Last Gasp

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In just a few hours, 2024 will come to a close.

I suppose a do-over is out of the question?

Wakey Wakey

 

A Different Kind of Holiday Wish

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I was driving behind a Toyota the other day that sported a pair of unique bumper stickers. The first said "Gender? I hardly know 'er!" and the second read "My other they is a them."

Thanks to the times we're in, I found myself fervently hoping that over the next four years that RAV4 never sets one tire outside of liberal Seattle.

The GG Hanukkah Tradition

 

This Week's Quote

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Grace. It's Christmas, for goodness sake. Think about the baby Jesus... up in that tower, letting his hair down... so that the three wise men can climb up and spin the dreidel and see if there are six more weeks of winter.

Karen Walker on "Will & Grace"

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All About Dec. 24

 

Florida's Finest

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The House Ethics Committee, in a report released today, concluded that former Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz used illegal drugs and regularly paid for sex, including sex with a 17-year-old girl.

In other words, Gaetz really did have all the qualifications necessary to serve as attorney general in a Trump administration.

Strictly Speaking

 

It's Not Christmas Without the 12 Gays

 

This Week's Quote

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I think Trump voters may be surprised to learn they voted to make polio great again.

Hillary Clinton

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Are We Strong Enough?

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Cher visited me in the shower this morning.

Not like that. Get your mind out of the  . . . shower.

I was imagining what this country would be like if Trump and MAGA had never taken hold, and a song title burst into my head:  "If I Could Turn Back Time."

Then I fast-forwarded to the years ahead and how much all of us who despise Trump will need to lean on each other:  "I Got You Babe."

Finally my musings turned specifically to Trump's picks for his cabinet and other weighty positions:  "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves."

Seasonal Service

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At today's service at my Unitarian Universalist church, children and adults presented a distinctly UU version of the birth of Jesus.

That we have an annual production is notable, inasmuch as Unitarians tend to believe Jesus wasn't divine, but rather a prophet. Still, I think Christians wouldn't have complained about today's low-key presentation.

Except, perhaps, for that bit about there being no room at the inn or Airbnb.

Catty Christmas

 

This Week's Quote

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For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums.

Barry Manilow

Source:  Brainy Quote

Trump's Win and Us

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Here's a headline from today's Washington Post:  "LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds and make plans to move after Trump’s win."

All I'm stockpiling is chocolate.

But I'm not transgender, and as the Post story makes clear, trans people have much to worry about. For a start, Trump has promised to prohibit gender transition care for kids, as well as end any federal spending on such treatments for adults. He also intends to push Congress for a bill stating there are only two genders and they're assigned at birth.

Small wonder that transgender folks are hoarding hormones. And planning moves. And considering suicide.

The story isn't only about trans fear.  A gay 18-year-old from Missouri withdrew his acceptance from an in-state university and plans to hightail it to California after he graduates because he saw how Trump's win emboldened his classmates. They're saying things to him like, "Without you parading around, we will make America great again like it used to be."

Like it used to be, when queers were closeted and gay-bashing was a varsity sport.

The Donald Abroad

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I saw a headline that Donald Trump attended the reopening in Paris of Notre Dame.

Did he pose out front holding a Bible?

Seasonal Fact

 

This Week's Quote

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The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass.

Margaret Cho

Source:  Inspiring Quotes

The Toilet Tiff Goes West

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When the people of Delaware elected Sarah McBride to represent them in Congress, Republican House members responded by seeking to ban the openly transgender Democrat from the women's bathrooms.

Some lawmakers in Montana plainly thought that was a fabulous idea. Republicans pushed a measure that would require state legislators to use the restrooms of their birth sexes. The target was Rep. Zooey Zephyr, Montana's only trans legislator.

Today the proposed ban failed, with several Republicans voting against it. I'm not suggesting that cooler heads are starting to prevail in the bathroom wars, but it's nice that, at least in Montana's capital city of Helena, they canned the commode conniptions.

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