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You are here: Home / Pet Blogging / Dog Blogging / Saturday Night Open Thread: Scout Turns One

Saturday Night Open Thread: Scout Turns One

by TaMara|  November 10, 20186:11 pm| 104 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads

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I believe I promised a birthday photo of Scout:

Compare and contrast:

Scout 8 weeks

Bonus game of tug:

Scout growing up photos here.

I am putting the finishing touches on dinner for guests tonight. Hopefully, I’ll remember to take photos and have a recipe post for you tomorrow. Doing my best to provide some distractions.

What’s up for you tonight?

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  1. 1.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 10, 2018 at 6:17 pm

    That is an impressive rate of growth. At that rate Scout will be as large as the house in a few more years. When that happens, you can write a series of children’s books called “Scout the Big Gray Dog”.

  2. 2.

    Yarrow

    November 10, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    Scout is totally adorable. How was she ever that little? Happy birthday, Scout!

    Still recovering from this cold. I had an outdoor event this morning and it was cold and raining off and on. I ended up being there for an hour and a half, which was about an hour longer than I had intended. I am feeling it now. Can’t really seem to get warm. Think I overdid it. Hopefully I won’t have a relapse. Probably curl up on the sofa and watch something on TV tonight and try to stay warm.

  3. 3.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 6:20 pm

    She has certainly grown into her bandana!

  4. 4.

    Orchid Moon

    November 10, 2018 at 6:21 pm

    Love the pictures! She looks so confident and happy. Thanks for all of them, and look forward to more.

  5. 5.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 6:23 pm

    @Yarrow:

    Drink lots of hot liquids while you’re curled up!

  6. 6.

    cope

    November 10, 2018 at 6:24 pm

    Leftovers for dinner: cod filet sandwich for mrs. cope, bratwurst sandwich for me, homemade potato wedges and corn on the cob for both of us. No company, just the dogs.

    Tomorrow night however is a different story. Bone-in rib eyes, brocolli casserole and baked Idaho potatoes. Also no company but there will be bones for the dogs.

  7. 7.

    satby

    November 10, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    I was chuckling when I saw the 8 week old Scout with her Teddy and fleece tie-dye blanket, because an identical blanket is over my legs this minute. She looks so much like my very first dog, Freckles, who was a mutt, in that picture.

  8. 8.

    Yarrow

    November 10, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    @debbie: I had chicken soup for lunch, a cup of hibiscus tea after (lots of vitamin c), and just had a cup of coffee. I didn’t really mean to drink it all, but down it went.

  9. 9.

    Hob

    November 10, 2018 at 6:28 pm

    The cats we adopted two months ago are now 7 months old and they’ve nearly doubled in size. They’re part Maine Coon so we think they might be naturally large, but it’s also possible that we’re just making them fat. Either way they seem pretty happy, and they’re indoor cats so the smoke from the fire in Chico is not bothering them too much.

  10. 10.

    rikyrah

    November 10, 2018 at 6:28 pm

    Happy Birthday Scout ?????

  11. 11.

    Hob

    November 10, 2018 at 6:29 pm

    Also, Scout looks like a great dog. The puppy version is ridiculously cute.

  12. 12.

    satby

    November 10, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    @Hob: ? nice!

  13. 13.

    Schlemazel

    November 10, 2018 at 6:35 pm

    colder than a well diggers ankle here & snowing. We made an excellent stew and have plans for the US/Canada gold medal game of the 4-nations cup.

  14. 14.

    Schlemazel

    November 10, 2018 at 6:37 pm

    @Yarrow:
    sounds like you are doing it right, get well.

  15. 15.

    Schlemazel

    November 10, 2018 at 6:39 pm

    Happy birthday to scout. I am not a dog person but I have a soft spot for danes. Big dumb puppies but so affectionate.

  16. 16.

    p.a.

    November 10, 2018 at 6:46 pm

    She is something. Not to pry (here I go!), but what’s the weekly feed bill for the two ponies?

  17. 17.

    sukabi

    November 10, 2018 at 6:47 pm

    @Hob: those kinds of cats have a naturally fuller figure…they look and feel “fuller” than cats like say a Siamese that have longer legs, neck and slimmer bodies. Main coons and Norwegian forest cats have shorter thicker limbs, bigger feet and bodies.

  18. 18.

    John Revolta

    November 10, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    This defies the laws of physics

  19. 19.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 6:51 pm

    @Yarrow:

    Keep going! Flush all of those germs right out of you!

  20. 20.

    waysel

    November 10, 2018 at 6:51 pm

    I love your dogs.

  21. 21.

    Yutsano

    November 10, 2018 at 6:55 pm

    @John Revolta:

    This defies the laws paws of physics

    Adjusted to reflect thread topic.

    Also: SCOUTPUPPEH!!! Still kinda pissed apartments don’t allow Danes.

  22. 22.

    dexwood

    November 10, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    Great distraction. Thank you. Happy Birthday (Jean Louise Finch) Scout. I like how the Teddy Bear was used to chart her growth.

  23. 23.

    CaseyL

    November 10, 2018 at 6:59 pm

    Happy Birthday, Scout! Will she get much bigger, or mostly just fill out from now on?

  24. 24.

    Bruuuuce

    November 10, 2018 at 7:04 pm

    Scout is adorable. Happy birthday!

    And in another tab, I’m watching one of my favorite live streams, the puppy cam of the Service Dog Project, where another Dane is giving birth (three pups as of this writing, with more obviously to come). Between that and rewatching The West Wing, my night is booked.

  25. 25.

    West of the Rockies

    November 10, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    @Hob:

    Point of order: the fire is in Paradise. Chico is not out of harm’s way yet, but we are hopeful.

  26. 26.

    chopper

    November 10, 2018 at 7:13 pm

    aw. big dogs are the best dogs.

  27. 27.

    West of the Rockies

    November 10, 2018 at 7:14 pm

    @Yarrow:

    Hot toddy time?

  28. 28.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 10, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    I love it when Krugman subtweets his colleagues

    Paul Krugman @ paulkrugman
    You know, when I get stuff wrong –which happens! — I try to acknowledge the error, and face up to what caused it, especially if I realize that I engaged in motivated reasoning (which also happens). So I’m sure all the commentators who minimized the wave will … oh, never mind

    Wasserman@ Redistrict
    The story developing as the full picture of Tuesday’s results comes into focus is significantly more favorable to Dems than the narrative that emerged on Election Night.

  29. 29.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 7:21 pm

    Sinema leads by around 29K. Any azians wanna weigh in on whether she has this thingy done & dusted?

  30. 30.

    Schlemazel

    November 10, 2018 at 7:22 pm

    you don’t adopt a kitty, a kitty adopts you
    https://twitter.com/l_love_nature/status/1061304285697196032

  31. 31.

    guachi

    November 10, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    @Platonailedit: A lot of it depends on how many votes are still left to count but McSally probably needs about 59% of the final batch of 200,000 votes to take the lead. From what I understand, there were three batches of votes to count after election day and the first two were likely to (and did) lean towards Sinema. Sinema has won 56% of the post-election day counting and netted 45,800 votes to lead by 28,700.

    I don’t know if getting 59% of 200,000 votes is possible, but I’ll say it’s unlikely.

  32. 32.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 10, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    @Platonailedit: this guy was McCain’s closest aide, I don’t know if he lives in AZ, but I’d bet he’s pretty plugged in

    Mark Salter @ MarkSalter55
    Stop doing this, NRSC. McSally is losing fair and square, and she’s underperforming in more than Maricopa. The race is almost certainly lost and nothing will change that. All this does is poison our politics more. Despicable.

    YvonneWingettSanchez @ yvonnewingett
    NRSC just blasted out this story to reporters, writing: “If you thought the Arizona Democrats’ voter suppression tactics weren’t shady enough, now look at the questionable Maricopa County election official who has been using his position to cook the books for Kyrsten Sinema.”

    Cory Gardner is head of the NRSC if you live in CO and want to let him know what you think

  33. 33.

    laura

    November 10, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    That spotty pup is still a lovely gal.
    I planned to make general tso’s meatballs for dinner, but this choking smoke has kicked my behind.
    I left the Yountville Veteran’s Home Thursday morning and headed over the hill to Windsor and watched a finger of smoke head southwest and growing. It was hard to keep the anxiety in check driving through last year’s burn and by 10:30 Windsor was so smokey it looked like a heavy fog. Friday morning the car was coated in sharp, gritty ash and driving back to Sacramento provided a bit of relief until yesterday afternoon. The air is gross and there’s no good news to be had.

  34. 34.

    Jay

    November 10, 2018 at 7:33 pm

    The Donald has hair like a krill
    And a soul that is shriveled and ill.
    He insults his French hosts
    And dishonors the ghosts
    Of the Lafayette Escadrille.

    Found on the web

  35. 35.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 7:34 pm

    @guachi: @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Thanks. fynyt has this seat lean dem now. One great flip by dems.

  36. 36.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    Election monitors from the Florida Department of Elections stationed in Broward County have seen no evidence of criminal activity in the administration of Tuesday's election, a DOE staffer told the Miami Herald. https://t.co/WTE2mxeRHu— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 11, 2018

  37. 37.

    satby

    November 10, 2018 at 7:39 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: @Platonailedit: they claim cheating because it’s what they do. Always projection.

  38. 38.

    Jay

    November 10, 2018 at 7:41 pm

    @satby:

    Guess you saw the thing about Comey’s gmails,…….

  39. 39.

    satby

    November 10, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    @Jay: yes. And he certainly never disclosed that during that mess. What an asshole. But we knew that.

  40. 40.

    Hob

    November 10, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    @sukabi: Yeah, we used to cat-sit a lot for an adult Maine Coon and we’ve seen some other ones… we just weren’t sure how round they’re supposed to be when they’re less than a year old.

    @West of the Rockies: Sorry, I do know but the first time someone told me about the fire they said Chico and I got that stuck in my head (even though I know someone whose whole extended family was in Paradise and lost everything). I hope you all stay safe. This is so awful.

  41. 41.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    @satby:

    They eschewed principles decades ago. They have nothing else now.

  42. 42.

    Schlemazel

    November 10, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row,
    but it might drizzle, so lets not go

  43. 43.

    MazeDancer

    November 10, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    Justin Trudeau, today, at 100th Anniversary observation:

    “As we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be these minutes as our suits get wet, and our hair gets wet…its all the more fitting that we remember on that day in Dieppe the rain wasn’t rain. It was bullets.”

    That Trudeau can shade. It’s real. There is video.

    Do not understand how all those MAGA veterans can excuse Trump on this. I know it’s all about racism, all the time. And that’s why they cult Trump. But, c’mon, vets gotta feel something.

  44. 44.

    Yarrow

    November 10, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    @satby: Aren’t you in Indiana? Thought you might be interested in this twitter thread about voting in Porter county.

    INCOMING THREAD: You might have noticed that Porter County, Indiana still had 0% reporting for the #2018Election as of this morning. See this map from CNN. Porter is that gray county in the upper left. I was a poll worker there this past Tuesday. You might want to buckle up. 1/25 pic.twitter.com/BYnwRIAbVs— Michelle (@varin) November 9, 2018

  45. 45.

    Frankensteinbeck

    November 10, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    @satby:

    they claim cheating because it’s what they do. Always projection.

    I think the connection is a little less direct. Their cheating and accusation of cheating stem from the same source – white supremacy and narcissistic assholery. In the Republican mind, they are owed victory, always, in everything. If they cheat, it’s morally valid, not even really cheating, just fighting cleverly against the forces of evil. Anything we do that advances our cause, anything, is cheating, because we’re the bad guys and inherently inferior. That we win is proof we cheated, because we cannot possibly win fairly. Now, lard all of that with a thick layer of anger and enjoyment of hurting others.

  46. 46.

    Yarrow

    November 10, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    @MazeDancer: That video is from 2017.

  47. 47.

    guachi

    November 10, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    @MazeDancer: That’s not from today. Apparently it’s from last year.

  48. 48.

    Yarrow

    November 10, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    From Nelson’s attorney:

    .@NelsonForSenate attorney @MarcElias just now on a conference call:

    "I have made clear on each of these calls that I don’t believe the under vote is solely result of ballot design"

    He has been dismissive of Broward ballot design being deciding factor for days now
    https://t.co/eIt5z0OMqY— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) November 10, 2018

  49. 49.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    @MazeDancer:

    I’ve seen photos. Angela’s hair looked just fine. No one even looked damp.

  50. 50.

    Jackie

    November 10, 2018 at 7:59 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I read somewhere the last two days that McSally will replace McCain’s temp place holder. Is that likely?

  51. 51.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    I see that AZ also has sent a 5/9 dem majority to the congress. From next cycle, it should be pinned as blue.

  52. 52.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    PayPal has canceled the accounts of the far-right group Proud Boys and its founder, Gavin McInnes, Mashable confirms. It comes just after PayPal banned the former leader of the anti-Muslim group English Defence League, Tommy Robinson. https://t.co/q0pdqfcY7n— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 11, 2018

  53. 53.

    satby

    November 10, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    I love this guy:

    Rain is the new bone spurs

  54. 54.

    geg6

    November 10, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    Happy birthday, Scout! ??? And a big hey to the rest of the menagerie!

  55. 55.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    Since Trump is always comparing himself to Obama, here's a comparison for you all:

    52.7% of Senate and House candidates endorsed by Obama in 2018 WON

    28% of Senate and House candidates endorsed by Trump in 2018 WON

    OBAMA WON!

    — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) November 10, 2018

  56. 56.

    Mary G

    November 10, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    I have a putrid sore throat and my whole body aches. Hope it’s a function of extremely low humidity from the Santa Ana winds we’re getting and not a bug.

  57. 57.

    JPL

    November 10, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    Cute pup! lol

  58. 58.

    sukabi

    November 10, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    @Hob: they are very “sturdy” cats from a very young age. I’ve had a couple of them come live with me…their mom gave birth under my porch…they start filling out at about 4 to 5 months…about time other cats start looking gangly, at least that’s what mine did…

  59. 59.

    JPL

    November 10, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    @Mary G: Feel better soon.

  60. 60.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong. The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Come to SoCal and learn the facts & help the victims. Scott Austin, Pres IAFF 809. @IAFFNewsDesk https://t.co/d3jY0SeosF— Pasadena Fire Assn. (@PFA809) November 10, 2018

    us of a has to set the barest minimum standards for the future presidential contenders.

  61. 61.

    John Revolta

    November 10, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    @Platonailedit:

    28% of Senate and House candidates endorsed by Trump in 2018 WON

    Seems a little high. Like maybe 1%.

  62. 62.

    Pogonip

    November 10, 2018 at 8:30 pm

    Happy birthday, Scout! ????

  63. 63.

    Shana

    November 10, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    @Schlemazel: That is freaking adorable. Thanks for the link.

    Our house is mostly cleared out. Of the five English and Irish young men who have been living with us for the past month in order to volunteer on the Wexton campaign only one is left and he’s heading out tomorrow. It’s been delightful to have them with us and especially sweet that their (our) candidate won her election.

    Quiet night watching a Poirot and early to bed I think.

  64. 64.

    MazeDancer

    November 10, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    @guachi@Yarrow:

    That video is from 2017.

    That’s not from today. Apparently it’s from last year.

    Immense apologies.

    Snookered I was.

    Along with half of Twitter.

    Do not like lefty lies. Person should not have done that.

    More apologies.

  65. 65.

    Shana

    November 10, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    @MazeDancer: That clip is from last year, a WWII commemoration.

  66. 66.

    jl

    November 10, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    @Platonailedit: What an ignorant jerk. Most forests in CA are federally managed. And the Camp Fire, from news reports and maps I’ve seen, looks like it came out of Plumas National Forest (but correct me if I’m wrong). And I heard a news report that malfunctioning transformer owned by a certain privately owned public utility, that in order to avoid hurt feelings we can call Peculation Greed and Explosion, is suspected as a cause. Locals in Northern California will be shock shocked and shocked in disbelief at that news. I heard news report where Pec Geed and Explo admitted that a broken transformer was in vicinity of where fire started, looking into it yessiree, and can’t say no more about it.

  67. 67.

    Frankensteinbeck

    November 10, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    @Platonailedit:

    Mr. President, with all due respect

    “With respect,” he said, without respect

    Terry Pratchett, The Last Hero

  68. 68.

    trollhattan

    November 10, 2018 at 8:44 pm

    @West of the Rockies:
    The progress has pivoted southward, which has implications for Oroville and towns between it and the fire.

    The fire is holding to the southwest near Chico and South at Hwy 99 and Hwy 149. The fire will continue to burn to the SW toward Big Bend, Berry Creek and threatening the City of Orville. The expected strong NE wind event has the potential to drive fire across Lake Oroville threatening the City of Oroville. Extreme fire behavior with dangerous rates of spread are expected. Resources will be prepositioned in preidentified locations in anticipation of the wind event. Crews continued tactical patrols in the communities of Paradise, Concow, and Magalia.

    Locally a hundred miles away we have the worst air quality perhaps ever, with PM2.5 readings over 400.

  69. 69.

    Uncle Cosmo

    November 10, 2018 at 8:44 pm

    @MazeDancer: The misattribution is immaterial. Trudeau’s point – “what’s a little rain for us, compared to the bullets that rained onto those whose lives we are here to commemorate” – is every bit as applicable to Tangerine Twitler’s current hydrophobia even though he said it last year.

  70. 70.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    Sinema widens her lead close to 30K. +1.4% now.

  71. 71.

    satby

    November 10, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    @Mary G: feel better soon. That smoke can’t help.

  72. 72.

    trollhattan

    November 10, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    @jl:
    It’s absurd. None of the burned area is commercial timber forest. It started in the Feather River canyon just upstream of Oroville Reservoir, jumped the ridge and raced north and west. Scrub, oak, brush, grazing land, etc.

  73. 73.

    jl

    November 10, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    @Platonailedit: This kind of thing from Trump is where, completely randomly, there is nubbin in his statement that is technically true, but he is an ignorant incompetent and has no clue what he is talking about.

    Forests have been mismanaged and for that, among several other, reasons, number of costly dangerous fires are increasing. But in Central Sierra, where I have most knowledge, Trump-like scam artists try to sell a public private partnership to thin the forests, and clear out dead wood and underbrush. OK, probably not best to rely on that solely. Probably periodic controlled small burns should be in the mix, but let’s go with ‘trim only’ policy for the sake of argument.

    Next step is that the kindly public spirited corporation says, hey, they can’t make a profit by taking out dead wood and underbrush only, they need to cut down healthy live trees too. OK, so now it’s a devil’ in the details trade off. From what I have seen, as soon as the kindly public spirited corporation gets the contract and rights, then they change into snarling greedhead assholes, cut out the healthy live trees asap. Leave a mess, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses. That was before Trump. Imagine what kind of disaster the Trumpsters would make of it.

  74. 74.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    @Platonailedit:

    I’m not clear on the meaning of urban interface fires, but this morning, I heard PG&E acknowledged that the fire started to to an “incident.”

  75. 75.

    TS (the original)

    November 10, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: The only honest NYT pundits

  76. 76.

    jl

    November 10, 2018 at 8:53 pm

    @trollhattan: Thanks for confirming. Most of that area runs NE to SW inside western boundary of Plumas National Forest. I think it’s a beautiful area, in the right time of year. But very dry and hot from mid summer to first autumn rains.

  77. 77.

    Jay

    November 10, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    @debbie:

    Urban interface in CA means suburban and urban plantings, green zones and scrub covered emply lots awaiting development.

    It’s not forest.

  78. 78.

    Mart

    November 10, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    So the article link at CNN.com has the lead:

    Trump accuses Dems of trying to steal elections.

    When you click through the title of the article is

    Florida recounts begin as tensions escalate across state

    It is not until over halfway through you get (my emphasis),

    Scott had escalated already rising tensions across the state on Thursday night, when news conference he took a page from President Donald Trump and, without citing any evidence, accused “left-wing activists in Broward County” of trying to steal the election for Nelson

    This from CNN, the network with a real solid chance of one of their reporters getting seriously hurt, one banished complete w/SS pimping fake video, etc. Sorry for venting.

  79. 79.

    Yarrow

    November 10, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    @MazeDancer: No big deal. Lots of people made that mistake. The person who did it originally did issue a correction but not before it got widely shared.

    Here’s a tweet from 2017 that should get more attention:

    Really enjoyed a round of golf with President @realDonaldTrump today.

    President Trump shot a 73 in windy and wet conditions!
    — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 9, 2017

    Windy and wet conditions, eh? How…interesting.

  80. 80.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    @Mart: Yup. The media is the thug’s enablers. I have zero sympathy for them over the scum’s attacks on them.

  81. 81.

    jl

    November 10, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    @debbie:Poor little PG&E, everyone all mad at them. They just can’t seem to catch a break, can they? They been putting out feel good BS PR ads ever since last year’s horrific fires. Maybe if they hadn’t paid millions and millions in fines for not maintaining their equipment, and not trimming trees next to their lines, and admitting in court that they stuffed the money down the throats of their executives and shareholders. people wouldn’t be so down on them.

    I remember when their maintenance in SF was so lousy, fires were breaking out, manholes blowing into the air and maiming people on a regular basis. I think it was Gavin Newsom who threatened to declare a public emergency and take control of their operations in SF if they didn’t clean up their act.

    It was so weird what happened next. Almost like magic, problems solved. I just wonder how they managed to find the managerial ability to get that fixed up. Maybe it was an act of God, we’ll never know for sure.

  82. 82.

    Eric S.

    November 10, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    @Platonailedit: that’s pretty darn close tp 27%.

  83. 83.

    JPL

    November 10, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    @MazeDancer: We all get snookered at least once.

  84. 84.

    Another Scott

    November 10, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    @MazeDancer: It’s on Nancy Smash’s Twitter feed as well (with no commentary) – don’t feel bad.

    :-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  85. 85.

    Platonailedit

    November 10, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    @Eric S.: Good point.

  86. 86.

    Patricia Kayden

    November 10, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    @Platonailedit: Because counting all the votes isn’t cheating.

  87. 87.

    HAL

    November 10, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    Poor dana rohrabacher

    BREAKING: Democrat Harley Rouda wins election to U.S. House in California’s 48th congressional district. #APracecall at 5:36 p.m. PST. @AP election coverage: https://t.co/miEWlbTVZW #Election2018 #CAelection

  88. 88.

    Mike J

    November 10, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    @HAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg72cFC7fZw

  89. 89.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 10, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    @HAL:

    Dave Weigel @ daveweigel
    The setting of “The OC” and “Laguna Beach” will have a Democratic congressman.

    Nate Cohn @ Nate_Cohn
    Or maybe more fittingly for our time: Arrested Development

    “There’s a good chance I may have committed a little light… treason.”

  90. 90.

    zhena gogolia

    November 10, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    Scout is a dear creature.

    We had dinner at our favorite Italian (Kosovar) restaurant). Tomorrow night I’m making Tamara’s beef barley soup.

  91. 91.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 9:19 pm

    @jl:

    Heh, PG&E sounds like Con Ed in NYC. I remember those dancing manhole covers.

  92. 92.

    zhena gogolia

    November 10, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    @MazeDancer:

    No, it was in 2017.

  93. 93.

    jl

    November 10, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    @HAL: Read a report that it is most likely that only 6 GOPers will remain in the 53 seat CA House delegation. I think we can take another bite out of them in 2020. Good chances in 39 and 45, if we can’t get them this time. Go after 21 and 50 (Hunter, if he can stay out of jail), and concentrate forces to give Nunez a real scare in 22, assuming he is not in jail.

    Says a lot about the slimy CA GOP House delegation that good chance we can gain more seats because substantial fraction of GOP incumbents might face justice for their crimes.

  94. 94.

    zhena gogolia

    November 10, 2018 at 9:23 pm

    @MazeDancer:

    Which is not to say it isn’t relevant.

  95. 95.

    JPL

    November 10, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    Captain Drizzle was afraid his makeup would run.

  96. 96.

    MomSense

    November 10, 2018 at 9:26 pm

    @Yarrow:

    I’ve got the same cold. ? I’m drinking tea with local honey and looking for something to watch. I finished the last episode of The Detectorists and can’t find anything else as satisfying.

  97. 97.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    November 10, 2018 at 9:38 pm

    I love the way grown up leaders make Trump look bad just by doing the obvious.

    Thank you for your presence today @theresa_may. Our people fought together on those lands. We are bound by the memory we owe to those in so many of our families who gave their lives one century ago. https://t.co/sa5H9vyxco— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 9, 2018

    ETA: Here’s another one

    As of now (9:30PM Paris time), Trump has not shown up to the dinner for world leaders hosted by the French president at the @MuseeOrsay. Trudeau arrived at 7:30 as scheduled. Thanks for following along today – I am signing off Twitter for the night.— Abigail Bimman (@AbigailBimman) November 10, 2018

  98. 98.

    debbie

    November 10, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    A no-show? Seriously?

  99. 99.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 10, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: @Dorothy A. Winsor: As of now (9:30PM Paris time), Trump has not shown up to the dinner for world leaders hosted by the French president at the @MuseeOrsay. Trudeau arrived at 7:30 as scheduled. Thanks for following along today – I am signing off Twitter for the night.— Abigail Bimman (@AbigailBimman) November 10, 2018

    I wonder if he’s sick (physically) and they just don’t want to admit it

  100. 100.

    Schlemazel

    November 10, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    Dump blew off the formal dinner for world leaders tonight
    https://twitter.com/lauraapollo/status/1061363796571238400

    Apparently he needs his beauty sleep as Putin arrives tomorrow

    The cover of the PDB today is
    Mrs Vladimir Putin
    Mrs Donald Putin
    over and over with the ‘i’s dotted with little hearts

  101. 101.

    Tazj

    November 10, 2018 at 10:02 pm

    Happy Birthday to a Scout! Wow, how she has grown in a year.

    I wonder if Trump is ill also. It seems very strange that he hasn’t shown up for this dinner with the other world leaders.

  102. 102.

    jl

    November 10, 2018 at 10:07 pm

    @Tazj: Trump might be emotionally and mentally out of it. Looks like his scheme to put in a scam artist and sleazeball as acting AG will blow up. He knows the clock is ticking and might not be fit for public appearance. He has been progressively losing it before our eyes a little more each day since he lost the House.

    I hope he has a cold or just too damn lazy and thoughtless and slothful to show up to anything, since that would make the situation safer. But missing the dinner is pretty strange.

  103. 103.

    Frankensteinbeck

    November 10, 2018 at 10:15 pm

    @jl:

    He knows the clock is ticking

    He does. Even firing Mueller wouldn’t help, now. Nancy will rehire him.

  104. 104.

    Dog Mom

    November 11, 2018 at 9:53 am

    Happy Birthday, Scout! You are a sweet Pup! My old girl Skye is sixteen today – pretty good for a Weimaraner with Cushing’s Disease and a Arthritis slowing her down.

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