Clark

A year ago I quit FB, IG, threads, messenger [and X, which I wasn't using]. Threads was the one I thought I'd miss the most.
Well, perhaps not!

My ex-gf and I had a toy poodle for the dog's last five years. He died in 2020 aged 18. He was a firecracker! One time we agreed it was good he couldn't talk. It might have been a series of grievances! What happened to my human family and who in hell are you people!!

I don't think it is unique in any way. A lot of people go through it. In my case, it took a close friend challenging my beliefs and assumptions and offering a differing perspective. And me being open-minded to realize she was much more correct.

Burt Meyer, Chicago toymaker behind classics like Lite-Brite, Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, has died at 99 Mainly working for Marvin Glass & Associates, he contributed to Chicago becoming a vibrant center of toy design. In an age before video games, he also helped bring the world Mouse Trap.

Burt Meyer, who helped create Mouse Trap, Lite Brite, Toss Across, & Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, has died.
chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...

lame Zohran text meme -- worth a shot

Johnson doing that thing with his lips that makes me wonder if things are OK at home.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene = @RepMTG • 5h I don't like 50 year mortgages as the solution to the housing affordability crisis. ... It will ultimately reward the banks, mortgage lenders. and home builders while people pay far more in interest over time and die before they ever pay off their home. In debt forever, in debt for life! Instead stop companies and asset managers from buying up single family homes, which has driven the price of homes and forced homebuyers to compete with corporations that turn thousands of homes into permanent rental homes. Let people with a good rent history qualify for mortgages.

The new MTG

Didn't read the referenced story. [Is there a link?]
I will say that up to age 25 [40 years ago now] I had Libertarian leanings -- and then realized I had no real perspective on life experience due to my privilege.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Dinkins was also a Democratic Socialist wasn't he? Trying to remember if Poppy Bush threatened to cut off NYC's funding and send in troops.

Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.

Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

The whole governing philosophy of the United States right now is "try and stop us." Turns out not many people can do that, because the level of malfeasance completely overwhelms the enforcement mechanisms, which are rooted in a presumption of good faith, a presumption which turns out to be wrong.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Alaska Supreme Court allows personal watercraft in Homer’s Kachemak Bay, reversing lower court The ruling has significant implications for all state agencies’ ability to impose and repeal regulations, attorneys say.

bummer -- one of the few places off-limits to jet skis

Am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?

Victor Robles -- just wow -- where have I ever witnessed such drive, wild abandon; swagger. Incredible!

Let's check in and see how many of the 12 calendar months are warming and how many are cooling at a statistically significant rate over the last 75 years. One of these maps is not like the other. 🔥🔥🔥

After Friday's game I threatened to stop being one of their fans. They really shaped up after that!! ;

Loved Kate's recap of the 9/3/25 game. They should give away booklets of those household hints instead of bobbleheads at the home games. A lot more helpful!!

President @realDonaldTrump showing President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hat 🤣🇺🇸

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.

Al’s dressing room at the Alaska State Fair is a tiny log cabin.

OK, Alaska, you win for coolest dressing room of the tour.

Also, Spike Jones and His City Slickers!!

Weird Al Yankovic is doing two shows today at the Alaska State Fair. He was always part of our rental car soundtrack, 30 years ago on trips with the kids, along with Monty Python, Bonzo Dog Band and such. Brought with on burned CDs. If we were hearing Weird Al in the car, we were on vacay!

I trust we will find the Mets easier than Baltimore?? 🙄

Baltimore Mayor Scott response on Trump: I think it's very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the President has a black mayor, and most of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crime…

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

The transformation started with Iran-Contra.

Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.