Here. Have at it. My brain is pudding. My brain is pudding that has been pushed through a sieve. My brain is pudding that has been pushed through a sieve and left in the fridge to chill and forgotten about for 3 weeks and has grown a sweater. Anyway. I’m here with my dark sense of humor as a structural support. Happy for Brazil and Serbia. One more week to election day! Next week cometh soon, next Wednesday we shall hopefully partieth as well. (I’m ok, I swear, even though this header is weird.) Do you thing in a kind, … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread

Dad is doing ok, not great. Hospice is an absolutely wonderful organization. If you ever even think you or a loved one needs them, get them involved immediately! They make everything so much easier on the patient. That is my recommendation for the week. Be cool, kind, considerate, and calm. I’m in and out here. Hugs all around. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is still lurking

Today. Here I come. I may never leave again. There’s no place like home! No threatening Glinda, Elphaba, Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Not even the Flying Monkeys. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is headed home

Part 2! Do your thing, folks. Be cool, be kind, be considerate. Look both ways before tying your shoes. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is traveling

And has a stuffy nose. Fun! Gotta love those drastic temperature swings. So I don’t have it in me. I’ll be traveling next week and the week after as well, so expect a string of these. Take care, I’ll be around, hug your pets extra for me. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is traveling

But feeling oh so very tired. The Ham Fam is doing ok. Still missing our buddy, and will forever. Y’all know. Anyway. Do your thing in a kind, cool, and collected manner. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Give everybody some grace, and give yourself some too. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is capable

How about y’all? I hope so. Let’s talk some politics! This week in SCOTUS: “The Supreme Court will choose soon whether Trump can illegally take over elections” It should be a simple question. And yet…https://tinyurl.com/3db35fxc Good article by Kevin Kruse: “Denouncing Extremists” – how the media treats Dems differently from the GOP. GASP. I know, right??! This is brand new information! But this is a well-cited article. https://tinyurl.com/ykj69shx And just a handy little analogy for you here. Get out there and grab this first full week of September by the horns and wrassle it into submission. Or just let it … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread enjoyed the long weekend

So I will give you something to discuss instead: You are never able to button your shirt up correctly the first time. The plug never goes in the right way. Your socks are always a little too loose or a little too tight, but never correct. So those are my three suggestions. What would you deem worthy of heck? No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. May your socks be correct today. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread doesn’t have it today.

Putting this up top, front and center. Do not panic about this! Elie Mystal is raising his kid right. Good news out of Arizona. “Arizona Charts New Path for the Right to Speak Freely. In upholding an election disclosure law, the Arizona Supreme Court departed from the U.S. Supreme Court’s framework for evaluating free speech claims.” – https://tinyurl.com/3aap6ucj Be cool. Be kind. Be considerate. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is muddling through

That’s about all I have in me. SheleetaDad isn’t doing well (along with a lot of other dads of the PT, so let’s all keep each other in each other’s thoughts). And I just want to encourage people to take some time for themselves. Did you know that you can take 2 minutes and just sit in a chair with your eyes closed and just breathe? Everyone can find 2 minutes, even during the worst of times. So that’s my gift to you. Take 2 minutes and breathe. Give yourself and others grace. I write these things as a reminder … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is breathing

Sorry everyone. I was over caffeinated yesterday. But I burned it off on my treadmill. Onwards! First up, a link to this article from Mark Jacob regarding independent journalists. “25 must-follow people in pro-democracy media” He says “We’re in scary times, but lots of folks in media are doing their damnedest to defend democracy. My Stop the Presses newsletter praises 25 of them and also cites other fierce fighters. See if you agree.” – https://tinyurl.com/4rdcxkvv “Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat” – https://tinyurl.com/yw3zkw7v I know these clams are Alaskan, and we’ve already talked about … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread isn’t going to be bonkers

It’s late. I’m tired. I forgot until now. It’s 30 minutes until Tuesday, specifically. So do your thing in a kind, calm, and cool manner. Look both ways before tying your shoes. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread phones another one in!

Holy crap y’all. Heat wave is supposed to break day after tomorrow, but the weather people have been saying that for a week now and we keep missing out on the afternoon thunderstorms, so it keeps not breaking. GAH! Let’s do some politics. Wow. This seems bad, from The Guardian. “Nicaragua’s president says country will not hold any more elections” – https://tinyurl.com/2mcke4ry From Kyle Cheney at Politico. “FBI Director Kash Patel plans Russia trip.” And Putin plans the mostest obvious-est honeypot ever. – https://tinyurl.com/38fmjx55 I mean, they’re playing all the hits. Why not hit Hawley-Smoot? From Kevin Kruse. https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social/post/3mr4ddzvepc24 That’s … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is tired of the heat dome

After spending a week at my writer’s retreat. I wrote a short piece, read three short pieces to an audience, napped a LOT (it was glorious), went for a hike, danced my face off, and acted in a bunch of skits for The Gong Show. Why yes, it is just adult summer camp, and I LOVE IT. Ahem. First, from the Star Tribune: “Feds quietly share evidence in Good and Pretti shootings with Minnesota investigators. The evidence includes the SUV Renee Good was driving and is considered comprehensive.” One of the poets I hung out with last week was from … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is back in the real world.

Behold. From Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein at Politico “Trump’s election crusade hits another wall at the Supreme Court” This is about the mail-in ballots case, and The Idiot’s obsession with them. thttps://tinyurl.com/4344pxxx “Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui gets 30 years in U.S. prison for fraud conviction” – NPR Fun Fact: Steve Bannon was on Wengui’s yacht when he got arrested by the US Postal Police. https://tinyurl.com/2wmr4uha Rep. Kean is coming back today with an explanation of where he’s been. Guesses: He got lost with Bigfoot, he got kidnapped by the Tartan Army (important question, are they taking other people, like … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread has the mostest handsome-est wee little man

Day 13 of this cold  it’s mostly gone, but I’m still a little stuffy  And WordPress is being fucky so I had to clone last week’s post so I’m not really doing a header. Again. Whatevs. We will find something to talk about, I’m sure.No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else     Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics says BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

or summer flu, or summer covid. Whatever it is, it sucks. So do your thing, I’m phoning this one in. Continue “the bands who aren’t playing for the 250th” spiral. Have fun. Don’t make too much noise. Don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread has a summer cold

I don’t want to get too far into it, but I have solved 3 very major problems in the last 36 hours. Were they my problems? Indirectly, in that they involved people I care about. But they are now solved. I am fucking Wylie Coyote, super genius over here. Feeling good but EXHAUSTED, as one of the problems involved a car accident (everyone is fine) and people going to the hospital. And now I have to travel for work. So here we are. Everyone, be kind and cool and collected. And for Pete’s sake, look carefully before turning left on … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is a PROBLEM SOLVER