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Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

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

You know he’s going to shit a cat.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

All hail the time of the bunny!

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

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On The Road – Albatrossity – October in the Sandhills #2

by WaterGirl|  December 14, 20205:00 am| 17 Comments

This post is in: Albatrossity, On The Road, Photo Blogging

On the Road: Week of December 14  (5 am)
Albatrossity – October in the Sandhills #2
way2blue – Peloponnese, Greece
?BillinGlendaleCA – Aerochrome
Captain C – Goes To Japan: Second Tokyo 1
Steve from Mendocino – Reed College

We have a few more days of Parks After Dark.

On the Road: Parks After Dark: Week of December 14  (10 pm)
ljt – More Parks
way2blue – Cairngorms National Parks, Scotland
Yvonne – Denali from Wonder Lake
Origuy – Road Trip 2006 Part One
Paul in St. Augustine – A National Park Here, a National Park There

?  And now, back to Albatrossity, for his last October post in the Sandhills, at least for awhile.

Albatrossity

Our few days in the Nebraska Sandhills in October were full of scenic vistas and birds. Here are a few more images from our mid-October trip to the Hutton Niobrara Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary in north-central Nebraska.

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Near Newport, NebraskaOctober 14, 2020

Waterfowl had mostly cleared out of the area, with just a few ducks remaining, and more to come when colder weather hit the prairie potholes to the north of us. But there were a few stragglers, like this young Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) in a small pond near Newport.

COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, Dec. 13-14

by Anne Laurie|  December 14, 20204:55 am| 22 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19, Foreign Affairs

White House staff members are scheduled to receive Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, at a time when first doses are only being distributed to high-risk health care workers. https://t.co/ppeB3JeaTs

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 13, 2020

(Trump tweets that he’s changed his mind about that, but then: Who trusts Trump tweets? I think it’s safe to assume his cronies and coat-holders will get vaccinated, if and when they want it. And that the WH staffers who really need to be protected — the people who clean & cook & guard — will get vaccinated once the Biden administration gets the WH keys. Call me a Cynic!)

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Late Night Open Thread: Our Two-Party System — One Party, One Failing / Flailing Cult

by Anne Laurie|  December 14, 202012:22 am| 85 Comments

This post is in: GOP Death Cult, Open Threads, Republicans in Disarray!

All GOP right now pic.twitter.com/wRtaz90u8n

— Patti Mulligan #StayHome #WearAMask (@chachina) December 12, 2020

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Georgia Voices for a Blue Senate: A Virtual Concert Tonight at 8pm Eastern

by WaterGirl|  December 13, 20207:45 pm| 197 Comments

This post is in: Black Votes Matter, Election 2020, Georgia Runoff Races 2020, Music, Open Threads, Political Action, Politics

https://youtu.be/6WjOlbXySGE

This is a benefit for Fair Fight, Warnock and Ossoff Campaigns – as I told raven when he brought this to my attention, Good Music + Georgia Runoffs is right up our alley.

Posting this now for anyone who might be interested, so you can plan ahead.  Then I will pin it to the top of the blog at 7:30 for the duration of the concert.

The concert is free.  They will ask for donations between performers.

I have never heard of 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations, but just reading that name brought tears to my eyes.

Open thread.

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Medium Cool with BGinCHI – Music!

by WaterGirl|  December 13, 20206:00 pm| 280 Comments

This post is in: Medium Cool, Music, Popular Culture, Culture as a Hedge Against This Soul-Sucking Political Miasma We're Living In

Tonight, it’s Medium Cool, hold the BGinCHI.

BG will return to Medium Cool on January 17.  I’ll be holding down the fort in the meantime.  Ideas for Sunday evening culture posts?  Let us know in the comments.

Tonight, let’s talk about MUSIC!

– What music do you listen to when you are celebrating?

– When you want something calming?

– When you want to turn off your brain and just be in the moment?

– What’s the best live concert you ever got to see?

– What’s the one person/group that you regret never getting to see live?

– When you picture yourself hearing Prince or Bowie – or some other artist who was important to you–  for the first time, where were you and what were you doing?

Anything music, here’s your chance to talk about it.  And share it, if you like.

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Sunday Evening Open Thread: (Move) On Wisconsin

by Anne Laurie|  December 13, 20205:01 pm| 115 Comments

This post is in: Activist Judges!, Election 2020, Open Threads, Trumpery, Lock Him Up...Lock Them All Up

Sunday Evening Open Thread: (Move) On Wisconsin

(Lalo Alcaraz via GoComics.com)
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FINALLY https://t.co/uxSC78axxp

— kilgore trout, tiny desk carpenter (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 12, 2020

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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Native Delights, Part 2

by Anne Laurie|  December 13, 20206:11 am| 85 Comments

This post is in: Garden Chats

Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Native Delights, Pt. 2

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