The States 2: States Rights for Me But Not for Thee

[Kepler]

Boston is one of maybe 3 cities where I historically find it extra hard not to get unprofessionally drunk when I visit. It's not the local yokels for me, it's something more to do with the history and having so many old bars - how the revolution got planned and financed by guys like Hancock, etc. Now, tell me male privilege ain't a thing.

Houghton is obviously another.

Buffalo. Syracuse. Really, anywhere in Upstate New York. Like how Kurt Russell drinks all the way through "The Thing."

It would be rude to act otherwise.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Buffalo. Syracuse. Really, anywhere in Upstate New York. Like how Kurt Russell drinks all the way through "The Thing."

It would be rude to act otherwise.

Sure, but see, there I just feel bad for the locals, which makes drinking easier to avoid. I don't feel that in Boston.

Regardless, next time I hit Beantown will be with the wife. She majored in History and PolySci, and while she usually hates American history (rightfully finds it boring and over-short), she does love the idea of Boston. We'll be fine.

 

[aparch]

Sure, but see, there I just feel bad for the locals, which makes drinking easier to avoid. I don't feel that in Boston.

Regardless, next time I hit Beantown will be with the wife. She majored in History and PolySci, and while she usually hates American history (rightfully finds it boring and over-short), she does love the idea of Boston. We'll be fine.

I would love to get out to Boston soon, but only because I want to visit all the Fallout 4 locations.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

My god. not sure I've ever worked in a downtown that I've hated as much as Pitt.

And then there's Detroit, where no one admits to working "in the city", and when they do it's always Southfield for some reason.

*bah-dum-tiss*

 

[Slap Shot]

Woman reads a brilliant poem. Give it 30-45 seconds to really kick in.

Must have FB.

 

[MissThundercat]

Tennessee Repubs are advancing a bill that would create a public registry of trans people in the state.

 

[rufus]

Tennessee Repubs are advancing a bill that would create a public registry of trans people in the state.

Why don't they just make them wear a 'T' on the front of their shirt, maybe tattoo them with a number or something?

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Why don't they just make them wear a 'T' on the front of their shirt, maybe tattoo them with a number or something?

or worse yet, a wig that looks like Marsha Blackburns

 

[MissThundercat]

or worse yet, a wig that looks like Marsha Blackburns

Or we could become walking Purge masks like Laura Loomer.

 

[Kepler]

NC scrapes off a 25-year shit stain.

North Carolina government’s most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his seat to Sam Page on Tuesday, shaking the power structure in the ninth-largest state and likely soon ending Berger’s preeminence as the state’s top conservative architect.

Berger trailed Page, the Rockingham County sheriff, in their March 3 primary by only 23 votes. He has been Senate leader since 2011 when Republicans took full control over the General Assembly for the first time in 140 years. President Donald Trump had endorsed Berger for reelection, praising him for his policy accomplishments.

Good riddance a true turd.

 

[Kepler]

Sure, but see, there I just feel bad for the locals, which makes drinking easier to avoid. I don't feel that in Boston.

Ever feel bad for locals Upstate, just talk politics with them for 15 minutes. MAGAts all the way down, unless you run into even worse.

They don't suffer half the pain they deserve.

 

[ticapnews]

Tennessee Repubs are advancing a bill that would create a public registry of trans people in the state.

We should do that but for gun owners.

 

[LynahFan]

NC scrapes off a 25-year shit stain.



Good riddance a true turd.

Guessing the honorable Sheriff Page is 10x worse

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Guessing the honorable Sheriff Page is 10x worse

In an environment where Republican candidates are trying to out-MAGAt each other, I'd say that's a safe bet.

 

[Kepler]

Ordinarily I would say keep climbing out on that limb. But Dump shows there is no depth too low.

Goddamn mixed spacial metaphors.

 

[aparch]

Mamdani continues to do an amazing job at messaging.

Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh.bsky.social)

Raul Rivera yelling outside Mamdani presser. Mamdani: “I want that man to be able to afford to keep living in NYC, because the day that I don't hear him yelling at me, it means he got priced out of this place.” “We need to make this a city where it's affordable enough to yell at your politicians.”

bsky.app

 

[Kepler]

That is genius. That is the sort of thing that is remembered.

 

[MissThundercat]

Ohio House passed what amounts to a full drag ban.

Take away "culture war" BS and the GQP has no actual policy.

 

[St. Clown]

Does Grinder charge a subscription fee? If they were to offer one month free to all Ohio state senate Republicans who vote against the bill, maybe civil rights would win out for another year.

 

[MissThundercat]

Does Grinder charge a subscription fee? If they were to offer one month free to all Ohio state senate Republicans who vote against the bill, maybe civil rights would win out for another year.