Nothing standing in the way of that but the cat. Book it, Vader.

I definitely ate my way through my village.

I sense a strong denial in your name. I once participated in a toast with my cats (and dozens of other Peace Corps Volunteers and their families). I had ginger beer, and the cats had milk. In regular glasses, right next to my bottle.

I’m not diabetic. I gave up sugar when I started lifting a few months ago, and since I haven’t had it, my taste buds are more sensitive to sweet things then normal. It takes me hours to eat a cookie because every bite is overwhelming. I’m sure anything your mom bakes would be lovely.

I don’t need 3 degrees in psychology (although I have them, all shiny on my wall) to know what ‘projection’ and ‘distraction’ are. 70% of the voting public isn’t that stupid.

And if the Rs get Ryan’s wet dream of gutting Medicaid, screw your grandparents, and parents and you. Medicaid is responsible for keeping our elders (of which you will be one, some day if you’re lucky) in nursing homes.

Every year I remind people:

You have room for one more? I’ll shovel the driveway (all 3 miles of it), chop wood for the fires, cook amazing things with nothing but deer and things I find at Tim Hortans...

Happy Holidays has been used commercially since at least the middle 1800s.

Fox just took advantage of something that was already there. The Birch society, the Christian Coalition, the Moral Majority... those were all the 70s and 80s. Long before Fox News was a thing (I could say something extremely vulgar here, but I’m in nice company). I’m sure my Mom could tell stories of decades earlier…

It’s far older... and it was a marketing campaign against everyone who isn’t Christian. Because they weren’t being persecuted enough to roll in those sweet sweet Jesus dollars. To elect people. To have power.

I worked as a CNA. I lasted 9 months before I threw in the towel. Yes, having the state come in a watch for infractions was intimidating but our home got away with things it should not have. CNAs are underpaid and overworked. Many of our aides were immigrants who needed every penny they could get and therefore…

First paragraph from the NYT article... seriously??? THAT is what Americans want? Fuck these people.

The Trump administration is scaling back the use of fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in grave risk of injury, part of a broader relaxation of regulations under the president.

Not just religious people. There are lots and lots of barely observant Christians who buy into this “War on Christmas” nonsense. “War on Christmas” rhetoric began as anti-semitic fear mongering, so I’d argue that this even more of a cultural thing than it is a religious one. They’re fighting against what they see as a…

I don’t imagine he is ever not gassy. I am 99% sure if you poked him with a pin he would whither like an inflated condom.

Yesterday was also a Sikh holiday. I enjoyed this response:

The screeching orange dotard must be upset about the Russia probe again. He’s braying about “crooked Hillary” and “fake news” which means he’s all anxious and gassy about something, most likely one or more of his many, many crimes.

UK Update (back on a daily basis for now but will keep to 2-3 stories a day as it’s more manageable):

The stupidity behind the belief that “Happy Holidays” was some PC liberal creation to undermine Christmas is staggering, even by right wing nut job standards.