ZIPPINITS.... SOMETIMES: How to Pretend you Give a Smeg About the Election

ZIPPINITS.... SOMETIMES

Sunday, August 10, 2008

How to Pretend you Give a Smeg About the Election

Today Now!: How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election

The Onion of course..

at 8/10/2008

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Reading the NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/politics/stephen-miller-midterm-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The New York Time’s OpED on the election

I Stand with Ukraine!

Let Freedom Ring!

Russian Interference in U.S. Election process NYT ARTICLE

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/us/texas-senate-race-russia-influence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Democrats are right. The Republicans know they do not have a stronghold on that demographic.

“Republicans had asserted that the law was needed to eliminate the possibility that someone could present a fake college ID card at the polls. Democrats countered that it was a tactic to make it harder for young people to vote, arguing that high school and college students who do not have driver’s licenses might struggle to find other ways to prove their identities.”

NYT article about A.I.

Does it have a soul yet?

Trump thows Ukraine under the Russian bus….. AGAIN!

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/world/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-diesel-talks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Quote from the NYT article by David Goodman NYT based in Texas

“No construction can continue,” said Laiken Jordahl, who was in the courtroom on Friday and is an advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental nonprofit that is one of the plaintiffs. “All the bulldozers have been stopped across the entire border sector.”

THE LATEST TRUMPIAN SHINANIGANS

“You watch all three ads, they’re sheer propaganda,” said Richard Painter, a former White House ethics czar under Republican President George W. Bush. “This is increasingly looking like what authoritarian governments do to promote their leaders.”

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Weather.cat

Weather.cat Santa Cruz

GET OFF THE WHEEL OF KARMA

Repent…Forgive…Go home.. The Buck Stops with you…

Where did all the jobs go?

Two sources of information…

Say it again!

Oh for Heaven’s sake…..

A SHORT- SIGHTED, TERRIBLE TWOS” TEMPER TANTRUM.

Important

"When I tell you something is dangerous, I mean it. And, I never forget the Victims" T.J. Hooker

Remember Evan?

He's Free.

Alexei Navalny has died in prison. Rest in Peace, Warrior for the Truth!

Alexei Navalny: age 47: Article link updated..

Heather Cox on

Time to Save the Nation, folks....

The proof ... Click the Pic for article for The Intercept. A tough read...

How Israel crushed early American Opposition to it's abuse of Palestinians in the so called Nakba.

The Language Keepers

c/o Emergence Magazine production

CNN's self serving defense of letting Israel vet it's articles for years.

Well well. Who'd a guessed it? Right click the pic for all the dirt.

Article about Gaia the (little wild) cat

Here she is

Future Food: A Fermentation Article Right Click the pic

Well, maybe not Yummy Donuts but certainly tofu products...

Washington Post Climate article by Michael J. Coren.

Native American ideal of Seventh Generation and the Earth

Thomas Merton

The Dirty Works

WaPo article on Global Warming

Helping Ukraine

How to help

Appeasing Stalin didn't work in the 1920’s, did it? Why appease Putin?

Think about all the sacrifices the Ukrainians have made, TWICE! Link to article in Washington Post.

The Skinny on Kissenger.

Not a nice guy

Say what?

What I am reading ... mostly..

Normal body temperature: right click the pic

My body temp is 96.6. My sibs? Same same. How about You?

Do not Meddle in the affairs of Knitters

Apparently, Some dudes bought Knitting.com and just didn't get the memo....please click the pic

Brazenly Stolen from Kwizgiver's Blog....

Big Time!

I finished this wonderful book and recommend it to you.

Heifer International

One of the best of the best...

Indigenous Travel log

J.B. MacKinnon Article on Rats for Pets:

I find them adorable. My bro, sister and I all had pet rats. My kids had them also. Image is from Getty Images

For the Birds

Good Eats: and Recipes

Taters

Rolling Stone

Tom Petty Interview from Pocket

Articles archeologic

Ancient Language rediscovered
From The Guardian .... What studies about our long dead cousins reveals about us.

An election during a war of aggression? During a fight for survival?

“The Russians are pushing for this through their secret channels,” said a Ukrainian official in the security apparatus, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. “There is no situation in which it is possible to have a democratic election during the war.”

Changing your brain...

It's not that hard to do. Peace to you all.....

Knowing

The Tao

Beautiful Blogs

Majorca

Music Monday

Beethoven isn't linked yet, and seems to not be amused

Wordless Wednesday

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Weather Cat

Weather Cat.. Santa Cruz, CA

The New Thursday13

Crazy Sam's Saturday Nine

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Steven Grelett

What you are:

“You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body.” — Quaker Essayist, George Macdonald, in the 1800’s.

Wired: Are we all going Blind?

Important article about a doctor's discoveries about Myopia

Horreurs Ancien: Right Click the links

The Aglos-Saxon invasion of Ancient Britain, aka Wales.
Washington Post article about DNA analysis of Black Slaves.

Fun Stuff: an Article called "Bed Rotting". From SELF site

This is what Victorian Ladies did. Why can't we?

Cheese Recipes

A cheese, out of India, made from buttermilk in a carton.

National Gardening Association - Spiraeas

The Innocence Project: It's History and it's Webpage

Helping the Innocents who are convicted of horrors they didn't commit.

American Wild Horse Campaign

A Rancher after Mine own Heart.

Article from Cornell Ornithological Society. Photo c/o Jill Smith

Sea Levels and Such. Read it and Weep.

It's gonna git us! Technical Paper from Scripps Inst. of Oceanography

From the National Gardening Association

So cute and mostly true. LOL

We will always miss you.

I hope you have a lot of horses to ride in Heaven, Sweet Heart.

Unite Against Book Bans Org

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Hero for the Planet Now LINKED

He gave, Forever, the yearly profits from his company to saving Mother Earth🌍

What to do in a riptide

Escaping a riptide

One of the most beautiful stories you'll read in a long time.

A community garden but a very unusual one.

Mindfulness Movement beginnings.. Longer ago than you think...

Mindfulness Movement Pioneer Jon Cabot-Zinn c/o NPR

Cocopah Colorado Restoration

Diversity for the Desert in California birds.

Stay the Course!

Hopeful words from a watcher with experience.

From Kung Fu Master...Shi Yan Ming

“In the pandemic, many people got disconnected from reality, and spiritually [suffered] a lot,“ says Shi. “Life is so short, life is precious, we have to cherish every moment— every day, it’s a beautiful gift.“

Comments Relevant ....

“Ukraine is a shield that protects all of Europe and the United States from Putin’s barbaric actions,” Zaitseva said. “Don’t think that Ukraine is so far away — everything is connected in this world.”

The Angels are getting awfully tired…..Linked

And they aren't the only ones, either. Right click the pic for article by Sam Carr..

Quote by James Baldwin

“We can disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”

Update on Kidnaped Ukrainian Children

New York Times Article

The History of Ukraine vs Stalin -Right click the pic.

NPR's Article on the Orange Revolution and earlier

Keep on Knittin', Mama, Knittin' those Blues away.....

Hat Knitting Pattern Site

In The Loop Knitting 🧶

How to Use Addi Flixflip Needles

How to knit a thumb(or any finger) without holes

I had to turn the sound off ....but it's self explanatory. A very good video

Clearest Kitchener

Human Rights Organization (HRO)

A World of Hurt, and how to help out. Right Click the PIC

The Humanity Project

The Humanity Project

Right Click the Pic

Women for Women International

Women for Women International

As always, Right Click the Pic.... thanks!

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