Seth takes a closer look at prominent Republicans continuing to push back against mask rules and COVID vaccines despite the significant evidence that the vaccines cut down transmission.
My company has just made things interesting. Last week, after questions from a town hall at work about when masks would no longer be required, the president got onto our site in Texas for so many people not wearing the right masks - supplied kn95 - when working close together and accounting for 40% of the company’s ongoing infections.
Today, the company came out with a letter stating that, if you have filled out or will fill out the form stating you have been vaccinated, when you have reached the two week point, they are going to mail you an ID that states so, and you will no longer be required to wear a mask.
This is going to be interesting as I know one of the people I work with refuses to get the vaccine.
As for me, I will probably use it so that I can take my mask off while sitting in my cube, but I will wear it everywhere else.
I am trying to do some preliminary packing for my trip. (Mainly sorting out what I need to take, want to take, and what will fit in the limited luggage space.)
And the cat is “helping”. By sitting in my duffel bag and swatting at any object that comes within paw range.
re: #1 Belafon
they are going to mail you an ID that states so, and you will no longer be required to wear a mask.
This is how you do it. Shame the fuckers into getting vaccinated, or let them go work someplace else where assholes are welcome. Their choice.
My university just said today that if you are two weeks past last vaccine, no mask is required indoors or out for regular faculty and staff. Medical workers still have to mask. The administration is very data driven, thanks to the world famous infectious disease doctors which we have access to.
re: #1 Belafon
My company has just made things interesting. Last week, after questions from a town hall at work about when masks would no longer be required, the president got onto our site in Texas for so many people not wearing the right masks - supplied kn95 - when working close together and accounting for 40% of the company’s ongoing infections.
Today, the company came out with a letter stating that, if you have filled out or will fill out the form stating you have been vaccinated, when you have reached the two week point, they are going to mail you an ID that states so, and you will no longer be required to wear a mask.
This is going to be interesting as I know one of the people I work with refuses to get the vaccine.
As for me, I will probably use it so that I can take my mask off while sitting in my cube, but I will wear it everywhere else.
Belafon, you should get a mask that says Watch This, point to that mask when the asshole can see you, then remove it.
@OracleSeagull #Priorities. pic.twitter.com/Q0uWCP8Fkx
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
From downstairs:
re: #155 Cheechako
Yes, but I’m betting the Covid Bug will somehow squeeze through.
People are just not perfect.
True, but the cruise ship people make short, mostly outdoor stops. The only real issue, I think, would be restaurant visits, and do the “locals” really frequent those restaurants when there are boats in the harbor? I think I’d worry more about all the other transient traffic going through the panhandle. And I worry less since the vaccine protection is virtually 100% against serious illness. I would take the risk of mild flu-like illness to travel rather than stay home forever.
Actually, the moral of this, for all people everywhere, is that we can’t let our guard down. We’re going to have to keep tracking this until the world is vaccinated. And we’re never going to eliminate all risk — of many things besides covid.
hi … my throat is slowly getting better. My voice is still pretty raspy.
re: #178 EPR-radar
I’m sympathetic to the idea that feminists who want to do so can set up some women-only spaces in society. However, it seems extraordinarily difficult to do that in a way that is not intrinsically offensive to trans people, and the TERFs don’t appear to even be trying to avoid giving offense.
TERF groups are primarily Astroturf groups from right-wingers. In that way they are much like the Tea Party. The majority of the members are simply manipulated into a culture war by those with money seeking power.
Conservatives find unlikely ally in fighting transgender rights: Radical feminists (Washington Post, February 7, 2020)
The Heritage Foundation has been promoting discredited and harmful conversion therapy for years (Salon, July 28, 2019, where they show the intersection of both TERFs and gay “conversion therapy” promoted by the Heritage Foundation)
Where J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Comes From (Vanity Fair, June 12, 2020)
The Harry Potter author’s focus on denying trans rights may seem to have come out of nowhere, but there’s a clear lineage of transphobic thought in her native country.
Women’s Liberation Front (entry at Little Sis, a group which highlights the powerful in government).
WoLF was founded in 2013 with the goal of opposing President Obama’s Title IX rules. It’s principal donor is the Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom, and it has a 501(c)4 political advocacy arm.
The TERF “movement” is entirely a conservative political movement. They care nothing about feminism, or women. The idea is to get the mass of conservative voters who are told what to think to have an “opinion” on this issue, so they will vote for the politicians who will “fix” it (conservatives). The solution is always more tax cuts and deregulation for business, and more strictures on your personal life. That suits TERFs just fine.
Hbomberguy did a research video on this four years ago (June 18, 2016). The creation of a TERF “movement” is entirely a conservative culture-war creation by powerful conservatives. This “movement” has been around for a long time and has been building for years, with the goal of taking rights. (17:10)
re: #9 retired cynic
Was everybody in the car??
The TV series MI-5 (2002-2011) did a lot of shows touching on white nationalist domestic terrorism as far back as the first season in 2002.
re: #2 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I am trying to do some preliminary packing for my trip. (Mainly sorting out what I need to take, want to take, and what will fit in the limited luggage space.)
And the cat is “helping”. By sitting in my duffel bag and swatting at any object that comes within paw range.
[Embedded content]
You are serving your function by providing feline entertainment. She is serving her function by enjoying it.
Wait until you actually leave and she hacks up a furball into the most-worn shoe you leave behind and takes a piss behind the couch.
Annoy the Feline Overlord at your peril by upsetting the routine.
re: #11 Dread Pirate Ron
The TV series MI-5 (2002-2011) did a lot of shows touching on white nationalist domestic terrorism as far back as the first season in 2002.
In the UK, the show was called “Spooks”. BBC America changed it when they brought it over the pond.
We made it to Clarion Pennsylvania and I am pooped! G’night.
re: #14 The Pie Overlord!
We made it to Clarion Pennsylvania and I am pooped! G’night.
That’s more than 250mi. Ya did good!
re: #9 retired cynic
Which appears to be what happened…
Top article at Teen Vogue right now:
5 Ways Officials Have Cracked Down on Protests Since the Floyd Uprisings (May 24, 2021)
Throughout the summer of 2020, uprisings erupted across the nation in response to the police murder of George Floyd. Demonstrators took over highways and sidewalks, marching late into the night; some cities experienced property destruction, burning cop cars, and brutal police violence. In an attempt to quell the protests, local and state governments issued curfews, brought in the National Guard, and used political and police repression. Since then, these tactics have continued to the point where some cities now preemptively issue curfews if there is any fear of political unrest.
(more)
re: #12 austin_blue
You are serving your function by providing feline entertainment. She is serving her function by enjoying it.
Wait until you actually leave and she hacks up a furball into the most-worn shoe you leave behind and takes a piss behind the couch.
Annoy the Feline Overlord at your peril by upsetting the routine.
This trip is also going to be interesting in that it will be her first extended period as the sole occupant of the house since I still had Tuxedo Cat and Chat Noir the last time I was gone for more than a couple of days. Will be interested if she starts getting sociable with the cat sitter after the first day or two. (For previous trips the cat sitters have reported that the Overlords all got much more attention-seeking from them by the 5th or 6th day.)
Speaking of protests:
Omaha ‘fed up’ with hateful acts, Stothert says of pig roast protest outside police union hall (Omaha World-Herald)
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert on Monday skewered a weekend protest that featured severed pig heads wearing costume police caps, suggesting that Omahans “are fed up with hateful and divisive acts.”
Stothert was responding to a Saturday evening gathering at Montclair Park. Attendees there condemned the Omaha Police Officers Association and its president, Sgt. Anthony Conner, for distributing a flyer targeting former independent City Council candidate Cammy Watkins as being anti-police.
Cammy Watkins is Black, and the flyer was also incredibly racist.
Following a “pig roast” and speeches in the park, a group of 40 to 50 people walked to the nearby police union hall near 134th Street and West Center Road to leave copies of the Watkins flyer and the heads of three pigs that they had gotten from a packinghouse worker, an organizer told The World-Herald.
Police said four announcements were made over a 10-minute period, telling the protesters that they were trespassing on private property and must leave. A command officer eventually declared an unlawful assembly and ordered the protesters to leave.
As noted in the Teen Vogue article above, inconvenient protests can be declared “unlawful,” then every protestor (and people not involved who happen to be in the area) can be arrested and charged, costing them money and time.
Seven people were arrested on suspicion of various potential crimes, including trespassing, failure to disperse, disorderly conduct, obstructing, littering and unlawful assembly, a police spokesman said.
(more)
Five of those are restrictions on the I Amendment right to protest. The littering charge is for returning their racist flyers to them.
JUST IN: Don McGahn, White House counsel under fmr. President Trump, is expected to testify before a House committee next week, a source familiar with the matter tells @NBCNews. https://t.co/FI68qcwkju
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) May 25, 2021
In vexillology, some Nebraskans are trying to change the state flag again.
Jack Sokolik has, to put it lightly, never been a fan of Nebraska’s state flag.
The “seal on a bed sheet” design — what flag enthusiasts call an SOB — makes Nebraska’s banner nearly indistinguishable from 28 other states that have similar flags.
That’s strike one for many.
The state seal that’s centered on the flag, is “fine for a seal, if a little busy for my liking,” Sokolik said, even if it seems to forget it’s representing the Cornhusker State.
A train barrels down the tracks below a mountain range while a steamboat chugs up the Missouri River, meaning the land depicted on the other side is that of Iowa.
“I personally don’t want Iowa on my state’s flag,” Sokolik said.
Strike two.
The third strike is the seal’s self-proclamation as “The Great Seal of the State of Nebraska” which is featured more prominently than the state’s motto: “Equality before the law.”
“It’s a big middle finger when it comes to good design,” Sokolik said.
(more)
The state flag was flown upside-down on the state capitol building for ten days before someone noticed it.
After flub at Capitol, Nebraskans say state flag should be changed (OWH)
re: #19 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
This trip is also going to be interesting in that it will be her first extended period as the sole occupant of the house since I still had Tuxedo Cat and Chat Noir the last time I was gone for more than a couple of days. Will be interested if she starts getting sociable with the cat sitter after the first day or two. (For previous trips the cat sitters have reported that the Overlords all got much more attention-seeking from them by the 5th or 6th day.)
Welp, good luck with that. Hopefully, you will return to a live cat-sitter and an intact house.
Do you have sufficient liability insurance if the Feline Overlord decides to go full-on Silence of the Lambs and finds some fava beans and a nice Chianti are available?
In any case, Bon Voyage! and remember that modern aircraft don’t crash often, only the once.
I’m off for the rack. See you all tomorrow.
The Nebraska state flag was adopted as official in 1963.
Vexilollogy Wiki has more than fifty designs submitted to change our state’s flag to something you won’t hang upside-down, or confuse with Michigan or Minnesota.
re: #24 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The Nebraska state flag was adopted as official in 1963.
Vexilollogy Wiki has more than fifty designs submitted to change our state’s flag to something you won’t hang upside-down, or confuse with Michigan or Minnesota.
That was convenient, the proposed flags I liked were on the same line.
re: #25 Dread Pirate Ron
That was convenient, the proposed flags I liked were on the same line.
I like this one:
re: #24 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Y’all might be careful about wanting to change your flag… I gather from your’s and others’ posts from NE that you might end up with something like this:
“Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities”, whoever wrote this is unfamiliar with California where the average commute is over 25 miles each way, quite often over 50 miles each way. We’re gonna need a bigger battery.
I’m heading to Grass Valley in the morning to test ride a selection of electric bikes. I’m making it an over-niter to avoid Sacramento rush-hour traffic, both ways. Looking for something like this.
re: #25 Dread Pirate Ron
That was convenient, the proposed flags I liked were on the same line.
The left one looks like a flag for some sort of 1970s new-age cult. The middle one looks like you’re staring at somebody’s cleavage (or is it just me?)
The right one seems good: it’s essentially the Ukrainian flag with a flower on it (blue and yellow for the same reason as Ukraine, presumably).
re: #30 ericblair
The left one looks like a flag for some sort of 1970s new-age cult. The middle one looks like you’re staring at somebody’s cleavage (or is it just me?)
The right one seems good: it’s essentially the Ukrainian flag with a flower on it (blue and yellow for the same reason as Ukraine, presumably).
Goldenrod flower
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Top article at Teen Vogue right now:
5 Ways Officials Have Cracked Down on Protests Since the Floyd Uprisings (May 24, 2021)
(more)
This is why I advise people to expand their selection of targets.
For example, the Southern Baptist Convention is coming stark staring unglued over “Critical Race Theory.” Careful research will likely find some large SBC church where the pastor has babbled on about CRT and gee, maybe he needs a picket at the most segregated hour of the day.
As for me, I still have Mark Driscoll to deal with, and Apologia Church has popped up again. It’s not enough for the latter to want to execute women who have abortions, they’re going on about the “woke church” and basically anyone who isn’t their brand of Christian is going to hell. OH YEAH and they’re starting an offshoot in Salt Lake City where the neighbors will have smiles of welcome that will disappear off their faces when the Apologia people start being assholes. Which should be very soon now.
Anymouse, one of the elders of Apologia here in Mesa is one “Dr.” James White, an apologist (runs his own ministry). He used to be somewhat respected in a certain sector of Evangelicals but he’s been slowly but surely drawing the circle of acceptable Christians tighter over the years as his views have hardened. The last times I picketed, I pointed out that James was a stone racist and I guess I’m going to have to go back to that.
Now I must go to bed. That being up all night Saturday night really messed up my sleep cycles.
Honest to god, folks, they could’ve misspelled every word in this ad but don’t let it distract you from the fact that they are promoting domestic violence.
— Jamie Schler (@lifesafeast) May 25, 2021
re: #1 Belafon
if you have filled out or will fill out the form stating you have been vaccinated, when you have reached the two week point, they are going to mail you an ID that states so, and you will no longer be required to wear a mask.
Star of David!!!
“The numbers presented a staggering portrait of loss: 35 blocks burned to the ground; as many as 300 dead; hundreds injured; 8,000 to 10,000 left homeless; more than 1,470 homes burned or looted; and eventually, 6,000 detained in internment camps.” https://t.co/zncdh9MX9m
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 25, 2021
Imagine tweeting this about a race massacre and thinking it’s funny slash clever https://t.co/xae8b45tUl
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 25, 2021
re: #35 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Isn’t that what you guys call a “peaceful protest”?
Sad, irrelevant, snarky old harridan.
So, in Czech news, the current Minister of Health, Dr. Petr Arenberger, is out following a major real-estate scandal and the new Minister of Health will be….
…the first Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, who left last year.
PM Babiš simply cannot find a credible doctor* willing to associate themselves with him by accepting a ministerial position, so it’s back to square one - in this case, quite literally.
*the other three replacement Health Ministers were doctors, with two of them up to their necks in scandal and the third forced out by the increasingly senile Czech President Miloš Zeman, a Kremlin stooge, because he refused to authorize Sputnik V here.
Dr. Fauci hung on under Trump despite his frustration, repeated public embarrassment and humiliation at the hands of his demented boss because he knew that anyone else Trump might appoint would do a much, much worse job.
Glad to see his work and reputation vindicated.
re: #36 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Isn’t that what you guys call a “peaceful protest”?
Sad, irrelevant, snarky old harridan.
Also a prophet. The mainstream GOP is now where Coulter was years ago.
re: #35 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Memorial Day (Monday, the 31st) is the 100th anniversary.
re: #39 EPR-radar
Also a prophet. The mainstream GOP is now where Coulter was years ago.
Anne still thinks she is cutting-edge witty and funny.
But she made the mistake of criticizing Trump, that resulted in her being thrown under the bus long ago along with Milo.
re: #40 sagehen
Memorial Day (Monday, the 31st) is the 100th anniversary.
How about making that National Critical Race Theory Day?
re: #23 austin_blue
Welp, good luck with that. Hopefully, you will return to a live cat-sitter and an intact house.
Do you have sufficient liability insurance if the Feline Overlord decides to go full-on Silence of the Lambs and finds some fava beans and a nice Chianti are available?
In any case, Bon Voyage! and remember that modern aircraft don’t crash often, only the once.
I’m off for the rack. See you all tomorrow.
Initial leg of the trip is via train. I have to hope for no derailments or the train being hijacked to… Cuba Vancouver.
Just finished watching the Seth Meyers Meyers vid, and it is a great relief to know that vaccinated people are also protected against spreading the virus.
AND ALL THE MORE REASON FOR EVERYONE (AND THAT MEANS YOU) TO GET VACCINATED ASAP!!!!!
re: #14 The Pie Overlord!
We made it to Clarion Pennsylvania and I am pooped! G’night.
Our HS marching band marched in Clarion’s Autumn Leaf festival parade every year. Was a fun time.
re: #38 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Dr. Fauci hung on under Trump despite his frustration, repeated public embarrassment and humiliation at the hands of his demented boss because he knew that anyone else Trump might appoint would do a much, much worse job.
Glad to see his work and reputation vindicated.
one of the few in that entire admin that managed to navigate that path without getting crushed or humiliated or exposed asa fraud or…
re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Anne still thinks she is cutting-edge witty and funny.
But she made the mistake of criticizing Trump, that resulted in her being thrown under the bus long ago along with Milo.
who?
re: #1 Belafon
possible flaw in that system:
“if you have filled out or will fill out the form stating you have been vaccinated,”
re: #49 Dangerman
one of the few in that entire admin that managed to navigate that path without getting crushed or humiliated or exposed asa fraud or…
He did a lot of face-palming and side-eyeing but came out a hero.
re: #47 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Some real deluded people in that.
Why the hell is Frank Luntz on MSNBC right now? With a zoom focus group of white people whining about critical race theory and other things related to race? Yeah, just what we need. That ought to clear everything up. FFS.
re: #54 A Mom Anon
Why the hell is Frank Luntz on MSNBC right now? With a zoom focus group of white people whining about critical race theory and other things related to race? Yeah, just what we need. That ought to clear everything up. FFS.
I was just checking out the original lyrics to Bob Wills’ Take me Back to Tulsa:
…”Little bee sucks the blossom, big bee gets the honey
Darkie raises the cotton, white man gets the money…”
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Apparently there’s a NYT piece on this and you can watch the whole focus group answer Frank’s questions at their website. Nope. That’s all we hear from is poor put upon well off white people. I can walk into the “exclusive” overpriced subdivision next door and hear the same shit.
Stacey Abrams is coming up soon, that will be worth watching. But enough of white people focus groups, Jesus.
re: #54 A Mom Anon
Why the hell is Frank Luntz on MSNBC right now? With a zoom focus group of white people whining about critical race theory and other things related to race? Yeah, just what we need. That ought to clear everything up. FFS.
click
re: #56 A Mom Anon
Apparently there’s a NYT piece on this and you can watch the whole focus group answer Frank’s questions at their website. Nope. That’s all we hear from is poor put upon well off white people. I can walk into the “exclusive” overpriced subdivision next door and hear the same shit.
The media cannot wean themselves off the addictive drug of Cletus Safaris.
re: #56 A Mom Anon
Apparently there’s a NYT piece on this and you can watch the whole focus group answer Frank’s questions at their website. Nope. That’s all we hear from is poor put upon well off white people. I can walk into the “exclusive” overpriced subdivision next door and hear the same shit.
NYT and Luntz got a lot of blowback yesterday. Now he’s saying his politics have changed, but we won’t have change unless we hear from Trump supporters. So that’s why [click]. I can’t listen. I don’t need to hear. We’ve heard it all over and over.
US issues Japan travel warning weeks before Olympics (BBC)
The US has issued a travel warning for Japan over the country’s Covid-19 surge, amid heightened scrutiny just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics.
But US Olympic officials have said they are confident their athletes will be able to take part safely in the Games.
Japan already bans most travellers from entering the country.
It long had low numbers of Covid cases but is now seeing a fresh wave of infections pushing the healthcare system in some cities to its limit.
Japan has recorded more than 700,000 infections and 12,000 Covid-19 deaths from the virus.
(more)
re: #59 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The media cannot wean themselves off the addictive drug of Cletus Safaris.
There is no question that these hillbilly elegizers all played a key role in the outcome of the 2016 elections but their influence is waning.
Travelers should avoid all travel to Japan.
Because of the current situation in Japan even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Japan. (more)
re: #61 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
US issues Japan travel warning weeks before Olympics (BBC)
(more)
The Tokyo Olympics seem like a disaster in the making.
Category 3 typhoon Yaas is expected to come ashore in West Bengal, India tomorrow.
Thousands Evacuated in India as Strong Cyclone Inches Closer (VOA)
This kind of mirrors my thoughts. Sarah has good insights, but when your bread and butter is doom and gloom it can also lead one to lose focus:
Even though the DOJ thing is a partial appeal and Biden has already filled USPS board vacancies with one more to go until DeJoy is fired? Sarah is really really over-simplifyinghttps://t.co/mUiHjQPwcM
— Alex Ghenis 🌊🌊🌊 (@aghenis) May 25, 2021
re: #60 Barefoot Grin
NYT and Luntz got a lot of blowback yesterday. Now he’s saying his politics have changed, but we won’t have change unless we hear from Trump supporters. So that’s why [click]. I can’t listen. I don’t need to hear. We’ve heard it all over and over.
It’s beyond pathological. The big papers are completely invested in force feeding their readers every hiccup and fart of Real Americans, apparently to educate us on their completely valid and totally important concerns about things that do not exist. So instead of facts, we get folksy reports of bubble-manboy fantasies, and this is supposed to be Good For Us.
re: #66 Barefoot Grin
This kind of mirrors my thoughts. Sarah has good insights, but when your bread and butter is doom and gloom it can also lead one to lose focus:
There is a difference between being vigilant and being paranoid.
Senator McCollister is the state Republican who the state party is trying to oust, because he called out the Nebraska Republican Party for a Nazi problem.
Today my SNAP bill- which will help feed 3,945 food insecure families in Nebraska-was vetoed by @GovRicketts.
During this time in our history, on the heels of a HISTORIC pandemic, this is unconscionable. Please write your Nebraska State Senator ASAP to support a veto override.— Senator McCollister (@SenMcCollister) May 24, 2021
lady gaga did more for nebraska than pete ricketts ever did
— buddy jj (@jadengarcia_) May 23, 2021
Fuck I forgot about the space force doctrine 😂
cc: @BadLegalTakes pic.twitter.com/zZDUDa6ATy— The First Amendment (@USConst_Amend_I) May 24, 2021
re: #68 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There is a difference between being vigilant and being paranoid.
Kendzior’s meal ticket is being a doomer. It’s her job, and she’s going to milk it. She started out the Trump administration with the textbook list of fascist characteristics, and patted herself profusely on the back every time the yam or his merry bunch of racist thieves hit another one. So now, with Trump gone, it’s all about a conspiracy to hide the truth while we all slide into inevitable fascist hell, because that drags in the eyeballs and keeps the ol’ engagement up.
re: #72 ericblair
Kendzior’s meal ticket is being a doomer. It’s her job, and she’s going to milk it. She started out the Trump administration with the textbook list of fascist characteristics, and patted herself profusely on the back every time the yam or his merry bunch of racist thieves hit another one. So now, with Trump gone, it’s all about a conspiracy to hide the truth while we all slide into inevitable fascist hell, because that drags in the eyeballs and keeps the ol’ engagement up.
And there’s a ready audience among Bernie orphans.
re: #69 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Today my SNAP bill- which will help feed 3,945 food insecure families in Nebraska-was vetoed by @GovRicketts.
Fast food restaurants will find it a lot easier to find staff…just by looking out back for who is rummaging through their dumpsters.
re: #72 ericblair
Kendzior’s meal ticket is being a doomer. It’s her job, and she’s going to milk it.
I still have a terrible crush on her…
re: #8 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
As to a certain youtuber apparently not having read the study he using to attempt to debunk another study, it’s something I’ve seen time and time again from a certain part of the religio-political spectrum…
I don’t know if it is outright stupidity, outright dishonesty, that they get their talking points from someone else (and trust it enough not to do even a cursory fact check on them), or that they let their feelings cloud their judgment so badly it makes their perception highly questionable.
But it’s a recurring pattern, so much so that when someone from that certain part of the religio-political spectrum cites what appears to be a mainstream science paper, I read said paper. More often than not, I’ve seen that the paper does not say what the individual from a certain part of the religio-political spectrum says, and it has happened more than a few times that the paper has said exactly the opposite of what they claim it does.
And don’t get me started on the studies from “their” scientists…
re: #76 Teukka
As to a certain youtuber apparently not having read the study he using to attempt to debunk another study, it’s something I’ve seen time and time again from a certain part of the religio-political spectrum…
I still recall a headline on my ex-GF’s FB feed: “Great Barrier Reef Pronounced Dead”.
Even a cursory reading of the article attached indicated that was not the case at all, but that was not the point of either the article or the headline…
When the military wants to make sure you don’t get out of prison, they throw everything at you in a courts-martial.
Fort Bliss soldier sentenced to more than 40 years for murder of child (Stars & Stripes)
AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Bliss judge sentenced a soldier to more than 40 years in prison for murdering a child with his hands, along with a string of other charges including drug use and domestic violence, according to officials at the Texas Army base.
Pfc. Luis Morales-Sanchez, 24, pleaded guilty to willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, making a false official statement, using cocaine, simple assault, assault consummated by a battery, aggravated assault and conducting an extramarital affair, according to Fort Bliss.
(more)
The baby was ten months old. The woman’s four year-old daughter witnessed the murder.
The murderer was legally married but separated when he was dating the mother of the murdered baby.
He was babysitting her children while she was at work.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the existence of another apparent leak investigation aimed at identifying a journalist’s sources.The revelation comes two weeks after The Washington Post disclosed that the Justice Department had last year seized phone records belonging to three of its journalists who covered the Russia investigation.
CNN said the Justice Department informed Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr in a May 13 letter that it had obtained phone and email records covering a two-month period between June 1 and July 31, 2017.
“CNN strongly condemns the secret collection of any aspect of a journalist’s correspondence, which is clearly protected by the First Amendment,” CNN President Jeff Zucker said in a statement published by the network. “We are asking for an immediate meeting with the Justice Department for an explanation.”
(more)
CNN: Trump Justice Department seized Pentagon reporter’s phone records (Navy Times)
re: #67 ericblair
It’s beyond pathological. The big papers are completely invested in force feeding their readers every hiccup and fart of Real Americans, apparently to educate us on their completely valid and totally important concerns about things that do not exist. So instead of facts, we get folksy reports of bubble-manboy fantasies, and this is supposed to be Good For Us.
I think the papers might be getting themselves into some sort of death spiral. Younger people are not reading them (in part due to their slanted coverage and other errors) in favor of other sources. So they look at their subscribers and slant stuff to match those demographics. And I think the demographics are old and white. So they slant things to appeal to those groups. Which loses them other groups and they face an ever shrinking base.
re: #28 Dread Pirate Ron
“Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities”, whoever wrote this is unfamiliar with California where the average commute is over 25 miles each way, quite often over 50 miles each way. We’re gonna need a bigger battery.
[Embedded content]
I’m heading to Grass Valley in the morning to test ride a selection of electric bikes. I’m making it an over-niter to avoid Sacramento rush-hour traffic, both ways. Looking for something like this.
[Embedded content]
When I worked 3 miles from home, I would ride my bike. And when I got to work I would sit there in my shorts in front of a fan for 15 minutes to cool down so that I could change into my work clothes.
re: #28 Dread Pirate Ron
“Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities”, whoever wrote this is unfamiliar with California where the average commute is over 25 miles each way, quite often over 50 miles each way. We’re gonna need a bigger battery.
[Embedded content]
I’m heading to Grass Valley in the morning to test ride a selection of electric bikes. I’m making it an over-niter to avoid Sacramento rush-hour traffic, both ways. Looking for something like this.
[Embedded content]
Whoever wrote this is also unfamiliar with the vast rural areas of the country where commuting can be 100 miles or more a day.
re: #81 Belafon
When I worked 3 miles from home, I would ride my bike. And when I got to work I would sit there in my shorts in front of a fan for 15 minutes to cool down so that I could change into my work clothes.
I knew guys that would bike 20-25 miles to and from the office. These same guys were the kind of bikers who would complain about police stopping them for blowing stop signs and otherwise not following the rules of the road when they were on the road. I mean, if you’re fit enough to do that on a regular basis, good on you, but up here in the north where it is literally not viable to bike anywhere for 6 months of the year, let alone a long-distance commute, it’s an incredibly bad read to say that bikes are the green future.
re: #35 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I see you’re stuck in the 1950s. Let me introduce to you the rest of history and how the white supremacists are in the Republican party now.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) May 25, 2021
re: #81 Belafon
When I worked 3 miles from home, I would ride my bike. And when I got to work I would sit there in my shorts in front of a fan for 15 minutes to cool down so that I could change into my work clothes.
I looked into bicycling into work a few times. The main sticking point was the lack of a secure place to put my bicycle while I was at work.
One place on the outskirts of Pittsburgh I worked at let me keep my bike in a storage area since the one bike rack they had was full. I would go in early and ride before work, or go out on my lunch hour and do a loop of 7-8 miles. This worked out fairly well since the location had shower/locker room facilities so I could wash up afterwards. (Also really nice since a bunch of us would also go play basketball at lunch as well.)
Regarding electric scooters:
Practice Safe Scootering!
🛴Must be at least 18 years old to ride.
🛴Ride on the roads, not the sidewalks.
🛴When you are done, park scooter in a designated parking area.#LNK @LTULNK https://t.co/hPjNW0KXlM— City of Lincoln, Nebraska (@CityOfLincoln) May 24, 2021
re: #51 Dangerman
possible flaw in that system:
“if you have filled out or will fill out the form stating you have been vaccinated,”
They find out you lied and they will fire you in a heartbeat.
re: #83 Dopamine Fish
I knew guys that would bike 20-25 miles to and from the office. These same guys were the kind of bikers who would complain about police stopping them for blowing stop signs and otherwise not following the rules of the road when they were on the road. I mean, if you’re fit enough to do that on a regular basis, good on you, but up here in the north where it is literally not viable to bike anywhere for 6 months of the year, let alone a long-distance commute, it’s an incredibly bad read to say that bikes are the green future.
Bicyclists ignoring road rules are the main complaint I see about them in various forums. Especially ignoring stop signs.
My pet peeve is motorcyclists ignoring lanes when there are slowdowns/backups.
re: #81 Belafon
When I worked 3 miles from home, I would ride my bike. And when I got to work I would sit there in my shorts in front of a fan for 15 minutes to cool down so that I could change into my work clothes.
I was working for a logistics company. I could cycle 10 miles into work, and then go shower and change in the locker room that was used by the long-haul delivery truckers.
re: #82 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Whoever wrote this is also unfamiliar with the vast rural areas of the country where commuting can be 100 miles or more a day.
i.e., the people who should have access to broadband so they can telecommute.
re: #84 Belafon
“Cultural Marxists.”
Does he want to bring in “rootless cosmopolitans” in as well, or some other anti-Semitic trope?
re: #82 Anymouse
Good morning. Got your voice back?
re: #88 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Bicyclists ignoring road rules are the main complaint I see about them in various forums. Especially ignoring stop signs.
My pet peeve is motorcyclists ignoring lanes when there are slowdowns/backups.
Around here, it’s trail crossings. They are clearly marked with STOP signs (or, more recently, YIELD signs - which I feel is better, and should generate less complaints from the bikers, who shouldn’t have to stop if there’s no traffic) and “Cross traffic does not stop” signs. AND YET, bicyclists will just blow right on through, expecting cars to stop, and idiots on the road WILL STILL STOP for bikes who do stop and wait. You don’t have to hold up the flow of traffic for bikes, people!
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
i.e., the people who should have access to broadband so they can telecommute.
Telecommuting won’t work for the vast majority of jobs here (agriculture, manufacturing, retail).
re: #67 ericblair
It’s beyond pathological. The big papers are completely invested in force feeding their readers every hiccup and fart of Real Americans, apparently to educate us on their completely valid and totally important concerns about things that do not exist. So instead of facts, we get folksy reports of bubble-manboy fantasies, and this is supposed to be Good For Us.
If I wanted to listen to bumpkin wisdom, I’d just watch an episode of Pettycoat Junction or Hee Haw on YouTube.
Now that I think about it, the fictional denizens of Hooterville are probably more sane and rational than your average Trump worshipper.
Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Führer.
Sunlit Uplands!
Brexit uber alles!
(Etc.) https://t.co/84kgIImbml— Charlie Stross (@cstross) May 25, 2021
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Telecommuting won’t work for the vast majority of jobs here (agriculture, manufacturing, retail).
True. Because those are the only options. But jobs involving telecommuting could resettle or be created there if there was a useable infrastructure.
re: #88 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Bicyclists ignoring road rules are the main complaint I see about them in various forums. Especially ignoring stop signs.
My pet peeve is motorcyclists ignoring lanes when there are slowdowns/backups.
A lot of them* are clipped in and think that if they just sort of slow roll without putting feet on the ground they’re basically doing the right thing.
*A lot of them = me back in the day when I rode 40-50 miles a day.
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
True. Because those are the only options. But jobs involving telecommuting could resettle or be created there if there was a useable infrastructure.
Then we can move people here from places where it costs too much to live, like New York or Los Angeles, and flip the state blue.
Wait, no one wants to move to Nebraska even if we have good infrastructure?
Every Twitter user period: “Who the fuck is PG Howie?” https://t.co/5qaY2813BR
— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) May 25, 2021
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
“The week involves pupils dressing up in red, white and blue and singing an “anthem” called “One Britain One Dream”, which ends with the repeating lines “Strong Britain Great Nation”.
They are trying to stress the message of “Let’s put Brexit disputes behind us and look ahead towards a challenging future”, which overlooks the ugly economic and social issues that they still have not sorted out in the clusterf*ck they created with their so-called Brexit “deal” which was more of a Brexit “throw-up-our-hands-and-walk-away-in-disgust”.
Ohio man killed by his own explosives he was making to sell in order to pay off a new riding lawn mower he had purchased.
“This can happen very easily to anybody,” said the local sheriff in perhaps 2021’s most inaccurate statement made to date.https://t.co/nG2Q6tg8lO— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) May 24, 2021
re: #102 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Ohio man killed by his own explosives he was making to sell in order to pay off a new riding lawn mower he had purchased.
“This can happen very easily to anybody,” said the local sheriff in perhaps 2021’s most inaccurate statement made to date.
It would be fully accurate if it were Florida…
re: #103 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Ohio man killed by his own explosives he was making to sell in order to pay off a new riding lawn mower he had purchased.
“This can happen very easily to anybody,” said the local sheriff in perhaps 2021’s most inaccurate statement made to date.It would be fully accurate if it were Florida…
Anybody want to take a bet on the skin pigment status of Bomber Boy?
Used to be harder to find Belarus on a map. pic.twitter.com/Z6RKQyCNNZ
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 25, 2021
re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
pig meat
Well, ok, prior to this little setback of his.
The United States will reach 50% of American adults fully vaccinated TODAY, per a @WhiteHouse official.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 25, 2021
We’re going to substitute one public health crisis for another.
This is insane and not comforting in the slightest. Experts predict that all kinds of shootings, including mass shootings, will surge as covid restrictions are lifted. https://t.co/fDviA5tXCH
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 25, 2021
re: #108 lawhawk
America is an ongoing public health crisis.
re: #84 Belafon
[Embedded content]
These mental midgets really have a hard time separating Southern Democrats and Democrats. Knowing there was a Democratic-Republican Party at one time must really fucked them up.
re: #110 Eventual Carrion
These mental midgets really have a hard time separating Southern Democrats and Democrats. Knowing there was a Democratic-Republican Party at one time must really fucked them up.
Some of them are aware, but it makes a convenient talking point to dump the entirety of America’s history of violent racism at the Democratic Party’s doorstep.
Thread, twenty-six tweets. Oregon AG Ellen Rosenbaum is still defending racist convictions in Oregon courts made under non-unanimous juries, after the Supreme Court struck down future convictions as unconstitutional under such conditions.
She joined Louisiana (the other state with the Klan-inspired law) to defend non-unanimous jury convictions.
She has the power right now to let the hundreds convicted under an unjust law out of jail today. She refuses.
THREAD: One week ago Justice Kavanaugh (left) ruled 100s still imprisoned by an Oregon law even he admitted was “rooted in racism” were out of luck bc they were convicted too long ago. Oregon’s “progressive” AG Ellen Rosenblum (right) could fix this injustice today. Refuses to. pic.twitter.com/RnwMFKIsJM
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) May 24, 2021
re: #108 lawhawk
At least now we will have a President who treats mass shootings as a health crisis.
re: #110 Eventual Carrion
These mental midgets really have a hard time separating Southern Democrats and Democrats. Knowing there was a Democratic-Republican Party at one time must really fucked them up.
Southern Motherfucking Democratic-Republicans.
LOL
Reached for comment by @Salon, the thrice failed carpetbagging congressional candidate failed to comment on if he owned the libs by shopping at Whole Foods.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 24, 2021
Rather than RT MTG’s anti-vax tweets, report them for encouraging self-harm…
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Some of them are aware, but it makes a convenient talking point to dump America’s history of violent racism at the Democratic Party’s doorstep.
I’m sure a lot them are “aware” of contemporary partisan ideologies, but the chance to drop cheap gotcha snark-bombs by equating the Party of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi with that of Theodore Bilbo or Pitchfork Ben Tillman seems to be too hard to resist.
Life imitates art.
Man beaten outside Bada Bing in Northern NJ dumped on adjacent highway and dies after struck by car. Argument inside the Satin Dolls strip club (aka the Bada Bing) leads to 5 guys beating the crap out of another guy. Guy is dumped on Route 17, where a vehicle strikes and kills the man. Driver stayed on scene until police arrived. The driver isn’t being charged, but the five men who beat the crap out of the deceased are being charged with manslaughter.
re: #104 ericblair
Anybody want to take a bet on the skin pigment status of Bomber Boy?
Probably “charcoal” by now…..
re: #27 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Y’all might be careful about wanting to change your flag… I gather from your’s and others’ posts from NE that you might end up with something like this:
[Embedded content]
And then there was this submission for the new flag for Long Beach California!
OH HAI!
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
On that asinine social media bill desantis signed:
The main provisions of the law are as follows:
Removal of posts from large news outlets would be forbidden.
Banning any candidate for any office being voted on by Floridians would be forbidden.
Fines for violations of either of the two previous rules would range from $25,000 to $250,000 per day.
Private citizens would be allowed to sue social media outlets that are “inconsistently” applying their content moderation rules.
Companies are exempt from the law if they own a theme park or another type of entertainment venue bigger than 25 acres.
I read that last line and laughed so hard I scared the cats into the other room
What company has 25 acres and donates to republicans? It’ll come to me.
re: #124 Dangerman
Private citizens would be allowed to sue social media outlets that are “inconsistently” applying their content moderation rules.
opening the door to a flood of spurious and vexatious litigation…
Oh hey I got my first “you sure about this?” notification. Yes Twitter. I wanted to call MTG a proper asshole. pic.twitter.com/o3kWpqJHel
— ⚓️🚢Imani Gandy 🚢⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) May 25, 2021
My son belongs to this congregation:
Suspect arrested in south Florida synagogue harassment https://t.co/LuTTTBUgIC
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) May 25, 2021
re: #83 Dopamine Fish
I knew guys that would bike 20-25 miles to and from the office. These same guys were the kind of bikers who would complain about police stopping them for blowing stop signs and otherwise not following the rules of the road when they were on the road. I mean, if you’re fit enough to do that on a regular basis, good on you, but up here in the north where it is literally not viable to bike anywhere for 6 months of the year, let alone a long-distance commute, it’s an incredibly bad read to say that bikes are the green future.
Combine it with working from home and/or places where companies can rent sections of buildings for just their local workforce, and we can talk.
I know there’s a desire to say that MTG is the worst of the Republican Party but I implore you not to sleep on Mo Brooks.
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 25, 2021
Why has Marjorie Taylor Greene not been suspended on Twitter for her anti-Semitic tweets? 😡 pic.twitter.com/RqtZ8eJ8vX
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) May 25, 2021
re: #124 Dangerman
On that asinine social media bill desantis signed:
I read that last line and laughed so hard I scared the cats into the other room
What company has 25 acres and donates to republicans? It’ll come to me.
Busch Gardens, Disney. MGM/Universal. Sea World. Legoland.
But mostly Disney, Busch, and MGM/Universal.
re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
opening the door to a flood of spurious and vexatious litigation…
It was even argued in the hearings in the Florida House, what happens if Mark Zuckerburg opened a theme park that met the rules in Florida? Could he then evade the ban?
The sponsor of the bill said “yes.”
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why has Marjorie Taylor Greene not been suspended on Twitter for her anti-Semitic tweets?
Not to mention having her door kicked in by the Grammar Nazi’s
re: #131 lawhawk
Busch Gardens, Disney. MGM/Universal. Sea World. Legoland.
But mostly Disney, Busch, and MGM/Universal.
Wally World
re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why has Marjorie Taylor Greene not been suspended on Twitter for her anti-Semitic tweets?
Not to mention having her door kicked in by the Grammar Nazi
’s.
You never expect the grammar inquisition. /
re: #117 Dangerman
One would hope
They fire people for spending too much time websurfing and taking other people’s food out of the fridge.
re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
opening the door to a flood of spurious and vexatious litigation…
I can’t wait for Muslims to post on Christian blogs (blogs are covered in the definition of “social media”), or pro-abortion posts, &c.
re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why has Marjorie Taylor Greene not been suspended on Twitter for her anti-Semitic tweets?
Not to mention having her door kicked in by the Grammar Nazi’s
Hitler’s speechwriter was a grammar Nazi.
re: #136 Belafon
They fire people for spending too much time websurfing and taking other people’s food out of the fridge.
My company requires security clearances. And while Trump didn’t think too much of them, they do.
re: #110 Eventual Carrion
These mental midgets really have a hard time separating Southern Democrats and Democrats. Knowing there was a Democratic-Republican Party at one time must really fucked them up.
And first billing besides
re: #84 Belafon
Ah ADK is a KKKonstitutional KKKonservative so you know where that liar is coming from.
re: #124 Dangerman
…does it start with…the letter “D”??????
re: #123 The Pie Overlord!
vxhuAg7svprzLD8l8aOQ5z3fAeO/tTAk8hD9TQrcLO3mBAl4Z13rjUFIpk/uvrBUdNUwd0BjvxJLYrtFuBhlkjwEa6SYnoMry4vNUIbn2PC9v+YRrTsl/gGH1I3IkEX0GtW+XQfQWoqwkHgK3vHsdBed4hkZBPLb+hGsxsr3QkdQjk/inW697hMswVmuGptRub1isUXsUWYcRCw7jPCh22xwI55YGCC4K4QteiGeXOS0y2clKAEEibeKQ4a5puqzIfBWNtccZgxPyzBIzNAilG1rJmjvfwiDBTEsIwrTVa+OV5WUiV7Li9VG6K4/k6ZgsKdQJT+SRG0a0uLDtb19tcmGeX3r3ddV6EI+zYKoz4IlzyyCqsbZlL4F+STEzYJA7gafYfZCmjRlswIsILtZ/FopHPXAG5SFrzeiaU27DdQ=
re: #131 lawhawk
Busch Gardens, Disney. MGM/Universal. Sea World. Legoland.
But mostly Disney, Busch, and MGM/Universal.
I did kinda know that //
Plus
“find a 30-acre parcel in Montana available for the low, low price of $600,000. Facebook could purchase that, put up a sign that says “Facebook Fun Land,” and then they’d be exempt. That’s actually probably cheaper than hiring an army of attorneys to challenge the law.”
Which I’m betting in any event they have already written the briefs. Just waiting for names and dates to fill in.
Besjdes ,what private individual is gonna spend their own money on lawyers taking a case of a deleted tweet to court?
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It was even argued in the hearings in the Florida House, what happens if Mark Zuckerburg opened a theme park that met the rules in Florida? Could he then evade the ban?
The sponsor of the bill said “yes.”
Ah gmta
re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Hitler’s speechwriter was a grammar Nazi.
So was Hitler’s speechwriter’s nana. (work with me)
re: #145 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
[Embedded content]
yZTa8FY/gE5LuXa6C8wBwXytVy+nbO47Vzfjq10U88jokuWM+yNB4xt9wxalcWPVdR1G1wCdaDRLNYp2dRbUNFRv1TI7gjVcruMDCjEddckOqfcpj4PlfhfE/FILOBEYbJ1zq5ZWvSBMaERe+y0AYyzbLI74H6Rx4ORbSU+3Zq6v13uik9e8wu3V2qpO3IeP
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
“Everybody stand up and sing along!!!”
No thank you.— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) May 25, 2021
re: #120 lawhawk
Satin Dolls strip club (aka the Bada Bing)
Only one state in the US that this sentence could he describing
I got a “Jews for Jesus” advert on YouTube in Hebrew.
Boy did that advert miss the target.
re: #124 Dangerman
Removal of posts from large news outlets would be forbidden.
Hello porn on news sites.
re: #129 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Or Gosar or Paul or McConnell. But especially McConnell.
Establishment GOPers are the worst - they give cover to the worst bigots in their caucus and enable treasonweasels.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 25, 2021
re: #146 Dangerman
One DJT and all of his rabid bigot brigade backed by right wing billionaires more than happy to throw money at this endeavor to spread propaganda.
re: #153 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Hello porn on news sites.
It’d turn them into News on Porn sites. Or it eliminates comment sections entirely, because policing comments is hard work as it is.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m reporting her tweets for targeted harassment or for encouraging self-harm (don’t get vaccinated).
re: #152 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I got a “Jews for Jesus” advert on YouTube in Hebrew.
Boy did that advert miss the target.
I keep getting Epoch Times ads on You Tube even with the ad blocker turned on.
re: #104 ericblair
Anybody want to take a bet on the skin pigment status of Bomber Boy?
HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD FOR HER! I’ve been ranting about this all morning. It seems the judge agrees with me. “Go to hell with your lies,” she says. “RELEASE THE MEMO,” she says. So much for liars and their lying lies. Damn! Wow! https://t.co/F4UQu4U3Ry
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 25, 2021
HOLY COW! pic.twitter.com/cY8SmMrnjS
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 25, 2021
re: #153 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Hello porn on news sites.
Hello news on porn sites.
Hello porn on church sites.
Well, well, well…looks like McCarthy is stepping out into the open.
Look whose left nut just dropped. https://t.co/sZgPENNCId
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
re: #152 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I got a “Jews for Jesus” advert on YouTube in Hebrew.
Boy did that advert miss the target.
Somebody’s ad algorithm needs adjusting: AFAWK, you are neither Jewish, nor Christian, nor (presumably) literate in Hebrew. So 0-3.
re: #159 GlutenFreeJesus
re: #104 ericblair
Anybody want to take a bet on the skin pigment status of Bomber Boy?
RIP, Mike
(Rest In Pieces)….
re: #164 darthstar
Well, well, well…looks like McCarthy is stepping out into the open.
[Embedded content]
All it took was threatening his job.
re: #161 darthstar
Crap! I got too excited to read carefully. @MuellerSheWrote kindly pointed out that what Judge Jackson ordered today was the release of her own opinion, not the underlying OLC memo. The fight for truth will continue to slog along.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 25, 2021
re: #167 Belafon
All it took was threatening his job.
Ironically, this puts him more at risk with the far right.
re: #124 Dangerman
On that asinine social media bill desantis signed:
I read that last line and laughed so hard I scared the cats into the other room
What company has 25 acres and donates to republicans? It’ll come to me.
It’s the Disney exemption, because they didn’t want to piss off Mickey Mouse.
re: #156 lawhawk
It’d turn them into News on Porn sites. Or it eliminates comment sections entirely, because policing comments is hard work as it is.
Easier to just eliminate the comment sections, frankly.
WaPo WH bureau chief @AshleyRParker writes: “Depending on the viewpoint, Biden has restored routine and order to the White House—or removed the freewheeling passion.”
God help us all.https://t.co/xfwP14rkab— Dan Froomkin/presswatchers.org (@froomkin) May 24, 2021
re: #164 darthstar
No. It didn’t do a fucking thing except magic balance fairy what Greene said with Speaker Pelosi.
Greene is the issue, and you’re still trying to both sides this crap by pulling in Speaker Pelosi?
The entire GOP is irredeemably amoral, corrupt, and complicit in trying to overthrow the government to stay in power indefinitely and without a mandate from the people.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 25, 2021
His statement:
“Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling. The Holocaust is the greatest atrocity committed in history. The fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling.
“At a time when the Jewish people face increased violence and threats, anti-Semitism is on the rise in the Democrat Party and is completely ignored by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“Americans must stand together to defeat anti-Semitism and any attempt to diminish the history of the Holocaust.
“Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language.”
Greene and the GOP are going full Nazi, and covering for the most extreme members of his caucus. He’s covered for white nationalists from Gosar to Scalise, but somehow he found a way to equate all of that with Speaker Pelosi?
Fuck him, and fuck this statement.
Extremely important at a time when life has gotten even more intolerable for millions in Haiti under the Moïse regime https://t.co/gkepyud4H8
— Jonathan Myerson Katz (@KatzOnEarth) May 22, 2021
re: #156 lawhawk
It’d turn them into News on Porn sites.
Might give a whole new meaning to “Hard news reporting” if nothing else.
/
re: #173 lawhawk
This guy is a major Republican fundraiser. Maybe Rep. McCarthy could take a lesson from him.
WTF is wrong with you? I think you need to pay a visit to the US Holocaust Museum.I’d be happy to arrange.Then maybe going forward you wouldn’t make anymore disgusting, ignorant and offensive tweets.If I’m wrong and you’re not ignorant about Holocaust..then you are disgusting. https://t.co/mJNCcSgWpM
— (((Jeff Miller))) (@JeffMillerCA2TX) May 25, 2021
re: #149 The Pie Overlord!
2pq8BgFXBR4upOCGPZtBSVv2cGyGUnyHnw5oBfzxcN99cTfNERiVOoVRLD8MfBgObyVUJ4L8gKjkrgReveK2vvK9X4+m/JoobbViqxdZ1pcei81fHnZkm2+y+x2h/En9pStJ5ReT24E=
WaPo WH bureau chief @AshleyRParker writes: “Depending on the viewpoint, Biden has restored routine and order to the White House—or removed the freewheeling passion.”God help us all.https://t.co/xfwP14rkab
— Dan Froomkin/presswatchers.org (@froomkin) May 24, 2021
“Some folks in a small town in Idaho believe the sky is blue, their neighbors are convinced the sky is red. An exclusive look at the compelling cases on both sides.”
The unseen Covid risk for unvaccinated people: Cases are occurring in a narrower slice of the US population. After statistical adjustments for vaccination, the nat’l death rate for Covid-susceptible people is roughly the same as it was 2 months ago https://t.co/wn0IiHvhv6
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) May 24, 2021
My great-grandparents were forced to wear Stars of David & incinerated by the Nazis. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comparing their situation and the millions of others murdered by the Nazis to vaccination policies and mask mandates during a global pandemic requires her expulsion pic.twitter.com/xkRdkk3M8U
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) May 25, 2021
Camera captures wild wolf pup’s first howl https://t.co/295lWtuTFn pic.twitter.com/Xuu8stnF5w
— KOIN News (@KOINNews) May 25, 2021
re: #180 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My great-grandparents were forced to wear Stars of David & incinerated by the Nazis. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comparing their situation and the millions of others murdered by the Nazis to vaccination policies and mask mandates during a global pandemic requires her expulsion
butbutbut
“At a time when the Jewish people face increased violence and threats, anti-Semitism is on the rise in the Democrat Party and is completely ignored by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”
re: #181 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Should have mentioned. Yes, there is video.
Here’s @SteveScalise trying to whatabout the Holocaust https://t.co/Hu7yxayvJ3
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 25, 2021
Remember those Democrats marching with torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us.” Steve Scalise does.
the funny thing is that her comparing masks to the holocaust was LAST month. This month it’s comparing vaccines to the holocaust.
— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) May 25, 2021
Full document here https://t.co/cjslWgRI18
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) May 25, 2021
President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months of the Biden administration. https://t.co/NsK7NhjqhM
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 25, 2021
Nebraska joins the slave states.
Pete Ricketts and His No Good, Very Cruel Day
- vetoed SNAP
- vetoed LIHEAP
- ended $300 federal unemployment benefits— erin, Ph.D😷🏡 (@emfundertaker) May 25, 2021
When you’ve lost Ben Shapiro pic.twitter.com/D2aDF0r5CC
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) May 25, 2021
Dipshits in disarray.
Remember: according to the GOP
- opposition to Israeli government policies = anti-Semitism
- not giving a fuck about Jews or Judaism but wanting to make sure that conditions are set so that Biblical Apocalyptic End-Times Prophecies can be fulfilled within our lifetimes = Support for Israel!!!
re: #190 jaunte
After doubling down on her mask and vax Holocaust comparisons this morning, MTG thought it a good idea to target two prominent Jewish members of the media @benshapiro and @JakeSherman for disagreeing with her. pic.twitter.com/FsTUvDdcWh
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) May 25, 2021
…but this is what they do.
Everything that constrains them is a persecution that justifies their next act of cruelty. Everyone’s else’s pain only exists to the extent it’s serviceable: can they take that story, or that pain, and appropriate it. Because that’s the win-win scenario: diminish the suffering of others by comparing it to trivialities, elevate their petty shit at the same time.
Green fucked up because she reached too far…bad optics, too blatant…so they’ll perform a minimal disavowal and then just keep doing the same fucking thing.
re: #184 jaunte
Let’s make reference to a problem that Democrats deal with while ignoring the problem on our side, and see if we can change the subject.
re: #191 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember: according to the GOP
- opposition to Israeli government policies = anti-Semitism
- not giving a fuck about Jews or Judaism but wanting to make sure that conditions are so that Biblical Apocalyptic End-Times Prophecies can be fulfilled within our lifetimes = Support for Israel!!!
See also: Judeo-Christian values, in which half of that group does not subscribe to a concept of Jesus.
re: #192 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The grifting sociopaths always think they can control the real crazies.
“An Assessment of the U.S. Government’s Domestic Terrorism Asssessment,” the latest from @SeamusHughes and @Rohini_Kurup: https://t.co/siaIiCOGGX
— Lawfare (@lawfareblog) May 24, 2021
re: #192 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I’m all in on discriminating against unvaccinated people. One tried to kill me in 2012. I’m not going to let them have another chance.
Plus, “discrimination against unvaccinated people” last I checked is not actionable under the law.
re: #195 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
See also: Judeo-Christian values, in which half of that group does not subscribe to a concept of Jesus.
It stresses that even the Christian side of the hyphen likes the Patriarchal OT God of Fire and Brimstone a lot more than it does a mild-mannered, forgiving Messiah.
re: #195 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Or Judaism.
they lump the two together to claim shared heritage, when history has documented that Christians repeatedly persecuted Jews nearly everywhere they lived.
You don’t get to “both side” it when it’s just your side doing this, jackass.
Greene is a deranged, bigoted, antisemitic POS & every second you spend deflecting & covering for such treasonous monsters brings you nearer to the GOP’s total annihilation. Which will be well-deserved.— Arch (Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) May 25, 2021
re: #201 lawhawk
Or Judaism.
they lump the two together to claim shared heritage, when history has documented that Christians repeatedly persecuted Jews nearly everywhere they lived.
and the Democrat Party did nothing about it!!!
/
Kevin McCarthy: So, Marjorie, why did you do the anti-semitic thing again
MTG: B/c I believe it. QAnon, Jewish space lasers, Matt Gaetz’ innocence; all of it. It shd be GOP orthodoxy
McC: It’s embarrassing.
MTG: I raised $3.2M last quarter.
McC: I’m glad we had this talk.— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) May 25, 2021
Maricopa Co Supervisor Bill Gates recalled a call w/ AZGOP Senate Prez Karen Fann in Nov, as GOP faced crushing anger from pro-Trumpers: “She said, ‘Look, Bill, we know there’s nothing to this, but we’ve got to do something, will you guys do an audit?” https://t.co/mcKWFCP9iw
— YvonneWingettSanchez 🏜 (@yvonnewingett) May 23, 2021
re: #192 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Ben’s just as bigoted as she is, but gets upset when the toxic-right turns their hate toward Jewish people. He’s fine with hating everyone else that these awful people hate.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 25, 2021
BTW, in the “Three Robots” episode of Love Death + Robots, one of them is voiced by Alexa, which makes the cussing even funnier.
re: #206 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Ben can dish is out but he can’t take it.
I’m proud to be a co-sponsor of LB 649 which recently passed in the Nebraska Legislature. Thank you to @MikeFloodNE for his leadership introducing this bill to establish a regulatory framework for #cryptocurrency & digital asset banks in #Nebraska. #TEL @telcoin_team #CryptoNews
— Senator Tony Vargas (@TonyVargas) May 22, 2021
re: #208 🌹UOJB!
Ben can dish is out but he can’t take it.
Ben has his own sorting criteria for good and bad Jews, and gets very angry when an alternative model is proposed.
re: #166 Jay C
Somebody’s ad algorithm needs adjusting: AFAWK, you are neither Jewish, nor Christian, nor (presumably) literate in Hebrew. So 0-3.
RIP, Mike
(Rest In Pieces)….
There is a pretty big renaissance festival not far from there (Geneva, OH). And farther north on the Erie shore is Geneva-on-the-Lake, a nice little tourist town.
We heard a few dozens sounds of what appear to have been shots fired on this block. Everyone sheltered in place. Lots of running. No apparent need for medics. Will update. pic.twitter.com/tpDY9etN8I
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) May 25, 2021
A mysterious London based PR agency is offering French influencers cash to launder disinformation about the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines - asking them to falsely claim the jabs are responsible for hundreds of deaths and tell people to “draw their own conclusions”. pic.twitter.com/VxmNSiMFUr
— Charlie Haynes (@charliehtweets) May 24, 2021
PR agency has now gone dark, but was connected to…wait for it…Russia. Shocking, I know.
I bet you can guess which one I was. :D
There are two kinds of kids… pic.twitter.com/0WhugPS4CJ
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 24, 2021
They can’t say Margorie Taylor Greene’s name because she runs the party https://t.co/qO4oi5GM4c
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) May 25, 2021
re: #215 plansbandc
I bet you can guess which one I was. :D
[Embedded content]
I would not have worn the chicken, but I would have taken her hand.
re: #216 jaunte
Name the deeply-troubled Congressperson who became unhinged when required to do a simple thing for other people. The party has sheltered severely damaged people for too long.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 25, 2021
Yeah, I know Elise is one of those damaged people.
“Menopause has long been treated as a pre-death, a metamorphosis from a woman to a crone with her exit ticket already punched,” @DrJenGunter writes. “The medical language of menopause today reflects that trope.”
https://t.co/HjL9eI6tXj— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) May 25, 2021
How far away are we from her throwing half-empty cans of White Claw at the media in a Judge Jeanine level drunken rage? https://t.co/qWQvwMIowC
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
re: #220 darthstar
That was supposed to be a reply to Cupp. Oh well.
I guess I was aging myself.
I haven’t heard that expression in decades. Time warp moment. 😂 @CanaryAmerica
— Michael Fisher Expel the Seditionists (@Michael_Fisher_) May 25, 2021
The idea that the Holocaust is a unique horror, and the Nazis were unique and not a continuation of the prevailing rationales of colonialism is precisely why fuckers like this use it as a rhetorical football.
Rather than addressing as a real thing that happened because of processes intermeshed with power wielded by people who were the product of cultures and ideas, it’s become this moral fetish to be rolled out when shitheads need a prop.
Republicans have so many versions of “X is the Holocaust” because there’s a deeper cultural flaw they’re exploiting: that post-WW2 all the victors piled their own atrocious histories—of anti-Semitism, of state violence, of genocide—onto a single, damnably guilty scapegoat…laundering black deeds by covering them with something darker than black.
This dance keeps happening because society accepts the fetishization of history: one either invokes the Holocaust or wards against it, one does not grind its details and human-level tragedy and context to ask “how?” at finer and finer levels while seeking comparisons.
And America…this is all we do. Constantly fucking run from history by creating stories that have a rising action. These people are fucking conjuring with the Shoah while shitting on the 1619 Project because they’ve decided that they can extract value from the former…but the latter is pure inconvenience.
Ummmm…
After a Black 19-year-old was found dead in what police determined was a suicide, the young man’s grieving family is pushing for more information and questioning the way police have handled the tragedy. According to the family, Derontae Martin was a happy, outgoing, and fun former football player who worked at a restaurant and Walmart. He was found dead after attending a prom party on April 25, as reported by the Associated Press.
The prom party was hosted in the rural home of a middle-aged white man who shared racist posts on Facebook, including one of a Confederate flag. The man also shared a meme that says “Here’s my apology for being white” along with a middle finger. Martin was found dead in the attic of this man’s home, whose name has not been released because he has not been charged with a crime. Martin’s family—and local activists—want answers.
TFG who was fucking president of the fucking united fucking states four months ago is a totally delusional lunatic:
“As massive crime in the 2020 Election is becoming more and more evident and obvious, Brnovich is nowhere to be found. He is always on television promoting himself, but never mentions the Crime of the Century, that took place during the 2020 Presidential Election, which was Rigged and Stolen.”
this about an R running for senate in AZ
re: #202 (((Archangel1)))
[Embedded content]
yeah there’s some credibility from the same guy who once denounced TFG and his role in the 1/6 insurrection
Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling.
Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language.
My full statement: https://t.co/KnliN3YbJ2— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) May 25, 2021
re: #223 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Western good morning!
[Embedded content]
Our across the street neighbor has this big-ass succulent in her yard, and she yanked a volunteer from near the base of it out of the ground about 6 weeks ago and handed it to me. I tossed it under one of my hydrangeas and promised to find a home for it in the back yard…it’s still lying there -root ball exposed, with new blooms…I suspect it re-rooted itself.
re: #205 Belafon
[Embedded content]
they are basically saying the people, dem, rep or independent, the actual people who trained, learned the rules, believed in the process, ran the election, manned personed? peopled? the polls, did the labor checked and double checked their work - all those people screwed it up - they rigged, stole, lied, cheated etc etc.
what a surprise they’d take it personally.
Maricopa Co Supervisor Bill Gates recalled a call w/ AZGOP Senate Prez Karen Fann in Nov, as GOP faced crushing anger from pro-Trumpers: “She said, ‘Look, Bill, we know there’s nothing to this, but we’ve got to do something, will you guys do an audit?” https://t.co/mcKWFCP9iw
— YvonneWingettSanchez 🏜 (@yvonnewingett) May 23, 2021
re: #214 ericblair
PR agency has now gone dark, but was connected to…wait for it…Russia. Shocking, I know.
It’s a repetition of this propaganda;
BREAKING: #SputnikV study shows that there are significantly more deaths following vaccination with Pfizer than with AstraZeneca vaccine per 1mn administered doses, based on official publicly available data by 13 international health regulators. pic.twitter.com/2oP84Fgyxx
— Sputnik V (@sputnikvaccine) April 23, 2021
re: #227 Dangerman
yeah there’s some credibility from the same guy who once denounced TFG and his role in the 1/6 insurrection
McCarthy will walk this back within 24 hours.
re: #217 Belafon
I would not have worn the chicken, but I would have taken her hand.
that kid walks into a doctor’s office
chicken says “hey doc, get this kid off my ass”
re: #227 Dangerman
yeah there’s some credibility from the same guy who once denounced TFG and his role in the 1/6 insurrection
[Embedded content]
“We condemn this language!”
“And what about the person who spoke it?”
“WE CONDEMN THE LANGUAGE! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?!”
re: #225 Belafon
Ummmm…
Martin’s mother, Ericka Lotts, said, “All I do know is that somebody shot him.” She mentioned that at the time of his death, Martin, who was right-handed, had a cast on his right arm, which had been broken. Lotts said she’d heard multiple different accounts of what happened and doesn’t know what to believe.
certainly looks suspicious to me.
Mark Elias at Democracy Docket
How Fannie Lou Hamer Created a Tool to Fight Voter Suppression Today
In 1964, civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer had a bold idea. A Black woman, she would run for Congress in the Democratic primary in Mississippi. Her opponent would be the pro-segregationist, white incumbent Jamie Whitten. At the time, Black citizens comprised 52.4% of the Congressional District’s population, but less than 3% of its registered voters.
While she lost the primary 35,218 to 621, she set in motion one of the most consequential House election contests in history. And she may well have set the stage for the use of that process to fight voter suppression today.
(more)
re: #228 darthstar
Our across the street neighbor has this big-ass succulent in her yard, and she yanked a volunteer from near the base of it out of the ground about 6 weeks ago and handed it to me. I tossed it under one of my hydrangeas and promised to find a home for it in the back yard…it’s still lying there -root ball exposed, with new blooms…I suspect it re-rooted itself.
[Embedded content]
They do that pretty easily from what I hear.
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
Two on my county in the last ten days, including a 14 year old selling IEDs on the internet.
Just finished 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
Has a lot of good reviews. I was sort of *eh* about the book even though it was written by a famous admiral and a marine infantry officer. Nothing wrong with the prose…I just couldn’t buy some of the scenario assumption. The starting incident is standard Tonkin Gulf stuff, so fair enough. Some sort of Chinese cyberweapon directed at the US military in a war is an absolute given. A cyberweapon that results in 2 dozen US warships lost for zero Chinese losses? Hmm.
Things eventually go nuclear. Again, that isn’t really far fetched if China has invaded Taiwan and taken out power etc to most of the US. We use tactical nukes, but on strategic targets. I’m not sure that is even remotely containable. We use dumbed down F/A18 fighters (with almost all the avionics removed because CYBERWARFARE LOL) to deliver the nukes. JFC Tom Clancy had LA class subs with Tomahawk missiles doing this stuff back in 1986. We don’t have Tomahawks or their hypersonic replacement in 2034??? Along the way San Diego and Galveston get nuked by Chinese drones in retaliation for our nuke on one of their naval ports. (I think the scenario would end exactly right here because I don’t see any way we don’t go to strategic weapons at that point)
Somehow India now has a massive blue water naval capability and sinks the SOOPER CHINA CARRIER we can’t seem to find or sink, and then starts shooting down our planes to keep us from blowing up lots of China. Shanghai and 30 million people still get fireballed into radioactive ashes. And then…it all stops because India sez so?
Huh???
50 million people dead on both sides on India just says STOP OR ELSE!
Or else what?
The authors gloss over US public stuff to a shocking degree. The only hint of antipathy to Chinese Americans or Chinese immigrants is a near deserted Chinese sit down restaurant in DC. With two mid range US cities turned to ashes, I can well imagine there would be organized 1920 Tulsa style pogroms and mass shootings. I can also imagine LE not doing much to stop it.
As a final coda, a major Chinese naval character is executed and his wife and daughter flee here. I almost literally LOL’ed that one. Seriously? We would allow the wife and daughter of a major architect of a nuclear war that killed millions of Americans to just come on over sure why not?
So, yeah.
I played a higher being and a cow in the same season. How’s that for range? 😂 https://t.co/aWD0YeHY8J
— charisma carpenter (@AllCharisma) May 21, 2021
TexASS again…
Trump and Jesus Christ impersonators deliver racist and pro-GOP remarks at bizarre Texas high school pep rally
Were they concealed-carrying their guns?
re: #61 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
US issues Japan travel warning weeks before Olympics (BBC)
(more)
I think the US is trying to force Japan to cancel the Olympics. For sure the Japanese outside the government don’t want it, especially after some IOC bigwig said there’d have to be sacrifices over the weekend.
Sacrifices means dead people.
Total lunar eclipse in the early morning tomorrow.
re: #245 mmmirele
I do fear they are going to be a mess. I hope I’m wrong.
Pur weather went from zero to downpour in less time than the new F150 will get to 60.
For the next several days after today, temperatures in the Wyoming mountains will be twenty degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in the Nebraska Panhandle, setting us up for several days of severe thunderstorms yay.
Severe hail and tornadoes are on the menu starting tomorrow. Yay, I get to take my wife to the eye doctor in Sidney tomorrow.
Trying to work up a tear for the fascist who can’t handle incarceration.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 25, 2021
File under “Swedish Total Defence Institute (FOI) reports in Swedish that give me the heebee jeebees “:
“Kärnvapenscenario för räddningstjänst” (EN: “Nuclear Weapons Scenario for Rescue Services”)
Here is a summary of what we consider to be important circumstances for the rescue service in the event of a nuclear attack: After a nuclear explosion, the information will be very deficient. It will not be possible to estimate the harmful effects, and the presence of radioactive fallout will not be known. Initial radiation dose forecasts can be flawed. In the event of an explosion in or near an urban area, thousands of dead and injured can be expected from the immediate effects. Extensive building landslides make it difficult to get around. Likewise, other infrastructure such as mobile masts, overhead lines and bridges may be damaged or knocked out. Own indication and dose measurement ability is crucial to be able to act in the area. Rescue services in the area may be directly affected and need to prioritize their own radiation protection, while resources that have arrived need to work their way into the disaster area. Precipitation in the wind direction spreads roughly estimated with the wind speed. Radiation dose rates can vary greatly depending on where and how they are measured. You need to be observant of the current radiation dose rate, length of stay and how long the stay can continue before the dose limit is reached. The residual radiation may be negligible in an air explosion, but the direct effects will be more extensive than in a ground explosion. The overall conclusion is that the situation will be chaotic with major casualties, but in part it is similar to the everyday life that the rescue service is used to facing. The big difference is the extent, as well as the difficulties of working in potentially life-threatening radiation dose environments where personal radiation protection is crucial.
Unlike elsewhere, the Swedish Total Defence Research Agency doesn’t spend money on spurious projects, there’s usually a reason for their research topics. So when they do a report on Rescue Services capabilities in the event of a nuclear attack, it is worriesome…
This is why the UFO derp is back like it’s the early 70s again.
re: #252 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Does it say anything about the fact that Biden is more boring than Trump and the media needs a distraction?
Axis Sally shows her true self.
This Nazi MUST be expelled from Congress!
Video resurfaces showing Marjorie Taylor Greene saying she wouldn’t want a statue of Hitler taken down
🚨tipster sent me this video.@mtgreenee said she would not support taking down a statue of Hitler or Satan even though she “fully disagrees” with them.
her reaason: “so that i can tell my children and teach others about who they are and what they did”https://t.co/anZmqqV9Lj— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 25, 2021
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Reminds me of a scene in Daphne DuMaurier’s book “Rule Britannia,” (1972) where the promoters of the US/UK alliance were trying to propagandize Cornwall schoolchildren with US patriotic nonsense.
— Dee *still a Professional Cat Herder* Holmes (@mmmirele) May 25, 2021
Despite Fox News criticizing his every move, Biden’s approval rating on fivethirtyeight.com is at the highest level it’s been in over two months. Apparently beating Covid back with vaccines and getting cash to people who need it are popular. Who knew? Just wait until parents start getting hundreds in cash deposited in their accounts in July!
Miniature Architectural Spaces Nestle into Carved Chunks of Raw Marble
thisiscolossal.com
This is marvelous. NK. If I was still at the time in my life when collecting was an option (rather than de-collecting, if you know what I mean!), one of these would be calling my name!
re: #254 🌹UOJB!
There are these things called books. They’ve worked well for hundreds of years by teaching history.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) May 25, 2021
Current #drought conditions in #Nebraska shows improvements for some areas. Moderate drought covers 15% of state as northeast, portions of panhandle and southwest remain dry. A continued wet pattern looks to remain over the coming week. #newx pic.twitter.com/yWku3gT3Ur
— Martha Shulski (@mshulski3) May 20, 2021
#Nebraska has generally been on cool side of normal this May. Over past 30 years, May has seen a 1.2°F cooling. We’ve also gotten wetter, by 1.25 inches. For many areas, this is our wettest month of the year. Time (and space) details of our changing #climate are important.
— Martha Shulski (@mshulski3) May 20, 2021
re: #258 Belafon
This is just a backhanded way to justify keeping Jim Crow statues up.
re: #259 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Hope you are well. Is your voice back?
re: #254 🌹UOJB!
We’re right back to the statues not coming down because we need to learn history from them.
That’s what books are for (the ones you don’t burn, that is).
These people are nuts. They put more faith/interest in protecting statues to Confederate treasonweasels and idols than they do the knowledge in books.
re: #258 Belafon
How can Christians possibly remember who Satan is unless they put statues of him in churches?
re: #260 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
This is just a backhanded way to justify keeping Jim Crow statues up.
Republicans liberated blacks from evil Democrat slavers, who were heroic defenders of Southern heritage and states’ rights.
re: #261 No Malarkey!
Hope you are well. Is your voice back?
Yes, it is back to normal.
I refilled my word-hopper.
re: #254 🌹UOJB!
Axis Sally shows her true self.
This Nazi MUST be expelled from Congress!
Video resurfaces showing Marjorie Taylor Greene saying she wouldn’t want a statue of Hitler taken down
Yeah, this isn’t Nazism so much as “empty hyperbole backed by nothing” toward the end of leaving up Confederate and Klan stuff.
Propose a statue of Nat Turner and see how this kind of person responds.
re: #258 Belafon
The rest of us don’t need that because we have books.
She’s a moron who’s trying to justify having beliefs that were handed to her by propagandists, so her justification is very unsophisticated.— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 25, 2021
re: #267 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Bet you she wouldn’t actually support CoS Baphomet statues every place there’s government building 10 Commandments display.
re: #268 The Ghost of a Flea
Bet you she wouldn’t actually support CoS Baphomet statues every place there’s government building 10 Commandments display.
It’s a nice-looking statue, but I’d expect her to have a mental breakdown over it.
He said he would never change his position on the filibuster, and I take him at his word. When the GQP kills the commission, Pelosi should create a majority Democratic select committee, and put Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger on it for bipartisanship.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 25, 2021
re: #254 🌹UOJB!
Axis Sally shows her true self.
This Nazi MUST be expelled from Congress!
Video resurfaces showing Marjorie Taylor Greene saying she wouldn’t want a statue of Hitler taken down
[Embedded content]
you dont need to teach from statues
try a book
and now i see loads of folks have pointed out that book larnin’ is the way to go here
re: #228 darthstar
Looks like hens and chickens.
Fallout from who? From West Virginia Democrats? Who exactly? Does he think that maintaining the disastrous status quo helps the one state that lost population and continues losing population b/c of lack of opportunities and infrastructure?
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 25, 2021
I wouldn’t hold my breath hoping the GOP will expel MTG. That’s just not how they roll.
F*ck that. Pelosi should just create a majority Democratic select committee. The GOP didn’t beg the Democrats to investigate Benghazi, they just did it, investigation after investigation.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 25, 2021
re: #271 No Malarkey!
When elections fall apart in 2024 and the GQP controlled House refuses to recognize a democratic victor and selects Trump as POTUS instead, large blue states refuse to recognize the decision, and bloodshed erupts on the streets of 30 states and DC, Joe Manchin will feature heavily in textbooks in some far future as being one of the people who could have done something to stop it and refused.
re: #278 Dangerman
mongo’s a chess player in the game of life
Sadly, yes. This makes the pawns even dumber.
re: #275 lawhawk
Goddamned coward.
We are going to lose the Republic in the 2024 election. I think we will come apart, and goddamned Manchin can whine about senate comity.
re: #241 jaunte
40 inches, give or take, of rain on the county in the last three days, and it’s raining again.
[Embedded content]
Glub.
Brenham?
I have a brother who lives between Brenham and Chappell Hill.
re: #131 lawhawk
Buy 26 acres of otherwise worthless land, put up a vintage junked car tour, and sell t shirts to call it an exempt entertainment venue, then sell 1 ft square parcels to would be social media community
An Appeal to Heaven An ancient political phrase and a historic flag of the United States has entered the discourse as a flag of Christian Nationalism, insurrection, and the question of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito's objectivity to rule on cases. So ...
Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Grocers Are Finally Lowering Prices as Consumers Pull Back Consumers have been grumbling about the soaring cost of groceries for nearly two years. Now, some of the biggest names in retail appear to be listening. In recent weeks, Target and Aldi have broadcast price cuts on thousands of ...
Cheechako
A Water War Is Brewing Between the U.S. And Mexico. Here’s Why A water dispute between the United States and Mexico that goes back decades is turning increasingly urgent in Texas communities that rely on the Rio Grande. Their leaders are now demanding the Mexican government either share water or face ... Cheechako
Harper’s Magazine: Slippery Slope - How Private Equity Shapes a Ski Town …Big Sky stands apart for other reasons. The obvious distinction is the Yellowstone Club, a private resort hidden in the mountains above the community that Justin Farrell, a professor of sociology at Yale and the author of Billionaire Wilderness, ...
teleskiguy
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory Just Captured Ominous Signals About the Planet’s Health Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory just captured an ominous sign about the pace of global warming. Atmospheric levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide aren’t just on their way to yet another record high this year - they’re rising faster than ever, ... Cheechako
The Good Liars at the Schnecksville Trump Rally [VIDEO] New theories, great tunes and SHOCKING breaking news. SUPPORT US: http://Herohero.co/thegoodliars SEE THE GOOD LIARS LIVE!WASHINGTON D.C. MAY 23RD: https://www.unionstage.com/shows/good-liars-fix-america/NASHVILLE, TN JUNE 6TH: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/42992972/the-good-liars-nashville-the-lab-at-zaniesSAN FRANCISCO, CA JUNE 25TH: https://www.livenation.com/event/G5vYZbavGvggG/the-good-liars SUBSCRIBE TO OUR AUDIO PODCAST:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-liars-tell-the-truth/id1731178442Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgfiwzr32907N4y68eFOCJoin this channel ... teleskiguy
Trump’s “Stolen Election” Lie Based on Evidence From Pervy Bathroom Cam-Spy OK, this really takes the cake. If you have relatives that still cling to the “election was stolen, dadgum, I jes’ KNOW IT … This should be a slight remedy to the stubborn madness Thanks to online anonymity, the ...
Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
William Lewis
Ranked-Choice Voting Has Challenged the Status Quo. Its Popularity Will Be Tested in November. JUNEAU — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ... Cheechako
.JPG)
