ultimaton

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Made the five hour round trip to Stephenville to get round one of the Pfizer vaccine at CVS. It's been about 8 hours now and aside from some very minor soreness on my arm, so far, so good. They managed the line pretty well, so there wasn't a lot of interaction with the regular customers. Got home and called my mom to let her know, and she told me the unfortunate news that two of her best friends died over the weekend after both ended up on vents. I'd stupidly allowed myself to get into the mindset that this was almost over -- especially now that my wife and I both got our first doses of the vaccine -- but fuck if that wasn't depressing and sobering to hear and it brought me back down to Earth real quick.

Looks like a candle flying out of the picture at the beginning of the video -- I'm going to assume Karen whipped it at the employee's head and seriously miscalculated how much shit they were willing to put up with.

Definitely channeling the Thin White Duke with the outfit and little dance she does in that video. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album when it drops in May.

I don’t think Texas Chiropractic College is actually part of the UT system.

Was able to get my wife in at HEB today for Moderna round one. Huge fucking weight off my shoulders. She started feeling rundown about five or six hours after the shot, but relaxed on the couch a bit and is feeling better already. Got a nice lump on her arm and it's pretty sore. Drove by on my way home this afternoon and it looked packed with a steady stream of vehicles pulling in. Can't speak to how organized they may or may not be, but based on the amount of people it looked like they are processing, I can't imagine there's not a long wait involved.

I was able to book ours around 1 last night. Looked like some of the rural stores opened up slots around then. Stephenville went from booked up to available appointments on the 8th-10th.

Well for those of us that aren’t doctors — and aren’t pretending to be one on Surly — it’s good to have the guidance from those that are.

Stephenville back up as of 15 minutes ago, was able to get appointments for my wife and I.

Out again in 78628

Back up - for now - in 78628. About five minutes shy of three hours this time.

78628 checking in, just lost power again about 10 minutes ago. Fuuuuuuck this.

It is, she’s the one that made that great video after Trump left his supporters to freeze to death in Nebraska.

https://communityimpact.com/austin/central-austin/government/2021/01/06/newly-elected-austin-city-council-members-use-swearing-in-ceremony-to-condemn-violent-protests-at-us-capitol/

Senator Cruz, Your seditious actions following the 2020 presidential election have caused lasting damage to the United States, and brought great shame to the state of Texas. The violent insurrection you fomented led to the death of five Americans, including officer Brian D. Sicknick, who was killed in the line of duty by a violent mob acting at your's, and President Trump's, direction. As a native, life-long Texan, I can say with confidence that your actions do not represent the values of Texas, and certainly do not represent those found within the Constitution of the United States. If you have even a shred of dignity, YOU MUST RESIGN and accept the legal consequences of your actions. Only then, can America begin to heal, and Texas can have the representation in congress that we deserve. I will be contacting Senator Cornyn and Representative Carter imminently regarding this matter and will ask them to initiate the process of having you expelled from the Senate if you do not do the right and proper thing and resign. Do the right thing. -ultimaton

Right on, I got the Sienkiewicz one

Gotcha

Why bother? Now's the time to annex another Eastern European country or claim some islands in the South China Sea, but why interrupt us tearing ourselves apart when they can just sit back and enjoy the shit-show?

"Today was the day Donald Trump became president!"

According to Burdick v. United States, a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and that accepting one carries a confession of guilt. Doesn't need to be specific. Nixon was blatantly confessing that he was indeed a crook when he accepted the pardon. Like everything with Trump, that doesn't matter. He'll sign whatever he needs to sign, then he'll release a stupid fucking video like yesterday or do another hate rally and say he's completely innocent -- maybe the most innocent president in history -- and that he wasn't going to pardon himself until a man came up to him, big burly man straight out of central casting, with tears in his eyes and said "Mr. President, if you don't pardon yourself, the country can never heal and the deep state won't stop until they punish you for making America great." So he's not doing it for himself, nope, his presidency was very beautiful and perfect, he's really doing it for *us* and he loves us and we're very special. The rational among us obviously know that's bullshit and will be outraged, and the cult with either believe him or won't give a shit because of the lib tears. So, same as it's been for the last four years.

I can't be the only one that kind of expected the woman that got shot to have been Fitlump, right?

Well, not anymore.

He'll have to get in line