Views from my pillow
#SmushyLife

1960 - Ray Peterson
A campaign was started in the UK to ban the American hit 'Tell Laura I Love Her' by Ray Peterson. The song was being denounced in the press as likely to inspire a teen-age "glorious death cult." The story told of a lovesick youngster who drives in a stock car race to win the hand of his sweetheart. He crashes and just before dying, groans out the words of the title.

California Senate passes Assembly bill to ban certain food ingredients for safety concerns

#CoSoNews #News

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/09/california-senate-passes-assembly-bill-to-ban-certain-food-ingredients-for-safety-concerns/

Source: NBA Board of Governors approve tougher rest rule

#CoSoNews #News #sports

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38392750/source-nba-board-governors-approve-tougher-rest-rule

JUST IN FROM NEWS.GOGOL.COM:

Nikolai Gogol is still dead.

“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.”
-- Alfred Whitney Griswold

Good morning from the Left Coast.
It is cooler today. Daytime and overnight temperatures are drifting back into seasonable ranges.

So easy to forget just how freakin' great these guys were in the 70's.

#CoSoMusic #BlueEyedSoul

https://youtu.be/bnVXIUyshng

And a late Mahhhhning to you Nauty Tooters

☕ 👋🏼

Did you hear?
Bobo was kicked out of 'Beetlejuice' in Denver for reportedly vaping, singing, recording and causing a disturbance.

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/12/lauren-boebert-removed-beetlejuice-musical-denver/

Me: My shocked face 🙄

Ermagerd. I'm over here nerding out on Alphabet (Google) financials and company profiles with my new database access.

Chief legal officer is making bank. Government keeping him relevant.

Also, if you have a fitbit...Google owns that sheet.

They have purchased a bazillion businesses over the years.

Because we have a ton of computer peeps here, this may not be news to you, but it's fascinating to me.

Aaaaaaaaand, she's done it. Boebert has now successfully offended me on every level. She's won the EGOT of asshole-ary.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lauren-boebert-surveillance-footage-ejection-beetlejuice-1234824129/

#politics

Talking Points Memo:
While Wisconsin Republicans try to overturn Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s win, they’re now proposing a faux “nonpartisan” redistricting procedure in a last ditch effort to retain manufactured dominance.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/evers-wisconsin-gerrymander-republicans

Senator tubby Tommy needs to be investigated for treason.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @BettyBowers

Mike Huckabee needs a visit from the FBI for inciting violence.

And Sarah Huckabee needs a visit from the Fashion Police for those vinyl skorts.

Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger

What a clown.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee Says if Trump Loses, 2024 Could Be Last Election ‘Decided by Ballots Rather Than Bullets’ - The Messenger

https://themessenger.com/politics/former-arkansas-gov-mike-huckabee-says-if-trump-loses-2024-could-be-last-election-decided-by-ballots-rather-than-bullets

I came in here to check my DMs and I see that, through posts and replies, some Black women who posted here regularly no longer feel safe here and one has left.
Yeah. I'm white.
It's not about me.
This forum is a gift.
It would behoove everyone to make it a safe place for all.

First Diablo 4 and now Mortal Kombat.

If gaming companies wanna pander to horny dudes, then they could find someone who's hotter than Megan Fox.

Just saying.

Honor killings are fucking abhorrent, and I am so sick of this shit still being the norm in the Middle East.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64533577

Many of us fled from other social media to escape the racism, the hate speech and the bullshit that has overtaken FB and the bird. Don't make blanket statements of people you only know in passing. If that's a problem, well I guess that's something you need to work on within yourself, isn't it. If you feel unsafe here, maybe you need to take a closer look at why instead of blaming it on anyone else here. You don't know me, but I'm #Antiracist and I hate rage farmers.

The thing about talking trash about other people is that they *always* find out about it.

You're gossiping with people who gossip. Do you honestly think they aren't gossiping about what you've told them? #RandomThoughts