“…in America, we still don’t have universal health care or affordable child care. But we do have taxpayer-funded corn swamp ass.” You nailed it, Lyz, as usual!
Cornado Alley (or even just Cornado) would make an excellent relay team name!
Thanks in advance to everyone who is buying merch to support IAAF! I am chuffed that stuff I designed in PowerPoint is on shirts that folks are wearing all over the world (we do have international supporters, including a teammate). The corn sweat emoji on the mug is the creation of Caitlin, who remains the MVP of the Flyover Politics discord and is used on the merch with their permission. Also note that the prices were set by me and I made them close to the print-on-demand cost. As such there are a lot of items where the portion of the proceeds that gets passed along is small but you can add on an optional contribution at checkout that will go to IAAF.
One of the reasons the Great Barrier Reef is sick? Agricultural runoff. And no one does anything about it, because Farmers Are Sacred 😡
A lot of the runoff is caused by illegal clearing - you get two tractors and a very long chain. Attach each end to a tractor, and drive across bushland until you've flattened everything. It's utterly evil.
To balance out that image - Australian scientists have been investigating feeding seaweed to cattle to lower methane, and it's working!
I feel the ag agony. I live in the middle of grass seed fields, and I'm allergic. If that were the only bad part, I'd be okay - but they put loads of mouse poison and slug poison out each year, which has resulted in two trips to the vet for our dog. He's okay, I'm okay, but thank the gods for Sensamist and nasal rinses (for me, not the dog). It doesn't help that the farmer is probably a JD Vance fan. My husband is in charge of talking to him.
I saw Jenna Ortega in the Sabrina Carpenter video- and I can't wait for the new Beetlejuice movie.
Oh my God. I’m a grown ass woman and my favorite movie of ALL time is Beetlejuice. “This is what death is for him. This what death is for them. I’ll tell you one thing, if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have had my little ‘accident’”. I will be in a theater on Sept. 6th.
Are you subconsciously referring to one of my childhood heroes, Slim Goodbody? Sounds like it is time to start a spinoff starring Bobby Body; he might be Slim's nephew.
DeSantis out of juice! Love it! Yes, he also just received a slap from the environmentalists over his plans to “improve” state parks by adding golf courses, pickleball courts, and hotels. The environmentalists had him backtracking on his plans in about a week. His media response was very juvenile and pouty.
you know what's wild? We could get rid of the corn and the cows. We could let bison, who have evolved over thousands of years to live in north America, to just...do their thing. No big ag interventions. No cow farts. Probably better for the environment. Why can't we just...do that? There used to be bison all over the US. But then someone (I'm not saying a white man. But I'm not not saying it) decided that no, we couldn't rely on this animal who lives here. We have to import this European animal. It's dumb and it sucks. We're playing ourselves.
My weekly dingus is everyone saying “your vote is private”. Like, I may explode. can you talk about that a little at some point? Like, one we know but two it isn’t that simple and three how is this less manipulative than their husbands???? Who are these people talking to anyway???? I bet they aren’t doing any of the things that would make it safer for these women to vote never mind a safety plan. Most really great advice for women is just Internalized misogy. https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/
Also…your vote is private until you find yourself in a close race where volunteers are driving all over your county curing ballots and your husband realizes the volunteer at the door asking to speak with your wife is with the Democratic Party of Colorado… 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
This is giving "Anonymous Employee Feedback Survey" when the first 5 questions are "What location are you in? What department? What shift do you work? Are you hourly or salary? Do you manage other people?" - like, by the time you have that much detail you can pretty much suss out who is saying what.
Apropos of nearly nothing, saw my favorite local band last night, the Fall Creek Brass Band. They have an original song called High Fructose Horn Syrup, and really, I think all linguistic alterations of High Fructose Corn Syrup are hilarious. And much better for humans and the planet than the original.
Ilona Maher is beauty, confidence, and power personified. My husband looked at the cover and said “She’s gorgeous, but I’m afraid she’d hurt me in bed”. Then he said “She’d hurt you, too”. 😂
“…in America, we still don’t have universal health care or affordable child care. But we do have taxpayer-funded corn swamp ass.” You nailed it, Lyz, as usual!
Cornado Alley (or even just Cornado) would make an excellent relay team name!
Thanks in advance to everyone who is buying merch to support IAAF! I am chuffed that stuff I designed in PowerPoint is on shirts that folks are wearing all over the world (we do have international supporters, including a teammate). The corn sweat emoji on the mug is the creation of Caitlin, who remains the MVP of the Flyover Politics discord and is used on the merch with their permission. Also note that the prices were set by me and I made them close to the print-on-demand cost. As such there are a lot of items where the portion of the proceeds that gets passed along is small but you can add on an optional contribution at checkout that will go to IAAF.
I GUFFAWED at Cornado Alley. Chef's kiss phrase.
THANK YOU. This greedy ag system and the exaltation of industrial farmers as shining examples of humility and land stewardship is such dingusry.
I mean I didn't even talk about all the waste and run off and poisoning the water
One of the reasons the Great Barrier Reef is sick? Agricultural runoff. And no one does anything about it, because Farmers Are Sacred 😡
A lot of the runoff is caused by illegal clearing - you get two tractors and a very long chain. Attach each end to a tractor, and drive across bushland until you've flattened everything. It's utterly evil.
To balance out that image - Australian scientists have been investigating feeding seaweed to cattle to lower methane, and it's working!
Who knew that the answer was sushi? 😹🍣
Increasingly, the answer seems to be seaweed! YEAH!
One of my favorite topics to talk about on the phone with my dad (a farmer!) is how stupid the ag is here.
Ugghh. Can't even go swimming in a river in this heat! They made the water too nasty!
The Prairie Rivers Network in IL works to fight this fuckery - https://prairierivers.org/
The VeggieTales line got me
Me too!! How…how did she know that every time I hear the word “buffalo” I immediately start singing with Larry the Cucumber?!
I happen to live in a college town where the mascot is a buffalo soooo let’s just say it happens a lot.
Never heard of corn sweat in my life and this is the second time I've read about it today. The corn spirits work in mysterious ways
I feel the ag agony. I live in the middle of grass seed fields, and I'm allergic. If that were the only bad part, I'd be okay - but they put loads of mouse poison and slug poison out each year, which has resulted in two trips to the vet for our dog. He's okay, I'm okay, but thank the gods for Sensamist and nasal rinses (for me, not the dog). It doesn't help that the farmer is probably a JD Vance fan. My husband is in charge of talking to him.
I saw Jenna Ortega in the Sabrina Carpenter video- and I can't wait for the new Beetlejuice movie.
Oh my God. I’m a grown ass woman and my favorite movie of ALL time is Beetlejuice. “This is what death is for him. This what death is for them. I’ll tell you one thing, if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have had my little ‘accident’”. I will be in a theater on Sept. 6th.
Same!
I think it is important for everyone to know there is a powerlifter at the Paralympics named Bobby Body and he should be America's cool older brother
That name! Bobby Body could be the grade school cartoon that shows you how your PBJ turns to poop!
Are you subconsciously referring to one of my childhood heroes, Slim Goodbody? Sounds like it is time to start a spinoff starring Bobby Body; he might be Slim's nephew.
DeSantis out of juice! Love it! Yes, he also just received a slap from the environmentalists over his plans to “improve” state parks by adding golf courses, pickleball courts, and hotels. The environmentalists had him backtracking on his plans in about a week. His media response was very juvenile and pouty.
If I believed in conspiracy theories (lizard people) I’d swear that DeSantis could not be anything else.
Third season of Somebody Somewhere!?! That show is so quietly brilliant!
Given that I live on the edge of cornado alley, I may need some corn sweat tees. Thanks for the link.
you know what's wild? We could get rid of the corn and the cows. We could let bison, who have evolved over thousands of years to live in north America, to just...do their thing. No big ag interventions. No cow farts. Probably better for the environment. Why can't we just...do that? There used to be bison all over the US. But then someone (I'm not saying a white man. But I'm not not saying it) decided that no, we couldn't rely on this animal who lives here. We have to import this European animal. It's dumb and it sucks. We're playing ourselves.
OMG! Your warning to not call your ex bc Oasis is reuniting!! So hilarious and yet so prescient.
I laughed so hard my coffee spewed. Bravo and thank you for setting up of my weekend with a huge laugh! Muah!
My weekly dingus is everyone saying “your vote is private”. Like, I may explode. can you talk about that a little at some point? Like, one we know but two it isn’t that simple and three how is this less manipulative than their husbands???? Who are these people talking to anyway???? I bet they aren’t doing any of the things that would make it safer for these women to vote never mind a safety plan. Most really great advice for women is just Internalized misogy. https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/
Also…your vote is private until you find yourself in a close race where volunteers are driving all over your county curing ballots and your husband realizes the volunteer at the door asking to speak with your wife is with the Democratic Party of Colorado… 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
This is giving "Anonymous Employee Feedback Survey" when the first 5 questions are "What location are you in? What department? What shift do you work? Are you hourly or salary? Do you manage other people?" - like, by the time you have that much detail you can pretty much suss out who is saying what.
"Golden yellow phallus"
😂
Apropos of nearly nothing, saw my favorite local band last night, the Fall Creek Brass Band. They have an original song called High Fructose Horn Syrup, and really, I think all linguistic alterations of High Fructose Corn Syrup are hilarious. And much better for humans and the planet than the original.
I can buy a high fructose corn sweat t-shirt??
No brainer
Can't wait for it to arrive! 🌽
Ilona Maher is beauty, confidence, and power personified. My husband looked at the cover and said “She’s gorgeous, but I’m afraid she’d hurt me in bed”. Then he said “She’d hurt you, too”. 😂