Yesterday, I finished a couple more cartoons for November. I admit they all look alike … but mostly there are others separating them which don’t. I looked at the weather and the almanac and learned I can get away with staying the full visitation time, but may have to pull off the road a bit at one point to adjust my visor. (The next visit will be on Standard time, and I will have to watch the almanac very carefully inded to know how early I need to leave. Staying over is becoming too much for me, especially since doing so no longer gives me an extra day to visit.) I have ordered a visor clip, but I won’t have it for tomorrow, and may not have it for the next visit either.
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Short Takes –
Wonkette – TN State Senator Indicted For Hilarious Campaign Finance Hijinks
Quote – Naturally, the “social club” run by Defendant Smith has a PAC, as all your better single-outlet eating establishments do. (LOL, wut?) And according to the indictment, the defendants used this PAC to move $106,000 from Kelsey’s state campaign coffers to support his 2016 run for the US House — an illegal use of so called “soft money” because the state campaign donations are not subject to federal campaign finance limits. So to disguise the transfer, these two geniuses moved the cash from Kelsey’s state campaign to the “social club” PAC, and thence on through one more PAC until it wound up at the American Conservative Union, which immediately dropped $80,000 on radio ads endorsing Kelsey’s federal campaign.
Click through for full description of indictment (plus a link to the real thing.) Enjoy this story. The next two are scary.
Mother Jones – How Do People Join Militias? A Leaked Oath Keepers Roster Has Answers.
Quote – Some of the explanations offered in the database are absurd: “Old man in Jarome, AZ at a little bar rocking some reggae,” reads one. Others are concerning: “An ICE agent,” another says. Some are both: “Funny story, I stopped a speeding truck driver, who had your decal on the side of his truck, I asked about it, he went on and on, I said, Damn I’m all about this. looked up online and here I am. I’m a poor broke cop. But, I’m TRUE BLUE/ AMERICAN,” reads an accounting from an Illinois-based police officer.
Click through for story. How can a nation protect itself against this?
Pro Publica – A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist. That Hasn’t Stopped Some From Jeopardizing Cases.
Quote – The list was created a decade ago amid a sprawling investigation into the city’s biggest police union and its role in helping officers “fix” tickets issued to family and friends for speeding, illegal parking and other traffic offenses. It grew to 664 names and was intended to help prosecutors vet cases that might rest too heavily on officers whose ties to the scandal could raise questions about their conduct and credibility. Ten years after it was first created, the No Fly List itself remains secret by judicial seal.
Click Through for discouraging details The Department has roughly 36,000 officers, and the list has 664. That doesn’t sound like a lot … but it’s still way too many. ONE would be too many.
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Hope your visor comes in soon!
TN State Senator Indicted For Hilarious Campaign Finance Hijinks
The Nixon era adage proven true for another republican … again: “Follow the Money!”
How Do People Join Militias? A Leaked Oath Keepers Roster Has Answers.
I’ve often wondered about that. Very discouraged (but not surprised) to learn the role the police play in the process.
A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist. That Hasn’t Stopped Some From Jeopardizing Cases.
What a mess!
Sounds like you’ve got things under control. re: Your visit and the cartoons that you post on PP. Safe travels and a little fun for you with Virgil. Take good care, to and fro too.
Cartoon: A GREAT DAY! for all of us.
Wonkette: Glad that he was found out, and indicted.
MJ: Holy Moly! Pretty dam scary! imho.
PP: Yikes!
THIS JUST IN:
TJI “Any member of Congress who helped plot a terrorist attack on ourNation’s Capitol ,must be expelled.”
~ Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ~
2. “If the evidence leads to former President Trump, the committee will go forward with it, and subpoena him.” ~ 1/6 Select Committee Bennie Thompson ~
3. “Subpoenas are requirements, not requests.” ~ Val Demings ~
4. “Marjorie Taylor Green must pay $5,500 in House Fines for refusing to wear her mask.
~Call to Action (CTA)~
5. “Our Administration will always fight to defend the right of women to make decisions about their own bodies. It is non-negotiable.” ~ Vice President Kamala Harris~
6. “BREAKING: The Governor of Texas just signed SB1, a new voter suppression law. This law is unconstitutional and anti-democratic. Texas — we’ll see you in court. Again.” ~ ACLU ~
TJI #1 – There are enough Dems to make that happen in the House. The Senate is another matter, sadly. And so is the Supreme Court.
TJI #2 – I would have said (and he probably thought) “When” instead of “If.” But the best choice would have been “Since.”
TJI #3 – White privilege is real, and they are counting on it. Male privilege is real, and they are counting on it. Jerk privilege – I fear that’s also real. They certainly are counting on it too.
TJI #4 – And she won’t stop there. And they will take it out of her pay. And she will scream like – well, I can’t say that.
TJI #5 – Thank God for the ACLU. May they – and we – prevail.
TJI #1 – AMEN!
TJI #2 – If America is truly a “Nation of Laws” – there really is NO other option
TJI #3 – Spot on!
TJI #4 – SUPER! I hope she’s NOT allowed to use campaign donations to cover her well-deserved fine.
TJI #5 – AMEN!
TJI #6 – I love, Love, LOVE the ACLU!
Comment from Mitch –
‘Toon: A good day!Wonkette: True Amerikans, in the Heartland!
MJ: America can not! And, therein is the rub. We are working towards a next, “hot” civil war. Sadly, for whatever reason, the oath that they want
to keep seems to be one that they misunderstand. I expect that, unintentionally, but much to their joy, the NRA’s BS about the 2nd amendment
has played into this. “Racial animus?” Nahhhhh. Ya think? Yaaaaaaa!
ProPublica: Sadly, no surprise. There have long been too many problems with policing culture.
FFT: This is the truth!
Mitch
Good to see you well prepared to visit Virgil this weekend. Give him my regards and both stay safe and well.
Cartoon: There was a similar march in 2016 when TFG got the hot seat in the White House but it only got worse since then in the red states. Time to start all over.
Wonkette: This is so petty it’s laughable. The pettiness reflects the level of government.
MJ: Word by mouth always works best, doesn’t it?
PP: That list is 10 years old. It wouldn’t surprise me if it turned out much longer when it would be made today.
FFT: Each of those three pictures is true.
Not staying to comment.
I was home at 1600 hours but in extreme pain when all the anaesthesia and freezing came out. i was prescribed hydromorphone but it barely touches the pain. I was also very tired but anaesthesia and hydromorphone will do that. When my ride left at 1730 hours, I laid down for 2 hours then got up to feed the babies. My friend Neda brought me some homemade chicken and vegetable soup and then her husband, Ghasem who is my physiotherapist, dropped by for a short visit. He said they are preparing some meals for me that are bone healing friendly. The pain has reduced a bit and I think having food is the reason since i had not eaten since yesterday night.
Well it is done except for the healing. I must go as the pain is starting to come again. I have meds to take and sleep to get. Everybody take care and stay safe
Glad to hear you’re back home. And you certainly are blessed w/ dear friends!
Good to see the operation is behind you, Lynn, but I’m sorry to hear you’re in so much pain. Rest and let your friends look after you in the great way they do.
Prayers being sent your way for the pain to subside soon and that you recover quickly. Take care Lynn.
Healing thoughts being beamed your way, Lynn. I’ve had enough physical challenges, surgeries, to last the rest of my life, I hope your pain eases and your healing is quick. Hugs, :^) gene
Hoping today’s better, Lynn! (Be sure to eat lots of fiber if you’re still using pain meds. They can cause some ”binding” issues….if you get my drift. Love, MOM!)
Prayers and healing thoughts to you, Lynn.
Hope that you get to feeling better with each passing day.
Take good care!