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July 26, 2020

'Gone With the Wind' star Olivia de Havilland dies at 104

Source: EW

Olivia de Havilland, classic star of Hollywood and two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Paris, France on Saturday. She was 104.

Read more: https://ew.com/movies/gone-with-the-wind-star-olivia-de-havilland-dies-at-104/

July 20, 2020

"If they can't afford them, they shouldn't have had them."

That ugly knife is cutting both ways now, as upper middle class people start complaining about not having schools open--- so, their days can be free to continue their jobs--etc.

I know how mean that sounds. But, it always sounded cruel to me, as I watched parents go to work in places like Walmart, McDonald's....trying to just keep a roof over their children's heads.

Now, I wonder--- as I watch parents post on FB in real time that public school employees are just "lazy," while "they" are suffering-- if somehow, we can become more empathetic as a country.

July 19, 2020

It's time for insurance companies- BC/ BS etc to charge higher rates

for folks that refuse to wear a mask.

We are super careful- we wear masks, stay home, use hand sanitizer--- why should smokers pay higher rates, but not anti-maskers?

July 18, 2020

Another corn snake question

I don't think the Nope Noodle likes living with me. She has bitten me once (not a big deal) when I was changing her water-- or as I like to call it the Cement Pond.

Anyhow---she shed, and her owner told me to wait a few days to feed her.

I went and bought some Disgusting Frozen Rodents.

She has had three small ones now. (yes, I thawed them).

What next? How disgusting is it going to be when she poops?

July 13, 2020

Surely, Trump's cabinet members are reading his tweets

and seeing the same nutty crap we are?

Are they that scared of Trump that they will not invoke the 25th?

I was looking at the list--- I know Devos and Carson are just there to do his bidding. I get that. But, surely to god, there are a few that think he's just plain nuts, and unable to perform his duties.

July 13, 2020

Kelly Preston Dies of Breast Cancer at 57:

Source: People Magazine

Kelly Preston has died. She was 57.

"On the morning of July 12, 2020, Kelly Preston, adored wife and mother, passed away following a two-year battle with breast cancer," a family representative tells PEOPLE exclusively.

"Choosing to keep her fight private, she had been undergoing medical treatment for some time, supported by her closest family and friends," the family rep says. "She was a bright, beautiful and loving soul who cared deeply about others and who brought life to everything she touched. Her family asks for your understanding of their need for privacy at this time."

Preston is survived by her husband John Travolta and their children: daughter Ella, 20, and 9-year-old son Benjamin. Son Jett died at age 16 in January 2009.

Read more: https://people.com/movies/kelly-preston-dies-of-breast-cancer-at-57/?fbclid=IwAR0PS-yTlid-12IjEbwy7FUui2nhNkCtCwPdpv5xKwDMCqaI5W_yGH3mV40

July 9, 2020

about the SCOTUS ruling today: Let him eat Shit Cake

Quit thinking in terms of "Trump loses!" or "Trump wins!"

What is going to, and probably already is giving him diarrhea right now is that Brett Kavanaugh just voted "against him."

This is going to be a shit week for Trump, and while I don't personally give a rat's ass how he feels-- His buddies, his niece, his "old pals" have turned against him.

The best icing on this Shit Cake for our very own masculine version of Marie Antoinette will be if Ghislaine Maxwell starts talking.

Bring it.

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