Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You know he’s going to shit a cat.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

We still have time to mess this up!

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

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

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American Voters Open Thread

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Snark from a Soviet immigrant:

If you wanna replace “America” with “Our failed American media”, well…

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It’s the End of the World

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Not really, though. I don’t like a lot of what I am seeing out there, with people predicting the end of the world if Sanders wins. First off, the primaries are FAR from over, and anything can happen. And I am not saying that in a “miracles happen Bernie can be defeated” way, but in a “we don’t know shit yet because this is soo early in the game.”

Second, this is what being in a coalition means. My preferred candidate is Warren, but should she lose and not become the nominee, I am still going to support the Democratic nominee, because Trump is a monster and Ruth Bader Ginsburg ain’t getting any younger.

So calm down. I think a lot of people are working themselves into a lather and painting themselves rhetorically into a corner. Anyone we nominate will be better than Trump. Literally anyone. The bar is that low. Mike Bloomberg is a billionaire autocrat and a fascist who oversaw some pretty fucking outright racist policies as Mayor, but EVEN HE is better than Trump, and by a wide fucking margin.

So buck up. Just keep supporting the person you like, work on getting out the vote, and do what you can to take our country back.

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Open Thread: Voter Information At Your Fingertips

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I had asked in the comments a few days ago if anyone had a site where you could check your voter registration without entering your email. I wanted to post on FB and I knew I had some folks who would be reluctant to give their email, knowing they’d be inundated with donation and other requests.

Turns out the League of Women Voters have just such a site.

https://twitter.com/bodner_h/status/1228034468008595456?s=20

From Vote411.org  you can register to vote, check your voter registration and see what’s on your ballot, with signing up for unwanted emails.

Share far and wide!

Here’s a big puppy trying and succeeding to fit into the smallest place possible (my spot, btw).

Sleep great dane

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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Blessed Respite

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Sea Oats

Thank you, commentor Cope:

Here is a group of close up pictures of pretty flowers/plants from our back yard, Sanibel island and the Chalice Well near Glastonbury. Again, my personal knowledge of the floral world is scant indeed so any misidentifications are mine and mine alone.

At the top, sea oats against the setting sun on Sanibel Island. Yes, not really a flower but one of the few plants I actually can identify.

Sago Palm
Second, a flowering Sago palm in our yard. It’s not technically a palm and this one died some years ago after infestation by some kind of white gunk. If I had left it in the ground, it might have pulled through but I didn’t.

Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Blessed Respite
Thirdly, the flower of a bottlebrush plant. It too thrived for many years in our yard but it isn’t there any more and, honest officer, I don’t know where it went.

Bromelid
Staying in our own backyard, this is the sexy part of some kind of bromeliad that took over our side yard for some years until they were deemed a nuisance and relocated to the yard of appreciative neighbor.

English Pink Flower
Last and most exotic is a pink flower from the Chalice Well at the foot of Glastonbury Tor in far off England. Mrs. cope was there some years ago and brought back hundreds and hundreds of pictures. This is one of the prettiest but I have no idea what it is.

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I think that last photo is a poppy?

Still no snow cover around here, but I’ve been so busy on this political stuff all week, I haven’t made any progress on the disgusting dumpsite that is our front yard. I don’t want to start clearing the beds, for fear of inducing six weeks of subzero temps, but if I were a more prudent person I could get a head start cleaning up the hardscape, at least…

What’s going on in your garden (planning) this week?

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Update – Saturday / Sunday

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New stage in public perception, if not in the actual spread of the virus — “science journalist. molecular biologist. curious. Contributing Correspondent at @sciencemagazine”:


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The Miracle On Ice Part II: Emergency Backup Goalie and Zamboni Driver Dave Ayres For the Win!

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On 22 February 1980, the US Olympic hockey team beat the Soviet Olympic hockey team in what has been called the miracle on ice. Tonight in Toronto a second miracle on ice occurred. The Carolina Hurricanes starting goalie left the game with an injury. During the second period, the Hurricanes back up goalie also left the game with an injury. The NHL has a system in place for this called the emergency backup goalie (EBUG) – it is not played by Robert Picardo. At every arena, during every NHL game, a local goalie is kept in the arena in case one team’s starting and backup goalies are both forced to leave the game. Usually the emergency backup goalie is a local recreational league player or coach who has played the position for a while and they are prepared to suit up for either team. They usually spend the night in one of the luxury boxes, get to watch the game for free, get free food and drink, and then go home at the end of the night. Every so often one of them has to actually dress and go on the ice. Tonight that emergency backup goalie in Toronto was Dave Ayres who is 42 years old and is the Zamboni driver for the Toronto Maple Leafs. And he had to dress and go on the ice.

This is his story!

Also, a kidney donor!

Other teams in the league tweeted out their support!

And the Canes, with a playoff run on the line, were ecstatic about Dave’s performance!

 

https://twitter.com/Canes/status/1231423595735396354

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper weighed in.

Open thread!

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