Up in the north for a few days before we grab ABC’s kids and head down to the homestead for the 4th of july.
Bingewatching Game of Thrones to get ready for the new season.
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Up in the north for a few days before we grab ABC’s kids and head down to the homestead for the 4th of july.
Bingewatching Game of Thrones to get ready for the new season.
Truck Fump.
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Honus
Good move. Fourth of July in Wheeling should be fun.
Hal
I can’t say I’m looking forward to Supreme Court decisions this fall. Keeping Neil Gorsuch off the Supreme Court was to me as good a reason as any to vote for Hillary Clinton.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/06/28/gorsuch_s_first_anti_gay_dissent_has_a_huge_factual_error.html
And:
JPL
The family did this last year and we are planning on returning
3rd Annual Barbecue & Bluegrass
Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Enjoy barbecue and bluegrass music in the backyard of Barrington Hall. The King family, who built Barrington Hall, held a 4th of July barbecue for their friends and neighbors in the 1800s. We will revisit their tradition with live music, barbecue, beer, soft drinks, and desserts for sale. A children’s area will keep the youngsters occupied with games and crafts. Come enjoy this laid back and musical 4th of July celebration.
We are hoping that the cloggers will be back. It’s hokey but perfect during the trump years.
karen marie
@Hal: I read that this morning and I just couldn’t …
He really is the perfect Trump judge though. He has no clue what the basic facts of the case are, yet he feels more than qualified to render one of the pre-programmed opinions he’s been provided by his sponsors.
SiubhanDuinne
John, I hope you and ABC and her kids have a great Fourth of July! Try to avoid blowing off anybody’s fingers with home-made fireworks, okay?
zhena gogolia
Don’t Murphy and Blumenthal make you want to stay here? (not to mention ABC)
Mike J
Binge watching? Did you know Black Books is on Amazon?
You said we wouldn’t talk about Canada!
Villago Delenda Est
Best part of GoT season six: the play within the play, and Arya’s reactions to it.
Thoughtful David
@Hal:
Just keep in mind that he’s the Russian justice. He owes his appointment to Putin, so expect him to do Putin’s bidding.
eclare
@JPL: Just googled Barrington Hall, that looks lovely. Hope you have good weather!
Michael Bersin
On Wednesday trekked down to Olathe, Kansas for an Indivisible demonstration at Jerry Moran’s (r) office. One hundred fifty people showed up:
https://showmeprogress.com/2017/06/29/talking-about-health-care-at-sen-jerry-morans-r-office-in-olathe-kansas-june-28-2017-signs-of-the-times/
piratedan
yeah…. the Trump election was our nation’s Red Wedding….
ET
Did anyone see Mika’s tweet? Jut a picture of a Cheerios box that says “made for little hands”…. burn…..
low-tech cyclist
Ominous tweet from Tierney Sneed of TPM:
So basically (a) the Senate is the whole ball of wax, and (b) same game as in the House: satisfy the Freedom Caucus, buy off the moderates, rush it through.
We need some sort of master list of what July 4 parades/celebrations the Senators on the fence are going to show up at this weekend. No town halls, but they’ll be in parades and stuff.
SiubhanDuinne
@ET:
Yes, saw it earlier today. Was never much of a Mika fan, but that was a genius move on her part.
TenguPhule
If the Gods are kind, none of the current occupants of the white house get out alive for another season.
Oh wait, you meant the other game of thrones with the ice wall. Not the border wall.
mai naem mobile
@Hal: On NPR this am Nina Totenberg made it sound like Kennedy is going to retire because he hasn’t done all the hires he should have . i know Kennedy isn’t all that great but pretty sure he’s better than a Pence ot Dolt appointee.I don’t normally wish people dead or sick but Dolt is doing all kinds of stuff. Just want to point out that both of Gorsuchs parents died relatively young.
Anyhow, the Nutmeg state has some great federal and statewide representatives. Murphy,Malloy and Blumenthal. Trying to make up for Lieberman i see.
TenguPhule
@Hal: Beat you to it prior thread.
Major Major Major Major
I drew some nice tarot cards last night for my comic so I’m working on coloring them in tonight. For the 4th I have no plans but four days off, so, sleep it is! Probably pick a BBQ and do that, maybe watch fireworks at my friends’ place on the hill.
Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD)
Can we make it a law that reading or writing for the FTFNYT Style & Culture sections makes it legal for someone to punch you in your stupid fucking douchehole whenever in public? You know, for patriotic duty or shit?
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
@eclare:
I also just googled it. Shocking that I have lived here for so many years but had never heard of Barrington Hall!
But it looked familiar and I realized I drove past it a couple of times last week heading for my various places where I was assigned to do poll-watching in the special election runoff.
eclare
@SiubhanDuinne: I lived in ATL for 15 years after college, but I was mainly in Garden Hills/Druid Hills.
debbie
@Villago Delenda Est:
Hamlet all over again!
Spanky
From today’s WaPo editorial on Trump’s tweets:
Fuck that shit. I’m tired of having to accomodate Republicans. Fuckem.
Karen
@Major Major Major Major: whole deck? or just the major cards? either way that is a lot of work
Mnemosyne
My plan for 4th of July weekend is the same as every weekend — lay around doing nothing and then get mad at myself for it. I’m only half-joking.
I’m probably going to sign back up for Camp NaNo and see if I can form a habit of writing a minimum of 250 words a day. I’m trying to form a sustainable habit, which is why the goal is so small.
Chris
Question to the floor:
Anybody know the proper procedure for disposing of an American flag, when it’s one of those plastic ones that go on people’s lawns? The friends I’m living with are trying to get rid of the one some random person planted on the lawn for Memorial Day. I’ve heard that burning it is the thing to do, but I assume that doesn’t apply with plastic. Ideas?
Luthe
Cole, if you’re going to be in Connecticut on a regular basis, the least you can do is organize a meet up for all us commentors who live here.
Ksmiami
@Spanky: the only good republican is one that’s dead or in prison
James Powell
@Hal:
Not right now, maybe, but put that on the ballot during the midterms and I’m guessing it could become law and/or part of the state constitution in 25 or more states.
Chris
@Spanky:
Fuck that shit indeed. Let’s burn Tara again.
Ruckus
@Mnemosyne:
As you get older the concept of getting mad at yourself for laying about sort of melts away.
Chris
@Ksmiami:
“The only good Republican is dead.” Literally true! Abe Lincoln, Fiorello LaGuardia, Ike Eisenhower…
Spanky
@Chris: Contact your local Boy Scout troop. They often collect flags for disposal.
Lizzy L
@Chris: Burning is preferred, but flags can also be cut up and buried. You should never burn a plastic or nylon flag. I recommend you check with your local VFW or American Legion post: they should be able to advise you.
Steve in the ATL
@JPL: that’s close to the Krispy Kreme, right?
TenguPhule
@Ksmiami:
A Republican in prison is by definition not good.
TenguPhule
@Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD):
You mean its not already?
Hal
@TenguPhule: Damn you!
Ruckus
@Chris:
If you want to wait till June you could give it to the American Legion, who take care of no longer serviceable flags. Let them worry about the material.
Burning is the accepted method, in a ceremony of some sort. OTOH you are not trying to discredit/dishonor/disgrace the flag so maybe cutting it up and putting it in the trash? It’s a symbol and I don’t get how burning it is any better than any other reasonable method, it’s just tradition. I’m not feeling all that bound by tradition these days, racism is traditional in the US for example. Tradition doesn’t make that right in any way, shape or form.
Thoughtful David
@Spanky: Of course, if the American people were all that good, there wouldn’t be an occupant in the White House spewing that shite. So, we’re stuck with this for a long time.
And I’m with you: I’m tired of accommodating their poor fee-fees. Fuck every Republican.
TenguPhule
@Hal: Too late, I live in a world where Trump has the nuclear codes.
TenguPhule
@karen marie:
No, its worse then that.
He knows, but doesn’t care because by his God he will make the rest of us submit to him!
Ksmiami
@TenguPhule: no doubt but a republican in prison is one less in public so I’ll take it
Mnemosyne
@James Powell:
If it did, it would pretty much grind adoptions to a halt since it’s standard procedure to put the adoptive parents on the birth certificate.
But probably right that it would pass because it’s not like Republicans ever give a single thought to the consequences of their actions.
Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD)
@TenguPhule: Here’s the impetus, for context.
Mary G
Noted liberal James Pethokoukis from the flaming left wing redoubt of AEI writes about the terrible economic situation in California:
Also, too:
Funny. He makes no conclusions and only gets two comments. Our stringent environmental standards and welcoming of immigrants of all kinds seems to be paying off. Whoocoonooode?
Mnemosyne
@Ruckus:
I have a lot of projects. A LOT. So project paralysis is a big problem for me right now. I can’t choose which one to start on first, so I end up wasting time on B-J instead.
Lapassionara
@Ruckus: I just googled up flag etiquette, and burning seems to be the preferred method. But given that the flag is plastic, I don’t think burning is a good way of disposing of it. In fact, I don’t see too many people observing flag etiquette these days.
I agree that asking the local American Legion what to do is a good idea. This accomplishes many objectives, including making the person asking the AL for help look like a scout!
J R in WV
@eclare:
We have spent time in Atlanta, and enjoyed much of it.
But the funniest road side sign was the First Christian Church of Druid Hills… like no understanding of the contrast in that sign….
Mary G
If you have 58 sections to spare, watch the video in this tweet, in which a Bangkok police officer deals with a man who comes into the station brandishing a knife. I wish our police were all required to watch it and act like the Thai officer does, instead of demonizing and othering citizens.
Omnes Omnibus
@Chris: Here you go.
Shana
@Mike J: I love Black Books, but like Seinfeld, you can’t binge watch it. The characters are great, but only in smallish doses.
I’m in Toledo tonight on my way to my 40th high school reunion in Rock Island, IL. I didn’t much like high school, and disliked Rock Island, but am weirdly looking forward to this. I get to see what the new owners have done to my father’s mid-century designed house (he was an architect and designed the house). After all these years I’m very curious about what the people I liked (from a detached perspective) have done with their lives. I know there were a couple of gay guys who’ve had wonderful lives and am really looking forward to seeing several people who I think will be there.
MomSense
@Mike J:
That was a good show. Did you ever see Slings and Arrows?
Steeplejack
@Mary G:
Where did he write this? Is it an op-ed somewhere, or did it just pop up on the AEI site?
TenguPhule
Huckabee Sanders is a worthless sack of shit.
The balls of this woman.
eclare
@Mary G: Wow, that was amazing. Forwarded on, thank you.
? ?? Goku (aka Junior G-Man) ? ?
For me, I recently got into watching Boardwalk Empire on Amazon Prime. Pretty good so far. Still in the first season. Almost every character is some kind of weirdo or asshole. Really interesting look at machine politics in the 20s and how they blended the line between gov corruption and organized crime
? ?? Goku (aka Junior G-Man) ? ?
@TenguPhule: Gotta cover those bases
Iowa Old Lady
@Shana: I went to one high school reunion. It was sort of scary. The people who were jerks in high school were still jerks. The popular “kids” hung out together. The people who’d been decent still were. It was like going back however many years that was. Also it was very loud. I felt no need to do it again.
joel hanes
@Mike J:
Binge watching? Did you know Black Books is on Amazon?
Not finding what you’re referring to.
Chris
Thanks, y’all.
Aleta
@Mnemosyne: I hate that paralysis. And then, overwhelmed by the news, makes it worse.
Baud
Amazing Rachel segment on the House actually considering modifying the AUMF from 2001.
rikyrah
Have a safe trip to and fro, Cole ?
joel hanes
@joel hanes:
Ah. A TV show.
? ?? Goku (aka Junior G-Man) ? ?
@Baud: Modifying it how?
SiubhanDuinne
@Mnemosyne:
Just sent you a relevant email.
Baud
@? ?? Goku (aka Junior G-Man) ? ?: Not completely sure. But essentially repeal the old authorization and debate a new one that hopefully is not so open ended.
efgoldman
@TenguPhule:
Holy roller/bible banger. right? I’m no religious/biblical scholar, but i seem to remember something about bearing false witness.
Another Scott
@Chris: You don’t have to burn it.
ScoutingMag: Retiring American Flags.
HTH.
[eta:] Late to the party again…
Cheers,
Scott.
Miss Bianca
@JPL: sign me up, that sounds way better than the “open carry” parade in my town!
@Michael Bersin: Really? Rock on, Kansas!
frosty
@Mnemosyne:
Right. Totally stupid idea. Tough to get a birth certificate with names of biological parents for an abandoned kid found wandering in the market, who doesn’t know anything but his first name.
Families are made not by blood but by love.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: Even with the cloggers?
Miss Bianca
@Mnemosyne: I’m working on a romance for this one, maybe we should be writing buddies!
PS, Did you ever read the sample I sent you?
Villago Delenda Est
@efgoldman: Yes, like her equally worthless and loathsome Mammon worshiping sire.
Miss Bianca
@MomSense: Slings and Arrows! Oh, thank you thank you THANK YOU I have been trying literally all afternoon to think of the name of that show!
What is “Black Books”, for all love, that you mention it in the same post?
MomSense
@Miss Bianca:
It’s about some misfits who work at a book shop and it’s a bit of a run down shop not unlike the theater in Slings and Arrows.
ETA so funny that you were trying to remember that show. I have that problem all the time and it never occurs to me to see if someone here might know.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: Dude, ESPECIALLY with the cloggers. Now, despise me if you dare (says the English step-dancer, pugnaciously).
efgoldman
@Villago Delenda Est:
Hypocrisy R’Us….
Miss Bianca
@MomSense: God damn it, I am so there.
MomSense
@Miss Bianca:
I saw some cloggers do a routine to AC/DC once and I have to admit it was kind of awesome. I was never very good at clogging but I can Irish step dance.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: Is English step-dancing anything like this?
Johannes
@MomSense: Love Slings and Arrows! So nice to know I’m not alone!
Miss Bianca
@MomSense: It’s the same thing, really, just the syncopation is different. I’ve done English step dance and *some* English clog and some French-Canadian step dance. Played for Irish step dancers but never done it myself.
Gelfling 545
Just got back from a performance of Radium Girls at the Manny Fried Playhouse, a small theater space located rather ingeniously in the old Pierce Arrow factory. It was presented by the Subversive Theater Company, so what’s not to love? My granddaughter has been in a few of their productions and in this one had the rôle of Miss Wiley who is what we might call today a community organizer, with her hair in finger waves and a 20’s cloche hat. At the final curtain call the cast raised their fists in resistance. I’m inspired. When Mr. Roeder, the factory owner is told that the book he published under his name talking about the future of radium in industry says radium is dangerous he says “I didn’t know. I never read it.” the muttering & bitter laughter from the audience was very noticeable.
MomSense
@Johannes:
I may have to rewatch it for a little escape from all the ugly.
@Miss Bianca:
I was a bun head so Irish step was pretty compatible.
MomSense
@Omnes Omnibus:
Love tango.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: more like this, I’m afraid. ; )
But oh, tango! Would that I could find a man to run away with me to Buenos Aires, for fast horses, red meat, red wine, and TANGO!
satby
@Miss Bianca: @MomSense: so one of our meet ups should be for ceili and craic?
Miss Bianca
@MomSense: errr…”bun head”? Is this some Maine-ism I ain’t hep to?
@satby: hell to the YEAH!! : )
Ruckus
@Iowa Old Lady:
Went to my ten yr reunion. It was a hoot. The best part was when a girl with polio walked in. No braces, no crutches, head held high. Because of course people had made fun of her for the entire 12 yrs of school. I couldn’t understand it for the first few years, then I realized that some people are just fucking assholes. A few of them grow up, many never do. It was a smallish town – only one school for jr high and one for senior high, one really could get to know a lot of the kids.
50th this year. Am going, don’t really know why, OK do somewhat, I actually liked some of the kids, but not expecting much so shouldn’t be too disappointed.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: I am looking to learn. And I am trying to get my high school aged but dance-positive nephew to pick up the basics. A straight high school kid who can even fake tango will be devastating. He has been involved on the periphery of theater stuff for a couple of years now. He prioritizes academics and sports, but he says he really like the theater/dance/music people. I think it is good that he is interested in the arts, but to further encourage him, I confess that I resorted to stereotype. I told him that a lot of dudes in theater were not necessarily interested in the rather attractive women who were. He found that encouraging. I am not a parent, but I am this kid’s god-father, and I want to make sure that my influence is there.
MomSense
@satby:
Hell yeah!!
Should be one word bunhead but my phone corrected me. Slang for classical ballet dancer. Not to be confused with man bun.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: tho’ now that I look at the YouTubes, I like this one better: reminds me of my old troupe, the Rapper Grrrrls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYlOAG9W6nM
MomSense
@Miss Bianca:
Meant to include you in the last comment but I’m way too tired to operate my thumbs anymore.
@Omnes Omnibus:
Theater peeps are the best peeps. Hope you both enjoy dancing.
Ruckus
@Mnemosyne:
I have projects. Probably not as many as you but still, I have them. I’ve learned to ignore them until they have to be done, then I think about them. A lot less stress that way. Also it seems that every time over the last 4+ yrs I get my ass in gear, some health issue crops up. Hernia, cancer, possible stroke, which I’m actually being tested for as I type, and it really puts a crimp in getting shit done and figuring out what’s important.
Ruckus
@frosty:
That sounds nice. I’d bet a sizeable segment of the population might argue that point with you. Successfully. Now if you had said decent families……..
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: Oh, O2, bless you – if you can manage to tell the boy that if he wants girls to fall on his neck by the hundreds, to do theater and to love to DANCE will do it, you will have done a public service, indeed!
btw, I had a dream about you the other night – at least, I had a dream where an O2 character met me for drinks in downtown Madison and kept me quite well-plied with both liquor and witty conversation. (tho’, of course, it being a dream I couldn’t remember a damn word! Curses! But I *do* recall that stingers played a prominent role in the staging).
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: If I tried dancing with an edged weapon, someone would get cut.
@MomSense: The kid does. I am trying. Most important here is my bad influence on the kid.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: Pro-tip: they’re not actually edged. Rappers are based on old-fashioned sweat scrapers for horses – they’re just *called* “swords” ’cause it sounds cool.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: Thanks and oh dear! The kid has near model looks and build. He is smart, athletic, and popular. I just want him to find the interesting women. Not just the vapid popular ones. I want my god son to have a good sex life.
MomSense
@Ruckus:
Hoping for the best possible test results.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: Is it a sword? Can someone be stabbed or cut with it? I am just saying.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: Also, if you ever are in Madison, I would be happy to meet you for drinks. Can I have my choice?
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: but of course – ’tis been so long since I’ve been in Madison! Too long! Such a lovely city, and quite a bastion of sanity in the Midwestern white resentment madness sweepstakes – h’mm, my favorite cities, Madison, Minneapolis, Ann Arbor…am I sensing a pattern here?
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: I am a division 3 guy.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: Come here, and I can give you an Evening! Completely chaste, of course.
Betsy
@Mnemosyne: ha. Exactly
Mnemosyne
@Miss Bianca:
Speaking of the multiple projects paralyzing me, I started but didn’t finish it. Because I am lame. ?
I’m kind of considering making a giant list of all my projects, writing them all down on slips of paper, and then picking one out of a hat every evening. It’s silly, but it would relieve me of having to make a choice.
TriassicSands
@Hal:
Gorsuch is going to spew his odious relgious beliefs all over his opinions — and when relevant, he’ll always have a religious opinion. Like Alito, religion is his primary guiding resource. If Trump gets to replace Kennedy, the separation of Church and State may be history.
It’s remarkable that an immoral POS like Trump would be the president to favor religion over all else. But it makes sense. Religion is the best way to manipulate and control ignorant zealots. And the US has a surplus of those.
Miss Bianca
@Mnemosyne: oh, dear! If you started it and didn’t finish, I’m thinking that’s a bad sign…!
No One You Know
@Ruckus: Late, as always, but damn, I’m sorry to hear that.