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Over and over, our jokes bring about approvals and positive progress (that is, if correlation = causation). To keep up the good stuff, here is our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ============================================= SMART THINKING Graham went for an interview at a computer company. "You start by earning $300 per week," said the interviewer. "Then, in a year, you'll get $800 per week." "Great!" said Graham. "I'll come back in a year!" Brian bragged to a classmate, "My dad is the best dinosaur-hunter in the world!" "Don't be ridiculous," the classmate said. "There ARE no more dinosaurs." Brian answered, "See how good my dad is?"

Elderly Surgeon Assures Patients He's Still Lucid Between 10 A.M. And 4 P.M. TOPEKA, KS — After several reports emerged of Dr. Don Williams showing signs of cognitive impairment, the surgeon assured his patient population that he is still reliably lucid between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. "Don't you worry," said Dr. Williams to a patient being prepped for surgery. "I'm still totally coherent about 25% of the time. I'm the man for the job." Surprisingly, Dr. Williams' reassurances did little to quell the patient's fears. "Um, don't you have to operate before 10 a.m. sometimes?" asked the patient, Landry Smith. "Wait a minute, isn't my surgery scheduled to start at 9 a.m.?!?" cried Smith. However, Dr. Williams just laughed and walked out of the room. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/surgeon-assures-patients-hes-still-lucid-between-10-am-and-4-pm

White House Gave Radio Host Questions She Was Allowed to Ask Biden — and He Still Gaffed It Up [...] There was Biden's disastrous ABC interview with establishment propagandist George Stephanopoulos, but there was much more as well. In his latest madcap misadventure, Dotty Old Joe was supposed to conduct a sham interview with a Philadelphia radio host, in which she served up questions that were not only prearranged and agreed to by both parties but were supplied to the interviewer by the Biden White House. Biden was likely fed the answers as well, but he still managed to botch the whole thing. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/07/06/white-house-gave-radio-host-questions-she-was-allowed-to-ask-biden-and-he-still-gaffed-it-up-n4930435

I'd say that the water issue (quality, pressure) is probably chief among these. The other jump-out point was about countries good at heating or A/C, but not both.

Honest question: Did this happen during his first term? If so, how? POTUS probably, but the down-ballot Democrats are typically polling far better than Bidementia is. Ballots will be counted for days and weeks afterward. Sad, but true.

Good for you for recognizing the scam, and thanks for taking the time to let us all know here.

Scientists studied 1,200 cats to determine why they scratch up furniture and how to stop it [...] if you really want your cat to stop scratching up your couch and chairs, it's worth knowing the exact reason they're doing it in the first place. Now, a new study offers more clues into cats' destructive habits and how to curb them. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-studied-1-200-cats-201026413.html --- Link to full paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1403068/full#supplementary-material --- I (T-B.) think that this study was poorly designed. In the authors' Recruitment Questionnaire, one of the inclusion/exclusion criteria involves time spent outdoors by the cat (Supplemental Material, q. #12). The range for continued study inclusion is "exclusively indoors" to "more than 6 hours (daily?) outdoors." Another question (#31) was "[where] do you live?" with choices of apartment or house. Either of these situations can imply or impose all kinds of uncontrollable, unmeasurable variables. How much and what type of stress does the cat undergo when outdoors, regardless of time spent outdoors -- e.g., peace the whole time or intrusion of a rival cat during the first 5 minutes? How much distraction (chaos vs. toys vs. boredom) exists inside the residence? Does the cat have a place to escape when stressed? I don't see that the researchers can draw valid conclusions without considering these factors. The second paragraph of Discussion, especially starting with "One additional factor that should be discussed here" and talking about child-cat interaction, almost kills their argument, because such variables can NEVER be measured. Every cat is different, every child is different, and every child-cat interaction will be different. Furthermore, the elephant in their analytical room is the inability to overcome "cats do what they want when they want." In view of this, I don't think that pronouncing great insights or even significant associations from the study findings means very much. Later, we will tell you how we REALLY feel about this study.

Thrilling Saturday non-ES/MS report, see man: Hurricane to hit on Monday not far away, such fun and Texas weather Many man. Very hot day with ominous rain-clouds and intermittent strong wind, not from hurricane yet man. After ES-ing, finished grocerying, place not as mobbed as one would expect man. Returned to casa, treated/lunched demanding miu, de-groceried, and inspected lawn & weather, see we man. Lawn, sadly including back yard, distinctly needed mowing, sigh man. We couldn't put it off till next weekend because of impending hurricane, too much rain/grass-growth man. Skies highly threatening with thunder and pre-storm winds, who knows when rain would cut loose man. We hastily prepped mower, added side-discharge chute, and mow-lawned with intensity, intense we man. Side chute kept mower from bogging down, functionally savvy we man. We mowed almost all back yard, one part not that needy man. We mowed all front yard, all parts needy man. It was actually rather not-uncomfortable because of wind and clouds, but would we make it man. We didn't bother using the blow-leafer to dispel debris, too windy man. Not half-of-half an hour after we finished, the clouds burst, cloudburst man. It rained like an illegitimate male child, build an Ark man. We off-cooled under ceiling fan, then showered, good feeling to finish before downpour man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at Many [2+2] p.m.) was a large bowl of Tuna Glop, ingest we man. Zzz-ing miu was unaware of the opening of the tuna can*, oblivious miu man. *one of those recently procured from supermarket clearance bin, financially savvy we man A magnificent siesta was then taken, luxuriate in zzz we man. We have pretty much what we need for the hurricane, conclude we man. First hurricane rain bands supposed to start by Sunday afternoon, whoopee man. Landfall to occur wee hours Monday, whoopee man. Torrential rain/strong wind to occur first half of Monday, whoopee man. If the power goes out and we are incommunicado, this is why, see man. Failure of the power to go out is known as a power innage, this too possible man. Rant, see man: Why do clocks with supposed battery backups always reset to factory settings when the power goes out, huh and man? Two Guys week starts Sunday eve, Two Guys man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday ES/MS report, see man: We attended all of the above, attend we man. The 2nd ES and the MS yielded the take, see man: -- Many (2x2x2 +2) NIP boxes Kleenex; 1/Many'rd large jug Tide; NIP bottle rubbing-alcohol = $Many ($2x2x2x2 -2), deal man -- insulated bag for 2 drinks = free, heavenly man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 -2)

The original Pre-Owned Toilet Seat*! *buy yours today, si man ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ancient swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped head was a top predator before the dinosaurs A massive, fanged creature with a head shaped like a toilet seat lurked in swamps near the edge of the world 280 million years ago, long before the first dinosaurs appeared, new research has found. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-swamp-creature-toilet-seat-152635135.html

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Labour Government Promises To Fix British Teeth By 2025 LONDON — Following the Labour Party's landslide victory under Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Britain's recent elections, the new government has assured the British public that it will make good on its biggest promise yet: fixing British teeth by 2025. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/new-labour-government-promises-to-fix-british-teeth-by-2025

Associated Press: 'Biden Is Often Alive And Conscious, But Sometimes Mostly Dead' WASHINGTON D.C. — According to the Associated Press, sources close to President Biden reported this week that the embattled president is 'often alive and conscious but sometimes mostly dead.' Despite President Biden's recent tendencies to freeze in rigor mortis, stop breathing and cease brain function, The AP sees encouraging signs that The President is still often alive and even occasionally semi-conscious. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/associated-press-biden-is-partially-alive-but-sometimes-mostly-dead

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Biden To Extend His Sleep Schedule To 24 Hours Per Day WASHINGTON, D.C. — Official sources from within the White House claim that President Biden has just decided to extend his sleep schedule from a mere eighteen hours to twenty-four hours a day in a measure intended to help him stay sharp and coherent as the leader of the free world. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-to-extend-his-sleep-schedule-to-24-hours-per-day

8 Excuses The White House Is Using To Explain Biden's Poor Debate Performance [...] Thanks to some tough undercover journalism, we at the Babylon Bee have managed to acquire a copy of the top eight excuses currently floating around the White House. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/8-excuses-the-white-house-is-using-to-explain-bidens-poor-debate-performance

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nancy Pelosi Says We Must Re-Elect Biden To See If He's Senile WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to growing concern from the American people about the president's cognitive ability, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi said we must re-elect Joe Biden to find out if he's senile. While media reports in the wake of Biden's debate performance against Donald Trump have raised red flags regarding his fitness to continue serving as president, Pelosi stressed how imperative it was to vote to keep him in office in order to learn how impaired he is. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/nancy-pelosi-says-we-must-re-elect-biden-to-see-if-hes-senile

Look at the Faces of the ABC News Panel After Biden's Interview Joe Biden sat down with former Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive ABC News interview that was aimed at quelling the deafening concerns about the president's mental health. It did no such thing. The faces of the panel that were to weigh in on this interview say it all. ABC News' Jon Karl rightly noted that Democrats who watched this disaster are even more worried since Joe doesn't understand that he's losing the election. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/07/05/the-image-that-destroys-bidens-bad-night-narrative-over-dismal-debate-with-trump-n2641456

This authorette thinks that GS's job was to let Bidementia hose himself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISASTER: Biden Completely Disconnected From Reality in ABC Interview [...] Stephanopoulos introduced the interview by claiming there had been "no cuts, no edits" to the video. "We have not touched it." There was really no need. There was no way to pretty up the pig tonight. (You can watch the interview in its entirety below.) [...] https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2024/07/05/disaster-biden-completely-out-of-touch-with-reality-in-abc-interview-n4930419

Ouch. Pieces Don't Get Much Worse Than This... Can you imagine being Jill Biden and reading this paragraph in New York Magazine? Or Karine Jean-Pierre? Or almost anybody in the Democrat establishment? [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/07/05/ouch-pieces-dont-get-much-worse-than-this-n3791382

This is a really interesting article, with good reasoning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Sanjay Gupta: It's time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results When the 46th President of the United States took the debate stage a week ago, it became apparent, even from his first answer, that this would not be the performance he hoped for. For me as a brain specialist, it was concerning to watch President Joe Biden, and it quickly became clear that I was not alone in my reaction. Over the past week, I received more than a dozen calls, texts and emails from medical colleagues who, like me, specialize in the brain. It wasn't that what we noticed was necessarily new but that it was particularly pronounced, and right from the start of the debate. From a neurological standpoint, we were concerned with his confused rambling; sudden loss of concentration in the middle of a sentence; halting speech and absence of facial animation, resulting at times in a flat, open-mouthed expression. To be clear, these are only observations, not in any way diagnostic of something deeper, and none of these doctors wished to suggest that was the case. The consensus from the doctors reaching out to me, however, was that the president should be encouraged to undergo detailed cognitive and movement disorder testing, and those results should be made available to the public. [...] https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/05/health/gupta-biden-cognitive-testing-analysis/index.html

Pssst... VAWA Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ]

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Got to Favorite Medium-Sized Town at noon, travel we man. Hit ES and thrift shop per above, q.v. man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was at good Chinese buffet, ingest we man. We consumed Many (2+2) plates heaped with beef/chicken, ingest we man. Went next door to Tractor Supply to buy miu-litter, contiguous man. Went to FST, long time since last visit man. Went to favorite FST restaurant to buy full cherry pie for Two Guys week, incomparable man. It came straight from the kitchen, unparalleled freshness man. We had brought an insulated bag along, keep from melting in Many00-degree heat man. Went to FST supermarket, destination not an option man. Bought Many (2x2x2x2) Powerade Zero grape on sale for $1 each, plus more, serendipity man. Upon sweaty return to casa, considered ways to not take multiple showers, financially savvy we man. After servicing indignant miu, set haircut appointment, enough time to stow groceries man. Got all hairs cut, unfortunately no $pecial$ man. Returned to casa to watch local TV news about ######## hurricane, approaching man. Considered mow-lawning, too tired and can probably do on Saturday if no rain man. Finally showered, highly necessary man. Took late-yet-highly-necessary and uninterrupted siesta, zzz we man. A pretty good Friday, conclude we man. No party with the rubias, exhausted we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2) ESs and an MS for Saturday, itinerary we man. And this was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Friday ES report, see man: Nothing at the ES, but the church thrift shop nearby yielded the take, see man: -- 2 "Mr. Coffee" pots, t-shirt for Mini-B. = $2 + half a buck, steal man Total = $2 + half a buck

I agree with all of these things. As lousy as things are now politically, we can count many blessings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Americans Are Sharing Aspects Of Everyday Life That They Didn't Realize Were, In Fact, Luxuries Until Traveling Abroad Chances are, there are aspects of your everyday life that you're so accustomed to that you don't even realize that many people around the world would consider them to be true luxuries. So, redditor u/Seraphicly329 asked, "What's a luxury that most Americans don't realize is a luxury?" Here's what people said: [...] https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-sharing-everyday-comforts-most-001603198.html