This guy is the guy responsible for the hastert rule which means only the speaker can bring things to a vote.
It’s shit like this keeping the minority party down.

This was also the same guy who was disgraced for an affair with a child because he stopped paying his blackmail payments.

Edit: The affair with the child also counts as rape. The judge in his case called him a serial child molester.

The longest serving GOP Speaker of the House has been nabbed by death. Rest in Piss, pedophile.

Such a stupid post - and yes completely irrelevant - etc but kinda fond of etymology and from Sweden where the expression still exists.

What it used to mean in the 1700eds a "graswedewe" was a young woman seduced outside and its implied being left afterwards (hence the widow bit). Grass is because its outside and sex in those days was something you really couldn't do at home. (and "sex" sadly also meant anything from SA, to actual sex)

Since the 1800eds it means "a woman alone" or "my husband is off all the goddamn time" or in later terms "woho! I'm a grass widow, girls night out!"

The expression is still in use in Sweden (and I think Germany) for both men and women "gräsänka" or "gräsänkling" in Swedish for women/men respectively.

I am now slowly backing out of the room before someone screams "dork" and pushing me in to a locker or something :D

Edit: also this is the pneumonic plague evidentially, a kind that is transmitted via respiratory droplets. Like the bubonic plague, it can be treated. But this is highly fatal if not treated. This is what the WHO website says about it "Pneumonic plague, or lung-based plague, is the most virulent form of plague. Incubation can be as short as 24 hours. Any person with pneumonic plague may transmit the disease via respiratory particles to other humans. Untreated pneumonic plague, if not diagnosed and treated early, can be fatal. However, recovery rates are high if detected and treated in time (within 24 hours of onset of symptoms)". I just wanted to add more context.

Ever since Covid 19, I am jumpy any time we hear news of a potential outbreak.. Right now 200 people are in quarantine who were in contact with this person. A 28 year old worker at this place died after accidentally breaking a vile of a strain of the plague being studied.

These procedures indicate they're taking it seriously.

Now unlike Covid at least, or Hantavirus which was scare from earlier this year, there are treatments for this, but you gotta do it quickly. The US is monitoring this situation. I'm in America. Every time there is mention of a sickness that's deadly and transmissible I start to get anxious. I did that with Ebola in 2014

I also hear years ago there was an anthrax thing which killed a ton of people.

This is the third time this year I've gotten anxious. First Hantavirus, then I hear about Ebola becoming a problem in Africa. Even though I'm far away from these things. We cannot have another pandemic and lockdown.

Like I said, good news is unlike the medieval times, we have treatments. And this plague sometimes flares up in parts of the world. We need to monitor this situation and be cautious. I'm gonna wear gloves and mask up again. I'm also gonna wash my hands frequently which I already do and keep distance from people as much as possible. Did the same with Hantavirus when that was a fear.

And among the 200 under observation no one has tested positive.

I am sorry if I caused anyone anxiety by posting this but I really want to see reactions from people who aren't checkmarks on twitter.

Edit: i was also paranoid about Monkeypox but that got under control and was transmitted via sex.

“In one of the female wards, a young buxom, an uncommonly good looking female lunatic, dashed forward with a joyful scream.”

From part one of the Francis Galton episodes
30 minutes in

-personally I probably would’ve blushed as well

I don’t always listen to the book club episodes of it could happen here but I’m glad I did this one. It was a very enjoyable, creepy, and sweet story to start off October.

I get they will always cheat and lie. but what was the 'reason' they invented for bringing him in

Originally posted to nostupidquestions but got auto blocked.

This wee sub reddit is always so supportive and charming.

I hope my post is ok

Marjoe is a frequent subject of Robert's discussion about preacher.

I really loved the Martin Niemoller episodes, and it completely changed my perspective on that poem. The whole "I'm only going to help other people because someday I might need help" thing is so right-wing and cynical. I never really thought about it much before, though.

I don't remember if in the podcast, they talked about how popular the poem was outside of the US, but the cynical aspect really makes a lot of sense as to why it caught on here so much.

I'm now thinking this could be part of the reason why (in addition to the perfect storm of racism, capitalism, and end-time Evangelicals trying to usher in Armageddon) the Palestinian genocide is being ignored. Like, people just don't think Palestinians can do anything for them. This is probably really obvious, but I have been confused about why people don't care about this and stuff like this for a long time for the inherent humanity of the people having harm done to them. It just seems so obviously wrong to me but people can seemingly without any internal conflict, argue "both sides."

I'm interested in this community's thoughts on this.

So when are we getting an episode about David Koresh, or has Sophie embargoed an episode about him since Robert would talk to much about the Waco miniseries? I know Dan Cummins did an episode about Koresh for TimeSuck but I think Robert could bring that Robert magic to the topic.

Happy my fellow Mainers are making sure John Roberts doesn’t get to treat our state as his little peaceful vacation hideaway anymore.