I am a former Afghan soldier who served for many years alongside American and NATO forces. I am now in one of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, and our lives are very difficult and dangerous. Please help raise our voices and make others aware of our situation. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
@Bruce K. -- If Mary's using voice to text software to generate this piece, "mail invalidating" seems to be the machine's best guess at "mail-in balloting." (I'm a news editor and agree with you that proofing one's work is a good idea, because software doesn't have a brain or any natural language of its own -- thus it produces nonsense aplenty when homonyms are involved.)
Proof-reading before releasing to your substack readers would remove some puzzling sentences.
For example: In the 3rd-to-last paragraph you wrote, " . . . the door’s already open for them to pack the Supreme Court, give statehood to DC and Puerto Rico, make mail invalidating, permanent, those kinds of things."
I THINK you meant to write, "make MAIL-IN VOTING permanent".
Am I wrong? I revere your eloquence, but a little bit of technical scrutiny would make "The Good in Us" even gooder!
Mary, your broadcasts and Substack articles are things I appreciate daily. It seems the Democrats still have the ability to get elected, and it was a big f-u to Donald.
Off topic, Still feel a need to share. I just watched the film 'Lover Come Back' with Doris Day and Rock Hudson in their glory days (1960 ?). I was struck with everything that Donald considers normal. Including the covert gay innuendo's and the normality of old men participating in a young girls orgy, including a bra made of a confederation flag. Is it possible in terms of psychology, that he got stuck in complete identification with the movies of his teenage years ?
Off topic 2: As he identifies with Elvis, did he prepare the bathroom for his exit ?
It's not just $350 million ballroom, or the pardoning criminals, it is also using taxpayer's money to give to other countries, like that 40 billion to Argentina, and other money he sent to other countries already. If they did get rid of the filibuster, do you think the Democrats would ever be in power again? Do you think there would ever be another vote?
Much of Donald's hatred for the "other" is glaringly obvious as well as his determination to inflict pain and shame on the categories he fears is his opposition. He puts on his act of the day trying to pleases his ignorant followers by each day's show of power untill even they can see his insecurity. Mary, Can we find some people who are privy to some of the intelligence that has been gathered overseas on Donald from his days as a rising political player? Mossad for instance, or stuff on Donald passed around from the KGB or among lesser Intel agents. There couldn't be a better guy to blackmail given all he covers up and hides. You know so much yourself of how he has always acted, it should be enough to run him out of office, yet he is so dam an effective liar, his followers overlook everything.
Costello: Abbott, I had the strangest dream last night.
Abbott: What happened?
Costello: I saw Abraham Lincoln. Right there in my living room!
Abbott: Lincoln? You mean the guy with the Gettysburg Address?
Costello: That’s the one! But it wasn’t just a dream - he left his hat! (Costello holds up the tophat)
Abbott: What?! His Hat! What are you going to do with it? Do you want to return it?
Costello: Of course I do! But I need his address.
Abbott: His Gettysburg Address?
Costello: Yes! What is it?
Abbott: What is what?
Costello: His address!
Abbott: Oh, you mean *that*. It’s “Four score and seven years ago.”
Costello: What kind of address is that? Is it a street number?
Abbott: No, it’s a speech.
Costello: I don’t want you to give me a speech. Just give me his address! I want to give his hat back!
Abbott: That *is* his address. It's a famous address, don't you know it?
Costello: If I knew it, I wouldn't be asking you.
Abbott: You had asked me - and I had told you.
Costello: So if I mail this hat to “Four score and seven years ago,” it’ll get to him?
Abbott: NO COSTELLO! Not unless you have a time machine...
(Costello then stares at the audience, smacking his lips)
Costello: I don’t need a time machine, I just need a mailing label!
Abbott: You’re returning a hat to a ghost.
Costello: Then I’ll use ghost mail!
Abbott: That’s not a thing.
Costello: Neither is “Four score and seven years ago”!
Abbott: It’s history!
Costello: It’s confusing!
Abbott: Costello. You're in his future. Lincoln's in your past.
Costello: And, what about this hat? Is it in the future or the past?
Abbott: Well - uh, it's... I don't know. Where did you get it from anyways?
Costello: I told you he left it behind in the dream.
Abbott: Costello, ghosts don't leave things behind in dreams.
Costello: This one did!
Abbott: Tell me Costello - what was the dream about? What happened in the dream that got you so upset?
Costello: Oh, it was scary Abbott! Lincoln told me a government that withholds bread to provoke anger is gambling with the SOLE of its people - I wasn't allowed to eat any fish burgers!
Abbott: That sounds SERIOUS Costello. Fish is what settlers ate when they first came here. They had nothing. So, they went fishing. They caught Salmon, Rainbow Trout and...
Costello: Snappers?
Abbott: How's that?
Costello: Snappers! Lincoln told me to sign up for something called SHWIP SHWIP SHWIP (Costello tries to snap his fingers but can't)
Abbott: Costello, what are you doing?
Costello: I'm trying to SNAP my fingers like Lincoln did. But, they're not being very snappy.
Abbott: I think I know what he meant. Did you sign up for SNAP?
Costello: I did Abbott. And, they said I don't qualify.
Abbott: You don't?
Costello: No! I said I was hungry, and they said I wasn’t hungry enough.
Abbott: Did you tell them you were starving?
Costello: Yes, I did Abbott! Then they told me I was TOO hungry. I had to turn to the black market.
Abbott: The BLACK MARKET?! Did you find it?
Costello: No, it was after things got dark.
Abbott: How about your friends, neighbors, do you have any family? Did any of them help you out?
Costello: Abbott. YOU are my one and only true friend. That's all I have.
Abbott: Oh, I see... Well, there are always soup kitchens I guess. Costello, you don’t need the black market. You need a ballot.
Costello: I already checked my wallet. It’s emptier than a soup pot!
Abbott: Not a wallet, a ballot! You vote with it!
Costello: Ohhh! I thought you said “wallet.” I was hoping it had some money inside. Our president keeps handing out wallets to his cronies like hotcakes.
Abbott: It doesn’t come with money - it comes with power.
Costello: Power? Can I plug something into it?
Abbott: No, Costello! You have the power to tell people what to do. You vote for leaders who fund programs like SNAP!
Costello: I *did* vote! Like peas in a pod. I picked the guy with the best platform.
Abbott: What was it?
Costello: “No bean is left behind.”
Abbott: Costello, progressives won the elections! SNAP might actually get expanded! New York elected a socialist, Virginia got its first woman governor, and Pennsylvania kept all its judges.
Costello: So, I won't go hungry? I'll keep my home, have a doctor, and I won't be stupid?
Abbott: If they pass the right legislation, yes.
Costello: Then I want to vote again!
Abbott: You can vote only once in each election Costello. You'll have to wait for the next one to cast your ballot. Make it count!
I am a former Afghan soldier who served for many years alongside American and NATO forces. I am now in one of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, and our lives are very difficult and dangerous. Please help raise our voices and make others aware of our situation. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
God, that Leavitt creature is a piece of work.
She lies as much as her boss!
She gives the meanest of the mean girl vibes.
Why do they care that airline travel is dangerous? They’re already trying to kill us off in multiple other ways.
@Bruce K. -- If Mary's using voice to text software to generate this piece, "mail invalidating" seems to be the machine's best guess at "mail-in balloting." (I'm a news editor and agree with you that proofing one's work is a good idea, because software doesn't have a brain or any natural language of its own -- thus it produces nonsense aplenty when homonyms are involved.)
Proof-reading before releasing to your substack readers would remove some puzzling sentences.
For example: In the 3rd-to-last paragraph you wrote, " . . . the door’s already open for them to pack the Supreme Court, give statehood to DC and Puerto Rico, make mail invalidating, permanent, those kinds of things."
I THINK you meant to write, "make MAIL-IN VOTING permanent".
Am I wrong? I revere your eloquence, but a little bit of technical scrutiny would make "The Good in Us" even gooder!
Mary, your broadcasts and Substack articles are things I appreciate daily. It seems the Democrats still have the ability to get elected, and it was a big f-u to Donald.
A great day!
Loved your ESM. I’ve always loved the way the sun glistens on the water.
Yay for the Democrats tonight!!!
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She makes me sick and is a bold face liar about everything-every word is a twisted lie -where does old man Trump find these loser people ?
Birds of a feather...
In my mind I keep going back to the mashed potato story. Why wasn’t the mother disciplining Donald?
Off topic, Still feel a need to share. I just watched the film 'Lover Come Back' with Doris Day and Rock Hudson in their glory days (1960 ?). I was struck with everything that Donald considers normal. Including the covert gay innuendo's and the normality of old men participating in a young girls orgy, including a bra made of a confederation flag. Is it possible in terms of psychology, that he got stuck in complete identification with the movies of his teenage years ?
Off topic 2: As he identifies with Elvis, did he prepare the bathroom for his exit ?
"The Grift Goes On," sung to the tune of Sonny & Cher's "The BEAT Goes On."
It's not just $350 million ballroom, or the pardoning criminals, it is also using taxpayer's money to give to other countries, like that 40 billion to Argentina, and other money he sent to other countries already. If they did get rid of the filibuster, do you think the Democrats would ever be in power again? Do you think there would ever be another vote?
Much of Donald's hatred for the "other" is glaringly obvious as well as his determination to inflict pain and shame on the categories he fears is his opposition. He puts on his act of the day trying to pleases his ignorant followers by each day's show of power untill even they can see his insecurity. Mary, Can we find some people who are privy to some of the intelligence that has been gathered overseas on Donald from his days as a rising political player? Mossad for instance, or stuff on Donald passed around from the KGB or among lesser Intel agents. There couldn't be a better guy to blackmail given all he covers up and hides. You know so much yourself of how he has always acted, it should be enough to run him out of office, yet he is so dam an effective liar, his followers overlook everything.
Costello: Abbott, I had the strangest dream last night.
Abbott: What happened?
Costello: I saw Abraham Lincoln. Right there in my living room!
Abbott: Lincoln? You mean the guy with the Gettysburg Address?
Costello: That’s the one! But it wasn’t just a dream - he left his hat! (Costello holds up the tophat)
Abbott: What?! His Hat! What are you going to do with it? Do you want to return it?
Costello: Of course I do! But I need his address.
Abbott: His Gettysburg Address?
Costello: Yes! What is it?
Abbott: What is what?
Costello: His address!
Abbott: Oh, you mean *that*. It’s “Four score and seven years ago.”
Costello: What kind of address is that? Is it a street number?
Abbott: No, it’s a speech.
Costello: I don’t want you to give me a speech. Just give me his address! I want to give his hat back!
Abbott: That *is* his address. It's a famous address, don't you know it?
Costello: If I knew it, I wouldn't be asking you.
Abbott: You had asked me - and I had told you.
Costello: So if I mail this hat to “Four score and seven years ago,” it’ll get to him?
Abbott: NO COSTELLO! Not unless you have a time machine...
(Costello then stares at the audience, smacking his lips)
Costello: I don’t need a time machine, I just need a mailing label!
Abbott: You’re returning a hat to a ghost.
Costello: Then I’ll use ghost mail!
Abbott: That’s not a thing.
Costello: Neither is “Four score and seven years ago”!
Abbott: It’s history!
Costello: It’s confusing!
Abbott: Costello. You're in his future. Lincoln's in your past.
Costello: And, what about this hat? Is it in the future or the past?
Abbott: Well - uh, it's... I don't know. Where did you get it from anyways?
Costello: I told you he left it behind in the dream.
Abbott: Costello, ghosts don't leave things behind in dreams.
Costello: This one did!
Abbott: Tell me Costello - what was the dream about? What happened in the dream that got you so upset?
Costello: Oh, it was scary Abbott! Lincoln told me a government that withholds bread to provoke anger is gambling with the SOLE of its people - I wasn't allowed to eat any fish burgers!
Abbott: That sounds SERIOUS Costello. Fish is what settlers ate when they first came here. They had nothing. So, they went fishing. They caught Salmon, Rainbow Trout and...
Costello: Snappers?
Abbott: How's that?
Costello: Snappers! Lincoln told me to sign up for something called SHWIP SHWIP SHWIP (Costello tries to snap his fingers but can't)
Abbott: Costello, what are you doing?
Costello: I'm trying to SNAP my fingers like Lincoln did. But, they're not being very snappy.
Abbott: I think I know what he meant. Did you sign up for SNAP?
Costello: I did Abbott. And, they said I don't qualify.
Abbott: You don't?
Costello: No! I said I was hungry, and they said I wasn’t hungry enough.
Abbott: Did you tell them you were starving?
Costello: Yes, I did Abbott! Then they told me I was TOO hungry. I had to turn to the black market.
Abbott: The BLACK MARKET?! Did you find it?
Costello: No, it was after things got dark.
Abbott: How about your friends, neighbors, do you have any family? Did any of them help you out?
Costello: Abbott. YOU are my one and only true friend. That's all I have.
Abbott: Oh, I see... Well, there are always soup kitchens I guess. Costello, you don’t need the black market. You need a ballot.
Costello: I already checked my wallet. It’s emptier than a soup pot!
Abbott: Not a wallet, a ballot! You vote with it!
Costello: Ohhh! I thought you said “wallet.” I was hoping it had some money inside. Our president keeps handing out wallets to his cronies like hotcakes.
Abbott: It doesn’t come with money - it comes with power.
Costello: Power? Can I plug something into it?
Abbott: No, Costello! You have the power to tell people what to do. You vote for leaders who fund programs like SNAP!
Costello: I *did* vote! Like peas in a pod. I picked the guy with the best platform.
Abbott: What was it?
Costello: “No bean is left behind.”
Abbott: Costello, progressives won the elections! SNAP might actually get expanded! New York elected a socialist, Virginia got its first woman governor, and Pennsylvania kept all its judges.
Costello: So, I won't go hungry? I'll keep my home, have a doctor, and I won't be stupid?
Abbott: If they pass the right legislation, yes.
Costello: Then I want to vote again!
Abbott: You can vote only once in each election Costello. You'll have to wait for the next one to cast your ballot. Make it count!
Costello: That's my plan!
Abbott: That's a snap decision!
Costello: I was almost about to snap myself.