Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

You cannot shame the shameless.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Eh, that’s media spin. biden’s health is fine and he’s doing a good job.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

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

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Not all heroes wear capes.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

This blog will pay for itself.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

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Open Thread: How Are They So Bad At This?

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First up, Kemp making Stacey Abrams look cool as hell:

Next, Oz continues his bad campaign decisions tour:

I want this on a t-shirt.

And bonus Stacey Abrams meeting with someone awesome:

So tomorrow is another J6 committee hearing, I’ll probably put the kindness post off a day. Also, I’m trying to put together a Jasper update, he’s doing so good and such a funny guy, smart, too. We’re glad he’s here.

These unforced errors are funny, but let’s not get cocky – still need to fight like hell for a  blue wave  🌊

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Afternoon Open Thread: This and That and Apple Cider Donuts

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I know I missed our weekly acts of kindness post – it was a wild and weird week. So to make it up, here’s some sweetness to get you through the afternoon.

Marsh Farm, caen hill, Devizes: An education & wellbeing charity in Devizes UK supporting rescue animals &young people’s education.

Quish (Chris!) makes my days with his morning duck and goose rush hours, his emus and everyone else at the farm. He’s a good follow on youtube or twitter. Always a joyful video.

ghost cat sent this to me this morning and it made me smile. I can totally relate. If there were lost sheep wandering the trails, I would be the one they followed, knowing I would get them home.

From The Dodo:

Eleanor Scholz was traveling through France with her boyfriend and was out for a hike on her own. As she was making her way along the trail, she heard some sheep coming, which wasn’t unusual — but when they came into view, she realized something incredible was happening. The sheep were randomly following a woman who was out for a run.

“It took me a moment to understand what I was seeing,” Scholz told The Dodo. “At first, I thought maybe she was a shepherd, but she wasn’t dressed like any shepherd I’d ever seen, and it seemed unusual that a shepherd would be running. Then, I was concerned that she was being chased and that there might be some risk of being stampeded, so I got off of the trail and stepped behind a tree. When she stopped to talk with me, all of the sheep stopped and waited for her, and that’s when I realized that something truly whimsical was happening.”

(This was the only way I could embed the video so you can make it full-size to watch. )

As the pair chatted, the runner filled Scholz in. The sheep were apparently lost, and when they saw her run by, they decided to follow her. They needed a leader, and they chose her. The sheep were very unbothered by the stop along the trail, and some of them trotted over to say hi to Scholz.

“They all just stopped and waited, it was the funniest thing,” Scholz said. “Some of them immediately walked over to me, and I was worried they’d start following me instead, but they stood there patiently while she and I talked. They didn’t seem stressed or particularly winded.”

The sheep waited patiently while the runner told Scholz the story — and as soon as she started running again, they did too.  More at the link

It’s the time of year when folks go out to orchards; spend the day filling bags with apples, going on hay rides, running through corn and bale mazes, before finishing up with cider and cider donuts. In honor of that, I decided to try and make my own. Baked, not fried.

Finally, I made Apple Cider Donut Holes on a whim this week. They were tasty…well,  are tasty, it made 4 dozen and froze well so I can serve them to friends with coffee as needed. LOL  Recipe here. 

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Late Night Open Thread: Well This Is An Interesting Turn

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I was just reminded that I have to be somewhere at the butt-crack of dawn tomorrow and I’m grumpy about it, but only because a miscommunication left me scrambling tonight. No one’s fault, but I have to figure out how to get all the animals taken care of and still get out of the house by 6:30. I should be in bed, but I can’t stop reading about this.

 

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War for Ukraine Day 208: We’re Experiencing Technical Difficulties

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TaMara here! After a quick phone call and messages from Adam, it’s been determined that tonight’s post will have to wait until tomorrow.

From Adam:

My computer just rebooted. While all my data is there, for some reason it thinks it is New Year’s Eve 2021. I can’t get to anything on the internet on any browser. So I don’t know if the update post i was almost done drafting and had spent the past 35 minutes on has been eaten because I can’t access the dashboard. I’m going to shut my computer down and just let it sit over night.

I did ask him to send me some Patron, so we could at least have that tonight.

And his Tik Tok:

@patron__dsns Патрон-батон 😁🥖 #песпатрон #патрондснс ♬ оригинальный звук – kakish

I’m not going to say I warned Adam, but I did mention to him earlier today that between Hurricane Fiona, the typhoon in Japan, and the 7.5 earthquake that struck off Mexico’s Pacific coast, the universe might just be sending us a message today and we should probably all just hunker down and hope tomorrow is a better day.

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Acts of Kindness: Kids Bring The Smiles

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Hey, look it’s Wednesday (it is Wednesday, right?) and I’ve remembered to put this post together. Regardless if it makes you smile, it really lifted my spirits today, picking what I would share tonight. Enjoy!

 

HumboldtBlue sent this to me, and I sure hope you’ve already seen it because it’s become a cult classic. I actually have a video story on Recess Therapy that I’ll share, maybe next week, full of these kinds of interviews. The young man who interviews these kids is so sincere, it’s why they feel comfortable telling him this stuff:

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Steeplejack sent me this in Feb, and I swore I shared it, but I can’t find it in a post. Even if I did share it, it’s worth sharing again. Kids, man, I love seeing things through their eyes.

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Sunday Open Thread: Al Franken, Truthteller

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Former Democratic Sen. Al Franken debates CNN political commentator and GOP strategist Alice Stewart over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the political leanings of the court. #CNN #News

 

I saw the shortened version of this on twitter, but it looks like they had a longer, epic battle of wits and intelligence, where Alice Stewart came unarmed.  Every Democrat should take lessons from Franken on how to call out gaslighting in real time.

This was interesting and thoughtful. Otherwise, I probably would have left any 9/11 remembrances to others.

I thought I might have critter photos, but have been super busy, mostly cleaning up hair and muddy footprints, and I don’t have what it takes to make them stand still long enough so photos aren’t just a blur of fur and feathers. Maybe later this week.

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