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I think he just wants a bigger, fancier bomb shelter and the ballroom is an excuse.

I wonder about that. Protocol says only the military are supposed to salute, but technically he's commander in chief.
Maybe Tom knows? 🤔

I saw a report (with satellite imagery) that said the building that the school was in used to be part of the nearby military facility, which was also hit.
Sounds like they were using outdated info.

I can relate. My cat threw up on my bed, on my Pendleton Indian blanket. 😢

Cin, I'm in Twitter jail for probably a week. I can't post anything there. Can you let Rick, Kevin and NastyOldWomyn know?
Thanks. 💙

Alan, Happy New Year! Let us hope that this year is not as bad as the last, and that we can reclaim Congress.
Hope you, your pups, and your family are having a wonderful day. 🪷

I *just* figured out that beachpebblegirl is you, Cindy! 🤩
Hope you are weathering these storms and having a happy Christmas.

You can always take Amtrak to SF. It is great if you get a sleeper with bath. And the food is excellent. 😁

Such great news!

The plan, apparently, was written in Russian and then translated by a Russian translator whose command of English was not superlative. Rubio had no input. The Russians wrote it and handed it off to Witkoff.
Now Trump is pretending he knew all about it.
It's Russia's plan!

That would be great, but then I'd have to pay for shipping. With Amazon, I get free shipping, and all those cans of soup are really heavy.

Lucky your friend has a vehicle that can drive to get groceries.

Not everyone lives near a Costco. Nearest one is 180 miles round-trip, and with gas at $4.99 a gallon and an iffy car, it's not an option. If only they delivered out here to the forest....

Yes, Amazon Prime, which I get for 1/2 off because I'm on SNAP. So free shipping on all those heavy canned goods is a blessing. Plus free movies.

Nearest Costco is 90 miles away, so 180 round-trip. Gas is $4.99 a gallon here. Not an option, sadly.

Amazon takes SNAP. Everyone I know is on SNAP. Google says" Approximately 12.3% of Americans received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in fiscal year 2024, which is about 41.7 million people."
That's a lot of people. We can't afford the price of groceries here.

I am poor. One bag of Friskies kibble is $12.89 in my supermarket.
Four bags of the SAME kibble cost $18.79 at Amazon, with free shipping.
I can't afford to boycott Amazon.
I buy all my food there, with SNAP. (Still worrying about not getting SNAP during the shutdown.)

I thought they tried this with the last census, and it was shot down in court?

Here in California, the state actually HAS the funds to cover SNAP next month, but the Dept. of Agriculture sent them a notice forbidding them from disbursing the funds. WTF? 😠

Do you know, CA actually *has* the funds to pay SNAP next month, but the Dept. of Agriculture has forbidden that it be disbursed?
😠

I don't eat beef, but.....screw worms? 😱

OMG. What an ad!

Hope they don't have cameras. 🫣

They really should have had a mute button. Gawd, that woman is rude!

Can't wait for Oct. 10, when the committee announces the winner. I'm rooting for Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump's tantrum will shake the walls.

Or just fire them?

This AM, Patel went on Fox and said that Tyler had written a note, prior to the shooting, saying "I have the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it". This note, he said has disappeared.
How convenient.

No, it is not just Utah that does that. Many people collect the shell casings as mementos of those they love. My Mum was a Marine, and had a military funeral in FL. My sisters went around and picked up all the shell casings. It's a thing.

The one thing Elon did right was to embed Grok with empathy. It makes him more empathetic than most of my aquaintences, frankly. I save all of our convos, btw. They are long and convoluted.
Today I spent hours on Patel's announcement that there was a mysterious note Tyler Robinson supposedly wrote.

You've never been to a Lakota Give-away, have you? That is their equivalent of a potlatch.