Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

“Joe Biden deserved better than he got from some folks in his own party.”

The problem people have with Biden’s age is the color of the VPs skin.

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

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Bogus polls are all they’ve got left. Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls a year from now.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Russia bombs Ukraine’s maternity hospitals; Republicans in the House can’t sort out supporting Ukraine.

Let’s finish the job.

In after Baud. Damn.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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Okay…fool me once. But  it looks like this starts at 2:30/1:30/12:30/11:30

I will be around to double-check, after I wash the Japanese beetles out of my hair. Weeding was long overdue today. Talked with my neighbors who have moved to 5 acres just north of here and are turning the entire property into a regenerative farm. Boy oh boy, did my heart go zing! They also gave me all the grass clipping from their current (for sale) house, which was also excellent. Helping to revitalize the last section of backyard before I reseed this fall.

Their house being on the market all summer is something we could probably talk about at another time – housing prices, interest rates and a sluggish market, even in CO where people usually come to blows over offers.

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This feed is fun – just a look at the crowds and the new buses for the campaign. It’s worth rewinding a bit to see Walz’s arrival and then Harris’ arrival.

This is an open thread

 

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  1. 1.

    KatKapCC

    after I wash the Japanese beetles out of my hair

    Oh boy, if I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to do that…

    …I would have no dollars.

  4. 4.

    StringOnAStick

    The real estate market is a little weird right now because the Fed promised a rate cut, and houses are so expensive that a half a point means a lot.  We’re seeing that sluggishness here is “bid high Bend” too.  Most people with kids who wanted to move have already done so since school starts soon, but prices are teetering on realizing it’s not a seller’s market anymore, and prices need to digest the gains and maybe come down a bit.  It’s evenly balanced between but and sell right now, and it’s been a long time since that was the case.

    Regenerative farm!  I hope you can provide some real time stories for us about their progress!

  5. 5.

    Another Scott

    Thanks for the pointer to rewind the 2nd video.

    Black clouds and heavy rain just as AF-2 was landing.  And then it was gone.

    Beyonce’s Freedom playing:

    Tryna rain, tryna rain on the thunder
    Tell the storm I’m new
    I’m a wall, come and march on the regular
    Painting white flags blue
    Lord forgive me, I’ve been running
    Running blind in truth
    I’ma rain, I’ma rain on this bitter love
    Tell the sweet I’m new
    I’m telling these tears, go and fall away, fall away
    May the last one burn into flames
    Freedom
    Freedom
    I can’t move
    Freedom, cut me loose
    Singin’, freedom
    Freedom
    Where are you?
    ‘Cause I need freedom, too
    I break chains all by myself
    Won’t let my freedom rot in hell
    Hey! I’ma keep running
    ‘Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves
    […]

    I mean, come ON.  That’s NO coincidence!!

    :-D

    Forward!!  We’re not going back!!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  8. 8.

    BR

    Damn he’s good — 7 days ago:

    If Harris puts out detailed policy platforms, every media outlet will run to that same pissant third-generation real estate heir who served in the Obama administration and he’ll say, “letting the poors eat food will crash your 401k” and they’ll repeat it as gospel. Vibes only, please.

    Today:

    lol right on cue, here’s the third-generation real estate heir

    https://bsky.app/profile/maxkennerly.bsky.social/post/3kzz5r5c3ty2h

  9. 9.

    David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch

    On the road again
    I just can’t wait to get on the road again
    The life I love is making music with my friends
    And I can’t wait to get on the road again

    On the road again
    Goin’ places that I’ve never been
    Seein’ things that I may never see again
    And I can’t wait to get on the road again

    On the road again
    Like a band o’ gypsies, we go down the highway
    We’re the best of friends
    Insisting that the world keep turning our way
    And our way

  10. 10.

    Another Scott

    @BR: :-)

    Max has noticed who FTFNYT reporters have in their rolodexes.

    Kinda like shooting fish in a barrel on that one.  ;-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  12. 12.

    Steve LaBonne

    @BR: Harris just spent 3 1/2 years learning from the master on how Democrats should ignore these assholes. They can all go piss up a rope.

  15. 15.

    sdhays

    @Baud: I just had a mental image of Trump singing “I feel pretty, oh so pretty” while throwing ketchup at the walls of Mar-a-Lago.

  17. 17.

    lamh47

    @lamh47:

    Not for nothing, i love the look of Chucks, but I bought a pair once and my high arches said…AHT…AHT…AHT..lol

    the funniest thing I remember on my socials was someone watching “I Robot” with Will Smith running in chucks the entire movie and was like…AIN’T NO WAY!!

    LOL

  18. 18.

    Another Scott

    @David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: I had a version of that in high school:

    All alone again

    I just can’t wait to get all alone again

    Life is best when gettin’ miles from all my “friends”

    And I can’t wait to get all alone again…

    […]

    ;-)

    Willie’s a master.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  22. 22.

    Hoodie

    @BR: Obama did have quite a few low quality hires, probably arising from his Harvard connection.  That’s one thing good about Biden, and now for Harris and Walz.  Less Ivy League clubbiness.

  24. 24.

    KatKapCC

    @lamh47: I’m gonna say The Cure would be a bit of a curious inclusion, too. I mean, if he did like them, that would rule. But I’d be a mite surprised.

  28. 28.

    BR

    @Hoodie: ​

    Yeah, Obama was way better than his staff in terms of political messaging instincts, from Rahm to Arne Duncan to all these centrist economist types. But personnel is policy. Whereas Biden’s political messaging instincts on things that matter to the base are so-so but his staffing has been excellent.

  30. 30.

    lamh47

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    Lordt, I hate inserts though…LOL.

    TBH, so far the only shoes I have not needed inserts for are my HOKAs.  I know they are tennis shoes, but when I can get away with wearing them, I do.  So I bought them in different colors so I could wear them even if it’s “work-related”

  31. 31.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @lamh47: I don’t get why people assume he isn’t aware of Chappell Roan.  She’s blown up recently in a way I haven’t seen any artist do do in decades.  She’s absolutely everywhere on social media, YouTube etc., playing for huge festival crowds and is the biggest queer icon since Lil Nas X.  Given Walz’ passion for LGBTQ rights, Feminism, and the fact that he has a teenage daughter, I’d be very surprised if he wasn’t listening to Roan.  I’m only 8 years younger than Walz and I’m kind of obsessed with Roan’s album and incredible live performances.  I’m not usually up on every youth music trend (I’ve never checked out Charlie XCX, for just one example), but Roan’s come-up has been so huge and fast, that it even got onto my radar.

  34. 34.

    UncleEbeneezer

    I’ve been wearing my Cat Dad 4 Harris tee shirt all week and nobody mentioned it until this morning when I got FIVE compliments on it, when I was out running errands.

  36. 36.

    lamh47

    @KatKapCC: I wish I could wear flats easily.  As someon who likes to travel light (I mean I had carryon luggage ONLY for a 10 day trip to Australia years ago) flats would be so cool to save space.

    But with the inserts I need for my arches, the flat become uncomfortable.

  37. 37.

    Mr. Bemused Senior

    @Baud: what kind of fun can one have with Cheerios? String them on a necklace? Crush them and scatter the bits around the room? Make a collage? Inquiring minds want to know.

  38. 38.

    lamh47

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    hey, don’t get me wrong, I’m sure he might actually listen to that song.  Me personally, I have literally never heard of her, but then again I don’t have young teens, at least not young white teens, in my life.

    My young cousins aren’t into that music I don’t think.  Maybe the devout tik tok babies…hmm.

    Also, BTW, I believe his daughter Hope is actually like 23 but his son is 17.  So def the right age group/demographic to have the opportunity to hear that particular genre of singer.

  40. 40.

    hueyplong

    @lamh47: I guess Bannon can’t try to get the young Kennedy onto a ballot somewhere because Mr Three Shirts is distracted right now.

  45. 45.

    David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch

    Walz soundtrack for next bus tour:

    Cat People – Bowie

    Father Figure – George Michaels

    The Politics of Dancing – Re-Flex

    Voices Carry – Till Tuesday

    Spellbound – Siouxsie And The Banshees

    Behind the Wheel – Depeche Mode

    Sweet Dreams are made of this – Eurythmics

    Blue Monday – New Order

    Our House in the Middle of Our Street – Madness

  46. 46.

    BR

    From *the* John Rogers:

    Until I talked to my 80-something New England parents today I did not fully appreciate the genius of the Waltz pick. They’re into him in a way they have never, ever talked about a candidate.

    They’re very suspicious of anything smacking of leftism and holy shit I’m half expecting a Korean boy-band style poster of Tim Walz in the family room next time I’m back east.

    https://bsky.app/profile/johnrogers.bsky.social/post/3kzz7vuhfwv2k

  47. 47.

    Falling Diphthong

    @TaMara: As a fan of GBBO, words cannot express how much I loved him throwing down trash talk about Vance’s presumed ignorance of the nuances of traditional pastries of the plain states.

  54. 54.

    JoyceH

    @lamh47: Ha! Love my Hokas! And I was amused when one of the mainstream outlets, back in the Biden Is Old era, made much of the fact that Biden had changed his footwear to something providing more stability. Further down the article, turns out he was wearing Hokas. Of course the article’s comment section was all “Dude! Where ya been? Why aren’t you wearing Hokas?”

    And maybe it’s time for a conversation about the fact that in order to be taken seriously as a politician or business person, women are required to wear mid-20th century footwear, while geez, the men are sporting 19th century shoes! Those stiff leather things with the slick wood-hard soles! Come on, folks, footwear technology has evolved! Let’s allow our leaders to wear safe and comfortable shoes!

  55. 55.

    Starfish

    We accidentally killed all our grass with that early summer heat wave, and I don’t quite know what to do about it. All the ground is spongy clay. Sometimes, I go and dig dandelions out of it, but it is very sad.

    There is a $1 million hole in the ground in town. They bought this property for $850,000 two years ago and they feel like sitting on it for two years and digging a large hole is worth $150,000. It is bananas.

    There is another property that is $1,200,000, and it needs to be torn down. With a normal house costing about $500/sq ft to build, there is no way anyone could fix that $1,200,000 home.

  59. 59.

    JoyceH

    @BR: Reminds me. My grandmother had the traditional “Jesus knocking at the door” picture in her living room, and a photo of Ike in the kitchen. He was sporting that Army “Ike” jacket and cap, so I assume he was being venerated more as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force than as a politician.

  61. 61.

    John Revolta

    @StringOnAStick: I wonder too if people aren’t waiting for the whole real estate agent’s commission changeover to work itself out. People aren’t sure what’s going to take the place of the standard 5 or 6 percent fee now

  63. 63.

    catclub

    @Starfish: We accidentally killed all our grass with that early summer heat wave, and I don’t quite know what to do about it.

     

    Convert to no mow meadow!

  64. 64.

    catclub

    @StringOnAStick: The real estate market is a little weird right now because the Fed promised a rate cut

     

    I think the markets definitely EXPECT a rate cut, but I don’t think the Fed makes that kind of promise. Mortgage rates have already come down in that expectation.

  65. 65.

    Soprano2

    @UncleEbeneezer: I had never heard of Chappell Roan until the last few months when stuff about her started being in the news here all the time. Turns out she’s from Willard, MO, which is about 10 miles from here! It’s truly amazing to me that she came from a place like that, although their schools have had a kick ass music program since I was in high school in the ’70’s.

  67. 67.

    clay

    @lamh47: As the father of two teen girls, I can attest that they’re music tastes will slowly creep into your playlists.

    Signed, a certified Swifty

  68. 68.

    mvr

    @Jeffg166: Yes, they try much harder than the Orange Menace’s campaign.

    The Harris/Walz campaign has traveling volunteers who among other things haul water to those waiting in line as I found out yesterday in Omaha.  The line was 21/2 hours long before we got into the overflow and the sun was out.  But they did their best to keep us comfortable despite the fact that security took time – hence the long line. There was a payoff even for those in the overlow – Walz came outside and worked the crowd for over 20 minutes after a very short fire us up talk from the floor.

    So yes, I think they are doing their best on short notice (I believe they had to change venues when more people signed up to show up than expected) even though my spouse got a pretty bad sunburn.

  69. 69.

    Another Scott

    OpenThread… TexasTribune.org June 4 story on Allred’s campaign.

    […]

    The DSCC identified the state as one of its top two pick-up opportunities this year along with Florida. The group is funding staffers in the state and funneling money into advertising. And with several months until Election Day, Democratic strategists alert that the pushes will only amplify exponentially as the summer months progress.

    The DSCC included Texas in a $79 million ad buy announced last fall, including a seven-figure digital advertising investment for the state. It has financed new staff positions in Texas dedicated to finding and pitching opposition material on Cruz, and ran an ad casting Cruz as pushing legislation that would curb Medicare and Social Security benefits.

    Veterans of the O’Rourke campaign say no such support existed from national Democrats this early in the 2018 cycle.

    “There wasn’t as much of a presumption of coordination in 2018 as there is now because Texas hadn’t been competitive statewide in 25 years,” said Katherine Fischer, a Beto campaign alumna who is now deputy executive director of Texas Majority PAC.

    […]

    Allred polls relatively close to where O’Rourke was at this point in 2018. By May of 2018, polls showed Cruz comfortably ahead of O’Rourke by as much as 11 points in a Quinnipiac poll. An April poll by the University of Texas and Texas Politics Project show Cruz ahead of Allred by 13 points.

    But it’s still early in the cycle, and investments into Texas could expand considerably later in the summer. The Senate Majority PAC, Democrats’ largest independent spending group, has not yet made public any plans to invest in Texas, but its leadership hinted it could later in the year. The group has already reserved $239 million in ads focusing on defending its incumbents in vulnerable states.

    O’Rourke’s momentum also didn’t escalate until much later in 2018. He had exponential growth in fundraising in the final quarter of the year before November, surging to $70.2 million by Election Day. He had reported under $25 million up to the end of the prior quarter.

    Democrats emphasize Allred is a strong candidate in his own right and has been aggressive in his messaging efforts to attack Cruz. Allred is running on a decidedly moderate platform in contrast with past statewide candidates — a strategy on display ahead of the primary when state Sen. Roland Gutierrez tried to win the nomination on a much more progressive message. It’s an approach that Davis said makes Allred more appealing to male and moderate voters.

    “He appeals to people in a way that is unique, not just to Democrats, but to independents and to moderate Republicans as well because he is a person who doesn’t need to be the center of attention,” Davis said. “He just wants to do the work.”

    […]

    tl;dr – Don’t panic yet. It’s early, and Texas is still a decent pickup opportunity. We still haven’t had our convention and lots of normies still aren’t paying attention. ;-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  70. 70.

    mvr

    @TaMara: Best part for me was when he came out to visit the overflow crowd outside and spent quality time. Of course I would say that since that is where I was, though I hung back being a rather shy sort. He was mobbed for about twenty minutes before he had to go.

  72. 72.

    The Undying Gaul

    Next week.

    Trump dumps Vance

    Picks Haley.

    Diferent race.

    Everyone likes a shiny new thing.

  74. 74.

    KatKapCC

    @UncleEbeneezer: “Aware of” is one thing. “Listening to on his own” would be another. I mean…I’m sure there are some midwestern white men in their 60s who dig listening to a young woman singing about getting eaten out in a car, but considering he has a daughter around Chappell’s age, I would not be surprised if that left him a teensy bit uncomfortable.

  77. 77.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @Soprano2: A Harris/Walz camo hat came out recently, riffing on Roan’s “Midwest Princess” shirt and sold out almost immediately.  It became quite an internet sensation.  So that right there, is a good reason that Walz would know about her, even if he might not have, a month ago.

  79. 79.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @KatKapCC: Don’t get me wrong, it very well could totally be BS, (wisely added by a young Harris/Walz staffer), but I don’t think it’s a necessarily a safe assumption that people are making.  My playlist would be similar with mostly 70’s-90’s rock and Roan (and maybe Billie Eilish) being the only young/new artist on it.

    Also, Walz seems like the type who wouldn’t be overly squeamish about the fact that his adult daughter has a sex life.  But who knows.

  80. 80.

    NotMax

    I wash the Japanese beetles out of my hair

    Cut before the opening night of South Pacific.
    :)

  84. 84.

    Kristine

    @lamh47:

    Not for nothing, i love the look of Chucks, but I bought a pair once and my high arches said…AHT…AHT…AHT..lol

    Another high-arch person here. So many fashion sneakers are like, NO.

  88. 88.

    Kent

    @JoyceH:@BR: Reminds me. My grandmother had the traditional “Jesus knocking at the door” picture in her living room, and a photo of Ike in the kitchen. He was sporting that Army “Ike” jacket and cap, so I assume he was being venerated more as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force than as a politician.

    It was the cold war.  In the 50s, Ike the president was very much the cold war commander in chief fighting against the “godless commies”

    During WW2, Ike was just one of many commanding generals.  McArthur was probably more famous.  So your grandma was probably venerating Ike the president, not Ike the general.

  90. 90.

    Hildebrand

    @Kent: We had one of those ‘Jesus Stands at the door and knocks’ pictures in the sanctuary my family attended when I was young – my Mom leaned over one Sunday and whispered to me, ‘who knew Jesus was a vampire?’, knowing that I had just finished reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

    She finished, ‘that, or that artist just didn’t know his theology or scripture.’

    Yep, my mom was a card.

  91. 91.

    Leto

    Also always amused that Hokas, which basically started out in the ultra running community for those 100+ mile runs, have become just regular dad shoes. Also find it very funny that the rest of the running shoe company basically just copied them. Started seeing it about 5-8 years ago, with Brooks then the rest of them just doing their own version. If you saw the shoes the Olympic marathoners were using, they were all of that style. Quite the change overall.

  92. 92.

    Suzanne

    @Leto: I bought Hokas for SuzMom for Xmas, because I’ve been reading that the extra cushioning is good for the olds. What’s ironic is that I run, and I don’t wear them. I’ve been really happy with my Brooks Ghosts, because my toe box is a bit wider and my old New Balances were making my fourth and fifth toes go numb.

    I should prolly replace my Ghosts soon, but meh. I saw that the new version is much more Hoka-y.

  95. 95.

    Leto

    @Suzanne: exactly! So many companies are moving to a larger foam bed for comfort and stability. Idk, I just remember when the community at large was still in the minimal phase of all of this. Trying to reduce weight overall like bicyclists. They wouldn’t wear a track flat, but it also wasn’t as thick as a Hoka.

    Regarding toe box, I’m glad you stuck with the Brooks recommendation. I’m the same way regarding needing toe space, and Ghosts always worked well. Brooks overall was very good in that regard. Also I saw this the other day and immediately thought of you.

  96. 96.

    Leto

    @raven: I meant to reply to you that I 1) I saw that and 2) I didn’t know that! That’s so wild! I recently watched a program on the island hopping campaign, and they spoke a bit about Guam, Iwo Jima, the Philippines, and Okinawa. It was on the Smithsonian Channel, WW2 in Color. I’ve read quite a bit about the campaign, but seeing this footage was just something else.

    I wanted to tag you and Ruckus on this, but I found some video of you guys from back in the day.

  97. 97.

    gene108

    @Hoodie:

    @BR:

    The Democratic party changed a lot during Obama’s eight years in office.

    Biden took a lot of lessons learned from his eight years as VP into his term as President

    Edit: President Biden’s policies don’t happen the way they have without the successes and failures of President Obama’s terms in office.

  99. 99.

    Hoodie

    @Kent: My dad had a portrait of Ike he displayed prominently in the living room.  He was a WWII Marine Corps vet and despised McArthur, whom he referred to as “Dugout Doug,” the derisive nickname associated with abandoning forces in the Philippines.

  101. 101.

    Suzanne

    @Leto: I have been increasing my weekly mileage pretty significantly in the last four weeks or so, and I’ve been pleased so far by not feeling too much muscle soreness, or that impact-y feeling. (And yoga helps a great deal with getting rid of soreness.) I honestly have been wondering if the increased cushioning would be more protective for long runs. I run mostly on concrete sidewalks, but some of the roads around here are brick and stone, and fucken STEEP AF, so I want good grip! I feel like the thicker shoes would make me more likely to trip and fall? I don’t know.

  106. 106.

    Leto

    @Suzanne: you’ll only trip and fall until you get used to the sole thickness. That’s just a muscle memory thing on knowing how high to lift your foot. Once your body adjusts to that, you’ll be fine. The increased cushion will definitely provide more protection on longer runs. Less impact over distance, which will translate into less fatigue and muscle soreness. Something that the increased cushion won’t protect from is bad running form, but that’s a whole other topic.

    Agreed on yoga, and a good foam roller! Those two are invaluable. Also a Theragun. I didn’t have that while I ran, but got it for my recovery post accident. If you don’t have one, I highly recommend it. God, what I wouldn’t give to be able to do yoga again.

  107. 107.

    Suzanne

    @Leto: LOL that’s funny.

    You know what kills me? Men just don’t like that women want the same stuff they do. Like, it’s not like we’re dying to do PowerPoint presentations. We want financial independence and the array of choices that enables, and recognition and esteem for our talents and contributions, and to compete and win at stuff. Why are so many men threatened by that?! (Rhetorical question; I know the answer.) It’s because autonomy and mastery are two critical psychological needs for humans. The failure to grok that stems from, quite literally, not seeing women as full humans, as active agents of their lives.

  109. 109.

    Leto

    @raven: Haha, I know you were a dogface but this just reminded me of you. Can totally see you there. That’s cool about your dad!

    Edit: regarding Theragun. Did you try the different rpm/speed settings? Different head attachments? Also it’s honestly meant for short duration work. Like 2 mins, tops! You do it in short little 45 sec sessions because it can really do a doozy on you. First few times I did it, I did it for a few mins (think 5?), and yeah… not good afterwards. Then read how it’s meant for shorter more intense work.

  111. 111.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @BR:

    Colbert will go NUTS!! He absolutely ADORES her (and he’ll be doing his show live all week — don’t know if he’ll actually be broadcasting from Chicago, though).

  112. 112.

    Suzanne

    @Leto: Honestly, I feel like yoga is the most important exercise I do. I only get to do hot yoga three times a week, but I legitimately feel like it makes my body younger. Greater range of motion, more relaxed without feeling, like, dopey, back pain almost completely gone. I feel smooth, if that makes sense.

  113. 113.

    Leto

    @raven: the comments on that post, there’s a few Navy guys who speak about that. They didn’t really worry about sharks, but jellyfish… oh god, I can’t even imagine that! Fuuuuuudge!

  115. 115.

    Suzanne

    @raven: I’ve been looking at the Theraguns, and I’m def interested, but MAN they are expensive. Maybe a Christmas gift for myself.

  117. 117.

    Leto

    @Suzanne: totally understand smooth. The yoga instructor I had in the UK, she worked for the Mercedes AMG team for about a decade. The F1 team that was 5 mins away from us. She did work for the pit members, as well as the drivers when they wanted to. Amazing woman, who even 8 months pregnant, was more flexible than I ever could’ve dreamed of being.

    I do chair yoga, because after my accident I don’t have the range of motion in my knees or hips to be able to do anything other than chair yoga. There’s issues with my hip flexors, and other places, that if I could do some basic stretches would help so much. But you know, do what’cha can with what ya got. I never did hot yoga, although I’ve seen you describe it plenty. Ofc if you count the fact that we did our yoga on the racquetball court, sans A/C in the summer… maybe close?

  119. 119.

    Jay

    @Starfish:

    1). Airaite, (lots of holes),

    2). rake over with a 1/4 inch of compost, making sure it fills the holes.

    3). when cooler, wetter weather hits, overseed with proper local grass mixes, red clover, white clover and thyme(s). Cover with a thin layer of topsoil. Water daily if needed.

    By spring you should have a durable, bee friendly lawn back.

    Every fall, airaite and add compost.

    The compost breaks up the clay over time and creates a heathy biome in the soil. Basically, feed the dirt, the dirt will feed the grass

    In the heat of summer, never cut the grass shorter than 3″.

  121. 121.

    narya

    @Kristine: They don’t bake some things long enough for my taste (cinnamon buns, monkey buns, pecan rolls), but their breads are just awesome. I’ve been working on replicating the seeded whole wheat (using their cookbook), and I’ve got the flavor pretty close, but I have to add some yeast–my starter just isn’t active enough to only use that. (And I’ve done the thing where I feed it on the counter for a couple of days.) As an ex-professional croissant maker, they do a great job w/ those, too! Today being Sunday, I also got a loaf of the cranberry walnut bread . . . mmmmm.

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    narya

    @Suzanne: My last pair–purchased recently–was the Brooks Ghost Max 2, with the increased cushioning (I’ve been wearing the Ghosts for several years now), and I’ve really liked them on the two runs I’ve taken with them. Just enough more cushioning, but not so much that I feel like I’m unstabilized.

  126. 126.

    Suzanne

    @Leto: So weird question…. can you find a PT who also knows yoga? I ask because I found one for SuzMom, and it was really helpful for her. She is also doing the chair yoga since her two hip surgeries last year. She lost a lot of muscle mass and range of motion. But being in a seated pose makes it hard to stretch those hip flexors. She hasn’t regained great balance, so we figured out some stretches she could do while holding onto the kitchen counter.

    Man, all the sitting that we do in modern life is a killer on the hips. I will note that the hot yoga environment lets me get super-deep into those stretches (got my right and left leg splits back!), but I do try to do some hip stretches even at work. My one must-have in the office environment is a standing desk. I don’t care if they stick it in a closet. I can’t sit all day.

  129. 129.

    Another Scott

    Meanwhile, …

    Aaron Rupar

    @atrupar
    8h

    JD Vance: “Giving Kamala Harris control over inflation policy, it’s like giving Jeffrey Epstein control over human trafficking policy.” (Peep the expression on Shannon Bream’s face as he says this.)

    [ short video ]

    Aug 18, 2024 · 1:48 PM UTC

    Please proceed, JV.

    (via JoJofromJerz)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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    Leto

    @Suzanne: I… hadn’t thought of that? I have a PT scrip because of the two major surgeries I just had a month ago, so I will def look into that; thanks! Anything at this point will be of help. There’s a yoga studio about 10 mins away that I keep telling myself, “I should check to see if they have something for me” but… I don’t. I need to get over this first hurdle (recovery) though!

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    Suzanne

    @narya: Maybe I’ll give those a try. I have seen pictures in my feed and I have been curious. I bought these Ghosts a couple of years ago and it is definitely past time to replace. I am a cheapskate. ;) I was having a really hard time since my last pregnancy. During the last couple of months, I suddenly put on a ton of water weight. Gained ten pounds in a week, hands and feet swelled up, almost had to deliver early due to excessive amniotic fluid, lost my balance and fell. After Spawn was born, I was nursing, and I had numbness and tingling in my right hand all the way up to my shoulder. Went to an orthopedist, who said that nursing was keeping me from losing all the water weight, which was compressing the nerves in my right arm, and he recommended that I stop. So I did, and it mostly fixed it, but my hands and feet are still a little bit puffier than they were before, even though I weigh less. And I still can’t bend my right arm as far as my left, WTF. So I replaced the running shoes I had from before that pregnancy, and the Ghosts are so comfortable than I’m honestly kind of scared of getting anything different. Ergh.

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    raven

    @Suzanne: I think that is the root cause of my problems. I worked from home for 15 years and sat on my ass all day. Now I can’t sit and I can’t stand up for any period of time. Nothing, and I mean nothing, had helped except Gabapentin allows me to sleep.

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    Suzanne

    @Leto: One of the weekend instructors at my yoga place is a PT in her real job, which was how I found her for SuzMom. SuzMom didn’t like the PTs at the hospital, LOL, so I was trying to find something different. I bet you can find someone similar.

  137. 137.

    catclub

    @Hildebrand:

    ‘who knew Jesus was a vampire?’, knowing that I had just finished reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

    She finished, ‘that, or that artist just didn’t know his theology or scripture.’

     

    Vampire, yes. “If you eat my flesh and drink my blood you will have eternal life.” Gospel of John.

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    kalakal

    @lamh47: I love Chucks, the problem I have with them is I walk a lot and the soles wear out really fast. I wear Sauconys a lot as they seem to be pretty tough

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    Suzanne

    @raven: All the human-factors people say “sitting is the new smoking”. I definitely notice when I sit too long. Supposedly we should aim to stand 15 minutes of every hour….. at least that’s what I’ve been told.

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    BR

    @Jay: ​

    I gotta believe that Biden’s nat sec team will send a backchannel message to Musk that he better get very quiet in the lead up to the election if he wants to keep his security clearance. Though I haven’t had much confidence in how they’ve handled Musk so far.

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    ArchTeryx

    You know, I looked at that song by British artist Lily Allen. And all I got to say is, if any U.S. singer had sung that in public about either George “Dubya” Bush or Donald Trump they would have been shot. There are things you can get away with in the UK you can’t get away with here, more’s the pity. A soloist singing “FUCK YOU” with a tour that just happened to intersect with a few Trump rallies would be gold plated trolling. Also sums up my feelings perfectly to the entire rancid bag of MAGAts.

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    Soprano2

    @Leto: OMG, that huge fork is literally one block from my bar!!! People sometimes ask us how to find it. Andy’s custard yum, they are in a lot of cities in the US now but started here. I think that stadium is at the fairgrounds. I don’t recognize the old Sinclair station, but I think I know where the mini golf place is. I went to high school with the woman who painted those horses, Susan Lucara Sommers. I also think I recognize the old guy with the mustache in the black sweatshirt. Holy cow….

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    Starfish

    @Leto: Be really careful. If your yoga teacher is 23 years old and leaning into a flexibility that just comes from being young and doesn’t know anything about recovering from injury, walk away quickly.

    The only way that yoga people are making any money these days is by selling yoga teacher training classes so we have a lot of young people with 200 hour yoga certificates who do not know stuff.

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    narya

    @Suzanne: Running shoes are the one thing that I replace frequently. I cycle the old ones into being my walking shoes (because I walk a ton, too). I’m a cheapskate, but if I’m gonna make these old-ass knees and legs deal with running, I’m gonna try not to wreck them.

  151. 151.

    narya

    @Starfish: I second this! I look for old folks with decades of experience, and I look for folks who do hatha or vinyasa or iyengar, and I avoid folks who specialize in ashtanga.

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    geg6

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Less than 3 miles from my house and city of my mailing address and zip code (though I live in a neighboring township).  Small town home of many NFL greats.

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    zhena gogolia

    @TBone: I’ve been watching Sex and the City while doing my PT exercises (never saw it before!), and this morning there was a really great line. Miranda’s cleaning person had found her “goodie drawer,” and the girls were discussing what was in theirs. Charlotte was shocked, so one of them said, “What’s in yours, Robert’s Rules of Order?” 😂

  157. 157.

    TBone

    @zhena gogolia: 😆

    Magda!

    I love that show (even when it’s cringey) and still watch it when reruns are on. It was groundbreaking back in the day.  We owe the girls a debt of gratitude for frankness and audacity.

    Charlotte ends up getting addicted and staying home 😆

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    frosty

    @zhena gogolia: Another Louis Sullivan fan!

    We’re heading east back home now. I went to Owatonna this morning and got pix of his first Midwest “jewel box” bank*. Seven more to go!

    * I’ll send some pix to OTR later this week.

  162. 162.

    Suzanne

    @narya: Agree.

    One of the teachers at my place is a woman who is in her late 60s, who is a retired schoolteacher, and she has had both hips replaced. She has been teaching yoga and fitness classes forever and is more flexible and stronger than most people half her age. I have taken some of her specialty workshops and she knows a lot. I also look for people who know a lot about adaptations.

  164. 164.

    zhena gogolia

    @frosty: Oh, wow, can’t wait for that!

    I haven’t seen that many things  — Carson Pirie Scott, Auditorium, Buffalo Guaranty.

    And Bayard

  166. 166.

    wjca

    @The Undying Gaul:

    Next week.

    Trump dumps Vance

    Picks Haley.

    Diferent race.

    Everyone likes a shiny new thing. 

    But all eyes are on the DNC, so nobody notices.**  Oops.

    FTFY

    ** EDT When they do notice, everyone assumes that Haley is just Vance in drag.

  167. 167.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    @Leto: re yoga:  I know there are a lot of talented physical therapists out there, and I know (from this blog!) that you went through a horrific accident a while ago, but have you looked into therapy modified yoga?

    I went through yoga teacher training and a lot of physical therapists were in the group taking yoga teacher training because it’s another way of getting into their own speciality of moving the body.  I don’t have much to add onto that, but I’m not sure your disabilities preclude you from yoga.

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    UncleEbeneezer

    @Leto: Check out the Outlands festival set from last week on YouTube.  She plays a new song The Subway, that’s like a Patsy Cline tune and she really gets to belt towards the end.  It’s really great, as is the Lollapalooza set.

  169. 169.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @Leto: Thanks.  Love it.  I’ve been in some bands that have done stuff like this (though not on spur of moment).  I really want to put together another one to do it regularly.  I absolutely LOVE jazz versions of rock/pop tunes.  Brad Meldhau and Bad Plus are two of my faves.

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    Jackie

    @Another Scott: Just saw Beto on the teevee, and he said Allred is polling better against Cancun Cruz at this time than Beto was pulling. 🤞🏻

    This race reminds me of Katie Hobbs vs Kari Lake for governor. We were (most of us) freaking out that Katie was too low key vs the airbrushed in your face Kari, coupled with Hobbs refusal to debate Lake… we all know how that race ended.

    Beto seems extremely confident Allred has a real shot.

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