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It Has A Good Beat and It’s Easy to Dance To (Open Thread)

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I would love to hear what you all think of this that JPL linked to in the previous thread.

(replaced the first link with this better one, still the same song)

I liked it, but I’m not sure what they are supposed to stock up on. ??

I LOVE THIS, THOUGH.

It Has A Good Beat and It's Easy to Dance To (Open Thread)

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  1. 1.

    debbie

    The original tweet’s about the baby formula shortage; one response links to that song. Two separate things.

  2. 2.

    taumaturgo

    Reason why our system of government stopped listening and acting on behalf of the voters.

    Top 10 Lobby Groups of 2021

    US Chamber of Commerce: $66.4 million
    National Association of Realtors: $44 M
    PhRMA: $30.4 M
    Business Roundtable: $29.1 M
    Blue Cross: $25.2 M
    American Hospital Associationn: $25.1 M
    Meta/Facebook: $20.1 M
    American Medical Association: $19.5 M
    Amazon: $19.3 M
    American Chemical Council: $16.6 M

  5. 5.

    debbie

    @WaterGirl:

    This should be what you’re looking for:

    Maybe women should tell @Sen_JoeManchin what he can do w/ his vote to kill their rights to control their bodies? Not like I’m suggesting a March down his street or anything..Maybe with a really loud Metal band playing at 4am…Every night, for the rest of his life. pic.twitter.com/fyXJpUedPj
    — David F. (@NJGuitarBoy) May 11, 2022

    I went to the poster’s feed and scrolled until I found the clip

    ETA: I think he found it somewhere, but I’m not sure how to figure that one out.

  9. 9.

    JPL

    @debbie: ha   I had sent the original tweet to a friend and she sent this back.   My motto is don’t ever read the comments.    I do love mollie though .   Moosewood was one of my original cookbooks from way back then.   The ex stole it.   No wonder why after all these years, I still hold a grudge.

  17. 17.

    JPL

    @WaterGirl:  no..   but the original had a layered taco chip, salsa, black bean, cheese and spinach recipe which is excellent.   I still make it but with changes over the years.

  20. 20.

    nonrev321

    As much as it galls me this is where were at if we hope to keep our democracy. But once Democracy is secured. We go after these worthless small d Dems!

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    @nonrev321: I’ll bite.  What is a worthless small d Dem?

    Small d usually refers to “democracy” or “democratic” but not related to party.

    So what you’ve written does not compute.

  22. 22.

    RevRick

    I get that Joe Manchin can be frustrating as hell, but without him Mitch McConnell would be in charge, and everything Joe Biden has worked on and all his nominations would have been strangled in the crib. The thing is the problem is not Joe Manchin, but the 50 GOP Senators. We have the Senate on a knife’s edge. We need to make Joe Manchin irrelevant by not only defending Hassan, Kelly, Masto, and Warnock, but also capturing the open GOP seats in NC, OH and PA. And while we’re at it let’s get rid of Grassley, Johnson, and Rubio. Let’s make those seats our goal.

  23. 23.

    sab

    All this and contra you guys. Babies need fed. My beloved grand-daughter had food issues (allergic to milk.) So what is with these kids? Starve? Y’all okay with that? Have a way to not have it happen?

  25. 25.

    lowtechcyclist

    @taumaturgo: ​
     

    Reason why our system of government stopped listening and acting on behalf of the voters.

    Top 10 Lobby Groups of 2021

    US Chamber of Commerce: $66.4 million
    National Association of Realtors: $44 M
    PhRMA: $30.4 M
    Business Roundtable: $29.1 M
    Blue Cross: $25.2 M
    American Hospital Associationn: $25.1 M
    Meta/Facebook: $20.1 M
    American Medical Association: $19.5 M
    Amazon: $19.3 M
    American Chemical Council: $16.6 M

    Ordinary citizens raised $1.5 Billion for Dem candidates through ActBlue in just the 3rd quarter of 2020. How badly do Dems need the money of these outfits, unless (like Manchin, I’m sure) that’s how they’re wired, and they don’t know how to change?

  26. 26.

    Another Scott

    Meanwhile, in Texas, …

    Statesman.com:

    The operator of the state’s electricity grid is asking Texans to conserve power this weekend, after six generation plants went offline Friday amid unseasonably hot weather.

    Thermostats should be set to 78 degrees or higher, and people should avoid “the usage of large appliances,” such as dishwashers, washers and dryers, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. through Sunday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said in a statement that was released shortly after 5 p.m. Friday.

    “This afternoon, six power generation facilities tripped offline resulting in the loss of approximately 2,900 (megawatts) of electricity,” ERCOT interim CEO Brad Jones said in the statement. “At this time, all reserve generation resources available are operating,.”

    […]

    Good luck, folks. :-(

    (via Popehat)

    Just in: Jacobabad,Pakistan reached 50.0C,the first 50C of 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere. Tomorrow will be similar or worse, than a slightly temperature drop will be followed by another heat wave with 50C+ by the next weekend. Unfortunately there is no relief in sight for Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/lFe4jIhZC9

    — Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) May 13, 2022

    We need more resilience in our electricity systems, and we need to do more to reduce CO2 and methane in the atmosphere – quickly.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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