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Mrs Whiggins

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  1. NGL, corps kowtowing to political chicanery and rolling back inclusivity with respect to both customers and employees as well as consumer protection policies does not have us wanting to buy anything that isn't strictly necessary. Fuck the regime's cries of don't panic. Yeah, sure, I'll believe a mobster standing in front of my door with his goons behind him saying that with a smile on his face. Not. However, we do have to eat. We rarely eat out, but when we do, it's the local places. The taqueria up the street whose enchilada platter puts me in a meat coma, the Indian buffet with fantastic mutter paneer, the Korean restaurant that has a seafood pancake that is so crisp and tasty, the burger joint. Real food made by our neighbors in the community. Their costs will probably go up and therefore their prices, but we'll be there for them.
  2. I just saw a poll regarding tariffs, and young working class white males had a favorable view of them. I suspect the neighbor dudes, if collegiate (in which white college educated males polled tariffs as unfavorable by a larger margin) may get wiser but it will depend upon how effective the GOP kool-aid is at dulling their brain cells. *The poll was conducted by Marquette and is available here: https://law.marquette.edu/poll/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MLSPSC25PressReleaseNationalIssues.pdf
  3. Not wrong on that point at all. Encouraging young people to question and be a member of the resistance (to challenge, to learn, to try and figure things out) is tricky as it can play with our own insecurities, but it can change the world.
  4. Agree. Spoilered commentary:
  5. Pick me, pick me, pick me! *Can't claim credit for Elon's appearance, some other internet denizen pointed it out....
  6. I checked around, and one of the articles compared it to a Mao pin, but what hasn't been verified as accurate is whether HE is articulating it or the sycophants are doing this of their own accord. Either is just stunningly awful though.
  7. SIAP. Not a flag, not a congressional pin but an empty golden head. Guess the loyalty test has gone full Trump Tower penthouse tacky. You can read the article at the link but it doesn't appear to be a joke. Wonder if all of the military will have to wear them in his pricey parade....
  8. An alternative outcome would be the reversion to the old belief that it is caused by the mother with the additional caveat that it is mothers in the workforce. That belief had some sticking around power for a long time until the vaccine stuff started.
  9. I'd never heard of that term for it; although I was familiar with two of the hs wampus cat mascots: the Itasca mentioned above, and one in Atoka, OK because I used to drive past it when traveling. I got the nickname for west austin from an unsourced internet comment that was also unsourced on wiki (because I'm weird like that.) So no clue about when people were using that but perhaps it's more recent for the neighborhood?
  10. This is really hard to read. I mean I've heard of leading with the bad news first, so sure, listing that a toddler spent 3 weeks hospitalized (and was likely home sick prior to that) and then following it with the two deceased girls makes sense when the Secretary continues by adding the upside: 300 children who came down with a preventable disease survived because...well thanks to the quacks I guess? it reads like a typical late night ad for copper underwear so one's penis stays energized or something. But can you imagine if one sent out a similar text after Uvalde about the 17 injured and the 21 fatalities for something that also was, for the most part, preventable? Oh, well we had 600 students survive thanks to the extraordinary efforts of....geez, sorry I'm getting disheartened by it all. Since when did progress become a pejorative?
  11. While I get the reference to west austin (wampus), this name (bolded) has an interesting crossover if the ingredient listed above is accurate 'cause a wampus cat trapping a "mouse" is next level genius.
  12. What is that orange symbol supposed to be? A cross? Chilling when one considers transporting people to one way destinations unknown for crimes, that are in some cases, rather nebulous.
  13. When talking with others I've been referring to it as the regime. It is not an administration, as that would require management and as far as I can tell, there is none, only chaos and dictates, so a dictatorship and/or regime (regimes can be democratic, but let's be clear that this is not the case based on the last 3 months).
  14. TIL (after reading an article about her and the account) that she was a real estate agent. The simulation decided to stick with the plan on that one, lol.
  15. Thank you, @bolverk for the update; Friday had 481 cases but easy to miss as I haven't been including the graphics. It's annoying that DHHS doesn't archive their updates and I suspect that is not likely to change given reasons I won't bother with at this time. ABC news had an article discussing the outbreak specific to the region (southwest/midwest) here: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-claims-curve-flattening-texas-measles-outbreak/story?id=120554374 and it goes into the likelihood of cases being undercounted, something with which most of us are familiar. Southwestern Kansas has seen cases increase, and again, given that region's lower population base, one hopes that will limit spread, but it's not a given. A Lubbock daycare had 7 children (many were too young to have been fully vaccinated) infected. That's alarming.
  16. The female justices dissented. Guess Barrett suddenly realized she's not got the 'Y' gene necessary to count in this administration's future interpretations of the Constitution and its rights if she doesn't speak up.
  17. I was reading a little of this in the 'Papers please...' thread in DT. While Makled was successful in keeping his phone, I noticed the feds obtained his contact list. When agents questioned him about one or two names, IIRC, Makled stated only that they were his clients and did not divulge further. However, now that the feds have a list of names and numbers from his phone, isn't it probable that those in his contacts, regardless of status, can now be surveilled and harassed if they were not already? Seems like the government could easily make things quite uncomfortable for a legal reps circle of not only clients but friends and family. When word travels, as it does, then finding representation for future deportees becomes difficult. Intimidation tactics are not in the least fashy are they? /sarcasm
  18. Disagree, but like much in youth athletics there are issues with lack of trained volunteers/coaches/officials and/or people that care sufficiently about ALL the participants and not just the stars. I will say that watching someone get hit with a discus is rather alarming. I used to time meets with 3 watches (one around neck, one in each hand) so that everyone (not just placers) had a recorded time so that could log their progress. Some students didn't have or forgot to bring a watch and while some coaches would pull other students over to time the slower runners, a lot didn't bother. When timing chips came on the scene that helped some, but their use isn't universal/widespread at all levels. Eh, I clipped the rest of your quote because I can't speak to that w/o more knowledge but the part above isn't all that strange as it depends on the circumstances. Set up at some meets is not well organized, some stadiums are small and with inclement weather, not everyone can crowd under the bleachers. Cross country meets are worse for that as they are often held at parks, etc and if it's raining hard, it's quicker to stand in a tent than trek back to the bus or crowd into a teeny shelter. The McNeil Invite had a storm hit at their park during a meet and I thought I was going to need a tow and a new set of clothes before the drive back.
  19. Texas DHHS Friday update on measles: 481 cases, 56 hospitalized (that is a cumulative since the initial outbreak).
  20. Here's one for you: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75dl7rdxexo
  21. Anyone else watching Weak Hero Class 1 ? (Korean w/English subtitles for us). The bully(ies) picking on the weak trope, but for a quasi 'teen' show, not a bad watch thus far for some of the fight scenes, although: criticism behind spoiler
  22. Naming a naval vessel after Musk is really really bad luck. I'm only a little 'stitious, but the symbolism of a word that attracts predators due to its scent seems particularly ill-advised. Sailors need all the luck they can get...
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