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No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

“Alexa, change the president.”

Their freedom requires your slavery.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

So many bastards, so little time.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Stay strong, because they are weak.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Petty moves from a petty man.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

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Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard and Athenspets Last Sunday

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In case you missed it, we have a new pet charity this year – Athenspets.

Everyone Say Hello to Athenspets!

Photos from last week’s Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard.
Good turnout!

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Looks like a family affair.

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Gotta love the bees and beekeepers.

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Not sure what this guy is, besides adorable!  (A pumpkin?)

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I should know what this rainbow dog is especially with the blue clouds.

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Are these guys ice cream trucks?  Doggie ice cream!

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Delightful!

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Who doesn’t love a dog wearing curlers?

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I am not gonna lie, I have never seen a Vidalia onion costume before.

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Happy dog!

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Dorthy, Toto & The Tin Man

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The End.  (for now)

Not the purpose of this post, but included in case you want to donate to our startup Emergency Fund for Athenspets.

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126Comments

  1. 1.

    mrmoshpotato

    Who doesn’t love a dog wearing curlers?

    That dog’s expression is either “I look fabulous, and everyone knows it.” or “Sleep with one eye open.”

  5. 5.

    Alison Rose 💙🌻💛

    Adorbs. And that Dorothy costume sends me back–I dressed up as Dorothy, complete with a little stuffed black dog in a basket, for Halloween in 2006. I remember being jazzed when I found red sequined pumps somewhere, because I was thinking I would have to use glue and glitter on plain red shoes.

  8. 8.

    Immanentize

    WG: not ice cream trucks. The corgi is a box of ice cream and the other seems to be the new replacement for the Choco-Taco; a Choco-Doggo.

  10. 10.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Not sure what this guy is, besides adorable!

    Based on the orange and green colors, my guess would be a pumpkin.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    @Immanentize: These were from Lisa, who is our contact there.  I didn’t mention her by name because I couldn’t remember what nym she used last week.  But now you shamed me into looking – Willow’s person.

    We have 105 photos.  I went through the first 35 and picked my favorites.

    There is a photo of raven’s truck, though.

    Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard and Athenspets Last Sunday

  28. 28.

    Miss Bianca

    @MagdaInBlack: Any critter, baby or dog particularly, that is stuffed into a bee costume is automatically adorable no matter the ‘tude of the participant.

    (And I say this as someone who is sadly allergic to bee stings. Still think bees rock the planet.)

  29. 29.

    raven

    @Immanentize: Nope, I led the parade in my truck with a banner that the kids made. They marched behind it with masks they made in art class. I led the parade because I can’t walk very well and Artie doesn’t do well with other dogs when she’s leashed so hardly anyone saw her Georgia cheerleader outfit

     

    eta Oops, I didn’t see the pic WG posted. That intersection is at the top of a hill and the police actually asked ME to block it with my truck! I told the cop that was a first for me!

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    $166.00 just showed up in my bank account from the State of Illinois.  I guess it’s the $50 income tax rebate plus a property tax rebate.  Thank you Governor Pritzker.

  34. 34.

    Steve in the ATL

    @raven:

    her Georgia cheerleader outfit

    That is awesome! HBTD?

    Got back to the thread late yesterday—the canvasser came to my house in Atlanta. I got the impression she was expecting a different attitude in my neighborhood. Never seen a canvasser at the lake-don’t think we’d allow it, and there is little point because there are only about 3-4 democrats in there….

  40. 40.

    MomSense

    I’m in line to get into the music festival and I swear I have stage fright and I’m not performing.

  43. 43.

    no comment

    We may have a foster fail soon. My husband & I don’t foster dogs often; we only help out occasionally when our adoption group has several dogs coming in at once. Those dogs were sweet, but I wasn’t tempted to keep them. The current foster however…

    We’ve only had Dave about 3 weeks. He was previously being fostered by regular foster family. He was slowly improving with them, but they thought Dave would do even better with a combo of factors that we have: fenced-in backyard, no doggie-door, & confident dogs to show him the ropes. Dave is skittish & fearful of a whole list of things that we are still learning about. He gets along great with our 2 dogs and cat. He takes longer to get used to humans, but he already trusts us. He has blossomed so much in the short time we’ve had him.

    But I’m still not sure if it would be better to send Dave to an adoptive family experienced with fearful dogs, or whether we have the patience to learn & apply the training necessary to help him. Another unknown is how many of his fears can be worked through (or worked around)  & how many will always be more than a mild issue. By the time we have that answer, there may be someone else waiting to adopt him.

    I have gone back & forth on keeping him several times in the past few days!

  46. 46.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    @Alison Rose 💙🌻💛: We watched The first half of The Wizard of Oz last night.  The 7 yo and I watched it about 2 years ago but she didn’t remember.  Already considering Dorothy for Halloween.

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    @no comment:

    but he already trusts us. He has blossomed so much in the short time we’ve had him.

    To me, that says it all.  And you clearly love him.

    You could always decide to keep him, but not make an announcement, and see how that sits with you over the coming weeks.

  48. 48.

    mrmoshpotato

    @WaterGirl:

    I am cooking this morning. Looming question: why do sweet potatoes have to look so creepy? 

    Long, long ago, the “sweet” ones did a terrible, terrible thing, and so they were cursed to look like that.

    (I assume you’re talking about their shape.)

  63. 63.

    Alison Rose 💙🌻💛

    @eclare: They were a little scary, no lie. But for me, the one scene in the movie I dislike is the Lion’s second song, King of the Forest or whatever. I don’t understand why he gets a second song, it’s too long and weird and cringey. I wish they’d took that out and left the Jitterbug scene in!

  64. 64.

    eclare

    @Alison Rose 💙🌻💛:

    The Cowardly Lion was not my favorite character, but I haven’t seen it in a while so I don’t remember a second song.  It’s on one of my services now, I think HBOMax, so now I’ll watch and look out for it!

    The Scarecrow was the best!

  69. 69.

    Baud

    Two items of note on my news feed.

    1. Grassley says he would vote against national abortion ban. He apparently did not say whether his grandson would when he is appointed Senator after Grassley resigns.

    2. Thanks, Biden.

    Made in America is back, leaving US factories scrambling to find workers

    By Chris Isidore and Christine Romans, CNN

    Updated 8:58 AM EDT, Sun October 09, 2022

     

    New York(CNN Business)US factories are humming, and manufacturers are scrambling to find workers as the pace of hiring hits levels not seen in decades

  70. 70.

    NotMax

    @Baud

    Remember all the way back to spring when the so-called pundits all were bemoaning the recession bound to come this fall, disagreeing only on how deep it would be?

  71. 71.

    Baud

    @NotMax:

    They’re still doing it.  I see those headlines on my feed all the time.

    They’re like the people predicting the return of the Messiah or the end of the world.

  72. 72.

    Miss Bianca

    @Immanentize: it’s one of my favorite vocal warm-ups. Warbling “If IIIIIIIII….were King….of the FOOOOORRRRESST!!” at the top of my lungs is just so much fun somehow.

  74. 74.

    germy shoemangler

    If I Were King Of The Forest not queen, not duke, not prince

    My regal robes of the forest would be satin, not cotton, not chintz

    I’d command each thing, be it fish or fowl, with a woof and a woof, and a royal growl

    As I’d click my heel all the trees would kneel and the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow

    And the sparrows would take wing, if I were king

  76. 76.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Miss Bianca:

    it’s one of my favorite vocal warm-ups. Warbling “If IIIIIIIII….were King….of the FOOOOORRRRESST!!” at the top of my lungs is just so much fun somehow. 

    Do you add the “Harumpf harumpf!” at the end?

  80. 80.

    NotMax

    @Immanentize

    Yup. It’s a showcase song tailored to the eccentricities of the man lovingly known as The Perfect Fool.

    Trivia:

    One of the houses family looked at for us to move into after the remarriage and subsequent blending had occurred was formerly owned by Ed Wynn (IIRC he was the original owner). Had a large room hidden behind a hinged bookcase in the den/study/library.

  82. 82.

    MomSense

    Holy shit they killed it!! Owner of the festival loved it.  Crowd was really into their music.  Now I can breathe and have a drink.  Molly Tuttle is playing now and she’s amazing.

  84. 84.

    Immanentize

    @MomSense: YAY! HOORAY!

    Congrats to the band and to you for not passing out from worry.

    Molly Tuttle makes me weep her stuff is so beautiful and for me, Texas bluegrass nostalgic

  89. 89.

    Steeplejack

    @Baud:

    I wonder if this is a “canary in the coal mine” indicator. Has Grassley found, through internal polling or campaign trail feedback, that the little ladies are pissed about Dobbs and abortion restrictions and he needs to distance himself from GQP orthodoxy a bit to safeguard his reëlection? 🤔

    And, of course, once he’s back in the Senate he would vote for the national ban, “upon further reflection,” etc.

  90. 90.

    Baud

    @Steeplejack:

    A lot of Republicans have been distancing themselves from abortion.  Seriously, if it were the Dems doing something similar with respect to one of their signature issues, it would tear the party apart and be the only thing the Village would talk about.

  92. 92.

    Steeplejack

    @Baud:

    I am hoping hard 🤞 that Dobbs will turn out to be a big factor in the election. Maybe some people don’t want to talk about it, because it’s still a “taboo” topic or they don’t want to incur the wrath of the “right to life” howler monkeys, but in the voting booth they will go hard against abortion bans and their proponents.

  97. 97.

    Baud

    @Steeplejack:

    That’ll be every election for this decade at least.  Can’t burn out too soon. Part of the problem is that the GOP is convinced they can wear us down, with some justification.

  98. 98.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @eclare:

    And my cousin, now 77, simply dived under the seat every time the Wicked Witch of the West appeared. He did the same in Snow White during the, I must admit, incredibly terrifying Queen-to-crone transformation scene.

  99. 99.

    JPL

    @eclare: My problem was my tears always flowed at Disney films, so my mother thought that was not healthy so wouldn’t bring me.  My three old at the time took a different tactic.  We went to see “The Fox and the Hound” and he just climbed into my lap and hugged me.

  100. 100.

    JPL

    My three days taking care of the grand imp were uneventful, praise be to god.   You should not weigh 25 pounds at 14 months though just sayin.  Of course, he did try to explore in the woods several times and climb on anything high and stand up triumphant.  I have outdoor storage bins for toys that his older brother can’t open and he’s like just watch me.  Eli left at four and the mutt went to bed at 4:15.   It’s been a long weekend watching a not quite toddler, I guess.   At least I’m waiting for a respectable time.

    night

  104. 104.

    The Golux

    @WaterGirl:

    I do brown sugar with sweet potatoes…

    @NotMax:

    Apricot preserves…

    I’ve never understood pairing something sweet with something even sweeter, though neither of those sound as dreadful as marshmallows.  The mere thought of the latter on sweet potatoes makes me gag.​
    I generally prefer Japanese sweet potatoes, which are less sweet and have a wonderful chewiness when roasted.

  108. 108.

    zhena gogolia

    Anybody do the NYT crossword today? I don’t get it. I went to Rex Parker, I went to the Times blog, I still don’t understand.

  109. 109.

    JPL

    @zhena gogolia:  Just looked and filled in the puzzle and then read the blog, and I got nothing.   This might be a good day that I skipped it because of the grand babe.

  110. 110.

    MomSense

    Now Greensky Bluegrass is playing and they are really good.  The lap steel is a heartbreaker.

  113. 113.

    Steeplejack

    @zhena gogolia:

    * Spoilers * Do not read unless you want the full revelation.

     

     

     

     

    Clue 8-Down is the letter H from top to bottom—like the rungs of a ladder. For the starred clues, e.g., 25-Across, “worker with a brush [three rungs],” the first part (in 25-Across) is chimney (with trailing H), and then you go up three rungs to 8-Across to get sweep (with the leading H).

  116. 116.

    EmanG

    I’m not one to disclose much personal info online, but I love this community and figured, if I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it here. I am lucky enough at this point to live in Athens. When I saw AthensPets was our beneficiary I was so pleased. They are well known and well loved in these parts. The pet parade was lovely, as was the woman dressed as Dorothy (we were lucky enough to meet her on her way home). I just wanted to provide a larger context for the day. The parade took place during Porchfest 2022, which is only one of the amazing things our local leaders provide for us. Porchfest is an amazing event put on by Historic Athens which is where local people volunteer their porches (or driveways or front yards) to host local and regional bands to play a set. Runs from 1 to 8 pm in 4 local neighborhoods (we’re quite neighborhoody around here) and is one of the most magical days of the year. You can just wander down Boulevard and hear everything from punk rock to singer/songwriter to organ trio being played live on a strikingly beautiful early fall day, surrounded by people out for the same experience. Next up, the Wild Rumpus!!!

  118. 118.

    zhena gogolia

    @Steeplejack: I got all that. But I was puzzled about the H not fitting the word. Somebody on the times blog just explained it to me that they’re using the H’s to climb up to the other part of the word

  122. 122.

    EmanG

    @WaterGirl You’re welcome! Also, I have a possible good thing we could do together but don’t want to hash it out in the comments. I know you’ve told me this before, but how do I contact you directly? (long time listener, first time caller…)

  126. 126.

    Willow’s Person

    @WaterGirl The Vidalia onion won “best theme” costume. (The theme was “Georgia on Our Minds”.) Her person made the costume the day before from scratch (though I have seen ones you can buy that are similar online).

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