From Richard Fernandez... himself not a twitter heavy hitter, but a dam good pundit...
Rumors that Vladimir Putin is sick or has been deposed, fueled by his recent absence from public events are a reminder of the very real defects of autocracy. The problem, as Shakespeare noted, is that kings however well guarded, pampered and doctored eventually die. Age, disease and mischance take their toll and often leave a country, so recently dominated by a single godlike figure, without any process of orderly succession.Today there is this, from a twitter heavy hitter...
Hey guys, I think I figured it out. #VladimirPutin pic.twitter.com/rkTnm1m0yc
— Logan Act Scholar (@JohnEkdahl) March 14, 2015
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A Putin sighting, via "released footage".
He's doing a Hillary. It seemed to work for her.
I guess jokes that riff on "Where's Waldo" have gotten kind of old.
Nevertheless, they did one on The Big Bang Theory and they made it work.
Good acting can do that.
Incredible day here in Denver. 70 dee greez.
I went to Home De-pot, a fascinating little island that is dreadful to get to tucked away right there where I-25 rises up and curves around to cross Broadway and pick up its traffic along with Santa Fe Dr. The whole thing is redesigned and now, approaching the place on Santa Fe you can see traffic completely compressed bumper to bumper on I-25 northbound on the new curved bridge AND the new arch parallel to it depositing traffic from Broadway and possibly other streets. While southbound is running clear.
I wonder what is happening. It's like a game or an accident or something.
The service road entrance to Home Depot from Santa Fe, crossing its northbound lanes, to parking lot is changed to be Disneyland loop-de-loop going up and around needlessly away from Home Depot, curving around back in its direction, around, a lovely fun drive if it were only landscaped. It's all dirt.
I Park the truck, a guy greets me as if a valet and offers a trolly. I told I am fascinated with the backed up traffic. He said, yes, it's like that every day. No improvement at all. It's worse now. Plus they wiped out our beautiful view of the mountains.
I turned and looked at the mountains. The new road rises and arches directly across the band of mountains effectively wiping out the view from the entire site of Home Depot and from the new squat apartments going up around and behind it.
I said, "It's like they don't even care!"
He said. "They don't."
I picked up everything I needed much more cheaply than I imagined. I almost bought all this stuff online but I had difficulty putting together an order. This would have been much more expensive online. Plus I wouldn't have met all those lovely friendly helpful people. Their nursery is empty but readying for a huge onslaught. Mine is full. I'm ready to put things outside today. Even as there is still risk of temperature dipping to freezing and still chances of snow. There always is a chance of snow, even so late as June. So might as well get started now and take the risk.
That's what the dolly is for. To bring in containers back and forth during the questionable period.
The stuff that cannot be moved can be covered for the night or otherwise protected individually, or else allowed to perish and then replaced, there is still plenty of time for plan B, even C, D, E, and F. That is, wing it as I go replacing things with carefree abandon, learning what not to do as I go.
I scrubbed the bottom of the toilet seat so hard the paint wore off so I got a new one. The new one will not slam shut. If you drop it, the lid will gently close. I didn't even know that's a thing.
You can come over here and be the first person to poop through it you like, but this is limited one-day offer.
FAMOUS INVENTIONS --
The toilet seat was invented in Minnesota by two men, Sven and Ole, but twenty years later an Iowan invented the hole in it.
This was before Home Depot.
SPEAKING OF BRUSHES --
Ole went to the Sons of Norway Hall one night and finally won the door prize, which was a toilet brush. He was so excited that he won he brought it home and used it often.
Sven asked him during the next meeting what the prize was and if he liked it or not.
Ole replied, "Yea I like the toilet brush, but I think I'm gonna go back to using paper."
Three good laughs. One from Chip and two from AllenS. Thanks!
dang. missed oppo to poo thru nuu seat.
In any event, I'm starting to fall in love with MoDo.
It's love.
Yet Dowd still pines for the identity President, like it's going to be some kind of life changing moment. If the first woman President does for male/female relations what the first Black president did for race relations, nobody is gonna get laid except gay men and lesbians, which I suppose would be some kind of appropriate payback for the oppression of the patriarchy we have lived under in abject horror for so long.
There have been women leaders the world over and throughout history. It meant nothing. They generally lead just like men do - no better - worse.
It's childish notion to think that a leader with your genatalia or skin color would represent you if that's all they have in common with you. A leader that shares your ideology, commitments, passions, sensibilities and assumptions probably will, but who shares these things with Clinton besides Vlad Putin?
The woman has no real successes, despite being given inordinate opportunities. Stop and think about that - where she has been, what power she had, and what she did with it. She did nothing but amass enormous wealth and more opportunities for herself. Who respects that, and want that from the next President?
It's as if her vagina is the only qualification she needs for many. Well if so, then we need to see some proof of that, because I don't trust anything she asserts. At least we could see Obama's lone qualification, and even that was only 50% there. Like the Birther's before me, I want proof. I'm a vager.
Toilet discussion in the missing Pooter thread.
Helpful DIY hints from America.
(Psst. Hey, Russia. You're going to need a bigger bowl. And super industrial strength flushing action wouldn't hurt either. Just a suggestion.)
Bags- We know that if Hilgergy is the 1st prez, gender politics will split us apart even more. But it's worth it to have the president that Meryl Streep wants.
He's back!
Like Casper the aggressively unfriendly ghost, Putin has reappeared. He was hobnobbing with a fellow head of state in neighboring Fascististan. Boo.
Faschitistan. LOL!
fash-shit-iss-stan
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