Christine Valada

Keep it shut down. We do not need nazi jackboots roaming our streets so the 🍊🐖 can complete his coup. Fire them all. Take the murderers and rapists to trial an execution. Get rid of DHS, Noem, and her boy-toy.

This is something out of Dickens. How far has this country fallen, the richest country in the world, to treat children this cruelly?

What a stupid piece of shit this tiny-penised boy must be to think women are his enemy. Guarantee he’s never been laid.

As I recall, Michael said he looked in a mirror and saw what he needed for the cover. He used himself and Audrey on a cover that involved ice cream and aliens. I have a print, but can’t remember the book right now. He’s also used their kids in pieces. Gave me one of Alexa on the moon as her sandbox.

I hope someone told you Cushing’s isn’t your fault and animals can live a long life with it. I first heard about and saw Cushing’s in the school horse herd at the college where I work. The long hair on a cocker might obscure the most obvious sign. 16 is a good long run for any dog.

Apparently, everywhere.

Good. Fuck J.D. Vance and the 🍊🐖 from here to kingdom come. This whole thing is lies from start to finish. 🍊🐖 approved and posted a disgusting video and now everything is damage control to keep those in the fold who may have finally reached their limit. EVERYTHING. IS. A. LIE. from this White House.

Thank you for letting us at home know NBC is supporting the fascist regime in the U.S.

Sergio Aragones once tried to draw people behind the trees of Len Wein’s wall paper, but Len stopped. Regretted it ever after. Fortunately, I have some other art Sergio did for Len, including a Swamp Thing cartoon. I’ve been to many a dinner where drawing took place at lunch or dinner at SDCC.

The hell we are.

It certainly was a privilege and an honor.

Reading about the murder of the Washington Post just guts me. My five years as a freelance photographer for them (1980-1985) were memorable. Many of the Watergate writers and photographers were still around, as was the great Mrs. Graham. Donald did her no honor by selling to Bezos.

Thanks. I’ve lived in a couple of other states with holidays that were not Federal (VA for Jefferson’s birthday and CA for Cesar Chavez.) I personally think Columbus Day should be stripped and moved to Election Day.

"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."

This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):

Willow, my only quibble is that I always remember getting Columbus Day off from school, which I started in 1956, so in New York it goes back longer than 50 years. But Italian/Catholic prejudice has deep roots. My sister’s roommate’s mother refused to shake my mother’s hand at college move-in in 1972

I have it on DVD.

Democrats want ICE disbanded. You don’t improve the training for Nazi jackboots, Chuck. Those fuckers are still out of control and must be stopped.

Mike Johnson is a Constitutional lawyer like I’m an Olympic dressage rider. He probably took a lot less time studying and practicing than I did. He sure doesn’t understand anything about the Constitution, separation of powers, or his sworn duty to protect and defend the Constitution.

He could drop dead before then, if we are lucky.

The 🍊🐖 is so thin-skinned, you could make eisenglass windows from it for your surrey with the fringe on the top.

Have I missed an announcement for the State of the Union speech this year? Not planning to watch it, just curious about who might be the designated survivor of what is sure to be a colossal fuckup by the poseur in chief and his lapdogs. It would be insanity to have it with his mind deteriorating.

SO inspiring.

I am, too. She is do inspiring.

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.

The position is Senators must vote NO on all DHS funding. These thugs need to be fired. Every one of them. Why should my taxes pay for jackboots, Brownshirts, or whatever you want to call these criminals roaming the streets of Minneapolis and other cities in our country. ICE OUT NOW.

Go, Bruce.

I was sorry I couldn’t get there in the morning for Veronica’s or Roger’s games, but it was a fun afternoon. It’s been years since I’ve been, certainly not since Maggie retired.

Good for you, Ken. Miss you in my LL rundle. ((I was the one in the mask on Monday afternoon.)

Are they practicing theater combat with them?

Watching “Journey to Babel,” which I have not seen for decades, and laughing to my son that the writer was a frequent attendee to parties at my house, two people on the bridge had been to our house, & that I had met several other actors at social events. 15-year-old- me would be so very impressed.