Almost all cute battles, I do in fact imagine that very soundtrack. And I'm not even foolin'--this has been an in-joke with my friends and I foreeeever. Because we are nerds.
Not long ago, I saw an old Loblaws commercial starting William Shatner in the frozen food section with a guy in a penguin suit rummaging around the freezers. Top comment at the time was that the Star Trek fight score ought to be playing.
Our small mountain town has bears. Lots of bears, very large ones. People leave garbage for them, you see. Soon they shall sleep, along with the skunks. I'm setting up a new game camera today so maybe I'll get a photo.
On my family's trips to the Smoky Mountains our favorite cabin to stay in has a mamma bear who's cubs we get to watch play out my bedroom window. Or the glass door as they play on the picnic table,or the hot tub(with cover on! No drowning here!). Or the front window as they hang out on the rocking chairs. Its so cute and fun and a highlight of the trip, even if we are occasionally held hostage to the cuteness! I may want to leave the cabin, but if babies and mom want to hang out on the porch, I can wait!!
Thanks for the Poison Squad link, Becca! Fascinating! :) Also just deactivated my xs*itter account, haven't looked at it in over a year, anyway Very easy, took 2 minutes
The idea that Gaza and Liz Cheney may have hurt Harris' chances seems true to me. But also Harris' changes looked good when she was leading the news every day. But eventually Trump got back in the top slot (probably why he keep insisting that immigrants ate pets long after it was disproved.) Once he seized the news cycle Trump was all anyone would talk about.
The American Immigration Council is naive if they think the fascists in charge of the coming Great Deportation are going to have to hire more immigration agents or judges or expand ICE air operations, etc. Nope. It’ll be sweeps led by cooperative local law enforcement, National Guard and even our military. No useless trials. Military flights or trains. Squalid camps (no media allowed) where detainees will stay just long enough to be transported. Will US citizens be swept up and deported? Kids separated from parents? Of course. Illegal? Yes. But TFG will declare it a national security emergency and lapdog courts and Congress will sign off.
Great article Rebecca . So very true .Me I found one thing very different this election . One that many thought that Kamala's promise on economy was stumps . One fan at the West Virginia foot ball game was asked on tv why he thought she lost .He said because people do no research and just hit as he put it click bate . Yes a lot of misinformation was out there and a lot by musk . The student who was cut short on tv . Said most of his friends voted stump until after and they studied tariffs and economy . After election is to late . Do I thin stump will be a shadow president to musk , most likely . Joe Biden needs to stop musks security passes asap and kick him out of the country .
So I've listened to a handful of explanations of Wha Happen (see, e.g. Pod Save America that dropped today with what's-her-name from the Bulwark and a Latino outreach guy) and they all seem to boil down to "people were too lazy to actually check their vibes and get informed about what exactly Trump represents, so shruggie emoticon let's burn it all down because that'll make the economy better."
Again, for those in back, please put down the spitwads: the ONE JOB of a citizen of this country is to make an INFORMED decision about who should lead us. ALL of the information was there to see a clear view of Trump's record, his plans and the people around him, as opposed to Harris, her stated plans and the people around her. There is no excuse for thinking Trump will be OK and thanks to those who were too lazy and uninformed to make a clear decision we're all fucked.
Go ahead and tell me I'm elitist and talking down to people, I don't fucking care anymore. Stupids have put us all in this shitpile and it may in fact be fatal this time; almost certainly will for too many and I'm livid.
Fucking Gaza, the price of eggs and gas, your income: all will be worse thanks to your stupid choices. Thanks a fuckload.
So tired of hearing about "messaging" or the lack thereof. Was the botched handling of a pandemic that resulted in hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths not message enough? January 6 which we all saw live not enough? What do people need - aburning bush? A lightning bolt from Zeus? Oh but the price of fucking eggs.
Never mind that eggs have been expensive due to bird flu. Well enjoy your Denny Grand Slam.
You would talk until you die of extreme old age before you could convince me that fifteen million Americans care even a tiny amount about Gaza. That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Americans don't care about school shootings unless one of their kids dies. The idea that they care about Moslems in Gaza... insane.
I have been infuriated as I read the popular critique of the election. Basically everyone is just raging like babies. Everyone except Heather Cox Richardson a professor of political science and insanely knowledgeable person. Turns out she knows *everything*.
I usually dislike John Stewart but, as he hosts this conversation, he keeps his (mostly dumb) personal views out of the way so that a real expert can tell us what is going on. It's long but I found it interesting every minute. You will finish with a much more knowledgeable understanding of what has happened and what we will see.
I see flaws in your logic. And a complete lack of empathy or understanding of what's ahead and what we see. But keep on with your bad self, chastising those of us who have already lost rights and those who are about to lose more for 'whining'. Victim blaming is so charming, so on-brand. When they come for you, seriously... who is going to care? The women in your life? The POC or LGBTQ+ folks in your life? Yeah. Sad for you that you're forced to actually hear what your fellow-citizens think. Maybe your fascist leader can make that go away.
Apparently, the Democratic "messaging" argument has been that whining about Republican propaganda, despite the notably devastating ineffectiveness of that whining, is something that we should double down on for our path to perfect victory! We need to learn to whine BETTER!
I can't be the only person who sees flaws with this logic.
Bear bops in your hed gif today: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/battle-royale
And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/c3bd5a43-b0c0-475b-b5b5-e3fe48bd531f
What a cute video! I grinned and beared it all the way to the end!
Beautiful babies.
Thank you for the bear bops. I appreciate them.
That scene goes better if you imagine the Star Trek fight music behind it.
The website "BennyHillThis.com" - https://bennyhillthis.com/ - lets you play "Yakkity Sax" over any YouTube video.
To wit: https://bennyhillthis.com/?v=IIdGxR-aU6o
Almost all cute battles, I do in fact imagine that very soundtrack. And I'm not even foolin'--this has been an in-joke with my friends and I foreeeever. Because we are nerds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nc8t2KSuvc&t=8s
Not long ago, I saw an old Loblaws commercial starting William Shatner in the frozen food section with a guy in a penguin suit rummaging around the freezers. Top comment at the time was that the Star Trek fight score ought to be playing.
https://youtu.be/I3Kh8Pii0p4?si=zC3N63KRA7Zs5tyk
Soooo adorable.
Our small mountain town has bears. Lots of bears, very large ones. People leave garbage for them, you see. Soon they shall sleep, along with the skunks. I'm setting up a new game camera today so maybe I'll get a photo.
On my family's trips to the Smoky Mountains our favorite cabin to stay in has a mamma bear who's cubs we get to watch play out my bedroom window. Or the glass door as they play on the picnic table,or the hot tub(with cover on! No drowning here!). Or the front window as they hang out on the rocking chairs. Its so cute and fun and a highlight of the trip, even if we are occasionally held hostage to the cuteness! I may want to leave the cabin, but if babies and mom want to hang out on the porch, I can wait!!
Look at those vicious little street toughs!
Even baby bears are hell on the furniture...
🎶If you go down in the woods today, you'd better not go alone
It's lovely down in the woods today, but safer to stay at home
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic🎶
See the bear who's all tied up.
She won't remember what happened tonight.
At the teddy bear's picnic.
The roleplaying game subplot in an ongoing story of mine features a low-tier Bad End called 'The Teddy Bear Picnic.'
It's designed to make the players wary of anything that appears . . . Cute.
Bohemian Grove over/undertones
Closer to Bosch's 'Garden of Earthly Delights,' but more geared toward corrupting the player and very much X-rated.
“There is an open table right there. I demand to see the manager.”
“I am the Managrrrrr”
LOL!
I read that as "Bear hops" and thought, ewwww, that would make for rather gamey beer.
Puppehs!
Squee!!!!!!!!!!
I thought bear knuckle boxing was banned. That is brutal.
💗🐾
So adorbs I can bearly stand it!
(Doot doot da-doot-da-doot!)
Thanks for the Poison Squad link, Becca! Fascinating! :) Also just deactivated my xs*itter account, haven't looked at it in over a year, anyway Very easy, took 2 minutes
Pork prices down $.50 per pound today compared to last week. Thank you Joe Biden.
This elitist would like to know how "LatinX" is pronounced. Is it "Latineks" "Lateenks"?
The idea that Gaza and Liz Cheney may have hurt Harris' chances seems true to me. But also Harris' changes looked good when she was leading the news every day. But eventually Trump got back in the top slot (probably why he keep insisting that immigrants ate pets long after it was disproved.) Once he seized the news cycle Trump was all anyone would talk about.
The American Immigration Council is naive if they think the fascists in charge of the coming Great Deportation are going to have to hire more immigration agents or judges or expand ICE air operations, etc. Nope. It’ll be sweeps led by cooperative local law enforcement, National Guard and even our military. No useless trials. Military flights or trains. Squalid camps (no media allowed) where detainees will stay just long enough to be transported. Will US citizens be swept up and deported? Kids separated from parents? Of course. Illegal? Yes. But TFG will declare it a national security emergency and lapdog courts and Congress will sign off.
i figured my wee shakespeare theatre company 501(c)3 is probably ok so i voted for lower egg prices and bad vibes.
Elitist Kamala Harris went to Howard University, while Trump and Vance only went to Wharton and Yale.
Great article Rebecca . So very true .Me I found one thing very different this election . One that many thought that Kamala's promise on economy was stumps . One fan at the West Virginia foot ball game was asked on tv why he thought she lost .He said because people do no research and just hit as he put it click bate . Yes a lot of misinformation was out there and a lot by musk . The student who was cut short on tv . Said most of his friends voted stump until after and they studied tariffs and economy . After election is to late . Do I thin stump will be a shadow president to musk , most likely . Joe Biden needs to stop musks security passes asap and kick him out of the country .
Terrorism = anything Trump doesn't like
So I've listened to a handful of explanations of Wha Happen (see, e.g. Pod Save America that dropped today with what's-her-name from the Bulwark and a Latino outreach guy) and they all seem to boil down to "people were too lazy to actually check their vibes and get informed about what exactly Trump represents, so shruggie emoticon let's burn it all down because that'll make the economy better."
Again, for those in back, please put down the spitwads: the ONE JOB of a citizen of this country is to make an INFORMED decision about who should lead us. ALL of the information was there to see a clear view of Trump's record, his plans and the people around him, as opposed to Harris, her stated plans and the people around her. There is no excuse for thinking Trump will be OK and thanks to those who were too lazy and uninformed to make a clear decision we're all fucked.
Go ahead and tell me I'm elitist and talking down to people, I don't fucking care anymore. Stupids have put us all in this shitpile and it may in fact be fatal this time; almost certainly will for too many and I'm livid.
Fucking Gaza, the price of eggs and gas, your income: all will be worse thanks to your stupid choices. Thanks a fuckload.
So tired of hearing about "messaging" or the lack thereof. Was the botched handling of a pandemic that resulted in hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths not message enough? January 6 which we all saw live not enough? What do people need - aburning bush? A lightning bolt from Zeus? Oh but the price of fucking eggs.
Never mind that eggs have been expensive due to bird flu. Well enjoy your Denny Grand Slam.
You would talk until you die of extreme old age before you could convince me that fifteen million Americans care even a tiny amount about Gaza. That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Americans don't care about school shootings unless one of their kids dies. The idea that they care about Moslems in Gaza... insane.
Yeah, where was that huge Haitian vote that could offset this?
Maybe we don't know or are overthinking Misogynoir.
I have been infuriated as I read the popular critique of the election. Basically everyone is just raging like babies. Everyone except Heather Cox Richardson a professor of political science and insanely knowledgeable person. Turns out she knows *everything*.
I usually dislike John Stewart but, as he hosts this conversation, he keeps his (mostly dumb) personal views out of the way so that a real expert can tell us what is going on. It's long but I found it interesting every minute. You will finish with a much more knowledgeable understanding of what has happened and what we will see.
https://youtu.be/D7cKOaBdFWo?si=ni3Zz29oJkavX-ao
I see flaws in your logic. And a complete lack of empathy or understanding of what's ahead and what we see. But keep on with your bad self, chastising those of us who have already lost rights and those who are about to lose more for 'whining'. Victim blaming is so charming, so on-brand. When they come for you, seriously... who is going to care? The women in your life? The POC or LGBTQ+ folks in your life? Yeah. Sad for you that you're forced to actually hear what your fellow-citizens think. Maybe your fascist leader can make that go away.
WTF are you actually referring to? Who is victim blaming?
A name for America's new age has been found.
https://x.com/MarkMantis/status/1856004146065006873
Apparently, the Democratic "messaging" argument has been that whining about Republican propaganda, despite the notably devastating ineffectiveness of that whining, is something that we should double down on for our path to perfect victory! We need to learn to whine BETTER!
I can't be the only person who sees flaws with this logic.
Like the scene in "Life of Brian" - "This calls for immediate DISCUSSION!"