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If it wasn't for those steel-reinforced posts, that would be a drive-thru liquor store.

If it wasn't for those steel-reinforced posts, that would be a drive-thru liquor store.

And his response pretty much shows why she tweeted that.

"Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul.  It brings you the kind of protection that bodyguards can’t give you.  So try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity.
 
Take up the battle. Take it up.  It’s yours. This is your life.  This is your world."---Maya Angelou

I've thought about this, only my thought experiment had the President transferring some blue states to a less benevolent country (Russia, China, etc). I realized that this would have to happen by treaty, which would require approval of 2/3 of the Senate. I stopped worrying about it after that.

I just say a quick prayer to Anoia (Goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers).  Usually does the trick.  Though she has gotten busy since the Post Office reopened.

I read that and the first thing I thought of was the German hand grenade.  I said to myself, "What, the drawer is booby trapped by the grenade?  What is this?"
 
Then it occurred to me it was the kitchen utensil.  Most people find being slow on the uptake amusing--except for the person who's being slow on the uptake.

Dallas pilot program seeing great success by pairing officers with social workers for 911 calls

This really belongs in the Funny Pictures thread, but...

Ian Holm leaves us in 2020:
 

He played Napoleon for fun in Time Bandits.

*Adjusts crotch monacle*

The first responsibility of a judge is supposed to be to what the law actually says, interpreted through their formal knowledge and experience. Of course personal bias can't be avoided, but they're supposed to strive for objectivity as much as humanly possible. I applaud Justice Gorsuch for holding himself to that standard.

I am a veteran, and worked for 18 years enforcing laws, I know that most of the great guys I worked with were scum. They all knew if they pulled crap around me They were done. I was hated and feared. Not by citizens though.