If you would rather invest in a quality whistle for the one that goes in your own mouth, I recommend an ACME Thunderer.

As used by gym teachers and drum majors, (not Wile E. Coyote) they have a satisfying roll of authority.

I am legitimately a little old lady.

But if they can see my face I say “Sorry” or “Thank you” and make the appropriate grimace.

Given that we’ve had Trump’s nauseating voice and world-destroying content ever since, that was the stupidest trade-off since… Pretty much every one of his “deals.”

Johnson is Southern Baptist. That’s like Baptist but with extra racism sciencism and craziness

When I was an actual kid, I liked Marlin Perkins Rearranging the Animals

When my baby sister was a kid I liked Electric Company

When my babies were kids I liked Blues Clues

And I’ll always have a hug for a muppet, Sesame Street or otherwise.

I’ve mostly seen the double-flick of lights to mean either “Go ahead, make your move, I see you and I won’t hit you” (to pedestrians or someone waiting to turn into/out of a driveway in heavy traffic) or “turn on your lights you idiot, it’s pouring rain.” But it’s always heavy traffic in Southern California, and it never rains, but man, it pours.

If you mean that the way I think, in Los Angeles when you’re going to make a left turn at a light without a red arrow, AND there’s enough clear road ahead on your left for you to turn into, you’re expected to “post up” into the intersection while you wait for opposing traffic to clear. Which often it never does until the light turns yellow, or even red. Then you’re expected to make your turn on the red, and the car behind you is allowed to follow you if they’ve got their front wheels over the line into the intersection. The cross traffic has to wait until you’ve cleared the box. “Two cars on a red.” Of course if it’s an especially large intersection, it’s possible for the first car and second car to post up so far that a third car can get those wheels over, and all three can make their escape from the box after the light changes. But the cross traffic considers this rude.

I roll down the window and do the Sorry/ThankYou Wave. 👋

Especially if they DIDN’T honk.

Yes, school districts do vary.

I think they’re saying it’s worse than America in this one way

Not in our district, school buses are free in public school. Private school would probably have a fee paid along with tuition.

But this Milan situation is apparently a city bus, and he pays cash rather than having a bus pass like our kids can get for Metro buses. (Although 11 is a little young imho, my kids didn’t get one until middle school. )

Be fun to write it. Truthfully. It’s all in the adjectives.

“A court order is not advisory, and it is not conditional,” Blackwell said. “It is not something that any agency can treat as optional as it decides how or whether to comply.”

During the hearing, Le acknowledged that many at the DHS did not understand the seriousness of an order from a federal judge.

“It took a long, long, long time, and many orders to show cause to explain and let them know that if you don’t fix it, I’m going to quit and you’re going to be dragging yourself into court,” she said

So… Having nobody in the position will lead to less effective ICE defense against wrongful detainments? Was she helping enable ICE send people to Texas? Or was she sabotaging the fascism from within and doing what y’all advocate, “don’t quit, make them fire you”?

This was just his regular ride home from school, too. Not a special Olympics shuttle bus

No, the Senate Dems funded everything except ICE until like October but only 2 weeks for ICE (should be none, but oh well)

House has to approve the same bill but Republicans are stalling now, because they want ICE to be fully funded.

Just for the record the poor guy is alive, but with traumatic brain injury

HIPAA laws would have prevented hospital personnel from speaking publicly about this, and of course ICE was hushing it up, seems like his friends broke the story after he was out.

Often they’re sad he didn’t realize he had a bright future ahead. Fortunately, you do. Or if you didn’t, you do now. You can’t judge your life by how it is now. Especially with the world in shitty shape generally. But mostly because you’re young. Regrets for your wasted promise are a privilege reserved for old farts like myself. You still have choices to make, and time for them to play out. Choose as well as you can. And don’t be afraid to change directions as necessary.

In that weather a general strike is more sane than a march. It will also be harder for police/ICE to disrupt, what are they gonna run house to house ordering people to work? Every food venue should be closed, and especially anywhere they’re staying should have no employees that day. These are the guys who kidnapped the men who had just made and served them Mexican food.

“Here I stand”

Dude, there’s your problem