The Republicans seem to be stumbling around helplessly trying to explain why they should get votes, but they keep using descriptions that could be turned around on them.

I’m thinking of Vance’s comment at President Pedo’s, circle-jerk-a-thon:

“The contrast in this election, ladies and gentlemen, it’s not about this or that policy. It’s about the party of common sense vs the party of the crazies.”

He’s 100% correct there.

The executive order would only apply to federal government workers.

Money. We’ve shown them that they can charge for transit through the strait.

My childhood cat was named Gimpy. My sister named him.

When my dad found him, Gimpy was running around on his elbows. He was running so well, my dad had a tough time catching him.

The reason he was running on his elbows was because both his front legs were broken.

The smart thing to do would have been to just let him die in the field. However, my dad foolishly took him home and showed him to me.

We couldn’t get him to eat anything. We tried giving him cat food, but he wouldn’t eat it. Then we soaked the cat food in milk until it was wet mush, but he still wouldn’t eat it. Then I picked him up and put small drops of mushy wet cat food on my arm and he would lick it off my arm while I held him.

I think I was 10 or 11. Of course I fell in love with this kitten. This led to my parents searching for a vet who would save him. They eventually found one and paid an amount to fix him that would be thousands in today’s money.

Keep in mind how extraordinary this was. He was a barn cat. The vet who saved him tried to get me to give up. He told me he’d find me a different kitten, but I said I didn’t want a different kitten.

Every other kitten born on that farm died. Gimpy lived about 20 years.

His legs were never quite right. One healed strange and bent out at an angle. The other didn’t heal and had to be whittled down to a stump. He never stopped trying to use the stump to walk.

He was an absolutely fantastic cat.

All that to say that the word, “gimpy”, will forever mean something different and special to me.

“Gimp” just makes me think of Pulp Fiction.

OH NO! LLMs will destroy humanity!!! How can we ever stop them???

This is both untrue and misguided. Hospitals can and will send unpaid bills to collections.

What you’re probably thinking is that unpaid medical bills can’t appear on your credit report, and that is true.

I’d also argue that not all hospitals are evil and in fact sometimes the high bills are because healthcare actually is expensive.

A better option than not paying is to go to the hospital and ask for help. Most hospitals will work with you if you can’t pay.

Full disclosure: I work for a non-profit health system.

Ice will deport them before the trial.

Tic tac toe

I believe it’s in Ireland.

If it’s real, I’m surprised they didn’t spell it. I’d think the Irish wouldn’t give a fxck.

Not my idea, but I prefer the term “Nationalist Christians”

1. It puts the part they think is important first.

2. It gives a more memorable abbreviation: Nat-Cs

How could it be not working when it was working before?

Not that it’s that big a help when the price of gas is doubling because of checks notes an unending war in the Middle East that nobody asked for.

Israel asked for it.

There was an ad campaign for Flexon eyeglass frames that showed a plane flying past a skyscraper while the sky scraper bends out of the way.

My wife had it in her optometry practice on 9/11. She had her staff yank it out and stash it in the back office.

https://youtu.be/E_nJDD2xaEs

My three kids are in their 20’s. Assuming there are no weapons involved, I’d say they’re safe with any of them.

Bin Laden, Hitler, and Combs would each have a rough night. Lindsay would probably be ok. If necessary, they could restrain her without injuring her.

I got these for the drive-in movies:

http://www.pemotech.com/products/226.html

You know that, and I know that, but I have the feeling neither of us is on the Supreme Court.

Something tells me that every illegal thing President Pedophile does is an official act as President.

Of course, we don’t have to worry, because the Supreme Court will stop him. /s

The Supreme Court ruled that the president is above the law. The only way to permanently reverse that without destroying everything is with a Constitutional Amendment.

I don’t care about the Whitehouse. I don’t care about The Kennedy Center. I don’t care about the arch or the reflecting pool.

Assuming there’s anything left at the end of his term, the first thing we should do is pass an amendment establishing that no one is above the law. If a president breaks the law, he should have justice.

Maybe that will make some kind of difference. Nothing less than Trump and his co-conspirators rotting in prison will save the U.S.

Maybe it isn’t worth saving. I used to think we were on a path to some day live up to our hype. However, I don’t see it anymore.

A work colleague is the president of his HOA board. I get to hear about the other side of the conflicts.

I’m only hearing his side, but the things he tells me about make it seem like some of his neighbors are just idiots.

Like people parking in no-parking areas that are supposed to be kept clear for emergency vehicle access. He’s warned people that they can’t park there, and they treat it like he’s being a fascist. He just doesn’t want to hear their bitching when they get towed.

There’s a rule about not being on or near the power transformer. The reason is because people could be injured. However, when he tells someone to keep their kids off it, he’s being a tyrant.

He’s only the president of the HOA board because no one else wants the job. He’s not running around issuing fines because he doesn’t have time for that shit.

People threaten to sue the HOA for bullshit, and he’s baffled. It’s like they think there’s some income stream apart from the fees they pay. If they sue the HOA, they are suing themselves and their neighbors.

I always think about him when I read people complaining about their HOA.

Don’t get me wrong, I would never buy a property in an HOA, but if they do, it’s not like they’re helpless. They can read the rules, organize a resistance, vote the fascists out. They can take charge. They can show everyone how much better their leadership would be.