Totally open thread!
Just want to let you all know that I moved some posts around just now, because there are 3 things from yesterday that we want to be on the front page without making duplicate posts.
One is the post about OzarkHillbilly, because not everyone sees every post every day, so they should have a chance to read the post and say goodbye.
The second post is the announcement that the car magnets are available to for purchase on Cafe Press.
The third is the fundraising post – I don’t want to put another one up today, but yesterday’s is there for you to be able to be matched.
Open thread!
cmorenc
Um…please re-post about Ozark Hillbilly? I was aware he’s been MIA for 2-3 weeks, but apparently something significant happened such that “goodbye” is relevant?
rikyrah
@cmorenc:
He passed in August.
cmorenc
@rikyrah: thanks. I read a fair % of posts at BJ most days, but missed the key one about OH. Hope he’s in the afterlife disturbing the peace – in good ways.
rikyrah
Kamala’s Wins (@harris_wins) posted at 7:26 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
BREAKING: In a stunningly senile moment, Donald Trump attempted to show off how much he knew about the Air Force by suggesting Bagram Airfield was in Alaska. It’s in Afghanistan. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this failure and know he’s senile. https://t.co/UA4iG3ygpR
(https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1836200092757377478?t=tbqkofJL3r1_Un-Sqaui3g&s=03)
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@cmorenc:
It’s so great to read thru the comment thread as soooooo many people delurked to say a little something in his memory.
Again, a real gut punch.
rikyrah
uh huh
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 5:45 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
Pretty much gives away the game. the media is not actually interested in whether or not Harris does interviews, rather, if she does them, she must give them ~ buzzworthy ~ things to write about or they are going to pee in her corn flakes.
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1836355795606200654?t=yv5aLjBmGlYlo-r7aqfMXw&s=03)
catclub
So Israel booby trapped Hezbollah walkie-talkies, too??
Somebody in the Hezbollah communications buying office is gonna get thrown out a window.
Old School
To discredit a false story circulating through right-wing online accounts:
Manyakitty
I wouldn’t be so sure about that, at least not my mind. Just got pinged on Teams from someone looking for their document, which I finished reviewing yesterday. Dug around a bit and discovered I filled in everything on my form except for updating the status. 🙄. May I please be excused from this week?
And OH, and and and and and…
Plus, it’s the 5-year anniversary of saying goodbye to Schrodinger and I keep ugly crying at random moments.
Manyakitty
@catclub: were they all new walkie talkies from the same shipment? If not, maybe the answer is more complicated.
OId Man Shadow
That’s mighty presumptuous of you.
Scout211
@Old School: And another discredited story, this one revealed by Microsoft CBS News
Ugh. Hiring actors? Was AI not good enough, Russian troll farm people?
catclub
@OId Man Shadow: ‘Seeing posts move around on BJ may not be evidence of losing your mind. You could still be losing it but that’s your business.’
lowtechcyclist
@rikyrah:
Speaking of Alaska, a poll taken there by Alaska Survey Research on September 11 and 12 shows Harris trailing there by only 47-42.
Harris’ chances to win Alaska are still slim, but Alaska media markets have to be pretty damn cheap compared to pretty much everywhere else, so it might be worth their dropping some loose change on. Especially given that if Harris did pick up Alaska’s 3 EVs, winning PA-NC-GA would bring Trump to just 267 EVs rather than 270.
rikyrah
@rikyrah:
Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) posted at 5:57 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
Smart politicians know how to stay on message, but when Kamala Harris does exactly that, @politico pulls out the snark and says she “refuses to veer off script.” https://t.co/Gw665yypam
(https://x.com/MarkJacob16/status/1836177610025336846?t=VFXzwzY0ztM8PXsPnIh3YQ&s=03)
Manyakitty
@lowtechcyclist: BRING IT ON.
Captain C
@catclub: Unless they already got blowed up too.
rikyrah
@lowtechcyclist:
I saw one closer than that, which I think is INSANE FOR ALASKA.
dmsilev
I might be losing my mind, but that’s entirely work-related. Sigh.
Mike E
@rikyrah: if anything it burns TCFG’s ad money to keep up in red states, Harris Walz doing some smart campaigning
Baud
You’re a psychologist now?
Baud
@catclub:
Procurement is a thankless job.
Manyakitty
@dmsilev: still with the cooling system?
HinTN
@rikyrah: And very good news for the incumbent Dem (very good) Congresscritter.
lowtechcyclist
@Baud:
You can’t lose what’s already gone.
TBone
If anyone needs a good belly laugh, this will do the trick
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpws74MsI9E
Too funny not to repost
OId Man Shadow
@rikyrah: Alaska is weird.
And I think the “big government sticking its nose into your business” argument against Trump/Vance might have reached a few people.
Trollhattan
@Scout211: Now Kamala is Laura Bush? That’s creative {eyeroll}
scav
We’ll lose our minds if we want to — what do we have to do to get a little support here! I don’t even have any marbles anymore. Am I just supposed to misplace vaguely oval pebbles, huh?
lowtechcyclist
“Stay sane inside insanity.” – RHPS
ETA: “Madness takes its toll.” – also RHPS
Baud
@rikyrah:
There’s a spin for everything.
Trollhattan
Because marmots are adorable, and because they will also eat your car’s wiring and coolant hoses, Yosemite marmot hitchhiker.
For a while it got so bad at Whitney Portal parking lot you could rent a little marmot fence to surround your car, so you didn’t return from the summit to find it sitting over a puddle of coolant.
Soprano2
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: It still doesn’t feel real to me.
bluefoot
Saw my first Cybertruck on the road yesterday. I was prepared for its ugliness, but what I wasn’t prepared for was how obviously useless it looks. Even though it’s big, there’s no way there’s enough room in the bed to carry much of anything, I can’t believe that the visibility is that good while driving, and those doors would definitely take off your fingers or the limbs of small children. For that kind of money, I’d either buy something a lot more fun or a lot more practical.
Soprano2
@bluefoot: I saw one of those ugly things on my way to work today. It was painted black. I don’t know if they can get them from the factory that way or if the person who bought it had it painted. It looks like crap. I’ve seen a couple of others around here too, but that was the first one I’ve seen up close. I don’t know how you see out the back window of that thing.
Manyakitty
@Soprano2: all I can think when I see one of those is “sorry about your weenie”
Manyakitty
@Soprano2: separately, hope things are holding together on your end. I know support from faceless blog commenters doesn’t help much, but you got lots from me, FWIW. ❤️
Belafon
@Soprano2: They come in stainless steel, with all of the problems that stainless steel doesn’t stay stainless, so people have taken to covering them in various ways.
Josie
Just saw that the Fed dropped interest rates by half a percentage point. Hope that helps us.
Soprano2
@Manyakitty: It helps more than you might think. Things are going pretty well considering. We went to the symphony last week, and it went fine. I’m going to keep doing things like that as long as we can. I figure even if he eventually can’t remember it, he enjoys it while we’re there, and it’s memories for me.
Repatriated
Please have exact change.
twbrandt
Says who?
Ukai
@bluefoot: Saw my first two in the span of a week earlier this month. It looks like it drove out of a PlayStation One game.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Soprano2:
They only come in stainless steel from the factory. The black is probably a wrap, at least that’s what people in the Der Wankpanzer thread in the Bolt forum I’m in have said (with links).
Details on the Wankpanzer’s actual “truck bed”:
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-s-bed-length-is-a-lie-1851544285
TBone
@Josie: I just tried looking for that specifically – where did you find that news? I looked about eight minutes ago…
Never mind, just found it!
My financial advisor did some rejiggering on Saturday 😊
Josie
@TBone:
On Political Wire
Manyakitty
@Soprano2: hope this continues for a good long time.
Kelly
Week 5 with now 13 week old border Collie Daisy. We feed her all she’ll eat but she’s barely put on any weight. She’s grown for a pudgy round puppy to a long legged small dog. Had her in for her 12 week shots. Vet said she’s doing great. Started walking her in the woods down by the river. Big adventure so much to sniff. Getting independent. Used to be easy to walk her on a leash. The last 2 days she’s grown opinionated. Iet her run in the yard. She’s fast.
TBone
@Josie: 👍 I finally found it at Businesses Insider
Belafon
@Josie: When Trump tries to say it was done to help Harris, the head of the Fed should come out and say “The job of the Fed is to ensure that the economy is doin well, not to get people elected, though Mr. Trump has promised to change all of that if he wins.”
BR
@comrade scotts agenda of rage:
I saw this exact problem the other day. A cybertruck in a parking lot of a store and it had a folded ladder in it that didn’t even fit — it was awkwardly sticking out. I could fit that same ladder in my Honda CRV with no problem.
3Sice
Fed cuts half a point, announces another 2 cuts by end of year.
Manyakitty
@Kelly: fun! We’re dealing with a 9 lb, 6.5 month-old kitten who is full of all the beans (less the two he lost a few weeks ago lol). Good heavens. Nothing is safe in this house right now. We love him and all, but are eager for him to settle down a bit.
TBone
@Kelly: 😍 border collies! We’ve been caring each noon hour for neighbors’ fast growing and fast running Golden Retriever pup while they’re at work and it’s so much fun to see her run and play. An hour with puppy each day keeps the doctor away!
Josie
@Belafon:
Oh, I can just hear him now. “The Fed is rigged.”
TBone
@Manyakitty: 😆 me too 🍄
Trollhattan
@Kelly:
Wonderful!
I’m not smart enough to qualify for border collie ownership, but will watch the herding videos all day long.
catclub
Trump will lose his mind that Powell is juicing the economy for Harris. haha. Enjoy.
(never mind that Trump appointed Powell – and fired Yellen to do it.)
There are of course two theories. 1. Rate cut will juice the economy – good.
2. Rate cut that large is a sign the economy the FEDs see is pretty bad and it needs help.
TBone
@Soprano2: great to hear you’re holding up as best as you can and doing things for both of you. I took my mom out to lotsa places in that same way, and those memories are such a comfort to me when I need them. Photos too – walking downtown Media, eating lunch together downtown Philly, library trips, ice cream stands, took her to a bar after a supper outing one evening (a guy was hitting on her 😃 before we made our “one and done” quick exit). I’m so glad to hear you can get hubby out and about with you!
Belafon
@catclub: The third being that they are making a small course correction to keep things going the way they are.
catclub
Now I remember some chewing of power cords.
Kelly
@Manyakitty:
@TBone: My last dog was an Australian shepherd so I have some idea how to deal with smart high energy dogs. But my last puppy was in the 1990s so it’s been a long time ago
catclub
@Belafon: yes, there are three handed economists.
Baud
@catclub:
Fits with my theory that Biden is to blame for the financial harm caused if housing prices go up or if they go down.
lowtechcyclist
@catclub:
Are any of them named Beeblebrox?
Manyakitty
@catclub: one of ours (the Manya of my nym) enjoyed biting through metal until she was almost 3. Now she’s 16 and naps a lot.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
@rikyrah: I feel like there should be more outreach to Native Alaskans, including recruiting them to run for office. Democrats are a better fit for that constituency. While I doubt we will win Alaska, I think there is real potential to build the party there.
TBone
@catclub: my SIL renamed one of my cats “Sparky” after he bit up and lit up in the Christmas tree. Zap! He still wasn’t cured of his addiction tho.
HumboldtBlue
Tim Walz, crushing it in Asheville, North Carolina. 🙌🙏👏👊🌊🇺🇸
TBone
@Kelly: oh lots of energy when brand new, but will settle down as time dictates. Teach “fetch” and get an automatic tennis ball launcher!
bluefoot
@Soprano2:
I’m glad things are going well! Sending good thoughts your way.
New Deal democrat
@catclub:
Yes. The first is almost certain to happen, but it could take a few months or even longer. Hopefully the #2 scenario does not happen in the interim.
Kelly
@TBone: She loves the run after the ball part of fetch. Still working on drop it. I keep another toy and we trade
Josie
@Kelly:
Duncan the corgi is great with “fetch” and not so great with “drop it.” He much prefers tug of war at that point.
TBone
@Kelly: 😍 that’s what we have to do with neighbor puppy too 😆 unless she thinks we’re losing interest
rikyrah
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony:
I agree. I think that the Democrats have done a good job with understanding how essential Native voters are in certain states.
I think we should make an investment in Alaska. Not just on a Federal level, but, for the state level positions.
Barbara
@Trollhattan: Are they attracted by the ethylene glycol in antifreeze? Yikes! That has to be dangerous for them.
cmorenc
Oh, NOES! Chris Czilla’s analysis of Why Kamala Harris is on track to win the presidency.
We’re at-risk from the curse of being blessed by one of the always-wrong pundits.
bluefoot
@Ukai: Yeah, the Cybertruck looks like an 8 year old’s idea of something cool. I can get behind the idea that things that are new can look ridiculous when we first encounter them (I remember back when the people didn’t like the Prius because it didn’t look like “a real car”), but the Cybertruck just looks useless and stupid.
Manyakitty
@rikyrah: Mary Peltola can help.
dmsilev
@Manyakitty: That’s, as of yesterday, finally in a vaguely functional state. Now it’s other equipment being cranky and colleagues…being cranky, plus a pile of work to do to meet a deadline in about six weeks.
The usual, really.
Frankensteinbeck
@Barbara:
Unfortunately, it is fatal for them. Often marmots die in the engine and roast. It is a sad, awful thing.
Danielx
@lowtechcyclist: or:
Can’t lose what you never had
BretH
@TBone: Our little Golden puppy Rosie has been keeping us busy since mid-July. We can’t feed her enough (so she says) and she’s the same: lean body with long legs. It’s been great having her with our older Golden Cody who is 11. She gives him some giddyup and he teaches her it’s OK to chill from time to time (mostly with her head on his side), and that the proper way to greet passers-by is at the fence on hind legs getting scratches and occasional treats.
Geminid
@catclub: Turkish journalists report that some of the devices that blew up today were manufactured by Osaka-based ICOM. Also, that 19 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed when devices blew up in Syria, and 130 IRGC soldiers were injured. Bigger charges, I guess.
Israeli bombers are hitting Hezbollah positions in south Lebanon, and IDF forces are heading to Israel’s northern border. It looks like Israel will stage the invasion they have been threatening for months now.
Manyakitty
@dmsilev: ugh. The grind never stops.
Shalimar
I currently live in Alabama, where a town going from 64% white to 64% white when 60 Haitians move in is apparently an existential crisis. My mind was already blown by this fucking stupidity decades ago.
Manyakitty
@Geminid: fuck netanyahu and his monstrous henchmen. This won’t end until he does. Prison is fine, he just needs to get forced out of office.
Kelly
Today Daisy earned part of her lunch with sit and stay. She did pretty well. Cats have gone from “Oh Hell No” to cautious tolerance. Martin will bump noses when she in her crate or corral
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Soprano2: I just saw a post from my editor who is on vacation with two of her best friends. She’s usually the full-time care giver for her wife, who’s bedridden with chronic fatigue/myalgic encephalomyelitis. In this post, she talks about how she had to learn to take breaks for herself too. Of course, she’s lucky because her wife’s mother and sister live nearby and are managing while she’s gone. It must be hard to know when to back off.
Capri
Just corrected a co-worker who told some other co-workers that they’re eating pets in Springfield. She was explaining to 2 others why they are seeing tons of pet eating memes in their social media since neither had any idea why. So many folks are paying no attention at all to what’s going on politically.
Gin & Tonic
@Scout211: Everybody should follow the MTAC blog. They do excellent work.
Geminid
@Manyakitty: Netanyahu is trying to fire his Defense Minister again. The plan is to replace Yoav Gallant with former Likudnik Gideon Saar, but Sara Neyanyahu reportedly doesn’t want Saar and she wields inordinate influence over her husband. I call Mrs. Netanyahu Lady MacBibi.
The Israeli PM is planning a 5-day visit to the US later this month. He’ll address the UN General Assembly, or at least the portion that doesn’t walk out.
Quinerly
Teamsters announce that they aren’t endorsing this year
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/us/politics/teamsters-endorsement-2024-election.html
Manyakitty
@Geminid: ugh. Would be just like him to foul our air during the High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah is a time to think about what we did wrong and how to make amends and improve for the new year. Not likely for him.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
@Danielx: There are days I find myself muttering that I’d lose my head if it weren’t nailed on, and I lose enough stuff often enough in my small living space that I’m pretty sure that if and when I lose my mind (again), it won’t be this website that’s at fault.
CNN and the FTFNYT, on the other hand…
dexwood
Good job on the car magnets, but I’m not a cat person. I would buy dog magnets without the creepy red eyes.
Manyakitty
@Quinerly: better this than endorsing the felon.
BR
@Capri:
If they’re folks who see memes but not news, maybe the best option is to lean into mockery:
https://www.tiktok.com/@casadimusic/video/7413373925276831022
Quinerly
@Manyakitty: yes, of course. They had endorsed Biden. Seems the majority of members are Trump supporters now.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4886854-teamsters-poll-trump-harris/
Falling Diphthong
@bluefoot: The cybertruck is designed for a post-apocalypse in which archers shooting at cars is a major problem, but archers shooting at the energy grid that powers those cars is nonexistent. That’s an incredibly narrow apocalypse.
dmsilev
@Manyakitty: I think that’s a universal truth.
Manyakitty
@Quinerly: yeah. I saw that. Leads me to some unpleasant thoughts about them. That said, I think the Black Teamsters organization did endorse Harris, so that’s something at least.
I wonder how much of it is a leftover tantrum from their president not getting invited to speech at the DNC.
BR
Harris is doing an event with Oprah in Michigan tomorrow, but I’m not seeing much info out there about it.
Paul W.
@Quinerly: This seems insane to me, you’re going up against Amazon this year and not building allies for the only administration that will actually have your back after November 5th?
The Lodger
@lowtechcyclist: What is RHPS? Red Hot Philly Schleppers?
Baud
@Quinerly:
Makes it hard not to root for Steve in the ATL not to crush them.
Paul W.
@catclub: Not necessarily that the FED sees it as currently in bad shape, I think they are much more afraid of a hard landing with jobs falling off quickly and inflation firmly tamed they need to act now but stronger cuts would be planned if they thought things were actually bad. Most KPIs for economic recession are not indicating one in the next 12 months just yet.
3Sice
We’ve reached the “Mike Johnson? Never heard of him…” phase of GOP Transmogrification.
Quinerly
@Manyakitty:
Black Teamsters endorsed very early on as I recall. I think the “main” Teamsters did a little push back a few weeks back.
Soprano2
@Manyakitty: My new kitty is doing well, but she seemed a little bit high strung so I got one of those Feliways. It seems to have helped her relax some, although it’s not a cure-all. Part of me would love to have a kitten, but the other part thinks it would be too much work right now.
Baud
@Paul W.:
They think they can demand support. And they’re probably right. How many libs are going to tell the Teamsters to pond sand in a fight against Amazon?
geg6
Just saw some numbers from the Quinnipiac poll that just came out: PA: Harris 51% Trump 45% MI: Harris 50% Trump 45% WI: Harris 48% Trump 47%Come “On Wisconsin”!!!! Get with the program!
And these are likely voters, so maybe more accurate than what we’ve been seeing up until now. Maybe.
Old School
@The Lodger:
RHPS = Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hoodie
@New Deal democrat: My oldest son works in pooling capital for large residential real estate deals. A lot of those deals involve debt, so rates affect the ROI. He says this is great news because there are lots of deals that were ready to spin up but awaiting more favorable financing. They were experiencing trouble competing with other investments at current rates. The demand is there. Might cool off equities a bit as money redistributes but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Quinerly
@Paul W.:
Majority of the rank and file are Trumpers. And, obviously voting against their interest.
Hoodie
@geg6: that Wisconsin q poll seems like an outlier
Manyakitty
@Soprano2: glad to hear the Feliway works, at least a little. And yes, kittens are exhausting. I need to do a better job of wearing him out.
According to Jackson Galaxy, the best way is using an interactive toy like a “fishing for kitties” wand and run them around until they’re panting.
rikyrah
Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) posted at 10:49 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
This is how Black people got killed in the Jim Crow era. Something “bad” happened to a white person, and a lynch mob rushed out to string up a Black person. It’s how Emmett Till got lynched, how the Central Park Five got framed, and how Haitian immigrants are being targeted.
(https://x.com/keithboykin/status/1836432467613618538?t=Q0TSwkzOW8C0v7EnHpvRCg&s=03)
Quinerly
Never had a reaction to any flu or Covid shot/booster. Shots yesterday might be kicking my butt today. Taking to my bed like a true Southern Magnolia Blossom. Strange that I would have a reaction this time.
karen gail
I will go back later and read all comments; but I just ran into a piece that claimed the real reason Russia hasn’t “pushed the button” on nuclear war is that military sold the needed parts. Author had no proof but used example that anything that can make money has been sold; one “proof” was the gems from royal jewelry has turned up in black markets for years.
Manyakitty
@rikyrah: pretty sure that’s part of the plan 😡
Tazj
@Manyakitty: My cats who have just turned one are still full of beans and love to yowl for attention. The most vocal cats I’ve ever had and such trouble makers. My kids are off to college so it’s mainly up to me to entertain them because my husband works so much.
I’ll bet those of you with puppies are super busy now, but they’re so cute. My shepherd/husky mix was a handful and there was many a day when he outfoxed me.
TBone
@BretH: awwww
BR
I hope the Harris campaign can add a few sentences to the 25k first-time home buyer credit in the stump speeches Harris and Walz are giving. I’m seeing a fair amount of skepticism about this from folks who are being knee jerk skeptics — typically 1) that it’ll just raise prices by 25k for houses and 2) “who’s going to pay?”. I think they could add something simple like “Lately Wall Street has been crowding the housing market, buying up houses and crowding out ordinary families. We’re going to level the playing field by giving a 25k credit to first time homebuyers so families can get that house they’ve dreamed of.”
Ohio Mom
@Belafon: Exactly. I saw my first Cybertruck a couple of weeks ago and it gave me immediate flashbacks to polishing the stainless appliances in my kitchen. A Sisyphean task and proof that men who have never done any housework are responsible for that monstrosity.
TBone
@Capri: I entered really a sort of fugue state upon realizing that people actually believe that. A connection of hubby’s insisted they’re doing voodoo by eating pets. WTF all I could do at that point was call him a dufus and post about 5 or 6 laughing emojis. If I weren’t under hubby’s plea to keep it polite, it would have been much more to the point.
Voodoo pet eating sacrifices? C’mon, man! The guy typed it as “hoodoo.” I questioned hubby repeatedly about was he sure this wasn’t a bot. Nope, it’s a real guy.
cain
@Geminid:
Shit. Looks like it’s gonna be a shit show over there.
Belafon
@Capri: And this is why we must actually challenge stuff online as well. There are many people who aren’t paying as much attention as we do.
Belafon
@Quinerly: If he can’t endorse Trump, he won’t endorse anyone will he?
cain
@Quinerly:
They really are pieces of shit arent they? I suspect that things are going to splinter over there.
Villago Delenda Est
I hadn’t heard about Ozark Hillbilly. I am deeply saddened at news of his moving to to become One with the Force. Rest in peace and power, Ozark.
Villago Delenda Est
@Quinerly: Sean O’Brien is a scab.
Villago Delenda Est
@TBone: Hoodoo is a skiing destination in Oregon.
TBone
@Villago Delenda Est: I wish the guy hubby asked me to lay out facts for, who then urged me to do my own research, would ski off a cliff there. I just remembered I mentioned Qanon to him after that, but never went to “dude, you’re literally in a cult” like I so badly wanted to.
Manyakitty
Just saw this on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3l4hdbx7kuu2o
Looks like individual and group Council endorsements are coming out.
frosty
Yes it is. State motto: We don’t give a damn how they do it Outside.
Ishiyama
Donald Trump actually said nice things yesterday about Kamala Harris’s phone call to him, and even stopped the crowd from booing. Considering that this is Trump we are talking about, I find it amazing.
Kamala Harris had a great line in her speech today about the hypothetical woman: “If she chooses, she will talk with her priest, her pastor, her rabbi, her iman, but not the government telling her what to do”.
Baud
@Capri:
Good for you.
Soprano2
@Quinerly: I’m not surprised, I’ve got a FB friend who’s a Teamster and he’s TCFG all the way.
Baud
@Ishiyama:
That is one religiously confused woman.
Baud
@Manyakitty:
Good for them.
BR
Looking more and more possible that there’s going to be a government shutdown thanks to the GOP.
Dangerman
@rikyrah:
Scared (Scarred) me. I figured he finally dropped his pants.
Whew.
Baud
@BR:
Still have two weeks. Predictions are worthless, especially when it comes to their behavior.
Shalimar
I see on the internets that Vivek Ramaswamy will be holding a town hall in Springfield, Ohio tomorrow. It would be a shame if someone spread a viral rumor that he’s half-Haitian. I suspect the people he is speaking to already think all the non-white people look alike.
Belafon
@Soprano2: It’s pretty obvious that unions will be one of the things that will die if Trump wins.
dmsilev
@BR: Right when people start voting. Genius. At least previous GOP Congresses had the wit and self-preservation instincts to have their government shutdown tantrums well away from Election Day.
Chief Oshkosh
@Baud: Uh…me? The Teamsters, of all people, should understand how this works.
Harrison Wesley
@TBone: Time to fight back. Put a CD player under Jay Deviance’s favorite couch and roll this:
https://youtu.be/82cdnAUvsw8?si=t_f1gWcHnLyZdl3R
Quinerly
@Manyakitty:
Excellent!!!
Harrison Wesley
@Geminid: The bait is set. Just wait for the response that hooks Uncle Sam into attacking Hezbollah/Iran/WTFever. If this doesn’t work, expect something even more heavy-duty, ’cause USA isn’t going to actively engage until H/I/W reply with force. We’ve already been warning H/I/W not to reply to Israeli attacks; it would be ‘escalatory’ or some such shit.
Soprano2
@Manyakitty: I have one of those, and cats love it, but I can only use it when the dog is outside because the dog wants to chase it too, and he’s big!
sdhays
@rikyrah: I saw an excerpt of the the story of the police report (via Atrios), and the way it reads, the fucking racist piece of shit lost her damn cat in the basement jumped to the obvious conclusion – her neighbors ate her cat.
Oh, but she got her daughter to translate an apology to her neighbors with Google Translate or whatever, so it’s fine!
Goddamn! That piece of shit deserves to go through some things…
sdhays
@karen gail: I wouldn’t bet that all the necessary parts have been sold, but I do expect that one of the reasons Putin will never carry out his threats is that he actually has no idea what will work, and pulling the trigger on something that doesn’t fire would pop the bubble on the idea that Russia is a nuclear power.
Fair Economist
@BR: Shutdowns generally get avoided at the last minute, and considering how damaging a shutdown would be to the Republicans, I think they’ll figure out how to avoid it. Most likely something like a CR gets passed by the Senate, and Johnson puts it on the floor in the House at 10PM on September 31.
bbleh
@bluefoot: ah! Another Cybertruck comment! I was wondering whether I’d be the first. But they are SUCH a source of continuing amusement …
Anyhoo, mine was while I was walking on the showpiece boulevard of Philadelphia, which is well maintained and not really heavily used compared to others, but there are a few little bumps in it. And the shoebox went by and hit the little bump and gave out this tinny “jing!” sound, and I just cracked up.
Manyakitty
@Soprano2: hahahaha! Asimov (4 years) was a champion jumper–he easily leapt 6 feet once he found his kitty springs–so I try to use 2 fishing things. Doesn’t really stop Cygnus (kitten) from jumping into Asimov’s path anyway 😸
sdhays
@Fair Economist: Or, they do a “soft” shutdown over a weekend so that they get their shutdown, but regular people won’t notice in their daily lives.
“Best of both worlds”, perhaps, for Republicans.
Doc Sardonic
@Ohio Mom: Best thing for stainless steel appliance polishing…..WD40. Stuff has a multitude of uses, however, I do not recommend it be used as a dessert topping.
karen gail
@Kelly: I was missing my “pitty” so I checked out craiglist ads for a dog; next thing I knew lady around corner had white shepherd she wanted to rehome. I told her couldn’t meet price and he was too big; not just sure how but she gifted me a overprotective white sheperd with food, brushes and treats. She brought him by and left him; so I know am “proud” person of an overprotective white Sheperd mix.
Manyakitty
@karen gail: excellent!
Quinerly
@Doc Sardonic:
Only thing I use on my stainless appliances. I buy the $1.25 a can off brand at the dollar stores. Smallish can. Easy. Cheap.
Kent
Exactly. In a real apocalypse you will need a mountain bike or horse. There won’t be any electricity or gasoline. Although if you are truly off the grid with solar or wind you will be better off than people who think they can refine their own gasoline.
raven
I just heard from Ozark’s wife and sent her a link to the thread about him.
Scout211
@raven: Thank you.
eclare
@Doc Sardonic:
WD40 also is great at removing the sticky residue where a price sticker was.
Baud
@raven:
Thanks, raven.
eclare
@karen gail:
Wow! I bet that is a handsome dog!
Quinerly
@bbleh:
I have seen 2. One with Texas plates at a lake outside of Las Vegas, NEW MEXICO (the original Vegas, Baby! Home of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders) in Spring. It actually looked like it had been abandoned. There now appears to be one living somewhere near me here…Eldorado, NM. California plates. 2 Trump 2024 stickers. Saw it last week. People have been discussing the latter on the Next Door App. Neighborhood is very Liberal.
Jeffro
Huh…Mrs. Fro got one of those ‘Postcards to Swing States’ today, reminding her to vote early. No postmark or machine marks, either (but there is a stamp on it).
Adding to the mystery:
1) She votes in every election, just like I do
2) We’re in VA…not exactly a swing state? Maybe it was on the list earlier this year but not now.
I’ll be interested to see if she receives 2 follow-up postcards (the official ‘Postcards to Swing States’ sends three per voter).
And if I get one, we’ll know something’s off. Trying to talk to me about voting is a complete waste of either party’s time ;)
Quinerly
@raven:
💚💙💛🧡💜🩵
eclare
@raven:
I hope seeing all of the kind comments gives her some comfort. It sounds like he did so much around the home, his passing must be a huge shock.
Captain C
@The Lodger: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Geminid
@Harrison Wesley: The US has been telling Hezbollah to stop its attacks– 8,000 rockets so far. They chose to start this war on October 8 when they did not have to, because they were not under attack.
Hezbollah doesn’t even have to comply with the UN Security Council resolution from 2006 that ordered them withdraw north of the Litani River. They just have to agree to a ceasefire and stop firing rockets into Israel.
But U.S. forces aren’t going to attack Hezbollah and Israel knows that. They’ll just try to shoot down Hezbollah’s larger rockets if they are heading towards Israeli cities, as they should in my opinion.
zhena gogolia
@raven: Oh, that’s good.
frosty
@raven: Thank you, that was a kind thing to do for her and also for us.
rikyrah
Hayden (@the_transit_guy) posted at 2:00 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
Grievance politics and vibes-based politics are wild because the Biden/Harris administration literally bailed out the Teamsters Union’s pension fund by $35.6 billion, and they still won’t vote for Harris.
(https://x.com/the_transit_guy/status/1836480503601303831?t=Wk6NiDgmZIJROh7ugC77ng&s=03)
rikyrah
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(@HawaiiDelilah) posted at 3:40 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
Who delivered the Senate’s tie-breaking vote on an $86 billion pension rescue package that benefited the Teamsters? Kamala Harris. Ungrateful jerks. Don’t ever say the words “economic anxiety” ever again when you really mean “racism”.
(https://x.com/HawaiiDelilah/status/1836505488239804899?t=SLXq-rgtldg468uNaa39Ng&s=03)
rikyrah
Pierce (@PierceAH66) posted at 2:16 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
The Teamsters National Black Caucus endorsed Harris in early August. Several chapters have ignored leadership to do so too. In 2022 the Biden-Harris admin gave them the largest private pension bailout ever & the ARPA, supported solely by Democrats, saved pensions again in July.
(https://x.com/PierceAH66/status/1836484481777389679?t=c3gkBtbf8x792z_uWLAmFQ&s=03)
Chief Oshkosh
@Jeffro: Did the post card specifically reference swing state? I ask because most of the post cards I write are not to swing states, but rather are in support of specific Congressional district Democratic campaigns. Some of these are in, for instance, CA or NY — obviously not swing states.
rikyrah
Ian Sams (@IanSams) posted at 3:51 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
Just today Vice President Harris has received the endorsements of:
Michigan Teamsters Joint Council 43 (245,000 active and retired members)
Teamsters Joint Council 42 (300,000 members including in battleground Nevada)
(https://x.com/IanSams/status/1836508425418596659?t=iogaPBorDVVEq6Xfg_HZbw&s=03)
JML
@Quinerly: As a Teamster, color me pissed.
I’ve had to defend the IBT leadership to my own members all year because of the General President’s decision to go speak at the RNC and play footsie with TFG, and now they’ve knifed me with my own members by sitting on the sidelines because they’re afraid to lead and too worried that some of their oldest sectors are too racist/sexist to accept endorsing Harris.
This isn’t go over well with the public sector Teamsters for sure.
“The GOP is going to kill our pensions, kill the union, wreck our benefits, condemn us to subsistence wages, and screw us every single time, but because of scare tactics on immigration freaking out our white-dude members, we’re going sit on our hands.”
FURIOUS.
rikyrah
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(@RachelBitecofer) posted at 2:22 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:![]()
The reason Trump is doing a rally in Long Island is that’s the only way he can match her crowd sizes in the swing states bc of the population density. He’s literally ignoring the swing states to win the crowd size war
(https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1836485931769217044?t=PrL26gI2SvWjomXyLM6VSw&s=03)
rikyrah
John T (@TMROJ) posted at 1:58 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
Racism is a powerful drug, man.
The Teamsters would’ve lost their pension without Biden/Harris…apparently they’d prefer bigotry to ever getting to retire.
(https://x.com/TMROJ/status/1836479985571233827?t=_O7ePY3wagLrhEVG3RRsCQ&s=03)
rikyrah
The Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) posted at 2:14 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
The Biden-Harris admin bailed out the Teamsters to the tune of 36 BILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS and the Teamsters decide to stay neutral in this election.
What does that tell you about the Teamsters?
(https://x.com/johnastoehr/status/1836483998014472257?t=yphCj3K9x_l45MimTCWouw&s=03)
Manyakitty
@rikyrah: wow, I didn’t realize that. Disappointed but not surprised.
rikyrah
David Darmofal (@david_darmofal) posted at 3:27 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
White man Biden runs in 2020: The Teamsters and Pope Francis are incredibly friendly toward him.
Black woman Harris runs in 2024: The Teamsters and Pope Francis are not incredibly friendly toward her.
What’s your alternative explanation? There is none.
(https://x.com/david_darmofal/status/1836502275251990582?t=es0OUcrcROLnG6sKXTELoA&s=03)
karen gail
@Manyakitty: I don’t care what anyone says; sometimes the Universe opens doors and sometimes our ancestors meddle in our lives.
Thirty years ago a friend sent me a picture of a protector; that protector looks exactly like Bo. She drew him down to the tint of his ears; somethings make no sense unless you believe
that there is more than we understand.
rikyrah
James Singer (@Jemsinger) posted at 0:48 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
HUGE: “For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S.”
The Biden Accomplishments Guy (@What46HasDone) posted at 0:55 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
So in addition to fixing COVID, unemployment, inflation, crime, and the border, the Biden-Harris administration is now on their way to reversing the opioid epidemic???
(https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1836464190938054972?t=QIP0TvFcGOOIEixJlsrUlA&s=03)
Mr. Bemused Senior
🎶 Losing My Mind
rikyrah
@Chief Oshkosh:
Swing districts in Blue States.
If the NY map hadn’t of been rejected (phuck you, Cuomo), we would be in control of the House TODAY.
Falling Diphthong
@rikyrah: I think you’re onto something with that.
I am embarrassed to live in the timeline where “Mock his crowd size” is the key to overturning the fascist. But it works, so we need to keep doing it.
Manyakitty
@karen gail: it makes as much sense as any other explanation, and it’s a positive take.
FWIW, I kept dreaming about a black kitten bouncing around our living room and the vet called me a week later with Cygnus (a black kitten).
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Falling Diphthong:
Is also a wonderful euphemism, nudgenudgewinkwink.
rikyrah
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McGonagal (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 1:42 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
So they’ve gone after:
Childless by choice women, with or without cats.
Women whose bodies can’t bear children.
Women whose bodies need help bearing children.
Stepmothers.
Adoptive mothers.
Women whose birth control failed.
No mention of men.
But they love Jesus, a stepson.
(https://x.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1836475884959863174?t=VP2-SFwllle7lJCrsuu4og&s=03)
rikyrah
Conor Lamb (@ConorLambPA) posted at 3:55 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
Some ask, why does it matter if Biden-Harris saved the Teamster pensions and did infrastructure. That’s the past.
It’s because they show you @VP knows how to actually deliver on promises, and will again.
If you’re a Teamster with kids, picture life with a few extra thousand $.
(https://x.com/ConorLambPA/status/1836509337713291661?t=EteKswOBz9rAMZ-S9-EQ9A&s=03)
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(@RachelBitecofer) posted at 3:14 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
If I was rank and file in the @Teamsters I’d be deeply uncomfortable that union leaders refuse to do everything than can to keep union busting Republicans with Project 2025 plans to destroy the gains of unions from the last 100 years out of office.
Cc @TeamsterSOB
(https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1836499055155032089?s=03)
Harrison Wesley
@Geminid: Obviously we disagree. I have no problem with that.
rikyrah
He was caught trying to intimidate a potential witness this past weekend.
philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) posted at 4:09 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
NEW YORK (AP) — A second judge refuses to grant bail to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, citing the possibility that he will tamper with witnesses.
(https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1836512910249500966?t=CPbx4jrlk_XiO4wr73lGdg&s=03)
Geminid
@rikyrah: I was thinking that Trump wanted to help a few Republican Congressmen in the New York City suburbs, like maybe Elise Stefanik and Lee Zeldin asked for a favor.
But I think Bitecofer is right. Trump doesn’t care about down-ballot candidates; this is about crowd size. Trump’s people even scheduled some “America’s Tenor” guy to sing after the event because they don’t want people walking out early. But Ragnarok Lobster and others are wondering how many of those Trumpers are opera fans. Probably not many.
Chief Oshkosh
@rikyrah: yep, that was my point, made clearer by you. :)
and that may be why people in blue states are getting post cards from liberals
Geminid
@Harrison Wesley: I try to stay away from opinion-basefd arguments on this topic, but I think we are disagreeing about facts here.
Other MJS
Gaslighting is in vogue. Why shouldn’t you have some of the fun?
mrmoshpotato
@Falling Diphthong:
Yeah, it’s sad. But it seems having the big orange baby throw a tantrum over crowd sizes is one of the only ways the press will pay attention to the actual Presidential race.
The Goddamn fucking bastards.
Scamp Dog
@Kelly: Congratulations on getting a Border Collie, they’re the best! I still miss mine, who’s been gone for 7 years now. Please keep us posted on her adventures!
rikyrah
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(@reesetheone1) posted at 2:22 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
Dems gotta stay parked in WI MI and PA…. and talk to just about every union household they can.
That’s how Trump won in 16:
He turned a 33-point Obama union margin in WI and MI in 2012 down to 10 and 13 by 2016.
(https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1836485862525153533?t=Kvr33O8IjokEt7pgKd2LMA&s=03)
Geminid
@rikyrah: As it is, New York Democrats have good prospects to pick up four seats. There are even more “ducks on the pond” in California, and those Republicans no longer have Kraven McCarthy propping them up.
I’m just sorry James E. Powell no longer comments here. He lives in Ken Calvert’s Palm Springs-based district, and Calvert is a top target for Democrats this year. Former federsl prosecutor Will Rollins came close to beating Calvert last time and Rollins is running again.
Democrats also have a strong candidate running against Mike Garcia, in Katie Hill’s old district north of LA. That would be former NASA administrator George Whitesides.
different-church-lady
Yeah I am.
Baud
@Falling Diphthong:
Vibes is everything.
sdhays
@rikyrah: Biden also happens to be Catholic, but yeah, very interesting (and disappointing) regarding the Pontiff. I wonder how much the “problem” is the missing talkywacker and how much is…complexion.
Geminid
@sdhays: Francis may also be upset over Biden’s handling of the Gaza war.
Ed. A lot of people are.
Jackie
@Quinerly: The National Teamsters ain’t gonna stop regional teamsters from supporting one presidential candidate or the other!
Jeffro
@Chief Oshkosh: no…it was aimed at a) getting her to vote early and b) listed Dem prez, senate, and house candidates.
I am guessing a women’s rights/reproductive freedom group
Jeffro
@rikyrah: this sounds spot-on
”I NEED MY CROWDS!! LETS DO OKLAHOMA NEXT!!!”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yutsano
@Kelly: She’s looking for her job. You’ll have to devise a task or two that’s hers to complete, hopefully involving creatures she can herd. You can teach her this young that animals like chickens and ducks are for herding and not eating. Plus it’s really fun once she gets it (and border collies pick up their jobs real fast!) and she’s doing what she was bred to do. Have fun!
Ksmiami
@Soprano2: sounds like a moron. But hey
cain
@Geminid:
That’s too bad, did we chase James out?
Quinerly
“Could There Be A Kamala Harris Landslide?”
https://fortune.com/2024/09/18/trump-vs-harris-election-odds-who-will-win/
WaterGirl
@Scout211: @Baud: I heard from her, too, and will likely have more information to share with everyone soon.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
I’m pleased she knows how much OH meant to us.
Quinerly
@Jackie: 💚
Jackie
@BR: If the GQP is stupid enough to shut the government down one month before the General Election… 🤷🏼♀️
lowtechcyclist
@Fair Economist:
And he’ll wake up on the morning after September 30 and realize, “oh shit, it’s October 1st, there isn’t a September 31. I’ve shut down the government by accident!”
Kelly
@Yutsano:
When we’re tidying up the yard she carries sticks or weeds over to our pile and drops them off. “Look I’m helping”
Geminid
@cain: I don’t believe so. Powell’s a teacher, so when he dropped out a year ago I figured he was wrapped up in his work. But he hasn’t shown up since.
Jim Foolish Literalist started getting scarce around then too, I’m not sure why.
karen gail
@Manyakitty: I read somewhere that scientists now believe and think they can prove that we have the ability to affect the universe around us; that the butterfly effect is real. I started believing in collective consciousness when scifi writers got in trouble for “outing” what scientists were creating. Not sure if it was EE Smith getting in trouble for leaking secrets or someone else; he dreamed it as scientists were creating it.
Scout211
West Coast Teamsters endorse Harris-Walz.
ETA: Jackie got there first.
Quinerly
@Geminid:
Lots of missing regular nyms from the past.
Jackie
@sdhays: TCFG DEMANDS a shutdown if Congress refuses to include a national voters ID bill in the budget.
That’s not gonna happen. And, it wouldn’t be enacted for this year’s GE anyway.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I am relieved to know more about what happened, which I will share once I hear back in answer to my question of what we can do to help.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Thank you.
Baud
@Quinerly:
It hasn’t been long enough to worry, but Omnes hasn’t been around for a few days.
Jackie
@Quinerly: Does WD40 have an unscented option? The fumes give me an instant headache – even when used outdoors.
Baud
@Jackie:
Only comes in lavender and fresh scent.
Jackie
@raven: Ahhh, thanks raven. I hope she and their sons take solace knowing how much we loved Ozark.
Chet Murthy
@karen gail: “scientists now believe and think they can prove that we have the ability to affect the universe around us; that the butterfly effect is real.”
Is this more than the banal observation that so many systems in nature are nonlinear (aka “chaotic”), and hence their sensitivity to minor variations in initial conditions is enormous. So a tiny change that we make might have a big effect down the road. I mean, that follows directly from the nonlinearity of so much of physics.
Geminid
@Jackie: A shutdown would definitely hurt Jen Kiggans’ prospects in Virginia’s 2nd CD. She’s the one who beat Elaine Luria. The district is based in Virginia Beach, and it seems like half the people in the district are either military active and retired, or work at a Navy base or a shipyard.
Even if there is no shutdown there will likely be drama, and most of those people hate that shit. It’s an R+2 disrict, so Kiggans can’t afford to lose many voters at all.
Trollhattan
Elmo wins next round v. Brazil.
Jackie
@rikyrah: OMFG!!! I so believe that!🤦🏼♀️😂
Geminid
@Quinerly: Yeah, a lot missing jackals. Triassic Sands is one of them. He was passing in and out of hospitals on account of his Crohn’s disease and then he went missing. Triassic Sands said he was hoping he’d make it to the Election but he was doubtful of the prospect.
zhena gogolia
@Geminid: Oh, you’re right. I hope he’s okay.
karen marie
@lowtechcyclist: Wait till they find out Trump has moved Bagram airbase to Alaska.
WaterGirl
@Geminid: I had an email from Triassic Sands. I will go look and see when that was.
edit: It was in June.
Chief Oshkosh
@Jackie: I’m glad to hear of this, but National sitting this one out is just stupid. Heck, even if their rank and file white boys don’t support Harris because of their racism, leadership should’ve sucked it up, if for no other reason than the $36 BILLION dollar bail-out.
Humans remain a mystery to me. My brother-in-law is a nice guy (really!), but politically he’s been an Angry White Man the whole time I’ve known him. He and my wife’s sister basically survive because (1) his mom got SS survivor benefits and so wasn’t tossed out of the house that the BiL and SiL inherited and now live in, and (2) SiL has a great teacher’s pension due to a strong teacher’s union. Over the decades, he’s never brought in more than a quarter of what she does until just two years ago, when he got a great union job after his previous (Republican) employer fired everyone who had been employed too long and was costing too much. The BiL loves his new job, loves the union, and loves the pay. So they now live a middle-class lifestyle and are flat-out just happier with life, all because of liberal initiatives.
But he’s a Trumper and he thinks all policies of the Democrats are terrible, horrible, no good, bad, bad, bad.
Jackie
@Baud: 😂 Not good enough! I need unscented everything. I’m a delicate flower.
Geminid
@zhena gogolia: I also hope Triassic Sands is okay, but I think he’s wherever you go after this world. He as much as said he was at death’s door.
Danielx
@Quinerly:
Teamsters rank and file support for SFB does make one wonder if they realize that unions would be illegal if he had his way.
zhena gogolia
@Geminid: I’m afraid so.
Manyakitty
@karen gail: “there are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy”
Delk
Finally saw my first cybertruck. Can’t see how it would fit in a city garage. A guy down the street has a Tesla suv that does not fit in his garage.
WaterGirl
@Geminid: I think you might be wrong about that one. He is in rough shape, but I think he is still with us.
Baud
@Chief Oshkosh:
Culture > economics
Geminid
@WaterGirl: Well, that gives me some hope. I really respected the guy. He wasn’t a complainer even though he had plenty to complain about regarding the medical system he was dealing with. He had a very active life before he got sick: rock climbing, kayaking and such.
karen marie
@Kelly: Easy Walk Harness is your friend! The leash attaches to a martingale at the chest so when the dog pulls, instead of feeling resistance – which is so exiting to resist! – they’re pulled to the side, making it much less fun but without pain, humiliation or injury. If the dog hits the end of the leash hard enough, they will harmlessly spin to face you. I could carry my coffee in my leash hand, and even if Lucy hit the end of the leash, my coffee wouldn’t spill.
I used one for my current spaniel’s first three years, and she walks like a champ. We get occasional pulling but when she started, as a tyke, she’d pull so hard her front feet were off the ground.
I also trained her with a 25-foot lead attached to the end of her six-foot leash. I taught her directional commands with that. It gave her enough rope she felt she had some freedom but I was able to catch her when she stopped listening.
sab
@Delk: I saw my first one a couple of days ago and its ugliness really exceeded my expectations. Am I a bad person to say that made me very happy?
karen marie
@Shalimar: I’m going to guess few of the attendees will be Springfield residents.
eclare
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TS
@rikyrah:
Funny how I’m not reading that in the Washington Post. The Harris/Walz campaign are not only campaigning against trump, they are having to campaign against the MSM. The latter are throwing it all at the all – fortunately none of it manages to stick so they come back howling at the moon.
Quinerly
@Baud:
I noticed that too.
I still wonder what happened to CornerStone. He has been gone for years now.
Quinerly
@Jackie:
I think it all has that smell.
wjca
It would explain how North Korea has been able ramp up their arsenal. Probably a lot cheaper than actually developing their own.
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: That’s good.
raven
@Quinerly: He couldn’t stop being and asshole so he got banned for a spell. Hopefully he took the hint.
SFBayAreaGal
@Quinerly:
I’ve noticed Martin has been missing also.
Jackie
@SFBayAreaGal: I’ve noticed Martin comes and goes.
Ironcity
@karen marie: What would you recommend for a 130# Lab who is the sweetest dog ever but does pull when interesting things call to him? Tried Gentle Leader and similar and he ignored them.
NotMax
@Doc Sardonic
Swear by club soda for stainless steel cleaning/polishing.
@eclare
Hand sanitizer or vodka work a cinch, also too.
TBone
@Harrison Wesley: I wish I’d seen this yesterday 😆 but am glad I checked in here today!