ElfinWilde

That was the most eloquent I’ve ever seen Bernie.  That was a winner presentation.

@djean111

Oh, I agree that they shouldn’t be allowed to be around others…  I just don’t ever want to fall to their levels.

@djean111

Childhood issues or PTSD?

I am nearly 64 and a few weeks ago I woke up from an unremembered dream filled with rage and terror with the memory of an incident of animal abuse (freezing cold night, dog was   —  as always —  left out in an open garage.  He kept barking, begging to be brought into a warmer place.  The owner, enraged that…[Read more]

We’ve had woodpeckers peck on our house over the years…  They usually only pecked for a minute or two.  Then I had some major renovations done to the siding…  No woodpeckers for a very long time.  Until…

One morning I woke up to a monstrously loud rattatatat rattatatat rattatatat….  What the hell???  rattatatat rattatatat ratta…[Read more]

Integrity.

What an incredibly small woman she is.  One could almost feel sorry for her.  Imagine having to carry around that load of vitriolic venom and spite:  itmust weigh tons and tons.

@segami  Thank you.  I missed that story when it came out.

The same way Mitch McConnell, his gang of destroyers, and Trump get away with what they do — no one holds them accountable for their actions.  An in the rate incidence that one is called to account, the others run interference for them…

My husband also has Parkinson’s.  He also takes a specialty drug that can only be otained from a specialty pharmacy through mail order.  It costs $2,000 per month.  It is a timed release version of a drug that has been on the market for years and the cost of the non timed release version is a tiny fraction of the cost of the timed release ve…[Read more]

@twilightsporkle  Oh well.

Record players?  It’s obvious you haven’t been in a classroom lately.  Today’s kids are so glued to their smart phones that it takes the threat of having a dean come down to take both the student and the phone (which means the parent has to come to school to retrieve it) for him/her to relinquish it for just the class period.

Just FYI, I a…[Read more]

I’m not sure how the Department of Education thinks it can fire the 1,200 teacher who used their personal days (which they are entitled to  use) when they teachers are not employed by the Department of Education.  The teachers are employed by individual school districts, not a state agency.  It would be up to the school district to fire the te…[Read more]

Hmmm….  I always thought it was considerably larger than the US…

I entertained the idea that it was someone else, not Epstein, at first.  But then, it occurred to me that the people who made Epstein rich beyond most people’s dreams would not be likely to want to keep a first hand witness alive.  It would be easier to control the fall out if he were not negotiating for whatever advantages he could get.

If, as s…[Read more]

It’s really bad when it is soooo difficult to discern reality from satire.  I didn’t realize this was satire until I looked at the link and saw “onion.”

Significant fact here is that Florida was admitted as a state in the USA on March 3, 1845.

Another significant fact:  While under Spanish rule, Florida did allow slavery, it was not necessarily a permanent state.  Slaves could earn or buy their freedom.

The original Underground Railroad ran south to Florida where the Spanish gave the refuge f…[Read more]

Let’s not forget that Bloomberg recently stated that teachers unions were just like the NRA………

Not justice.  These men have lost thirty-six years of the freedom to make their own lives, mistakes, and fortunes.

A small smidgeon of justice might be accomplished by the state awarding them enough money to live comfortably the rest of their lives without ever having to worry about housing, food, medical care, and allowing for some luxuries.  T…[Read more]

My student loan was paid off, or so I thought.

About five or so years after the pay off, I got a letter telling me that I had been assessed a $115 fine for defaulting on my loan.  The defaulted amount?  $2.32 which was interest that had accured between my final bill and my payment.  I had not been notified that I still owed that small am…[Read more]