Grateful for the short commute on days like these. pic.twitter.com/unUej4WhpB
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 1, 2021
Imbolc (aka, St. Brigid’s Day) is one of the traditional pagan cross-quarter festivals, equidistant between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. In a world lit by fire, it’s not really the beginning of spring, but it’s a point from where folks could hope to make it through the hungry days and into the bright hopes of green grass and longer days. Seems particularly relevant this year, for some reason…
Over the last 10 days, I’ve taken action on:
– COVID-19
– The economy
– Climate change
– Racial equity
– Immigration
– Health care
– LGBTQ+ rightsAnd I’m just getting started.
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 30, 2021
President Biden's taking a partnership approach to governing with VP Harris, relying heavily on her advice and input with whom aides and allies said there's a mutual respect that's evident in their interactions behind the scenes and in public.https://t.co/dOCTVEiIcZ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 1, 2021
President Biden just withdrew all 73 of Trump's proposed budget rescissions from the previous government funding bill.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 1, 2021
NARRATOR: there was no backlash https://t.co/XzvUqlbNdo
— kilgore trout, back in some form (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 29, 2021
president doing thing that got him elected, tonight at 11 https://t.co/k5hWm5njaC
— kilgore trout, back in some form (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 31, 2021
prostratedragon
(As seen elsewhere)
Rabbit rabbit. And Happy Birthday James P. Johnson!
NotMax
Monday, Monday.
satby
Good morning. My semi- retirement comes to an end with a return to the market until I can sell my booth and a five day a week schedule again. Online store reopened too. Retirement, I’m doing it all wrong.
I hope Biden and the Democrats continue to jam the Rs up as well as they have since 1/20. It really is a joy to see.
satby
Is it just me or is this site really wonky this morning? Something’s off with the cache / refreshing.
debbie
Hannity, it’s called course correction.
NotMax
¿Por qué no los dos?
:)
(Site has been erratic, to say the least, all weekend.)
NotMax
#6 was meant to be @satby.
My bad; clickus prematuris.
Baud
They say that, but I haven’t once seen Harris look up at Biden with adoring puppy dog eyes.
John S.
@debbie: Fuck Hannity. He had absolutely no problem with *rump acting like God Emperor, but of course now he’s going to find those pearls to clutch.
Baud
WaPo decides to play NYT for the day.
mrmoshpotato
@debbie: Sean, over 81 million people would like you to STFU.
Lapassionara
@Baud: arrrrgh! The press has no memory of even recent events. No wonder most of the public has no memory.
satby
@Lapassionara: Their job is not to inform and they aren’t paid to remember.
sab
If Melania hadn’t fucked up the Rose Garden would that first picture of Biden even have been possible?
Baud
germy
@debbie:
Hannity: “Biden faces backlash!!”
Us: “From who?”
Hannity: “From me!”
mrmoshpotato
@Baud:
Fixed
debbie
@Baud:
Biden’s only challenge will be figuring how far to toss them out of his office after listening to their bullshit.
germy
Melania Trump hires staff and establishes post-White House office
John S.
@Baud: Yeah, that’s some compromise. Biden proposes getting Italian food for dinner, and the GOP proposes tire rims and anthrax. If Biden doesn’t meet them halfway, then he wasn’t serious about unity — and he’s a big meany poopy head, and the GOP won’t want to play with him any more.
Baud
Makes it easier to thrown him off the edge of it.
mrmoshpotato
@germy: Us: ? ?♂️?♀️
debbie
My understanding is that the GOP compromise removes most of the funding for reopening schools. Shame them on this, Joe.
Geminid
@Baud: Biden and Harris have a meeting with the ten Republican Senators scheduled for 5pm today, according to Politico Playbook.
Baud
Twitter outrage incoming.
CarolDuhart2
@debbie: A GOP offer that is a third of the proposed 1.9 Trillion? 1400 dollar checks now just 1000? Unemployment payments down to 300 from 400? Who do they think the Dems are anyway? And how long did it take for Biden to stop laughing?
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Baud: Cripes. How did that guy get a pharmacy degree
ETA: Looking at him and the imbeciles shutting down vaccine distribution at Dodger Stadium, it’s not enough that they don’t want the shot. They don’t want anyone else to get it. I guess that’s freedumb?
Baud
My headline.
debbie
@germy:
What a waste of money. ?
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
Kansas City Chiefs rout AFC opponents posing challenge for phenom Mahomes
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize posing challenge to legacy
Ella Emhoff wins major modeling contract posing challenge to her natural curls.
mrmoshpotato
@germy: LOL Doing what? Fucking up the landscape at Mar-a-Trasho?
Jeffery
Joe can walk while masked and carry a folder at the same time!
John S.
@CarolDuhart2: Republicans are really concerned about adding to the deficit that they blew a giant fucking hole in with their
tax cutssloppy wet kiss to the rich and corporations.ETA: Oh, and as a result of said tax cut, the richest 600 people in America have become $1.1 trillion richer during the pandemic, so they could almost pay for Biden’s plan without really cutting into their massive fortunes.
mrmoshpotato
@debbie: GOP: Unborn children are precious!
Also GOP: To hell with the born children!
sab
@debbie: @satby:
My old job talked me into another tax season if I can do it remotely. The two mothers on staff with school age children also insisted on another remote year.
Do these Republicans even talk to their wives about how to reopen the economy?
mrmoshpotato
@Baud: Can we get a summary so we don’t have to read Politico?
debbie
@sab:
They see harming recovery as their road back to power. Goodness, that’s almost as unAmerican as storming the Capitol!
germy
@mrmoshpotato:
The BE BEST initiative.
I guess just something to keep her busy, and away from him.
mrmoshpotato
@debbie:
SSDDA – Same shit, different Democratic administration
Baud
@mrmoshpotato:
Basically an overview of the dynamic that Schumer needs to avoid upsetting the left to mitigate the risk of a primary challenge.
Baud
@debbie:
It’s worked for them in the past. They’ll keep doing it until it stops working for them.
mrmoshpotato
@germy:
“Don’t be a bully on Twitter. Donald no longer is.”
debbie
@sab:
People are spending entire days trying to sign up for vaccinations. My group hasn’t started yet, but I don’t know how I’m supposed to work and click/refresh over and over at the same time.
Today is my 10th anniversary at this job. ? Part of me really wants to be retired.
Skepticat
There’s another brain-eating virus loose in the world.
DianeB
I always preferred Candlemas to Imbolc, mostly because I like the sound of the former and could never accurately pronounce the latter (I think it’s “im-mo-luc” rather than “im-bolk”). The return of the light, and the first day (as I recall) when one would actually notice. Blessed be to all as Wheel turns.
sab
@debbie: My husband got us onto the Discount Drug Mart waiting list about two weeks ago. They claim they will call back when we are eligible for appointments. They have touched base with us twice since, but once was to please call and cancel if we get shots somewhere else.
Amir Khalid
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
There’s a question they neglect to put in the final exam: “The Earth is round. True or false?”
mrmoshpotato
@Baud: Would they remember that they have to vote in the primary if they want to oust Schumer?
raven
The 12th is Tet.
sab
@DianeB: I like Candlemas. This year I am worrying about getting to the other side of Groundhog Day. It has been a long year.
satby
@Baud: Has he lost his license yet? If I had a loved one die unexpectedly at that hospital would be getting a lawyer to request all the relevant records right now. Because that certainly wasn’t his first go at “fixing” things he wasn’t a believer in.
sab
@Amir Khalid: No, no, no. Everyone knows that is a political not scientific question.
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone ???
rikyrah
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
They should have been arrested.
sab
@rikyrah: Happy Candlemas/Imbolc.
germy
@Amir Khalid:
“Opinions differ.”
mrmoshpotato
@sab:
Bill Murray has some bad news for you…
Danielx
@raven:
Memory lane.
Baud
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
sab
@mrmoshpotato: I am aware. That is my concern.
Perhaps I will celebrate Woodchuck Day. Looking outside, I doubt if any of them will be waking up and looking out.
Geminid
@rikyrah: Good morning! How did you folks in Chicagoland make out in the storm? We got 6″ of snow in my part of Virginia.
mrmoshpotato
@sab:
Ok. “Why are you an asshat politically who believes Earth is flat when every other planet is round?”
mrmoshpotato
@sab: Mmmmm cider.
sab
@mrmoshpotato: It can be round without being spherical. Have you never heard of disks? I assure you my cats have.
sab
@mrmoshpotato: What a good idea.
mrmoshpotato
@Geminid:
Whole lotta smooching going on? ?
mrmoshpotato
@sab: I should’ve said spherical.
SFAW
@debbie:
Fixed
RandomMonster
@germy: She’s got that much anticipated coffee table book to write, after all.
sab
@mrmoshpotato: And I forgot the “//”
patroclus
There are some times that I just love British sports commentators. There was one on MSNBC that just described a goal in Chelsea’s W yesterday as “he unleashed a shot that found the goal just like a Jewish space laser.” LOL
trnc
Just in case anyone is wondering, the Politico article Kilgore Trout lifted this from is not critical of Biden. It says he’s avoiding the spotlight while he’s working on important things and sending experts out to talk about stuff instead of hogging the media like DT did. I like KT, but I’m not sure he or she read the article.
scribbler
I think I could have made a good pagan. All those days of ritual and celebration to help you through the cold dark months.
Frankensteinbeck
@Baud:
While I don’t deny an element of strategy, it’s important to recognize that they truly believe in fucking over everyone but the rich as a cause. They are so dedicated to it that they were willing to lose the Senate and some of their jobs to pass no COVID relief for ten months. The cruelty is the point, beyond even political considerations.
EDIT – Hell, even beyond racism. The “I want to watch you suffer” attitude born in resentment of minority equality has taken on a life of its own.
satby
@Geminid: my son in Chicago said they had 11 inches on the ground when we talked yesterday evening. It was still snowing, but flurries then and he didn’t think it would add to the accumulation. We got about 5 inches here in S.Bend, not so bad.
Geminid
Republican Claudia Tenney seems to be closing in on a victory in the NY 22nd Congressional race. After a batch of Oneida County ballots were counted, her unofficial lead grew to 122 votes, out of over 300,000 votes cast. Also on Friday, Judge DelConte ruled adversely on several challenges by Democrat Anthony Brindisi. While DelConte has not publically ruled on all contested ballots, it is thought that a Tenney victory is likely. From Syracuse.com.
Kristine
@Geminid: 6 inches or so here in far NE Illinois. Most of it fell Saturday night through early Sunday morning, followed by light snow through most of Sunday. Hoping this snow layer slows down the daffodils and irises, which were starting to pop mid-January because it was so mild.
satby
@Frankensteinbeck: I don’t think they believed they would lose, so they didn’t think it was a gamble.
rikyrah
@satby:
Be safe.
Have you gotten your first shot yet?
Enhanced Voting Techniques
I am going to predict that the GOP is going to fight this Covid bill every step of the way and when it passes congratulated Trump on this wonderful piece of legislation. The American Right is going into level of double speak that would shock even a ’30s Stalinist.
rikyrah
@Baud:
Phuck these clowns ?
satby
@Kristine: yeah, I saw on the radar that the lake effect was blowing westward off Lake Michigan rather than the usual eastward wind, so the city got the brunt of the storm instead of Indiana and Michigan.
Joey Maloney
If Susan Collins is So Very Concerned about what the covid relief package will do to the deficit, Biden should propose repealing last session’s gigantic tax giveaway. That should help.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Geminid: My far northwest suburb got 14 inches, or so the weather service says. I haven’t been out yet.
Frankensteinbeck
@Geminid:
So be it. If we are dedicated to democracy, we have to be dedicated even when it means we lose.
satby
@rikyrah: yes. Second next Monday. But as I said in the COVID thread, people need to get whatever vaccinations are offered to them, not to hold out for a specific one. J&J seem to be setting up a longitudinal study following vaccine recipients, look to see if one is local to you. I was a subject in two studies decades ago, they’re only mildly inconvenient and you get bonus health care!
patroclus
Just 11 inches here on the North Side, but it’s kind of hard to say because the eastern winds were so strong that some of the drifts are over 2 feet. And this weekend, they’re saying it’s going to drop to 15 below and we’re likely to get more snow. I wish we had some Jewish space lasers to melt it.
raven
@patroclus:
That’s What I Like About The South
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen –
zhena gogolia
@Baud:
Or talk about his “bold leadership.”
Ken
Yeah, and where are the cabinet meetings where Harris and all the cabinet secretaries spend the whole time saying what a wonderful job Biden is doing? Has this administration no understanding of the office?
mrmoshpotato
@patroclus: Hot! Dog! 7/-5 forecast for Superb Owl Sunday!
Baud
@zhena gogolia: @Ken:
Has Harris once called Biden America’s greatest president? It’s like she knows he’s a fraud.
Baud
@trnc:
Thanks for the explanation. Clickbait headlines are annoying.
Soprano2
I figure that’s the plan – delay the package until the last one is almost ready to expire, then make it so small and short-lived that it really doesn’t help much of anything, then in 2022 campaign on the idea that “See, Biden and the Democrats didn’t do anything to help you, elect us and we’ll fix that!”. It’s extremely cynical, and would be effective if only Biden wasn’t willing to completely ignore their insulting offer.
JoyceH
@germy: Ex-presidents get allowances for travel and office expenses. A Trump isn’t going to leave that money on the table, it’s not in their nature. Melania was always going to have an entourage. This way our tax dollars will pay for the salaries of a few of them.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@JoyceH: Party planners don’t come cheap–not if they’re your friends
Soprano2
I heard a weird story this morning. Our state legislature in MO is controlled by Republicans, who have supermajorities in both chambers. (The House already had to shut down for a week due to COVID, since the Republicans won’t mandate mask wearing and won’t wear them). I think because of that, they had the Governor, who is also a Republican, move his State of the State address to the Senate chamber, and House members watched remotely. This morning, the governor released a letter saying that the House did this to humiliate and embarrass him, and that they are being hypocritical since they won’t control COVID in their chamber (this, from the man who won’t mandate anything around COVID, instead saying it’s up to individual communities!). I have no idea what this Republican-on-Republican fighting is about, but I’m ready to watch!
stinger
@DianeB: I prefer another early name: Iomelc (ewe-milk, ewe being pronounced “yo” in ye olden days, even by my farmer dad sometimes). Lambing season begins this time of year.
Rather than Candlemas, which reflects the Catholic church’s takeover of pagan holidays, I also sometimes call it Candelen or Kindling, which references the gradual brightening of days (supplemented by candles and fires).
And the actual cross-quarter day, if you count to the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, is approx. Feb. 4 — the same with the other CQ days — they’re not on the first of November, or August, or May. Just a peeve of mine.
JCJ
@Baud: Last night the story on the local news was not just that he belie8the earth is flat, but also that the sky was placed by The Government to prevent us from seeing god.
Ken
Also friends don’t come cheap, if you’re a Trump.
Bruuuuce
@Baud: CNN, too. Headline: “GOP Covid rescue proposal may have a fatal catch”, but the big (sobbing) laugh is in the subhead: “Biden must now see whether the smaller Republican counteroffer is in good faith or a bluff-calling exercise”
The last Republican I can think of who negotiated in good faith was Eisenhower, though to be fair, some later ones were honest (about their desire to destroy anyone not themselves).
Anya
I thought Hannity and his network were arguing the media is giving Biden favorable treatment and softball questions, what’s all this backlash then?
raven
I’m watching the roof dudes replace the roof next door. There have been huge holes in the shingles for a couple of years so it’s going to be interesting when they strip it and see what’s what underneath. I can’t imagine that there are not rotted rafters and what the ceiling is like. . . ???
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Baud:
Bucks to doughnuts says that this clown was haunting the low-pay hospital overnight shift because he’s also one of those guys who won’t dispense oral contraceptives to women because abortion in a retail setting.
Geminid
@Frankensteinbeck: If Brindisi loses, he will certainly appeal. Judge DelConte’s adjudication of this election contest has been very meticulous, and he seems to have played it straight, so his rulings may well stand. DelConte was elected in 2019 to the N.Y. Supreme Court bench, Oswego County, running as a Democrat.
New York will lose a congressional seat in the upcoming reapportionment. I’ll be interested to see how Democrats in Albany treat the 22nd when they redistrict. Adding Ithaca to the 22nd could turn it blue. The legislature might do this if it does not hurt a neighboring Democrat.
mrmoshpotato
@JCJ:
Hmmm. I propose we launch this nutcase into interstellar space, so he can test his theory.
Anya
@germy: Their staff was Lowest of low quality when they were in the White House and were using our money, can you imagine the quality now that they can’t use the tax payer funds?
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Ken: They really believe that people in their social class should make a lot of money for anything they do
Ken
“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then, I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes),”
— Walt Whitman (and/or Bob Dylan)
artem1s
@Baud:
don’t suppose WaPo pointed out the fact that it’s taken them 8-9 months to finally bring something to the table? I’m sure we’re not going to be surprised at anything in their pile of poo. But I am going to love team Biden taking it apart and throwing some sunshine on MRomey’s idea of helping ‘his’ people (corporations are suffering too!).
I wonder if some of them are trying to sneak in dollars for His Excellency’s crappy hotels. Maybe even a waiver so President Traitor and his tots can keep the helipad at Mar-A-Shithole.
This is going to be fun actually. I’ve been really looking forward to the day when VP Kamala pulls out the ‘this is a big f*ckng deal’ gun during one of her pressers. Don’t care how much the usual butthurt suspects whinge about corporatist shills selling us all to Wall Street – I’m not letting them break my faith in these guys to do their job. They don’t care if Sean Hannity mean tweets at them, and it is glorious.
germy
@Anya:
I thought she still had a taxpayer allowance for this.
EDIT:
Or what JoyceH said:
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
On the totally fun and not creepy front, my pre-op consult today revealed that my ortho may well be using “donor tissue” on my quad tendon repair.
Gross.
Hope it was somebody nice.
Anya
@germy: Former first ladies do not receive any money from the government but if Trump dies she’ll be entitled to receive 20,000 “The widow of a former President is authorized to receive an annual pension of $20,000. “
Ken
@Anya: Hmm, that might be worth more than the pre-nup….
Another Scott
https://reut.rs/3oDKWYj
(Bush officials trying to make a splash by leaving the GOP.)
Kinda late, isn’t it? But, yay I guess. (And yet another indication of how the DC press is wired for Republicans.)
Cheers,
Scott.
germy
@Anya:
That should be enough to pay for shoes.
Barbara
Well, Biden clearly learned at least one thing from Obama, which was not to pooh pooh the District’s response to snow. “What, they closed school for THIS?”
Of course, there is no in-person school right now, but still, it’s a touchy subject around here.
germy
Anya
@Ken: She would off him if she could get away with it. Not to say that she’s any better. I think she’s as bad.
@germy: she has first whack him.
Barbara
@Another Scott: I don’t know exactly what significance this has, but I assume it represents the hollowing out of the party in areas that aren’t always visible but that keep it together especially when the president is Democratic, like former officials who might be relied upon for placing departing staffers, or to serve as contacts or hosts for raising money. Even within that article, you see the denial of some who are staying, saying that it’s important to effect change from within and that quitting only helps the Democratic Party. Like what helps or hurts the country is not even a thing for these people.
mrmoshpotato
@Ken: My mobster trash husband died, and all I got was the massive debt he owes to the Russkies.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Skepticat: Ah, mistake on the Military part, Aung San Suu Kyi notorious for terrorizing the Myanmar military with women’s underwear.
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: Late, yes. But maybe not totally too late? Totally too late will be after the vote in the impeachment trial.
mrmoshpotato
@Another Scott: Better late than hahahaha. Seriously guys? Seriously?! Was murdering hundreds of thousands of Americans going too far for them?
Kristine
@germy: or a low-end Birkin bag
Immanentize
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Wouldn’t your body instantly reject any tissue from someone nice?
?
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: Roses are not popular beyond their Twitter bubble. She is no threat to Schumer. Schumer is pretty popular in NY. She is smarter than to challenge him and then lose badly.
germy
Immanentize
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
Seems like Aung San Suu Kyi fucked around and found out. No one is going to save her now.
Immanentize
@germy: As much as Ryan pissed me off with his Dago comment, that is probably a good Dem candidate for Ohio.
KAY?! CALLING KAY!
Kathleen
@satby: Thank you. You said it much better than I.
germy
this thread probably belongs in one of the Sunday morning garden chats, but it’s a wonderful story:
Kathleen
@John S.: And THAT will make the media MAD because he hurt Rethugs’ feels.
Anya
@germy: I like him. He’s good on message and pretty strong and will be able to fight republican bs
leeleeFL
@Soprano2: A popcorn-worthy move for certain! Funny how the when the face-eating leopards come to THEIR homes, they get pissy! Whocoodanode?
Kathleen
@mrmoshpotato: Those blood red Tampon – I mean Christmas trees have to be curated somewhere by someone.
Barbara
@Immanentize: That comment was seriously stupid but I think he thought his own Italian heritage gave him the right to use that particular slur. This is based on my own experience growing up not too far from his district, and the kids with Italian names I knew, who referred to themselves that way from time to time, usually in jest when some kind of Italian food or custom was under discussion. It would be like, “Wait, your mom makes what for Christmas dinner?” (Something with anchovies or another Italian delicacy like squid that didn’t quite make it into the pantheon of Italian-American cuisine.) “Oh, yeah, we’re a family of D______s.”
However, the ship that might have made that comment acceptable at one time has sailed and there is no generational privilege that sustains it.
Kathleen
@Baud: Repressing chortle…
leeleeFL
@JCJ: THAT is brandy-new to me, and I have heard some serious weirdness in my lifetime! How is it possible to get a degree in Pharmacy when science is alien to you! WTAF?!
Geminid
@Anya: She might whack him Russian style, with an accomplice. Melania: “Donald! You still haven’t worn that nice underwear Karl Rove sent you for Christmas.”
leeleeFL
@mrmoshpotato: Only way to be sure, amirite?
leeleeFL
@Dorothy A. Winsor: For doing nothing, you mean?!
retiredeng
@satby: Retirement is the most exhausting job I have ever had!
leeleeFL
@Anya: For a couple handbags, or a nice pair of thigh-high boots. Lord knows, she have to go back to work!
leeleeFL
@germy: That was kinda genius! Be happy no one will likely own her!
leeleeFL
@Anya: What, you think her KGB allowance will cease? I doubt it, she still can have an influence!
debbie
@Soprano2:
NPR just reported that the 10 are “disappointed” Biden didn’t come to them. WTF?
Anya
@germy: Thank you for sharing this. I love Lansgton Hughes. My dad got me a collection of his poems and short stories when I was 15 and ever since I’ve loved his work and I think I’ve read everything about him.
Ken
@leeleeFL: Is there all that much science in pharmacy work any more? It’s not like the old days when they were mixing up pills and ointments from scratch.
debbie
@Immanentize:
That’s what she gets for defending them. //
leeleeFL
@Ken: Guess you could be correct, used to be I trusted my Pharmacist more than any Doctor! They knew you!
leeleeFL
@debbie: ef goldman says fuck ’em!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@mrmoshpotato:
That’s actually the plot of some pretty good books and movies, like one of our favorites, Saving Grace. Melania could do worse than using her way with plants (as illustrated in her tearing down the Rose Garden and her unforgettable Christmas arrangements) to grow a greenhouse full of high-quality weed.
Kristine
@Ken: I worked with pharmacists and PharmDs in Big Pharma for years. They are still taught compounding, even though it’s not often a needed skill. But they also learn a lot of toxicology, other bio sciences, etc. It’s a 5-year professional science degree. Then they need to pass their state licensing exam and maintain their license via work (drug store, usually) and CEUs.
leeleeFL
@Immanentize: Leopard/ faces, SOSO!
Jim Carrey gonna be pissed! New art work soon!
Don’t get me wrong, I luv him!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Ken: It falls on the pharmacist to understand drug interactions and advise patients based on their knowledge of everything the patient is taking.
My wife teaches in a pharmacy school, and I understand it’s a fairly demanding degree though I don’t know what they take. Not physics apparently. And apparently not the germ theory of disease.
Ken
@leeleeFL: @Kristine: @Ceci n est pas mon nym: I don’t intend to denigrate the profession. They do have to be able to understand and explain the drug labels, which is a major responsibility (especially the explain part).
EDIT: And as Ceci points out, knowing the drug interactions is incredibly important, especially since the pharmacist may be the only point where all the customer’s prescription information comes together.
Barbara
@Amir Khalid: The church two blocks from me hosted a conference on recent scholarship in geocentrism (as in, the sun revolves around the earth) within the last 15 years. Cue Voltaire: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Brandenburg is a case in point.
Benw
@debbie: the colossal hypocrisy of the Republicans pretending to be just a regular old conservative party who has always been just a regular old conservative party is going to be somewhat annoying
germy
@Anya:
Twitter is actually good for some things.
Accounts like hers are why I still visit there.
mrmoshpotato
@leeleeFL: I guess that would apply from orbit or into orbit. :)
leeleeFL
@Ken: My GrandDaughter is considering getting her degree in Pharmacy. She got a job as a tech at my suggestion, after finding nursing not her cup of tea after she started working as a MedTech. Patient contact was draining….we thanked FSM for that when COVID came to town!
She loves this job!
leeleeFL
@mrmoshpotato: Exactly!
Woodrow/asim
@debbie: This is all about Performative Bipartisanship.
In reality, they want Joe to Bend The Knee. They want to feel powerful, and wanted, and special, because for decades, they’ve been told they are special — both by interests in the GOP, and in the media.
And yes, that used to work. For all the flaws in the old system, you could move some stuff to the goalposts.
But they helped wreak the old system. Clinging to it now is just BS, a way to defend continuing to tear down what little comity we have left, in the name of wanting more power.
It’s horrific to watch.
LadySuzy
@debbie: At least Susan Collins said publicly that she talked with the president.
danielx
@debbie:
I hope Biden’s response runs like this:
pull the other one, it’s got bells on…
leeleeFL
@LadySuzy: Which one?
leeleeFL
@danielx: Or, Judge Just quote, “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining!”
Hildebrand
Here is a change of pace for this open thread:
My son submitted his proposal for candidacy in his PhD program (Molecular Engineering) at the University of Chicago. His coursework is done, so this is the last big hurdle to be ABD (all but dissertation) – of course, in this program, that means about three years of lab work and writing the diss.
I read his proposal, and as much as I can even begin to understand it, it is fascinating stuff (the math, physics, and chemistry are so far beyond me it’s embarrassing).
So, spare a thought or prayer for him as his committee decides whether to sign off on it.
raven
@Hildebrand: If they were not going sign off they would have done it at his comps!!! Charge ahead!
leeleeFL
@leeleeFL: JUDGE JUDY! Dang it!
leeleeFL
@raven: Fair skies, and a following wind to him!
MagdaInBlack
@Hildebrand: I have a soft spot of U of C, my academic advisor/history prof had her PhD from there. Best wishes to him.
Another Scott
@Hildebrand: Maroons Represent! (AB Physics 1983).
Congratulations to him and to you. Fingers crossed!
Cheers,
Scott.
dnfree
@Baud: I have seen this photo of Harris standing over Biden at the desk interpreted on right-wing sites as her giving the orders and watching to be sure he does it right.
Another Scott
@Immanentize: She was in an impossible situation. I’m honestly surprised that she lasted this long. Yes, I was disappointed when she came just short of justifying the genocide (“they’re not Burmese” is how I remember her talking about it early on) and how she tried to defend the generals at The Hague. But she didn’t get where she was without understanding real politik.
The generals are playing the “fool around and find out” game, it seems to me.
It’s definitely something to watch. Fingers crossed for the democrats in Burma/Myanmar.
Cheers,
Scott.
Soprano2
They misunderstand who has the upper hand in this negotiation. They’re so used to Democrats bending under their false offers that they don’t know how to act when someone uses their own hardball tactics on them.
debbie
@danielx:
lol