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Aristus

(70,418 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:57 PM Friday

Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

Two shots to get the party started. Now a Bosom Caresser. It’s a cocktail! You dirty-minded thing! Brandy, Madeira, triple sec, and a splash of grenadine. Yummy.

Raising a glass to our beloved SalmonChantedEvening. Hope he will be better soon.

I love you all…

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Aristus

(70,418 posts)
3. Chronic Venous Insufficiency, possibly.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:05 PM
Friday

But with edema that pronounced, I’m thinking congestive heart failure. May its work be completed soon…

Aristus

(70,418 posts)
6. That's for sure.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:10 PM
Friday

The one upside to this horrible, god-awful stinking mess is that we have something to look forward to every single day. Every single day. Can’t wait for it to happen.

We’ll have to do our celebrating online. Because you know bereaved Trumpsters are going to go searching for anyone who looks happy that It is dead…

Skittles

(166,089 posts)
7. President Vance doesn't sound appealing in any freaking way
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:12 PM
Friday

it's a total fubar situation and we're just now a couple days away from being 6 months in

Aristus

(70,418 posts)
10. Vance can't sway the degenerate masses the way Trump can.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:48 PM
Friday

He won’t get as much done, or convince as many bad people to help him do it.

Skittles

(166,089 posts)
11. I hear you
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:50 PM
Friday

Vance reminds me of DeSantis: they both try to mimic human behavior - badly

eppur_se_muova

(39,452 posts)
15. Including Congressional Repugs, who saw their wet-behind-the-ears, bought-and-paid-for, "colleague" elevated over them.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 04:36 AM
Saturday

There's gotta be a lot of resentment over that. Plus he has almost no significant experience working with other, especially senior, politicians, except as Turnip's messenger boy. When the king is dead, purges at court traditionally follow. Should bring a degree of satisfaction to onlookers.

ToadyBot is not ready for full release.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,106 posts)
12. JV Dance doesn't have
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 12:10 AM
Saturday

The Felon's Hitleresque hypnotic power. He wouldn't be able to command their complete adoraion. He'd get a plastic version of it for a little while, but they'd soon realize he's not The Annointed One.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,106 posts)
17. Rule no. 1 of battle:
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 01:58 PM
Saturday
Never underestimate your enemy.

The Felon comes across as an utter buffoon, and he's almost certainly the least educated U.S. president in history.

But, he's crafty as hell and has a highly developed sense for the jugular. He's also vicious and relentless. He's very much like Hitler or Mussolini, neither of whom were geniuses, but simply bullies who sensed fear and knew how to capitalize on it.

JV Dance has none of that -- at least, as far as he's shown. The right-wing would see him as a pinch-hitter for Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge.

Skittles

(166,089 posts)
18. I think you have to be a complete idiot to fall for Trump's nonsense
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:44 PM
Saturday

he has always come across as completely pathetic to me

and JD Vance is a pathetic Trump humper

Dulcinea

(8,775 posts)
19. I thought that from the beginning.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 09:00 PM
Saturday

I'm not a doctor or a medical professional, but my uncle passed from CHF & he had many of the same symptoms. As far as I know, there's no cure.

Marthe48

(21,278 posts)
8. Do you bbq or grill much?
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:18 PM
Friday

if you aren't a vegetarian, would you rather have a beef burger, or a hot dog? Or something else?

Rainy here and keeping a lot of people from firing up the grill, but I can fantasize



Aristus

(70,418 posts)
9. I hate barbecuing. I hate prepping the grill, cooking the meat,
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:37 PM
Friday

and cleaning up afterwards.

I like going to barbecues as long as someone else is doing the cooking. And barbecued cheeseburgers are absolutely incredible.

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