I think my girlfriend is developing a real drinking problem. She is really stressed about politics and the current administration, and etoh is her coping mechanism of choice. This is one more stressor in my life I really didn't want or need.
Shitbirds of a feather flock together. I'm not saying that The Homunculus is a child molester, but there's an adage that runs "a man is known by the company he keeps."
I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific. Are we talking domestic abuse, sexual harassment or straight up kiddy diddling? Otherwise it's impossible to narrow it down.
So last week, hubby had a bit of a fall and black out, we think due to the recently upped BP med sending him wrong the other way. He came to pretty quick, but not until he had hit the old roll top desk (for we are posh) and ended up planting on the lid of the kitty box (which broke, but thankfully kept him from planting into the litter). All bruised and what not.
He FINALLY went to the doctor yesterday for his eye has been bothering him, and looks quite the shiner, and she immediately told him he was gonna go have a CT scan to check for broken eyeball bones.
So the imaging place called us and the soonest they could fit him in was....2 weeks.
I called them back when I got home and demanded an earlier appointment and they were all...but it will take that long to get insurance confirmation.
72 year old dude may have a broken eyeball and they need to wait for insurance confirmation.
Me too! The guy I talked to did say they would get him in sooner if confirmation came sooner. So I guess they are taking the cautious approach. Getting paid is the chief thing
I suspect that EVERYTHING is going to get like this and already is in some cases due to the horrendous government attack by DOGGIE that is taking place. Related or not, it might seem at the outset. It will spread like mold. And a wildfire.
Anything not in the ER is best effort. And with all the legal/legislative fuckery, the number of doctors is dropping, also too. Would you want a few hundred thousand in student debt just to get sued by cranks like Ken Paxton for practicing medicine?
<It falls under the category of organizations known as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) in US government procurement parlance.>
Not just entrepreneurs, disabled veterans. Fuckers indeed.
Yay! It's "Manos the Hands of Fate" on the MST3k live stream. I still say that we would be better off with that weird cult running things, headed by President Torgo.
Good morning, everyone. I have a big day planned. I am going to the Georgia state capitol to lobby the House reps and Senators for a gun control bill and against the anti-trans bills. Then there is a rally in support of the VA at the Atlanta VA hospital. To wrap up, book club is tonight. I haven't read the book yet but I'm going for the discussion anyway.
I really love Atlanta, even though I am a philly girl and only been there once.
We had broken down, and it was a sunday, and hubby went to a parts store to try and fix it himself and ran into a guy who worked on cars who /came to our hotel parking garage and worked on it all friggin day with hubby and then turned down payment, which we pleaded for him to take and he eventually did. 200 whole bucks. For working 5 hours or so on a car in a hotel parking garage.
I am trying to outsmart my waking up in the middle of the night because my legs are stiff and sore thing. I went to bed a little earlier so I got about four hours of sleep, and it’s only 230 here so I can get another good stretch of sleep. I did some extensions and pointed my toe to the ceiling and rotated my leg and bent it in and rotated it some more and it seems kind of happy that I did that.
I got some very sweet snuggles from Alice. It took her a long time to figure out biscuits, and it’s still a rare and tentative expression from her. She has a tiny little purr, liquid of those little toy cars would make, and she chokes sometimes, because she is happy , I guess.
So, dear Waking-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night, ha ha! Take that!
A Pennsylvania man was caught trying to carry a live turtle through airport security by hiding the reptile in his pants, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
The man, who has not been identified, was flagged last week when he went through a body scanner at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, the security agency said in a news release.
A TSA officer conducted a pat-down of the man's groin area and determined there was something hidden there. When asked if he was hiding something, the man reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle, the TSA said. The reptile was wrapped in a small blue towel. Officials estimated the turtle to be about five inches long.
The man allegedly told officials the reptile was a red-ear slider turtle.
This man is telling the truth: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IX1vw0V2MY0
And get tested for STDs.
I think my girlfriend is developing a real drinking problem. She is really stressed about politics and the current administration, and etoh is her coping mechanism of choice. This is one more stressor in my life I really didn't want or need.
Suggest alternative activities like hiking and nude archery.
Dallas mega church pastor and former FFOTUS spiritual advisor indicted in Oklahoma for sexual abuse of children.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/12/robert-morris-texas-megachurch-indicted-sexual-abuse/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Ftexas
Not a drag queen; noted.
My shocked face.
And once again, not a drag queen to be found.
These mother fuckers. Hey, Q assholes, the ones abusing the children? Are the ones telling you everyone else is. You stupid complicit mother fuckers
LOL. I owe you an unhealthy carbonated beverage.
Make it the mexican ones! I gave up high fructos corn syrup
RFK JR has the power to do a good thing for us, bad thing for local farmers.
Shitbirds of a feather flock together. I'm not saying that The Homunculus is a child molester, but there's an adage that runs "a man is known by the company he keeps."
I'll say it: Trump raped children, no question about it.
It would be irresponsible not to speculate!
We don't need to speculate at this point.
This is not the first one in his orbit, is it? Coulda sworn another crony was nabbed for this not too long ago, or something similar.
But then, considering how many of them have gone to jail, might be more than one
I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific. Are we talking domestic abuse, sexual harassment or straight up kiddy diddling? Otherwise it's impossible to narrow it down.
Fella named...Ep...? Epstone? Epstain?
It'll come to me.
not him, another minion
Here is a fun thing:
So last week, hubby had a bit of a fall and black out, we think due to the recently upped BP med sending him wrong the other way. He came to pretty quick, but not until he had hit the old roll top desk (for we are posh) and ended up planting on the lid of the kitty box (which broke, but thankfully kept him from planting into the litter). All bruised and what not.
He FINALLY went to the doctor yesterday for his eye has been bothering him, and looks quite the shiner, and she immediately told him he was gonna go have a CT scan to check for broken eyeball bones.
So the imaging place called us and the soonest they could fit him in was....2 weeks.
I called them back when I got home and demanded an earlier appointment and they were all...but it will take that long to get insurance confirmation.
72 year old dude may have a broken eyeball and they need to wait for insurance confirmation.
The actual fuck.
Welcome to American medicine. We wait longer than Canadians, but pretend we don't.
Go to ER in an ambulance. They get you straight in, and take those CTs really fast.
There is also such a thing as a slow brain bleed, once you say that out loud on the record, they have to jump quick.
(don't ask how I know, 2 trips to ER last week, not fun. But I'm going to be fine after weeks of PT).
Head injuries, pleas don't fuck around, the find out is not ok.
"Hi, welcome to the United States, home of the greatest healthcare in the world!"
...according to certain douchebags
Call your insurer and double check this.
2 weeks to get confirmation? I'm not in the industry but I don't see how this possible.
Me too! The guy I talked to did say they would get him in sooner if confirmation came sooner. So I guess they are taking the cautious approach. Getting paid is the chief thing
You guys need something better than the Pony Express.
I suspect that EVERYTHING is going to get like this and already is in some cases due to the horrendous government attack by DOGGIE that is taking place. Related or not, it might seem at the outset. It will spread like mold. And a wildfire.
A moldy fire of wild. Nice, ain't it?
Anything not in the ER is best effort. And with all the legal/legislative fuckery, the number of doctors is dropping, also too. Would you want a few hundred thousand in student debt just to get sued by cranks like Ken Paxton for practicing medicine?
American insurance = actual death panels.
𝘏𝘦’𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 — 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 (𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥). 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘖𝘎𝘌 𝘪𝘴.
https://bsky.app/profile/karaswisher.bsky.social/post/3lkah4wwows2m
Great. Now I'm stupider for having read that idiocy.
We’re supposed to be profitable now? The syndicate is expecting their ROI?
There is nothing efficient about scrapping working programs, firing half the staff, pressuring the other half to quit and then stealing the money.
Nothing.
It's more efficient than robbing them by going through "proper" channels
'Morning, kittens. Apparently, I got four and a half hours, but maybe manageable as I had a solid 2-hour survival-nap yesterday also.
*sips power-latte-covfefe*
How are we faring?
Not bad. Did Worldle, today's crossword puzzle, and my obligatory one game of World of Warships.
Fucker.
𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗘 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗧 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀
Project dubbed 'wasteful' – Musk's lot says under-pressure VA must do it 'in-house'
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/doge_veterans_affairs_contract/
<It falls under the category of organizations known as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) in US government procurement parlance.>
Not just entrepreneurs, disabled veterans. Fuckers indeed.
I like the snotty little they have to do it in house bit. How, you fired half their fucking staff
...helps VA end IT contract?
If anyone is poorly educated, it's Trump
Yes, he is,like really stupid...
He's just stupid.
Checking the obituaries this morning has yielded no joy.
On the bright side, you're one day closer to it being jackpot day.
Be happy that you’re not listed.
Yay! It's "Manos the Hands of Fate" on the MST3k live stream. I still say that we would be better off with that weird cult running things, headed by President Torgo.
Now he's in Second Banana Heaven.
Morning! No invasion yet. I'll take that as a win.
#Worldle #1147 (13.03.2025) 1/6 (100%)
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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
Morning Vienna.
Hiya!
He was having a go at the Irish yesterday.
That should end well.
And he accused the EU of being "designed" to screw the USA.
Oh, for fuck's sake!
Notre Dame? Yeah, Fuck Indiana.
LOL
Good morning, everyone. I have a big day planned. I am going to the Georgia state capitol to lobby the House reps and Senators for a gun control bill and against the anti-trans bills. Then there is a rally in support of the VA at the Atlanta VA hospital. To wrap up, book club is tonight. I haven't read the book yet but I'm going for the discussion anyway.
Oh, Atlanta.
I really love Atlanta, even though I am a philly girl and only been there once.
We had broken down, and it was a sunday, and hubby went to a parts store to try and fix it himself and ran into a guy who worked on cars who /came to our hotel parking garage and worked on it all friggin day with hubby and then turned down payment, which we pleaded for him to take and he eventually did. 200 whole bucks. For working 5 hours or so on a car in a hotel parking garage.
Will never not love Atlanta for that.
I'm a DC girl and living in Atlanta for 22 years no doubt made me a better person. The people there are super friendly.
You darn CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY AND GOOD TROUBLE.
Thank you, Cynmac. ❤️
I love Atlanta. Great food and very friendly people.
Thank you.
"Doing the work in front of you," as Mrs. Walz would say. Thank you.
I am trying to outsmart my waking up in the middle of the night because my legs are stiff and sore thing. I went to bed a little earlier so I got about four hours of sleep, and it’s only 230 here so I can get another good stretch of sleep. I did some extensions and pointed my toe to the ceiling and rotated my leg and bent it in and rotated it some more and it seems kind of happy that I did that.
The Moonlight was kind of pretty, so I went out on the deck, carefully, barefootedly, and took this picture for you. https://substack.com/profile/1687878-1d57a1d5931d/note/c-100135052?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di
I got some very sweet snuggles from Alice. It took her a long time to figure out biscuits, and it’s still a rare and tentative expression from her. She has a tiny little purr, liquid of those little toy cars would make, and she chokes sometimes, because she is happy , I guess.
So, dear Waking-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night, ha ha! Take that!
I do, too. Almost every night.
Lovely photo.
A morning Bodega Cat https://bsky.app/profile/bodegacats.bsky.social/post/3lkavx3bnhc2b
They Only Come Out at Night.
IYKYK
If a boi cat, is deaf. So pretty and i bet is very sweet.
The cat’s name is Menard.
Menard wonders if you need any help out to your truck?
We will be so dumb if we don’t take them with us to the stars when we go. If we survive the next year, of course, I mean.
Doesn't look like any bodega I've ever seen, but I'll allow it
Bodega Depot?
snert
I’ve never seen sheetrock at a Bodega.
*I* didn't post the kitty to "bodega cats" ...
Jinx!
...or are you just glad to see me?
𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐓𝐒𝐀 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬
A Pennsylvania man was caught trying to carry a live turtle through airport security by hiding the reptile in his pants, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
The man, who has not been identified, was flagged last week when he went through a body scanner at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, the security agency said in a news release.
A TSA officer conducted a pat-down of the man's groin area and determined there was something hidden there. When asked if he was hiding something, the man reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle, the TSA said. The reptile was wrapped in a small blue towel. Officials estimated the turtle to be about five inches long.
The man allegedly told officials the reptile was a red-ear slider turtle.
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/man-turtle-in-pants-newark-airport-security-tsa/
(from yesterday)
When asked for a comment the man replied: I like turtles.