Brazilian viper venom shows promise as drug to combat Covid https://t.co/zgDB9e33oE pic.twitter.com/BkYnoL4cea
— The Hill (@thehill) September 2, 2021
As a native Floriduhian, I guarantee someone in Miami actually owns one of these. I can also guarantee that either he or someone he knows will use it to try to self medicate against Covid.
And a whole bunch of people who live in the parts of the state we call BettyCracker land are right now trying to figure out how to illegally import them so they can self medicate with them against Covid.
This will all be followed by them being dumped, en masse, into the scrub in different parts of Floriduh creating a new non-native and invasive menace to go along with the monkeys that have herpes, the anacondas, the retirees from the rust belt living in the Villages who also all have STDs, and people from Long Island living in Broward and Palm Beach Counties!
Obligatory!
Open thread!
Villago Delenda Est
The derp that keeps on derping. That’s Floriduh.
Chetan Murthy
Adam, the “obligatory” comes out as an avocado-green rectangle. At least, on Chrome on Linux.
prostratedragon
The tangled threads …
“Milonga loca,” Astor Piazzolla
Adam L Silverman
@Chetan Murthy: I’ve fixed it. See if it works now. It’s this:
via GIPHY
Cacti
I’m surprised there hasn’t been an FP post on GG and Chelsea Manning having a big, public falling out.
A few years ago, it would have been “Why are Mommy and Daddy fighting?”. lol
Chetan Murthy
@Adam L Silverman: Schweet, and so apposite.
MomSense
What could possibly go wrong?
Baud
@Cacti:
First I heard of it. Is one of them in the right, or are they both wrong?
glc
This may be a good time to note, before the news cycle kicks in, that the post is probably intended as an exaggeration.
Not entirely sure of that.
MomSense
@Cacti:
I took so much grief here for never buying into the GG BS.
SpaceUnit
Or they could just get the free, safe and effective vaccine that’s being offered on every street corner. Oh, right. Nevermind.
MagdaInBlack
Side gig for snake-handlers? Milking Brazilian vipers?
WaterGirl
In case anyone is confused, Anne Laurie’s post is now scheduled for later.
Cacti
@Baud: I didn’t care enough to actually check. Just saw that they were having a Twitter fight.
NotMax
Just to make things even more confoozilated, New York has two Floridas #1 – #2), while Florida has but a single New York.
And then there’s the New York Mountains — in California.
burnspbesq
@Cacti:
i hope she cuts his dick off and displays it from the top of the Washington Monument.
Spanky
Well, killing the host will kill Covid, so they’ve got that part right.
Benw
@NotMax: as a native of SoCal, don’t get me started on Orange County, NY.
Doc Sardonic
Said for years, real life Godzilla ain’t coming out the water off the coast of Japan, it’s gonna come out of the ‘Glades.
Spanky
Just ftr, I don’t give the slightest shit about gg or Manning, individually or jointly.
burnspbesq
In re Manning v. Greenwald
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chelsea-manning-tweets-shes-terrified-of-glenn-greenwald
Benw
I hope that COVID can’t jump to snakes. I’ll feel bad for the vipers who get it when they’re forced to bite the covidiots!
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
Has this actually been tested in humans yet? Because the treatments they thought might work, from Pepcid to SSRIs to Remdesivir etc. so far none of them are actually being used to treat people.
Spanky
@Doc Sardonic: Wasn’t that Creature from the Black Lagoon?
burnspbesq
@burnspbesq:
ETA: But only after Reality Winner gets him alone in a locked room for 15 minutes.
Jeffro
Bugs has the right idea. Sorry, it’s just true.
WaterGirl
@Benw: Somehow that reminds me of the story about the baby snake that is going through the woods with its mama.
Baby snake: “Mama, are we poisonous?”
Mama snake: “Why are you asking that?”
Baby snake: “Because i just bit my tongue.”
NotMax
@Benw
Land o’ Goshen, one can quickly go cross-eyed following back whence that county’s name emanates.
And let’s not even get into Orangeville, in Wyoming County, NY.
evodevo
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?: Uh, no…it’s in the purely speculative phase right now, but that wouldn’t stop a MAGAt lol
SiubhanDuinne
@NotMax:
I was just going to mention the Wyoming Valley in PA.
karen marie
@burnspbesq: *Yawn*
So weird – no matter how many times I edit the above to have an asterisk after the N, it doesn’t appear. And now the N has disappeared!
OMG THE COMMENTS ARE HAUNTED!
Is it fixed now?
Phew! It is!
VeniceRiley
Do I have to dance with it and speak in tongues n shit? Asking for an anti-vax relative.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
There’s no easy way of saying this (and sorry to be a downer guys), but my wonderful 20 year old pet cat Bilbo passed away Sunday after a debilitating, sudden stroke.
I had come home from work at 3 pm and gave him a can of food when he meowed for it. I had forgotten to leave him food before I left. I went off to do something else while he ate. A few minutes later I heard him cry out. Next thing I knew he was stumbling around as if drunk and bumping his head into walls in an agitated state. I didn’t know what I was dealing with. At first, I just thought he was sniffing around the house. He kept circling aimlessly. He eventually climbed on the foot of the fireplace and knocked over a large vase. He didn’t even react to it falling over, which really made realize something was wrong. I had already called an local veterinary hospital as my vet was closed. I rushed him over as fast as I could. The doctor didn’t see a good prognosis for the little guy given his diabetes and age. He wasn’t responding well to the oxygen therapy. On top of all that, the stroke completely blinded him. It was recommended he be put to sleep. I was able to see before he was euthanized and he was still in an extremely agitated state, squirming and struggling to breathe. I suppose I’m glad he’s no longer in any distress. I just hate he had to have thar happen to him at the end of his life.
I was devastated and so were my parents, who weren’t even there to say goodbye. Bilbo had been like a member of the family since I was 10 years old. He had been adopted at the age of 4 and he had been the one to pick us, having rubbed up against me when I sat on the floor of the small adoption agency in the pet store. He was a kind, affectionate, and intelligent cat and I will always miss him
For a time, until the doctor told me what had happened, I blamed myself for not leaving him food before I left. As it turns out, his blood sugar was within normal range, if on the low side, when he was at the hospital. Both my vet and the hospital doctor felt it was neurological. All the signs pointed to a stroke or a brain tumor.
There’s a part of me that wishes I would have acted sooner, that if I had there could’ve been a better outcome. But in all honesty, I know he was a 20 year old cat, he’d lived a good long life, and there was probably little I could’ve done
Baud
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
I’m sorry.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
Thank you. So many pets of the people I know have died recently it seems
Villago Delenda Est
@Cacti:
The sooner that 16 ton weights drop on both of them, together or separately, the better.
Steeplejack
@Cacti:
It’s not “Mommy and Daddy fighting,” it’s Glem being a total, colossal dick—being Glem, in fact.
For interested readers, here is today’s outburst (left graphic), with one from a few weeks ago (right graphic).
Villago Delenda Est
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): My condolences. It’s always hard to lose a beloved friend like Bilbo.
Splitting Image
@Baud:
Manning finally decoded Greenwald’s book “To Serve Manning”.
MagdaInBlack
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m sorry. I lost my 15 y/o Siamese buddy a couple years ago. It’s tough.
Starfish
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
I am so sorry. That cat was in your life for a very long time.
MomSense
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
I’m so sorry. He had a happy life with you and was loved.
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
@evodevo: yeah I get that. Dead of snakebite to avoid dying of Covid is dumb enough to be MAGA logic.
SiubhanDuinne
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Oh, Goku, that’s a big loss. I’m so sorry.
SiubhanDuinne
@Steeplejack:
God, he’s really vile.
Baud
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?:
I would be so owned if that happened.
Adam L Silverman
@glc: It is not.
Anotherlurker
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Goku, I am so sorry. It is never easy to say good-by to a family member. Be happy that you and yours gave him a good life.
CaseyL
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I am so sorry. As you said, he was a loved and cherished member of the family for many, many years. He had a terrific life. I hope knowing that is of some consolation.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m sorry. That’s hard.
prostratedragon
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Sorry about Bilbo. You two grew up together!
Adam L Silverman
@Cacti: @Baud: @burnspbesq: Here’s her tweet thread:
And here’s what appears to be what caused the tweet thread:
thalarctosMaritimus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I am so, so sorry to hear the news. I hope that the memories of Bilbo are a solace to you. Please take care of yourself, and remember how you took good care of him.
prostratedragon
@SiubhanDuinne: Also Wyoming, MI. Somewhere I read that the name is from a romance novel that was popular in the early or mid 1800s. The ones back east are probably all older than the State.
PA also has an Indiana (James Stewart’s home town) and a California. The latter is in Washington County, whose county seat is of course Washington. A person could really get lost in PA.
Chetan Murthy
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?: Honestly, it’d be an improvement on the status quo. They wouldn’t hang about, infecting others, taking up ICU beds. Win-win-win.
Adam L Silverman
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): My sincerest condolences. I’ve been there, though with dogs.
Now don’t go beating yourself up! You and your family gave him a great life. And at the end of it you did the second to last great thing you could do for him, you let him go so he wouldn’t suffer any more.
In a few weeks or a month or a few months, you’ll do the last and final great thing you could do for him: you’ll go and adopt a new kitten or cat that needs a good home and give that kitten or cat a great life just like you did for Bilbo.
trollhattan
It’s hard {“hurrrd”} being Lindsey Graham, truly it is.
Poor li’l guy, he tries and tries and can’t get no love on the homefront.
oldster
@Splitting Image:
Well done!
Chetan Murthy
@Adam L Silverman: First Laura Poitras, now Chelsea Manning. Are there any progressive left who *don’t* detest the ground Greenwald walks on?
zhena gogolia
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?:
Thank goodness the great Pepcid shortage is over. I was just thinking that.
Ken
@Spanky: Creature was set in the Amazon, and the creature was human-sized. He was also attracted to the one and only woman in the expedition, but given that she was played by Julie Adams who can blame him?
zhena gogolia
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): It is not your fault. 20 years is very old age for a cat. It’s not your fault at all.
I’m very sorry for your loss. You did the right thing in ending his suffering.
Ken
@karen marie: I have also noticed that the edit function sometimes removes the last character. Chrome 92.0.4515.159.
debbie
@MomSense:
Please don’t stop them from hastening their demises. It can only be for the better.
glc
@Adam L Silverman: Ah, well then. Updating my priors.
mrmoshpotato
@MomSense:
Do we really want to game out a scenario?
Ok!
Herpes monkeys on loose using the venomous snakes as bullwhips against humans!
Heaven help us if any of those chlamydia koalas get into Florida…
Adam L Silverman
@Chetan Murthy: No. If you actually go back and review the Snowden history, GG helicoptered himself into what Poitras was doing and made himself the center of all the action. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like Poitras either as she allowed herself to get played by Snowden and his actual handlers, which has resulted in significant harm to the US’s and our allies national security.
debbie
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
So sorry for your loss.
Adam L Silverman
@glc: Remember, we’re dealing with Floriduh!
debbie
@Adam L Silverman:
That GG post is beyond bizarre. Time for an intervention.
mrmoshpotato
@Benw: LOL!
trollhattan
@debbie:
But at least it explains why I haven’t been seeing any lesbians. Thank you, Glem.
PaulWartenberg
As a long-time Floriduh Man meself, I weep for my peoples.
Our madness used to be quaint, and mirthful, and cheeky.
Their madness is now sadistic and cruel.
Miss Bianca
@MagdaInBlack:
Somehow, snake handlers are going to have to come into this. Jesus, maybe all the Ivermectin dosers will finally leave some wormer on the shelf for those of us who have horses that need it, and just get themselves fucking bit to death.
A girl can dream.
Benw
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m so sorry. Bilbo sounds like a lovely cat. RIP
Chetan Murthy
@Miss Bianca:
time to go long antivenom futures.
Miss Bianca
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Aw, Goku. So sorry.
a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m so sorry. They’re so small, and yet they manage to leave such a big holes in our hearts.
mrmoshpotato
Time to reintroduce this:
Hal Sparks – Florida Man
? Florida man used the salami to stab his neighbor ?
WARNING – Kremlin’s orange fascist shitstain later in the video.
Barbara
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): No easy way for any of us to exit. I am sure you did nothing wrong. I’m so sorry.
Miss Bianca
@Adam L Silverman: That…is so fucking stupid, I…I don’t even know what to say. I mean, really, Glem? Why the fuck is a “decrease in the lesbian population” even a concern to you? Let alone having such a *fucking stupid* take on it.
Adam L Silverman
Time to air fry some sweet potato fries and then grill the chicken I’ve had setting up in the honey-jerk marinade for the past two days.
Adam L Silverman
@Miss Bianca: Maybe it’s eating into his profits as a porn producer?
https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/07/10/glenn-greenwalds-former-porn-industry-business-partner-speaks-out/
https://washingtonbabylon.com/you-remember-carlos-danger-right-meet-hairy-studs-glenn-greenwalds-alter-ego-it-matters/
zhena gogolia
VeniceRiley
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m so sorry! I try to comfort my fiancé with the same nacho fault over our beloved but irascible Barney. He was a grumpy dog rescue but was loved. Stroked and lost control of a hind limb and his bowels after a long illness. She gave him a best life rescue from abuse. But it hurt her heart. It always hurts. I am going to make her a pet shrine for all the dears she saved. Ashes, photos. Anyone else have ideas?
mrmoshpotato
@SiubhanDuinne: Evanston, Wyoming!
zhena gogolia
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Thank you all for your condolences!
Chief Oshkosh
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m sorry.
eclare
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m so sorry about Bilbo.
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: ??
Benw
@WaterGirl:
Baby snake: “Because i just bit an idiot with COVID.”
mrmoshpotato
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m sorry.
Mary G
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): It’s human nature to feel guilty when have to make such a terrible decision for a beloved member of your family like Bilbo. These feelings are bullshit. Nothing you did or didn’t do made a difference, except rushing him to the vet ASAP. That was a great gift you gave him. He was released from pain and fear.
I started crying reading your post over my Sophie, who was 21 when I had to let her go in 2011. You will never not miss Bilbo, but another cat may choose you as their servant, and you will love them as much, but not in quite the same way.
Condolences to you and your parents.
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: Hal is currently torturing me with Douche D’Souza and his lovely wife Debbie, who are terrified of the hundreds of thousands of Afghans who are going to flood our country. Oy.
gbear
Bugs needs to head over to Texas next.
Steeplejack
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
You have my deepest sympathy. It sounds like Bilbo had a long and happy life with you.
There’s always a tendency to “second-guess” and “what if,” but it’s really not helpful. You did everything you could for him, Goku. Remember the good times.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Mary G:
Thank you so much for the kind words. And sorry for your loss as well.
dexwood
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Peace and strength. Don’t beat yourself up. Meow on, Bilbo.
mrmoshpotato
@MagdaInBlack: I watched a bit of Hal verbally slapping around Fucker Carlson earlier, but I can’t at length.
And DeFelon is a hard no for me. So are Glass and Burlap.
Steeplejack
@prostratedragon:
Re Wyoming, MI—Wikipedia: “The name came from Wyoming County, New York, from which the majority of the residents came during the first 16 years.”
J R in WV
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
So sorry for your loss. Your Kitty sounds like a really great friend, and I’m sure it will take a while to get to a place where it doesn’t hurt all the time. Best wishes for your heart!
Tony Gerace
@Chetan Murthy: As a Chrome user, I can attest to the random insanity of Chrome.
Jeffro
@MagdaInBlack: you mean millions, right? I heard it was millions.
possibly tens of millions
?
cain
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m glad Bilbo made y’all happy and you were in turn made happy by him.
SiubhanDuinne
@mrmoshpotato:
“Chlamydia Koalas” would be a great band name….
LivinginExile
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): So sorry.
BeautifulPlumage
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): so sorry for your loss and that you had to experience this. May Bilbo scamper over the ? knowing he was loved so dearly. Sending virtual hugs. You did everything you could, and especially the right thing in the end. 20 years is a very long life for a kitty! And the care & love you gave him to get that far is outstanding. Peace to him & you.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
My condolences on your loss. That’s a long life for a kitty, that’s for sure. It’s sad that he had to be put down while in such a state of distress. I dread the day that it’s our turn to do the same for our guys.
Tonight I’ll give our guys an extra kiss on the top of their heads, for Bilbo.
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@Cacti: didn’t that happen about five years ago
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@Baud: yes
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@mrmoshpotato: the planet of the apes rethink we need
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@debbie: he makes perfect sense when you remember he started out as a glibertarian, & never stopped being a glibertarian
he’s gay rand paul
Sister Golden Bear
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m so sorry. You gave him a good life to a ripe old age.
Sister Golden Bear
@Adam L Silverman, @Miss Bianca: It’s a TERF talking point, so I’m not surprised Manning was pissed about it. It’s the flip side of their “trans women aren’t women” attacks — trans men are really “confused” butch lesbians, i.e. they’re really women.
There has been wider hand-wringing in the lesbian communities about “butch flight” — i.e. over the past decade or so, a number of people who previously identified as butches, realized they were trans men and transitioned. Historically, for better or worse, trans men have had far less public visibility than trans women, and these folks ended up in the butch lesbian community because — not knowing about trans men — it was the closest approximation to how they saw themselves. (Standard caveat, most butches do self-identify as women.)
The good news is the lesbian communities have been much better in recent years in recognizing and acknowledging the difference between butches and trans men. The bad news, is there’s still some widespread perceptions of trans men being “men lite” — which needless to say trans men find really insulting. It’s true that some trans men have figured ways to do masculinity without the toxic parts (and are some of the sweetest men you’ll ever meet)* but they’re still men, even if they wouldn’t be welcome on Chinese TV.
*Unfortunately, there’s an all-too-large number of trans men who’ve internalized toxic masculinity to the point their among the worst misogynistic bro-ish assholes you’ll ever meet.
dm
@Tony Gerace: Ah, Chrome.
Here’s the game Breakout implemented as a PDF displayed by Chrome:
https://github.com/osnr/horrifying-pdf-experiments
Warren Lorente
@zhena gogolia: Like they say: Politics is Show Business for ugly people!
Morzer
I thought Florida (the “Snakes on a flood-plain” state) had pythons, not anacondas, but maybe the slithering hordes have mutated since I last checked.
quakerinabasement
@Spanky: They do seem to be made for each other, yeah?
Kosh III
O yeah? How about this in Tennessee:
Memphis is the county seat of Shelby county
Shelbyville is the county seat of Beford Co.
Smithville is the county seat of DeKalb Co
Carthage is the county seat of Smith Co
Winchester is the county seat of Franklin co
Franklin is the county seat of Williamson Co
Fayetteville is the county seat of Lincoln Co
Somerville is the county seat of Fayette Co
Tiptonville is the county seat of Lake Co
Covington is the county seat of Tipton co
Gainesboro is the conty seat of Jackson co
Jackson is the county seat of Madison co
Madisonville is the county seat of Monroe co
Athens is the county seat of McMinn co
McMinnville is the county seat of Warren co