Hahaha, I do think he wears garanimals, cardplayer. My children were of that age group and loved helping to pick out their clothes by matching the animals. Now once they were home and the tags removed it was first shirt with whatever pants for my DS. His combinations were much more creative than the Loon's.

Divine: I hope you niece has a great experience today. I think the repugnicans would not only elect a dead man (can't be a woman) but would have him vote on critical legislation and serve more than one term. Where there is a will, there is a way and they would invest vast amounts of time in figuring that out. They already have loads of dead wood in office.

Ruth: I agree. we need to stop playing nice guy/girl and flaunt our attributes. They point out our weaknesses but we need to point out how legislation that they vetoed, but got passed anyhow and is benefitting their constituencies, is due to the Dems action and not their reps. Why should they get the credit when they voted "no". I would roar that from the Capitol steps.

Congratulations to your niece devinemrsm. That's quite an accomplishment. Looks like they had good weather conditions. 👏

Wonderful news and I hope she is proud of her efforts. What a feat to write on your life's resume.

Got tickled about the math books since I was just reading -- Biden's poll numbers in mid 30's. Comes from the pundits taking an outlier poll and using it rather than an average of three -- which pretty much all the rest of the pollsters ( the good ones ) do. Fox is really good at doing that. The Biden numbers are instead in the 40's. He has more than meets the eye off hand and we do need to get the " truth " of how he is REALLY doing and slam it out there every day.

Barring that -- I hope when the televised hearings start that the amt. of proof of what the "other " side was really doing will allow people to see where all the lies and mis-information tend to come into play. Time will tell I presume --- but I still would like to see a good push-back on their 'lies' and our 'truths'.

From CBS News:

The 126th Boston Marathon is particularly special, as it marks 50 years since women were first allowed to officially run the race. And back on the course this year is Val Rogosheske, one of the original eight women who helped make that happen in 1972.

Now 75 years old, according to Women's Running, Rogosheske is on another team of eight women, all running in honor of the huge milestone for women's sports.

The team is comprised of women who have made a powerful impact in their communities and the world, including Mary Ngugi, who helped found the Women's Athletic Alliance and raises awareness against domestic violence; Paralympic gold medal winner Manuela Schär; Melissa Stockwell, the first female American soldier to lose a limb in active combat; Sarah Fuller, the first woman student-athlete to suit up for an SEC football game; U.S. Women's National Soccer Team star Kristine Lilly; DACA recipient Jocelyn Rivas, the youngest Latina to ever run 100 marathons; and Verna Volker, the founder of Native Women Running.

Minnesota native Rogosheske and seven others, Nina Kuscik, Kathy Miller, Elaine Pederson, Ginny Collins, Pat Barrett Shore, Frances Morrison and Sara Mae Berman paved the road in 1972 for this team to run.

Roberta Gibb was the first woman to run the full marathon in 1966 after hiding in a bush until the race began. The next year, Katherine Switzer was the first woman to obtain a bib number after the then-men's only race did not have a gender question on the entry form. It was that race where she was famously attacked by a B.A.A. official at about 2 miles in. Despite finishing, she was disqualified.

"I hadn't met the other seven women until we gathered on the start line. So we were huddled off to the side, so excited, and knowing that eyes were on us," she told CBS Boston. "Because many women, many people, didn't think that we should be running marathons. So I think we knew that none of us were going to drop out. It was going to be do or die and we all finished."

Rogosheske finished sixth out of the women's division that year with a time of 4:29:32. The next year, she finished ninth with a time of 3:51:12, and in 1974, she finished the race in eighth place with a time of 3:09:38.

But this year, she's not going for time, and she'll be surrounded by 14,000 other women, according to the Boston Athletic Association.

"It does make me tear up sometimes," she told CBS Boston. "It is hard to imagine going from that small number. ... It just makes me feel so good to know how opportunity has expanded for women and how women are seizing the moment and taking advantage of it."

Rogosheske was also named an official starter for the professional women's division.

Also joining Rogosheske this year are her two daughters, Abigail and Allie, as well as her cousin — one family making up half the number of women originally allowed to run just a few decades prior. She said her daughters have insisted that they will run alongside her throughout the course.

Her plan of attack for the 26.2-mile journey is to run hard for 30 seconds, walk for 30 seconds, and repeat.

"My joints love it," she said.

Surrounded by thousands of women who have followed in her footsteps, Rogosheske said she hopes that even more women pursue the sport, and take the lessons of running off the road and into their daily lives.

"In the area of running, even if you think running's not for you, give it a try. Do the walk-run approach. Do something just to try it," she said. "Even beyond running, if there's something you want to do, just go for it. There's no reason you can't do it."

Li Cohen is a social media producer and trending reporter for CBS News, focusing on social justice issues.

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MATH CONCEPTS THE STATE OF FLORIDA FINDS OBJECTIONABLE

by CARLOS GREAVES

Here in the great state of Florida, we are committed to protecting our children from any and all forms of indoctrination, and math is no exception. These are the mathematical concepts we find objectionable based on the dangers they pose to children:

Calculus: We stand firmly against any field of mathematics that requires integration.

Multiplication: We believe only certain numbers should be allowed to multiply with one another.

Polygons: We reject the notion that anything can have more than one side.

Order of Operations: The mnemonic Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally is reverse racism. Nobody should have to apologize just because their relative was in the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

The Number Zero: All numbers are either positive or negative. That's just basic math.

Subtraction: It's wrong to subtract a fractional number from another number before it has become whole.

Set Theory: We oppose any concept that recognizes the "simple majority" or "plurality" of a group.

Equal Signs: We believe in equality, obviously. Just not the way they're doing it.

Prime Numbers: The only prime number the State of Florida recognizes is 17—the age at which a woman is in her prime.

Functions: We're against anything that requires getting input first before it can be executed.

Gradients: We believe all slopes are slippery.

Square Roots: No mathematical concept that encourages using radical symbols should ever be taught in schools.

Mathematical Proofs: We don't think any assertion requires "proof."

Limits of Exponential Functions: Powers should not have any limits.

Non-Binary Operations, the Transitive Property, Cis(x), and Homogeneous Spaces: You're not allowed to say any of these words in Florida.

Division: This one is OK with us.

Ha! Also in the Theater of the Absurd:

With Tucker, that might actually be a good idea.....😝

Ruth -- great meme.

To All: with all the glitches and crashes I haven't checked this thread for ages. I have to go back even farther to where I let off. I need the laughs - even if they are tinged with sorrow from the truth of them.

Yes, they seem to only open their mouths to change feet. I hope they continue to do so.