Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

When we show up, we win.

Consistently wrong since 2002

When I was faster i was always behind.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

The willow is too close to the house.

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

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

How stupid are these people?

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Nothing worth doing is easy.

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

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Respite Open Thread: Summer Pleasures

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Go to the beach!

Play in the sprinkler!

Maybe take a flight, on an impulse!


(Update: “Now if the owner can’t be located in a few weeks or so we’re told the pilot is more than willing to adopt the cat and give him a home.”)

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  2. 2.

    JPL

    Just give the cat to the pilot already. It should not have to spend one more day at the Humane Society.

  5. 5.

    Evap

    A sad day, we lost our sweet black cat Stella, she was 16. She has been lethargic and not eating for a few days, we took her to the vet yesterday and her glucose levels were 10 times normal. The cause is uncertain but her they couldn’t get them lower. Maybe kidney disease.

  6. 6.

    Baud

    I believe the first video was part of low budget adaptation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

  12. 12.

    MomSense

    I drove up to visit two of my kiddos today.  Of course I brought a bunch of groceries and treats and now I’m making meatballs and marinara.  There is enough for a small army.
    It is so good to see them.  They are outside with the dog.  I’ve shed some tears, but fortunately they haven’t seen them.

  14. 14.

    LuciaMia

    Summer pleasures…

    Fresh raspberries, cherry tomatoes just starting to ripen in your garden, fireflies, lots of basil, zinnias with queen-annes lace, your parent’s midnight skinny-dipping in the backyard pool, (old memory).

  15. 15.

    Salty Sam

    Aww Dang! Best dawg I ever had, Lucy, looked very much like that firehouse dawg. She had the same passion for water hoses too. I could not water the yard or wash the car without having her front & center, quivering with excitement to chase that stream out of the end of the hose.

    I still miss her…

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    @Salty Sam: If you’d like to send some pictures and some stories about Lucy, that would make a perfect post for the Furry Friends series.

    I usually run it on Saturday afternoons, but no submissions for this week.  :-(

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    @Evap: I’m so sorry about Stella.  Heartbreaking.  We don’t like to see them be sick, but it’s so hard when our beloved pets are good one minute, and the next, or the next day, they are not.

    It’s like going from 0 to 60 in a few seconds, and it’s so hard to wrap your brain, and your heart, around the unexpected loss.

    Hugs.

  29. 29.

    CaseyL

    My summer pleasures?  Usually, a lot of local festivals and hiking.  This year, not so much.

    What, then? Small, intra-state road trips!

    I went out to Oroville, Washington last weekend.  It’s an absolutely beautiful smallish town a few miles south of Canada, situated around a lake and surrounded by mountains.  Being in Eastern Washington, it’s a desert landscape; all ambers, greys, browns and reds. (And being Eastern Washington, it’s pretty darn Red, too.  I’m contemplating moving there, but going from deep Blue Seattle to someplace that Red makes me nervous.)

    Planning on going to Ocean Shores next, on Washington’s ocean coast.  Another possible post-retirement destination, so I’ll be scouting out some houses.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    @Mary G: That’s really cute!

    When I came to first look at my house, the woman living here had twins and it was JUST LIKE THAT.

    It was so charming!  For me, not so much for her.

    I wonder if that influenced my decision?  It was certainly a happy house.

  32. 32.

    John Revolta

    @Salty Sam: My buddy Otis loves his “water sports”. We have to keep him inside while we’re doing any actual watering or it’s hopeless. While he’s inside he can hear it happening and he bitches and moans the whole time until we let him out.

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    JMG

    First time it’s been nice enough to eat dinner on the deck! Our traditional July 4th dinner, hot dogs, chips, cole slaw, beer. Then we’ll wait for dark and go for a firefly search. This is peak time for them, and we haven’t seen any yet.

  34. 34.

    Salty Sam

    @Mary G:  OMG,  that’s like a real life version of Raising Arizona, when Hi was trying to pick which one of Nathan Arizona’s quintuplets to steal.

  40. 40.

    Salty Sam

    @JMG: Our traditional July 4th dinner

    I’m sad that we are missing our traditional 4th July celebration.  And it’s not because  we are “stuck” here in the tropics.  For decades, my wife’s family in central Minnesota holds a 4th July weekend party/family reunion.  It’s a huge family, probably 60-75 people, held on Cousin Dean’s 5 acre spread- campers, RV’s and tents abound, a rented inflatable water slide for the kiddies (and adults after the required threshold of adult beverages kicks in), and a huge assortment of lawn games.  Today would have been the big potluck, with fireworks between sundown and when the mosquitoes drive everybody into their tents.  Cousin Dean (wisely) called it off this year because COVID.

    sigh.

  41. 41.

    debbie

    @Salty Sam:

    My town is holding a yard parade. Families hang out in their front yards and the paraders drive by. Every few minutes, a float or a band on a flat-bed drives by. I think the parade could have snaked up and down all the streets in the three hours allotted for this event, but it is what it is. Still, kind of sad.

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    Dan B

    @CaseyL: Manzanita on the Oregon coast is wonderful.  It’s actually north (west northwest precisely) of Portland and just south of the artsy tourist Cannon Beach – by Ecola State Park.  Bend in central Oregon is a liberal enclave but pricier than Oroville.  Wenatchee is not too bad and less windy than the rest of Eastern WA.  And friends moved to a little town just north of Yakima, Naches  I believe, that’s been taken over by artists that got priced out of Seattle.  Twisp is also a liberal enclave.

    Oroville would be very red plus cowboys.  Happy hunting.

  44. 44.

    JMG

    I must post an addendum to my dinner post. While the coals were prepped in the chimney, I made my father’s whiskey sour recipe, so simple only a chemical engineer like himself could have devised it. Use a full size blender. Take one can frozen lemonade and put it in blender. Take empty can and fill it with whiskey, usually Seagram’s 7. Fill blender to the top with ice cubes. Run blender until the horrible ratting noise stops and it purrs like an outboard motor. Pour resulting alcohol-laced slushy into smallish glasses, wine glasses are good. This is good for larger groups because one drink is plenty.

  45. 45.

    satby

    I’m an exchange grandma again! Baby brother Lorenzo joins middle brother Maxi and big sister Romina in Aguascaliente, MX. Mother and dad doing well and posted the news this afternoon. I hope I can go visit again some day before the kids are ready for university.

  47. 47.

    catclub

    @JMG: Take one can frozen lemonade and put it in blender.

     

    What stores still stock frozen lemonade in cans? I think all the frozen concentrate juices are gone.

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