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"If he's got time to fight against Disney, I don't know why he wouldn't have time to safeguard marriages like mine."@PeteButtigieg reacts to some GOP senators saying they will vote against a bill that is meant to codify protections for same-sex marriage. @CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/Le9OSepeW6
— CNN (@CNN) July 24, 2022
Jemez Springs is a hidden gem in New Mexico. It is about 70 miles west of Santa Fe. It is located next to the Jemez Pueblo in the Jemez National Recreation Area which is part of the Santa Fe National Forest. There are hot springs up and down the valley and various establishments that offer relaxing soaks in the hot springs. It is difficult to get to and has very little cell reception (IMHO those are selling points).
The Jemez Valley offers red rock trails without having to go to Sedona. The local pueblo sells all sorts of items that really are from the surrounding pueblos.
Just a short trip up the valley you have the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Then a not so short trip (but still picturesque) further up and you get to Los Alamos.
On The Road – lee – Jemez Springs, New MexicoPost + Comments (38)
The Cerro Grande Trail leads to an overlook from which you can see Los Alamos as well the nearby caldera. This is the caldera from the peak.
Since Rep. Jeffries is considered Not A Fan of Performative Outrage, I checked his twitter feed. He’s also too busy doing his job to waste time on time-wasters, I guess…
Senate Republicans stole two Supreme Court seats from Democratic Presidents.
Then express fake outrage when the legitimacy of the Court’s extreme majority is questioned.
Get lost.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) July 25, 2022
I’ve got my hopes for the future, though! (I am as big a Pelosi fangrrl as any, but when she’s ready to go, the lady deserves a long and happy retirement)
After Pelosi retires she’s going to be replaced with Hakeem Jeffries, and once you’re introduced to him you’re really going to miss Pelosi’s diplomacy and gentle touch when dealing with internal party divisions.
— Beast Physics Knower (@agraybee) July 2, 2022
Late Night Open Thread: I’m Hoping Hakeem Jeffries Is Our Next Majority LeaderPost + Comments (57)
Here’s President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier this evening. Video below, English transcript after the jump (emphasis mine):
War For Ukraine Day 152: A Bit of This a Bit of ThatPost + Comments (18)
So… Blood & Treasure showed up on Tivo yesterday with the start of season two. It’s a totally not serious show but mindless and fun. Are you willing to share your guilty pleasures? (On TV and in books, of course, not in real life.) That would be TMI.
Oh, and it’s hot out. Have one of my homemade popsicles. White nectarine / cherry.
I’m pairing this with the quilt block photos thread because it will be tough to have a conversation on a thread with 20 images! But I wanted everyone to be able to see the block images in a big enough size to really be able to see them. Don’t tell us which ones you want yet, that will be in another thread after the raffle closes at midnight on Tuesday.
Open thread.
Because the merge “published” some pending On the Road submissions, and it lost pictures on some posts and lost comments on some other posts, I’m asking anyone who has submitted an OTR post that hasn’t been published yet to take a look at this list.
My best source of info – while the developers (hopefully) get this worked out – is in my OTR email folder. So I want to make sure that is right, at least!
So if you have a pending On the Road submission, please confirm that you are on this list. Or if I’ve somehow missed you, let me know that you should be on the list.
Guilty Pleasures Open Thread (and a little OTR thrown in)Post + Comments (59)
“sitting on a couch to protest climate change” is too perfect a parody of progressive activism https://t.co/pkbe944utc
— Promo Code: Rudy (@canderaid) July 25, 2022
Kids, these days. The kid who sent the tweet works for Cori Bush, and he had himself a busy day:
Monday Evening Open Thread: Working Their Little Thumbs OutPost + Comments (84)
All in all, not too bad. As I noted elsewhere, the worst part of the procedure was dealing with all the hyper caffeinated nurses at 7 am when I was not allowed to have any and had basically been up all night going to the bathroom.
Experience was quick and painless. Wheeled you back told you to get on your side, injected some stuff they said would feel like fire in your veins for a second but I found to be cool, and the next thing I know I was awake and not groggy. The first thing the female nurse asked me when I woke ups was “Do you have a wife” because apparently I snored like a beast the entire time.
Took me back to the recovery room, waited ten minutes, and then went out to the lot where mom was waiting. Came home, had a quick breakfast of a sausage egg and cheese sandwich and fell asleep for four hours.
They found a few polyps and said I was not clean enough to get into some of the deeper regions so I get to do this again in a year with more “aggressive” cleansing techniques as preparation.
All in all, the whole thing was not a big deal and I think people do a disservice by claiming it is worse than it is. As far as the medical procedures I have had, this was way down on the scale.