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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Saturday Morning Open Thread: The Work Goes On

Saturday Morning Open Thread: The Work Goes On

by Anne Laurie|  May 29, 20217:49 am| 162 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, President Biden, Proud to Be A Democrat

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Bosses are wilding out. Some dingleberry with cupolas on his shitty manse got this sign custom printed. What a country, what a time. https://t.co/jctFvIEHrI

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) May 27, 2021



Thank goddess for President Biden:

Before we took office, the economy added back 60,000 jobs per month. It’s now adding back 500,000 jobs per month.

In fact, we've created 1.5 million jobs—more jobs than have ever been created in the first three months of any president in our nation's history.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 28, 2021

President Joe Biden began the Memorial Day weekend at an indoor rock climbing gym in Virginia, seeking to celebrate progress made as the country looks to turn the corner on the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/yhVXeZo2Za

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 29, 2021

Good advice from a (Democratic, of course!) campaign professional:

Stop wondering what could have happened in 2020; instead:
A. Game out everything Repubs (& foreign backers) might/could do to subvert or undermine democracy
B. Defend against it
C. Prepare responses for if any of it does happen
D. Have positive plans for how we’ll use power /2

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) May 28, 2021

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162Comments

  1. 1.

    raven

    May 29, 2021 at 7:53 am

    yoo hoo

  2. 2.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 29, 2021 at 7:55 am

    Bosses are wilding out. Some dingleberry with cupolas on his shitty manse got this sign custom printed. What a country, what a time.

    What slapdicks.

  3. 3.

    debbie

    May 29, 2021 at 7:58 am

    At least that dingleberry used the apostrophe correctly.

  4. 4.

    mali muso

    May 29, 2021 at 8:02 am

    We are in for a rainy, cool weekend here in VA. Which means finding indoor amusements to occupy the four year old sufficiently.  Maybe the weather will chill out the cicadas!

  5. 5.

    Nukular Biskits

    May 29, 2021 at 8:02 am

    Agree with Houle’s ABC but think D needs to be modified as follows:

    Have positive, AGGRESSIVE plans for how we’ll use power

    Playing defense isn’t enough.  Democrats nationally need to go on the offensive and use their power just as aggressively as are McConnell and crew.

  6. 6.

    raven

    May 29, 2021 at 8:07 am

    @Nukular Biskits: fat chance

  7. 7.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 29, 2021 at 8:09 am

    @Nukular Biskits:

    Playing defense isn’t enough. Democrats nationally need to go on the offensive and use their power just as aggressively as are McConnell and crew.

    Exactly. The Rethuglicans will whine either way, so might as well punch back hard and give the obstructionist bullies something to whine about.

  8. 8.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 8:13 am

    If I saw that sign about “short staffed”, I would take my business elsewhere.  So, it is helpful, in that respect.

  9. 9.

    p.a.

    May 29, 2021 at 8:16 am

    Current plan is to spend abt six hours outside in high-40’s-degree rain, 10+ mph winds watching lacrosse in crappy UConn stadium in E Hartford Conn?. Couldn’t find club seats (if they even have them) so we’re layered up, longjohns, polarfleece, wool. We’ll see how long we last.

  10. 10.

    rikyrah

    May 29, 2021 at 8:21 am

    Good Morning, Everyone???

  11. 11.

    Nukular Biskits

    May 29, 2021 at 8:22 am

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Indeed.
    I, for one, am tired of Democrats playing it “safe” as to not alienate the holy grail:  “swing voters”.  Playing it safe isn’t going to win over any Republican votes and, as you said, they’re gonna whine and lie about Democratic policies anyway.

    It’s time to fish or cut bait.

  12. 12.

    BC in Illinois

    May 29, 2021 at 8:22 am

    Chris Prener, a St Louis Univ faculty member who does Missouri Covid data summaries, tells us that

    [Roy Blunt] skipped the vote on the January 6th insurrection commission to… attend a ribbon cutting for a visitor’s center at Wilson’s Creek, where pro-confederate Missouri State Guard soldiers supported another insurrection!? It was a Union defeat, and Gen. Nathaniel Lyon was killed.

  13. 13.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 8:23 am

    @debbie: Good point.

  14. 14.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 8:24 am

    Percy is having an anxiety attack for reasons I can not fathom. He is up my butt every where I go, needing physical contact where ever I stand/sit/lay and I can’t find his pills. I’d ask Mama but she is asleep after working late last night and I’m not about to short circuit her needed rest. The poor dog is driving me nuts but he can’t help it.

  15. 15.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 8:25 am

    @raven: That made me laugh out loud.

  16. 16.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 8:25 am

    @BC in Illinois: He fit right in.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    May 29, 2021 at 8:26 am

    @rikyrah: Good morning.

  18. 18.

    MagdaInBlack

    May 29, 2021 at 8:27 am

    @Elizabelle: Yes, I can imagine what a great place that is to work. Maybe just put up a sign : “I’m an asshole, work for me.”

  19. 19.

    raven

    May 29, 2021 at 8:27 am

    @sab: I should have said WAHOO!!!

  20. 20.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 8:28 am

    @raven: They’ve retired him, much to my relief.

  21. 21.

    raven

    May 29, 2021 at 8:31 am

    @Nukular Biskits: Yea, you’ll be right upon front won’t you?

  22. 22.

    raven

    May 29, 2021 at 8:32 am

    @sab: HOO?

  23. 23.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 8:32 am

    Found this downthread by clicking on the “short staffed” twitter post. Here’s a non-paywalled story about the late Deputy Sheriff Duke Trujillo, former Marine, militant anti-vaxxer, and now dead of COVID complications.

    NY Post: Anti-vaxxer Colorado sheriff’s deputy, 33, dies of COVID complications

    Surprise!

  24. 24.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 8:34 am

    @MagdaInBlack:   Maybe dude’s got another sign we did not see.  “Pandemic’s over.  Lose the mask.”

  25. 25.

    lowtechcyclist

    May 29, 2021 at 8:36 am

    @Nukular Biskits: 

    I, for one, am tired of Democrats playing it “safe” as to not alienate the holy grail: “swing voters”. Playing it safe isn’t going to win over any Republican votes and, as you said, they’re gonna whine and lie about Democratic policies anyway.

    It’s time to fish or cut bait.

    This is especially true because midterm elections are ALL about turnout. We will salvage the 2022 midterm, or not, depending on whether we do the things that (a) enable our voters to vote without having to jump through a ton of hoops, and (b) give them reason to show up.

  26. 26.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 8:36 am

    @MagdaInBlack:  Just found this tweet back, from “Midnight Rambler” on the thread:

    Hopefully, they saved some time and money by printing “out of business” on the reverse side.

  27. 27.

    MomSense

    May 29, 2021 at 8:37 am

    Going upta camp this weekend to see my cousins . It’s going to be a cold, rainy weekend but my dad and stepmom are going to join us so that should be a lot of fun!  May need to pack some cards.

  28. 28.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 29, 2021 at 8:39 am

    @p.a.: Good luck.

  29. 29.

    satby

    May 29, 2021 at 8:40 am

    So funny story about the doctor’s office: former toxic manager tried to come back and was shut down (primarily by me). When word of that spread, two former employees contacted me about coming back part time. No more need to hire for a bit, though it’s always ongoing in every business. Environment matters as much as $$ does.

  30. 30.

    lowtechcyclist

    May 29, 2021 at 8:41 am

    @raven:

    HOO?

    First base!

    (For the U.Va. baseball team, natch)

  31. 31.

    MagdaInBlack

    May 29, 2021 at 8:41 am

    @Elizabelle: ???

    I saw a story somewhere of a restaurant owner who was going to charge an extra $5 for anyone wearing a mask. He should probably get that reversible sign too.

  32. 32.

    satby

    May 29, 2021 at 8:41 am

    @Elizabelle: Karma. Won’t teach any of them.

  33. 33.

    Jager

    May 29, 2021 at 8:42 am

    @debbie: 

    No, a minimum wage Printer’s Devil at the sign shop covered for the guy.

  34. 34.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 29, 2021 at 8:42 am

    @MomSense:

    Going upta camp this weekend to see my cousins . It’s going to be a cold, rainy weekend 

    I’m assuming cabin and not tents.

  35. 35.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 8:42 am

    More twitter love for the jackass who had the sign printed:

    I hope the jetski ‘n humidor repo man takes that sign too.

    I’m very sure that this guy does have a short staff

    I am glad so few people are falling for this Help Wanted: Nobody Wants to Work Anymore horseshit they’re being served. A lot of people are seeing through this crap.

  36. 36.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 8:44 am

    @satby:   The toxic manager is gone!  Excellent!  And the doctor sees that other employees left because of her.

  37. 37.

    debbie

    May 29, 2021 at 8:45 am

    @MagdaInBlack:

    Time to cancel that bastard! //

  38. 38.

    debbie

    May 29, 2021 at 8:46 am

    @MomSense:

    It’s freezing here this morning. Hope you all have a great time!

  39. 39.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 29, 2021 at 8:48 am

    @Elizabelle:

    If I saw that sign about “short staffed”, I would take my business elsewhere.

    Yup. It’s just a preëmptive excuse for shitty service.

  40. 40.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 8:50 am

    And:  it turns out that the late, not great Deputy Trujillo had been suspended and reprimanded earlier for excessive use of force.  He was assigned to the juvenile detention center.

    I hope the military is using the rightwing and antivaxxing sentiment they become aware of to — soon — weed out the toxic rightwingers in their ranks.  I wish the police could do it, too.

    Hard to believe they could not find better employees.

    And we cannot afford soldiers, sailors and airmen who will apply their military training to fomenting and participating in an insurrection.

    Like Germany:  get. them. out.  We cannot afford them, and do not owe them a job.

  41. 41.

    Chief Oshkosh

    May 29, 2021 at 8:50 am

    @Elizabelle: Man, I know it’s the NYPost, but that article is pretty brutal. And what the heck is up with all the “pray for the members of the department” bullshit? They’ve now had two “of their own” die from Covid, a 51-yr-old and a 33-yr-old, and 107(!) in the system test positive. Young, healthy, but stupid. And now dead. How many others did they infect along the way?

    If the rest of them are too fucking stupid to get vaccinated, then they need to be fired. Why should everyone else in the Denver criminal justice system be exposed to their fucking selfish dipshittery?

  42. 42.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 8:53 am

    @raven: Cleveland baseball’s mascot.

  43. 43.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 8:54 am

    @MagdaInBlack: At which point whatever I order gets repeatedly sent back to the kitchen until I am kicked out of the restaurant.

  44. 44.

    The Thin Black Duke

    May 29, 2021 at 8:54 am

    @lowtechcyclist: “Give them a reason to show up”? What the Fuck, man?

  45. 45.

    Anne Laurie

    May 29, 2021 at 8:55 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Percy is having an anxiety attack for reasons I can not fathom.

    Barometric pressure change / approaching storms?

    Our late great rescue Zevon went from ignoring thunderstorms for the first few years he lived with us, to being terrified by them — which led to panting & pacing for several hours *before* every storm, sometimes even before my sinuses verified his sensitivity. We never did figure out why the sudden change in his habits; he hadn’t been left outside in a storm, or anything like that…

    (And eventually he stopped being thunder-phobic again, as he got old & somewhat senile.  At which point Sydney briefly decided to try being thunder-phobic, but he didn’t have Zevon’s dramatic talents, so he couldn’t work the humans up like the Big Dude had. )

  46. 46.

    MagdaInBlack

    May 29, 2021 at 8:56 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: The story made NBC, it’s a place in Mendocino. I’m just bad at posting links, but its easy to google.

  47. 47.

    Spanky

    May 29, 2021 at 8:58 am

    @sab: Cleveland has a baseball team?

  48. 48.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    May 29, 2021 at 8:59 am

    In Friday’s building newsletter, we got word two staff members tested positive. Frankly, I’m pissed off. As of a week ago, 100% of residents and 70% of staff are vaccinated. The J&J vaccine is sitting there in the nurse’s office, free for the asking.

    ETA: I feel like I used to feel years ago when masses of people first started using email and folks would click on a virus. At first, I was sympathetic. But after a while, I wanted to slap them.

  49. 49.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 9:01 am

    @Chief Oshkosh:   I want to see more reporting on how many deputies and police officers refused vaccination.

    Here’s a local story.  Very much geared to “the dead officers should be classified as ‘line of duty’ deaths  because they contracted the disease while in service” but … did they contract the disease because they refused the vaccine?  Were their deaths preventable??

    No paywall.  Denver Channel 7.  

    The Colorado Department of Corrections started offering a $500 incentive for its staff members to get vaccinated in late March, as only about 44% of staff within the prison system – which does not include the county jail – had been vaccinated at the end of March.

    The city is not tracking how many of its deputies receive the vaccine.

    They should. This is public health, and also public finance.

    Duke sounds like a jerk.  A former Marine who was not a good fit for police work.  Had been suspended (60 days)  and reprimanded for abuse of an inmate in his care.  And:

    The Denver Sheriff Latino Organization said Trujillo had recently been appointed vice president of the organization.

    Wow.  Just wow.

  50. 50.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    May 29, 2021 at 9:02 am

    @p.a.: Wow. There better be a family member playing to justify that masochism.

  51. 51.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 9:03 am

    @Chief Oshkosh: And those kids in Juvenile detention, unlike the deputies, have no choice about unvaccinated exposure.

  52. 52.

    Honus

    May 29, 2021 at 9:03 am

    @p.a.: go Hoos!

  53. 53.

    Alce _e_ardillo

    May 29, 2021 at 9:05 am

    @debbie: The minimum wage clerk at Staples corrected it for him.

  54. 54.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 9:06 am

    @sab:   I mispoke about Trujillo being in Juvenile Detention.  NY Post story just says Downtown Detention.

    He was definitely suspended and reprimanded in 2017.  Denver Post obtained the records.

  55. 55.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 9:06 am

    @Spanky: Hissss.

    They made it to the World Series back in the nineties.

  56. 56.

    JMG

    May 29, 2021 at 9:10 am

    Today is the first day all covid restrictions (government restrictions that is) are lifted in Massachusetts. So of course there’s also a nor’easter here for the entire three-day weekend. It’s 45, rainy and 25 mph winds with 40 mph gusts here on the Cape right now. I guess this is good news for the movie theaters. I have to go to the supermarket, but that’ll be it for reveling in our new freedom (restrictions have been anything but onerous in 2021, easy to adjust to once government learned how much safer outdoor activities were).

  57. 57.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 9:12 am

    From the Canon City Daily Record; story from the Denver Post:

    [The late deputies] Trujillo and Herrera worked at the Downtown Detention Center, which has had an active COVID-19 outbreak since April 2020. The Denver Sheriff Department website reported 11 active cases at the detention center as of Thursday.

    Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment data shows 1,261 COVID-19 cases at the detention center, with 107 of them among staff members, since April 2020. The health agency has not connected any deaths to the detention center outbreak.

    Sheriff’s deputies, like other first responders in Colorado, became eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in January and were among those allowed to have vaccines as the first wave of doses were available in the state, Daria Serna, a sheriff’s department spokeswoman said.

    However, the shots were not mandatory, and the department does not track how many deputies have been vaccinated because of privacy concerns, Serna said.

    “Vaccinations were a choice,” she said.

    Vaccinations also are offered to people when they are booked into the downtown jail, she said. But it is up to individuals to decide whether to accept a Moderna or Johnson & Johnson shot, she said.

  58. 58.

    Honus

    May 29, 2021 at 9:12 am

    @lowtechcyclist: and the UVA lacrosse team, in the NCAA semifinals today

  59. 59.

    MomSense

    May 29, 2021 at 9:14 am

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Definitely cabin.  I’m going to stick up on supplies and do some serious cooking.  I always volunteer because my dad’s (Puritan) side of the family cannot cook.  Holy hell.

  60. 60.

    MagdaInBlack

    May 29, 2021 at 9:17 am

    @MomSense: Please say there’s a fireplace, so I can be extra envious.

    Cold, rainy, food, cards, fireplace…….I could do that.?

  61. 61.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 9:19 am

    @Anne Laurie: I don’t think so. Our weather is quiet now. His usual issue is riding in the back of the car without being able to touch his daddy. But this? I don’t get.

  62. 62.

    WereBear

    May 29, 2021 at 9:19 am

    @p.a.: It was such a day when my family went on a road trip to a West Point football game. As we arrived and the weather worsened, my mother declared, “I’m not sitting under a garbage bag being bored one more time,” and we were dropped off at a mall, where the two of us had a girl’s day with margaritas and Pick Four.

    One of my fondest memories :)

  63. 63.

    Spanky

    May 29, 2021 at 9:22 am

    @MagdaInBlack: I think there’s a law in Maine making fireplaces mandatory in camps. Probably more mandatory than plumbing.

  64. 64.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 9:23 am

    @WereBear: Sounds like my mom and sailing: “I am not going to spend another afternoon being yelled at.”

  65. 65.

    Honus

    May 29, 2021 at 9:23 am

    @Spanky: yeah. Be nice if Pittsburgh had one too.

  66. 66.

    matt

    May 29, 2021 at 9:24 am

    I think it’s funny that the employees Republican shitheads want are the ones who are staying home now because they’re getting $300 a week. That’s the cream of the crop right there!

  67. 67.

    MagdaInBlack

    May 29, 2021 at 9:25 am

    @WereBear: Something along those lines happened when our regular garage sale Friday was cold and rainy. My girlfriend and I opted for a  bar and then a tattoo parlor, where I got my first tattoo, from a woman, whose husband ( an ex-con she had met thru a penpal ad) spent the time entertaining me by showing me his collection of preserved scorpions. ( because I was getting a tattoo of a scorpion)

    25 years later, its still a great story ?

    ( In Kewanee  IL, should anyone need a tattoo)

  68. 68.

    Phylllis

    May 29, 2021 at 9:28 am

    @Spanky: Certainly more of one than Pittsburgh* has.

    *I say that affectionately as a Pirates fan, due to their spring training in my home town. 

  69. 69.

    Jager

    May 29, 2021 at 9:31 am

    I was talking with an old friend the other day, their college sophomore grandson stopped over on his way home from school. The kid had 4 bags of dirty laundry and grandma offered to wash his clothes. Among the dirty sweatshirts, boxer briefs, khakis, shorts, and jeans she discovered a rather erotic, black silk thong.
    She folded it up and sent the thong to her grandson’s girlfriend (she knows her well) with a note saying:
    “Dear ______,
    I washed this for you, honey, a girl should always wear clean and neat underwear in case you get in an accident or be involved in some other mishap.
    Looking forward to seeing you on the 4th of July.”

  70. 70.

    Betty Cracker

    May 29, 2021 at 9:31 am

    Re: the Houle tweets: I’m kinda done with people attempting to regulate political discussion among Democrats. I’m not sure what the context is, so maybe the Houle’s complaint is legit, and straight-up wallowing isn’t helpful. But we’ve all endured and are still going through a harrowing national moment on multiple levels. The outcome is uncertain, and decisions our leaders are making today will have a make-or-break effect on our democracy going forward. So, what-ifs are understandable in this context. I guess self-righteous “do x instead of y” prescriptions and bad-faith assumptions are too, but they’re equally wearisome, IMO.

  71. 71.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 9:31 am

    @MomSense:   Have fun!  Hope you have some good books along, too.

    Sounds restorative, actually.  Although maybe Korra will go a little nuts.

  72. 72.

    Honus

    May 29, 2021 at 9:33 am

    @Phylllis: yeah, Cleveland’s been in the world series three times since the last time our Buccos made it.

  73. 73.

    Danielx

    May 29, 2021 at 9:33 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Probably sensing the New Madrid fault is getting ready to rumble.

  74. 74.

    MomSense

    May 29, 2021 at 9:34 am

    @MagdaInBlack:

    Ayuh.  And kid is bringing his acoustic – so tunes.

  75. 75.

    Benw

    May 29, 2021 at 9:36 am

    @sab: that was when Charlie Sheen was pitching for them, right?

  76. 76.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 9:36 am

    @WereBear: OT. I hope you are right about more cats. Our stepdaughter is moving to an apartment, so Monday we get her pets. Dog number two, and cat number six.

    Dogs are okay, except that cocker hasn’t been properly groomed since Covid, and the new-to-us pitbull thinks his ears smell edible.

    We figure we might never actually see the new cat since basement has many cat hiding places.

  77. 77.

    Cameron

    May 29, 2021 at 9:38 am

    Short staffed?  I thought Stormy Daniels said that, in some other context.  My memory is going….

  78. 78.

    Spanky

    May 29, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @Honus: When I was growing up in Pittsburgh, my dad called the Pirates “The Bumbles”. Some things never change.

  79. 79.

    WaterGirl

    May 29, 2021 at 9:40 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Maybe he doesn’t feel good and he’s scared?

    That happened with my dog Bailey, he seemed to get anxious out of the blue for no reason, and then it would pass after a few hours.

    It turned out to be pain-related, and I never knew.   So I would probably take Percy to the vet.  If not today, then right after the holiday.

  80. 80.

    Mike in NC

    May 29, 2021 at 9:43 am

    Returning to our hotel room last night, somebody had left a plastic bag filled with the day’s newspapers in the elevator. It contained the Key West Citizen, Miami Herald, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the execrable tabloid New York Post. That last one is only for worshippers of the Orange Turd.

  81. 81.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 9:45 am

    @Benw: I mostly remember Omar Vizquel as shortstop, back when baseball used to have fielding, instead of nothing but homeruns and strikeouts like nowadays.

  82. 82.

    Hilbertsubspace

    May 29, 2021 at 9:45 am

    @Jager:

    The assumption that the underwear belonged to the girlfriend is probably correct.  But,  it could be awkward if otherwise.

  83. 83.

    Cameron

    May 29, 2021 at 9:46 am

    @Honus: Well, once upon a time they did have Dock Ellis.

  84. 84.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 9:46 am

    @Hilbertsubspace: Or a different girl’s.

  85. 85.

    Gin & Tonic

    May 29, 2021 at 9:48 am

    @Jager: About 10 years ago when my son was a college student living in an off-campus apartment he sublet the place for a summer to a fellow student (a woman.) When he returned, she had left in a bit of a hurry, he moved back in and almost immediately fell very ill and was hospitalized. My dear wife and I went there to make sure he was well-cared for, and spent our non-hospital time cleaning the apartment, which desperately needed it. We got the message that the sub-letter’s father and brother were coming by to pick up a box of her things, which she had left and we had packed up because our son couldn’t. Our dilemma was how to pack the several large sex toys she had left in a dresser drawer.

  86. 86.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 9:50 am

    @Danielx: Of coarse! Why didn’t I think of that?

  87. 87.

    WereBear

    May 29, 2021 at 9:52 am

    @MagdaInBlack: Sometimes those spontaneous things are the BEST.

  88. 88.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 9:52 am

    @WaterGirl: Just came back from the 3rd trip outdoors. He needed to shit. Why he didn’t do that the first 2 times is another mystery I will never solve.

  89. 89.

    WereBear

    May 29, 2021 at 9:54 am

    @sab: Well, one should expect them to hide, at first. When curiosity overcomes caution.

    If such should happen, do visit the basement and remind them of what they are missing, and how they can get more upstairs!

  90. 90.

    Spanky

    May 29, 2021 at 9:55 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: So it was seismically related after all.

  91. 91.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 9:55 am

    @Hilbertsubspace: Maybe that was what Grams was thinking of when she sent them back.

  92. 92.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 29, 2021 at 9:56 am

    @Spanky: There was a movement.

  93. 93.

    WereBear

    May 29, 2021 at 9:56 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: We’ve all been there.

    “This is the same tree you wouldn’t use the three other times?!?!?”

  94. 94.

    rikyrah

    May 29, 2021 at 9:57 am

    Thread

    Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) tweeted at 0:40 PM on Fri, May 28, 2021:
    Today is a HUGE WIN for the Democrats. They get to appoint the 1/6 select committee they wanted, and in 2022 they get to hit the Republicans for having voted against it.

    Tired of clueless liberals saying the Democrats are “weak” and “caved.” Learn how politics works or shut up.
    (https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1398333406753214465?s=03)

  95. 95.

    smedley the uncertain

    May 29, 2021 at 9:58 am

    @sab: I guess that’s why I single handed a lot…

  96. 96.

    tom

    May 29, 2021 at 10:01 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: good job with the diaeresis!

  97. 97.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 10:09 am

    @WereBear: I suppose another cat tree upstairs wouldn’t hurt.

  98. 98.

    Ken

    May 29, 2021 at 10:09 am

    @smedley the uncertain: I guess that’s why I single handed a lot…

    Your daily reminder that context is everything.

  99. 99.

    smedley the uncertain

    May 29, 2021 at 10:12 am

    @Ken: Ref to prior comment about sailing and yelling…  Guess you missed that comment.

  100. 100.

    Ken

    May 29, 2021 at 10:16 am

    @smedley the uncertain: No, I tracked back to see what you were talking about, and make sure it wasn’t the comment about packing the sub-letter’s sex toys.

  101. 101.

    Eunicecycle

    May 29, 2021 at 10:20 am

    @sab: Hey they were there in 2016! Lost to the Cubbies.

  102. 102.

    Gin & Tonic

    May 29, 2021 at 10:24 am

    @tom: Subaru Diane is nothing if not grammatically precise in all ways.

  103. 103.

    Emma from Miami

    May 29, 2021 at 10:24 am

    So, the usual “Democrats are letting us down because they haven’t yet destroyed the Republicans” circular firing squad? Check. Time to go watch Chinese drama until my mani-pedi appointment.

  104. 104.

    The Pale Scot

    May 29, 2021 at 10:26 am

    @Jager:

    She folded it up and sent the thong to her grandson’s girlfriend

    Oh Boy. When u assume you make an ass out of you and me

  105. 105.

    L85NJGT

    May 29, 2021 at 10:27 am

    Anyone expecting a “do-over”, and return to the pre-2016 status quo is off their meds.

  106. 106.

    West of the Rockies

    May 29, 2021 at 10:31 am

    @Elizabelle:  Too bad, so sad.

  107. 107.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    May 29, 2021 at 10:35 am

    @BC in Illinois: that’s just bipartisanship. republican roy blunt supporting the legacy of democrat president james buchanan & putative heir to the democrat leadership stephen douglas.

  108. 108.

    Cameron

    May 29, 2021 at 10:37 am

    Republicans do seem to be providing a target-rich environment, don’t they?  Zero meaningful policies, screw anybody who’s not rich, cover up insurrection (or, in the case of Our Mattie Gaetz, promoting more of it), pumping out loony conspiracy theories (with added frissons of racism/anti-semitism), strangling popular democracy through voter suppression/rejection…..Far from surrendering to these creatures, the biggest problem I see is where to start in on the smorgasbord of shit they’re serving.

  109. 109.

    West of the Rockies

    May 29, 2021 at 10:39 am

    @Elizabelle:

    Looking at his stupid Facebook postings, all I can say is, “Y’all refused the vaccine, and now y’all is dead, and I don’t care, y’all.”

  110. 110.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 10:41 am

    @West of the Rockies:  Deputy Trujillo saved more lives by dying.

    In a lot of ways. So:  RIP!

  111. 111.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    May 29, 2021 at 10:42 am

    so, if the presidential pardon power is absolute, meaning it has no limit, what is to stop a president from pardoning himself when out of office?

    surely johnathan turdley understands this basic right of the post-presidency.

  112. 112.

    sab

    May 29, 2021 at 10:44 am

    @smedley the uncertain: I don’t miss sailing at all. We had a sailfish for the kids. My brother got to work the rudder. I got to work the centerboard ( Pull it up! There’s a sandbar!) So more yelling.

  113. 113.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    May 29, 2021 at 10:44 am

    So we watched the first episode of “Mare of Easttown” last night. We were really curious because of all the discussion about the Delaware County accent, which is where we live.

    I couldn’t really hear it. To my ears, it doesn’t sound at all like what I hear in the WaWa. Except the word “wutter” which one character said once.

    But I’m not a native. I’m curious if any genuine locals think they got it right.

    Also we are very amused at the contrast between real Delco and gritty TV Delco.

  114. 114.

    patrick II

    May 29, 2021 at 10:46 am

    I ate a restaurant this past week inside for the first time in a while this week — off-hours and one of only two people there.  The waitress told me they were having trouble hiring staff.  I asked how much she was being paid.

    $2.30 an hour.

    Oh.

  115. 115.

    West of the Rockies

    May 29, 2021 at 10:51 am

    @rikyrah:  Love it!

  116. 116.

    Matt

    May 29, 2021 at 10:52 am

    Re: Dana Houle – I’ve been hearing the “serious professionals” say this for thirty years, and the whole time the GOP has been consolidating power at every level.

    Maybe it’s time we stop listening to these Washington-Generals-ass clowns who only know how to lose to fascists, and start listening to the Dirty Hippies who’ve been right all along.

  117. 117.

    WaterGirl

    May 29, 2021 at 10:53 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Oh, I’m so happy to hear that’s all it was!  Go Percy.

  118. 118.

    West of the Rockies

    May 29, 2021 at 10:55 am

    @patrick II:

    $2.30 an hour?!?  Is that legal?  You could make twice as much mowing lawns for $5 a pop (as an enterprising lad in 1978).

  119. 119.

    Other MJS

    May 29, 2021 at 10:58 am

    @Elizabelle: 

    “Being a marine has taught me one thing: never be the first to volunteer,”

    I thought the Marine motto was “Semper Fi”. I stand corrected.

  120. 120.

    Sure Lurkalot

    May 29, 2021 at 10:59 am

    @satby: Have a former co-worker who apparently knew the officer and posted on FB “another life taken too soon due to COVID.” Which he discounted as a hoax as he publicly railed against masks and vaccines. Exposed himself daily in close quarters and thus his own family. COVID was the leading cause of police deaths in 2020, despite the police being first in line for vaccination, the perception that this is the most dangerous job reduced to the danger is themselves.

  121. 121.

    Just Chuck

    May 29, 2021 at 10:59 am

    I think warning the customers that you’re short-staffed is just polite.  The sign wasn’t blaming the workers.  Should have left off the pandemic verbiage: “too soon” is an understatement.

  122. 122.

    debbie

    May 29, 2021 at 11:00 am

    @patrick II:

    Jesus, that is ridiculous.

  123. 123.

    Hildebrand

    May 29, 2021 at 11:01 am

    @The Thin Black Duke: Thank you!

    Good God – what more reason do you need to show up to vote than to get rid of every last one of the insurrectionist and insurrectionist-supporting Republicans?  What more reason do you need than to turf out every last freak who is gutting voting rights, reproductive rights, and civil rights?

    It’s your damn duty to get yourself to the polls to vote out these anti-democratic bastards.  I know they are making in hard – that’s exactly why we need to crawl across broken glass to vote, so that we can fix everything that the republicans are tearing down.

    If you can vote, and vote without a lot of hurdles, and you don’t because you feel that you haven’t been given a ‘reason’ to vote, well, hell, you are one privileged, self-absorbed, self-centered, asshole.

  124. 124.

    raven

    May 29, 2021 at 11:08 am

    @patrick II: That’s nothing new, they live on tips

     

    The tipped minimum wage, or minimum cash wage, is the lowest amount you can pay a tipped employee per hour of work. A “tipped employee” is a worker in a service industry (e.g., restaurant) who customarily and regularly receives more than $30 per month in tips. The tipped minimum wage is lower than the regular minimum wage because employers can claim a tip credit.

    The tip credit is the difference between the minimum wage and the minimum cash wage. There is a federal tipped minimum wage. But like the regular minimum wage rate, the tipped wage can vary depending on what state your business is in.

    You must pay employees the higher of the:

    • Federal tipped minimum wage
    • State tipped minimum wage

    Federal minimum wage for tipped employees
    The federal minimum wage for servers and other tipped employees is $2.13 per hour. You must pay your tipped employees at least $2.13 per hour.

    The regular minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour, meaning employers can claim a maximum tip credit of $5.12 per hour ($7.25 – $2.13 = $5.12).

  125. 125.

    Kristine

    May 29, 2021 at 11:08 am

     @OzarkHillbilly:
    @Anne Laurie:

    Our late great rescue Zevon went from ignoring thunderstorms for the first few years he lived with us, to being terrified by them — which led to panting & pacing for several hours *before* every storm, sometimes even before my sinuses verified his sensitivity. We never did figure out why the sudden change in his habits; he hadn’t been left outside in a storm, or anything like that…

    T-storms never used to bother Gaby, either. Old Guy King would pace, try to crawl on my lap–hello 120-lb GSD-Lab mix–and scrape at the walls, and Gaby would sleep. Now Gaby is 14, and storms have upset her for the last few years. Same as Zevon–reaction begins hours before the storm arrives, with pacing and panting and bonus chihuahua shakes (she’s not a chihuahua). A friend said that if a dog’s hearing is going, it affects how they react to pressure and loud noises because it all sounds and feels different.

    I think Gaby’s hearing has degraded over the last year, although it just could’ve become more selective ?

  126. 126.

    Ocotillo

    May 29, 2021 at 11:11 am

    I have been out of touch, especially commenting due to an increase in work but in case no one has said it before but the jobs these job creators are having trouble filling were often filled by undocumented aliens but that resource has been slowed down by the pandemic and SStephen Miller policies.

  127. 127.

    WaterGirl

    May 29, 2021 at 11:11 am

    @West of the Rockies: They assume you make up that ridiculous amount with tips.

  128. 128.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    May 29, 2021 at 11:11 am

    @raven: And from what I’ve heard, many restaurants (most? all?) will require them to work many hours of “side work” with no customers and no possibility of tips, and STILL pay them $2/hr for that time.

  129. 129.

    WaterGirl

    May 29, 2021 at 11:14 am

    @Ocotillo: I agree with your reasoning, but I have to protest the use of the word “aliens”. They are people, not aliens.

    It’s long past time for the use of the word “aliens” in that context to be retired.

  130. 130.

    Elizabelle

    May 29, 2021 at 11:36 am

    @The Thin Black Duke:

    @Hildebrand:

    Again, thank you.  How much responsibility do we bear for people who run back into burning buildings because … both sides.

    Do your best to get the gettable.  Some people are too cynical, apathetic, or just plain ignorant.  Move on to more persuadable voters.

  131. 131.

    rikyrah

    May 29, 2021 at 11:37 am

    Awesome ?

     

    Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) tweeted at 9:08 AM on Sat, May 29, 2021:
    Midshipman Sydney Barber made history as the first Black woman Brigade Commander at the U.S. Naval Academy. I had the honor of speaking with her, and discussing the importance of aiming high and paving the way for others to do the same. https://t.co/qiTvYc4vlE
    (https://twitter.com/VP/status/1398642290680283136?s=03)

  132. 132.

    Splitting Image

    May 29, 2021 at 11:44 am

    Foster Friess is dead. This makes me happy.

  133. 133.

    Steve in the ATL

    May 29, 2021 at 11:45 am

    @Gin & Tonic:

     

    Subaru Diane is nothing

    Not cool, dude—she’s a valued commenter and a fine person IRL!

  134. 134.

    Suzanne

    May 29, 2021 at 11:45 am

    Mr. Suzanne and I went out for dinner last night. In a restaurant. With wine. Not takeout, no kids’ menu. The food was not awesome but the company was, and the ambiance was good.

    If I ever see one of those damn signs, I will shame that restaurant.

  135. 135.

    laura

    May 29, 2021 at 11:51 am

    @MomSense: How’s he enjoying the very most bad ass Christmas guitar? Hopefully it’s still bringing thrills.

  136. 136.

    Spanky

    May 29, 2021 at 11:56 am

    @Splitting Image: Where will the $$$$ go? That is the question.

  137. 137.

    WereBear

    May 29, 2021 at 11:59 am

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: We love this series!

    Not familiar with the accent, but I gather the point is its difficult subtlety.

  138. 138.

    Kent

    May 29, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    @Jager:I was talking with an old friend the other day, their college sophomore grandson stopped over on his way home from school. The kid had 4 bags of dirty laundry and grandma offered to wash his clothes. Among the dirty sweatshirts, boxer briefs, khakis, shorts, and jeans she discovered a rather erotic, black silk thong.
    She folded it up and sent the thong to her grandson’s girlfriend (she knows her well) with a note saying:
    “Dear ______,
    I washed this for you, honey, a girl should always wear clean and neat underwear in case you get in an accident or be involved in some other mishap.
    Looking forward to seeing you on the 4th of July.”

    Ha!    But….

    1.  Maybe it wasn’t the girlfriend’s thong…oops!
    2.  Maybe it was her grandson’s thong.
  139. 139.

    trollhattan

    May 29, 2021 at 12:15 pm

    [checks weather] today, 89. Nice.
    Sunday, 99, uh-oh
    Monday, 106, whaaaaaa? I do believe that would obliterate the record for the day. Fingers crossed they’re wrong.
    .

  140. 140.

    trollhattan

    May 29, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    @raven:

    IIRC we have Herman Cain to “thank” for the special sub-minimum wage carveout for restaurant servers.

    Thank you, covid-dead sir, hope you’re enjoying the eternal broiler accommodations.

  141. 141.

    Feathers

    May 29, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: I loved Mr Robot, but all of the commentary about how realistic all of the hacking scenes were, citing the guy who was a consultant to the series as evidence, cracked me up.

  142. 142.

    Kelly

    May 29, 2021 at 12:27 pm

    @Suzanne: Mrs Kelly and I spent most of the week on the Oregon Coast. Ate our first meal in a restaurant since the plague lockdowns. With a view of the Newport Bay. I had Salade niçoise and Mrs Kelly had oysters.

  143. 143.

    aliasofwestgate

    May 29, 2021 at 12:27 pm

    @West of the Rockies:  It’s called ‘tip wages’ a nasty little scam that’s been legal for ages. They  pay you sub par wages because you get tips every night, which makes you dependant on how much you get every night. Then they tax you on it later. It’s part of why i refused to be a waitress. I had no tolerance for the bullshit waitstaff got put through to get tips.  Part of why i went to KFC instead, and at least got medium wage for my 6 years there.  I remain polite as hell to waitstaff because of the crap they go through and the absolute hell of tip wages. It was 2.13$ in the mid 90s when i got my first job. It hasn’t been raised at all and i’m now in my 40s.

  144. 144.

    HRA

    May 29, 2021 at 12:33 pm

    @WaterGirl: I have a story to tell you that only many years later was told to me by one of my children. I did not find my green card in my purse which I needed to show up at he post office yearly. I was frantically lloking through drawers everywhere and ended up in my bed room next to the kitchen looking in  my dresser when 1 of my children asks what are you doing with 3 others in the crowd. “I am looking for my alien card.” Well they all booked out of the house to the back of the garage all upset. “Did you know she was an alien? What are we going to do? Act normal?”                                   .

  145. 145.

    WaterGirl

    May 29, 2021 at 12:54 pm

    @HRA: Funny, but also terribly sad.

  146. 146.

    James E Powell

    May 29, 2021 at 1:08 pm

    I think it’s time to resurrect that old line “The Democratic wing of the Democratic Party” to refer to Biden/Harris and all who stand with them. We have a long tradition to doing things for regular people; Republicans have a long history of being against everything.

  147. 147.

    HRA

    May 29, 2021 at 1:13 pm

    @WaterGirl: I never ever associated the word alien as being sad and knew of no one on the community not using it while they were not citizens. I think the alien movies changed it. The truth is I never remembered saying the word and I think my frustration was part of my using it on that day. Still it was funny to hear about it from the now grown up children.

  148. 148.

    James E Powell

    May 29, 2021 at 1:32 pm

    @HRA:

    Some years ago in an English class a student asked me angrily why immigrants are called aliens. As with most such questions, I suggested we all look it up together. We did but it did nothing to reduce his anger. He was convinced that it was a slur and there was no moving him off that position.

  149. 149.

    NotMax

    May 29, 2021 at 1:35 pm

    @HRA

    Firesign Theater had it covered fifty years ago (first 24 seconds).

    :)

  150. 150.

    germy

    May 29, 2021 at 1:35 pm

    @James E Powell:

    There was a time when people visited alienists rather than therapists.

  151. 151.

    J R in WV

    May 29, 2021 at 1:54 pm

    @Sure Lurkalot: ​

    COVID was the leading cause of police deaths in 2020, despite the police being first in line for vaccination,

    If you look up the more dangerous professions — LEO is 24th out of 25 on the list, below timber workers, farmers, roofers, builders, electrical workers, road construction work, heavy equipment operators, it’s a very interesting list, actually.

    Being a cop is not very dangerous, it just makes headlines when a cop is injured or killed. When a roofer is killed on the job, who hears about that? His family, friends, fellow workers.

    And dying of Covid as LEO who never got a vaccination, that’s your own fault, not because of your profession at all, LEOs were first in line for vaccine back last winter.

    This guy was a bully who ended up like he deserved to. By dying of Covid, he probably saved many lives. He had no business being able to mistreat prisoners, to expose them to his virus load.

    Not sorry!!

  152. 152.

    Ocotillo

    May 29, 2021 at 1:55 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Noted, thank you for pointing that out.

  153. 153.

    HRA

    May 29, 2021 at 2:07 pm

    In law, an alien is any person (including an organization) who is not a citizen or a national of a specific country, although definitions and terminology differ to some degree depending upon the continent or region of Earth. More generally, however, the term “alien” is perceived as synonymous with foreign national. Personally besides hearing it from others in my area, it was used by the post office where I had to sign in once a year, and the immigration attorney when I went for the test before becoming a US citizen.

  154. 154.

    Nukular Biskits

    May 29, 2021 at 2:22 pm

    @raven:
    Uh, not sure what you mean.
    Care to be a little more specific?

  155. 155.

    SWMBO

    May 29, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    @HRA: You needed to pull an alien mask out of a drawer and mutter, “Now where is my transponder for the mother ship.”

  156. 156.

    HRA

    May 29, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @SWMBO: LOL that would have set them going to a neighbors house for safety.

  157. 157.

    Martin

    May 29, 2021 at 3:55 pm

    @patrick II: Send her to my area. McDonalds starting salary here is $19/hr.

  158. 158.

    Soprano2

    May 29, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    @BC in Illinois: Man, I’ve gotta call Blunt’s office next week. I wondered why he missed it. That’s my neck of the woods; we have all kinds of things named for stuff from Wilson’s Creek. He was too cowardly to take the vote.

  159. 159.

    Soprano2

    May 29, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    I’ve been surprised that people are as understanding as they are about the staffing situation now. That said, signs like that are counterproductive. People know what’s going on. And the ones who put “no one wants to work” are assholes. I’m telling you the worker shortage is real. Even places that pay well over minimum are having trouble finding enough help. If it were just money, workers would be coming out of the woodwork by now.

  160. 160.

    pluky

    May 29, 2021 at 4:59 pm

    @sab: If the pit bull thinks the over due for grooming cocker’s ear smell tasty there might be a problem there. Take a wiff yourself. if any funk accompanies a dark red or black accumulation in the pinna get the dog to a vet. Ear infections in cockers are no joke.

  161. 161.

    burnspbesq

    May 29, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    @lowtechcyclist: 

    Duke 4, Virginia 2.

  162. 162.

    Ramalama

    May 30, 2021 at 9:20 am

    Why did Joe Biden appear at a Rock Climbing event place if he wasn’t going to do a little rock climbing himself? Do they not allow participants to wear Ray Bans?

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