lisadinpa.bsky.social
Retired teacher of French and English. Inveterate reader and aficianado of fiber arts. (I have met one that I didn't like doing, bobbin lace, but I do appreciate others' work) Caretaker of three feline overlords. Left Twitter the day after EM bought it.
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A bit like the principal at my school calling people to her office to explain grades posted online. Why didn't I have any grades for the French II class last week? My answer - we had one full snow day, one late start (the class was first period), and one morning assembly. I only had them once!
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"Business acumen"? The man owned a casino in Atlantic City that went bankrupt!
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lol, after putting up with the Biden "I did this" stickers on gas pumps, I hoped someone would do this with eggs! I wonder when the sign will just say "market price" for eggs, like lobster in restaurants.
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And it looks like she has some seriously troubling questions she'd like the answers for!
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Between golfing, running the Kennedy Center, and now running the USPS, how does he find time to be President? Wait. Maybe we're better off this way, except that means Elon's in charge.
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There were also people fired because their job descriptions said they ran "transition" programs for public school students. Here's the thing, though - in ed speak, "transition" has nothing to do with sexual orientation. It means preparing students for moving from elementary to middle to high school!
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And who was an member of the KGB foreign intelligence service in 1987? Interesting.
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As I always told my ninth grade English students - test the phrase to see if "he" or "him" sounds right. You wouldn't say "you call HE a dictator", so you want the other form (the objective case, if one wants to get all English teacher technical).
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Except for Tuesday when there are tacos!
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Can't wait until the new Captain America comes out and they find out he's a black man. Remember the hooha over the black Little Mermaid?
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Do we get Canadian health care? Count me in!
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I have an internet friend who actually COOKS her fruit filling before putting it in the crust! The rest of us told her she was crazy, but I guess that would make it set up properly!
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EXACTLY! Also, wouldn't it have been better to have a team of accountants look for waste, fraud, and abuse than a bunch of "techbros"? Granted DOGE's minions are probably really good at math, but what do they know about computers and programming that's ten or more years old?
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I love the array of kitty whiskers in front of that yawn!
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YES! And the big mountain in Alaska was, is, and always will be DENALI!
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And look at how "well" Navalny's doing after he tried to run against Putin.
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Also voted to confirm RFKjr for HHS Sec and is probably "surprised" that the new head of the department is questioning the need for vaccination schedules for all children.
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No unwanted pregnancies if we stop making tests available!
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There's a tiny plaque on a back street in Quebec City marking the "highest point" of Arnold's invasion of Canada.
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"Accidentally" fired people charged with nuclear security. "Accidentally" fired staff of JFK Library. Now "accidentally" fired people fighting bird flu. The list goes on.
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Plus he's not a lawyer or even "played one on TV"!
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As someone who is a senior citizen (seventy yo in December this year) but keeps forgetting she is - thank you very much!
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What's next? Is he going to call for studies to prove that smoking is bad for us? Is he going to suggest that there's no need to inspect food processing plants to ensure compliance with health laws?
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How exactly did Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians "start the war"? Did they line up along the Russian border, make faces, and yell "neener, neener" at the Russians to make them cross the line?
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One reason why so many Repub senators and reps are asking for exemptions for programs in THEIR states. Oh, yes, all those other places and people are wasting money, but not those in MY state!
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"You never should have started it." What did Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people do - line up along the border with Russia, make faces, and go "neener, neener" at them, egging them on to invade?
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And then there's flying AF1 and how many people to the Superbowl, as well as having "The Beast" do a lap around the track at Daytona after he did a flyover!
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Checks and balances of all three branches of the government to curb each other's overreach. I think I learned that in junior high!
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They all want changes, but not in "my" (their) district! It's almost like many of these programs are vital after all!
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Also in "teacher speak", the word "transitioning" means making sure learning support (formerly "special ed") students are prepared to move from high school to the "real world". That lead to people working on those programs at the Dept of Ed to be fired because of confusion with changing of genders!
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Hmm. While it's admirable that these officials are leaving to show their displeasure of DOGE, what are they doing "on the way out" to make the demanded access difficult? The employees at the Eiffel Tower LITERALLY monkeywrenched the elevators before they left their posts when the Nazis invaded!
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Two German immigrants, actually. Grandpa Fred went back to his German village to find a "good German girl" to be his wife!
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May I copy and paste to repost your message on Facebook?
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Obviously EM has been lucky and never had anyone in his family or friend circle who were diagnosed with cancer of any kind. When one is as heartless and self-centered as he is, the only "problems" to be resolved are the ones that affect him personally.