Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Heading out soon for our granddaughter's birthday breakfast out. That's her favorite meal of the day. Then a walk on the OC beach.

The birthday cake is complete and sits on our dining room table, for later.

Wishing you all little moments of joy and celebration today.

#today

“Some people will blame you for the things they do to you.”

Octavia E. Butler

Can we just start calling them GOP-Sponsored shootings?

Missing Person in Toronto, Ontario - Janelle, 31 - #Ontario #Toronto #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada

Janelle, aged 31, was last seen in downtown Toronto with no information on the clothes she was wearing. Police are concerned for her safety...

More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/missing-person-in-toronto-ontario-janelle-31-2/

The Republican Party must go before they destroy the country. I don't care how. Break the laws. Throw away the old congressional playbook. Fire them, silence them, haul them out of there physically if need be. Just get the 🤬 rid of them so we can at least attempt to save what's left of our country.

@armyvet1972
When I drink, I prefer beer, as do most of my gay & lesbian drinking buddies.

I gravitate towards gay & female friends because I hate talking about football.

Unfortunately, it turns out that the only gays and lesbians who can tolerate my presence long enough to get drunk with me are the ones that won’t shut up about football when drunk.

We’re going to get to a point where there’s a mass shooting in Texas every day, aren’t we?

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death among children in the United States.

Every developed nation has people with mental illness, video games, disgruntled ex-employees, alienated people, homicidal and suicidal persons, etc. Why does the U.S. have the problem it does?

It’s the same things it always is- the number of firearms, access to them, fetishism surrounding the 2nd Amendment, and the immense political power of the firearms industry.

Not a Republican has the courage to step up.

#OtD 6 May 1933 Nazis raided the Institute of Sex Research in Berlin. It was a pioneering organisation which supported gay and trans rights, and equality for women. It employed numerous trans workers and pioneered gender affirmation surgery. Its library was then burned

"Fox News is in disarray. The Republican Party can't seem to keep itself from either proposing unpopular policies or nominating El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago for a third time, and he can't seem to stop losing high profile legal battles. The loons are driving the train, and more and more people are starting to notice."

#Republicans #ConspiracyTheories #MakingStuffUp
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~Charles Pierce

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a43797590/republican-house-oversight-whistleblower-comer-grassley/

If they can’t afford to pay writers then they can’t afford to be making movies and TV.

If you can't afford a yacht, telling the yacht dealer to simply accept less doesn't work. If you can't afford an employee, telling the employee to simply accept less doesn't work. #WGAStrong

@georgetakei I hate to say it but at this point removing the entire Republican party would only be a step in the right direction.

In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas was revealed to have taken the equivalent of $148,000 in secret payment (which he later returned).

Fortas resigned.

In 2023, Justice Clarence Thomas was revealed to have taken the equivalent of at least $16,000,000 in secret payments.

A wild rabbit taking a short break before continuing to hop around this field.

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #rabbit

today's heresy:

Disturbed's cover of "Sound of Silence" is better than the original (well, either of the original versions)

S&G couldn't have conceptualized Disturbed's version, but it expresses something that feels more true to the song's lyrics than the original(s)

#PSA

Truly astounding to me how many people there are out there worried about being punched just because folks are talking about punching nazis.

Let me clue you in on a little history? Pretty much every waking moment between about 1941 and up until roughly the late 80's, everyone thought it was okay to punch nazis. It was so okay, running them over was a joke in the Blues Brothers movies. Guess what didn't happen? A chaotic mess of people punching folks who aren't nazis.

You're telling on yourself.

Missing Girl in Ostrea Lake, Nova Scotia - Morgan Jane Dobson, 15 - #NovaScotia #OstreaLake #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada

Halifax District RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating 15-year-old Morgan Jane Dobson, who was last seen on May 6 in the Ostrea Lake area at around 4:30 p.m.

Morgan is described as having a slender build, standing at 5-foot-8, with...

More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/missing-girl-in-ostrea-lake-nova-scotia-morgan-jane-dobson-15/

DOJ believes there are GAPS in the security tapes Trump handed over.

How do they know? Because they ALSO received the tapes from the security vendor.

If we read between the lines -- DOJ has caught Trump trying to doctor the security footage.

Obstruction of justice. Slam dunk.

“Not enough people were seeing just how corrosive this confusion of truth and lies could be, how harmful it was for the most vulnerable in society, who were liable to be turned into scapegoats for almost anything.”

What It Feels Like When Fascism Starts - The Atlantic https://apple.news/A-tZGtaafSFqgPkABzHNK3g