I’m writing for tomorrow, and trying to get as much rest as I can, because tomorrow is a physical therapy day. Because that is sure to involve pain, I may have little or nothing to post on Friday. Day 52.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:02 (average 4:58). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Upworthy: Here’s a video that sorta shows what could happen to different cities as the tides rise. I get it; we don’t know exactly what that world will actually look like after this goes down. I’m guessing there will be levees, water pumps, sandbags, and other city-saving devices to protect the coasts for a little while. However, this artist wanted to make a point — an important point — about protecting what we’ve got.
You can be sure that the 1% will allow is the exclusive use of inundated dwellings.
From The New Yorker: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that she is “seriously considering” not running for President in 2016 after reading an avalanche of scathing one-star reviews on Amazon for her new book, “Hard Choices.”
Secretary Clinton said that she was “shattered” to discover that dozens of people had apparently purchased her book on its first day of publication, read all six hundred and fifty-six pages in one sitting, and judged the finished product so unsatisfactory that it only merited one star on Amazon.
“These people all read my book cover to cover on the very first day it was published, so they must have really been looking forward to it,” a shaken Clinton told reporters. “It’s devastating for me to think about how I must have let them down.”
But Andy, we already knew it stunk, because you told us Idiot, Son of Idiot, Named after Idiot refused to plagiarize it.
From Daily Kos: Guns everywhere does mean everywhere:
Montgomery, Alabama officials have mere weeks to sort out whether gun-toting voters should be allowed in polling places under a new state law.
Differing interpretations of the new law became a problem in Tuesday’s primary after men showed up with guns in at least two precincts near Birmingham. Also, an east Alabama county first banned guns from polling places only to change the policy.
A law enforcement leader in Shelby County says someone needs to sort out the confusion before the runoff election on July 15. Two armed voters tried to cast ballots there.
Boy, I sure would hate to be a black voter in Alabama when a bunch of open carry nuts decide to show up with their high-powered rifles and Confederate T-shirts. Let me guess the response from the gun nuts: "Hey … just exercising our rights! Wanna make something of it?"
When Bill Maher coined the term Ammosexual, did he nail it, or what?
Cartoon:
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2:35 I caught that train before it left the station.
3:37 Patty, you must be a Bullet train from Japan or Le Mistral from France!
I let you win that one, because I can't eat a train. You may win today's too, because I'm sich of dawg meat.
While you're hurting the therapist says "if it doesn't hurt, it's not helping". Duh!
Upworthy ~Amazing imagery. It's already happening in some coastal cities due to erosion and rising sea levels. Here's Norfolk – http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/17/sea-level-rise-swamps-norfolk-us-coasts/3893825/
New Yorker ~ I wonder if Rand wrote all those reviews.
Daily Kos ~ Do lawmakers ever consider of the consequences of some of their legislation? I think not because that would require a functioning brain.
Cartoon ~ LOL
Sorry TC you are going to suffer so with the physiotherapist – Patty is right, they do say things like that! Love the comments by Gloria and Patty, and I can't do as well as them as I am feeling rather yeurghhh today! (How bad IS that book of Hillary's?!).
Told you I was feeling proper poorly – I forgot a key phrase of my sentence – it should have read
" Love the comments by Gloria and Patty, and I can't even try to do as well as them as I am feeling rather yeurghhh today!"
4:12 And this, dear friends, is why for me, and many others in my generation and older, air travel cannot replace rail travel.
Upworthy – But, you know, levees, water pumps, sandbags, and the like, can only be used if the problem can be addressed. Since it's illegal to mention sea level rise in North Carolina, and doesn't Virginia have something in place too? and illegal to mention climate change in Canada (I guess it's OK if you are not a meteorologist, but if you are, jail for you), how will they plan?
The New Yorker – Oh, come now, having Rand Paul refuse to plagiarize you is a COMPLIMENT. Like being on Nixon's enemies list or being fired by Scott Walker.
Daily Kos – I am sure glad Colorado has all-mail voting now. Incidentally I have it in the back of my head that Bill didn't coin "ammosexual" but popularized it (It was in "The Urban Dictionary" in March). I do not want to detract from his brilliant conceptualization and presentation of it though. He definitely made it universal.
Cartoon – Yes. Well.
Good luck with therapy. Take catnip.
Hi Tom, love, love the cartoon. I will be in Oregon (Hubbard) leaving Saturday with no access to internet. "See" you when I return, hopefully with renewed energy.
Have a good trip, even though Hubbard is not the excitement capitol of Oregon!
Puzzle — 3:37 Patty, you must be a Bullet train from Japan or Le Mistral from France!
Upworthy — And that's on a sunny day! On a rainy day, even 5 feet would feel oppressive. The destructive forces at 5 feet would be enough to bankrupt most! The old saying "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later when the costs escalate," comes to mind. We can't wait to deal with climate change, the future is now!
The New Yorker — I wonder if Andy has been listening to Republicanus/Teabagger dreams?
Daily Kos — The idea of guns being allowed in polling places, IMO, is absolutely ludicrous. It brings to mind some other countries where voters pay dearly for the right to vote, even being killed by militias for showing up in the voting lines. It is outright intimidation, no matter skin colour, ethnicity, gender. I certainly do not see this as an act of a nation that purports to be the "land of the free" and the "leader of the free world".
Cartoon — Achem . . . could you speak a little louder? I can't hear you.
Ihope you make it through your therapy with as little pain as possible.
Upworthy: This should be shown as a public service announcement all over the country. Too many are complacent and don't want to believe what can happen.
The New Yorker: Poor Hillary.
Daily Kos: This country is going nuts. Guns at the polls? Too many fist fights occur at them now, can you imagine how ghastly it will be if people can carry guns there? The NRA and gun industry has much to answer for when people finally wake up and realize they have been duped.
cartoon: Apt!
TC, hope the physio went well. I had physio 3 times this week . . . neck, lower back and right knee. While it was sore to begin with, and I have had several setbacks, I am able to ride a recumbent bicycle for 35 minutes now with a level 8 resistance for the last 10 minutes. I get traction for back and neck which has really helped, as well as the "jiggle" machine for 8 minutes. Today was the second day for the jiggle machine and I cracked up laughing because my boobs were jiggling so much that I thought I would get hit in the face with them.
Stick with it my friend. It really does help in the long run. Take care. Namaste
Thank you!
Thanks all. In a word… ouch!