(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-08-13 Let’s Check the DK Ukraine Relief Tote Board As we do every few weeks or so, let’s check in on the Daily Kos relief fund for the Ukrainian civilians—and their furry friends—affected by Russia’s daily war crimes. As of this morning, you’ve contributed: $3,828,222.30 If you'd like to support the four chosen groups—the World Central Kitchen, AmeriCares, Razom for Ukraine, and the International Fund for Animal Welfare—click here and ActBlue will guide you through the rest. As the armchair generals continue their Gomer Pyle-like whining about how President Zelenskyy should do this, that, and the other thing, Ukraine’s military continues sticking to the plan that is leading to liberation slowly but surely. (No doubt the F-16s are coming in handy.) In the meantime, Russia is still doing its worst, and our help is still essential for the civilians caught in the middle. So thanks for your continued support. It all helps. And now, our feature presentation... Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Note: Today is Tuesday the 13th. Not as unlucky as Friday the 13th, but we do recommend that you leave your regular Dodge Dart in the garage and take the up-armored Dodge Dart to work instead. You're welcome. - 4 days!!! By the Numbers: Days 'til the Harris-Trump debate: 28 Days 'til the Bristol Harbor Festival and Blessing of the Fleet in Rhode Island: 4 Prison sentence for David Dempsey, one of the most violent of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists trying to overthrow the government on orders from Donald Trump: 20 years 2nd quarter loss for Trump's Truth Social platform, with revenues down 30% from a year earlier, and traffic so low he’s gone back to Twitter: $16.4 million Amount crypto exchange FTX has to pay its customers back because they were victims of fraud: $12.7 billion Rank of Canada among the world's macaroni & cheese consumers: #1 Cost of a Cotton Candy Burrito, filled with "cotton candy flavored Ice cream, Fruity Pebbles, Froot Loops, marshmallows, Skittles, mini M&M's, gummy bears and sprinkles," which will be sold at Arizona Cardinals games this season: $15 - Puppy Pic of the Day: First sight… - CHEERS to pausing for a moment. The Harris-Walz campaign is coming in so hot and fast that they're giving the faithful windburn. Now that their first barnstorming tour is over, it's a good time to ask ourselves, "What the hell just happened?" So here we go. AP's Darlene Superville has a good look from 30,000 feet: They opened with a boisterous rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday, hours after Harris announced Walz as her running mate. From there it was a march through Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada. […] Another A+ zinger on the stump. By the campaign’s count, 12,000 people turned out for rallies in Philadelphia and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was 15,000 in the Detroit area and in Glendale, Arizona. In Las Vegas on Saturday, more than 12,000 people were inside a university arena when authorities halted admissions because people were becoming ill waiting outside in 109-degree heat to go through security. About 4,000 people were still in line when the entrances closed, the campaign said. Walz introduced both words [weird and joy] to the campaign. Even before he joined the Democratic ticket, his description of Trump and Vance and their policies as “weird” caught on. Harris herself used the description a few times. As Walz says, “No one’s asking for that weird crap.” Walz also credits Harris with “bringing back the joy” to politics, and Harris herself described the Democratic ticket as “joyful warriors.” Result: over $300 million in campaign donations (2/3 from first-time donors), and poll numbers with more upward thrust than one 'o them SpaceX rockets. But, please, people, now is not the time to get cocky. Count to five first. Then it’s time. CHEERS to primary fevuh! Voters in five states go to the polls today for the purpose of voting in primaries and a runoff. As always, the C&J elections desk is on it like crowds at a Harris-Walz rally. Here's what we can tell you at this moment: Minnesota Minnesota is a state in the upper Midwest that goes by the nickname "Land of a Thousand Bowls of Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice Soup." If you use rice that's been tamed, you will be given a warning, and if it happens again you'll be fined. Laura Ingraham said last week that Minnesota is also the home of Milwaukee, and since she's on Fox News who are we to argue? Tim Walz is the governor here until January 20th. Wisconsin A state that's best known for being next to Minnesota, Wisconsin supplies America's arteries with only the finest cheeses made from cows, goats, and assorted "mystery ingredients" that you're best not asking further questions about. The greatest living Democratic party chairman, Ben Wikler, lives in Wisconsin. That's all I can say about Wisconsin at this time, except to point out that it's Lambeau Field, not Lambert Field. Connecticut True story: at the 2007 Netroots Nation convention in Chicago, I chatted up Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont, who had sadly lost his Senate race to Joe Lieberman the year before. I encouraged him to keep at it, that he'd make a great leader at the federal or state level. Thanks to my advice, he ran for governor, won, and is now in his second term. One day I'll tell you about all the other kingmaker activities I've secretly been involved in, including the 6-1 blowout in the Icelandic village of Mjóifjörður. (Suck it, Carville—your guy lost!) Vermont Hippies and cows, hippies and cows, and during winter storms look out for them plows. South Dakota This state has a runoff today, which I believe means Governor Kristi Noem stands out on her front porch and smiles, causing all the dogs and baby goats in the area to run off. Bottom line regarding today's elections: you're better off abandoning the C&J elections desk and checking out the one belonging to the Daily Kos Elections Team. They have banker's lamps on theirs. Very classy. JEERS to America's #1 Defeatocrat. I love pulling this steaming turd out of the time machine every now and then. 30 years ago this brilliant—and I mean that sincerely—comment was made and then greeted with sweets and flowers by his party members and corporate admirers. It's worth revisiting, if only to illustrate that Republicans will kick their own well-thought-out positions to the curb in an instant if it means more power and/or money for them: “Once you got to Iraq and took it over—took down Saddam Hussein's government—then what are you going to put in its place? Who said it? Here’s a hint. That's a very volatile part of the world, and if you take down the central government of Iraq, you could very easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off. Part of it, the Syrians would like to have to the west. Part of it—eastern Iraq—the Iranians would like to claim; they fought over it for eight years. In the north you've got the Kurds, and if the Kurds spin loose and join with the Kurds in Turkey then you threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey. It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq.” Guess who said it? Dwight Eisenhower? Richard Nixon? Colin Powell? Nope. It was Dick Cheney…in 1994. Unfortunately, Dick stopped listening to Dick and invaded Iraq anyway. Bad, Dick, bad. - BRIEF SANITY BREAK - x This is better than any speech from a politician we’ve heard recently 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/GhWKlGueOv — Jay Motty (@JayMotty) August 8, 2024 - END BRIEF SANITY BREAK - CHEERS to great moments in inventin' stuff. Wipe that doughnut powder off your face and sit up straight, this is important. Today marks the 111th anniversary of the invention of stainless steel. It was created by metallurgist Harry Brearley, who had the good sense to "add chromium to molten iron [that] produced a metal that didn’t rust." Today stainless steel is a ubiquitous part of life on earth. But to survive the slings and arrows of modern-day politics, only Teflon will do. CHEERS to wrapping up a really big shoo. Hey, other planets! You may have more tentacles than we do, but we've got the Olympics. Seriously, Earth would be a much bigger shithole if we didn't get to watch our bestest and buffest human organisms amaze us every couple years (Italy hosts the next games—the winter ones—in 18 months) with their feats of featiness. The 2024 games ended Sunday night, and when the flame was finally extinguished, the top 5 medal count panned out like this: 1. USA 126 2. China 91 3. Japan 45 You’ll always be #1 in our hearts, Tonga Man. 4. Australia 53 5. France 64 To save time during the next summer event, the teams for the 2028 games in Los Angeles have already started filing into the stadium for the opening ceremonies. But for now, thanks for the memories, Paris. Your little shindig was Seine-sational. - Ten years ago in C&J: August 13, 2014 JEERS to strongmen who have long outlived their...um... 46,525,600 million minutes of fame. Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has managed to claw and scratch his way to an 88th birthday. His wish as he blows out his candles: unity and strength for Cuba and its people. And a big ol' grin for outlasting arch-enemies Ike, JFK, LBJ, Tricky Dick, Ford, Carter, St. Ronnie, G.H.W.B., Bubba, GWB and, so far, BHO. Love him or hate him, that's impressive. [8/13/24 Update: He finally up and died in November of 2016. Yeah—Trump had that effect on a lot of people.] - And just one more… CHEERS to famous firsts. Holy moley, I did something yesterday that I don't think has happened before: I sat through a You Tube ad. Crazy, huh? Well, not really, considering it's delivered by Randy Rainbow moments before he launches into his newest parody song that warbles into stark relief the choices we have in November. Ladies and germs, I give you The Lawyer or the Conman? - And coming soon for you independents out there: The Antivaxxer or His Brain Worm? Have a tolerable Tuesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today? - Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial "It is very clear Bill in Portland Maine is taking advantage of the marijuana laws of Maine because that brother must be high as hell writing that." —Michael Steele - [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/13/2262280/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Tuesday?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/