I made a meme

The irony

I had to get up at 3am today to take my kids (daughter and DIL) to the airport for a 6:30am flight. I was in my DIL's car, which I'm not accustomed to driving. I dropped them off, and was on my way home when the car died on the Interstate before I even got out of the city. I think the alternator died because the car had no power...meaning no lights, not even hazards.

It was still dark. I was on the shoulder of the highway with cars whizzing by, trying not to panic. I called 911, and they took all of my info and said they'd send a car to help. I called AAA, with whom I usually have a good experience, but I've never been in this perilous a situation before when calling them. They responded by sending me a link to a website where I had to enter all of my info, including a credit card to guarantee the service. Never did talk to a human.

About an hour later--still no cop--the tow-truck driver arrived. He was very nice. His English wasn't so great, so I practiced what little Spanish I know as he towed the car to the mechanic, about an hour away. He has two kids, a one-year-old and a three-year-old; he's originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, and his mother still lives there. He said it's beautiful there, but dangerous because of the drug trade and the gangs.

During the drive a cop called and said, "Sorry, we had a shift change, and never got out there. Just want to make sure you're okay." Sigh.

So, I know this is a bit reductive, but I can't help thinking that the only person who helped me, and seemed to give a shit about the situation, was this guy with whom I had difficulty communicating because of a language barrier. Was he an undocumented immigrant? I have no idea. Didn't ask. Didn't care. But I shudder to think that he probably has to interact with people who will make that assumption, and disrespect him because of it. And I really shudder to think about him having to interact with cops, who clearly didn't care about the situation I was in, but who might make his life hell because of his possible "status".

Just a thought.

Randy Rainbow's latest

Interesting take, especially the end

Some jokes just write themselves...

Headline from NBC: "President-elect Trump has started receiving intelligence briefings"

(It's not original. David Letterman used this line after W was elected. True then, more true now.)

Do not obey in advance

It's Tim Snyder's first rule for opposing tyranny.

We still have freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in this country. At least for a while.

I just want to say "Thank you" to Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

I'm truly grateful to Harris and Walz for the campaign they have run on short notice--okay, no notice...negative notice--when the stakes are what they are. Kamala Harris has been busting her ass to save this country, and I appreciate it.

I'm really not just hungry for recs. This post can die in darkness. I just want to put it out there that Kamala is a true bad-ass, and would be an amazing president for this country. I hope to hell I get to see that happen.

I was born in '63, so I don't remember, but...

The excitement around this election feels like what I believe it must have felt like in '60 when Kennedy was running. Even the selection of Walz feels a bit like the selection of LBJ. Yes, he was a white southerner, but he was also a liberal who got shit done.

My DIL must have foreseen the news today.

Just before the announcement, she started making a coconut cream pie. (And she didn't even know the reference...or I guess you could say, "the context" ).

FU HuffPost

They're worse than CNN, and that's saying something.

These fucking "news" companies need to start reporting the news, and stop telling us who to vote for and who not to vote for. I don't remember delegating that job to them.

You'd never know the UK just kicked the Tories out in a whopper of an election (unless you go looking for that news on something like Pod Save the World), because the MSM won't cover it.

Aaaaggggh!