LaceyLou

It's more than a little of a SMH moment when a cousin of mine posts memes on FB referring to FEMA as being run by SJWs, and that the post-Helene/Milton recovery aid is being done by people in diesel, polluting vehicles instead of hybrids. I'd post the meme, but now I can't find it. Do people not realize where the money used for disaster relief comes from?

Let me guess: they need to be buried up to their necks and stoned to death.

Yes, and he won't warn them in advance-just arrange for them to be taken.

IIRC, in '16 Drumpf was told to stay off of social media in order to not highlight his craziness in the last few weeks of the campaign. Maybe whoever is in charge is thinking he now needs to be kept out of the spotlight completely.

It would definitely be great to go to a place where people mostly want the same things, just disagree about getting there. As it is it's getting to the point where maintaining infrastructure that people depend on (directly or indirectly) feels like pulling teeth.

That quote is what people who think they're not going to be harmed because they're not in one of the 'target demographics' need to remember. One of the first groups of people wiped out in 1933 Germany was filled with people who helped Hitler get into power.

TBF, this is true for many who are already wealthy.

While I can't be sure, I think since a lot of the earliest casualties were in blue cities that COVID affected people from different belief systems pretty evenly.

True. Seems like something that belongs in the pet peeve thread, come to think of it.

Other polls I've seen shows Drumpf closing the gap, though. It appears that there are at least some 'skeptical' Republicans who are closing ranks, and just enough younger men who still see him as a 'successful businessman.'

I grew up in a place where casual racism was the norm, as well as the belief that cities were 100% more dangerous than they really were. I didn't understand it then, and I understand it even less today.

Having my formerly semi-feral cat climb into my lap.

I only saw part of the show once, and thought it made him look like a (select censored word here). Then again, I was already prejudiced against him.

And many of those sources make Fox News look credible. Here in the NE, we've been subjected to Drumpf in the tabloids at least since the 80s, but that may not be true in other parts of the country.

But there's plenty of fertilizer, hopefully one that's not too high in Phosphates.

I really wish I hadn't looked at that page... that is one scary profile.

I'm hoping for a West Wing marathon again on Election Day-just like in 2020.

They're just jealous that they didn't realize they could impact the path of a hurricane with a sharpie first.

Well... they can't very well risk showing FEMA's response, it might actually make the current administration look good. And isn't this type of response something that will be eliminated if Project 2025 comes into being? Meanwhile, people I know who live in the region are the ones who let me know that whole towns have been washed away. Sigh....

Agree-it feels like along with M*A*S*H the only reruns around are Murder She Wrote, Perry Mason, Matlock, Andy Griffith..you get the idea. And I'm pretty sure I've memorized every issue. At least I'll probably be getting around before many channels switch to All Christmas, all the time just before Halloween. Hmm, I believe another pet peeve might be that.... Foot surgery is especially brutal. Sorry you went through it, too.

LOL. Caller ID has made it hard to have fun with crank calls. How are we supposed to order 20 pizzas for our teachers???

Staying home while recovering from surgery is boring.

Forget about MA in 1790 vs. now... in the 50s the song Wake Up Little Susie was banned here. And hopefully Boston of the 1970s vs. now is an improvement. As someone else said, migrant flights to places in the NE have been arranged by Republican governors. And honestly they wouldn't be destructive if they were organized differently, instead of being used as a political stunt.

What's sad is that I have to check carefully now, because a lot of what's real looks like it should be satire. Or maybe that's wishful thinking.

True, still his not going any further on this doesn't surprise me. And he might want to keep his options open.