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Mrs Whiggins

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  1. Might as well embrace the taliban-ness of it all and begin writing the mission statement for the Super Patriot Alpha Male academy; no females of course.
  2. So, FWIW, I don't know your grandchild's temperament beyond not wanting the medicine, but something that worked for us around that age required a bit of a deal (I understand the warning about negotiating with terrorists, but this was presented as an either/or and curiousity always won out.) The child could either take the medicine as is, administered by the adult and be done OR the child could take the medicine as is, administered by the adult and then assist in the creation of a concoction which would then by taken by teaspoonful by the adult. Now, this concoction thing involved pulling various spices and condiments from the pantry and fridge, setting them on the table and then the child would point to one. After naming it or some other small talk about it, we would put a tiny amount of those selected in a cereal bowl and kiddo would stir it and then the anticipation would set in: what kind of face is mama going to make when she tries the Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, italian dressing combo? It was rather hilarious and the kids outgrew the age at which medicine was a struggle, but they have fond memories of it. As a mom, it took only a little patience and desperation, but they took their medicine and got a little of their own back with the shared misery of cayenne pepper laced concoctions...
  3. If the story of the 11 year old girl who committed suicide after being bullied by classmates regarding her family didn't move people, they ain't budging on that even if it costs them. Maybe some on the fringes of MAGA, but too much of the silo effect of the media caving/Musk disinfo combined with idiocracy will take the pretzel logic to unseen heights before there is a shift away from the GOP/'Trump is God-like' standard ruler.
  4. This is the cherry shaped dingleberry on top of the shit sundae with diarrhea sauce: Note: he doesn't only mention going after media....
  5. If it is Judge Ana Reyes, perhaps she did her homework prior? She seems pretty level-headed but I've got no legal background.
  6. Some of the data available on certain federal websites has been removed so tracking reproductive health outcomes for women vessels is no longer important.
  7. No argument with the formula you describe and I'd add that the actor swap wherein you take a somewhat unknown but solid actor and make him/her Bond is my preference over a well known person such as Chalamet or Cavill etc. There are plenty of A list types that I think would do well and are pretty to look at but developing someone into Bond somewhat stays true to the character itself.
  8. When I was about 5 or 6, our neighborhood creek flooded to rather impressive heights. Our house was on the side of a hill, so we were unscathed, but my older brother wanted to go out and "see" the water. My mom reluctantly allowed him to go but since I was always tagging along, she told him he had to hold my hand because of the reason you cite above. I looked at my brother's toothpick arms and decided to stay home. Skeptical kindergartener is skeptical.
  9. For every response to this art that condemns it, there will be five times as many that either praise it, hail it as lib tear provoker, or excellent trolling (aka "can't you take a joke"). Sad.
  10. I can't answer that in a knowledgeable way, but the ratio is set by the state w/respect to class size etc so I'll hazard that it can't be too out of balance? What some districts do is cut the extra staff like librarians, school nurses, etc. Maybe the paraprofessionals as well. Administrators take up around 1-2% IIRC and there are a number of employees that are responsible for keeping up with testing, metrics, federal requirements, SPED assistance, etc. That the governor has held the same $ since 2019 isn't helping either. It's breaking something in order to come in with a solution that only favors a select few (which is the way public education was prior to Brown v. BoE. The specifics may have changed somewhat, but it's still a tilt of the table.
  11. With the cut of around 10% of NSF employees and the overall funding freeze for certain agencies, higher ed is going to be going through some things if the $$ stay on hold. The way I understand it is that the larger schools (say like UT and A&M) will be okay until the beginning of summer, but things may get uncomfortable after that. If that happens, campus cuts (especially in GOP dominated states) will likely follow ideologically directed guidelines in order to keep certain funding streams open. That's speculation, but not too hard to imagine. Other countries can certainly make some offers and likely find some willing interviewees. In addition, local economies of smaller university towns would take a hit as sometimes the school is the largest employer. Even if the skeptics say, 'well, just teach then" (i.e. no research), the infrastructure of the Tier I schools is enormous. Going to just let it all decay? Wait, don't answer that....
  12. I can't speak to other districts, but the teacher salaries that you mentioned take up 84% of our ISD's budget and are what is drawn from the stagnant state stipend. That leaves 12% for the non-bond related streams. I think data processing, etc are also under that part of the budget.
  13. We had the inverse of Four Weddings and a Funeral last year so I stepped away for awhile, and two months into 2025 and one is inclined to view an island as rather peaceful as long as one can perform dental surgery with an ice skate.
  14. Parasite is currently on Netflix if you'd like a rewatch; great movie. Mickey 17 is set to release in the US on March 7th I believe, but it may be a slow roll out.
  15. After the success(!) of Tesla's self-driving fleet of trucks and autos, Elon's going for the Cyberplane?
  16. NGL, I can rock a pair of hot pants but no pics you weirdos.
  17. Here's the trailer for the upcoming film from South Korea, taken from the web novel, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. Stars Ahn Hyo-seop as lead character, Kim Dokja, along with costar Lee-Minho as Yoo Jung-hyuk. Kim Ji-soo is the female lead. IIRC, the first installment is The Prophet/The Prophecy (depends upon country for title). Brief synopsis is that Kim Dokja has been the sole reader of an ebook novel (Three Ways To Survive In A Ruined World) for the last 10 plus years. As he's reading the final chapter, fiction and reality began to merge and as the only one who has read the story, he attempts to create a different end. Don't know which platform it will appear on in the U.S. yet, but it looks lively. I like some of the various series that Ahn & Lee (I've still yet to see Pachinko) have been in before, not as familiar with Kim Ji-soo's acting (just her singing) save for Arthdal Chronicles because her more recent series (Newtopia, Snowdrop) are on platforms to which we don't subscribe.
  18. Thank you for the correction and further information. The source I used was a Lubbock website and I looked no further to verify so my bad for that.
  19. Same! Also, the standard line when eating toast along with a wave of the fingers: Crackin' good toast Gromit !
  20. With the CDC "going through some things," wanted to point out that there is a measles outbreak in Lubbock (an outbreak is 3 or more confirmed cases IIRC). The last I'd read it was at 12 confirmed cases and an ongoing investigation/tracking that officials believed might have more cases in the coming days due to the contagious nature of the virus and the reduced rate of vaccination (I think the article mentioned that one school had a rate of 46% with the two shots required for immunity. So, just as a reminder that post holiday global travel is often how measles lands stateside seasonally and then can spread among those that are unvaccinated (for various reasons), be on the watch if you have family members at risk. It is noteworthy that state data (kindergarten and 8th grade are the two groups reported) shows many schools have inoculation rates below 95% which is the level needed to maintain control/herd immunity. Around 1 in 5 cases require hospitalization.
  21. Agree agree agree. We caught it on Netflix recently and it was great to have the old gang back. All time family favorite is the short where Wallace takes the rocket to the moon (A Grand Day Out) and encounters the robot.
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