Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00 pm PT. Hope to see you then!
AdLib3 hours ago
Hey, Ad – how’s it going?
choicelady
an hour ago
Hey CL! Doing fine!
AdLiban hour ago
How about you?
AdLiban hour ago
The snoop that says how many are on says we have 7, but they aren’t, obviously, here. Pity.
choicelady
an hour ago
Heh! Mine only shows the two of us! Who’s hiding behind your compter?
AdLiban hour ago
I’m OK. Still very tired. Our car breakdown in Ashland wasn’t awful but not fun either.
choicelady
an hour ago
Gremlins. Only answer
choicelady
an hour ago
Oh no! What happened?
AdLiban hour ago
Turned out to be just a dead battery, but the original guy who jumped it said it was NOT the battery, and there was no place to take it until Monday.. The REAL AAA guy replaced the battery, and, after staying Monday from exhaustion, we came home Tuesday. Oh, well.
choicelady
an hour ago
Never take the advice of “some guy”, when it comes to cars. AAA is always a great investment.
AdLiban hour ago
Greg is failing physically, and it’s hard for him to walk. I have a doc appointment with him Monday because I think he’s taking holistic supplements that are actually harming him. I found he’s on one “anti inflammatory’ that should NEVER be given to people on blood thinners which he is. I value holistic medicine especially from MDs, but this is insane. He’s worse, not better. I want him off most of it.
choicelady
an hour ago
The first guy WAS AAA, but he, it turns out, was “auxiliary” – jumps only. I didn’t know that. Pro tip – you want the REAL AAA guy? Do it online? Say you are considering buying a new battery. They send the grizzled veterans for you.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW!!!
choicelady
an hour ago
Hey everyone sorry I’m late
twilson117
an hour ago
Not late. Perfect dinner party arrival.
choicelady
an hour ago
Oh no…I’m so sorry to hear that. I am not much of a believer in holistic medicine because most of it never has passed clinical testing. I hate to take pharma medicine but it works more often than not. Maybe the dr. will have some ideas on what may be helpful.
AdLiban hour ago
Hey TW!
AdLiban hour ago
Well this is one dinner party I never want to miss
twilson117
an hour ago
Thanks, AD – I do know holistic should enhance your life, not sap your energy. Something is very wrong. His primary is a very good, methodical doc. We will get it worked out.
choicelady
an hour ago
Home cooking!
AdLiban hour ago
I do a great chicken a la king. I’m old school.
choicelady
an hour ago
I watch Jack Smith just do his thing with all the pose of the professional I didn’t watch the who 4 hours just the parts that counted
twilson117
an hour ago
CL – Sure hope so. Holistic can sometimes work for some and not be great for others, just like pharma meds.
AdLiban hour ago
TW – was that not amazing?
choicelady
an hour ago
Ad – and the holistic stuff is VERY expensive!
choicelady
an hour ago
CL – Love it! I can make a few things, love BBQing salmon, it comes out so melt-in-your mouth!
AdLiban hour ago
I also salute Amy Klobuchar for smacking down Schmitt on the “Hawks” issue. She became our Joseph Welch of the hour.
choicelady
an hour ago
Jack Smith should be the next Dem president’s AG and drag down this Admin of Crooks.
AdLiban hour ago
Ad – sounds GREAT.
choicelady
an hour ago
Ad – I second the nomination!
choicelady
an hour ago
Yes, talk about looking like a piece of Schmidt.
AdLiban hour ago
TW – did you see it live?
choicelady
an hour ago
Cl it was indeed especially when the senator from MO not howley but other dingbat just threw up all over himself thinking he had Smith
twilson117
an hour ago
Schmitt – who now is a laughingstock and has a very unfortunate name: He just Schmitt himself And so on.
choicelady
an hour ago
I thought Howly was bad but this guy I know snails that are smarter then him
twilson117
an hour ago
TW – totally agree.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL I caught the youtube version yesterday
twilson117
an hour ago
Schmidt for brains?
AdLiban hour ago
I’ve always suspected Hawley of being a big Grindr user, but so be it. He really is seven kinds of stupid. Schmitt tops him in that.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL nice Schmit himself nice
twilson117
an hour ago
I really do not understand these folks and I’m not going to leave out Dems because I’ve seen them do some stupid stuff as well but the Repugs they have made it an art form for stupidity
twilson117
an hour ago
How surprising that the Rapist-in-Chief instantly jumps on the side of the Cornell rapists against the rape victim? How predictable was that? Could I have made a fortune on Polymarket betting on that?
AdLiban hour ago
TW – never saw real Dems THAT stupid! You could have cleaned up on Polymarket betting on GOP stupidity.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL – I saw how he kissed his wife, like she was his grandma, very telling.
AdLiban hour ago
Ad – that’s between them, but seriously, get a life, man.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL you’re correct if I was only a betting man 
twilson117
an hour ago
Oh, well – money is NOT everything!
choicelady
an hour ago
It’s the corrupt nature of this in the GOP, Lindsey Graham was outed by male prostitutes he paid for and still, he lied about it and attacked LGBTQ people. I can’t stand that kind of dangerous hypocrisy.
AdLiban hour ago
Ad – that’s exactly why they need to get a life. An honorable, truthful life. Someday Hawley may split from his wife, and she deserved better than to love someone who can’t love her back.
choicelady
an hour ago
No more Roy Cohn who said he was a heterosexual man who liked having sex with men. The self delusion has consequences to others.
choicelady
an hour ago
I don’t care if Hawley or Graham stayed in the closet and pretended to be straight, they should at least not attack other LGBTQ people, that makes it open season on them IMO.
AdLiban hour ago
Graham’s sister was just clueless as far as I’m concerned but shows the class that Smith had in honoring her brother
twilson117
an hour ago
Ad – that would be the bottom line. Don’t attack others just like yourself.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – agreed.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – The idea that our Senate is like a family plantation where the sister is entitled to a seat in The Senate just because her brother held the seat, that is the mark of a failing democracy.
AdLiban hour ago
Well she showed me she is likely to be just as foolish as her brother
twilson117
44 minutes ago
Ad – well, everyone HAS done it for years. Our Congresswoman was the widow of the Congressman. The Kennedys proliferated. Difference is – they actually had a commitment to serve. Not true w the GOP, esp. MAGA.
choicelady
44 minutes ago
TW – yup. Dim bulb.
choicelady
44 minutes ago
CL – Yes, politics is always corrupt to one degree or another, anything that is a seat of power and money is always corrupted by some. But the incapable people like McConnell and Graham’s sister who don’t seem to have a brain in their heads now, one is Weekend at Bernie’s and the other is Jerry Mahoney, this is the most deliberative body in the country?
AdLib42 minutes ago
Well the countdown begins I have my Information for voters book on my desk need to read questions on the ballot that are up for vote
twilson117
41 minutes ago
I have less trouble w well-focused and well-meaning people actually SERVING regardless of who they are than the airheads on the Right.
choicelady
41 minutes ago
TW – fortune favors the prepared. I wrote ballot analyses for our organization and will just take my own work as a cheat sheet.
choicelady
40 minutes ago
I never know for whom to vote for judges though. There aren’t good resources on them.
choicelady
39 minutes ago
I am very upset about the two billionaire sponsored props on the ballot that they are splashing the airwaves with, “Protect your savings from taxes” when the ony savings threatened are billionaires! It is just absolute lying to the public and the commercials may prove effective and that billionaires own our politics. This is dangerous!
AdLib38 minutes ago
Yup – why we need HOPE.
choicelady
38 minutes ago
CL I find this on Prohibiting retail sale of Adult Recreational Use of Marijuana interesting stop by your local Stop N Shop pick up bread ice cream, chips and your prepackage bong
twilson117
36 minutes ago
This measure on billionaires impacts 246 people. I ain’t one of them.
choicelady
35 minutes ago
CL – Let’s make it happen this time! The time is more than ripe with AI slop and social media propaganda, it’s time we took back reality!
AdLib35 minutes ago
TW –
choicelady
35 minutes ago
I hope we can get some help from our senators. Not clear on how cooperative they may be.
choicelady
34 minutes ago
CL – If you saw the commercials for the competing bills the billionaires put up to strangle the billionaire tax bill even if it wins, you’d think it was all about protecting YOUR savings and not the billionaires. It should be criminal to lie to the people and scare them with those lies to vote to benefit billionaires only. I’m mad.
AdLib33 minutes ago
No argument from me on that.
choicelady
33 minutes ago
I don’t really know what to say about those who are wealth beyond reason why they are so fearful of tax initiatives that yes will impact them but they always seem find a way to recover what they have to pay in taxes they’re not going to miss it
twilson117
31 minutes ago
TW – it’s the Midas obsession with hoarding. Nothing more.
choicelady
30 minutes ago
For the uber rich the Grate Gatsby days never truly end for them
twilson117
30 minutes ago
I am legitiemately concerned that this propaganda is going to be successful and if Newsom hadn’t blocked the legislature from moving it forward, it would be law without being vulnerable to these dirty tactics so Newsom has blame on his slimy hands.
AdLib29 minutes ago
That is very true, Ad. The attitude trickles down to the lower beings, the indifference to their harm, the willingness to hurt others in search of their fulfillment, but it is profound in the uber rich.
choicelady
29 minutes ago
CL yes that indeed is central focus for them but when they are six feet under not much they can do about it
twilson117
29 minutes ago
They see setting their heirs asail with a fortune as a form of eternal life.
choicelady
28 minutes ago
I loved the story of the widow of a massively abusive man whose will directed she put all their wealth in the coffin with him. He wanted to leave her destitute. So she had the estate inventoried, wrote a check, put the check in the coffin, and the lawyers declared it done. So he did “take it with him”, sort of.
choicelady
26 minutes ago
I have never liked the uber wealthy but I think the public may be ready for a true “Tale of Two Cities” moment in taking down these ridiculously wealthy and greedy madmen. Did you see Musk was put in charge of future warfare?!
AdLib26 minutes ago
Musk – the man whose accomplishments have all blown up is now leading warfare? Ok then.
choicelady
25 minutes ago
CL that was great story I still laughing
twilson117
25 minutes ago
He’s going to bring back fragging big time.
choicelady
24 minutes ago
TW – works for me! I admired that woman enormously.
choicelady
24 minutes ago
What could possible go wrong with Musk an the helm of defense??
twilson117
24 minutes ago
Shorter list to ask what could go right?
choicelady
23 minutes ago
I can’t wait to see the Musk documentary. It’s supposed to be devastating and despite Musk pressuring most social media to refuse to accept advertising for it, it’s still on track for theatrical then HBO distribution.
AdLib23 minutes ago
Not sure I’ll watch it, but I’m really happy he can’t stop it!
choicelady
23 minutes ago
Let’s hope it doesn’t make more popular and people will see him for what he really is.
twilson117
22 minutes ago
TW – Ad and I have both heard from those who’ve seen it that it’s ruthlessly accurate, and NOBODY remotely sane could find him admirable.
choicelady
22 minutes ago
CL – Why wouldn’t you watch it? Think it would be too infuriating?
AdLib21 minutes ago
FOUR HOURS??? No thanks.
choicelady
21 minutes ago
CL – Ah, it’s only 3.5 hours.
AdLib21 minutes ago
Oh – all the difference…
choicelady
20 minutes ago
So Cl are you saying you would rather watch paint dry than the Musk movie?
twilson117
20 minutes ago
I think it will be in theaters for a brief window then right to HBO. Unless Ellison kills it.
AdLib20 minutes ago
choicelady
20 minutes ago
TW – yes exactly. Or parking meters run out.
choicelady
19 minutes ago
I already know a lot about him. Give me the preview. I’m fine.
choicelady
19 minutes ago
CL 
twilson117
19 minutes ago
It’s a long movie indeed but you both know why I need to see it for research as well.
AdLib19 minutes ago
Absolutely. Any luck at all there will be rich fodder there for you.
choicelady
18 minutes ago
Ad – you’re taking one for the team!
choicelady
18 minutes ago
Ad 3.5 hours that’s a lot of popcorn and skittles
twilson117
16 minutes ago
CL – It will be very helpful to really dig deep into Musk’s psyche and backstory so the Thiel/Musk character has that rancid, pompous air about him. Though I expect I’ll have to take a 4 hour shower after watching four hours of Musk.
AdLib16 minutes ago
TW – I’m a Milk Duds person, actually. But yes – a large tub of popcorn.
choicelady
16 minutes ago
Ad – be mindful of the water use. Swab down with witch hazel in lieu of that.
choicelady
16 minutes ago
Anyone thought how aptly some are named: trump that means frippery and superficiality. Musk as in a stink. Ka$h Patel. Schmitt. It’s as if someone were writing a script.
choicelady
14 minutes ago
CL – No kidding is it a bit of a sacrifice but it will inspire me to really take him down in my fictional way.
AdLib14 minutes ago
Ad – GO FOR IT!!!
choicelady
13 minutes ago
CL what do I get the feeling you would be fine if Elon was tied down on the launch pad of one of this rockets enjoying the ignition knowing he has now way of escaping 
twilson117
13 minutes ago
CI fear I will feel like Lady Macbeth and no matter how I try to wash the Musk musk off me, it will never wash away.
AdLib12 minutes ago
Ad out out damn spot is that right?
twilson117
12 minutes ago
TW – let’s sat you’re not wrong…? I once was present at a nighttime launch at Vandenberg AFB and, as it turned out, WAY too close. I never forgot the power!!! That would be fitting. Dr. Stragelove lives.
choicelady
11 minutes ago
CL – So true, I think about that sometimes, this is all like a bad movie with characters named blatantly symbolically to express who they are.
AdLib11 minutes ago
Ad – I think you are protected with a cloak of righteousness. Not to worry.
choicelady
11 minutes ago
I can’t think of names less apt than their own.
choicelady
10 minutes ago
Or MORE apt I mean.
choicelady
10 minutes ago
TW – You nailed it!
AdLib9 minutes ago
Ok folks I have to bug out enjoy the weekend take care.
twilson117
8 minutes ago
CL – Thanks, I actually think it’s more like that than my being negatively affected by watching that racist, greedy, moron. Uh just so it’s not confusiong, I mean Musk this time instead of Trump.
AdLib8 minutes ago
Did you see the DSA chumps are turning on Mamdani as “too Zionist”? Bound to happen.
choicelady
8 minutes ago
Ok, see you next time TW!
AdLib8 minutes ago
They are birds of a feather – vultures.
choicelady
7 minutes ago
CL – Extremists always end up making a parody of themselves.
AdLib7 minutes ago
Oh I missed TW’s departure! I’m fading, too, but here a bit more.
choicelady
7 minutes ago
They do, Ad. They certainly do.
choicelady
7 minutes ago
Good to hear! So do you think we may have a path to reviving HOPE?
AdLib7 minutes ago
I will need to see the WI (or whatever state it was) plan again. It’s stuck in my old computer I can’t retrieve. Then hear what the Padilla-Schiff answer is. Then yes. If Laird won’t do it, I’ll ask Greg who might,.
choicelady
5 minutes ago
Okay, I will find that law again and send it to you. And I’ll search for what details I can find on the bill, even write to each of their offices and ask staff to send me whatever they have on it.
AdLib4 minutes ago
If you could send me the final copy of HOPE, it will help.
choicelady
3 minutes ago
Yep, will do that too.
AdLib3 minutes ago
I can handle the writing – I can do it on letterhead that has clout with them. Not to worry. I’m waiting to see if Padilla’s people call. Writing is next for both.
choicelady
3 minutes ago
As you say though, we have to keep HOPE out of view of at least Schiff because his ego will not want to accept that we may steal his thunder.
AdLib2 minutes ago
I think I’m fading. Long, anxiety-ridden week. I’m falling asleep early and sleeping deeply. My body is catching up with reality.
choicelady
2 minutes ago
I will let you know as soon as I hear IF I hear.
choicelady
a minute ago
Okay, you get some rest, we’ve got big things to do! Have a wonderful weekend, sending my best thoughts to Greg to feel a bit better.
AdLiba minute ago
Looking forward to it! Night!
AdLiba minute ago
You, too. Monday to the doc for him. The rest is pretty easy next week. Take care!
choicelady
a few seconds a
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