Seth takes a closer look at Republicans getting upset Joe Biden won’t work with them after signaling they were willing to do anything to sabotage his agenda.
There were a few conversations up at work about the GameStop stock, and I can tell you that one thing that unites the left and right at my job is their hatred of hedge fund managers.
When my reaction is OH NO YOU AIN’T COMIN’ AFTER MY GIRL LIZ CHENEY we have hit absolute rock bottom dissociative state end times
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 29, 2021
I am being mocked by a Nazi. I poked a couple earlier and they are still swarming.
tHE fASciSTs aRe nOt rEaLLy oPPoSeD tO tHE oLiGArCHs, eXCepT sOMEtiMEs rHEtoRicaLLy. pic.twitter.com/kcMkqQJA4f
— wehrkatzer (@wehrkatzer) January 29, 2021
Last thread Laura Marling OMG me crush on Laura Marling.
re: #3 gocart mozart
I am being mocked by a Nazi. I poked a couple earlier and they are still swarming.
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The fascists think they’ll get rich and become one of the oligarchs.
It’s like the Libertarians loving anarchy because they each think they are the one that will come out as king in the end.
Hey, @charlesbethea, it’s where James Dickey set his book Deliverance because he and his friends were threatened by the locals in NW Georgia. https://t.co/f0fDgseX2j
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) January 29, 2021
Read about what it was like to run against a woman whose followers openly admit to wanting, perhaps intending, to murder you. https://t.co/RJ9BMkf5oM
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) January 29, 2021
You have confused me with someone else. I’m not into the whole “burn a Reichstag down, destroy a democracy, and then do a some genocides” thing. You do you.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 29, 2021
A legend is born… https://t.co/eIuSNcDpGW
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) January 29, 2021
re: #1 Belafon
There were a few conversations up at work about the GameStop stock, and I can tell you that one thing that unites the left and right at my job is their hatred of hedge fund managers.
I’m not surprised. My feeling is that the only people on the planet that respect hedge fund managers are other hedge fund managers, and that they all hate each other.
Meanwhile, this is the most terrifying video I have ever seen. It’s Danny MacAskill riding down the spine of the Black Cuillins for 500 vertical meters on the Isle of Skye on a mountain bike.
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Not in a million years, even in my yute, would I be tempted to do this:
I might pop off and post Jewish Space Lazer a few times a week because awesome.
Statistics that feel true take on so much power https://t.co/DNPFHOyly4
— Ben Smith (@benyt) January 29, 2021
re: #14 austin_blue
Nor I but in a cool bit of timing, the finale of Respighi’s “Pines of Rome” was playing in the background to that video and it made a pretty good soundtrack for it.
re: #3 gocart mozart
I am being mocked by a Nazi. I poked a couple earlier and they are still swarming.
Ooh, he identifies his enemies by their logos! Including two shoe companies and a 30-minute animated TV show!
He thinks they are going to “blow up the system”?
The “system” is going to open its gigantic money sucking maw and devour him like a shrimp on a toothpick.
Who vets these ass clowns? They are incredibly inadequate.
re: #14 austin_blue
I’m not surprised. My feeling is that the only people on the planet that respect hedge fund managers are other hedge fund managers, and that they all hate each other.
Meanwhile, this is the most terrifying video I have ever seen. It’s Danny MacAskill riding down the spine of the Black Cuillins for 500 vertical meters on the Isle of Skye on a mountain bike.
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Not in a million years, even in my yute, would I be tempted to do this:
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My husband was a biking fanatic and never in a million years would he have attempted anything close to this. And I would have stopped him if he had ever dared to consider it.
Dereliction of duty on an unbelievably massive scale. https://t.co/8swo0vq7Uy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 29, 2021
The same day McCarthy issues a statement trumpeting “a united conservative movement” after meeting with Trump, the former president’s eldest son calls into a Wyo rally to urge on the defeat of the third-ranking House Republican
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 29, 2021
Good thing Lauren wasn’t at Parkland, or she’d have been tweeting, “The students are hiding in room 34…”
— Katy Barzedor (@bucky4eyes) January 28, 2021
re: #17 William Lewis
Nor I but in a cool bit of timing, the finale of Respighi’s “Pines of Rome” was playing in the background to that video and it made a pretty good soundtrack for it.
Iknowright?
A great little piece of music.
But the Cuillins are bare of trees, and the island is as desolate as Rome is crowded.
Brian Williams played the “You complete me” clip from Jerry Maguire calling it exclusive footage of Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Trump. He has one of the aridest senses of humor ever.
re: #22 Dread Pirate Ron
Oh, by all means Lauren, go up against a teenager on social media. That always ends well.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) January 29, 2021
re: #25 Ace-o-aces
Let’s hope that whole community of young people gang up on those two witches and bring them down.
re: #25 Ace-o-aces
They took on the NRA. Lauren Bobbert wouldn’t be much more than a speed bump (or a pothole).
A Brazil Covid-19 variant may become a problem.
How could there be a surge of covid-19 in Manaus, Brazil, where ~75% of the population (≥ level of herd immunity) had already been infected?https://t.co/IGMzke7cWE @TheLancet
Analysis of 4 possible explanations implicates the P.1 (and newly described P.2) variants pic.twitter.com/w0q11QQrzU— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 28, 2021
I LOLed. Mister Skeleton is fascist
— Eyes on the Right (@EyesOnTheRight) January 28, 2021
re: #1 Belafon
There were a few conversations up at work about the GameStop stock, and I can tell you that one thing that unites the left and right at my job is their hatred of hedge fund managers.
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Hedge funds are a curse upon the earth, IMHO. Even at my too big to fail employer, there’s a great deal of distrust of hedge funds.
ETA: Forgot to mention that some people went out and protested in front of Robinhood’s headquarters. Which are in Menlo Park. Where one of my friends live, or as I said to her: baby, it’s NEAR YOUR HOUSE. (We both picketed Scientology back in the day.)
re: #24 thecommodore
Brian Williams played the “You complete me” clip from Jerry Maguire calling it exclusive footage of Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Trump. He has one of the aridest senses of humor ever.
I remember watching that scene and having a little vomit in the back of my throat. A quick swig of Coke, three hard taps of Binaca into my maw, a quick glance to my date who was looking equally stricken, passing the Binaca to her and getting it back with her deepest thanks.
(1:52, CNBC clip)
Don’t try to come at Elizabeth Warren on taxing the wealthy
pic.twitter.com/MVAqRuYQEG— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) January 28, 2021
I think I must be getting old. The world seems to be making less and less sense each day.
*raises hand to answer Pastor*
*lowers hand, and avoids all eye-contact* https://t.co/mixvoH6Gtm pic.twitter.com/KJiuANUWPX— Danack 😷 (@MrDanack) January 29, 2021
I didn’t get polio. I ain’t getting the Covid. pic.twitter.com/AeMKfFu14u
— Lewis Black (@TheLewisBlack) January 21, 2021
I love this Politico article for capturing the exact moment it dawns on Matt Schlapp that the next CPAC will have at least one breakout session on the dangers posed by secret Jewish space lasers pic.twitter.com/hYZbmEPNbw
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) January 29, 2021
re: #35 🌹UOJB!
I used to enjoy Jason Linkins’ writing. Haven’t heard of him in a long time. Just not reading where he is writing, I suppose. Very witty.
My state senator being dragged for his remarks about Dr. Fauci.
Just State Sen. Steve Erdman casually hating on the nation’s top infectious disease & epidemic expert:https://t.co/qlapyVydc3 pic.twitter.com/wobsV5zj5Z
— Alia Conley (@aliaconleyOWH) January 28, 2021
Common sense is what tells you the world is flat.
We rely on science to fight disease and advance public health. Not just common sense. https://t.co/wtD3obFY0R— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 28, 2021
this headline is basically “democrats want to help people and republicans are super mad about it” https://t.co/WLiCXJFyry
— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 28, 2021
Nebraska’s statewide Covid-19 vaccine registration Website just went up. Currently, you may only register over the Web, meaning a large percentage of people in the state cannot register for the vaccine.
The signup lists made by the public health districts are not compatible with each other or the new state Website, so I signed up my wife on the state site as well.
Moderna vaccination update #6: The chicken soup from yesterday wore off. I feel like crap. (I imagine I feel a lot better than I would if I had Covid-19.)
As a voter, I see this man who contradicts pandemic experts and catches the virus and I think “this is a guy who I’d gladly let bankrupt the state with a consumption tax”
— Daniel is social distancing (@DHauschild) January 29, 2021
Sen. Warren dragging the SEC on CNBC for failing to do their jobs on regulating the stock market. The questions surround the trading in Game Stop but go on to hedge funds and retail trading outfits like Robinhood and their secret arbitration clauses. (3:53)
“We need an SEC that has clear rules about market manipulation and then has the backbone to go in and enforce those rules.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for the SEC to “step up and do their job” as the GameStop frenzy continues. https://t.co/wHe36fnmzP pic.twitter.com/3XkZWQ4FOU
— CNBC (@CNBC) January 28, 2021
Better wake up pretty early in the morning. pic.twitter.com/jLKDf8fARp
— Letterkenny Problems (@LetterkennyProb) January 22, 2021
re: #41 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Sen. Warren dragging the SEC on CNBC for failing to do their jobs on regulating the stock market. The questions surround the trading in Game Stop but go on to hedge funds and retail trading outfits like Robinhood and their secret arbitration clauses. (3:53)
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They need to reinstate the Uptick Rule* for short selling. That would take care of so many problems in itself with little need to hire half a million investigators for the SEC.
*There used to be an SEC rule that you could not short sell securities that were going down in price at the time. This rule was removed in 2007 and well what do you know, a massive crash came right after that. (Despite what Bob Cesca said on his show today, short selling was never illegal in itself, and despite my loathing of much of Wall Street, even I don’t think it should be banned, just regulated.)
“He should not be permitted to establish a recognized presidential library. No public buildings, streets or monuments should be named for him. When he eventually dies, there should be no state funeral.”https://t.co/vFwGcPYnSp https://t.co/CzCEymJ1xV
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) January 29, 2021
There are two great articles connected with this thread:
re: #44 thecommodore
An internet kiosk loaded with Russian malware that only goes to Pornhub. I’m ok if *that* is the Trump Library.
re: #39 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Nebraska’s statewide Covid-19 vaccine registration Website just went up. Currently, you may only register over the Web, meaning a large percentage of people in the state cannot register for the vaccine.
The signup lists made by the public health districts are not compatible with each other or the new state Website, so I signed up my wife on the state site as well.
Moderna vaccination update #6: The chicken soup from yesterday wore off. I feel like crap. (I imagine I feel a lot better than I would if I had Covid-19.)
I tried to schedule an appointment on the Illinois Cook County website but the message is “All appointments have been booked” and they aren’t going to reopen for registration until they get more vaccine. There’s a different site that will be contacting me when they have vaccines available for my category. But for now, am just waiting.
re: #43 Jack Burton
They need to reinstate the Uptick Rule* for short selling. That would take care of so many problems in itself with little need to hire half a million investigators for the SEC.
*There used to be an SEC rule that you could not short sell securities that were going down in price at the time. This rule was removed in 2007 and well what do you know, a massive crash came right after that. (Despite what Bob Cesca said on his show today, short selling was never illegal in itself, and despite my loathing of much of Wall Street, even I don’t think it should be banned, just regulated.)
Short selling in just about any other area is illegal.
“You wanna buy my SUV for $10,000? Great, hand over the money and I’ll deliver it tomorrow.”
(Borrowed an SUV that I can buy for $5,000 since I don’t own one.)
It’s obvious to people here I’ve never owned any stocks, but it seems to me you shouldn’t be able to sell anything you do not own. As far as I can tell, the only purpose of short selling is to extract wealth from sales of things you don’t own. In extreme cases, it’s for manipulating the market to extract wealth from it.
Currently there is short-selling of silver going on. I see no difference between selling bullion you don’t own, stocks you don’t own, and SUVs you don’t own. The key seems to be the “don’t own” part.
Max Keiser: Silver Price Gap of $500 Required to Short Squeeze Wall Street’s Fake Sell Orders (Coinbase, today)
The Reddit group Wallstreetbets is now eyeing to short squeeze silver market, one of the heavily shorted markets with the majority of the short position bought by JP Morgan. The price of silver has already risen by 6% for the day and it seems the Redditors have started buying the Silver similar to GME stocks.
With the current price of the silver spot price at $26, the price would need to go up to $500 to pull a Melvin on JP Morgan.
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My wife and I have a position in silver (we own physical silver bullion and silver coins). It might be worth watching the attempted squeeze on JP Morgan to see if it becomes worthwhile to sell our silver.
Trump’s library can be a dingy room with a VCR that alternately plays “Ghosts Can’t Do It” and his cameo in a Playboy video.
re: #48 The Ghost of a Flea
Hi Ghost! It’s #45 that you meant to respond to, not my #46 (but I understand preferring the number 46 to 45!)
Remember when no Democrats in Congress were cheering for his attempted murderer or suggesting he had it coming because people were angry?
I do. But I’m not a garbage person selectively remembering things to score cheap points. https://t.co/DNWcxJe1WJ— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) January 29, 2021
re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Remember when Republicans had morals?
— Your Outer Voice (@youroutervoice) January 28, 2021
No. I don’t.
LOL
Scalese wasn’t actully shot or injured. It was all fake. He was a crisis actor.
— Dr. Etta Baggot-Dix (@KathyPa78267905) January 28, 2021
re: #43 Jack Burton
They need to reinstate the Uptick Rule* for short selling. That would take care of so many problems in itself with little need to hire half a million investigators for the SEC.
*There used to be an SEC rule that you could not short sell securities that were going down in price at the time. This rule was removed in 2007 and well what do you know, a massive crash came right after that. (Despite what Bob Cesca said on his show today, short selling was never illegal in itself, and despite my loathing of much of Wall Street, even I don’t think it should be banned, just regulated.)
Other than making some gamblers rich, what is the benefit to the economy of short selling securities?
re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter
Other than making some gamblers rich, what is the benefit to the economy of short selling securities?
It keeps companies honest. At least in theory. Speculators are positive that a company is poorly run. (too many are).
Short selling is not the problem. Too much speculation is. We need to tax speculation. Warren has a plan for this.
re: #47 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Looking at my Kitco app, it would appear the naked shorting of silver began on January 7, when the price plunged several dollars over the month.
It would appear that in the space of the last few hours, the folks at r/WallStreetBets have driven the price right back to where it was when the short started.
Expect JP Morgan to start howling that their rules are being used against them. Almost all the short position in silver is by that bank. The sudden buy-fest began immediately on the opening of the NYMEX on January 26, driving up the price a few dollars in a matter of minutes. The price then fell back a few cents over the day, but now the Hong Kong market is open and driving the price back up to its peak again.
As noted in the Coinbase article above, executing a successful short squeeze against JP Morgan’s silver position would take a lot more work than that of Melvin’s position against Game Stop.
That said, they already effectively bankrupted a hedge fund. If one of the world’s largest banks is not safe from little silver traders, perhaps that might cause some re-thinking over shorting positions (particularly if the Democrats hold firm and say “fuque yoo” to both Melvin and JP Morgan).
re: #55 I Would Prefer Not To
It keeps companies honest. At least in theory. Speculators are positive that a company is poorly run. (too many are).
Short selling is not the problem. Too much speculation is. We need to tax speculation. Warren has a plan for this.
I don’t understand how “it keeps companies honest.”
And I still don’t understand selling something you don’t own isn’t a problem.
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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OMG Elizabeth Warren!
I envy her knowledge and skills.
re: #14 austin_blue
I’m not surprised. My feeling is that the only people on the planet that respect hedge fund managers are other hedge fund managers, and that they all hate each other.
Meanwhile, this is the most terrifying video I have ever seen. It’s Danny MacAskill riding down the spine of the Black Cuillins for 500 vertical meters on the Isle of Skye on a mountain bike.
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Not in a million years, even in my yute, would I be tempted to do this:
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Bunny MacAskill. The hardest part to watch was him climbing on his shadow on the rocks. Or some part after that; I wouldn’t know.
Been trying to figure out how you can tell a space laser is Jewish…I don’t think it had the same operation I did…
re: #61 🌹UOJB!
Been trying to figure out how you can tell a space laser is Jewish…I don’t think it had the same operation I did…
You can tell by the tip…
re: #58 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t understand how “it keeps companies honest.”
And I still don’t understand selling something you don’t own isn’t a problem.
It allows people to bet against them as opposed to bet that the stock is going to go up and up and up. Companies with lots of shorts sales have changed their behavior . It is good. don’t know. But I now that we would both agree that if we had better corporate governance in this country there would be less need for short sellers.
re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter
Other than making some gamblers rich, what is the benefit to the economy of short selling securities?
As I read up on these hedge funds, I am staggered by the amount of money they skim off for themselves.
Melvin Capital Management LP is an American investment management firm founded in 2014 by Gabriel Plotkin and based in New York City.
According to Forbes, Plotkin earned some $300 million in compensation in 2017 making him the 20th highest paid hedge fund manager that year
Don’t miss it.
On Thursday, January 28, 2021 we’ll see the rise of the full “Wolf Moon”. It will be best viewed at moonrise as it appears in the east cloaked in dramatic orange hues.#WolfMoon pic.twitter.com/qchPmfkDjl— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) January 28, 2021
re: #61 🌹UOJB!
Been trying to figure out how you can tell a space laser is Jewish…I don’t think it had the same operation I did…
The commands to operate it are in Hebrew, and it doesn’t operate on Shabbat? /s
you ever play craps and the shooter is on a roll and everyone’s winning money and there’s that one guy playing the don’t pass line which means if the shooter rolls a seven, everyone loses and that one guy wins big off everyone losing? that’s the hedge fund guys shorting stocks.
— NewDadNotes (@NewDadNotes) January 28, 2021
now imagine that guy keeps losing cause we are winning but suddenly the Casino pit boss says that guy is a VIP friend of the Casino and we aren’t allowed to win anymore bets at the craps table so that guy can win his money back. that’s what Robinhood and other apps did today.
— NewDadNotes (@NewDadNotes) January 28, 2021
Just saw the Brian Williams clip that TheCommodore mentioned:
Someone PLEASE TELL ME what happened tonight on @11thHour with Brian Williams! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/VjzwMPbtt2
— Douglass Sloan (@DougSloan) January 29, 2021
LOL
re: #63 I Would Prefer Not To
It allows people to bet against them as opposed to bet that the stock is going to go up and up and up. Companies with lots of shorts sales have changed their behavior . It is good. don’t know. But I now that we would both agree that if we had better corporate governance in this country there would be less need for short sellers.
I guess I just don’t understand then, because I don’t see a need for anyone selling something they don’t own. The only thing I see with short selling is some entity trying to drive down prices to extract wealth; it doesn’t seem to be about corporate governance to me.
As for corporate governance, the only thing I understand about that is the principle of “make money.” If they’re doing that, then it seems they’re doing what they’re supposed to do.
I would make a lousy capitalist I guess.
re: #66 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The commands to operate it are in Hebrew, and it doesn’t operate on Shabbat? /s
demands Chinese food on Christmas.
re: #68 Ming5000
Just saw the Brian Williams clip that TheCommodore mentioned:
LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✔
Programming note: I would like to suggest [tags] besides small and large; huge, massive, and gargantuan would be good.
re: #69 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I guess I just don’t understand then, because I don’t see a need for anyone selling something they don’t own. The only thing I see with short selling is some entity trying to drive down prices to extract wealth; it doesn’t seem to be about corporate governance to me.
As for corporate governance, the only thing I understand about that is the principle of “make money.” If they’re doing that, then it seems they’re doing what they’re supposed to do.
I would make a lousy capitalist I guess.
When I say corporate governance I refer to the rules that they should be following. Financial reporting, etc. When a company falsifies its data everyone gets hurt.
They are supposed to make money for shareholders, but that doesn’t mean they can break the rules. Just because I’m late for work, doesn’t mean I have the right to speed. My point is we need a stronger SEC.
It’s late and I need to sleep.
If only Kaepernick hadn’t gotten down on his knee. #BlueLivesMatterOnlyWhenConservativesWantThemToMatter https://t.co/EdBRG6fX0J
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 28, 2021
Sarcasm is a thing, Deb. https://t.co/58Et7JIKEo
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 28, 2021
re: #72 I Would Prefer Not To
When I say corporate governance I refer to the rules that they should be following. Financial reporting, etc. When a company falsifies its data everyone gets hurt.
They are supposed to make money for shareholders, but that doesn’t mean they can break the rules. Just because I’m late for work, doesn’t mean I have the right to speed. My point is we need a stronger SEC.It’s late and I need to sleep.
Thank you for the clarification. I agree on a stronger SEC.
I’ve been mixing rum and aspirin so I might not have been entirely clear on what i meant as well. I’m going to be dragging my carcass off to bed soon. As crappy as I feel, I still want my second vaccination (even with the 260 mile round trip to get it).
I’m not the only one who sees it right? pic.twitter.com/aldvDdl7cS
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) January 29, 2021
Pussy Riot’s Masha Alekhina is still detained, she faces criminal charges and 2 years in jail for encouraging people to go to protests on social networks.
THIS IS A FACE OF PUTIN’S RUSSIA. they clearly have nothing else to do, but to put Pussy Riot in jail over and over again. pic.twitter.com/yJAWT7REbb— 𝖕𝖚𝖘𝖘𝖞 𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖙 (@pussyrrriot) January 29, 2021
How do know when you’re dealing with a Jewish Space Laser… pic.twitter.com/9ij2WgVkjr
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) January 29, 2021
re: #76 Teukka
Worldmeter is at 443,769.
re: #80 Dread Pirate Ron
Worldmeter is at 443,769.
Locally:
pphd.org
Deaths: 173 (+1, my county)
New cases since January 24: +64 (new cases have trended downward since November 8)
Total vaccinated: 5,030 (a tiny fraction of the Panhandle population)
I’m going to head off to bed now, to dream of winning the second-chance drawing in the Wyoming Lottery.
re: #61 🌹UOJB!
Been trying to figure out how you can tell a space laser is Jewish…I don’t think it had the same operation I did…
One clue is that the laser beam from the sky will travel from right to left….
Jewish Lasers want their children to be doctors and lawyers.
re: #84 I Would Prefer Not To
Jewish Lasers want their children to be doctors and lawyers.
And stay focused on their careers….
re: #61 🌹UOJB!
Been trying to figure out how you can tell a space laser is Jewish…I don’t think it had the same operation I did…
ask Mel Brooks:
re: #65 Dread Pirate Ron
Last night’s moonrise was one of the most dramatic I have seen in a long time…it burst out of some fast-moving clouds and lit up the whole hillside.
re: #90 Dread Pirate Ron
We used to play this in the University of Arizona Russian Department’s Balalaika Orchestra…
It’s raining again here. We missed the heavy rains in the Bay Area, they went to the south of Morgan Hill. We are now at 3.20” since July 1st.. Normal at this time would be about 12”.
Rush Limbaugh’s comments on Game Stop is that it shows that the system is “rigged for elitists”.
As in rootless, (((cosmopolitan))), college-educated elitists, not hard-working sons of millionaire real-estate moguls who worked their way from the top up to further on top.
re: #70 I Would Prefer Not To
demands Chinese food on Christmas.
It opens pre-programmed comms to the mothership every 24 cycles.
San Diego is now under the so-called “atmospheric river”, but with the low pressure system behind it speeding up and heading east we’ll only get rain until sometime later this morning.
Up in central California they had near two days of rain. Too much in one time, but at least the Sierra Nevada got some snowpack.
Where I’m at we’ve only had about a half an inch of rain since this started, but we need more. Unfornately the burn areas are on mountain slopes which are are going to get more rain, and that will cause some danger.
There is only one solution to put this nightmare pandemic behind us
Get outbreaks under control everywhere
How?
Put in place virus control policies, get people to wear high quality masks, have more testing
AND
Vaccinate the world
Now
As quickly as possible
7/9— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) January 29, 2021
re: #14 austin_blue
He’s nuts. Love his videos though.
re: #98 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
We got 1.47” here in the strait. Big Sur area got about 5.5”
The longer it takes to vaccinate the world the more likely a mutation will occur that will not respond to the vaccine.
re: #100 No Malarkey!
we can help vaccinate the world or isolate ourselves from it.
which is the better option for us in the long term?
No-one knows what Scottish people want better than this burst couch 🙄
— Alan W (@AldronicusRex) January 29, 2021
re: #105 Dread Pirate Ron
another take on “unity”
re: #102 Dread Pirate Ron
Moro Bay got over 5”. Farther south, Montecito, which is up the slopes from Santa Barbara, has gotten only around 2”. This illustrates how the “river” which was almost stationary and oriented SW-NE is now moving faster when oriented mostly S-N.
Still, for those of us getting rain this is a good system.
However, much of the west is still going to be in drought condition.
re: #107 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Here in the wild north country, once again, our expectations for the upcoming weekend snow have been tempered, with the forecast falling from 3” to 1.5”, and likely going to continue to fall. However, there appears to be a major snowstorm in the mid-range forecast for next week, so we’ll see how that plays out.
The flow of water ladened stream from the tropics is evidence in the fast northward moving river of clouds just in front of the low pressure center:
Image: G17-sector-psw-GEOCOLOR-60fr-20210129-0613.gif
The flow of moisture in front of the low is going to help the entire southwest… but will not be enough to take the area out of drought conditions..
re: #95 Decatur Deb
It opens pre-programmed comms to the mothership every 24 cycles.
It does not start any deadly brush fires on the Sabbath.
re: #63 I Would Prefer Not To
It allows people to bet against them as opposed to bet that the stock is going to go up and up and up. Companies with lots of shorts sales have changed their behavior . It is good. don’t know. But I now that we would both agree that if we had better corporate governance in this country there would be less need for short sellers.
And there is also a difference between a short position and a “naked” short position since the latter fits the “selling something you don’t own” objection much more than a short position where you are borrowing *existing* shares from a lender or broker to sell with an agreement or contract to replace them within the stipulations of the contract. The “naked” position is borrowing something that is less tangible and leads to things like positions where more shares are being traded than have actually been issued.
re: #14 austin_blue
Meanwhile, this is the most terrifying video I have ever seen. It’s Danny MacAskill riding down the spine of the Black Cuillins for 500 vertical meters on the Isle of Skye on a mountain bike.
That video is mesmerizing. Absolutely mesmerizing.
re: #110 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The flow of water ladened stream from the tropics is evidence in the fast northward moving river of clouds just in front of the low pressure center:
Image: G17-sector-psw-GEOCOLOR-60fr-20210129-0613.gif
The flow of moisture in front of the low is going to help the entire southwest… but will not be enough to take the area out of drought conditions..
1.6 inches as recorded in my rain meter.
re: #112 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
again, we need to recognize that some of these “financial products” are pure speculation and should be regulated as gambling and not stock market transactions…
re: #114 Rightwingconspirator
1.6 inches as recorded in my rain meter.
one of the things that won me over to the metric system is the fact that one m³ of water contains 1,000 liters and weighs 1,000 kg.
so if your rain meter told us that you got 1.6” (call it 40mm) then you know that you got 40 liters of water per square meter.
re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Had no idea that Bethany was a Rightwinger. Good to know.
re: #118 Patricia Kayden
Had no idea that Bethany was a Rightwinger. Good to know.
She’s the epitome of Rightwinger: value-free.
Losses on short positions in U.S. firms top $70 billion - Ortex data https://t.co/IDTls9l2M2 pic.twitter.com/Jef5H0EoK3
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 28, 2021
re: #83 Jay C
One clue is that the laser beam from the sky will travel from right to left….
So the laser in my Blu-ray goes up and down?
Someone PLEASE TELL ME what happened tonight on @11thHour with Brian Williams! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/VjzwMPbtt2
— Douglass Sloan (@DougSloan) January 29, 2021
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
one of the things that won me over to the metric system is the fact that one m³ of water contains 1,000 liters and weighs 1,000 kg.
so if your rain meter told us that you got 1.6” (call it 40mm) then you know that you got 40 liters of water per square meter.
Where I work (jewelry mfg) it is a hilarious mix of measures. In the casting room, the burnout kilns are Fahrenheit. However, the casting machines are metric. We have grams, but our Troy oz ounce gets 31.1 of them. And the “Dwts’” unrelated to dancing with anyone.
re: #123 Rightwingconspirator
Where I work (jewelry mfg) it is a hilarious mix of measures. In the casting room, the burnout kilns are Fahrenheit. However, the casting machines are metric. We have grams, but our Troy oz ounce gets 31.1 of them. And the “Dwts’” unrelated to dancing with anyone.
Didn’t a mix like that cause a Mars explorer to crash into the planet. Be careful out there.
Sen. John Barrasso: “This is a partisan crusade. It is revenge. It’s vindictive. And my prediction is that President Trump will not be found guilty when the final vote is taken.” pic.twitter.com/xFVXUlz6kZ
— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2021
re: #123 Rightwingconspirator
Where I work (jewelry mfg) it is a hilarious mix of measures. In the casting room, the burnout kilns are Fahrenheit. However, the casting machines are metric. We have grams, but our Troy oz ounce gets 31.1 of them. And the “Dwts’” unrelated to dancing with anyone.
re: #125 Patricia Kayden
I am afraid I have to agree with the “he will be found not guilty ” part…
Dunno if this got posted, but Chris Cuomo nails the CEO of Robinhood to the wall and asks some hard questions.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev defends the company’s decision to limit trading on some symbols following the GameStop stock chaos, saying they must “prudently manage the risk and the deposit requirements.” pic.twitter.com/z2Ar8d9YX1
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) January 29, 2021
And, why yes, there are very technical requirements for how much you need to have on hand to cover calls and suchlike, but these are put in place by the regulatory agencies.
4yuHTDdA6/rTKBpXPqa6NXEbIY5N3biGfC3xIeXtCN8yA2Y7L6G372yji6LnmqkHdW4z1CBLfVrRuLyK8myYIGiF/bBOK4yja1SomlLQloS14ZIAr+o7v1J/O4XRPbvHmV4IxUiDhxPAH78Gz7RJ6Ch8wkB4OOAbHZLCnwk6PbEJWSqxex+eDgcwDLV/9vBIxgvD+c7VSDp2hvIt9Bip3BsNlPOiCQuqL+PE2n23vXED6B0+ZSvtgPDMM0quySMy6SaBeH/ZOHHGGANmOXx2yjBN8rMxHJV1CeRhGGOQgSzDqVyO4YhgvtiBL8o9iwwwCzXgP7E3AYfp295nDwHMmF5GxRCgs+ehgTywL7iNUQuQ7r00dBjEe6PJPF5gUEe99sgYq1V19t/+hWYT8qlMxj66NzUktQ91/vVTK2XATooo0U4wq60FfpbCLYQp2I0LpOsS3VDZkI2kerqHwJ8xT+snvbj8Bjxn
As Cuomo correctly points out, this Robinhood guy cannot point to a government agency telling him they were in violation or breach. For all the world it looks like Robinhood bowed to the will of the brokerages it contracts with to actually do the trading for Robinhood.
Get ready for another day in the funhouse…it’s end of month, a lot of stuff expires today, expect volatility, but remember THE MARKET IS NOT THE ECONOMY.
re: #124 Eventual Carrion
Didn’t a mix like that cause a Mars explorer to crash into the planet. Be careful out there.
Cost the Coalition armies against Napoleon at the battle of Ulm when the Russian Army set out 13 days late because they were still on the Julian calendar…
re: #124 Eventual Carrion
Didn’t a mix like that cause a Mars explorer to crash into the planet. Be careful out there.
Newtons versus pounds-force, yep.
re: #125 Patricia Kayden
“We need to be focusing on the matters that are important to Americans: Hunter Biden and the contents of a laptop full of Russian propaganda!”
re: #131 Targetpractice
“We need to be focusing on the matters that are important to Americans: Hunter Biden and the contents of a laptop full of Russian propaganda!”
we are ready to put everything behind us except Hilary’s e-mails and Benghazi!
re: #124 Eventual Carrion
Didn’t a mix like that cause a Mars explorer to crash into the planet. Be careful out there.
You are right, it did.
so what you are saying is republicans blocking these are the ones standing in the way of unity https://t.co/U0X4z5iQWb
— Fleet (@fleetadmiralj) January 28, 2021
This is some thread. Lin is apparently Kraken up. https://t.co/dlQ1x1VdmW
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 29, 2021
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Had to buy a set of Whitworth sockets and wrenches to work on the old Rover. It uses at least 3 standards.
In science we shall save lives. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/wEruyFnCWl
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 28, 2021
There have been at least 85,000 #Covid19 deaths in the US this month alone. That’s more than double the number of people (38,800) who died in motor vehicle accidents in the US in all of 2019.
Think about that for a second. pic.twitter.com/CdPTf4TsRC— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) January 28, 2021
New Zealand authorities say a woman returning to New Zealand who was placed in a 14-day mandatory hotel quarantine and a man working there were found in an inappropriate encounter. https://t.co/KxvIRkElUx
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 29, 2021
One of my cousins is a very liberal guy who got a degree but was good with his hands and decided to make a living as a handyman. He’s done well for himself through years of hard work. His favorite outfit includes workman’s jacket and pants and a billed “baseball” style cap upon which he rests his reflective sunglasses. (No facial hair, though.) I am sure there are more out there like him.
But after watching so many of the Trump rallies and the insurrection, I’ll admit that the “sunglasses perched on hat’s bill” look is a red flag for me now (usually with some facial hair). Purely irrational, I know, but I can’t help it. That look was ubiquitous.
UPDATE: @GovRonDeSantis is PURPOSELY withholding vaccines from our county health department. He has decided that our county of 1.5M ppl will be the first county to get vaccines SOLELY thru @Publix, the corporation that gave his PAC $100K a few weeks ago. https://t.co/1limsAUODO
— Rep. Omari Hardy (@OmariJHardy) January 27, 2021
re: #134 Belafon
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Gamestop stock back on the roller coaster lift hill. When is the next plunge?
GME is not the only stock that this is happening to - I had a tiny position of Nokia stock ($ wise, used to be larger LOL), and was wondering why it was going up dramatically.
Vandehei and Axios are garbage. They basically try to present themselves as the neutral observers who are ‘just getting the message out there.’
In which Jim “Pool Boy” VandeHei becomes the instrument of the violence fascists demand.
Maybe…maybe don’t simply channel these people? https://t.co/sxQ7BU0ZZP— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 29, 2021
This is right but there is one more thing to say. Trump & his faction made systematic effort, up to fomenting violence, to delegitimize Biden’s presidency. So it’s crucial in early days for Biden to show he is in fact president and has control of the government. https://t.co/zknd5vLwgq
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) January 28, 2021
It’d be great if there were two big pro-democracy parties in the United States. But since that’s evidently not the case, we’ll have to make due with one big pro-democracy party and the minority pro-democracy faction inside the big anti-democracy party.
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) January 27, 2021
Support for various punishments for Trump over the Capitol unrest.
Barred from public office 57-35
Banned from social media 56-38
Censure 54-34
Impeach/convict 53-39
More people support the punishment (barring him from running for future office) than the process itself. pic.twitter.com/TCFgK06IEi— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) January 28, 2021
re: #142 BlueSpotinAL
Gamestop stock back on the roller coaster lift hill. When is the next plunge?
GME is not the only stock that this is happening to - I had a tiny position of Nokia stock ($ wise, used to be larger LOL), and was wondering why it was going up dramatically.
Short of the stock taking a massive nosedive before the closing bell, a lot of rich people are about to have a very bad day.
re: #142 BlueSpotinAL
Gamestop stock back on the roller coaster lift hill. When is the next plunge?
GME is not the only stock that this is happening to - I had a tiny position of Nokia stock ($ wise, used to be larger LOL), and was wondering why it was going up dramatically.
For the average investor, remember; buy low - sell high. If it goes up up up, sell. If you want it long term, buy it back when things normalize.
Just sayin’.
Alternative means? Is he planning on rounding up his proud boy friends and having another insurrection? What kind of threat is this?
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 29, 2021
I’ve been thinking this lately:
The qanon-poisoned cliff divers like MTG and Boebert are a gift to the rest of the regular antisemitic Republicans who enjoy looking reasonable and “centrist” because they know the news will be mostly about the space laser lady, not their undying support of Trump, a racist
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) January 29, 2021
Robinhood CEO appears on CNBC, BBG and CNN, says has no liquidity problems.
Two hours later raises $1 billion in new capital from investors.— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 29, 2021
re: #149 darthstar
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Did I miss Rep. Roy demanding apologies from Boebert & MTG as well? Or is it only Repubs whose hurt feelings demand a groveling apology?
When your fellow Q-conspiracy kook congresswoman is getting all of the attention for being a vile human being and you just want to get in on the game. https://t.co/EwHnVIxeul
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 29, 2021
Suspended for performing a valuable service for their nation. That’s a shame. They should be lauded!
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) January 29, 2021
I would have thought @RepMTG taking attention away from her participating in the insurrection on Jan 6 would have been something Lauren appreciated, but she is just as vile.
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 29, 2021
re: #152 Targetpractice
Did I miss Rep. Roy demanding apologies from Boebert & MTG as well? Or is it only Repubs whose hurt feelings demand a groveling apology?
Chip Roy is a piece of shit.
Default position:
All GOPers are pieces of shit and treasonweasel enablers. Prove me wrong.
Trump’s own Defense Secretary points finger at Trump—>
James Mattis said the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol was ‘fomented’ by Trump & that internal threats should be viewed “with every bit as much gravity as the external problems, and perhaps more so.” https://t.co/b9lI7FAbTM— Susan Solomon (@SusanSolomon) January 29, 2021
Rando commenter
Republicans believe, I mean truly believe, they’re the true victims. It’s not racism, sexism, or xenophobia that are the cancers at the heart of the American dream.
Nope. It’s the struggles of white men who are being held down by the government and cancel culture.
The merging of general conservative selfishness and self-pity with religious fundamentalism over the past 40 years added a dangerous wrinkle into it. If you think you’re a victim, and the other side represents things “ungodly” and “evil,” then you can rationalize ANYTHING in pursuit of defeating anything you call evil.
That’s how you end up in civil wars and genocides
re: #158 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I want testimony under oath.
Fuck all of this sniping and attempts at restoring the reputations of these fuckers.
Mattis was fine with Trump’s deportation/separation policies and all the other white nationalist policies Trump was instituting. Mattis was fine with all of the ways Trump was damaging the national security apparatus and ignoring security threats, including by putting his own family with security clearances despite being security risks (and nepotism hires).
Fuck all of them.
Suggestion to AOC: “If Chip Roy thinks the worst thing I can say to or about Rafael Cruz is that he supports the people who tried to murder me and my colleagues three weeks ago, then he’s in for a rude fucking awakening.”
re: #152 Targetpractice
Did I miss Rep. Roy demanding apologies from Boebert & MTG as well? Or is it only Repubs whose hurt feelings demand a groveling apology?
Who apologizes for the truth?
The replies to this thread are amazing.
As any lawyer knows, defendants who are smirking dicks often fare worse than defendants who have done worse things but are not smirking dicks. The system is run by humans. https://t.co/C6ovsDdlDh
— Giantsecretspacehat (@Popehat) January 29, 2021
She cancelled 22 primaries & caucuses during the 2020 GOP primary. She viciously attacked anyone who criticized Trump. She spread the big “stolen” election lie. She stuck by Trump. She’s stuck to Trump. No tears for Ronna. She made her bed. https://t.co/M4m1svfHaY
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 29, 2021
Let em keep going after David Hogg.
He can take it
And it will help the cases for their eventual ouster(s)
Jesus Christ, I guess @ggreenwald is just letting Russian intelligence write his tweets now.
Yeah Glenn, I think trying to overthrow the republic is worse then allowing a small number of soldiers remain overseas. pic.twitter.com/fYvIe7Fesm— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) January 29, 2021
re: #163 Dangerman
Who apologizes for the truth?
Victims of authoritarians. The authoritarian shows power over others by making them deny the truth, or repeat lies, when everyone knows that is what is happening. To be able to tell the truth and deny lies means that in some significant way you are free.
re: #167 Ace-o-aces
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Partisan hack tries to argue that he’s anything but by insisting that the attempted mass murder of Congress is less of a transgression than not supporting the withdrawal of troops from foreign locales.
re: #169 jeffreyw
Holy crap that looks delicious.
Uhm…
The Shawshank Redemption was released on this day in 1994. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins met up for the 20th anniversary in 2014. pic.twitter.com/o2GzKhezON
— Classic Pics (@Classic_picx) January 29, 2021
Not liking this new Phantasm remake pic.twitter.com/yYIWMTwjmC
— Trey (@treydayway) January 29, 2021
re: #172 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Uhm…
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re: #173 darthstar
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No one will ever be able to replace Angus Scrimm. It just can’t be done.
re: #172 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Uhm…
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Guessing it’s a satire bot mocking the ones that steal pics to generate ad clicks.
Happy birthday Dave Grohl 🎸 pic.twitter.com/ogyO4aS2Ts
— Classic Pics (@Classic_picx) January 14, 2021
re: #177 darthstar
Guessing it’s a satire bot mocking the ones that steal pics to generate ad clicks.
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President-Elect Joe Biden takes to the stage to celebrate his win #USElectionResults2020 pic.twitter.com/zZXEFq7gp6
— Classic Pics (@Classic_picx) November 7, 2020
Okay, at least here they got the real names right.
Bill Clinton and Whitehouse intern Monica Lewinsky in 1994. They had what he called ‘an inappropriate relationship ’ in 1995. pic.twitter.com/8ZGagRh1H5
— Classic Pics (@Classic_picx) October 25, 2020
Apparently GG’s beef with Liz Cheney has to do with (what else?) “cancel culture” and all the screaming that MAGAts are doing in the press about how they’re being “silenced” and how the WH is announcing a “Domestic War on Terrorism” that’s gonna come after white people for not voting Democrat.
re: #159 Dangerman
Rando commenter
Ayup. I concur. Name and shape of bogeyman and scapegoat changes. Name and superficial look of policy changes.
But at the end of the day it’s the same old shit, just refurbed, repackaged, and given a snazzy new paint job.
Apart from changing the casting of groups, you can also fall prey to the synonym game, where you have the same expression, just using synonyms. Or translating it from a foreign language, or through a foreign language (like, Birch Meadows incineration facility, and Beechwood Valley and Badger Meadows containment facilites do not sound as scary as they do in the original German, no?).
re: #183 jeffreyw
French toast made with Italian Bread.
I would be afraid to put Canadian maple syrup on it, it might explode…
re: #167 Ace-o-aces
Greenwald will not be happy until Putin is in a position of world control and Glenn is promoted to Minister of Everything Smart or Cool.
A member of congress thinks there is a Jewish Laser beam to clear space or something for high speed rail and on Sunday TV pundits will ask democrats why they can’t find middle ground on Covid relief. All of these otherwise smart people will pretend not to know the answer.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) January 29, 2021
re: #185 Florida Panhandler
He still wants the admiration he feels he deserves for giving us Edward Snowden.
Russia began cultivating Trump as asset 40 years ago, ex-KGB spy says - Business Insider https://t.co/Xz2V1Ov1fQ
— Eugene Goodman is my hero (@Verum_Icon) January 29, 2021
What the golden fakery is this? pic.twitter.com/kqQxJI5kHx
— #BLM Jillian Hurley Remove Hawley, Cruz & Johnson (@BeautyBind) January 29, 2021
re: #168 ericblair
Victims of authoritarians. The authoritarian shows power over others by making them deny the truth, or repeat lies, when everyone knows that is what is happening. To be able to tell the truth and deny lies means that in some significant way you are free.
like… the guy who Dick Cheney shot in the face. He apologized to Cheney for his face being in the way of where Dick wanted to shoot.
I predicted this would happen - or at least that he would try.
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 29, 2021
re: #180 darthstar
Okay, at least here they got the real names right.
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isn’t that Michael Jackson?
re: #192 darthstar
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“LONG LIVE TRUMP! WE’LL MAKE THEM ALL PAY FOR NOT BOWING TO HIS AUTHO…”
“Yeah, dude, he’s not giving you a pardon.”
“Yo, I’m willing to testify against Trump for a plea deal.”
re: #192 darthstar
There are gonna be a whole lot of insurrectionists trying to get in on that.
re: #196 Targetpractice
“LONG LIVE TRUMP! WE’LL MAKE THEM ALL PAY FOR NOT BOWING TO HIS AUTHO…”
“Yeah, dude, he’s not giving you a pardon.”
“Yo, I’m willing to testify against Trump for a plea deal.”
I’m waiting for someone to testify against Boebert or Tuberville.
The White House Covid-19 Response Group holding a briefing every M-W-F is such a great thing to see/hear.
Difference between night and day.
66% is kinda meh. That it should keep you from dying/being hospitalized if you should get it is something quite positive. One shot, highly positive. I’m still in the meh court.
Fauci urges people to look beyond the vaccine to vaccine efficacy comparisons.
Points out J&J vaccine “is a single shot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7-10 days.”
Easy to story, inexpensive & able to be manufactured at large scale— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 29, 2021
re: #201 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
66% is kinda meh. That it should keep you from dying/being hospitalized if you should get it is something quite positive. One shot, highly positive. I’m still in the meh court.
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That’s better than most of the annual flu shots. In other words, it’s a potential gamechanger in a situation where multiple shots and the logistics around that, to say nothing of the storage issues, is one that makes a real world difference.
Would it be better at 80%? Absolutely.
But 66% means that getting people shots becomes even easier. General population could get this one; vulnerable populations get the Moderna/Pfizer Biontech, and then see if there’s any issues with stacking the J&J with those other shots to provide longer term immunity.
Oh. Stand by. https://t.co/liHdH3ZVUW
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 29, 2021
Bwhahaha…
Lin Wood Claims Georgia State Bar Told Him His Law License Is in Danger Unless He Takes Mental Health Examhttps://t.co/NkEfOVKtKR
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) January 29, 2021
He should be losing his law license. He should be forced to pay costs for all the insane suits he filed as part of Trump’s effort to steal the election. And get mental health care he desperately needs (which thanks to Obamacare is something that he can do).
This is about commenting on Facebook’s “Supreme Court” decision pending Trump’s appeal of his ban. https://t.co/5VgiXlvYki
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) January 29, 2021
If we ever needed more proof that The Market is just a bookie joint with aspirations, this was it. And I still think if you unwrap a Bitcoin, there’s a chocolate coin inside.
ITS HAPPENING https://t.co/cQCu1qwHfg pic.twitter.com/RYKUl63V9H
— ☠️ HAPPY ☠️ (@happyroadkill) January 20, 2021
Some of us will remember a Korean influence peddling scandal (Koreagate) in Washington around 1977. What I didn’t know or remember was that the person who broke the scandal was Maxine Cheshire, the Washington Post’s “society” reporter.
Maxine Cheshire was the reporter who Sinatra called “scum” after she asked about his mob ties, who made JFK call the Post to complain she made the First Lady Cry, who worked the phones and chased scandals and enraged the powerful. Just a legend. https://t.co/WaoRCP4NRK
— Mark Berman (@markberman) January 29, 2021
According to the obit, before Woodward and Bernstein, Cheshire was the biggest headache for Ben Bradlee. Not because she was wrong—she wasn’t—but because she managed to irritate quite a few people. The obit repeats a story about JFK calling up the Post’s publisher to complain about Cheshire’s reporting on some remodeling at the White House. His complaint was that Jackie Kennedy was crying in the background.
She spent $25K a year on phone bills back in the day!
Anyway, a legend…go read.
re: #204 Dave In Austin
“We can’t reveal his name because we have that from anonymous sources, but the the name of the anonymous source starts with Q.”
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: “The benefits of acting now and acting big will far outweigh the costs in the long run.” pic.twitter.com/IFuf5mrinT
— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2021
Of course the GOP will claim that this will ring up the debt even further.
Mind you, it was GOP malfeasance from Trump on down that now requires a massive spending program to provide relief to a nation desperate to contain covid19 and stop the damage to the economy.
Had Trump done anything to stop the spread and keep people safe, we wouldn’t need another relief package. The GOP keep claiming we don’t need the stimulus.
It’s not stimulus. It’s relief. It’s money people need to pay for housing, food, and utilities. It’s to keep things from getting worse. It’s to spur investment in infrastructure. It’s to do things that will have lasting benefit, not merely shift wealth to the 1% on the backs of everyone else.
re: #156 darthstar
Chip Roy is a piece of shit.
At least he wasn’t a treasonweasel who voted to decertify Joe Biden’s election results.
re: #212 lawhawk
If Biden offered another half a trillion $ to the stock market without oversight to keep it afloat, the GOP would have no problem with that, it is just the thought of all that “stupid money” he is going to be handing out so people can use their checks to thwart hedge fund managers…
Photographer Flies Drone To Discover a Once-in-a-Lifetime Shot of 3 Bobcats Sitting on a Log, on My Modern Met. Wonderful photos and an absolutely delightful video from a photographer who went out to the northern woods with his camera and a drone to see what he could see.
Highly recommended.
All else is commentary. https://t.co/hceHhm1UbP
— Tom Maxwell (@universalshow) January 29, 2021
File under “WAT”:
Armie Hammer will no longer star in ‘THE OFFER’ for Paramount+ due to the cannibalism allegations.
The series follows the making of the classic 1972 feature ‘THE GODFATHER’.
(Source: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/JdYpuGoNbV— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 28, 2021
re: #191 sagehen
like… the guy who Dick Cheney shot in the face. He apologized to Cheney for his face being in the way of where Dick wanted to shoot.
Actually… the shooting party was walking up quail from ground cover (the quail try to run through the cover and only fly up away from the guns if pressed). That means all the shooters stay in line as they walk forward, they don’t get in front of each other in case they catch a load of bird shot. The gentleman in question didn’t follow the safety rules, he got in front of the shooting line and got shot. Saying that the guns used for quail are typically 28-gauge and the shot size is very small — a typical 12-gauge shell-load of no. 6 shot at short range would turn a quail into shredded red mist and, in theory, the quail are supposed to be eaten afterwards.
Jerry Rivers!!
— And The Wind Cries: “Jewish Laser Beams” (??) (@DaveoutofAustin) January 29, 2021
Around the Metroplex, the TxDOT electronic billboards will have various statements to encourage you to drive safe. A lot of times they are associated with current events. The current one though, says “Check yourself before you wreck yourself.” It seems that we have an Ice Cube listener writing messages.
re: #217 Teukka
Apparently, Armie there has rather singularly unique fetish, or paraphilia depending on far he’d be willing to take it, known as vorarephilia.
Greene’s behavior and conduct would have gotten her fired from any other business as a threat to her coworkers, staff, and customers. Yet, the treasonweasel enabling GOP is perfectly fine enabling more crimes and misconduct - putting staff and members at risk. https://t.co/EP8uMX8EdX
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 29, 2021
re: #212 lawhawk
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Of course the GOP will claim that this will ring up the debt even further.Mind you, it was GOP malfeasance from Trump on down that now requires a massive spending program to provide relief to a nation desperate to contain covid19 and stop the damage to the economy.
Had Trump done anything to stop the spread and keep people safe, we wouldn’t need another relief package. The GOP keep claiming we don’t need the stimulus.
It’s not stimulus. It’s relief. It’s money people need to pay for housing, food, and utilities. It’s to keep things from getting worse. It’s to spur investment in infrastructure. It’s to do things that will have lasting benefit, not merely shift wealth to the 1% on the backs of everyone else.
how did those 2017 tax cut / economic projections work out? (even pre-covid)
Show me a single Republican that sees anything wrong with this.
A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media.
I’m moving my office away from hers for my team’s safety.
I’ve called for the expulsion of members who incited the insurrection from Day 1. Bring H.Res 25 to a vote.— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) January 29, 2021
re: #219 Dave In Austin
Let’s encourage Fox to stick with this type of storyline and abandon their toxic political coverage. Maybe then they could help this nation heal from the wounds they inflicted through their blind allegiance to all things Trump.
A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media.
I’m moving my office away from hers for my team’s safety.
I’ve called for the expulsion of members who incited the insurrection from Day 1. Bring H.Res 25 to a vote.— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) January 29, 2021
The good news is that there is no chance this bonkers statute would withstand constitutional scrutiny of it somehow became law, which it won’t.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) January 29, 2021
You have GOT to be fucking kidding. pic.twitter.com/gdt5DnOrd1
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 29, 2021
I’ve never had great luck with guys named Chip.
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re: #230 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve never had great luck with guys named Chip.
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No one has.
And their sons are all named Trip.
re: #230 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve never had great luck with guys named Chip.
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A chip off the old blockhead.
A Supreme Court *Win* On *Abortion*? What’s The Catch? (Wonkette)
The case is Planned Parenthood v Abbot.
TL;DR: Gov. Abbot of Texas used the pandemic to order abortion clinics closed as unnecessary. Amongst other things, this created a sharp rise of women fleeing the state to get abortions, which also is a problem in our current Republican-created dystopian pandemic hellscape.
Planned Parenthood appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which upheld the order. PP then appealed to the Supreme Court.
In the meantime, Abbot lifted his order, then Texas argued before the Supreme Court that the Fifth Circuit case should stay on the legal books as future precedent. The Supreme Court remanded the case back to the Fifth Circuit to declare the case moot and strike down the decision.
This is a win, because if the case had stayed, future anti-abortion cases could use the Fifth Circuit decision as precedent.
There were no written dissents in the Supreme Court order.
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).
Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, et al., Petitioners v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. (Goes to the Supreme Court Website)
From 2013. Feel free to share@jennycohn1 pic.twitter.com/KF5SwOoR1x
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) January 29, 2021
re: #230 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve never had great luck with guys named Chip.
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Chips Moman was pretty great. Maybe the ‘s’ makes a difference…
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
Deliberately invading somebody’s space if you’re not wearing a mask should be considered assault.
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) January 29, 2021
I hope they’re able to receive their second doses in an appropriately timed manner
Freezer storing vaccines breaks Thursday night in Seattle.
Medical center posts urgent message, sets up 11 p.m.-2 a.m. appointments before doses expire.
Hundreds show up in pajamas and robes to receive vaccine.
All doses administered.https://t.co/xUV9moJR9C - @KING5Seattle— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 29, 2021
GOP Rep. Peter Meijer: “If Liz Cheney is the person who suffers the most from the events on January 6th, politically, it’ll be a very sad, sad day for my party.” pic.twitter.com/NSrTnBp0NT
— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2021
Republicans are so angry about this tweet that they’re threatening to kill me to prove that it’s false https://t.co/3WnctIQIOE
— Thanks For Sharing Jerk (@Thx4SharingJerk) January 29, 2021
she pushed stuff like qanon, that a plane hitting the pentagon on 9/11 never happened and that hillary clinton abused a baby and wore its face. you can’t just ditch all that say “my bad” lol https://t.co/0iR8a9HNru
— Ali Breland (@alibreland) January 29, 2021
re: #240 jaunte
Wouldn’t be surprised if she’s got a lawyer in her ear telling her to do this.
Luna wears bells because her daddy doesn’t want her accidentally running someone over on the beach…you can hear her coming a mile away.
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 29, 2021
Saudi Arabia Building 100-Mile-Long “Linear” City, Architectural Digest
Saudia Arabia is planning to invest between $100-$200 billion to build a green oasis in the desert—a futuristic city with no cars, no streets, and zero net carbon emissions.
Do we cheer? MBS is behind it.
The House Transportation Committee heard a bill this morning that would exempt anyone over the age of eighteen from having to wear a seatbelt.
https://t.co/xWSLlzzf2H— KFYR-TV (@KFYRTV) January 28, 2021
Rep. Jeffery Magrum, R-Hazelton, who introduced the bill said “we can all agree that seat belt laws are good, but so is our freedom.”
Dying for freedumb.
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