Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

šŸŽ¶ Those boots were made for mockinā€™ šŸŽµ

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

No one could have predicted…

When youā€™re a Republican, they let you do it.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. thatā€™s the new deal.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

We know you arenā€™t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

He really is that stupid.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

People are complicated. Love is not.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Celebrate the fucking wins.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

ā€¦ gradually, and then suddenly.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Red lights blinking on democracyā€™s dashboard

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Respite Open Thread: Oh, Deer!

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This guy went out for a run, cut through the park and picked up a trio of running mates:

Merriam-Webster does not mess around:

Oh, no!

 

So the gutter guy cleaned the gutters yesterday and I warned him to watch out for the ducks wandering the backyard. I looked out later and he was in the grass, trying to get them to come over to him. I brought him a bag of greens and let him feed them. It is one of the wonders of ducks…everyone wants to meet them.

I sent him home with a couple of duck eggs. LOL

Much needed respite open thread…what a news day.

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  4. 4.

    satby

    Know what’s good? It’s WaterGirl’s BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday WaterGirl, thanks for all you do for all of us!
    ?????

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    In perfect irony, the site made my birthday wishes comment for WG go poof.

    Sans any link then, have a happy. In fact, have two.

  12. 12.

    ruemara

    Wow, good timing for once. I booked not just my first voice gig, but also my second, today. Like, within 15 minutes of each other. Already delivered on the first, the second just needs editing and noise reduction. If I can book 1 more, I will have paid my membership fees and will have turned a bit of a profit. I feel much less fail. But a bit sore of throat.

    Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY WG!

  13. 13.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud:

    You can see the strappy sandal in the still picture, can’t you? It’s pretty funny when you have your attention drawn to it.

  14. 14.

    James E Powell

    Spent two hours on my knees digging weeds out of the cracks in the concrete in my backyard. Is there any other way to do this that doesn’t destroy the earth? I can barely stand up!

  17. 17.

    cain

    Hey, we got everything ready to go for the Portland meet up tomorrow? 7pm, and we have the venue all set? Just wondering since I have not heard anything solid regarding the venue.

  18. 18.

    joel hanes

    @James E Powell:

    Hoe with a narrow triangle-shaped blade, sharpened as needed.
    Doesn’t work as well as actual weeding, but is easier on the back.

    Or you could tape down black plastic strips over the cracks for a couple weeks, until the weeds die for lack of sun — but they’ll eventually reseed and come back.

  29. 29.

    zhena gogolia

    @Adam L Silverman:

    My husband is out there right now and I told him I’d convey the details to him. Unfortunately, you could not find a person less likely to walk into a bar in an unfamiliar city and look for a bunch of strangers with green balloons.

  31. 31.

    joel hanes

    OT: awful Democrat Cuellar has drawn a primary opponent, one Jessica Cisneros, described as “a 26-year-old immigration lawyer”.
    Maybe if she checks out, we could raise some money ?

  33. 33.

    Kathleen

    @lamh36: Congratulations to your mom! I must admit however, that I feel really, really old when parents of commenters on this blog are 10 years younger than me.

  36. 36.

    Jay

    Had my day blown all to heck,

    Momma Deer decided to give birth to two fawns in the front yard, just beside the driveway, so we have been on Fawn Watch 2019 all day rather than getting stuff done.

  37. 37.

    Dan B

    Happy birthday Watergirl! Thanks for hanging in their while jackals howl… And for your good cheer.

  38. 38.

    Jay

    @Sab:

    Keep killing off the green as soon as it shows up, ( propane torch, sharp knife, boiling vinigar), until the root runs out of itā€™s stored energy, dies and rots.

  39. 39.

    J R in WV

    Deer running buddies are really funny!

    Happy, happy! birthday WaterGirl!!

    We left the house around 12:30, wife had her annual appointment for her orthodontist work, at the mouth of the driveway where we hit the county (dirt) road, there was a young turkey in the weeds. You could just see his head above the not quite knee deep weeds.

    When they’re that age, they’re curious and not too timid.

    Had lunch, hit the dental office, her orthodontist had retired!!! The practice carries on, her annual maintenance and inspection is included, I guess forever. Then we got some fertilizer, some deer repellent, etc at the farm and garden center, hit Kroger’s and got home.

    Dinner is in the oven…

  40. 40.

    Scotian

    Happy birthday WaterGirl! Our birthdays are three days apart as mine was Monday. May you have many more,all better the the last one.

  41. 41.

    Dan B

    @rikyrah: Great that they are assisting Kamala! Are there any black sororities in Iowa?

    Kamal seems like the calm person you need in a crisis and the determined prosecutor to clear out the rotten. We can have policy after we’ve eliminated the people who have been the biggest threats to law, security, and democracy. Otherwise policy is just of words to be twisted and ignored.

  47. 47.

    Jay

    @TaMara (HFG):

    Nope, she was/is so close to the house that the clicks startled her, had to do the hand wave thing to calm her down. Maybe in the next few days, when she settles down.

    SWMBO got cellphone video of the Momma and the fawns as the fawns fed and staggered around, so maybe in a few days, once I figure out what my you tube password is.

    Mostly just sat and watched their interactions.

  49. 49.

    Aleta

    Has everyone seen this already?
    At Lander Elementary School, Mayfield Heights, Ohio

    Felecia Evans @EduLeadingLady
    I love my job. We ended our 5th grade talent show today with the whole school dancing and celebrating…together!!

    They were dancing to Old Town Road.

    So then:

    “Saw these kids turnin’ up to Old Town Road 5 days ago and had to come thru and perform one time”

    And the kids DANCE.

  51. 51.

    lamh36

    @Sab: @Kathleen:

    Lol…my mom is young though. She was pregnant at 17 and before she turned 18, she was a married woman.

    Thanks to her bad heart though, my mom tends to act like she’s much older though.

  53. 53.

    Noah Brand

    Rule of nature: food runs.

    So I assume those deer saw this guy, recognized him as a dangerous predator, then realized he was RUNNING. Ergo, there must be something EVEN SCARIER coming this way, so better follow that dude, he seems to know what he’s doing. Now they’re growing increasingly suspicious that they can’t see or hear Godzilla, or Frankenstein, or whatever’s scary enough to make a human run. Therefore, the only explanation: INVISIBLE GODZILLASTEIN.

    This is, interestingly, the same way paranoid schizophrenia works.

  55. 55.

    Another Scott

    Happy Birthday WaterGirl, and a belated HBD to Scotian! [eta] and lamh36’s mother!! I hope that your days are/were good ones.

    Hang in there Scotian.

    Best wishes,
    Scott.

  56. 56.

    Mnemosyne

    @cain:

    Adam is supposed to re-post later tonight. Friday 7 pm at the Rookery bar above Raven & Rose.

    I am literally on the train to Portland right now. My dinner slot is in about 10 minutes. I think Iā€™m going to have the flatiron steak. ?

  63. 63.

    Jay

    @rikyrah:

    The ranch and farm are well known by the wildlife to be a safe space.

    With the recent logging of a bunch of the neigboring forest, the wildlife count is way up.

    Spring through fall itā€™s common to see does and fawns on the property, and the hand wave thing, ( opening and closing one hand like a clamshell) seems to be taken as a signal that we arnā€™t a threat.

    Last winter I had to hunt down a deer. A late spring fawn had taken that year to following a doe and her older fawn around, and while she fed her while she was still nursing her fawn, she stopped tolerating the fawn once the milk dried up, and would try to run her off.

    The fawn survived, following the mom and daughter around through the summer, keeping 40 to 80 yards away, but when winter came, she didnā€™t follow the mom down into the valley.

    During the early part of the winter, we saw her around, from time to time l, and saw her tracks in the snow, but when the first big storm was forcast, I knew I had to relocate her. Sucessfully got her down into the valley where she got to join a winter herd.

  65. 65.

    Kattails

    OK I’ve completely lost track. Happy belated birthday to Scotian, happy b’day to Watergirl thx so much for your time & efforts, happiness to lamb36’s mom please do send to her & she’s 8 years younger than me (hah) and also including Jay’s fawns, they should get a few days’ fudge factor after all. If I’d known I would’ve baked a cake for everyone.
    OT: A dear friend who’s lived in this neighborhood for over 30 yrs. is moving out to Arizona; back for a few weeks to sort out the house & finalize stuff. Got together tonight with her and another friend I just have not had any time to see for several years. Probably the last time I’ll spend talking around that table. Bittersweet.

  66. 66.

    a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio

    Happy birthday to everyone!
    Congratulations to Jay on his maternity ward!

  68. 68.

    joel hanes

    @James E Powell:

    Plus staunch anti-abortion, and heavily beholden to the petrochemical industry.

    His district will never be Ann Arbor, but the Dems can do better, and should.

  70. 70.

    Kathleen

    @lamh36: I know thread is dead but your mother is an amazing woman who raised a beautiful family. Please give her my best!

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