
"Isaiah Thomas Thanks 5 US Presidents for Attending Jesse Jackson’s Funeral, including: “President Harris, President Clinton, President Bill Clinton, President Biden, and President Obama”
Isaiah Thomas Thanks 5 US Presidents for Attending Jesse Jackson’s Funeral, including: “President Harris, President Clinton, President Bill Clinton, President Biden, and President Obama”
by Jim Hoft
The byline is important, as it credits the Stupidest Man on the Internet with misspelling the name of Isiah Thomas.
No hyperlink to gateway pundit because fuck that shit.
Ah! Interestingly enough, there was an NBA player named "Isaiah" Thomas, also a point guard, who by all accounts was a good dude!
Looks like it was indeed the asshole Isiah Thomas who spoke at Jackson's funeral and made the "5 presidents" quip. For one brief, shining moment, Isiah Thomas was not a p.o.s.! :D
Well, this has gotten a bit convoluted. Too many Izayas Thomas.
I think it was the younger guy, who is still in the NBA (though nearing retirement) at the Jackson funeral.
But I might be wrong.
And yeah, the younger guy, "Two A Izaya," is by all accounts a good dude. Totally unrelated to the older guy, who played college ball at Indiana and for the Pistons most notably in the NBA, who is a jerk. Indeed, the younger guy was named for the older guy, his Wikipedia page says; but his mother insisted on the Biblical spelling (with the two As).
Trump is doubling down — sending militarized agents into our communities, murdering citizens, silencing voters, and handing billionaires giveaways while families struggle. This isn’t just politics. It’s democracy versus dictatorship. And together, we’re choosing democracy.
On March 28, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings and the power belongs to the people.
Don't forget to ride your pet triceratops, which is how Jesus got to the gun range back when God created the universe 6,000 years ago (per the Project 2025 Model Public Elementary School Curriculum).
Apparently, I guessed the correct flavor of Friskies this time.
Alice has been on a bit of a hunger strike with a very strong thread of “I’m disappointed in you“ running through it. She even did an extra-wide-ranging demonstration of burying her breakfast this morning. But apparently tonight I did better, and she just popped up on the keyboard to purr in my face and tell me I did well.
I have a question. Does anybody get to just say, “I’m tired I’m going to bed,” and then they just… Go to bed? The reason I ask is I realized tonight as I was getting ready for bed, while making up a song called the 92 things I have to do before I can go to bed, it sometimes there’s so many things you have to do before you can go to bed that sometimes it’s easier just to stay up late.
OK, I better roll over and try to go to sleep now…
Apparently, I fell asleep before I could hit post last night. Meanwhile, there have been 666 new posts since then, because of course there is. Happy Caturday, all.
I like the comments running around being alll But Iraq invaded Kuwait! That is not fair to say he started that! When it was actually Kuwait who started it by trying to steal Iraq's oil -with the help of our companies
When Sadam Hussein laid out his plans too invade Kuwait, which we had a defense pact with, Bush sent his ambassador to Iraq in with a message, which amounted to "Meh, whatever."
Hey look, all the solid blue states hate Chump, and a lot of the so-called red states are fifty-fifty on him.
Democratic candidates need to (i.m.o.) keep talking directly to the people about how Trump's economic decisions have created problems for them, and about how injust this war in Lebanon and Venezuela and next Cuba are. Nobody should have to die for this despot.
For a while I've thought events are now in control. The best efforts of our political class, systems and institutions have led to...this.
Let's see how those approval numbers hold up as the economy continues to go belly-up, while a global energy catastrophe exacts its price on top of what's already in motion.
🌖 On this day the Moon will be in a Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%.
Today in History: Unarmed Marchers Attacked by State Troopers in Selma (1965), First Out Transgender Woman of the Year (1953), First Jazz Record Released (1917), 🥣 Alexander Graham Bell Day: Telephone Patented (1876), Jack Paar Returns (1960) Texas Ban on Blacks Voting in Primaries Overturned (1927), First Non-Stop Flight from Paris to London (1912), Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Become Co-Emperors (161 CE), Sunday Declared Roman Day of Rest (321 CE), First Ship to Send Wireless Telegraph to Onshore Receiver.(1900), We Are the World Released (1985), Kepler Space Telescope Launched (2009)
Today's birthdays: Amanda Gorman, Bryan Cranston, Laura Prepon, Jay Duplass, Bret Easton Ellis, Wanda Sykes, Willard Scott, Tammy Faye Messner, Daniel David Palmer (Founder of Chiropractic Which He Learned From a Ghost), Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (First to Portray St. Bernards Carrying Brandy Casks), Joseph Nicéphore Niepce (Created First True Photographs and World's First Internal Combustion Engine, Ivan Lendl, Peter Wolf, Janet Guthrie (First Woman to Compete in the Indianapolis 500), Willard Scott, Maurice Ravel, Luther Burbank (Developed Russet Burbank Potato), Sir John Herschel (Inventor of the Blueprint)
Today's deaths: Mary Alice "Allie" Smith Gray, Jimmy Boyd, Stanley Kubrick, Divine, Robert Bray, Jean Pierre Francois Blanchard (Credited with Inventing the Parachute), Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Today's deaths: Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine. Bit of trivia I just learned - He was scheduled to begin filming a guest appearance as "Uncle Otto" in the second season episode "All in the Family" (episode 22). However, he passed away in his sleep on March 7, 1988, the very morning he was scheduled to arrive on set.
The History Rocks! Tour (mentioned downthread), sponsored by the government organization TPUSA, hasn't been well received everywhere. Like, here, where they were denied in MA.
It all began when Turning Point USA reached out to the chair of the Sutton Select Board about a possible visit. Chairman Norman Champigny told the superintendent about the request and Paget asked that the Department of Education contact her directly. I called Champigny to ask him why they reached out to him and not to the superintendent directly. He never returned my call, but it most likely has something to do with his political affiliations.
As a coalition partner to America 250 Civic Education, Moms for Liberty is also involved in the “History Rocks Tour.” A political organization, Moms for Liberty advocates against mentioning race and ethnicity, discrimination and LGBTQ rights in school curricula. It also has been a driving force in banning books from school curricula and libraries.
McMahon’s visit wasn’t a request to celebrate America’s history. It was clearly a show designed to push a political agenda.
It’s likely that McMahon was surprised when she got body-slammed by Sutton’s superintendent. The former preschool teacher for students with disabilities has only been on the job a short time but she tossed the former WWE boss out of the ring.
In our overly partisan country, Paget put her students first. Good for her.
(Overheard in the school parking lot as the stoners unwind from all the rocking history)
"Whoa! I never knew George Washington fought a war against the dinosaurs in upstate New York! It explains the wooden teeth and everything."
"Total badass! I wish I had known that a long time ago."
"I know. Makes me mad they don't put him on the twenty dollar bill instead of that lame Jackson guy."
"I'm glad they corrected the lies told about Thomas Jefferson owning slaves."
"I know right? I mean it always confused me how he wrote the Declaration of Independence and then went to bed with his slaves as well. It has really made my head hurt trying to work that out."
"Dude! Weren't you paying attention? They said he used an Ai to write the Declaration and someone programmed it wrong."
"I didn't know Elon was around back then! Good to know!"
"The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment and current U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon". Those words are so wrong when they're put together.
I read one review of it, out of morbid curiousity, and it was apparently more a day in the life than a documentary, and mostly about her agreeing with Donald on everything and trying on outfits, offering no insight into her story or her character.
Questions here.
This sounds delicious. When we kept a fully stocked bar, we always had several rums and St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram for tiki type stuff. Will have to try Falernum.
And?
This sounds delicious. When I was a drinker I was a rum drinker.
Is Gosling's sold by Ryan Gosling, my Hollywood husband? Oh, and another stellar piece for us to relax by on a Friday evening. Thank you.
I believe the company was founded in Bermuda in 1806. Ryan Gosling was founded in 1980. :) :)
https://goslings.com
Laughing! I'm glad, actually, bc I didn't think Matt would go for celebrity booze!
I just peeked, and saw that Ohio doesn’t have Total Wine. Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, and a fuckton of other states do. But apparently Ohio and Pennsylvania don’t 🤷♂️.
If you are ever where they are, take a look. I’ve never seen so much alcohol in one place. They make BevMo (the liquor warehouse chain we used when I lived in California) look like a corner store.
For reasons unknown, our little town has one and Hubby has basically become unpaid staff. They also offer classes and tastings!
We’ve got Total Wine here in NC but all they sell is wine and beer (which you can also buy in the grocery store, the Target, the Walmart etc.) Hard Liquor sales in NC are strictly state-controlled. The upside is our state liquor stores are clean and well-organized and you tend not to have sketchy characters around. The downside is there aren’t many of them especially in rural areas, and the hours can be limited. Not to mention that getting an ABC store permit is often “pork” for big political donors.
Liquor sales are completely state-controlled here in Ohio. I have opinions on that.
I remember prepping for a 4th of July party circa very early 90’s (‘89 maybe?) in Slovak Village - when the State Stores were only freestanding - the insane line of us snaking down the street. At least now you just have to hang out by the veggies in the Giant Eagle to wait for the magic doors to open 😂
Binnys isn't too shabby if you're near Chicago.
In the fall I went there because their website showed they had a seasonal cream.liquor I couldn't find anywhere else. Turns out their inventory showed they had a bottle *somewhere* from last year. Once I assured the very nice young lady I work retail and 100% understand and was in no way angry she test tasted several ( I wasn't driving! I swear! Non drinking friend was!) different liquors and helped me find a new one. Yeah, selling shit is her job, but hand to the higher power you believe in being nice and understanding without being creepy * do NOT keep repeating my name!* goes a very long way with a retail ground level drone.
I shopped at a Total Wine today. I was blown away when I walked in. Eventually I found the High Noon section and they had all the flavors, and I mean all of them. I don't drink much wine anymore.
We have Total and Spec's and they are in a shit kicker's version of CVS and Walgreens around here. In N. Fort Worth, they both built megastores right across the street from each other. If you can't find a wine you love in either, you are incapable of love. They both have the largest selection of wine and spirits I've ever seen and Total sells THC fizzy drinks as well. They make me gassy so that ain't a perk for me, but if you like to be high and farty, it might be a factor...
Sounds similar to some misspent youth. I guess it depends on whether you're lighting the gas.
Owned by David Trone. He used to represent MD CD 6
Asshole has also contributed to Greg Abbot cuz “cost of doing business”, tried to buy MD’s junior Senate seat, spent out of ass and still lost to Alsobrooks in the primary
I had no idea such a liqueur existed, it sounds delicious!
The ginger lime fab sounding one?! Same 🤩
OK then.
Why when you stand out side of a church on the side walk you are "in front" of the church. Yet you walk across the threshold you are suddenly in the "back" of the church? I could never explain that architectural flaw.
(Were you asking or taking?)
Um, wow. I don't even know that one.
Maybe the building just moves....
So, this is the point where I normally say that whatever you have included in your recipe is now flying off the shelves at Total Wine.
But this time they don’t have it. At least not as I cut and pasted it.
Is either of these what you’re talking about, or do I need to go on safari to find the correct beverage?
https://substack.com/profile/155617549-bradthe/note/c-224141572
The Special Dark is. Can you find the OFTD?
Also too, both varieties are flying off the shelves. You really do need to get some $$ from them for selling beverages they offer!
https://substack.com/profile/155617549-bradthe/note/c-224158143
Why is the 1 liter bottle less than the 750 ml?
I had the same thought!
Yup. They have that as listed. Well, had to add periods, but there.
https://www.totalwine.com/p/2126247057
This sounds like a really nice drink. I'm not that much of a rum guy because Bacardi and Coke was the first thing I drank myself sick on, and near a half-century later it still gives me the heebie-jeebies thinking of it, but I'm sure that it would be great as part of a well-balanced cocktail.
Speaking of cocktails, my go-to lately has been a Manhattan, up. Does anyone have a favorite bourbon for this?
I prefer Bourbon Manhattans myself - I use a reasonable Kentucky bourbon (I don’t know if Hooper would approve). They were my Dad’s drink of choice - at home he made them with Canadian whisky, but I think he ordered rye when he was out. Love you & miss you, Dad! 🥃❤️
Sazerac Rye.
I remember ordering a rye Manhattan in a noisy place and they brought me what I guess was what they thought was a "dry Manhattan" - basically a glass of bourbon with a cherry at the bottom.
That was my grandfather's drink.
Sadly, he used grocery store booze. Big V (Shop-Rite) bourbon. Oof.
We had a discount package store chain called Kappy's. One of my big regrets is the half gallon of Kappy's 'scotch' we bought one weekend at college. Oh, yeah, it got us drunk.
Ah, I do have fond memories of the cheap booze that occasioned some of my first drunks.
Man, this sounds like a winner. Hope I can use up all the rum without getting rum- numb.
Rum numb sounds on its face like a noble goal.
The Zombie is my all time favorite. Thank you, Hooper!
What is the sound of one drunk falling?
Ask Pete "His own mama says he's trash" Hagueseth
Do you mean Pete "the war criminal or murderer" Hagueseth?
"and", I think
Don't know . Didn't hear it because Jeanine was solo that night.
🤭
Are all these that you publish compiled anywhere to download?.
Try the recipe hub:
https://www.wonkette.com/s/recipe-hub
Ok thanks
I predict an eBook from Wonkette Press.....
Would buy!
It looks and reads delicious, Mr. Hooper!
Did you ever make it to Bahooka, the legendary tiki bar in Rosemead, CA that closed a decade or so ago?
I'm in the Midwest.
If you don't know John Hiatt's Thank God the Tiki Bar is Open, it's a great song and you should listen.
I am very fond of Jimmy Buffet's cover of the song.
Omg I didn't know he had one! I'm gonna find it!
Have you ever had the Spirit Pilot version of this? Popov Vodka, Dollar General Diet Cola and a couple of sugar packets swiped from McDonalds. Swirl stick is a gently used Q-Tip.
Little known fact: Works wonders for making your furniture extra shiny.
I saw that in 'Flight', I think Denzel was mixing them...
Best served in a used ashtray...
I cannot imagine ever being THAT thirsty.
No-one would drink that because they were thirsty.
Hey! Some of us prefer libations on the edge and dirty cheap, just like our women!
roo, you forgot to add twisted uvula
LOL, Popov Vodka. What Taaka wishes it could be when it grows up.
A guy I used to work with called Popov "Liquid Headache."
In San Francisco, that’s Royal Gate.
The "bike bridge by Bear's den" vodka of choice! (Judging by the bottle count.)
The Frontier Pilot version makes everyone fight for the Q-tip.
Snorted
Now I wonder what the "Bush Pilot" might be.......
Just add vinegar.
Thank God, no.
Oh man
A couples therapist was too expensive. They used AI to create their own.
Portrait of Alyssa Goldberg Alyssa Goldberg
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It'll likely end up a double suicide.
The war is costing the US (US!, I should say) $1b per day. People lose their minds when they think an ill eagle is getting $100 worth of SNAP, but this is OK? Gas going up is OK? I thought that was one of those "kitchen table" issues.
My daughter and I decided not to go to my Trumpy sister's house for Easter. I still love her, but she pulled the lever and I just can't anymore.
Have done the same. I have not gone to visit the sibs since that fateful november. They're only half and half trumpy but if I go to visit the ones I can stomach the other ones will be there too and I just can't
I often think of that Specials song
Disowned sister who attends/plans every family event recently told my bro to tell me to pull my head out of my ass and stop ignoring the family. Simple fact is, she's unfailingly at every family get together and I don't want to be around her.
She needs a gift cask of salted rat dicks.
If I had the desire to wear out my fingers typing I could make nearly everyone hate her.
I'm sad. We usually don't talk about politics during family gatherings, but over Thanksgiving, daughter and nephew got into it, with daughter giving facts and nephew basically saying "fake news". She's afraid it's going to happen again.
We don't talk about politics either, but THEY always bring it up anyway. Little digs, snide remarks, lol lol ain't I the witty. Wonder if your nephew did the same. They just cannot help it, they gotta stick their foot right in that mouth.
I decided I either remove, or end up hating half my family. It seemed wise.
Definitely wise.
They ruin everyfuckingthing
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-growth-of-satellite-mega-constellations-could-ruin-the-night-sky/
well, that was very depressing.
humans are self destructive idiots.
clever idiots, but idiots all the same.
F'ing Star Link again.
Does anyone remember ST Voyager Future's End, when Ed Begley Jr. plays... well, Elon Musk, even though the episode came out in 1996?
Such a sad but good episode (s?think it was a 2 parter).
(It was also a good vehicle for getting the Doctor his mobile emitter).
"Isaiah Thomas Thanks 5 US Presidents for Attending Jesse Jackson’s Funeral, including: “President Harris, President Clinton, President Bill Clinton, President Biden, and President Obama”
Isaiah Thomas Thanks 5 US Presidents for Attending Jesse Jackson’s Funeral, including: “President Harris, President Clinton, President Bill Clinton, President Biden, and President Obama”
by Jim Hoft
The byline is important, as it credits the Stupidest Man on the Internet with misspelling the name of Isiah Thomas.
No hyperlink to gateway pundit because fuck that shit.
♥️ As it should be.
weep today for what could have been if only
and then try to make if only happen tomorrow
Credit where it's due! There's Isaiah Thomas NOT being a roaring asshole!
Different man named "Isaiah Thomas."
EDIT: The asshole is named "Isiah Thomas." Note the spelling.
And he has not changed.
I should have scrolled.
Ah! Interestingly enough, there was an NBA player named "Isaiah" Thomas, also a point guard, who by all accounts was a good dude!
Looks like it was indeed the asshole Isiah Thomas who spoke at Jackson's funeral and made the "5 presidents" quip. For one brief, shining moment, Isiah Thomas was not a p.o.s.! :D
Well, this has gotten a bit convoluted. Too many Izayas Thomas.
I think it was the younger guy, who is still in the NBA (though nearing retirement) at the Jackson funeral.
But I might be wrong.
And yeah, the younger guy, "Two A Izaya," is by all accounts a good dude. Totally unrelated to the older guy, who played college ball at Indiana and for the Pistons most notably in the NBA, who is a jerk. Indeed, the younger guy was named for the older guy, his Wikipedia page says; but his mother insisted on the Biblical spelling (with the two As).
America is a funny small town.
Looks to me like it was the old dude at the funeral:
https://youtu.be/7w7FwcA12iw?t=66
Two-As had some amazing seasons in the 2010s, but i doubt anyone would call him an NBA legend. :D
>>America is a funny small town.<<
Boy howdy!
Alright, my lil' porcupettes, we're off to the gun range before it gets too crowded.
And remember, if y'all are tired of this traitorous Republican bullshit:
𝗡𝗢 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦. 𝗡𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦. 𝗡𝗢 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦.
𝗡𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟴
Trump is doubling down — sending militarized agents into our communities, murdering citizens, silencing voters, and handing billionaires giveaways while families struggle. This isn’t just politics. It’s democracy versus dictatorship. And together, we’re choosing democracy.
On March 28, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings and the power belongs to the people.
https://www.nokings.org/
Don't forget to ride your pet triceratops, which is how Jesus got to the gun range back when God created the universe 6,000 years ago (per the Project 2025 Model Public Elementary School Curriculum).
Fire away! (Porcupettes are insanely cute!)
As are Wonketteers. ;0)
Aw!
Counterpoint (to everything): https://youtu.be/68EjR0zdVbM?si=rBwmm0sMIKjetJR0
Obama reminding us "something better awaits".
E.g., the Big Beautiful Obituary
Apparently, I guessed the correct flavor of Friskies this time.
Alice has been on a bit of a hunger strike with a very strong thread of “I’m disappointed in you“ running through it. She even did an extra-wide-ranging demonstration of burying her breakfast this morning. But apparently tonight I did better, and she just popped up on the keyboard to purr in my face and tell me I did well.
I have a question. Does anybody get to just say, “I’m tired I’m going to bed,” and then they just… Go to bed? The reason I ask is I realized tonight as I was getting ready for bed, while making up a song called the 92 things I have to do before I can go to bed, it sometimes there’s so many things you have to do before you can go to bed that sometimes it’s easier just to stay up late.
OK, I better roll over and try to go to sleep now…
Apparently, I fell asleep before I could hit post last night. Meanwhile, there have been 666 new posts since then, because of course there is. Happy Caturday, all.
Sound familiar?
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mgfto2l6sz2g
I like the comments running around being alll But Iraq invaded Kuwait! That is not fair to say he started that! When it was actually Kuwait who started it by trying to steal Iraq's oil -with the help of our companies
When Sadam Hussein laid out his plans too invade Kuwait, which we had a defense pact with, Bush sent his ambassador to Iraq in with a message, which amounted to "Meh, whatever."
I'm getting damn tired of 'rinse and repeat'.
I keep trying to change shampoo, but I can never get the crap out of my hair.
As Prof. Reich points out - "like clockwork".
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/president-donald-trump-s-approval-rating-by-state-as-of-march-2026/ar-AA1XIDQ4?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=a37524e88b6a4d9f93d3cd2894cc07e9&ei=121
Hey look, all the solid blue states hate Chump, and a lot of the so-called red states are fifty-fifty on him.
Democratic candidates need to (i.m.o.) keep talking directly to the people about how Trump's economic decisions have created problems for them, and about how injust this war in Lebanon and Venezuela and next Cuba are. Nobody should have to die for this despot.
Wow, some surprises there. Cool.
That's true.
It gives me hope that states which used to be 80% Repub are now more 50-50.
For a while I've thought events are now in control. The best efforts of our political class, systems and institutions have led to...this.
Let's see how those approval numbers hold up as the economy continues to go belly-up, while a global energy catastrophe exacts its price on top of what's already in motion.
The state by state breakdown is sorta showing that they are not holding up very well. Even in states you'd think would be 60% or better.
The Depraved Despot is at this moment perhaps THE most hated man on this Earth.
THAT is a "winning" designation that monster deserves.
Crush the midterms, so we can remove him in the peaceful way.
My kingdom for the ability to sleep properly...
Me, too.
You're not alone on that one. I haven't had a proper, restful nights' sleep now in a little more than a week.
Mine is the House of Insomnia.
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶 𝗡𝗼𝗲𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗨𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗽, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻, 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱
https://theonion.com/stoic-kristi-noem-bears-firing-with-stiff-upper-lip-chin-cheeks-forehead/
𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶 𝗡𝗼𝗲𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗦𝗗𝗔
https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-reassigned-to-scarecrow-role-at-usda/
Robert Fripp and Daryl Hall have been buds for a long, long time. Here they are playing King Crimson's Red a couple of years back.
https://youtu.be/kkb783rNjO0
Today is 3/7/26 (Saturday)
🥞 Alexander Graham Bell Day
🇵🇭 Jose Abad Santos Day (Philippines)
🥞 National Be Heard Day
🥞 National Cereal Day
🥞 National Crown Roast of Pork Day
🥞 National Day of Unplugging
🥞 National Flapjack Day
🥞 Plant Power Day
🥞 Sock Monkey Day
🥞 First Day of Iditarod Race
🥞 First Day of International Women’s Week
🌖 On this day the Moon will be in a Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%.
Today in History: Unarmed Marchers Attacked by State Troopers in Selma (1965), First Out Transgender Woman of the Year (1953), First Jazz Record Released (1917), 🥣 Alexander Graham Bell Day: Telephone Patented (1876), Jack Paar Returns (1960) Texas Ban on Blacks Voting in Primaries Overturned (1927), First Non-Stop Flight from Paris to London (1912), Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Become Co-Emperors (161 CE), Sunday Declared Roman Day of Rest (321 CE), First Ship to Send Wireless Telegraph to Onshore Receiver.(1900), We Are the World Released (1985), Kepler Space Telescope Launched (2009)
Today's birthdays: Amanda Gorman, Bryan Cranston, Laura Prepon, Jay Duplass, Bret Easton Ellis, Wanda Sykes, Willard Scott, Tammy Faye Messner, Daniel David Palmer (Founder of Chiropractic Which He Learned From a Ghost), Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (First to Portray St. Bernards Carrying Brandy Casks), Joseph Nicéphore Niepce (Created First True Photographs and World's First Internal Combustion Engine, Ivan Lendl, Peter Wolf, Janet Guthrie (First Woman to Compete in the Indianapolis 500), Willard Scott, Maurice Ravel, Luther Burbank (Developed Russet Burbank Potato), Sir John Herschel (Inventor of the Blueprint)
Today's deaths: Mary Alice "Allie" Smith Gray, Jimmy Boyd, Stanley Kubrick, Divine, Robert Bray, Jean Pierre Francois Blanchard (Credited with Inventing the Parachute), Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Today's deaths: Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine. Bit of trivia I just learned - He was scheduled to begin filming a guest appearance as "Uncle Otto" in the second season episode "All in the Family" (episode 22). However, he passed away in his sleep on March 7, 1988, the very morning he was scheduled to arrive on set.
Janet Guthrie!
She competed in the 1977 Indy 500. She finished 29th, with engine troubles.
She finished *ninth* in the 1978. Way to go, Janet! :)
You said Willard Scott twice.
"I like Willard Scott."
You go back, Flapjack, do it again, wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Flapjack, do it again.
Or just:
You go Flapjack, do it again, wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go Flapjack, do it again.
[stand by electric sitar and YC-30 organ for solos]
Plant power day! I like plants!
:)
I also like cereal. :) :) :) :)
The History Rocks! Tour (mentioned downthread), sponsored by the government organization TPUSA, hasn't been well received everywhere. Like, here, where they were denied in MA.
𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨: 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬' 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞
It all began when Turning Point USA reached out to the chair of the Sutton Select Board about a possible visit. Chairman Norman Champigny told the superintendent about the request and Paget asked that the Department of Education contact her directly. I called Champigny to ask him why they reached out to him and not to the superintendent directly. He never returned my call, but it most likely has something to do with his political affiliations.
As a coalition partner to America 250 Civic Education, Moms for Liberty is also involved in the “History Rocks Tour.” A political organization, Moms for Liberty advocates against mentioning race and ethnicity, discrimination and LGBTQ rights in school curricula. It also has been a driving force in banning books from school curricula and libraries.
McMahon’s visit wasn’t a request to celebrate America’s history. It was clearly a show designed to push a political agenda.
It’s likely that McMahon was surprised when she got body-slammed by Sutton’s superintendent. The former preschool teacher for students with disabilities has only been on the job a short time but she tossed the former WWE boss out of the ring.
In our overly partisan country, Paget put her students first. Good for her.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: https://archive.ph/WvwUp
(Overheard in the school parking lot as the stoners unwind from all the rocking history)
"Whoa! I never knew George Washington fought a war against the dinosaurs in upstate New York! It explains the wooden teeth and everything."
"Total badass! I wish I had known that a long time ago."
"I know. Makes me mad they don't put him on the twenty dollar bill instead of that lame Jackson guy."
"I'm glad they corrected the lies told about Thomas Jefferson owning slaves."
"I know right? I mean it always confused me how he wrote the Declaration of Independence and then went to bed with his slaves as well. It has really made my head hurt trying to work that out."
"Dude! Weren't you paying attention? They said he used an Ai to write the Declaration and someone programmed it wrong."
"I didn't know Elon was around back then! Good to know!"
"Man! History does rock!"
"I'm hungry now. Let's get over to the 7-11."
"7-11 ! Aaron Burr's greatest gift to America!"
"The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment and current U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon". Those words are so wrong when they're put together.
Kind of like "FBI Assistant Secretary Dan Bongino".
Glad we don't have to hear that shit any longer.
He never returned my call, but it most likely has something to do with his political affiliations.
lol
Massachusetts isn't THE best educated state in America for NOTHING.
WTG, Sutton!
‘𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮’ 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗯
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/melania-movie-admits-defeat-humiliating-175532931.html
I REALLY DON'T CARE DO U?
But the brane jeenyuses at USA Today called it a "blockbuster!"
They're just being very specific as to which type of bomb it was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_bomb
Depends on the "block".
I read one review of it, out of morbid curiousity, and it was apparently more a day in the life than a documentary, and mostly about her agreeing with Donald on everything and trying on outfits, offering no insight into her story or her character.
So basically, a 75million dollar puff piece
It's a long IG reel.
I am devoid of shock or surprise.
I mean.
It was a bribe. It did it's job
A $75M bribe.
*gasp*