Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

So many bastards, so little time.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

It’s a doggy dog world.

The willow is too close to the house.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Cole, when it comes to calico cats, restraint is overrated.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

The jury literally has a bell they can ring to force Trump to show up on command. Greatest thing ever!

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

You are here: Home / Civil Rights / Women's Rights / A Woman's Place Is In The House / Tuesday Morning Open Thread: All Things in Their Season

Tuesday Morning Open Thread: All Things in Their Season

by | 213 Comments

This post is in: , , ,

Nice story from commentor Hervevillechaizelounge:

One of my friends went to a Nancy Pelosi shindig in Boston last night. When folks were waiting to shake the Speaker’s hand some dude kind of nudged my (female) friend out of the way.

Apparently Nancy Smash noticed because she maneuvered around Sir Shove-a-lot and grabbed my friend’s hand—my friend was gobsmacked!!

Given such history, I’m willing to watch what Speaker Pelosi does next, per the Washington Post:

… At least five members of Pelosi’s leadership team — four of whom also sit on the House Judiciary Committee, with jurisdiction over impeachment — pressed Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a closed-door leadership meeting to allow the panel to start an inquiry, which they argued would help investigators attain documents and testimony that Trump has blocked.

Several hours later, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler met with Pelosi as well and made the case to start the inquiry, he later told his panel member on a call.

Pelosi declined to endorse the idea both times, according to the officials either in or familiar with what happened in both meetings. She and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) argued that such an inquiry would undercut other House investigations — or that the idea was not supported by other members in the caucus…

The meeting marks the first time a chairman and top rank-and-file lawmakers — including members of Pelosi’s leadership team — have lobbied her to change her long-held position on impeachment. Judiciary Committee members for days have discussed how to move the speaker toward their thinking, but few have been willing to break with her publicly.

However, a core group of Judiciary Democrats plans to begin calling Tuesday for an impeachment inquiry if former White House counsel Donald McGahn does not show for subpoenaed testimony at 10 a.m., according to multiple sources familiar with the plan. The White House on Monday moved to block McGahn from showing up, arguing that he is exempt from testimony…

Late Monday night, after huddling with Pelosi on the matter, Nadler appeared to side with the speaker — though he did not rule out impeachment. He would not speak about his meeting with Pelosi.

Nadler acknowledged, however, that opening an impeachment inquiry “might” empower his investigations, but he pointed to a federal judge’s ruling Monday to uphold a Democratic subpoena as proof that the courts could help the party. Pelosi had made the same point privately during the meetings…

My emphasis. Gonna be a(nother) busy morning on Capitol Hill…

Reader Interactions

213Comments

  1. 1.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    Getting stoked for my first screening colonoscopy this AM. Fasted from solids for about 32 hours, drank the gallon of nasty stuff, endured the cleansing – now I’m ready.

    Yay me….

  2. 2.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    But just a few seconds later, things went off the rails when Todd inexplicably asked, “Are you in all concerned, though, about this idea that people may try to worry about the sex of a child, or essentially, are those types of restrictions on abortions something you’re open to?”

    Bernie, obviously caught off guard but also obviously uneducated on the issue, capitulated. “That, I mean, that’s a concern,” Sanders said, adding, “Well, that’s not a, I wouldn’t use a restriction on, that’s an issue that society has got to deal with, and it is of concern.”

    Todd followed up to the question asking, “How would you deal with that in the law?”

    “I don’t know how, at this particular point,” Sanders said. “I would deal with it, but that is an issue that we really have got to deal with.”

    Sanders was clearly stumbling, but by acknowledging “that’s a concern” legitimizes Todd’s question, which is one designed to cloud the issue. Sex-selective abortion is a straw man argument and proponents of it in the United States are purely looking to restrict abortion through any means possible. It’s just another way to malign and police women’s motives when seeking an abortion.

    (Link to Rolling Stone article)

    He. Knows. Nothing.

    He’s been involved in politics for 60 years. He’s been in elected office for 40 years. He’s been in Washington for 30 years. His degree is in political science. He’s almost 80 years old.

    And. He. Knows. Nothing.

  10. 10.

    Sab

    OT 5:30 am. I love robins,but robins can you please shut up. Chirping at 4 am doesnt win you allies.

    But it does win you girlbirds.

    Still, STFU

  12. 12.

    satby

    @rikyrah: Good morning ?.

    Had a good day yesterday with my Hershey, but he’s back to refusing his food hiding his pills. I suspected it was that “goodbye” rally that happens as living approaches the end. So, like Mnemosyne last night, I will be making arrangements for my old boy as soon as the vet can fit us in. Still not having any obvious discomfort, for which I’m grateful. But time has come.

  14. 14.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    I’m reading an article on Jackie Kennedy and she had an amazing creativity for street fashion
    (photo)

  15. 15.

    eclare

    @satby: Even if it’s the right thing, it’s still so hard. I’m so sorry and will be thinking of you and Hershey.

  17. 17.

    satby

    @Raven: @eclare: @OzarkHillbilly: thanks all. In spite of the lack of pain the tumor must just make him feel full or bloated, which means it’s grown. So in before it gets worse.
    We got the extra time lots of people don’t, so we’re as ready as can be. Considering you’re never quite ready.

  19. 19.

    satby

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:

    He’s been involved in politics for 60 years. He’s been in elected office for 40 years. He’s been in Washington for 30 years. His degree is in political science. He’s almost 80 years old.
    And. He. Knows. Nothing.

    Because he is wilfully ignorant. Which is the most offensive thing of all about him, and why he’s as unfit for any office as Drumpf is.

  20. 20.

    Mary G

    @satby: You’re never really ready, but I’m glad you had this bonus good time. Hershey is a good boy.

  22. 22.

    satby

    @Mary G: yes he is. He’s ready, so he gets to decide. He is a special good boy though. The other three dogs will miss him, and his bonded buddy Rosie will be bereft. She’s not all that much longer for the world herself, and I think this will devastate her.

  24. 24.

    p.a.

    Tongue biopsy came back negative, whew! Bit of a gaping hole there right now (fortunately no muscle tissue involved), ‘friends’ pointed out now would be the perfect time to get a tongue stud “half the work is already done!”
    Oral surgeon: the hole will fill in, stitches now will > infection.
    Pro tip: when hungry after a 2 day diet of broth, DO NOT attempt even a piece of extra spicy kimchi. (Just wanted to see how bad it would be)
    Hurts so good

    Also too, read the above in your head with a very slight lisp.

  32. 32.

    JPL

    @satby: You’re right that we are never ready. I’ll be thinking of you today because even though it’s the right decision, it still is difficult.

  33. 33.

    NotMax

    @NotMax

    Whoops. No choreography in the one I linked. Mixed it up in memory with a different video from the same group. The kudos still stand, in spades.

  34. 34.

    evodevo

    @OzarkHillbilly: Yes! Whippoorills… AND they always get in the tree next to a window for some reason. Ours have disappeared over the last few years for some reason, but for years they were a guaranteed insomnia-inducer at my house…

  36. 36.

    p.a.

    @evodevo: had a mocker outside my bedroom window one spring that decided a full moon= daytime. Sang all night from 2 days before till 2 days after, and it was beautiful open window sleeping weather.

  42. 42.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @evodevo: Or the tree right over one’s tent. They never really bothered me, but I have been awakened by the late night screams of frustration from fellow campers.

  45. 45.

    Gin & Tonic

    Spent yesterday going to bury an old friend; got home really late, exhausted, which I thought meant I’d be able to sleep in. Fail.

    Her daughters, adults themselves, were pretty obviously grief-stricken. Tough scene. But for reasons known only to the family, even though Mom had been terminally ill for months, they had wanted to keep the situation under wraps. We, among the closest group of friends, were informed just a few days before the death. How it must have weighed on the kids to spend all that time in hospital and hospice and not be able to unburden some of that on their friends. Everybody makes their own decisions; if you’re “lucky” you can maybe make some of your own as life ends. My own father had several weeks to plan things, sign documents, etc. But the secrecy around terminal disease surprises me.

    Sorry to bring the thread down.

  46. 46.

    debbie

    @satby:

    So sorry to read this. I missed Mnem’s decision about this for her kitty. It’s a sad time all around.

  51. 51.

    Dog Mom

    @satby: Wishing you and your good pup, Hershey strength and peace. Hoping the memories that fill your heart will ease your grief.

  54. 54.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @OzarkHillbilly: Actually, it was shot at f/8 so there wasn’t much bokeh effect. It did turn out nice. I spent a good deal of time over in the Desert Garden, the Chinese Garden’s lake was undergoing maintenance, so there wasn’t much water in it.

  55. 55.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Just enough blur at the edges with it sharpening the closer one got to the flowers. It had the effect of pulling the eye into them even more so.

  60. 60.

    satby

    @Gin & Tonic: that’s a hard situation. Condolences on your loss.
    A good friend of mine made the same one and it hurt a bit to feel shut out and unable to offer help or support. But it was what my friend needed to feel able to cope. She specifically didn’t want to have people “feeling bad” for her she said; but I think a bit of it was just trying to put off as long as possible the realization that time was running out because it was too devastating for her to contemplate.
    We don’t handle the inevitable well in this society; hell we can barely cope with aging, much less death. In the end, we have to let each person deal in whatever way they can. Even if their choices frustrate us because we want to help, support, or just acknowledge their place in our lives and they don’t allow that to happen. Because in the end, it has to be what they want.

  66. 66.

    Kay

    Earlier this year, with less fanfare, Colorado lawmakers debated a bill to ban elective abortions that appears more severe than the controversial new limits approved in other states.
    The Colorado measure would have allowed an abortion only if the mother’s life was at risk and offered no exceptions for rape or incest — much like the law in Alabama, the nation’s most restrictive.
    But here, the legislation went much further to define the start of human life at fertlization — and even allow for the death penalty for a doctor who performs an illegal abortion.

    Just takes one lost election cycle and you too can be in Alabama.

  70. 70.

    Gin & Tonic

    @rikyrah: I’m always struck by the yahoos shoutng “Go back to _____” in this country, which is about 98.5% people from elsewhere or descendants of people from elsewhere.

  75. 75.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @satby:

    She specifically didn’t want to have people “feeling bad” for her she said;

    Oh gawd, the last thing I want is a parade of people coming by to say ‘Goodbye.”

  76. 76.

    eclare

    @rikyrah: Just sent an email to some friends begging them to be careful with what they believe. That guy already shot up the pizza parlor.

    Kind of ironic, Russia is not going to have to fire a shot, we’ll all destroy each other from within.

  77. 77.

    Spanky

    @rikyrah: Racism as a national security threat! Who knew? //

    Condolences, Satby. I wish it got easier as we go along, but … no.

  80. 80.

    Spanky

    @Gin & Tonic: Don’t worry about threads being “up” or “down”. We’ll persist.

    Take care of yourself and loved ones. Sometimes that means sharing with friends, even if you think it’ll bring things down.

  81. 81.

    eclare

    @rikyrah: Gawd, the loathsome “people say”…just once I’d like whoever is receiving that question to ask, “Who? Who the fuck are these people?”

  90. 90.

    germy

    Biden sort of reminds me of Trump in one way: They both tend to like (and support) anyone who is personally decent to them.

    Trump likes anyone who speaks well of him.

    Biden says Dick Cheney is a great guy because Cheney was polite and personally helpful to Biden.

    The rest of us are just blurred fans up in the stands, expected to cheer these people.

  92. 92.

    Steve in the ATL

    @rikyrah: prosecutor and California AG not bold enough? That’s stupid AF.

    @eclare: yeah. It’s a good indicator that the rest of the statement will be a lie. Like the intro “trump says…”

  93. 93.

    gene108

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:

    Sex-selective abortion is a straw man argument and proponents of it in the United States are purely looking to restrict abortion through any means possible

    Sex selective abortions are an issue in certain parts of the world. Some countries have outlawed revealing gender during ultrasounds for prenatal care.

    The question is, is sex selective abortion such a problem in this country that it warrants legislation?

  96. 96.

    Gin & Tonic

    @OzarkHillbilly: I had another friend with pancreatic a few years ago. It was well-known among our circle, but he also had two of his closest buds as gatekeepers, telling everyone else, “sorry, he’s not accepting visitors.”

    As I said, everyone makes their own choices. But if all your choices are bad, maybe think about how the ones you make affect those closest. This woman had two daughters, one of whom had two daughters, aged about 4 and 2. The grand-daughters knew what was happening (to the extent they can at that age) but the 4-year-old said she wasn’t sad that grandma had passed away, because she’d missed her mother the last few months and now will have more time with her. If you’re spending all your time visiting someone in hospital and can’t share that burden, or take a day off because “nobody can know,” then others suffer.

  97. 97.

    Betty Cracker

    Regarding loud birds, the limpkins who co-occupy my swamp are the LOUDEST creatures I’ve ever had for neighbors, and that includes the metal-heads who occupied the apartment next door in my university slum building. Here’s a video of a limpkin screeching. At certain times of the year, it goes on 24/7. Decibel-wise, the limpkin call is at peacock levels.

  100. 100.

    Betty Cracker

    @gene108: And the answer to that question is no. This is really so simple that no Democrat (or independent who uses the Democratic Party infrastructure when it suits him) should struggle with an answer. “I believe all reproductive health decisions should be made by women and their doctors, not government bureaucrats.”

  101. 101.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Gin & Tonic: Ah yes, trying to decide who’s feelings matter the most. Fuck that shit. Is that selfish? Damn right it is. So is anything else. I will be quite happy to die utterly alone.

  104. 104.

    Betty Cracker

    @NotMax: To clarify, that’s a random video from YouTube featuring a suburban limpkin, exact location unknown. Hubby completed construction on bar 3.0 recently, so I haven’t given up a thing — just gained more swamp critter neighbors. Here’s a shot from the new bar.

  110. 110.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    @Betty Cracker: Wow. You already have vegetables? You know it snowed at TaMara’s place yesterday? Gardens are just being planted here. I can see the raised beds from my office window and some of them are still empty.

  113. 113.

    MomSense

    @Betty Cracker:

    What is the mosquito situation like at your swamp? The mosquito is the unofficial Maine State bird. We can only sit in screened in enclosures near ponds and small bodies of water.

  114. 114.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Betty Cracker:

    Buttigieg was asked about laws passed recently to ban or restrict abortion in states such as Alabama. He said he believes the right to have an abortion is “an American freedom” and that the government shouldn’t have a role in limiting it.

    “I think the dialogue has gotten so caught up on where you draw the line that we’ve gotten away from the fundamental question of who gets to draw the line,” he said. “And I trust women to draw the line.”

    Asked whether his position extends to the third trimester of pregnancy, Buttigieg said those late-term abortions make up a small percentage of abortions performed and asked the audience to put themselves in that woman’s shoes.

    Any woman making that decision has likely been expecting to carry the baby to term, he said, and received “the most devasting medical news in their lifetime”, forcing them to make “an impossible, unthinkable choice”.

    “And the bottom line is as horrible as that choice is, that woman, that family may seek spiritual guidance, they may seek medical guidance,” he said. “But that decision’s not going to be made any better medically or morally, because the government is dictating how that decision should be made.”

  115. 115.

    Chyron HR

    @rikyrah:

    Well, not not everyone can match the political boldness of Bernie “Don’t WHITE PEOPLE’s lives matter, too???” Sanders.

  120. 120.

    MomSense

    @germy:

    Yup. It’s hard to reconcile the illegal recording with the supposed champion of privacy rights.

  122. 122.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @satby: So sorry about Hershey. It’s hard to let a loving companion go. Sending {{{hugs}}}.

    @p.a.: Congrats! I had to go in for “extra” testing last week. Which was followed by another test. They told me I was fine and could go home; they told my primary that it was “probably” benign. I’m a bit curious about the meaning of probably.

  126. 126.

    MomSense

    @mrmoshpotato:

    I actually think Ari had his colleagues in mind and was giving Kamala the opportunity to debunk such a ridiculous characterization of her record.

    @rikyrah:

    Ok, after the broken glass vote for nominee pledge, and how badly Biden has pissed me off lately, so still think that is a straw man argument if I’ve ever heard one. The bankers got off because of the decade of deregulation that preceded the financial crash. State AG’a didn’t even have subpoena power over the CEOs and other executives. Given how awful, how practically non existent the consumer protection laws were, its a miracle we even got the settlement $$ we did get.

  127. 127.

    Betty Cracker

    @germy: LOL! That’s perfect.

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: We’ve got several varieties of tomatoes and peppers busting out all over the place! Of course, the downside to the early growing season is that it’s already becoming insufferably hot and humid. Highs are in the 90s now and will remain so until at least September.

    @MomSense: Deep Woods Off generally keeps the mosquitoes at bay. I’ve been attacked by mosquitoes and other biting flies in Maine, and I really do think they’re worse up there — larger and more aggressive.

  129. 129.

    Immanentize

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Oh gawd, the last thing I want is a parade of people coming by to say ‘Goodbye.”

    My wife was just like this. There was no secret about her situation, but neither were there any announcements or invitations. When she was in the hospital, my mother and brother came, as did her mother, father and brother. That was probably nearly five too many as the sick and dying persons are somehow expectedobligayed to comfort the living. I get the need to say so long as the one going on, but I also love that Julie did not feel the need to oblige them.

  130. 130.

    NotMax

    Still working through the eight seasons of The Royal on Prime, in spurts as the mood strikes. Have reached the conclusion that Yorkshire has the stupidest farmers and most inept drivers in the U.K.

    @Immanentize

    Had a provolone and garlic grilled cheese on home made corn rye for din-din.

    ;)

  131. 131.

    germy

    @Betty Cracker:

    Deep Woods Off generally keeps the mosquitoes at bay.

    Someone told me it’s also an effective repellent against bed bugs. They hate the DEET

  133. 133.

    Betty Cracker

    @raven: We’re not far from Cross Creek. Ever been to the MK Rawlings homesite state park? It’s a nice day trip if you’re ever nearby. Pretty country.

  135. 135.

    MomSense

    @Betty Cracker:

    They’re wicked bad up heah. The most painful are the green heads. Of course they love to torture at the prettiest beaches.

  137. 137.

    MomSense

    @NotMax:

    And the island of Sodor’s railriad has the worst safety record.

    I’ve been watching episodes of the Royal from time to time, too.

  139. 139.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @NotMax: My wife and I have a deal: She gets to go first. After that I am free to do whatever I want for the next 35 seconds or so.

  140. 140.

    Immanentize

    @germy:
    I am not sure GG’s work on behalf of Hale should be condemned. It is extremely complicated. Two friends/colleagues of mine, had a very interesting exchange on the question — Was it morally ethical to represent a person in Vichy France who was about to be sent to a concentration camp on the theory that they had failed to prove the person was sufficiently ‘Jewish.’. Or whether to represent ex-Nazis.

    linky

  141. 141.

    Michael Cain

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    You know it snowed at TaMara’s place yesterday? Gardens are just being planted here. I can see the raised beds from my office window and some of them are still empty.

    Yeah, woke up to 2″ of wet heavy snow outside Denver this morning. All of my raised planters are still empty, although that was fortuitous sloth more than planning.

  144. 144.

    Emma

    @satby: Oh lord. I am so sorry. Our (12, 13?) schnoodle has begun his cognitive descent. Still active and cuddly, but is eating less and less and sometimes gets that confused “what am I doing” look. His will be a slide, not a sudden illness. Still we can see it and it breaks our heart. I hope I have your strength and let go when the time comes.

  145. 145.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    @Michael Cain: The high in Chicagoland today is the low 50s, but at least it’s not snowing! After this, we’re into the high 70s. Mr DAW and I are going to a feminist science fiction conference in Madison over the Memorial Day weekend. It should be nice.

  148. 148.

    Immanentize

    @germy: I did read it and I am an anti-fan of GG and his methods. I suspect in his fame-seeking he took the case primarily because Dershowitz was the prior attorney. And I have no doubt there is more than a little Steven Miller in the guy.
    But Neiwart spends a good deal of time in the article/Twitter flurry setting up how evil the client was. That’s what I was trying to respond to. But like I say, even that choice is debatable.

  150. 150.

    NotMax

    @Immanentize

    For the bread machine only. Corn rye:

    Water — 1 1/2 cup
    Oil — 2 tbsp.
    Honey — 3 tbsp.
    Salt — 1/2 tsp.
    Caraway seeds — 2 tsp.
    Cornmeal — 1/2 cup
    Rye flour — 1 cup
    Bread flour — 2 1/2 cups
    Active dry yeast — 2 1/2 tsp
    Vital wheat gluten — 2-4 Tbsp.

    Add caraway seeds at the beep and check if more liquid is needed then. Set machine to white bread, medium crust. I sometimes substitute maybe an 1/8 cup of coffee for some of the water.

    Have a couple of different recipes for New York type rye bread (no cornmeal).

    While on the subject, kickass challah loaf (recipe for 2 lb. bread machine).

    1 cup water
    2 large eggs, well beaten
    2 Tbsp. honey
    1/4 cup vegetable oil
    4 cups bread flour
    2 Tbsp. sugar
    1 tsp. salt
    2-1/2 tsp active dry yeast

    Again, white bread and medium crust setting.

  152. 152.

    satby

    @OzarkHillbilly: he is an out and loud liberal in all the right ways. It’s why it was so aggravating to see people smear him here.
    He’s also supported reparations.
    He’s a good decent guy. You can look askance at his lesser experience or youth, but he’s an asset to Democratic values.

  155. 155.

    satby

    To all: thanks much. We’re scheduled for 2:20 today, and it will be a melancholy ride home. ?
    It’s the price we pay for them. They’re so very worth it.

  157. 157.

    mrmoshpotato

    @MomSense: I hope so. I really do.

    Dump’s “Many people are saying” crap is poisoning everything. Though the media did itself no favors with its 2016 behavior.

  158. 158.

    p.a.

    @Betty Cracker: If you don’t spray deet on tour headnet, Maine blackflies will work their way through the netting to get you.

    They are bad/annoyance, but I don’t know of any diseased they are associated with.

  160. 160.

    NotMax

    @Immanentize

    Pricey but highest recommendation for the Zojirushi BB-PAC20. May be a newer, upgraded model by now. Was fortunate enough to score one on Amazon (pre tariffs) on sale for under two hundred. Only drawback have encountered is that on the one I have the digital readout is dim black on a gray background so takes some squinting to check what the settings are.

    Tip: always measure flour by using a serving spoon to put it into a measuring cup. Never scoop it with a cup size measure (packs it too tight).

  161. 161.

    schrodingers_cat

    @MomSense: I once did some white water rafting in Maine, Kennebec IIRC. After we got on the shore I realized that I was covered in mosquito bites from head to toe. Because of the adrenaline rush during the rafting, I hadn’t noticed their presence or the bites.

  162. 162.

    Michael Cain

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    The high in Chicagoland today is the low 50s, but at least it’s not snowing! After this, we’re into the high 70s.

    Last week we were in the 80s. Last night it snowed. First thing on my outdoor chores list after the snow melts is mowing the grass. Springtime in the Rockies :^)

  163. 163.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Betty Cracker: What are trees that you can see from your bar called? Your view looks pretty amazing and a bit Gothic. Of all the famed Florida critters I have heard of, your cockroaches scare me the most. They are HUGE.

  165. 165.

    Gin & Tonic

    @NotMax: The King Arthur Flour baking school always does its recipes by weight. That way you have no uncertainty about “packing” or looseness. Really a much better way to go.

  168. 168.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @satby: Sending more thoughts of comfort your way and giving my Pippin some extra snuggle time this morning in honor of Hershey.

  170. 170.

    bemused

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    I totally agree. I would be also very annoyed to be on prayer chains which somehow expand to bookface prayers from complete strangers. Even if it’s minor surgery, my attitude is that everybody doesn’t have to know everything. Right now I have a couple of relatives who have serious illnesses and they have only told a small group of closet family members. I understand that completely and respect their privacy.
    Others are comforted by more family and friends in the loop and I respect that decision too. People have the right to do what is least stressful for themselves.

  171. 171.

    Miss Bianca

    @satby: Awww….been thru’ a bit of that myself within the last year. Hope Hershey’s transition is peaceful. You been good to him, satby.

  172. 172.

    Ruckus

    @OzarkHillbilly:
    I don’t doubt. I know it wouldn’t. There is only one person that impresses him or that he listens to.
    And he needs a mirror to see that person.

  175. 175.

    Miss Bianca

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: I am looking at four inches of snow outside right now. Even the wolf has chosen to hang out indoors on the couch. Bah, humbug. I am SO SICK OF SNOW.

  178. 178.

    Betty Cracker

    @schrodingers_cat: The trees with the flared trunks are cypress trees, and the straight one toward the right of the frame is a sweet gum (I think). The trees on the opposite shore are also mostly cypress, sweet gum, etc. We have deciduous trees in this part of Florida, so we get subtle seasonal changes. When we first moved up here last fall, we could see red, yellow and orange along the riverbank mixed in with the green. The colors aren’t as vivid as y’all have up north, but it is pretty! I look forward to seeing that again.

    I also hate the giant cockroaches, especially the ones that fly! I freak out when I see one, which my husband teases me about since they don’t bite or anything. Nonetheless, they are horrifying! We spray to keep them out, but as far as I know, it’s impossible to completely eliminate roaches in this climate, no matter how clean the house or diligent the pest control application.

  179. 179.

    Miss Bianca

    @satby: I certainly like what he has to say on this topic. I wish every Democrat in the land would be this unequivocal about abortion rights.

  180. 180.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @Miss Bianca: Heard you guys got dusted! Down here in NM we had snow in the mountains, rain/hail in the mid-zones and dirty, dusty winds gusting to 50mph down south yesterday. Today it’s freezing cold like it was February again. ugh.

  181. 181.

    Doug R

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes:

    Getting stoked for my first screening colonoscopy this AM. Fasted from solids for about 32 hours, drank the gallon of nasty stuff, endured the cleansing – now I’m ready.

    Yay me….

    Apparently I was lucid when I was under, but I didn’t remember a thing.

  182. 182.

    Miss Bianca

    @Ella in New Mexico: I’m looking outside at the snow going, “I picked the wrong month to start my horse lease…”

    Just hope that it warms up and *stops* snowing by the time our Shakespeare in the Park series starts next month!

    ETA: New Mexico is looking more and more attractive to me all the time! Been depressed by how many Democrats have been fleeing my blood-red county for more salubrious political climes…

  184. 184.

    The Moar You Know

    The drugs they administer now for the procedure are designed to block the formation of memories.

    @NotMax: And it doesn’t work on everyone. I’m one of those lucky few.

  185. 185.

    laura

    @satby: I’ll be with you and Hershey in my heart today. Go gently good boy Hershey, go safely kind Satby. {{{{{Hug}}}}}

  187. 187.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Doug R: That’s the point of the most-commonly-used drug, Versed (midazolam.) It prevents the formation of memory.

  189. 189.

    Kay

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    “And the bottom line is as horrible as that choice is, that woman, that family may seek spiritual guidance, they may seek medical guidance,” he said. “But that decision’s not going to be made any better medically or morally, because the government is dictating how that decision should be made.”

    He really is good. Again- for a small city mayor he’s better at this than 3/4’s of the members of congress :)

    That’s in line with public opinion too. There are really two separate questions in abortion “what do I think about it?” and “what should the government do about it?”

    Those are not the same. People could say “I don’t like the woman making the choice, but if she doesn’t who does? A court? God, no, they’ll make a hash out of it!” Which is true, BTW, they will make a hash out of it- they’ll be bad at it.

    You can hold these TWO opinions at the same time, and there’s no conflict at all. That should have been Bernie’s answer.

  190. 190.

    Miss Bianca

    @rikyrah: Yep, for real…sigh…the only consolation is that, like most spring snowstorms around here, it should be melted off within 24 hours or so…we are *supposed* to be having lovely weather for the weekend, I sure hope so!

    Holding pattern on the doggos. So far as I know, Aleta’s team is still pondering best options. Meanwhile, Wolf-Girl Roxy and Bat-Boy Watson are snoozing away on the comfiest surfaces they can find. Even Roxy looked at the snow outside and was all, “Nah, I’m good here.”

    @Kay: Agreed. On all of it.

  191. 191.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Betty Cracker: When I see a flying cockroach I scream like a banshee. Do. Not. Want. One thing I don’t miss at all about my childhood home. So do you have turmeric here too?

    Turmeric and chickpea face pack is supposed to be good for your skin. I am not fond of the uncooked chickpea flour smell but its an age old beauty treatment, its also supposed to make you fairer (I doesn’t but does leave your skin glowing)

  192. 192.

    Kay

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    People had whatever opinions they had about Schiavo, but what they objected to was not “Jeb Bush having a different opinion about Schiavo”. It was the government DICTATING the result. And all the inevitable posturing and sanctimonious showboating that went with it and what they did to that poor woman and that family when they were all butting in so much.

    Incidentally, I don’t know how anyone cna look at what conservatives did re: Schiavo and tell me with a straight face that they won’t be butting in to peoples’ pregnancies on their religious crusade with these abortion laws. Yes they will.

    They ABSOLUTELY will be investigating miscarriages. They have a track record.

  193. 193.

    Kay

    Mayor Pete is right. Once all the weeping and wailing is done, that IS the bottom line. Not “what” is decided re: a later term termination of a pregnancy but WHO decides. Conservatives want Ted Cruz to decide. I want the mother and doctor to decide. That is a no brainer to me, who will do a better job.

  194. 194.

    Sab

    @schrodingers_cat: I keep everything in my kitchen in a tightly sealed container. My husband laughs when I say because cockroaches. We live in Ohio. He hasn’t seen a cockroach since he left the Coast Guard. But I grew up in a warm climate and I will never forget.

  196. 196.

    Jerzy Russian

    @Betty Cracker: Do these flying cockroaches have natural predators? If so, perhaps you can domesticate a few of these predators and keep them as pets?

  197. 197.

    Kay

    It’s also a lie that they won’t be butting into contraception. They have already done this. They spent a year screaming about contraceptive coverage in the health care law.

    Back them off now or they’ll be monitoring every pregnancy. They have a track record.

  200. 200.

    Sab

    @schrodingers_cat: NPR managed to both sides Trump pardoning war criminals yesterday.

    Sorry, it was Marco Werman on Public Radio International carried on our local NPR channel. I was gobsmacked.

  201. 201.

    Betty Cracker

    @schrodingers_cat: I know people do grow tumeric around here, but I don’t believe we ever have.

    @Jerzy Russian: We have tons of lizards around that eat all kinds of bugs, but when I find one inside the house, I gently relocate it outdoors so my dogs won’t kill it.

    @Sab: The thing about cats is they’ll proudly bring you the bug and drop it in your lap!

  206. 206.

    blackcatsrule

    @schrodingers_cat: I’ve heard about this and would like advice from someone who has tried it…what are the proportions? Half turmeric and half chickpea flour? Do you mix it with yogurt, or some type of oil? Thanks!

  207. 207.

    Sab

    @Betty Cracker: GoT related. When I cleaned out my parents house last year I found a ceramic dragon I had made around 1965. It was basiclally an anole with wings. I had forgotten I had had an obsession with dragons. I think it was supposed to be Smaug. What kind of kid would side with the dragon against a (thieving) hobbit.?

  208. 208.

    Just Chuck

    @Michael Cain:

    Yeah, woke up to 2″ of wet heavy snow outside Denver this morning

    Closer to 6 inches here in Colorado Springs, also heavy stuff. Could hear tree limbs cracking and breaking all over the neighborhood. A freaking pine tree across the way has a 90 degree bend on it. Crazy.

  209. 209.

    schrodingers_cat

    @blackcatsrule: I will ask my mother. I have never tried it myself, TBH. My favorite was sandalwood paste, its soothing and smells great!

    ETA: No the proportions won’t be half and half that is way too much turmeric. Its a strong spice it would be probably a tea spoon or half a teaspoon to a cup. Water should suffice but some oil wouldn’t hurt.

    1/2 tsp turmeric
    1/2 cup water
    1 tsp oil

    Mix well
    Apply to face and arms
    Wait till it dries
    And then wash it off

    Good idea to do this before a shower.

  211. 211.

    Betty Cracker

    @schrodingers_cat: That’s entirely possible! My husband is the gardener, and it’s not unusual for him to tell me we have scads of [insert herb name here] and say we should use it for something, so I try to figure out how to use it. The perils of a disconnect between the head gardener and chief cook! ;-)

    @Sab: The same kind of kid who roots for Ramses in “The 10 Commandments”? Seriously, that poor guy — his wife and father were horrible, and his foster brother was such a sanctimonious shit!

  212. 212.

    Bonnie

    Dems are not brave nor are they very smart. They allow crimes committed on a daily basis by trump and his gang. I do not believe that trump will every pay for his sins.

Comments are closed.