So I miss anything interesting on the blog while I was out and about running errands and working?
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So I miss anything interesting on the blog while I was out and about running errands and working?
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RedDirtGirl
Shirley, you jest?
Baud
We’ve implemented genital inspections as a condition for posting.
No, wait, that’s Kansas and children’s sports.
Mr. Bemused Senior
You don’t read this, do you?
Barbara
@Baud: I can’t imagine. I just can’t. How did we go from panicking over sexual abuse at daycare centers to requiring kids to display their private parts to strangers supervising their sports activities?
scav
Cheeky.
mrmoshpotato
@scav: Cheeky Bastard is filmed before a live studio audience.
James E Powell
My only concern is how all this will impact the 2024 elections. We need to win the next three to clean out the rot.
West of the Cascades
@Barbara: It’s the cutting edge of legislation from the Groomers Or Perverts party.
NotMax
Media mention, for the times when the well appears to be leaning to the dry side.
Although they’ve been upping the frequency of ad breaks (Boo!), one could do worse than tuning into Single-handed on Freevee via Prime. The Irish brogues can run pretty thick though, so closed captioning recommended.
NotMax
@RedDirtGirl
Shirley not; Beau jests.
;)
MomSense
@Baud:
It makes sense since pants are already optional.
MomSense
@NotMax:
Not sure if you have the PBS streaming app, but I just started watching Paradise. It’s in Italian (Paradiso) with English subtitles. Great show about a woman who works at a fancy department store in 1950s Italy.
Ohio Mom
Was hoping for a comment that would make some sense of those three train wrecks but I guess not. Maybe the tincture of time will help me.
Sister Golden Bear
@RedDirtGirl: Don’t call him Shirley. /s
HumboldtBlue
Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins raised the Phillies National League Championship banner ahead of the Phils’ home opener.
Man, I love baseball.
Baud
@HumboldtBlue: The pitch clock seems to be working well. Games are moving much faster.
Old Dan and Little Ann
@HumboldtBlue: Today’s my Opening Day. It’s my 1st chance to watch a Yankees game all season.
zhena gogolia
@Sister Golden Bear: I have a new favorite Leslie Nielsen line, from the first Naked Gun movie. He brings Priscilla Presley home from a date and she says in a sexy voice, “Can I interest you in a nightcap?” He says, “No, thanks, I don’t wear them,” and walks away.
bbleh
Nope. A humiliatingly weak and feckless Biden is still driving the nation toward utter ruin through his iron control of the all-powerful librul-woke-deep-state.
HumboldtBlue
@Baud:
It really does, and I am pleasantly surprised I like it. The game moves at a much faster clip, and that’s a good thing.
@Old Dan and Little Ann:
Well, considering what that lineup did to the Phils, I’m glad you missed it. That Yankee’s batting lineup is absurd.
sab
Naw. Nothing has happened for DAYS!
sab
@West of the Cascades: I thought it was Grommers of Perverts party.
UncleEbeneezer
#Not(at)All!
sab
Spouse and his best friend in my living room watching Cleveland Guardians opening game. I love their new name. I love their new logo.
Frankensteinbeck
@Barbara:
Both panics help evangelicals maintain abusive control over their own children.
Mallard Filmore
@Sister Golden Bear:
“… I can call you Betty,
And Betty when you call me,
You can caaaalllll mmmeeeeee AL …”
(Paul Simon)
https://youtu.be/uq-gYOrU8bA
Suzanne
I’m so fucken exhausted. Does it ever get less insane?
Betty Cracker
Seriously, phew! What a day! (For me offline, I mean.) And now I have to make a goddamn butter lamb because Easter.
eclare
@Betty Cracker: How long does it take to make a butter lamb?
Matt McIrvin
@sab: Grabbers Of Panties
geg6
@Suzanne:
Doesn’t seem so. I feel you. I need some rest and disconnection.
bbleh
@eclare: How many times making a butter lamb does it take to convince oneself that one should never make a damn butter lamb again
@Suzanne: @geg6: I think it’s more like, do *I* ever get less insane paying attention to it? I have found it valuable occasionally simply to disconnect for a few days. It’s refreshing, and contrary perhaps to expectations, not unlike tuning out of a soap-opera for a while, you don’t miss a thing
@Frankensteinbeck: @Barbara: and the fundie men “their” women.
geg6
@geg6:
And wine. Can’t forget the wine.
Poe Larity
This place hasn’t been as exciting since the Obamabot-PUMA War of 2008.
glory b
I’m here to call BS on Clarence Thomas. Tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of state, local & federal employees have to complete the same financial disclosure. Almost every state has adopted the same format. We get VERY specific, detailed instructions for how to complete it. Here in PA, it is a firing offense for not submitting it, or withholding information.
I fill them out each year, so does my husband. Most of my answers are the “no, no, none, none” responses. Every employee in a position that makes decisions affecting financial or political interests must complete these. It beggars the imagination that a Supreme Court justice can’t figure this out.
Also, he was caught failing to disclose about $600,000 in consulting fees (!) that Ginni received years ago during the Obama administration from a Tea Party group, while he was refusing simultaneously to recuse from decisions on the ACA.
Betty Cracker
@eclare: Not that long, really. Less than an hour total, and that includes waiting for it to chill between fleece applications. The most fraught part by far is transporting the damned thing!
Matt McIrvin
@West of the Cascades: Gross Ovum Police
rikyrah
CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) tweeted at 8:57 PM on Thu, Apr 06, 2023:
There’s something people are missing about what happened in Tennessee.
This was personal.
Rep. Justin Jones didn’t only protest for stronger gun safety. He was the activist who played a role in the bust of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest being taken down from
the… https://t.co/RTQm9rNx0B https://t.co/uwhvHYuMWt
(https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1644157522784276482?s=02)
Suzanne
@bbleh: I can’t tune out of the insanity that is my life.
trollhattan
@bbleh: That is Dark Brandon’s One Weird Trick.
karen marie
@bbleh: I saw a “make your butter fancy” thing last week that may be a nice upgrade for the Butter Lamb – sprinkle it all over with Maldon salt and dried herbs and spices or your favorite savory blend, like Za’atar or Everything But The Bagel.
I guess, except for the salt, the lamb would look like it had been rolling in the hay or something but …
SiubhanDuinne
@Betty Cracker:
As has been your wont in previous years, you are planning to post photos of the 2023 butter lamb, yes?
Jeffro
Good lord has it been raining today.
HumboldtBlue
@Betty Cracker:
Butter emails…butter lamb
Geminid
@Jeffro: We needed the rain. The soil was starting to dry out.
sab
Ponyo the pitbull had her second mast cell tumor removed yesterday. 8 inch slit in her side. Happened Wednesay. She sobbed all night yesterday because it hurt so much. Today i took her in and asked if they really couldn’t give her better painkillers. Being a dog she is not likely to be a drug addict. They gave her two kinds and she is much happier.
Benedryl and Neurontin. No wonder dogs don’t have drug problems. Why bother.
geg6
@sab:
LOL! Here’s hoping for a quick recovery for Ponyo.
rikyrah
philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) tweeted at 2:19 PM on Thu, Apr 06, 2023:
Wow: Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of the Dems that the GOP is trying to expel from state legislature to protesting gun violence, calls out his colleagues on the floor
‘For years, one of your colleagues, an admitted child molester, sat in this chamber – no expulsion’ https://t.co/KNDrhX3gl1
(https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1644057153928413184?s=02)
HumboldtBlue
Sweet Jesus beating a cripple with a bat while Ben the Rat crawls out of the sewer.
J.
@Betty Cracker: I forgot about the butter lamb! Please post pics before it melts or is knifed.
eclare
@sab: Poor baby! Hope she feels better.
Baud
@HumboldtBlue:
Haha. Every who ever disliked that bastard is vindicated.
EarthWindFire
@rikyrah: Cry harder fascist snowflakes…he’ll be back
eclare
@rikyrah: He called out a lot of people. I still want to know who peed in someone else’s seat at the capitol.
Gin & Tonic
@Suzanne: Insanity? My son-in-law needed a fairly complex surgical procedure, so my dear wife and I took in the grandkids for a week so he and my daughter would have some quiet time for his recovery. My grandson’s been coughing up a storm since he arrived, so I took him to the urgent care yesterday for a positive diagnosis of strep. I took him, because my dear wife has been very unwell – so she went to the urgent care today and was diagnosed with pneumonia. I’ve been holding down the fort as best I can, considering I’m recovering from surgery four weeks ago. Quite the shitshow.
We need a vacation.
HumboldtBlue
@rikyrah:
The kids are fucking angry.
eclare
@EarthWindFire: Yeah pretty sure Memphis will send Pearson back, too.
glory b
@eclare: I know! He said he’s a member of leadership now. I think he’s (because of course it’s a man) a member of the governor’s cabinet.
SpaceUnit
@HumboldtBlue:
That scans. Kucinich isn’t wrapped very tight either.
eclare
@glory b: I live in TN and now I just wonder what the fuck goes on in Nashville?
rikyrah
Debby Williams 💐🌼🌸🤗 (@dwilliams1210) tweeted at 2:54 PM on Fri, Apr 07, 2023:
Nashville Council members to send Justin Jones back to Tennessee House https://t.co/pRTY8PvAPx
(https://twitter.com/dwilliams1210/status/1644428372687089673?s=02)
Steeplejack
@HumboldtBlue:
Tweet corrected to note that it was four days ago. But still powerful.
Delk
Taibbi is leaving Twitter. LOL.
NotMax
Hmm.
On the one hand, boneless leg o’ lamb on special at $5 a pound today only in a market in town.
On the other hand, today is a state holiday so traffic and crush of shoppers will be extra extensive.
For today at least, experiential knowledge shall take precedence over the siren call of frugality.
Baud
@Delk:
Isn’t he the Twitter files guy?
Delk
@Baud: yep.
HumboldtBlue
VP Harris speaking in Nashville.
Comrade Scrutinizer
@Poe Larity: Flashback to myiqis2xu…
SpaceUnit
@Delk:
Over on MSNBC Mehdi Hasan just gave that guy the pantsing of a lifetime.
ETA:
Taibbi Interview
Baud
@Delk:
What happened? Seemed like a marriage made in hell.
rikyrah
I went to the Hood grocery store today.
Got me some:
Pan sausage
Mississippi sausage
Rind-on bacon
Fresh cut pork steaks
IYKYK😂😂😂
Sister Golden Bear
@glory b: All that, plus there’s an LA Times news story about how 20 years ago they reported on similar sort of gifts Thomas was accepting — after that Thomas simply stopped disclosing them. So this “I didn’t think I had to disclose them” BS is clearly lying BS.
zhena gogolia
@Gin & Tonic: Oh, sounds horrible! I hope everyone gets healthy soon.
zhena gogolia
@rikyrah: Oh, man!
NotMax
SSDD.
A year after postal reform bill, Moran and Davids raise complaints to Postmaster DeJoy.
rikyrah
President Biden (@POTUS) tweeted at 4:56 PM on Fri, Apr 07, 2023:
Earlier, I spoke to Reps Jones, Pearson, and Johnson to thank them for their leadership and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation’s democratic values.
Our country needs to take action on gun violence — to do that we need more voices like theirs speaking out. https://t.co/oQl9jQSOy1
(https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1644459213962326017?s=02)
BlueGuitarist
JC: check out Rikyrah’s posts about Tennessee!
I think you might enjoy these Nashville links I posted downstairs:
Nashville students mock TN house speaker the way Nashville hockey fans taunt opposing goalies:
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1644012806620979201
hockey version
https://www.facebook.com/HockeyNightInCanada/videos/nashville-fans-taunt-matt-murray/1655032887857414/
(sing name 3 times, “you suck,” then “it’s all your fault” 3 times)
And yesterday posted a clip of excellent, temporarily expelled TN state rep Justin Jones explaining “no justice, no peace” with quotations from MLK and Jeremiah
https://mobile.twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1644063474778099716
Eolirin
@Suzanne: No. :(
BlueGuitarist
@SpaceUnit:
did you see @lolgop’s comment on that Taibbi interview:
”Credit to Matt who backed up his passion for showing Hunter Biden’s dick on the internet by getting pantsed on national television.”
Delk
@Baud: just saw that he was trending when I clicked over to the Tennessee tweet posted up thread. Didn’t really care enough to look further.
trollhattan
@Delk:
“Elon is my god and savior.”
“You bore me. Banished!”
“Farewell, sweet prince.”
Hard out there, for a
pimpwhore.Baud
@Delk:
No worries. That’s exactly how I go through life.
owlbrick
Let’s all take a moment to thank the TN GOP for making Justin Jones a national star and bring him to the attention of a massively wider audience. One generally hesitates to use arch phrases like “rue the day”, but there are times for them.
trollhattan
@BlueGuitarist: Only thing for him to do now is appear on Maher, so they can agree his troubles are all the fault of the woke left English majors.
NotMax
Pro tip: If a tech company’s head honcho’s initials are E. M., be on your toes.
SpaceUnit
@BlueGuitarist:
Ha. I wasn’t sure whether to call it a pantsing or a swirlie.
It was sort of both.
Baud
@BlueGuitarist:
The bullfrog?
Professor Bigfoot
@bbleh: >snicker<
rikyrah
Kayla Solomon (@KSolomonReports) tweeted at 4:49 PM on Fri, Apr 07, 2023:
BREAKING: A Shelby County commissioner told @FOX13Memphis on Friday that Nashville leaders are threatening to take away funding from Memphis and other Shelby County projects if the county commission decides to reinstate expelled @Justinjpearson
https://t.co/698BZ1VZDZ?
(https://twitter.com/KSolomonReports/status/1644457272133709825?s=02)
Pennsylvanian
@eclare: Did I miss the butter lamb this year? Must go check.
When I see it, it always feels like the scene in Apollo 13 when the vest arrives before the launch.
True artistry mixed with tradition!
I can’t believe I’ve been reading this almost top 10,000 blog for 20+ years. Happy April holidays that you celebrate!
delphinium
@HumboldtBlue:
Geez, Kennedy needs a campaign manager to tell him that? Looks like he is off to a great start, not.
HumboldtBlue
different-church-lady
The Musk/Taibbi thing is actually defeating my powers of sarcasm.
different-church-lady
@rikyrah: Do we still call it a civil war if it takes place in one state?
Dan B
@sab: So glad you advocated for Ponyo!
Baud
Texas judge strikes again. Abortion pill enjoined.
WaterGirl
@Betty Cracker: What a perfect pic, Betty!
Edmund dantes
Apparently the asshole judge down in Texas did it. He invalidated the FDA approval of mifepristone.
we need the 5th or the scotus to stay and overturn this bullshit.
Dan B
@rikyrah: There was $200,000 raised last night for the Justins!
Baud
@Edmund dantes:
The oder doesn’t take affect for 7 days to allow for an appellate stay. Hopefully someone has good sense.
EarthWindFire
@rikyrah: Then Shelby County can just stop turning in their tax dollars to the state, amirite? Two can play this game.
WaterGirl
@Gin & Tonic: Holy shit, all of that on top of everything else. Sending you the energy and stamina to keep up. Hoping both make it through the tubes that make up the internet.
EarthWindFire
@Gin & Tonic: Yikes. I don’t know what more than a vacation is but you need that. Wishing everyone speedy recoveries!
WaterGirl
@Delk: Can someone explain the Matt Taibbi leaving twitter thing? I think you have to know more backstory than I do.
Scout211
@WaterGirl: He said he is leaving because Twitter has started blocking links to Substack articles.
Sanjeevs
@SpaceUnit: Those clips of Taibbi on Mehdi’s show are hilarious.
WaterGirl
@Scout211: Musk keeps on digging.
BQuimby
@glory b: I worked for the State of CA and we were not even allowed to accept a box of See’s chocolates, bottle of wine or misc paper goods swag from our management company. If a vendor tried to gift a modest holiday fruit basket, we had to refuse acceptance of delivery. EVERYONE knows the drill.
SpaceUnit
@Sanjeevs:
Yeah, he got mauled.
different-church-lady
@Baud: You misspelled odor.
Baud
A judge in Washington has issued an order contradicting the Texas judge.
Jay
As is ususal, it’s all about the money,
Percysowner
@Edmund dantes:
@Baud:
I wonder how high they will take the appeal. From what I know the 5th Circuit is pretty conservative and may uphold. Is there cause to jump to the Supreme Court immediately, considering this affects the entire country? How does Thomas’ Yacht owning friend want him to vote? Will it take more than one trip to buy that vote? Inquiring Minds Want To Know.
Baud
@Percysowner:
I expect it’s going to the Supremes.
Scout211
Washington State has purchased three years worth of
mifepristone. I hope other blue states do this.
Baud
@Scout211:
That’s smart.
delphinium
@Scout211:
That is awesome!
Jackie
@different-church-lady: Oregon vs Oregon State’s annual football rivalry is called the Civil War Cup🤷🏼♀️
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Comrade Scrutinizer:
I called him GoatBoy all the time…lol! I even took the “I love the smell of napalm…” lines from Apocalypse Now and repurposed them just for him.
“I love the smell of goats in the morning.” Good times…lol!
Jackie
@Scout211: I ♥️ my governor!!!
Hurray for Inslee!!!
cain
@HumboldtBlue: Perhaps the next step is to expel all the youths from TN?
different-church-lady
Is this actually still the same week Trump turned himself in?
Jeffro
@Geminid: true, true!
I’m actually down in NC right now and it’s like, biblical
WaterGirl
@Baud: Can you say more about that?
The Up and Up
Mr. Cole I saw your tweet about “Love your body Larry.” Naturally I had to find and play the theme song for that movie. The next tune on Youtube autoplay, Kenny Loggins’ Theme from Caddyshack 2, “Nobody’s Fool.” Oh my. What a dreadful movie but compared to crap going on around of late. I recall first seeing the film on VHS with friends. There were a couple funny scenes not enough compel me to watch anytime in the last bunch of years. The clips in the Loggins’ video will suffice. Thanks for a break from the humdrum.
Rob
@WaterGirl: David Anderson has a short post https://balloon-juice.com/2023/04/07/abortion-going-back-to-scotus-soon/
glc
Metal roofing sheets
laura
@sab: Oh Sab, I would so outer spoon Ponyo night and day, gently petting and scritching the non-hurty parts until the pain passes. Se ding waves of good wishes for.the entire household.