Well, pahdnah, your saying that they go well in smoothies sounded like more than supposition, but that don't make no never mind. And it's cowgirl to you.
Being a femalecommiemarxistprogressive liberal (else I would never have been on this site to begin with) OF COURSE I have drank a smoothie or two in my time...but I have given them up as they are out of bounds for my metabolic syndrome diet sheet. And if Abbott ever showed his fugly mug here in Maine, Governor Janet would likely have him for lunch. Nice to meet you, cowgirl L.R. Abramson
Is soy milk OK? Just asking. I did live in Texas when Ann Richards was Governor. She was wonderful! A few years later, G. Bush, aka "shrub" was elected. I told my husband to do what ever he had to do to get us the hell out of there. So we got out, and moved to Massachusetts. Much better here.
Excellent idea, L.R.!! I don't wear caps, I have plenty of coffee cups, but I could use a new tote to hold my reusable grocery bags! TBR Totes!! TBR Totes!!
Oooh, David, yes! But maybe it can be updated a tad to "Humiliating" instead of "Embarrassing?" I'm not a T-shirt wearer, so I'd like this to be a tote.
Do the rescue cats eat Fancy Feast out of little crystal stemware? Do you pet one after another and say, "The ancient Egyptians were right, you are a god"?
I was skeptical at my first taste, maybe as long as 35-40 years ago. It was good though and it looks pretty when cooked up. I always have a bag on hand, but don't cook it often out of laziness. Same goes for oatmeal. Dopey, huh?
This reads like if The Onion got blackout drunk on power and evangelical Kool-Aid.
"Democrats might be hiding under your bed"...? Sir, the only thing under your bed is the ghost of public education funding and the shredded remains of your moral compass.
Also, if tote bags, oat milk, and animal rescue are your red flags—maybe the real threat isn’t tyranny. Maybe it’s fiber.
And let’s not skip over this part: “rid the state of representative government.” Mask off, Greg. The quiet part isn’t even whispered anymore—it’s got a press release and a headshot.
You’re not hunting fugitives. You’re cosplaying as a sheriff in a spaghetti Western where democracy gets shot in the first scene.
I hope not...and, please, someone send Abbott a pass for free camping at a campground on the Guadalupe River (if there any still there). And leave his chair brake on.
You really grossed me out. I’ve a ginormous hate for kale! I threw a cup of Kale Coffee once I accidentally got at Starbucks. No more S.B.’s for this Dem again! I mean it!!
Kale is a LOT better when it's treated as a green vegetable.
Try it in a pressure cooker. Dice an onion and mince two Serrano peppers, and sautée them in bacon grease until just soft. Add a cup of chicken stock. Add the kale and pressure cook for ONE MINUTE, followed by a rapid release of pressure.
This is a classic way of preparing greens, Southern-style. If you're afraid of a capsaicin "sting", used one Serrano pepper but in any case BE SURE to remove the seeds and the rib from the pepper -- that's where most of the capsaicin is!
Kale makes a wickedly good quiche. It also makes a splendid eggs Florentine when substituted for spinach.
VMB ~ brilliant post! The real threat is fiber, as repubs prefer polyester and micro-fiber. And quinoa is delicious in an eggplant parm, gluten free, of course.
makes for a fun fantasy parallel, but not showing up for one's legislative job is not a crime, either in Texas or in D.C. It may affect voters' willingness to return you to that job, depending on the facts - but then it gets less funny....
Yes, it really sucks caring about other humans! It’s despicable the way we behave at our protests non-violently despite how much we love guns, horrible how we speak politely and we’re well informed, nasty the way we fight so f__king hard for our Constitutional rights, our beliefs, freedom for all including LBTQUI+, all races and religions… (we care about our Native Americans.) Need I say more?
Ernie, the Keebler Elf, doesn't respect his reps enough to think they won't forget about Epstein in a month . . . hopefully their constituents are keeping it fresh and real for them!
Greg Abbott loves all the talk about his warrants for the arrests of our Democratic Congressmen; it forces folks to not think about Ghislaine Maxwell being moved to the sacred soil of Texas, nor about penny-pinching GOP office holders in Kerr County not wanting those loud sirens for flood protection!
2) Democrats can be found helping a beached whale get back to the ocean.
3) Democrats can be found giving water to people waiting in line to vote.
4) Democrats can be found reading something other than comic books.
These democrats will be easy prey for paxton, except the first one. The dog may also recognize a scumbag and attack to prevent him from harming others.
I read his entire recent book, “Profiles in Ignorance”. It changed my entire ideas of Presidential history plus I know I’m in good company. Boy, I had to keep one eye shut reading about that creepy Sarah Palin! And The Gipper, what a stupid a-hole!
Great idea, Jacquie! I'll call a contractor tomorrow to enlarge the space and include plumbing, A/C, and electricity. Am afraid we are in for the long haul.
Andy -- you need to team up with Jeff Foxworthy after brilliantly emulating his comic template as in: "If you believe that vaccines save lives, starting at infancy, you just may be a Democrat". 😉
Although his personal views are apparently right of center, he continues to keep his professional humor apolitical.
Are you kidding? Do you really think he cares? (I hope he does and that you are right, but it's difficult to believe because I don't think his actions as governor show him as having a caring bone in his body.)
I seem to remember that TX Dems left the state some years ago to put a stop to something but ultimately gave up and went back. Does anyone recollect the details? (I have a tote that says "May contain banned books")
Shades of Fahrenheit 451, this worrying book banning and burning crap that's been going on for some decades now...
Nothing better than reading a well-thumbed physical book held in my hands -- I love love love that great pleasure. Guess I'm a Luddite, too. And to those who frown in disapproval, I say with all full intellectual prowess at my command: "Neener, neener, neener, you are a wiener!"
That book influenced my thinking for the rest of my life. And subsequent books and movies - and life experiences - that touched on similar themes reinforced what I first learned in Fahrenheit 451. I'm including the original The Time Machine film in which a great library's books crumbled to dust, The Book of Eli in which Eli had memorized the whole Bible in a post-apocalyptic world where most physical books had been lost, and Equilibrium about a "brave new world" where emotions are verboten so anything that evokes them are likewise forbidden - books, paintings, music... all forms of art and creative expression. All very bleak futures. To top it off, always an experimenter who's sought learning via firsthand experiencing, I tried out living on a "Jesus freak" commune when I was 21 - WRETCHED! I rebelled by secretly reading Herman Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund as well as Siddhartha whilst the others were literally conducting book burnings. Escaping from that place was one of most defining and freeing moments of my life!
So could it (accumulated knowledge) be lost? Certainly possible. And yes, finding a way to store such valuables and safeguard them for the future is absolutely imperative!!!
Great observation! Texas has been crazy since before I landed here. If the map goes through, El Paso, which is a great city, will lose a lot of funding because a republican rep in San Antonio doesn't care about us. We have way too many Hispanics for their taste - even though the Hispanic population is what makes our city great.
If I may share an insight??? I'm here in northern CA near SF. Our rather new system of marking out congressional districts is now done by the people... not political parties. Sounds good and maybe over time it would prove to be a good way to go. But... now we are faced with having to compete with more political systems once again in order to protect America from being destroyed by those not so eager to protect everyone's voting rights. Our governor is encouraging the undoing of our new system to hopefully protect voting rights now... today. Is this what our country has come to under these so-called Republicans???
Seems it has! Unbelievable that constant lying to each other - and greedily sucking money from every imaginable source - has become acceptable. Absolutely disgusting beyond words!!!
I agree with you completely. As one who grew up in SoCal I appreciate what the state has done for congressional districts. That said, I think it's time that democrats fight fire with fire. IMO they have been too restrained up until now. It seems like if Governor Newsom does take a step toward redistricting, it would still be possible to go back to the system the state has developed once all this stupidity is gone. You would like my husband's acronym: GSB (Greedy Selfish Bastards). Based on your comment, I thought it would be a phrase/acronym you could use.
In a normal situation (and most definitely this IS NOT) it could be dangerous going back to the older system... but... agree completely with you and your husband!!! Not just this country but the world is being traumatized /destroyed by these GSB's !!!!! Just have to do something!!! Cannot let this continue... speak out/ protest/ and change laws when nevessary!
Thank you for the insight you have provided about this situation. Your comment helps get us all closer to the Truth that we Americans all need going forward. Thank You!!!!!
Right! The 12 "killer bees" in hiding for 5 days protesting something about the Texas presidential primary way back in 1979. Hope this walk out has more clout.
Unless the Texas Democrats have the support, both financial and moral, to hold out through November, this too will be symbolic. But it is also raising public awareness - whether this make a difference or not, we'll see.
I think they will get financial support but staying basically in exile for 4 months would be virtually impossible. Public awareness, though, in these dire times is all to the good. Especially if the citizens of Texas rise up.
I’m referring to the first time this tactic was used. There was another time in the 21st century. Gosh, just typing about this reminds me how old I am (81). It brought back a flood of memories.
I’m a Texas ex-pat, happily living in West Virginia. I couldn’t wait to escape the constricting political and social pressures.
I'm gonna take a wild guess here: Somebody who knows a good thing or two told you, "You go, Girl!!!" And you thought, Heck yeah! Why not? Think I will!
Well, I did live 13 years in the Washington, DC, area when it was a sleepy southern town. The Kennedy Center was not built yet and the only ethnic restaurants were Chinese, Mexican, Indian, and Greek. Now the foodie scene is straight out of the United Nations.
I opened this while eating a quinoa salad (with tahini dressing) surrounded by my rescue cats.
I kid you not.
Accuracy!
🎯 I feel seen LOL
My elderly rescue cat moved on to the next world recently, but I'm eating a vegan meal so that must count.
My sincerest condolences to you. We just went through the same in March.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Wishing you the best.
Andy only writes the truth!
Yeah, me too!
Me, as well!
You better have been drinking tea with oat milk damnit!
Chai with oat milk
Yuck! Please, cow milk for my plain old black tea. Oat, almond and coconut milk go well in smoothies but not in tea!
Smoothies? You drink smoothies? Evil, enemy of the great State of Texas. Abbott's gonna gitcha.
Hold your horses, cowboy. I didn't say I drank them. I merely said they go well in smoothies. Supposition only!
Having said that...Governor Abbott can ride his wheelchair to hell and I hope his wheels melt and keeps him there.
Well, pahdnah, your saying that they go well in smoothies sounded like more than supposition, but that don't make no never mind. And it's cowgirl to you.
Being a femalecommiemarxistprogressive liberal (else I would never have been on this site to begin with) OF COURSE I have drank a smoothie or two in my time...but I have given them up as they are out of bounds for my metabolic syndrome diet sheet. And if Abbott ever showed his fugly mug here in Maine, Governor Janet would likely have him for lunch. Nice to meet you, cowgirl L.R. Abramson
A smoothie suppository?
<golf clap>
That's too "woke!"
Walnut milk for me. It has much higher Omega3.😎
I'll stick to guzzling Pepsi's!
In addition to quinoa, I just tried some Oat Milk. It’s ok!
A fine example of a Dem speaking up for themselves!! You have every right speaking up for yourself and this coming from a strictly oatmilk drinker!
Is soy milk OK? Just asking. I did live in Texas when Ann Richards was Governor. She was wonderful! A few years later, G. Bush, aka "shrub" was elected. I told my husband to do what ever he had to do to get us the hell out of there. So we got out, and moved to Massachusetts. Much better here.
Hilarious ocmment1 :-) !!
Andy knows his people
Yes, Andy nailed everything except the requisite pedometer.
I just KNEW Fitbits were Democratic attire!
You're in grave danger. Hide. Under the bed, perhaps.
😂
The oat milk will spoil under there!
I trust that you used an NPR tote bag at the grocery when purchasing said quinoa and tahini.
Also, in all seriousness, thank you for being a loyal cat servant.
I am remiss in not having a PBS or NPR tote.
I have neither, but I do have a bunch of totes from The New Yorker. Will be glad to share a few.
Hey, hold the phone! We need to make TBR totes!
I would buy one!
Hoodies, socks, sneakers, mugs, decals.... Never underestimate the power of the Schwartz, or the Surrealist Army.
TBR jeans because TBR readers have the best genes.....
Blue jeans for blue genes.
no blonde hair, blue eyed genes here!
TBR totes!! I would buy one too!
Excellent idea, L.R.!! I don't wear caps, I have plenty of coffee cups, but I could use a new tote to hold my reusable grocery bags! TBR Totes!! TBR Totes!!
Right on!!!!!!!!
I think my Return the Land, Sierra Club, and EcoCycle totes will suffice.
While wearing my Make America Not Embarrassing Again t-shirt, courtesy of Andy Borowitz in 2018.
Oooh, David, yes! But maybe it can be updated a tad to "Humiliating" instead of "Embarrassing?" I'm not a T-shirt wearer, so I'd like this to be a tote.
That would be MANHA -- MAN HA -- hmmmm -- is there something subliminal going on there?
HA! There's still time, especially now.
I, too, am remiss. Like L.R., I'm overloaded with totes from The New Yorker.
All of us must be. Was it about 5 years ago that the magazine flooded us with totes? I do use the bags and my NYPL totes as well.
Guess we got to get them before time runs out......
I had it delivered from my fave vegan spot. As for cat rescue & servitude, labor of love.
Excellent! 😻
I used my New Yorker tote bag everyday until I learned of Andy.
Ah yes... the infamous New Yorker tote bags. I have too many, all of which are now languishing inside a larger tote bag.
Do the rescue cats eat Fancy Feast out of little crystal stemware? Do you pet one after another and say, "The ancient Egyptians were right, you are a god"?
The duty of all lowly humans!
Do any Republicans have cats?
I hope not. Cats have a better BS detector than most creatures.
you'd think so, with tRump liking the song "Memories" from Cats
tRump probably thinks the song's from The Phantom....
no doubt . . . lol
Perfect!
Obviously you would be arrested in Texas. (But not in Colorado.)
I'm kind of envious. BearBloke was at home when I read it, and he is a bearded immigrant; does that count?
I just discovered quinoa. It’s not bad actually.
It's excellent! Tasty and super healthy.
I was skeptical at my first taste, maybe as long as 35-40 years ago. It was good though and it looks pretty when cooked up. I always have a bag on hand, but don't cook it often out of laziness. Same goes for oatmeal. Dopey, huh?
PERFECT !!!
Are you a Democrat!!??
This reads like if The Onion got blackout drunk on power and evangelical Kool-Aid.
"Democrats might be hiding under your bed"...? Sir, the only thing under your bed is the ghost of public education funding and the shredded remains of your moral compass.
Also, if tote bags, oat milk, and animal rescue are your red flags—maybe the real threat isn’t tyranny. Maybe it’s fiber.
And let’s not skip over this part: “rid the state of representative government.” Mask off, Greg. The quiet part isn’t even whispered anymore—it’s got a press release and a headshot.
You’re not hunting fugitives. You’re cosplaying as a sheriff in a spaghetti Western where democracy gets shot in the first scene.
We see you. And we brought quinoa.
Has the funding for an inflatable wheelchair come through?
I hope not...and, please, someone send Abbott a pass for free camping at a campground on the Guadalupe River (if there any still there). And leave his chair brake on.
Didn’t Dump change the name to America River? Oh, yeah, that was something about Mexico, a gulf I think.
deliciously evil!
it was canceled by Medicaid.
That tree branch hit a little too far to the right!
Brilliant writing! I want to read more of your stuff now.
You da man, V.M.B.!!
--and kale smoothies!
You really grossed me out. I’ve a ginormous hate for kale! I threw a cup of Kale Coffee once I accidentally got at Starbucks. No more S.B.’s for this Dem again! I mean it!!
Kale is a LOT better when it's treated as a green vegetable.
Try it in a pressure cooker. Dice an onion and mince two Serrano peppers, and sautée them in bacon grease until just soft. Add a cup of chicken stock. Add the kale and pressure cook for ONE MINUTE, followed by a rapid release of pressure.
This is a classic way of preparing greens, Southern-style. If you're afraid of a capsaicin "sting", used one Serrano pepper but in any case BE SURE to remove the seeds and the rib from the pepper -- that's where most of the capsaicin is!
Kale makes a wickedly good quiche. It also makes a splendid eggs Florentine when substituted for spinach.
Capsaicin is super high on the anti-inflammatory scale, so not only tasty as all get out, but good for ya! And it will clean out your sinuses, too.
and anything gluten free and vegan!!
VMB ~ brilliant post! The real threat is fiber, as repubs prefer polyester and micro-fiber. And quinoa is delicious in an eggplant parm, gluten free, of course.
Fiber, indeed.
Obviously fiber!
The ghost of Epstein might be under your bed.
BTW, how is this any different than Mike Johnson sending everyone home to avoid a vote on Epstein?
The Democrats’ move is not pro-pedophile
True, but my point was why aren't we arresting Johnson?
Now that is a MOST interesting question. :-)
makes for a fun fantasy parallel, but not showing up for one's legislative job is not a crime, either in Texas or in D.C. It may affect voters' willingness to return you to that job, depending on the facts - but then it gets less funny....
That’s because Johnson has no johnson or those other 2 ornaments
OMG! Thanks for the side-splitter!
After the midterms....? Can we hope.....?
<snort laugh>
"It's only bad if Democrats do it".
Yes, it really sucks caring about other humans! It’s despicable the way we behave at our protests non-violently despite how much we love guns, horrible how we speak politely and we’re well informed, nasty the way we fight so f__king hard for our Constitutional rights, our beliefs, freedom for all including LBTQUI+, all races and religions… (we care about our Native Americans.) Need I say more?
<standing ovation>
Proud to be a NASTY WOMAN!
wearing Birkenstocks, recycling, shopping at Trader Joe's . . . we're so easy to identify!
Typical of a convicted criminal POTUS pedophile with severe (perhaps deadly. We can only hope.) severe chronic ankle problems!
I'm secretly (well, its not a secret now) hoping elephantiasis sets in - golf with those tree trunks, loser!
GOOD ONE, Annette! Snark on, girlfriend!
This is to prevent an injustice. The other is to cover up a crime. Big difference.
Because the ones Mike Johnson sends home are NOT magas, stoopid. :-)
Exactly!!
Very good point. It's exactly the same. Except Republicans call it a "vacation," so it's okay.😡
so it's okay. 😡
I thought it was called early recess, you know phrase used for the "under aged!"
Reminds me of "alternative facts," the one used for lies.
Absolutely!
Ernie, the Keebler Elf, doesn't respect his reps enough to think they won't forget about Epstein in a month . . . hopefully their constituents are keeping it fresh and real for them!
Oh, it’s totally different. Mike Johnson’s thing was Republicans.
Exactly
👏👏👏 You don't have a duty to do so, Andy, but thank you to the nth degree for providing us with such brilliant & much-needed satire.
Greg Abbott loves all the talk about his warrants for the arrests of our Democratic Congressmen; it forces folks to not think about Ghislaine Maxwell being moved to the sacred soil of Texas, nor about penny-pinching GOP office holders in Kerr County not wanting those loud sirens for flood protection!
Ghislainr is actually on friendly turf. Just think of all of thr pedophiles hiding behind their mega-church youth groups and the cheer squads.
<golf clap> excellent comment, bitchy cubed!
These are those times when I still miss Molly Ivins. Although, I am glad we have Andy. He gives me hope, like Molly did here in Texas.
Oh I so do Miss Molly Ivins. And I’m not even in Texas.
I wonder if tRump has trophies he awards for his psychopants who divert attention from ConOLD's real problems. Collect the whole set, trumplicans!!
Did you mean Ghislaine, I mean Maxwell Smart, that guy in that TV show always with his phone in an elevator making private calls??
1) Democrats can be found training service dogs.
2) Democrats can be found helping a beached whale get back to the ocean.
3) Democrats can be found giving water to people waiting in line to vote.
4) Democrats can be found reading something other than comic books.
These democrats will be easy prey for paxton, except the first one. The dog may also recognize a scumbag and attack to prevent him from harming others.
Thanks, Andy, for the laughs😀
Hilarious. Now wonder the weasel governor is so frightened.
Do any of those dastardly outlaws need a place to stay? I’ll give up my bed!
apparently you don't need to - they'll be happy to be under it.
--with their oat milk chai teas!
Hmm, I'm a Democrat, never had one.....
You’d better catch up!
Mee too!!
Give me bed? Hell, I'll pay for their hotel!
Me, too!
Greg Abbott is so darn right. They are dangerous. And courageous too. The worst.
The BEST!!!
Most likely they are reading Borowitz.
Good call!
Hola, Andy! Thanks for my giddiness!
I read his entire recent book, “Profiles in Ignorance”. It changed my entire ideas of Presidential history plus I know I’m in good company. Boy, I had to keep one eye shut reading about that creepy Sarah Palin! And The Gipper, what a stupid a-hole!
I've been trying to finish it, but have started "Strongmen" so I'm juggle reading.
Democrats do not eat cats and dogs, but they do rescue them. If you see someone shooting a puppy in the head, she's not a Democrat.
Hmmmmmm... I wonder who Henry is referring to?
Coyld it be the botoxed and Juvedermed floozie who spends government funds on her vanity social media?
As a Floofie, and not a floozie, I'm gonna say, Why, YES! Damn straight! That's the one!!
I'll take brain dead botoxed and Juvedermed Floozir for $200, Alex
You got it, bitchy! Which brain dead botoxed and Juvedermed Floozie is notorious for shooting puppies? tick-tock-tick-tock...
"Who is Kristi aka Puppy
Killer Noem" is correct!
Look what I started!
--but the question is not worth that much, Alex!
Bingo on Kristi's name-o!
Oh, I know, I know! Pick me!
You also won't find Democrats in a gravel pit shooting a goat, because it didn't smell like Chanel Number 5.
I don't think Kristi is familiar with Chanel #5, for it is not Botox or enhances whatever body part needs to be enhanced.
--she's a Barbliecan!
Especially if it is followed by a goat.
Obviously.
...and I have a secret room behind a bookcase where they can hide.
You could use that secret hiding place for innocent immigrants or ICE chased American citizens too!
YES!!!
Great idea, Jacquie! I'll call a contractor tomorrow to enlarge the space and include plumbing, A/C, and electricity. Am afraid we are in for the long haul.
Like the priest holes that English Catholics kept in their country manors during Elizabeth I's reign.
I thought only republicans had panic rooms . . . although technically, the House Chamber could serve as one right now
Totally brilliant! Thank you!
Andy -- you need to team up with Jeff Foxworthy after brilliantly emulating his comic template as in: "If you believe that vaccines save lives, starting at infancy, you just may be a Democrat". 😉
Although his personal views are apparently right of center, he continues to keep his professional humor apolitical.
Obviously.
That picture of Gregg Abbot was taken when he heard his 13-year-old granddaughter was going to a sleep over at the White House.
Are you kidding? Do you really think he cares? (I hope he does and that you are right, but it's difficult to believe because I don't think his actions as governor show him as having a caring bone in his body.)
True.
<golf clap> it is a scary pic; I hope its posted in the Texas capitol!
I seem to remember that TX Dems left the state some years ago to put a stop to something but ultimately gave up and went back. Does anyone recollect the details? (I have a tote that says "May contain banned books")
I have a button on my jacket that says, "I read banned books"! ☺️
That's when Jasmine Crockett came to the forefront for many of us.
birth control? No, I think that was a long, long filibuster. Voting rights, I think.
Jane, I have a shirt from the ACLU that says “I read banned books”. And I read them in book form, not kindle (call me a Luddite, I guess).
Way to go!!!
Especially love reading older books... banned or not!!! They are what they are and the contents can't be fiddled with!
Shades of Fahrenheit 451, this worrying book banning and burning crap that's been going on for some decades now...
Nothing better than reading a well-thumbed physical book held in my hands -- I love love love that great pleasure. Guess I'm a Luddite, too. And to those who frown in disapproval, I say with all full intellectual prowess at my command: "Neener, neener, neener, you are a wiener!"
Fahrenheit 451 - the movie and the book - were so powerful. Never forgot them!
With attacks on PBS, NPR, CBS ... AND universities!!!
Will our accumulated knowledge need to be backed up somehow? Hopefully not an issue. Could many things we value be lost?
That book influenced my thinking for the rest of my life. And subsequent books and movies - and life experiences - that touched on similar themes reinforced what I first learned in Fahrenheit 451. I'm including the original The Time Machine film in which a great library's books crumbled to dust, The Book of Eli in which Eli had memorized the whole Bible in a post-apocalyptic world where most physical books had been lost, and Equilibrium about a "brave new world" where emotions are verboten so anything that evokes them are likewise forbidden - books, paintings, music... all forms of art and creative expression. All very bleak futures. To top it off, always an experimenter who's sought learning via firsthand experiencing, I tried out living on a "Jesus freak" commune when I was 21 - WRETCHED! I rebelled by secretly reading Herman Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund as well as Siddhartha whilst the others were literally conducting book burnings. Escaping from that place was one of most defining and freeing moments of my life!
So could it (accumulated knowledge) be lost? Certainly possible. And yes, finding a way to store such valuables and safeguard them for the future is absolutely imperative!!!
In 2021 it was also about the re-districting map.
Wow... this is soooo crazy!!!
Great observation! Texas has been crazy since before I landed here. If the map goes through, El Paso, which is a great city, will lose a lot of funding because a republican rep in San Antonio doesn't care about us. We have way too many Hispanics for their taste - even though the Hispanic population is what makes our city great.
If I may share an insight??? I'm here in northern CA near SF. Our rather new system of marking out congressional districts is now done by the people... not political parties. Sounds good and maybe over time it would prove to be a good way to go. But... now we are faced with having to compete with more political systems once again in order to protect America from being destroyed by those not so eager to protect everyone's voting rights. Our governor is encouraging the undoing of our new system to hopefully protect voting rights now... today. Is this what our country has come to under these so-called Republicans???
Seems it has! Unbelievable that constant lying to each other - and greedily sucking money from every imaginable source - has become acceptable. Absolutely disgusting beyond words!!!
I agree with you completely. As one who grew up in SoCal I appreciate what the state has done for congressional districts. That said, I think it's time that democrats fight fire with fire. IMO they have been too restrained up until now. It seems like if Governor Newsom does take a step toward redistricting, it would still be possible to go back to the system the state has developed once all this stupidity is gone. You would like my husband's acronym: GSB (Greedy Selfish Bastards). Based on your comment, I thought it would be a phrase/acronym you could use.
So, so interesting!!!
In a normal situation (and most definitely this IS NOT) it could be dangerous going back to the older system... but... agree completely with you and your husband!!! Not just this country but the world is being traumatized /destroyed by these GSB's !!!!! Just have to do something!!! Cannot let this continue... speak out/ protest/ and change laws when nevessary!
Thank you for the insight you have provided about this situation. Your comment helps get us all closer to the Truth that we Americans all need going forward. Thank You!!!!!
Thank you, Gail.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-quorum-breaks-history/
Right! The 12 "killer bees" in hiding for 5 days protesting something about the Texas presidential primary way back in 1979. Hope this walk out has more clout.
The "Rump Senate Incident." Timely. Irony is not dead.
With this administration, irony is **thriving**.
History does repeat itself :-/
Kind of like acid reflux. Just keeps on coming back.
tRump repeats himself in more ways than one
Thanks for this link. Lots of information! There have been several of these walk-outs, which seem mostly symbolic.
Unless the Texas Democrats have the support, both financial and moral, to hold out through November, this too will be symbolic. But it is also raising public awareness - whether this make a difference or not, we'll see.
I think they will get financial support but staying basically in exile for 4 months would be virtually impossible. Public awareness, though, in these dire times is all to the good. Especially if the citizens of Texas rise up.
Holy shit!
TY for article
Do a search for the Killer Bees/Texas state capitol circa early 1980s.
Or Killer Bees SNL circa the late 1970s...
Thanks, Linda. Interesting that you are finding West Virginia (pretty darn red) an improvement over Texas. It is a beautiful state!
It was blue when I moved here due primarily to its history of supporting labor rights. (See the Battle of Blair Mountain. )
At least West Virginia is on the national electric grid.
And doesn’t have vacationin’ Ted Cruz.
A definite plus.
Was it that long ago? I will give it try. Came to nothing, as I recall. A big gesture.
I’m referring to the first time this tactic was used. There was another time in the 21st century. Gosh, just typing about this reminds me how old I am (81). It brought back a flood of memories.
I’m a Texas ex-pat, happily living in West Virginia. I couldn’t wait to escape the constricting political and social pressures.
I'm gonna take a wild guess here: Somebody who knows a good thing or two told you, "You go, Girl!!!" And you thought, Heck yeah! Why not? Think I will!
And so you went...
Well, I did live 13 years in the Washington, DC, area when it was a sleepy southern town. The Kennedy Center was not built yet and the only ethnic restaurants were Chinese, Mexican, Indian, and Greek. Now the foodie scene is straight out of the United Nations.
Sounds YUM!
Wow! You’re so up to date!! Where’d you pick up that tote bag?