Stuck with a sidekick today. The littlest got caught with a fever at daycare yesterday. Per usual, today he’s absolutely fine and full of energy. I’m pretty sure we’ll dope him up with Advil tomorrow, just in case. He’s actually been pretty okay, except that he’s part cat and desires to be touching, sitting, laying on me all the time. He also enjoys sitting in boxes and random acts of senseless violence. So maybe more than “part” cat. As long as he doesn’t start wearing cat ear headbands and talking about his fursona, we’re good.
Anyway, here’s some links for this afternoon.
Apparently, The Lump was actually some sort of parasite that turns people into Clinton-era Democrats. If only we could get it to spread and defeat the Commie bug.
Someone is going to get fired for this. Someone has one job: don’t let the Mayor sign things that he shouldn’t.
I’m interested in whatever has the punditocracy stirred up about Trump’s address tonight. Here’s the Puppyblender’s take. Shit. That joke has to be old enough to drink.
Also, SpaceX is launching another Big Fuck’n Rocket today.
The Rev covers Lemmy.
I would have thought a Florida Child would be at least up to aerosols by now.
We like to wait until the brain is a little more fully developed before teaching them to huff
Smart.
Oh god, they’ve resurrected the term Maverick.
That said, I think he’s kind of threatening to close the barn door after all the livestock left and the farmhouse burned down…
*sigh* I was really hoping the one hill he was not gonna die on would be something other than Israel.
Such as, oh, the party is going hard-core communist?
It just goes to show that he’s OK with that, I guess.
I mean, it’s funny to me when Fetterman gets the ire of the left after they wheeled his barely coherent body out there to events to get elected and pretended he was all well and good.
I’m not going to pretend he’s some moral or principled guy. If you can switch political parties over one issue you are probably a pretty “flexible” guy to begin with.
And WTF does “security assistance” even mean? If it means throwing money at them, I am against that too. Which is entirely different from being “anti-Israel” in my book.
Maybe his brains are just still scrambled because he’s not making sense.
But yeah, there is no way he would join the GOP – he is already on record supporting most of the Left’s platform.
there is no way he would join the GOP
Fetterman was a Republican in his 20s.
My memory is off slightly. I thought the Politico article on him said he was a Republican but it only says he was conservative:
He grew up in Central Pennsylvania’s York County, the son of an affluent insurance firm partner. As a teenager, he describes himself as a “football-playing meathead.” His family members were all Republicans, so he was a conservative too, though “not in an aggressive or angry way.”
He was obviously conservative when he pulled that shotgun on the black dude.
He was a Democrat whenever he did anything good in his life.
“… so he was a conservative too, though “not in an aggressive or angry way.”’
Is that like fucking someone, but not in a gay way? Of course, the quoted had to pass off the natural aggression of conservatives to ensure their friends that the speaker isn’t *too* dirty just by being vaguely associated with the accused.
Is the Lump where Joe Lieberman went when he died?
Ha!
The thing about Fetterman is, he woofs a lot, but I don’t think he has ever not cast a party-line Donk vote on anything that matters. If he does “leave” the Donks, I guarantee you he will be an “independent” who caucuses with them and votes with them.
Let’s say he left the D’s. He becomes a Republican. What is he going to do, vote against everything he claimed to stand for before? Get primaried and get ousted by a more MAGA guy?
Become an independent and what is Fetterman at all? He was a guy who ended up winning that election by default. He had the D after his name and the media running cover. He’d be gone the next election cycle still.
No refunds.
Trump’s teleprompter operator investigated for betting on speeches
Genius!
🙄
Is there a crime of some kind in using superior information to make money on betting markets?
It’s like gambling. Or any other “investment” unless you are in Congress or just super important.
It’s all nonsense to me. Like we need to protect the sanctity and fairness of gambling. But it’s A-OK for congress critters to short a stock on an industry they are about to demolish or give a leg-up.
Chased off a weird Mexican peddler just now with the help of my rusty Spanish, and then Bob. This town is so glamorous! 🎶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvg2Dcr7AFk
For Fourscore: hadn’t heard this until yesterday. Thanks, Sirius! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byT6UsvVQ-M
So you chased off Bob with the help of your rusty Spanish? Or am I misreading that.
He used the Rusty Spanish first, and then had to resort to Bob to finally get the shyster weirdo out of town.
I’m very confused.
I blame the Spanish.
Bob the builder?
What did he ever do to be involved in this?
Was he working on the wall?
TOO LOCAL NEWS: Property tax cap coming to ballots in NH
Republican legislators cheered Wednesday when Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed HB 1300, legislation they believe can both help bring property taxes under control and energize GOP turnout in November.
“We believe voters need the tool of a tax cap to curb property tax hikes and make schools accountable for results,” said Senate President Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry). “I salute Republicans in the Senate and House for passing this critical legislation and Gov. Ayotte for signing it.”
Thanks to the new law, voters across the state will have a question on their ballots this November, and again in 2028, asking whether their school property taxes should be capped at the rate of inflation plus new construction costs.
Fucking Retardlicans won’t lower your taxes but make sure they just go up at a less insane rate.
Republicans (most of them being libertarians masquerading as Republicans) in the state legislature have cut and eliminated taxes in NH over the last few years.
School budgets are all made at the municipal level in NH. Republicans have not had success with getting on school boards or with get-out-the-vote efforts in municipal elections. So, they decided to go with a tax cap option coming from the state level.
Are they hard R libertarian types?
Are they hard R libertarian types?
There are some morons in the state who think that since the current House Majority Leader used a certain naughty word in an internet post to make a point condemning racism, that he is a racist.
I agree in general with the cap legislation, it’s just that most of the time this is what Repubs do. It’s the Malice quote about driving the speed limit off the cliff.
And I also thought about how property taxes are levied here in Ohio, and yes it’s local so this is clearly better than nothing. I suppose my point was more in general.
I suppose my point was more in general
I understand.
Democrats in NH are banging the “downshifting costs” drum. They’re say that due to all the taxes at the state level that Republicans have cut or reduced, there is not enough money for the state to “pay its share” of education costs. I’ve seen Democrats play the “state isn’t paying its share of education costs” card in one form or the other ever since I moved to NH. It’s got a bad track record, but it might have an effect this year.
Why new construction costs? Isn’t construction on government schools paid for by bonds?
In NH, not necessarily. There is an option for municipal governments and school districts to put cash into a dedicated fund over several years for capital projects instead of bonds.
Whether they are bonds or cash, capital projects are budgeted separately in NH from recurring costs like salaries.
A reminder to one and all.
Honey Harvest is on schedule for the third Sunday in September, the 20th, only 2 months awy.
Some have made their reservations locally already but I’m sure there is still lots of space available. Thinking of the future we need to get as many Glibs as possible to meet up.
The leaves should be changing color and a trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior (about a 2 hour drive) will find lots of color. Bring a jacket.
Family friendly. Hope to see lots of never seen before faces.
If MikeS is there, tell him I said he’s gay.
Like Mike? Who the fuck have you ever met named Mike from North Dakota who wasn’t sucking dick?
You could come and tell him yourself. Two birds, one stone.
Canucks haven’t smoked you out yet?
Finally the smoke is lifting, much better air than 2 hours ago. I’m guessing a change in wind direction.
We might have to say RIP to Sean. TV says the Killer Canuck Smoke is about to overwhelm his neck of the woods. This shit is Canada’s retaliation for OMB’s assholery towards them.
I won’t be bringing The Jacket. For a while, I thought I’d like to hang with him IRL. There was TOS’ descent and I haven’t followed how they went, esp not Balko, the farthest fallen. (Went to IU, as well.) I imagine we’d still get along. (I *don’t* get along with very few people.)
I wish I could come, but that’s highly, highly, highly unlikely. I wonder how that’d go.
I also enjoy being present for that reveal.
*holds finger over mouth*
I would love to come.
Sadly not going to happen.
I’m hoping to be at least ambulatory after my next surgery by then but travel Is out of the question.
My fursona is delightful. I’d rather a purse-ona on a sugar mama to dawdle me along. I’m sure we could switch roles if she desired.
Que?
Inexplicable
Austin-based Saronic Technologies, a defense-industry startup, had narrowed down a selection process to two candidate sites, in Collinsville or in Brownsville, and they chose Brownsville. The project is to be called Port Alpha, and will now be linked to the Gulf of Mexico.
According to California Forever, this is the fault of the state legislature and governor for not stepping up fast enough to woo the company here.
“As California’s most vocal advocates for new industries, high-wage jobs, and homes people can afford our coalition is extremely frustrated that California lost this historic opportunity,” the group said in a statement. “Shipbuilding is in California’s heritage, and California was the natural home for Port Alpha.”
“While Texas moved quickly and aggressively, California could not provide the clear, expedited approval process needed to compete,” says Joshua Arce, executive director for the California Alliance of Jobs, speaking to the Chronicle. “This is an enormous loss for Solano County, California workers and our state’s manufacturing economy.”
Everybody knows California is the most business-friendly state in the union.
The Gulf of what, again?
Merica!
I’m being inclusive by using the M.
How much did they pay?
Love the Rev. Seen him several times.
New record at the kinnath compound. The weather station says dew point is 84 degrees. And the temp is 97.
It so awesome that the sun goes down an hour later than it should.
Enjoy the outdoor activities while it is still light …
I can watch outdoor activities through the picture window.
Abort. Boo.
Literally, Yusef / Bob and I had to make a guy go away. Didn’t overhear what he said and he’s too grumpy to ask.
Am suddenly a mother at my late age of twins ten and twenty years older than me. Plus five yappy dogs.
You’re a better person than I. My kids come and then leave after a few days.
…and no dogs…
Vous étiez tous si gentils à moi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9DO26O6dIg