Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Thanks for reminding me that Van Jones needs to be slapped.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

In my day, never was longer.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

As long as McCarthy is Speaker, the House will never be in order.

Come on, man.

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  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    @Lapassionara: If you listen to interviews with Jason Kander, you can see that he still has a lot of receiving to do, and he’s pretty passionate about his tiny house project.

    But I agree, he would be a huge asset in government.

    If you listen to his podcast you can see just how sharp he is and how fast his brain works – he often stops mid-sentence to take a turn or share the new thing that just popped into his head about whatever he is discussing.

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    WaterGirl

    A few minutes ago we got an emergency alert that 80 miles per hour winds were coming in the next few minutes.

    So I locked the kitties in the bedroom and raced around outside, taking down the bird bath in the new garden in front, moving big pots up against the house, grabbing every breakable thing and all sharp objects from outside.  By that time the storm and winds had already hit, and I was racing around the screened in porch moving everything to the house side and covering all the furniture with towels.

    So I am a wet, hot, sweaty, stinky mess and by the time I had everything done the storm had died down.  And I am pretty wound up.

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    Jackie

    @WaterGirl: That was a great workout!

    Seriously, glad you and your belongings survived the gale!

    We get winds like that periodically, but they tend to last hours. No bueno.

  6. 6.

    Jackie

    And a reminder: Nicolle Wallace is having an exclusive one on one interview with President Biden at 4:00 ET on MSNBC.

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    WaterGirl

    @Jackie: Will that be on-line?  If there’s a youtube link for it, I can post it.  I’m not sure we can embed MSNBC.  Their videos won’t even play on my mac in Safari.

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    narya

    @WaterGirl: Well, yeah, I AM interested and glad you pointed it out! Can’t wait to see it, and love Kander. But that’s all I have to say so far–but thank you for the PSA!

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    SiubhanDuinne

    Thank you for this link. Looks as though it will be tough to watch, but well worthwhile.

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    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne:  I think that overall it will be uplifting.

    Jason said on the podcast that so often with PTSD the information is about everybody at their worst.  Did you watch the trailer?  I think this will be hopeful overall.

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    WaterGirl

    @Maxim: I think maybe we all need to watch this so we can better understand PTSD.

    Either to be able to understand other folks better and maybe because some of us humans are walking around with PTSD and have no idea what the hell is wrong.

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    jonas

    Thanks for this — I’m definitely going to watch. My oldest daughter, now a young adult, has severe PTSD arising from early childhood trauma (she was a foster kid from a really, really bad birth family situation). Having your young brain marinate for years in adrenaline from trying to survive a tornado of domestic violence around you really messes you up and the journey toward healing is so hard, particularly given how hard it is to find specialized psychiatric care for younger kids throughout most of the country.

    I tell virtually every college-bound kid I meet, please, if you can, major in child psychology and focus on treating minors, especially in underserved communities.

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    Debbie(Aussie)

    Thanks for this WaterGirl. I have suffered depression for a long time. Particularly bad for past 25 years with isolation and anxiety. It’s only recently that my support team have called it PTSD. I have just started seeing a pain management physician, chronic pain is a part of my condition. It all stems from surgery I had to correct scoliosis. Surgery did not go as planned and I spent 7 months in bed with a body cast. I was 13. I am now 61. This physician has offered me possible way out with pain mitigation and SGB  to reduce my mental health issues. I so want it to work.
    I look forward to watching this documentary.

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