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Open Thread

by WaterGirl|  May 25, 20215:00 pm| 129 Comments

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I need an antidote to what feels like all the negative and infuriating political news I have seen over the past week.

This first picture makes me feel better; every day I am grateful for these two senators, and not just because they got us the majority.

Proud to stand alongside my brother & fellow Senator, @SenOssoff, at the White House yesterday to watch @POTUS sign the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law. pic.twitter.com/WqsKO7eWzc

— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) May 22, 2021


It’s clear that Jon Ossoff did more in one week than any Republican senator has done in one year.

Take 2 minutes and 48 seconds to watch the video.

Spot the ? pic.twitter.com/SmWijSQFWl

— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) May 22, 2021

Totally open thread.

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  1. 1.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    my guys

  2. 2.

    frosty

    May 25, 2021 at 5:11 pm

    @raven: Lucky you. I’ve got one good one, so I’ll be happy with that. We’ll see what happens in 2022.

    2nd. Yo.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 5:13 pm

    @raven: Did you watch the video?  I learned more about the state of Georgia in less than 3 minutes than I had learned in my entire life.

  4. 4.

    Another Scott

    May 25, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    That’s a great little video.  I hope other senators and representatives are doing similar things – it’s important that people see what they’re doing and how it matters.

    Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    PSA #1:

    In case anyone missed it, the Zoom with FOUR DIRECTIONS has been set for tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7:30 blog time.  Send me an email to RSVP and get the link.

  6. 6.

    Soprano2

    May 25, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    Mine are Hawley and “it’s too early for a commission” Blunt. Puke.

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 5:16 pm

    PSA #2:

    Zergnet ads were turned back on yesterday.  On Wednesday the zergnet ads will be turned off, and we will be turning on a different kind of ad as part of the test.  Please take note of how the site behaves with which ads, and let us know.

  8. 8.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    @WaterGirl: I’ve lived here for 35 years.

  9. 9.

    VeniceRiley

    May 25, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    @WaterGirl: Oh hi and yes my donation did go through.

    I love the GA duo and hope they keep their seats for decades.

  10. 10.

    laura

    May 25, 2021 at 5:19 pm

    Spouse and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary today and we’re at a triple A game having a beer and dollar hot dog. The Sacramento River Cats are getting a beatdown from the Reno Aces, but we are happy to be outside on a lovely day together – and a bunch of friends showed up too.

    I still love DS – That’s my story, I’m sticking to it.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 5:19 pm

    @VeniceRiley: Yay on the donation.  Come to think of it, yay on the GA senators, too.

  12. 12.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:19 pm

    @Another Scott: Well, the battery plant is not without it’s problems

     

    A FOX 5 I-Team investigation has raised questions over who’s currently benefiting from a $2.6 billion factory under construction in Jackson County.

    Korean-owned SK Innovation chose Georgia after receiving one of the biggest tax relief packages our state has ever awarded: around $300 million in tax abatements and grants.

    SK Battery America is building what will eventually be a $2.6 billion factory that will employ 2600 workers.

    Sign up for FOX 5 email alerts

    Jackson County donated the land for the plant. SK Battery America is a subsidiary of SKI.

    When it’s finished in 2022, SK Battery America promised 2,600 people will eventually be hired to build batteries for electric cars.

    But that’s when it’s finished.

    “Georgians have gotten the shaft over the SKI battery plant,” complained David Cagle with the Georgia Local Union 72 of plumbers, pipefitters, and HVACR technicians.

    Cagle said when his people tried applying for the construction jobs to build the plant itself, they were told nothing was available.

    “We’ve got about 500 people out of work right now who could come up here and be on this job and making a living,” he said. “Instead, the Koreans are making a living.”

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 5:20 pm

    @laura: Congratulations!

    p.s.  What is DS?

  14. 14.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    @VeniceRiley: You better hope Ralph keeps it for another term.

  15. 15.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:22 pm

    @laura: Did you see our pal?

  16. 16.

    Ken

    May 25, 2021 at 5:23 pm

    @raven: Want to make a small bet as to whether the 2600 jobs ever materialize?

  17. 17.

    danielx

    May 25, 2021 at 5:24 pm

    Had to do an alcohol-related intervention with one of my oldest friends yesterday, which was about as unpleasant and probably futile as you can guess.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    May 25, 2021 at 5:25 pm

    Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges

    Manhattan’s district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the development.
    The panel was convened recently and will sit three days a week for six months. It is likely to hear several matters — not just the Trump case ­— during the duration of its term, which is longer than a traditional New York state grand-jury assignment, these people said. Like others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. Generally, special grand juries such as this one are convened to participate in long-term matters rather than to hear evidence of crimes charged routinely.
    The move indicates that District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.’s investigation of the former president and his business has reached an advanced stage after more than two years. It suggests, too, that Vance believes he has found evidence of a crime — if not by Trump then by someone potentially close to him or by his company

    Edit: I think we’re a bad influence on the Washington Post commentariat. Current most-liked comment:

    Cat Lady 2020
    Tick tock motherf*cker.

  19. 19.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    @Ken: The had to close the KIA plant in West Point for a couple of days because of a lack of chips.

  20. 20.

    Elizabelle

    May 25, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    @WaterGirl:   I will send you an email!  Might even put on makeup.  Nah.

    Thank you for the positive open thread.  We need one, every single day.  Some of us don’t want masters’ degrees in what a-holes the Republicans be.  Keep our spirits up, and keep us informed.

  21. 21.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 25, 2021 at 5:31 pm

    So proud to have Ossoff and Warnock representing Georgia in the Senate, and women like McBath, Bourdeaux, and Williams in the House (others, too). They’re not all like Jody Hice and MTG and that dude who said 1/6 was nothing more sinister than tourists visiting the Capitol.

  22. 22.

    Old School

    May 25, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    I spotted two alligators in the video.  But maybe it was the same one twice.

  23. 23.

    Elizabelle

    May 25, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:   You did that, Ms. Subaru.  Proud of you and WaterGirl and everyone who helped bring Georgia into the 21st century.

  24. 24.

    Cameron

    May 25, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    @Ken: You getting a Foxconn in Wisconsin vibe?

  25. 25.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 25, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    @raven:

    Thirty-seven years for me. Plus three years in the 1960s.

  26. 26.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:34 pm

    @Cameron: Oh this thing is a go, they are going to make batteries for cars.

  27. 27.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:35 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Should I count the two months in Grady when I broke my back in 74?

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 25, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    A hell of a lot of people did that!

  29. 29.

    Cameron

    May 25, 2021 at 5:38 pm

    @raven: That’s something which has a future, something I wouldn’t have said a year or two ago.

  30. 30.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 25, 2021 at 5:38 pm

    @raven:

    Why not? It’s all part of the aggregate :-)

  31. 31.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:40 pm

    @Cameron: We have a KIA Niro and a lithium weed eater!!!!

  32. 32.

    pajaro

    May 25, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    Yeah, yay on both of them. They ran a fantastic campaign, and at important points, they each had each other’s backs.

  33. 33.

    Josie

    May 25, 2021 at 5:46 pm

    @Soprano2: ​
     It could be worse. You could have Cruz and Cornyn, like me.

  34. 34.

    cope

    May 25, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    Finally got together with two of the guys I taught with today, one of whom is retired, the other has a long fifteen years to go. We made these plans last week for yesterday but I had (temporarily) forgotten yesterday was our wedding anniversary so we amended our plans to today.

    A scenic place in a marina on the St. John’s River. Fish were jumping’, turtles were turtling but saw no gators. Almost everything we wanted was out…”a freezer broke down…truck couldn’t fit into loading bay…thing, thing, thing…”.  And guess what? We didn’t care.  It had been over fifteen months since our last live meeting and it was bliss.

    I brought home a sandwich and onion rings for mrs. cope and chicken nuggets for the pup. For the time being, all is well in copeland.

  35. 35.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    May 25, 2021 at 5:49 pm

    Shorter WaPo: Vance to make Dump walk the plank

  36. 36.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:50 pm

    Rand got a message

    In an outlandish turn of events, Paul linked Marx’s dismissive social media barb to the potentially dangerous package, which according to Fox News contained an image of the senator in a neck brace, wearing a cast, using a crutch and with a gun to his head.

    At the bottom of the picture was the caption: “I’ll finish what your neighbor started, you motherfucker.”

  37. 37.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 5:50 pm

    @cope: Triple tails, snook and redfish in there!

  38. 38.

    hitchhiker

    May 25, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    As some of you might remember, mr hitchhiker and I became grandparents on the day of the Capitol Riot. (Our younger daughter delivered brother/sister twins that morning.) They’ll be five months old soon, and are in the phase of life that involves discovering how to connect intent (sucking my fingers feels good and I want to do it) with execution (this movement brings my hand to my mouth, every time!) They’ve learned to laugh. Their crying now comes with actual tears. They go down for naps wide awake without complaint. I love them.

    They’re a ferry ride away. We go to spend the day with them once a week, bringing various food and whatnot. I like to make giant batches of cookies. Mr h is into elaborate breakfast wraps meant to give the young parents grab-and-go breakfast for days when they’re too addled to cook.

    So far, thanks to WA state’s family leave policy, one of them is able to stay home with the babies on every weekday. He works 3 days, she works 2, and that will last for almost the first full year if they want it to. Childcare for infant twins is not cheap, and since neither of them are in high-salary jobs, this really, really matters.

    Our daughter apparently possesses superhuman powers, because she’s successfully nursing them both and plans to keep that up at least another month, and maybe right through their first year. It was rough going for awhile, but now they’re all on cruise with it.

    I think that without these small humans to keep me in a more-or-less continuous state of wonder and gratitude, the time since the riot would have felt almost intolerable … I do keep up with news, but it’s rare that it overwhelms me the way it was especially in the first trump years.

    Another time I’ll tell you the saga of our older daughter’s attempt to become a mom. It’s astonishing to us all, but she is now expecting a son in December … which is to say I get to keep living this dream for some time to come.

    That’s my antidote!

  39. 39.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    May 25, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    Reuters: U.S. SENATE VOTES 51-48 TO CONFIRM KRISTEN CLARKE TO LEAD THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 25, 2021

    First Black woman to lead DOJ’s Civil Rights division. As Uncle Joe would say, “this is a big fucking deal”

  40. 40.

    artem1s

    May 25, 2021 at 5:54 pm

    The DNC should air these in surrounding states like for instance, SC.  What has Lindsey been doing for his constituents for the last few months? What has he been doing for the last 5 years besides sticking his nose up TFG’s butt?

  41. 41.

    Chief Oshkosh

    May 25, 2021 at 5:54 pm

    @raven: Is the Niro an EV? I heard those were made of pure unobtanium.

  42. 42.

    Steve in the ATL

    May 25, 2021 at 5:55 pm

    @raven: @SiubhanDuinne: greetings, fellow Georgia newcomers!  I moved here in 1989. There’s a chance my future grandchildren might be considered natives!

  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    @cope:

    chicken nuggets for the pup

    I love that.

    Lots of anniversaries going on, nice to be able to celebrate them not just at home.

  44. 44.

    Baud

    May 25, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    @raven:

    Wherever you go
    Whatever you do
    I will be right here waiting for you
    Whatever it takes
    Or how my heart breaks
    I will be right here waiting for you

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 5:59 pm

    @hitchhiker:

    That’s your antidote, and it’s a good one!

    I feel better just reading all that.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: And 48 fucking (I assume) Republicans voted no.

    But I’ll still celebrate because we got the win!

  47. 47.

    sdhays

    May 25, 2021 at 6:02 pm

    @Ken: I don’t know anything about this project, but I’d easily bet they’ll get closer to 2600 jobs than Scott Walker’s Foxconn boondoggle will ever get to their promised targets. I don’t even remember what those targets were, just that the state was paying over $100k per very, very dubious job.

    Batteries are a growth business and a South Korean manufacturer having factories in the US at least sounds plausible, considering a possible desire to sell to US automobile manufacturers. The Foxconn deal never sounded anything more than a scam to me.

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 6:02 pm

    @raven: It would be a shame if someone sued Paul for slander or libel or whatever it would be.

  49. 49.

    Steve in the ATL

    May 25, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: “defamation” covers both!

  50. 50.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    @Chief Oshkosh: It’s got a gas and electric motor.

  51. 51.

    PaulWartenberg

    May 25, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    Breaking news:
    New York DA Cy Vance is convening a grand jury to hear evidence for possible criminal charges towards donald trump and others in his corporation.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-investigation-grand-jury/2021/05/25/5f47911c-bcca-11eb-83e3-0ca705a96ba4_story.html

  52. 52.

    Nora Lenderbee

    May 25, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    @raven: It’s just an expression of economic anxiety.

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 6:13 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Yay.  Let’s go with defamation!!!

  54. 54.

    AliceBlue

    May 25, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Since you’re here, I have some questions about the “audit” of the Fulton County mail-in ballots.  Shouldn’t that case have been filed in Fulton County?  What authority does a Henry County judge have over Fulton County election officials?  Why does this group have any standing to sue?

  55. 55.

    NotMax

    May 25, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    Apparently someone slithered into NYC.

  56. 56.

    Baud

    May 25, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    English common law courts really dropped the ball in not recognizing the tort of Backpfeifengesicht.

  57. 57.

    Ruckus

    May 25, 2021 at 6:21 pm

    @hitchhiker:

    One thing I’ve missed a bit is having no kids/grandkids. Just didn’t work out for me and it took becoming a geezer for me to really realize what was missing. Oh well it’s water under that bridge.

    Enjoy them, they grow fast.

  58. 58.

    PaulWartenberg

    May 25, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    If we’re talking electric cars, I got a Hybrid for Christmas and it runs pretty well. Only have to gas it once every two weeks.

  59. 59.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 6:26 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    It’s great!

  60. 60.

    Steve in the ATL

    May 25, 2021 at 6:26 pm

    @AliceBlue: I wish I could answer that question. No idea how a Henry county court has venue, unless there is some election law I know nothing about.

    Also makes me mad to hear that asshole Raffensperger disparage Fulton county. He’s a long time resident of it and he knows damn well that it’s the premier county in Georgia and has more integrity, and more visibility, than any other in this state.

  61. 61.

    Steve in the ATL

    May 25, 2021 at 6:27 pm

    @Baud: disappointing and surprising, since Angles, Saxons, and the royal family are all German!

  62. 62.

    AliceBlue

    May 25, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Thanks for replying.  Although I’m not a lawyer, I worked in a law office for many years and the whole thing just seems weird.  I hope Fulton county is appealing.

  63. 63.

    Mary G

    May 25, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    Watch until the end to see why these dogs are the #BeastOfTheDay. https://t.co/h2YrArn1X9— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) May 15, 2021

    Also, sorry for the politics, but this seems like a good development:

    Rare Manchin/Sinema joint statement: "We implore our Senate Republican colleagues to work with us to find a path forward on a commission to examine the events of January 6th.”— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) May 25, 2021

  64. 64.

    cckids

    May 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    @hitchhiker: Congratulations to you and all of yours, what a charming, uplifting little slice of life!

  65. 65.

    Kayla Rudbek

    May 25, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    And I’m other good news, as I was going through all the mail and bills from my health insurance company, I found out that I am authorized for proton treatment after all. This will reduce the risk to my heart and lungs, potentially decrease the side effects of radiation (I think that I would get a lower dose overall if I recall correctly) and also may reduce my treatment time.

    And the plastic surgeon said today at my appointment that I was healing well. He estimated about another two weeks before I can start jogging and bicycling again. I may start with the tandem bike first.

  66. 66.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    @Mary G:

    Staffordshire terriers do not give a s–t.

  67. 67.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    @Kayla Rudbek:

    Yay!

  68. 68.

    Mary G

    May 25, 2021 at 6:35 pm

    @Kayla Rudbek: Whew! That is excellent news.

    my heart can't handle this much cuteness(woofwooftv IG) pic.twitter.com/KdIA1aDxID— Humor And Animals (@humorandanimals) May 23, 2021

  69. 69.

    jl

    May 25, 2021 at 6:41 pm

    ”  Jon Ossoff did more in one week than any Republican senator has done in one year. ”

    Quite offensive the the reputation of the Greatest Deliberative Body in The World (TM).

    They might ask him to apologize or risk an ethics investigation or censure.

  70. 70.

    bemused senior

    May 25, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    @hitchhiker: my twin grandchildren are five and a half now. They live with me and have made the pandemic and my ongoing cancer treatment bearable. Boy and girl also. I remember the non-stop nursing phase!

  71. 71.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    May 25, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I don’t think any terriers do, Conni certainly didn’t and she was only half terrier.

  72. 72.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    So people got all pissy when I posted an article about my friends because Nancy got shorted. Here’s a better article about two swell people.

     

    While only native to Athens since 2006, Nancy and Charlie have each fully embraced what it means to be a local Athenian. They make their home on Pulaski Street, and you’ve likely heard wonderful melodies drifting down through Pulaskiville, as they call it, from their front porch sessions. Nancy and Charlie are a uniquely wonderful pair who came to Athens to visit first as a new couple in hopes of gaining a few weeks of creative solitude, only to return 6 months later, married, with a house on Pulaski waiting for them. Charlie, a native Georgian, returned to his Southern roots, and this time brought along with him his Pacific Northwestern wife – Nancy. Together, they spend their days writing, singing, and playing music – knee-to-knee – for the neighborhood to hear. This is their story.

  73. 73.

    Mike in NC

    May 25, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    @NotMax: Misery sure has a lot of worthless deadbeat pols.

  74. 74.

    burnspbesq

    May 25, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    There are a number of states that come close, but nobody has worse Senators than us: Cornyn and Cruz.

  75. 75.

    Gin & Tonic

    May 25, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    Two good senators up here in RI too.

    It’s been dry, dry, dry this spring, but the blue skies have been real nice with the new convertible.

  76. 76.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    There’s something about the atavistic need to shake rats until they die.

  77. 77.

    laura

    May 25, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    @WaterGirl: spouse’s initials.

  78. 78.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    @laura:

    That sounds great!

  79. 79.

    Mike in NC

    May 25, 2021 at 6:54 pm

    Tonight on Frontline, PBS will look at what police reforms have been implemented in the year since George Floyd was murdered.

  80. 80.

    laura

    May 25, 2021 at 6:54 pm

    @WaterGirl: spouse’s initials.

     

    @raven: yes, hes joining us when we are having the fancy celebration luncheon together tomorrow because they were closed today – hence the ballgame. I’ll send you a photo!

  81. 81.

    Jeffro

    May 25, 2021 at 6:54 pm

    @burnspbesq: Kentucky would like a word…

  82. 82.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    @Jeffro:

    Ugh, yeah, Kentucky.

    So happy to have Murphy and Blumenthal. We suffered with f-ing Lieberman for years.

  83. 83.

    hitchhiker

    May 25, 2021 at 6:57 pm

    @bemused senior:

    Five and a half! How marvelous for you that they’re close enough to be part of everything.

    I have a brother who is 9 years younger than me, and he married a woman about 15 years younger than himself. They have four kids, widely spaced out.

    Our mom spent the last 10 years or so of her very long life in his house, happily surrounded by growing grandchildren to the end. She told me once that if the noise and chaos got annoying, she’d just remove her hearing aids and read for a while.

    I am still (hopefully) a decade or two away from being unable to live on my own, but I find myself thinking of her and being glad it worked out that way. There’s nothing quite like watching babies turn into children.

  84. 84.

    debbie

    May 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Collins was the sole crossover vote.

  85. 85.

    NotMax

    May 25, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    FYI. Gonna be a while yet; getting the ball rolling a positive development.

    Offshore wind is headed west. The Biden administration announced today that it will open up parts of the Pacific coast to commercial-scale offshore renewable energy development for the first time. The geography of the West Coast poses huge technical challenges for wind energy. But rising to meet those challenges is a big opportunity for both President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom to meet their clean energy goals.
    [snip]
    The Department of Energy says that it has funneled more than $100 million into moving floating offshore wind technology forward. There are only a handful of floating turbines in operation today, and no commercial-scale wind farms yet anywhere in the world.

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management still needs to officially designate the areas off the California coast as Wind Energy Areas for development and complete an environmental analysis. The plan is to auction off leases for the area to developers in mid-2022. It’s also working with the Department of Defense to make sure the projects don’t interfere with its ongoing “testing, training, and operations” off California’s coast. Source

  86. 86.

    debbie

    May 25, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    @Mike in NC:

    Lots of nothing.

  87. 87.

    Doug R

    May 25, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    @sdhays: Looks like Ford plans to source the batteries for the new electric F-150 from SK in Georgia

    https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36488021/ford-f-150-lightning-batteries-us-trade-war/

  88. 88.

    J R in WV

    May 25, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​
     

    Lots of anniversaries going on…

    We went out for dinner for the first time since fall of 2019 last week… it was our 50th wedding anniversary. Then last Saturday we went next door to eat dinner and drink a whole lot with neighbors. Wonderful, Hugs, home made pizza and champagne.

    Since we only had to drive down their driveway to our driveway, then up our driveway, we felt like we could drink ALL the wine.

    Whooot.

    And now a grand jury is hearing evidence in re The Trump Org… Whoooot!

  89. 89.

    Jeffro

    May 25, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    @zhena gogolia: That’s a pretty good pair!  We love us our Warner and Kaine here.  =)

  90. 90.

    J R in WV

    May 25, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    @Kayla Rudbek:

    That’s all wonderful news~!~ So glad for you, teaches us all to read that fuq’in’ junk mail~!!!~

  91. 91.

    cckids

    May 25, 2021 at 7:10 pm

    @raven: That is a wonderful story; it makes me want to meet them :)

  92. 92.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    @J R in WV:

    I just saw your story about your parents. Very touching.

  93. 93.

    NotBob

    May 25, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    Apropos of nothing, getting my 1st Astra-Zeneca (sp?) Covid jab today – (60 y/o with liver cancer living in Sydney)

    Hope the blood clots don’t bite !

  94. 94.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    May 25, 2021 at 7:17 pm

    The place we took the girls for grooming(Pooch Pawlor) just sent me a text that I have an appointment on Friday, I know I look a bit shaggy and all…

    Sent a text to Madame about it, she has an appointment for Mabel.

  95. 95.

    Jeffro

    May 25, 2021 at 7:22 pm

    @PaulWartenberg: yes, great news, isn’t it?  ABOUT TIME

    Decades of well-documented multigenerational tax fraud and <crickets>

    Two dozen sexual assault charges <crickets>

    etc etc etc

    But great news!

  96. 96.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 7:27 pm

    @cckids: They are so much fun! Charlie and another pal played at my retirement party what seems like years ago.

  97. 97.

    cckids

    May 25, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    @raven: I love their approach to music – they wanted to learn, so just picked up instruments and by god learned it; trial and error was fine, just enjoying the process and earning mastery along the way. It’s a sad truth of too many of our lives that, if we aren’t prodigies right away, we quit/aren’t encouraged to continue. Good on them!

  98. 98.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    Gulf Oil Platform explosion.

  99. 99.

    rikyrah

    May 25, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    @laura:

    Happy Anniversary?????‍❤️‍??

  100. 100.

    raven

    May 25, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    @cckids:
    Hawk Proof Rooster

  101. 101.

    rikyrah

    May 25, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    @hitchhiker:

    ????

    Congratulations???

    Such blessings

  102. 102.

    rikyrah

    May 25, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:

    Garland now has his ‘A-TEAM’????

  103. 103.

    rikyrah

    May 25, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    @Mary G:

    The dogs????

     

    @Kayla Rudbek: ?????

  104. 104.

    Mike in NC

    May 25, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    @rikyrah: Let’s hope the Bedbug of Bedminster is starting to sweat.

  105. 105.

    Baud

    May 25, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    @raven:

    Is this Biden’s Katrina Deepwater Horizon?

  106. 106.

    Baud

    May 25, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    @rikyrah:

    I love it when a plan comes together.

  107. 107.

    Ken

    May 25, 2021 at 8:02 pm

    @raven: Gulf Oil Platform

    You sure about that?  The story says it’s an abandoned well 18 miles south of Patterson, and although admittedly the coastline of southern Louisiana is vague and getting more so, that would put it inland.

  108. 108.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    @NotBob:

    All the best to you.

  109. 109.

    Subsole

    May 25, 2021 at 8:12 pm

     

     

    @burnspbesq:

    I really wouldn’t mind if the Governor, A.G. and Lt. Gov. died screaming in a grease fire, either…

  110. 110.

    debbie

    May 25, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    Whoa! Check out this tweet!

  111. 111.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    @debbie:

    I was hoping for Trump in an orange jumpsuit, but at least it’s orange!

  112. 112.

    Elizabelle

    May 25, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    @debbie:   Give them opposable thumbs, and we are in trouble.

    Impressive.

  113. 113.

    cckids

    May 25, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    @raven: How fun! Will have to listen when I’m not technically at work.

  114. 114.

    Anoniminous

    May 25, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    @artem1s:

    Just another part of South Carolina’s ever-continuing 161 year quest to prove the state isn’t too large for an insane asylum.

  115. 115.

    MomSense

    May 25, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    @hitchhiker:

    ???????????

  116. 116.

    cope

    May 25, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    @burnspbesq: I call your Cornyn and Cruz and raise you a Rubio and Scott.

  117. 117.

    NotMax

    May 25, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    @zhena gogolia

    Revive the classics.

    ;)

  118. 118.

    Starfish

    May 25, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    @danielx: That sounds really hard.

  119. 119.

    zhena gogolia

    May 25, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    @NotMax: I’d really love to see him in that!

  120. 120.

    narya

    May 25, 2021 at 8:35 pm

    My parents will celebrate their 65th anniversary tomorrow. My mom was proposing leftovers (from several meals) for dinner–I’m pushing back. At least I’ll use up the lemons I brought to make a lemon pound cake recipe my mom wants to try.

  121. 121.

    debbie

    May 25, 2021 at 8:37 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Talk about teamwork!

  122. 122.

    MisterForkbeard

    May 25, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    @burnspbesq: …Kentucky has McConnell and Paul.

    They’re equally awful but in the different ways.

  123. 123.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    @J R in WV: Wow, 50 years together!  Congratulations.

  124. 124.

    NotMax

    May 25, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    Well, that’s passing odd. Printed on a product’s shipping carton received today, along with the usual company name and the model and item description, is the following:

    “The contents are subject to change without prior notice.”

    Maybe if I wait for a time before opening it will change into something even better.

    ;)

  125. 125.

    WaterGirl

    May 25, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    @debbie: If those were BJ bees, some days we would work together to get the top off, some days we would sting one another until we all dropped, and some days we would start to open the top and get distracted.

  126. 126.

    cckids

    May 25, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    @MisterForkbeard:

    Kentucky has McConnell and Paul.

    They’re equally awful but in the different ways.

    Kentucky “wins” because of the greater overall harm caused by McConnell. Rand Paul = Cruz for overall scumbagginess and punchability.

  127. 127.

    J R in WV

    May 25, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    @zhena gogolia: ​
     
    Thanks.

    They were both newspaper people, swell in so many ways.

    After they retired and the family newspaper business was sold they spent a lot of time together on the Q E II so they could dance together to a good jazz band every evening while cruising around the world…

    Dad had a closet full of tux jackets while mom had silk gowns. Not my thing, but they loved it.

  128. 128.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    May 25, 2021 at 10:25 pm

    lucky this isn’t 538. house style requires the sr senator from georgia to be identified as terrible candidate jon ossoff.

  129. 129.

    vigilhorn

    May 26, 2021 at 8:07 am

    What’s a sumbariner?

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