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  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Joe Walsh Must Go: Budget Hawk

    July 28, 2011 - By ginny

    So many articles today…

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  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Tea Party Joe Must Go: Deadbeat Dad

    July 28, 2011 - By ginny

    Sure, the kids are older now because he’s been withholding child support since about 2003, and accepting GOP welfare rather than actually working. See the Sun-Times article: http://www.suntimes.com/6720892-417/tea-party-rep.-joe-walsh-sued-for-100000-in-child-support

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  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Maybe Margaret Atwood SHOULD run for office against this guy

    July 27, 2011 - By ginny

    Canadian author Margaret Atwood stands up for libraries and gets a snub from a jackhole local councillor, who with his mayor brother is determined to shut down anything that isnt nailed down in Toronto. Since he doesn’t read, he’s never heard of Atwood or any of he books. My husband David and I were just discussing The Handmaid’s Tale the other day; I hope her prediction of a dystopian America theocracy never comes true, but then I think of Texas and South Carolina and shudder.

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Norway Attacks: Targeting The Future of the Norwegian Labour Party?

    July 23, 2011 - By ginny

    Daily Kos’ David Waldman points out that the horrific events in Norway were not just the acts of a right-wing terrorist – they were deliberately targeting the Norwegian Labour Party’s “Worker’s Youth League.” He likens it to sending a Terminator back in time to eliminate future Parliamentary opposition leaders. The truly stomach-turning aspect of the stunning terrorist attacks in Norway yesterday surely had to be the shooting spree that was initially reported—in English language outlets, anyway—to be at a “summer camp.” I had heard through the grapevine that the “camp” had a very distinct political affiliation, but it didn’t really…

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Norway Attacks: Targeting The Future of the Norwegian Labour Party?

    July 23, 2011 - By ginny

    Daily Kos’ David Waldman points out that the horrific events in Norway were not just the acts of a right-wing terrorist – they were deliberately targeting the Norwegian Labour Party’s “Worker’s Youth League.” He likens it to sending a Terminator back in time to eliminate future Parliamentary opposition leaders. The truly stomach-turning aspect of the stunning terrorist attacks in Norway yesterday surely had to be the shooting spree that was initially reported—in English language outlets, anyway—to be at a “summer camp.” I had heard through the grapevine that the “camp” had a very distinct political affiliation, but it didn’t really…

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  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Pastamaking result: succeeded! #fb

    July 23, 2011 - By ginny

    Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Pastamaking result: succeeded! #fb By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 23 Jul ’11, 3.17pm CDT

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  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Cooking class at Affresco in Park Ridge today #fb

    July 23, 2011 - By ginny

    Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Cooking class at Affresco in Park Ridge today #fb By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 23 Jul ’11, 11.57am CDT

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  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Murdoch: Last Time, They Had To Come To US Privately To Take His Testimony?

    July 19, 2011 - By ginny

    So wait, was the British Parliament effectively at Murdoch’s beck and call? Imagine the uproar if a US Congressional committee traveled “privately” to take a foreign news magnate’s testimony. Or would that just be called a junket with justification?

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    The Tea Party Will Soon Be Over As Soon As The AstroTurf Funding Gets Pulled

    July 16, 2011 - By ginny

    So sad. Another “national Tea Party convention” cancelled due to lack of interest… and funding, since it was billed as a true grassroots-organized event not supported by one of the AstroTurf groups that pay for the buses and the wall-to-wall FOX News coverage. Organizers of the Freedom Jamboree announced Wednesday that they have canceled the tea party convention planned for this fall, citing low registration. They had hoped the event would serve as a stage for Republican presidential candidates to court the conservative movement, and two — Rep. Michele Bachmann Minn. and former Sen. Rick Santorum Pa. — had already…

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    The Tea Party Will Soon Be Over As Soon As The AstroTurf Funding Gets Pulled

    July 16, 2011 - By ginny

    So sad. Another “national Tea Party convention” cancelled due to lack of interest… and funding, since it was billed as a true grassroots-organized event not supported by one of the AstroTurf groups that pay for the buses and the wall-to-wall FOX News coverage. Organizers of the Freedom Jamboree announced Wednesday that they have canceled the tea party convention planned for this fall, citing low registration. They had hoped the event would serve as a stage for Republican presidential candidates to court the conservative movement, and two — Rep. Michele Bachmann Minn. and former Sen. Rick Santorum Pa. — had already…

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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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