It's funny to me that I automatically started to put gender stuff into this clip--like, in my head, I was thinking "oh, look at that sheep--HE'S pestering HER and she's just trying to do her job". I thought about it for a minute and it's sort of an ink blot test--describe what's happening in this clip (although I don't know what it would "mean" no matter how you say it).
A family legend: My late wife's grand aunt was a world traveler and a collector of buttons. I think she ended up with over a million. She actually pestered a beefeater so effectively that he tore off one of his just to get rid of her.
I love that Sheep and Dog are friends (maybe more?)...is it weird that in my head I have a different idea of what sheep look like and whenever I actually see one it's strange for a moment--I always think, wow, that's a sheep I think except it looks more like a goat?
Is, if you weren't aware, which would surprise me!, a Flock Guardian Doggo, though we see Great Pyrenees most often, in Yurp it could be a number of those white mountain breed doggos. They're introduced early in puppyhood to their future, and those sheepies know in whose hands (paws) their lives rest safely!
After guarding the sheep all day, they come inside and sleep with their backs against the front door, thereby guarding the house all night. Amazing dogs…
Maybe down-home farm doggos do, but historically, they lay with them in the daytime and rest but do the perimeter all night, on vigilant watch for WOLF.
They've used them to fend off big big bears in, I think, Finland. Wow!!
A friend who farms sheep always has a Pyr, and the last one slept under the porch at night, while the sheep were safe in the barn. I guess he strolled around with them in the daytime in the pastures.
Our doggo (all Newfoundlands) look like a slightly bigger, black version of Pyrs, and have some in their bloodline, but don't flock-guard. They do kid-guard, though. And they always sleep against the door, b/c they love the cool air haha.
So will a ram. My children can vouch for that. When they were young a neighbor had a ram that did nothing all day except butt things (posts etc.). If anyone dared enter his pen they soon became a target.
There's a picture of me when I was little and we went to the state fair--I'm right next to a goat pen, and just moments later I realized that a goat had eaten the back of my dress. They are amazing little freakshows.
What Sulzberger is suggesting is that if an alien overlord came to the US and claimed that it was running for President and if it wins it will destroy the Earth but if it loses the election it will leave forever, that the only right thing is to cover the basic facts and not take sides with takes like
“Alien overlord announces aggressive policy once elected while Harris is vague on details”
I knew if I kept reading Sulzberger's piece that I'd eventually get to his main point, which is that criticisms from the left about the New York Times's shitty and biased truthiness are JUST AS BAD AND MAYBE WORSE than fascist attacks on the free press. Yeah, Sulzberger's whiny and self-serving false equivalence is skillfully done, but does he really think that media consumers aren't wise to these tricks after all these years? Ditching fact-based reporting to prop up one candidate and preserve a comfortable horse-race narrative is NOT a legitimate news-editorial stance, you entitled putz!
And you know what, Sulzberger? If you're worried that the Defenders of Democracy will not rush to your aid if the fascists you prop up ever come to real power, then maybe you ought to give some thought to defending democracy a little, yourself. 'Cause you're kinda right. I really don't give a shit about what happens to the allies of fascists.
"A federal bill the FDNY contends would help douse the dangerous trend of e-bike battery fires that has killed 31 New Yorkers in four years has been stalled in the Senate since July. The roadblock: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his rage against what he sees as the Biden Administration’s campaign to ban gas stoves." (HuffPost)
Jimmy Carter’s Son Says His Dad Is Looking Forward To Voting For Harris
"Former President Jimmy Carter’s son, Chip Carter, told The Washington Post his father watched several speeches from last month’s Democratic National Convention, including the vice president’s address.
“He thought Michelle Obama was the best, and he thought Kamala was great, too,” he said.
Chip Carter added that his dad is happy to see the excitement around Harris' candidacy and is looking forward to voting for the Democratic presidential nominee, even though he was sad to find out about Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race." (HuffPo)
OTish, as a clinically obsessive poll junkie, I'm finally willing to say it: What the Drumpf campaign has been doing with its sketchily documented spending is manipulating polls, and especially depressing the numbers for Democrats. The further question of who is conning who is really just a matter of malign positive feedback. Of course, Drumpf has welcomed the further excuse to say that any election result not in his favor would be illegitimate. Of course, his shyster "consultants" will be citing favorable polls as proof that he is getting "something" for his money in terms of actual election results even if they know better. Bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived, it's like the Bible for people who never bothered to read the Bible.
The most “obvious” way to manipulate polls would be to encourage or directly reward Drumpf’s supporters for replying to polls. However, anything that obvious would probably have been detected and also wouldn’t leave Drumpf’s own numbers in the same 46-47% zone he got in the only national elections he’s faced. The big, stupid, obvious answer was the constant negative messaging over Biden’s age while he was the incumbent and nominee, which again added little if anything to Trump’s polls but could easily have contributed to the absurdly high number of people who had obviously voted for Joe Biden but refused to say they were voting for him again.
Your header gif source info link: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/whispering-sheep-nothings?r=angu9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/b6029f61-ba2d-40e3-b580-48e6584a9fc1?utm_source=share
Have a nice weekend! I’m spending mine at the beach, a last hurrah for summer.
envy!
Enjoy that beach life, Martini! 😁
Sheep to dog: "Give us a kiss, luv!"
Sheep to dog: "Tomorrow night, when you're herding us into the pen, steer us outside the gate. We'd be ever so grateful."
"Herd me like your French sheep"
Oh, ewe.
Is this a metaphor for how we must stay laser beam focused on the upcoming event which will decide the fate of democratic institutions in the US?
Or should we just lighten up a bit and pay some more attention to those we love before the home stretch?
D. The answer is D.
Sheep: The things I'm going to do to you!
Dog: Please, everybody's watching.
😄😄😄
Dog:
"Can't you see I'm working here?"
🎵 Ewe are my sunshine, my only sunshine, Ewe make me happy when skies are gray🎶
A Johnny Cash favorite...
my mom used to sign it to us in rare tender moments...
It's funny to me that I automatically started to put gender stuff into this clip--like, in my head, I was thinking "oh, look at that sheep--HE'S pestering HER and she's just trying to do her job". I thought about it for a minute and it's sort of an ink blot test--describe what's happening in this clip (although I don't know what it would "mean" no matter how you say it).
I immediately thought about the annoying tourists who pester the guards at Buckingham Palace who have to stand there not reacting.
Nancy Cartwright played dirty with a Beefeater by talking to him in Bart Simpson's voice.
A family legend: My late wife's grand aunt was a world traveler and a collector of buttons. I think she ended up with over a million. She actually pestered a beefeater so effectively that he tore off one of his just to get rid of her.
😳 Holy mackerel!!!
My instant take was "Oh, she sheep is pestering good boy". I accept your premise that it is very inkblot like.
Exactly my thoughts. Well....actually, I thought: Awwwwww.
Bleating and babbling
we fell on their necks with a scream
Wild Thing!
Ewe make my heart sing,
Ewe make everything groovy.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘸𝘦
Embraceable.
"Would you like to come up to my place and make Gravy Train?"
“Sharon, I’m at work here. I can’t make an exception just for you.”
I love that Sheep and Dog are friends (maybe more?)...is it weird that in my head I have a different idea of what sheep look like and whenever I actually see one it's strange for a moment--I always think, wow, that's a sheep I think except it looks more like a goat?
Is, if you weren't aware, which would surprise me!, a Flock Guardian Doggo, though we see Great Pyrenees most often, in Yurp it could be a number of those white mountain breed doggos. They're introduced early in puppyhood to their future, and those sheepies know in whose hands (paws) their lives rest safely!
After guarding the sheep all day, they come inside and sleep with their backs against the front door, thereby guarding the house all night. Amazing dogs…
Maybe down-home farm doggos do, but historically, they lay with them in the daytime and rest but do the perimeter all night, on vigilant watch for WOLF.
They've used them to fend off big big bears in, I think, Finland. Wow!!
A friend who farms sheep always has a Pyr, and the last one slept under the porch at night, while the sheep were safe in the barn. I guess he strolled around with them in the daytime in the pastures.
Our doggo (all Newfoundlands) look like a slightly bigger, black version of Pyrs, and have some in their bloodline, but don't flock-guard. They do kid-guard, though. And they always sleep against the door, b/c they love the cool air haha.
https://substack.com/@morganx/note/c-62742659?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=36ip5l
The way you can tell the difference is that goats have devil eyes. Take them away!
That’s why researchers who are supposed to count the critters on public lands often resort to the more generic “shoats”.
The main difference between sheep and a goat is a bad attitude! A goat will knock you on your ass.
So will a ram. My children can vouch for that. When they were young a neighbor had a ram that did nothing all day except butt things (posts etc.). If anyone dared enter his pen they soon became a target.
There's a picture of me when I was little and we went to the state fair--I'm right next to a goat pen, and just moments later I realized that a goat had eaten the back of my dress. They are amazing little freakshows.
Guardian will not be distracted from his mission!
Enjoy the beach!
TABS idea: You at the beach as waves of TABS wash ashore.
Me likey!
I too could use some Russiabux.
The Silence of the Ewe.
I looked it up yesterday, because my brain couldn't not see it. The publisher of the New York Times is not, in fact, named Augustus Gloop Sulzberger.
Please share this information as you see fit.
That NFL Dude had the receipts...I detect "No Lies".
Oh man, why am I never chosen as "the victim" to be exorbitantly overpaid to produce mediocre results?
I only ever seem to get underpaid and underappreciated for doing good work.
Life's not fair. :P
Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent | Medical research | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/sep/05/common-food-dye-found-to-make-skin-and-muscle-temporarily-transparent
What Sulzberger is suggesting is that if an alien overlord came to the US and claimed that it was running for President and if it wins it will destroy the Earth but if it loses the election it will leave forever, that the only right thing is to cover the basic facts and not take sides with takes like
“Alien overlord announces aggressive policy once elected while Harris is vague on details”
“And the whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company," Musk said while appearing Wednesday at The New York Times' Dealbook Summit
Yeah, I think they would enjoy the recognition Elon
I knew if I kept reading Sulzberger's piece that I'd eventually get to his main point, which is that criticisms from the left about the New York Times's shitty and biased truthiness are JUST AS BAD AND MAYBE WORSE than fascist attacks on the free press. Yeah, Sulzberger's whiny and self-serving false equivalence is skillfully done, but does he really think that media consumers aren't wise to these tricks after all these years? Ditching fact-based reporting to prop up one candidate and preserve a comfortable horse-race narrative is NOT a legitimate news-editorial stance, you entitled putz!
And you know what, Sulzberger? If you're worried that the Defenders of Democracy will not rush to your aid if the fascists you prop up ever come to real power, then maybe you ought to give some thought to defending democracy a little, yourself. 'Cause you're kinda right. I really don't give a shit about what happens to the allies of fascists.
News from afar...
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟗𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭
https://www.deccanherald.com/world/more-than-90-company-executives-endorse-harris-for-us-president-3180102
F.T.C. --
"A federal bill the FDNY contends would help douse the dangerous trend of e-bike battery fires that has killed 31 New Yorkers in four years has been stalled in the Senate since July. The roadblock: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his rage against what he sees as the Biden Administration’s campaign to ban gas stoves." (HuffPost)
FFS.
like Pizzagate and the list goes on and on.
Nice times:
Jimmy Carter’s Son Says His Dad Is Looking Forward To Voting For Harris
"Former President Jimmy Carter’s son, Chip Carter, told The Washington Post his father watched several speeches from last month’s Democratic National Convention, including the vice president’s address.
“He thought Michelle Obama was the best, and he thought Kamala was great, too,” he said.
Chip Carter added that his dad is happy to see the excitement around Harris' candidacy and is looking forward to voting for the Democratic presidential nominee, even though he was sad to find out about Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race." (HuffPo)
OTish, as a clinically obsessive poll junkie, I'm finally willing to say it: What the Drumpf campaign has been doing with its sketchily documented spending is manipulating polls, and especially depressing the numbers for Democrats. The further question of who is conning who is really just a matter of malign positive feedback. Of course, Drumpf has welcomed the further excuse to say that any election result not in his favor would be illegitimate. Of course, his shyster "consultants" will be citing favorable polls as proof that he is getting "something" for his money in terms of actual election results even if they know better. Bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived, it's like the Bible for people who never bothered to read the Bible.
How are they manipulating polls, specifically? Are they offering moneys to polling outlets to only poll favorable locations?
The most “obvious” way to manipulate polls would be to encourage or directly reward Drumpf’s supporters for replying to polls. However, anything that obvious would probably have been detected and also wouldn’t leave Drumpf’s own numbers in the same 46-47% zone he got in the only national elections he’s faced. The big, stupid, obvious answer was the constant negative messaging over Biden’s age while he was the incumbent and nominee, which again added little if anything to Trump’s polls but could easily have contributed to the absurdly high number of people who had obviously voted for Joe Biden but refused to say they were voting for him again.
Shouldn't the headline be "Pay the fuck up, Vlad!"?