Every time today you get livid and want to break shit during the Kavanaugh hearings, here is a picture of Lily sleeping off breakfast in her bed while rocking an amazing new bow:
Be like Lily today, act like Rosie with a possum (she’s killed three this year and there is nothing I can do to stop her) on November 6th.
khead
If that’s not enough, here’s some Mason too.
EricNNY
I will be paying attention to Lily and avoiding the circus.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
For those of who don’t make our living off of political news not watching is always an option,…
Betty Cracker
Lily today, Rosie 11/6 — sounds like a good plan. I need to stop channeling Badger, who bounces around like a maniac and is a drama llama.
Elizabelle
I love her spiffy little bow.
Rock on Lily and Rosie. And Thurston. And Steve.
Trinity
Needed this.
Eural Joiner
I teach high school government classes – planned on running the hearings live as we are just starting our Constitution unit (I’m serious, no pre-planning on my part!). Got to school and all of my technology is out and can’t be fixed until after school today…it’s a sign from above I should just stay off today :)
schrodingers_cat
The last two weeks have been hard. I called my blog schroedinger’s cat because I used to feel like that cat in the many universe interpretation, one cat in many worlds. Since United States elected T and gave all the keys to Rs I often feel like the proverbial dhobi ka kutta, or the washerman’s dog who belongs nowhere (neither at the river bank nor at home).
cmorenc
Staying calm today will be a bit easier in Raleigh, NC, since our city is hosting the annual IBMA World of Bluegrass – with live music all over downtown today through Saturday. The Bluegrass music world respects its women – Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, Allison Brown, Becky Bueller, Missy Raines etc. are all up on stage this weekend – most of those named have won “best” awards at this festival one year or another.
PenAndKey
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: I’m at work and they would probably frown on me breaking the metagenomic sequencer or flow cytometer equipment in my lab in a fit of rage. For my own career future I’m planning to stay here for the play-by-play and only watch video of this shit show after I get home tonight.
At least there I only have to pay a quarter if my son hears me swear. After tonight it may bloody well end up being his college fund.
oldster
However, if you are Kamala Harris or Amy Klobuchar and reading this blog:
Channel your inner Rosie today, and kill some lying frat-boy rapist possums.
psycholinguist
When you consider that women have been blamed for “ruining everything” going back to the garden of Eden, the last 100 years or so actually seem like real progress in that context. Here’s a fool from my neck of the woods, heard about him on the local sports radio this morning:
newsweek.com/video-tennessee-school-athletic-director-says-girls-ruin-everything-gets-1141377
His kind is the reason I got rid of my guns when I started having daughters – I would probably end up using them
JPL
Every Thursday morning I meet up with a local farmer to pick up a vegie share and raw milk for my son. My son has a TV in his office so he will be able to watch the entire hearing. He owes me!!!!!!
JPL
@JPL: I’ll be home by 11 so I count on you to post updates.
Cermet
Maybe use a muzzle before Rosie leaves the house at night unattended (of course, remove when they come in.) One should try and prevent destruction of the wild life when and where possible.
Geeno
I wish I could be like Lily all day, and just hang in my bed.
She’s such a sweet, pretty girl. Lily pix are always great.
Tazj
I made the mistake last night of checking Twitter after I saw the adorable picture of Lily last night. I learned my lesson. I should’ve looked enjoyed the picture of Lily and went to sleep.
Kay
I’m not surprised. Democrats want someone to fight Trump and Kavanaugh = Trump.
schrodingers_cat
@Kay: The Rs haven’t really paid much of an electoral price for what they wrought on the country since Reagan or may be even earlier. It helps to press as their mouthpiece, so the R POV morphs into CW.
schrodingers_cat
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A Ghost To Most
Rock on, Rosie. We need more of her attitude. We’re up to our asses in night witches.
bjacques
Thanks! I think I’ll be revisiting this Rosie thread a lot over the next few hours.
Kay
@schrodingers_cat:
Political media always look at things from the perspective of the GOP base. But guess what. We have a base too.
This is how it went, IMO. Democratic base opposes Trump. Trump picks nominee. Nominee turns out to suck. Democratic base is energized because Trump’s nominee sucks and therefore they can oppose him and maybe prevail. They didn’t just want to fight Trump. They wanted to win. And Trump and Kavanaugh created the conditions where that was possible- because they’re both horrible.
ChrisB
It’s not working. Two minutes into Grassley’s opening statement and I’m mad as hell.
schrodingers_cat
@Kay: Their average representative “person” is the white male, the default. The rest of us of “interest groups”. Rape party is now the party of the rich white male (preferably Christian)
Singing Truth to Power
Rosie is doing what she was bred to do. Terriers kill critters like possums – that’s their nature. You may as well try to make her live on oatmeal.
Raven
There’s a groundhog in the garden and the boss lady doesn’t know what to do!
Singing Truth to Power
Thanks for the Lily pics, John, but they are not counteracting Grassley’s dump truck of hog poop.
Kay
@schrodingers_cat:
Agree 100% about “the default”. They usually describe our base as a series of “interest groups” which makes them sound grasping and self-interested. We’re allowed to have a base and we’re allowed to fight for what they want. What they want right now is for the people they supported and elected to fight Donald Trump and it’s completely legit they want that.
Trump picked a bad SCOTUS nominee. They absolutely should oppose him and I hope they win. Special K doesn’t deserve the job. He’s another bad Trump hire and we’ll be stuck with this one for life.
schrodingers_cat
@Raven: We have one too. He was a baby when we first saw him now he looks bigger than our kittehs. I just ignore his presence. Do they do a lot of damage?
Luciamia
Waiting for second breakfast??
Raven
@schrodingers_cat: They burrow big time. I think it was just eating in her garden, if she’d close the gate. . . .
LAO
@Raven: I’ll send over Maggie. She’s being chasing the groundhog at my folks house for the last year. She’d like a shot. And she’s willing to go down into burrows (how she killed her last chipmunk).
Raven
@LAO: In his younger days Bohdi would get them but we don’t need any injuries to the old dude so I ran it off.
Matt Smith
The bow rocks. I need a bow.
LAO
@Raven: That is one ballsy and unafraid groundhog!
rikyrah
Lily looks so beautiful with her new bow :)
Kay (not the front-pager)
Last night for the first time I googled the guy who thought he was going to rape me when I was 17 and he was 19. He’s dead. Died in 2010. He had lived for 30 years just a few miles from where I had moved, across the country, shortly after high school. From his obituary it sounds like he had a good life. I have too. It may not reflect well on me, but it gives me satisfaction to have outlived him.
I can’t imagine being as brave as Dr Ford is this morning. She is a hero. It’s crushing to watch what she is being put through. I’m glad my attacker is dead. I can’t imagine if he were a candidate for the highest court.
Theron Ware
Lily rules!
Ivan Ivanovich Renko
@Kay (not the front-pager): “I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great satisfaction.”
Even though Sam Clemens didn’t actually say it, it certainly fits the occasion.
kindness
I’m at work. I’m thankful I can’t spend the day watching this shitshow. I’d be breaking my TV.
stinger
I love this little doggie; thanks for the fancy bow pics. Good advice, as well, which I’ll try to follow.
stinger
Wish I could edit. Grassley is one of “my” senators, so crap like today’s circus is exceptionally painful for me. I can’t even rage-watch. I shall lie back and think of Lily instead.