Just, wow. How does this happen? I had high school teachers, cousins and grandparents, neighbors, and judges I’ve practiced in front of who were intelligent and thoughtful and capable and inspiring. People like that aren’t that rare. We can do so much better than this. Just imagine the waste. Waste of time and manpower; waste of resources and taxpayer dollars; and waste of opportunities. They are paying people to furnish that sacred place with gold leaf and garish wall sconces and randomly placed gold decorations. They are letting Trump insult past elected officials who were actual civil servants who gave years of their lives to serve. And All of this will be undone one day, at yet more expense. It’s all so sad.
For my Mom whose dementia is progressing we’re getting a photo frame for Christmas loaded with pictures of her kids and her life. They could do something like that for Grampa Assmouth, only fill it with pictures of ICE raids and scientists being kicked out of their labs and boobies, and he’d probably doze happily in front of it for the next 3 years.
I would pull out mom's photo albums and go through them with her. She didn't really recognize anyone but I'd tell stories and she would be happy for a bit.
That photo of him looking totally lost and wearing the cowboy hat should be the photo media outlets use for his photo from now on. That, or when he was pretending to drive that truck from the first term.
But can't tell if the nausea is from this, or the constant steam of bacteria laden feces being thrown at us by the king orangutan and his sycophantic buttmonkeys.
No. As soon as he’s dead or in a coma, it becomes Game of Thrones. They all have to watch their necks, excepting Vance. He can’t be fired, but he can be sabotaged.
My Christmas Wish is that Melania in Mourning becomes a popular act in drag performances all over the country, and then all over the world, and from there it becomes a TikTok phenomenon, and then people do YouTube shorts doing Melania in Mourning make up tutorials, and that this causes great distress for her because it is safe to say that she has two or three outfits already picked out for performative grief, and she will have to suffer with the knowledge that everyone else did it better, and their outfits looked better, too.
Kinda like when Dolly Parton famously lost a Dolly Parton look-alike contest, only we know that Dolly did it with more grace.
Rubio sure looks like a guy who can barely wait to take his resume to a handful of corporate boards, and never have to speak to a reporter or voter again.
Vance sure looks like he might be as big a fan of retribution as his current boss is.
OT. Speaking of which, I heard this is recipe blog. Marinara sauce achieved. Recipe below. Some other recipe I'm eyeing says one jar of marinara. Barbarians. Who remembers buying that off-the-shelf sauce? We were young and dumb, and lazy.
Here: 1 14.5 oz can of diced tomato, 1 can of tomato sauce. 4 tbl of fresh chopped parsley (optional, since parsley is a worthless addition to anything). 4-5 cloves minced garlic. Small diced yellow onion. Basil, thyme, ground pepper, pinch of red pepper flakes, sage, salt. 1/2 cup white wine. Sliced mushrooms.
Cook the onion, then add shrooms and garlic, in olive oil. Add spices anytime you want, or wait for the sauce. Add everything else. Simmer for about 30 minutes.
Surely you mean to say: goes out to garden in front of villa in Tuscany, selects perfect sun-ripened 🍅; goes to tree, picks olive 🫒, squeezes and gathers oil; heads out to meadow to find 🍄🟫 …
When husband and I were in the Vatican gardens in 1991, laurel bushes everywhere. We picked surreptitiously and used our "pope leaves" for years 😆. Probably still have a couple.
Just, wow. How does this happen? I had high school teachers, cousins and grandparents, neighbors, and judges I’ve practiced in front of who were intelligent and thoughtful and capable and inspiring. People like that aren’t that rare. We can do so much better than this. Just imagine the waste. Waste of time and manpower; waste of resources and taxpayer dollars; and waste of opportunities. They are paying people to furnish that sacred place with gold leaf and garish wall sconces and randomly placed gold decorations. They are letting Trump insult past elected officials who were actual civil servants who gave years of their lives to serve. And All of this will be undone one day, at yet more expense. It’s all so sad.
“𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.”
Oh, that's more than obvious.
That pic is the equivalent of a clown in a tuxedo.
Eyes like piss holes in the snow.
"...you can tell Nazi Fillers Barbie..."
Her lips! They're like, 'Hey-buh, Fa-buh-t Al-buh-bert.'
This is so grade A level delusion. I would be surprised if the man peed in a potted plant thinking he was in the toilet at this point.
Wonder what exactly Tapper thought about good ole Rump this morning what w/his obsession about old people and their declining mental abilities.
For my Mom whose dementia is progressing we’re getting a photo frame for Christmas loaded with pictures of her kids and her life. They could do something like that for Grampa Assmouth, only fill it with pictures of ICE raids and scientists being kicked out of their labs and boobies, and he’d probably doze happily in front of it for the next 3 years.
Make it a video of exploding boats, crying toddlers in chains and Fox talking heads praising him. Then show the same video every day.
I think he posted all those things this morning.
[heads swivel; instant hush fall on room]
Three…years…?
[breathing into paper bags commences]
I would pull out mom's photo albums and go through them with her. She didn't really recognize anyone but I'd tell stories and she would be happy for a bit.
Done that too 🥰
Re top pic: all hat, no cattle.
HEY COWPIE! YOU IN THE HAT!
GET OUTTA MY CHAIR.
> As a student of history, many were written directly by the President himself.”
Gonna have to clean the coffee off of the keyboard again
Incorrect reference caused by lazy use of passive voice, the preferred form of prevaricators.
To be fair, he has studied Roy Cohn and the history of fascism.
https://sealshield.com
That photo of him looking totally lost and wearing the cowboy hat should be the photo media outlets use for his photo from now on. That, or when he was pretending to drive that truck from the first term.
“Dementia, Dementia, Dementia!”
“For sure, Jan.”
[Steve_ballmer_dancing_microsoft.gif]
“Dementia, Dementia, Dementia, Dementia!”
He's such a desperate transparent dunce.
Am sick with a sinus infection.
But can't tell if the nausea is from this, or the constant steam of bacteria laden feces being thrown at us by the king orangutan and his sycophantic buttmonkeys.
If you’re already ill, it might be wise to be conservative about how much a toxic load you can take on. Maybe find a nice movie?
Probably the latter.
I am 100% convinced that every time one of Trump's staffers repeats "ThE bEsT iS yEt To CoMe!!!!111!1!!!" they're actually talking about his obituary.
We can but hope.
There's a non-zero chance that it will happen on live TV.
There's a non-zero chance that that particular event will be one of the most re-watched moments in all of TV history.
I imagine they've been soothing themselves with planning his funeral since 12:01 PM on January 20.
No. As soon as he’s dead or in a coma, it becomes Game of Thrones. They all have to watch their necks, excepting Vance. He can’t be fired, but he can be sabotaged.
My Christmas Wish is that Melania in Mourning becomes a popular act in drag performances all over the country, and then all over the world, and from there it becomes a TikTok phenomenon, and then people do YouTube shorts doing Melania in Mourning make up tutorials, and that this causes great distress for her because it is safe to say that she has two or three outfits already picked out for performative grief, and she will have to suffer with the knowledge that everyone else did it better, and their outfits looked better, too.
Kinda like when Dolly Parton famously lost a Dolly Parton look-alike contest, only we know that Dolly did it with more grace.
Dolly does everything with more grace than Melania!
Remember when we got a preview of the mourning outfits? https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/president-of-united-states-of-america-donald-trump-and-wife-news-photo/687638740
The look on Papa Frankie's face was all of us.
And then the pope died?
Oh gag! I just had an image of an army of Mar-a-Lago women emulating that look. The stuff of nightmares!
They could get some of those fembot gun boobs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMfL2DQPDA
Not Rubio, though: I think he's realized he's peaked and he'll never work in government again. If Vance takes over he might be out on his ass.
But Wiles thinks it'll be Vance/Rubio as the repubelican ticket.
Rubio sure looks like a guy who can barely wait to take his resume to a handful of corporate boards, and never have to speak to a reporter or voter again.
Vance sure looks like he might be as big a fan of retribution as his current boss is.
Yes, Donnie's brain is cooked.
OT. Speaking of which, I heard this is recipe blog. Marinara sauce achieved. Recipe below. Some other recipe I'm eyeing says one jar of marinara. Barbarians. Who remembers buying that off-the-shelf sauce? We were young and dumb, and lazy.
Here: 1 14.5 oz can of diced tomato, 1 can of tomato sauce. 4 tbl of fresh chopped parsley (optional, since parsley is a worthless addition to anything). 4-5 cloves minced garlic. Small diced yellow onion. Basil, thyme, ground pepper, pinch of red pepper flakes, sage, salt. 1/2 cup white wine. Sliced mushrooms.
Cook the onion, then add shrooms and garlic, in olive oil. Add spices anytime you want, or wait for the sauce. Add everything else. Simmer for about 30 minutes.
[gasps in horror] “canned tomatoes?”
Surely you mean to say: goes out to garden in front of villa in Tuscany, selects perfect sun-ripened 🍅; goes to tree, picks olive 🫒, squeezes and gathers oil; heads out to meadow to find 🍄🟫 …
"one jar of marinara."
Gravy from A JAR??
*clutches pearls*
*drops lorgnette*
*faints*
Depending on your tastes, I would sautee the onion, mushrooms, and garlic in the olive oil first, and THEN add the tomato.
Parsley libel!
You know what can be omitted from any recipe without losing flavor? Bay leaves.
Perhaps I am a super detector, but I can always smell/taste bay leaves in a dish.
They're sort of like a magical amulet. You must throw them in, and then you must fish them out -- but nobody is quite sure what they actually DO.
And yet, a lot of recipes call for two.
I think that's just so you won't think 'is fishing a single leaf out of the pot worth the trouble?'
I offer a small prize to family members who find a missed bay leaf in their soup.
Ah, makes sense.
I have one recipe that I use a couple of bay leaves for. And why don’t the call them laurel leaves? Because that’s the plant they come from.
When husband and I were in the Vatican gardens in 1991, laurel bushes everywhere. We picked surreptitiously and used our "pope leaves" for years 😆. Probably still have a couple.
This is such an interesting question – https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-bay-leaf