Chit-Chat: The Feels

[Annber03]

That's fantastic. 

[ebk57]

17 minutes ago, Kemper said:

Larry David has written a satirical piece for the opinion section of the NY Times. It is a takedown of Bill Maher's visit to The White House a couple of weeks ago. 

It is a fictitious account of a guest who spends an evening with Hitler in 1939. Set a few months before the start of WWII. Going by the excerpts I read, it is a wowser...and funny. I wonder how Maher will react? HIs ego is sort of fragile. He could be really mad or laugh it off and retaliate. 

Here's a gift link if anyone wants to read it.  It's good!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.1o8m.3Szlfv7SWQCA&smid=url-share

 

[Lantern7]

1 hour ago, SoMuchTV said:

But I suspect what Dimity meant was a “vomit” reaction that we could assign to a post. 

*sigh* That didn't occur to me. I'm thinking the "mad" emoji would cover upchucking.

[ProudMary]

I do understand that Dimity was talking about a one-click reaction button, which is different, but doesn't everyone else use the emoji button above the comment box? Click on that and it brings up emojis for everything. I took a screenshot and circled the emoji button. (I'm on an Android, but I assume there's a similar layout on iPhones, etc.)

[annzeepark914]

Ah well.  I'm just happy that we have this site--especially this thread. It has truly helped me stay calm ever since election night (well, as calm as one can be as one's country is being dismantled & is now hated by the rest of the world 😞). It's just like having my feisty Thursday morning coffee group right here, every day, every night, venting to save our sanity ❤️

[Mollywolly555]

7 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Here's a gift link if anyone wants to read it.  It's good!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.1o8m.3Szlfv7SWQCA&smid=url-share

 

Thank you, ebk57!!!

That was excellent!!!

Comments were really good,  too.

[JustHereForFood]

I hope this is a joke but probably not. 🤢🤮

[Yeah No]

51 minutes ago, JustHereForFood said:

I hope this is a joke but probably not. 🤢🤮

Given what I've been seeing lately, sadly it's probably a joke with a thread of truth to it. 

I'm 66 to his 41. I have news for him - as much as some people liked Bill Clinton, no one I know from my generation thought getting a BJ in the WH was cool 30 years ago. Is this really how younger people think, especially the men? WTF went wrong with society in so few years? I do remember about 25 or so years ago that suddenly everything "gangsta" was cool with young suburban white men. They were even wearing those awful low slung baggy jeans that were all the thing for decades and wouldn't go away. You know, the ones that supposedly originated with convicts getting sent home from prison in poorly fitting pants. Being originally from the Bronx, I rolled my eyes. Dudes, if you have to copy inner city felons to think you're cool, you're more pathetic than I thought. Back then I thought perhaps it was just an adolescent phase or fad, but perhaps not. No wonder this country is in the sorry shape it's in these days....☹️

[Kemper]

8 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Ah well.  I'm just happy that we have this site--especially this thread. It has truly helped me stay calm ever since election night (well, as calm as one can be as one's country is being dismantled & is now hated by the rest of the world 😞). It's just like having my feisty Thursday morning coffee group right here, every day, every night, venting to save our sanity ❤️

Your coffee group sounds like a twin to mine!  It is the one thing that keeps me from freaking out to my kids/grands. And in grocery stores, dentist office, at my volunteer "job" at a local food pantry, etc.

When my beloved Mr. Kemper was so sick, during Trump's first term, he would ask me to  put on CNN first thing every morning. His comment, to cheer me, would be "let's see what horror he (Trump) has committed overnight." That would make me laugh .... the way he said it. Then he would ask that I put on Morning Joe ( he called him, like many others did, Morning Douche). Joe's rants would entertain him.

Edited Tuesday at 12:39 PM by Kemper

[tres bien]

Harvard has outsmarted Trump by hiring lawyers with friendly ties to him to represent them in court 

Harvard filed a lawsuit yesterday suing the Trump administration for freezing federal funds the lawyers representing Harvard are

Robert Hur appointed by Trump to the DOJ in his first go round. You may remember AG Garland appointed Hur as special counsel in the Biden documents case

William Burck who served as counsel to the Trump organization 

Steven Lehotsky who was a law clerk for Justice Scalia

Scott Keller a former Texas solicitor general 

Edited Tuesday at 01:08 PM by tres bien

[bluegirl147]

2 hours ago, JustHereForFood said:

I hope this is a joke but probably not. 🤢🤮

That guy was a teenager during the time Clinton was doing what he was doing.  You would have hoped he would have evolved from that but apparently not.  Anyone who bases their opinion of someone on how much sex someone is getting is a pretty pathetic person. But it's more likely this white guy is like a bunch of other white guys who thought they were losing their most favored people's standing in the country.

1 hour ago, Yeah No said:

Is this really how younger people think, especially the men?

This particular guy is in his 40s. Married with a daughter. Either it's part of his comedic persona or he is yet another man baby.

1 hour ago, Yeah No said:

Dudes, if you have to copy inner city felons to think you're cool, you're more pathetic than I thought.

The way he glowingly described Trump (saying he has three baby mamas and getting women left and right thinking about women left and right) are the same things black men are criticized for.

 

[tres bien]

Something I saw on social media this morning 

Larry David has pissed off CNN contributor Scott Jennings. He’s mad as hell and he’s not going to take it

He’s defending his new favorite comedian Bill Maher against what he’s labeled The Modern Left. Cool

”The Modern Left always attempts to intimidate people into not ever doing it again - silence yourself or we’ll do it for you” 

According to Jennings that was the purpose of David’s op-ed. 

“So the next comedian does not speak to Donald Trump. An all out effort not to talk to each other and our political leaders”

“This is how The Modern Left enforces obedience- by torching one person in public so one else dares to step out of line. This is not about Maher going to dinner but to shame him into silence “

Really? You are nuts

Edited Tuesday at 02:03 PM by tres bien

[Ohiopirate02]

1 minute ago, tres bien said:

Something I saw on social media this morning 

Larry David has pissed off CNN contributor Scott Jennings. He’s mad as hell and he’s not going to take it

He’s defending his new favorite comedian Bill Maher against what he’s labeled The Modern Left. Cool

”The Modern Left always attempts to intimidate people into not ever doing it again - silence yourself or we’ll do it for you” 

According to Jennings that was the purpose of David’s op-ed. “

So the next comedian does not speak to Donald Trump. An all out effort not to talk to each other and our political leaders”

“This is how The Modern Left enforces obedience- by torching one person in public so one else dares to step out of line. This is not about Maher going to dinner but to shame him into silence “

Really? You are nuts

I am dying at the thought that a 77 year old man represents the "Modern Left."

[Dimity]

I know this is meant to be a joke but why do I feel like it could actually happen?

[bluegirl147]

18 minutes ago, tres bien said:

He’s defending his new favorite comedian Bill Maher

Bill Maher is what I call an appeaser.  Much like those that thought Hitler wasn't that bad. Let's just let him do this stuff.  It probably won't be that bad. Maher said that last year.

21 minutes ago, tres bien said:

“So the next comedian does not speak to Donald Trump. An all out effort not to talk to each other and our political leaders”

There is a difference between talking to Trump over dinner and being friendly and taking him to task for his massive failings. 

18 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I am dying at the thought that a 77 year old man represents the "Modern Left."

He must have him confused with Bernie Sanders. 

Just now, Dimity said:

I know this is meant to be a joke but why do I feel like it could actually happen?

If Fox News did a poll asking viewers who they would like to see become Pope Trump would probably get the majority of votes.

[Ohiopirate02]

2 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

He must have him confused with Bernie Sanders.

They are (distant) cousins after all.

[PRgal]

2 hours ago, Yeah No said:

Given what I've been seeing lately, sadly it's probably a joke with a thread of truth to it. 

I'm 66 to his 41. I have news for him - as much as some people liked Bill Clinton, no one I know from my generation thought getting a BJ in the WH was cool 30 years ago. Is this really how younger people think, especially the men? WTF went wrong with society in so few years? I do remember about 25 or so years ago that suddenly everything "gangsta" was cool with young suburban white men. They were even wearing those awful low slung baggy jeans that were all the thing for decades and wouldn't go away. You know, the ones that supposedly originated with convicts getting sent home from prison in poorly fitting pants. Being originally from the Bronx, I rolled my eyes. Dudes, if you have to copy inner city felons to think you're cool, you're more pathetic than I thought. Back then I thought perhaps it was just an adolescent phase or fad, but perhaps not. No wonder this country is in the sorry shape it's in these days....☹️

Kids like to be what they "aren't."  Would you roll your eyes at a little girl (especially child of IMMIGRANTS from a non-European continent) wearing "pioneer girl" dresses or skirts?  Or is it different because she's just playing dress up?  And speaking of "gangsta" clothes, my six year old has recently taken to wearing the hood on his hoodie (I think I've over purchased hoodies...my fault, I suppose). He probably picked it up from school, though I don't think any of his friends have uniform items that include a hood.  I'm not even 100% sure any "official" uniform pieces include them.  

[DrSpaceman73]

3 hours ago, JustHereForFood said:

I hope this is a joke but probably not. 🤢🤮

What he is really saying is he is a man child that never matured or grew up

[Yeah No]

57 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

This particular guy is in his 40s. Married with a daughter. Either it's part of his comedic persona or he is yet another man baby.

True, this guy may only be putting that on for his act, but if so he probably knows it appeals to the man babies in his audience. We do seem to have a lot of of those around these days.

[Yeah No]

27 minutes ago, PRgal said:

Kids like to be what they "aren't."  Would you roll your eyes at a little girl (especially child of IMMIGRANTS from a non-European continent) wearing "pioneer girl" dresses or skirts?  Or is it different because she's just playing dress up?  And speaking of "gangsta" clothes, my six year old has recently taken to wearing the hood on his hoodie (I think I've over purchased hoodies...my fault, I suppose). He probably picked it up from school, though I don't think any of his friends have uniform items that include a hood.  I'm not even 100% sure any "official" uniform pieces include them.  

No I wouldn't roll my eyes in such a situation because pioneer girls aren't associated with misogyny and committing felonies AFAIK. Kids cosplay and role play a lot but in most cases it's completely benign and even a healthy part of childhood.

And hoodies by themselves are not specifically associated with the "gangsta" image. But those particular ripped, slouchy, ill fitting, underwear and butt-crack showing jeans are petty much unique to that image, plumbers notwithstanding, LOL. 

[Dimity]

5 minutes ago, Yeah No said:

But those particular ripped, slouchy, ill fitting, underwear and butt-crack showing jeans are petty much unique to that image, plumbers notwithstanding, LOL. 

I am not the type of person to laugh at the misfortune of another (at least not out loud and in public) but I have to admit the time I saw a young guy wearing his pants like that desperately trying to run for a bus - well, yeah, I laughed.  So did everyone else. 

[peacheslatour]

6 minutes ago, Dimity said:

I am not the type of person to laugh at the misfortune of another (at least not out loud and in public) but I have to admit the time I saw a young guy wearing his pants like that desperately trying to run for a bus - well, yeah, I laughed.  So did everyone else. 

I saw a dude riding one of those sting ray bikes in the parking lot of my local Kroger, the pants dropped to his ankles and he fell off his bike. I only laughed a little.

[Yeah No]

7 minutes ago, Dimity said:

I am not the type of person to laugh at the misfortune of another (at least not out loud and in public) but I have to admit the time I saw a young guy wearing his pants like that desperately trying to run for a bus - well, yeah, I laughed.  So did everyone else. 

The ones that really got me had built-in boxer shorts or at least the tops of them sewn to the jean part which started lower down, past the butt area. I suppose that prevented them from falling down as much but they were still worth an eyeroll or a laugh!

[ECM1231]

1 hour ago, Dimity said:

I know this is meant to be a joke but why do I feel like it could actually happen?

I just threw up in my mouth a little. 🤢

[bluegirl147]

1 hour ago, Yeah No said:

 

And hoodies by themselves are not specifically associated with the "gangsta" image. But those particular ripped, slouchy, ill fitting, underwear and butt-crack showing jeans are petty much unique to that image, plumbers notwithstanding, LOL. 

My son did that in high school. It was a phase and unfortunately in style at the time. He outgrew it. He turned out OK. I think it is more of an outdated stereotype now.  I remember when they (George Zimmerman, his defense team and some in the media) tried to portray Trayvon Martin as a "gansta" although I think they might have used the word thug because he wore a hoodie.  But when you see a white girl wearing a hoodie a lot of times the description is she oh look she stole her boyfriend's hoodie. 

[Dimity]

9 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

My son did that in high school. It was a phase and unfortunately in style at the time. He outgrew it. He turned out OK.

My older grandson has been wearing hats or hoodies almost all the time since he was about 4.   We're hoping it's a phase and he will outgrow it.  In the meantime it bothers me somewhat that there are people out there who might assume he's trying to be 'gangsta'.  My skinny, blond grandson probably doesn't even know what that means.

[PRgal]

 

13 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

My son did that in high school. It was a phase and unfortunately in style at the time. He outgrew it. He turned out OK. I think it is more of an outdated stereotype now.  I remember when they (George Zimmerman, his defense team and some in the media) tried to portray Trayvon Martin as a "gansta" although I think they might have used the word thug because he wore a hoodie.  But when you see a white girl wearing a hoodie a lot of times the description is she oh look she stole her boyfriend's hoodie. 

I feel like that look comes and goes since I've seen some middle schoolers dressed like that recently.  For girls, it's often paired with a skirt/skort.  

[Lantern7]

2 hours ago, Dimity said:

I know this is meant to be a joke but why do I feel like it could actually happen?

"I'm more popey than anyone I know!"

Edited Tuesday at 04:40 PM by Lantern7

[Kemper]

My son was a really really skinny adolescent. Plus had bright red hair and freckles. And played tennis.  A walking/talking nerd (according to his sister). He wore his baseball cap backwards .. maybe in the 80s/90s. We went to visit Mr. Kemper's relatives who lived in the rural South; in a small town, out in the country. The cousins asked if he was in a gang. Because he wore his cap backwards. 

I try not to think about the way kids dress and what it might mean. I hope that does not sound naive. And I am not trying to "knock" Southerners; we retired to the South. 

[PRgal]

16 minutes ago, Kemper said:

My son was a really really skinny adolescent. Plus had bright red hair and freckles. And played tennis.  A walking/talking nerd (according to his sister). He wore his baseball cap backwards .. maybe in the 80s/90s. We went to visit Mr. Kemper's relatives who lived in the rural South; in a small town, out in the country. The cousins asked if he was in a gang. Because he wore his cap backwards. 

I try not to think about the way kids dress and what it might mean. I hope that does not sound naive. And I am not trying to "knock" Southerners; we retired to the South. 

Interesting.  Because that's how ALL the boys dressed back then.  And now.  Guess not in the South.  

[bluegirl147]

44 minutes ago, Kemper said:

The cousins asked if he was in a gang. Because he wore his cap backwards. 

Was it a Chicago Bulls cap? Because according to Trump and his crew that means he was in MS 13.

[Dimity]

My Maple Maga sister is exhausting.  Yesterday she was helping spread misinformation on the voting process.  Today she's got a post up about the robocall scandal back in the 2011 election.  Only problem is in her version she's claiming this was perpetrated by the Liberals when it was actually done by the Conservatives.  I'm not sure if she actually knows this and is purposefully spreading a lie or not.  It's really hard to tell sometimes whether these people know they are lying or just hope you won't figure out that they're lying.

[PRgal]

12 minutes ago, Dimity said:

My Maple Maga sister is exhausting.  Yesterday she was helping spread misinformation on the voting process.  Today she's got a post up about the robocall scandal back in the 2011 election.  Only problem is in her version she's claiming this was perpetrated by the Liberals when it was actually done by the Conservatives.  I'm not sure if she actually knows this and is purposefully spreading a lie or not.  It's really hard to tell sometimes whether these people know they are lying or just hope you won't figure out that they're lying.

Can you just limit contact/go no contact with her until at least two weeks after the election?  Or even block her completely from your social media.

[Kemper]

1 hour ago, bluegirl147 said:

Was it a Chicago Bulls cap? Because according to Trump and his crew that means he was in MS 13.

No...it was a Washington Capitals (hockey team) hat. 😎  Go figure.

Edited Tuesday at 06:49 PM by Kemper

[Anela]

 

[fastiller]

2 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:

My son did that in high school. It was a phase and unfortunately in style at the time. He outgrew it. He turned out OK. I think it is more of an outdated stereotype now.  I remember when they (George Zimmerman, his defense team and some in the media) tried to portray Trayvon Martin as a "gansta" although I think they might have used the word thug because he wore a hoodie.  But when you see a white girl wearing a hoodie a lot of times the description is she oh look she stole her boyfriend's hoodie. 

 

2 hours ago, Dimity said:

My older grandson has been wearing hats or hoodies almost all the time since he was about 4.   We're hoping it's a phase and he will outgrow it.  In the meantime it bothers me somewhat that there are people out there who might assume he's trying to be 'gangsta'.  My skinny, blond grandson probably doesn't even know what that means.

Around the time that Trayvon Martin was murdered my best friend's two sons were in HS and both ran track.  They were both quite tall (like 6'4"; 6'5")and broad shouldered.  They would often train on the streets near her home, in all sorts of weather, so sometimes they'd wear a hoodie.  She & I & others in our circle were terrified they'd be shot (mostly concerned about the police, TBH).  

[Ohiopirate02]

3 minutes ago, Anela said:

 

The most sickening part about this will be the thousands of parents who will gladly give their children's data and medical records to this in order to "fix" their autistic children. And by fix, I mean make their children neurotypical.

[peacheslatour]

7 minutes ago, Anela said:

 

It wasn't just Jewish people loaded into those boxcars. They put the disabled, gay people and all kinds of those who they deemed "others" in those death camps too.

[Dimity]

13 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

It wasn't just Jewish people loaded into those boxcars. They put the disabled, gay people and all kinds of those who they deemed "others" in those death camps too.

Trump is already on the record as saying the disabled "should just die".

[tres bien]

Jr doesn’t belong anywhere near the health and welfare of Americans and the most sickening part is that some parents will believe any whackadoodle conspiracy theory and unscientific crap he pushes 

Edited Tuesday at 07:39 PM by tres bien

[PRgal]

1 minute ago, Dimity said:

Trump is already on the record as saying the disabled "should just die".

We’re not innocent up here either.  I have epilepsy.  Considering how strict our immigrant laws are, I’m not sure how easy it would be for someone like me to come to Canada.  Glad to be a Canadian born Canadian.  

[Dimity]

Just now, tres bien said:

The most sickening part is that some parents will believe any whackadoodle conspiracy theory and unscientific crap he pushes 

Desperate parents have fallen for charlatans since the beginning of time 😔.

[Ohiopirate02]

7 minutes ago, Dimity said:

Desperate parents have fallen for charlatans since the beginning of time 😔.

There are a lot of parents of autistic children and disabled children who are only desperate because they are selfish and mad. They had a specific vision of what parenthood would be, and will do just about anything to make that happen. Instead of changing their expectations into what is possible for their child, they would rather change their child to fit their expectation.

[Dimity]

14 minutes ago, PRgal said:

We’re not innocent up here either.  I have epilepsy.  Considering how strict our immigrant laws are, I’m not sure how easy it would be for someone like me to come to Canada.  Glad to be a Canadian born Canadian.  

I take your point but I hope Canada never reaches a point where the disabled are considered expendable.  Eugenics is part of Project 2025 and it  looks like Kennedy may be on board with some of their goals.

5 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

There are a lot of parents of autistic children and disabled children who are only desperate because they are selfish and mad. They had a specific vision of what parenthood would be, and will do just about anything to make that happen. Instead of changing their expectations into what is possible for their child, they would rather change their child to fit their expectation.

Then they are going to be very disappointed because nothing Kennedy is advocating is going to "fix" their children.

[fastiller]

8 minutes ago, Dimity said:

I take your point but I hope Canada never reaches a point where the disabled are considered expendable.  Eugenics is part of Project 2025 and it  looks like Kennedy may be on board with some of their goals.

Then they are going to be very disappointed because nothing Kennedy is advocating is going to "fix" their children.

Wait just one minute!!! What are you trying to say?  That Booby isn't a miracle worker?

[Anela]

32 minutes ago, PRgal said:

We’re not innocent up here either.  I have epilepsy.  Considering how strict our immigrant laws are, I’m not sure how easy it would be for someone like me to come to Canada.  Glad to be a Canadian born Canadian.  

But citizenship doesn't matter to trump and his lot. 

[Affogato]

1 hour ago, Anela said:

 

I’m speechless. 

[Anela]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-democrats

As AOC and Sanders Draw Crowds, 72% of Democrats Want Party to Abandon Centrist Approach to Trump

The two progressive lawmakers have addressed massive crowds in solidly red states including Idaho and Utah in recent days, as party of the national Fighting Oligarchy Tour.

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:57 PM by Anela

[suomi]

I will be the last person on earth who thinks that RFK Jr is not a waste of skin, but that Cohen guy is using inflammatory language. I say this as someone who (for 23 years so far) has been a live-in caregiver for a sister who is developmentally disabled.

A registry and a study are very different things. 

[ProudMary]

9 hours ago, JustHereForFood said:

I hope this is a joke but probably not. 🤢🤮

Well, Cohen is a writer for The Daily Caller, a right-wing rag, founded originally by Tucker Carlson, so I'm thinking it's not a joke. 😠

 

 

The RFK, Jr. autism registry story has had me anxious snd furious since last night when I bookmarked this article. It's been updated with new info since it wss released yesterday.

State of the art protections, my ass. I wouldn't trust these bastards with my grocery list, let alone our medical records. 

I'm off to check the dockets to see if a lawsuit has already been filed, but many of these supposedly protected health records are already available through various governmental departments. 😠

Why is all of this not just one massive HIPAA violation?

RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-autism-study-medical-records/

The National Institutes of Health is amassing private medical records from a number of federal and commercial databases to give to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study autism, the NIH's top official said Monday.

...

Medication records from pharmacy chains, lab testing and genomics data from patients treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service, claims from private insurers and data from smartwatches and fitness trackers will all be linked together, he said. 

The NIH is also now in talks with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to broaden agreements governing access to their data, Bhattacharya said. 

In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, which will be integrated into the data. Advocacy groups and experts have called out Kennedy for describing autism as a "preventable disease," which they say is stigmatizing and unfounded.

...

While the selected researchers will be able to access and study the private medical data, Bhattacharya said they will not be able to download it. He promised "state of the art protections" to protect confidentiality.