I don’t know why, but I feel very tired today. My mouse stopped tracking evenly, and it’s driving me nuts! ARGH!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 7:29 (average 4:37). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
Ah… the memories!! RESIST!!
From Huffington Post: Fox News and host Tucker Carlson are losing more advertisers.
Long John Silver’s will no longer advertise on Fox News, as confirmed to Media Matters’ Angelo Carusone.
Nestlé and HelloFresh, which have advertised on Carlson’s show in the past, told The Hollywood Reporter they were no longer running ads on the show. Nestlé said it had no plans to do so in the future.
On Friday, Stein Mart confirmed that it is no longer running ads on Carlson’s show.
A spokesperson for SoFi, a personal finance company that had recently been running ads with Carlson, told HuffPost that the company buys “programmatic advertising and [does] not purchase directly through the sponsorship of any shows.” Additionally, SoFi said it had “made sure our ads will no longer air during this program.”
Earlier this week, Carlson claimed on his show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that there is no white supremacy problem in the United States, and that it’s a “hoax” proliferated by the media.
Wonderful! Our voices matter enough to punch the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, right in the wallet! RESIST!!
From Daily Kos: When I spotted this tiny, dark booth, I surveilled it for a while, feigning to study the map of the fairgrounds for bearings on my phone. Minutes passed, and then a few more, and all the while this forlorn booth had no guests. Literally not a single one.
It wasn’t for lack of potential visitors. Friday was a perfect day for the popular fair – warm but not hot, and as comfortably cloudy as it was sometimes sunny. Ohio’s capital city of Columbus is centrally located – in the Heart of it All of the Heart of it All – which makes for only a few hours’ drive to its location from just about anywhere in this quite populous state. Understandably, the fair was crowded. Just about every booth got their fair (sic.) share of attention this day, but for that one – sparse, and sporting an overly tiny identifying sign – which seemed patently unable to buy a break…
…Now Ohio is a purple state, but even though the fair takes place in the big city (Columbus is Ohio’s largest), the fair is a rural-themed park which attracts more than its share of the red team. That pretty much holds true for both booth denizens as well as fairgoers, but the marketplace’s desire to make the sale puts a damper on risky political banter. That’s why I was surprised when I saw the undersized sign on the back of the lonely booth:
T R U M P
P E N C E
Make America Great Again
The two twenty-something booth caretakers were bored. Very bored.
FOMCROTFPIMPLMAO! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
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4:32 Am I the only one creeped out by this picture? Ah – now you know how it feels for the mouse not to do what you want it to!
I sent this link to David Beard, who does the “Recharge” (feel-good”) newsletter for Mother Jones. I got a reply that said “What a story!” So it may appear there. But it needs to appear widely. And I certainly don’t want anyone here to miss it. Tissue alert.
Blast – I did follow the Beatles. Have everything on vinyl. Wouldn’t forget this one. Even saw the Peter Frampton movie (which was a hoot.)
HuffPo – Dear God, Tucker’s lost Nestlé! When you’ve lost Nestlé … I will still be boycotting them though. The others I don’t know much about their philosophy. But, as you say, it’s good to see him lose advertising period!
DK – I almost find this scary. I know the MAGAts are still out there. If they’re not at the fair, are they plotting some other mischief (like that which the Proud Boys in Portland are plotting? Stay safe, BTW)
Cartoon – “Worst case of suicide I’ve ever seen!”
(Thank you for your correction edit.)
Ah – you caught me.
Well, fair’s fair.
The ongoing violent contraindications between Proud Nazi Republicans and Anarchists is a major source of embarrassment for our city.
YT: Loved these guys, I think I have my 8 track somewhere of this song….Paul puts on fantastic shows, btw !!
HP: The advertisers speak volumes when they cancel a show…Thank the Lord that they are finally stepping up, and doing what’s right.
DK: Not so much under the cover yet. What a nice remark he said to them, at the booth though. What Joanne mentioned about the ‘proud boys’ are planning in your neck of the woods. ugh! Stay Safe!
Cartoon: Word.
Maybe you’ll want to check your battery in your mouse. I have run into that problem too. Enjoy your day, take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Was Bill Barr’s visit to the NYC facility so he could pick out a cell for himself or better yet, for his boss and family? ~ Bill K. ~
2. More telling though, of dt, he has always accused his opponents of acts he’s guilty of. His past history of projections should all give us cause for pause. ~ Steve C. ~
3. “Assistant SoS Kimberly Breier has resigned. Apparently she wasn’t racist enough for Stephen Miller’s liking.”
~ bp ~
I had that problem w/ my old mouse that did not have a recessed laser light. It would collect tiny little “dust bunnies” that made it track wildly.
I actually had to take a tweezer to pull the little bunnies out.
Pat’s suggestion of checking the battery (assuming it’s cordless) is also a good idea.
Beatles: Just love that song, and them! there is a section of Central Park, in Manhattan, called Strawberry Fields, not far from the Dakota, the building in which john and Yoko used to live.
HP: Could not happen to a more deserving piece of filth!
DK: Saw that yesterday, I believe, loved it. Whatever those bastsrds are up to, behind the scenes, under the scenes, it is good to see that their cachet has left the building.
‘Toon: The Republicans will call it suicide, because, in their twisted version of reality, they will see him as having set himself up for it.
3:27 Please get your mouse fixed, TomCat. The puzzles are less fun without a little competition.
Beatles: That was some musical flashback! Thanks.
HP: Excellent. Hitting Faux News and its hosts where it hurts the most, i.e. their earnings through advertisement, is the only thing that works. The more pressure on advertisers on Faux News to quit the better.
DK: May this observation predict the future of all the Maga booths until 2020, after which their merchandise can only be found on land-fill sites.
Cartoon: Republicans would say the same if that witness was found with a perfect hangman’s noose around his neck and not a point to suspend himself from in sight in the empty room.
Thanks and frustrated hugs to all.
Thanks for the mouse advice. It’s only three days old, and the batteries are brand new.
This is going to sound really dumb, but I have found that some electronics, especially mice, are picky about what brand of battery they like. It’s particularly crazy making when the ones they reject are the better quality one, and the ones they like are the cheap ones from Dollar Tree, but it happens, and especially with triple-A size. Since your is so new they are probably the batteries that it came with, and therefore should work, but ….
Changing the batteries is the first thing I tried. I’ve use Duracell AAs in an identical mouse for a couple years. When WWWendy gets here we’ll move the receiver to as different USB port.