Months after penning a potent condemnation of the UAE’s human rights record, the head of the Portland Jewish federation visited the country and uncritically (and unironically) began to sing its praises as a tolerant and exciting vacation destination for Jewish people.
Click the link below to read my op-ed.
https://medium.com/@wackotter42/portland-jewish-federation-head-embraces-uae-3f0dbfb028d6
This will be our card for next year so for those who wish to be surprised forget you saw this.
This business operates in conjunction with the Cat Adoption Team, a quality shelter that we adopted Stuart from.
If one goes to the cafe and likes a cat, all the usual screenings and requirements from Cat Adoption Team must be filled before the cat goes home. The result is that one cannot just have a beer at the cafe and come home with a cat. A cool down period, as it may be called, seems like a good idea.
Now that we are nutty cat people, it just makes sense to try out an environment with a significant number of cats.
The café idea is a good one as, according to the Instagram site, between 5-7 adoptions occur each week.
We're still believing that Stuart is the Best Cat Ever but interacting with him before adoption would have been nice.
What’s going on – a glossary (thanks WAPO!)
Anti-faxxer – referring to people who refuse to believe in
facts (for instance, that masks and social distancing help protect people from
the spread of the coronavirus).
Fauci ouchie — a phrase that refers to a vaccination against
Covid-19.
Vaxcation or Vaxication – a vacation made possible by a brand-new
vax card.
Vaxdar – a term derived from radar, referring to some
people’s supposed ability to intuit whether an individual has been vaccinated.
Vaxinistas – a term for people who flaunt their vaccination
status to the annoyance of others on social media.
Vaxxident – a traffic accident that results from the alleged
side effects of getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Vaxxies — selfies taken while getting vaccinated.
Jim Crow is alive and well as white supremacy thrives in our
public spaces. If you shoot leftists and Jews, don’t worry, their lives are
cheap. Shoot a white man and you might have to answer to someone.
The judge seemed absolutely in the corner of the defendant.
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Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington poses next to
the Build Back Better Bill mascot on Capitol Hill.
Oh yes, and hopefully not solve problems with violence.
I’d like to know which human got to wear the costume. I
suspect this task was given to the most junior member of some congressional
staff, or even an intern. If I was managing this, I would have hired a
professional mascot actor to elevate the moment even further.
I’m hoping this bill gets through the Senate, chalking up a
win for public policy and democracy.
Sometimes I worry I take too much pleasure in sport. But then I ask myself, what is a more appropriate, dignified vessel for my interest? Stamp and coin collecting are stupid. The study of science and history are best left to the experts.
So I'll wax up the boards and leave all the deep thinking until later.
Further quaint, the kid holding the book is now a proud vegan.
There are some photos I love so much I just have to keep posting them.
Stoke! Stoke! Stoke!
When you find something that works, stick with it.
