Kentucky is one of the few states(only state???) that have off-year gubernatorial elections. Our current governor, Andy Beshear, is a moderate Democrat, and networks have claimed that is the most popular governor in the nation. We are also a solidly red state. He was elected because our last governor(Matt Bevin) was a despised asswipe that attacked teachers, and ended Kentucky's very successful implementation of Obama's Affordable Care Act(it was used as a model for other states). The Act was put in place by Gov. Andy's father who was our, then, governor.

The teachers were protesting a bill, that Gov. Bevin tried to push through the legislature, which would've taken some funding from public schools and allocate it to private schools(including parochial institutions). Most of us supported the teachers as did Andy. He won by a close margin(5500 votes).

This election, Gov. Andy, is running against a staunch conservation, and former McConnell acolyte(also served as his counsel in the senate) and current attorney general, Daniel Cameron. He's the guy that wouldn't prosecute the cops that killed Breonna Taylor.

He also supports the state's draconian anti-abortion law that prohibits all abortions except to save the life of the mother. That's it!

Many are watching this election as it is supposed to be a bellwether for next year's national elections.

Anyway, here is one of Andy's latest campaign ads:

Here is what Megan Thee Stallion thought of Cameron during her SNL appearance a couple of years ago(Cameron is black):

Oh, Republicans control both chambers of our state legislature. During last year's elections they tried get a constitutional amendment passed that would include the abortion ban into our constitution. It failed.

Burn!

https://twitter.com/...538518343663709

Tara Reade, who accused Biden of sexual assault a couple of years ago, has fled the US for Russia.

https://www.newsweek...-russia-1803459

There was a big ol' flock of hens out in the open just along the timber line pecking around at grubs and such, the other day. I figured the tom was hiding away in the trees making sure it was safe before he showed himself.

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving, all!

Yeah, it was a great time. Met some cool people, too. I was expecting a nightmare, leaving, but it was a breeze... even leaving the track was easy. I guess they have perfected traffic control since they have so much practice every May. Made it home in four hours. The last time it took 12 or 13.

edit to add: We set-up on the lawn behind the in-field museum. Most of the activities happened down on the start/finish line, but those down there had sit on the tarmac(or in the grandstand), and the crowd was pretty large. On the lawn there was maybe a thousand people, no one was packed in, plenty of room to move about, and the bathrooms were close(and porta-potties even closer). The little gift shop/store, surprisingly, had drinks and snacks at normal price, whereas the vendors down front were charging about 250% above($2.00/bottle water vs $5.00/bottle). I brought a small scope, three pair of binocs, and filters for all of it, plus various other optical accessories and mounts- no mounts in the grandstands, so that made the lawn choice easy, and of course, chairs.

Hopefully, I can make it another 21 years for the one 2045. I kind of doubt it, and even if I do, it will be in August in the South. I'll be a very old man, then... maybe by then someone will invent personal air conditioners.

The museum is currently closed for remodeling. Sign said it opens later this month. I think I saw that the crowd was about 50k. Leaving was simple with no wait... even driving out of the parking lot(we were in Main Gate lot) was no wait.

Yesterday: A shortage of optics was holding back Russian tank production. That shortage may have ended

Today at Russian optic-mech plant east of Moscow:

Oh shit! Turkish parliamentarian's call for Allah's wrath against Israel ends with his heart attack while still at the rostrum.

https://www.reddit.c...ref_source=link

Seen on the Louisville sub:

Google "human jaw fossil found in travertine".

I have a paleo-related sub on Reddit and someone posted this looking for an ID.

It was found on a beach near Cancun.

There's only a few critters that have teeth with 3 roots like that. They are all primates.

Bizarre ramblings of the fuckwit that immolated himself outside the Trump trial yesterday. All of his comments have been deleted(his profile is there, though), but here's an /r/conspiracy thread from a few months ago.

https://archive.is/2..._world_why_our/

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^^^ Almost make me believe in God... almost

The story still has steam. Smithsonian and the Atlantic picked it up in the last couple of days. The sub usually sees 70k-80k views/day. This post brought in about 15X that number.

It's happened, again. A guy had travertine installed in his house. He noticed this fossil and was asking for an ID/confirmation. Several dentists and forensic anthropologists showed to let him know it is a human mandible. Turn out the travertine is from Turkey, and it's an important fossil... early human. Researchers have reached out to him.

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Wow! This one is starting to get international attention. Looks like USA Today is picking up the story, and several researchers have chimed in, including some world renown hominid guys. It appears that it is 1.1 million year old Homo erectus.

^^^The post is getting a lot of attention. There have already been several news articles written about it, and there are some reporters in the thread, so I'm going to delete the image. I don't want it to come up in a image search and tracked to me here.

Also, Rob's image from Maui:

Rob's doing Hawaii again for the holidays, this time she's in Maui. Let's see if she will send an image???

I guess I'm an old fucker. I moved into a retirement community. At first, I didn't like the ideal, but after checking it out, I kind of liked it. They have a lot of amenities that I don't use, but I'm the young guy, there(have to be 62 to live there), so I seem to garner a lot of attention.

Now, I'm going to impress a bunch of them by playing some Brenda Lee using a blue tooth speaker. Seriously.

Oh, it has a "check in" button that you have to press between 4:00am and 4:00 pm or they come to your door(I guess they don't want us stinking up the place after we die). Also, has the "help me I've fallen" cords to pull in the rooms.

Nice location, though.

^^^ It kind of reminds me of dance bars in the 80s; you walk in and every 40 year old in the place checks you out. That said, I quit dating a long time ago. I thought that when Rob got older, I would date again, but it just seemed too weird.

Maybe someday???