And a pretty good President, too!
President Obama and I put in place tough requirements on banks to make sure the 2008 crisis wouldn’t happen again.
The last Administration rolled many of them back.
Americans should have confidence that our banking system is safe, and we're taking action to make it stronger. pic.twitter.com/F3hnWl6L8K
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 13, 2023
Summary of Biden remarks on SVB:
– US 'can have confidence' in banks safety
– SVB deposits 'will be there'
– Taxpayers will not cover the 'losses'
– Asking Congress 'to strengthen' regulations
– Rescued bank management fired
– 'We must get the full accounting of what happened'— Sebastian Smith (@SebastianAFP) March 13, 2023
Wall Street lobbyists and Republicans in Congress are pushing Fed Chair Powell for weak capital requirements at exactly the wrong time. Silicon Valley Bank's collapse underscores the need for strong rules to protect the financial system. Regulators must not buckle to pressure.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) March 10, 2023
Elsewhere:
A McConnell aide says timing at rehab facility could be 1-2 weeks
“That decision will be made by the Leader’s physicians and the therapists. It is very common to undergo physical therapy to regain strength after a hospital stay and this ranges anywhere from a week to two weeks.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 13, 2023
On The Road – BigJimSlade – Hiking in the Alps, Chamonix and Grindelwald 2022, changing weather
Baud
Reposted from below.
TikTok, via reddit.
https://v.redd.it/otmo7v8dsnna1
Baud
The clip is great. Biden calls out Florida for its treatment of trans kids.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’m leaving in about an hour to have a colonscopy. I don’t mind the procedure nearly as much as the prep which, thank god, is mostly done. I think I have bottomed out, so to speak
Matt McIrvin
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Doing it early is good. Mine was scheduled too late in the morning and I wasn’t even allowed to drink water before the procedure, so I was weak with dehydration by the time I went in. It was a relief to get the IV in my arm.
NotMax
Regulators must not buckle to pressure.
I suppose there’s a first time for everything….
//
Bruce K in ATH-GR
I’m sick of hearing Moscow Mitch McConnell referred to as “the Leader”.
lowtechcyclist
“the Leader”
LOL. What a ridiculously self-important title.
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊
Baud
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
raven
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I had a thoracic MRI yesterday and, besides waiting 40 minutes, it wasn’t bad.
brendancalling
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I gotta schedule mine, it’s overdue. I haven’t had one yet, but from what i’ve read, the prep is the worst part.
Princess
@Dorothy A. Winsor: This is in my future, in two weeks. And my appointment is late afternoon.
in other news, if anyone dislikes McConnell in here (say it isn’t so) I can promise you he is in all kinds of pain right now. My husband had a “minor rib fracture “ that was so minor it didn’t even show up as a fracture at the time and he was in intense pain for weeks. And no, not everyone has two weeks of rehab after hospitalization. He must be a complete mess. But it’s good to keep the senate GOP headless and uncertain for as long as possible.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Matt McIrvin: I think mine is the first of the day
@raven: Waiting around is boring at any time, but especially for a test
@brendancalling: I don’t mind the induced diarrhea. As a friend of mine said, “I shat like a pro.” But I find it hard to choke down the liquid that induces it.
Baud
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Princess: I thought that two weeks of rehab sounded unusual, and I live among old people.
Best of luck to you in two weeks.
lowtechcyclist
@Princess:
It would be easier to sympathize with him if his staff referred to him by his title just once, and after that referred to him in the manner one refers to a human being.
It’s natural to feel sympathy for the plight of a fellow human being, even one that one dislikes. But ‘the Leader’ comes across as more like a thing than a person.
Geminid
I see that Rep. Jennifer McClellan, Virginis’s new 4th CD Congresswoman, is assigned to the Armed Services and Science, Space and Technology Committees. The state is heavily involved in national defense matters, and Democrats lost an Armed Services Committee member when Republican Jen Kiggans beat 2nd District Congresswoman Elaine Luria last November.
Ms. Luria has had a low profile since the election, but I am hoping she will seek a rematch with Kiggans next year. Both Luria and Kiggans are retired Navy Lt. Commanders.
brantl
@lowtechcyclist: …. Comes across as more of a thing than a human describes McTurtle perfectly!
MazeDancer
Mr.Biden is the best!
Also, lotta snow in the Hudson Valley.
Have 65 pounds of bird feed. May not be enough.
Amir Khalid
@lowtechcyclist:
At least they don’t say “The Leader” in German.
Matt McIrvin
It’s raining hard here and predicted to change over to snow sometime in midmorning–this could be our biggest snowstorm of the season, even though it’s going to be above freezing at ground level all day. At least it’ll likely melt quickly when it’s done. My daughter’s school announced they were opening for a half day but gave everyone the option of an excused absence–we took it; no point in messing with this storm when it sounds like it’ll be coming down hard at noon.
I had my checkup scheduled for this morning but the doctor already rescheduled.
Baud
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Nominated.
Princess
@Dorothy A. Winsor: it’s drinking the drink that bugs me too. The first time I did it, I had pills and water, which was fine.
NotMax
@lowtechcyclist
Boris and Natasha calling, on the white discourtesy phone.
;)
Betty Cracker
@Baud: When I click that link, I get an awful finance podcast TikTok.
Ken
I’m trying to decide if “unfortunately the last administration” is worthy of a rotating tag nomination.
BellyCat
@Princess: Rib fractures hurt most when one laughs. McConnell is safe from this hazard.
Baud
@Betty Cracker:
Watch the video. It’s a parody of an awful finance podcast TikTok.
Baud
@Ken:
I’ll second.
lowtechcyclist
@Baud:
Good for him!
I was amused by his “close to sinful” description of what Florida is doing. ‘Close’? As we math geeks would say, it’s within Ɛ of sinful for every Ɛ > 0.
IOW there’s no daylight between ‘sinful’ and what they’re doing.
As the late, great Terry Pratchett said, sin is when you treat people as things, and that’s exactly what’s going on down there.
Baud
@lowtechcyclist:
I would also nominate “close to sinful” for the rotating tag.
Betty Cracker
@Baud: Okay, that was pretty funny! I was confused because your next comment mentioned a clip about Biden calling out the FL govt’s treatment of trans kids, so I expected that from the link in the prior comment. But now I see you were referring not to the clip in your previous comment but to the one in the OP. Will seek more coffee!
Baud
@Betty Cracker:
Ah, yes. Sorry about the confusion.
Cameron
@Baud: …and I read in this morning’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune that New College’s diversity officer has been fired. Her job had been abolished (quelle surprise) and an internal report suggested finding her another position at the college, but you can’t terrorize people and get them to understand how evil – one might even say woke – DEI is by going soft. No, had to send her forth from the Garden. Ugh.
Anyway
@MazeDancer:
No contest!
I have snow-envy! Nothing but flurries here…
Jeffro
Good news: being “anti-woke” looks like an unpopular position! Keep at it, Ron! Between that and being anti-Ukraine/pro-Putin, you’re helping us lay the groundwork for Dem success in 2024.
mali muso
@Amir Khalid: Our university has a group of students, faculty and staff visiting Malaysia this week. This morning the incoming photo/videos that they sent back included a bunch of content from a visit to a cat sanctuary. As much as the students have been enjoying things like eating satay, drinking kelapa muda, learning to play gamelan and climbing all those colorful steps at the Batu Caves, I think the cats may be their favorite thing so far.
Matt McIrvin
@brendancalling: My first time around, they cancelled the day before the procedure, right when I was about to start the prep, because they found out I had sleep apnea and needed an all-clear from my pulmonologist before they’d put me under sedation. I had to go get that rubber stamp and schedule it again for months later.
I guess that also cleared me for my knee surgery which was just a couple of weeks after the colonoscopy.
satby
Twitter is full of happy announcements today of young minority med students getting into residencies they’ve applied for. In many cases they’re the first college grads in their families. Just a beautiful to read! I’m 💗 all of the ones I see. The arc is still bending toward justiice, though at times we can’t see it.
BlueGuitarist
@Betty Cracker:
same reaction!
stumbled across this story yesterday, which includes FL teacher bullying trans kid
TAMPA — Until her teacher brought up her race, it had been an otherwise unremarkable American government class at Wharton High. One of Melanie Copeland’s parents was Black, the other white. Her teacher, Todd Harvey, wanted to know what she put as her race on government forms. What she should put, he told her, was “mutt.” Melanie struggled to process what was happening. Did her teacher really just call her a dog? She remembers Harvey grinning, while she and other students sat stunned….
article begins with a trigger warning re suicide,
https://www.tampabay.com/investigations/2023/03/12/tampa-teen-was-racially-harassed-by-her-teacher-hes-bullied-students-years/
Geminid
@Jeffro: A lot of Republican politicians are straddling the fence on the war in Ukraine, but some like DeSantis are betting on a stalemate that benefits Putin. Putin in turn is betting on them.
Ukraine hopes to prove both of them wrong when the ground dries out next month.
sab
@Matt McIrvin: Mine was at 2:30 in the afternoon. So thirsty!
Layer8Problem
It’s 𝞹 day. We all get haunted by our favorite pied commenters. Is it rhubarb pie season yet? Oh good, the coffee’s ready . . .
Amir Khalid
@mali muso:
Sounds like they’re having fun.
kalakal
With DeSantis jumping on the “Go Woke, Go Broke” bandwagon nonsense maybe the media should workout how much he’s cost the state pension fund over refusing to divest from Russia.
About 9 months ago the investments had reportedly dropped in value from $300 million to $100 million.
https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-pension-fund-loses-200m-in-russian-investments-state-rep-says/
Matt McIrvin
@sab: Oh my God, that’s even worse than mine.
schrodingers_cat
RRR felt like an endurance test, it didn’t work for me at any level. I fail to see why it is so popular among critics, who are falling over themselves praising it.
NotMax
@Layer8Problem
Did someone mention rhubarb? (1:32 – 2:02 in video.)
:)
Ken
@kalakal: Well, that contrasts starkly with the Republican push to ban “socially responsible investing” and mandate maximization of return as the only permissible strategy.
Matt McIrvin
@BlueGuitarist: This guy sounds like he’s set to be Florida’s next governor.
Betty Cracker
@BlueGuitarist: Wow, that’s awful. My kiddo went to high school in that district but at a different school, which did a pretty good job of addressing bullying, IMO.
Bugboy
@Bruce K in ATH-GR: I have it on good authority that “Dear Leader” is already taken. You’ll never guess who!
Ohio Mom
@brendancalling: Some improvements have been made to the colonoscopy prep procedure, it has gotten marginally more palatable since my first 18 years ago — they switched prep solutions, at least at my health system.
As several upthread suggested, getting a very early appointment is key. Waiting around for hours, dehydrated and hungry, is awful. But you are a teacher, you are used to waking up very early so this will be doable for you.
Afterwards, you and the person who drive you get to have a lovely brunch while you contemplate that you have just saved your own life.
Cameron
@Matt McIrvin: Well, maybe not governor quite yet, but I can see DeSantis putting him in charge of the county school board.
kalakal
@Ken: Of which DeStupid is a major proponent
Cameron
…and yet more wonderful Florida/Florida-adjacent news:
https://www.rawstory.com/andrew-kloster-republican/
kalakal
@Matt McIrvin: Don’t you mean Gauleiter?
stinger
Love that Biden gives his father the credit for “woking” him. He always gives others credit whenever possible. Also, that would have been in, like, the 40s? (too early to do math), so wow — good on Biden the Elder! He was way ahead of his time!
Jeffro
@Geminid: I hope Ukraine proves them wrong, too!
I know that they are mostly following the logic of “trump loves Putin; therefore, we must (at a minimum) not oppose Putin’s aims” but it still boggles my mind that the Cleek’s Law mentality is THIS strong in the GOP. I mean, oppose Biden on literally everything else, but supporting Ukraine as it bleeds Russia/Putin dry is a no-brainer.
BlueGuitarist
@kalakal:
Thanks!
Hoping to find more info about this, comparing other states. A start:
https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_approaches_supporting_ESG_investing
Jeffro
I have to admit, it was kind of funny to see this piece – where are all of trump’s 2016 opponents, anyway? – in the NYT of all places.
It has a ‘victory lap’/rub-their-noses in it tone that I found HIGHLY appealing. =)
O. Felix Culpa
@schrodingers_cat: Heh. I feel the same these days about many critically acclaimed movies.
ETA: That said, I’m interested in seeing the Irish film, “The Quiet Girl.” The trailer posted by satby looked intriguing.
O. Felix Culpa
@stinger:
Love Uncle Joe, but how likely is it that two men in suits were kissing in public during his childhood? On the other hand, his much-scoffed Cornpop (sp?) story turned out to be true.
Matt McIrvin
@Ohio Mom: For me they didn’t even have a special prep solution, they just had me take a combination of massive doses of over-the-counter laxatives. A bunch of Dulcolax pills combined with some powder mixed in with a pitcher of Crystal Light. Awful but it could have been worse.
Geminid
@Jeffro: Isolationism is resurgent among the Republican electorate, and DeSantis is playing to those voters. He’ll compete with Trump in this area.
Matt McIrvin
@kalakal: We use Murican terms here! “Exalted Grand Kleagle” might work.
Old School
@Layer8Problem:
In honor of Pi Day, I’m pie-ing every commenter today.
Geminid
It’s Quincy Jones’ 84th birthday, and the local oldies station is celebrating by playing various hits he has produced. One was from the 1960s: “It’s My Party,” sung by the late Leslie Gore.
Bobby Thomson
Referring to McConnell as the Leader makes him sound like a lame Time Lord
Layer8Problem
@NotMax: “I love a good rhubarb.”
Jowriter
@O. Felix Culpa: “The Quiet Girl” is based on a beautifully written novella, Foster, that will tear your heart out. I would imagine the film does the same.
zeecube
@schrodingers_cat: But it’s got battle cats! Granted, I did not watch RRR as a political allegory. I thought the stunts and special effects were awesome.
Matt McIrvin
@Jeffro: Putin got his propaganda in early–he’s been courting US conservatives through things like church-basement videos since the Obama administration. Many already thought of him as the great white protector of Christendom, and the kind of leader America needed, before he invaded Ukraine.
And, of course, outlets like RT have been working on the foreign-policy far left too.
Geminid
I also heard a story on WTOP radio that caught my attention. Their national security correspondent cited credible reports that woman are being taken from penal colonies in southern Russia, put on buses, and sent to Russian occupied Ukraine to fight.
kalakal
@BlueGuitarist: Now that’s a good idea.
It would be interesting to see their rates of return over time.
IIRC correctly DeSantis and his cronies are more into performative jackassery on this. They’re not doing a Texas and refusing to invest in companies that, for instance, divest from oil, rather they’re doing a “you can’t take factors like environmental damage into consideration. He’s very into impausible denial and our msm lap it up
Steeplejack
@Princess:
I had a broken rib way back when. Very painful. Got wrapped in corset-like thing for a few weeks, that was it. Almost at the “walk it off” level.
Guidelines:
Do not cough.
Do not laugh.
Really, really do not sneeze.
Geminid
@Geminid: I caught a lot of interesting stuff on the radio while on my way to work this morning. The Harrisonburg radio station has a lot of agricultural reporting, and today a woman farmer was talking about the importance of diversity- in soil microorganisms. By rotating crops, she hopes their different “exudates” will contribute to strong and diverse soil life.
This lady farmer also raises South Poll cattle on her Rockbridge County farm, says they are a compact breed suited to warm southern pastures. The bass player from the country group Alabama helped develop the breed. South Poll cattle are known for their fertility, longevity and calm disposition.
Delk
@Matt McIrvin: I had mine a couple of weeks ago. I specifically requested a day with the first slot open.
gene108
@Jeffro:
Russia helped get Trump elected in 2016.
Putin is on the Republican’s side, unlike the Democrats.
Getting on Putin’s good side can get him more actively interfering in U.S. elections to help Republicans win.
Gin & Tonic
@Matt McIrvin:
I don’t get this. Church attendance in russia is, in comparison with other Orthodox countries, negligible. The country has the world’s highest (by a significant margin) rate of abortion and the world’s second-highest rate of divorce. Family values my ass. Sure, they hate the queers and the darkies, I guess that’s all that counts.
BlueGuitarist
rotating tag?
ETA: a Canadian skater punk band has a song “implausible denial” and there’s some academic writing on “implausible deniability…pantomime secrecy”
Geminid
@Gin & Tonic: That may be the reality, but when it comes to Russia and Putin, their henchmen on the American Right say, “Print the legend.” They know they have a credulous audience.
frosty
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I’ve got the same thing scheduled in a couple of weeks. The prep is bad. Worse, I got a scrip for the clean out stuff and it was $100!! The pharmacist found a way to cut it down to $44 though.
So somebody found a way to make the whole procedure worse.
Geminid
@Gin & Tonic: Last month, when five House Republicans visited Kyiv right after President Biden did, I noticed that one was freshman Max Miller. He represents a district near Cleveland. I wondered if this was because there are a lot of Ukrainian-Americans in Miller’s district, as well as many others of Eastern European descent.
House Foreign Relations Charman Michael McCaul (TX) led the delegation. They met with President Zelenskyy and reaffirmed their support for his country.
I think a lot of their Republican colleagues are on the fence, though. They won’t have to vote on more aid for a few months, and they may be waiting to see which way the wind blows in that conflict.
BlueGuitarist
@Gin & Tonic:
You’re right, hate is all that counts with these Chrinos
Christians in name only
A classic moment: The Colbert Report episode in which then Georgia Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, co-sponsor of a bill requiring display of the Ten Commandments, could only name 3.
Was going to post the link again, but it’s not working.
The Lodger
@lowtechcyclist: Why not just say it in the original German?
Scout211
@frosty: I’ll drop some hints here that helped me. (My first one was a nightmare, last fall I had my second one and it was as easy as a colonoscopy could be ever be called easy).
1. For three days before the prep day, follow a strict pre-colonoscopy diet. It’s very bland and extremely low in fiber. Many clinics post their diets online so you can find one that fits with you. I found that most doctor’s offices don’t explain this very well. I found that it is crucial for making the clean-out day easy. I used the one posted online from Kaiser They have a chart and a nice .pdf you can download, with pictures. The recommendations differ from 2 days to 5 days of this ore-colonoscopy diet. I chose three days. YMMV.
2. On the prep day, the prep goes down much easier if you drink it through through a straw to avoid most of your tastebuds. Plus, get some approved popsicles (no pieces of fruit in them) in the approved color and pop one in your mouth right after drinking each dose of prep. (The popsicle masks the taste). I used Outshine lemon.
3. Drink plenty of original Gatorade (not the zero sugar kind) in the correct color on the prep day up until you have to stop all liquids. That really seemed to help with dehydration for me.
Good luck.
ETA: Sorry about your insurance. There are different brands now. My Doctor was going to prescribe one but my Medicare/part D didn’t pay for it. He prescribed the one that was paid 100%. Your doctor’s office should have checked your insurance first. At least the pharmacy found a way to reduce the cost.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
RIP Pat Schroeder.
Steve in the ATL
@lowtechcyclist:
That’s right up there with “The Ohio State University” and “an historian”
Steve in the ATL
@The Lodger: or Italian!
Barbara
@Scout211: My gastro doc approved sucking on lemon wedges between gulps of the prep fluid and it actually helped a lot. The prescription version is much worse than the non-prescription for taste, but it is apparently much more effective.
Jay C
@Gin & Tonic:
I don’t think it’s so much a matter of Russians being particularly more “religious” than anybody else (probably the opposite) but an issue of Putin having deliberately returned the Orthodox Church to something like the position it had under the Tsars: I.e., providing *official* supernatural sanction to the regime, and reinforcing the notion of “Holy Russia” as a justification for Putin’s war -and/or any other abuses by official agencies.
IOW, just like things have always been in Russia.
Barbara
@Steve in the ATL: Well, they actually use it in both houses and both parties to designate the leader of the party that doesn’t have the majority. They could just refer to McConnell as Senator, of course, because everyone knows he’s the leader of the Republican contingent in the Senate, but it’s not uncommon to hear him being referred to by this sobriquet in D.C. Just think of it as emphasizing the fact that his party has minority status and it won’t bother you nearly as much.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Barbara: especially in a statement issued by his own office. I’m sure he likes the title, and to remind people like Rick Scott and Ted Cruz who’s in charge
Steve in the ATL
@Barbara: ok, that helps. Now what do I do about Ohio State? Oh, I can just remember Georgia beating them en route to its second national championship in a row! (Where’s raven to give me a virtual high five?)
CaseyL
@gene108:
I’d hoped the Biden Administration’s sanctions and beefed-up cyber defenses might interfere with Putin’s ability to interfere with US elections, but with the entire GOP on his side, he hardly needs spy craft at this point.
zhena gogolia
@Scout211: This is really helpful, thanks. I’ve had many colonoscopies, but no one ever gave me the advice about the pre-procedure diet.
James E Powell
@Gin & Tonic:
For Republican voters, hating is all that counts.
Ruckus
@lowtechcyclist:
He is the leader of the conservative side of the senate and has been for some time.
We should all know who to blame for all their crap.
Delk
@Barbara: yes! Lemon slice/juice is one of the best tips.
Kathleen
@BlueGuitarist:
@Betty Cracker:
I had to check to make sure it wasn’t the high school my grandsons attended and thankfully it wasn’t.
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
I’m surprised I don’t see it rotating through national headlines on adaily basis.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Scout211: I guzzled Gatorade. Next time (5 years from now), I’ll try the straw.
Ruckus
@brendancalling:
I’ve been unfortunate enough to have to drink that whatever the hell it is on more than one occasion. I got a different brand/quality the last time and it actually didn’t taste like a cross between battery acid and elephant piss. Made the entire process not nearly as unpleasant.
Citizen Alan
@BlueGuitarist:
There are times when I think we should eliminate social studies fclasses rom u s high schools. I often think they exist only to provide busy work for athletic coaches who were not capable of eaching any legitimate academic course and thereby forcing obnoxious no-neck thugs who only care about sports on the rest of the student body.
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
Most typically polyethylene glycol. That’s the gallon jug version.
The OTC version is usually magnesium citrate and bisacodyl (dulcolax).
Then there are smaller name brand ones with a lot less volume that I never open and don’t know the contents to.
jame
I wish Biden was not all good with the Willow drilling in Alaska. That is not okay; that oil would be better left in the ground. But that’s Joe Biden.
Sister Golden Bear
Much as I appreciate Biden’s words in support of trans people — and having the president have your back is significant — we need more than words, we need the federal government taking action to protect us.
Geminid
@jame: The Willow Project is certainly a compromise. I think Rep. Peltola is for it, and most of Alaska’s Native Corporations want it too.
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
@jame: I wish Biden was not all good with the Willow drilling in Alaska. That is not okay; that oil would be better left in the ground. But that’s Joe Biden.
I’m typically skeptical of new fossil fuel projects, though I recognize our need to continue developing these resources until we *finally* build out our renewable resources.
I haven’t heard anything on this particular project. You have any good reading available?
zhena gogolia
@James E Powell: The nexus between Putin and the GQP is frightening. De Santis is following their playbook slavishly.
dnfree
@Matt McIrvin: My husband just had a colonoscopy scheduled at 3 pm. Not only was it difficult to spend 6-7 hours with no food or water, it turned out he was the last procedure of the day and everyone at the facility wanted to get out of there by 4 pm and turn out the lights, even if he wasn’t fully awake yet. If I hadn’t stayed there with him, I swear they would have left him in a wheelchair at the curb for me to pick up. Doubly wrong because in my experience they usually try to schedule diabetics early in the morning.
Geminid
@The Kropenhagen Interpretation: There is a lot of coverage of the Willow project in Alaska state media. Environmental-oriented publications have a lot of stories on it also.
My understanding is that the project is expected to start producing oil in 6 years, and might operate for 30 more.
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
@Geminid: Shhh, this is meant as like a Turing test, but for
trollsinflammatory new nyms.Geminid
@The Kropenhagen Interpretation: Oh. I had not thought of that. I am just a simple meteor.
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
@Geminid: Haha. You gotta draw them out
Eta But I will check out your suggestions. Thank you.
Barbara
@Sister Golden Bear: In fairness, the Federal government under both Obama and Biden have tried to take action to protect the rights of LGBT people, in both civil rights and access to health care. They have been stymied by judicial reversals and then, withdrawal of regulations by Trump.
It’s also worth noting that all women are being actively denied the right to health care of all kinds, especially reproductive health care, but also any non-reproductive health care that might even potentially harm an embryo that hypothetically might exist or might be able to come into existence at any given moment. We’re like that infamous cover of the New Yorker, but instead of a mass of high rises stretching out over the entire continent, we’re just a giant uterus stretching out to consume our entire person, with tiny limbs and head. All based in the name of a religion that is fast turning into a fertility cult. LGBT people lose because you don’t have or aren’t willing to give full expression to a uterus. It’s fucking insane.
In other words, the fight for gender related rights is vast for just about anyone who isn’t a biologically born cisgender male.
frosty
@Scout211: Thanks for the prep advice! I just emailed it to myself and Ms. F. We’ll try to get her the 100% covered prep scrip.
Marc
@Matt McIrvin: My provider has switched to using a “split prep”, where one drinks half the night before and half four hours before the procedure. So, a procedure scheduled before 9am can be very annoying. I have had the dubious pleasure of getting a colonoscopy every year for the past 25 years, as the first one ended with being scheduled for surgery the next day. Since then, they haven’t found much of interest in my colon aside from the odd polyp.
However, 10 years ago I did find out what they do if you have what appears to be intestinal bleeding and your colon is clean. I’ll just say, there’s more than one way into your intestine, and while the pill camera was kind of cool, what they did next was not.
Ramalama
@BellyCat:
McConnell seems to use his words a lot in place of emotions, so I imagine him saying, “Your sardonic wit would cause me some tension in my Adam and Eve region. Thankfully I remain calm as a butterball turkey forgotten in the freezer after the holidays.”
Ruckus
@BlueGuitarist:
Had a PE teacher in 7th grade who sounds a lot like that prick. He’d pick up random boys by a hand around their neck so he didn’t have to bend over to yell in their faces. I was waiting for him to do that to me so I could kick him in the junk if he did. I am sure the after effect of that would be worse for me if I did it but also so likely worth it. I’d say that was my worst teacher/human being I’ve ever met. Or at least in the race for worst.
Uncle Cosmo
@The Lodger: As befits his heritage, Preying DeMantis would no doubt prefer it in the even-more-original Italian, to which I will cheerfully add a couple of letters and refer to him as Ill Douche…
BlueGuitarist
@Ruckus:
Christ, what an asshole.
the Florida authorities don’t care about these bullying teachers, the kids, or the “parents’ rights,” but they want to ban empathy and decency.
smdh and
writing some postcards to get out the vote in Wisconsin, because we have to beat them with votes.
There’s a postcard thread tonight, 7:45.
Ruckus
@jame:
We will need oil for some time to come. Actually we will need petroleum for oil and gasoline and diesel for some time to come. We can use it better than a full sized American pickemuptruck with big wheels and tires that is used as a transportation vehicle rather than a work truck I mean they now get around 15 mpg vs 11-12 a couple decades back. But even without that we will need it. That’s how our transportation network – works. Now I ride the electric transit train across LA on a semi regular basis and it works great. But the only other option is drive my car. Which costs more because gas costs so much here in CA. Costs a lot more to drive actually.
Would it be better if we didn’t burn stuff, after spending a lot of energy to refine it so that we can? Absolutely it would. But that’s where we are and it will take time to replace that with better. The scale of what we are is immense, and changing that takes time. And money. And desire. And not everyone has all of that.
rikyrah
Barbara Lee for US Senate (D-CA) (@Needle_of_Arya) tweeted at 7:12 AM on Tue, Mar 14, 2023:
the excessive scrutiny that the far left have for Biden’s cabinet officials arises from their endemic frustration that their boy Bernie didn’t win the presidency
(https://twitter.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1635614797793226754?t=q5-cISzt0vp2oLwronnhgA&s=03)
columbusqueen
@Steve in the ATL: This loyal Buckeye tells you to piss off, good buddy.:-)
rikyrah
UH HUH
UH HUH
Cap Boy Hater In DFW (@Kennymack1971) tweeted at 6:31 AM on Tue, Mar 14, 2023:
The Sandernistas (and the media) want a contested Democratic Primary next year and will use any excuse to make it happen. But it won’t go anywhere not for this or any other fake outrage.
(https://twitter.com/Kennymack1971/status/1635604638626922496?s=02)
rikyrah
NewDemocrat4Life (@reesetheone1) tweeted at 10:42 AM on Mon, Mar 13, 2023:
Does anyone get the feeling like me the left is gonna use this banking thing as a reason to try to Launch a real primary challenge vs Biden?
(https://twitter.com/reesetheone1/status/1635305442783170561?s=02)
smedley the uncertain
@Layer8Problem: Apple here in Western NY.
Matt McIrvin
Campos is now deeply concerned that, since the same-sex kiss story obviously cannot be true, it is a confabulation of Biden’s deteriorating mind. Didn’t we go through this with Corn Pop?
wenchacha
@satby: I have enjoyed the match tweets, too. Great to see Black women becoming OB/GYNs, as well as other specialties. So many shared stories of being advised to not pursue medicine, but they made it!