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    Politics, Schmolitics

    Wonkette 10/10 No Notes CFPB Union!

    February 8, 2025 - By ginny

    ”CFPB Union members welcome our newest colleagues and look forward to the smell of Axe Body Spray in our elevators.”

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    Living On Blue Island In Lake Illinois

    February 8, 2025 - By ginny

    A local bike riding friend remarked today that he feels like he’s living on a blue island. I made sure he sees this.   ”JB Pritzker trolled the president on Friday by claiming he planned to rename Lake Michigan as Lake Illinois and annex Green Bay.”   Link: Illinois Gov. Ridicules Trump’s ‘Gulf Of America’ Proposal With 1 Of His Own

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    Dems Get Into Good Trouble

    February 5, 2025 - By ginny

    The unhinged part is how the Speaker met with Bessent and the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee earlier, which supposedly has the power to request anyone’s tax returns, although Trump Turd Reich 1.0 somehow dodged that. Link:‘Aggressive and frankly unhinged’: Witness shocked as Dems barge into speaker’s office

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Live with Jim Acosta: What The Musk, Let Duke In

    February 3, 2025 - By ginny

    Jim Acosta goes casual, wonders WTM is going on, and right at the end, a cameo by Duke the newshound.

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  • Sewing And Quilting

    To Create Is To #Resist – Learning The Ohio Star Block

    February 2, 2025 - By ginny

    Text:   ”In this tutorial, I will take you  step-by-step through the process of creating a super easy (and amazing!) quilted table runner using 2.5″ fabric strips, either scraps, leftover jelly roll strips, or jelly roll precuts. While making this project, I will show you some tips and tricks t”   Link: Ohio Star Quilt Block Tutorial — Sew The Distance

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  • Elon Musk wearing ridiculous golden fantasy armor with a flaming sword. Needs more codpiece
    Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    The Muskovites Control The Money. OUR Money

    January 31, 2025 - By ginny

    Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight

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  • Sewing And Quilting

    The State Of My Stash: Where To Start?

    January 26, 2025 - By ginny

    In my sewing room, thou shalt not… ask when it’s going to be done.

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  • Women’s pajama bottoms with cartoon otters holding paws, titled - I’m otterly exhausted by this shit
    SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

    It’s Pajamas ***day! And I’m otterly exhausted!

    January 24, 2025 - By ginny

    Hello world! ”henlo boomer” It’s Pajamas Friday!  “wasnt yesterday pajamas thursday” YES! Every day is Pajamas ***day when you work from home!

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    MAKE: Crochet Emotional Support Dumpster Fire

    January 23, 2025 - By ginny

    Can I re-learn how to crochet and make this absolute unit from 2020? The last time I crocheted something, it was 1972. ”Let’s knock out 2020 with THE BEST CROCHET PROJECT OF THE YEAR!!! It’s 100% Soft’s Dumpster Fire!!! Truck asked if I wanted to translate his iconic and super popular Dumpster Fire…”   Link: Dumpster Fire Crochet Pattern w/ 100% Soft

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    Time To Be Reality-Based! OG Bloggers, Assemble!

    January 22, 2025 - By ginny

    I'm listening to the Bob Cesca podcast, featuring Driftglass and Bluegal from the Professional Left Podcast, and feeling inspired to dust off my old #realitybased blog and Say Something. Because back when the Blogosphere was a thing, one result was arguably the election of Barack Obama.

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  • Insurance season is almost over, thank Dog

    Avoid health sharing plans, they're not that great a deal. A friend had one while getting some pretty serious treatment, and he struggled to get the care he needed.

    Elisabeth Yoder and her son Darragh recently experienced a huge gap in their health care "coverage." They stand in  front of the family home, and they belong to a Christian "health sharing" plan that didn't reimburse for a recent ambulance ride.

     

     

    Link: Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

  • Charm Patch Quilt: On Point

    From Sew Can She - this looks like a great way to use up charm squares and scraps that can be at least 4 1/2-5 inches square. The contrast fabric and on-point arrangement add good visual interest without being too busy.

    Link: Charm Patch Quilt Pattern: Free Throw quilt Pattern for Pre-Cut Charm Squares!

  • Tea Towel Hems

    Bought some tea towels for gifts, looking for tutorials for adding colorful hanging cuffs after hemming.

    I lean toward Method 1, mitred corners. Will decide once the towels arrive in case the selvage edges are good quality.

    https://blog.fabrics-store.com/2023/03/26/tutorial-how-to-make-a-tea-towel-three-ways/

  • Sorry About The Mess: Trump Wrecking World Economy

    Post: He’s nuts if he thinks manufacturers will move to the US; they like paying rock bottom non-union wages and they’ll pass the higher costs to American consumers. Lose-lose! What can possibly go wrong?

    Since he lives in his own bubble universe, I’m wondering how long his big donors, the few relatively sane conservatives in Congress, and his “IKEA cabinet” will hold out until the murmurs behind the scenes become screaming fights in the Oval Office.

    Spine of steel? Nope. Skull of rock.

    Maury Povich lie detector meme: It says here… Trump is as dumb as a box of rocks.

    Global economy rocked again as rates on imports to the US from dozens of trading partners rose further, with China hit by 104% tariffs

    Link: Donald Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs against dozens of countries

  • Now Listening: Joni Mitchell | Black Crow

    Joni Mitchell album cover Black Crow. A woman is superimposed over an empty road that leads into her silhouette.

    Text:

     

    ”Black Crow - There's a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky”

     

    Link: Check out this song I heard on Radio Paradise

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