I completed the Alzheimer's Walk for Memories on Sunday 01/05/2016 but managed to do in my knee. It was swollen to the size of a grapefruit and I managed to mess up my hamstring where it connects to my left knee on the lateral side. I was scolded by my physio for overdoing it, but the walk was only 2 km. I did raise $1,645 and our little team raised $8,000. So I am happy! Not only did our fundraising go over the top, but so did the temperatures. It was about 27 C (80 F) and yesterday was just as bad. I am using my laptop more but have not figured out how to highlight something for copy/paste. Copy/paste is no big deal using the keyboard commands. Another nice part of the laptop is the touch screen. I'll have to remember to never eat a sticky cinnamon bun while using the laptop.
Short Takes
Huffington Post — Mark Salter, who served as chief of staff to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and worked as an adviser on both of McCain’s presidential campaigns, says he’ll be supporting Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump this fall. …
In a January Esquire essay, he [Salter] described the candidate as “a cartoon villain, a fake, a cheat, a liar, a creep, a bullying, bragging, bullshitting, blowhard kind of asshole.”
How's that for a ringing endorsement?
Raw Story — An online petition to boycott Target over the store’s policy that transgender individuals can use the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity has gathered more than 1 million signatures. Conservative activists said they are worried that men will take advantage of the policy and enter women’s restrooms.
It turns out they may be right that some men are taking advantage of the policy — but those men are the conservative activists.
This really is getting rather ridiculous in my view. When I think back to my pre-teen years, there were no cautionary signs on the doors that men could not enter, yet I am sure there were transgendered people then too. If a man wants to enter a women's bathroom for other than peeing, he will find a way. What are the bathroom police going to do to monitor this? . . . stand at the door and say to everyone to "drop your drawers" before they can enter?? And lest I be seen as sexist, what about predatory females in the men's restroom? What about pedofiles in either bathroom?
Truthdig — In this stand-up bit from his 2005 show “Life Is Worth Losing,” Carlin explains the way America works and why politicians don’t have much power.
George Carlin has always been a favourite of mine. And although he uses a lot of blue language, he gets to the truth very quickly.
Daily Kos — Never one to be timid with her political views, singer, actor, director, and activist Barbra Streisand, decided to chime in on one of the many alleged conspiracy theories (CT) against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. One of the latest CTs circulating charges that the former New York senator and U.S. Secretary of State is holding back some deep dark secrets contained within her Goldman Sachs speech transcripts, based on the fact that Clinton was paid well. Streisand, who is a proclaimed Hillary Clinton supporter, feminist, and Medal of Freedom recipient tweets:
What's the issue about Secretary @HillaryClinton getting $225k a speech when Pres Bush 41/43 got $1m/Trump $1.25m. OK for men but not women?
It is pretty hard, in my mind, not to agree with Streisand's logic. The fees are high in my mind, but when compared to Baby Bush and Drumpf? . . . she knows more than both put together.
My Universe —
Giving new meaning to getting your knickers in a twist!
I love when I can play in the gym!
Why didn't you tell me it would explode?
Read my mind!
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Carlin is/was so spot on! And when was he putting this out? Hey, he's been gone a while now. Notice, he did not say Koch-suckers, because at the time no-one much knew about their evil.
HP: “…a cartoon villain, a fake, a cheat, a liar, a creep, a bullying, bragging, bullshitting, blowhard kind of asshole.” And Salter was probably trying to be "nice," at the time.
Daily Kos: And who set up that conspiracy theory? My theory is that it was Bill O'Lielly, the CT source non-pariel! But, who really knows? See, women are underpaid even at that level. What, if Hillary becomes presdent, will congress lower the pay?
"I am using my laptop more but have not figured out how to highlight something for copy/paste"
A bit past my bedtime, so this will be a focused, dedicated post:
To highlight text using your “mouse” [typically the big, center pad] position your cursor at the beginning of the text you want to highlight. Press and hold your primary mouse button (commonly the left-button); while holding the left button, drag the cursor [mouse] to the end of the text and let go
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001669.htm
HuffPo – Almost as good as John Boehner's endorsement. Or George Will's. But what's he going to do if it's Bernie (who just won Indiana) and not Hillary?
Raw Story – There are also petitions supporting Target. I prefer to sign those and not boycott.
Truthdig – As one of the elite, not of course the financial elite, but one of the mental elite who does know what is going on and tries to throw monkey wrenches into it – I do point out Bernie just won Indiana.
DKos – Well, I understand that she has a point – but I think more to the point is that, sure, it's not OK for anyone, but Republicans consider it OK for Republicans. It's Democrats who don't like when Democrats do it.
Universe – Cute. I'd watch my back around that last one, though.
You can't say I didn't warn you not to overdo the walk, Lynn. However, with so much money raised for Alzheimer research by you and your team members, you should be very proud of yourself and so you'll have to grin and bear it in the most literal sense. And it is a good excuse to use your new laptop more 😉
HP: I take it that Mark Salter is referring to Drumpf in his quote from Esquire. If you've said something like that about your own party's most likely nominee then there's only two options left for you: don't vote at all or switch sides. Salter chose the latter, but I just wonder what he would have done if Ted Cruz had won the primaries.
My Universe: Poor kitties, won't someone help them get out of their dire situation?
RS: If a transgender man has transitioned fully into a woman, she still wouldn't be allowed to use the women's bathroom in NC because it isn't according to her gender on her birth certificate. So the bathroom police is going to have to check everyone's birth certificate 😉 It's so ridiculously impractical that it would be laughable if not for the mean spiritedness of it all. And the bathroom police would do better to accompany the transsexual person into the bathroom and start guard to protect them from being beaten up or even killed, especially the (former) male transsexuals going into the gents dressed according to their new gender, that of woman. If a transsexual obeying the law ended up hurt in the Target store facilities they would have every right to sue Targetfor not providing protection and endangering their lives. Let's hope it won't come to that and Target sees the error of their ways.
Truthdig: Never seen/heard of George Carlin before, but his 2005 stand-up show hits today's nail just as hard on the head as it did then. "It's called The American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." How true.
DK: Barbara Streisand's perspective is refreshing. If you look at it her way, the fees Hillary received are peanuts compared to those of Bush and Drumpf. But where Hillary's fees are rather hefty – no, I should say "over the top" in my book, those of Bush and Drumpf are utterly ridiculous. But then all three were speaking for Goldman Sachs and to the leisure of the old rich boys in the club who'd rather spend thousands on a bottle of bubbling water than on helping out the poor. And that of course is the crux of the matter.
My Universe: LOL But poor kitties, won't someone help them out of their dire situation?
HP: Good news, indeed!
RS: Back in my day, if the lady's room line was long, I'd pop into the men's RR and be done with it. Done.
TruthDig: Awesome clip! Love Carlin…he walked the walk, and talked the talk. RIP, George.
DK: Awesome for Ms. Streisand to tweet this.
My Universe: 1. Ouch!!! 2. Yikes! I had a cat that did the same thing! 3. Aww… 4. Uh..oh!! I'm in trouble now. (me, not the cat!)
Congratulations on you completing your walk. Bad for your knee though. Hope you start feeling better soon. I'm on lunch break so I gotta run. Take care!
Thanks, Lynn for post.
On a laptop, place the cursor to the left of the first line ofd the area you want to copy. Hold the left keypad button down with your left index finger. Drag your right index finger across the keypad to the right and/or down until the text you want to copy is highlighted. Release the left keypad button. Better alternstive:
USE a Mouse!!
The endorsement is an understatement.
Larry Craig will be their Welcome Wagon.
They don't own the TomCat! Otherwise. he's spot-on.
Good Tweet!!
Sometimes I wake up like that!