We are now two days into the other side of Christmas, and it’s Day 9 of favorite dog and cat pics. And bunnies and horses! Only one more day of this; we will end on Day 10. The whole series is here: Favorite Dogs & Cats Series 🎄 Jada and Sioux, 2 weird Weimaraners (tip – …
Repub Stupidity Open Thread: Shut Up, Pence
I’ll think of that menorah when I watch you celebrate the 13 days of Christmas. https://t.co/geNBv0EAu7 — Panda Bernstein (@J4Years) December 20, 2022 (Spoiler: Count the candles.) Mr. Pierce, at Esquire — “All Mike Pence Wants for Christmas Is No Charges Against His Old Boss”: … The primary reason Pence will not be president …
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Acts of Kindness: Heroes Among Us
This week it’s all about the heroes. Liminal Owl sent in this act of heroism. I am totally charmed by this high schooler. Corion Evans, 16, said he immediately ran over, took off his shoes and shirt and went into the water when he saw the car sinking and heard the three occupants shouting for …
War for Ukraine Update 56: The Defenders of Mariupol Are Still Holding, But In Need of Relief!
Before we get started, and there will be more below the jump, the last reporting I’ve seen indicates that the Azov Regiment and the 36th Separate Marine Brigade are still, just barely holding on. I want to start tonight with this question from commenter egorelick from the comments to last night’s update post: I really …
War for Ukraine 24: Not a Lot of Changes To Report
(Victims of War by Sergey Grechanyuk) I want to start tonight with a question in a comment from Brachiator from last night’s post. Rather, his argument is don’t throw Putin a lifeline. Don’t give him a way out. I understand this. A war with NATO would let Putin appeal to loyalty and to nationalism. But …
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A Resignation Letter In Less Than 280 Characters
When Liz Cheney tweeted this yesterday: I figured there must be a bunch of long knives out for her. Sure enough: As a cohort of House Republicans angle to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as conference chair, the names reportedly floated to replace the House GOP leadership’s most ardent critic of former President Donald Trump appear …
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Test Post for WaterGirl – Friday 24 July
America surpasses 4 million Covid-19 cases, the most in the world. The country added 1 million known cases in just 15 days. https://t.co/nRER2k8Mlp — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 23, 2020 “There’s this pandemic fatigue,” said @Thomasctsai. “All eyes were on New York. Houston is New York now. Miami is New York now. Phoenix is …