We're in the home stretch now.
I'm still worried about Trump supporters getting violent around and on Inauguration Day. I wish I weren't, but I don't think it's going to be an easy transition.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2020 3:31:06 pm PST #1056 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Topic!Cindy - Dec 14, 2020 3:39:34 pm PST #1057 of 30000
What is even happening?
Me too, Teppy. I'm also worried Barr's replacement will be willing to do things even Barr wasn't willing to do. And I'm leery of (if not exactly worried about) Pence pulling some b.s. when Congress counts the votes on January 6th.
Theodosia - Dec 14, 2020 4:47:31 pm PST #1058 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I have to wonder if Trump wanted stuff that even Barr drew the line at -- which would be a line quite lower than the low standard Barr was consistently giving him.
My fave NPR commentator (Andrea Cabral) said that Barr was actually acting properly holding back news about the Hunter Biden investigation (a real one, it seems) because it looks to be exactly the kind of affair that you don't want to spring prematurely if there's substance to it, so that you don't tip your hand and send the bad actors scurrying.
Dana - Dec 14, 2020 4:52:43 pm PST #1059 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Wow, first time in a long time I was away from the news all day, and Bill Barr resigns. Not bad. I hope he's miserable and so is the orange asshole.
Volans - Dec 14, 2020 5:27:30 pm PST #1060 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Barr was fired. At top levels in DC you get told you need to "step down" to avoid the optics of being fired. Trump booted him because he failed to deliver the election, but didn't rage-fire him because he's otherwise been colon-licking loyal.
DebetEsse - Dec 14, 2020 9:16:27 pm PST #1061 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yeah, I want to meara responses to everyone, but I lack the brain.
Gumball's 18 months. He's still pretty big for his age and has mastered All The Motor Skills. His receptive language is good enough that we're probably entering the Spelling Things years. He's been a whiney boob monster the past couple of days, but we put him to bed early, so hopefully that will help his mood.
I have many feelings about the Barr news, but I have no idea how to parse any of them...4 more days of school.
We're looking at a day or two a month of furlough starting in January...but no word whatsoever about what that schedule might look like, and I am SO FUCKING SICK of not being told things.
sj - Dec 15, 2020 7:45:32 am PST #1062 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My day started with a zoom group therapy meeting followed by a zoom funeral. Can I be done with today now?
Glamcookie - Dec 15, 2020 7:57:16 am PST #1063 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
{{{sj}}}
-t - Dec 15, 2020 8:02:45 am PST #1064 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oof, sj. That is a lot.
JenP - Dec 15, 2020 8:08:22 am PST #1065 of 30000
Goodness, sj. That's more than one day packed into just a morning.