Apparently, the Senate won't vote on the Covid-19 Relief bill until all 600+ pages have been read outloud. I vote they bring in @gwatsky or John Moschitta to do it.
This brings up a very good point and may be the key to deprogramming American Nazis and white supremacists and get us safely and quickly through the pandemic - one person's success means everyone succeeds; it's really in your best interest if you care about the people around you.
@_saracannon From Houston, can confirm this has always been the send-off with any of my family members and what I've used for years in customer service.
@softboyuk I am an adult in college, currently distance learning. Yesterday's class with my Philosophy professor included the exact same interaction and I love that that sort of connection transcends age.
PS - He does indeed have a cat.
In 1923, Adolf Hitler led a failed coup. He was treated leniently. Germany moved on.
A decade later, he was dictator, and the worst disaster in the history of the civilized world ensued.
In 2021, when the president of the United States leads a failed coup, we must not move on.
B/c Nazi & Holocaust are trending, I thought I’d share a (not so) fun fact I learned via family documents I found when compiling things for the German citizenship restoration application.
This is my great grandfather & his brother’s birth records from Berlin. Note the difference
Me, a mess: Baby, why am I like this?
B: When you mix a bottle of wine &an ounce of Mexican dirt weed together in a vessel saturated in narcissim &unrealized childhood trauma &mix it like that carousel from Something Wicked This Way Comes but if Run DMC controlled the spin...
I had plans for today, but 5 tucked himself and his baby yoda into my bed with me and my dog climbed onto my lap and I haven't had coffee today anyway so we'll just call the day a wash
@cmclymer I was so so so fucking proud - my 13 year old is gonna come of age under a president that SEES THEM and will protect their rights and they SAW that president elect name them specifically as deserving those rights.