I can only imagine how surreal it must feel to try to fight off what is essentially a toy with a grenade strapped to it with a shovel. The shear terror that you know there is a good chance this thing is going to kill you, so you pick up a shovel and pretend there is a chance you might be able to survive this and go home again.
Thoughts and prayers. Did you not get yours?
Thanks. I normally use sync, but it’s not working for me right now so I’m using boost and not that familiar with posting from it
Every quote of that manifesto sounds fake. Why would a transgender person use a gay slur to describe white children? And what person about to go on a homicidal rampage would censor the word cracker which doesn’t hold nearly the weight of most racial slurs?
Sounds like something made up by people like Steven Crowder
They couldn’t get anything done with McCarthy, so what makes you think anything more will happen with Johnson?
They did that by waiting until the last fucking minute so no one could read the actual CR. they only did that because they know there is no way to take the heat off them for shutting down the country, AGAIN
Johnson will be the exact same. Absolutely no ability to get anything accomplished in the house.
He went back on the deal he made and a whole bunch of egregious shit and I would guess McCarthy also things very similarly, which is exactly why SOOO many Republicans support have even less problems with him than they did McCarthy. Why did it take 15 votes to get McCarthy the job but not this guy? You sound like a victim of domestic violence saying that if you just accept it, everything will be better for you.
The best thing for all constituents is to put this shit show on highlight reels so people stop voting for the absolute trash of the American population. It’s very obvious to me to see.
I can deny that. Please enlighten me on exactly how the Democrats could have played this differently. They aren’t the ones who changed the requirements to let ONE person decide the speaker wasn’t doing their job. They aren’t the ones who used the rule to oust the speaker, they voted exactly the same in the record number of speaker votes for one term that I sure hope won’t be broken. They aren’t even the ones who said they wouldn’t compromise.
ETA: McCarthy accepted the rule for one person to be able to oust him AFTER several votes showing the Democrats were voting en bloc, so he knew from the get go that as soon as one of those freedumb turds got upset his job was lost. Was he banking on Democrats support even though he could clearly see there was no way he would make it through the entire term as speaker.
Exactly how can the Democrats save America when not a single Republican will work with them? Should they use Republicans tactics of forcing the government to grind to a halt when they can’t get what they want? I think the Republicans have all manner of shitty, minority rule tied up so the Democrats are all out of options. The Republicans could end this at any second and could have ended the speaker issues before they even started, yet you think it’s the Democrats that need to be scolded. Tell your Republican friends to stop voting for cartoon villains as elected officials.
Funny how you see that as the Dems siding with the freedumb caucus and not McCarthy doing absolutely nothing to work with the Dems as well as going back on the deal he made? McCarthy and the Republicans are the ones driving the saddest, unfunny clown car into it’s own REPUBLICAN LED blockade.
I agree with you that all the other stuff will happen though. The more being the American people suffering from gun violence at bowling alleys, natural disasters turning from a stiff breeze and a drizzle to a monstrous storm overnight, and veterans who can’t get access to healthcare because Republicans seem to dislike providing for the ones they sent to fight a war for oil.
We have gone from bad to worse, but you should really blame the right people. Neither side is good, but at least the Dems are willing to come to the table and make a deal.
Does anyone have a surprised Pikachu meme I can borrow? I am absolutely shocked, SCHOCKED I say, that an upstanding citizen like ginni Thomas would ever do anything like this! I’m sure Clarence is going to be just as surprised when he finds out, so maybe two of those memes.
And we should not let perfect get in the way of someone getting possibly life saving resources.
The myriad of free services provided by a library is why they hang out at libraries. Not that it doesn’t happen but I doubt the homeless are checking out books to fill their spare time.
Public bathroom, wifi, escape from the heat or cold, nice people, business resources, etc are all benefits of the public library. All that stuff can be done in a regular office building or community center and no need to burden the library with more work.
I agree and understand, but sometimes people who are in need of this service might be less than stable. Again, is someone like a librarian the best public servant to help in this situation?
I totally agree, but we don’t ask other public services to do that. Not do I think we should, but why not make it available at City Hall. If you as a community want to help these people, and have agreed to provide public services to a specific problem, why not lean into it. A single social worker in an office at City Hall could probably handle this better than people who preserve our public knowledge.
I understand the likely hesitation of people in need of something like narcan going to a place like city hall for fear of getting arrested, but if you’re providing public funds and services to help someone why would you arrest them for accessing this resource just because a law enforcement officer happened to see them on their way to get assistance?
I am all for this being a public service but why is this up to the library? I understand it is usually a convenient, local place that people can easily get to, but I don’t think most librarians are equipped to deal with someone who needs help in this kind of way. Much like guns shouldn’t be a “hazard of the job” for school teachers, I don’t think librarians should be responsible for this kind of public safety.
We should invest in community centers with resources for such things. Mental health professionals, trained social workers, public servants specifically trained to help those who might have stumbled along the way.
Rats and sinking ships have never gone well together. I sure hope this rat gets what he deserves by enabling such an incompetent and completely unqualified president and administration. I also hope his turning on trump is instrumental in his downfall.
My m8 is somewhere in my office still. Behind my pixel 5 it has probably been my favorite Android phone.