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Get Ready. Long Blog Post Percolating.

September 22, 2018 - By ginny

It seems like forever since I wrote anything longer than a tweet. Especially since @Twitter went from 140 to 280 characters. And I’ve stayed off of Facebook mostly to avoid seeing propaganda ads (sorry friends and family). And even “forever” is longer now in the Drumpf era. Today on Twitter, I joked that if dog years are 7 human years, 1 newscycle day is 24 years, and one newscycle year is 14,600 human years. How long ago was it that we thought “One Scaramucchi = 11 days” was funny? I haven’t even touched my desktop computer in months (ie., several…

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Why Trump won’t call Putin’s election win a ‘sham’ – CNNPolitics

March 21, 2018 - By ginny

Donald Trump doesn’t care what anyone thinks about his puzzling relationship with Vladimir Putin — that includes his own foreign policy team, Republican senators and US allies. â€” Read on www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/trump-russia-inconsistencies-putin-call/index.html

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5 Political Links Mon Dec 11 21 21:59:13 2017

December 11, 2017 - By ginny

Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. Alabama Farmer Who Lost Gay Daughter To Suicide Protests Roy Mooreâ€™s Homophobia: Sometimes it takes a devastating loss for someone to see the impact of their hateful, homophobic and bigoted views. In this video, a heartbroken dad named Nathan Mathis is seen outside a Roy Moore rally in Wicksburg, Alabama. Mathis is seen holding a photo of his daughter, now deceased. – by Red Painter – Tags: feedly, ifttt, politics – https://crooksandliars.com/2017/12/alabama-farmer-who-lost-gay-daughter Sen. Gillibrand calls on Trump to resign: Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour…

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Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By

December 11, 2017 - By ginny

A horrible thing happened Friday night. My iPhone went for an unexpected swim. There was a scream of horror, right after the most awful kerplunk sound ever. I fished it out and turned it off as quickly as I could, but I wasnâ€™t quick enough. David had pounded upstairs to see what was the matter, and quickly found a container of rice we still had – we stopped cooking rice for dinner quite a while ago. Into the rice it went and I waited, phoneless, for 2 days. I blame a phone commercial that shows someone dropping their phone in…

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Geek Out! - Hot Off The Presses - The Never-Ending Bloga

Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By

December 11, 2017 - By ginny

A horrible thing happened Friday night. My iPhone went for an unexpected swim. There was a scream of horror, right after the most awful kerplunk sound ever. I fished it out and turned it off as quickly as I could, but I wasnâ€™t quick enough. David had pounded upstairs to see what was the matter, and quickly found a container of rice we still had – we stopped cooking rice for dinner quite a while ago. Into the rice it went and I waited, phoneless, for 2 days. I blame a phone commercial that shows someone dropping their phone in…

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Trump Is Spoiling Our National Parks

October 28, 2017 - By ginny

And I hate him for it, so much. Trump is spoiling our national parks

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Listened to @waitwait and @petersagal with Brian May – this was next in my feed

October 28, 2017 - By ginny

Link: Brian Mayâ€™s 3D pictures capture Queen in all their pomp | Music | The Guardian

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What Iâ€™m really thinking: the mother of a redhead via @TheGuardian

October 28, 2017 - By ginny

I bet my mom could have related to this article. She got comments about me like this ALL the time. Her hair was auburn; my dad’s hair was fiery red when he was younger. I had no choice in the matter. Cereal is still the best meal of the day. We are not supposed to be offended. Yet if you replace ginger with any other unusual body part, it suddenly seems less acceptable Link: What Iâ€™m really thinking: the mother of a redhead | Life and style | The Guardian

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Hot Off The Presses - SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last days | Business | The Guardian

October 7, 2017 - By ginny

Iâ€™d never heard of this airline before last week. Then I caught a call from someone whoâ€™d been booked on them. There was no other way to help him, had to sell him a new ticket on a new carrier, and heâ€™ll pursue refund with them himself. In the week running up to the collapse of Monarch Airlines, one crew member noticed that something was awry. The soap had run out on a flight back to Gatwick and a request to replenish supplies was left unanswered. A few days later, on Monday this week, Monarch was no more: almost 2,000…

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Hot Off The Presses - SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last days | Business | The Guardian

October 7, 2017 - By ginny

Iâ€™d never heard of this airline before last week. Then I caught a call from someone whoâ€™d been booked on them. There was no other way to help him, had to sell him a new ticket on a new carrier, and heâ€™ll pursue refund with them himself. In the week running up to the collapse of Monarch Airlines, one crew member noticed that something was awry. The soap had run out on a flight back to Gatwick and a request to replenish supplies was left unanswered. A few days later, on Monday this week, Monarch was no more: almost 2,000…

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MAKE: Crochet Emotional Support Dumpster Fire

Can I re-learn how to crochet and make this absolute unit from 2020? The last time I crocheted something, it was 1972.

”Let’s knock out 2020 with THE BEST CROCHET PROJECT OF THE YEAR!!! It’s 100% Soft’s Dumpster Fire!!! Truck asked if I wanted to translate his iconic and super popular Dumpster Fire…”

Link: Dumpster Fire Crochet Pattern w/ 100% Soft
Trump Needs Public Cooperation to Enact a Fascist Vision. Here’s How We Refuse.

Do what you can to make community connections, support good causes, and refuse to comply with unjust “authority.”

”Our resistance to fascistic policies must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal.”

Link: Trump Needs Public Cooperation to Enact a Fascist Vision. Here’s How We Refuse.
Dumwall Jingo Tinyfist will open the Strategic Nickname Reserve on Day One

Daily Show host Desi Lydic mocks DJT, as mockery is his kryptonite.

"In the midst of chaos," the comedian/actress commented, "Donald Trump is taking action by opening up the strategic nickname reserve."

Link: Daily Show host brutally mocks Republicans rushing to defend Trump’s 'dumb ideas'
Protect The Weak, Take The Fifth, StandTogether

Interesting advice, but don’t lie to law enforcement. We still have the right to remain silent, and the moral duty to shield the vulnerable. The people who do the hardest jobs in the US deserve our support.

Quote:

”Choose as your New Year’s mantra that great civic-minded slogan: ‘If you saw something, no you didn’t’”

Link: Here’s a New Year's resolution for Trump’s America: no snitching | Hamilton Nolan
‘Elmo Skum goes full-bore Gandalf

Both Trump and Skum posted in the wee hours to order GOP sycophants to shut down government.

Skum Xitted: “This should not pass.”

”President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown…”

Link: Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands