Each day I continue to improve, but my stamina remains horrid. The plan is to love my bed to avoid a relapse.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:47 (average 4:56). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Daily Kos Channel): Rep. Jackie Speier on harassment in Congress
I fully agree with her, but am sick of Republicans and biased media using Clinton as an endless equalizer for scores of Republican perverts. RESIST!!
From Houston Chronicle: A Houston-area sheriff said Wednesday he’s concerned the driver of a truck displaying an expletive filled message against President Donald Trump and those who voted for him is creating a situation that could lead to confrontations with people offended by the sign.
Best window sticker I’ve seen! RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: Breaking his silence on Alabama’s embattled Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that dumping Roy Moore could start a “dangerous trend” of believing women.
“I think we need to be very, very careful here,” Trump told reporters. “This is not just about Roy Moore. This is about our country deciding that we are going to start believing women, something that we have never done before.
“This is a very dangerous road we’re heading down,” he said.
Trump cautioned that, if instituted, a new practice of believing women would “totally destroy” the system that the country already has in place. “For years we’ve had a system of believing men,” he said. “It’s worked very well. It’s done a great job.”
Kudos to Andy for channeling Trump perfectly! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
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4:23 Brrrr.
YouTube DKos – You’re going to be sorry you said you were sick of them using Clinton. It’s about to get worse.
Houston – Well, now, isn’t that a great example of a concern troll!
TNY – Well, yeah. If we start believing women, it could lead to believing children. And that could even lead to believing evidence. Can’t have that.
Cartoon – I assume you mean for the very first time.
OK, maybe dropping the F bomb twice like that is excessive. What will parents tell their kids? However, it’s hard to think of any more polite language that would fit.
DK: Yes, it’s getting pretty bad now. Sad.
HC: GREAT sticker. HONK!!! HONK!!!
NYer: Yea…..ain’t that the truth??!
Cartoon: Such a Legacy! I loved the seasonal shows of the ‘Peanuts Gang’, and have fond memories of faithfully reading them in the newspaper every day.
Hope you continue your regimen, and get better and better with each passing day. Take good care, enjoy your evening, and Thanks, Tom.
Good Morning, Friends,
Here’s a follow-up story re: the truck with the sign in the back.
From the AP wires:
https://apnews.com/b2a6f149e5044dedb9932f8b9fb13fdd?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
Interesting. Thanks. I had heard a rumor she was picked up on a bench warrant for some other outstanding traffic offense. I suppose that would have been an excuse had it been accurate.
I wholeheartedly endorse the Houston drivers sentiments …
BUT I also wholeheartedly disagree with the way s/he is going about displaying them.
There’s already an hideous coarsening of our culture courtesy of Twitler – it doesn’t help to engage by lowering ourselves to his level.
(Plus the likelihood of that truck getting keyed – or worse – is probably nigh unto absolute.)
YT/DK: At the gym, yesterday, Shammity (my new name for him) was pushing headlines going back to the Bill Clinton “situation,” apparently seeking to downplay Moore’s situation, and to distract it’s dumb sheep with more Clinton bashing. Clinton abused his power, sure did! Moore abused his power, and CHILDREN!
Truck Sticker: Marvelously beautiful, but the driver could come across a total bozo who might just want to shoot it out! And yes, it is crass.
NYorker: Believe women, find evidence, follow evidence? What the heck, you think this is a country based on laws?
‘toon: Lucy lives! Charlie too.
DK: Couldn’t get any sound with this video here or on YouTube, so I’ll have to pass on this one
HC: Nameless said it all and so much better than I could.
TNY: Andy, this is so close to the truth it isn’t satire and not funny at all. But thank you for writing it.
Cartoon: Although this dates from before I was born, it does make me, a Peanuts fan, feel very old.
Thanks all. Hugs.
I assumed the the UCs blanked in the pic were also blanked on the car. If that’s incorrect, I agree with JD, Freya and Nameless.
TC, you may be giving me too much credit. My point was that, although I wouldn’t do that because I don’t want death threats from troglodytes, anyone who is willing to put up with death threats from troglodytes has a first amendment right to do so, and law enforcement should be concerned with the law – in this case, the first amendment. The sheriff’s wanting her to take it down because of “concern” for her maybe getting death threats was misplaced.
That’s a good reason too.