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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

that handshake is so obligatory by now that, when Ms Spouse asked me what I was going to write about today, and I answered "Macron and Donny," her next question was "did they shake hands?"

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

my reply: "I've already made a gif of it"

KL Pierce's avatar

You’re doing the lord’s work Jeff!

Linda Weide's avatar

Agreed! And that sharing of the HHD video is so hopeful. Whoever did that, can they please do that on all government computers everywhere, and televisions, particularly in the White House, and where all of Trump's offspring live. Then, Donnie can go to the Intelligence Community that he destroyed and ask them to figure it out and they are going to say yes sir and then twiddle their thumbs if there is even anyone working there still. If they are, and they have been demoted or threatened, hopefully they will just share the video with the world at large. How about the Saudis, and for sure Ukrainians. I would like to see one where Trump is licking Putin's feet. Or Putin is licking Musk's feet.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Edward Coristine works for Musk, he’s the notorious “big balls” the hacker who likely has the country’s whole operational apparatus copied, is probably giving Trump payback for being such an imbecilic connard Linda! It’s damn amusing that some pimple faced kid, living in his mother’s basement can breach all Federal Television channels! I love the idea!!

Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Bless you my brother! When I see donny pull someone's arm I always think he's trying to put the person's hand down his pants. He's lonely.

justjulie's avatar

Is that really a picture of donOld’s mother???

It looks like a photoshopped donOld!

lmao either way!

The do’ is straight up donOld, is she his inspiration?

Katherine Harris's avatar

The first time I saw that photo, I assumed it was a Photoshop job. I was a little shocked to find out it was real.

Tully's avatar

Looks typical of the 70's with the hairsprayed flip. Guess she never wanted to give it up! I remember when I was young, my Mom told me not to touch as I was fascinated by how the hair didn't move!

Diane J's avatar

Yep that's really a picture of his mother and it's been shown on many legitimate sites before.

Do you agree the hair is genetic? She's definitely where he got his.

Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Her hair doesn't fall far from the tree.

Patris's avatar

His hairdressing model

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Morgan's avatar

But he’s a funny asshole Lisa.. that blew my hot tea right back into my cup while I choked swore then laughed my ass off .. God I miss my Dad.

cablecargal's avatar

Me, too. My Dad would've actually put it down his pants...he loved embarrassing people (usually me). Happy 106th Dad!

Morgan's avatar

My dad would have been 110 now.. my grandpa lived to almost 103.. my mom is 91

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Morgan's avatar

My family are a bunch of entitled asshole drug addicts who mooch off our mother in her 90’s and she has Alzheimer’s.. she’s now broke living off her SS.. but hey you wanted her.. now you get to take care of her.. fucking losers. Haven’t seen her in 20+ years. My kids just visited her..

Susan Niemann's avatar

OMG! I love that! 😂😂😂

HI2thDoc's avatar

He's nervy to do that. Or just plain nuts

Cat Cafe's avatar

Okay, look, that is objectively funny, you have to agree

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T L Mills's avatar

Oh, but you should have. I got a good laugh from it!

Walt Svirsky's avatar

Diaper Donny will now, unfortunately, miss the opportunity to shake the hands of every Philadelphia Eagles player. Would have liked to see him pull his tug of war act with Jalen Carter.

Susan Niemann's avatar

LOL! (Jalen HURTS) The Eagles have too much class to ever meet that racist old fuck. I think we can all imagine how Jalen would have handled it.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Breaking someone’s hand isn’t particularly difficult, I’d love to see little Donnie grimacing…and in a cast for his tough guy nonsense!!

Rhoda Ozen's avatar

Or Saquon Barkley. He could just jump right over the Felons head which would be no problem for him. Then shake his little hand…

Dave Drell's avatar

And as he’s jumping over his head - pull on Donny’s hair to make sure it’s not a

hair piece

Nightmaher's avatar

Believe it or not, they are classier than to mix in with the Felony Factory.

Diane J's avatar

Pretty sure he'd be handing trump his hand and the whole ripped off arm.🤣🤣

Harry Searles's avatar

I might have enjoyed seeing Carter turn orange man's hand into orange juice (with pulp, of course).

Louise Pattison's avatar

Well Macron nearly did... Donold's hand is currently sporting a smashing bruise.

Charles Austin's avatar

Beckton would be better. (First President to be choke slammed in the White House.😂)

un poco loco's avatar

you know, with Macron, the orange asshole is trying to compete several orders of magnitude above his IQ level... althoughto be fair, you could say that about most of the foreign leaders he deals with...

Bonnie Council's avatar

True. But he's too stupid to know it. Which is why he always tries to have the last word. Unbeknownst to him it only makes him look stupider. It would be pathetic if it wasn't so disgusting.

SPW's avatar

Did they shake hands? Does a big bear shit in the woods? Great gif, by the way.

Robin's avatar

There's a nice aikido move that can be done when Donny yanks on your arm during the handshake. Take a big step toward him. He's expecting you to pull back, so his weight is towards his back; if you step towards him, he will lose his balance and may topple over backwards.

Susan's avatar

I would pay to see that.

Bonnie Council's avatar

OMG, I would so pay to see that!

Steve Kelly's avatar

Macron should’ve had one of those electric buzzer things in his palm, one with a 240V shock to it. That mighta done us all a favor.

J.R.'s avatar

Macro(n) v. the micro(n)? You know, the harder pull to compensate for the lesser the perceived manhood? I’m guessing The Donald would’ve pulled Arnold Palmer’s arm out of the socket.

Doreen Garza's avatar

Hahaha..Ms Spouse she makes me laugh as well Jeff..good one.

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

I didnt know that Donny McShitsHisPants lowered himself to shake anyone's hand, much less Macron.

Patricia Gomes's avatar

He gets his hand sanitized after any contact. A boogie on the resolute desk required a complete refinishing. I’d have to use bleach if I touched those creepy, tiny little pieces of 💩.

Robin's avatar

I wonder if "fun ways to respond to Trump's handshake jujitsu" was discussed at Macron's emergency meeting with European leaders a couple weeks ago.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

The Trump “Transnational Criminal Syndicate, masquerading as a Government”, as Sarah Kendzior called them is wreaking havoc on every facet of our democracy Tim!!

Greg Olear’s piece today ties a bow around Trump/Putin

https://open.substack.com/pub/gregolear/p/putins-razor-yet-more-evidence-that?r=qvheo&utm_medium=ios

Anne Whitney's avatar

This is very good Crom, thx for posting. I just had to sit though a long bit of nonsense today from someone about NATO expansion being a legit problem for Russia and this post is the antidote.

Carthago Delenda Est's avatar

Darrell Issa (R-Car Thief) says what? If this ever makes it out of committee and through the process, SCOTUS would squash this like a bug. This is exactly what Marbury v. Madison (1803) was all about—judicial review.

Tim Trew's avatar

Which SCOTUS are you thinking of? The other day Roberts allowed the firings to continue until the case is heard despite a district judge’s order to put them on hold.

William Burke's avatar

Ms. spouse is obviously on top of her game.

Carol's avatar

Not only is it beautiful to see someone correct Trump’s idiocy (because as you say, none of the press corps will ever challenge him), but it is just wonderful to hear an intelligent leader speak!

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Watching the grab by the arm and correcting the imbecilic wastrel is nearly as amusing as the hack, where Trump sucks Space Nazis feet!!

Denise Hall's avatar

All of it is splendid to behold! Watching dt being corrected on live TV is beyond hysterical!!

Doreen Garza's avatar

I love every minute of it!!

Denise Hall's avatar

Hurray President Macron!! You are my new favorite hero 🤩

Kay-El's avatar

1. Macron is a class act template for how everyone should shake Orange Fuckwit’s hand. Make sure you squeeze as hard as possible. Then throw extra shade by fact checking. Fuck Donny 101

2. That video was priceless. Mad props and a hat tip. Hope to see more.

SPW's avatar

Good morning Kay-El and Fuck Trump!

Kay-El's avatar

Every day, my friend.

Mary Hall's avatar

With a barbed-wire-wrapped Louisville slugger.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

The look on tRump’s face when Macron slapped his shit away…PRICELESS

Chris Hierholzer's avatar

His pursed lips look...to die for!

Marie Drozdis's avatar

That's his blow-up doll face.

Morgan's avatar

😂🤣😂🙌🏽🤙🏽🙌🏽

Doreen Garza's avatar

I hate those ugly pursed lips that look like a sphincter…orange shit bag!!

Mary Hall's avatar

I have a meme of Shitler's fugly face with a cat drawn around it, so his pursed mouth looks like the cat's butthole. Makes me laugh every time I see it.

Patricia Gomes's avatar

Share !! We all need a laugh ! 😂

Richard Von Busack's avatar

Like the southern end of a north bound chicken

Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

Two great things about yesterday and you highlighted both: 1. tRump humiliated publicly big time and 2. tRump humiliated publicly big time. The more this happens, the more unhinged he’ll become.

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

Absolutely. And very effective.

Ann Anderson's avatar

I'd love to see that mountain of lard get thrown off balance by his own stupid power move and fall on his gigantic ass -- which he did metaphorically in that exchange with Macron. I'm feeling perky. The resistance is alive and growing. Musk is as popular as Ebola and he's dragging Donald down with him.

Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

Try to find the video (Jeff may have posted it in an earlier newsletter.) of Gavin Newsom greeting Donnie Convict at the airport after the fires in LA. Donnie tries that jerk move and Gavin does it right back. You almost got your wish cause Gavin nearly pulled him off balance.

Tex237's avatar

And we got to see Gavin’s excellent posture and Trump’s old man slump, tired and droopy.

Anne Whitney's avatar

And to top it off a) Newsome wasn't invited to greet him at airport but showed up anyway and b) then he steps around orange and gives an affectionate greeting to Ms. Frump.

Carthago Delenda Est's avatar

Except that wasn’t her. That woman was one of her many doubles.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

A tiny bit of momentum for the good guys. Keep it going!

Lucius's avatar

I'd rather see him land on his head.

Ann Anderson's avatar

Could we tell the difference?

Lucius's avatar

Both ends exude about the same amount of shit, but his head sphincter is louder.

Steve Kelly's avatar

Perhaps he’d fall right at the base of Muskolini’s two left feet.

Mary Hall's avatar

I just got an anti-Eloon magnet for our Tesla Model 3 in the mail today from Etsy. The seller was sold out, so I had to wait for another order to come in which tells me I'm not the only Tesla owner who loves the car and loathes the CEO. Those stupid fugly cybertrucks are another thing.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

So what is the deal with Mama Trump's hair? Is it possible the entire family was brain-damaged from the amount of hairspray she used to keep that thing on her head standing up straight?

Walt Svirsky's avatar

That’s what we used to call a “beehive” back in the day.

Susan Niemann's avatar

Lots of backcombing and Aqua Net. 😂😂😂

Peaceful Mary T.'s avatar

Donny learned how to style hair at his mother's knee, clearly!

Mingo's avatar

The old style Aqua Net with the CFC's was industrial strength. I bet she also wore hairpieces. My mother back in the 60's, used to wear hairpieces and kept them on manikin heads on top of the bathroom vanity. Us kids used to put them on our heads and run around the house. That photo of Mary Trump is a dead ringer for Donnie the Dotard in drag.

Susan Niemann's avatar

oooh...I'm getting a visual. 😂😂

Dave Drell's avatar

I hope that visual didn’t handicap you!

Nightmaher's avatar

I think she backcombs over a wicker cornicopia horn that’s sliding off her port side.

Susan Niemann's avatar

HA! Thats it!! 👏👏👏

Morgan's avatar

And Aquanet is still the number one brand for women over 65 in red states.. ( hairstylist here)

Peaceful Mary T.'s avatar

When you need your hair to stay in place for a week, that's what you use!!

arne link's avatar

Just hearing about Aquanet gives me an olfactory memory. I remember the smell from my childhood.

Charles Austin's avatar

Portland cement would be cheaper.😂😂🤣

shee-rah's avatar

When I was in junior high, teased hair was the method for hair styling, Girls would carry giant cans of hairspray in their purses. Also hairstyles had names: Bubble, French Twist, Pageboy Fluff….

Carol JLH's avatar

I still use Aqua Net. I spray it all over my charcoal drawings to keep them from smudging. :) But I'd never put that shit near my hair...

Walt Svirsky's avatar

Still not the weirdest hair treatment I’ve witnessed. My sisters used to “iron” their hair…and I remember it stunk.

displacedCTYankee's avatar

All the Kool Girls ironed their hair in the early '70s. My ex did once and never again.

Pat Boone, in his monumental "Twixt Twelve and Twenty," suggested that boys sleep with a toboggan cap to straighten their curly hair.

It's FUN being OLD and remembering this crazy shit. It's also Kool being 76 and still having a ton of curly hair.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

Did the Kool Girls smoke Kools?

I remember asking my frugal buddy in college, “Why do you smoke those nasty things?” His response? “Nobody bums a Kool.”

Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

We also used to use empty and washed out soup cans instead of regular curlers to set our hair because it would make it straighter. I also used to sit in front of box fan to dry my hair. I would constantly comb my it while the fan blew it dry and it would straighten my hair. I don't have real curly hair, it's more wavy. My hair also won't hold a perm for love nor money; my hair's just to fine. But like you, at 73 I still have all my hair.

Susan Niemann's avatar

We call that a "flat iron" still to this day! 😂

Cheri Collins's avatar

I ironed my hair, but it never stunk. I think your sisters burned theirs!

Walt Svirsky's avatar

What is the proper iron setting for “hair?”

Jan Moon's avatar

Lower than farenheit 451, I think.

shee-rah's avatar

I remember that. We all wanted hair like Mary Travers from Peter, Paul and Mary.

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

You mean it’s actually a comb-over like pants load? She combs the hair from her back up into hive position and glues it there, a lot to go thru for the second ugliest hair in the world award, you know exactly who is #1.

Morgan's avatar

Actually yes 🙌🏽

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

One of the most disgusting things to smell/breathe, coming from a guy who regularly sprayed lacquer and worked with various acids, blech Susan!!

Janet's avatar

Keep away from open flame 🔥!!! 😝

David A Pitock's avatar

She wasn't one of the B52's was she? , hairs right

Charles Austin's avatar

There's enough Aqua Net in the known universe for that? 😜😂😂

Ole Anderson's avatar

That monstrosity on her head is more of a termites nest. It’s falling over like an over meringued pie in a hot kitchen.

Carol C's avatar

Meringue pie—perfect!

Dave Drell's avatar

Good one Ole——maybe she kept her valuables in there - theres a hidden safe somewhere in that termites nest!

Rick Calegari's avatar

Like mother, like son. She sported a hive with the same color as Jeff's hilarious description of Donnie's piss-stained badger pelt.

Jeanne Leduc's avatar

Anyone notice how bald orangeshitstain is getting??!!

Morgan's avatar

A good stiff wind and that cotton candy monstrosity will flip flop and fly that flap of hair into the other side.. cause under that cotton candy mess he’s BALD

Carol C's avatar

Trump could shave his entire head like many balding guys do. But there would be more area to cover with “bronzer,” so maybe it’s a toss up. Perhaps his head is not nicely shaped? Perhaps he has those fat rolls at the back that would match his jowls.

Mary Hall's avatar

Thom Hartmann tells a story whereby Ivana talked him into getting a scalp tuck or something like that and it didn't go well. He smacked her around and tore out some of her hair, then IIRC he raped her. That tracks.

Peaceful Mary T.'s avatar

He's got scars on his scalp from the surgeries he's had to move his hair around (flap surgery or something like that?) and probably scars from hair plugs he had done before the flap surgery. It's gotta be ugly - worse than his ugly face, I'm sure!

arne link's avatar

Oh, thanks for the reminder. That was one of Jeff's finer descriptions.

SPW's avatar

Exactly and they usually stayed looking like that throughout the week. We’d wrap our hair in TP then sleep verrrry carefully.

Morgan's avatar

Yes exactly it’s a throw over from the 60’s.. and yes elderly old rats nest is a thing

Peaceful Mary T.'s avatar

I remember my mom wrapping her hair in TP, until she found this other wrap that looked like something that came off the lint screen in the dryer. Can't remember the name of it, but it was a long rectangle that sort of stuck to itself, preventing her from having to use clips to keep it closed and from slipping off.

Mary Hall's avatar

I remember that thing! As a kid, I usually had those pink sponge curlers in my hair but one night for some stupid kid reason, I decided to wear those brush rollers with the pink plastic picks to bed. Bad decision.

Peaceful Mary T.'s avatar

Oh, those brush rollers were so painful! And they'd rip out your hair when you removed them. Sponge rollers were the way to go, for sure. Did you ever try 'Spoolies'? My mom did our hair occasionally in spoolies. They made a curly curl that stayed in pretty well and were more comfy than those brush rollers. My mom also gave me and my sister Toni Home Perms a couple of times. That was quite an experience. The whole house stunk for days, as did our hair!

shee-rah's avatar

I did that except I used the stretchy paper used for perms. Easy to sleep in and then just remove and comb your hair in the morning.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Seriously SPW, that’s some seriously strange shyte!!

Patricia Gomes's avatar

Our beehives were NOT lopsided !!!

Richard Von Busack's avatar

That beehive has had colony collapse

Steve Kelly's avatar

And there were definitely bees in her bonnet.

displacedCTYankee's avatar

At first I thought it was Maggie Thatcher. Funny, "thatch" smacks of hay. And that brings to my mind Devine, and "Hairspray." I love making connections like this in my ancient brain.

Doreen Garza's avatar

I remember devine and thatcher..good comparison 🤣🤣

Doreen Garza's avatar

😂😂😂 Donny shit bag looks like his horrendous mother!!

Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

She single-handedly destroyed the ozone layer.

David A Pitock's avatar

Answers some questions and poses more.

dan52's avatar

Putin won't shake hands, because he knows what that hands been doing

Walt Svirsky's avatar

Elmo with 2 left feet. Good job, HUD!

P123Sunny's avatar

Honestly wonder what was said about that incident @WH… |🪰

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

More, please. Keep ‘em coming. You are pumping oxygen (and a little nitrous oxide) into our increasingly dirty atmosphere.

Mike Hammer's avatar

I would have shook his hand with an electric buzzer so powerful that …

Tess's avatar

…so powerful that…..????????? hahaha!! I think we can all fill in the blank!!!!!

Carol JLH's avatar

Ooooh. This sounds like a great game. A new entry every day. (My answer for this one is, His diaper overloaded.

Tess's avatar

The rest of the world knows….why can’t the maggots see it? 🤷🏻‍♀️😵‍💫🤡

SPW's avatar

That one is easy. They’ve been blinded by the light 🤩. Sad but true. We aren’t kidding when we say they are in a cult and would need a complete deprogramming.

Tess's avatar

Exactly…we need many deprogrammers!

Dave Drell's avatar

Here’s where we can send them all for deprogramming :

The charm school in North Korea!

Charles Austin's avatar

Batteries connected in series, jumper cables, and lots of water.😈😈😂

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

With eugenics on the table in Trumps administration, there’s a better possibility Tess!!

Lucius's avatar

There aren't enough psychiatrists in the world to fix them.

Also, you can't force change externally. Someone has to want to change, and they don't. The only way to kinda sorta force a change would be by gitmo style torture, and that's not acceptable or even reliable.

Plus, anyone who would willingly sign on to do that can't be trusted to do anything...

Rick Calegari's avatar

That would be money well spent.

Doreen Garza's avatar

Months and months worth of deprogramming..unless their worthless brains are already burnt and destroyed for being a MAGAT!

Susan Niemann's avatar

MACRON. WAS. EPIC.

AND:

"his mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries." If I dont read another thing today, this will have been enough. Oh, how I love me some Monty P.😂😂😂

Seriously though, everyone call their worthless senators and tell them they better vote to keep Medicare and Medicaid or this country will be dead. I understand that the Senate was up till 5am as the Democrats kept towing sand into the gears? *sigh There's SO MUCH wrong.

Susan Keefer's avatar

Don’t forget: “I fart in your general direction!”

Susan Niemann's avatar

YES! Now I gotta cue some Monty up! 😂

Charles Austin's avatar

"That's not an argument, that's contradiction"

"No it isn't!"

"Yes it is!"🤣😂

Walt Svirsky's avatar

Must admit, I am not knowing what elderberries smell like. Anything like the loaded diaper of an orange 🍊 conman?

Kay-El's avatar

Lol. Not at all. Kind of floral and fruity. I love elderberry concoctions.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

The elderberry syrup is great for colds and flu. 😷

Kay-El's avatar

Yep. I have a bottle in my cupboard

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Ditto Kay-EI, of all the berries I’ve planted, elderberries are up there with blueberries!!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Elderberries are not just poisonous when uncooked, they are delicious, their beautiful white flowers are as well P123!!

jcali129's avatar

I see that Donny’s hair 'style' now matches his Mother's.

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

He must have the same hairdresser.

jcali129's avatar

He needs a team of hair and makeup people.

KL Pierce's avatar

Jumping Jesus! trump’s a moron. He has no idea what he’s talking about ever and especially during the clip with Macron.

The gif of Macron overpowering ConOLD’s petty handshake bullshit is priceless.

Whoever put that image of trump sucking the space nazi’s AI feet in government agency TVs is doing the Lord’s work! Made my day! 😂🤣😂

Carl Selfe's avatar

We must do the counteroffensive with speed. Take to the streets. Begin an economic boycott. Stop buying. Stop buying everything.

https://bit.ly/4bhzA68

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Isn't this on 2/28? I'm prepared.

CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

As far as I know and I live in Canada. I’m not sure if Carl knows yet.

Zija Pulp's avatar

Not buying for one day isn’t that effective. It’s when you stop buying COMPLETELY from a store (e.g., we haven’t bought anything from Walmart at least in 20 years). I don’t believe the way they treat employees is fair and by not providing healthcare they are essentially forcing employees to count on the gov’t and us to pay for it. And they rake in all that money? I don’t think so. You have to roll in the price not just of the price tags but the other costs these companies are shuffling off to us.

Carol C's avatar

As I understand, the February 28 boycott is to be the first of many. I don’t understand why it took so long to organize this one. It’s been a month of things to protest.

Susan Niemann's avatar

I'm so in on Feb 28th. I need nothing but food...and maybe a bottle one wine!

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Zika, I have never been in a Walmart, and can count on one hand the number of things I've ordered from Amazon (requested wedding gifts.) I have only bought from local stores, employee owned businesses and co-ops since I've been on my own (1968). It's easier to do this in the Bay Area, and really easy to do it in Berkeley. People need to understand they may pay more, but they're supporting their neighbors, not some faraway corporation on Wall Street. A new little grocery store opened last week up on the corner. I haven't been yet, but my son has, and my husband has. My husband bought a few things (pasta), paid for it with a $10, and handed the $3 in change back to the owner, and told him to keep it for the store. Now we're living on social security, but it's important to us to take care of our neighbors and local businesses. Don't tell me about gas, my son hasn't paid for it in nine years, and my husband is leasing a Chevy Equinox. We fuel them off the solar on the roof. Bank at a credit union and have done so completely since 1995.

Zija Pulp's avatar

Good for you, Ellen! You’re doing more than your share. It will make up for someone who couldn’t be bothered!

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Thank you so much. It actually doesn't take a lot to do this where I live, but I recognize that a lot of people don't live in a town where there are actually three farmers markets a week, and where the grocery stores label the farms and or countries where the organic produced is sourced. And almost everything you want to eat is produced in the Bay Area or California, except bananas, chocolate, tea and coffee. But you can get your chocolate, tea and coffee from Equal Exchange in MA by mail order.

Zija Pulp's avatar

You can do both, but read my comment (below) to Carl about what message it sends.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

That's not a "counteroffensive;" it's performance. I know it makes people FEEL like they're doing something, but the real counteroffensive is in the courts and the backroom activism, the organizing. "Taking to the streets" sounds very romantic, especially to young white men, but it doesn't have much impact.

Kay-El's avatar

I beg to differ. Those town halls are working their mojo.

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Where I live our representative represents us. Barbara Lee used to be our congresswoman. Our senators are both from LA and we don't see them.

Kay-El's avatar

My Dem senators do in person town halls as does my Dem rep. There were three well attended ones held recently. I appreciate the effort.

Ole Anderson's avatar

Exactly. Young whippersnapper does not know that we stopped the Vietnam war by our huge marches in DC and on college campuses across the nation.

We would still be there were it not for the demonstrations showing just how unpopular the war was.

But huge marches are just what shit stain wants so he can declare Martial Law and sic the Military on the demonstrators. Best to start doing it now before Hogsbreath finishes his purges of non trumpist officers who might balk at obeying such an unconstitutional order.

Anne Whitney's avatar

I was heartened by and grateful seeing lots of elders at protests for this reason - where the boom goes there is power. I'm X and we've never had any influence without the boom due to low numbers. I was thinking if the boomers turned out in droves the admin would hesitate to go defcon? It was easy for them to justify force during covid because the protestors were often young? Am I wrong about this thinking?

Ole Anderson's avatar

No, I think you are talking truth. But a lot of boomers are trumptards and we’re all in our 70’s or 80’s now.

Pass the torch and all that. George Clinton said the Revolution will not be on tv but I’m guessing it will. At least for a time until they decide to just get rid of the pesky free press once and for all and Fox becomes the fully sanctioned US Pravda

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I think it was t who overreacted, as usual. You'll notice he didn't overreact at Charlottesville, where he said "there were good people on both sides." But if you're opposing him, like every other conservative, violence is the way to go. You probably don't know, but in 1969, after Reagan called out the National Guard to Berkeley, they penned 2000 demonstrators into Lower Sproul Plaza, flew a helicopter over the crowd, and dropped tear gas over them. Being young does give the ruling class an opportunity to hurt young people and impose their power. They don't want to lose that opportunity.

Anne Whitney's avatar

Egads. I loathed Reagan. I was 12 when he was elected and knew he was bad news. Could not understand how people believed his phony mug. His pretentious condescending racist pie hole. Didn't he have hoover investigate and put the pins to his daughter's mi amore? The guy was a cop and Reagan thought he was beneath her or something...so it doesn't surprise that he'd put the screws to young people when he had a chance to justify the violence. Carter was so good, so much hope. It was lost with Reagan, everyone my age who I know says the same thing. People you get think he was a doting old guy, but he was a serpent.

Carl Selfe's avatar

The insult is unmistakably sent from an old senile woman’s couch littered with Gothic romance novels. Trying to FEEL me? You have long lost your senses. The streets are where we must be. Where some of us will die.

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

If you are talking to me, I've been shot at (some people died), beaten, and tear gassed more times I can count. I know what the streets are like. I've bailed my boyfriends out of jail many times, because they didn't understand the rhythms of protest and couldn't keep their eyes open. I will not get in anyone's way.

Kay-El's avatar

From what I see, Carl was replying to Anastasia

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Thank you. The Chicago Eight Trial in Chicago. Bringing in the birthday cake for Bobby Seale. Singing Happy Birthday to Bobby. Judge Hoffman screaming "Arrest that cake!" You can't make this stuff up, and I'm not.

Anne Whitney's avatar

Wow. What was it like? How does now compare?

Zija Pulp's avatar

In case you were referring to me, I’d say your response is an overreaction. By all means, don’t shop on a particular day as a group. It sends some message, but if you’re only going to buy that same thing on the next day, what exactly are you saying?

Kay-El's avatar

I think one is saying “here’s a warning”. Many are beginning to boycott certain stores and their profits are taking a hit.

Chet Brandt's avatar

We have family who live in the Netherlands. She informs us that Tesla sales in Europe are off by 45% compared to last year. People here in the US should boycott that muskrat fuck. Tesla just had a major recall of 376k vehicles due to a power steering issue.

shee-rah's avatar

No one is buying Teslas anymore. And there are protests at the dealerships.