My neighbor across the street broke this out and now my shitty Biden/Harris sign is subpar:
Amazing
Archives for October 2020
Excellent (Heartbreaking) Read: “A mentally ill man, a heavily armed teenager and the night Kenosha burned”
A mentally ill man, a heavily armed teenager and the night Kenosha burned https://t.co/RDjU224dhG
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 4, 2020
Anti-police-brutality demonstrators were converging on Kenosha from all over Wisconsin for a second night of marches. An armed right-wing group had put out a call for “patriots willing to take up arms and defend [our] City tonight from the evil thugs.”
Joseph Rosenbaum — depressed, homeless and alone — didn’t belong to either side. He had spent most of his adult life in prison for sexual conduct with children when he was 18 and struggled with bipolar disorder. That day, Aug. 25, Rosenbaum was discharged from a Milwaukee hospital following his second suicide attempt in as many months and dumped on the streets of Kenosha.
His confrontation hours later with Kyle Rittenhouse, a heavily armed teenager who had answered the call for “patriots,” kicked off a chain of violence — the deadliest of the summer — that left Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, dead. A third victim, Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, lost a chunk of his right biceps but survived.
Within hours, the three men and the teenager who shot them were assigned roles in the country’s churning partisan drama. On the right, Rosenbaum, Huber and Grosskreutz were cast as antifa foot soldiers, bankrolled by shadowy forces and determined to set fires and spread anarchy. On the left, the three shooting victims, all of them White, were celebrated as anti-racist martyrs battling armed vigilantes who had coalesced to support police departments accused of racism and brutality…
As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent you asked for the latest party
I’m not buying the bullshit about Trump’s illness might somehow help him and other Republicans. Time to throw them all an anvil. The House hasn’t gotten much attention this cycle but I think double digit gains are possible. Give here to the 14 R-held seats that are listed as toss-up by Charlie Cook. You can see all of our candidates here.
Balloon Juice House Tier 1 (14 Republican held seats that are listed as toss-up)
There’s a race close to me that’s flying under the radar but is winnable. It’s the Syracuse district held by John Katko (and the Nine Lives), who is kind of the Susan Collins of Central New York. It’s a +3 D district.
This poll was among the first to detect John Katko (R)’s upset win in #NY24 in 2014. Now it shows Biden +19 in a Clinton +3 district and Katko’s image nosediving. https://t.co/0mL2lAIbLf
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 4, 2020
Let’s raise some money for Democrat Dana Balter.
Dana Balter, NY-24
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Open Thread: I’m Voting For This Man
Well, this got me. https://t.co/5hoSf9bdcN
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 4, 2020
I guess there is going to be a presser at Walter Reed in a few minutes. I’m going to go garden. Let me know if they actually tell the truth, otherwise, I’m not interested.
Open thread.
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Salmagundi
No photo submissions this week, so here’s a few snippets I’ve been saving on the general topic.
There’s a Chill Grey Dawn post right above this one, if you’re desperate to discuss Topic A-for-Awful, so let’s keep this one for respite, okay?
We may try for some drive-by leaf-peeping this afternoon. How’s fall foliage coming along in your area?
And, as always: What’s going on in your garden(s), this week?
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AP LIFESTYLES: Gardeners can't control the climate, but they can help protect their plants by looking for "microclimates." https://t.co/J1NWvDBMYQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 17, 2020
VIDEO: Quarantined in a Botanical Garden.
Alberto Gomez is spending his lockdown tending to his Botanical Garden, which he created over 40 years ago in Colombia, the second most biodiverse country in the world pic.twitter.com/7coqnOpuDe
— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 9, 2020
Chill Grey Dawn Open Thread: Clusterf*ck At the Dumpster Fire
With hundreds of supporters potentially exposed to coronavirus, the White House has done little to prevent further spread https://t.co/Yx2sHf3veN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 4, 2020
… Ain’t that just the nicest way of phrasing this mess.
Because I am a devout Cynic, it would not surprise me if lifelong germophobe and hypochondriac Trump mistook a post-bad-debate panic attack (pouring sweat, trembling hands, shortness of breath) for an attack of the ‘Rona. If so, after a few days of ‘medical’ pampering — have you seen the sweet Presidential suite at Walter Reed? — he will emerge as ‘fit’ as ever, and twice as obnoxious, braying about his superior genes.
On the other hand, who knows, maybe he’s really sick! Many emergency doctors have pointed out that frequently the first symptom of a coronavirus among the elderly is not fever, but confusion, anxiety, rage, even hallucinations — much as displayed by the guy standing on the opposite side of the debate platform from Joe Biden last Tuesday.
Either way, his entire administration and the rest of the GOP death cult will continue to lie about it, just as they are lying right now, and have been lying since news of the ‘novel Wuhan-based virus’ arose back in January. Keep the hip boots handy…
wow. would not have guessed an organization whose entire incentive structure pivots around nothing but manipulating fear and favoritism of the leader would collapse instantly on removing the leader https://t.co/syDXSwYWlm
— kilgore trout, acting president (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 4, 2020
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Saturday/Sunday, October 3-4
The Wisconsin Republican Party treasurer: “If the leader of the free world can get this, I think it’s kind of silly for the rest of us to pretend a $3 handkerchief from Walmart is going to protect us.” https://t.co/bZ3zKrkmSp
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 4, 2020
??While Trump is hospitalized for #COVID19, these Republicans on Staten Island held a #GOPSuperSpreader rally today. Lots of shouting, few masks. #TrumpVirus #TrumpCovid #COVIDIOTS
pic.twitter.com/SmMdbULlBy— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) October 3, 2020
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