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Thanks for doing the opener, Rick!

Nice Job!

Hear! Hear!

Except for it being chilly at night, I had neglected to think about the official change of season. My air conditioner was finally started when fall arrived, although it had been installed in June - we were waiting for "electrical components" for the entire Summer, before it could actually be used. Now, of course, I don't need it.

The Seahawks, although officially 1-1, have been abysmal, but then, so has Russell Wilson. The divorce has not been kind to either side. But, both the UW Huskies and WSU Cougars are - as of this morning - undefeated, with 3-0 records. Still, seasons change, and so do records. The Mariners are surprisingly still expected to clinch a playoff berth for the first time in 22 years, but they have managed to go 3-7 over the last 10 games, and keep fears of the playoff drought intact. It doesn't help that their best bats are disabled at the worst possible moment.

The Dobbs decision has also changed the electoral season's forecast - only 47 days to the midterms! - as women have been registering at a torrid pace, and Republicans have been slumping in the polls. Dems Can't Count on More Good News (Cook Political Report) Trump, of course, is upsetting the applecart and Republican pols. Speaking of which, I think this will be the Winter of his Discontent, with no Glorious Summer to follow.

But at least next Summer, I'll have A/C.

Let's get real and rip that Band-Aid off.

I really REALLY HATE that even Mediaite can't get this straight!
It's not an insult to imply that Graham is gay, the INSULT is that, if he IS gay, he's a closeted self-loathing gay man which is a danger to EVERYONE gay and straight alike.
The whole reason the "OUT" movement exists is because self-loathing closeted gay men do some pretty awful and vicious things to innocent people (gay AND straight) to compensate for their self-loathing.

Witness J. Edgar Hoover, just as one example.

Lindsey Graham's constituents are mostly the type who thought Liberace was straight.
To be fair:

So did my mom!
She had a canned response: "He's not homosexual, he's just very mild mannered!" (which always elicited HOWLS of laughter)

No pun intended, I'm sure.

Jeffrey's mom:

The whole reason the out movement exists is because of ACT-UP from the early 90s as push-back to the Regan Administration's lack of federal funding for the HIV crisis and finding a cure and closeted homosexuals said nothing and pretended to act str8 - so they were outed.

Dr. Fauci was involved in the Reagan Administration's foot-dragging. He has since seen the light.

My mom had a great sense of humor but I'm afraid her gay-dar was nonexistent.
You still would have loved her, she was a sweetheart...she would have liked you too but I guarantee she would have said something like "You're such a handsome young man, why don't you have a girl?"