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- After hearing the new Space Force theme song, I’m reminded that in space, no one can hear you sing.
- Add to Dark Brandon’s accomplishments: competently dealing with the spread of monkeypox. US infection rates are down 60% in six weeks after a rapid effort to get vulnerable people educated and vaccinated. Nobody questioned the vaccine or lambasted efforts to stop the spread. THAT’S effective leadership.
- Florida: the state warning labels were made for.
- The privilege of being a conservative, powerful troll like Ron DeSantis is that when you’re in trouble, you know the opposing political party in power won’t be an asshole like you would be. So when you need help, you know you can rely on the Democrat to do the right thing. Democrats can’t say the same thing because conservatives are self-important authoritarians who would withhold assistance to people in need simply because they disagree politically with you.
- My theory: Butterflies were named by a long-lost dyslexic who watched one flutter by.
- I want to know when each of the 200,000 pages of the 11,000 government documents–particularly the classified documents–got to Mar-a-Lago. I’m not yet convinced that Trump took all of them down in the last days of his administration; I think at least some of them accumulated over the four years of his presidency during uncountable trips to his Florida flophouse. My belief: he and his staff took classified documents down there during his weekly visits and just left them there, with some staffer responsible for cleaning them up by putting them in boxes when they leave. So who knows how long classified information was at Mar-a-Lago and who had access to them.
- A local business has hired one of those multiple-spotlight stands that shines the light into the air to attract a crowd, and Covid Jack is like, “What the fuck are you doing? No, people! Get away!” The scars of the pandemic run deep.
- Self-declared “fiscal conservative” Ron DeSantis used millions in taxpayer dollars for a political publicity stunt rather than return that money back to taxpayers–all while Floridians deal with one of the most dysfunctional healthcare systems in the country, the state ranks 47th in teacher pay, schools are violating laws exceeding acceptable student:teacher ratio, and with a powerful hurricane approaching. I always thought “fiscal conservative” meant someone who reduced spending, not someone who directed government funds to their personal benefit.
- Tucker Carlson doesn’t believe the results of the 2020 US election, but he’s okay with the results of the Russian referendum in Ukraine ‘cause rubles.
- Thought leaders are being replaced by social media influencers, and it shows.
- Conservatives are offended that a Black woman played a flute once owned by a slave-owning president, demonstrating that they believe “certain people” shouldn’t be allowed to embrace the legacy of our nation’s Founding Fathers.
- The Lizzo-flute kerfuffle demonstrates why I don’t like “untouchable” artifacts. Yes, some things are too delicate to handle, and they should be preserved. But for items like Madison’s crystal flute–which is durable and playable–let people see it and handle it. A physical connection to the past helps people appreciate history.
- It seems to have fallen off the radar that Dr. Oz isn’t the only GOP carpetbagger in this year’s elections. Remember: Herschel Walker lived in Texas until last year.
- Sorry, but what happened to Tua is just not right. Head injury on Sunday, but put back in the game. Compounded that head injury with another on Thursday, and now the player is at risk for a trip to injured reserve and worse, permanent brain damage. He should not have been allowed to reenter Sunday’s game, or play last night. It was never a close call, in my opinion.
- Seasoning a cast iron skillet is as much science as art.
- Thanks in large part to Tucker Carlson’s example, Fox is TASS 2.0. It is so reliably pro-Putin, they put borscht on the menu for the network cafeteria.
- The most versatile cocktail garnish? A lemon, as wedge or twist. But the best? Blue cheese stuffed olives, for martini or bloody mary.
- Less than 40 days until the midterms, and everyone reading must: (1) verify your voter registration; (2) get promises from ten like-minded but (but civically lazy or uninterested) friends that they WILL vote in the midterms; (3) decide what candidates you endorse and let previously-mentioned friends know so they’re informed voters; and (4) volunteer for a candidate in a swing race in your area. From school board to Senate, every race counts.
- How many Muppets died to make the Boise St. football field?
