I absolutely ???????? this picture ???? pic.twitter.com/t1k8qYhS9Q
— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) May 16, 2021
Even (especially) when it’s difficult!
'Just as in World War Two America was the arsenal of democracy, in the battle against COVID-19 pandemic our nation is going to be the arsenal of vaccines,' Biden said after announcing that the U.S. will send at least 20 million more doses abroad https://t.co/M9uXDDgVay pic.twitter.com/nzOqzGCsTy
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 18, 2021
Last week I had the chance to meet with Dreamers in the Oval Office. These young people are part of the fabric of our nation and vital to our future.
Congress needs to pass the U.S. Citizenship Act and create a path to citizenship for Dreamers, farm workers, and TPS holders now. pic.twitter.com/c3nBdO6elO
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 16, 2021
The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, a 73-year-old from Pakistan, has been approved for release, his lawyer says. Saifullah Paracha has spent more than 16 years in custody at the U.S. base in Cuba. https://t.co/ONPOeXvAJM
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 17, 2021
Democrats: https://t.co/vt6vwQ1VPl pic.twitter.com/mOz9otg1kf
— Radical Libertine Agenda???????? (@SJGrunewald) May 18, 2021
debbie
Kaitlin wishes. ?
narya
Good morning, jackals! It’s the time of year where I see rabbits, and when on every other block there’s a blooming lilac bush. It’s not improving my overall mood, but I’ll still take it.
JPL
@debbie: I know!
debbie
@narya:
I saw my first bunny yesterday during my walk. I know homeowners hate them, but I just want to hug them!!! ?
Princess
Kaitlan Collins is pretty good.
Cermet
The proud Dad seeing his young son ‘make it’.
Spanky
Is there any particular reason I should know who Kaitlin Collins is or that I should give a fuck about her opinions?
Low Key Swagger
I don’t necessarily see a rift….but I will say that Democrats are susceptible to the ways in which the Right frames both economic and cultural issues. I think it can suppress turn-out, and the mid terms are vital. I am working with a whip smart New Mexican influencer and what he reports on the ground is a bit worrying. There’s a coalition building to elect Hispanics to office, regardless of qualifications, and some good administrators are at risk. He’s pushing back, but trying to balance his career with his activism, so it requires a delicate touch. Thankfully, he is very well liked.
rikyrah
Good Morning Everyone ???
OzarkHillbilly
Nine days I been gone and you people haven’t fixed a damn thing.
Spanky
@OzarkHillbilly:
You’re who, again?
You may note that there are currently no ads
Eta; And you’d better have pictures from the trip.
OzarkHillbilly
@Spanky: I use an adblocker. There are never any ads.
As to who I am, nobody in particular.
ETA: I have lots of pics from the trip. Doesn’t mean I’m sharing them.
rikyrah
MSNBC (@MSNBC) tweeted at 4:32 AM on Tue, May 18, 2021:
“[Greene] really wants to be a star. Like really bad. So bad, she’s stalking an actual legislative star, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, like she’s Glenn Close in ‘Fatal Attraction,'” @TiffanyDCross says of Rep. Greene. https://t.co/BbxfxillUR
(https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1394586568258691073?s=03)
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: no ads, so that helped a bit! Welcome back, is it my birthday?
debbie
Weren’t you off somewhere fixing every damn thing???
Spanky
@OzarkHillbilly: Don’t we already have a Nobody In Particular commenting here?
Watergirl and the techies are trying to clean this place up this week.
Tony Jay
@OzarkHillbilly:
Sun came up this morning, didn’t it?
You’re welcome.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Democratic facing a major ‘rift’ — one factions says lite beer “tastes great” the other sides says “less filling”
NotMax
So you think cooking in your oven makes the kitchen swelteringly hot? Not even close.
;)
Spanky
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
… and this faction says “tastes like somebody else’s snot.” I think we’re the plurality.
OzarkHillbilly
If it is, you should demand a do-over.
Yes. I was gonna file plagiarism charges but then I remembered I only ever used NIP on cave maps.
Nope. Rain, rain and more rain.
567 days and counting.indycat32
Satby, I need your expert advice. A momma cat and one kitten – seems to be about 3 weeks old – have taken up residence under some shrubs next to my house. I want to make sure they’re OK. I’ve seen momma cat around for months. She has always looked well fed. What should I do? Should I do anything? I don’t want to spook momma cat. Should I put out food? Water? Most important, at what age can I swoop up the kitten and bring it inside! Any help much appreciated.
Geminid
@OzarkHillbilly: Please try and send some of that rain to Virginia. We’re starting to dry out here, and right now there is no rain at all in the 10 day forecast.
NotMax
@OzarkHillbilly
Well, can’t spell your nym without “ark.”
:)
Baud
@rikyrah: Good morning.
Baud
The 2022 midterm are so critical, and we have historically not stepped up. Expect the MOTUs to try to generate as many rifts as they can to depress our turnout.
rikyrah
Yes??????
Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) tweeted at 6:33 AM on Tue, May 18, 2021:
Val Demings to run for Senate against Rubio https://t.co/TnJZQpHtTE
(https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1394617049125638149?s=03)
Baud
@rikyrah:
Oh wow. That would be amazing if she could pull it off. Kudos to her for stepping up.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’ve been dragging lately. It’s always good to see jackals cheering one another on in the morning.
zhena gogolia
That picture of the oath truly is remarkable.
Betty Cracker
Speaking of Glenn Close, I highly recommend her interview on the WTF podcast. Maron (podcast host) got her to divulge a deep, dark secret that Close really didn’t want to discuss. It started off innocently enough — Maron asked Close where she got her start as a singer. Close hemmed and hawed. Maron kept pressing. Close spilled the beans. (Spoiler below!)
[Up with People! Hahahaha!]
OzarkHillbilly
@Geminid: I floated all the way home. Unfortunately, the Appalachians are in the way so the water can’t get to you. Well, not for another 33 days and 33 nights anyway
@NotMax: Hmmmm…. a new name for the truck?
Betty Cracker
@rikyrah: Got a post on that scheduled.
ETA: Correction, it’s live.
Geminid
@Low Key Swagger: That is an interesting report on New Mexico party politics. I hope you keep us posted. I am very interested in state level politics. In Virginia, the Democrats are all singing Koombaya. The Republicans are a different story.
But I’m curious. In 2018 Governor Michelle Luhan Griffin ran and won on a clean energy platform. The next year, the legislature passed a clean power program. Do you see any results yet? Wind generators, photovoltaic installations?
A couple years ago, I drove I-20 through Texas to New Mexico. West Texas had tons of windmills, but I noticed there were very few in New Mexico. There certainly was no shortage of wind.
Low Key Swagger
@Geminid: I no longer live in NM, but still have family and friends there. To answer your question, I have heard very little about that particular program. I will ask today during our call.
Benw
@debbie: I like the bunnies in my yard! We also have a nest this year with at least three chicks in it!
Tony Jay
@OzarkHillbilly:
I may have encountered some performance issues.
Soprano2
Wish I could, we’ve got that rain too. It’s so saturated here that it starts standing on the ground after about 1/4″. I’m supposed to have 3 ballgames this week, I’m going to be pissed if they all get rained out!
lowtechcyclist
@Spanky:
Oh good, I’m not the only one. :^)
OzarkHillbilly
@lowtechcyclist: So says the google:
All one needs to know.
Soprano2
@Betty Cracker: I had a boyfriend who was in Salute to America singer, which was a 4H group similar to Up with People that was created for the Bicentennial. He got to travel a lot, including to Romania in 1976 when it was still a communist country. He said it was a surreal experience; sometimes they would pull the curtains on their train car and tell them not to try to take pictures out the windows because they could be arrested if they did.
OzarkHillbilly
@Tony Jay: The story of my life.
zhena gogolia
@Betty Cracker:
I thought everybody knew that! She used to talk about it a lot earlier in her career.
Steve in the ATL
@Betty Cracker: oh god. I was on a trans-Atlantic flight with them back in the mid-eighties. I’m still in therapy for it.
rikyrah
Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) tweeted at 3:10 PM on Mon, May 17, 2021:
WOW. Texas Governor @GregAbbott_TX is blocking the extra $300/week for unemployed Texans. The supplemental assistance doesn’t cost Texas anything.
There are still one million Texas out of work from the pandemic. https://t.co/GUZVRYauGi
(https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1394384815605129220?s=03)
narya
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Yeah. Strangely enough, it helps to be able to come here and say “I’m dragging” or whatever, for no particular reason. Saying the words out loud (or typing them, anyway) is therapeutic.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’m trying to set up online banking on my phone, but it’s a joint account which means my bank counts it as belonging to the first name on the account, ie, Mr DAW’s. So to set this up, I have to use his SSN etc. More stuff to memorize. What a pain.
Geminid
@Low Key Swagger: Thanks.
NotMax
Whoa. Just tried a piece of the homemade corn bread was given as a gift the other day.
Baker apparently has a Hulk-like heavy hand with the sugar. So sweet it makes my teeth ache.
It’s the thought that counts.
O. Felix Culpa
@NotMax: Speaking of bread, was it you who posted a link to a youtube video for no-knead deli rye? I made it last week and it was excellent. Thanks!
ETA: This one.
NotMax
@O. Felix Culpa
Not I. Do remember it being posted here but not by whom in order to give proper credit.
Amir Khalid
@indycat32:
Kittens are weaned at eight weeks or so, I think. So that might be the time to carry out your baby-snatching plan.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Betty Cracker: I knew that actually. Somewhere on our shelves is an old Up With People magazine (might be a songbook) they must have handed out as propaganda and she’s in it.
I’ve read elsewhere where she talks about being brought up in the culty organization that ran it, Moral Rearmament.
When you read the magazine it’s all about fighting the commies and the hippies with clean cut young people singing clean cut young songs.
O. Felix Culpa
@NotMax: Since it was good, I’ll give you credit anyway until/unless someone comes along to snatch the crown. :)
Eunicecycle
@rikyrah: Ohio is doing it, too, although not right away. All the “people don’t want to work anymore” is having an affect. But I saw that the UK is having the same issue. Is that true, Tony Jay?
Frank Wilhoit
@OzarkHillbilly: There are a couple of old songs that I haven’t been able to find. One says “Rain forty days, rain forty nights, catfish comin’ down the smokestack…”. Then of course there is “There are flies on me, there are flies on you/But there are no flies on Jesus…”. The existence of the latter seems to be universally acknowledged, but no one has an actual source. The first one seems to be a myth, but the Deep South side of my family knew it.
Uncle Cosmo
@OzarkHillbilly: From The Irish Mother’s Letter To Her Son In America:
:^D
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@Princess: lol.
mrmoshpotato
@narya: Did all the bunnies hide in your area over winter? It’s bunny madness year-round by me.
mrmoshpotato
Kaitlan Collins – delusional slapdick
mrmoshpotato
@Tony Jay:
You anti-Mr. Burns, you!
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax:
A lava river ate my pizza!
mrmoshpotato
@Spanky: Eww. Miller Lame and Butt Light both taste like water that’s gone bad.
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid:
And now it’s out of context. ?
J R in WV
@Uncle Cosmo:
OK, that’s LOL funny, thanks! Got my Wife to guffaw…
satby
@Amir Khalid: @indycat32: Sorry for the late reply and without reading if WereBear gave better advice, but kittens are able to start eating wet solid food a bit earlier, like 5 or 6 weeks, so I would start bringing some canned food out for them ASAP. If mom is semi-domestic she’ll probably warm up to you, and if you can handle or pet the kitten now without getting bit try to, as that helps them socialize. Waiting until 8 weeks will make it harder. If mom seems friendly and you’re up for snatching them both off the streets do it. Isolate them in their own room if you have other pets, and visit them often to play or just talk to them, always with food or kitten formula (available at most stores that sell pet food). It’s unusual for a cat to have a litter of one, others were probably already killed by predators.
Edit: the way to even a very skittish feral’s heart is by being a safe and reliable source of food.
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: ok, that was a trick question. It is indeed my birthday ?
NotMax
@satby
It is?
Let happiness reign.
Steeplejack
@satby:
Happy birthday! ?????