We made over 151,000 calls to senior citizens in Texas tonight. One of our vols talked to a man stranded at home w/out power in Killeen, hadn’t eaten in 2 days, got him a ride to a warming center and a hot meal. Help us reach more people, join us tomorrow: https://t.co/WOLn2HCrm1
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) February 18, 2021
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“Get a Rope” Quotes of the Week – February 20, 2021
“Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government out of their business.”
Rick Perry, Texas Governor 2001-2015, on the Texas ice storm
“No one owes you or your family anything; nor is it the local governments responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink or swim, it’s your choice! … Only the strong will survive and the week will perish.”
Tim Boyd, former Mayor of Colorado City, Texas, on the Texas ice storm
Boyd resigned his position shortly after he made this comment.
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Worst Quotes of the Week – February 20, 2021
“So first off, we obviously look at all the data that comes in. But this strain is in blue states and they don’t talk about doing anything with blue states.”
Florida Governor Rick DeSantis, dismissing the growing number of COVID-19 cases in his state due to a new mutation
“The hundreds of thousands of people that attend those Trump rallies, those are the people that love this country. They never would have done what happened on January 6. That is a group of people that love freedom. That is a group of people … we need to unify and keep on our side.”
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, claiming the January 6 rioters were not armed insurrectionists
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Best Quotes of the Week – February 20, 2021
“This is what you get when people who don’t believe in government are running your government. . . . They’d like to spend more time on Hannity talking about the Green New Deal and wind turbines than they would in trying to help those who desperately need it right now.”
Beto O’Rourke, on this week’s ice storms in Texas
“Just put it in people’s arms. We don’t want any doses to go to waste. Period.”
Dr. Hasan Gokal, a Houston doctor with the Harris County Public Health Department who was charged with stealing ten doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for rushing to administer them before expiration
“It’s essentially a question of how much insurance you want to buy. What makes this problem even harder is that we’re now in a world where, especially with climate change, the past is no longer a good guide to the future. We have to get much better at preparing for the unexpected.”
Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems engineer at Princeton University, on the Texas ice storm crisis
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Happy Valentine’s Day 2021!
“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.”
Pearl Bailey
“Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Valentine’s Day: the holiday that reminds you that if you don’t have a special someone, you’re alone.”
Lewis Black
“Love is a lot like a backache: it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.”
George Burns
“Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.”
Carroll Bryant
“A girl can wait for the right man to come along, but in the meantime that doesn’t mean she can’t have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.”
Cher
“An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”
Agatha Christie
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.”
Joan Crawford
“Marry a man your own age; as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.”
Phyllis Diller
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
Albert Einstein
“I married for love, but the obvious side benefit of having someone around to find my glasses cannot be ignored.”
Cameron Esposito
“Oh, here’s an idea: Let’s make pictures of our internal organs and give them to other people we love on Valentine’s Day. That’s not weird at all.”
Jimmy Fallon
“Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet service to see who they really are.”
Will Ferrell
“Without Valentine’s Day, February would be … well, January.”
Jim Gaffigan
“Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in.”
Richard Jeni
“Love is telling someone their hair extensions are showing.”
Natasha Leggero
“You are never alone on Valentine’s Day if you’re near a lake and have bread.”
Mike Primavera
“I love being married. It’s so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”
Rita Rudner
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
Charles M. Schulz
“Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women; a little bit of support and a little bit of freedom.”
Jerry Seinfeld
“Love is blind – marriage is the eye-opener.”
Pauline Thomason
“If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?”
Lily Tomlin
“Love thy neighbor – and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.”
Mae West
“You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.”
Henny Youngman
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Word of the Week – February 13, 2021
Lagom
Noun
Swedish, early 19th century
The principle of living a balanced, moderately paced, low-fuss life.
Example: My personal lagom includes reading, writing, eating healthy and not spending too much time on social media.
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Technical Faux Pas of the Week – February 13, 2021
We’ve all heard the concept of addressing the elephant in the room, but during a livestream of a virtual court proceeding in Texas, had to address the cat on the screen. Attorney Rod Ponton was using his assistant’s laptop computer, when he appeared…as a cute little white feline. The assistant’s daughter had previously used the laptop and – apparently to everyone’s surprised (or in this case, maternal horror) – had installed a Zoom filter on it. The dutiful assistant worked to correct the error, as Ponton insisted, “I am not a cat.”
Naturally, “I am not a cat” has become a popular meme. As a wolf man, I’d be offended to come across as a cat, but seeing legal professionals stumble so badly because they didn’t prepare for the unexpected is just too…well, precious!
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Verbal Faux Pas of the Week – February 13, 2021
“My name is Bruce Castor, and I am the lead prosecutor – err – lead counsel for the 45th President of the United States. I was an assistant DA for such a long time that I keep saying prosecutor, but I do understand the difference.”
Bruce L. Castor, in his opening defense of Donald Trump during Trump’s impeachment trial
It should be worth noting that, earlier in his career, Castor fought to let Bill Cosby go free while Trump’s other impeachment lawyer, David Schoen, was set to defend Jeffrey Epstein before the latter died in prison.
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