YES MOM!! Congrats @pepperthai2!! pic.twitter.com/AdltqOyFZ1
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 24, 2018
I hereby promise that if I win the jackpot, I’ll donate a chunk of money towards pushing automatic voter registration and other measures to increase voter participation.
I also promise to finally buy some new dress shirts. https://t.co/LqnVUJnLN2
— Charles Ghoul-ba (@charles_gaba) October 24, 2018
(Okay, I didn’t win. But I’m gonna buy a ticket for tonight, regardless!)
Inbox: President Barack Obama to Campaign for Michigan Democrats on October 26
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 23, 2018
Honest reaction- there was no Kavanaugh Effect. There has been a Trump Effect. Trump motivates Democratic voters . Like nothing else. https://t.co/ntqpMuzlUM
— Armando (@armandodkos) October 23, 2018
This is great. But it means nothing if people don't go to the polls — or mail in their ballots — and vote Democrat. #TakeItBack #ForThePeople https://t.co/ZZnmjNEMo2
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) October 23, 2018
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— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) October 23, 2018
Raven
Brian Kemp and the Triumph of Mediocrity
. No politician in recent Georgia history has advanced so far on such a meager record.
Lapassionara
@Raven: but he has the right skin color and gender! Now where is that snark font when I need it.
?BillinGlendaleCA
That hall that where Ms. Teigan’s mom is taking her citizenship oath is the same hall where Madame took her’s.
JPL
@Raven: He does have three teenage daughters, so that must count for something.
JPL
@?BillinGlendaleCA: That was such a sweet clip.
NotMax
The stupid, it burns.
OzarkHillbilly
@JPL: Not until they disown him.
ruemara
Sitting here, waiting on a Skype doctor call. This flu has screwed up my week. Now I need a doctor’s note to go back to work. Sheesh.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Looks like my internet is fixing to return(I’m using my phone as a hotspot).
Immanentize
Good morning All.
@Raven: Do you think Abrams has a chance, really?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@?BillinGlendaleCA: …and we’re back.
Patricia Kayden
@NotMax: Only Trump can get away with blatant racism and misogyny. Deplorables get arrested and lose their jobs. Suckers.
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone ???
Baud
Apparently, someone less deserving than me won the lottery.
rikyrah
@Raven:
The curve for Unqualified White Men is REAL ?
Baud
@rikyrah: Good morning.
SFAW
@Baud:
I’m saddened that you feel that way about me.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud: ‘Twas not I.
SFAW
@Raven:
He’s a white racist — what other qualifications could he possibly need, when running as a Rethug?
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
Blech.
Baud
@SFAW:
@OzarkHillbilly:
It was someone in South Carolina.
Baud
@SFAW: Right. He’s skilled at purging voter rolls. Sounds pretty qualified to me.
Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA: We missed you.
rikyrah
@Immanentize:
I believe that she does. Without the voter suppression, it would already be a done deal for her
SFAW
@Baud:
How do you know that’s not I? I mean, outside of all the times I’ve talked about living in central MA, that is.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: Thanks, I missed y’all too.
OzarkHillbilly
Making America Irrelevant Again:
SFAW
@rikyrah:
Oh, sure, blame it on the racist, fascist actions of that pore guy (Kemp). Can’t you Demon-rats ever take personal responsibility, the way all those stalwart Republicans do?
Tony Jay
“Colusion! Dark Money! Electoral Fraud! What more proof do you need America? Vote Republican to show MS-13 they’re not the boss of you and send the Democrat Party back where it came from!”#Red+White>Blue
rikyrah
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Yeah ???
Baud
@OzarkHillbilly: Trump will be angling for the Peace Prize now.
?BillinGlendaleCA
I heard on the TV machine that Demoncrats will take us backwards, it’s all the grand plan of Nancy Pelosi.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: Of course he will.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud: If Obama got one….
OzarkHillbilly
Record numbers of West Nile virus cases reported in parts of US:
SFAW
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
You forgot
PolandGeorge Soros!!!Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I do respect Republicans in a couple of respects. They fall in line rather than fall in love. And when they are slighted (whether in reality or in perception), they respond by voting in even larger numbers. If our side did the same, the country would be in a much better place.
Crashman06
My daughter is going to be born this week. I’ve been thinking about the way I feel about the future right now compared to how I did over five years ago when my son was born and the contrast is pretty stark. I hope that can start to turn around in two weeks.
Baud
@Crashman06: Congratulations! Tell your daughter we are going to right this ship.
raven
@Immanentize: Me? No.
JPL
@rikyrah: @Immanentize: It’s doubtful that she can win. A lot would have to break her way, imo. Kemp has campaigned heavily outside of Atlanta and that’s where his votes will come from.
Crashman06
@Baud: Thanks! I like that attitude!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: I don’t know that I respect Republicans for that, but they do seem to understand that politics is a team sport, not an individual endeavor.
JPL
@raven: McBath is doing better than I thought. The 6th won’t flip this year, but certainly could in two years.
rikyrah
@Crashman06:
Congratulations ??
OzarkHillbilly
@Crashman06: May she have all ten fingers and all ten toes, with a healthy set of lungs and a strong heart.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Crashman06: Baud!2020! will fix it!
rikyrah
@JPL:
She has campaigned all across the state.
Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA: On Day 1.
JPL
@rikyrah: I signed up to knock on a few doors next week for Stacey. There are large pockets of GA that are racist, and that is just a fact. Hopefully they won’t turn out to vote.
IMO The ads against Handel are pointing out her stance against abortion. Since North Point church is a big presence in this area, I wonder if it would be better to point out her votes against health care in general. McBath is only a few points behind so I might be wrong.
JPL
@rikyrah: Just to be clear, Abrams is running a great campaign, and is far more qualified to be governor, than Kemp.
Raven Onthill
Why not put everyone who votes into a lottery?
Patricia Kayden
@Crashman06: Congrats!!! That’s great news for you.
MomSense
@Crashman06:
We can’t wait to hear about our newest jackal. Baby Jackals are wonderful and we will do our best to make this world more hopeful for her and mommy , too.
raven
@JPL: Yea, I didn’t say I don’t WANT her to win.
JPL
@Crashman06: One thing that won’t change is the joy your children will bring you.
JPL
@raven: I know that was in response to rikirah’s comment about Abrams campaigning across the state.
OzarkHillbilly
@JPL: And the pain. But the joy makes it worthwhile.
OzarkHillbilly
Tall people at greater risk of cancer ‘because they have more cells’ So needing a step stool to reach the top shelf comes with benefits?
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Crashman06: Congrats! You’ll be able to tell her what it felt like to live through this moment in history, and she will roll her eyes and say, “Oh, Dad.”
rikyrah
skeptical brotha ? (@skepticalbrotha) Tweeted:
Read below if you want to know why college student #StaceyAbrams burned Georgia’s racist state flag emblazoned with Confederate Stars and Bars. The sad truth is every Georgia flag since 1879 has been a homage 2 White Supremacy & treason. #BrianKemp is arousing his base. #GAGov https://t.co/TrqhsjCdDC https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1054774410077450242?s=17
Immanentize
@raven: Thanks. I was sort of expecting that.
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: I’m looking forward to being a grandparent in January, and experiencing that feeling of joy.
Immanentize
@rikyrah: I think this is so true. But there is so much voting hanky panky
Dorothy A. Winsor
I was just reading Cole’s comments on the Georgia debate in an earlier thread. He said Abrams came across as informed and decent. We have come to the point where that’s startling. I’ve always voted D, but I don’t remember Rs being so terrible in the past.
Steve in the ATL
@Immanentize: as I noted over the weekend in a post I’m sure you read as you totally stalk me, we went to Lake Oconee (about two hours east of Atlanta) this last weekend for the first time in a couple of months and saw nothing but Kemp signs once we left metro Atlanta. Lots and lots of Kemp signs. And Jody Hice signs (shudder). Literally not one Abrams sign.
When we form a new country after this one collapses from republicanism, we should not let rural people vote. Or white men, at least not for a couple hundred years. We had our chance and blew it.
Steve in the ATL
@Dorothy A. Winsor: they either weren’t so bad in the past, or kept those worst parts hidden.
I think we are seeing the mature phase of Lewis Powell’s plan. Reagan really accelerated the lies, aided and abetted by Fox News and the right wing noise machine, and now we have elected republicans who actually believe those stupid and obvious lies.
Steve in the ATL
@Crashman06: looking forward to posts from Crashdaughter18!
OzarkHillbilly
@JPL: Grandchildren are our reward for not killing our children. They are also our best chance at vengeance.
khead
So, for the MD jackals. Have you noticed the latest commercials for Hogan and Wolf? You know, the ones featuring black folks who REALLY LIKE Hogan and Wolf? I have windows in my house that are less transparent.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Steve in the ATL: Yeah, it feels like a process that was probably overdetermined. If we survive, it’ll make for fascinating research from historians, political scientists, and psychiatrists.
Baud
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
They will call this era, “Jim Crow Strikes Back!”
MomSense
Avalune, if you are lurking just want you to know we are all keeping you and Leto in our thoughts and rooting for Leto’s recovery.
How is your Boxy coming along? I hope that stockinette rhythm is calming. If you post your project on ravelry let me know and I’ll look for you over there.
khead
@Baud:
I just hope folks don’t have to suffer through the prequels.
catclub
@ruemara:
My doctors refuse to use email. They would have conniptions before using skype.
Crashman06
@Baud: @rikyrah: @OzarkHillbilly: @Patricia Kayden: @MomSense: @Dorothy A. Winsor: @Steve in the ATL: Thanks for all the kind words. Makes me feel hopeful!
Immanentize
@Steve in the ATL: I mostly zeroed in on your cultural elitism regarding my neighbors from South Boston….
Go SAWKS! Fook YEAH!
(I particularly liked, “Mom was right” line — perfect for my unreconstructed brothers)
Dorothy A. Winsor
@catclub: Good lord. Do they chisel their notes into a stone tablet?
JPL
@Steve in the ATL: Ridding us of the fairness doctrine helped spread the word of the evangelicals.
JPL
For the first time, I put on Megyn Kelly, and I have a feeling that she has been put on notice.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’m listening to Maddow from last night. She’s pointing out the extent to which Rs are lying about their previous support for protecting pre-existing conditions. No both-siderism there. She also referred to Rohbacher (sp?) as “Russian” congressman running for re-election.
MomSense
Oh FFS we are so stupid now. I finally saw Megyn Kelly’s blackface comments. She starts by saying the “costume police” are cracking down this year like never before. Huh? When did Soros start this new plan? Wouldn’t it be better not to divert those troops from the War on Christmas?
lamh36
NBC News basically took Joy Reid off her frequent rotation on many of their shows & scaled her appearances back (yes she has AMJoy, but make no mistake her presence was scaled back!) after comments from her blog from at least 10yrs back.
Megan Kelly said this shit in 2018! Oh and it’s not the first time she’s said stupid racist shit. So when can we expect some scaling back of Megyn’s appearances
Oh and Al Roker was having NONE of it! If ya recall NBC cancelled the 9am hr of TODAY with Roker and Tamron Hall, to pay Kelly 25mill contract and her own show. She and her show has been nothing but shit ever since!
Hopefully Tamron Hall (who has her own show coming up soon I believe) is in her NYC apt LHBAO (laughing her Black Azz Off)
lamh36
khead
@JPL:
Thank you for the heads up. Looks like Megan is hosting a VERY special episode of the afternoon special today.
@lamh36:
I’d pay to see Tamron in this special episode.
chris
More from the post-racism society. In a government office…
MomSense
@catclub:
My doctor’s office has texted me, sent automated calls, and emailed me to tell me I need to schedule an appointment. The only problem is that I can’t get through to a human being to schedule the visit. They have a menu when I call which puts me on hold and then tells me the call volume is too high and to try back later.
They are so busy and all the providers are now part of the same large health company. It’s very frustrating but I’m lucky that I still have a doctor since most of them aren’t accepting new patients.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@lamh36: Who’s the violent mob again?
chris
Antidote.
SFAW
@lamh36:
But her snail-mails?
Hitlary probably sent the suspicious package/IED to herself, to draw attention to her failed something-something. And why doesn’t she JUST GO AWAY??!!?!?!?!?!? And George Soros!!!!
hueyplong
@SFAW: She should stop these black flag operations and take up knitting. In jail. Because Lock Her Up.
lamh36
Uh huh…thought this guy looked familiar.
A panel of ALL white prior talking bout how Blackface isn’t that bad how could that go wrong? Oh and THIS is an example of an ally gone bad
lamh36
oh so Kelly opened her show with this…
Girl bye!
ThresherK
@SFAW:
Reminds me of Rick Perry’s flameout at the Presidential level: Not ugly visage, married, children, goes to a Christian church, the powers that be wanted him…exactly how much political skill does a white Republican man in TX need to win the Gov’s seat with all that?
OzarkHillbilly
@lamh36: Probably from the same guy who left a present in George Soro’s mailbox. No doubt this looney tune is some dissatisfied leftier than thou leftist.
kd bart
@SFAW: They’ve moved on from “Lock Her Up” to “Blow Her Up”.
Crashman06
Thanks for the kind words upthread, everyone. Giving me hope!
SFAW
@lamh36:
Christ, what an asshole.
ETA: No, I wasn’t being sarcastic. She’s an asshole for saying stupid shit like that.
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
If we changed the term from “blockquote” to “Blechquote,” would you then get it right?
HeleninEire
And now the AP is reporting that the Secret Service is saying “A package addressed to Former President Barack Obama was intercepted by Secret Service personnel in Washington, DC today.”
lamh36
Haven’t seen this reported anywhere else, but. IJS. if Republicans really wanted to start a race war, if anything ever happened to ANY of the Obamas are even their extended family, they might get it.
..
THE OBAMA FAMILY!!!!
Oh hell naw!!!
germy
You can take the lady out of Fox, but you can’t take Fox out of the lady.
germy
@HeleninEire:
Several women were rude to Mitch McConnell in a restaurant, so both sides really.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@SFAW: On top of her Santa is white claim, she already showed us who she is.
lamh36
@HeleninEire:
WaterGirl
@lamh36: Time to bring out an oldie but a goodie:
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
rikyrah
Where are the civility police.
We are waiting..
Just like you were so vocal about Soros..
But, both sides….
Uh huh
Uh huh
JPL
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Jesus too.
Barbara
@SFAW:
It’s all deflection, it’s the country’s fault for being polarized, not Megyn’s fault for being racist. I go back to my thesis on Kelly — she was specially picked and groomed to appeal to a certain white male demographic, which makes up the viewership of Fox, but also makes up the executive suites at NBC. They have no f’ing clue how unappealing women find her.
schrodingers_cat
@Barbara: Judging from their actions powerful media bosses and on-screen personalities are ardent MAGAts.
TS (the original)
@OzarkHillbilly:
I’ve always worded it as “our reward for living with our children” but you remind me that my daughter once sent me a mother’s day card which said “thank you for living with me without killing me”.
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW: The funny thing is I didn’t do any blockquoting, so I have no idea how that happened. But to answer your question, no, I wouldn’t get it right even then.
OzarkHillbilly
@TS (the original): My daughter in law gave me a coffee mug that says’ “Thankyou for not having my husband adopted. I’m sure it was tempting at times.”
Skepticat
My absentee ballot is on its way. I’m so grateful I can vote online.
J R in WV
@rikyrah:
Just guessing before I read the linked material: She burned it because it was a racist piece of shit, with a Treason Banner from the War in Treasonous Defense of Slavery as the primary part. How close am I?
Avalune
@MomSense: Lurking is my natural state!
He’s doing pretty good. They bolted and plated his pelvis back together yesterday. Doctor wants to take the respirator out today and see if we can get him talking. Knee surgery on for Friday.
Boxy is in fits and starts. It is very relaxing but I play games on my DS and lurk on the internet a good bit too. Hard to stay focused on anything so thank goodness it IS stockingnette. I usually like to knit lace.
I AM on ravelry but I do more of my posting on Instagram these days.
George Spiggott
@J R in WV:
And from what I’ve read elsewhere, she didn’t even burn it. She was at a march where someone else spontaneously burned it.
Once again, last minute “great” reporting from the NYT to ratfuck a strong Democratic candidate.
J R in WV
@Barbara:
Well, this old white guy finds her pretty despicable too. Whatever I have in common with other old white guys, never gonna like racist bitches like that.
Despicable is as despicable does, and Kelly sure does!!
laura
@Barbara: Kelly — she was specially picked and groomed to appeal to a certain white male demographic, which makes up the viewership of Fox –
Shorter version – she gives racist grandpa a boner.
WaterGirl
@Avalune: I’m sure every single step is an ordeal. I do take it as a really good sign, though, that they are willing to do all those surgeries; Leto must be pretty stable. Otherwise I think they would be saying “we want to do this surgery but we have to until …” So yay for that!
Please do tell him that many of us are thinking of him (and you) every single day.
J R in WV
@Avalune:
As others have said, they would be holding off on surgery for Leto if he wasn’t doing pretty well, so that’s a great sign. If they need a couple of days to wean him off the Vent, that’s not a big deal, it’s pretty common. It took them several days to wean wife off her vent, and then a couple more days before she was communicative.
She was pretty squirrely at first, also, too, so don’t be surprised. Wife thought she was getting phone calls (no phone in an ICU suite) from a Romanian (???) about something odd. But she was in there much longer than Leto has been, so he may be more lucid from the get-go.
Son on site now too? That can’t hurt, having someone for hugs always helps. Leto won’t be good at that for a little while, until all the bruises and bones heal up.
Best of luck wishes for all of your family.
ETA a funny — first solid food they gave Wife was some chocolate pudding. But she couldn’t make a spoon work, so she got into it with just her fingers, all over her. Should have taken pix, so funny looking. I am glad now I didn’t know it would be more than another month before she was sent home, but all is well that end’s well.
Avalune
@J R in WV: and @WaterGirl: Thanks. I know he’s doing really good that they are moving through surgeries fast. They said the big open wound is looking good too. He’s a bit lucid and responsive now but he has the tube in so he’s trying to get at it, chew it, push it out with his tongue, fight the nurses. He’s in obvious distress but feisty and damn is his strong. It’s going to be an exhausting day but good signs. I hate being so useless and helpless. It’s okay honey! You are ok! Totes fine! ?
WaterGirl
@Avalune: That would be so hard to watch him in distress and not be able to do something concrete to help him. But your presence and your voice surely reassure him and are helping keep him as calm as he is.
You probably know this but I’ll write it anyway on the off chance that you don’t. A good friend of mine had a brain aneurysm and was totally touch and go for a while. He would tell you to hold Leto’s hand. He said that when people held his hand while he was going through that, he could feel their life force coming into his body. So hold Leto’s hand until he shoos you away. And then hold it again, and again, and again. Love to you both.
J R in WV
@WaterGirl:
@Avalune:
Yes, Avalune, I second WaterGirl’s advice, touch him every chance you get, and talk to him, loudly, so he can hear over the equipment.
I held wife’s foot a lot, and helped her nurse move her as needed in her bed, so other nurses didn’t have to break away from their patients just to slide wife around a bit. And I talked incessantly, about anything, just so there would be incoming data for her to have in her head. There was too much hardware around the head of the bed, so I pulled the chair over to the bed, and read with one hand and held her leg/foot with the other, and talked all the time, reading out of context fiction, just anything.
Most of wife’s nurses (like 95%) were guys out of the military where they were medics in combat. Really good guys, all of them. Rowdy was her main MICU nurse, yes, his real name on his ID badge.
MomSense
@Avalune:
Thank you for checking in! Continued good thoughts going to you, Leto and your son.
I finished the knitting part of my sweater and now endless weaving in ends.
WaterGirl
@MomSense: I pulled out my hedgehog mittens from you earlier this week, and I was so happy to see them again!
P.S. Did you see my reply to you about the Spot Bot yesterday? Sorry about your endless puke cleanup. We have all been there and it’s no fun. (At least those of us with pets.)