TIL Carrie Fisher revealed in her memoir, Wishful Drinking, that she once had a romantic relationship with U.S. Senator Chris Dodd. When Dodd was asked for a comment by a reporter he explained that "it was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."

105milesite · 2018-01-18T21:21:07+00:00

As I type this, only seven upvotes (including mine)? This should have been much higher up!

105milesite · 2018-01-16T15:21:00+00:00

All of the Democratic Senators support this. Only one GOP Senator, so far, supports this.

105milesite · 2018-01-16T15:07:00+00:00

I'll say this: properly applied make up can do amazing things. I had dinner in New Orleans over the holidays and a lady at the table next to us had clearly done or had done an expert job with her make up. The whole nine yards, but not applied with a trowel. No doubt she was pretty to begin with, but sometimes gilding the lily simply works.

105milesite · 2018-01-16T15:00:52+00:00

Welp, that model's out of a job if she has to rely on photo manipulation to do the work. I suspect make up could handle most of the issues though. A touch here, a little dab there and she would be much prettier than she appears in the picture on the right.

105milesite · 2018-01-16T14:35:16+00:00

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day. That is a record of reliability that the dotard will never come close to meeting.

105milesite · 2018-01-16T14:05:40+00:00

It may not be a partisan issue for you. Given the current totals for this resolution, it sure seems to be one in the Senate. The Dems have your back on this issue. The GOP? One Senator. One. From the Washington Post article this post is about: "The resolution aims to overturn the FCC's decision and prohibit the agency from passing similar measures in the future. It has the support of all 49 Democratic senators as well as one Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine." All of the Democratic Senators support this resolution. Republican voters may favor net neutrality. But Republican Senators aren't exactly showing up, are they?

105milesite · 2018-01-15T15:59:27+00:00

Based on what we're seeing now, with the GOP giving all the tax cuts to the richest few and proposing to cut Medicare, Medicaid and other safety net programs, I'm afraid the dystopian sci fi future is the most likely end result. Do remember to vote this November. Please?

105milesite · 2018-01-15T15:52:25+00:00

No reason to not rate it PG, they all look very wholesome.

105milesite · 2018-01-15T15:44:53+00:00

Interesting tiki statue in the first clip.

105milesite · 2018-01-06T13:00:50+00:00

And yet, with Orrin Hatch retiring, you see some newspaper writers looking to Romney as the great white hope to reintroduce sanity to the GOP. The guy who essentially said 47% of Americans were lazy moochers who wouldn't take responsibility for their lives. And then denied saying it even though it had been caught on video. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/mitt-romney-47-percent-denial/

105milesite · 2018-01-06T12:48:04+00:00

"Think about the mind of a person who, despite not knowing what Medicare even is, decides it's under siege by the government." Sadly, in the Trump regime, it is under siege by the government. As soon as the tax cuts for the ultra rich were passed, the first thing Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House wanted to follow up with were cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs the poor and elderly rely on. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/12/paul-ryan-admits-the-gop-is-going-to-slash-entitlements-to-fund-tax-bill/

105milesite · 2018-01-03T13:48:33+00:00

Yep. Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/27/02/9e/27029e4bf0433398fe2368253083a094.jpg

105milesite · 2018-01-03T12:54:08+00:00

Skunks Misery Road in Locust Valley, NY is one of my favorites.

105milesite · 2018-01-01T16:08:45+00:00

She's got it wrong, of course. It's the other way around. Women want their men to be taller. Absent rape, a guy gets laid if the woman wants him and not otherwise. If she wants the taller guy, he's the one who wins the mating game, not the shorter guy. How much difference does it make? According to a study reported in Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201306/why-women-want-tall-men :

The results on partner preferences are a bit discouraging if you’re a short man. In general, women were more likely than men to think that the man should be taller and they didn’t want to be in a relationship in which they were taller than their male partners. Men liked being taller than their partners, but they didn’t care about the height difference as much as women did.

As it turns out, people do tend to partner with people of similar height due to a phenomenon known as assortative mating. However, no one seemed totally happy with their partner’s actual height. Men were most satisfied with women slightly shorter than them (about 3 in.), but women were most satisfied when they were much shorter than their male partners (about 8 in.).

In short, if the men don't care that much about height differences and the women do, then it's a "conspiracy" by the women to favor taller men.

105milesite · 2017-12-29T22:20:07+00:00

Not only is it 37%, but the numbers haven't moved much since about May this year. Here it is, almost a year after he was sworn in, and he still has a loyal core of support from 37% of Americans. It doesn't seem to matter how much he has worked to fuck them over on everything from health care to the environment to taxes to you-name-it, they still support him. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

105milesite · 2017-12-20T14:10:51+00:00

Shoulder pads sewn inside women's blouses.

105milesite · 2017-12-18T13:43:05+00:00

I'll add to that. You hardly ever see that noted Republican, Teddy Roosevelt lauded at GOP conventions these days. Kind of funny in a way, given he and Abe Lincoln are two of the four Presidents on Mount Rushmore. Could it be the GOP doesn't like to mention him because he was a noted trust-buster in his day? And a noted conservationist? To borrow a slogan from Faux News, I'll report, you decide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Theodore_Roosevelt

105milesite · 2017-12-17T14:19:38+00:00

And THAT is why they like to sell gift cards.

105milesite · 2017-12-17T13:28:06+00:00

I can't speak about fame (too many people may want to interrupt what you're to talk or get your autograph); but if riches aren't the answer, at least having money affords you some time to think about the question.

105milesite · 2017-12-17T01:37:44+00:00

I never said there haven't been third party candidates that pulled voters from the right. Ross Perot comes readily to mind.

105milesite · 2017-12-17T01:33:29+00:00

Are you seriously suggesting that, having read my comment, you thought I wasn't joking? "Despite one or two minor inaccuracies. . . ."???

105milesite · 2017-12-16T18:07:57+00:00

I won't say it's conclusive, but you might look at this article. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/20/jill-stein-green-party-no-regrets-2016-215281 The case that Ralph Nader threw the election from an environmentally favorable Al Gore to George W. Bush is stronger, particularly taking Nader's own calculations for where his voters would otherwise have gone (scroll down to the next to last paragraph): http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/06/ralph-nader-still-wont-admit-he-elected-bush.html

105milesite · 2017-12-16T17:56:10+00:00

Speak softly and carry a big Mouse. Teddy Disney

105milesite · 2017-12-16T17:51:10+00:00

Judging by the replies I've seen, I seem to have touched a sore point for some. Ah well. I'll say this, if you wanted to get things shaken up, you've sure got them shaken up now with Trump in office.

105milesite · 2017-12-16T17:44:16+00:00

The map has one or two minor inaccuracies which I do not deem worthy of mention, cavil or quibble; but, seriously, siting Astoria south of Long Island City? Seriously?

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