I normally cannot stand to watch 20 seconds of Dilbert spewing his gibberish on any topic because his voice sounds like a demented 5 year old and it’s fucking embarrassing to think there are 77 million drooling morons in this country stupid enough to think Dilbert is anything other than “the most determined ignoramus I ever met,” in the words of John Kelly.
SecDef Pete Hegseth explained why he was firing all of the of top Judge Advocate General lawyers in the military: “We want lawyers who don’t exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
As someone who served his country 1965-1969 USMC, and flies the US & USMC flags at home … to remind myself and my neighbors and those who pass by, there will NO SURRENDER to those destroying our DEMOCRACY!! It may be a long slog to end this insurrection, but true Americans will see this through and come out on the right side of LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL!! 🇺🇸
"Observers have pointed out that the Supreme Court’s decision granting presidential immunity to Dilbert for anything he does in office as president means that the concept of an “illegal order” that the military must disobey has been taken off the table." The observers are wrong. Unless the underlying law is changed, an illegal order is still illegal, the issuer, having immunity, just can't be prosecuted for it. Anyone following such an order, however, would be subject to prosecution and, if convicted, appropriate penalty. Any JAG who counsels otherwise should be made to join their deceived clients in that punishment. If the DoDrunk follows through on his discharge threat, I'd hope the three service JAGs would sue as Hegseth has no immunity from anything, and "Befehl ist befehl" has never been a great defense.
I hope I’ll be brave and tough enough to be one of the millions to stand up to the military if (when) they obey trump’s unlawful orders. Good to be in the company of other resisters.
Democrats can act now and can BE EFFECTIVE. What to do: 1. Write and call Democratic senators and tell them to put holds on any replacements for those who were fired in the Friday Night Purge. 2. Also tell those senators to filibuster anyone nominated to succeed those dismissed. Even in the minority, if Democrats are resolute they can tie up the Senate completely. Here is the email that I sent to my senators about the firing of the commanding officers on Friday:
You can and should resist the purge of our military that Trump and Hegseth have announced. I call on you to: 1) Announce that you will place a hold on any nomination to replace Gens. Brown and Slife, and Adms. Franchetti and Fagin. 2) Organized a filibuster to prevent the replacement of those officers, which will only go to persons who would abandon the traditions that have made our nation strong. These are steps you can take now that will be effective, even though Democrats are in the minority.
I sent a separate email about the firing of the top JAG officers in Army, Air Force and Navy:
I call upon you to resist the attack on law in the military represented by the dismissals of the Judge Advocate Generals, Lt. Gen. Joseph B. Berger III, Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer and Rear Adm. Lia M. Reynolds. You should 1) immediately announce that you will place a hold on any nomination to replace those officers, and 2) organize and participate in a filibuster to replace them. These are steps you can take now that will be effective, even though Democrats are in the minority.
The subordinates to Gen. Berger, Gen. Plummer and Adm. Reynolds can be counted to uphold the idea that the military is accountable to the law. Their successors almost certainly would not. You should act now.
I stole this and reposted to my FB page - it is brilliant and demonstrates that nothing is 100% bad. Now the filibuster will be on the other foot, see how the Republicans like it throwing sand in the gears of their big coup..... And an aggressive "Tuberville" hold on all nominations for Trump replacements for the fired DoD leaders is also brilliant. Tommy T. held up military promotions for nearly a year - if the Democrats stick to their guns, they can delay the new DoD leadership promotions almost until the mid-term elections - or until the Republicans get rid of the filibuster or change the rules, which in the long run will restore some utility to the Senate, which it had cast aside "for decorum".....
The whole subject of vaccines falls under the heading "really ironic" for me. Because I suffered through TWO sets of Shingles vaccines, the old less effective and the new more effective--I say suffered because for me and for most people I know who've had them, the shingles vaccine has the worst side effects. So--guess what I am down with--Shingles. The vaccine is 90% effective and I am in the unlucky 10%.
That said, I've heard from a bazillion FB friends who have had shingles or know people who got it, who hadn't taken the vaccine. And I have to say though I am uncomfortable, I can tell my case is REALLY MILD. So yes, I would do it again and get the vaccine. My case is limited to one nerve, in my jaw, and the worst effect is that it hurts to turn my head, rather like a really stiff neck, which means I can't drive. But if I sit real still, there really isn't any pain. It is the epitome of "it only hurts when I laugh.
Has ANYONE ever taken a vaccine without having to read, or claim to have read, a list of risks and side effects. Why can't the advertising say "important to get flu shots but also be sure you read the risk thing you have to sign."
As to Observers, NO, I don't think the immunity decision means there can't be an illegal order to the military. The decision just says he can't be prosecuted for acts that would be prosecutable if done by anyone else: it doesn't make his acts "legal." The way the minions who carry out illegal orders are protected is by pardons, not by the fact of the act being legal. At least so far. Once this stuff gets to the Extremes we will see whether the Unitary Executive really is a King.
I remain utterly agnostic on Amazon vs 007, but couldn't find any information about how control of the Bond Franchise got from Ian Fleming's heirs to Broccoli (Barbara got it from her Dad, but I couldn't see how DAD got it.). Do you know?
And I agree. It may only take a Kent State, particularly one with minimal provocation from the protestors, to perhaps end this reign of Error.
it's just as well...the books were shit. I knew they were shit when I read all of them addictively when I was fourteen or fifteen. I read them the same time as my next door neighbor and then best friend. we bought cigarette cases and tried hard to find the gun metal Zippo Bond used, discussing fine plot points while we learned how to inhale without coughing (a fabulous skill that's left me with three lobes instead of five).
actually, "From Russia With Love" was sort of okay because Fleming decided to go "high modernist" by beginning the book with a long Russian dossier on Bond and then ending with Bond collapsing after getting kicked by Rosa Clebb's (that WAS her name, right?) poison shoe.
but let's face it, Fleming was no Le Carre. that he was a more significant spy obviously means nothing.
I made it a habit to see every new Bond movie the day it came out. until...uhhh...Roger Moore (cue vomit sound effect). yeah, I'm THAT old.
but even with Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes, it was unwatchable.
does Ian Fleming actually HAVE any heirs?
I've spent ten minutes or so on this ridiculous post trashing the James Bond franchise after demonstrating my adolescent love for it. my mind used to work reasonably well, before these motherfuckers invaded and ruined it.
in the meantime, the country is collapsing and we're contemplating dying at the barricades.
it must be Tuesday, which is always the longest day of the week.
I send my sympathy regarding the shingles AND the vaccine!
My primary was not pushing the vaccine - I had a vaccine in 2012 - supposed to be due again, but she said the side effects were bad AND still chance of getting shingles, so I should think about it - I did! I still have to get a tetanus & pneumonia ones - when I feel better! I dont know what the heck is going on but have had days of feeling so wiped out & exhausted. Did have two normal days just to show me what they felt like. Getting old isnt for the weak & infirm!
I have to say that I've had the diagnosis 5 days and already am feeling a lot better. Hard to MOVE but not to sit anymore. Since the duration of shingles is measured usually in weeks, I'm still glad I had the vaccine. I had the last round in 2020 and my journal shows the side effects lasted 3 days. If sick from both vaccine and disease adds up to 1/5 of what the disease itself brings in much more painful form, I'm going to stay glad about the vaccine.
The ❤️ means I appreciate all the work you put into this article, considering your looming deadline. It’s important to get the whole picture. I have 2 questions—1. I thought the supremes only gave him permission for presidential actions. Not everything he does. So much of it makes no sense or enriches him. A coup is not a presidential action. 2– how many days has he played golf this month?? Inquiring minds with brains want to know. Thanks TC!
Karen, you made my day. This website is so well done. Thank you. That’s a lot of information and a whole lot of golf Now I’m going to try to find out what the cost of a trip on the presidential jet plus putting up all the secret service at maralardo. I recall there was a big story about how he was charging full price for their rooms. Whoops, I forgot that he fired everyone who might have investigated what he was grifting.
Can't recall, does the SC decision say "official actions" or "official duties?" Big difference. And why would FF even bother with the military when he's got legions of Kyle Rittenhouses just itching to become right wing heroes? I guess it's all about the uniforms.
I hope it is true that a protester killed by the military would matter enough to change things. It struck me that the MAGAts,thanking God for saving their hero from death, didn’t imagine why God didn’t care about the spectator who was killed protecting his family. I forgot his name already, but he is still dead.
That blood on trump's ear was probably that fireman's blood, as he was in front of trump. We never heard much about trajectories or the specifics of the fireman's gunshot wound, something that usually gets reported.
actually, we never heard any specifics about anything. at the time, it was remarked by some that it was pretty odd that there was so little (that is, virtually no) information available. then, somehow it was forgotten (that "somehow" needs to be read with sarcasm).
I am old enough to remember Jimmy Carter's hemorrhoids, about which we got altogether more information than we required (I wanted to say, "information up the ass," but it felt tasteless).
I still say the whole thing (God's intervention on behalf of fascism) stinks. one day, we'll know what really happened.
I got to 'do something' today . I live in a rural town of 500 & at least 25 showed up for a protest with signs . I had my Support UKRAINE / UNITED 24 sign out on the 3rd anniversary of the start of the war so the timing felt righteous . Flip side was RESIST Dictators. Good to see friends/ community & sad to know there could have been 100 of us each with a different subject to protest as we have so many issues worth defending. Honks & high fives outnumbered others 2 to 1 .
It just occurred to me that the CDC has a big role to play in figuring out what strains of the flu should annually be covered by the flu shot. What is RFK Jr going to do there? God damn him double if he shuts that down or delays it so I end up getting the flu. The flu fuckin’ sucks.
Don't be surprised if he shuts down flu research altogether. I know far too many people who insist they got the flu from the flu shot and will never get another one. My belief is that many were exposed to and caught the flu before the vaccine had time to ramp up the immune system, or they got sick from a strain not included in that year's vaccine despite the likelihood that - if that was the case - they may well have experienced a less severe case of the flu due to having had the vaccine.
I got the flu 5 days after getting the vaccine because I forgot that year. I wasn’t stupid enough to think that the vaccine gave me the flu. I just waited too late. Damn, logic is so hard..
I got SIRVA (shoulder injury related to vaccine administration) after my flu shot! It is a b**tch! Then had a reaction to prednisone! And I was late getting my flu shot too. Nothing but fun fun fun.
my far-Right "friend upstairs" (who's been in his native Italy for these months, thank God) used to get the flu regularly. then he started getting flu shots and was amazed and delighted that he wasn't getting the flu anymore.
then, he became a follower of RFK. scratch "follower" and change it it to "acolyte." in fact, change "acolyte" to something like...I dunno..."foreskin" comes to mind.
so he announced that he was no longer getting any flu shots. and now he gets the flu regularly.
in the meantime, I am still putting off getting the "good" shingles shot because everyone talks about how bad it makes you feel. I DID get the old one. and I'm probably due for a new series of pneumonia shots.
Geezy-Peazy, to quote my mother! How can he not see the correlation among before having flu vaccine, after vaccination (no flu), then no vaccine and flu again? Rhetorical question.
As for the newer shingles vaccine, two doses, I got them immediately on availability at Kaiser a couple of years ago. Very little reaction, limited to upper arm discomfort. What was your experience from the original shingles vaccine? Upper arm discomfort, for me, seems to be standard for any vaccine I've received.
I wouldn't take much stock on what "everyone" says about the shingles shots - no doubt some have uncomfortable reactions but such tales tend to be exaggerated in number. Did the vaccine actually cause them to develop shingles or did they simply feel ill for a day or two? I haven't heard the same complaints from people.
I'm sure you know that shingles is far worse than feeling ill for a day or so after the shot and much harder to get rid of. I've known several people who developed shingles and it's NASTY and can be permanently damaging depending on where it develops. I suspect those who did feel bad after the shots amount to a tiny fraction of a fraction of those who have gotten the shingles shots.
I think that for him, ideology is more important than his health (he's relatively young and in very good shape, so he's still figuring that a bout of flu is better than "surrender to hypocrisy and cowardice," which is my phrase, not his...his English is very good, but he's still no phrasemaker by a long shot).
The thing that really chaps me these days (top of a mile high list) is muskrat’s absolute glee over the pain and chaos he is visiting on innocent people. He is as evil as chump. Both are totally invested in causing as much hell for the innocent as any Nazi ever was. They are like kids with the voodoo dolls which they can torture ad nauseam and witness the pain first hand. Evil by any measure
SecDef Pete Hegseth explained why he was firing all of the of top Judge Advocate General lawyers in the military: “We want lawyers who don’t exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
Sounds like a coup being planned to me!
As someone who served his country 1965-1969 USMC, and flies the US & USMC flags at home … to remind myself and my neighbors and those who pass by, there will NO SURRENDER to those destroying our DEMOCRACY!! It may be a long slog to end this insurrection, but true Americans will see this through and come out on the right side of LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL!! 🇺🇸
"Observers have pointed out that the Supreme Court’s decision granting presidential immunity to Dilbert for anything he does in office as president means that the concept of an “illegal order” that the military must disobey has been taken off the table." The observers are wrong. Unless the underlying law is changed, an illegal order is still illegal, the issuer, having immunity, just can't be prosecuted for it. Anyone following such an order, however, would be subject to prosecution and, if convicted, appropriate penalty. Any JAG who counsels otherwise should be made to join their deceived clients in that punishment. If the DoDrunk follows through on his discharge threat, I'd hope the three service JAGs would sue as Hegseth has no immunity from anything, and "Befehl ist befehl" has never been a great defense.
Yeah, but the traitor can also pardon those who follow illegal orders now.
True, but it's what we've got. Our best hope is still the hamberder.
Agreed. And the idea that there is no such thing as an illegal order needs to be nipped in the bud.
DoDrunk is perfect for him.
I hope I’ll be brave and tough enough to be one of the millions to stand up to the military if (when) they obey trump’s unlawful orders. Good to be in the company of other resisters.
As a friend of mine said she would tell them,” better not miss and you better shoot to kill.”
Why do they assume no one will shoot back?
I hope I'll be brave enough also.
They'll have to lower their aim
a bit to kill me since I can't
stand anymore, but good
optics killing an old lady in a
wheelchair.😉👍
And you'll have more than a few friends standing with you.
Thank you all the lawyers for the advice on illegal orders. I will make not of that in the post.
Democrats can act now and can BE EFFECTIVE. What to do: 1. Write and call Democratic senators and tell them to put holds on any replacements for those who were fired in the Friday Night Purge. 2. Also tell those senators to filibuster anyone nominated to succeed those dismissed. Even in the minority, if Democrats are resolute they can tie up the Senate completely. Here is the email that I sent to my senators about the firing of the commanding officers on Friday:
You can and should resist the purge of our military that Trump and Hegseth have announced. I call on you to: 1) Announce that you will place a hold on any nomination to replace Gens. Brown and Slife, and Adms. Franchetti and Fagin. 2) Organized a filibuster to prevent the replacement of those officers, which will only go to persons who would abandon the traditions that have made our nation strong. These are steps you can take now that will be effective, even though Democrats are in the minority.
I sent a separate email about the firing of the top JAG officers in Army, Air Force and Navy:
I call upon you to resist the attack on law in the military represented by the dismissals of the Judge Advocate Generals, Lt. Gen. Joseph B. Berger III, Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer and Rear Adm. Lia M. Reynolds. You should 1) immediately announce that you will place a hold on any nomination to replace those officers, and 2) organize and participate in a filibuster to replace them. These are steps you can take now that will be effective, even though Democrats are in the minority.
The subordinates to Gen. Berger, Gen. Plummer and Adm. Reynolds can be counted to uphold the idea that the military is accountable to the law. Their successors almost certainly would not. You should act now.
I stole this and reposted to my FB page - it is brilliant and demonstrates that nothing is 100% bad. Now the filibuster will be on the other foot, see how the Republicans like it throwing sand in the gears of their big coup..... And an aggressive "Tuberville" hold on all nominations for Trump replacements for the fired DoD leaders is also brilliant. Tommy T. held up military promotions for nearly a year - if the Democrats stick to their guns, they can delay the new DoD leadership promotions almost until the mid-term elections - or until the Republicans get rid of the filibuster or change the rules, which in the long run will restore some utility to the Senate, which it had cast aside "for decorum".....
Love the ‘good news’…hide the razor blades
The whole subject of vaccines falls under the heading "really ironic" for me. Because I suffered through TWO sets of Shingles vaccines, the old less effective and the new more effective--I say suffered because for me and for most people I know who've had them, the shingles vaccine has the worst side effects. So--guess what I am down with--Shingles. The vaccine is 90% effective and I am in the unlucky 10%.
That said, I've heard from a bazillion FB friends who have had shingles or know people who got it, who hadn't taken the vaccine. And I have to say though I am uncomfortable, I can tell my case is REALLY MILD. So yes, I would do it again and get the vaccine. My case is limited to one nerve, in my jaw, and the worst effect is that it hurts to turn my head, rather like a really stiff neck, which means I can't drive. But if I sit real still, there really isn't any pain. It is the epitome of "it only hurts when I laugh.
Has ANYONE ever taken a vaccine without having to read, or claim to have read, a list of risks and side effects. Why can't the advertising say "important to get flu shots but also be sure you read the risk thing you have to sign."
As to Observers, NO, I don't think the immunity decision means there can't be an illegal order to the military. The decision just says he can't be prosecuted for acts that would be prosecutable if done by anyone else: it doesn't make his acts "legal." The way the minions who carry out illegal orders are protected is by pardons, not by the fact of the act being legal. At least so far. Once this stuff gets to the Extremes we will see whether the Unitary Executive really is a King.
I remain utterly agnostic on Amazon vs 007, but couldn't find any information about how control of the Bond Franchise got from Ian Fleming's heirs to Broccoli (Barbara got it from her Dad, but I couldn't see how DAD got it.). Do you know?
And I agree. It may only take a Kent State, particularly one with minimal provocation from the protestors, to perhaps end this reign of Error.
Broccoli's dad bought it from the Fleming estate, which at the time was nearly broke because the novels weren't selling that well.
it's just as well...the books were shit. I knew they were shit when I read all of them addictively when I was fourteen or fifteen. I read them the same time as my next door neighbor and then best friend. we bought cigarette cases and tried hard to find the gun metal Zippo Bond used, discussing fine plot points while we learned how to inhale without coughing (a fabulous skill that's left me with three lobes instead of five).
actually, "From Russia With Love" was sort of okay because Fleming decided to go "high modernist" by beginning the book with a long Russian dossier on Bond and then ending with Bond collapsing after getting kicked by Rosa Clebb's (that WAS her name, right?) poison shoe.
but let's face it, Fleming was no Le Carre. that he was a more significant spy obviously means nothing.
I made it a habit to see every new Bond movie the day it came out. until...uhhh...Roger Moore (cue vomit sound effect). yeah, I'm THAT old.
but even with Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes, it was unwatchable.
does Ian Fleming actually HAVE any heirs?
I've spent ten minutes or so on this ridiculous post trashing the James Bond franchise after demonstrating my adolescent love for it. my mind used to work reasonably well, before these motherfuckers invaded and ruined it.
in the meantime, the country is collapsing and we're contemplating dying at the barricades.
it must be Tuesday, which is always the longest day of the week.
I send my sympathy regarding the shingles AND the vaccine!
My primary was not pushing the vaccine - I had a vaccine in 2012 - supposed to be due again, but she said the side effects were bad AND still chance of getting shingles, so I should think about it - I did! I still have to get a tetanus & pneumonia ones - when I feel better! I dont know what the heck is going on but have had days of feeling so wiped out & exhausted. Did have two normal days just to show me what they felt like. Getting old isnt for the weak & infirm!
I have to say that I've had the diagnosis 5 days and already am feeling a lot better. Hard to MOVE but not to sit anymore. Since the duration of shingles is measured usually in weeks, I'm still glad I had the vaccine. I had the last round in 2020 and my journal shows the side effects lasted 3 days. If sick from both vaccine and disease adds up to 1/5 of what the disease itself brings in much more painful form, I'm going to stay glad about the vaccine.
I recently told my doctor that in order to deal with the effects of aging, you need to be no older than, say, thirty.
he asked me if he could steal it and (you shouldn't fuck around with your doctors) I told him it was my gift.
I look forward to any new Bond movies bombing. And, I hope, any decent actor refusing to to take the role of 007.
The ❤️ means I appreciate all the work you put into this article, considering your looming deadline. It’s important to get the whole picture. I have 2 questions—1. I thought the supremes only gave him permission for presidential actions. Not everything he does. So much of it makes no sense or enriches him. A coup is not a presidential action. 2– how many days has he played golf this month?? Inquiring minds with brains want to know. Thanks TC!
Check out this URL for The golf info: https://trumpgolftrack.com/
Karen, you made my day. This website is so well done. Thank you. That’s a lot of information and a whole lot of golf Now I’m going to try to find out what the cost of a trip on the presidential jet plus putting up all the secret service at maralardo. I recall there was a big story about how he was charging full price for their rooms. Whoops, I forgot that he fired everyone who might have investigated what he was grifting.
Can't recall, does the SC decision say "official actions" or "official duties?" Big difference. And why would FF even bother with the military when he's got legions of Kyle Rittenhouses just itching to become right wing heroes? I guess it's all about the uniforms.
I hope it is true that a protester killed by the military would matter enough to change things. It struck me that the MAGAts,thanking God for saving their hero from death, didn’t imagine why God didn’t care about the spectator who was killed protecting his family. I forgot his name already, but he is still dead.
That blood on trump's ear was probably that fireman's blood, as he was in front of trump. We never heard much about trajectories or the specifics of the fireman's gunshot wound, something that usually gets reported.
actually, we never heard any specifics about anything. at the time, it was remarked by some that it was pretty odd that there was so little (that is, virtually no) information available. then, somehow it was forgotten (that "somehow" needs to be read with sarcasm).
I am old enough to remember Jimmy Carter's hemorrhoids, about which we got altogether more information than we required (I wanted to say, "information up the ass," but it felt tasteless).
I still say the whole thing (God's intervention on behalf of fascism) stinks. one day, we'll know what really happened.
I got to 'do something' today . I live in a rural town of 500 & at least 25 showed up for a protest with signs . I had my Support UKRAINE / UNITED 24 sign out on the 3rd anniversary of the start of the war so the timing felt righteous . Flip side was RESIST Dictators. Good to see friends/ community & sad to know there could have been 100 of us each with a different subject to protest as we have so many issues worth defending. Honks & high fives outnumbered others 2 to 1 .
It just occurred to me that the CDC has a big role to play in figuring out what strains of the flu should annually be covered by the flu shot. What is RFK Jr going to do there? God damn him double if he shuts that down or delays it so I end up getting the flu. The flu fuckin’ sucks.
Don't be surprised if he shuts down flu research altogether. I know far too many people who insist they got the flu from the flu shot and will never get another one. My belief is that many were exposed to and caught the flu before the vaccine had time to ramp up the immune system, or they got sick from a strain not included in that year's vaccine despite the likelihood that - if that was the case - they may well have experienced a less severe case of the flu due to having had the vaccine.
I got the flu 5 days after getting the vaccine because I forgot that year. I wasn’t stupid enough to think that the vaccine gave me the flu. I just waited too late. Damn, logic is so hard..
I got SIRVA (shoulder injury related to vaccine administration) after my flu shot! It is a b**tch! Then had a reaction to prednisone! And I was late getting my flu shot too. Nothing but fun fun fun.
my far-Right "friend upstairs" (who's been in his native Italy for these months, thank God) used to get the flu regularly. then he started getting flu shots and was amazed and delighted that he wasn't getting the flu anymore.
then, he became a follower of RFK. scratch "follower" and change it it to "acolyte." in fact, change "acolyte" to something like...I dunno..."foreskin" comes to mind.
so he announced that he was no longer getting any flu shots. and now he gets the flu regularly.
in the meantime, I am still putting off getting the "good" shingles shot because everyone talks about how bad it makes you feel. I DID get the old one. and I'm probably due for a new series of pneumonia shots.
Geezy-Peazy, to quote my mother! How can he not see the correlation among before having flu vaccine, after vaccination (no flu), then no vaccine and flu again? Rhetorical question.
As for the newer shingles vaccine, two doses, I got them immediately on availability at Kaiser a couple of years ago. Very little reaction, limited to upper arm discomfort. What was your experience from the original shingles vaccine? Upper arm discomfort, for me, seems to be standard for any vaccine I've received.
I wouldn't take much stock on what "everyone" says about the shingles shots - no doubt some have uncomfortable reactions but such tales tend to be exaggerated in number. Did the vaccine actually cause them to develop shingles or did they simply feel ill for a day or two? I haven't heard the same complaints from people.
I'm sure you know that shingles is far worse than feeling ill for a day or so after the shot and much harder to get rid of. I've known several people who developed shingles and it's NASTY and can be permanently damaging depending on where it develops. I suspect those who did feel bad after the shots amount to a tiny fraction of a fraction of those who have gotten the shingles shots.
I think that for him, ideology is more important than his health (he's relatively young and in very good shape, so he's still figuring that a bout of flu is better than "surrender to hypocrisy and cowardice," which is my phrase, not his...his English is very good, but he's still no phrasemaker by a long shot).
The thing that really chaps me these days (top of a mile high list) is muskrat’s absolute glee over the pain and chaos he is visiting on innocent people. He is as evil as chump. Both are totally invested in causing as much hell for the innocent as any Nazi ever was. They are like kids with the voodoo dolls which they can torture ad nauseam and witness the pain first hand. Evil by any measure
Mary Trump has the best idea about Dilbert, she speeds up his voice so he sounds like one of Ross Bagdasarian’s chipmunks.
Great idea! Will do that from now on or mute the tv until he goes away
Thank you, TC for keeping us updated no matter if it is pretty or dirty. However, don't forget to work on that book you are writing!