I have a friend — a wonderful person in so many ways — who gets upset by the news, so she ignores it. News always gets in over the transom one way or another, so she’s aware of who’s running for major offices in the state and country, etc., but she has some amazing gaps in her knowledge. Not long ago she expressed bafflement that there’s another bridge across the Detroit River under construction. Never mind that the debate over building it lasted years, the construction is visible from nearby freeways, from the riverwalk, and the bridge itself is nearing completion. This was in June:
How do you miss something like that, even if you don’t drive downriver all that often? I’m envious.
And yet, we all have our blind spots. Ask me who played in the last Super Bowl. I couldn’t tell y– Wait, yes I can. Taylor Swift’s boyfriend’s team vs. San Francisco, and Taylor’s BF’s team won. But the year before? It was…same teams. Everybody in Detroit was carping that NO ONE WANTS A REMATCH OF THOSE TEAMS, right? (See above: Some news comes in over the transom.) But the year before that? Forget about it.
All of which is to say, I feel like I’ve been marinating in far-right content for a while now. I’m not on Rumble and Telegram, but I do have a Truth Social account (BOR-ing), or did. So much of it is in the mainstream now, though. The Overton window has moved so far in that direction it’s around the corner of the house. So I read this story in the WashPost today, about how Trump is suggesting his assassination attempt maybe isn’t what it seems — i.e. stereotypical Troubled Young Loner seeks spotlight through violence — and nodded in recognition. Absolutely nothing surprising here:
On the first night after Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., some supporters and allies, including campaign staff, immediately began blaming President Joe Biden and Democrats before any information was available about the shooter or his possible motive. Trump himself didn’t go there. In his first public statements after the July 13 shooting, Trump thanked law enforcement, offered condolences to the rallygoers killed and wounded, and called for unity.
But his tone changed in recent weeks, as the Republican presidential nominee began promoting conspiracy theories such as those that label the assassination attempt an “inside job” by government agencies or make up Democratic ties to lawyers representing the shooter’s parents. Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), frequently portray the attempt as part of efforts by political opponents to prevent the former president from returning to power.
Melania’s recent contract negotiation must have called for something similar, because the ho’ wife* is carrying his water, too:
https://t.co/ZCTwZSqZND pic.twitter.com/KKA6anTEYC
— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) September 10, 2024
* obligatory disclaimer: Sex work is work. Also, hel-LO filters.
Any assassination is going to stir up conspiracies, and I’ll admit this one is weird in many ways, but one of the weirdest is how no medical team answered questions about the extent of Trump’s injuries. There was some blood, the panty-liner bandage at the convention, and now his ear shows zero sign of having been grazed by a bullet. And Trump continues to say he was “took a bullet the head” for freedom, or whatever.
I’d never say it didn’t happen, as some on the left do. But if we’re talking about people who we haven’t heard anything about in the days since? I’d include the guy who really did take a bullet to the head, for the crime of being a Front-Row Joe, or whatever you call the people who sit up front at Trump rallies. You know, ol’ what’s-his-name. :::Googling::: Corey Comperatore. Hilarious guy who posted videos about his desire to run over cyclists.
The week, it is ending. And next week will be better, unless it’s worse.
P.S. The new bridge will have a pedestrian/cycling lane, and won’t that be fun.
Jakash said on September 12, 2024 at 4:33 pm
Indeed, walking or bicycling over that bridge would be fun.
I’m actually replying to the previous post, though.
With regard to the column Jeff G. linked to: If part of your thinking is that it might register with a certain segment of Newark voters in a way that a dozen paragraphs of bracing policy analysis would not, I think you’re right, Jeff.
What I noticed about the debate is that the Biggest Loser refused, twice, to say that he would like Ukraine to win its war against his puppet-master. Up until 2015, Republican voters would have been aghast at that.
And that his attempt to appease pro-choice voters by saying that “everybody” wanted Roe v. Wade overturned and the country sent into a state-by-state free-for-all to decide what is appropriate health care for individual women was even more outrageous than most of his bullshit.
But his Obamacare nonsense was hall-of-fame material, even for him. He’s had 9 years since he rode down the golden escalator, 4 years as president and 4 years since then to come up with something better and he was able to utter with a straight face: “I have concepts of a plan. … And you’ll be hearing about it in the not-too-distant future.” Sure, Jan.
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Jeff Borden said on September 12, 2024 at 5:55 pm
A new hero has emerged in Springfield, Ohio…the father of 11-year-old Aiden Clark, who died when his school bus was struck by a minivan driven by a Haitian immigrant. Mr. Clark has had it with Lumpy and Couchfuck McGee (hat tip Jeff Tiedrich) using the little boy to fan immigrant hate. The father delivered a passionate beat down on both low life politicians and the knuckle-draggers in Springfield giving free rein to their racism. It’s really something to see.
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Deborah said on September 12, 2024 at 7:52 pm
This’ll give you pause https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/january-6-trump-politics/678790/?gift=e2EpXMuPtOgT-df8U_sJINatXyGR8O8ld6gkOyln_FI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share Gift article I hope, if I did it right.
Also did you read what Linda Ronstadt said about Trump at her namesake venue in Tucson, AZ? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/us/politics/linda-ronstadt-donald-trump-toxic-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE4.EuZu.UG2TNmcGpKTX&smid=url-share another gift article, again I hope.
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Deborah said on September 12, 2024 at 9:29 pm
Have you ever noticed that when Trump does that phony grin when his followers take selfies with him, he looks exactly like Liberace? I just noticed it.
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Mark P said on September 13, 2024 at 1:21 am
It may be my imagination, but it does seem that even the MSM are talking about Trump’s unhinged behavior now that Kamala has highlighted it for the world. It’s kind of like The Emperor’s New Clothes. It’s OK to talk about it now that she has done it publicly.
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Julie Robinson said on September 13, 2024 at 5:41 am
Trump knows the debate was disastrous for him, why else would he refuse another one? Free airtime and a huge audience are usually irresistible for him.
It rained our entire time in France until the morning we were leaving. Then we could see how beautiful and charming it is. Last couple nights were in a stone house outside Xertigny, and we drove into Germany and bought some Birkenstocks.
Now Dublin, and I’ve either got a cold or the other c word. Curled up under the duvet and letting the others go ramble.
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Dexter Friend said on September 13, 2024 at 5:59 am
Because it’s Friday the 13th and we must ward off evil:
Yesterday’s new polling:
Harris 50 – Trump 45 (+5) Morning Consult
Harris 47 – Trump 42 (+5) Ipsos/Reuters
Harris 49 – Trump 45 (+4) YouGov/Times (likely voters)
Harris 50 – Trump 47 (+3) Leger/NYPost
Harris 48 – Trump 45 (+3) SoCal
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Sherri said on September 13, 2024 at 11:36 am
I really don’t want to talk about the border, I want to talk about abortion, but in all the zillions of articles about the border, I have never been able to figure out one key thing: what is the problem that needs to be solved?
I mean, I read about GOP scaremongering about convoys about brown people coming our way, but so what? I know the Stephen Millers of the country want to shut down even immigration completely, but I don’t believe that most Americans really want that. I think most Americans have some vague notion that immigrants ought to come “the right way”, without any idea of what that involves and how ridiculous it is.
What gets me the most is the good Christians like JD Vance who stir up hatred by spreading lies about immigrants. The strongest message in the Bible he supposedly reveres so much is to love your neighbor, and it is likewise clear about who your neighbor is. Not only that, his patron is an immigrant, and he’s married to the daughter of immigrants.
If JD Vance’s ancestors are like mine, there was no “right way” to immigrate to the US when they came. They just came. There were no immigration laws, no border police, no restrictions. There was a naturalization law that required that you be white and live here 3 and later 5 years, but no citizenship test. Immigration laws didn’t start until after the Civil War, and really started ramping up after 1900 to stem Chinese immigration.
So other than trying to preserve white supremacy, what problem are the border fanatics trying to solve?
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alex said on September 13, 2024 at 11:49 am
So other than trying to preserve white supremacy, what problem are the border fanatics trying to solve?
They’re trying their damnedest not to solve anything. They just want to exploit it as perpetual campaign fodder the same way they used to do with abortion.
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Jeff Borden said on September 13, 2024 at 12:12 pm
I agree with Alex. Many constituencies don’t want a border solution. A steady stream of immigrants serves their purpose. They run the gamut from businesspeople, who see cheap, exploitable labor for their field, factories and warehouses, to the racist schmucks and far right hooligans who cash in on fear mongering to draw clicks and attention, to our professional politicians, who see an easy way to score points with the easily frightened.
If you look at our nation’s history, every group has been vilified, attacked and demonized when they arrived. The Irish were seen as tools of the Roman Catholic Church threatening the Protestant majority here. The Chinese were just too Asian. There were biases against Europeans from the Mediterranean nations including Italy and Greece. And, of course, our own formerly enslaved population –who waited a hundred years past the Civil War for the right to vote– remains a popular target for malicious ugliness by small-minded haters.
We never seem to learn.
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Deborah said on September 13, 2024 at 12:31 pm
This explains a lot about why we have Trump and Trumpers, gift article from the NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/opinion/donald-trump-reality-tv-survivor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU4.sH3s.WucLEWvWTdd-&smid=url-share
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Jakash said on September 13, 2024 at 12:38 pm
Thanks for the gift links, Deborah. They both worked for me.
The January 6 article is disturbing, indeed. Among the things that simply beggar belief about the Biggest Loser’s popularity is that the absolute bare minimum requirement for “upholding the Constitution” is accepting the results of a fair election. He and his “legal team” were given all kinds of leeway in pursing the claim that there were irregularities with the vote, and it was promptly and consistently evident that there just weren’t. To this day, emphasizing it again at the debate, he refuses to concede that he lost. (While harping on and on about his 73 million votes. Hmmm… why are those all legitimate, but the 81 million “You’re fired” votes are not? It’s a mystery.)
It makes me sad for the country that after almost 4 freaking years, our legal system is not capable of barring somebody who does not accept that he lost the last election from running again, while he touts the ridiculous idea that he didn’t lose as a selling point.
Having prompted the insurrection on Jan. 6 and now claiming that those criminals were heroes and patriots makes it much, much worse, of course. Yet, the “law and order party” is fine with it all.
Meanwhile, J.D. Vance is the gift that keeps on giving. What a dunce! To dismiss Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala, he selected this choice way of expressing himself: “I don’t think most Americans… are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans.”
Uh, Stephen Colbert, among millions, I’m sure, noted the preposterous irony of that statement: “A good point. God knows, the last thing Americans need is a billionaire celebrity fundamentally disconnected from the interests and problems of most Americans.” As he said it, photos illustrating how each of those aspects apply to Trump appeared on the screen.
From :50 to 1:25 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWU7w68uT0s
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Jakash said on September 13, 2024 at 12:56 pm
Thanks for that additional link, too, Deborah. It also worked.
It’s somewhat interesting to see references to people and shows I’ve vaguely heard of, but know nothing about. I’ve complained about the realityTVization of America for years, right on this site. So, I’ve thought that it was a ridiculous and dangerous trend all along. The fact that it, more than anything else, I believe, got the Biggest Loser elected in 2016 has always seemed incredible. Ain’t that America?
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jim said on September 13, 2024 at 2:59 pm
From my home in Colorado I report the weirdest Journal Gazette internet line up of columnists ever.
Mark Franke blathering about Abraham Lincoln. I quit reading when he wrote “then the cancel culture mob came for Abe”.
Tim Goeglein blathering about the defunct Fort Wayne Howards. Full of praise for its selection of Hallmark cards and heavenly visits with his sainted grandmother. Went into coma/trance after the first two paragraphs or so.
After awakening I was treated to Frank Hill, who as usual blathered about blather or some such.
I used to get to read Larry Hayes or Evan Davis when they would write about local issues that mattered. The writing was good, focused and meaningful. Now there is just this constant crap.
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LindaG said on September 13, 2024 at 5:56 pm
I agree, Jim. Does anyone have any idea how much these writers are paid? Indy Star publishes Mitch A.’s writing from time to time. I also miss Hayes, Davis, and some national journalists we used to be able to read in the J-G.
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Deborah said on September 13, 2024 at 8:56 pm
Me too Jakash, regarding reality TV, I maybe watched one episode of Survivor or whatever it was called, back in the beginning, none of those shows were my cup of tea, at all.
But what I did watch recently, was the entirety of Succession. There wasn’t one character in that show that had a single redeeming quality, not one, but I was hooked. That weird fascination of watching people dissolve into a pit of vileness had me mesmerized. I can’t say that I wished I could be that way too, in fact the opposite, I hoped I never stooped to that level of desperation and despicability, yet it was something I couldn’t turn away from.
Which is what I found plausible in that article in the New York Times by Hirchorn about those reality TV characters being unlikable but watchable and even characters you’d root for bizarrely in an odd relatable yet unexplainable way. Which Hirchorn compared to the crazy fascination with Trump by his followers. What have we become?
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Julie Robinson said on September 14, 2024 at 3:38 am
It’s very sad to hear about the JG. I’m not sure if the Inskeep family sold their last stake, or they own too little to have a say.
I can’t stand reality shows, but I got obsessed with Succession. It felt like modern day Shakespeare.
After laying in bed all day yesterday I’m feeling better. Today is the day we go to Rathvilly, where my great grandparents lived before emigrating. We have no contacts, sadly those who were visited earlier have all died. But at least we can soak up the atmosphere.
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Suzanne said on September 14, 2024 at 7:10 am
I tried watching Survivor a few times and didn’t get the lure for so many. Same with the Bachelor. I know people, otherwise sane, responsible people, who would plan their week around these shows to the point of showing up late for evening meetings or missing gatherings to watch these shows. One of our son’s best friends was at our house when he suddenly realized that he had forgotten to record the latest Bachelor episode for his mom. “I’m going to be in so much trouble!” My brother and wife went out of their way on a vacation to stop in some town to see the office of some reality tv veterinarian.
It’s tv but it isn’t really real. How do people not understand this?
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alex said on September 14, 2024 at 10:56 am
LindaG @ 15: They’re unpaid contributors, as if you couldn’t tell by their work.
I still subscribe to the J-G to support local journalism, not that there’s much of it in that ever-shrinking rag, and also the KPC News which covers the northeastern Indiana counties.
KPC features syndicated columnists like Ben Shapiro and Jon Stossel, whom I could gladly live without, but I suppose it’s to the J-G’s credit that it doesn’t run those two disingenuous right-wing harpies. KPC also features Brian Howey, an Indiana political writer who turns out a worthwhile weekly column that I’m surprised doesn’t appear in the J-G, except that it might step on the toes of Niki Kelly, the J-G’s former statehouse reporter who now appears in the J-G as a writer for the Indiana Capital Chronicle.
I suppose the J-G has to walk a fine line. It gets blasted from the right as being liberal and gets blasted from the left for trying to appease the wackos so it turns out a thin bland gruel that pleases no one.
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Mark P said on September 14, 2024 at 11:00 am
Have you all noticed that Trump now has Laura Loomer hanging onto his appendages? She’s a noted 9/11 conspiracy theorist who accompanied Trump to the 9/11 memorial. She is also a noted and quite open racist. Here’s what she said will happen if Harris is elected:
“If Kamala Harris wins, the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center and the American people will only be able to convey their feedback through a customer satisfaction survey at the end of the call that nobody will understand.”
She’s so toxic that she’s too much even for Marjorie Taylor Greene.
And that brings me to my latest question: Does Trump keep JD Vance’s balls in the same room where he stored all the classified documents he stole? Asking for a friend; JD may need them back at some point if he decides his Indian wife is worth defending.
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Julie Robinson said on September 14, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Melania and Usha have to be furious at the anti-immigrant talk. Neither marriage can be good, with the husbands’ denigrating their wives that way. Weird.
Guys. I have now set foot on two pieces of land that belonged to the Pigotts outside Rathvilly, County Carlow. We pieced it together with the info we had and a fellow diner at the Green Lemon in Rathvilly. It appears there are no Pigotts left, but the one piece of land is owned by the Corrigans, who a Jane Pigott married in to. The other is the Cassells, who were given the land by another Pigott family, because they had cared for their invalid son.
Saw three ancient churches, and a ruin that absolutely left me breathless. I have a feeling there may have been a massacre there.
We also saw two memorials to local lads who were IRA and killed by the British in 1920 and 1921. I had no idea the Troubles came that far south. Or I guess I should say the ideas were so strong that far south.
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David C said on September 14, 2024 at 12:41 pm
From the photos, Trump and Loomer are all over each other like stink on a monkey. Not that Mel ever showed up for much of anything, but this time around it seems like even less than before. It may explain a lot.
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Sherri said on September 14, 2024 at 2:21 pm
My parents have subscribed to the local paper all their lives, but the Gannetified version finally lost them. They cancelled their subscription, because the obituaries were no longer useful. They missed several funerals because the Leaf-Chronicle only publishes obits if you pay, and only lists the rests of the deaths once a week.
At 86, the obits are a big deal.
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Jeff Gill said on September 14, 2024 at 4:18 pm
Julie, Michael Collins was assassinated in Cork, which is about as far south as you can get and not have your feet wet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)#Assassination
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Dorothy said on September 14, 2024 at 4:22 pm
I have never been a fan of most reality t.v. I did get caught up in American Idol for awhile, but eventually got off that bandwagon, too. I looked at that kind of programming as cutting into actors’ availability to earn a paycheck. Maybe that’s because I started doing theater about 30 years ago, but even if I hadn’t acted myself, I recognized that a well written drama or sitcom was heads and tails better than any of the crap that was supposedly ‘real’. And I had a quilting friend from Brooklyn whose husband was a carpenter for New York. They knew several people whose businesses were adversely affected when the Orange Turd would not pay for their services after work was done. She had nothing but contempt for him. So that reinforced my commitment to staying the hell away from his show. And I’d read articles about how he stiffed people, his being sued, his bankruptcies, etc. I will go to my grave being astonished that anyone thinks he was or is a good businessman. I’m pretty sure I’ve shared these feelings before so forgive me for being redundant.
We have tickets to the Columbus Clippers baseball game tonight. We chose this game because there was going to be fireworks after the game. They’ve had to cancel that – we are in such an extreme drought that all outdoor fires are banned for the foreseeable future. The last couple games we went to were really good – I like following the action. In the meantime we’re watching the Backyard Brawl at home since Mike is a Pitt grad. We’ll have to miss the end of the game so we can head to the ballpark.
I’m seeing a lot on Twitter about how Loomer and Turdy ala Orange are having an affair. Wouldn’t that be a treat for someone to provide some kind of photo of them in a compromising situation?!
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Suzanne said on September 14, 2024 at 6:30 pm
I watched the first couple seasons of American Idol but quit when I spoke to someone who had auditioned and told me that the auditions you see on the show were the 2nd or 3rd round, meaning that those godawful people that stood in front of the judges and made fools of themselves were purposely moved ahead for comedic purposes. Maybe the contestants knew and maybe they didn’t but still, it turned me off.
My daughter did hear Jennifer Hudson of Idol fame sing in person once and said she was absolutely incredible. So some good did come from it.
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LindaG said on September 14, 2024 at 6:35 pm
Alex at #15. I have subscribed to the J-G for 60 plus years. Also get the Northwest News, which is KPC, but their columnists are limited. I’m not getting Brian Howey or the others you mentioned. Tim G. is not paid? I do enjoy Nancy Carlson Dodd. Say hello to me at Purdue FW (see my volunteer name tag)!
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alex said on September 14, 2024 at 7:07 pm
LindaG, the Northwest News was acquired by KPC but it’s a weekly if I’m not mistaken. The KPC dailies (you can access all three with a subscription) are the Auburn Star, the Angola Herald Republican and the Kendallville News Sun. They share mostly the same content in terms of national and state news, syndicated columnists, etc., but are tailored to each community as far as local news. Kendallville’s paper also covers the police beats in LaGrange, Ligonier and Albion.
Tim Goeglein is not paid and frankly I’m surprised he’s even allowed to contribute after his plagiarism scandal, never mind he couldn’t compose a good essay even when he was lifting large swaths of content from other published material and claiming it as his own.
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Sherri said on September 15, 2024 at 12:10 pm
I’m home from strip mall hell, i.e. Clarksville and Cleveland, TN, exurbs of Nashville and Chattanooga, respectively. Though Clarksville is about to catch Chattanooga in population, but without the charm.
Didn’t see a ton of Trump signs, mostly local candidate signs, but I did see a semi-truck that had “God is not dead” on the side and “God, Guns, and Trump” on the back.
We had dinner one night with my husband’s cousins and their family. We ate at a locally owned Mexican restaurant that occupied the site of the former Rebel Diner, whose logo included a Confederate flag. I appreciated that. We didn’t discuss politics, though his cousin’s husband wore a Trump hat, which he removed for dinner.
The most entertaining part of the trip was my husband’s cousin’s 9 year old grandson, who was absolutely obsessed with Microsoft, particularly versions of Windows, and could hardly contain himself when he found out my husband worked for Microsoft. He spent a good 20 minutes asking my husband a string of questions.
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Deborah said on September 15, 2024 at 1:01 pm
Is there such a thing as Instagram Anonymous? Like AA but for social media obsession, I’m serious. I’m so addicted I need to do something. My attention span is pathetic now, except for scrolling online, I can do that for hours. It’s making me crazy, I need help.
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tajalli said on September 15, 2024 at 2:58 pm
Here you go, Deborah. Describes the signs and symptoms.
https://internetaddictsanonymous.org/internet-and-technology-addiction/social-media-addiction/
For concrete help
https://www.datafiles.samhsa.gov/get-help/locating-treatment/where-do-i-go-treatment-help
Enjoy.
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Deborah said on September 15, 2024 at 6:36 pm
I don’t use social media for likes, I never post things on Instagram or threads. I use it to read what the people I follow post or to watch things I’m interested in like making pottery or doing watercolors or pen and ink drawings. I can watch those process videos for hours. Plus I follow some people for humor or their writing skills or whatever. Plus I follow some people (too many) for their perspective on politics. It’s gotten to the day wrecker category. I spend way too long online. It’s silly and wasteful and I need to get control of it.
I don’t read books nearly as much as I used to and I miss it. It’s weird.
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Sherri said on September 15, 2024 at 7:55 pm
A simple thing to try, Deborah, is to use a timer. Give yourself a set time to scroll, then pick up a book. Or if that’s too hard at first, set a timer for reading a book, then let yourself scroll.
If you need something to block you, there are apps on phones that will let you limit the amount of time you spend on certain apps. If your type “app blocker” into your phone’s App Store, you’ll find quite a few options. There are browser extensions that will do the same within a web browser.
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Dorothy said on September 15, 2024 at 8:17 pm
I was going to suggest the same thing Sherri did, Deborah. I’ll go one step further and mention you might want to give a title to each alarm you set. Something like BE HONEST. YOU NEED TO PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE! Or maybe YOU’LL BE SO HAPPY IF YOU TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW. Use your imagination and come up with some sayings that feature what YOU want. Maybe one of the things you can do is drive to the library and find new books to read. Buy a 1000 piece puzzle in a design you’d like to keep by sealing it up with puzzle glue. Anything to get the phone to of your hands and distract you in a meaningful way.
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David C said on September 15, 2024 at 8:38 pm
App blockers work for me. I have all my time suck apps blocked from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM and from 8:00 PM until 5:00 AM. I can unblock them any time I want to but once I got into the rhythm of it, I seldom do.
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Sherri said on September 15, 2024 at 9:19 pm
Poor John Roberts. It’s sooo hard to pretend to be the statesman he thinks he is, yet also accomplish what his masters want.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/justice-roberts-trump-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE4.NRPD.cdZBD6RoZgIu&smid=url-share
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Deborah said on September 16, 2024 at 7:04 am
I ordered a book online Friday, it came Saturday and by Sunday night I had finished reading it. I was doing obsessive reading. It’s by Elizabeth Strout, called Tell Me Everything, I’ve read all of her other books. It kept me off of the internet for much of that time except for reading texts and a couple of peeks at other things. LB flew to St.Louis yesterday so I was keeping up with her travel progress.
I’m going to try the timer idea. Thanks for the suggestion Sherri and Dorothy. I don’t use the apps for anything, I just use my browser to access sites, so app blocking won’t work for me. Unless maybe I can still block on my browser???
LB is visiting her great friend in St. Louis that she’s known since kindergarten who recently had colorectal surgery, yes the whole works, her friend has a colostomy bag now. But she’s doing well, she’s cancer free and even back to work.
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Joe Kobiela said on September 16, 2024 at 10:35 am
Greetings from 24,000ft west bound over northern Iowa heading to Norfolk Nebraska, my new Pilatus is equipped with yfi, a flying office time saver.
Pilot Joe
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Deborah said on September 16, 2024 at 10:41 am
Here is a trope I’m hearing from my right wing sister about why she’s voting for Trump. She claims now that she was better off 4 years ago. When I ask her in what ways she was better off, she doesn’t respond. My theory is that she knows she’s voting for a monster and she needs a justification for why she would do that. I don’t know if that’s an official Republican talking point or what? Have any of you heard that remark from your Trump voting friends/neighbors/family? I assume she’s talking about inflation of groceries and gas prices but she never acknowledges that. It’s easy to refute that because inflation has been world wide and it’s been lower here than in other countries, plus what is Trump’s plan to lower it, so she doesn’t try and she needs a trope to hang onto instead of the fact that she doesn’t like black or brown people, she knows that doesn’t sound good.
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Sheryl Prentice said on September 16, 2024 at 5:46 pm
Alex at #15
Our Ogden overlords at KPC demand that Ben Shapiro and John Stossel be published once a week on the daily opinion pages. Shapiro is a 40-year-old whiny-ass. Stossel is a waste of good ink and megabytes.
Northwest News is indeed a weekly.
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