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Open Thread: New Year, Old Memes

by Anne Laurie|  January 2, 20195:56 pm| 118 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, #notintendedtobeafactualstatement, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

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Happy 2019 — the year BLADE RUNNER, AKIRA and THE RUNNING MAN are all set in. Three wonderfully positive portrayals of the future!!! pic.twitter.com/57HALAw59O

— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) January 1, 2019

New Year’s Resolutions pic.twitter.com/9tcsegL1DU

— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) December 31, 2018

1) Train my pet pic.twitter.com/DSLaIKS7bM

— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) December 31, 2018

5) Play in a band pic.twitter.com/uzpKxYiKjB

— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) December 31, 2018

Click on any of Kempf’s tweets to see the full list (and credits).

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  1. 1.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    No screwing around with Medievals. I don’t know how they survived all that fear and terror.

  2. 2.

    germy

    January 2, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    R.I.P. Officer Judy

    My favorite part of the Smothers Brothers show.

  3. 3.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 6:05 pm

    In honor of MomSense – pic/tweet from Maine’s governor’s inaugural.
    https://twitter.com/BruceBourgoine/status/1080594375422427137

  4. 4.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    January 2, 2019 at 6:13 pm

    @Kathleen:
    Yay! Maine is now officially a Blue State, at least for now.

    Also of interest:

    In 2015, the tribes pulled their representatives from the legislature in protest of growing tension between the tribes and the state government, including Governor Paul LePage. There appears to be no plan to have the representatives return to the legislature for the 128th session, as stated on June 20, 2016.

    Now that Dems control state government, hopefully there will be plans for the 129th session to have the Native American Reps return.

  5. 5.

    Baud

    January 2, 2019 at 6:14 pm

    @debbie: A lot of them didn’t.

  6. 6.

    Baud

    January 2, 2019 at 6:16 pm

    CNN

    Democrats are making presidential tax returns a focal point in one of their first pieces of legislation, an effort to build the case to the American people that time is up on President Donald Trump keeping his own tax returns from the public, shutting what could be a window into his personal wealth.

    According to two sources familiar with the discussions, Democrats will include a provision in their new bill that would require presidential nominees to disclose 10 years of tax returns shortly after they become the nominee. Vice presidents would also be required to disclose a decade of returns. The tax returns would then be posted on the Federal Election Commission’s website for public viewing.

  7. 7.

    Major Major Major Major

    January 2, 2019 at 6:16 pm

    Haha that Kempf thread is gold.

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??: let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Even Alabama sometimes elects a Democrat statewide.

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    January 2, 2019 at 6:16 pm

    ????

    I Am Chained To A Black Woman Send $27 (@BravenakBlog) Tweeted:
    @BernieSanders Can you please stop appropriating from black legends while your fans still call John Lewis a sell-out and you still don’t even fucking hire black staffers?

    Let me tell you what I will do for you. I will make your racist hiring practices a BIG FUCKING DEAL. Cause you SUCK.

    https://twitter.com/BravenakBlog/status/1080432976968658944?s=17

  9. 9.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 6:16 pm

    From @electricbrotha, FTFNYT has actually produced a worthwhile article

    Everyone in this story sounds more interested in protecting Bernie Sanders than they are with dealing with the sexual harassment that occurred during his 2016 campaign. Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha)

    Here’s his link to NYT story:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexism.html

    Here’s link to story from the young woman featured in the article:

    https://medium.com/@mashamendieta/be-your-own-hero-because-bernie-is-not-it-c4add2e08029

    ETA: rikyrah & I are on the same wavelength!

  10. 10.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 2, 2019 at 6:18 pm

    R.I.P., Captain Daryl Dragon. Hate me if you will, but I had a real soft spot for The Captain and Tennille 40-odd years ago. Love and smooth sailing from a Muskrat.

  11. 11.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 6:19 pm

    @Baud:

    Always good to start with a tough 1-2 punch.

  12. 12.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Yeah, well, I’m mourning Officer Judy. Great straight man. I didn’t know until now he was Albert Brooks’s older brother.

  13. 13.

    Baud

    January 2, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    @Kathleen:

    The Clintons are ruthless. #JustAskKavanaugh

  14. 14.

    Raven

    January 2, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    Hangin at the crib before we meet a old buddy, musician a deep water diver, for dinner at a Lebanese joint here in the Easy. It’s supposed to rain again tomorrow so I’ll hit the WW2 museum and the boss lady will go artsy. Shitty Sugarbowl for the Dawgs but that’s the way to cookie crumbles.

  15. 15.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    @debbie:
    I would have died a horrible painful death for conditions I had or soon will be, cured of. No way am I a fan of the “good old days”

    Got my surgery date, Feb 4. Found out that the U doc had sent a sample wash in when he sent his biopsy & it also came back benign. So the surgery will be for reconstruction which is 100x better than the MAyo doc wanted to do because he was sure it is cancer despite 3 separate negative results. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel

  16. 16.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    @Baud: Also, #BernieWasRobbed.

  17. 17.

    germy

    January 2, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    @debbie:

    Yeah, well, I’m mourning Officer Judy. Great straight man. I didn’t know until now he was Albert Brooks’s older brother.

    And their father was a comedian who literally died onstage during a roast. He gave a short, humorous speech and then keeled over from a heart attack.

    Their father also got a writing credit on a Robert Benchley “miniature” from the ’30s called “See Your Doctor”

  18. 18.

    Baud

    January 2, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    @Schlemazel: Best wishes.

  19. 19.

    Roger Moore

    January 2, 2019 at 6:25 pm

    @Baud:

    A lot of them didn’t.

    Good luck finding a single survivor of the Middle Ages.

  20. 20.

    germy

    January 2, 2019 at 6:25 pm

    @Schlemazel: Sounds like you’ve got a good team on your side.

    Keep us posted on your progress

  21. 21.

    rikyrah

    January 2, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    @Kathleen:

    Yep…

    From the article

    I Am Chained To A Black Woman Send $27 (@BravenakBlog) Tweeted:
    Sexism At Bernie’s

    This is BAD

    “Ms. Davis said that she was originally paid about $2,400 a month as a senior staff member and saw in the campaign’s records that a younger man who was originally supposed to report to her made $5,000 a month.”

    https://t.co/AkRazq9Zob https://twitter.com/BravenakBlog/status/1080602359011495936?s=17

  22. 22.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    @Schlemazel: I’m so happy for you! Good for your for following your instincts and standing your ground,

    OT, but I saw your comment a few threads back about how involved your father was in DFL politics in Minnesota in the 60’s. Were you by chance at the DFL convention in Minneapolis in 1965 where the battle between Rolvaag & Keith supporters exploded?

  23. 23.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    @Raven:
    sorry about the outcome it had to be painful to watch but I hope you got some enjoyment out of being at the event

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    January 2, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    @Schlemazel:
    I am so happy that you are getting answers and solutions ??

  25. 25.

    MomSense

    January 2, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    @Kathleen:

    When Matt Dunlap came in the crowd went nuts! It’s quiet now- judges and justices are seated and we are waiting for the Maine main event.

    I’m sitting on the floor very close to the front near a very stern looking justice. I almost confessed how far over the speed limit I drove getting here.

  26. 26.

    germy

    January 2, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    @rikyrah: I’m glad this stuff is coming out.

  27. 27.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    @Schlemazel:

    Great news!

  28. 28.

    Baud

    January 2, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    efgoldman

    (Who’s been missing since mid-December)

  29. 29.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 6:28 pm

    @rikyrah: Make sure you read the second link as well. It gets worst. This calls for one of rikyrah’s famous
    BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA’s!

  30. 30.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    January 2, 2019 at 6:29 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:
    Yeah, when the opponent is a pedophile, and even then it’s a squeaker. But your point is taken.

  31. 31.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 6:30 pm

    @MomSense: I’m a very jealous Buckeye but am happy for you Maine-ers (?) (What do people call you people from Maine anyway?)

  32. 32.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 2, 2019 at 6:30 pm

    @debbie:

    Room for all kinds of mourning on this January 2nd. It’s not a competition.

  33. 33.

    Raven

    January 2, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    @Schlemazel: yea we had fun, it was a bizarre set of circumstances that basically gave the game to Texas but it meant more to them and it showed. The place in the quarter is sweet except I have to carry the dogs up and down a steep flight of stairs. Did I say it was really noisey with the leather bar across the street that stays open til 5am!

  34. 34.

    Raven

    January 2, 2019 at 6:32 pm

    @Schlemazel: great,!

  35. 35.

    rikyrah

    January 2, 2019 at 6:36 pm

    Just dust ? ?

    This makes me continue to believe in the American Experiment

    https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1080597207563321344

  36. 36.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 6:36 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I was adding to the mourning, not competing.

  37. 37.

    Baud

    January 2, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    @rikyrah: I was expecting a picture of myself.

  38. 38.

    rikyrah

    January 2, 2019 at 6:39 pm

    Uh huh
    Uh huh ? ?

    https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/1080480156655833088

  39. 39.

    John S.

    January 2, 2019 at 6:39 pm

    ABW 2020

    Anybody But Wilmer

  40. 40.

    Barbara

    January 2, 2019 at 6:40 pm

    @Kathleen: Bernie has lost his aura. All kinds of negative stuff is going to come out. I blame Kirsten Gillibrand. :-)

  41. 41.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 6:40 pm

    @Kathleen:
    Yes but not on the floor, I was only 13. I remember that as an ugly fight. More memorable to me, At the DECC I was working in the office for Bob Short (my dad’s pick & I never understood why). There were a couple of votes & no decision Short ran into the office with a couple of guys from the other campaigns. I was invisible so I got to hear some high-level horse trading. It didn’t work out for Short

  42. 42.

    JanieM

    January 2, 2019 at 6:41 pm

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??:

    Now that Dems control state government, hopefully there will be plans for the 129th session to have the Native American Reps return.

    The easiest assumption isn’t always the right one. It’s a complicated world.

  43. 43.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    January 2, 2019 at 6:41 pm

    @rikyrah: That whole thread is gold. “Branch Bernidians.” ?

  44. 44.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    January 2, 2019 at 6:41 pm

    @Kathleen:

    “I don’t think he has to be the vehicle or the platform for the movement that emerged from his campaign,”said Sarah Slamen, who worked for the campaign in Texas, was the state coordinator in Louisiana and helped build out Our Revolution, a progressive organization born from Mr. Sanders’s presidential campaign.

    “Do you know how hard that is for me to say after working so hard for him?” she said.

    Ms. Slamen quit the organization at the end of 2016 after she said she was berated by a male member of the Our Revolution steering committee for suggesting an organizing plan. In emails reviewed by The Times, she raised issues about sexist behavior with committee members who saw the incident and Our Revolution’s national board of directors. She said she received no reassurance that anything would change.

  45. 45.

    JanieM

    January 2, 2019 at 6:43 pm

    @Kathleen: Mainers. :-) (Jokingly, Mainiacs.) (Among other things.)

  46. 46.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 6:43 pm

    @rikyrah:
    Thanks, it was funny because the Mayo guy is one of the top guys in the world & the U guy was reluctant to disagree with him. I sort of walked him through the results a couple of times and his resolve stiffened. I think I am going to be OK

  47. 47.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    @Baud:
    I was thinking of him today. He showed up for a couple of threads & seemed to indicate things were going better for him. I was wondering if anyone has heard from him. I have not been a real regular so I miss stuff

  48. 48.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 2, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    @Raven: Was a bad day for dawgs, mine didn’t do well either in Pasadena.

  49. 49.

    JanieM

    January 2, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    @JanieM: Complexifying my own response: I’m not saying the tribal representatives won’t be back; I have no idea. But it’s an overly easy, under-nuanced assumption to think that just because Mills is a Democrat, the tribes will automatically decide to come back. There’s a history of conflict specifically between Mills and the tribes over the water issue, from her tenure as AG. So we’ll see.

  50. 50.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 2, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    My short story “Journeys” is in the January issue of Bards and Sages Quarterly. Pro tip: It’s a reprint. The story first appeared in Swords and Sorcery, where you can read it online for free. One of the good things about short stories is that after you sell it, you can usually sell it again after some time period specified in the contract.

  51. 51.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    January 2, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    @rikyrah: I love our incoming Congressional freshman class. I sent a fanboy note today to mine, Mary Gay Scanlon, basically saying that I don’t know how that pick a legislative priority, it’s sll urgent, but I look forward to her and her colleagues starting to clean up all the messes.

  52. 52.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    January 2, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    @rikyrah: I love our incoming Congressional freshman class. I sent a fanboy note today to mine, Mary Gay Scanlon, basically saying that I don’t know how that pick a legislative priority, it’s sll urgent, but I look forward to her and her colleagues starting to clean up all the messes.

  53. 53.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 6:49 pm

    @Raven:
    It is a fun town but not one for rest & relaxation. My advice is don’t stay near the quarter.

    I sat & watched my favorite team lose a national championship to a team they should have beaten. It took a day to get over the disappointment but I still remember what a great time we had in the stand with friends and even supporters of the other team. OTOH, I was also at 2 championship games I though we would not win but we did & that is a sweetness that lasts a long time

  54. 54.

    JanieM

    January 2, 2019 at 6:49 pm

    Momsense — glad you’re at the Civic Center. I relinquished my ticket when I ended up with a tsunami of work today, followed by a migraine. If I had thought of it I would have tried to see if you wanted to meet up ahead of time, but it wouldn’t have worked out anyhow.

    Enjoy!!!! It’s such a relief to have Mills taking office! May we have a similarly happy transition nationally one of these years.

  55. 55.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    January 2, 2019 at 6:52 pm

    @JanieM:
    I honestly didn’t know about any of this until you linked that article. Thanks for letting me know.

  56. 56.

    JanieM

    January 2, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??: You live in Ohio, right? No reason why you’d know, I don’t think this has been a prominent story nationally.

  57. 57.

    Mnemosyne

    January 2, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    @Baud
    @Schlemazel

    IIRC, both of ef’s grandkids were coming for the holidays, so he’s probably spending maximum time with them and not saving any energy for us jackals.

  58. 58.

    chris

    January 2, 2019 at 6:56 pm

    Art thread? This is fun. Salvator Mundi, the world’s most expensive ($450,000,00!) painting is missing. It belongs to MBS in Saudi Arabia. The UAE is involved, so is Russia, some sketchy Israelis, Eric Prince and the shitgibbons, pere et fils. Robert Mueller is on it.

    This just gets better and better./

  59. 59.

    JanieM

    January 2, 2019 at 6:56 pm

    Live feed to Janet Mills’s inaugration. An indigenous woman speaking at this very moment.

    ETA: Maulian Dana of the Penobscot Nation.

  60. 60.

    Barbara

    January 2, 2019 at 6:56 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Let’s hope he is having a great visit with the grandkids.

  61. 61.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 6:58 pm

    @Mnemosyne:
    Thats good news. It is greedy of us to want his time but it is hard not to care about the alter kocker.

  62. 62.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 6:59 pm

    I stand corrected. Never mind. I’m surprised MBS would be interested in a painting of the founder of Christianity. Not very Wahhabi of him.

  63. 63.

    Miss Bianca

    January 2, 2019 at 7:00 pm

    @rikyrah: Oh, my…this is finally coming out in the FTFNYT?

    Is our worms finally turning?
    Is our worms finally learning?

  64. 64.

    Hungry Joe

    January 2, 2019 at 7:02 pm

    Dog attack update: After three and a half interminable weeks, Alice the Dog was freed from the horrid Cone. Her wounds have healed well, and there was no infection. Because she was on heavy pain meds for the first four or five days, she wouldn’t eat, and eventually had to be offered human food — warm chicken and rice/tuna and rice. Her response: “What the HELL? Eleven years you’ve been holding out on me!” Soon we started giving her dog food again, which she refused. Went on a hunger strike. We waited. We won.

    But she is back to normal, and we feel like we’ve been given a new life with her. She seems unaffected by the whole thing; she’s once again the happy goofball who loves everybody. My hand has almost healed, too — still a little tender, but I’ve got almost all the movement back in my thumb.

    As for the attack dog … well, the neighborhood remains alarmed, and people may be putting together a petition. I can’t comment or participate because we’ve engaged an attorney and he says, stay out of It. But we’ll get our vet/medical expenses (about $4,000) back, and almost surely more than that, even after the attorney’s fees. Our goal is to hit her homeowner’s insurance so hard that it’ll be impossible for her to get coverage as long as she has that dog.

    The Humane Society, which picked up the Animal Control contract when the County of San Diego outsourced it to save money, showed up five days after the attack to inform the owner that the dog was now in its fifth day of a 10-day quarantine. They showed up on the tenth day to check, determined that the dog isn’t rabid, and that was that. Because this was the first report of the dog’s hurting a human (though it has attacked other dogs, including Alice a few months ago), there’s nothing more they can do. So Alice and I — she’s taking walks again! — continue to treat that part of the neighborhood as radioactive. I never before carried pepper spray, but I do now. Sometimes, rounding a blind corner, I get anxious unless I’ve taken it out and have my thumb on the trigger. I hope that goes away.

    But Alice is back. Sleeping not ten feet from me. Snoring. “Hey, Alice! Knock it off!” SUCH a good dog.

  65. 65.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:02 pm

    @Barbara: As I posted on MSNBC’s Tweet on the story, “It’s about damned time”. Several Cult Members responded that Hillary must be running again, DNC out to get him, blah blah blah. I blame Hillary and Obama.

  66. 66.

    ruemara

    January 2, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    I swear to god, I’m going to go into my network server room and smash fucking everything with a goddam mallet. I can’t print (haven’t been able to since summer) and I’ve lost access to the main server and when I try to remap the drive, it won’t let me. I just lost my asset server, which was working fine an hour ago, as the main server was working this morning and the IT guy is, of course, on vacation. Which is only notable from being not on vacation in that stuff is breaking when he’s not present. I’m trying to be patient but 70% of last year was consumed by tech problems.

  67. 67.

    rikyrah

    January 2, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    This is who they are

    https://twitter.com/Steverocks35/status/1080524562817789952

  68. 68.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:04 pm

    @Schlemazel: I was 15 and was horrified by Keith’s campaign’s antics (we were Team Rolvaag). I had forgotten about Bob Short. Name sounds vaguely familiar. Would you mind refreshing my memory?

  69. 69.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:07 pm

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??: Shocked, I tell you. Funny how majority of African American community saw right through his grift from Jump Street..

  70. 70.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 7:07 pm

    @Hungry Joe:

    Yay, Alice!

  71. 71.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:07 pm

    @JanieM: Thank you! Will tuck away for future reference!

  72. 72.

    ruemara

    January 2, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Oh, cool! I loved that mag as a kid.

  73. 73.

    MomSense

    January 2, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    Amazing invocations and poem by our Poet Laureate – song of the unsung. Now we have the Franklin County Fiddlers!

  74. 74.

    Major Major Major Major

    January 2, 2019 at 7:13 pm

    @Kathleen:

    Several Cult Members responded that Hillary must be running again, DNC out to get him, blah blah blah.

    lol

  75. 75.

    Elizabelle

    January 2, 2019 at 7:14 pm

    @Hungry Joe: Great news. I am glad Alice has recovered to her old self, and that you have a good attorney.

  76. 76.

    Miss Bianca

    January 2, 2019 at 7:19 pm

    @Kathleen: Wow, that second article.

    I am still so incensed by all my white leftist friends who were all rah-rah for Bernie and tried to argue that being for Bernie meant they were the *real* feminists, and that my arguing that they should be voting for HRC meant that I was guilt-tripping them with “essentialism” – “it’s so unfeminist to claim that voting for the woman is the feminist thing to do! We’re beyond all that now! Anyone who doesn’t see that Bernie is the real face of feminism is just some bitter old dried up bitch!”

    OK, I exaggerate. A little. Am I still bitter? Hell, yes. And hell, maybe I am a bitter old dried-up bitch…but I WASN’T WRONG.

  77. 77.

    MomSense

    January 2, 2019 at 7:20 pm

    Then two little girls Janet met at a boys and girls club rocked the house with This Girl is on Fire. Now the Portland string quartet closes out the entertainment with a the besutiful Tis A Gift To Be Simple.

  78. 78.

    khead

    January 2, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    “I can pick anyone I choose. And I pick Ben Richards. That boy is one mean motherfucker.”

    Great synopsis – if you can call it that – of “The Running Man” here if you’ve never watched or you are too young. Richard Dawson was pretty awesome in this flick.

  79. 79.

    Van Buren

    January 2, 2019 at 7:27 pm

    @Kathleen: I think the Washington Senators were once owned by a Bob Short.

  80. 80.

    Kay

    January 2, 2019 at 7:27 pm

    Well, I’m getting a new roof in 2019. So that’s very exciting. Black, off-black or blackish- brown. Don’t all clamor around with your choices! One at a time.

    My neighbor Caleb said, and I quote, “don’t get anything weird” What does he take me for.

  81. 81.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Please move over Miss B because I want to come sit next to you!

  82. 82.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 7:30 pm

    @Kathleen:
    Joined the navy in WWII & then went to law school. He bought a failing truck line & then others and created Admiral-Merchant which was a very big deal. He bought the LAkers after Miken retired & the team stank. Moved them to LA. After the Twins moved from DC he bought the rights to the Senators and when attendance stank moved them to Arlington TX.
    He held a seat in COngress in the 40s and lost to Dave Turdburger for Senate.
    His politics were conservative, anti-choice, pro-business. I never asked but I didn’t understand why my hardcore union dad liked him

  83. 83.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:31 pm

    @Van Buren: I just googled him. He owned the Minneapolis Lakers basketball team then moved them to LA. Here’s his Wikipedia info:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Short

  84. 84.

    Barbara

    January 2, 2019 at 7:31 pm

    @Hungry Joe: Definitely go after the insurance. I have a friend whose dog allegedly bit a census worker, who sued, and the insurer told my friend that the victim of a dog bite always wins, and that it would no longer insure her if she continued to own the dog.

  85. 85.

    Stuart Frasier

    January 2, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    @debbie:
    Albert Brooks given last name is Einstein. I can see why he uses a stage name.

  86. 86.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    @Kathleen:
    Yeah, Keith had no friends left in the party after that fiasco.

  87. 87.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    @Schlemazel: Thank you! My synapses weren’t firing and I didn’t realize the power of The Googlzzzz!. Was he a mover/shaker in the DFL?

  88. 88.

    Miss Bianca

    January 2, 2019 at 7:35 pm

    @Kathleen: There’s room on the veranda swing for both of us. We’ll tell those youngsters a thing or two, by cracky!//

  89. 89.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    @Schlemazel: He was a disgrace.

  90. 90.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Dagnab right we will! Or at least until I doze off…..

  91. 91.

    Schlemazel

    January 2, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    @Kathleen:
    He was a rainmaker. Between his wealth and connections he hauled a lot of money

  92. 92.

    Aleta

    January 2, 2019 at 7:48 pm

    @MomSense: The music was so moving. It must be wonderful to be inside that cheering crowd.

  93. 93.

    Kathleen

    January 2, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    @Schlemazel: I think that was what I connected him with.

  94. 94.

    Mnemosyne

    January 2, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    @Kay:

    Get the lightest color you can. It will save you money in the summer.

  95. 95.

    Aleta

    January 2, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    @Hungry Joe: glad she’s OK. If only neighborhoods had to put up a ‘dangerous dog’ sign on a block where an attack had been documented.

  96. 96.

    Aleta

    January 2, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??: For accuracy: the last time ME was a ‘red state’ was in 1988, HW Bush.

  97. 97.

    Steeplejack

    January 2, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    @Raven:

    Can’t win ’em all! Have a good time tomorrow.

  98. 98.

    debbie

    January 2, 2019 at 8:04 pm

    @Kay:

    The bluest blue you can find!

  99. 99.

    Miss Bianca

    January 2, 2019 at 8:07 pm

    @Kay: I’m still scratching my head over what would be considered “weird” for a roof…

  100. 100.

    japa21

    January 2, 2019 at 8:07 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Pink

  101. 101.

    Ken

    January 2, 2019 at 8:09 pm

    @Kay: One of the trends I notice on the new construction around here is to have two or three different roof treatments – wood shingle, asphalt shingle, copper over the front door. I have no idea why any homeowner would want such a farrago – obviously it’s good for the building trade, at least when it comes time to repair/replace the various bits.

    Come to think of it, I see the same thing on the outside walls – brick, stone, wood siding.

  102. 102.

    Ken

    January 2, 2019 at 8:11 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Sod.

  103. 103.

    Steeplejack

    January 2, 2019 at 8:12 pm

    @rikyrah:

    That’s great.

  104. 104.

    Citizen Scientist

    January 2, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    @Hungry Joe: very good to hear things are better for both of you. Hope things turn out well on the legal front.

  105. 105.

    Jay

    January 2, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    @Kay:

    Go as light as you can, as Mnemosyne notes, it creates a cooler house in summer, and dark colours don’t do anything for heat in the winter.

    In the southern US there are solar reflective tiles available that crank it up quite a few notches. Make sure that they add additional venting during the install.

    https://www.certainteed.com/residential-roofing/solar-reflective-shingles/

  106. 106.

    John Revolta

    January 2, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    @Ken: I see where the trend is to paint a room two or three different colors. Sometimes it works, more often it’s really awful. WTF

  107. 107.

    Yarrow

    January 2, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    It was telling how many of the men in media who lost their jobs or at least were suspended because of their abusive acts towards women were the same ones who were horrible to and about Hillary Clinton. It’ll be easier to pick them out going forward. Just look at how they respond to women in power.

  108. 108.

    Yarrow

    January 2, 2019 at 8:46 pm

    @Hungry Joe: So glad she’s doing so well and you are too. Sounds like you’re doing all the right things to take care of yourselves and make the neighborhood safer.

  109. 109.

    Miss Bianca

    January 2, 2019 at 8:47 pm

    @Ken: Ha ha! Then get some sheep or goats to graze it! My word, that would make them stare in Ohio!

  110. 110.

    J R in WV

    January 2, 2019 at 8:50 pm

    @Schlemazel:

    Glad your new doc finds the biopsies and other diagnostic data factual. My dad had multiple biopsies of a “growth” on his lung, all negative, but the doctors talked him into surgery anyway. It was an encapsulated infection, all dead from the preop antibiotics, no signs of cancer.

    He had trouble with nerve pain from the huge incision they used to get into his chest for the rest of his life.

    So best of luck, hang in there, keep us posted as you progress!

  111. 111.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    January 2, 2019 at 9:02 pm

    @Schlemazel: Such good news. Patient persistence can help! (Patient is a noun there).

    @Hungry Joe: Great to hear Alice the Dog is healed. You’re tough folks to make her go back to dog food, but she still loves you. I hope your hand continues to improve.

  112. 112.

    Yarrow

    January 2, 2019 at 9:08 pm

    @Kay: Agree with the others–get the lightest color you can. Some of the materials are better at reflecting the sun back, which keeps the house cooler in the summer.

  113. 113.

    Bill Arnold

    January 2, 2019 at 9:21 pm

    @chris:
    Laughed and smiled at that piece. Teaser, last two paragraphs:

    Gregg Smith, the former CEO of Prince’s Frontier Services Group told me this week he believes “the Israelis, Emiratis and Saudis all had a role and [Erik] Prince was [Steve] Bannon’s conduit to them.”
    There can be no certainty when the game is subterfuge, and we need to wait for Mueller’s final report before we reach any conclusions, but if Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi proves to be a key which helps unlock Trump-Russia, “Savior of the World” could prove to be nothing short of prophetic.

    Very well-told story. (And if true, it would be a wonderful reality joke.)

  114. 114.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    January 2, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    @Kay: Gray, bluer rather than green or brown-toned. Neutral and much lighter than black or off-black, even if it’s a darkish gray, and so more reflective.

  115. 115.

    Bill Arnold

    January 2, 2019 at 9:32 pm

    @Miss Bianca:
    Re the FTFNYT, learned recently that the NYTimes has a site that is accessible via Tor with a .onion address. (This means it can often be accessed from places where direct access is blocked.)
    https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/

  116. 116.

    Kay

    January 2, 2019 at 10:11 pm

    @Jay:

    It’s a good house, in that it doesn’t get that hot in the summer. It has plaster walls and big shade trees. I turn on the air if it’s like 100 out or sometimes just to pull the moisture out. I don’t really like air-conditioned air- I hate that freezing, closed up feel. We have an attic fan that is just crazy powerful for some reason- it pulls so hard the door to the upstairs slams closed and you have to prop it open.

    I have a good builder – Caleb my neighbor (who is really very nice despite his comment about my potential weirdness) recommended the contractor he used for his roof. I normally just do what the contractor says to do. The house is white and the roof is dark grey now. I know they have better materials than they did 20 years ago so maybe he’ll have some energy efficient ideas for me.

  117. 117.

    John Revolta

    January 2, 2019 at 10:26 pm

    @Kay: We had an attic fan in my last house an we really miss it. Ask Caleb about a 2-speed switch for that sucker!

  118. 118.

    Ruckus

    January 2, 2019 at 10:33 pm

    @Schlemazel:
    Damn good news. Congrats.

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