A friend just received an emergency alert text from both his town and county leadership saying "Hey don't turn your lawn sprinklers on - we don't have enough water" and the people in his small suburb are losing their shit (his words).

He didn't seem to take much comfort from my response not to worry. Dirt makes a fine front lawn, just ask the characters in "Grapes of Wrath".

#EverythingIsFine
#StupidestTimeline
#Consequences

src: https://old.reddit.com/r/boulder/comments/1ryxtjw/erie_water_directive_issued_this_morning/

$4/gal at the pump this morning and I didn't see a single Trump supporter strutting around the gas station owning us libs.

Surely now is the time to gloat? 🤔

#uspolitics
#StupidestTimeline

Last night during our banned book club meeting I learned that I.C.E. kidnapped some people from the parking lot of our local grocery store with the help of our police department last week and our state penitentiary subcontracts prison labor to corporations.

Great. Now I have two local issues to be depressed about this morning.

Maybe I'll just go back to bed.

#Sigh
#StateOfTheUnion
#StupidestTimeline

Fun with fanatics.

(Islamic) Republic of Afghanistan
- 1973 to 1978 (I) --> 5 years
- 1978 to 1992(II) --> 14 years
- 2004 to 2021 (III)--> 17 years

Note to Pete Hegseth: Islamic 'Republics' don't stay republics after the forces propping them up, depart.

I thought this might be good information to know before we go in to topple Iran's government with our puppets. *

* Also, Iranian fanatics are at least *TWICE* as pissed at us as the Afghans ever were.

#WorldPolitics
#StupidestTimeline

Crazy.

I definitely didn't have "starting endless war with fanatics by conducting an incredibly expensive illegal assassination" on my bingo card.

#Kakistocracy
#InternationalLaw
#StupidestTimeline

[Me waking to find we're at war with Iran]: "Wow, there must be some nuclear-grade secrets in those Epstein files."

#HowItsGoing
#Distractions
#StupidestTimeline

My favorite quote I saw on the internet today:

"Can we just get _one_ God damned day without all his bullshit?"

It says a lot about our circumstance that I didn't need another word to know who the author was talking about.

#OhThatGuyAgain
#TiredOfTheCrap
#Politics
#StupidestTimeline

Just brave enough.

Kudos to the U.K. for having the courage to arrest and investigate one of the more prominent Epstein customers (allegedly). I realize they didn't arrest him for direct involvement with under-age girls but at least it's an attempt to hold him accountable.

Meanwhile here in the States, our legislators are shown redacted files and have their browser history monitored by the very agency responsible for holding such behavior to account.

#Kleptocracy
#StupidestTimeline
#Justice