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You are here: Home / Organizing & Resistance / Don't Agonize - Organize / Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  October 24, 20186:10 am| 126 Comments

This post is in: Don't Agonize - Organize, Election 2018, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Daydream Believers

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YES MOM!! Congrats @pepperthai2!! pic.twitter.com/AdltqOyFZ1

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 24, 2018

I hereby promise that if I win the jackpot, I’ll donate a chunk of money towards pushing automatic voter registration and other measures to increase voter participation.

I also promise to finally buy some new dress shirts. https://t.co/LqnVUJnLN2

— Charles Ghoul-ba (@charles_gaba) October 24, 2018


(Okay, I didn’t win. But I’m gonna buy a ticket for tonight, regardless!)

Inbox: President Barack Obama to Campaign for Michigan Democrats on October 26

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 23, 2018

Honest reaction- there was no Kavanaugh Effect. There has been a Trump Effect. Trump motivates Democratic voters . Like nothing else. https://t.co/ntqpMuzlUM

— Armando (@armandodkos) October 23, 2018

This is great. But it means nothing if people don't go to the polls — or mail in their ballots — and vote Democrat. #TakeItBack #ForThePeople https://t.co/ZZnmjNEMo2

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) October 23, 2018

Progressive groups have come together on a unified plan for the final days of the midterms: a single way to volunteer where you are most needed!

It's simple: just click below ??and sign up in less than 2 mins.

Please share as much as you can!https://t.co/pxjGAhxmV8

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) October 23, 2018

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  1. 1.

    Raven

    October 24, 2018 at 6:14 am

    Brian Kemp and the Triumph of Mediocrity

    . No politician in recent Georgia history has advanced so far on such a meager record.

  2. 2.

    Lapassionara

    October 24, 2018 at 6:18 am

    @Raven: but he has the right skin color and gender! Now where is that snark font when I need it.

  3. 3.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 6:19 am

    That hall that where Ms. Teigan’s mom is taking her citizenship oath is the same hall where Madame took her’s.

  4. 4.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 6:19 am

    @Raven: He does have three teenage daughters, so that must count for something.

  5. 5.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 6:20 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: That was such a sweet clip.

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    October 24, 2018 at 6:20 am

    The stupid, it burns.

    A Florida man is accused of groping a female passenger while on a flight Sunday from Houston to Albuquerque and later telling authorities that the president of the United States “says it’s OK to grab women by their private parts.”
    [snip]
    This marks the second similar incident in the past week, the Albuquerque Journal reported. Source

  7. 7.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 6:31 am

    @JPL: Not until they disown him.

  8. 8.

    ruemara

    October 24, 2018 at 6:35 am

    Sitting here, waiting on a Skype doctor call. This flu has screwed up my week. Now I need a doctor’s note to go back to work. Sheesh.

  9. 9.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 6:35 am

    Looks like my internet is fixing to return(I’m using my phone as a hotspot).

  10. 10.

    Immanentize

    October 24, 2018 at 6:43 am

    Good morning All.

    @Raven: Do you think Abrams has a chance, really?

  11. 11.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 6:48 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: …and we’re back.

  12. 12.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 24, 2018 at 6:55 am

    @NotMax: Only Trump can get away with blatant racism and misogyny. Deplorables get arrested and lose their jobs. Suckers.

  13. 13.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 6:58 am

    Good Morning, Everyone ???

  14. 14.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 6:59 am

    Apparently, someone less deserving than me won the lottery.

  15. 15.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 6:59 am

    @Raven:
    The curve for Unqualified White Men is REAL ?

  16. 16.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 6:59 am

    @rikyrah: Good morning.

  17. 17.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 7:01 am

    @Baud:

    someone less deserving than me won the lottery.

    I’m saddened that you feel that way about me.

  18. 18.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 7:02 am

    @Baud: ‘Twas not I.

  19. 19.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 7:03 am

    @Raven:

    No politician in recent Georgia history has advanced so far on such a meager record.

    He’s a white racist — what other qualifications could he possibly need, when running as a Rethug?

  20. 20.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 7:03 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    ‘Twas not I.

    Blech.

  21. 21.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 7:04 am

    @SFAW:
    @OzarkHillbilly:

    It was someone in South Carolina.

  22. 22.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 7:05 am

    @SFAW: Right. He’s skilled at purging voter rolls. Sounds pretty qualified to me.

  23. 23.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 7:09 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: We missed you.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 7:10 am

    @Immanentize:
    I believe that she does. Without the voter suppression, it would already be a done deal for her

  25. 25.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 7:10 am

    @Baud:

    It was someone in South Carolina.

    How do you know that’s not I? I mean, outside of all the times I’ve talked about living in central MA, that is.

  26. 26.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 7:11 am

    @Baud: Thanks, I missed y’all too.

  27. 27.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 7:11 am

    Making America Irrelevant Again:

    Despite continued friction over the Senkakus and Japan’s war record, mutual concern over Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policy has helped pave the way for Abe’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in the first official visit to China by a Japanese leader for seven years.

    Officials in Tokyo said Abe’s three-day visit would put relations on a “new trajectory” as the countries mark the 40th anniversary of a peace and friendship treaty.

    When they meet on Friday, Abe and Xi are likely to overlook historical and territorial disputes and focus instead on closer economic cooperation.

    With its economy feeling the pain from its trade war with the US, China is eager to attract more investment from Japan, while Tokyo is desperate to prevent any damage to its export-led economy that could result from a prolonged slowdown in China, its biggest trade partner.

  28. 28.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 7:12 am

    @rikyrah:

    Without the voter suppression, it would already be a done deal for her

    Oh, sure, blame it on the racist, fascist actions of that pore guy (Kemp). Can’t you Demon-rats ever take personal responsibility, the way all those stalwart Republicans do?

  29. 29.

    Tony Jay

    October 24, 2018 at 7:14 am

    Progressive groups have come together on a unified plan for the final days of the midterms: a single way to volunteer where you are most needed!

    “Colusion! Dark Money! Electoral Fraud! What more proof do you need America? Vote Republican to show MS-13 they’re not the boss of you and send the Democrat Party back where it came from!”#Red+White>Blue

  30. 30.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 7:16 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:
    Yeah ???

  31. 31.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 7:18 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Trump will be angling for the Peace Prize now.

  32. 32.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 7:19 am

    I heard on the TV machine that Demoncrats will take us backwards, it’s all the grand plan of Nancy Pelosi.

  33. 33.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 7:20 am

    @Baud: Of course he will.

  34. 34.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 7:24 am

    @Baud: If Obama got one….

  35. 35.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 7:27 am

    Record numbers of West Nile virus cases reported in parts of US:

    There is no vaccine for West Nile virus and drugs can only manage the condition, meaning the CDC urges a focus on prevention such as using insect repellent, wearing long-sleeved shirts and getting rid of pools of water that accumulate outside houses.

    A CDC spokeswoman said it “remains unclear exactly how climate change may affect the distribution and timing of existing infectious disease” but said research was ongoing.

    “Climate does play a role, although West Nile activity does go up and down,” said Gregory Ebel, an expert in infectious diseases at Colorado State University. “It’s one of the drivers along with healthcare, poverty, lack of infrastructure and just generally how we live our lives with irrigation and sewers.

    “We don’t have good drugs to treat the virus and we don’t have a vaccine. The underlying issue is the same as the spread of dengue and zika – the way we inhabit the planet and interact with each other is making things worse. I don’t know how you deal with that. It’s a problem of humanity, really.”

  36. 36.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 7:28 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    it’s all the grand plan of Nancy Pelosi.

    You forgot Poland George Soros!!!

  37. 37.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 7:34 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    I do respect Republicans in a couple of respects. They fall in line rather than fall in love. And when they are slighted (whether in reality or in perception), they respond by voting in even larger numbers. If our side did the same, the country would be in a much better place.

  38. 38.

    Crashman06

    October 24, 2018 at 7:38 am

    My daughter is going to be born this week. I’ve been thinking about the way I feel about the future right now compared to how I did over five years ago when my son was born and the contrast is pretty stark. I hope that can start to turn around in two weeks.

  39. 39.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 7:40 am

    @Crashman06: Congratulations! Tell your daughter we are going to right this ship.

  40. 40.

    raven

    October 24, 2018 at 7:41 am

    @Immanentize: Me? No.

  41. 41.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 7:41 am

    @rikyrah: @Immanentize: It’s doubtful that she can win. A lot would have to break her way, imo. Kemp has campaigned heavily outside of Atlanta and that’s where his votes will come from.

  42. 42.

    Crashman06

    October 24, 2018 at 7:43 am

    @Baud: Thanks! I like that attitude!

  43. 43.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 7:43 am

    @Baud: I don’t know that I respect Republicans for that, but they do seem to understand that politics is a team sport, not an individual endeavor.

  44. 44.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 7:44 am

    @raven: McBath is doing better than I thought. The 6th won’t flip this year, but certainly could in two years.

  45. 45.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 7:44 am

    @Crashman06:
    Congratulations ??

  46. 46.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 7:44 am

    @Crashman06: May she have all ten fingers and all ten toes, with a healthy set of lungs and a strong heart.

  47. 47.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 24, 2018 at 7:44 am

    @Crashman06: Baud!2020! will fix it!

  48. 48.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 7:45 am

    @JPL:
    She has campaigned all across the state.

  49. 49.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 7:53 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: On Day 1.

  50. 50.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 7:55 am

    @rikyrah: I signed up to knock on a few doors next week for Stacey. There are large pockets of GA that are racist, and that is just a fact. Hopefully they won’t turn out to vote.
    IMO The ads against Handel are pointing out her stance against abortion. Since North Point church is a big presence in this area, I wonder if it would be better to point out her votes against health care in general. McBath is only a few points behind so I might be wrong.

  51. 51.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 7:57 am

    @rikyrah: Just to be clear, Abrams is running a great campaign, and is far more qualified to be governor, than Kemp.

  52. 52.

    Raven Onthill

    October 24, 2018 at 7:59 am

    Why not put everyone who votes into a lottery?

  53. 53.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 24, 2018 at 8:01 am

    @Crashman06: Congrats!!! That’s great news for you.

  54. 54.

    MomSense

    October 24, 2018 at 8:06 am

    @Crashman06:

    We can’t wait to hear about our newest jackal. Baby Jackals are wonderful and we will do our best to make this world more hopeful for her and mommy , too.

  55. 55.

    raven

    October 24, 2018 at 8:08 am

    @JPL: Yea, I didn’t say I don’t WANT her to win.

  56. 56.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 8:15 am

    @Crashman06: One thing that won’t change is the joy your children will bring you.

  57. 57.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 8:16 am

    @raven: I know that was in response to rikirah’s comment about Abrams campaigning across the state.

  58. 58.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 8:18 am

    @JPL: And the pain. But the joy makes it worthwhile.

  59. 59.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 8:23 am

    Tall people at greater risk of cancer ‘because they have more cells’ So needing a step stool to reach the top shelf comes with benefits?

  60. 60.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 24, 2018 at 8:24 am

    @Crashman06: Congrats! You’ll be able to tell her what it felt like to live through this moment in history, and she will roll her eyes and say, “Oh, Dad.”

  61. 61.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 8:25 am

    skeptical brotha ? (@skepticalbrotha) Tweeted:
    Read below if you want to know why college student #StaceyAbrams burned Georgia’s racist state flag emblazoned with Confederate Stars and Bars. The sad truth is every Georgia flag since 1879 has been a homage 2 White Supremacy & treason. #BrianKemp is arousing his base. #GAGov https://t.co/TrqhsjCdDC https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1054774410077450242?s=17

  62. 62.

    Immanentize

    October 24, 2018 at 8:25 am

    @raven: Thanks. I was sort of expecting that.

  63. 63.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 8:25 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: I’m looking forward to being a grandparent in January, and experiencing that feeling of joy.

  64. 64.

    Immanentize

    October 24, 2018 at 8:27 am

    @rikyrah: I think this is so true. But there is so much voting hanky panky

  65. 65.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 24, 2018 at 8:27 am

    I was just reading Cole’s comments on the Georgia debate in an earlier thread. He said Abrams came across as informed and decent. We have come to the point where that’s startling. I’ve always voted D, but I don’t remember Rs being so terrible in the past.

  66. 66.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 24, 2018 at 8:28 am

    @Immanentize: as I noted over the weekend in a post I’m sure you read as you totally stalk me, we went to Lake Oconee (about two hours east of Atlanta) this last weekend for the first time in a couple of months and saw nothing but Kemp signs once we left metro Atlanta. Lots and lots of Kemp signs. And Jody Hice signs (shudder). Literally not one Abrams sign.

    When we form a new country after this one collapses from republicanism, we should not let rural people vote. Or white men, at least not for a couple hundred years. We had our chance and blew it.

  67. 67.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 24, 2018 at 8:31 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: they either weren’t so bad in the past, or kept those worst parts hidden.

    I think we are seeing the mature phase of Lewis Powell’s plan. Reagan really accelerated the lies, aided and abetted by Fox News and the right wing noise machine, and now we have elected republicans who actually believe those stupid and obvious lies.

  68. 68.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 24, 2018 at 8:35 am

    @Crashman06: looking forward to posts from Crashdaughter18!

  69. 69.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 8:37 am

    @JPL: Grandchildren are our reward for not killing our children. They are also our best chance at vengeance.

  70. 70.

    khead

    October 24, 2018 at 8:37 am

    So, for the MD jackals. Have you noticed the latest commercials for Hogan and Wolf? You know, the ones featuring black folks who REALLY LIKE Hogan and Wolf? I have windows in my house that are less transparent.

  71. 71.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 24, 2018 at 8:39 am

    @Steve in the ATL: Yeah, it feels like a process that was probably overdetermined. If we survive, it’ll make for fascinating research from historians, political scientists, and psychiatrists.

  72. 72.

    Baud

    October 24, 2018 at 8:41 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    They will call this era, “Jim Crow Strikes Back!”

  73. 73.

    MomSense

    October 24, 2018 at 8:47 am

    Avalune, if you are lurking just want you to know we are all keeping you and Leto in our thoughts and rooting for Leto’s recovery.

    How is your Boxy coming along? I hope that stockinette rhythm is calming. If you post your project on ravelry let me know and I’ll look for you over there.

  74. 74.

    khead

    October 24, 2018 at 8:48 am

    @Baud:

    I just hope folks don’t have to suffer through the prequels.

  75. 75.

    catclub

    October 24, 2018 at 8:49 am

    @ruemara:

    Sitting here, waiting on a Skype doctor call.

    My doctors refuse to use email. They would have conniptions before using skype.

  76. 76.

    Crashman06

    October 24, 2018 at 8:52 am

    @Baud: @rikyrah: @OzarkHillbilly: @Patricia Kayden: @MomSense: @Dorothy A. Winsor: @Steve in the ATL: Thanks for all the kind words. Makes me feel hopeful!

  77. 77.

    Immanentize

    October 24, 2018 at 8:57 am

    @Steve in the ATL: I mostly zeroed in on your cultural elitism regarding my neighbors from South Boston….

    Go SAWKS! Fook YEAH!

    (I particularly liked, “Mom was right” line — perfect for my unreconstructed brothers)

  78. 78.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 24, 2018 at 8:58 am

    @catclub: Good lord. Do they chisel their notes into a stone tablet?

  79. 79.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 8:58 am

    @Steve in the ATL: Ridding us of the fairness doctrine helped spread the word of the evangelicals.

  80. 80.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 9:03 am

    For the first time, I put on Megyn Kelly, and I have a feeling that she has been put on notice.

  81. 81.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 24, 2018 at 9:03 am

    I’m listening to Maddow from last night. She’s pointing out the extent to which Rs are lying about their previous support for protecting pre-existing conditions. No both-siderism there. She also referred to Rohbacher (sp?) as “Russian” congressman running for re-election.

  82. 82.

    MomSense

    October 24, 2018 at 9:04 am

    Oh FFS we are so stupid now. I finally saw Megyn Kelly’s blackface comments. She starts by saying the “costume police” are cracking down this year like never before. Huh? When did Soros start this new plan? Wouldn’t it be better not to divert those troops from the War on Christmas?

  83. 83.

    lamh36

    October 24, 2018 at 9:06 am

    NBC News basically took Joy Reid off her frequent rotation on many of their shows & scaled her appearances back (yes she has AMJoy, but make no mistake her presence was scaled back!) after comments from her blog from at least 10yrs back.

    Megan Kelly said this shit in 2018! Oh and it’s not the first time she’s said stupid racist shit. So when can we expect some scaling back of Megyn’s appearances

    Megyn Kelly issued an apology in an email to colleagues for a controversial comment she made on her show Tuesday about blackface.
    https://twitter.com/todayshow/status/1055061809995173888?s=21

    Oh and Al Roker was having NONE of it! If ya recall NBC cancelled the 9am hr of TODAY with Roker and Tamron Hall, to pay Kelly 25mill contract and her own show. She and her show has been nothing but shit ever since!

    Al Roker on Megyn Kelly’s blackface apology: “While she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country because this is a history going back to the 1830s. Minstrel shows to demean and denigrate a race wasn’t right.”

    https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1055067779458625537?s=21

    Hopefully Tamron Hall (who has her own show coming up soon I believe) is in her NYC apt LHBAO (laughing her Black Azz Off)

  84. 84.

    lamh36

    October 24, 2018 at 9:10 am

    BREAKING: @NY1’s investigative team has learned this morning around 1am, @NewYorkFBI, @SecretService, and @NewCastlePD found a suspicious package, described as an IED near @HillaryClinton and @BillClinton’s Chappaqua home, according to senior law enforcement sources.
    https://twitter.com/mylesmill/status/1055080496055627777?s=21

  85. 85.

    khead

    October 24, 2018 at 9:10 am

    @JPL:

    Thank you for the heads up. Looks like Megan is hosting a VERY special episode of the afternoon special today.

    @lamh36:

    I’d pay to see Tamron in this special episode.

  86. 86.

    chris

    October 24, 2018 at 9:11 am

    More from the post-racism society. In a government office…

    A senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs removed a portrait of the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard that was hanging in his office after WaPo’s @Reinlwapo caught wind of it and asked questionshttps://t.co/hiqz3EwzsE— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) 23 October 2018

  87. 87.

    MomSense

    October 24, 2018 at 9:12 am

    @catclub:

    My doctor’s office has texted me, sent automated calls, and emailed me to tell me I need to schedule an appointment. The only problem is that I can’t get through to a human being to schedule the visit. They have a menu when I call which puts me on hold and then tells me the call volume is too high and to try back later.

    They are so busy and all the providers are now part of the same large health company. It’s very frustrating but I’m lucky that I still have a doctor since most of them aren’t accepting new patients.

  88. 88.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 24, 2018 at 9:14 am

    @lamh36: Who’s the violent mob again?

  89. 89.

    chris

    October 24, 2018 at 9:14 am

    Antidote.

    Best. Ad. Ever. pic.twitter.com/FFIsDtKpNe— Millennial Politics (@MillenPolitics) 17 October 2018

  90. 90.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 9:17 am

    @lamh36:

    BREAKING: @NY1’s investigative team has learned this morning around 1am, @NewYorkFBI, @SecretService, and @NewCastlePD found a suspicious package, described as an IED near @HillaryClinton and @BillClinton’s Chappaqua home, according to senior law enforcement sources.

    But her snail-mails?

    Hitlary probably sent the suspicious package/IED to herself, to draw attention to her failed something-something. And why doesn’t she JUST GO AWAY??!!?!?!?!?!? And George Soros!!!!

  91. 91.

    hueyplong

    October 24, 2018 at 9:24 am

    @SFAW: She should stop these black flag operations and take up knitting. In jail. Because Lock Her Up.

  92. 92.

    lamh36

    October 24, 2018 at 9:25 am

    Uh huh…thought this guy looked familiar.

    Morning. Want you guys to know how I feel about yesterday.

    What was said was vile.

    Not only has blackface always been and will always be racist — questioning that was disgraceful.

    I’m ashamed I didn’t speak up more emphatically at the table.

    I’m sorry if I let you down.

    https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1055084967510843392?s=21

    A panel of ALL white prior talking bout how Blackface isn’t that bad how could that go wrong? Oh and THIS is an example of an ally gone bad

  93. 93.

    lamh36

    October 24, 2018 at 9:29 am

    oh so Kelly opened her show with this…

    “I want to begin with two words, I’m sorry..The country feels so divided and I have no wish to add to that pain and offense. I believe this is a time for more understanding, more love, more sensitivity and honor..Thank you for listening and for helping me listen too.” Megyn Kelly

    https://twitter.com/megyntoday/status/1055084273420722176?s=21

    Girl bye!

  94. 94.

    ThresherK

    October 24, 2018 at 9:29 am

    @SFAW:

    He’s a white racist — what other qualifications could he possibly need,

    Reminds me of Rick Perry’s flameout at the Presidential level: Not ugly visage, married, children, goes to a Christian church, the powers that be wanted him…exactly how much political skill does a white Republican man in TX need to win the Gov’s seat with all that?

  95. 95.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 9:30 am

    @lamh36: Probably from the same guy who left a present in George Soro’s mailbox. No doubt this looney tune is some dissatisfied leftier than thou leftist.

    /sarcasm/

  96. 96.

    kd bart

    October 24, 2018 at 9:30 am

    @SFAW: They’ve moved on from “Lock Her Up” to “Blow Her Up”.

  97. 97.

    Crashman06

    October 24, 2018 at 9:32 am

    Thanks for the kind words upthread, everyone. Giving me hope!

  98. 98.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 9:37 am

    @lamh36:

    “I want to begin with two words, I’m sorry..The country feels so divided and I have no wish to add to that pain and offense. I believe this is a time for more understanding, more love, more sensitivity and honor..Thank you for listening and for helping me listen too.” Megyn Kelly

    Christ, what an asshole.

    ETA: No, I wasn’t being sarcastic. She’s an asshole for saying stupid shit like that.

  99. 99.

    SFAW

    October 24, 2018 at 9:39 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    If we changed the term from “blockquote” to “Blechquote,” would you then get it right?

  100. 100.

    HeleninEire

    October 24, 2018 at 9:41 am

    And now the AP is reporting that the Secret Service is saying “A package addressed to Former President Barack Obama was intercepted by Secret Service personnel in Washington, DC today.”

  101. 101.

    lamh36

    October 24, 2018 at 9:42 am

    Haven’t seen this reported anywhere else, but. IJS. if Republicans really wanted to start a race war, if anything ever happened to ANY of the Obamas are even their extended family, they might get it.
    ..

    THE OBAMA FAMILY!!!!

    Oh hell naw!!!

    #BREAKING: The Secret Service has intercepted two suspicious packages believed to contain IED’s mailed to the homes of both Bill & Hillary Clinton, and the Obama family. This comes just days after a pipe bomb was found in George Soros’ mailbox.

    https://twitter.com/rvawonk/status/1055090412287901696?s=21

  102. 102.

    germy

    October 24, 2018 at 9:42 am

    Al Roker has been put in the place of commenting on another instance of casual racism displayed by his replacement — one who can’t even earn the same ratings he and Tamron Hall used to get. https://t.co/vjWyeuKLkE— Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick) October 24, 2018

    Al Roker on Megyn Kelly’s blackface apology: “While she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country because this is a history going back to the 1830s. Minstrel shows to demean and denigrate a race wasn’t right.” pic.twitter.com/nt7YhCRU18— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 24, 2018

    You can take the lady out of Fox, but you can’t take Fox out of the lady.

  103. 103.

    germy

    October 24, 2018 at 9:43 am

    @HeleninEire:

    And now the AP is reporting that the Secret Service is saying “A package addressed to Former President Barack Obama was intercepted by Secret Service personnel in Washington, DC today.”

    Several women were rude to Mitch McConnell in a restaurant, so both sides really.

  104. 104.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 24, 2018 at 9:44 am

    @SFAW: On top of her Santa is white claim, she already showed us who she is.

  105. 105.

    lamh36

    October 24, 2018 at 9:44 am

    @HeleninEire:

    ‪Explosive Devices Found in Mail Sent to Hillary Clinton and Obama https://nyti.ms/2JdJI2N‬

  106. 106.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2018 at 9:52 am

    @lamh36: Time to bring out an oldie but a goodie:

    What the fuck is wrong with these people?

  107. 107.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2018 at 9:52 am

    Where are the civility police.

    We are waiting..
    Just like you were so vocal about Soros..

    But, both sides….

    Uh huh
    Uh huh

  108. 108.

    JPL

    October 24, 2018 at 9:55 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Jesus too.

  109. 109.

    Barbara

    October 24, 2018 at 9:58 am

    @SFAW:

    “I want to begin with two words, I’m sorry..The country feels so divided and I have no wish to add to that pain and offense. I believe this is a time for more understanding, more love, more sensitivity and honor..Thank you for listening and for helping me listen too.” Megyn Kelly

    https://twitter.com/megyntoday/status/1055084273420722176?s=21

    It’s all deflection, it’s the country’s fault for being polarized, not Megyn’s fault for being racist. I go back to my thesis on Kelly — she was specially picked and groomed to appeal to a certain white male demographic, which makes up the viewership of Fox, but also makes up the executive suites at NBC. They have no f’ing clue how unappealing women find her.

  110. 110.

    schrodingers_cat

    October 24, 2018 at 10:02 am

    @Barbara: Judging from their actions powerful media bosses and on-screen personalities are ardent MAGAts.

  111. 111.

    TS (the original)

    October 24, 2018 at 10:05 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Grandchildren are our reward for not killing our children.

    I’ve always worded it as “our reward for living with our children” but you remind me that my daughter once sent me a mother’s day card which said “thank you for living with me without killing me”.

  112. 112.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 10:10 am

    @SFAW: The funny thing is I didn’t do any blockquoting, so I have no idea how that happened. But to answer your question, no, I wouldn’t get it right even then.

  113. 113.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2018 at 10:19 am

    @TS (the original): My daughter in law gave me a coffee mug that says’ “Thankyou for not having my husband adopted. I’m sure it was tempting at times.”

  114. 114.

    Skepticat

    October 24, 2018 at 10:36 am

    My absentee ballot is on its way. I’m so grateful I can vote online.

  115. 115.

    J R in WV

    October 24, 2018 at 11:36 am

    @rikyrah:

    Read below if you want to know why college student #StaceyAbrams burned Georgia’s racist state flag emblazoned with Confederate Stars and Bars.

    Just guessing before I read the linked material: She burned it because it was a racist piece of shit, with a Treason Banner from the War in Treasonous Defense of Slavery as the primary part. How close am I?

  116. 116.

    Avalune

    October 24, 2018 at 11:44 am

    @MomSense: Lurking is my natural state!

    He’s doing pretty good. They bolted and plated his pelvis back together yesterday. Doctor wants to take the respirator out today and see if we can get him talking. Knee surgery on for Friday.

    Boxy is in fits and starts. It is very relaxing but I play games on my DS and lurk on the internet a good bit too. Hard to stay focused on anything so thank goodness it IS stockingnette. I usually like to knit lace.

    I AM on ravelry but I do more of my posting on Instagram these days.

  117. 117.

    George Spiggott

    October 24, 2018 at 11:49 am

    @J R in WV:

    And from what I’ve read elsewhere, she didn’t even burn it. She was at a march where someone else spontaneously burned it.

    Once again, last minute “great” reporting from the NYT to ratfuck a strong Democratic candidate.

  118. 118.

    J R in WV

    October 24, 2018 at 11:58 am

    @Barbara:

    ….They have no f’ing clue how unappealing women find her.

    Well, this old white guy finds her pretty despicable too. Whatever I have in common with other old white guys, never gonna like racist bitches like that.

    Despicable is as despicable does, and Kelly sure does!!

  119. 119.

    laura

    October 24, 2018 at 12:24 pm

    @Barbara: Kelly — she was specially picked and groomed to appeal to a certain white male demographic, which makes up the viewership of Fox –
    Shorter version – she gives racist grandpa a boner.

  120. 120.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2018 at 12:28 pm

    @Avalune: I’m sure every single step is an ordeal. I do take it as a really good sign, though, that they are willing to do all those surgeries; Leto must be pretty stable. Otherwise I think they would be saying “we want to do this surgery but we have to until …” So yay for that!

    Please do tell him that many of us are thinking of him (and you) every single day.

  121. 121.

    J R in WV

    October 24, 2018 at 12:47 pm

    @Avalune:

    As others have said, they would be holding off on surgery for Leto if he wasn’t doing pretty well, so that’s a great sign. If they need a couple of days to wean him off the Vent, that’s not a big deal, it’s pretty common. It took them several days to wean wife off her vent, and then a couple more days before she was communicative.

    She was pretty squirrely at first, also, too, so don’t be surprised. Wife thought she was getting phone calls (no phone in an ICU suite) from a Romanian (???) about something odd. But she was in there much longer than Leto has been, so he may be more lucid from the get-go.

    Son on site now too? That can’t hurt, having someone for hugs always helps. Leto won’t be good at that for a little while, until all the bruises and bones heal up.

    Best of luck wishes for all of your family.

    ETA a funny — first solid food they gave Wife was some chocolate pudding. But she couldn’t make a spoon work, so she got into it with just her fingers, all over her. Should have taken pix, so funny looking. I am glad now I didn’t know it would be more than another month before she was sent home, but all is well that end’s well.

  122. 122.

    Avalune

    October 24, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    @J R in WV: and @WaterGirl: Thanks. I know he’s doing really good that they are moving through surgeries fast. They said the big open wound is looking good too. He’s a bit lucid and responsive now but he has the tube in so he’s trying to get at it, chew it, push it out with his tongue, fight the nurses. He’s in obvious distress but feisty and damn is his strong. It’s going to be an exhausting day but good signs. I hate being so useless and helpless. It’s okay honey! You are ok! Totes fine! ?

  123. 123.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2018 at 2:12 pm

    @Avalune: That would be so hard to watch him in distress and not be able to do something concrete to help him. But your presence and your voice surely reassure him and are helping keep him as calm as he is.

    You probably know this but I’ll write it anyway on the off chance that you don’t. A good friend of mine had a brain aneurysm and was totally touch and go for a while. He would tell you to hold Leto’s hand. He said that when people held his hand while he was going through that, he could feel their life force coming into his body. So hold Leto’s hand until he shoos you away. And then hold it again, and again, and again. Love to you both.

  124. 124.

    J R in WV

    October 24, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    @Avalune:

    Yes, Avalune, I second WaterGirl’s advice, touch him every chance you get, and talk to him, loudly, so he can hear over the equipment.

    I held wife’s foot a lot, and helped her nurse move her as needed in her bed, so other nurses didn’t have to break away from their patients just to slide wife around a bit. And I talked incessantly, about anything, just so there would be incoming data for her to have in her head. There was too much hardware around the head of the bed, so I pulled the chair over to the bed, and read with one hand and held her leg/foot with the other, and talked all the time, reading out of context fiction, just anything.

    Most of wife’s nurses (like 95%) were guys out of the military where they were medics in combat. Really good guys, all of them. Rowdy was her main MICU nurse, yes, his real name on his ID badge.

  125. 125.

    MomSense

    October 24, 2018 at 3:40 pm

    @Avalune:

    Thank you for checking in! Continued good thoughts going to you, Leto and your son.

    I finished the knitting part of my sweater and now endless weaving in ends.

  126. 126.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2018 at 4:36 pm

    @MomSense: I pulled out my hedgehog mittens from you earlier this week, and I was so happy to see them again!

    P.S. Did you see my reply to you about the Spot Bot yesterday? Sorry about your endless puke cleanup. We have all been there and it’s no fun. (At least those of us with pets.)

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