Mrs Whiggins

Whatever happens, follow all manufacturer's instructions when washing the car afterwards.

Hmmm, well okay. I guess I could give it a try.... Credit to Trump, he really was the one to show you can change the weather with a felt tip pen. He saved Alabama because the hurricane went nowhere near it!

As a reminder (I didn't scroll through much to see if it's got its own thread), Yorgos Lanthimos has another pic coming out: Kinds of Kindness and the cast once again includes Emma Stone. Also will have: William Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer, and Joe Alwyn. It's going to premiere at Cannes in May and scheduled to be released in the U.S. June 21st. His films are rather compelling and riveting. I never quite know what to expect but I enjoy them.

Finished the Herold book above, Disillusioned: Five Families And The Unraveling Of America's Suburbs (2024). IMO, this was a good read. The author takes five families from various locations and socioeconomic and racial demographics, and explores the scene both large and small that has been unfolding since WWII. He got the interest in writing it when he went back to his own childhood home outlying Pittsburgh and he interweaves the history of each of the five communities, families, and the nation into the piece. Whether you're urban, rural, or a burb dweller, it's a good read. Just for extra: The five families (pseudonyms were used save one) were from Penn Hills (PA), Gwinnett County (GA), Evanston (IL), Compton (CA), and Lucas, (TX). The family from Lucas used to live in Plano, and then moved to Lucas.

Saturday night on a message board filled with men and THIS is what y'all talk about? I'm laughing my tits off.

That woman is Lizzie Marbach, formerly the communications director for an Ohio anti-abortion group. Marbach was fired for being more outspoken on social media than they wished, and she used that quite capably (given that comm is her background) to spin it so it seemed she was fired for being Christian due to a person of the Jewish faith (GOP congressperson Max Miller also of Ohio) who took offense to her stating "there's no hope for any of us outside of having faith in Jesus Christ alone." That episode took place about the time that the Ohio group and she parted ways and, well she's good at getting eyeballs and outrage. (RW media picked up the whole thing and ran with it). As for the question why do women hate women? Why do people hate in general? In Marbach's case, she is of a very religious belief and her world view is entirely shaped by that. I don't believe she wishes to question that belief at all.

We have GE and they are the basic ones we bought 20+ years ago. Three speeds, three water levels (washer); several dry features and (best of all) the timer can be silenced (dryer). We've had them serviced a couple of times when spouse couldn't do the repair and the tech was like this is going to be almost as much as the machine is worth. I gave him the 'look,' and shrugged because it really is worth it. I mean, $75 to cross the threshold and then maybe $100 for a fix and given some of the newer machines with the weird agitators and digital displays and I'm good as long as they can find parts.

C'mon folks, @StassneyHorn was nice enough about it and posted a chance to change the discussion. The labor news is a good way to do so because it echos some of what went on last year with the WGA/SAG-AFTRA negotiations in the entertainment industry. Here we have a UAW emergence in a southern state with as StassneyHorn pointed out, Alabama in the queue. Have enough people been convinced by propaganda that unions are evil or have some of the workers lifted up the curtain to see the benefits of organizing?

It makes sense that Charlie Kirk would say that. His hairline has been repealing from his forehead a good many years.

There were a not unsignificant number of Americans who signed up to serve for five years minimum (per the agreement) teaching in low income schools for having up to $17,500 of their principle forgiven when they borrowed funds to attend school to become educators (Public Service Loan Forgiveness program). However, the former education secretary (DeVos) decided to make it onerous to not only file, but ultimately deny those applicants when they applied for the forgiveness, despite that being policy going back a number of years. DeVos claimed it saved money (well, no shit) but how does one put a value on 1) service to underserved communities and 2) providing financial opportunity to someone who cannot afford a college education to then discharge that opportunity to said community and raise their own standard of living? Seemed like a win-win to me. It took a lawsuit to determine the outcome.

That's Aaron Rodgers in about six months, right?

We had some buttermilk I wanted to finish off so to answer the question, "Do gin martinis work as a cocktail prior to consuming pancakes and sausage (breakfast for supper)?" The answer is: "In our house, that is affirmative."

Recalls can make $$ for the dealer. While the accelerator issue may be legitimate, perhaps it's a way to keep some funds coming in to the folks that sell the trucks? https://www.wardsauto.com/dealers/dealers-can-reach-extra-bases-recall-field

That weed must've been TOXIC.

In The Music Man, there's a reason Professor Harold Hill sang "Madam librarian..." if you know what I mean.

And apparently was high and/or perhaps lacks certain skills related to organization, comprehension, analyzing, and logic.

I sure do! I take our clerks baked goods so they can deal with all the haters knowing that at least one person in the neighborhood likes what they do. Congress has really dropped the ball on what the USPS could've done for our country if allowed to modernize and provide cross agency services. They visit every single place in the US six days a week.

About that; here's something to give you pause... https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092623_election_official_turnover/98-arizonans-will-have-new-elections-officials-2024/ Also: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/09/1242811437/election-voting-officials-threats-turnover From that article above at NPR, here's a figure from the nationwide study: "The researchers measured whether a local election office changed hands over a 4-year cycle. In 2022 (the most recent year with complete data), the turnover rate was 39%, compared to 28% in 2004. A chart showing election official turnover rate since the 2000 election. Courtesy of the Bipartisan Policy Center In recent years, as the attrition began to snowball, experts worried the impact on 2024 could be disastrous. New election officials tend to make more mistakes, and conspiracy theories about voting tend to focus on honest mishaps to try to build a false narrative that voting more broadly can't be trusted." The article does go on to remark that overall & especially in large metro areas the new officials coming in still have a fair bit of experience. But IMO, Arizona may be a bellwether for "issues" that YOU KNOW the RW media will play up into a storm like in 2020.

Too many socks, too many pillows.

Also: From a 2016 article by CBS reporter Jared Dubin, he talks about an interview Rodgers had with Bill Simmons (Any Given Wednesday) about his concussions... HIS EYE WENT METALLIC. I don't even know what that means, but it sounds... not great. Rodgers hasn't been doing his brain any favors.

It might, but honestly the thing with rolling dough whether pie crust or tortillas is that practice is sometimes all that is needed. I was making pies from a young age and whenever I went for a long enough spell w/o rolling crust, the skills got a little rusty and then would pick right back up. Get comfortable with rolling dough every week and you don't have to think about it, it begins to flow like a great jump shot.

He's been hanging out in Florida of late; earlier this month he was at an event in Fort Meyers with Roger Stone sponsored by the Lee County GOP. Trying to stay relevant I suppose.

Friend, I do believe @Brisketexan would object to that statement by pointing out, with evidentiary support mind you, that there is no bottom and not only that but despite the lack of a "bottom" the shit will continue to flow, overflow, and raise a plume of toxicity that will poison us all.