Weather report- The high pressure system over the Appalachians persists, and now extends down to the Gulf of Mexico. This means that Leslie has gotten bounced back out into the Atlantic and no kids for Helene and Milton. Can Hurricanes do IVF? I guess the reichwing thinks so.
Quebec produces apple brandies and ice ciders — sometimes pear as well. I don’t know how available they are in the States, but they might be more available there than in Ontario. (They punish us Anglophones next door by not selling us their lovely booze unless we come visit.) If you like fruity or maple booze, you should check out the SAQ for ideas. If you’re visiting Quebec, stop into one of the SAQ locations with a big selection of “made in Quebec” specialties.
Ontario also has apple-growing regions which are likely to have cider and brandy for local sale, but the LCBO doesn’t seem to carry many of them.
These are the things that keep me up at night. Or wake me up in the morning, actually. Hear me out.
IF it seems most likely that Harris will win the election, Drumpf is done. The governors of almost all the swing states are Dems (MI, PA, WI, NC, AZ) and GA has an R gov who has done the right thing in the past. So there's not too much ratfucking that can be done in those places, assuming Harris wins them. And if she wins them, she wins. Short of another violent insurrection, I guess.
HOWEVER, the Senate is very much up for grabs. Seems like a stretch that the Dems can hold it as it is. But suppose the Gods favor us and Dems win in FL and/or TX. Govs in all those dicey Senate races (MT, OH, FL, TX) are rethuglican, as are their legislatures. LOTS of ratfucking to be done there.
And if the rethugs keep the Senate, they will withhold Cabinet appointments, judge appointments, etc. Not to mention fucking up any action of her policy proposals.
I think she should not go too far with this bipartisan nonsense about appointing a republican to her cabinet and creating a bipartisan advisory council. Not that many "good" republicans to choose from for those things.
Good thing the Supreme Court gave her total immunity, I guess.
If she does appoint a Republican, I imagine it can't be some MAGA freak. There must be one or two old-school patriotic, deficit-hawk, small-government Republicans lurking in the halls of Congress somewhere.
That's what I'm counting on - the idiot Supreme Court thought Dump was going to win this past summer, so now Biden and Harris have total power. I think if Harris loses, she should just create a fake slate of electors and make herself POTUS. Dump was the one advocating that unique legal theory, so he certainly can't argue against it, nor can the SC who has chosen to make him immune from his crimes.
I hope Biden and Harris have the guts to do it, but I doubt they will.
I didn't want to eff up the Yarn thread, so I will tell a story here...
my office is directly adjacent to the restroom stalls on the other side of the wall. When someone has to go potty, I get to hear the furious pulling of the toilet paper dispenser.... anyhoo, the tech manager was painting the walls in the office adjacent on another wall, and the roller going up and down the wall sounded like someone was in the terlet shitting their ever loving guts out...
it was a bit disturbing until I figured out the painting thing.... I was ready to call 911....
Greenday has decided to release their Dookie album Demastered.... songs will be played on a Teddy Ruxpin doll or a toothbrush or a doorbell, but my favorite is Basket Case being played on a Big Mouth Billy Bass.... here is a video:
I do try to write original stuff for Wonkette and also on Pervert Justice. But every once in a while something so perfect shows up in the comments here that I have to steal it and repurpose the thing for one of my stories. And so it is this morning.
Do not be surprised, then, when you see me write about some right winger that "they have a face only a genetically engineered alligator/catfish hybrid could love."
I give Turner Classic Movies a lot of credit for running timely movies. Last night it was "Wag the Dog" (1997). I saw it years ago but it takes on greater meaning today. And I'd forgot that my fellow college alum Woody Harrelson played a psychotic in the movie. Brilliant, Woody!
So, the Wif decided that after I got off work, that we were going to take a bus down the hill to the cool pizza place we like. I was tired but went ahead.
We get there and there's a sign on the door "Drive-Thru Only" and we don't own a car right now.
Instead we went a couple doors down to the cool Deli we like and had dinner there.
I live near a White Castle that is open 24 hours a day. At night the dining area is locked and you can get stuff through the drive through. I walked up to the drive thru window late one night - and they refused to serve me - had to be IN A CAR.
Same thing happened to me at a Sonic burger joint in Albuquerque. My car was docked at home port, awaiting a new alternator. I took the bus out to the Napa place to pick up the alternator. There was a Sonic across the street and I thought, "I'll pop over there and get some fries, take the edge off my hunger." But no could do -- they would not serve me if I was not in a car.
I went home hungry, not for the first or last time. But that was the last time I went to a Sonic.
The first time I saw a Sonic, I was at a continuing education seminar in Bakersfield. I walked inside to order, and they looked at me like I was an axe murderer or something. I didn't have a car, either. I have been back to their drive-ins a time or three since, and as much as I love their onion rings and sweet tots, their burgers are very meh. Not tempted to return, since the nearest one is a couple hundred miles away.
Being without a car really sucks, and it sucks that you're going through it now. Sending you guys all the good vibes, and fingers crossed you'll have wheels (and pizza!) soon.
I guess in your bar "Old Forester Smoked Cinnamon Bitters" doesn't count as a "weird ingredient," but in mine, that's a special order.
"like a Now and Later."
Now & Later LIBELZ
"...personally hunt you down and spank you with the flat of my rapier."
No kink shaming here, Hooper...
Weather report- The high pressure system over the Appalachians persists, and now extends down to the Gulf of Mexico. This means that Leslie has gotten bounced back out into the Atlantic and no kids for Helene and Milton. Can Hurricanes do IVF? I guess the reichwing thinks so.
Sounds delish for my vicarious cocktail of the week! Thanks!
Quebec produces apple brandies and ice ciders — sometimes pear as well. I don’t know how available they are in the States, but they might be more available there than in Ontario. (They punish us Anglophones next door by not selling us their lovely booze unless we come visit.) If you like fruity or maple booze, you should check out the SAQ for ideas. If you’re visiting Quebec, stop into one of the SAQ locations with a big selection of “made in Quebec” specialties.
Ontario also has apple-growing regions which are likely to have cider and brandy for local sale, but the LCBO doesn’t seem to carry many of them.
These are the things that keep me up at night. Or wake me up in the morning, actually. Hear me out.
IF it seems most likely that Harris will win the election, Drumpf is done. The governors of almost all the swing states are Dems (MI, PA, WI, NC, AZ) and GA has an R gov who has done the right thing in the past. So there's not too much ratfucking that can be done in those places, assuming Harris wins them. And if she wins them, she wins. Short of another violent insurrection, I guess.
HOWEVER, the Senate is very much up for grabs. Seems like a stretch that the Dems can hold it as it is. But suppose the Gods favor us and Dems win in FL and/or TX. Govs in all those dicey Senate races (MT, OH, FL, TX) are rethuglican, as are their legislatures. LOTS of ratfucking to be done there.
And if the rethugs keep the Senate, they will withhold Cabinet appointments, judge appointments, etc. Not to mention fucking up any action of her policy proposals.
I think she should not go too far with this bipartisan nonsense about appointing a republican to her cabinet and creating a bipartisan advisory council. Not that many "good" republicans to choose from for those things.
Good thing the Supreme Court gave her total immunity, I guess.
If she does appoint a Republican, I imagine it can't be some MAGA freak. There must be one or two old-school patriotic, deficit-hawk, small-government Republicans lurking in the halls of Congress somewhere.
Obama did the deficit hawk track in cooperation with rethugs. Yes, the economy expanded for his entire term, but is did so v e rrrrr y s l oooo w l y.
Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger are the only 2 I can think of.
chuck hagel is still alive
I think there are some who are like them but, um, not brave. They're hunkered down and waiting for Hurricane Trump to blow over.
That's what I'm counting on - the idiot Supreme Court thought Dump was going to win this past summer, so now Biden and Harris have total power. I think if Harris loses, she should just create a fake slate of electors and make herself POTUS. Dump was the one advocating that unique legal theory, so he certainly can't argue against it, nor can the SC who has chosen to make him immune from his crimes.
I hope Biden and Harris have the guts to do it, but I doubt they will.
I didn't want to eff up the Yarn thread, so I will tell a story here...
my office is directly adjacent to the restroom stalls on the other side of the wall. When someone has to go potty, I get to hear the furious pulling of the toilet paper dispenser.... anyhoo, the tech manager was painting the walls in the office adjacent on another wall, and the roller going up and down the wall sounded like someone was in the terlet shitting their ever loving guts out...
it was a bit disturbing until I figured out the painting thing.... I was ready to call 911....
My god, it's not just a NEW THREAD... it's a whole NEW SKEIN!
https://www.wonkette.com/p/happy-i-love-yarn-day
Go worship Robyn!
She'll have you in stitches!
Perls of wisdom?
Greenday has decided to release their Dookie album Demastered.... songs will be played on a Teddy Ruxpin doll or a toothbrush or a doorbell, but my favorite is Basket Case being played on a Big Mouth Billy Bass.... here is a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBkfJJ7Veg
Hold everything! Best name for the Cybertruck just dropped: "The Deplorean".
cybertruck costume ;)
https://tinyurl.com/4tatderu
I do try to write original stuff for Wonkette and also on Pervert Justice. But every once in a while something so perfect shows up in the comments here that I have to steal it and repurpose the thing for one of my stories. And so it is this morning.
Do not be surprised, then, when you see me write about some right winger that "they have a face only a genetically engineered alligator/catfish hybrid could love."
For Mark Robinson I might be willing to slip "infertile" in there somewhere.
𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, as they say...
Vice President Kamala Harris released a letter from her doctor saying that she is in “excellent health." --NYT
PAB's bail bondsman released a statement that his client is "within the United States, as ordered by the court."
GIGGLES!!!!
Morning all.
Hey!
While it might be morning where you are, remember the golden rule.....
it is always 5 o'clock SOMEWHERE.... :)
Good morning! 'Tis a beautiful day! (They're all beautiful, though some are more beautiful than others.)
Heya.
(tips hat)
𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝘆𝗶𝗽 𝗘𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2574984/middle-east
I give Turner Classic Movies a lot of credit for running timely movies. Last night it was "Wag the Dog" (1997). I saw it years ago but it takes on greater meaning today. And I'd forgot that my fellow college alum Woody Harrelson played a psychotic in the movie. Brilliant, Woody!
So, the Wif decided that after I got off work, that we were going to take a bus down the hill to the cool pizza place we like. I was tired but went ahead.
We get there and there's a sign on the door "Drive-Thru Only" and we don't own a car right now.
Instead we went a couple doors down to the cool Deli we like and had dinner there.
I live near a White Castle that is open 24 hours a day. At night the dining area is locked and you can get stuff through the drive through. I walked up to the drive thru window late one night - and they refused to serve me - had to be IN A CAR.
Same thing happened to me at a Sonic burger joint in Albuquerque. My car was docked at home port, awaiting a new alternator. I took the bus out to the Napa place to pick up the alternator. There was a Sonic across the street and I thought, "I'll pop over there and get some fries, take the edge off my hunger." But no could do -- they would not serve me if I was not in a car.
I went home hungry, not for the first or last time. But that was the last time I went to a Sonic.
The first time I saw a Sonic, I was at a continuing education seminar in Bakersfield. I walked inside to order, and they looked at me like I was an axe murderer or something. I didn't have a car, either. I have been back to their drive-ins a time or three since, and as much as I love their onion rings and sweet tots, their burgers are very meh. Not tempted to return, since the nearest one is a couple hundred miles away.
Since I know you're my neighbor - the White Castle at Clark & Ridge
Ah, well. I don't have a car. Can't drive anymore, anyway -- don't have a license.
I mean, I could drive, technically, though given my disability, I'd be unsafe at any speed. That's why I let my license lapse.
And given my disability, it's too far for me to walk. I suppose I could take a cab. Or a CTA bus. "Driver, just pull in over there."
Being without a car really sucks, and it sucks that you're going through it now. Sending you guys all the good vibes, and fingers crossed you'll have wheels (and pizza!) soon.
Drive through pizza? Interesting decision on their part.
It's good to be flexible ;)