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He’s not stepping aside; he wasn’t invited to participate. He raised a stink about deserving to be included, but, his argument was unconvincing.

I’m surprised ICE impersonators aren’t already pulling home invasions. When “legitimate” ICE agents are masked and refuse to identify themselves, there’s no functional difference between legal and criminal actions. How’s anyone supposed to know if it’s really ICE?

With the amount of Entemann’s and Sara Lee I’m stress eating, it’s hard to believe they missed.

Are you sure it’s not Amendment Nine and Three-Quarters? No one can see it, but when Trump runs unconstitutional orders through it, they magically come through on the other side as if the Constitution is irrelevant.

It’s interesting that secret service told reporters the guy who stole Noem’s purse what a white male, then they wait a week and DHS says it was an undocumented migrant but refuses to give any other details.

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A couple mornings ago, CNBC let Jim Cramer yammer on about reading Death by China again, and he encouraged others to read it. He said Peter Navarro is “more cogent than you might think” (regardless of “Ron Vara”). It ruined my breakfast.

I switched to watching Opening Bell on Bloomberg TV.

I’m watching Christine Lagarde answer question after question with calm, cogent, complete answers.

As an American, I’m not used to this kind of behavior from a woman facing the press.

No smirking? Favoring data over “vibes”? Being respectful to journalist?

WTH is this?

As kids, we threw that word about like confetti. They were pariahs, totally segregated at school: separate busses at separate times, no cafeteria (lunch in the classroom), no school events. Ugly consequences for all of us. Later, we did better & I thought we killed the word. I hate hearing it again.

Exactly. We just said they were awkward or weird (or the r-word). I can armchair diagnose at least half a dozen kids from my school days who were probably on the spectrum, by today’s standards, but were either diagnosed with a generic learning disability, or had no diagnosis at all.

I love “happy dog face”. It always makes me smile back.

I swear to dog, if I had a small child, I’d be looking for daycare fully staffed by drag queens. It’s really the only safe choice.

Sadly, my appointment got dissed.

I know this makes it difficult for visually impaired folks to safely use the crosswalk. But, I still love whoever is doing it.

Google took $$ to put phishing above real PayPal site (also paid). AND the fake login is good enough to fool Apple's Passwords app into providing real site credentials.

So be wary & rely on good sense more than tech safeguards.

BTW, the charge was legit and my new password is super complex.

Google results from typing "paypal" into the address bar. The first (Sponsored) result says it's "PayPay - Official Sign In" but, the website is dynaweb.live. I added a red arrow pointing to it with the caption "This is NOT PayPal. The second (also sponsored) result is actually PayPal.

Fraudulent PayPal login page on dynaweb that fooled Apple's Passwords app into offering to fill in my credentials with a finger scan. I added arrows to emphasize that dynaweb.live in the address bar does not match paypal.com in the Passwords app dialog box.

The #1 PayPal result on Google is a phishing scam! I got email about a surprise PayPal charge. I tried to go to PayPal on my laptop. Passwords app popped up, but the site said I was locked out & gave a phone #. Their help line gave me weird vibes and I hung up. Then, I checked what happened.

Why is this doofus on CNBC plugging Death by China and saying Navarro is more cogent than you think?

Ok. No matter the agency’s name, being on a government watch list is probably never going to be a good thing for anybody. The government isn’t always meticulous about keeping innocent people off of their lists, or removing them when the error has been reported.

Hmm. Our airport security woes started with the 2nd trip we took after 9/11 (pre-Xmas 2001). Oct security was normal. In Dec, she was pulled aside without explanation & again on Jan return. That agent said her name was on the list. It happed every domestic & international trip until she was 18.

Watching 80s videos breaks my brain a little, because I remember them being “so totally awesome” at the time.

The 9 to 5 music video hasn’t aged well, but the song is still awesome.

Dolly is such a great storyteller.

Kentucky in 2017. FWIW, she also retained her right to vote, though she couldn’t manage to fill out a ballot, so I never took her to the polls.

I was my mother's guardian & conservator due to senile dementia issues. She was prone to sudden angry outbursts and she often threatened to get her rifle or "slit your throat" over imagined slights. Court revoked her rights to make money/health decisions, but she retained the right to own guns.

One bad debate performance (while sick) aside, I’d still put money on Biden beating Trump in any cognitive test.

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.

Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

If a short form social media post is eligible for a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing*, you should win. Your words are truly poignant.

*clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in a way that uses journalistic tools effectively

When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'

This made me sad. Nothing has any value to Trump, unless the price tag is prominently displayed. Even when he knows someone else values something, he’s prone to destroying it out of spite or laziness.

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Photo of Biden’s traditionally elegant Oval Office.

Oval Office photo with arrows pointing out a cluttered frenzy of rococo embellishments and golden decor additions embodying Trumps tackiness.

Trump’s “taste” is what an 8 year old child-laborer thinks “rich” looks like. Life-long access to brilliant art and architecture, and Trump has no appreciation or respect.

More rococo! Shinier gold! Scrooge McDuck has more refined taste!

I really want to build an indoor pool and sunroom attached to my house. But it would be “unreasonably expensive”. Would it be OK to just steal the all the materials and then stiff the builder so it won’t break my budget?

I often say that Rush’s Subdivisions and Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit are like bookends for those years of my life. “Conform (Be cool) or be cast out” in middle and high school to “Oh well whatever never mind” as I was finishing college.