Feels like a metaphor for the RNC, dunnit?
They did the mash. Thank you to giant pumpkin growers Larry Nelson and Jacob Baldridge for the gourd time! pic.twitter.com/cuNtwafIA0
— Oregoth Boo (@OregonZoo) October 14, 2021
… As the current seatholders contemplate the terror of being only the second biggest gourd at the Communal Death Festival…
?? Trump just threatened to have Republican voters stay home in 2022 and 2024 unless the party is able to "solve" (by which he seems to mean overturn) the result of the last presidential election, which he lost. pic.twitter.com/sHvXHrKZtH
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 13, 2021
I don't think that Trump actually has much sway in general elections. I think that a key question for the GOP is if his base will come out to vote if he's not on the ticket. And I think his bluster about turnout is part CYA and part delusion. https://t.co/7niaIdXKPN
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 15, 2021
my not into golden showers shirt has people asking a lot of questions answered by the shirt https://t.co/skXF84ZGA7
— kilgore trout, never attended a decision-point mtg (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 15, 2021
i still am of the opinion that betting against the actuary tables when it comes to trump in 2024 is not a risk-free proposition https://t.co/urqjT6Rb8w
— ?? ?? GHOSTLIKEHELLMACHINE ?? ???? (@golikehellmachi) October 15, 2021
Baud
I guess we now know that Melania loves Trump and won’t leave him.
debbie
I look forward to the carnage.
schrodingers_cat
I gave a talk yesterday about my pandemic hobby at our Women’s Club meeting and how it has inspired me to take up watercolors again. It was a smashing success. Its the first time I have shared my art in public.
And example
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
Congrats! That’s really cool.
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: Thanks!
Speaking of art, this guy is on fire.
Whatsapp is the social media tool of choice for the Sangh-BJP hate factory.
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
You should do an Artists in our Midst.
JPL
@schrodingers_cat: That is really awesome and thank you for sharing it with us. During the pandemic, I read. Now Barnes and Noble just adds thing I might like to my nook.. Here’s forty pages and if you like it, you can buy the rest.
zhena gogolia
I guess there are not a lot of J&J-ers here tonight. I thought this would be big news.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-advisory-group-recommends-2nd-jj-shot-rcna2987
Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)
@Baud:
Or he’s got one hell of a prenup that protects him against gold-digging hooker…er models.
zhena gogolia
@schrodingers_cat: I love it — you definitely should do a post on it.
japa21
@schrodingers_cat: That is cool. Really, really cool.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
Yeah, I think nationwide J&J is tiny.
zhena gogolia
Isn’t it nice that Broadway is opening up, the Metropolitan Opera opened with a new opera by a Black composer and followed it with the original version of Boris Godunov, people are getting boosters, we have good, intelligent, well-meaning people staffing our Federal agencies, and we have honest and hard-working president and vice president? All of that makes me very happy. Plus we’re teaching our students in person and we’ve had no outbreaks.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: I guess because my husband is one of them, it’s big news to me.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
Travel restrictions are easing too.
debbie
@schrodingers_cat:
Love it, but am confused by “Coloring stuff” — did you draw it or was it pre-drawn and you added the colors?
I’ve gotten away from art and miss it very much.
trollhattan
Trump stitched these word things into sentences and said them out loud? To a crowd? With his braying crowd voice? How is Tucker handling stenographing this on the air? How is it going over in South Dakota at the cafe?
debbie
@trollhattan:
He’s currently very busy condemning the FAA’s squashing of his right to give his news. Wish I cared enough to figure out what this even means.
JPL
@trollhattan: hah They are not pro-life, pro-family or anything. They just are racists assholes that can’t be reasoned with. Their parents hated FDR, but you had better not touch their Social Security, or change the TVA.
scav
Thing is, the question is left right out in front, as set forth by himself, what and how many rumors does the great first lady believe so that she brings up the (alleged) that one that fails her sniff test?
NotMax
@trollhattan
Tuckie is too busy focusing on Buttigieg’s breasts.
Sure Lurkalot
@schrodingers_cat: Nice!
My pandemic art project: Thomas Pavitte produces these art themed hobby books…dot to dot, color by number…I bought one of Icons called Querkles. Relaxing for those of us who are sparse on the talent quotient.
Querkles: Icons: Pavitte, Thomas: 9781626864559: Amazon.com: Books
Baud
@NotMax:
I’m an ass man myself.
NotMax
@Baud
I can see the campaign billboards and yard signs now.
:)
Burnspbesq
@Baud:
Or she signed a one-sided pre-nup.
Which do you think is more likely?
Nora Lenderbee
I’m reading Stacey Abrams’ mystery novel “While Justice Sleeps.” It’s a good read, suspenseful, keeps moving (considering how much of the action involves lawyers’ discussions), and has a great protagonist. I hope she writes more (in her copious spare time). The writing is pretty good for a non-pro. Occasional howlers are fun. (“The intricate knot she had twisted into her hair that morning bobbed cunningly as she neared her office.”)
mrmoshpotato
@schrodingers_cat: Woah. Very cool!
MomSense
@zhena gogolia:
Kid is one so it’s big for me, too.
MomSense
@schrodingers_cat:
I love it! I also have a thing for owls.
mrmoshpotato
Huh? Hopefully the fat orange fascist shitstain keels over dead before 2024.
JaySinWa
Kind of implies she believes the rest.
MomSense
I should have named my dog Klepto. She is now curled up on her bed on top of my book, my fancy red shoe, my earphones, two skeins of yarn, and a measuring tape.
Kropacetic
I suppose meanwhile the FCC is telling him he can’t just fly his helicopter wherever he wants…
smith
As she herself says, she knows her husband.
MomSense
@mrmoshpotato:
Did you hear the clip from the last rally where he was trying to talk about instant replay? Instead it was action replay in mactified forshon and fashionable magnified tape.
His brain is fucked up.
JPL
@MomSense: He has been that way for awhile, but he’s trump and no one calls him on that.
WaterGirl
@MomSense: But no cheese?
Steeplejack
@schrodingers_cat:
Beautiful!
MomSense
@WaterGirl:
I’m sick of bribing her and I only have good cheese left. She is not taking it well.
MagdaInBlack
@schrodingers_cat: Wow! Very nice ?
VeniceRiley
Set your hair on fire! here, I’ll give you a match:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/trumpist-county-clerk-barred-after-leak-of-voting-system-passwords-to-qanon/
debbie
@Kropacetic:
Exactly. You’d think he’d at least know his acronyms after all these years.
Morzer
I sometimes suspect that Loser of Mar-a-Lardo’s threats that Republicans won’t vote in 2024 are just a way to get his excuses in early. It ain’t a loss if you throw the game!
NotMax
@MomSense
Speaking in fluent Covfefe.
//
mrmoshpotato
@MomSense:
No. I still can’t stand his disgusting voice. I doubt that’ll ever change.
I don’t know how Hal Sparks wades into the bullshit swamp day in, day out.
Ruckus
@schrodingers_cat:
Wow! That is stunning.
Doug R
@Burnspbesq: Red Sparrow is for LIFE.
Doug R
@mrmoshpotato: He had medical issues-remember the Saturday visit to Walter Reed?-even before he almost died from COVID.
dmsilev
@Kropacetic: Why is it that our Federal Government has an FAA and an FCC but does not have an FBB?
zhena gogolia
@MomSense: Yeah, no age restriction.
zhena gogolia
@JPL: But Biden coughed!
zhena gogolia
@Doug R: Stephanie Grisham told us that was a colonoscopy.
Richard Fox
@schrodingers_cat: lovely watercolor!! :-)
Ruckus
@MomSense:
Well this is true, we all know that.
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: Speaking of, Hal and I just watched a very orange, very coked up Don Jr read his post-it note talking points, whine about Hunter Biden and spit all over the screen.
I think the old man might out live the kid, at this rate.
sdhays
@schrodingers_cat: That’s beautiful!
My toddler saw your painting on my phone and demanded to see. He says, “Hi, owl! You’re flying!”
MikefromArlington
I think he has tremendous sway over joe six packs voting.
schrodingers_cat
I didn’t draw the owl ? I colored it. WIith pastels, watercolor pencils and gel pens. Watercolors was what I used to do.
Here is an example. I drew and colored it.
https://twitter.com/ManyWorlds1Cat/status/1449164898118873090?t=-2ElbWdrYSJUBA9fc0Y7Bg&s=19
Benw
@schrodingers_cat: awesome. The leaves in particular remind me of some really unique leaf patterns I’ve seen
steppy
So we know that when he pre-emptively denies something, it’s true. It’s just a matter of getting in front of something. Mark my words, something is coming about his, shall we say, affinities.
Kropacetic
Of course. Being the only sane, wise man in a sea of losers would engender a few idiosyncrasies in the mind of any very stable genius.
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
Awesome.
HumboldtBlue
@schrodingers_cat:
Nice!
Kropacetic
The BBB holds too much sway and is hoarding the letter, only doling it out to their cronies.
Republicans in Congress only financed enough to get rights tonuse it for the FBI.
dexwood
@schrodingers_cat: Love the painting of the elephants. Go back to watercolors for your medium. Coloring books are great exercises for painters. Ms. dexwood, a painter, uses them sometimes, to work out color arrangement.
Kay
Excellent. Oh, they walked right into that one! I was sorry he was on parental leave because I didn’t think he’d respond and I knew he’d be GREAT at responding :)
Kropacetic
@schrodingers_cat: Those are very nice. And I just adore owls.
HumboldtBlue
@Morzer:
Michael Cohen said something similar and doesn’t believe he will run cuz he couldn’t take losing again.
Benw
@dmsilev: haha good question. Side note: I have an excellent coworker who hated calling things B and C so we labeled our production ASICs A series for the FE and D series for the ADC.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@JPL: I don’t want the government touching my tee vee
Dan B
@zhena gogolia: Some of us (Me! Me! ME!) got our boosters. I’m heading back to bed to try to recuperate from yesterday’s booster.
dexwood
@Dan B: I hear you. Serious nap for me this afternoon. Jabbed at 2 yesterday, flu-like symptoms since noon today. I can live with it.
WaterGirl
@schrodingers_cat: That is lovely.
Dan B
@dexwood: i watched Amanpour last night. Went to bed after it ended at midnight. Got up at 1:45 PM. Heading back to bed. My immune system is very angry at that booster. Go for it immune things
I’m getting nerve twinges on my chest. Head and eyes are achy. Uck. In two weeks I get Shingrix 2. Oh noes!!
debbie
@Dan B:
Mine was too, much angrier than after the first two. Weird.
L85NJGT
Dan B
@debbie: I ordered soaps from Satby who was down for the count after hers. She’s had a tough spell with losing her oldest dog among them.
The Dangerman
@zhena gogolia: I had the J and J in April so I guess I need the boost.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Dan B:
which booster did you get pfizer, JJ, or moderna?
Geminid
@HumboldtBlue: I think the orange churl wants to run again. But it’s hard to tell, because he needs to tease a run at least to keep money flowing to his campaign and related PACs. And he wants to control the Republican party, and much of his power there would fade if he disclaimed any plan to run in 2024.
dmsilev
@L85NJGT: There are a lot of things that he should ‘come clean’ about, but the cult doesn’t care and the not-cult wouldn’t believe a word of anything he says.
The Dangerman
@Burnspbesq: Can you imagine Melania’s call to the bank the first time her debit card gets declined?
Dan B
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Pfizer. I don’t believe they’re offering the others at Kaiser WA yet. It was very quiet when I was there at 9:30 AM. The shots were by appointment and there was no one in line behind me and nobody waiting 15 minutes afterwards. The jabbers were desperate to talk to someone so I high tailed it out if there and delivered some excess cookware to friends – got two countertop induction units so had to buy new pots and pans. The kitchen suddenly shrank with all the new stuff.
zhena gogolia
@The Dangerman: Now the Atlantic is telling me you shouldn’t get a second J&J but should get Pfizer or Moderna as a booster. I guess the FDA is going to have to sort it out.
J R in WV
@schrodingers_cat:
Really nice owl. Any specific species of owl you were shooting for? We have quite a few Barred Owls in the neighborhood, have seen some Great Horned Owls both here and in AZ near the winter camp. Thanks for sharing!
debbie
@Dan B:
Oh, I missed that very sad news. ?
debbie
@Dan B:
ETA: I figure my souped-up antibodies will make COVID sorry it was ever born.
MagdaInBlack
@schrodingers_cat: Oh I do like that. Definitely do more watercolors .
Ruckus
@Burnspbesq:
I’m going with the sure thing, the crappy pre-nup
dexwood
@Dan B: You were hit harder than I was. The worst part for me has been stronger than usual arthritis joint pain.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Dan B: did you have any negative reaction after the first two shots of pfizer (presumably in the spring)?
J R in WV
@schrodingers_cat:
The free-hand watercolor elephant painting is very good. My mom took up watercolor/mixed media after the family sold the business. She took classes, and painted every week with 2 friends, they would drive into the countryside and pick a place to park and paint.
Quaint farm houses, waterfalls, streams, rocky hills, etc. By the time she had to quit from fading health she had shows and won awards. Was wonderful with handicraft work, refinished a dining room suite, refinished beautiful old furniture from the antique junk shops she loved.
Keep up the watercolor work, you’re good at it~!!!~
Dan B
@debbie: She mentioned it when I inquired about soap and lotion availability. It’s why she’s not been commenting much here. I referred her to Watergirl’s post about people purchasing things because of commenter’s recommendations. Satby’s soaps got more comments than anything else. She found the post and was happy to read our glowing praise.
Dan B
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: I was fatigued for about 5 days. No aches to speak of. Now I’ve got pains in several places. It might have to do with the flu shot I got ten days ago – souped up immune system?
J R in WV
Back in Feb/Mar of 2021 Wife and I got our Moderna shots. Then in the end of August, so 6 weeks ago, friend who works for the county health dept as a field inspector emailed us about that health dept seeking people for 3rd shots, any shots, as they had vaccines nearing expiration.
So, near the end of Aug we both got a 3rd shot of Moderna, full dose as administered after first being approved last winter. No serious side effects, so glad to have gotten a full size dose already.
Ruckus
@debbie:
I had a hard 2 days after Pfizer #2. #1 and 3 were nothing. I think that it really depends on how an individual builds resistance to whatever the vaccine is for and that is going to determine what and when of any reaction.
Kristine
@zhena gogolia: Antibodies aren’t the only indicator, but it’s the one they’re going with.
I have a study follow-up visit next week. I assume they’ll take lots of blood, but I’m going to see what I can find out.
From the article:
debbie
@Dan B:
Her soaps have many fans here. I hope the thread cheered her up some.
Shalimar
@Baud: I’m not sure about tiny, but J&J is mostly rural and low income because of the simpler storage requirement, so not really a big demographic here. I got it back in April, and haven’t decided on J&J or one of the others for a booster.
schrodingers_cat
Thanks so much everyone for your kind and encouraging comments. I have a had a long week other and am very tired otherwise I would have answered each of your comments. I really appreciate them.
debbie
@Ruckus:
I’m sure scientists will be busy for years analyzing this stuff. My side effects were different after each shot.
dmsilev
@Ruckus: It seems to be all over the map. I had a couple of days of fatigue after each of the first two, but the booster just left me with some soreness around the injection site and that was it.
sdhays
I don’t really understand Dump’s word salad about the golden showers, but shouldn’t the take-away be that the Third Lady believes the other allegations in the Steele Dossier??
NotMax
Really? This is the best name the fast food panjandrums could conjure up?
“You want fertilizer with that?”
;)
HumboldtBlue
Animals and food you say? Check out the reaction here.
laura
@schrodingers_cat: Watercolor is such a hard and demanding and beautiful medium- I bow to your Wow.
The Lodger
@schrodingers_cat: You successfully used watercolor to convey a sense of solidity. Brava!
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Dan B:
Thanks for the info
raven
The university newspaper photos of the Boolebark event.
mrmoshpotato
You two (and bluegal) have a stronger constitution than me.
Madeleine
Husband & I got booster today. All I have so far is a sore arm. The real pain was trying to get the boosters with appointments at a Duane Reade/Walgreens yesterday. Really incompetent and unpleasant. We ended up walking out.
Off to bed. If #3 is like #2, I won’t be sleeping well.
rikyrah
@schrodingers_cat:
??????????
rikyrah
@Madeleine:
??????????for the booster
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Sadly, they turned down the McOhWe’llPumpThisFullofSugarAndShitToo.
Cermet
Either the orange rump knows he’ll never survive a campaign in 2024 due to failing health – so he wants to be reinstated now (I know, impossible but he is stupid) so he is threatening all thugs with the cult following base. Or, he is once again making shit up as be mouths off soon to be forgotten like all his bull shit.
UncleEbeneezer
@zhena gogolia: J&Jer here! Sounds like this is still not official yet. But exciting.
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: Helps when I stop by the dispensary on the way home. ?
Thor Heyerdahl
As a Canuck who has a mixed vax dosage (AZ and Moderna), it was wonderful to see that we will be permitted into the US by land shortly.
Canada took a risk during early days of vaccination where we didn’t have much volume, so we stretched the length of time between shots and said that mixing was okay.
It was a decision that has paid off and the science supports it.
Elie
@schrodingers_cat:
How wonderful! Keep it up! I’m trying to get inspired again to sing jazz after stepping away.
Morzer
Two wallops of Astra Zeneca for me. The first left me feeling unwell for a fortnight, the second produced a couple of days of tiredness. Onwards!
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Trump won’t run unless the fix in for the 2024 election. Of course why would the GOP do that, just to have Trump get into office and screw them for revenge?
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@sdhays: yes, that quote has the vibe that Stable Genius is an even bigger freak that golden showers, and for that I want brain bleach.
Miss Bianca
@schrodingers_cat: Late to the party, just wanted to say, Love It!
Just Chuck
He’s not into Golden Showers, he’s into Cleveland Steamers. Actually he is a Cleveland Steamer, with the most sincere apologies to Cleveland.
Miss Bianca
@raven: Oh, awesome!