Bobservations

Last Friday we took Rosita to the vet for her post-adoption checkup; she’d had all her shots and been spayed, but they ask that you have the new pet checked out.

We were pleasantly surprised at how easygoing she was in car, in the waiting room, and then being poked and prodded by our vet—who is dreamy AF, by the way. But they could not get a stool sample from her so they sent us home with a small tube to, um, collect the sample. And, even with his eyesight, the rule is Carlos takes care of what comes out of the cats, so I put him in charge of collections.

He came to me Tuesday morning and asked if I had time to stop at the vet’s office as he had done his part; and, to show me his work, he held up a blue latex glove with one of the fingers tied off. I tell him the sample should be in the tube provided and he said just take it in the glove and we went back and forth with this until I finally said, somewhat loudly so the neighbors might hear:

“I am not taking a glove full of cat poop to the vet!!”

I never thought that was a sentence I would utter … but the sample was put into the tube, and then the receptionist and I laughed about Carlos, and then every single one of my co-workers and I laughed about Carlos, and the woman at the take-out counter at Masa and I laughed about it,

Good times.

From April 2010, Tuxedo takes his first political stance:

“Tuxedo Says Boycott Arizona

As a "cat of color" Tuxedo sympathizes with those men and women who are subjected to the Show-me-your-papers laws of Arizona and has decided to go into hiding himself because he does not have the proper documentation.”

Luckily, he was never stopped by Arizona PD.

The man—and I won’t name him because he deserves no notoriety—who murdered five people and shot forty-six others at the LGBTQ bar Club Q in Colorado Springs has pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in the first degree, and 46 counts of attempted murder in the first degree. He will five consecutive life sentences without the possibility for parole and will also receive 46 consecutive 48-year sentences for the attempted murder counts.

Good.Bye.

In Delaware, state Senator Sarah McBride, the country’s highest-ranking transgender elected official, announced her candidacy to become Delaware’s next sole congressperson.

If elected, McBride would become the first trans person elected to federal office.

Do this, Delaware.

Earlier this week, stuck in traffic, listening to a local radio station, there was one of those Be Caller 15 contests, and, with nothing to do, I called the station:

“Congratulations! You’re caller 15! Answer this next question correctly and win the Grand Prize!”

“Woo hoo!!”

“It’s a math question, are you feeling confident?”

“I love math, go ahead.”

“Okay get this question right and win two tickets and a backstage pass to see Taylor Swift in Columbia. What’s 2 + 2?

“Seven.”

Oh darn. Missed it by that much.

This week the Supreme Court dismissed Louisiana’s appeal seeking to prevent the state’s congressional map from being redrawn over claims that it unlawfully dilutes the influence of Black voters. The move was expected after the Court’s ruling in a similar case concerning congressional districts in Alabama.

Nice moves by the Court. This time.

Over the weekend our refrigerator decided to go to appliance heaven but we thought we might try to resuscitate it and set about cleaning filters and fans and such to keep the old girl cold. Carlos was on the floor behind the machine trying to remove the back panel to get to the fan, when I asked if he wanted a flashlight:

“What’s a flashlight gonna do for me?”

We laughed but then cut to an hour later when we went off to buy a new refrigerator and as I waited in the car, Carlos came into the kitchen and began … wait for it … it makes no sense … shutting off the lights.

How did he know they were on? I think he’s gaslighting me.

Texas Governor, asshat, Greg Abbott took to Twitter to blast country music icon Garth Brooks for being “woke" ... Brooks is opening a bar in Nashville and he will serve Bud Light, the beer the GOP fears.

But this is about a story Abbott read a story about Brooks on satire website The Dunning-Kruger Times that claims Brooks was booed off the stage at the 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree in Hambriston, Texas.

Never happened, because there is no such thing as the Annual Texas Country Jamboree , and there is no such town in Texas called Hambriston, something the governor should have known if he was woke, and then he might not have Tweeted:

“Go woke. Go broke. Good job, Texas.”

As soon as Abbott learned, again, that he’s a moron, he deleted the tweet but as the internet is forever and Abbott’s stupidity will live on.

As for Garth Brooks, he has been a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and his net worth is roughly half a billion dollars so he’s literally wok and nowhere near broke.

PS Fuck off Greg Abbott.

This is out actor and model Brandon Flynn, who stars in a new campaign from Calvin Klein but that’s neither here nor there: Would You Hit It?

Vote. Vote Blue. And Here's Why, AGAIN!

It’s been a few weeks since we checked in on the GOP and their special brand of bigotry and ignorance, so let’s dive right in …

NORTH DAKOTA

The state GOP voted last week to raise their own meal reimbursements to $45 a day. This happened less than two weeks after that same state GOP blocked a bill to provide free school lunches to low-income students.

Tell me again how the GOP is pro-family or pro-children.

 TENNESSEE

GOP lawmakers have expelled two Democrat Representatives, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, from the House for taking part in a peaceful demonstration for gun reform that was staged in the aftermath of a Nashville school shooting that left six people dead. A third Democrat, Gloria Johnson, was barely saved from expulsion.

Of note, the two Democrats expelled were two Black men, while the white woman was saved.

FLORIDA

Ron DeSantis signed HB 543 into law this week that will allow Floridians to carry a concealed firearm without the need for a permit. People can now carry concealed firearms without going through the background screening and training that is currently required to have a concealed carry license.

More guns. Less control.

IDAHO

The state legislature has passed the nation’s first law that makes it illegal for minors to travel out-of-state to get an abortion without parental consent.

Idaho already has a near-total abortion ban in place but neighboring Washington and Oregon allow minors to get an abortion without their parent’s consent, so Idaho will restrict its residents from interstate travel for abortion access.

Why not just lock up all pregnant women until they give birth?

FLORIDA

A survey finds that among Florida’s incoming college freshmen, dissatisfaction with Governor Ron DeSantis’s education policies runs deep … deep enough in some cases to make them look for college opportunities in another state.

Intelligent.com surveyed over 1,000 Florida students, including 783 still in high school and 364 current undergrads and found that 91% of prospective college students disagree with the governor’s policies and that 1 in 8 graduating high school students won’t attend college in Florida due to education policy in the state.

Florida will become a ghost town save for the elderly and the fascists.

MISSOURI

The Missouri House has put forth new budget bills that would eliminate state funding for libraries across the state. The House Budget Committee has proposed to cut the entire $4.5 million budget slated for Missouri libraries last week after the American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] filed a lawsuit to overturn a new Missouri law that bans “explicit sexual” images from all school materials, including library books. The law, passed last year, does not apply to written descriptions of sex or sexual acts; only photos, drawings, videos and other visual depictions are prohibited but librarians and other school officials face up to a year in jail or a $2,000 fine for violating the policy.

It might be easier just to ban all books.

MONTANA

Republicans in the state Legislature are trying to change the rules for next year’s Senate primary to make it easier to defeat Democrat Senator Jon Tester and win back the Senate majority.

A bill moving through the statehouse would change the structure of the election from the party primary system currently in place to a jungle primary in which the top two vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of party. The move would essentially box out Libertarian candidates who would likely vote Democrat ensuring a GOP victory.

If they can’t win fairly, they change the rules and cheat.

MISSOURI

State Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued an emergency regulation regarding gender transition interventions on minors and launched a website to report allegations of malpractice at gender clinics in the state:

“It’s about protecting children for me. We’ve got to inject some sanity into this conversation. Gender is an objective reality defined by biology, in the same way that gravity is an objective reality. It is unhealthy to deny objective reality.”

He really only cares about cis gender children, to be fair. Trans kids are less than.

FLORIDA

As happens in fascist states, the rules are changed to enable the fascist to do as they please.

This week the Florida Senate scheduled a change via committee vote of the “Resign to Run” law.

This is certainly meant to allow Ron DeFascist to keep his job as governor should he fail in his attempt to take the White House in 2024.

ON THE UPSIDE …

SCOTUS

This week the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in an ongoing case involving West Virginia’s law banning transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports teams at school. Conservative Justices Samuel Alito and the hopefully soon-to-be-impeached and removed from the bench Clarence Thomas dissented.

The court’s action came on its “shadow docket” so-called because decisions are made without full briefing or argument and decided with little or no explanation.

Some 19 states have enacted laws like West Virginia’s anti-transgender law but no appeals court has yet ruled on the question.

WISCONSIN

Last week voters gave control of the state’s highest court to liberals for the first time in 15 years after Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly in a race that served as a referendum on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The tide is changing in Wisconsin; let’s hope that trend keeps moving forward.

NEW JERSEY

Democrat Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 326 establishing New Jersey as a safe haven for gender-affirming health care by directing all state departments and agencies to protect all persons, including health care professionals and patients, against potential repercussions resulting from providing, receiving, assisting in providing or receiving, seeking, or traveling to New Jersey to obtain gender-affirming health care services.

“Across the nation, we are witnessing attacks led by certain states that seek to undermine the equality, dignity, and safety of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially transgender and non-binary youth. As leaders, our greatest responsibility is ensuring that every person we represent, regardless of their gender identity or gender expression, is entitled to respect, fairness, and freedom. We will continue to uphold these principles in New Jersey and support every person’s right to live freely and authentically by making our state a safe haven for those seeking or providing gender-affirming health care.”

Finally at least one safe haven for our trans brothers and sisters.

Pay attention … vote … speak up … vote … because if we don’t all stand together one day all of this country will be like Florida and Tennessee and Missouri and Idaho, and the GOP and the traitors come for us all.

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Last week Carlos wasn’t feeling well, stuffy and sneezy and such. He thought he might have COVID so we got him a test. That night, as he readied to take the test he told me he didn’t think it was COVID because he still had his sense of smell.

“And I have taste, too.”

“Honey, you’re wearing crocs. You have no taste.”

He took the test; he was negative … for COVID and taste!

The GOP is so out of touch with what the People want; they ran on the border crisis, the fentanyl crisis, inflation, eggs,. Gas stoves and now all you hear is Hunter Biden. Vote Blue forever.

Prosecutors entered a Proud Boys handbook into evidence during one of the trials this week, and it outlines everything from the group’s ideology, communal initiation procedures, group songs and chants, to bizarre rules banning individual behavior including the wearing of fedoras … and masturbation.

“This is our religion. A Proud Boy may not ejaculate alone more often than once every thirty days […] if he needs to ejaculate it must be within one yard of a woman with her consent. The woman may not be a prostitute.”

The rule also denies an exception for cyber-sex with one’s wife and … Wait, forget about the rules on chicken joking, they have songs?? Are these just a bunch of radicalized showtune queens?

Embattled GOP Congressional Liar George Washington Carver Gershwin Santos told House Republicans that he will step down from his committee assignments because he’s a distraction.

Good first step, asshat, now step out of Congress.

I was walking past a farm the other day and a sign on the barn read, “Duck, eggs” and I thought that was an odd place for a comma.

Then it hit me.

I was feeling a little thought-provoking today, so here’s a question for y’all to answer.

The GOP-controlled House Oversight and Accountability Committee has disbanded the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which focused on issues including voting rights, freedom of assembly and criminal justice reform policies.

That right there is the GOP agenda: voter suppression.

This is Stefano Marshall or Stefano Tomadini or Stefano Marshall Tomadini, I’m not sure which. But I know he loves running around nekkid and has purty blue eyes but, Would You Hit It?

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