Be TwiXt and Between

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2. something about this story in today’s WaPo seems awfully familiar. 

   Hundreds of years ago, when the Mexica established themselves in what would become the capital of the Aztec Empire, they encountered an alien-looking creature with a permanent grin and a crown of feathery gills. Fascinated, they named it axolotl — water monster — and revered it as a mischievous god who shape-shifted into an amphibian to elude sacrifice.
   Since then, the salamander with a Mona Lisa smile has become an icon of Mexican culture and inspired countless researchers because of its capabilities to regenerate bits of its body. Though approximately1 millionof them can be found in labs and pet stores across the world, the axolotl (pronounced ack-suh-lah-tuhl) is on the brink of extinction in the canals of Lake Xochimilco in southern Mexico City, its only natural habitat.
   In hopes of preventing the annihilation of a species with mystifying traits, ecologists at Mexico’s National Autonomous University are giving the public the chance to virtually adopt an axolotl. For $30, $180 or $360, donors can choose the sex, age and name of the little buddy they get to call theirs for a month, six months or a year, respectively. The axolotls stay in Mexico, but donors receive an adoption kit with an infographic, the axolotl’s identification card, a certificate of adoption and a personalized thank-you letter.
   The campaign also includes options to buy an axolotl a meal for $10 or to fix up one of their homes for $50. And for those wanting to splurge a bit more, participants can adopt the axolotl’s refuge of chinampas — the artificial islands that dot Lake Xochimilco — for one, six or 12 months starting at $450.
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3. resemblance to a certain golden haired grifter perhaps?

4. speaking of slimey things from the deep

   huffpo:

   Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday suggested a longshot running mate for presidential candidate Donald Trump. And somehow it made sense.
   The talk show host showed a clip of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who faces an expulsion vote on Friday, still acting like an influential GOP voice when he declared to reporters, “I won’t rest until I see Donald Trump back in the White House.”
   “Wow, the coveted George Santos endorsement,” Kimmel snarked. “Trump must be ecstatic. I think maybe we found his running mate. Wouldn’t that be great?”
   Kimmel did not joke further on the matter but they’d be quite a pair on the campaign trail, packing a fistful of indictments and a history of lying.

   [watch at 5:30 minutes in on video]

   Tonight was the season finale of “The Golden Bachelor” on ABC, the House is expected to vote tomorrow on whether or not to expel George Santos, a new Donald Trump movie is in the works called The Apprentice and he will be played by Sebastian Stan, according to the Washington Post former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy lashed out at Trump to complain about his lack of support, and Jimmy and Guillermo slip on their tights to help Santa figure out which kids this year have been naughty and which have been nice.

5. I don’t normally share anything personal but this my dad from a while back explaining to my daughter he signed the Beatles. Ordinary people do extraordinary things. Great decisions are made for the simplest reasons. “I figured if I like them this much other people might too” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/j4bf96b4zS

   — Giles Martin (@mashupmartin) January 19, 2022

   
   How they became Beatles

6. Many fine clips from this one. 
   

7.  let’s economize breath wise

   let’s just stop using that fucking hate site 

8. sturge, did you notice the sh*t eating grin on duh santus in that vid.  sorta on the order of this one

   

9. Twixt works for me. I don’t see all the garbage because I only stream who I follow, always how I’ve used twitter, don’t understand all the complaining when it’s so easy to filter out what you don’t want to see.

10. Liberals aren’t going to organize some kind of popular uprising on twitter, they have actual lives they are living
     
    …but conservatives will, and have, because organizing popular revolts through social media is something 30 year old virgins do “in their mama’s basement”
     
    so why use it?

11. “i don’t understand how the conservatives have so much power”
     
    *lines pockets of conservatives*
     
    🧐
     
    Have a great day! 😒 🇺🇸 

12. I follow lots of liberal groups on there with solid information, just don’t follow the maggot crazies, so there isn’t a problem that I can see. But as I do with FOX I dip into their fantasy land just to see what they’re up to. Know they enemy and all that jazz.

13. so there just isn’t a problem that I can see

    …don’t mean there ain’t one
     
    ok whoops 🤐

    …and i know the enemy without having to go on twitter, the enemy never shuts the **** up

14. I use twitter and will call it “tweet” and “twitter” until Smuk is through with it and it changes back.  I block ALL “conservatives” and my mode of use is I retweet every tweet I agree with just to “amplify” and increase their numbers.  Since they are all blocked no gopers  see them from me so all I’m doing is increasing the numbers.   Once in a blue maroon or two I’ll tweet some thought or other which I might deem to be somewhat hilarious which is usually barely seen, but I enjoy that part of it so I continue.    I see smuk as a kind of virus which will sooner or later run its course.

    “…so why use it?”

    I use it because I still find things to enjoy about it and still learn much from the people and organizations I follow.

    It’s my small way of combating the forces of evil which are currently running rampant across our land.

15. I don’t see my vote counting for much since I live in a State full of redneck assholes, though I still vote regularly. I don’t envision any scenario which would result in Democratic  Leaders being:
    A. Privy to what I say here on trailmix
    Or
    B. Much impressed by them if anyone WERE to see my random jottings….
    So
     
    That leaves retweeting stuff I like on Twitter as a way to give some small voice to my concerns.

16. I don’t post on or follow twiXt.  It’s just not something I’ve ever had the inclination to do. I’m fine with mainstream news sources and what people bring to the table here.

    And Tesla’s new truck looks like Muks might brace for an IP lawsuit from the Batman franchise.

17. I never signed up for it and don’t read any of it unless it’s quoted somewhere. I’ve seen it referred to as Xitter with the “X” pronounced “sh…”

18. 

    As with others above, my feed consists of music, theater, and some congenial politics.  In addition, I have my own blue bird and refuse to say anything other than Twitter.  

     

19. Can’t believe it’s December already. Happy Birthday, Mr. Ivy. He bought himself a new guitar to celebrate. He’s my music man. 

20. “All music is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments.”- Walt Whitman

21. Since the glory days of AOL chat rooms and Big Dog & Monica I have been able to thoroughly enjoy myself on line interacting with all the people and forces I find there.  I used to satisfy this itch with actual travel…..rolling along from town to town setting up to be there a week or two and moving right along to the next one. It was a great life being a musical gypsy. But cabinet mongers don’t ordinarily travel. (I did search high and low for traveling cabinet jobs, I know they exist just never found the right stuff. Besides, I live right outside the gates of a mega multi billion dollar beachfronts housing project.)
    And so, then was the internet which would allow me to be chatting with some  guy from, say, Alaska at 3 am.   Reminded me of people I know who used to be Ham radio guys who’d be up all night fuggin around talking to peeps from all over.  
    It’s an itch.   Then 2005 and trailmix replaced the chat rooms.

22. MAGAt Mike will not vote to expel Santos.  
    They need Georgie’s vote. New Yorkers want him gone. I’d dare him to show his Botoxed face to those he scammed into voting for him.

    ps – All Republican enclaves should be referred to as The X(sh)itter.

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24. Doing that kind of thing Willie’s doing up there is like hangin’ around at the edge of Heaven for awhile.  

    Willie plays it just like he was in a honky-tonk right up the street.

25. I’m a never twit user…  but those that do…  if you find enjoyment… go for it.
    People used to say the same thing about FB…  I enjoy it…  don’t care what others think.
     
    Hey Dems…  do not vote for Santos expulsion…  the people of his district in NY voted for him and they should be stuck with him, IMHO.

26. My guess is that Santos has already scaled his fish with that “felons in congress” remark.    The gops all know now that the cornered rat santos will also be willing to smear his sewage on THEM too.   Haha
    But democrats may introduce the old shifting spanner into the mix.  

    As Old Berman pointed out the other day Ssntos’ vote has been totally not necessary for ANYTHING yet He’ll be replaced by a Republican?

27. the internet is a click-based economy, just clicking something creates revenue, it’s how ad-rates are set
     
    that said, Gen Z is all-in on mindless consumption, the goose is cooked; you sweet, liberal boomers aren’t the problem
     
    …pretty sure BiD and i are the only people in this capitalist society that overthink every consumer decision we make, it’s a tedious way to live, but yum, all this delicious principle!  
     
    🤐

    (oh, and a lovely older couple i saw at the recycling center that had every single piece of trash they generated cleaned, sorted, and bound… i said to the husband that his commitment was an inspiration and he said “oh yeah this was all my idea” and his wife gave me a look that said “none of this was his idea but i love him for participating” 😆 💕)

28. Santos expelled with most Republicans voting against it. Once again Democrats have to make the House do the right thing

29. Sounds like Georgie is gone.

30. I have a new favorite number:
    44.000,023.  

    Santos out. Good all the way round.

31. 

    today’s beautiful meme…
     
     

32. How long before Santos gets a book deal?  Will he wait for a book deal or just sell his story to a media outlet?  What I’m waiting for is the tea he said he had on members of Congress and the lobbyists they screw.  Would any of it be true? IDK.  Would it be entertaining? AF.

33. What a week.  A war criminal dies and the greedy old perverts call him great.  A member of the House is expelled for so many reasons the news media are still tallying them up.  And, a woman who led the way in the court that used to be Supreme passes on.  She led the way, R.I.P. Justice O’Connor.

34. Bink –  I just wish I had garden ground.   My bell peppers (in patio containers)  bloom like crazy, but never produce.   They run 97 cents to $1.50 each at the store.  Lots of sweet potato vines, but they never bloom.  I grew up gardening with Grandma and I miss her and it. 

35. https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/politics/trump-presidential-immunity-january-6-lawsuits/index.html

    “Former President Donald Trump can be sued in civil lawsuits related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot in a long-awaited, consequential decision from the federal appeals court in Washington, DC.”

    “The decision will have significant implications for several cases against Trump in the Washington, DC, federal court related to the 2020 election. The decision arises out of lawsuits brought by Capitol Police officers and Democrats in Congress.”

    “The president “does not spend every minute of every day exercising official responsibilities,” the opinion said. “And when he acts outside the functions of his office, he does not continue to enjoy immunity. … When he acts in an unofficial, private capacity, he is subject to civil suits like any private citizen.”

    “The appeals court’s decision may also shape how judges look at arguments of immunity that Trump is making in his federal criminal case around the 2020 election, though the ruling on Friday only applies to civil cases.”

36. I don’t dirt.    My good pop cured me.  

37. https://www.texasgardener.com/dallas-community-gardens/
     
    In present day America, thriving community gardens can be found on vacant lots, churches, schools and backyards and yield vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruits, native plants or trees and provide recreation, food production and community pride. The American Community Gardening Association assists gardening programs nationwide and reports nearly 100 community garden organizations in the U.S.

38. “Since the glory days of AOL chat rooms and Big Dog & Monica I have been able to thoroughly enjoy myself on line interacting with all the people and forces I find there.  I used to satisfy this itch with actual travel…..rolling along from town to town….”

    sturge, sounds like a lovely moveable feast of sorts.  never having plugged into the Fb, Twitter, twiXter worlds,  their reputed joys were never mine.  mostly like friend Flatus warned I always thought they were risky black holes best not to fall or be sucked into lest one lose identity, treasure or worse.

    … but when it comes to the Trail, the Trail abides.

39. George Santos expelled: New York governor to call special election to fill seat – US politics live (theguardian.com)

    George Santos expulsion: What happens next?
    With George Santos expelled from the House, New York governor Kathy Hochul will have to call a special election within the next 10 days, according to New York law.
    In a post shortly after his expulsion, Hochul said that she is prepared to “undertake the solemn responsibility of filling the vacancy in New York’s 3rd district.”
    She went on to add, “The people of Long Island deserve nothing less.”
    The special election is required to take place between 70 and 80 days later, which means an election day would occur some time next February or March.
    According to New York’s election law, local party leaders will be required to choose their candidates for the special election. The winner of the election will go on to complete the remainder of Santos’s term.
    Last month, Santos said that will not be running for re-election. In a fiery press conference on Thursday, he told reporters, “The future is endless… I’m going to do whatever I want. Whatever comes my way, I have the desire to stay very much involved in public policy and advocacy for specific issues.”
    Following Santos’s expulsion, House Democratic super PAC announced plans to “play a significant role in the NY-03 special election,” CNN’s Manu Raju reports.
    Its president Mike Smith said that the group “will do whatever it takes to flip this district blue.”
    Meanwhile, Anna Kaplan, a former Democratic New York state senator, has announced that she is “battle tried and tested” to take on the vacant seat.
    In a post on X, Kaplan wrote:
    “George Santos has officially been expelled. A special election is now right around the corner. It’s time to restore integrity to New York’s 3rd Congressional District. I am battle tried and tested. I am ready. If chosen as our party’s nominee, I will flip this seat blue. We will win.”

40. I remain the moo-jician who came in from the cold. lol

41. hip hip hooray!

    Trump can be sued over January 6 Capitol attack, US appeals court rules | Donald Trump | The Guardian

    A US appeals court on Friday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the 6 January 2021 attack on the Capitol by his supporters, rejecting the former president’s claim that he is immune.
    A panel of the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit found that Trump was acting “in his personal capacity as a presidential candidate” when he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol. US presidents are immune from civil lawsuits only for official actions. Part of the lawsuit was filed under the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction-era law, which makes it illegal to prevent an officer of the United States from performing their duties through threats or intimidation.
    “When a first-term President opts to seek a second term, his campaign to win re-election is not an official presidential act,” Sri Srinivasan, the chief judge of the US court of appeals for the DC circuit wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel. “While Presidents are often exercising official responsibilities when they speak on matters of public concern, that is not always the case.”
    […]
    While the panel ruled Trump could be sued, it made it clear it was not precluding him from arguing that he was acting in his official capacity as a defense as the lawsuit proceeds.
    “When these cases move forward in the district court, he must be afforded the opportunity to develop his own facts on the immunity question if he desires to show that he took the actions alleged in the complaints in his official capacity as President rather than in his unofficial capacity as a candidate,” the opinion said.
    The ruling clears the way for Trump to face lawsuits from police officers and US lawmakers seeking to hold him responsible for the violence by his supporters during the riot, which was an attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
    “More than two years later, it is unnerving to hear the same fabrications and dangerous rhetoric that put my life as well as the lives of my fellow officers in danger on January 6, 2021,” said James Blassingame, a Capitol police officer who is a plaintiff in the case, James Blassingame v Donald Trump. “I couldn’t be more committed to pursuing accountability on this matter. I hope our case will assist with helping put our democracy back on the right track; making it crystal clear that no person, regardless of title or position of stature, is above the rule of law.”
    [continues]

42. 

    The Changing Of The Lock at Santos office

43. Ha! I hope they patted him down before he left. 

44. And escort him out of the parking lot in case he claims a “trip and fall.” 

45. “I hope they patted him down before he left”

    BiD, they should have strip searched him given how he looked today like an over-stuffed chair. peculiar padding in unusual places.  wonder if he took the damask drapes wrapped around an ornate sconce or two.  oddly wearing an overcoat too that had the capacity to carry more than just capitol souvenirs like flags, statuary as well as pens and reams of embossed stationary (with franking attached).  

46. Sorry to hear Sandra Day O’Connor died today at 93. RIP. 

47. NEW THREAD

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