And visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.

by murphy on January 20, 2009

in 2nd profound question of the day,Don't drink the koolaid

(photograph of potatoes, vegetables, fruits, and grains by Carl Warner)

Yes he CAN say with a straight face. “But those values upon which our success depends – hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility.”

Holy smokes and pass the Hopium Pipe, Folks. That man is so full of baloney it’s no wonder his eyes are brown. Today’s crappy speech by Jon, The Groper, Favreau is a wonder of hypocrisy of profoundly deep shallowness. Just like our new president!

Oh, and go read Cinie — you’ll be glad you did. Here’s a taste to whet your appetite:

Suppose The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck announced that she was running for president in 2012? As a Democrat? Feminist? What if she hired a sharp, ruthless, barracuda of a campaign manager who stage-managed an almost flawless production, assembling bright, committed women and men willing to think outside the box in order to get the job done, using the mysteriously acquired unlimited funds at her disposal to get Elizabeth’s unique, yet poignant story to the masses?

– snip –

As her campaign grew, with Caroline Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi enthusiastically endorsing her, and female Democrats and Republicans of every race coming forward to embrace her and her story, and every male, Democrat and Republican, hurrying to align themselves with her, too, lest they be tarred with the chauvinistic, closet abuser brush her campaign cleverly wielded as a sword of implication hanging perilously over their heads, would you be cheered by the prospect of the seeming inevitability of finally putting a woman in the White House? Or, would you watch in horror, transfixed by the spectacle, with a permanent “what the fuck?!” expression etched upon your face, questioning her experience as your friends, family and co-workers questioned your sanity?”

{ 97 comments… read them below or add one }

1 EWard 01.20.09 at 11:47 pm: Yeah! I’m first……

“The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.” –Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Seymour, 1807.

Tom Brokaw needs to retire! He compared Cupcake’s inauguration to the Velvet Revolution when the Communists were overthrown in Prague. Here’s the info…

TOM BROKAW: “You know what it reminds me of? It reminds me of the Velvet Revolution. I was in Prague when that happened. And Vaclev Havel was a generational leader and was in the square in Prague and the streets were filled with joy. And we’re not overthrowing a communist regime here, obviously, but an unpopular president is leaving and people have been waiting for this moment. And there’s that same sense of joyfulness and possibility even though, as in Czechoslovakia, they had enormous problems and we do as well.”
2 DancesWithPumas 01.20.09 at 11:49 pm: “And visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.”
LOLLOL!!!
And the rest of his hypocrisy…

carol haka 01.20.09 at 11:41 pm
Dances – you will be begging for GW after a few months of this creep!
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Hi Carol,
Point noted, and, that will never happen. I can’t stand this new creep, but I will never long for the last creep, ever.
3 SouthernGAL68 01.20.09 at 11:50 pm: Dances,

I just sent you a post downstairs!
4 murphy 01.20.09 at 11:50 pm: Cinie;s a comic and political genius, but the underlying facts which she exposes with this piece are a mite bit disheartening.

THANKS FOR RUINING MY LIFE CINIE!!

;-P
5 antifish 01.20.09 at 11:51 pm: What we all fail to realize is that despite all the media machinations, we, each one of us, controls our message, and therefore our destiny. Fuck the press!!
6 freddiebrown 01.20.09 at 11:53 pm: Hi Murphy & Dances.. I’ve been blissfully keeping away from news of the coronation of their Messiah. As Jenni says, He’s not my president.
7 SouthernGAL68 01.20.09 at 11:55 pm: Carol H,

That has been “my take” as well! As much as everyone dislikes and/or hates Bush, I am afraid that Obama will make Bush seem like a “cake-walk”!

For the sake of this country, I HOPE and PRAY that I am wrong!
8 antifish 01.20.09 at 11:56 pm: Oh whoopteedoo Obama is the new Messiah of us all! His skin and the pigments within will turn the whole world into a euphoric mass of orgasmic wonderment as to why we ever thought of fighting a war or ignoring the plight of any soul on God’s green earth. How dare we?
9 carol haka 01.20.09 at 11:56 pm: Oh Dances, you are so naive! Bush will look like sugar plums soon I promise!

The DOW dropped 380 points today with their excitement over BO, word is it will hit 5000 before long. The t*rrorists are steadying their weapons toward their targets now. Unemployment at 25% soon.

Where is Barbara singing “Happy Days are here again, ……..”?

CAROL HAKA
10 DancesWithPumas 01.20.09 at 11:57 pm: Hiya Freddie,
I’ve missed your presence on the blog! Hope you are well.
I’ve successfully avoided the coronation, as well as all the hype leading up to it.
11 DancesWithPumas 01.20.09 at 11:59 pm: #9 Carol
Yeah, probably… like I miss the knitting needle that penetrated my left eye too.
12 EWard 01.21.09 at 12:00 am: Posting fashion commentary from Sugar N Spice….

” Gosh, I actually had high hopes for the gown tonight. The get-up that the First Lady wore today was okay. It wasn’t anything earth-shattering, but it was okay for her considering some of the train wrecks that we’ve seen her wearing. But, that gown tonight, while the color looked nice on her, there was just far too much chest, arms and back out on a First Lady in my own opinion. I mean, who knew it was a toga party? And, must she slam her arms into her thighs after she waves them high? So unlady-like. I suspect that she will get better at this–First Lady stuff–but gosh she’s got a ways to go. Five words for her: Andre Leon Talley and speed dial. Oprah should be able to hook that up. Sheesh. He’ll tell Michelle’s ass the truth.” –SUGAR
13 antifish 01.21.09 at 12:00 am: OK, did we appoint a Guinness World Record Puma group yet?

Because I think I broke the record for puking in one day today.
14 carol haka 01.21.09 at 12:00 am: It would be just our luck that BO gets vitiligo and ruins everyones fun!

CAROL HAKA
15 Pat Johnson 01.21.09 at 12:01 am: Carol: You are too much!!!
16 carol haka 01.21.09 at 12:02 am: Murphy – please fix my haka
17 SouthernGAL68 01.21.09 at 12:02 am: Antifish,

I just wanted to let you know that I saw your post downstairs!
You must be very proud of your son – it sounds like he will go far in life! It is so nice to see men who have been taught to respect women.
18 Ex-DemInVA 01.21.09 at 12:02 am: The previous post on The One’s speech is great Murphy. Your comments definitely enlightened a boring, sappy speech. It was very hollow – a bunch of words that said basically nothing.

I sure hope that Hillary is sworn in as SOS immediately. We NEED her at the helm.

I am so glad that this day is over. I caught some of the swearing in ceremony – he should not have interruped Roberts. I can’t figure out why he did. It threw him him.

I hope that it is not all that is talked about at work tomorrow. I don’t want to hear it.
19 carol haka 01.21.09 at 12:03 am: Hi Pat! How was your day? Anything exciting happening today?
20 Ex-DemInVA 01.21.09 at 12:04 am: Good night. Try to have sweet dreams.
21 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:05 am: They need to leave Mrs Obama alone. All the men have to do is throw on pants and a jacket that masks their paunch and beer bellies, and is designed to give them squared off shoulders through the miracle of padding, tie a colorful noose around their necks, and theyre ready to go.
Double standard.
22 Zee 01.21.09 at 12:05 am: lmao…re “broke the record for puking in one day.”

Damn…I gotta catch up.
23 antifish 01.21.09 at 12:07 am: #17 SouthernGal,

I can honestly say, with pride, that my son is the best thing I’ve ever done in my life and I’ve done a lot of things all over the world.

disclaimer: I must give kudos to several women that were instrumental in raising him. Some good, some bad, all mentors in one way or another.
24 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:09 am: Someone needs to capture the swearing in before they arrange to re-stage it and fix all the mistakes.
25 freddiebrown 01.21.09 at 12:09 am: Dances – things are going OK… have been travelling and have 3 grand days at home before going back to NY. Some days I wake up and forget what city I am in and which side of the bed I am in so I don’t smack into some wall that I forgot was there. My days usually end rather late when I’m travelling so I don’t get to come here.

It is a sad day for us today and why is the DOW plunging on such an auspicious day ? Surely the market has more confidence in the chosen Messiah ???

Hi Kat !
26 carol haka 01.21.09 at 12:09 am: They just announced the “Obama’s have 2 more balls” I’m pretty sure MO has more than that!

CAROL HAKA
27 antifish 01.21.09 at 12:16 am: OK, it’s all dead here. Nite all! Catch ya on the flipside. Love ya Pumas!
28 Nijma 01.21.09 at 12:17 am: A list of women’s organizations, can anyone use this in their research?
http://feminism.eserver.org/activism/orgs/womens-organizations.txt
29 Casper Cat 01.21.09 at 12:20 am: Here is what a obot is… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix-9A7O9Phg Please have a barf bag handy…
30 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:21 am: Excellent resource, Nimja
Have forwarded to our Common Cause Team
31 SouthernGAL68 01.21.09 at 12:21 am: Antifish,

My partner and I do not have children, but we have many friends who do. I am sure that you have heard all the reports that children can NOT be raised in “same sex” families without numerous problems etc… Well, everyone of my friends who are in same sex relationships have wonderful, well adjusted, well above average children who are also kind and respectful.
So, I guess what I am saying is … It is how you raise them that seems to matter the most (not who raises them)
32 Casper Cat 01.21.09 at 12:24 am: Hope this makes everyone feel better… We need it after today…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LSarhZpnMs
33 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 12:24 am: hey, PUMAs, anyone still awake?
34 antifish 01.21.09 at 12:24 am: Oh, before I leave, The entire country feels a sense of enlightenment and all racism has been eradicated today merely by anointing The One. Tomorrow, hummingbirds will wake you and lead you into a kitchen full of goodies. You will go to the mailbox and get the check for your mortgage/rent and utilities. The next day, you will get your free unlimited gas card!
35 SouthernGAL68 01.21.09 at 12:25 am: Casper … Okay! I can NOT say that you did NOT warn us! LOL

Next time, you must use a “STRONGER BARF BAG” warning label, before posting something like that! LOL
36 Casper Cat 01.21.09 at 12:26 am: Ha! Ha! SoutherGAL68
37 KerryLINY 01.21.09 at 12:27 am: If Hasselbeck can come out undestroyed in 22 debates with one in Hillary’s calibre and take out McCain in 3 (2/3 if you prefer Fox’s interpretation) and she has 11 years in elected office as state senator or congress man, lead the taking down of the death penalty under a republican admin, voted 131 times present out of 2000 actual votes, or taught constitutional law. Still she will need to be able to inspire folks on the campaign stump for 20 months take questions from sundry and plumbers on the trail and if she can fool 67 million folks then they’ll deserve what they get.

Let’s not get too trite or cute or we will be as obots koolaid drinnkers feeding each other hyperboles and might just underestimate our challenges.
38 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:27 am: Hi Dragonfly
Good to see you!
39 SouthernGAL68 01.21.09 at 12:29 am: Casper,

Is this entire “Obama thing” just out of control and sickening?
Just the fact that someone made that song, says it all. When is it going to end?
40 antifish 01.21.09 at 12:30 am: #31 SouthernGal,

Absolutely! Gay folks raise great kids! My is son now on his first semester of free education gained by two year of excellent grades. That’s the way it should work. Reward excellence!!
41 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:31 am: OMG.

That last paragraph ^ of murphy’s post (Cinie) just for the first time made me feel like I was black and not for Obama. I just actually felt scared and freaked out.

*sigh*
42 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:32 am: *must have been hard*
43 antifish 01.21.09 at 12:33 am: WTF? What are you talking about?
44 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:34 am: Read it.
45 antifish 01.21.09 at 12:35 am: Cheezussss, I’m going to bed. Anything else is just retarded!
46 TrishfromCanada 01.21.09 at 12:35 am: Hi Dragonfly
47 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:36 am: gnight
!
48 SouthernGAL68 01.21.09 at 12:37 am: Well yall, it’s been a long day – time to call it a night!

Goodnight all!
49 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:38 am: *perhaps* background helps in these matters. But that’s ok.
50 carol haka 01.21.09 at 12:39 am: I have to finish watching this train wreck!

CAROL HAKA
51 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 12:40 am: hey, I’m back. I downloaded O’s inauguration speech – wow, EWard, Dances, you are right, he really flubbed up the oath! I guess he was so busy memorizing his speech he forgot to practice the freaking oath!

antifish, I am laughing my ass off at your comments tonight!
52 carol haka 01.21.09 at 12:41 am: I don’t think even Captain Sully could have landed this wreck of an inauguration successfully!

CAROL HAKA
53 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:42 am: kat
cinie’s very good, isnt she?
54 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:42 am: Uhm, ok Oblow blows.

world coming to end.

obots have no one to hate anymore (except, us?)

their lives will now no longer bond around hatred of bush, but now obama obsession.

Nothing to do but fight for tangible decisions now. ERA, etc.

That’s it.
55 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 12:44 am: hey, kat, enjoy the next three or so years – the Mayans say 2012 is the end. Good think I liquidated my retirement.
56 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:44 am: Dances, cinie is good, yes.
57 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 12:44 am: good thing
58 Cinie 01.21.09 at 12:45 am: KerryLINY, if you don’t get the analogy, fine. But Obama didn’t do any of the things you allege other than serve part time in the Illinois State Senate, 2 years in Congress, run for office and fool 67 million people with the help of funny money and a curiously compliant media. He did not emerge unscathed in debates, and nothing I wrote is akin to Obot mania. The death penalty legislation was put on the table by the governor who went to jail after he put a moratorium on executions.
59 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:45 am: good think is always a good thing
60 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:46 am: whoa… we conjured.
DancesWithConjurers
61 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 12:48 am: KerryLINY,

I didn’t read Cinie’s piece as tempting us to underestimate our challenges. It’s okay to laugh though – we can’t spend all our time angry or crying! Or drinking – oh, okay, we CAN spend all our time drinking, but it’s expensive and leads to job loss. . . .
62 atypical 01.21.09 at 12:49 am: Gov. Paterson:
Asked if he was feeling pressure to replace Clinton with a woman, Paterson said, “I don’t consider it pressure, but there were 17 women in the United States Senate when the women’s population is nearly 52 percent, and now without Hillary there would be 16. So I would think it’s a valid point. I wouldn’t say it’s pressure. I wouldn’t say it’s a factor, but it is a point that people have raised.”
63 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 12:51 am: what do you think Gov P will do, atypical?
64 kat in your hat 01.21.09 at 12:52 am: conjurors…

i’m watching yous.

well, send me something nice and sweet. I want deep sleep. Conjure something sexy and adventurous…maybe a trip around the galaxy. Conjure me a good dream, if you can.

goodnight gorgeous pumas. xoxoxo

-murphy, night honey.

(((dances)))
xo.

*we got through it*
65 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:55 am: kat
thanks for the spelling correction.
(((kat)))
conjuroring visions of sugar plums for you.
66 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 12:57 am: atypical
Patterson read our email!
67 Casper Cat 01.21.09 at 12:58 am: Hey, DWP anyway we could send this to BO to let him know how relieved we are now… WARNING: It is sort of gross… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78oga9clgWc You see what this election has reduced me too!!!!!!!!
68 DancesWithPumas 01.21.09 at 1:01 am: Casper
Thanks. I’ll have to view it tomorrow… to close to bedtime for me after an already gross evening and abysmal day.
69 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 1:04 am: g’night pumas!
70 loveall 01.21.09 at 1:07 am: “First HO, Mo”???????? That’s harsh.
71 sandipuma 01.21.09 at 1:09 am: LOL
72 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 1:10 am: loveall – agreed. I don’t like the abuse on Michelle. I don’t like what she said about Hillary – “if you can’t take care of your own house, how can you take care of the White House?” But sadly for Michelle and her daughters, the abuse will be just as harsh against her as it was against Hillary as First Lady. Maybe worse.
73 hebrew.que. 01.21.09 at 1:13 am: I didn’t listen to the speech or watch any TV. I wore orange today when I went out. I got hassled by the obots.
74 loveall 01.21.09 at 1:16 am: hebrew.que. 01.21.09 at 1:13 am Better get used to it, until Obama calls them off. Who can you complain to?
75 Dragonfly 01.21.09 at 1:26 am: you can complain here, hebrew.que!
76 Libby 01.21.09 at 1:33 am: I hope this means that there will not be anymore comments about “blood in the streets”, and nasty descriptions of women.

But I’m not counting on it.
77 carol haka 01.21.09 at 1:44 am: Someone on Greta’s site declared they were upset to find out that their children will never be able to become Presidents as they were not “natural born, but c-sections”!

Pretty funny!

CAROL HAKA
78 hillstheone 01.21.09 at 1:49 am: I didn’t watch ANYTHING about the inauguration on TV today, I just read this blog & one damn article on CNN. Said Chris Rock can’t find anything funny to use in his skits about Obama.

“Hey, Chris! We can help you w/that!”

Nite-nite, PUMA’s, sweet dreams cause tomorrow’s another great day to be a PUMA.
79 Nijma 01.21.09 at 3:07 am: hebrew.que, I like to carry a camera when I know there will be Obots about. Then I say “you don’t mind if I film this, do you?” Of course you can’t do that at work, but it makes them think twice about getting up in your face quite as much if they might end up on YouTube.
80 Notyoursweetie 01.21.09 at 5:53 am: Here’s a collection of “overheard yesterday” from someone who tried hard not to hear anything:
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/the-speech-was-shit-somebodys-down/
81 jenniforhillary 01.21.09 at 6:42 am: Been there, done that…substandard in every way, never had a job, never done a hard day’s work, wouldn’t know truth if it hit him on the head, married to someone who is akin to a dead wood as far as being beneficial to this country, surrounded himself with lackies and yes men….HELLO AMERICA GWB JR. has just flubbed up the oath and yes he is someone’s new prez. BUT NOT MINE!! I voted for Hillary, I know she won, and I’m going to have her as my president. Sure, she can’t do much and she won’t get any credit, but that is just par for the course for most women in higher management–we do all the work and they take the credit and say we don’t drive well.

Counting the days (one) until the media gets the courage to bite the hand that feeds them…long live pay offs, criminals, fatal stupidity, and the big lie NOT!

PUMAS walk strong today knowing that you are smarter than most, stronger than many, and braver than a lot of them. The Emperor is naked and it ain’t pretty out there, but at least that won’t come as a surprise to us. BARE ASS NAKED and he ain’t got much folks…not much at all.
82 Sunshinelvr 01.21.09 at 6:52 am: Good Morning jenni. I made sure I missed all the goings-on of yesterday. I read the comments here and played poker! HGTV & PBS (The Antique Road Show) have become my favorite channels! I can barely stomach any Fox just yet.
83 Sunshinelvr 01.21.09 at 6:55 am: Have a lovely, lovely day all Pumas and lurkers. Let us enjoy our beautiful world and try to forget the ugliness of some people who inhabit it, at least for a short time.
84 storytellers 01.21.09 at 7:46 am: good afternoon to all pumas¡¡¡
i hope the truth would be revealed, after yesterday mickey mouse take over, i am numb, i feel like i am inside of a conundrum
85 Biker_George 01.21.09 at 7:55 am: Jenniforhillary

You should not be holding your breath waiting for the MSM to turn on the ONE cause I would lay money down if he was cought on tape shooting somebody the MSM would lie about it and tell us it was for the greatter good of the USA
86 Heneri 01.21.09 at 8:35 am: Time heals all wounds. Either the Democratic cabal that put him in and are pulling his strings, putting words in his mouth etc will be successful in some of their efforts, or he and they will all lose favor within the next year. Every failure will be explained away for a while. But, just like the man they patterned this fiasco after, he will lose the will of the people who put him there when reality of his foolishness becomes apparent to the point where reality sets in.

Our role in this? We need to keep pushing for the right kind of change. We need to keep aware and informed, be reasonable, be diligent, and support only the things that make sense, refuse to worship, refuse to support anything that is foolish, and support unaffiliated candidates who are on the right beam.
87 clintondemocrat 01.21.09 at 8:49 am: you know what’s really weird, I was just on facebook and all the people who were/are Obamites have NOTHING up. I thought there would be Obama crap everywhere and the things that are up are all the new things people have just become a fan of
88 cjv 01.21.09 at 9:22 am: New York Senate news update. Well, there is none. I just heard that Gov Paterson intends to announce his appointment decision on Saturday. That’s right, a day when no one is paying much attention.

But I will be paying attention.
89 scarlet 01.21.09 at 9:52 am: HILLARY AND LILY LEDBEDDER FAIR PAY ACT

Congress Today
Senate Schedule for JANUARY 21, 2009

Legislative Business

JANUARY 21, 2009 — Senate meets at noon in an executive session to consider the nomination of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) to be secretary of state, with a roll call vote on the nomination expected to occur at approximately 4:40 p.m.

Following the vote on the Clinton nomination the Senate will resume consideration of S.181, the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.”

source: congress.org
90 theamericanway 01.21.09 at 10:00 am: Heneri: Our role in this?
—————
This morning I realized how lucky we were to leave Bush behind; I’d like the same option for O should he remain POTUS for eight years. Which brings me to a personal urgency for opposing the repeal of two term limit. I’m a bit more agitated about it because NYC mayor Michael Bloomburg has made great progress in repealing the two-term limit that had threatened the bid he has decided he wants for yet another term. Point being: precedent for overturning two terms is being set in NY. Think we’d better not let coattail effects take over on this legislation.

Scarlet; thanks for Senate schedule. Hillary is uppermost in our minds but truly I did not know where Ledbetter stood.
91 scarlet 01.21.09 at 10:01 am: LILY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT OF 3009

http://pumapac.org/forums/411-on-the-111/comment-page-1/#comment-279104 posts 1, 19 and 21. Write/call your senators.
92 ipotter 01.21.09 at 10:12 am: Today I’m enjoying all the purple tunnel stories.
93 murphy 01.21.09 at 10:14 am: morning after posted, take it upstairs!

(p.s. cjv and scarlet, please repost your comments, thanks)
94 Headclunker 01.21.09 at 10:19 am: THE BLOGOSPHERE IS SILENT

I do not know if all the O’bots partied too much and are hung over this morning, but they are all very silent. Last night there was some really ugly stuff being posted about BO on some of the less monitored boards. Very little rebuttle. Now that they have what they want, they do not know what to do. Do you think they are all going to show up and serve their master now?
95 clintondemocrat 01.21.09 at 10:50 am: Okay, I personally think (given the conditions that exist) that it is funny and awesome that Bill and Hillary are on the FRONT ROW on the inaguration prayer service. It goes like this obama, that woman, Joe Biden, Dr. Biden, President Clinton, Secretary of State Designate Clinton. I mean honestly, it isn’t all those jerks from the DEM party. It isn’t even Pelosi who is actually the third in line. It is Bill and hillary and I think it’s great. I heard Dr. Jill Biden is going to continue her university work. I didn’t know she had a PhD
96 Back Bay Style 01.21.09 at 11:49 am: I don’t think this is so far-fetched. No, it won’t be Elizabeth Hassleback, but the method of modern elections is now established. And I have had the sinking feeling for a long time now that the only way we will see a woman in the presidency is from the Republican party, and she will be someone very like Elizabeth Hassleback. After all, Rove invented the method, Axelrod only modernized and marketed it.
97 not a Koolaid drinker 01.21.09 at 12:48 pm: Headclunker #94 -

What ugly stuff? I can stomach reading anything related…