they coordinated a thing, and they shaped it well enough to get energy and momentum from that. Energy! From the Democrats!
Right? It's not what we have been taught to expect, but I am trying to let myself enjoy it unreservedly
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
-t - Jul 24, 2024 3:35:27 pm PDT #1758 of 3380
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
JenP - Jul 24, 2024 4:23:06 pm PDT #1759 of 3380
I am trying to let myself enjoy it unreservedly
Same here. I am feeling hope, and I'm trying to just feel it and not revert to steeling myself, as I have been doing for the last decade.
Laura - Jul 24, 2024 5:43:26 pm PDT #1760 of 3380
Our wings are not tired.
I’ve seen this quote going around: “J.D. Vance is the Dan Quayle of Sarah Palins.”
That quote just delights me so much.
I still can't quite believe that the Dems managed to do this. It shouldn't have been a high bar of difficulty, but they've been tripping over that shit for years. But they coordinated a thing, and they shaped it well enough to get energy and momentum from that. Energy! From the Democrats!
Savoring this moment.
Trudy Booth - Jul 24, 2024 11:32:36 pm PDT #1761 of 3380
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm just going to sit here and cry for a minute.Yeah, same. Wow.
Theodosia - Jul 25, 2024 2:49:07 am PDT #1762 of 3380
'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"
That is really tremendous news. Basically, HIV has been around my entire adult life as a threat. (65 here now.)
Now, why exactly don't we have vaccines for gonorrhea and syphilis?
Toddson - Jul 25, 2024 7:00:54 am PDT #1763 of 3380
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
he he ... came across a post with this title (not going to link to it):
House Republican leadership engages in doomed effort to make members express marginally less racism about Kamala Harris
It finishes up with:
After that, they can work on turning the tides of the Pacific Ocean.
askye - Jul 25, 2024 8:12:59 am PDT #1764 of 3380
Thrive to spite them
I had to go search that out because that is good writing. Ive been reading Salon more because I find their takes on Trump and the GOP amusing.
askye - Jul 25, 2024 9:59:05 am PDT #1765 of 3380
Thrive to spite them
I am so tired of rain. I can't remember the last day it didn't rain. The 10 day forecast is rain at various amounts. I think there is one day with less than 10% chance of rain. The store is muggy . The backroom feels like South Florida, the humidity not the heat it's actually not that hot just swampy.
I wish I could send the rain to some plac that needs it
P.M. Marc - Jul 25, 2024 11:34:36 am PDT #1766 of 3380
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Now, why exactly don't we have vaccines for gonorrhea and syphilis?
Because they're tricky bastards.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2024 2:19:34 pm PDT #1767 of 3380
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I still can't quite believe that the Dems managed to do this. It shouldn't have been a high bar of difficulty, but they've been tripping over that shit for years. But they coordinated a thing, and they shaped it well enough to get energy and momentum from that. Energy! From the Democrats!
There's a great NYT article about it, which reads like a West Wing script: [link]
Also, how Nancy Pelosi organized the push for Biden to pull out of the race: [link]
There's some feeling that Nancy regretted letting Diane Feinstein stay on so long, and also not getting in RBG's ear about retiring during the Obama adminsitration. Pelosi may not be the Speaker but she's clearly the most powerful Democrat in the country after the President.