Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00pm PT. Hope to see you then!
AdLib3 hours ago
So, out of town tonight for my daughter’s softball games and the ones tonight ended late so I won’t be here at 7:00pm, I may be here later or not so please start without me and hopefully I can make it partway through. Only a few more weeks for her games (and college athletic career) but after that, I will be here on time as usual. Have a great time, I will read the whole thread like last week to catch up on the conversation! All the best!
AdLib3 hours ago
Well, I’m here. All by myself…
choicelady
3 hours ago
Ad – if you get this, have a wonderful time. Say hi to your daughter for me!
choicelady
3 hours ago
Hi TW!
choicelady
3 hours ago
Bye, TW… 
choicelady
3 hours ago
HI, TW!
choicelady
3 hours ago
Hey Cl
twilson117
3 hours ago
I’m back
twilson117
3 hours ago
It seems we lost Ad he must be on the road
twilson117
3 hours ago
I’m so glad! I was twiddling my thumbs sitting here alone. Lovely to see you!
choicelady
3 hours ago
Yes – Ad is with his daughter at a game that ran late. He hopes to stop in, but he’s not sure.
choicelady
3 hours ago
So he is out of town at daughter’s softball game good for him.
twilson117
3 hours ago
I understand my late son played High School and Club soccer so I understand
twilson117
3 hours ago
I see on my app that your weather is less than glorious? Rain then snow? SO New England.
choicelady
3 hours ago
Yeah well it is April as they say April showers and all the bunk that goes with it.
twilson117
3 hours ago
TW – my family were never sports enthusiasts, but many an orchestra concert arose – good, bad, or indifferent.
choicelady
3 hours ago
But the warm weather will be here soon.
twilson117
3 hours ago
I am really creeped you’re projected to have snow tonight. That’s not good.
choicelady
3 hours ago
Hope so!
choicelady
3 hours ago
My oldest was in the HS school band not a lot of concerts but when they did I was there even in the days when she was just learning to play
twilson117
3 hours ago
The snow doesn’t bother me as it doesn’t last that long.
twilson117
3 hours ago
I was the same – we had concerts when we were nowhere prepared to. Parents suffered through it all. Then we got pretty good!
choicelady
3 hours ago
TW – One thing about New England – it’s really pretty when it snows.
choicelady
3 hours ago
Well growing up and living in Syracuse snow wasn’t something I called pretty
twilson117
3 hours ago
No – As one from Buffalo, I know anyone along the Great Lakes shores thinks snow is evil. It’s very different there. NE had/has nor’easters, but the Great Lakes produce something inhumane.
choicelady
3 hours ago
Ah, so you know snow!!!!
twilson117
3 hours ago
I’m not sure, but I think Syracuse got more snow than did Buffalo. Trajectory of wind and all.
choicelady
3 hours ago
You guys had some pretty good doozies in the 50’s and 60’s
twilson117
3 hours ago
I don’t know snow as well as the folks immediately south of Buffalo. I’ve seen down one of the major drags in Buffalo where it was sunny to watch a blizzard half a mile south. Again – all in where you are. Those bands are narrow, and your location makes ALL the difference.
choicelady
3 hours ago
Althogh Watertown seem to beat us all
twilson117
3 hours ago
Tw – that’s true, but I didn’t live there then. Got hit big time probably 6-7 times in the 16 years I was there. Once 3 feet in a night. Shoveling out became a neighborhood party. In its way it was fun.
choicelady
3 hours ago
Well what are your thoughts on the sycophant love fest Trump’s cabinent did again
twilson117
3 hours ago
Yes – Watertown is the bullseye of Lake Effect.
choicelady
3 hours ago
TW – it’s ghastly. Absolutely sickening.
choicelady
3 hours ago
I see where he signed an EO going after Krebs?? I think, and Miles Taylor this guy has clearly crossed the line
twilson117
3 hours ago
There is NO low to which he cannot sink.
choicelady
2 hours ago
There’s a funny meme on Bluesky of him proffering his rear to the Penguins of the islands he’s slapped tariffs on saying, “Come on, kiss my ass”. The joke is – they have BEAKS, not lips. Go for it, Donnie. Go for it!
choicelady
2 hours ago
The question on the table will Bondi go after them as he wants.
twilson117
2 hours ago
She is going to be in enormous legal trouble if she does.
choicelady
2 hours ago
The courts are doing a solid job. But it’s exhausting. He loses, he shifts focus, it’s horrible.
choicelady
2 hours ago
I keeping asking myself when are the dems going to realize this is a coup in progress?
twilson117
2 hours ago
They DO know that, but voters made them powerless to stop it.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Yes the lower courts are holding firm and it seems the appellate courts are as well but the SC, well I don’t feel at all comfortable
twilson117
2 hours ago
I’m pretty sure they are going to stop the SAVE Act.
choicelady
2 hours ago
I’ve been happy w the SCOTUS rulings. He’s lost 4 out of 4.
choicelady
2 hours ago
What gags me is the cowardice of Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. They are both capable of doing better than they have.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Turns out Comey Barrett and Roberts are ‘textualists’ who really hate violations of EXPLICIT laws. But I thought Kavanaugh was, too.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Well, I’m not comfortable with them since their ruling that Trump took to believe he can do what he wants. But, it’s the people who support him and voted for him do not realize that Trump doesn’t care about them at all but they continue to support him
twilson117
2 hours ago
The ruling is actually much tighter than Trump thinks, but yes – he DOES think he can do anything, and when they rule against him ketchup does fly!
choicelady
2 hours ago
Well, Trump ratings are WAY down. Buyer’s remorse is now the dominant attitude of the day.
choicelady
2 hours ago
CL I know those words mean something to the SCJ’s but I see it as an excuse to proffer when they know they are making a ruling that prior justices would scold them severly on.
twilson117
2 hours ago
We are never going to lose The Cult, but the forces of his horrid decisions are cutting his support there a lot.
choicelady
2 hours ago
The people who voted for him are getting what they vote for warts and all.
twilson117
2 hours ago
I don’t know what prior justices would have said on immunity, just that it wasn’t the flex Trump thinks it is.
choicelady
2 hours ago
LOL! Yes, they are, only they never thought it would happen to THEM!
choicelady
2 hours ago
Here is the thing I understand about Trump. First he tells people what he is going to do. Because what he tells them is so outlandish they don’t believe he will do it but they like that he said it. When he does and they are impacted by it then they scream.
twilson117
2 hours ago
TW – that’s exactly right. He isn’t good at promises. He IS good and consistent on THREATS.
choicelady
2 hours ago
His racist cult thinks it’s unfair that people of color aren’t the only ones suffering.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Second of all the Republican presidents I have live under had respect for the Constitution and did try to do things for the good of the country as they saw it. Bunt not this guy he is out for himself and he makes no bones about it.
twilson117
2 hours ago
Just read – don’t know if it’s true – that a native MA woman who helps immigrants has been served notice she is to be deported.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Agreed – we never had anyone like him. He really does not care about anything at all but his own whim.
choicelady
2 hours ago
He makes promises he knows he is not going to keep or he can’t keep but the people keep buying what he is selling.
twilson117
2 hours ago
Well, as I noted, he is losing support from even the cult now.
choicelady
2 hours ago
“I didn’t think it would be ME” his supporters screech!
choicelady
2 hours ago
You there?
choicelady
2 hours ago
Yes the all say that. I’m sure those who supported him and saw their 401ks lose 20% are screming bloody hell right now, because they won’t get that money back.
twilson117
2 hours ago
Well, not anytime soon, that’s true.
choicelady
2 hours ago
I can’t believe he took one of the most robust, functioning economies in the world and strangled it in under 3 months.
choicelady
2 hours ago
I was talking with a good friend as he pointed out to me if they are at the point of drawing down on it as they should they have less money and it won’t rebound in time for them to take advantage of it.
twilson117
2 hours ago
I think that’s true. It’s agonizing to see the pain people are encountering because Trump is so indifferent to the people.
choicelady
2 hours ago
They did and have the nerve to try and blame Biden for it.
twilson117
2 hours ago
WHAT???
choicelady
2 hours ago
The stupidity of Trump supporters is what drives me nuts.
choicelady
2 hours ago
These folks can see when their their 401k is going down and they know who is responsible, but Trump and his followers, have been trying to say Biden gave them a bad economy which thinking people know it’s a lie. The operative word is ‘thinking.’
twilson117
2 hours ago
My dear TW – I am still suffering from the rotten cold hubs and I picked up back East. I am absolutely fading and getting a sinus headache. Love you to death, but I think I’m having to pack it in and go lie down. This time next week? Hope Ad is able to join us – Murph and the others, too.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Good night, dear friend. Stay as safe as you can. Hugs!
choicelady
2 hours ago
This is where Ad reminds of an article I recently wrote and entitled People Are Stupid.
twilson117
2 hours ago
Take care.
twilson117
2 hours ago
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