Happy Thanksgiving, to everyone who celebrates it! And a very merry Thursday to everyone who doesn’t.
Because I haven’t provided a health update in a while (outside of the comments) I just wanted to reassure everyone that I am still here, and still trying to sort through a bunch of medical issues with the help of assorted doctors, some very competent and others not so much.
The issues I’m facing aren’t lifethreatening, but they are still debilitating enough to keep me from regular posting here. Sorry to be so vague; I’ll offer more details once some of these issues are sorted out a bit more. I’ll return to posting as soon as I am able but I cannot predict when that will be.
I appreciate everyone’s patience and continued support. Thanks!
Some commenters on the Raw Story report on Jones’s win say some of the Bratbart crowd are blaming Steve Bannon for the loss. Weird.
@tim gueguen
Yes, yes eat each other.
I am waiting for the impending Tweetstorm.
Also, the predictive text on my phone suggested “impeachment” instead of “impending” in that sentence.
@Moggie
“What is “homosexualist gay terrorism”, anyway? Usually, terrorism involves bombs or guns, but I suspect the gay version involves cakes.
Knowing homophobes, most likely they’re afraid that they’ll be forced to get a haircut and look FAB-U-LOUS.
Terrorism.
@Weird Eddie
“… what…. “I’m sorry you’re homophobic”…???”
Ha! I wish. I also wish Hallmark would put that shit on a XMAS card, because I have a list, and Moore having his ass handed to him in a deep red state just renewed my faith in Santa.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/364591-ex-mcconnell-aide-thanks-bannon-for-showing-us-how-to-lose-the-reddest-state
Oohh dạ dạ dạ dạ
Let them eat each other. Let them fight.
Its a relief.
There’s a downside, of course.
Now Senator Jones has won, want to bet the women wronged by Moore suddenly get way less help and support? Political parties make fickle allies. That’s been shown time and time again.
A second downside, assuming Trump is canny enough to pour piss out of a boot without instructions (this is far fetched, but assuming your enemy isn’t stupid is habit) – he can make his base supporters even more unquestioning. After all, Trump didn’t want Moore during the primary. If he’s even vaguely competent, he’ll play that card in his tweets.
I went to the Breitbart comments for some good mocking fun.
Here’s my favorite comment so far from OldPatriot
That’s right. Now Fox News and Drudge are left wing fake news. I just cannot even.
Drudge is gay? *googles* Oh well I guess if Out magazine says it then it must be true!
My happy dance has badly alarmed my chihuahua.
Trump’s response, since y’all are breathlessly waiting 😛
I’m assuming some intern grabbed Trump’s phone and ran off with it, since it’s both vaguely literate and is missing bombast.
I remember when Doug Jones announced his candidacy for Alabama Senate and all I could think was “Good on you sir, but don’t expect much to come of it.”
In one of the happiest apologies I’ve ever had to give, I am deeply sorry for doubting you, SENATOR Jones.
I missed this before, but…
@Shadowplay
From my personal experience in the food industry plus what I’ve heard from others, it’s rotten to the core with sexual harassment and misogyny. I’d be surprised if there’s a chef out there who wasn’t accused of sexual harassment at the very least.
@Kupo
Thank you for that. Not worked a kitchen since the 70’s – when it was an incredibly sexist environment (even by 70s standards), but I can easily believe it’s gotten no better.
Tom Colicchio and Anthony Bourdain both spoke out against sexism in the industry last month and after the Batali story broke, both said they weren’t surprised at all. Glad they both acknowledged this shit before a super prominent member of the food industry went down, but wish they’d named names sooner since they apparently already knew about Batali.
Celebration kittehs!
Tuscaloosa voter here. I am so glad Jones is representing me. We were on pins and needles most of the night.
Oh man, it’s the first night of Hanukkah and Jones won! To quote Ice Cube: “today was a good day”
So… Virginia, Alabama… where’s next? (Australian here).
RE: Alabama
Holy Fuck Balls. We won.
Off topic, but I just saw this story on Guardian and it’s really horrifying dystopia shit. Anyone else read it?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/chinese-authorities-collecting-dna-residents-xinjiang
I know there’s been efforts in various countries to collect DNA from anyone arrested and that’s horrible enough, but this? What a terrible precedent. I hope the rest of the world doesn’t follow suit.
Abars,
I’m not aware of any important special elections in the coming few months. The big election for us will be next November’s midterm election. All of the US house, a third of the US senate and a bunch of gubernatorial and other state races will happen. The results will depend a lot on Democratic turnout and resistance to efforts to suppress said turnout. I’m cautiously optimistic after seeing tonight’s results, but it’s definitely going to take work.
I think if there’s one takeaway to US politics I’ve noticed over the past year, it’s that time and again, black people, and black women in particular, have had to save white people from their own worst instincts.
It’s certainly not a burden they asked for. They have enough to deal with as it is without having to handle white people’s temper tantrums.
@Katamount
Sorry I didn’t respond earlier – I haven’t been back to this thread since David’s latest post popped up. Cheers for the heads up on ‘Infiltration’, I’ve been having a look at the site and it’s awesome. I do like the drains. Never been one for towers or old buildings, but anything underground is fun.( I was watching ‘IT’ and getting very excited by the sewers, probably more so than I should have been. ) I’m going to see if I can get a copy of his ‘Access All Areas’ book.