Because no two days on patrol are ever the same… #OnlyInFlorida #MemorialDayInTheSunshineState #DeathRoll #LookBeforeYouLeap ?☀️ pic.twitter.com/mKUx5PP63e — SarasotaSheriff (@SarasotaSheriff) May 29, 2017 On Memorial Day the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office had to have a Fish and Wildlife Officer drag a large gator out of a swimming pool in Venice, FL. Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies were …
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Late Night Open Thread — Christ: What An A**hole
I worship Jesus, not Mother Earth. He calls us all to be good stewards of the planet, but doesn't mean I have to care about global warming. — Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 31, 2017 Maybe Erick Infinite Ericks is just envious of the “Dumbest Man on the Internet” title. At least he took the ‘studying …
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Let’s go Pens
The Penguins got lucky on Monday night. They looked like crap except for a ten minute flurry in the first period which gave them enough of a cushion to survive playing lazy defense against a team that was jumping on the counter-attack. So now that they stole a game that they really should not win, …
20 Years Ago Today…
The mister and I tied the knot. Here’s my favorite picture from our wedding: He’s eyeballing my food, a common theme throughout our life together. And yet he still looks the same, and I’m older and fatter despite him eating half my food all these years! Oh well. Life isn’t fair. But it’s pretty damn …
Hillary Clinton at CodeCon
Hillary Clinton just wrapped up an interview at CodeCon. It went sorta like this: Hillary at #codecon pic.twitter.com/OaKGHzsDny — Cassandra Centeno (@IamCassandraEsq) May 31, 2017 I didn’t see the whole thing, but here are a few notable excerpts: Will she run again? “No.” On her future: “I’m not going anywhere, I have a big stake …
Spayd Neutered at Times
Okay, tacky headline…couldn’t resist. But those of us who cancelled our New York Times subscriptions in disgust during the 2016 campaign because of public editor Liz Spayd’s refusal to entertain the notion that her paper was playing with fire by vilifying Clinton and normalizing Trump might be interested to know that the Times is laying …
When it sizzles
Looks like Trump is backing out of the Paris Climate Accord. I’m not very expert on climate change issues, so I’ll ask…I know this is bad, just how bad is it?