Im trying to reform. I’ve spent time casting my eyes over stuff left on the curb. Yard sales, etc. But need to do the curb strategy myself. Hubby keeps buying stuff. We’re 77 and 79 respectively. Our daughter visits and I see the panic in her eyes. House too big. Yard too big. Garage too big. All mine is dumpster ready but hubs has expensive habits.
I am a loooong time yard sale buff. In fact,I used to have a resale store,actual store,where i resold stuff. It was fun. I feel rather noble not buying any new stuff. It’s all junk these days anyway. Unless you want to spend 600$ for a GOOD cashmere sweater, the best are at garage sales..at least in my stupidly wealthy county…but,my son says I’m borderline hoarder! Not true. I just have a lot of cool,unusual things…he might be right about the shoes/ boots..I can not resist..
I have to attend a wedding this weekend. I haven’t attended a single formal affair in almost 20 years. I’m 65 lbs lighter these days and my closet is full of three-decades old size 6s and plus-size wear. I had absolutely nothing that fit. I was willing to spend top dollar for something elegant and timeless so went dress shopping. I was disgusted by what you get for $400-$600 per dress, and how poorly tailored it is. Nothing fit well at all. In the end, out of desperation to have SOMETHING tasteful, I went into a small resale shop that looked cluttered and dumpy. I was blown away by finding TWO beautiful cocktail dresses that fit my perpetually pregnant figure like a glove and hiding my upper gut while accentuating the thinness of the rest of my body …. And each dress was … drumroll please … $9.99 each. 😳 And they look beautiful. Stunning. Timeless and classy. Not a single new dress in any big name store I went to fit like these did.
Most high-end fashion is outsourced to China now anyway, and made in the same factories that produce crap for forever 21. There is a never will be a substitute for old-fashioned quality. I wish you could post photos of your finds!💕
I overheard my daughter telling a new friend, "Yeah, my parents house is decorated in Early Thrift-Shop." So I butted in and said, "Yes, and everything is for sale: still has the tags."
OMG! I say that all the time!People come in and comment on how “charming “and, Waldorf - ian “ my house is and I say “ Thank you. It’s early garage sale design “..
my poor,suffering husband would much prefer a sparse,Asian type environment,but, over the years he’s gotten used to it… but,maybe that’s why he bought himself a “mobile man cave” and,travels to a lot of bluegrass festivals,alone! Of course,he SAYS I can come,but,he plans for much longer than I want to be away from my animals 🤷🏻♀️
Just like Karen above,mine start in the bedroom for awhile,then the hallway for a week or more ( I keep thinking my housekeeper or some one I know may want some) then,finally,to the back of my car for a unknown time till donated…sigh…
a completely unexpected nominee for Bumper Sticker of the Year from a completely unexpected corner. (Drivers behind you will wonder at the car you're driving...)
The hypocrisy is too rich for me. I will be spending the day hoping and praying for the complete destruction of the Democratic party in its present form.
Or is it the Anarchy Party, given their penchant for destroying our entire culture? They hate the Supreme Court, the President, the Constitution, deeply held cultural traditions such as male/female, free speech, the Second Amendment, election integrity, families, the right to worship, gas powered cars, medical freedom......
Right, St. A. the K. Too often the DANGERS of "Democracy!" are lost--or buried--in the NOISE.
I actually agree with those rowdies that "THIS is what Democracy LOOKS LIKE!"
Yes. Yes it does. And the Founders had apparently SEEN, or FORESEEN, that and "took steps" to MINIMIZE its embarrassing displays--putting YEARS more thought into how that might be accomplished than you ever have.
They NEVER foresaw such a generation of INGRATES that would impatiently and ignorantly REACH for reckless alternatives BEFORE their informed designs.
When Benjamin Franklin was asked about what kind of government the Continental Congress had come up with he famously responded, "a republic, if you can keep it." I definitely think they had a decent idea of what might come and tried to forestall it. I don't know that they foresaw anything like the internet and what it has spawned, however.
I have used “Democrat” for a year now. They are NOT Democratic. But that’s the kindest of the words I’ve called that despicable furious ant hill of a cult. Left it in 2021. No, sorry, it left me.
They are not anything they claim to stand for. In fact, their entire history going back to the Early Republic is a sorry mess: slavery, the Civil War, the KKK (their shock troops much as Antifa is now), Jim Crow, segregation, and their decision in the 1960s to convince black Americans to become financially dependent on government programs in exchange for their votes. Now this. I've never seen anything as depraved as the group of Americans who over the centuries has supported all that.
I had left the Dems b/c of Obama's choices during the period when he was selecting his cabinet. [That didn't take long!] BUT, covid opened my eyes to the rest of the lies.
Personally I prefer the Quisling Party. Fascist, in bed with foreigners, and treasonous. Another alternative is the Quisling - Kleptocrat Party, to make sure we cover the other part of the organization.
Rush was always scrupulous in calling them the Democrat Party, never the democratic party. But even that is far too polite for what's going on with them today.
Scott B, somebody's prayer was answered: the Democrat Party has disappeared. John Wright, your vision is here: it IS de facto the Socialist Party. Laura, you have called it: Let's All STOP aiding and abetting the charade by calling THAT Party what it wants to be called, and instead call it was it is.
I argue that they don't want even want socialism ("Too moderate!"), but communism ("Something with real teeth!"). They want "en-forced equal outcomes", but of course also always with an extra unequal heaping helping for themselves, who after all are the 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯 overseers and enforcers of equality.
NO.
SCRATCH THAT. Not "communists." I don't know what I was thinking...
No one can improve on George Orwell who knew their ilk and described them best. Let's call them what he named them: for us, let "the Party formerly known as 'Democrat' henceforth be referred to as '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗴𝘀.'"
Trumpers owe a lot, if not all, to Mr. Orwell for leaving behind the prophesy that helped identify what would be happening.
Mark my words: 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡--𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐.𝙎. 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜. (And it should be crowd-funded by lovers of freedom.) In fact, a statute of Mr. Orwell in the atrium of the UN would be a nice touch/reminder...
"Mind the Pigs!" has actually two meanings in English: one, beware them, or two, obey them. If we don't mind The Pigs, we'll end up having to mind The Pigs.
We will be gathering around our bonfire with dear friends remembering what it was like - one year ago - when we feared The United States of America would be lost forever.
We will be celebrating that at least, we now have a chance. MAGA. MAHA.
Laura, and anyone else here smarter than me, ~could~ ~we~ "take to the streets" on November 5? Just meeting and greeting? Briefest of gatherings? 15-20min tops.
Where would we meet?
Most every town has a post office that everyone knows where-is.
I propose, somehow, someone else[1] gets the word out to
A possibly better idea, and one more suited to our less-activist lifestyle BUT more in keeping with our position that "voting should be an ACTIVE sport": 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 everyone who voted for Trump re-arranging their schedules to meet at a pre-arranged time, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 "𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘵," 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟓𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐓𝐨: 𝐌𝐫. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩, 𝐜/𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 (𝐍𝐎 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒), 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞: "𝐈 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨."
As conservatives, we're all busy with "real" stuff--if we have time to drive to town to join a mob, surely, we've got time to work on that mess in the garage. It's how we roll. But we're getting rolled over by these artificial "appearances of populism," so waddya say? Make plans to put a card to the President in the mail, trying for a postmark date of Nov. 5th?
I'm going to do it.
(But then I guess I'm the only one who sat down and wrote a letter to Pope Francis warning him to knock it off and do what he was elected to do.)
Oh, I only meant that as a small tribute: as in, "You KNOW who I mean and how to get it to him." Kinda like all those Christmas letters the USPS gets addressed to "Santa @the North Pole."
It's not all that great a tribute, as something similar would've worked under Biden, like: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐜/𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
I love this idea, Laura. Celebrating that "at least, we now have a chance!" With the grace of God, everything is possible. Gathering with friends and having gratitude is the antidote to watching the loons burn down our country!
Jenna has become one of my favorite writers of all time thanks to posts like this one. Her irreverent sense of humor is just too perfect for our times. BRAVA!
Anyway, I live in the northern NY suburbs which are filled with aging Liberal/Dem/Commies who are what we call the Bourgeois Bolsheviks. It is very easy to find them in the little towns near me as they ALL are posting NO KINGS signs in the front yards of their well appointed homes. WTF?
The NK signs have replaced the Black Lives Matter, Love is Love, We Stand with Ukraine signs that have been ubiquitous these past few years and many of them look professionally done.
I have come to the conclusion that NONE of these demonstrations are organic or in response to a surge of real outrage on the part of the populace. You can see it in the NYC mayoral campaign where Hamas Mamdani has been cheated into the lead for that race.
As long as the Trump Admin is going after Antifa, it's long past time to go after the Soros gang and that ilk. Time for the Ring Master who sits in the White House to put down the jackals snapping at his ankles once and for all. (metaphorically speaking of course.)
The only sign I have ever placed in my yard (short of the “garage sale today” sign,) was a yuuuge 4’ x 4’ yard sign “Trump/Vance 2024” the week of the election. And I kept it up for a week after the election. Still proud of myself. I’m convinced it got at LEAST one extra vote for Trump. 😊
Make ya actually want to live under a homeowners association with all their ridiculous restrictions! Because at least you don’t have to be subjected to all the virtue signaling political signs. I’d honestly rather not know that about my neighbors.
Please make sure to check in on your elderly relatives or friends in senior centers or senior facilities the day of the no kings day rally. Make sure they are getting paid to protest and they're getting free water and food to keep up their strength while protesting. 😉
During the last “No Kings” protest I drove past hundreds aging white Boomers holding signs (some upside down). It was a pathetic gathering. I felt like meandering through the protesters with a “Get a Job” sign.
I’m an aging white boomer but, my brain is still in tact and I have a job. These protesters had one too many boosters, CNN is their Go To Channel and Social Security doesn’t quite pay the bills.
Me too. My boomer friends are comparatively comfortable. I worked until 72. I’m an artist now. CNN and MSNBC are brain poison. I get frustrated when I hear it on in hubby’s man cave and want to pull the tv off the wall with my bare hands. We can’t talk about any of this mess. Here on substack is the only place I can. But Jenna adds the humor touch my heart and mind so needs right now—to be able to laugh and see the ridiculousness of it.
"...and want to pull the tv off the wall with my bare hands."
That always gets my attention when my wife does stuff like that, and I try Really hard to pay attention to what she says immediately afterward because I figure that's probably the most important part. But it's hard because I also remember thinking, "Why do you let it go so far before telling me? This is like, what?, the fifth teevee?", but I only think that part.
Dino-hippies are so annoying. 🙄 At least we know they'll be off the streets by 5:00 so they'll have time to hit the early bird dinner and get home because they can't see to drive after dark.
I am in the boomer generation. Yep I am In the OLD category. I tried to get my vaccination records but they seem to be non existent. I know I have not been poked as many as they are making kids do now. If that was the case I probably wouldn't be as old as I am. As I said your eyes will be opened to horror that they have used to brainwash us into a test subject
Me too, I have so much guilt about vaccinating my kids. They are in their 30’s now and doing ok, thank goodness. I wish I had had access to the information we now have back in the early 90’s. 😢
a few years back, I put my sons' vax records lined up next to each other. my oldest, born in '93, had gotten less jabs from birth to age 18 yrs, than my youngest, born in '05, got by the time I stopped vaccinating him, at age 12 months!!
yup, you read that right: in the space of less than 13 years, they were giving babies MORE jabs then my now-32 yr old got, his entire life!
so those born in the 90's are FAR BETTER OFF than any that came later.
If you are “older” as I am, you likely only had maybe two or three “vaxxinations” total. And depending if you got any of the “shots” that Docs want to push on us “older types”, like the flu vaxxine, shingles vaxxine, pneumococcal vaxxine and boosters, hepatitis vaxxine, and what not, you only had a minimal amount as a child.
So true, Frontera. I just hit that "magic age" and every time I go to the pharmacy they're "reminding" me that I need a flu shot (yeah, that one I do), pneumonia (nope, not a risk) and, COVID (oh, hell no!).
I have never had a flu shot! Not going to start now. They are as ‘bogus’ as all the other ‘shots’ and they offer little to no guarantee that you won’t get the flu!
I ended up flat on my back and seriously sick with the flu once. Raging fever. Everything hurt. Very nearly ended up in the hospital. I absolutely understand how you feel, but after being so sick I was actually scared, I'll take any edge I can get.
(if otoh you didn't mean that group, I don't know how the country could function if the queens of all the homes just... stopped <shudder>. talk about your "shut down.")
Thanks Jenna for the update! Round 2 for the furloughed/fired government employees. Giving these poor folks something to do with all that time on their hands. I will probably be grocery shopping and cleaning my house. Great post ♥️🤣
I have a client who is in IT at the IRS, naturalized citizen from Pakistan, Muslim. I’ve massaged her monthly for at least 5 years, so we’re friends at this point. Every time I see her now she tells me how horrible it is at work, how morale is low and people are just getting laid off with no notice.
We’ve never discussed politics per se, but she did tell me Kamala’s acceptance speech at the DNC was ‘inspiring’ and she talks about listening to npr so I know where she stands.
Anyway, she’s always talking about how no one knows what to do because of all the firings and how unfair it is. So my response is (hey, she brings it up…) that she knows the federal government has been tremendously bloated, she’s worked in private enterprise before and knows how layoffs work, it’s been needed for years. Yesterday she actually said ‘but they’re laying off the people who audit the really rich people’ as if that were a problem! I told her taking high taxes from all the rich people in the country wouldn’t solve our problems, the federal government is way too bloated and I was glad someone was finally working to make it smaller.
She backed off, she always does. Which is kind of cool, tbh.
Anyway, it’s interesting to me when she comes in. Thought y’all might appreciate the snapshot. Also, I don’t discuss politics with my clients as a rule, but some of them bring it up and I’m not going to agree with them when they’re just wrong. I’m not a jerk, but geez.
I’m with you on how you handle “Politics” with your clients. I too don’t bring it up with certain people unless they bring up the subject. I often say, “I don’t necessarily agree with you” and the ”sources of information” that come across my radar are not in agreement with what you are saying or thinking is happening.
I’ve worked in both private business and government. Back in I think was the early 90’s, we were told no raises and 10% cut in pay. I elected to go government. Employees in both sectors tend to be lazy. I do not feel sorry for any of them so I was being sarcastic by saying “poor” folks. I have a decent retirement from The Metropolitan Water District of So. California - a quasi government agency. I’ve paid my dues .
If the 1st one was about protesting ICE then this one must be about protesting ending the war in Gaza, angry about not knowing what to do with all of those keffiyeh scarfs and Palestinian flags.
I was asked via unsolicited text messages to provide housing and pizza for college students attending the NK Part II. I declined. Instead, I'll be doing about four loads of laundry, cooking sweet potatoes, and driving around town with my "Winsome Earle-Sears for Governor" bumper sticker. Fantastic article, Jenna!
It is amazing how they get your number. I get texts from the Dems and Dem leaning causes all the time. I “left” that political party over 14 years ago!
that's SO annoying. I was on a few of those (from my former liberal progressive days) and they DID respect the "STOP" - that sucks. Guess at least you get to see the underbelly of their planning! Not that it does you any good, lol.
Maybe I’ll loot my garage in solidarity…it needs cleaning anyway.
You can do my garage if it will make you feel better. Most of it needs to go and it’s too early for the match.
Deal…but I never throw anything out
Im trying to reform. I’ve spent time casting my eyes over stuff left on the curb. Yard sales, etc. But need to do the curb strategy myself. Hubby keeps buying stuff. We’re 77 and 79 respectively. Our daughter visits and I see the panic in her eyes. House too big. Yard too big. Garage too big. All mine is dumpster ready but hubs has expensive habits.
I am a loooong time yard sale buff. In fact,I used to have a resale store,actual store,where i resold stuff. It was fun. I feel rather noble not buying any new stuff. It’s all junk these days anyway. Unless you want to spend 600$ for a GOOD cashmere sweater, the best are at garage sales..at least in my stupidly wealthy county…but,my son says I’m borderline hoarder! Not true. I just have a lot of cool,unusual things…he might be right about the shoes/ boots..I can not resist..
I have to attend a wedding this weekend. I haven’t attended a single formal affair in almost 20 years. I’m 65 lbs lighter these days and my closet is full of three-decades old size 6s and plus-size wear. I had absolutely nothing that fit. I was willing to spend top dollar for something elegant and timeless so went dress shopping. I was disgusted by what you get for $400-$600 per dress, and how poorly tailored it is. Nothing fit well at all. In the end, out of desperation to have SOMETHING tasteful, I went into a small resale shop that looked cluttered and dumpy. I was blown away by finding TWO beautiful cocktail dresses that fit my perpetually pregnant figure like a glove and hiding my upper gut while accentuating the thinness of the rest of my body …. And each dress was … drumroll please … $9.99 each. 😳 And they look beautiful. Stunning. Timeless and classy. Not a single new dress in any big name store I went to fit like these did.
Most high-end fashion is outsourced to China now anyway, and made in the same factories that produce crap for forever 21. There is a never will be a substitute for old-fashioned quality. I wish you could post photos of your finds!💕
THAT,is what I’m talking about,sister!
Fabulous! Congratulations.
Good quality is timeless.
(I think I'm in love...)
Have a good time this weekend JuJu.
I overheard my daughter telling a new friend, "Yeah, my parents house is decorated in Early Thrift-Shop." So I butted in and said, "Yes, and everything is for sale: still has the tags."
OMG! I say that all the time!People come in and comment on how “charming “and, Waldorf - ian “ my house is and I say “ Thank you. It’s early garage sale design “..
my poor,suffering husband would much prefer a sparse,Asian type environment,but, over the years he’s gotten used to it… but,maybe that’s why he bought himself a “mobile man cave” and,travels to a lot of bluegrass festivals,alone! Of course,he SAYS I can come,but,he plans for much longer than I want to be away from my animals 🤷🏻♀️
Sounds vaguely familiar, I think you have lots of company.
What do you bet those three bags of clothes sit in my bedroom for a few months and then in the back of my car for a few more?
I sent out 4 bags yesterday that did sit in the hallway for some time.
Just like Karen above,mine start in the bedroom for awhile,then the hallway for a week or more ( I keep thinking my housekeeper or some one I know may want some) then,finally,to the back of my car for a unknown time till donated…sigh…
One bag of good stuff is going to Banana Republic. I’ll get store credit!! Brilliant marketing scheme!
That is exactly me!
This made me 🤣🤣🤣
🤣 That's hilarious!
Ha ha good one!
I looted my closet and drawers Sunday. Someone who shops the thrift stores is going to be very happy… or not.
I love looting, but I never end up throwing anything out
"I Love Looting"
a completely unexpected nominee for Bumper Sticker of the Year from a completely unexpected corner. (Drivers behind you will wonder at the car you're driving...)
I’ll volunteer my garage as tribute to your cause. My husband says that it’s all ‘necessary’ but it looks like a bunch of disorganized junk to me. 😬
Trust me, it’s all necessary
I'm afraid of empty spaces INSIDE the house.
Valerie, that's what the "socialist" said about my prized beliefs.
The hypocrisy is too rich for me. I will be spending the day hoping and praying for the complete destruction of the Democratic party in its present form.
Can we really continue to call it “Democratic” Party? Maybe we’ll just stick to Democrat Party. Or even the Socialist Party of America.
Because, really, if it was the Democratic Party, they’d accept the Trump is President premise.
It really should be renamed the "Socialist Party of America". It has nothing to do with "democracy" (which in itself is undesirable).
Or is it the Anarchy Party, given their penchant for destroying our entire culture? They hate the Supreme Court, the President, the Constitution, deeply held cultural traditions such as male/female, free speech, the Second Amendment, election integrity, families, the right to worship, gas powered cars, medical freedom......
I'd say not anarchy, they are too busy trying to be King themselves so they can tell the rest of us what to do.
I'd go one step further and say they are fascists and not monarchists.
Yes, it's always been tyranny of many. At least here in the USA we haven't seen any one single tyrant in a very, very long time.
I agree, how about The "Despotic Party"
DemoncRATs works for me
Demmunists
Or DemonicRATs maybe?
Globalist Party. They’re convinced they’re aligning with Socialism, when in reality they’re supporting the efforts of Globalism.
They we I all are not living the true meaning of Democracy. We never have except sprinkled here and there. What does it mean to you all?
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
Right, St. A. the K. Too often the DANGERS of "Democracy!" are lost--or buried--in the NOISE.
I actually agree with those rowdies that "THIS is what Democracy LOOKS LIKE!"
Yes. Yes it does. And the Founders had apparently SEEN, or FORESEEN, that and "took steps" to MINIMIZE its embarrassing displays--putting YEARS more thought into how that might be accomplished than you ever have.
They NEVER foresaw such a generation of INGRATES that would impatiently and ignorantly REACH for reckless alternatives BEFORE their informed designs.
When Benjamin Franklin was asked about what kind of government the Continental Congress had come up with he famously responded, "a republic, if you can keep it." I definitely think they had a decent idea of what might come and tried to forestall it. I don't know that they foresaw anything like the internet and what it has spawned, however.
😂
I have used “Democrat” for a year now. They are NOT Democratic. But that’s the kindest of the words I’ve called that despicable furious ant hill of a cult. Left it in 2021. No, sorry, it left me.
They are not anything they claim to stand for. In fact, their entire history going back to the Early Republic is a sorry mess: slavery, the Civil War, the KKK (their shock troops much as Antifa is now), Jim Crow, segregation, and their decision in the 1960s to convince black Americans to become financially dependent on government programs in exchange for their votes. Now this. I've never seen anything as depraved as the group of Americans who over the centuries has supported all that.
Covid opened my eyes.
Another, beautiful, Bumper Sticker of the Year candidate:
"Covid opened my eyes."
I had left the Dems b/c of Obama's choices during the period when he was selecting his cabinet. [That didn't take long!] BUT, covid opened my eyes to the rest of the lies.
Rush Limbaugh used to get going on calling them the correct name.. Democrat party.
Personally I prefer the Quisling Party. Fascist, in bed with foreigners, and treasonous. Another alternative is the Quisling - Kleptocrat Party, to make sure we cover the other part of the organization.
It IS officially the Democrat party, it’s always annoyed me that it’s called the Democratic Party.
Rush Limbaugh, my guiding light, always said the correct term is “Democrat” party. It certainly IS NOT democratic in any shape or form.
Rush was always scrupulous in calling them the Democrat Party, never the democratic party. But even that is far too polite for what's going on with them today.
I bristle at the ‘Democratic’ name for that party but, unfortunately, that is the actual title. Nothing democratic about it in the least.
Scott B, somebody's prayer was answered: the Democrat Party has disappeared. John Wright, your vision is here: it IS de facto the Socialist Party. Laura, you have called it: Let's All STOP aiding and abetting the charade by calling THAT Party what it wants to be called, and instead call it was it is.
I argue that they don't want even want socialism ("Too moderate!"), but communism ("Something with real teeth!"). They want "en-forced equal outcomes", but of course also always with an extra unequal heaping helping for themselves, who after all are the 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯 overseers and enforcers of equality.
NO.
SCRATCH THAT. Not "communists." I don't know what I was thinking...
No one can improve on George Orwell who knew their ilk and described them best. Let's call them what he named them: for us, let "the Party formerly known as 'Democrat' henceforth be referred to as '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗴𝘀.'"
Trumpers owe a lot, if not all, to Mr. Orwell for leaving behind the prophesy that helped identify what would be happening.
Mark my words: 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡--𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐.𝙎. 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜. (And it should be crowd-funded by lovers of freedom.) In fact, a statute of Mr. Orwell in the atrium of the UN would be a nice touch/reminder...
"Mind the Pigs!" has actually two meanings in English: one, beware them, or two, obey them. If we don't mind The Pigs, we'll end up having to mind The Pigs.
Isn’t it sweet of them to do most of their own destruction for us?
And did y’all see the tweet from Blinken yesterday saying how it was good that Trump used Biden’s jumpstart to get to peace in Israel?
I mean… I was rolling.
I think they’re close. Praying the tipping point is near and I’m out of the way of it. We’ve got the guns, though.
Or if complete destruction is off the table, at least a radical change like running honest primaries
We will be gathering around our bonfire with dear friends remembering what it was like - one year ago - when we feared The United States of America would be lost forever.
We will be celebrating that at least, we now have a chance. MAGA. MAHA.
Laura, and anyone else here smarter than me, ~could~ ~we~ "take to the streets" on November 5? Just meeting and greeting? Briefest of gatherings? 15-20min tops.
Where would we meet?
Most every town has a post office that everyone knows where-is.
I propose, somehow, someone else[1] gets the word out to
"𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏.𝐎. 𝐚𝐭 𝟕𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟓, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲, '𝐈 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫."
[1] One of Murphy's Laws/Observations is that "Nothing is impossible for the man who will not be doing it.
A possibly better idea, and one more suited to our less-activist lifestyle BUT more in keeping with our position that "voting should be an ACTIVE sport": 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 everyone who voted for Trump re-arranging their schedules to meet at a pre-arranged time, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 "𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘵," 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟓𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐓𝐨: 𝐌𝐫. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩, 𝐜/𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 (𝐍𝐎 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒), 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞: "𝐈 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨."
As conservatives, we're all busy with "real" stuff--if we have time to drive to town to join a mob, surely, we've got time to work on that mess in the garage. It's how we roll. But we're getting rolled over by these artificial "appearances of populism," so waddya say? Make plans to put a card to the President in the mail, trying for a postmark date of Nov. 5th?
I'm going to do it.
(But then I guess I'm the only one who sat down and wrote a letter to Pope Francis warning him to knock it off and do what he was elected to do.)
Great plan David. I will trying a start an effort with my peeps to do just that.
Perhaps post that on C&C. You'd have to be one of the first commenters though in order for the masses to see it.
I just made up labels to give to my friends this weekend:
President Donald Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
I feel certain everyone will be willing to send a note to our president and put a stamp on it.
So I don’t mess up, please say why you suggested the abbreviated address (𝐌𝐫. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩, 𝐜/𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞). Thank you.
Oh, I only meant that as a small tribute: as in, "You KNOW who I mean and how to get it to him." Kinda like all those Christmas letters the USPS gets addressed to "Santa @the North Pole."
It's not all that great a tribute, as something similar would've worked under Biden, like: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐜/𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Excellent
Spot on Laura… 🎯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I love this idea, Laura. Celebrating that "at least, we now have a chance!" With the grace of God, everything is possible. Gathering with friends and having gratitude is the antidote to watching the loons burn down our country!
Jenna has become one of my favorite writers of all time thanks to posts like this one. Her irreverent sense of humor is just too perfect for our times. BRAVA!
Anyway, I live in the northern NY suburbs which are filled with aging Liberal/Dem/Commies who are what we call the Bourgeois Bolsheviks. It is very easy to find them in the little towns near me as they ALL are posting NO KINGS signs in the front yards of their well appointed homes. WTF?
The NK signs have replaced the Black Lives Matter, Love is Love, We Stand with Ukraine signs that have been ubiquitous these past few years and many of them look professionally done.
I have come to the conclusion that NONE of these demonstrations are organic or in response to a surge of real outrage on the part of the populace. You can see it in the NYC mayoral campaign where Hamas Mamdani has been cheated into the lead for that race.
As long as the Trump Admin is going after Antifa, it's long past time to go after the Soros gang and that ilk. Time for the Ring Master who sits in the White House to put down the jackals snapping at his ankles once and for all. (metaphorically speaking of course.)
Thank you for the kind words and also for making me especially glad to live in Texas!
Begs the question: "What typical signs is Jenna seeing in her Texas neighborhood?"
"Breakin' in? Feelin' lucky?"?
"Vote as if your dog depended on it"?
"Your democracy ends where our republic begins"?
"We Texans vote in your USA elections, just to he'p"?
"One free illegal immigrant with every bitch about ICE"?
"Please watch the Okie border too"?
Mostly, “we don’t call 911.” True story. 😂
THERE it is...
It's either:
"Don't mess with Texas"
or
"Bless your heart, I bet you voted for Kamala"
True. After their mamas washed out their mouths they were instructed, "Next time just say 'Bless your heart' instead..."
I avoid the virtue signaling “lawn sign people” like the plague. 😂
The only sign I have ever placed in my yard (short of the “garage sale today” sign,) was a yuuuge 4’ x 4’ yard sign “Trump/Vance 2024” the week of the election. And I kept it up for a week after the election. Still proud of myself. I’m convinced it got at LEAST one extra vote for Trump. 😊
Make ya actually want to live under a homeowners association with all their ridiculous restrictions! Because at least you don’t have to be subjected to all the virtue signaling political signs. I’d honestly rather not know that about my neighbors.
Ditto
I hope DHS is at each one of these events. Maybe ICE too.
Please make sure to check in on your elderly relatives or friends in senior centers or senior facilities the day of the no kings day rally. Make sure they are getting paid to protest and they're getting free water and food to keep up their strength while protesting. 😉
During the last “No Kings” protest I drove past hundreds aging white Boomers holding signs (some upside down). It was a pathetic gathering. I felt like meandering through the protesters with a “Get a Job” sign.
They met for apple pie at the local restaurant afterwards and compared Medicare Supplement plans.
I’m an aging white boomer but, my brain is still in tact and I have a job. These protesters had one too many boosters, CNN is their Go To Channel and Social Security doesn’t quite pay the bills.
Me too. My boomer friends are comparatively comfortable. I worked until 72. I’m an artist now. CNN and MSNBC are brain poison. I get frustrated when I hear it on in hubby’s man cave and want to pull the tv off the wall with my bare hands. We can’t talk about any of this mess. Here on substack is the only place I can. But Jenna adds the humor touch my heart and mind so needs right now—to be able to laugh and see the ridiculousness of it.
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"...and want to pull the tv off the wall with my bare hands."
That always gets my attention when my wife does stuff like that, and I try Really hard to pay attention to what she says immediately afterward because I figure that's probably the most important part. But it's hard because I also remember thinking, "Why do you let it go so far before telling me? This is like, what?, the fifth teevee?", but I only think that part.
Like Jpeach, I'm a white Boomer. My brain is intact also. It's too bad I can't say the same for most of my contemporaries.
Dino-hippies are so annoying. 🙄 At least we know they'll be off the streets by 5:00 so they'll have time to hit the early bird dinner and get home because they can't see to drive after dark.
Given that they are invariably vaccinated, shouldn't that be 'Get a jab'? :)
Sign: Watch for Communists wandering into the streets next one mile.
https://imgur.com/FoZ8bSQ.jpg
Unfortunately the push for censorship continues around the world. Imgur is no longer available in the UK.
Try this one: https://i.postimg.cc/CxPGW823/communists-watch-for.jpg
"How's things in the UK"?
"Can't complain..."
"Oh, so that's not so bad then!"
"No seriously, I can't complain, I might end up in jail..."
Oh FFS! We really are shite right now!
THIS! We need MORE of THIS! (That's what I'm talkin' 'bout, Willis!)
Their lack of self awareness knows no bounds. Insufferable, self- imposed stupidity.
Well if you have the time and want more eye opening information watch this:
https://www.aninconvenientstudy.com/
I am in the boomer generation. Yep I am In the OLD category. I tried to get my vaccination records but they seem to be non existent. I know I have not been poked as many as they are making kids do now. If that was the case I probably wouldn't be as old as I am. As I said your eyes will be opened to horror that they have used to brainwash us into a test subject
I started watching it early this morning and will finish this afternoon! I was already sobbing.
Me too, I have so much guilt about vaccinating my kids. They are in their 30’s now and doing ok, thank goodness. I wish I had had access to the information we now have back in the early 90’s. 😢
a few years back, I put my sons' vax records lined up next to each other. my oldest, born in '93, had gotten less jabs from birth to age 18 yrs, than my youngest, born in '05, got by the time I stopped vaccinating him, at age 12 months!!
yup, you read that right: in the space of less than 13 years, they were giving babies MORE jabs then my now-32 yr old got, his entire life!
so those born in the 90's are FAR BETTER OFF than any that came later.
I watched “An Inconvenient Study” yesterday. It’s a powerful film. God bless Del Bigtree and Aaron Siri.
If you are “older” as I am, you likely only had maybe two or three “vaxxinations” total. And depending if you got any of the “shots” that Docs want to push on us “older types”, like the flu vaxxine, shingles vaxxine, pneumococcal vaxxine and boosters, hepatitis vaxxine, and what not, you only had a minimal amount as a child.
So true, Frontera. I just hit that "magic age" and every time I go to the pharmacy they're "reminding" me that I need a flu shot (yeah, that one I do), pneumonia (nope, not a risk) and, COVID (oh, hell no!).
I have never had a flu shot! Not going to start now. They are as ‘bogus’ as all the other ‘shots’ and they offer little to no guarantee that you won’t get the flu!
I ended up flat on my back and seriously sick with the flu once. Raging fever. Everything hurt. Very nearly ended up in the hospital. I absolutely understand how you feel, but after being so sick I was actually scared, I'll take any edge I can get.
I keep waiting for No Queens Day.
That’s actually brilliant🤣
Speaking of protests, did everyone "see" this one? LMAO!!! No, I don't want to borrow your bike -ever!
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/13/james-woods-shreds-portland-leftists-blocking-roads-during-anti-ice-nude-die-in-mentally-ill-democrats/
Yes I like that!
nancylee,
you can't you hater!
;^D
(if otoh you didn't mean that group, I don't know how the country could function if the queens of all the homes just... stopped <shudder>. talk about your "shut down.")
Thanks Jenna for the update! Round 2 for the furloughed/fired government employees. Giving these poor folks something to do with all that time on their hands. I will probably be grocery shopping and cleaning my house. Great post ♥️🤣
I have a client who is in IT at the IRS, naturalized citizen from Pakistan, Muslim. I’ve massaged her monthly for at least 5 years, so we’re friends at this point. Every time I see her now she tells me how horrible it is at work, how morale is low and people are just getting laid off with no notice.
We’ve never discussed politics per se, but she did tell me Kamala’s acceptance speech at the DNC was ‘inspiring’ and she talks about listening to npr so I know where she stands.
Anyway, she’s always talking about how no one knows what to do because of all the firings and how unfair it is. So my response is (hey, she brings it up…) that she knows the federal government has been tremendously bloated, she’s worked in private enterprise before and knows how layoffs work, it’s been needed for years. Yesterday she actually said ‘but they’re laying off the people who audit the really rich people’ as if that were a problem! I told her taking high taxes from all the rich people in the country wouldn’t solve our problems, the federal government is way too bloated and I was glad someone was finally working to make it smaller.
She backed off, she always does. Which is kind of cool, tbh.
Anyway, it’s interesting to me when she comes in. Thought y’all might appreciate the snapshot. Also, I don’t discuss politics with my clients as a rule, but some of them bring it up and I’m not going to agree with them when they’re just wrong. I’m not a jerk, but geez.
I’m with you on how you handle “Politics” with your clients. I too don’t bring it up with certain people unless they bring up the subject. I often say, “I don’t necessarily agree with you” and the ”sources of information” that come across my radar are not in agreement with what you are saying or thinking is happening.
I use that phrase too! ‘The articles I’m reading say something a little different…’
Tell me what you think, and I'll tell you who told you to think that.
I’ve worked in both private business and government. Back in I think was the early 90’s, we were told no raises and 10% cut in pay. I elected to go government. Employees in both sectors tend to be lazy. I do not feel sorry for any of them so I was being sarcastic by saying “poor” folks. I have a decent retirement from The Metropolitan Water District of So. California - a quasi government agency. I’ve paid my dues .
Best headline of the day from the Babylon Bee:
"Exhausted Government Employees Hoping To Go Back To Work Soon So They Can Get Some Rest"
Excellent!
I'm planning on staying home and watching The Truman Show..
June - and you won’t even need to be looking at a screen. 🤣
If the 1st one was about protesting ICE then this one must be about protesting ending the war in Gaza, angry about not knowing what to do with all of those keffiyeh scarfs and Palestinian flags.
🤣
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"Loosely affiliated wood enthusiasts"
Nice!
😉
Beyond this article, I shan't give it a second thought.
Fair!🤣
I was asked via unsolicited text messages to provide housing and pizza for college students attending the NK Part II. I declined. Instead, I'll be doing about four loads of laundry, cooking sweet potatoes, and driving around town with my "Winsome Earle-Sears for Governor" bumper sticker. Fantastic article, Jenna!
you need to get yourself off those mailing lists! wow!
It is amazing how they get your number. I get texts from the Dems and Dem leaning causes all the time. I “left” that political party over 14 years ago!
Yes, I wish!!! I keep getting new ones, even after letting them know my opinion and then sending "Stop" to try to end them.
You also need to block them. That’s when I really started clearing them out.
Stop
Block caller
Report as junk
Thank you! I'll start doing that.
that's SO annoying. I was on a few of those (from my former liberal progressive days) and they DID respect the "STOP" - that sucks. Guess at least you get to see the underbelly of their planning! Not that it does you any good, lol.